Chapter 6

A trail of Energon

It Was now December, New Year's was right around the corner. Both Autobots and Avengers have been on the lookout For Decepticons after that loan vehicon attack. So far no signs of any type of Decepticon activity. The Autobots had fully completed their new base, It was an old Warehouse That Ratchet was able to Repair and repurpose for the Autobots needs.

Ratchet was Operating the base And the ground Bridge when on his sensors a Massive explosion Was detected along with Energon. A few seconds later Optimus and Bumblebee were at the scene of the explosion, No humans were at the scene at all.

Equipped with an Energon detector They walked through the debris. The explosion was Not big enough to be purely caused by Energon But plus something else. Optimus and Bumblebee walked inside And then the Energon detector picked something up.Optimus grabbed a piece of debris and lifted it up to Reveal A vial of an orange Liquid With Stark Industries on the side.

Optimus picked up the vial And held it up close To the Energon detector And Yep this was definitely the source of the Energon. He only had one question, why Tony had Access to Energon.

Back at Base Tony Arrived, he looked tired, Stressed out Even. "What is it ,Optimus?" He asked, Looking up at the 35 ft tall Red and blue, Robotic leader.

"Earlier today there was an explosion With traces of Energon in it." Optimus was saying Before he was cut off by Tony.

"Wait wait wait wait, I know about the explosion but what is Energon doing there?" Tony questioned looking at Optimus for some answers.

"That's why you're here Tony, to give us some answers." Jazz said, In his usual Jokester attitude.

"What do you mean?" Tony asked.

"When we Investigated the explosion we found that the Energon Source was coming from this."Optimus said and then he motioned to Ratchet to bring A vile And give it to Stark.

When Tony saw that this was his vial he Was in complete shock. He had two questions right now. First one why specifically his vial, Second What was inside this, And third was this connected to the Mandarin The same group of people that put One of his best Friends in the hospital.

Tony looked Optimus in the face and said "This is not mine but I think I know who This belongs to."

"Who?" Bumblebee questioned.

"There's this group called The Ten rings they're working on something I don't know exactly what but I just know they're working on it." Tony said "And I believe this while is the key to stopping them. I can Analyze it back at my House."

"Contact us When the analysis is done." Optimus said. He was about to order Ratchet to ground Bridge Tony back when Tony spoke up.

"Actually Optimus, There's something you got to know." Tony said, He then explained how yesterday There was another explosion And it put One of his best friends In the hospital, And In Pure anger he told the Mandarin where he lived. "I'm expecting them to show up any Moment." Tony finished.

After a few Moments of Consideration, "Jazz you will go with Tony, You will protect him Until the analysis is done."Optimus ordered.

"You got it prime." jazz said. He transformed and Tony got in. Ratchet activated the ground Bridge and jazz Drove Straight Through The teal mass of Swirling Energy.

When they came out on the other side They were in front of Tony's massive house. Jazz Transformed and said "Nice place." Jazz Looked around at the Mansion Slightly impressed.

"Come on, most of my equipment I need is in the garage." Tony said, gesturing at Jazz to follow. It was a good 10 minute walk To the garage When they finally got there,Just had to take a look at all the Cars Tony had, Especially the black and orange Lamborghini, he was considering taking it for his new vehicle mode, Then he saw the 1932 Ford flathead Roadster. Right now he wished he was a multi-changer because he wanted to take all of these cars for his Vehicle mode.

Tony Placed the vial In a machine That began to scan it For anything that might Tell them Where this thing came from.

"So Tony, how long will this take?" Jazz asked, Well inspecting one of Tony's many cars.

"It'll probably take a few minutes, but it won't be too long though." All of a sudden The doorbell rang, And pieces of what Jazz thought Was a work in progress suit flew to Tony Creating the red and gold Iron Man armor.

Jazz just looked At Tony Stark now in his new Iron Man armor, "Okay first of all, Awesome," Talking about how the armor came straight to him.

"I know, right!" Tony said, showing off his new armor .

"Second, you really think The leader of a terrorist organization Is going to ring the doorbell." Jazz Pointed out.

That gave Tony pause Before he groaned in annoyance. "Just stay here and stay Hidden, I'll be back." Tony said, Before rushing up the stairs. Jazz pushed one of Tony's cars aside and transformed And waited for Tony to come back.

He waited for several minutes And then Upstairs there was a massive explosion then more. And then in front of him an explosion that opened up a way for Jazz to see outside. Jazz Transformed And looked outside, and saw Helicopters all armed with Missiles. He pulled out his Blaster and Sent one Crashing straight into the ocean. He fired at another and another The Blaster tore through their hull like paper mache.

He was about to fire at another one When all the sudden He caught something out of the Side of his Optics. Trained his blaster on it, It was a black Spy drone, A feeling of dread settled over jazz as he realized who exactly it was. Jazz immediately tried firing at him. But his expert flying made sure not a single shot got anywhere near him, He proceeded to dive Straight towards Jazz who tried to run away but he transformed and rammed right into Jazz Who dropped his blaster And got ready for a fight.

The Transformer Rose to his feet He's triangular face Completely covered with a black visor, His legs Extremely skinny yet Jazz has seen them some of the heaviest Autobots Completely through buildings,the arms Sleek and thin like helicopter blades, But strong Enough to pick up even the heaviest Autobot and throw them like nothing, His pet laserbeak Rested on his chest Ready to be called on By his master whenever he was needed, Tentacles Rose up from behind him, The Decepticon symbol Was prominently shown on Both of his Arms.

The Deceptacon only spoke four Simple Words, That removed all doubt in Jazz's mind That this was not Megatron's most loyal Lieutenant,

"Soundwave Superior, Autobots Inferior." Soundwave said before rushing at Jazz.