Chapter 16

The falling City

Optimus Waited by the ground Bridge as the Autobots reunite one by one First One to arrive was Jazz, Let out a family of four before transforming, Next up was Arcee, Who had also collected a human Who ran inside The ground Bridge, And then Bumblebee arrived the next and he too, had collected a human Child Who ran into the ground Bridge, Before transforming. All that was left was Ironhide, And he came barreling Past the rest of the Autobots and into the ground Bridge, The Autobots all looked at each other in other confusion before anyone could say anything, Ironhide Ran out of the Ground Bridge right before it shut. All the autobots looked at Ironhide but he had an expression that clearly said Please don't ask, So they didn't.

"Did anyone see any Ultron drones," Arcee asked suddenly.

"No," The other Autobots Replied almost completely in sync. And this prompted them to Wonder where were all the Ultron drones, This was his master plan Where were The drones to ensure it's completion.

Then Bumblebee Heard A strange sound. It appears the others heard it as well as they were looking around for the source of the noise. Bumblebee looked over the edge and saw a shield Helicarrier Slowly rising up. The Autobots all looked in amazement. And that's when Arcee noticed Not too far to their right stood Steve Quicksilver and Clint. And when Arcee Pointed this out The autobots rushed over.

When the Autobots arrived, The moment Steve spotted them he said, "About time you arrived,"

Clint look back at the autobots and smiled, "You guys were about to fall behind,"

"Nah, we wanted to give you a chance to catch up," Jazz Replied. A while ago the Avengers and Autobots made abet On who could take down The most bad guys, And of course Being Three story tall robots who can transform, They're constantly In the lead.

Optimus noticed that the Helicarrier was deploying several ships, They appeared to be some sort of transports. Instantly Optimus understood what to do, They had to defend the transports no matter the cost, Then They could take down And destroy The island. Eventually one by one The transports landed Nearby And the people began To flood out of buildings and towards the transports. The Autobots waved the people through and in no time the first transport was away. However The Sound of thousands of mechanical feet running towards their location, Was Heard.The Autobots Rallied on each other And looked Down a road, And saw what seemed like the entirety of Ultron's drones Rushing at them.

"Autobots," Optimus yelled out, grabbing his iron blaster, "Defend the transports," And the Autobots started firing, Each shot Created a mini explosion Killing at least 10 Ultron drones. Eventually the bodies begin to pile up creating a mini barricade of destroyed Ultron drones but that didn't stop them, They simply Activated their thrusters and flew towards the escaping transports. And out of The Autobots range.

The Autobots watched in horror As Ulton's drones began firing on transports and the Helicarrier. A few of Ultron's drones got close to the helicarrier's command Bridge When A barrage of Fire Lit up from behind The Helicarrier. Immediately The drones Turned into a massive Fireball. And Rhodey Wearing his War Machine armor Flew right through The fireball. Then Tony Stark Flew right overhead to engage in the air to Air Battle as well. Their arrival Allowed the Autobots to relax And take comfort in the fact that the helicarrier and the civilians were now protected By two of the best Avengers on the team.

For the next 30 minutes the Autobots split up, saving as many civilians and taking down as many drones as possible. At last Thor's voice spoke on the comm's, "Ultron is rallying all his forces in the center,"

Then Tony's voice came through the comm's, "well everyone time to work for a living,"

Optimus then spoke over the comm's, "Autobots transform and roll out."

The Autobots were the last ones to arrive At the church it was completely destroyed, The roof eviscerated allowing the Autobots to stand. Optimus transformed and wanted to know what was going on, "What's happening," Optimus requested to know.

"Ultron is sending,Every Drone he has at us," Thor informed him, "Trying to get to that," Thor Pointed Mjölnir at Small metallic silver device, "If he triggers that the city's just failed and wipes out all life on Earth,"

"Understood," Optimus said as he closely inspected the trigger, He then took a scan of it and sent it to Ratchet, "Ratchet, are you receiving this," Optimus asked.

"I'm receiving Optimus," Ratchet said, Over the comm's.

"Is there a way To prevent it from being activated," Optimus asked.

After a short pause Ratchet said, "No,But I can modify it to hover in place when triggered,"

"Good, Get here now and bring your tool kit," Optimus ordered And not even a second later, The ground Bridge opened up, And Ratchet walked out Carrying a toolkit. Ratchetlook that Optimus who pointed towards the trigger Ratchet then walked over To the trigger and crouched it down in front of it. Ratchet opened up his toolkit but before he could get to work 20 or so Ultron drones Rushed them, and they were quickly dispatched.

Ultron Floated into sight. However Before he could even say anything, Thor Shouted at him, "Is that the best you can do,"

This of course caused Ultron to chuckle a little bit, He then raised his arms and said, "This is the best I can do," And as he said that Thousands Of his drones Descended upon the Autobots and Avengers.

"Protect Ratchet. We have to Buy him time to finish the modifications," Optimus ordered. And with that all hell broke loose.

Optimus swung the star saber And created a massive energy Ark Destroying An entire wave Quickly replaced, And stormed Optimus, With every swing of the Star Saber he Destroyed Several drones. Pietro Used his super speed To run around the perimeter of the church Destroying Every Drone he came across With one punch. The Android Phased Into an Ultron drone and resolidified causing the Drone to explode,He then spun around While shooting his laser Cutting Many in half. Wanda Used her telekinesis To lift a bunch of drones into the air And slammed them all together into a giant ball of metal, She then slammed It down on top of a massive group of drones Destroying them all. Black Widow Somehow managed to get on top of the Endless Sea of Ultron drones Jumping onto a drone's head before shooting it and several others before moving on, Reloading and shooting as fast as possible. The Hulk bit off One Drones head Before spitting it out And used the body to bat Some drones back.

Tony flew overhead And fired every weapon he had in his Arsenal Destroying as many drones as possible, he Noticed a large group of drones And then slammed right into them, hitting the ground Destroying them all Before taking back to the air. Clint Shot a grappling Arrow At a Heavenly damaged pillar But instead of going up towards it He managed to use all of his strength and pulled it down cutting off an Entry point For the drones, After that He began to fire all his explosive and EMP Arrows Shutting down large groups of drones. Ironhide used both his shotgun and assault rifle, destroying hundreds of drones With each shot out of his shotgun Slamming it up and down in order to rack another shell, his assault rifle mowed down Countless more Drones. Jazz Transformed and used his speakers To cause shock waves To destroy A massive section Of the Drone Army, And toss up several Boulders into the air Jazz then used his grapple to slam each and every one of the boulders to the ground. Steve threw his shield and it bounced off several drones, Steve then caught his shield And vaulted Over one And landed on one behind it Knocking it down, He then stomped on its face Destroying it. Bumblebee and Arcee Had formed up Around ratchet And destroyed Any Drone that even dared to come close.

"I got it," Ratchet shouted before slamming his fist on the trigger And all of a sudden The rising motion they had all been feeling came to a sudden stop With Enough Force To bring everyone to the ground, Mildly injuring the Avengers, Slightly damaging the Autobots, And nearly destroying all the Ultron drones that were in the church at That time. Ultron Got to his feet and rushed at ratchet in a rage. Luckily the Android managed to redirect Ultron outside the church And Tony and Thor followed with the rest of the Autobots closing in. And together all at once They begin blasting Ultron. This continued for a few seconds but when they finally stopped, Ultron's head was Badly burned, And missing the majority of The metal plating.

"You know with the benefit of hindsight," Ultron tried to say but was quickly interrupted, By the Hulk who seemingly came out of nowhere and punched Ultron So far That Optimus would be surprised If he didn't clear The city.

And after that the rest of the Avengers and Autobots Rallied together. To try and formulate a plan about what to do now.

Ratchet approached Optimus and said, "Optimus, City will hover In place but not forever."

Optimus turned to his medic and asked, "How long,"

"Maybe 30 minutes," Ratchet answered, "But I don't know,"

This was a problem. Who knew how many humans were still in the city. 30 minutes might not be enough, On the other hand If they did somehow get all the humans off When the island inevitably Ran out of fuel It was still high enough that if it dropped all life on the Planet Would cease to exist. And he doubted Shield had enough firepower to destroy the island.

Optimus then focused on Tony, "Tony Have you figured out a way to destroy the island," Optimus questioned.

"I'm still working on that part, Optimus," Tony reported.

"Understood but I recommend You figure out how because the moment this rock Falls I want it destroyed, Everyone else Focus on getting civilians to the transports,"Optimus ordered, And instantly Everyone dispersed The Autobots and the Avengers working together managed to get everyone onto a transport. And by the time the 30 minutes were up pretty much everyone had gotten on to a transport except one.

Optimus Prime worked with Hawkeye and Quicksilver And made sure as many people got on to a transport. And that's when A woman screamed out and pointed towards A pile of debris. That is when Optimus saw A small human child was stuck behind some debris, Clint noticed this and ran out to grab the child. As Clint grabbed the child Optimus noticed The Avengers quinjet approaching. At first he thought nothing of it and that is when he heard the quinjet begin firing. Thinking quickly Optimus used his ion cannon to Shoot the quinjet in the cockpit, knocking it off course and causing It to Miss Clint and the child. Quicksilver Quickly ran and grabbed Both Clint and the child and put them on The transport. Before Optimus could line up another shot, The Hulk Jumped into the Quinjet and tossed something out.

Optimus watched as The quinjet sped off. Optimus looked back at the transport and saw that there was no room for him And then the island began to drop. Before anyone could say anything, Optimus forcefully Shut the transport doors and kicked it out into open air. And then much too Optimus Prime's relief The island began to crack showing that Tony had successfully destroyed the island. Then once realizing that if the island was destroyed while he was still on it he would also die. So Optimus Prime ran to the side And jumped off.

And as Optimus Prime fell Through the air He watched as The city exploded. Then he noticed A massive piece of debris getting ever closer and then everything went black.