The Autobots were getting a call from Agent Fowler, "Prime!" Optimus, Arcee and Cliffjumper walked in as they heard him yell for Optimus's name. "Prime!"
"Special agent Fowler? To what do we owe-" Optimus starts before getting interrupted.
"What else? 'Cons! I chased them off with some hard ordnance, but not before they blew me out of the sky!"
Sonic laughed, "Seriously?!"
Miko snickered. "Again?"
"They tried to make a smash and grab for the D.Y.N.G.U.S."
Cliffjumper had a confused look on his face, and he wasn't the only one.
"The what?" Arcee asked, raising an optic brow.
The African-American agent sighed before he explained, "Dynamic Nuclear Generation System aka the D.Y.N.G.U.S." Fowler pressed a button which brought up a video feed of the D.Y.N.G.U.S in the cargo bay of Fowler's jet. The device was shaped like a large metal cube with a door on the side, and was strapped down to prevent it from moving. "It's a prototype energy source that I was delivering to the coast for testing".
Ratchet snorted. "That's absurd. Why would Starscream bother with such primitive technology?"
The two members of Team Sonic couldn't help but roll their eyes at Ratchet's statement, even though he had made a far point. Why would the decepticons go after the Earth's tech sources?
"I'm guessing to make a big bad primitive weapon of mass destruction!" Fowler retorted. "If this baby were to meltdown it would irradiate this state and the four next door".
"Hmm… that sounds like a good enough reason to steal it" Sonic commented.
"Huh, did Agent Fowler say what state he was currently in?" asked Raf.
"He sure did." Tails stated.
"I'm a seating duck here, Prime. I need you to spin up your bridge and send the D.Y.N.G.U.S to its destination before the 'Cons come back for it." Fowler said.
"I'm afraid such an option is out of the question" Optimus replied, "If there were to be an accident during transport in the Groundbridge vortex, the radiation of which you speak could propagate through the groundbridge vortex and harm all fifty states… and beyond."
Fowler looked to the side for a second, clueless of what to do. "You got any better ideas?"
A smile formed on Optimus's faceplate. "That I do, Agent Fowler" He then looked to Ratchet. "Ratchet, bridge Bumblebee and Bulkhead back from patrol. Arcee, Cliffjumper, help me ready my trailer".
Sonic raised a brow at that latter part. 'Trailer? What trailer?"
Later, at Fowler's location, Optimus Prime was currently in his vehicle form: a red long-nose Peterbilt. However, there was one more addition; attached behind him was a silver coloured trailer with bright blue highlights. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were also in vehicle mode and parked behind their leader.
Agent Fowler had just climbed into Optimus and sat down at the driver's seat. The agent looked at the dashboard and rubbed his hands gleefully, intending to take hold of the wheel, but the wise Autobot leader was quick to stop him.
"No need, Agent Fowler," Optimus offered. "I will handle the driving".
The former Army Ranger furrowed his brows as he slumped back in his seat, arms folded across his chest.
"This is gonna be a long trip" muttered a disappointed Fowler.
Optimus started his engine, Bulkhead and Bumblebee following swiftly.
"Autobots roll out!" commanded Optimus.
The red and blue truck took the lead as he drove toward the nearest road, a green SUV, yellow custom muscle car, and a red dodge challenger following in his wake.
Autobot Outpost
At least thirty minutes into the drive, Optimus, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Bulkhead were driving down a two-lane road in a mountainous, forest terrain. Their signals could be displayed moving down a line on a map that depicted the road.
"We're locked onto your coordinates, Optimus. Paring any complications, you should reach the drop-off point by sundown." Ratchet informed.
"I still don't know why Tails and I could go with them. We could have with helped with the ing-ugh…" Sonic trailed off, forgetting the name of the energy device.
"The D.Y.N.G.U.S," Tails finished.
"Yeah, that's it," continued Sonic, "We could have helped carrying that thing around. Tails had lift a some heavy stuff before, and I carried them with my super speed."
"Sonic, like Fowler said, the D.Y.N.G.U.S is an experimental energy source, and if it were to meltdown it could wipe out four states. We can't run the risk of damaging it" Tails reasoned.
"Tails is absolutely right" Ratchet agreed.
"Besides," Tails added, "I don't think that I could even lift something that heavy anyway while I'm flying. Also, there's no way that you can carry thing with your super speed too."
Sonic subtly rubbed his chin in thought. "Okay, I can see your point".
"Eh, don't worry about it, Sonic. The 'Bots can take care of this. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?" Miko said.
The blue hedgehog and the yellow two-tailed fox looked at each other before thinking of what could happen.
Somewhere in the Rockies, Optimus, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Cliffjumper drove along the road in that order, staying a close to the speed limit. However, an old rusty white truck ahead that was going very slow and looked to be on its last legs, caused the vehicle trio to slow down.
An annoyed Agent Fowler slammed his palm down on the horn repeatedly, urging the truck to move over.
"Move it, gramps!" yelled the agent.
After another round of honking the loud horn, the white truck conceded and pulled off the road, allowing the Autobots to drive past. But despite that, Agent Fowler continued to honk on the horn.
"Agent Fowler, is that really necessary?" reprimanded Optimus, his tone indicating he was obviously exasperated.
"Ah don't tell me you're one of those textbook drivers" Fowler replied, folding his arms over his chest.
Flying high in the air above the Autobots location was a green military chopper. The two occupants inside were dressed in tight military green, combat suits. The pilot, had a mask with yellow goggles, while the other next to him was broad, strong built man with a clean shaved head and a scar on his face. All in all, he was an imposing figure.
The scared face man spoke into his wireless headset. "They're transporting it in an unarmed civilian truck," He paused for a second, watching the yellow car in the back get in front of the big rig. "Send in the ground units".
Back in the cabin of Optimus's vehicle mode, Fowler was relaxing in the driver's seat, keeping his hand on the wheel to add to the illusion that he was driving; but, in actuality, he wasn't.
"You know… you're really saving my bacon, Prime." Fowler confessed.
"I am proud to be of service" The Autobot leader admitted through the radio set.
"Of course, it's not like I would've needed your help if you and the 'Cons stuck to tearing stuff up on your own corner of the galaxy." retorted Fowler, his tone becoming more irritated. "Same goes to those strange, animal-alien friends of yours, what with them portal-jumping in the middle of Nevada, and them bringing another potential threat to Earth".
Obviously, Fowler was mentioning Doctor Eggman and his robot goons. Sonic and Tails had told him and the 'Bots the full story of how the confrontation of Dr. Eggman led to both them and Dr. Eggman getting transported to this universe. No sightings of the Eggster had come up yet, and Fowler was hoping it would stay that way.
"Are you suggesting no evil existed on this world before we or the Sonic Heroes arrived?" countered Optimus.
"Well… uh… it was… a different evil. How about some radio?" Fowler offered. "You seem like a Nashville sound kind of guy".
However, before the agent could touch the radio system, he spotted a green helicopter in the rear-view mirror. The former Army Ranger immediately recognized the chopper as the same one that shot his jet out of the sky.
"That's the one! That's the 'Con that shot me down! Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Sky-guy?"
"Are you seriously guess-naming right now?" Sonic asked through Optimus' com-link, trying not to laugh. Fowler didn't even bother to answer that question since he had more problems to deal with.
"Watch your rear-view" Bulkhead warned over a handheld radio.
Right on cue, a squad of green sport-cars appeared out of nowhere, and surrounded Bulkhead on both sides and behind him.
"Feeling a little constricted here without the use of my fists here, boss" Bulkhead said over his com-link.
"Same here" Cliffjumper added over his com-link.
"Remain in vehicular mode unless the situation requires so" Optimus ordered.
Suddenly, the car on Bulkhead's passenger side zoomed out in front of him, but another green sports-car from behind filled the void on the empty side. The Wrecker was now completely boxed in.
"A whole team of 'Cons," deduced Agent Fowler.
"What? I'm not picking up anything. They must be utilizing a new form cloaking technology" Ratchet summarized over the com.
The sports-car on Bulkhead's passenger side picked up speed until it passed Optimus, Cliffjumper and Bumblebee and got it front of them. Then, another car from behind accelerated forward until it evened out its speed with Optimus's, driving right by his driver side.
Fowler stared at the green muscle car, expecting it to transform into a robot and tackle them off the road. However, he and Optimus were met with quite a shock. The sunroof on the car opened up, and out from it came a man clad in a tight green combat suit, wearing a mask and yellow goggles to conceal his face. He was holding a strange high-tech gun and pointing it straight at them.
"Pull over!" He yelled.
"Well I be dipped!" Agent Fowler exclaimed in dumbfounded matter.
Ratchet stood by the terminal whilst the human kids, Sonic, and Tails in the human area, looking up at the three monitors in interest of the developing situation.
"Our assailants are not Decepticons. They are human" Optimus informed.
"Human?" Jack and Raf looked at each other, both startled. Sonic and Tails were shocked hearing this. Why would humans go up these against giant robots?
"Oh please, taking on the 'Bots… ha… they're road kill" Miko remarked.
Somewhere in the Rockies
Up from the chopper, the scarred face man looked on with stern, no nonsense expression. "Gentlemen, stop their engines" he said calmly but with a hint of malice.
The soldier pointing the gun at Optimus prepared to fire; however, the Autobot leader was quick to respond. Prime turned into them, thus sending the green sports-car off the road, an audible explosion could be heard behind them as the soldier had fired and missed.
As Optimus corrected himself, Fowler held on tightly to his armrests. "Who are these guys?!"
"Autobots, maintain your cover, and apply minimal force… disbarment only" Optimus ordered through his com-link.
Another sports-car that was boxing in Bulkhead accelerated forward, driving alongside Optimus. The sunroof slid open, revealing a masked man aiming a high-tech rifle at the Optimus. Bumblebee saw this and immediately acted. The scout got on Optimus's right side and slowed down considerably, causing the green sports-car to run into Bee's finder. Cliffjumper then hit the green car's other side.
As a result, the green car swerved out of control. To add insult to injury, the vehicle's passenger side, back tire hit a large boulder off the side of the road, thus causing the car to flip over. After rolling on its side three times, the car came to a stop on its roof.
The imposing, scared face man in the chopper watched on with a bit of surprise. "Those are not civilian drivers" he pointed out.
Along the mountain road, a set of sharp turns could be seen ahead. Optimus's tires screeched loudly against the pavement as he made each curve. Fowler appeared dizzy from all the turning and it seemed he was close to losing his lunch.
"Could use some air," Fowler mumbled.
Optimus rolled down the window, allowing Fowler to stick his head outside. Suddenly, the agent spotted another car driving alongside the Autobot. This time though, one of the occupants opened the door and jumped onto the back of the truck, the area where the trailer hitch was located.
"Prime bare right!" Fowler warned.
Optimus took his advice and bore to the right, slamming into the car and running it off the shallow cliff. Nevertheless, that man was still on Optimus, and doing something back there.
"Agent Fowler, that human is intending to separate me from my trailer. I will need you to handle him" Optimus said through the radio.
"No problem, big guy".
The African-American agent opened the door and climbed out on the step. Fowler slowly and carefully moved along the side of the truck. When he reached the back, he saw a man attired in a combat suit and wearing a full mask that covered his face and a pair of yellow goggles, whom appeared to be using some sort of torch to melt the trailer hitch.
Fowler, not wasting a moment, grabbed the man by the shoulder and caused him to drop the torch. The Autobot's liaison held the man from his neck, close to the edge of the truck.
"You're gonna tell me everything I wanna know…"
He was unable to finish his sentence as the unknown man pushed against Fowler and jumped off the side of the vehicle. Seeing nothing else he could do, Fowler carefully moved across Optimus and got back in the cabin. As soon as he was back in the driver's seat and buckled up, a transmission came in through Fowler's handheld radio.
"I sure hope you treat the D.Y.N.G.U.S better than you do your captives" The voice was male and sounded cold but also sophisticated in a sinister way.
Fowler looked out the window, seeing that the green chopper was still hovering over them. He realized that whoever was speaking was riding in that helicopter.
"Special Agent William Fowler of the United States government, identify yourself!"
"I am Silas, but of to greater consequence to you, we are M.E.C.H, Mechanics of Evolution and Cybernation of Humanity. Fair warning, we'll be helping ourselves to your device, even if it means inflicting casualties."
"Is that so?" Fowler snarled. "Tell me Si, what's the market price for a D.Y.N.G.U.S these days?"
"What makes you think we intend to sell it, Agent Fowler?" retorted Silas.
A moment passed, Silas looked down to the convoy of vehicles. "There's a war brewing between the New World Order… and the newest. The victor will be the side with the most innovated technology" Silas said under his breath.
One of the remaining MECH ground unit vehicles drove up behind Optimus's trailer. The sunroof of the car slid open, allowing a MECH soldier to pop out and aim an advanced firearm at the trailer. Taking quick aim, the foot-soldier fired three, high-tech projectiles that attached to the trailer's clamp. Seeing that the projectiles were securely attached, he pressed a red button on the side of his gun.
Suddenly, as the clamp-like projectiles dug deeper into the metal, intense electricity danced from one to the other. A few seconds later, the clamp on the trailer was blown off, causing the door to automatically slide open, revealing the D.Y.N.G.U.S inside.
The MECH soldier placed his weapon down as he cautiously climbed out of the high-speed car through the sunroof.
"So, Si… you think MECH has the most radical tech?" Fowler said in the radio.
Unexpectedly, a blue and pink sports-bike zoomed out of the trailer, its rider wearing a full leather jumpsuit and helmet. The back tire of the bike made impact with the hood of the MECH car, smashing it and startling the driver so much that the car swerved off the road, flipped over, and went up into flames.
Meanwhile, Silas and his pilot watched in shock at what just occurred. "Definitely not civilian drivers," commented the pilot.
Silas only scowled.
"Ha! Later Si," Fowler mocked before cutting off the transmission.
"Agent Fowler, do not take your Silas likely. Megatron preached the very same ideology before plunging Cybertron into the Great War that eventually destroyed our world" Optimus advised.
"Optimus, prepare for phase two. Five miles south of your current position will be the rendezvous point" Ratchet notified over the com-link.
The Nemesis
Inside the bridge of the Decepticon flagship, Starscream was listening to an Autobot transmission that Soundwave, the Decepticon spymaster, picked up.
"Five miles south of your current position will be the rendezvous point" Ratchet's voice played back, but had a dark metallic undertone to it.
"So, the Autobots have left the confines of their base, and sound otherwise engaged" Starscream noted. 'And there is no evidence that their super-powered animal friends are with them' He thought. "Which means they will never see us coming," The leader of the Decepticons turned around to face his squad of Eradicons, a scowl ever present on his face. "Find them and turn them into scrap!"
The purple and black drones placed their right servos over their spark chambers, and replied simultaneously, "Yes, Lord Starscream".
Starscream grinned sinisterly.
Somewhere in the Rockies
The band of Autobots continued driving down the mountain road. Bumblebee and Arcee were up in front of Optimus whilst Bulkhead and Cliffjumper remained in the back. Up ahead, Fowler spotted two tunnels that ran through the mountain. One was for the road; the other was for railroad tracks.
Despite the hold up with MECH, it appeared they had made it on time. The freight train they were scheduled to meet up with was just fixing to enter the tunnel.
"There's our destination point." Fowler mentioned.
"Autobots, keep a tight formation" Optimus commanded through the com.
Arcee was the first to run off the side of the road and into the ravine where the train tracks were placed. The Autobots quickly drove into the tunnel, driving alongside the freight train. Nevertheless, the MECH cars were still chasing their tail.
To solve that problem, Bulkhead and Cliffjumper transformed to the robot modes, shifted their servos into blasters, and fired at the roof of the tunnel entrance. As a result, rocky debris collapsed from the roof and fell in front of the entrance, promptly blocking their assailants from getting in. Bulk and Cliff smirked in satisfaction before transforming back to vehicle modes and racing to catch up with the others.
Silas smirked. "Tactical error, only one way out,"
He watched as the Autobots drove out of the tunnel, up the ditch, and back onto the road. The former colonel was preparing to initiate another attack before something unexpected transpired. A squadron of six unknown, purple and black aircraft surrounded the chopper, and then shot forward.
Fowler saw the incoming aircraft as well. "Air support?! Ours or theirs?"
"Optimus you have incoming!" Ratchet warned.
Seeing the Decepticon air threat, the Autobots immediately pulled off the road and into a clearing in-between some mountain cliffs. The Eradicons, in V formation, discharged a folly of missiles at the Autobots. This totally took Silas and his pilot off guard.
"Military fire on one of their own?!" Silas stated in shocked tone.
Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Arcee outmanoeuvred the missiles; however, given Optimus's size and mass, he didn't have the manoeuvrability as the others. Instead, he took a sharp turn ahead at the curve ahead, causing too much strain on the trailer hitch. Consequently, the hitch broke as the trailer disconnected from Optimus.
"Sir, the D.Y.N.G.U.S!" The pilot shouted.
The missiles made a direct hit, thus leading the trailer to go up into conflagration, reducing it to scrap metal. Silas and the pilot looked on confused. They had expected some sort of radioactive explosion with the force of over twenty nuclear bombs, or at least some sort of radiation reading, but there was nothing.
"Sir, I'm not picking up any radiation, the D.Y.N.G.U.S didn't meltdown" The pilot informed.
"No… it did not" Silas replied calmly, deep in thought.
Back to the ground, the Autobots came to a screeching halt at the edge of a steep cliff, just as the Eradicons transformed mid-flight and landed right in front of them. It appeared the 'Bots were left with no other options.
"Agent Fowler, if we are to survive, it has become absolutely necessary to drop our cover" Optimus stated.
Instantly, the red and blue semi-truck broke apart and shifted into the bipedal form of Optimus Prime. Fowler was standing in his left servo, looking woozy and ready to hurl. Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, and Arcee followed Optimus's example and transformed into robot mode, ready to fight.
Meanwhile, as this was taking place, Silas continued to observe from his chopper, growing more shocked and impressed after each passing second.
"So, the rumours are true. Living technology stands before us," Silas then sneered. "Though perhaps, not for very long".
Optimus and the 'Bots stared down their Decepticon foes with disdain. The Autobot leader placed Agent Fowler on top of a boulder, well away from the battle to come.
"Remain here," instructed Prime.
"Will do," Fowler complied, not even thinking of arguing against that request.
"After a long road trip," continued Bulkhead, "it feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some 'con tailpipe!" The wrecker slammed his fists together for emphasis and transformed his right hand into a mace.
Optimus punched one down hard to the ground and concentrated on the next one. Bulkhead smashed one completely with one swing with his wreaking ball. Arcee fought one used her agility skills to have the Vehicon on constant guard. Bumblebee fought one with a classic 'Float Like a Butterfree, Sting Like a Beedrill'. Cliffjumper tackled the last Vehicon and began slamming his fist on the Decepticons face. Optimus finished off one of the Vehicons and slammed his arm on the other one charging at him.
Meanwhile, back in the MECH chopper, Silas continued to watch on with inward fascination of the fighting machines. Though he didn't show it, he was awe-inspired from these transforming robots. However, he still had a mission to accomplish, recovering the D.Y.N.G.U.S.
"Sir, if the D.Y.N.G.U.S wasn't in the truck…" the pilot trailed off.
"Yes, that…" Silas replied, snapping out of his muse.
He then activated his radio link, connecting with Agent Fowler's communicator. "Special Agent Fowler you live a charmed life walking amongst titans".
'If you thought they were impressive, just wait until you see the Sonic Heroes." Fowler mused.
Fowler held the radio up to his ear, and responded, "Come on down and I'll introduce you."
"In good time, however, I am still wondering how the D.Y.N.G.U.S could've vanished into thin air without a trace" Silas replied.
His attention was focused on a digital screen that showed a purple dot moving along a railroad. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what happened to the nuclear device.
"Now if you excuse me, I have a train to catch" Silas said as he shut off the transmission.
Back on the ground, Agent Fowler was shocked that this Silas figured it out. He turned around to watch as the green military chopper flew off, heading in the general direction of the freight train. Fowler quickly shifted channels to Optimus's com-link.
"Prime, Silas got wise to phase two".
Optimus had just finished beating the stuffing out of a few 'Cons, but as soon as Fowler called in, he momentarily lost his concentration on the battle.
"I understand,"
Out of nowhere, Optimus received the end of a tree trunk to the helm from an Eradicon. Caught off guard by the attack, Optimus stumbled backwards until he fell off the cliff. He rolled on the rock face shortly before colliding with the hard, rocky ground on his front-side. The red titan attempted to get up, but it was in vain, he was in too much pain.
"Prime! Do you read me?! Prime!" Fowler shouted in the radio.
After receiving no response, Fowler knew that Optimus was down. And with MECH gearing to steal the D.Y.N.G.U.S, he was left with no other option. He switched channels to connect with the Autobot base.
"Fowler to base, Prime is down. I repeat, Prime is down, and MECH has gone after the train!"
Autobot Base
"Optimus is down!" Miko said.
"MECH's gonna grab the D.N.G.S. We need to think of something, quick," Jack said.
"You mean like a phase 3?" Raf said looking at him after turning from the computer he was at.
"So, any ideas, everyone?" Sonic asked, hoping for some good suggestions.
"Okay. Come on, think," Jack said, he turns around, "All right, if MECH wants the D.N.G.S., they have to get on that train." Before Miko could say something, Fowler contacted the base again.
"Base, I need you to send in Sonic and Tails to guard the D.Y.N.G.U.S.; the Autobots are still preoccupied with the 'Cons" Fowler continued.
The mobians looked at each other, all realizing the importance of this situation.
"Alright!" Sonic said.
"You got it, Agent Fowler!" Tails stated.
"Why don't we come with you guys?" Miko asked, filled with excitement. "You know run some mobian-on-human interference?" She added making punching gestures with her arms.
"Absolutely not!" Ratchet said.
"Yeah, that would be suicide," Jack said realizing that her plan sounded silly.
"Hello, The United States of Meltdown!" Miko told them, "Lives are at stake!"
"Yeah! Human lives!" Tails corrected her. "There's no way we're bring you guys into this situation."
"Besides, not only do you want me to bridge you into a confine space but one moving at ninety miles per hour?! I can't even think of what could possibly go wrong: mental trauma, twisted limbs, metal burn…"
The five looked at Ratchet blankly.
"Well…maybe not the last one" The medic muttered. "Regardless, it is nearly impossible to fix groundbridge coordinates on something moving at that speed."
Raf sat down at a computer and frantically typed on the keyboard. A few seconds later, he replied, "Would it help if we had access to the train's travel path?"
Suddenly, a map of the train's position showed up on the middle screen. Ratchet lifted an optic brow and answered, "Well…"
It didn't take long for the MECH chopper to catch up to the freight train. Silas grinned at how easily it will be to take the D.Y.N.G.U.S, now that the Fowler and the 'Bots were out of the way.
"Immobilize them," ordered Silas.
A MECH soldier in the back opened the chopper door and aimed a high-tech firearm at the train and fired. The projectile clamped on to the side of the main engine and discharged a large amount of electricity that not only cut off the engines but also travelled down the length of the train.
Inside the box car that held the D.Y.N.G.U.S, was a single soldier guarding it. The soldier was cut by surprise when a painful amount of electricity surged from the metal floor and into his body. After a few screams, the man collapsed to the floor unconscious.
Ten seconds later, a swirling green portal opened up inside the box car. Exiting from the vortex were Sonic, Tails, and Miko. She somehow convinced them to come along, so they agreed to let her come with them. They saw the D.Y.N.G.U.S on the far side of the car and a man lying on the floor. Seeing the down soldier, Tails immediately ran to his side to check for a pulse. He exhaled deeply, relieved that he was alive.
"He's okay, just knocked-out cold." Tails stated.
Miko then got on her phone. "Raf, we're in."
"I read you, Miko," Raf said on the other side. "The cellphone-commlink patch works."
Both mobians and the sixteen-year-old girl hear the helicopter from above. Sonic opens the cargo container's door and sees Silas's helicopter descending, "Raf, MECH's landing on top of the train," Sonic told Raf as he placed his phone back on his ear.
"In about 20 seconds you're gonna come to a fork," Raf said as he continues to track the train from base, "Brace yourself."
The train is a few yards away from a tail fork as the helicopter hovers over the top of the container while Raf uses his laptop at base to switch the train's railway track and the helicopter suddenly had trouble balancing and flew upwards.
"What happened?" Silas asks the pilot.
"Hacker," the pilot answered before pressing a button on the dashboard, "Former, hacker."
Back at base Raf's laptop suddenly gets hacked by the helicopter's pilot as it showed a bomb going off on it. "What?" He said with disbelief and his laptop suddenly shorts out.
"Aw, come on!" Jack said with shock.
"And what have I been saying all along about Earth technology?" Ratchet asked them.
Back in the carriage the D.N.G.S. is in, the helicopter lands on the roof and MECH goons begins to cut through the roof.
"Raf is losing his touch," Miko said.
"Shoot!" Sonic complained.
That was when the sixteen-year-old girl had an idea. "You two hide."
"Miko, you can't take on those soldiers up there!" The two-tailed fox argued.
"Who said I was?" She asked, leading for both mobians realizing that Miko's plan was to do a surprise attack.
All of a sudden, they looked up to see a torch cutting into the roof. Miko pulled the unconscious soldier out of the way and grabbed an axe off the wall whilst Sonic and Tails hid, preparing for the fight to come. Once the flaming torch had cut a full square piece, it fell to the floor, allowing the six MECH soldiers to jump in. The men was armed with advanced looking firearms.
The MECH minions looked confused when they saw Miko.
"You want a slice of this?" Miko threatened waving the axe at the goons, "Well, do ya?!"
The leader of the six pressed a button on his ear piece. "Commander Silas, there is one teenager guarding the D.Y.N.G.U.S. What are your orders?"
"Kill her. Leave no witnesses".
The six men looked at each other shortly before aiming their weapons at Miko.
"Orders are orders," the leader said.
After they pulled their triggers, Tails leaped out of his hiding spot in front of Miko, activating his shield, thus deflecting the bullets. The six MECH minions immediately ceased fire and backed up, shocked at what happened. That was when Sonic appeared out of nowhere with his speed. He then went around them and looked at their shocked covered-masked faces.
"Good luck trying to follow your orders." Sonic retorted.
The blue hedgehog then did his Spin-Dash move and charged one of the MECH soldiers towards the wall. The yellow two-tailed fox dropped down his shield and activated his arm cannon, thus shooting three MECH soldiers down.
Though the masks and goggles were covering their faces, anyone could tell they looked shocked. "W-w-what the hell are you freaks?!"
"Language" Miko mocked.
Tails, fueled with anger, gave the MECH soldiers a glare. "And to answer your question, we're the ones you shouldn't be messing with!" He then flew at the last two of the soldiers and knocked them out with a Tails-Swipe hit.
"That was pretty easy" Miko remarked.
"What did you expect from Eggman-wannabes?" Sonic retorted with sarcasm, laughing a bit.
However, one of the soldiers got up from his defeat, grabbed Miko from behind and put his gun next to her head. The mobians were shocked and enraged of seeing this, but they didn't dare engage, not risking putting Miko's life at stake.
"One more step, and this girl di-" The soldier was cut off when he got hit by the head when a huge object fall on head, thus letting go of the sixteen-year-old and his gun. "Ow!"
Before he could grab his gun again, he was shocked to see another hedgehog appear out nowhere. He was even terrified when the hedgehog picked up the hammer and delivered a powerful hit; but not too powerful to kill. The soldier was then knocked out.
"No one hurts my friends!" The pink hedgehog said, turning around and gave a smiles to Sonic, Tails, and Miko.
"Amy?!"
"Miss me, Sonic?" Amy jokingly asked. However, Sonic did blushed out of embarrassment rather than annoyance.
"You could say that." The blue hedgehog admitted.
"Amy, is Knuckles with you?"
"Yep! He's just running on that hill."
The four looked at the hill and saw Knuckles, running and waving at them with a smile.
Miko then chuckled. "You guys are pretty fierce."
Inside the cockpit of the MECH chopper, Silas and the pilot were stunned, awed, and shocked at what they witnessed. The six MECH agents had cameras installed into their masks so that Silas could monitor them to check in on their progress. Silas watched as those creature teenagers with strange, powerful abilities took down his agents with ease.
Though those living machines were something to marvel at, the discovery of these creatures and their powers was extraordinary. How is it that these animals have super-powers? How has no one ever heard of them? What other abilities do they have? How serious of a threat do they posse to MECH?
In the helicopter, the pilot notices something behind them, "Sir…" he said and Silas saw Optimus running toward the train before transforming into his alternate mode. He can also see Knuckles running from another direction.
Not knowing the extent of their enemy's abilities and the arrival of the red echidna and the Autobot Leader, Silas was left with no other option but a tactical retreat.
"Retreat," He ordered the pilot.
As the military green chopper picked up speed and gained altitude, Silas picked up a rocket launcher-like device from beside his chair and placed it on his right shoulder.
"Combat rule number one: never leave the enemy with the spoils."
After opening his side window, he held up the weapon and fired it. A missile-like projectile ripped through the air and gained distance far in front of the train. After ten seconds, the projectile collided with the ground over a mile away, destroying a large section of the tracks in the process.
"Uh, guys, MECH just took out the tracks up ahead" Tails, who was looking out the door, said in a fearful tone.
"Dang it!"
"Uh oh."
Miko picked up her phone again. "Ratchet, MECH blew the train tracks. You need to bridge us out of here, the soldiers, too."
Back at base, Raf was trying to reconnect to the train with his laptop.
"Um, yeah, we have a problem..." Jack was about to say, until the medic cut in.
"We've lost access to the train data!" Ratchet told Miko "I can't bridge you back without your coordinates!" Ratchet contacts Optimus, "Optimus, Sonic, Tails, Miko, and their friend are on that train, and MECH has blown the tracks."
Railroad
"I'm on my way," the Prime said. "Maximum overdrive!" He starts to accelerate faster.
"Maybe we should jump," Miko suggested.
"At 90 miles per hour?" Tails shouted at her.
"It's the impact or the meltdown," she explained "Take your pick."
The Blue hedgehog was thinking, then he had an idea. He looked outside and shouted shouting. "KNUCKLES!"
The red echidna jumped from the hill to the ground and ran close to the train. "I'm here, Sonic."
"See if you can stop this train!'
"I'm on it!" Knuckles started running past the train and got in front of it.
"I can't believe we're doing this." Tails stated.
"Next time, you need a better job of talking us out of these situations," she told him
The blue hedgehog laughed. "Yeah, next time."
"Well, Sonic... At least, we're in this together."
"I guess you're right Amy."
Before the pink hedgehog could get close to Sonic, Miko got between them. "Raf, Jack, this is important! Make sure Bulkhead gets my guitar."
That was when Optimus drove next to them. The Autobot leader was confused to see a pink hedgehog with them. Especially when he saw a red echidna at the front of the train.
"Don't read the will just yet" Tails said.
"Optimus, I'll talk you about Knuckles and Amy later! We need to get these solders out of here now!"
"Understood!" The Autobot leader stated, getting close to the train. The four started passing each knocked-out soldier inside of Optimus' vehicle mode. Miko then got in his vehicle mode.
"That's all of them."
"Okay, guys, time to jump." Sonic advised, being the first to jump out of the train. He landed on the ground and started running. Amy was the next one to jump out of the train, with Tails flying out and following them.
Back with Knuckles, he saw the train heading his way. It was about to hit him, but he grabbed both sides of the front, thus using his strength and stop it. "ARRRGGGGHHHH!" Knuckles struggled to stop the train moving fast. After a few minutes, the machine finally stopped. "Phew..." The red echidna stared, while wiping sweat off of his forehead.
The others caught up to Knuckles as they stopped at their feet. Miko got out of Optimus' vehicle mode and the Autobot leader transformers, putting Fowler's soldier on one side and putting six MECH soldiers on the other side.
Their attention was then grabbed by the green helicopter hovering high above them.
"Well played visitors." Silas commented. "But MECH still has home-field advantage and trust me we will level that playing field" He looked at the screen that showed a digital scan of Optimus. "Even if it means we have to take you apart, to see what makes you tick."
The leader of MECH then switched videos to that of Tails activating his shield, Sonic using his speed, Amy summoning her hammer out of nowhere, and Knuckles stopping a train with his hands. He knew that he had only seen a taste of what abilities those four animals had. Surprises were still to come from the 'Bots and these creatures
Silas grinned sadistically. "And rest assured we'll know the secrets of your strange, animal friends as well…and perhaps learn the key to harnessing their powers".
Optimus, Team Heroes, and Miko watched as the green chopper flew away, high into the sky.
"I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of MECH." Tails noted disdainfully.
"Indeed, we haven't." Optimus agreed.
"So," Knuckles continued, "what do we do about these guys?" He said, pointing at the six MECH agents.
Amy then looked up at Optimus. "And who's he?"
"Tails and I will tell you guys later." Sonic assured her. "As for those guys, we'll have Agent Fowler deal with them. Maybe he can get some information out of them while they're in custody."
"Agent Fowler?"
"Again, we'll fill you guys in later." Tails said to Amy.
"Optimus, are you, Miko and Team Heroes… intact?" Ratchet asked hesitantly over the com-link.
"Indeed, Ratchet. Crisis averted. However, the world we live on is much different than we could imagine… one that has forged its own Decepticons… in human skin." Optimus stated with a grave tone.
A/N: Hope you like this chapter! Also, side note, the next one will be a tie-in to Deus Ex Machina. While it's called that said title, it'll be a different title, and it'll involve the sonic characters. Plus, you'll find out how Amy and Knuckles found Sonic and Tails.
I hope you guys liked the battle between Team Sonic and MECH. There will be more of that soon, and it might be longer as well.
Please leave your reviews, suggestions and questions in the review box. Until next time…