THE DESERT OF KAON
Mirage: Stay down or you will hurt yourself.
This time tantrum does not dare to move an inch, Mirage placed the broken horn down on the ground.
Tantrum's one remaining optic closed it was taking every ounce of strength he could muster to not break completly infront Mirage his emotions were unpredictable, Until Then Another Loud Bang was Heard From Ruined Kaon City, it was Berserker He had woken up He destroyed the Rubble Around him and walked out.
Berserker: WHERE IS THAT PUNY BULL AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE.
He roared in anger He Scans and finds tantrum he runs and takes a leap jumping where mirage and tantrum were.
Berserker paused his jaw half open as he sees Tantrum Absolutely defeated, He is stunned into silence.
Barricade: Mirage I strictly Command you to Return Back to the base, Bring Tantrum with you i hope you know why I am Commanding you back.
Mirage: I Don't, but As you say Commander.
He grabbed the collar of Tantrum.
Berserker: AYE, YOU.
Mirage Paused turning back.
Berserker: WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS ??.
Mirage: Barricade he is Asking me about his friends, are the dread bots safe ? Is Berserker our target too ?
Barricade: Calm down We aren't using a Nuclear Bomb against a Feral Beast, Overkill, think rationally You have already caused a havoc on kaon, you don't wanna Destroy more cities do you ?. The Dreadbots are safe and we are sending the perfect guy to fight him, you have to retreat now, We will take care of Berserker.
Mirage: Your friends are safe Berserker, I am not your opponent neither he is.
Berserker: HE HURT ME BEAT ME YOU WON'T TAKE HIM AWAY.
Mirage: Trust me, i am more than capable of just taking him away.
Ratchet: I suggest I use Heavens express right ?
Barricade: indeed.
Berserker Lunges at Mirage and Tantrum and But they both suddenly disappeared from there.
Berserker: WHAT ?
He Plunged his fists into sands.
Berserker: Did Sand ate them ??
He sniffs the air.
Berserker: They Vanished... WHAT KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS THAT.
Mirage returns to the base holding Tantrum in his hand.
Barricade: We will have a big time interrogating these Guys.
Berserker stands there confused, still for moment, until Mixmaster and Prowl appear.
Berserker stood on the ravaged outskirts of wastelands that had once been the city of Kaon.
He took a breath of the air and the confused feeling in his spark just went away. Berserker was now thinking clearly again. He looked around the completely destroyed city. Saw all the damage. His focus turned into primal rage as two figures emerged through the dust. Prowl and Mixmaster.
Berserker: You… YOU THIN SPECIMENS THINK YOU CAN GO AGAINST ME.
Prowl did not flinch. He looked at the forty eight foot tall monstrosity dripping in energon. Prowl knew the stats. Every time you tried to attack Berserker head on his rage attribute activates to instantly heal himself absorb the energy and convert it into muscle mass. Worse it drains energy. He could not try brute force or he would be nothing but another of Berserkers energon snacks.
Prowl: Mixmaster we cannot beat this thing with power. If we try we will just end up being a snack for this creature. We have to destroy him from within. Give me a hollow bullet and the strongest and purest plague you have. Let us introduce him to the Cybertronian Plague.
Mixmaster grinned sinisterly. His optics glowed a nasty shade of green as his synthesizers started to work.
Mixmaster: Oh you know I have been dying to test that one.
Mixmaster handed over two bullet shells filled with glowing green liquid and Prowl efficiently placed them into his heavy Blaster. Berserker laughed and charged forward making the very ground tremble beneath his massive steps.
Prowl breathed in deeply and his good cop ability kicked in. An invisible targeting reticle appeared directly in the center of Berserkers massive chest plates. He locked his aim.
BANG. BANG.
Prowl fired twice. The brute strength of his Blaster was completely neutralized allowing him to instantly follow up his first shot with a second. Both shots tore through the exact same microscopic hole in Berserkers armor.
Berserker roared out laughing as he felt no ill effects of the tiny pin holes.
Berserker: JUST A COUPLE OF PIN PRICKS. NOW YOU DIE!!!
He raised a claw to deliver a crushing blow but was stopped as his entire body began violently shaking. Raging Beast could fight wounds but not a bio engineered plague multiplied to a thousand cells a second in his fuel lines. Berserker fell to his knees forming a small crater and thick green coolant began spewing from his mouth. His optics flickered erratically before going blind and his central processor went into over drive overheating him from the inside. He thrashed blindly and destruction ensued before his joints began to lock with rigid paralysis.
Mixmaster: Oops. I may have made that a little too concentrated. He has exactly forty seconds until his spark completely dies out.
Prowl optics widened slightly. He needed him alive for the missing tech AND Sphynix.
Prowl: MIXMASTER REVERSE ENGINEER THE PLAGUE RIGHT NOW AND SYNTHESIZE THE ANTIDOTE!!!
Mixmaster arms worked furiously and soon he created a glowing blue bullet.
Mixmaster: Done! Here catch.
Prowl swiftly caught the bullet and slid it into his Blaster. Berserker was now in the final throes of death choking and paralyzed his mouth leaking and foaming green fog but he was alive. Prowl focused on the invisible target that was still hovering over the beast broad back.
BANG.
The bullet broke apart. The wildly shaking Berserker gradually stopped and Prowl put down his Blaster. Prowl sighed relaxing for a moment.
Mixmaster: YES the beast is out.
Berserker: I will not spare anyone of you mark my words. You cop and you.
Berserker passes out.
Prowl: That went rather well. Now for the difficult part transporting him to the base.
Mixmaster: Sir Ratchet Open the Teleporter.
Ratchet: Ughh, I need a Damn Vacation.
THE AUTOBOT BASE
Hours later one could really feel the tension at the Autobot base. The Crusaders had managed to lock Berserker into a secure med bay checking him for any hidden injuries. Crosshairs healed Berserker and then he was locked inside a high security stasis chamber. Tantrum was sealed in a maximum security prison block of his own.
Barricade was not paying attention to Berserker or Tantrum. He was looking down the corridor that led to the interrogation room. Inside behind strong reinforced glass Hatchet Crankcase and Crowbar were slowly waking up. They were heavily cuffed to the tables. The Autobot base was on high alert but Barricade walked in with total authority. Prowl followed close behind with his blaster in hand.
Barricade: The chase is over and it is time we have a little chat. We know you have been siphoning our tech. We know all about the Dactivated Sphynix but our biggest question right now is who is pulling the strings on you all. Tell us everything about the CISA secrets or I will happily let Mixmasters more advanced plagues work their way into your circuits So I suggest you Confess It all.
Crowbar began fidgeting with his fingers
Crowbar: Okay, so before you do this I feel like you should know I may have recently robbed three energon banks in Iacon on three separate occasions with a Gap of 3 weeks each did it Independently.
Barricade's optics narrowed.
Barricade: That is not what I asked.
Crowbar shrugged
Crowbar: I know, but I felt that was relevant in defining my position in this discussion.
Crankcase: You need to know the type of bot you are negotiating with.
Crowbar: Also, since we are sharing, I may have neglected property tax on my secondary dwelling in Kaon, Though, I technically do not own the property, technically I just occupy it.
Barricade: I do not have time for any of either of your minor administrative infractions.
Barricade let's out a frustrated growl
Crankcase: Speaking of which, I may have also used a forged C-ID to travel since I don't remember, It's just Expired.
Barricade growled again but then he sighed.
Barricade: That not why I asked you Confess. I don't care at all.
Crowbar: But we do care about your moral standing, Barricade! It is just as valid context as his property crimes and your own.
Crankcase: Your moral standing is not the number one concern on my list."
Hatchet stared down, quietly and intently on Crowbar and Crankcase as the continued to make themselves less trustworthy by the moment.
Barricade points at hatchet.
Barricade: You. Hatchet. You haven't spoke so much as a single word yet"
Hatchet tilted his head.
Hatchet: That's because, unlike those two, I know what the right crimes are to confess, Barricade.
Crankcase: What do you mean by that?"
Crankcase demanded
Hatchet smiled sweetly and leaned his head against his own hands with a soft 'chime.'
Hatchet: "Shhh."
Prowl walked forward into the chamber, his patience wearing thin.
Prowl: Let's skip the bank robberies and the tax fraud. CISA Must have another body, I am suspicious of It Being in Earth, as a Former member there I am Dammn sure It's something like that, I never really Paid attention when I had the chance no one ever told me either. Is there a CISA on earth? Bark it out.
The room immediately went silent. Crowbar froze mid sentence about a fourth robbery he was apparently about to confess to. Crankcase's mouth fell open, then shut.
Even Hatchet's eyes blinked wider, then snapped back into place.
Hatchet: How do you know about that?
Prowl: I don't. Not yet. Which is why you're going to tell me.
Barricade: This isn't a negotiation. Sphynix is gone. Tantrum is caged.Berserker is unconscious in a stasis chamber.Your entire chain of command on CISA has collapsed. The only question left is whether you go down with it or you give us something useful.
Hatchet: You think Earth's branch operates the same way Cybertron's did? You think it's run by some bot sitting in a control room barking orders?
Barricade: Then who runs it? Answer it, Stop evading the Questions.
Hatchet went quiet, this time quite deliberately.
Crankcase: Hatchet don't, you know what happens if word gets back to them.
Hatchet: I know exactly what happens. That is Exactly I am thinking and choosing my words carefully
Barricade Leans forward his voice cold final.
Barricade: Mixmaster is standing just outside this room. He has already synthesized seven different strains today. He's working on some… particular flavor of pain now, I'm told. Something involving slow circuit degradation while you remain fully conscious.
Crowbar: Okay, fine. That's… a pretty convincing reason, I'll talk.
Crankcase: Crowbar!
Crowbar: what? I just confessed to three bank robberies for no good reason; I evidently don't have the stomach for this silence gag.
Hatchet exhaled slowly and finally slumped a little.
Hatchet: Fine. But you are not going to like what you hear.
Prowl: Well truth is bitter and disappointing but we need it now.
Hatchet: galvatron runs earth's branch.
The name hit the room like a discarded weight. Barricade optics flared. Prowl became stone.
Prowl: galvatron is dead. he was converted into Megatron by Quintessa him after whatever happened in china and he became something else entirely.
Hatchet: and everyone believes that, right? It's a lot easier to say that a monster is simply gone than to accept that he's still out there, wearing another moniker.
Barricade: you explain. Now.
Hatchet: when the matrix pulse hit earth, it didn't just cyberform the planet it ripped apart what had been forced into unity years ago by quintessa. Megatron and galvatron were never truly one entity, they were merely joined. The pulse severed it clean, megatron kept whatever shards of conscience were left. Galvatron, everything else.
Crankcase: The Rage. The Bloodlust. The desire for absolute control. Stripped bare. Nothing holding it in place anymore, Because the legend is that, Galvatron was confused and still learning his purpose, until he was forced into submission, So that rage fueled Megatron more.
Hatchet: galvatron didn't need cybertron, that was just the first phase of the great unification plan. He targeted earth, a planet utterly unprepared for a second deception war-mongering leader because it thought there'd only ever been one.
Prowl: where is he?
Hatchet: on earth that was the convenient, much publicized narrative. He appeared in china, in the shadow of everything CISA'S main branch was doing on cybertron, quietly building a following, gathering resources.
Barricade: who reports to galvatron?
Hatchet: brawl, stinger, grindor, blackout, bonecrusher.
Crowbar: soundwave was supposed to be on that list too. Last we heard, was weeks ago.
Crankcase: no one's gotten so much as a ping since then.
Barricade: Soundwave is missing?
Hatchet: missing, dead, or simply done listening. Galvatron isn't one for… loose ends, and he's definitely not a fan of uncertainty. If he didn't deliver what he was tasked with, he's likely scrap.
Prowl remained absolutely still as he absorbed the implications.
Prowl: I served under sphynix for sometime and never once heard Galvatron's name spoken.
Hatchet: Because sphynix never knew. The cybertronian CISA and the earth cisa never were designed to be aware of one another. Two completely separate commands, kept isolated for a reason. Sphynix never knew he wasn't at the top of the chain of command.
Barricade: he wasn't. But how are you all ? How do we know it's a story you are making right now.
Hatchet: none of them on cybertron were. Not galvatron's doing. And about your question looks like No one ever came close to Investigate CISA of Earth it's so secret that we don't know what it is called we just call it CISA of Earth.
The room got really quiet for a moment. Barricade looked over at Prowl. Prowls eyes were still wide open. He was thinking about what he heard. He was thinking fast it was making Barricades head hurt. Barricade watched Prowl wondering what he was thinking about all this information. Prowl was taking it all in. Barricade could tell it was a lot for him to handle. Barricade thought about the information too. He looked at Prowl again seeing the look of concentration, on his face.
Barricade: we need to contact optimus. Now, prowl you go Interrogate with tantrum if he knows anything about the CISA of Earth.
Prowl goes to interrogate Tantrum who's is Sitting a bit too quietly inside his cell, with all the Restrains needed to prevent him to destroy the whole place.
Prowl: Hey You, TANTRUM I don't have much time to spare, Alright, so you better.
Prowl paused seeing Tantrum was not even acknowledging his dammn existence at all,
Prowl: Are you listening there ?
Tantrum: Ahh yes who's this.. prowl The former CISA Agent Who got a change of spark. Laughable.
Prowl: Shut Up, Don't waste time., Do you anything about earth CISA. Or anything like that.
Tantrum: I don't, Only Thing I know is that, I got My Dignity Taken from me, Something that i was very proud of, he took.. he humiliated me so much.
His shoulders droop,. He touches the base of his Uprooted horn.
Tantrum: when he Threw me in space and then bolted right infront of me to Punch me back, I felt Terror, i felt it through my being.
Prowl sighs He realises Tantrum needs sometime to put his new life so he leaves the interrogation for now, and Berserker was still out.
ON EARTH
Optimus prime and the knights had received the shocking news, they were shocked they go the location of stonehenge, And optimus Signals the knights to use the staff and summon the chambers from the Ground, the ground shifted a pathway opened, for everyone to walk inside.
Inside the grand chambers that Appeared, Megatron was sitting on a throne, Not actually sitting but bound to the throne for Primus knows how long by the knight staff.
Optimus prime: Brothers Free him so we can have our conversation.
The staff glowed the boundation loosened,and Megatron's optics shine,.
Megatron: What's the emergency this time Optimus, What's it that bothers you so much that you had to come with all the knights..
Optimus prime: Megatron It's not the perfect time for sarcasm, We have found that there was another CISA On Earth. Which is commanded by Galvatron. Which shouldn't be possible at all.
Megatron: Oh I know because His consciousness was Seperated the day you killed Quintessons, he is a different being, he must retain his KSI Frame given by humans as per my knowledge.
Optimus prime: what more do you know ? Is there any way you can communicate with him ?.
Megatron chuckles a sound coming rarely from someone like him.
Megatron: I wish I could i connect to him ask what is Going outside, but I am still your humble prisoner, Facing the Consequences of my doings
He Rasps, chuckling and enjoying for some reason.
Optimus prime: Why are Laughing so much ? I told you This is a Serious time.
Megatron immediately placed a hand on his chest.
Megatron: Ohh My bad Glorious prime, I wasn't being serious, yeah it's a serious time, i was joking all the time,.
Megatron chuckles.
Optimus prime: you are not being really helpful you know..
Megatron: Clearing his throat, The thing is that, i am bored facing the consequences, I wanna feel a bit alive, so if we can arrange some silver of freedom, then I will be able to help better.
Optimus prime: I need some time to think that, even if reformed a tad, you are still Megatron.
Megatron: oh yes I am still The Megatron, All angry Commanding and everything take your sweet little time.
He chuckles again. Clasping his fingers, just smiling and sitting back a bit freely as he was free of that bounding magic.
Steelbane: Will you help us ?
Megatron: If you help me, then ofcourse, you know the Balance, If the trade is equal If our profit is shared and equal it will do it, because i am getting bored facing the consequences of all of the dirty Evil things i did, Even after all I am being, Flawed or not, i need some space and Some moments to stay alive, the war Left me hollow, And the so called facing Consequences left me bored so much bored man.
In the end They all aggreed on the mutal gain of everyone, and Megatron was brought back out of his Prison.
Some where on Earth a place formerly known as Germany during the Human Era,
A portal sliced open and a Figure stumbled out in robes, His eyes flashed blue, and he reaches the ground to hold onto it, his hands and fingers were dark chrome with gold trims.
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That's it for this week guys, Sorry I got Late this time, It's Monday when I am posting this chapter, Sorry it took long enough power outrages due to extreme Temperatures like 48° and Severe Heat waves are bothering. But luckily I got time and paid enough attention for my novel to be updated so thanks for waiting I will try my best to Deliver on time, but guys, from July is my college is starting so please my update schedule might Change it might change to 1 chapter per month, but I will try my best to deliver a full Volume worth of Material if that happens alright, just trust on me.
ABILITY CHART
CHARACTER- MIXMASTER
ABILITY- MIXER MAYHEM
Mixmaster can synthesize chemicals, plagues, viruses, and microbes at will, ranging from harmless compounds to radioactive contaminants lethal to Cybertronian life. He wears a control device on his wrist that suppresses passive contamination, allowing him to operate around others without unintentionally infecting them. With deliberate intent, he can engineer targeted bio weapons capable of crippling or killing a target from within, and given enough time, he can reverse engineer any plague he creates into an antidote.
Cool down after each use is 5 seconds, but it can go up to 60 seconds depending on the intensity of usage.
CHARACTER- HATCHET.
ABILITY- FOG
Hatchet can render himself completely invisible at will, undetectable to standard optical and thermal sensors. The ability extends beyond his own frame, allowing him to conceal small objects or other bots in close contact with him. His invisibility does not mask sound or physical impact, meaning skilled trackers can still locate him through indirect means. His invisiblity Lasts for good 15 seconds before cooldown kicks and he has to wait for 40 seconds.
CHARACTER- CROWBAR
ABILITY- RAGING VOLLEY
Crowbar's weapon never runs dry. Every shot he fires can be recovered and reused instantly, granting him effectively infinite ammunition in prolonged combat. This makes him a relentless ranged threat in drawn out fights, though his ability offers no enhancement to accuracy, durability, or raw damage output, relying purely on sustained volume of fire.
A passive ability that doesn't have a cooldown and only begins when crowbar is using weapons, like blaster gun, doesn't work on throwables.
CHARACTER- CRANKCASE
ABILITY- THE CHAMELEON
Crankcase can shapeshift his frame into other bots or objects he has previously observed in detail, replicating their outer appearance and basic mannerisms. The transformation is purely cosmetic, granting no inherited abilities or strength from the form he copies, making him most effective for infiltration, disguise, and deception rather than direct combat after transformation he can see some memories and mimic voice. Duration is 15 seconds and cooldown is 2 minutes.
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See you all, I don't know when next chapter will come but This Volume is Over 😀😀😀 i apologise for any typos that i might missed because this time i really messed up the upload schedule.