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At nighttime, Agent Fowler was driving his car towards the exit of a military base. He parked in front of the gate and the soldier stationed at it gave the special agent a salute.
"At ease, soldier." Fowler said, giving the soldier his own salute.
When the gate opened up for Fowler, he drove his car out of the base and guided it across the main road, while an unknown vehicle started to drive up from the back side. Fowler turned on his radio and it started to play 'The Touch' as he murmured to himself, liking this music. But what he didn't know was that a shadowed vehicle that resembled a truck was slowly catching up to him from behind. The truck activated it's headlights and Fowler was a bit surprised from seeing them getting closer.
"Go around, ya jerk!" Fowler called out, moving his arm out the window and making a gesture.
But instead of driving around, the truck suddenly bashed Fowler's car from behind and made him steer out of control before he managed to used the brakes to make his vehicle stop.
"That's no road rage. Someone's trying to bump me off." Fowler realised.
The truck began approaching Fowler as it's headlights slightly blinded him. But when he looked past the lights, Fowler spotted a familiar Autobot symbol on the truck's hood.
"Prime?" Fowler asked in total disbelief.
As 'Optimus' was driving closer for another attack, Fowler started up his car's engine and drove away at top speed, causing the 'Autobot leader' to chase him.
"Prime, have you flipped your metal wig?!" Fowler questioned as his normal drive back home has now become a high-speed chase of life and death.
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In the Autobot base, the Hexside Squad were currently having a game of tug-of-war while their Autobot Guardians cheered them on. They were using a vine summoned by Willow as the rope with Luz, Amity and Vee on the left side and Willow, Gus and Hunter on the right side.
"You've got this, Hunter!" Bumblebee cheered.
"Show them what you're made of, Willow!" Bulkhead encouraged.
"Do it, Luz!" Arcee stated.
"Keep pulling, Amity!" Cliffjumper added.
"Come on, Gus! Don't quit now!" Wheeljack shouted.
"Keep on tugging, Vee!" Jazz said enthusiastically.
"We're so winning this game and then we're gonna have that left over pizza in the house's fridge!" Luz declared with a determined smile.
"In your dreams, Luz! That pizza's ours!" Willow replied.
"Prime!" Fowler called out on the communicator, making the Hexside Squad fall back and end their game in a tie. "Do you read me?"
"I'm sorry, Agent Fowler. Optimus isn't here at the moment." Ratchet informed.
"Then I'll take that as a confirmation that he's presently trying to run me off the road!" Fowler stated, much to the surprise of everyone in the base.
"Wait, what?" Amity asked.
"Run him off the road?" Gus repeated, not believing it.
"Agent Fowler, that hardly seems likely." Ratchet proclaimed.
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"Tell that to my burning treads!" Fowler retorted as he was still being chased by 'Optimus' on the road.
Eventually, they both came up to a bridge and 'Optimus' drove up next to Fowler on the right before smashing him against the rail guard while still driving. When 'Optimus' moved away, Fowler's car swerved about uncontrollably and it crashed through a piece of the rail guard, making the vehicle dangle over the edge towards the very deep end. Fowler attempted to reverse his car out of his situation.
"Come on, come on." Fowler said in desperateness.
However, 'Optimus' drove up behind him and budged the car back to make it tilt over the bridge.
"Prime, no." Fowler pleaded.
Just then, a Ground Bridge appeared at the front of the bridge and the Autobots drove out of it in their vehicle forms. Bumblebee drove straight ahead of the others as 'Optimus' was close to shoving Fowler off the bridge. The yellow Autobot then transformed as Fowler's car was fully off the edge and he grabbed the back end of it, holding onto a lamppost with his other hand while Fowler held on for his life. The other five Autobots transformed and they all saw 'Optimus' driving away to the other side of the bridge.
"There he goes." Cliffjumper said, taking a close look.
"Looks like Optimus." Bulkhead admitted.
"Primes don't run." Arcee replied before she transformed and drove after 'Optimus'.
Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack and Jazz approached Bumblebee as he still had Fowler's car in his hand.
"Bee, hand him up to us." Wheeljack told the yellow Autobot.
But then, the back piece of Fowler's car came loose in Bumblebee's grip and it began falling down to the ground with Fowler screaming loudly. Jazz leaped off the bridge and he grabbed the underside of the car before shooting his energy grapple at the bridge, making their decent slow down and they landed safely. Jazz took a look inside the car to see Fowler with a startled expression on his face.
"You okay?" Jazz asked.
"At ease, soldier." Fowler said while panting before his airbag inflated in his face.
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Meanwhile, Arcee had chased 'Optimus' to an abandoned gas station, but didn't see him anywhere. Suddenly, Arcee spotted some lights by her left and she saw 'Optimus' driving straight at her before he rammed into the female Autobot, making everything go black.
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In Arcee's point of view, everything was still black until a single light shined in front of her.
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." A familiar voice told her.
Arcee then opened her eyes with a soft groan as those words made her feel like she was now one with the Allspark.
"Wait, what?!" Arcee asked in shock before noticing she was actually in the Autobot base's medical chamber, sighing in relief. "Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
Arcee stepped out of the chamber as Bumblebee and Cliffjumper supported her, while the Hexside Squad and Fowler waited for them on the platform with Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Jazz.
"Arcee, are you alright?" Luz asked in concern.
"Sure. Except for being blindsided by Optimus." Arcee admitted, still finding it all hard to believe.
"Didn't I tell you?!" Fowler asked rhetorically.
"Impossible." Ratchet said in denial.
"I'm only reporting what I saw." Arcee replied.
"Why would Optimus even try to kill Agent Fowler?" Amity questioned.
"Maybe he thinks he's a Decepticon all over again?" Vee guessed.
"Or he's been faking getting his memories back?" Gus assumed.
"It could be any of those guesses." Hunter said with his arms crossed.
"Hunter's right. There's no telling why Optimus would do any of this stuff." Cliffjumper told his team.
"If Prime has gone off the rails, for any reason, we have a serious problem." Fowler said with a concerned expression.
"Well, I don't believe any of it." Luz proclaimed, much to her friends' surprise. "Optimus trusted me to carry the Matrix energy back to him once he defeated Unicron because he believed I had the same good nature as him. And he's always doing the most selfless things to protect every last one of us."
"Luz is right. This is absurd." Ratchet agreed before he approached the main console. "A quick check for Optimus' signal will reveal that he's nowhere near the location of tonight's incident."
When Ratchet typed on the main console's panel, he saw where Optimus' current location was.
"In fact…he's just returning now." Ratchet informed, making everyone turn their attention to the drive-in entrance.
As the Autobots stood beside each other and Fowler got next to the Hexside Squad, Optimus showed up in his vehicle form and transformed. The Autobot leader walked into the base's main room, but noticed how everyone was so cautious and on-edge in his presence.
"Is something wrong?" Optimus asked.
"We were just…wondering where you've been." Arcee said, a bit cautious on the inside.
"We haven't been able to reach you." Wheeljack added.
"I have been outside of our communication range…" Optimus said, reaching back to pull out something from behind.
"Whoa!" Jazz exclaimed as he and the other Bots pulled out their weapons.
"Easy!" Bulkhead stated.
The Hexside Squad, minus Luz, got their magic abilities ready for self-defence.
"In a subterranean Energon deposit." Optimus finished as he revealed a small Energon crystal, making the Bots look at each other.
"Come on, you guys. It's really Optimus." Luz reassured. "He's not gonna try and kill us."
This was more than enough to convince everyone as they put away their respective weapons.
"We're sorry." Cliffjumper said.
"Yeah, our bad." Willow added while rubbing the back of her head, while Optimus was still confused by what was going on.
"Don't blame them, Prime. I was attacked earlier tonight, out on the open highway by a big rig." Fowler explained. "One that bore a striking resemblance to you."
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Meanwhile, the morning sun had risen up and the same truck that resembled Optimus was driving on the road, now revealed to be very rusty with no blue and red colours on it. The truck headed straight for the military base that Fowler came from as the soldier at the gate noticed it, rushing at the front of the entrance.
"Halt!" The soldier ordered.
However, the truck honked it's horn and this caused the soldier to jump out of the way as it crashed straight through the gate. The truck crashed into a lot of helicopters and damaged them greatly while some soldiers in jeeps pursued the dirty vehicle. The truck was soon surrounded by jeeps and soldiers across the base with some helicopters in the air.
"This is a restricted area! Exit the vehicle or we will open fire!" A soldier called out warningly.
Two soldiers approached the left side of the truck with rifles in their hands before they opened the door, aiming their weapons to see that there was no driver. Suddenly, the truck did it's very own transformation and it was now an exact lookalike of Optimus Prime, with yellow eyes instead of blue.
"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. And I bring you this message." The Optimus doppelgänger said before bringing out it's blaster and firing at the soldiers.
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As everyone was still discussing their current situation at the Autobot base, Fowler started receiving a call on his phone and he answered it.
"Fowler, here." Fowler said as he listened to the caller before gaining a look of disbelief. "What?! That's not possible! I can tell you sure as there are fifty stars in my star-spangled shorts it isn't him!"
"What's happening?" Gus asked curiously as Fowler ended his call.
"Alden Military base is under attack. By Optimus Prime." Fowler told everyone.
"The truck?" Hunter asked.
"The bot." Fowler said, making everyone turn to Optimus as he had a slightly concerned expression.
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"Fire! Fire!" A soldier yelled as everyone last man in the military base kept firing their weapons at the Optimus doppelgänger.
The imposter was unfazed by their attacks and ran across the entire base while destroying everything in sight with it's duel blasters. A Ground Bridge appeared in the distance and the Optimus doppelgänger saw the Autobots emerge from it with their blasters ready.
"I've got him!" Jazz stated before firing his blaster.
But suddenly, the Optimus doppelgänger's hand glowed light-blue and displayed a familiar Glyph symbol on it's palm before a giant chunk of ice showed up in front of the imposter, blocking Jazz's blaster shots.
"What?! Did that imposter just use an Ice Glyph?!" Bumblebee questioned as he and the other Bots were shocked by what they witnessed.
"He did!" Bulkhead exclaimed. "But how's that even possible?!
"Yeah, Luz is the only one who can use that magic!" Wheeljack stated.
The Optimus doppelgänger ended it's Ice Glyph spell and it transformed into it's vehicle mode, driving away from the base before the Bots could attempt another attack. Some more military helicopters showed up and the pilots saw the Autobots bellow.
"There! He brought reinforcements! Resume fire!" A pilot ordered.
The front helicopter fired a missile and it exploded in front of the Autobots, making them aim their blasters up in self-defence.
"Autobots, return to base!" Optimus instructed. "We must not inflict human casualties!"
The helicopters fired their weapons at the Autobots as they all quickly retreated into the Ground Bridge, causing it to close up once they were in.
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After Team Prime made it back to base, Fowler had to take another phone call with his superiors.
"No, General Bryce. Optimus Prime did not attack our boys. Because I was with Prime when I received the alert." Fowler said protestingly. "Yes, sir, the Autobots were at your base. But only in response to the initial attack. But, sir, I…yes, sir. I understand."
With a defeated sigh, Fowler ended the call and put his phone away.
"So, what's the situation now?" Hunter asked.
"All military personnel are under strict orders to destroy any and all Bots on sight." Fowler told them.
"Are you kidding?!" Gus asked in disbelief.
"But, they're innocent!" Vee stated.
"That's not fair at all!" Willow added.
"Optimus was framed!" Amity argued.
"Though unfortunate, the military order changes nothing. Out imposter clearly posses a grave threat to humanity." Optimus proclaimed.
"A thirty foot tall transforming imposter." Fowler replied.
"That's able to use my Glyph magic." Luz added. "And there's only one group of people who managed to steal some of it from me."
"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code." Ratchet admitted, giving everyone a hint of who was behind the Optimus doppelgänger problem.
"M.E.C.H." Optimus said.
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In a hidden base that was a few miles away from the destroyed military base, the Optimus doppelgänger drove through the corridors and entered a large room where some M.E.C.H troopers were stationed in. Silas was sitting on a chair with a bunch of controls that stood in front of a large screen, acting as the viewpoint for his Optimus lookalike weapon before he pulled a lever. The truck stopped in front of the screen and transformed into it's robot form, standing tall as a M.E.C.H trooper approached Silas.
"Sir, any parallax or latency issues?" The M.E.C.H trooper asked as Silas stood up from the chair.
"The teller-present interface performed flawlessly, in vehicular and robot mode." Silas answered, smirking in approval.
"And I see that the Glyph magic as able to function, as well." Philip added as he walked up from the other side. "It seems my explanations on how they work proved useful to you, after all."
"It would seem so. And seeing as how you've kept up your end of our little deal, I'll hold up mine." Silas replied before snapping his fingers.
A M.E.C.H soldier walked up to them with a briefcase in his hand and he passed it towards Philip, who had a pleases smile on his face.
"Excellent. It's always nice to do buisness with someone who wants to make things better." Philip commented.
"You know, you still haven't told me why you want this stuff." Silas reminded, still a little curious about Philip's intentions. "What do you plan to do with it, Philip?"
"I just have to finish something I started a long time ago." Philip said simply. "You have your mission, and I have mine. Farewell, Silas."
Philip then walked away as Silas and his M.E.C.H troops returned to their progress with their Optimus doppelgänger since they no longer had any buisness with the strange man. However, Philip smirked sinisterly to himself as some kind of black gooey crack appeared on his face.
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Back at the Autobot base, Team Prime and the Hexside Squad were discussing their situation with M.E.C.H and Optimus' evil imposter.
"M.E.C.H abducted Wildrider. And by all indications, deconstructed him from cranial chamber to heel strut." Ratchet said.
"I was there." Wheeljack recalled.
"And we know that, more recently, they obtained Starscream's T-Cog." Optimus told his team.
"Which they evidently installed in a knockoff of you." Arcee replied.
"Which in turn scanned an appropriate vehicle form." Ratchet added.
"And they used the Glyphs they stole from Luz to give it some magic powers." Cliffjumper admitted.
"The only thing they needed to do then was fill it with Energon." Luz said.
"And say hello to Nemesis Prime." Gus quipped.
"Really, Gus? You're naming it after the Decepticon warship?" Willow questioned.
"No. I just figured that since M.E.C.H's new puppet weapon is an evil version of Optimus, that kinda makes it his lookalike nemesis." Gus replied. "So, I figured Nemesis Prime would be a good name."
"It does sound nice." Amity admitted.
"So where do we start?" Fowler asked, hoping to end this problem before Nemesis Prime could cause anymore damage. "M.E.C.H's base could be anywhere."
"Not necessarily." Optimus replied. "While M.E.C.H may have learned much of our biology…"
"They haven't necessarily absorbed our technology." Ratchet finished as he approached the main console and worked on it. "Without access to a Ground Bridge, Nemesis Prime would rely solely on it's vehicle mode for transportation."
"Chances are the M.E.C.H base is within driving distance of both incidents." Arcee suggested.
"If we look around that area, we'll definitely find those jerks." Jazz said.
"What're we waiting for? Let's get out there and mash M.E.C.H's little science project." Fowler stated, thrusting his fist into his palm.
"We'll all make sure to watch your backs, this time." Luz declared with a nod.
"Luz, Agent Fowler, I do not think it advisable to put yourselves in harm's way of M.E.C.H's robot." Optimus told them. "Not when it has the ability to use Glyph magic. In this situation, magic would not really provide us with a surprise advantage."
"Seriously, Optimus? Nobody knows Glyphs like I do." Luz replied, frowning annoyingly. "I'm possibly your best chance at taking down Nemesis Prime."
"And I'm not sure it's advisable for Bots to be running recon with the military out there gunning for you." Fowler added.
"We will maintain vehicular cover until absolutely necessary." Optimus said reassuringly, while Luz and Fowler had slightly frustrated looks.
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When nighttime arrived once again, the Autobots were in their vehicle modes and searching the entire area for any sign of M.E.C.H's base.
"Does anyone have a lead?" Wheeljack asked as they all activated their com-links.
"Nothing but tumbleweeds." Bulkhead answered.
"Just a whole lot of empty." Arcee said.
"I ain't seeing anything on my end." Jazz admitted.
"The only thing I've found are rocks and dirt." Cliffjumper replied.
As Bumblebee drove down the road, he then spotted a large abandoned stationary factory up ahead as he figured this would be a good place for M.E.C.H to hide in.
"Guys, I've found a stationary facility that could probably be where M.E.C.H's hiding." Bumblebee told his team, driving through the open metal fence.
"Bumblebee, proceed with utmost caution." Optimus instructed. "Reconnaissance only. We will rendezvous at your coordinates."
Bumblebee drove through the facility and looked for any sign of M.E.C.H, but didn't see anything.
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Unknown to the yellow Autobot, Silas and one of his troops were spying on him on the main screen.
"The Autobots are persistent. Time for them to meet their match." Silas said as he sat down on the control chair and pressed some buttons.
Nemesis Prime's back opened up to reveal four containers inside, where some mechanical claws inserted four Glyphs into each of them and they glowed in their respective colours. The back closed up and Nemesis Prime's eyes glowed yellow, indicating it was ready for total destruction.
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Bumblebee still didn't see M.E.C.H at any part of the area and he transformed into his robot form, taking a look on foot.
"Bumblebee." Optimus' voice said as Bumblebee quickly turned around no pointed his blasters at the familiar silhouette of his leader. "Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere."
"How do I know you're the real Optimus and not Nemesis Prime?" Bumblebee asked.
"I'm sorry. What?" 'Optimus' questioned in confusion.
This made Bumblebee realise he was staring at Nemesis Prime and he quickly fired his blasters at the evil lookalike, who avoided the shots and engaged the yellow Autobot in hand-to-hand combat before kicking him away. Bumblebee laid on the floor unconsciously as Nemesis Prime stood over him victoriously.
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Back at the facility's fence entrance, the rest of Team Prime arrived in their robot forms as Optimus tried calling Bumblebee.
"Bumblebee, do you read?" Optimus asked as he only received static on his com-link.
"Guess Silas knows we're here." Cliffjumper admitted.
"Fan out?" Arcee suggested as all of them brought out their blasters and split up to search for Nemesis Prime or M.E.C.H.
"And beware of anything that might resemble me." Optimus instructed.
The Autobots were then split into pairs and looked around the facility with their blasters fully charged to use against any enemies. Bulkhead looked to both his sides at his position and saw nothing, only for him to suddenly get tackled into the shadows by Nemesis Prime. The dark-green Wrecker attacked Nemesis Prime with his wrecking ball, but the evil doppelgänger was unaffected by the attacks and punched him out in mere seconds.
"Hey, faker!" A voice shouted as Nemesis Prime turned to see Wheeljack glaring at him with his swords out. "Nobody beats up my pal!"
The swordsman Wrecker ran straight at Nemesis Prime, but the evil doppelgänger held his hand out and fired a Light Glyph from it. Wheeljack yelled out painfully as his sight was completely blinded and Nemesis Prime grabbed him by the face before slamming him down hard, knocking him out and leaving him in a cracked crater. Meanwhile, Jazz was carefully advancing down another part of the facility and didn't see any foes, but then he saw something ahead and gasped surprisingly.
"Bee!" Jazz exclaimed as he rushed over to his unconscious teammate on the ground and kneeled to him. "Wake up, pal! Come on, you've gotta be okay!"
Before he could attempt to wake Bumblebee up, Jazz heard some heavy footsteps behind him and he turned around to be punched in the face by Nemesis Prime, falling unconscious next to the yellow Autobot. Arcee and Cliffjumper were seen searching the area together as they got behind a large silo for cover, until they both heard a weapon power up behind them.
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Back in the Autobot base, Ratchet was working at the main console to try and figure out where Silas was.
"If I can isolate the control frequency of the remote link Silas is employing, I should be able to pinpoint his exact position." Ratchet told the Hexside Squad and Fowler.
"Remote link?" Willow repeated.
"You didn't think M.E.C.H possessed the ability to build a completely autonomous robot, did you?" Ratchet questioned.
"It was built by humans, so that makes it pretty obvious." Amity admitted.
"I was actually thinking Silas would be piloting Nemesis Prime from the inside because that's what usually happens in the movies or Anime shows." Vee said, rubbing the back of her head awkwardly.
"What's an ani-me?" Hunter asked confusingly, earning a shrug from Gus.
"Aha! Frequency isolated." Ratchet announced as he managed to find Silas' location.
"Then reopen that Bridge." Fowler ordered, wanting to deal with Silas personally.
"I'm going with." Luz said firmly.
"Luz, Agent Fowler, did neither of you hear Optimus advise against your involvement?" Ratchet reminded. "It's for your own safety."
"Yeah, but that's not gonna stop us from taking down M.E.C.H once and for all." Luz replied.
"The girl's right, Doc. We don't plan on dancing with any Bots, but there's a human element in play here." Fowler told Ratchet. "And in case you haven't noticed, we happen to be highly trained, government grade, magic using…humans."
"Yeah. Plus, Silas tried to run Fowler off the road and he threatened to kill Luz's mom." Gus recalled. "It's personal to them."
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Meanwhile, Optimus was the last Autobot standing as he searched the facility with his blaster at the ready. When he turned left at a silo, the Autobot leader came face-to-face with Nemesis Prime.
"Optimus Prime. We meet again." Silas said from his control position.
"The deception ends here, Silas." Optimus replied, activating his battle mask.
"Does it?" Silas questioned before making Nemesis Prime charge at Optimus.
The two giant Bots fired their blasters at each other before engaging in physical combat. In another part of the facility, a Ground Bridge appeared and Luz and Fowler jumped out of it. Luz was fine since she's crossed through the Ground Bridge loads of times, but Fowler felt a bit sick since it was his first time.
"Are you alright?" Luz asked.
"I think I'm gonna toss the breakfast I ate back in flight school." Fowler replied.
Suddenly, the two of them heard a crash nearby and they saw Optimus crash into a silo before he struggled against Nemesis Prime.
"Hang on, Optimus." Luz muttered in worridness.
Fowler's phone started ringing and the special agent answered the call.
"Agent Fowler, the control frequency is transmitting from a structure one hundred meters due North." Ratchet informed.
"Copy that." Fowler said before he ended the call, looking at a large silo with Luz. "Let's get a move on, kid."
"Got it." Luz nodded.
Optimus and Nemesis Prime clashed blades with each other before the Autobot leader kicked his evil counterpart into a pipe line, creating a massive explosion. A M.E.C.H trooper stood ontop of the large silo to observe the battle with a pair of binoculars, until he felt a tap on his shoulder. The trooper turned around and was immediately frozen by an Ice Glyph from Luz.
"Take a chill." Luz said jokingly, making Fowler smile impressively.
They both found a ladder that led inside and they climbed down it, seeing Silas control Nemesis Prime to battle Optimus. Nemesis Prime charged at Optimus and delivered some powerful punches.
"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed, and firepower." Silas boasted, firing Nemesis Prime's blasters.
Optimus avoided the shots and jumped at Nemesis Prime, but the evil doppelgänger avoided him.
"And as a little extra advantage, I've empowered it with the four types of magic elements that young Luz Noceda uses." Silas said. "I have her to thank for that, of course."
Nemesis Prime's left hand shot out some vines and they grabbed Optimus' arms, tossing him into a silo and then back on the ground. The evil doppelgänger's right hand then shot a fire blast at Optimus, who quickly rolled out of the way and stood back up.
"Add my extensive combat training, and M.E.C.H has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man, machine and magic." Silas proclaimed as he controlled Nemesis Prime to skilfully strike Optimus on many openings.
Optimus managed to punch his lookalike away and Nemesis Prime began climbing up the silo that his creator was currently in while avoiding some blaster shots. Optimus climbed after Nemesis Prime and they both arrived at the top, bringing out their blades and engaging in a deadly sword fight. As they locked blades and Optimus attempted to push his evil doppelgänger back, Nemesis Prime summoned a large icicle in his other hand and broke his blade away before stabbing Optimus in the chest with the ice piece, making the Autobot leader gasp painfully.
"But the key difference between you and me…my body can't feel pain!" Silas stated.
He made Nemesis dig the icicle deeper into Optimus, causing him a lot more pain as he fell down to his knees.
"This is just the beginning." Silas said, smirking deviously from his control seat. "Imagine an army of transforming robots, powered by the unrivalled abilities of magic. No one will stand against the newly rebooted M.E.C.H."
As he was preparing to finish off Optimus, two other people had different ideas.
"Think again, Si!" Fowler said, marching behind the M.E.C.H Commander with Luz by his side as they had just taken out all the M.E.C.H troops.
"Agent Fowler, in the flesh at last." Silas commented, standing from his chair. "And young Luz Noceda. This is a surprise."
"It really shouldn't be. You and I have a score to settle, Silas." Luz replied with a glare, holding a deck of Glyphs. "I still haven't forgotten what you did to my Mama."
"And we're pulling the plug on your video game!" Fowler announced, getting into a fighting position.
The special agent charged at Silas, who avoided his attack and elbowed him from behind. Luz used two of her Fire Glyphs to launch fire balls towards Silas, but the M.E.C.H Commander quickly jumped out of the way of them both before grabbing Luz by her wrists and kicking her away next to Fowler.
"Okay, he's got skills." Luz said, clenching the side of her chest.
"Ex-military?" Fowler questioned.
"Special tactics. You?" Silas asked as he moved in for a punch, only for Fowler to strike him back hard.
"Army rangers." Fowler replied, swiping his fist at Silas.
"Retired, clearly." Silas commented.
"Well, he's not alone." Luz told him, placing an Ice Glyph on the floor and making it get covered in ice before tossing two Plant Glyphs behind her foe.
Silas struggled to keep his balance and then the Plant Glyphs shot out two vines that restrained his wrists as Luz ran ahead and delivered a swift kick to his chest, making the M.E.C.H Commander skid back a bit as the ice floor dissolved away. Luz then brought out a Fire Glyph and Light Glyph in a single hand, only for Silas to quickly swipe them away before she could use them and then punch her back to Fowler.
"You've got potential with that magic of yours, Luz. Too bad you're not used to using them on a real battlefield." Silas said with a smirk.
"I'm more uses to where I learned how to use the Glyphs." Luz admitted tiredly, keeping her glare on. "It still doesn't change how this'll end."
"The girl's completely right. I may be outta shape and she might be too young for this kind of stuff, but we don't need to bust ya up!" Fowler proclaimed as he tried to hit Silas, only for him to get kicked onto the floor.
Luz threw her fists at Silas and he avoided the, for a bit before grabbing her left arm, tossing her right onto the floor next to Fowler as some M.E.C.H troops surrounded them both. However, Luz and Fowler stood up and smiled at each other before turning to Silas.
"We just needed to buy Optimus some time." Luz said.
Ontop of the silo outside, Nemesis Prime was shown to be frozen due to Silas no longer controlling it as Optimus recovered and stood up to face his evil doppelgänger. Silas' eyes widened in realisation when he hears an alarm beeping and turned towards the control screen, seeing Optimus preparing to punch Nemesis Prime. The M.E.C.H Commander quickly rushed to the control chair and pulled a lever, making Nemesis Prime block Optimus' punch with it's sword. But this didn't stop Optimus as he relentlessly punched his evil doppelgänger in the face, while Silas struggled to make his weaponised robot fight back.
"No, no." Silas muttered to himself.
When Optimus managed to punch Nemesis Prime onto it's back, the Autobot leader then jumped up and delivered a powerful blow that made the entire silo shake. Silas looked up to the roof and Nemesis Prime suddenly crashed through it, falling down towards him as Fowler, Luz and the M.E.C.H ran away to get clear.
"No, no, no!" Silas yelled before he was literally crushed under the weight of his own creation.
"Ooh!" Fowler exclaimed, shielding his eyes from the impact as Luz did the same.
When they regained their vision, they saw Nemesis Prime's body laying under a pile of debris where Silas was as the evil doppelgänger's eyes went black, showing that it was fully offline.
"Well…that was hardcore." Luz quipped, a little bit shocked as she thought Silas was gone for good now.
"Luz? Agent Fowler?" Optimus asked from the top, gaining their attention.
"It's all okay, Optimus. With this body and all the M.E.C.H equipment, I doubt it'll take long for the military to realise you weren't responsible for that attack." Luz told him assuringly.
Just then, the three of them heard helicopter noises as Optimus saw three of them flying to their location.
"That would be our boys. I advise you and Luz to get back to base, Prime." Fowler said with a smile. "I'll handle Uncle Sam."
Optimus smiled in response as Luz used a Plant Glyph to hoist herself up to his position, ready to get back to base as soon as they found the other Autobots.
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After getting back to base, the Autobots laid beside the Hexside Squad at the platform as Ratchet was busy patching up Optimus' stab wound.
"So, how weird was it to see someone who looked exactly like Optimus knocking out your lights?" Gus asked curiously.
"Ugh." Bulkhead groaned.
"It was really weird." Cliffjumper said.
"I doubt I'm ever gonna get over it." Jazz admitted.
"It's a sight I won't soon forget." Arcee added.
"I just wish I knew how Silas managed to figure out how to use my Glyphs." Luz said with a curious frown.
"You don't need to think about that anymore, Luz." Amity replied assuringly.
"Amity's right. You helped Fowler beat that jerk and his lookalike Bot is out of commission." Vee added, smiling kindly at her adoptive sister.
"The question remains whether M.E.C.H will continue to function as we know it, without it's leader." Optimus said as Ratchet was done repairing him.
"If you ask me, they'll disband within a day." Wheeljack reassured before Fowler contacted them on the communicator.
"Well here's a kicker. We've sifted through the wreckage with a fine tooth comb, and couldn't find any trace of Silas." Fowler told everyone.
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In an Unknown M.E.C.H base, Silas was seen laying on a medical table in an extremely injured state as he was hooked up to medicine wires and had bandages around his body with many troopers tending to their leader.
"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine." A M.E.C.H trooper said on an online documentary. "Fortunately for leader, M.E.C.H is anything but conventional."
As Silas continued to rest in an unresponsive state, the scene moved up to reveal the reassembled body of Brawl bellow him.
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At the same time in a very dark wood, Philip arrived in a spot that was surrounded by the bones of deceased animals as he kneeled down to open the case he received from M.E.C.H.
"Such a shame I had to end a partnership so soon. But, I'm not really fond of working with people who're more into this area of technology." Philip said to himself, wearing a calm frown on his face before taking out an Energon crystal. "But still, this Energon should be enough to help sustain me and give me a greater advantage in getting rid of those vile witches. Along with those disgusting piles of metal."
The scene then started to reverse from Philip as he held the Energon shard close and a bright light came from it. Before long, the Energon shard inserted itself into Philip as his entire body suddenly melted into a slimy monstrous form and light-blue lines formed across it, glowing in the same light as Energon. When the glowing ceased, Belos began chuckling lightly to himself as his part of this story was left unknown for the time being.
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