Chapter 5: The Big Bang Theory
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa." Tiberius said as Optimus just alluded to Megatron's plan. "Back the truck up, you mean to tell me that Megatron has enough Dark Energon to raise an entire planet of zombies?!" He questioned incredulously. "Inconceivable!"
"I wish it were exactly that, Tiberius, but it is unfortunately the case." The Autobot leader sighed.
"Son of a mother fucking-!" The boy started to say.
"Tiberius!" Sierra snapped, covering Raf's ears.
"Sorry, but how else am I supposed to react to something like this?" He asked.
"Is there any way we can stop it?" Jack asked.
"The only possible way to stop it is to destroy the space bridge." Ratchet inputted hesitantly. "And I was able to find its location, it sits high above orbit."
"Far out of our reach." Optimus sighed heavily.
"Yeah, So how are we gonna take it out now?" Arcie asked.
"Can't you guys just ground bridge there?" Miko suggested. The medic just sent her an irritated look.
"The ground bridge has a limited range. Bridging to orbit could scatter us across the stars!" He told her.
"Not if you go at maximum overdrive during the trip." Tiberius noted as he scratched some notes down on a notebook. "Theoretically you could get there if you made the ground bridge send you just short of the space bridges location within a margin of error for its range."
Ratch opened his mouth to argue… Only to realize that the boy was actually right.
"Well… When you put it like that, it might actually work." He conceded.
"It pays to have a superhuman level of intelligence." The boy shrugged.
"Can confirm." Raf inputted with a nod.
"Hmmm…" The medic hummed as he started to work the ground bridge's controls. "Alright, I've locked on, activating the ground bridge now." He told them.
"Should I come with? You never know when you need air support." The golden haired boy offered.
"Megatron now most likely knows of what you are capable of and the existence of your human form. That being said, I believe it would be best if you accompanied us to the space bridge, but not engage in combat with Megatron in any way." The Prime told him.
"Fair enough." The boy nodded as he transformed. Ratchet then powered up the ground bridge and the Autobots heading through transformed. Though as Tiberius was about to, he felt someone grab his leg and looked to see Miko with a worried look.
"I know I might be an adrenaline junkie, but… Promise me you'll make it back, okay?" She pleaded. The gold plated Bioformer kneeled down to her and looked her in the eyes.
"Don't worry. I will." He told her. The girl then turned to her guardian.
"Give em hell, Bulkhead!" She told him.
"They won't know what hit 'em." He chuckled before giving her a pointed look. "And don't even think about following me again." He added.
"Or else." Creator warned before smacking his hands together, mimicking the sound of a paddle hitting someone's backside, which caused the girl to let out a 'meep' while reflexively grabbing said area.
"I think she got the message. You guys better get moving." Jack told them, getting nods in return.
"Autobots! Transform and roll out!" Optimus ordered as everyone transformed and entered the ground bridge. After they left, Miko broke the silence.
"Did anyone else see Tib's vehicle form?" She asked.
"Yeah, pretty sure it was a jet of some kind." Raf nodded.
"It looked like a dangerous one, too." Sierra chirped.
(Elsewhere)
With the others, everyone transformed and gravitized to the surface of the space bridge, though Bulkhead nearly lost his footing.
"Whoa… Okay, don't look up… or down...or left, or right…" He said as he looked around before Tiberius put his hand on his shoulder.
"Relax. I know space is confusing when it comes to direction, but get a grip." He told him. Though as he said this, the Nemesis came into view. "We got incoming!" He called.
Optimus looked at the ship and zoomed in. "It would seem they are repairing damage dealt to both their bulkhead and navigating systems." He noted.
"Okay, the bulkhead is my doing when I was rescuing Fowler. I don't know about their navigation systems, though." Creator noted with a shrug.
"That'd be my handiwork, I jumped onto the top of the ship when Soundwave was about to follow you." Bulkhead told him.
"Oh. Thanks for that." He replied in a grateful tone.
Meanwhile with the Decepticons in the Nemesis, Megatron was taking note of the fact that the Autobots were on his space bridge.
"Optimus, as usual, he never disappoints. And I see he's brought his pupil with him as well." The warlord said as he saw said Bioformer among the Autobots.
"So it would seem." Starscream mused before turning to his leader. "I have Soundwave in position to point the space bridge at Cybertron. He should have the triangulation done soon." He reported.
"Good." Megatron grinned evilly.
(Elsewhere)
"I don't get it, don't the Cons know where their home planet is?" Raf questioned.
"Naturally, but Cybertron is thousands of light years away, in order to complete their objective their navigation has to be astronomically precise." Ratchet told him.
"Their systems must've taken some damage during Fowler's rescue. They might be using another method." Sierra commented.
"True as that may be, I don't believe there is a single human space telescope capable of zeroing in on Cybertron's location." The medic replied.
"What about an array of them? Like the big one in Texas." Raf suggested as he brought up an image of said array on his laptop.
"Please, this isn't child's play." Ratchet scoffed.
"Good thinking, Raf." Optimus told them. "Ratchet, please see if we can have agent Fowler alert the station of the security hazard."
"Soldier, you're out of uniform! Put on some pants…" The man in question said in a daze before falling asleep again.
"... That's gonna be a tall order at the moment, Optimus." Sierra replied.
"I could probably keep the Decepticons busy if I could get into the system." Raf offered.
"Hey, what if we got you in? Like, all the way in, inside the building?" Jack told him.
"That sounds dangerous, considering how important it is. What if security catches us?" The cheer squad captain asked in concern.
"I think security is the least of our worries." Miko rebuked.
"Ratchet, can you bridge us there?" Jack asked the medical expert of the Autobots.
"Of course." He nodded.
"No, the risk is far too great. If the Decepticons were to capture you we would not be able to assist you." Optimus told them.
"We don't exactly have much of a choice. If the Cons go unimpeded, then Earth will be crawling with Cybertronian zombies." Raf reasoned, trying to make the semi truck transformer see reason.
"With all due respect, Optimus, this is bigger than any of us." Jack retorted.
"Yeah, if we don't do something about it, we're all fragged." Miko added.
"Let us do our part in trying to stop this." Sierra pleaded. Optimus was silent for a few moments before he sighed.
"Ratchet, send them to the facility." He ordered reluctantly.
"On it." He replied before putting in coordinates to the array. He then opened the ground bridge for them. "Be careful over there, you four." He told them.
"Don't worry, we will." Jack nodded before the group went through the portal.
(Elsewhere)
"I really don't like the thought of those guys going into a building where the Cons possibly are." Creator said as he got ready for any incoming bogies.
"I don't like it, either. But this is just as important for humanity as it is for the Autobots." Optimus nodded, not liking this anymore than his pupil did.
'For the love of god guys, be careful.' The Bioformer thought. 'Especially you Miko!' He added in a warning tone.
"We got incoming!" Arcie told the two as Decepticons started flying towards them and started shooting. Creator immediately transformed and took flight toward them, guns blazing and missiles flying. The other Autobots, meanwhile, took out any that got past him.
As the Autobot flier shot Seekers out of the air left and right, his front suddenly opened up like a mouth.
"Wait, what's-" The Bioformer started to say before a blue laser shot out. "WHOA!" He exclaimed in surprise before he used it to take out some Decepticons. After a few seconds, the beam stopped. "Okay, I honestly didn't expect that." He got out, his voice laced with shock.
"Wow, kid's loaded." Bulkhead remarked as he smashed a Vehicon's head in.
[No kidding.] Bumblebee nodded as he punched a Con he had in his grip.
Though as Creator was flying and shooting, Megatron came out of nowhere and crashed into him before transforming and hurling the golden son of Primus onto the deck of the Nemesis, forcing him into robot mode.
"Oof!" He grunted before Megatron landed across from him, getting his attention. "Well this just escalated quickly." The Bioformer muttered. "Let me guess: Payback for the injury I gave you?" He questioned, knowing that was one reason for the warlord to come after him.
"Very astute of you, Creator." Megatron said in a mocking tone. "However, there is another reason. Call it me taking an interest in your… unique physiology." He added.
"Then you know about not only my human form, but my masks as well." Creator stated, and got a nod in return.
"My resident scientist is very much looking forward to dissecting you." The Warlord replied as he deployed his arm blade.
"I'm afraid I'll have to decline that notion due to me wishing to survive." The hybrid replied as he deployed his own arm blades. Right at that moment, Optimus landed beside him. "I know you told me not to fight him, Optimus, but I don't think I have that luxury." He told his teacher.
"So it would seem." The Prime nodded as he deployed his wrist blade.
(Elsewhere)
Back with the others, Raf was in the middle of trying to stop the Decepticons from locking onto Cybertron, but as he did, he started to take notice that the Con who was in the system was closer than they expected. Really close, in fact.
"Whoever is in the system is putting up a real fight. Not much of a surprise there." The boy remarked as he continued to fight his opponent.
"Can you disable it?" Sierra asked.
"Yeah, Just give me a second." The boy nodded. But as this was going on, in the master control room, a Decepticon was crouched in front of the main hard drive and was hacking into the system.
It was Soundwave, and he was alerted to the kid's presence by sifting through the security camera footage. Deciding to take care of the problem personally, he used one of his claw arms to go to the back room where the kids were to try and stop them.
With the group of four humans, they watched as Raf continued to fight off Soundwave's efforts by taking the dishes out of alignment of Cybertron. However, they were too focused to notice the door opening, allowing the scientist's claw arm to enter. When Jack noticed the light, he turned and his eyes widened upon seeing the appendage hovering there.
"LOOK OUT!" He yelled in alarm as he pulled Sierra to the ground with him when it moved to attack. Miko quickly ran over to the emergency housing of the ax nearby and grabbed it. Though as she attempted to swing it at the tendril arm, it bounced off, and the arm grabbed it. The four humans looked at the arm in fear, thinking it would attack them, and were then surprised (and relieved) when it simply left with the weapon.
"You handed it an ax?!" Jack yelled incredulously.
"Not intentionally!" The girl protested.
"Let's just go see if we can find another computer." Sierra sighed. The group then went to the master control room, and froze when they saw Soundwave, who looked back at them silently… Before he transformed and flew off.
"What gives? Why'd he leave?" The Japanese girl wondered. Raf looked and saw that the ax had been used to cut some cables, causing him to slump his shoulders in defeat.
"He cut the main line, now the dishes are locked onto Cybertron, for good." The boy sighed, before realizing something. "But lucky for us, I managed to swipe some schematics." He grinned, holding up his flash drive.
"Atta boy, Raf." Jack complimented with an impressed look.
(Elsewhere)
Back with the Autobots, Creator was sent skidding backwards as he received a kick to the face from Megatron as both he and Optimus breathed heavily.
"I must admit Optimus, your pupils skills are impressive, but still leave much to be desired." Megatron said in his usual condescending tone. "Though what is one to expect when you put a child against a gladiator such as I, who sharpened my skills in the pits of Kaon?" He laughed.
"As true as that is, you're the one who decided to fight me on your own. I wanted to avoid fighting you to begin with here." Creator remarked as he got up.
"You're a cheeky one, aren't you?" Megatron said as he paired a strike from Optimus.
"You will not succeed Megatron!" The Prime declared.
"Optimus/Lord Megatron!" Ratchet and Starscream called over the respective coms.
"Yes/What?!" The two responded.
"Raf has figured out a way to stop the Space bridge." Ratchet told Optimus.
"Soundwave has locked onto Cybertron, we're activating the bridge now." Starscream said on his end. "And he also has found three more humans of the Autobot's, we could use them against our new thorn in our side."
"Hmm, perhaps you're right Starscream." Megatron said as he turned to Creator. "Perhaps I'll pay these other humans a visit and have Creator watch as I destroy them, slowly and painfully." He grinned darkly.
Creator gritted his teeth angrily as an image of Miko and the others enduring such an act flashed in his mind before he got a wicked grin and deployed his blades.
"Well, you know what time it is." He said as he got ready to attack by brandishing his weapons. RAPE!
For some reason, Megatron felt terror flood his spark when he saw Creator's expression. He barely even had enough time to snap himself out of it to block a blow from the golden Autobot. Which was followed by several savage combos of similar attacks.
Just then the space bridge opened and Megatron's giant cluster of Dark Energon raised onto the deck as he blocked the bow, and as he grabbed a small shard, he smirked before he shanked Creator in the side of his midsection with the shard.
"NO!" Optimus yelled as he saw his pupil get stabbed by Dark Energon. Megatron grinned as he leapt into the air with the rest of the supply in hand before hurling it through the gate and causing Cybertron's deceased to rise from the dead.
Creator groaned as he gritted his teeth and pulled the shard from his side with a pained yell, energon going on the ground as he forced himself to get up.
"I'm not done yet, MEGATROOON!" He roared as he threw the shard down and charged at the warlord again.
The Decepticon leader whirled around in surprise and grunted when Creator tackled him, sending them flying off the deck. The two kept punching and kicking each other until Megatron hit him in his wound which made the younger bot yell in pain as he lost his grip. But as they continued to fight, the Space bridge suddenly started to collapse in on itself.
"What the-?!" The hybrid got out in surprise. "Guys, what's going on?!" He exclaimed into his comms.
"We just set this thing to blow, so you better get out of dodge, now!" Bulkhead told him.
Megatron let out an angered roar as he pointed his arm cannon at Creator and fired as he was distracted, hitting him square in the chest.
"ARGH! You damned bastard!" Creator shouted as he retaliated with two shots to his chest and one to his head, which missed due to the pain throwing off his aim.
Megatron blasted towards him and while he got all the momentum he could, he raised his arm back and sucker punched Creator in the face. This had enough force to send him flying and cause his senses to go down… right as the space bridge started to implode.
Acting fast, Bulkhead managed to get him and pulled him through the portal right as the implosion reached its apex.
(Elsewhere)
"Anything?" Jack asked.
"I have five Autobot signatures coming in… Two of them are very faint." The medic said gravely. This caused Miko to start worrying.
'Tiberius, Bulkhead, please don't be one of them…!' She thought fearfully. She didn't know why she was worrying so much for them, but the thought of either dying terrified her.
Everyone looked at the ground bridge as the others entered, and the two faint signals were revealed to be Arcie and Creator. Everyone else seemed alright. The latter of the two was leaking a good bit of Energon.
"Oh no…" Miko uttered in fear upon seeing her friend in such a state. She went up to Bulkhead quickly. "What happened?" She asked him.
"Took some bad hits fighting Megatron. He tried to stay away from him, but…" Bulkhead trailed off. Miko didn't need to hear the rest.
"Arcie…?" Jack said as he walked up to her and Bumblebee.
"We already lost one, by the Allspark, please don't let it be three." Ratchet pleaded as he started trying to examine the two.
The blue motorcycle slowly started to wake up as he took Jack's hand. "Jack… You know there's other motorcycles out there right?" She asked him weakly. The boy sighed in relief at her words.
Creator, meanwhile, let out a growl as he came to and noticed where he was. He looked at Miko, who looked back at him with relief as she hugged his leg.
"So that's what it feels like to get shanked… How bad did I scare you…?" He asked weakly.
"あなたは愚かな馬鹿." She muttered tearfully. Translation? "You stupid idiot."
"You know that's an oxymoron, right?" The bot chuckled before clutching his side in pain. "Owww…" He groaned.
"Stay still and let me have a look at that injury." Ratchet instructed as he examined the wound. "Traces of Dark Energon? Just what exactly did Megatron stab you with?" The medic asked.
"Bastard stabbed me with a shard of it. Nothing too serious, I hope?" He replied.
"A decontamination bath should handle any infection, though I'll need to patch the wound and give you a small Energon infusion. Nothing too serious though, thankfully." Ratchet nodded in relief. Without a word, the hybrid went into the decontamination bath to get his wound cleaned.
"Okay, seeing Tiberius injured scared me." Jack admitted.
"You're not alone." Sierra sighed in agreement.
Optimus however seemed to be taking things the hardest. Though Bumblebee was quick to try and comfort him.
[Hey, don't beat yourself up over this. Getting hurt is a part of war and it was bound to happen eventually. The best way we can help Tiberius now is to make sure he's ready to avoid it next time.] He told his mentor. [Isn't that what you told me back on Cybertron?]
"Yes, but… It's been so long since I had a student. What I once numbed myself to suddenly feels fresh again…" The Autobot leader sighed.
[Well, looks like that's something you two have in common then.] Bumblebee smiled. They then turned when they heard a yelp in the distance.
"Hey, watch it! I'm still tender there!" Creator snapped at Ratchet as he soldered a patch to his wound.
"Medical procedures are never painless, no matter the race." The medic chided as he finished his work. Then inserted an IV of Energon into the hybrid's arm. "Now just lie here until this is finished. Your human form should have the wound moderately covered by then."
"Alright." He sighed. "If it wasn't covered at all, then explaining it to my parents would be a chore." He added in a mutter.
(Elsewhere)
"Decepticons, it is with great sorrow and regret that I inform you that our glorious leader, Lord Megatron, has joined with the Allspark." Starscream told the Decepticon forces. He then slowly smiled. "All hail, Lord Starscream." He declared.
(Elsewhere)
In the city of Tokyo, a girl was currently being cornered by a bunch of Yakuza gangsters. The girl was obviously Japanese but also had green eyes meaning she could have European blood in her. She had black hair which was styled in a ponytail, and she was wearing a pair of booty shorts similar to Miko's only shorter and tighter, a pair of short black stilettos, black fishnet stockings a purple lycra tube-crop top cross, and she also had an odd looking symbol tattooed on the small of her back. It looked like a combination of the Decepticon symbol and the Makuta symbol.
The girl smirked as she started to glow purple and grow before she transformed and the silhouette of a Cybertronian could be seen in front of the gangsters, and they were soon squashed under foot.
Looks like Tiberius wasn't the only Bioformer in town anymore…
ThermalsniperN7: Well, looks like Megatron literally went out with a bang, but not before getting his pound of metal from Tiberius. Man, that was one heck of a fight.
Dragon Emperor0: And it looks like Tiberius isn't the only Bioformer anymore. And this one's female.
ThermalsniperN7: She's also got the Makuta symbol. Every Bionicle fan worth their salt knows what that means…
Dragon Emperor0: Bad JuJu, like Mata Nui sees a snake kinda bad. Anyway guys, see you next week.