Transformers: Eradication

Part 1: Game Time

The stars flow across the water as you hear all the familiar sounds that we know and love. The Paramount logo is formed, and the screen cuts to black. Some text appears saying "In association with Hasbro." The screen goes to black once more, and it goes completely silent. A quote then appears on the screen.

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

The screen goes black one last time as it finally begins to fade into some visuals. Judging by the shapes that are starting to form it looks like a city. When the screen finally clears all the way up it is revealed to be New York. It's chillingly silent as we see the Statue of Liberty, and it seems to have lost the arm that holds the torch. There is smoke all throughout the city, and it looks abandoned. The wind is howling away as it cuts to a random street with cars engulfed in flames. A newspaper is getting blown across the and gets stuck on a garbage can. The tabloid reads "Decepticons Conquer Middle East, North America The Next Predicted Attack." A sub headline reads "Dragstrip Racecar Stolen by Mysterious Grey Blur." The camera pans up as you finally hear the sounds of jet engines roaring across the sky. Then there is some faint gunfire and explosions in the background. It takes you closer to the source of the noise as time begins to slow down. Moonlight Sonata begins to play slowly as and you see an Insecticon drone attacking and crashing a human jet. The top of a figure walking sadly appears on the bottom screen. As it scrolls down you see it's Optimus Prime. He has a depressed look on his face as he keeps walking and you see Insecticons and Vehicons fighting one another. As he continues walking random Insecticons and Vehicons are trying to attack him, but he just shoots them away, not even acknowledging them. Eventually he does look up and sees a figure in the distance. The figure is wearing some sort of cloak over his head. Judging from his movements it looks like he has just finished a fight with someone. The figure puts what looks like a shotgun on his back and walks away. Optimus transforms into his truck form, which now has a trailer. Little did he know that he himself was being watched. Far off in the distance on a tall building are six shadowy figures. The one in front's red eyes have focused on him intensely, never once do those eyes divert their attention away from him. As Optimus becomes out of sight the other figures approach the main figure.The camera goes into a first person perspective from the main figure. He looks at his right hand and forms a fist. He leaps off of the building, and presumably the others follow suit. They land and a small crater forms from where the main figure landed. He begins walking, and it changes perspective to some cars that are on fire, and through the fire you can see a black figure holding a sword coming this way. It cuts back to the crater, and ash has formed the words "Transformers: Eradication". The ash blows away from the wind, and the screen cuts to black once more.

Three weeks ago, before the day that changed everything, it started out as a normal day. Spike is getting ready to leave the house, and Bumblebee bridges out to take him to school. But first Judy gives him some helpful "advice".

Judy: "Have a good day honey. And remember to don't do drugs, don't talk to strangers, don't do strangers, and don't do stranger's drugs!"

Ron: "Yeah real good advice there Judy."

Spike: "Yeah yeah I get it."

Bee: (honking) "Come on we're running late!"

Spike: (getting in) "What do you mean we? You don't have to go to school."

Bee: "That's true, but I have a game to practice for."

Spike: "A game?"

Bee: "You'll see this afternoon."

Spike: "Aright then."

Bee: "You seem a bit antsy, what's going on?"

Spike: "Well you know prom is coming up."

Bee: "Yeah so what? You already have a girlfriend."

Spike: "Well duh, but, well I've been wanting to ask her. I just can't seem to bring myself to."

Bee: "Are you seriously telling me you are afraid to ask your own girlfriend to the prom? Now I've really seen it all."

Spike: "Gee thanks for that."

Bee: "Look prom is lame anyway. I like racing better. i mean who wants to spend a buttload of money on an uncomfortable dress and dance to songs that you don't like?"

Spike: "Carly."

Bee: "Fair point. I just got to send a quick text to Sideswipe."

Spike: "How's he been holding up?"

Bee: "He's been better, but knowing Sideways is still out there hasn't been easy for him."

At Carly's estate, she herself is getting ready to leave for school, but not before saying goodbye to her family.

Carly: "I got to go, see you later."

Victoria: "Bye sweety!"

Giovanni: "And remember what I said!"

Carly: "Yeah yeah if you can't smack em, whack em."

Alfonso: (sarcastic) "Yeah great advice Giovanni."

Giovanni: "And tell Mirage to answer my calls already."

Carly: "Alright."

As Carly leaves Giovanni gets a call. When it ends Victoria has her usual suspicions.

Victoria: "So who's dying this time?"

Giovanni: "Nobody has to die this time."

Alfonso: -cough- "Bullshit." -cough-

Giovanni: "I'm serious. I want to try something different for a change. If things go to hell i got a red ace up my sleeve."

Alfonso: "Yeah now that's really going to make me feel better."

Carly goes outside, and there is Sideswipe in his vehicle form waiting for her.

"Hey Carly, what's up?"

"Bored."

"Had a feeling you'd say that."

"You did?"

"I've known you for what, two years now? I think I know enough about you. You want to know what I did when I was bored? I went to Six Laser."

"Six Laser?"

"Yeah it was a theme park on Cybertron. It was a blast before the war."

"Huh, we have a theme park called Six Flags."

"Weird, our planets seem to have a lot in common."

"Your planet have volcanoes, oceans, forests and all that good stuff right?"

"Yep. And our stuff keeps getting discovered, what's the deal?"

"I don't know."

"Oh by the way I got a text from Bumblebee. You won't believe this."

At the school Spike meets up with Chip. Eventually Carly shows up as well, and the two Autobots drive off together.

Spike: (nervous) "Hey Carly, I was wondering if-"

Carly: "The answer is yes and I already bought the tickets."

Spike: "How did you know?"

Carly: "Bumblebee sent Sideswipe a text and he told me. I got the tickets too. You really shouldn't hold things off to the last minute. It's tonight after all."

Chip: "She's got a point bro."

A random girl with dark hair who acts like she's drunk approaches Spike.

?: (drunk) "Hey Spike."

Spike: "Um... hey Mikayla."

Mikayla: "Spike I'm pregnant and you're the father."

Spike: "We spoke to each other twice."

Mikayla: "They were very sexy words."

Carly: (kicks) "Get out of here!"

Mikayla runs a bit before falling on her face.

Carly: "Who does she think she is? Megan Fox?"

Chip: "I'd like to think so?"

Carly: "So are you going to go too Chip?"

Chip: "Nope. I got better plans. I introduced Perceptor to online gaming."

The scene transitions over to The Ark, and it goes to Perceptor wearing a headset and playing Halo 4.

Perce: "I can assure that I am not this noob you speak of. I will have you know that I'm a pristine scientist who has accomplished far greater achievements before you were even conceived! I am not a nerd!"

Wheeljack and Jazz are watching him with Tyrone and Fowler.

Tyrone: "He's sure been at it."

Wheel: "He's been there for days, I'm getting worried."

Jazz: "Oh let him have fun, it's a nice change from the hermit in his lab schtick he was running."

Fowler: "It's kinda funny to see him lose too."

Perceptor gets killed and gets flustered.

Perce: "Curse you SuzyABC! I don't care if you're five years old you shouldn't use such language!"

Fowler: (chuckles) "See what I mean?"

Meanwhile Ironhide, Ratchet, and Mirage are having a conversation.

Ironhide: (proudly) "And that's when I crushed those Vehicons with my bare heads!"

Ratchet: "You really should be more careful Ironhide. you keep causing collateral damage. Remember last week when you destroyed that ice cream truck?"

Ironhide: "It was emitting a Decepticon energy signature!"

Ratchet: (dryly) "It was playing a song."

Mirage: "You're lucky nobody got hurt Ironhide."

Ironhide: "You two are no fun."

That's when Optimus drives in with Bumblebee and Sideswipe. When Optimus transforms, he has a surprisingly happy look on his face instead his normally stressed one.

Prime: (brightly) "Hello Autobots."

All: "Optimus!"

Fowler: "He sure is cheerful."

Wheel: "With Megatronus dead, a ton of anger and grief got taken off. It's been great for everyone."

Jazz: "So you ready for the big game tomorrow? The Dinobots sure think they're something else."

Prime: "Then we'll just have to show them who's boss."

Jazz: "I can't wait."

Side: "Hey where's Ace?"

Tyrone: "Taking a few days day off."

Fowler: "He still needs time to adjust. He still is convinced Alan's death wasn't an accident."

Side: "Poor guy."

Prime: "It's starting to get late Autobots, let's rest for tomorrow."

Later that night Spike and Carly are at the prom doing a slow dance. But of course the cheapness of their school forces all the attendees to be in the auditorium, which is much smaller than the gym. Everyone inside is jammed inside and everyone keeps bumping into one another. To make matters worse the music that's being played is terrible. Spike and Carly are distraught and go outside. Vince is outside as well smoking weed.

Vince: "Hey Spike, want some weed?"

Spike: "I'm good thanks."

Vince: "Whatever man."

Carly: -sigh- "Well there goes $500."

Spike: "That's not the only thing bothering you, what is it?"

Carly: "The future."

Spike: "The future?"

Carly: "Yeah your future, my future, our future, and everything really. I don't know what I want to do with my life."

Vince: "Me neither."

Spike: "Well that's because you're still stuck on Pre-Algebra."

Vince: "Hey shut up man!"

Carly: "I don't even know what college to go to, and I don't even know if we'll see each other again."

Spike: "Of course we will. After everything we've been through that's what you're worried about? I'm more worried about a Decepticon invasion."

Carly: "Really?"

Spike: "Look, the point is I don't know what to do either, but I know where I want to be and who I want to be there when it happens."

Carly: (smiles) "That does make me feel a lot better. Thanks."

Spike: "Anytime for you. So uh, what do you want to do now?"

Carly: "Well you know that I definitely don't want to go back in there."

Spike: "Then maybe we join Chip and Perceptor online?"

Carly: "Sounds good to me."

Spike: "Hey uh Vince, you got Halo 4 too right?"

Vince: "Yeah."

Spike: "Want to play with us online?"

Vince: "Sure, but try and keep up. You're not so bad afterall Witwicky."

So the four seniors and one Autobot decide to play the night away. After a long struggle Perceptor finally wins a match.

Perce: (ecstatic) "Yes! I feel so accomplished! That was smashing indeed!"

Gamer: "Man you cheated. I'm going to find your house and murder you all over your face!"

Perce: (nervous) "Oh dear."

Spike and Vince started becoming friends too, but that won't be touched upon. There are far more important matters at hand. The next morning at 10:00 AM is where a Basketball game between Optimus, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Jazz, and Mirage against the Dinobots is about to begin. The Dinobots have been staying in a brand new military base for new Autobots in preparation for the Wrecker's return. Even though The Ark is massive the damage it took from the initial crash and from Soundwave's attack from Enslavement. It just isn't enough to accommodate for a large number of Autobots. The court is big enough for all the rest of the humans and Autobots to have a seat. Some random soldiers are there to fill in the remaining spots. Optimus and Grimlock go to the center and chat briefly before the match.

Grimlock: "Hey Optimus, are you ready to be crushed by us Dinobots?"

Prime: "That won't be happening my friend."

Grimlock: "We'll see about that."

Slag: (impatient) "Hurry up already! Me Slag want to crush them."

Sludge: "How did me Sludge get here?"

Swoop: "Yeah baby time to shoot and score!"

Snarl: "I'm also ready."

Side: "Are you sure about this Optimus?"

Prime: "Absolutely Sideswipe. If we can take hundreds of Decepticons then we should be able to handle five Dinobots."

Side: -gulp- "If you say so."

Jazz: "Oh it'll be fun."

Mirage: "We are ready when you are Optimus."

Prime: "Ready Grimlock?"

Grimlock: "Always."

The ball goes up in the air and Optimus is the first to gain possession of it. Sludge transforms into his Apatosaurus form but stands perfectly in place. Optimus manages to dodge the other Dinobots and slam dunks the first goal.

Swoop: "Sludge what are you doing?"

Sludge: "Nothing."

Snarl: "We could have told you that."

Slag: "Next time move dumbass!"

Sludge: "Ok."

The next round starts, and this time Grimlock gets the ball, but some invisible force steals it from him. The ball seems to just bounce on its own. It goes into the air and makes the hope. It is revealed to be Mirage.

Snarl: "No fair! You can't use powers!"

Mirage: "As long as it's use defensively it's allowed my friends."

Swoop: "Well Ok then."

The next round starts and this time Bumblebee takes the ball, but he's quickly overwhelmed by Slag and Snarl. Snarl passes the ball to Swoop, who flies the ball into hoop, earned the first point for the Dinobots.

Bee: "Hey you can't travel in Basketball!"

Swoop: "I was dribbling it in my mouth!"

Bee: "Whatever."

Optimus gets the ball again, but gets knocked down by Grimlock as he ties the game. Grimlock helps him up as Sideswipe gets the ball. He manages to dodge all the Dinobots except for Sludge, who moves slightly out of the way for him.

Sludge: "Bye bye!"

Sideswipe scores, which pisses off the other Dinobots.

Grimlock: "Sludge what are you doing?"

Sludge: "Moving out of the way."

Slag: "You're supposed to help score retard!"

Spike: (to Chip) "Look who's calling who retard."

Slag: "Me Slag heard that!"

Perce: "Such a violent sport."

Fowler: "You should see the real thing."

Slag knocks over Bumblebee in the next round, and that gives Snarl time to jump over Mirage and score.

Slag: (mean) "Ha ha me Slag like watching you get hurt!"

Bee: "Geez you're a sociopath."

Slag: "You know me Slag can't spell that!"

Snarl: "We're two points away, let's do this!"

Jazz steals the ball from Grimlock, and sees an opportunity with Sludge. He jumps on his back and runs along his neck. Sludge helps him score by walking to the hoop for him. And Jazz slamdunks it.

Snarl: "Sludge this is getting ridiculous."

Sludge: "Me Sludge don't know what day it is."

Grimlock: "You're supposed to help us score."

Sludge: "Oh.... my bad."

With the score 4-3 in the Autobot's favor Optimus goes running for the last shot. He dodges a divebomb from Swoop and evades Snarl and Slag. Grimlock gives him a hard time as they keep stealing the ball from each other. Finally Optimus outsmarts him and rolls in between his legs, but that's when Sludge steps in. He uses a light stomp from his earthquake ability to knock Optimus off balance. Sludge bounces the ball with his tail and uses his long neck to hit it like a baseball into the board, and it ricochets into his head, which ricochets back to the board and into the basket, which ties up the game.

Swoop: "Way to go Sludge!"

Sludge: "Me Sludge always win."

Grimlock: "Eh good enough."

Before the winning point is scored Perceptor is getting paged.

Perce: "I'd hate to interrupt this good show but we got a signal from Roadbuster."

Wheel: "The Wreckers are back? Great!"

Ace: "I wonder who they got with them."

Ratchet: "I hope it isn't a bunch of idiots. The Wreckers are already a handful."

Wheel: "Hey we...er they would take offense to that."

Ironhide: "Now I hope they are jerks just to see your reaction."

Prime: "Looks like we will have to finish this another day. You've done well Dinobots. You've proven that you are masters of all battlefields."

Grimlock: "And we would have won that too."

Prime: "Keep telling yourself that."

Grimlock: "I will!"

Everyone goes back inside the Ark as Optimus responds to Roadbuster's signal.

Prime: "Roadbuster, it's good to see you back."

Road: "Oh yeah, that was some real fun. We're packed in here. We got a dozen new people."

Topspin: (in the background) "Oh and they're a real treat too!"

Ratchet: (sarcastic) "That sounds promising."

Prime: "Do you have an estimated time of arrival?"

Road: "Yeah about two hours."

Prime: "We'll be there waiting for you."

Road: "Sounds good."

Prime: "Alright Autobots, we have a whole pack of Autobots joining us this morning, so let's get prepared. Move out!"