Chapter 15

The island in the sky

Bumblebee Woke up several hours later, Above him were several blurry figures he couldn't exactly make out what they were saying but as his vision cleared it was ratchet, Arcee, and Optimus, Bumblebee sat up and rubbed his head, But when He tried to ask what happened no Noise came out, Bumblebee tried to ask again But again no noise, In a panic he grabbed at His Throat. Bumblebee looked around in a complete panic Until he saw something on Ratchet's workbench. It was a voice box. It was his voice box.

Bumblebees Optics widened in shock, Bumblebee lied back down as he thought about the fact that he could no longer speak probably would never be able to speak again He Laid there For a few minutes and complete shock About the fact,He just couldn't accept it how do you be able to communicate with the others now or anything, He felt it as a scout he was useless now.

Arcee did her best to Calm bumblebee down, "It's okay bee,"

Bumblebee frantically pointed to his throat then to his voice box Okay obviously saying how is this okay I cannot talk, "I know it's distressing but calm down," Arcee said, Bumblebee took a minute to call himself then looked at her clearly asking how long was he was out.

"You were out so maybe a few hours the punch you took from Hulk really did a number on you, nearly breaking your neck but your voice box Prevented that," Arcee explained. Bumblebee looked over and saw ratchet Tinkering with a voice box or at least an attempt to copy one, Bumblebee pointed at the scene in confusion, And when Arcee saw what he was pointing at, she explained, "Ratchet is attempting to Recreate a temporary voice box well he repairs Yours But don't get your Hopes up it was pretty bad damaged," Arcee explained as ratchet walked over and flipped a switch, And Bee went into stasis.

Arcee Didn't have the Spark to tell him that he was unconscious for A little over a day. As Arcee Thought about this A call came in from Captain America. "Ultron has made a synthetic body out of vibranium And we need to stop him from uploading himself to that body, We need to steal the body,"

"Understood captain, we will assist you," Optimus said.

"Thank you these are the coordinates,"Steve said before shutting down the comms, Optimus turned to his Autobots.

"Autobots, I have a plan," Optimus said.

A few hours later Ultron was driving on a freeway with A blue flat nose truck, Ultron was in the trailer working to upload his Consciousness toThe new body he had constructed When he heard a noise Come from the top of the trailer like someone had landed on it.

Ultron Groaned in annoyance as he heard what sounded like a body slamming against The back of the trailer, Ultron powered up his Repulsor beam And fired at the door While screaming "Leave me alone," This caused the door to swing open And then second later it's one back closed with Captain America able to see inside But it also allowed and see Ultron Blast down the door and sent Captain America Into the air And Landing back down on the door which was now scraping against the road.

"Well he's definitely unhappy I'm going to try and keep him that way," Steve said, holding on to the door for dear life.

Over the Comms Barton said "You're not a Match For him Cap," Burton was currently piloting the quinjet trying to make his way to Steve as fast as possible.

"Thanks Barton," Steve quiped as he watched Ultron to disconnect From the body and walk over to the door and fire a Small Sonic Burst Which sent Steve flying back and Onto a gray car.

Steve managed to stand up and watch as a green flat nose truck Passed by so he jumped up and swung from the side mirrors and onto the top of the truck and Steve Watched as Ultron flew up from in front of the truck.

"You know what's in that cradle," Ultron asked rhetorically as he fired his repulsive last at Captain America who turned around so the blast would bounce off his shield, "The power to make real change and that terrifies you," Ultron said.

"wouldn't call it a comfort," Steve said throwing his shield at Ultron which caused Ultron to be sent back and missed the repulsor blast he was charging up, Steve's Shield Bounced the right back to him Ultron flew up and fired two Repulsar blasts at Steve who dodged them both, Ultron landed and came in for a punch when kept in America used the momentum he got from the Dodge and threw his shield at Ultron forcing his punch to come to a stop, And when Steve's Shield bounced right back to him He kicked it and got a lodged in ultrons Chest.

In a moment of pure frustration Ultron Whacked Steve's Shield out of him and caused it to fall onto the road and shouted "Stop it," Ultron then ran forward and fired a repulsor blast into Steve's chest which sent him flowing backwards and onto The front part of the truck where the Drone Ultron had Driving it Attempted to punch Steve but missedAnd Steve somehow found a way to jump back up onto the The trailer and get Ultron in a chokehold.

Meanwhile back with Clint on the quinjet Black Widow looked at Arcee who was transformed into her vehicle mode, Black Widow got on Arcee And waited for Clint to drop Them both, "We got a window in 5 4," And then after a short pause Clint finally said "Give 'em hell," As he dropped both of them onto the road perfectly timing So they would get a spot right in between a yellow minivan And a Green Porsche But Both of them knew that it was Ironhide and Jazz.

The plan was that the Autobots would make sure no civilians get hurt Well the Avengers dealt with Ultron, Steve may or may not have heard because he looked like he was Zoning out during the briefing, Ironhide and Jazz Cleared a path For Black Widow But as they were driving she spotted Captain America's shield laying on the Road.

"I'm always picking up after you boys,"Black Widow said as she grabbed Captain America's shield.

"He's going under an overpass, I can't see him," Clint reported.

"How do we get there,"Black Widow questioned.

"Ironhide and Jazz will Guide you,"Clint said and as if on cue jazz made a sharp turn And they were Under the overpass, And both Arcee and black widow Could see Captain America getting choked out And being held out About to be dropped into the road so Arcee Pulled up next to the truck and the fight and black widow Tossed Captain America's shield up to him And using his newly acquired Shield punched Ultron off of him, Ultron Looked around to see how he got his shield back And when he saw Black Widow and Arcee He raised his hand and all of a sudden a chunk of the road Flew up And hovered directly where they would have crashed into it had Arcee not hit the brakes.

Arcee And black widow got directly behind The truck And the two Ultron drones Began firing at them both, Performing Evasive maneuvers Arcee Launched Black Widow Into the trailer Where the cradle was, Arcee transformed And jumped up pulling out her blaster And fired three times She destroyed The two drones that were guarding the cradle and shot Ultron Sending him flying away, And as Arcee landed she transformed Back into the motorcycle form.

Ironhide pulled up with jazz and A green Optimus prime along each side of him Ironhide turned around and opened up the trunk As Black Widow began to try and move the Cradle to Ironhide Wow alternative flying back he saw this transfer and just forward in an attempt to stop it But before He could get anywhere close Clint Barton with the quinjet begin firing at Ultron pushing him back stalling him while the transfer was going Eventually it was complete Black Widow Garden side and shut the door behind her, And then like planned a ground Bridge Opened up In front of the Autobots and all of the Autobots Drove right in.

Ironhide and Jazz went straight to Avengers Tower and Arcee and Optimus Went to Their Base To check on the status of Bumblebee who was awake when they arrived.

"You All right bee?" Arcee questioned, Bumblebee turned to look at The two Autobots and Then bleeped, "I'm sorry what," a shocked and Confused Arcee asked.

And that's when ratchet came in to explain "Well you see This is how he's going to be communicating until I can figure out how to repair his voice box until then We're all going to have to Figure out how he's talking,"

"Thank you ratchet you did the best you could," Optimus said. it was clear Ratchet actually felt a little ashamed but not being able to fix bumblebees voice box he Prided himself on being one of the best Medics on Cybertron. Arcee walked off with Bumblebee And wanted to try to learn how he spoke. Eventually after a few minutes Ironhide and Jazz recorded in.

"Ironhide, Jazz, report,"Optimus requested, looking at the screen Where iron hide and Jazz's faces were displayed.

The two Autobots looked at each other before they Could begin their report. "All right. After arriving at Avengers Tower with the Cradle, Tony had the bright idea of implementing Jarvis into it," Ironhide said and Jazz finished it.

"Eventually when Steve returned he came back with the two Enhanced individuals who had left Ultron and wanted to stop him, The Avengers fought for some reason and then Thor arrived struck the Cradle With lightning Awakening the being called Vision that was inside it, Basically The Avengers have three new members in tow and are heading to sokovia cuz apparently according to the enhanced, Ultron wants to create a meteorite large enough to destroy all life on the planet," Jazz said. In response Optimus just Placed head in his hand and Groaned, But he listened to the autobots and As they explained what was going on and what the plan was explained what was going on.

And with that The Autobots drove right into the ground Bridge. By the time the Autobots arrived the city was already taking off So they did the only thing they could do they tore straight through any and all Ultron drones that stood in their way Until they heard a familiar noise Flying above them The sound of Decepticon Seekers,The Autobots turned around as the Decepticons Landed. in his head Optimus wondered why Megatron was making so many alliances it wasn't like him But right now that didn't matter cuz it was clear that Megatron Had made another Alliance this time it was with Ultron.

Optimus pulled out the star saber and the cosmic Shield and ordered all of the Decepticons to surrender But before he could even finish his sentence the Vehicons began firing, Optimus used as the cosmic Shield to defend against The oncoming fire, Bumblebee rolled for cover and fired off several shots Taking down a vehicon With each shot, Ironhide ran in Head first and delivered a crushing blow to a single vehicon Before kicking The corpse Into another, Arcee tossed a Grenade into the air and fired, the explosion taking out a number of cons. Jazz Used his grapple And begin to pull the building down on top of the cons, Ironhide Noticed this on time and managed to get out of the way, And as the dust cleared All that remained was A broken building and scrap metal, But the Autobots couldn't call it a victory not yet they were still on a floating island With plenty of civilians on it. All the autobots Rallied around Prime to figure out their orders.

Optimus turned around and spoke to his Autobots, "Autobots, today we are the only thing standing between Humanity and Extinction, If we fail Earth and her people Will be destroyed, For Humanity to survive we must not Fail, Autobots transform and roll out," And with that all the autobots transformed and drove off in different directions.

Jazz drove towards The east side of The flying City Just had to get as many humans out as possible, as he drove he was surprised that the lack of Ultron drones And especially the lack of vehicons usually Considering the last two times The Megatron had made an alliance he had given his Alliance member an Untold number of vehicons, plus Ultron had his homemade Cybertronians Yet had not used to them After the short battle At the old shipwreck. While Jazz was driving around he deployed his Sonic Sensor and used it to locate a group of humans Trapped in a nearby building.

Jazz Transformed when he arrived at said building And was about to Tear the wall off when an Explosion tossed him back into a wall, Just got to his feet and looked in the sky and there he saw a bright blue Fighter jet fly overhead. Jazz already knew who this was and what was about to happen.

The blue fighter jet Transformed Mid air and landed directly between jazz and the humans, kicking up a lot of dust And by the time the Dust cleared Thundercracker stood fully up.

Thundercracker looked almost exactly like Starscream except instead of being red and blue He was almost completely Blue with a little bit of White On the Torso, Thundercrackers Optics glowed red And the Decepticon symbol glowed proudly on Thundercrackers wings. And on his arms with a two signature weapons of a Seeker null-rays

Jazz Whistled "Nice entrance 10 out of 10," Jazz Joked.

Thundercracker laughed, "I'm guessing I broke your record," Thundercracker said, With a small smile.

"You almost did but mine's 11 out of 10," jazz said.

"Well I guess the only thing I can break is you," Thundercracker said, rushing at jazz for a punch.

Jazz Ducked and delivered two Quick jabs to Thundercrackers sides before attempting to kick Thundercracker in the face but Thundercracker caught the kick and delivered a devastating punch to Jazz's Face, And just as Thunder crackers fist made contact a massive boom Was Heard sending jazz Into a wall.

Jazz Had forgotten about thundercracker's ability, With every attack he does it generates a sonic boom Knocking the target back And unfortunately Thundercracker Was a good shot.

Jazz Transformed and performed evasive maneuvers while Thundercracker was attempting to shoot him And rammed Directly into thundercracker's chest Knocking him down Jazz transformed again An attempted to slam down On Sunday cracker who somehow managed to dodge and elbow jazz in the chest Creating another sonic boom, Jazz was sent flying back But eventually he rolled to a stop and held his chest, Thundercracker got to his feet and began firing at jazz who did his Best to evade the incoming fire, Eventually Jazz Used his grapple and used it to pull himself much closer to Thundercracker This move Stunned Thundercracker so much that it allowed to Jazz to deliver a series of devastating punches and jabs To Thundercracker, Before delivering A final kick To Thundercrackers face which sent him flying backwards through the air.

However Made air Thundercracker transformed Back into his fighter jet And fired several Missiles directly toward jazz who Perfectly evaded All of the missiles Before drawing his pistol and jumping to the side, And fired off a few shots Missing the first few but the last one Tore off thundercrackers wing Forcing him to transform, Before Thundercracker could even figure out what was going on, Jazz used his Grapple To Pull Thundercracker To him and Hopefully finish him off But unfortunately Thundercracker wasn't going down that easily.

Thundercracker used his null-rays To shoot the grapple line causing it to snap, He then Fired several times at jazz, Hitting him in the Chest twice Causing Jazz to roll backwards But jazz came up he held his pistol and had to directly lined up with one of thundercrackers null-rays And fired, The shot wanted directly into The barrel And caused a massive explosion, Destroying Thundercracker in a thunderous explosion.

When the dust cleared all that was left meaning of Thunder cracker were two Charred legs Still Standing that Collapsed.

Just took a moment to calm himself before walking over to where he scanned the humans And like he originally planned to, he ripped the wall off To reveal a family of four who were staring in awe of the massive robot before them.

Jazz transformed and luckily his vehicle mode could hold 4 people exactly, "Well come on what are you waiting for get in," Jazz Said as he opened up his doors for the family to get in.

Jazz Then activated his comms, " Prime, I got a family of four, what should I do with them," he asked.

Prime's voice crackled through the Comms "Ratchet has a ground Bridge setup on me drop the humans there and tell them to go in, Ratchet will place them safely back down beneath the city,"

"Understood see you later Prime," Jazz said as he drove off towards the ground Bridge.

Arcee Drove towards The West Side of the floating island, It wasn't until recently that She realized what was actually happening. The war was coming to an end although she couldn't tell if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

She could barely remember her life before the war. She couldn't remember though that she was a cop along with her partner prowl. But eventually when war broke out Prowl was killed. Arcee and the Autobots. But she didn't have time to think about that right now she had to make sure That every human possible got off the island.

She drove around till she heard a single small voice. Arcee transformed And walked over to where she heard The noise of a scared single human. And She Immediately spun around and drove straight towards The sound.

When Arcee arrived at the Source of the Calls for help She Transformed back into her robot form and looked around, Strangely she saw no humans. And then behind her there was a sound like jumping, And then she Realized just in time She rolled out of the way as slipstream uncloaked And attempted to punch right where Arcee just Was Creating massive crater, kicking up dust.

Arcee stood up and looked into the crater as The dust cleared. She got a clear view on her opponent, she was mainly a bright purple with cyan details on her arms and legs. She had wings on her back that were also cyan with a purple stripe. Her Decepticon insignia glowed a different shade of purple on her wing. With her red Optics, Slipstream stared Back up at Arcee and she vanished into Thin air.

Arcee had heard of slipstream She had a device that Helped her to go completely invisible. Arcee Engaged one of her arm Blades and Pulled out her sniper And began scanning the area for any hint of her opponent.

And that's when Something grabbed her arm And slashed her across the chest Then delivered a brutal kick to the back Sending Arcee flying forward, Knocking her sniper out of her hand, Arcee Turned around Ran forward and attempted to stab down On where she thought slipstream was But instead Only got her blade Stuck in the ground And before she could pull the blade out, Something Kicked her in the back Causing the blade to come loose the With a large chunk of Earth still attached And Arcee to be sent forward Into a building.

Arcee Knew that she was being toyed with, That's live stream was much stronger than what she was doing and Arcee knew that she was beatable if she knew where Slipstream was, But just then for No reason whatsoever Arcee had the urge to duck and she did And behind her a large chunk of wall Was destroyed So Arcee And grabbed what felt like an arm And turned her other arm into a blaster She's in put it against what felt like the stomach of slipstream and fired a few shots before flipping her over her shoulder And attempting To punch slipstream in the face but she only ended up punching the ground.

Arcee got to her feet and looked around as a laugh Echoed throughout their small little area, "I'm surprised Autobot, no one has been able to hit me in centuries, I Revel for the chance of an equal fight" Slipstream said.

Arcee Looked around frantically, "If it's an equal fight you want Deactivate your cloaking," Arcee shouted.

And then another this time nothing came after the laugh for the sound of a pair of Missiles coming straight at Arcee from behind, Arcee Performed opposite Dodge letting the missiles sail right past her and into some buildings, Arcee ran and grabbed sniper and changed the scope to detect Energon Signatures And eventually saw Slipstream but there was a device strapped to her arm And it appeared that slipstream did not see Arcee So she waited for the perfect moment then fired Destroying the device And revealing slipstream, Arcee Tried to refocused on slipstream's head but The Decepticon Seeker caught on She dodged under the first few shots and ran up to Arcee And attempted to Destroy her in a single punch but Arcee Was barely able to dodge The punch and engaged one of her arm blades, She grabbed on to slipstreams arm and used the arm blade To cut it off And kick the seeker back.

Slipstream Screamed in pain as she held Where her arm Once was, Trying desperately To stop the Energon those continuously Pouring out, She looked back up just in time to see Arcee running at her Before Slipstream could do anything Arcee Delivered a Hard Punch to the face Knocking slipstream down.

Before slipstream could recover, Arcee walked over with her sniper rifle in hand " you hadall the power you needed to win yet not enough skill," Arcee told Slipstream as she fired her sniper rifle into her face Killing slipstream.

After killing slipstream Arcee heard a noise behind her, She spun around her rifle at the ready, She scanned the area For any signs of moment When optimus's Voice crackled through the comm's, "Ratchet has a ground Bridge setup on me drop the humans there and tell them to go in Ratchet will place them safely back down beneath the city," But RC barely paid attention. She continued to scan for any signs of Movement until she saw A Single human Teenager With black hair and the gray Shirt crawl out and over The debris.

Arcee walked over to the Human and Stowed her sniper, The child did not appear To be injured Other than a few minor scrapes and bruises.

Arcee Transformed and said, "Get on," And the human Did and then Arcee raced off Towards Optimus.

Bumblebee Drove through the Floating city Surprised at the lack of Ultron drones, Bumblebee would have thought there would be Thousands Yet Bumblebee only saw Maybe 20, Or was it 15, it didn't matter, There were still Hundreds Of humans on the city Which was getting higher and higher for the minute.

Bumblebee was so lost in thought he failed to hear Several incoming Rockets Which impacted The ground right in front of Bumblebee Causing a massive explosion And forcing bumblebee to transform back into his robot mode. Bumblebee tumbled to a stop And looked back At the explosion.

Just then he saw A figure Walk Through the flames, It was a seeker So it Shared the same body model with Starscream but this one he knew, Redhot, The Seekers Resident Pyromaniac, Redhot Loved to burn Down buildings Back on Cybertron,He was branded a criminal it was Serving a life sentence Until the War Began Megatron released him and he became One of Megatron's shock troops,

Red hot slowly walked forward his wings scorched due to too much fire his once red paint job Burned Into a black The Decepticon Insignia burned off a long time ago.

Just then Bumblebee Heard a noise from the building Behind him, And Bumblebee realized that if he lost this fight the humans would not survive.

"Well if it isn't Bumblebee, how ironic, I mean considering I burned your house down I thought that you would have given up," Redhot gloated. Bumblebee let out several beeps quickly showing his anger, This of course surprised Red Hot.

After a moment of shock Red Hot began laughing maniacally "Oh I get it You lost your voice box Aww you can only speak in beep boop now," Redhot Taunted, But before Redhot could continue, Bumblebee transformed And ramed to directly into Redhot Catching him off guard. Tossing him through the fire And slamming Redhot into a wall And Pinned him to it while bumblebee delivered several strikes To the stomach and then one to the face, And it was then that Redhot Began to belch fire onto Bumblebee's head, Forcing Bumblebee To let go of Redhot in a panic And attempt to put the fire out, And then Red Hot kicked bumblebee back, Inadvertently smothering the fire,

Bumblebee rolled and grabbed a Light post and tore it out of the ground and hit Redhot In the face sending him into a building, And then hit him again and again and again Knocking him into buildings, Light posts everything, Until eventually Redhot finally had enough, He tore the light post Right out of bumblebees Hands before Uppercutting him Sending Bumblebee into the sky And red hot delivered a devastating kick to bumblebees back Sending bumblebee flying backwards and into a building.

Bumblebee got to his feet and Just barely was able to dodge a punch from Red Hot, Bumblebee side stepped a kick Before retaliating with his own kick to Redhot's knee Bringing him down, as Redhot Attempted to get up Bumblebee slammed him back down.

Bumblebee got on the back of Red Hot and Turned his hand into a blade, And begin stabbing it into one of RedHot's afterburners Hoping to disable it, But eventually Red Hot Managed to get up, he Grabbed bumblebee and Tossed him off his back and into the wall Before using his modified null-rays To attempt to burn bumblebee to a crisp.

Bumblebee Transformed and managed to drive out of the flames, He then transformed and pulled out his pistol, He fired several times hiting Redhot In the chest before zeroing in On Red Hot's arm Then it was only one clean shot, and Redhot's arm fell To the ground.

Redhot Screamed in pain And grabbed At where His arm Was supposed to be, Bumblebee stood up and watched as Redhot used his flame Belch to Cauterize The wound stopping the Energon leak. This caused bumblebee to take a few steps back. He Would never have thought that someone would have the courage to cauterize himself. But it happened. That meant The fight wasn't over yet.

Redhot ran Forward And Attempted to transform but seeing as he had no arm The transformation failed and sent him flying straight towards Bumblebee Who Turned his hand into a blade and cut off Redhot's Other arm before finally stabbing Redhot in the head Killing the Decepticon once and for all.

It was then that Bumblebee Remembered the human. He ran to the building he thought he had the human and saw a child walking out coughing. Bumblebee leaned over the child And transformed before saying "boop boop beep beep boop, beep beep boop beep,"

With a smile The human child said, "ok," This surprised Bumblebee. He thought that if Cybertronians couldn't understand him humans would never be able to understand him but this human did and he began to think that Maybe this new voice isn't so bad but that didn't matter right now. The kid opened up Bumblebee's door and got in.

Before bumblebee could start driving His comm's crackled to life And Optimus Prime said, "Ratchet has a ground Bridge setup On me, drop the humans there and tell them to go in Ratchet will place them safely back down beneath the city,"

And with that bumblebee drove off To Rally with Optimus.

Optimus Prime Drove Around the Outskirts of the destroyed city Prime saw no Signs of Life, it unfortunately looked a lot like Cybertron the Prime was determined to not let what happened on Cybertron happen to this planet Eventually Optimus came across a large group of humans Unfortunately for the humans Prime had remembered his trailer he was very forgetful of that, So he turned around and opened up the trailer a clear sign for the humans to get in. And they did prime shut his trailer and was about to request a ground Bridge from ratchet when three Jets flew overhead And Bombed The street Optimus was on Which Sent both Optimus and his trailer Spinning down into a small hill and Into a small Forest . Optimus transformed mid air and landed on his feet, He then caught his trailer which still contained humans and set it down carefully And hiding it Before looking back up at the Jets.

They transformed mid-air and landed not too far from him. It was the Elite Seeker Squad known as the Coneheads, and as the name suggests, they all have cone shaped heads. They also share the same distinctive shoulder build and gray tipped heads.

First in the front was Thrust. He had a bit of a wide build, mainly at the shoulders, with his wings sitting at the top of his upper legs. His main colors were a blue-ish shade of gray and crimson red with a few yellow and a muted kind of purple details. His upper arms, legs, main chest and main wings were red. His lower arms, feet, hips and sides were gray. He had yellow details on his chest and feet. His Decepticon insignia glowed purple on the lowest part of his wings and his Optics glow red.

Next to Thurst's right was Dirge. He was mainly blue and gray, with mighty gold and a few white details. He too, like his fellow seekers, had a bit of a broad build with his wings being lower down his back and continuing to his legs. But his wings were a different shape. They were more sharp and triangle shaped; ( and unlike Thrust's, which were jet shaped) and stood out from the rest of his body as his legs, upper arms, head and chest were a darker shade of bold blue. His lower arms, hips and sides were gray. But his wings were a darker shade of a mighty gold. His main chest was white and his Decepticon insignia glowed bright purple on the lower part of his wings and his Optics, a bright shade of red.

And to Thrust's left was Ramjet. He too stood out in his own ways. He was mainly white with gray, but like Dirge and Thrust, his wings were all their own; similar to Dirge's but more wide, and had a tip that pointed forward from the rest of his wings, they were a crimson red like Thrust's but a bit brighter. And like the others; his chest and legs were white, but instead all of his arms were white. Of course, his hips were gray and same with the shoulders. Like all of them, his hands were gray and he had the same gray details in the same spot on his legs and feet. His Decepticon insignia glowed purple on the lower part of his wings and his Decepticon Optics glowed red.

All the Coneheads had guns on their forearms, ready to fire at will.

Optimus drew the star saber and the cosmic Shield And he slowly approached The Seekers, "I Know Who You Are So I ask of you this surrender now before the I have to resort to violence," Optimus said clear in his voice that he did not want to fight, at least not with humans Nearby.

Both Ramjet and Dirge looked over to Thrust, Who led the squad, and looked like he was actually thinking about it But that hope was quickly Shut down when thrust yelled, "FIRE,"

In an instant dirge and Ramjet were firing Their null-rays Which they had modified to fire explosives, Optimus raised the cosmic shield and let it take the brunt of the fire. Optimus spun to the right and swung the star saber towards the Coneheads creating a massive energy Arc heading straight for them, But the Coneheads activated their Afterburners and flew up And began firing on Optimus from Above. Optimus raised the Cosmic Shield and blocked most of the fire Optimus put the Star saber On his back and pulled out his ion blaster And fired back Hitting dirge in the chest Causing him to fall, He then hit Ramjet In the wing Creating a giant Blast mark in it and forcing Ramjet down Before he could fire at thrust, Ramjet And Dirge Began to fire at Prime from The ground, But before Optimus could refocus on Dirge and Ramjet, thrust Deactivated his thrusters and kicked Optimus in the face Forcing him back And knocking his ion Blaster out of his hands.

Optimus pulled out the star saber and stared down the Coneheads who stood weapons ready directly aimed at Optimus, Optimus realized He was not going to win this with the Star saber the Coneheads were too smart To get into melee combat with him, If he was going to win this he needed his Blaster back. But unfortunately thrust knew this as well And he signaled ramjet Keep Optimus away from the iron blaster at all costs.

The standoff lasted only a few seconds though it felt like years, Eventually Dirge got impatient and opened fire, Optimus raised to the cosmic shield and ran forward, Thrust Jumped back And fired out optimus's feet Hoping to catch him off guard, Unfortunately for him Optimus saw this coming, He Jumped in front of The explosion and used the cosmic Shield to block the explosion and use the momentum to Jump over Thrust and Dirge, This stunned them both Allowing optimus To kick thrust in the back sending him flying away, Dirge Spun around In an Attempt to Blast Optimus but Optimus Dodged under the blast And got dirge In a headlock. Ramjet forgot all about Thrust's orders and Rushed towards Optimus in an attempt to save his brother, But that is exactly what Optimus was hoping for.

Optimus spun around and used Dirge As a shield Before kicking him towards the RamJet knocking them both down, Optimus Put both the star saber and the cosmic shield on his back and Ran towards his iron blaster. Thrust attempted to stop him But Prime simply delivered a devastating punch to the face Knocking thrust down, Optimus rolled and picked up his Ion Blaster And fired several times at The recovering Ramjet and Dirge, Hitting Ramjet in the knee and the chest and dirge in the Shoulders chest and leg. Optimus Lowered his ion blaster and that's when he was shot in the back, Thrust Had flown up And began firing Down on Optimus.

Optimus ran for cover and found it Behind a massive Rock, Optimus put his back Against it, He Studied himself as he heard the countless amounts of Blasters fire, He peeked out and saw that Ramjet still Held on to His brother, dirge, who was Heavily damaged and Barely operation Well thrust alone Was In the air, keeping Optimus suppressed, Optimus rolled Out of cover and fired one shot Towards Thrust Hitting him directly in the thruster Sending him flying away And out of sight.

Ramjet saw this and got up ready to fight, Optimus Dropped his ion blaster And the Star Saber As well as the cosmic Shield, And challenged Ramjet without words To unarmed combat, Ramjet seemed to understand, He nodded and took off his null-rays.

Both Cybertronians Circled each other, Ramjet Went in for the first Punch Optimus let him get a few hits in, To even it out then Optimus started fighting back. Optimus Dodged under a Punch And punched Ramjet's knee Before kicking him back, Ramjet rolled back to his feet, And looked up to see Optimus Delivering a devastating place to the face Knocking him Down, Optimus Turned his hand into a blaster As he slowly walked towards him.

"You fought well," Optimus said, Warming his Blaster up. And that's when a voice came from behind.

"Wait," Optimus and Ramjet Turned to see Dirge Walking up with Optimus Prime's trailer To the fight, "Let us Go And the Humans Will Survive," Dirge said.

Optimus put his hands in the air And slowly backed off. "You may leave but I only have one Request," Optimus said.

"What is your request," Ramjet Questioned. Now standing next to his brother's side.

"Never join the war again on either side," Optimus Prime requested.

With a nod Dirge said, "Very well we wish you luck,"Before the two coneheads transformed and flew off. And before Optimist could walk off he saw several Blaster shots flying straight towards The two Coneheads, And thrust flew into view In his vehicle mode and begin trying to shoot down the two retreating Coneheads, Optimus grabbed his ion blaster And took careful aim And fired a singular shot, Nailing thrust in his Wing, tearing it right off And causing thrust to fall to his death.

After this Optimus radioed ratchet And requested a ground Bridge,And when it finally opened He let all the humans in And sent a message to all Autobots at the same time, "Ratchet has a ground Bridge setup On me, drop the humans there and tell them to go in Ratchet will place them safely back down beneath the city," Now all Optimus had to do was wait.

Ironhide Walked through the Destroyed city, His audio receptors were on full And he did not like how quiet it was. At least it was quiet until he Heard a human female Screaming for help, Ironhide raced to the source of the noise and found a green Seeker Holding a human girl. Ironhide Rushed forward, And somehow managed to get the human out of the seeker's hands.

Ironhide Placed the human in A nearby building before spinning around and Punching the attacking seeker in the head, Knocking it back.

"Who are you," Ironhide yelled at the green Seeker.

The seeker began to get up as it said, "The names AcidStorm But I know all about you Ironhide, Now prepare to meet your doom," Acid Storm said, And he began to fire.

Ironhide was barely able to dodge and he realized That Acid Storm was firing Cosmic rust, The slightest touch could cause a Cybertronian to disintegrate in seconds, he had watched entire platoons get Wiped out because one person Had gotten infected, In the back of ironhide's Mind, He Wondered how AcidStorm was not already disintegrated.

Ironhide Had to find a way to disable his weaponry if he was to have any chance at fighting AcidStorm, Ironhide performed several well-timed dodges and he realized that he was starting to Anger Acid Storm, And with the constant fire Ironhide Assumed that his weapons weren't doing very good, He knew weapons and He knew for a fact that Cosmic rust wasn't a good projectile.

Ironhide dodged a shot and it hit a building behind him Causing it to Fall, Ironhide managed to catch the building and throw it at Acid Storm before he could be infected with Cosmic rust. AcidStorm Sidestepped The building And when he refocused on Ironhide, He grabbed on to one of acid storms null-rays and Began trying to tear It Off. AcidStorm Aimed his other null-ray at Ironhide's stomach but ironhide realized this And grabbed onto it Forcing Acid Storm to shoot the ground. They both stood there, Struggling Trying to get the upper hand Until Ironhide head-butted Acid Storm in the face Stunning him Long enough for ironhide To tear the null-ray Off of acidstorms arm, Before kicking him away.

Ironhide Attached to the null-ray to his arm And fired Several times Missing every shot, Meanwhile AcidStorm Transformed and flew into the sky. Ironhide ran for cover and hid behind the debris of a building. He picked on the corner and saw no sign of AcidStorm.

Ironhide kept watching and then his comm crackles to life, "Ratchet has a ground Bridge setup On me, drop the humans there and tell them to go in, Ratchet will place them safely back down beneath the city," Optimus Prime said.

Before Ironhide could do anything An explosion Rocked the building, Ironhide turned around and watched as The building Quickly Disintegrated, Ironhide was too late to notice, Acid Storm flying forward and ramed him Into a building. Ironhide tried to use the null-ray But AcidStorm simply tore it off and broke it in Half, Ironhide managed to kick AcidStorm back but He had managed to grab onto acidstorms null-ray And tear it off with a kick.

Before Ironhide can attach it To his arm, Acidstorm made a desperate lunge for it, Forcing Ironhide to swinging like a bat, Cracking it over Acidstorms head, snapping it in two, Ironhide looked in shock at the half he was holding Before tossing it away. The two Cybertronians circled each other waiting for who would make the first move. Eventually AcidStorm made the first move, Ironhide expertly dodged under and got behind Acid Storm and saw some sort of canister he guessed that was where AcidStorm stored Cosmic rust, And if he could just break it, AcidStorm would soon disintegrate into dust.

But he couldn't simply punch it that would lead to the cosmic rust getting on him and him disintegrating, And he kind of wanted to live to see the end of the war. Instead Ironhide Grabbed acid storms arm and broke it. AcidStorm screamed in pain before Punching Ironhide in the knee, Forcing him down, Message to him then went for a spinning kick and attempted to kick Ironhide in the face But Ironhide caught it and slammed Acid Storm Into The ground, Before tossing Acid Storm Into a building as Ironhide got to his feet.

Just When Acid Storm's back Slammed against the building a sharp noise was heard almost like a piercing sound And when Acid Storm began to move away there was a loud snap. And Acid Storm came in for a Punch. Ironhide blocked it And kicked Acid Storm in the knee Forcing him down and Ironhide delivered a fierce punch to the face Slamming Acid Storm to the ground. And that's when Ironhide saw that A spike from the building Had Pierced The cosmic rust Container. IronHide Grabbed the spike, And when Acid Storm realized what Ironhide was about to do, It was already too late.

Ironhide tore the spike Out of the container and tossed it away. Ironhide backed away As acid storm began to dissolve, Rust covering every inch of him. Acid Storm watched as his very own fingers Fell Off of his hands, He felt every centimeter of him being turned to dust. Eventually couldn't scream anymore as the Rust had reached his neck and head, His Spark Disintegrated as his head rolled away. Ironhide made sure not to go anywhere near the Dying Decepticon But he watched as the Decepticons head turned to dust.

Ironhide Stepped back and Collected himself. Before he can move on A small voice said behind him, "That was," Ironhide looked behind And saw a human female that Appeared to be a teenager, Her eyes were wide was shock, First put second Ironhide was extremely worried that he had traumatized the human he did not want to hear Optimus lecture him again.

"AWESOME," The teenager shouted, in pure excitement Throwing her hands into the sky and jumping around. This reaction extremely confused Ironhide as this would not at all be his reaction. "The way you were like Bang poom pew," The girl jumped around and punched the air mimicking with noises of punching, Ironhide just watched, "And the way he was like gaw arg d'oh," The girl mimic Acid Storm getting a beat down and then slowly disintegrating.

"THAT WAS SO COOL," The girl shouted.

"Yeah it was," Ironhide said awkwardly. He then Remembered Optimus's message. Ironhide transformed and opened up his door And said, "Get in kid," The girl jumped inside, And began Messing with The radio. This is going to be a long drive, Ironhide thought to himself before driving off To Rally with Prime.