Chapter 17
The attack
Optimus awoke to a Shining Light Beaming into his Optics And muffled voices,As his vision cleared he realized it was just ratchet and Ironhide.
"What happened,"Optimus asked, looking at Ironhide.
"You took a pretty big fall, hit the ground pretty hard, And knocked you into a power down," Ironhide explained.
"How long have I been out," Optimus questioned.
"Three days," Ratchet reported, Not taking his Optics off the Datapad.
"Understood,"Optimus said.
Optimus tried to stand but ratchet gently pushed him back down, "Optimus With all Due respect I have not cleared you for Duty yet,"
Optimus understood and laid back down as Ratchet continued to run tests on Optimus.
Later that night At The Avengers new HQ, Tony Stark AKA Iron Man Had originally Planned on retiring but he knew that as long as Megatron and his Decepticons Remained operational, retirement wasn't an option. Tony had seen that even though the Avengers had Become stronger they still weren't a match For a single con, Especially not their size.They needed another option, Which is what Tony has been working on.
He had been Working on six Cybertronian Sized suits to put the Avengers on even footing with the Decepticons. Once an Avenger puts the suit on They would Behave just as they would without the suit Except bigger. Each suit would be specified to an Avenger although unfortunately two Avengers weren't here right now, With Hulk having flown off in a quinjet and Thor gone off to Asguard.
Tony was having Trouble finding a way to power The suits, he had run Every single Energy source He could think of through his head, well Every Easily obtainable Energy source. There was still Energon, But he didn't know how to obtain it or Where It was. He didn't even know How much energy it puts out.
Tony lost himself in thought, He didn't know how long had passed when the alarm rang. Tony jumped up in Shock And looked around at The blaring red lights. Tony ran out of his room and asked Friday, "What's happening,"
" An Airborne Energon signature Has entered the airspace," Friday responded.
"Decepticon," Tony muttered Under his breath, Then Tony turned and spoke to Friday, "Alert the rest and send a distress signal to the Autobots," And then Tony ran to suit up.
Not even a second later Pietro and Wanda Had arrived and were in front of Tony, " What's happening Tony," Pietro questioned.
"We have a con inbound," Tony said, As he suited up. A day after The Sokovia incident The Avengers explained to both Pietro and Wanda About the Decepticons and the Autobots.
"What can we do to help," Wanda asked. And Tony had no idea Wanda could probably do something but he had no idea what Pietro could do.
"Stay back and be ready to assist, Something tells me We'll be the only ones Here to stop him," Tony Said, Fully suited up, "Oh and Pray it's only a vehicon," Tony added Before The doors opened and revealed A singular Military Attack helicopter.
The three Avengers slowly approached The helicopter And that's when they saw it, The Decepticon insignia. Before the three Avengers could do anything The Decepticon transformed.
It was massive, Almost bigger than Optimus but it was kind of stubby; with wide shoulders that held missiles, and a wild main body but his arms and legs weren't very long. He didn't have any colour, it was just plain metal. They could see the gears of the helicopter and its main wind blades were located on the top of its left hand, which had 6 equally lengthened, thin blades attached to the main gear. It had four more blades, situated on its back. They were a bit shorter than the ones on It's hand, and the gear that held them sat on the top of It's back, in the center. But it's head was smaller, and sort of slinked into his chest, so the gear came above it- they could easily mistake it for another missile. its red glowing Optics just briefly stared at the Avengers before decided on what to do.
The Decepticon Grabbed Tony's car and Threw it at the three Avengers, Tony flew up and over it while Pietro grabbed Wanda And ran out of the way, And the car exploded on impact.
Tony looked back at the Flaming wreckage that was once his car and Shouted "Hey, That was my 25th favorite car. You're paying for that," Tony flew around the Decepticon firing his Repulsor blasts Non-Stop. This did nothing but annoy the Decepticon as it raised its arm to Shield its face. Seeing how his repulsors weren't working, He gave up on that And fired all his missiles At the same time.
And When the Smoke cleared The Decepticon stood unfazed, "Oh, come on," Tony shouted in annoyance As he dodged an attempt to grab him from the con. Tony managed to get behind it and channeled all power He could to the Uibeam And fired it into the cons back, To Tony's surprise The Unibeammanaged to melt through a tiny bit of the cons armor. But it wasn't enough.
The Decepticon retaliated By spinning around and nearly Smacking him to the ground But Tony narrowly dodged in time And it was then that Tony began to wonder where the Autobots were.
"Friday, patch me into The Autobots," Tony ordered. He knew they couldn't beat this guy. They needed the Autobots.
"Something's blocking the connection," Friday responded.
"WHAT,"Tony shouted in shock, Then Tony Pieced it all together This Con emitted a jamming signal in a massive radius, Stopping all communication from getting in or out. Tony has gotten lucky with getting Pietro and Wanda here, But the signal must not have reached the others.
"Boss, Look out," Friday said, Tony turned around just in time to see the Decepticons fist coming straight for him and then everything went black.
Both Wanda and Pietro had been watching Tony fighting the Decepticon,Unable to move due to Shock at the Size of the con. Sure they had expected Them to be massive but not that big they were barely the size of Its toe. But Once they saw Tony Get punched Into the base they snapped out of it.
The Decepticon went to step on Tony When it suddenly it Couldn't put it's foot down Like something was Holding it back, The Decepticon Looked back and saw Wanda Using her power to hold the foot up, Decepticon raised its arm And fired A short burst out of his minigun, Causing Wanda To stop focusing on holding the Decepticons foot back Start focusing on stopping the bullets.
Pietro Grabbed a steel cable And use this super speed to wrap the cable around the Decepticons feet And when the Decepticon took a step forward it Snapped the cable Causing it to whip back at Quicksilver Who wasn't able to React in time and got a massive Blood red gash across his back.
And the moment Wanda saw this, She Channeled all of her power And began to lift up everything nearby, Trees , A car, and a quinjet. And begin Throwing It all at the Decepticon Which got hit several times over Destroying it's jamming field generator. Realizing that he had a limited amount of time, The Decepticon generated a massive Shockwave Which sent everything flying back, destroying a good part of the Avengers base, And sent Wanda flying back into a wall.
Tony was Jostled awake And was immediately aware of what was happening. He tried to get up But he couldn't move an inch. His suit had no power and his Suit was too heavy for him to move with just his own strength. He watched as the Decepticon wanded out of sight then he heard what sounded like the Decepticon's fist smashing through the roof of the base
Back at the autobot base Ironhide had been watching the monitor When he began to pick up a Decepticon signal, "Prime," Ironhide called out.
Optimus Optimus walked up to his friend and asked, "What is it Ironhide,"
"I'm picking up a Decepti-Chump Signal at the Avengers base," Ironhide said.
Optimus took a look at the monitor and then said, " Me and Ratchet Will go. Ironhide Remain here and operate the ground Bridge." Ironhide nodded and put the Coordinates into the Ground Bridge.
"Optimus, why am I needed," Ratchet questioned.
"There is a good chance that the Avengers were hit with Energon And it is more than likely That they will need your Expertise in that field," Optimus said, Putting a hand on his Medic's shoulder.
Before anything could be said further Ironhide Activated the ground Bridge And both Autobots Ran right in.
When both Autobots exited the ground Bridge The destruction was the first thing that caught their Optics, Trees and pieces of debris were spread out almost as if an explosion had happened. And it was then that The Autobots noticed the Decepticon Standing on the edge Of the Avengers base with its hand inside it.Optimus immediately recognized this Decepticon as blackout, One of Megatron's top scientists.
Optimus ran forward, pulled out his ion blaster, And fired several times Missing each shot and Alerting Blackout to the Autobots arrival. The Decepticon jumped up And transformed before flying off Into the Night, Optimus Fired off several more shots missing each one Before the con was out of range.
Optimus grunted in annoyance And put his ion blaster away. He walked back over to Ratchet However Before they could Speak A groan cut through the air, Ratchet rushed over to the area Where the groans were heard and he saw the Iron Man armor, depowered and Heavily damaged.
"It's about time you guys showed up," Tony said, From inside the suit.
Ratchet Kneeled next to Tony and said, "Apologies we suspect he may have been using A Jammer To make him undetectable," Ratchet Turned his hand into a saw blade Which made Tony Panic a tiny bit.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You aren't going to cut me in half are you," Tony questioned.
"Your suit has no power, we need to cut you out," Ratchet said in a calming voice which helped calm Tony down, And then Ratchet started cutting.
When ratchet had finally cut Tony out he sat up and rubbed his wrist, He looked back down at his cut open suit and said to himself, "Well there goes 7 million dollars down the drain,"
Just then the rest of the Avengers had Arrived to see a partially destroyed base, Optimus Prime and Ratchet, And Wanda and Pietro Laying, injured on the ground.
"What the hell happened here," Steve questioned, Rushing over to Pietro And checking his pulse. Thankfully, he still had one. He did the same thing with Wanda and she too had a pulse. But both were unconscious.
"A Decepticon attack-" Optimus informed them, As he said this he radioed back to base so they could listen in, "-One performed by Decepticon scientist known as blackout,"
The Autobots Hood the name blackout they all shivered in fear,But not because of blackout but because Of the person Blackouts arrival Heralds, Shockwave.
"Who is this blackout,"The synthetic Android known as Vision asked.
Before Optimus could answer ratchet butted in, "Blackout Was The second best Scientist on Cybertron Before the war now he's second in command of the Decepticon science division,"
"Hold on second best, Who was the first," Clint questioned.
Ratchet looked at Optimus unsure If he should tell them about Soundwave. Optimus knew that the Avengers were allies and deserved to know as much as the Autobots did. So Optimus gave him the go-ahead.
"Shockwave, He helped cure and fix so many, But when war broke out he Sided with the Decepticons,-"Ratchet said he looked at the Avengers before Steadying himself And continuing, "At some point in the war Shockwave performed an experiment on himself and removed all emotions Leaving only a being of pure logic. He began to torture, experiment and do anything for more information to conduct his studies with." Ratchet finished.
When he looked back at The Avengers They all stood there, wide-eyed staring at Ratchet. He could understand their reaction. when he had found out what Shockwave had been doing. He had the same reaction but He left out some of his evilest experiments. Experiments that he shuddered to think about.
And that is when Pietro and Wanda began to wake up Catching everyone's attention, Steve Ran over to Pietro and Vision floated To Wanda.
"What happened," Wanda asked, still groggy from being Launched into a wall.
"Well basically what happened was We got our butt Handed to us," Tony summarized, While he looked over the damage to the base.
While the rest of the Avengers went off to give them better explanation of what happened, Tony Climbed over a Bunch of debris And looked into The hole blackout punched Into the Avengers base,On the other side was the Avengers Server room Where they stored all their data Including The location of the Autobot base.
