Note: Acknowledgements to Tyroth Darkstorm for his help and assistance on writing this chapter as the characters Tyroth, Sephie and Hugh belong to him!
Chapter Fifty-Four
Learning about Tyroth
Another few minutes past before Fowler regained consciousness again and sat on the sofa sipping the tea Splinter had given him to calm his nerves.
After he had gotten himself together, he listened to Tyroth and Sephie and Hugh as they spoke about their friends in Mutopia hidden under Chicago and the Agent was again shocked yet instead of fainting, he started to laugh like a mad man!
Everyone stared at the Agent in shock as he laughed and Ratchet looked rather uncomfortable, yet Arcee smirked at Bulkhead, Ironhide and Bumblebee.
"I think I win the High Grade!" she snickered "He's gone completely nuts."
"I think he has..." Bulkhead mumbled.
"Darn tootin he has!" Ironhide agreed.
"I have never seen Fowler act like this before." Optimus said softly and worriedly "Not even when he was affected by energon..."
The rest of the Hamato Clan, Tyroth, Sephie and Hugh watched Fowler as he put his mug down and laughed more before standing up.
"Right, that's it!" he declared "I'll be in the Shrinks office if anyone needs me, and you can tell the Martians I'm not taking any more of their calls!" he then strode towards the lift.
"Um, William?" Leonardo said to the laughing Agent who strode towards the lift yet as he did, he walked straight into the doors and went splat before falling backwards again in a faint!
As that happened Pandora and Michelangelo along with Bumblebee couldn't stop laughing, or rather Bumblebee was making bleeping noises as he laughed, even Bulkhead, Arcee and Ironhide found it funny, and Ratchet's shoulders shook as he watched.
Optimus meanwhile stared at Fowler rather bewildered.
"He's gone stark raving mad!" Kemeko cried as Leonardo, Donatello and Monalisa went over to Fowler to check he was okay.
"Does that mean I win as well?" Bulkead asked "That's three times he's passed out!"
Bumblebee then started bleeping and whirring.
"What?" Bulkhead asked "It did count! Whether he walked into the door, it did count that he fainted!"
"Will you be quiet?" Ratchet asked crossly "I can't believe you lot are making bets on Agent Fowler's mental state!"
"Enough!" Optimus said sternly making all the Autobots look at him and stand to attention then the Prime looked over to Fowler as Leonardo and Donatello carried him back to the sofa.
"Is he alright?" he asked concerned.
"He should be Optimus." Donatello said, "He's had to process a lot."
"More than a lot, Uncle Don!" Pandora quipped "I wouldn't be surprised he suffered a burst blood vessel!"
"You got that right!" Michelangelo agreed, yet as he looked at Fowler then at Tyroth and Sephie, he wondered if he would be able to tell Kate anything about the Autobots.
Sauntering over to Tyroth, the orange masked turtle decided to ask the question.
"Hey Big T?" he asked to which the Dragon looked over.
"Now that you and Sephie know about the Autobots, is it safe to tell Kate?" he asked.
Tyroth frowned.
"It's just..." Michelangelo continued "I feel kind of guilty keeping secrets from her you know?"
Tyroth placed a paw on the turtle's shoulder.
"Not as yet Mike." He said, "We have yet to speak more to Fowler once he wakes up,"
Michelangelo looked disappointed but Leonardo agreed with the dragon.
"If I'm not wrong Big T," he said, "He'll want to introduce you to his superiors, like he did with Mona and myself."
"Really?" Tyroth asked feeling concerned to which the blue masked turtle nodded.
"As is his duty." Leonardo said.
Sephie meanwhile sat next to Fowler and looked at him.
"I wonder if I could help given my training?" she asked helpfully.
"You can only try?" Monalisa encouraged "If he'll listen."
Just then Fowler groaned and opened his eyes as he sat up from the sofa.
"Uggghh." He said "What happened? And why does my nose hurt?"
"Hi William."
The agent blinked and looked over to Sephie and Monalisa sitting next to the sofa.
"We were wondering when you would wake up again." Sephie said.
Fowler gasped and looked around again just as Hugh walked over and handed him a mug of tea which he took gratefully then the police officer sat next to him drinking coffee and giving him a funny look.
"Jeez, I thought feds were made of sterner stuff, but you fainted like a rookie!" he stated.
"Who are you calling rookie?" Fowler asked appalled with wide eyes as well as looked a little cross.
"Well for one." Hugh stated, "I'm not the one who fainted upon seeing a dragon mutant."
"That's true!" Michelangelo said and Pandora laughed as she too agreed.
"Heck," Hugh continued "I reckon half of what I've seen would make you faint all over again, and you're already dealing with giant alien robots!"
Fowler's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to argue back yet he closed it again like a fish.
He knew the Police officer was right since he couldn't deny he had been overwhelmed by the fact that there were mutants in the world that he had been unaware of.
It was one thing learning about Extra territorials from other worlds, but Earth mutants were something else.
"Touché." Fowler replied then relaxed back on the sofa sipping his tea.
Tyroth meanwhile took the opportunity to go over and speak to him.
"So now you're aware of us, and that we are no illusion." He said, "Do you have any questions?"
Fowler was silent for a few moments then he nodded.
"Now you mention it, Dragon." He said, "I do have some questions."
Tyroth nodded.
"Please ask away." He said gesturing with his paw.
Fowler sipped his tea.
"As a Dragon." He asked "What abilities do you possess? Apart from wings and a tail?"
Tyroth smirked.
"Glad you asked, and I hope this doesn't cause you to faint again."
"No promises." Raphael scoffed as he folded his arms and looked down at Fowler knowing how the Agent had reacted recently.
"I also share Agent Fowler's curiosity about you Tyroth." Optimus spoke up.
"Likewise!" Ironhide spoke up and the other Autobots nodded.
"I never dreamt that I would see other creatures on planet Earth that would possess different abilities and talents." Ratchet spoke up "And not just a different race."
So saying, He looked at Pandora and the hybrid gave him a look remembering their first meeting and how he had held her up by the tail when he analysed her.
"I'm gonna get you back for that!" the Hybrid thought "Have no fear!"
Tyroth smirked.
"Well, I'm happy to show you." He said, "All of you!" he lifted his paws to the Autobots and lowered his arms before looking at Sephie who nodded and smiled in encouragement.
"You're gonna thank your lucky stars Tyroth's on our side, he's a very good ally, but not one you would want as an enemy! Trust me!" Leonardo said.
"Okay..." Fowler said then nodded at Tyroth "Fire away!"
Kemeko, Michelangelo and Pandora laughed hard as they saw the pun Fowler had made when he didn't realise it.
Tyroth then held up his left paw and produced a claw on his right index finger before bringing it to his palm and he sliced it.
Fowler gasped his watched and the Autobots leaned in to see as well.
No sooner did the Dragon make the cut on his hand than the wound healed up faster than five seconds!
"By Sam's Beard..." Fowler breathed as he watched.
"By the All Aspark." Ironhide and Ratchet said at the same time looking at each other in surprise as they spoke at the same time.
Tyroth then opened his wings and lifted himself into the air, so he was several feet above the raised platform as well as blew out a few flames from his mouth and nostrils.
"Take care when he sneezes!" Michelangelo warned winking at the shocked Fowler who said nothing but stared as Tyroth lowered himself back down onto the platform and looked back at Fowler then at the Autobots.
"That was just the starters." He said, "I have more to show, and I hope you are ready to see it."
"Always ready Uncle T!" Pandora quipped.
"And we are ready to observe." Optimus said, "I have been briefed by Leonardo of your abilities and have yet to see them with my own optics."
Tyroth looked at Optimus and nodded.
"Then I will show you." He said then looked around before seeing one of the armchairs before picking it up with one arm and lifting it high above his head!
"Super strength!" Pandora crowed "Go Uncle T!"
"He can lift my large dumbbells with one pinkie he can." Raphael grumbled as he watched and Monalisa just chuckled at her mate.
Ratchet meanwhile scoffed, scoffed.
"Puh-lease!" he said rolling his eyes, "Most of us Autobots can lift almost three times our bodyweight!"
"If you're me I can lift five times!" Bulkhead chimed in "Being a wrecker."
Optimus coughed a couple of times making the two Autobots shut up and he turned to Tyroth.
"Please continue." He said politely as the dragon put the Armchair down and nodded before standing with his chest puffed up and his hands on his hips.
"Wow for the fun!" he said as he looked at Fowler who was still sitting there with his eyes twitching.
Pandora chewed her lip as well as glanced at Fowler wondering if he was going to faint again then looked back at Tyroth who started to glow as he activated his mana.
As he did so, the Autobots stared in wonder.
"What in the name of Primus?" Ratchet asked.
"What's he doing?" Ironhide asked.
"Well I'll be a Bald Eagle..." Fowler muttered.
"He's activated his mana." Leonardo explained.
"His what?" Bulkhead asked to which Arcee shushed him "Watch." She said pointing at the Dragon who then walked over to a large metal Box near Ratchet's station and effortlessly as if he was lifting a box of light items, he lifted it above his head!
No sooner did he do that than all the Autobots stared in shock.
"Whoa!" Bulkhead said, "I feel like a weak Sparkling after seeing that!"
"By the All Spark!" Ratchet spluttered "That Box must be ten times his weight!"
"And he's lifting it like it were nothing!" Arcee added, her own optics wide.
Optimus blinked a few times and Leonardo heard him mutter something under his breath, yet his ninja ears picked up every word.
"Like Megatron in his gladiator years..."
"Hercules!" Kemeko clapped.
Fowler blinked a few times as he saw Tyroth lift the box then carefully put it down, then the Dragon smirked again and conjured up a couple of flames in his hands then he started to juggle them!
Again Fowler and the Autobots were stunned whilst the Hamato Clan, Hugh and Sephie watched with smiles, although Kemeko, Michelangelo and Pandora were grinning and watching eagerly like an excited group in a circus.
Tyroth juggled the balls of fire in his paws then he threw them up in the air before making them do a few spins and circles around each other then they started to change shape.
At first, he turned them into some stick figures that danced and flipped around each other then they turned into phoenix's, and they flew towards the Hamato Clan where they flew over their heads and around each other.
Kemeko held out her hand to one of them and Tyroth controlled it, so it landed on her arm like a hawk making her giggle.
Almost no-one spoke as they watched this amazing display, even Optimus's jaw had dropped as he watched in fascination.
Ratchet meanwhile was silent and unblinking, and Pandora wondered if he had glitched right there on the spot.
Tyroth then made the phoenix fly off Kemeko's arm then made it fly back to him along with the other one to his two paws where he had them hover for a moment then he clenched his fists and they disappeared.
As that happened, no-one spoke then the Hamato Clan, Hugh and Sephie clapped.
"Now that's jaw dropping right?" Michelangelo asked as he looked at the Autobots who were still standing there like statues looking at Tyroth.
"Whoa Big T!" Raphael said, "I think you've made the bots glitch in shock!"
Donatello and Leonardo looked over to the Autobots and Leonardo looked worried before clapping his paws.
"Hey! Hey guys!" he called up "You okay?"
Optimus shook his head slightly and looked down at Leonardo.
"Y...Yes." he said, "I am quite alright."
"I've never seen anything like it!" Arcee commented "I never imagined such abilities existed!"
Bumblebee bleeped and whirred.
"I know right?" Bulkhead commented "Like those human fantasy and animes you've been watching! Yet it's real..."
"Darn tootin!" Ironhide croaked then looked at the platform and at Fowler where once again the federal agent was out like a light once again!
"There he goes again!" he commented "Looks like we're all getting High Grade tonight!"
"Praise be to Primus!" Bulkhead clapped his servos.
Tyroth meanwhile walked over to the sofa and stared at Fowler.
"You killed him Big T!" Michelangelo quipped.
"Nope, he's still alive!" Donatello confirmed checking the out cold agent "Just passed out again."
Hugh rolled his eyes.
"He really is a rookie!" he said.
"He's gonna need more than a few sessions of therapy after this!" Raphael tutted.
"I can do that." Sephie said "And he hasn't even seen what I'm capable of in my mutant form, and I can't imagine how he's gonna take learning about the others in Mutopia."
"We'll just have to cross that bridge when we get to it hun." Tyroth shrugged "In the meantime, we'll have to wait for him to come out of his faint, was that three or four times he's fainted?" he questioned wondering if him walking into the lift doors counted.
"I'd make it four." Splinter confirmed looking at Fowler as Monalisa started fanning him again with her metal tessen hoping he would come out of his faint soon.
Tyroth has shown everyone his skills, needless to say the Autobots are rather amazed, and once again Fowler's passed out with the shock of it all!
Although if one is to be honest, I think I'd think I'd gone made if I witnessed something rather amazing!