A.N. This story was originally meant to be published in 2022, to celebrate Cyberchase's 20th anniversary, but as you can guess, I wasn't able to get it figured out in time, but alas, here it is now.

A.N.2. Before we begin this story, allow me to mention that the Transformers half of this story does not take place in any particular continuity. Just thought I'd square that away so nobody gets confused as to what Transformers continuity this is meant to take place in.

A.N.3. On a more somber note, I'm dedicating this story to Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of Digit in Cyberchase, who sadly passed away two years ago on April 12, 2022, at the age of 67. Gottfried's death is another reason I decided to write this story.

So, with all that said, we now begin our story.

In Loving Memory of Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried

(February 28, 1955 - April 12, 2022)

Chapter 1: Quest For The Requiem Blaster

One day, on the planet Chaar, a purple, white, and yellow spacecraft decorated with the insignia of the Autobots touched down on the planet's surface. Onboard the ship were the Autobots Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Jazz, Cliffjumper, Blaster, Sideswipe and his twin brother Sunstreaker, and Hound. With them was another one named Retroblast, who was purple and blue in color with bits of silver chrome and darker purple. Hound, who was seated at the controls with Blaster, spoke up.

"This is as close as we can get to Megatron's fortress while still being under the radar." he said.

"It'll do, Hound." said Retroblast.

Retroblast then spoke to Bumblebee.

"Okay, Bee, you take Hound and scout ahead to see what our options are." he said. "We'll stay here and wait for your signal."

"Roger that, boss." nodded Bumblebee. "Come on, Hound, let's go!"

"I'm right behind you, Bee!" replied Hound.

With that, Bumblebee and Hound disembarked, transformed into their vehicle modes, and sped off. They soon came to the aforementioned fortress, which is in the domain of Megatron, leader of the Autobots' enemy faction, the Decepticons, being very careful to avoid detection.

"There it is." said Bumblebee. "Megatron's fortress."

"Boy, it gives me the creeps just looking at it." said Hound.

"Me too." agreed Bumblebee. "But we need to stay focused. See any entry points?"

Hound soon found an air vent in the outside wall.

"How about that vent?" he asked.

"Perfect." said Bumblebee. "I'll tell Retroblast."

Back on the ship, Retroblast and the others were discussing their task when Retroblast heard his comm ringing.

"Retroblast here." he said as he answered. "What's up, Bee?"

"Hound and I found an entry point." said Bumblebee. "I'm sending you our coordinates now."

"Thank you, Bee." said Retroblast. "We're on our way. Retroblast out."

And with that, the two bots ended the call, then relayed Bumblebee's message to the rest of his team.

"Let's not keep the Requiem Blaster waiting." said Retroblast. "Blaster, stay here and look after the ship."

"Okie-dokie." winked Blaster.

"Autobots, let's hit the Retro Boost!" said Retroblast.

Retroblast then ran outside the ship and transformed into his vehicle mode, a purple and blue muscle car (a 1957 Chevrolet Belair Nomad to be exact), with Hot Rod, Jazz, Cliffjumper, and the twins following suit. It wasn't long before they arrived at Bumblebee and Hound's coordinates, then transformed into robot mode. Hound was fiddling with some kind of a scanning device of some sort.

"I've programmed my tracker to locate the Requiem Blaster." he said. "With this baby, finding it will be a breeze."

"Very good, Hound." said Retroblast. "Lead the way."

And so, with Hound in the lead, the team began crawling through the vents, using Hound's tracker to guide them. Little did they know, however, that they were being watched. In a control room within the fortress' walls, Megatron and the Decepticons' communications officer, Soundwave, were watching Retroblast and his team on a screen.

"So, the Autobots plan to steal my Requiem Blaster, do they?" sneered Megatron. "We'll see about that. Soundwave, put the base on high alert and tell our troops to be ready for anything."

"As you command, Megatron." replied Soundwave.

Back in the vents, the Autobots continued making their way, and as they went along, Hound's tracker was making beeping sounds that were gradually growing faster in succession. Eventually, as they came to a grate, the beeps became one long high-pitched whirring sound.

"Looks like we're here." said Hound.

Hound then pulled out the grate, and sure enough, in the room below them, was a large blaster rifle.

"There it is!" said Hound. "The Requiem Blaster!"

One by one, the group dropped down to the ground, with Sunstreaker being the last to join them. Just as Sunstreaker's feet touched the floor, Sideswipe noticed something.

"Hey, I don't see any Decepti-creeps in here." he said. "Anyone else notice that?"

"Me too, actually." said Cliffjumper. "And I didn't see any in the halls below us when we were still in the vents, either. Maybe Megatron and his goons moved out?"

"More likely they just want us to steal the Requiem Blaster." added Hot Rod. "I guess they don't want it anymore."

"Well, whatever the case may be, we better get what we came for and get out of here." said Retroblast.

"Right." nodded Cliffjumper as he reached for their quarry.

However, just as Cliffjumper removed the Requiem Blaster from where it was resting, an alarm went off.

"Scrap!" he cried.

At that moment, a door opened, and Megatron entered the room, flanked by a number of his fellow Decepticons.

"Did you fools really think I would leave the Requiem Blaster unguarded?" he asked with a devilish smile.

"So what if we did?" huffed Sideswipe. "It's ours now, and there's nothing you can do about it!"

"I'll be the judge of that." replied Megatron. "Decepticons, open fire! And don't stop until their bodies are nothing but scrap metal!"

But Retroblast had other ideas.

"Hey, look!" he said, pointing behind Megatron and his group. "It's Frank Welker!"

"Really?!" asked Megatron excitedly. "Where?!"

But the minute Megatron and those with him turned their backs, Retroblast and his squad high-tailed out of the area. It wasn't long before Megatron caught on to the ruse.

"Nice try, Auto-brats." he scoffed. "You must think I'm really stupid."

One of the other Decepticons, Skywarp, one third of a trio of Decepticons called Seekers, soon noticed Retroblast and his group were nowhere to be seen in the immediate vicinity.

"Um, Megatron?" he asked.

"What is it, Skywarp?" replied Megatron, turning to Skywarp.

Skywarp pointed, and Megatron could clearly see that Retroblast and his group were far ahead of them. Seeing this caused Megatron's face to tense up in rage.

"We've been deceived!" he roared. "After them!"

And with that, the chase was on. Megatron led his troops in hot pursuit of the Autobot intruders. Up ahead, Sideswipe noticed their pursuers.

"They're gaining on us!" he said.

Quick-thinking Jazz immediately thought of a solution.

"Hey, Cliff, you know how you said you've been wantin' to try out that fancy gun?" he asked.

"Yeah?" replied Cliffjumper.

"Well, looks like you've found yourself an opportunity!" said Jazz.

"Oh, yeah!" grinned Cliffjumper.

Cliffjumper then turned around and aimed the blaster at the Decepticons. This caused Megatron to stop himself and his group right in their tracks, fear flooding his face.

"They're using the Requiem Blaster!" he said. "Retreat! Retreat!"

The Decepticons turned around and began running in the other direction just as Cliffjumper squeezed the trigger. However, the recoil from the blaster was so powerful it literally knocked him off his feet, and a massive pink laser shot up towards the ceiling, in which the laser created a large hole. Large chunks of the ceiling began raining down on the Decepticons, a large part of it falling on Megatron, causing the Decepticon leader to cry out in pain as he was pummelled.

"Ho-ah!" cheered Cliffjumper. "That got him!"

"I see it, Cliffjumper." said Retroblast. "Good work."

Soon, Retroblast and the other Autobots made it outside, and they began making their way back to their ship in vehicle mode. It wasn't long before they arrived, and scurried onboard in robot mode.

"Blaster, get us out of here!" said Retroblast as they took their seats.

"Roger!" replied Blaster as he fired up the engines.

In a matter of minutes, the ship was in the sky and on its way out of Chaar's atmosphere. Back on the planet's surface, the Decepticons were in the same room the Autobots had pilfered the Requiem Blaster from, gazing at the heavily damaged body of Megatron, who they had managed to pull from the rubble. Thundercracker, another Seeker, was examining him.

"The damage looks serious, but I think he can be repaired." said Thundercracker. "Soundwave, run an estimate of repair time."

"That will not be necessary, Thundercracker." said a voice.

That voice belonged to Starscream, another Seeker who was not only the Seekers' leader, but also Megatron's second-in-command. Another Decepticon, Astrotrain, a Decepticon Triple Changer, face-palmed.

"Here we go again..." he muttered.

Starscream then stood on the table the unconscious Megatron had been placed on and began addressing his comerades.

"My fellow Decepticons, Megatron has perished at the hands of the Autobots." he said. "As such, I, Starscream, hereby elect myself as the new leader of the Decepticons! From here on out, my orders are that we follow those Autobot fools and reclaim what is rightfully ours! Onward!"

With that, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp transformed into their jet plane modes and soared off through the same hole Cliffjumper had made with the Requiem Blaster, with the other Decepticons making their way towards the entrance. All, that is, except for Soundwave, who just stood there, staring at his superior's unconscious form, before he turned and took to the sky in his own alternate mode, which was that of a stealth bomber. It wasn't long before all the Decepticons with flight-based alternate modes were airborne, with Astrotrain using his space shuttle mode to carry the Decepticons who didn't have flight-based alternate modes inside of him. He and another Decepticon Triple Changer, Blitzwing, were following Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, with Soundwave not too far behind the Triple Changers. As he led his newly-acquired troops into action, Starscream was gloating out loud to himself.

"When I get my hands on the Requiem Blaster, I'll use it to destroy Megatron once and for all and claim his throne for myself for good." he said. "I'll be invincible! Not only will I also use it to conquer Cybertron and return it to Decepticon control, but with that weapon, I will also conquer the whole universe! All worlds will bow to me as their new ruler!"

Starscream cackled to himself as he thought about what he would do with the Requiem Blaster once he reclaimed it from the Autobots.

"Those fools know not what awaits." he sneered.

End Of Chapter 1

A.N.4. Retroblast, my Transformer-sona, is the only part of this story that belongs to me. Everything else belongs to their rightful owners.