The life of a hero can be filled with untold danger, adventure, and excitement. However, seventeen-year-old Braedey Martin was experiencing none of that today. In fact, he hadn't done anything hero wise in months! As things were the most dangerous thing that could happen to him, was getting hit in the head with a wrench on the hood of the car he was fixing.
The state of his homeworld had changed drastically within the last several months. Things had finally calmed down, not only on Earth, but throughout most of the universe, save for perhaps the Andromeda System. The newly forged Autobot-Human Alliance, a force dedicated to preserving peace throughout planet, alongside N.E.S.T (Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty) had been granted powerful new technologies.
New weapons, new armour; basically, everything they needed to combat threats that previously required the aid of Braedey and his team. It seemed the special forces had finally begun to shake off their secretive ways when it came to their technology. There were heavy protesters, of course, but the general consensus amongst their lead scientists and military officials was that the universe needed to move forward, and they were the ones best suited to make that happen. They couldn't continue to call upon the bearer of the Transformatrix every time something went wrong.
Braedey was mature enough to know this change was a good thing. There was peace; crime was down, and life was good. But still, there was a part of him that missed turning into an Autobot or a Decepticon every day and fighting some criminal or giant monster. He didn't do any of his heroics for the fame; or at least, not anymore he didn't. He really just missed the feeling of helping others.
After the incident with Unicron and Megatronus Prime, who's otherwise known as 'The Fallen' by many, Alpha Trion, keeper of the Iacon Hall of Records, and one of the creators of the Transformatrix, had gifted Braedey with a with a brand new Transformatrix. It was much sleeker than the original design, as it was now only slightly larger than an average wristwatch, as opposed to being a large gauntlet. It was a square, white watch with blue highlights, with said highlights converging on a circular faceplate that has the Transformatrix insignia; a black Autobot logo with a sword going through the middle of it in a vertical opposition, the hilt of the sword on top. As opposed as Alpha Trion was to the evolutionary feature that The Fallen had added to the original, he recognised that it had aided Braedey numerous times during his hero tenure, and reluctantly decided to include it in his latest model.
Braedey had spent the last two years unlocking new aliens with his new Transformatrix, and even a few new Ultimate Forms as well, but what was the very point if he didn't even need them anymore?
The teen hero closed up his toolbox, then closed the hood on the car he just fixed. "Man... I really hate to say it, but... couldn't someone or something just try to cause a disturbance in the area? Anything?"
The Transformatrix wielder sighed, then he sat on the hood of the car. It's a 1960's Ford Mustang he's fixing up with his Dad. Even though he's reluctant to let his Dad work on it, he couldn't help but have some support from his old man.
"I really shouldn't be asking for bad stuff to happen." Braedey berated. "Things could be a whole lot worse. Boredom is a vacation compared to some of the stuff I've been through..."
"Well, it seems that vacation has come to a close."
Braedey stopped and turns around to take a look behind him. There, standing at the doorway, is an individual who helped him and his friends on several occasions. The man appears to be in his early 30's, who was wearing a copper lab coat and a pair of green shaded goggles around his neck. His outfit literally screamed 'scientist'.
"Ah, hello there, young Braedey. I see you're still uneasy with this relatively peaceful time." The Time-Walker greeted nonchalantly. "Though, unfortunately, I can't blame an individual such as yourself for feeling this same kind of way."
Braedey seemed a bit curious and asked the time traveler what he meant by that. "What do you mean by that, Professor TimeLine?"
The time walker, now named Professor TimeLine, breathes a simple sigh. "What I mean is that you're from an early age dominated by the idea of being chased around the world or the universe in cases, and constantly in being near-death situations, but unlike most people, you don't seem all that opposed to such an idea."
It took a minute for Braedey to swallow what the time traveller had told him. It wasn't until he mentions about being in danger on a constant basis, something he was quite familiar with, and realised that he enjoyed the idea of fighting, and this concept didn't even come to mind. After briefly thinking about it, the young hero wanted to know what was the point of the professor's visit.
"Not that I don't mind talking with you every now and then, Professor TimeLine, but why are you here? Is something wrong?" Trying his best to hide what could be considered excitement, Braedey finally thought that something exciting would happen now.
TimeLine couldn't help but chuckle at the young hero trying to hide his enthusiasm. "Braedey, why do I require to see you? You're a bright mind, though you are plagued by those tendencies of yours. But you aren't wrong; I did come here for a reason."
Scratching the back of his head, Braedey couldn't help but ask. "Does it have something to do with trouble happening somewhere out there in the universe, or in other parts of time itself?" He asked.
Yet, the time traveller shook his head. "I'm afraid that's something which concerns me. However, even I cannot identify this issue at this every moment. The only thing I can tell you is to be careful, there's no telling what might happen."
Deciding to take the time traveler's concern into consideration, Braedey nodded, "I'll... I'll do my best. With my luck, there's no telling what kind of danger might come my way."
As Professor TimeLine started walking away, he looked at Braedey one last time. "Mr. Martin, don't forget... the universe likes to operate in strange and mysterious ways, so please don't try and fight against it, it'll make only things worse. And now, I'll take my leave at this moment." Soon, a flash of light happened, forcing Braedey to shield his eyes. The young man knew TimeLine had left, but there was something that was nagging at him about all this.
How could TimeLine, the man who could travel to any place, in any universe, at any point in time, couldn't even figure what might be coming for him? While he knew he was bored, Braedey couldn't help but blame this curse of his. Deciding he'll deal with this later, Braedey starts walking back to his father's car. Just as he was about to slide underneath to check on the drivetrain, he heard his Transformatrix beeping. Rolling off his left sleeve, the shapeshifter saw that the symbol dial on his watch is flashing white, while the A.I is issuing a warning.
"Warning! Transformatrix detecting dimensional disturbance! Dimensional Anomaly location detected. Location: 10 miles south outside of Coolsville!" The Transformatrix responds in a synthetic voice of Braedey's.
Braedey's eyes widen. Another dimensional rift in Coolsville again? The last time he saw a dimensional rift was when he got into another universe. While there, he befriended a boy his age name Ben Tennyson, who had the ability to transform into Aliens of his universe, by a device called the Omnitrix. Braedey helped Ben avert a worldwide crisis in the latter's universe, by defeating who's known as Vilgax, Conquerer of Ten Worlds, who attempted to bring an end to the human race on Ben's Earth.
'Finally! some action!' Braedey thought. "Alright, time to investigate this rift. Transform and Roll Out!" He shouted as he ran out of the garage, hoping he could arrive in time.
The Transformatrix bearer felt an immense amount of excitement at finally being able to discover another dimensional rift. He hopes it doesn't take him back in time again. Reaching for the alien watch on his wrist, Braedey toys with the notch, which the dial popped up, exposing the core as a cobalt blue hologram of a robot alien appears. He turns the notch several times before stopping at a hologram of an aerodynamic Autobot with wheels for feet shoulders and feet. Braedey found the one he needed at the moment, as he pushes down the core, and in a flash of cobalt blue light, he is replaced with one of the alien beings he turned into.
Standing in his place a stood high-speed Cybertronian about Braedey's height, at 5ft 5", with sharp angular aerodynamic-like wings across the body, whilst having blue and black armour, and a blue visor across his optics. The Transformatrix symbol was displayed prominently on his chest.
"Blurr!" The speedy Cybertronian announced. "Time to get racin', racin', racin'!" He transforms into his vehicle mode; a futuristic racecar-like vehicle, and accelerated away like a bullet, leaving a blue/black trail in his wake, as well as a sonic boom.
Using the enhanced speed that the speedy Autobot's DNA possessed, Blurr travelled through the various streets, roads, and alleyways in town, finding the quickest route possible, dodging any and all traffic around the streets, as well as the pedestrians around them. Within just a few moments, Blurr was outside of the city, running at nearly six hundred kilometres an hour.
'Bingo!' Braedey thought.
The speedy Autobot started slowing down, as the dimensional rift was supposed to form at this point. After nearly a few seconds, the Transformer hero now reached the location where the rift is finally located. Just as the teen hero was about to find the rift, he heard a strange whirring sound in the sky. Looking at the sky above him, Braedey now saw a rift starting to form in the night sky, the rift started to expand rapidly pulsing with energy as it formed a spiral. It also looks like that of a tornado of sorts.
Deciding that now is the time to enter the rift and see if this rift leads to another dimension or an undiscovered one, the teen hero transforms into robot mode, tapping the Transformatrix symbol on his chest, causing a cobalt blue light to appear, and Blurr is then replaced by a much suitable being capable of flight. Now in his place stood a 35ft tall aerial Cybertronian, with a pitch-black body with blue on his chest. His fingertips looked like copper sockets, whilst a pair of powerful and shocking energy conductors on the shoulders, a pair of big wings on his back with blue lining on the leading ledge and flaps, two jet turbines built into his feet and lower legs, blue electricity zapping between them, and blue pulsing lightning bolts in the lower arms. It wore the Transformatrix symbol on its chest.
Braedey looked at himself and smiled. "Thunderbird." He spoke in a slick American voice. Thunderbird leaps into the air, his body collapsing on itself, transforming into his blue A-10 Thunderbolt jet mode.
Thunderbird flew straight into the vortex soon as it closes with a pop. Just as he saw darkness wrap around him, Braedey knew if this was anything like the last time he traveled to another universe... he could only hope they are some good folks on the other side.
Unbeknownst to Braedey, that space-time rift actually leads to a whole different universe. Professor TimeLine, who witnessed the whole thing from a distance, smiled.
'Well, Braedey, it seems this universe is indeed in trouble... I hope you realise this world would need all help they can get to stop Him...' The Time Walker though then disappears in a flash.
Hoping to guide the young shapeshifter to lend help across the Multiverse.
~*~*~
Something wasn't right, that much Braedey could tell at the moment when he starts regaining consciousness again. The first thing he could feel is the grass under him, then his hearing returned as it was bombarded by the sounds of birds in the distance.
'Okay... I know I'm not dead, so that's good, right?' Braedey thought as he sat up.
It was here the young brunette realised he's reverted to human form after falling through the dimensional vortex. As Braedey sat up on the grass, he can already tell wherever he ended up, it wasn't Coolsville by any stretch of the imagination, especially with the scenery around him. Looking around for a few moments, the young hero saw nothing but a forest for miles in every direction. Even the sounds of wildlife tell him otherwise.
Realising he wasn't going to get anything done by just sitting around, Braedey got off the ground and stretches out his muscles as they felt rather sore since he was laying on the ground for who knows how long it was. Deciding to take a look around, the young man saw the clear blue sky above him with the sun shining brightly over the land.
'Though that begs the question... where in the name of scrap DID I end up?' Braedey thought. It was the first question he had at the moment. Nothing around him looks familiar, granted it was a random patch of woods, but there was no telling what he could be hiding in the forest here.
Braedey's concern was justified. As he started walking around, the hero made sure to look around his surroundings as he made sure nothing would get the jump on him. Time passed easily, the sun still rising up in the sky as the sounds of insects and the rustling of the trees filled the void which was silence. The more he continued this trek through the forest, the more Braedey felt confused about where he was.
While the first thing he would've done is for him use the Transformatrix, Braedey realised that it might cause issues in case someone saw him. For now, he decided to travel on foot until he could find some semblance of civilisation. Continuing his trek, the young shapeshifter spotted something through the numerous branches, a clearing with a stream of water running through it. It didn't take long for Braedey to arrive at the stream. With the need to drink something overpowering him, he made his way to the stream and started to kneel on it. The teen hero cupped his hands together and dips his hands into the cool water, bringing it to his lips and drinking the liquid. Braedey took a minute to think about this whole thing. He's landed in an unknown world, maybe another universe, and doesn't even have the slightest clue if there's any intelligent life for miles around him. Quite possibly, this has been the strangest day of the young hero's life. There's no city anywhere close; everything around him was an emerald green forest, and there wasn't any sign of people.
"Okay... Clearly, I'm not gonna get any answers just waltzing about in this forest." Braedey said to himself. "I'll have to find a way to somewhere." He takes out a circular disc with the Transformatrix insignia on it from his pocket. "Good thing Jessie said to me not to lose this mapping device in case the Transformatrix can't be used." He types in a few commands into the device, now bringing out a holographic map. As he looks at it, he's rather surprised by its shape.
"Huh... it looks like that of a dragon. But how can this whole continent be the only thing here in this world?" Braedey wondered to himself in curiosity. "But without a fix on my position, where am I supposed to go?" He takes a closer look at the holomap. "Mountains, forests, deserts, icelands, and oceans... All of these places, yet there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere..."
Braedey made his way through some of the forest around him to try and get his bearings, soon entering a clearing, then could hear the sound of hissing. It wasn't mechanical hissing, but it sounds like snake hissing. Braedey immediately gets into his fighting stance, his blue eyes narrowing as he looks left and right, waiting to see what could be here in this forest. A second later, he does a backflip as a horde of blue, green, and red humanoid snake-like creatures now emerge from the forest, all of them hissing at the brunette.
"Okay... Perhaps there is signs of intelligent life here after all." Braedey commented to himself, then narrows his eyes. "But no time to worry about that. Looks like I'll have to fight my way out."
Braedey ran forward, performing a quick strike on a blue snake, before doing spin kick into a red snake a second later. A green snake attempted to ambush, but the brunette leaps up into the air and kicks it in the face before smashing it into the dirt with a piledriver-like move. He performs an axe kick strike against two more red and blue snake people, backhands another red snake person who attempted to sneak attack him, Braedey now grabbing another by its tail and throwing him into another blue snake person before he backflips away to a clear distance.
"No matter how many I try to beat down, they seem to just crawl out of the woodwork." Braedey grunted to himself. "Looks like I'll have to bring out the big guns." He held up his left arm, allowing the snake folk to get a good look at what was on there. A strange blue bracelet with a blue angular face insignia on it was revealed to the light. Braedey pressed something on it, and the emblem pops up to as a holographic image of a humanoid appeared on it. "Because now... It's time to Transform and Roll Out!" Braedey called, before he pressed the insignia.
A brilliant flash of blue light erupted as the Transformatrix's power was unleashed, and right before the snake creature's eyes, Braedey began to transform. His body grew to stand 20 feet tall, his body being wrapped around in lightweight but tough metallic armour, all of which in a bright yellow and jet black stripe colour scheme. A pair of door wings sprout out and sat on his back above his shoulders, similar to a pair of wings, two car tyres and wheels building into his shoulders. His chest began to change form, becoming a muscle car-like front, whilst two other tyres form into his ankles. His legs become slim from the top of his thighs to the top of his knees, whilst below his knees, his lower legs are thickly armoured. In addition, his arms are slim and become wrapped in black and yellow, whilst his hands become four-digit fingers. His head now has a silver face with yellow armour wrapped around it, his mouth hidden from view, along with his nose not being there, and two black racing stripes on the top of the helm reaching down to the back of his neck. Finally, the Transformatrix insignia is present in the centre of his chest.
After his transformation, he stomps his feet down, and gets into a boxing stance. "Bumblebee!" He announces in a chirpy voice, accompanied with a series of beeps and whistles.
The snake people all stop and stand there in pure and utter bewilderment and confusion, seeing this human now change into a robot creature. Before they can now react, Bumblebee deploys a pair of twin-barrel blasters and opens fire at the ground between them, making the snake people fall back from the blasts, the ground shaking from the Energon blasts. In response to this, the snake people immediately began to run away, heading off back into the jungle or even underground into tunnels.
Bumblebee stepped up to the holes, his blue optics narrowing down at the holes, then he stepped back as he's engulfed in a blue flash, turning back into human form. He looks about left and right, keeping an eye out for another attack, but everything seems to have quieted down for now.
Braedey is 17 years old, has short shaggy brown hair and cobalt blue eyes, his skin tone a fair white, since he doesn't get much sun. He is a young man, wearing dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and a blue jacket with a metal angular face emblazoned in black inside a blue/grey circle on the left pectoral.
"Okay... so there is snake people around here, each one with a different appearance than the last." Braedey took notice. "Yet, there's no sign of anyone else here. Unless..." He made his way into the bushes where the snake people came from.
As he takes a look, Braedey discovers what look to be a group of bio-mechanical motorcycles, those that are snake-like vehicle in appearance, their main weapon being that of a whipping tail.
"Hmm... maybe there's some kind of GPS in these." Braedey now takes a look, luckily finding one. He pulls it out, then his Transformatrix begins to scan the GPS system. After a few seconds, a holomap forms above the core, a red dot now locking in his place. "It looks like I'm about... 300 miles away from the nearest city? Whoa. According to this, it says I'm somewhere called 'The Forest of Tranquility'. I'll have to head to the North if I'm to get any answers to where I am."
Braedey activates the Transformatrix and gently pushes down the dial. In the flash of blue, he turns into a new Cybertronian, this one standing 21ft tall, has the front fender and wheels of a muscle car being his shoulders, the hood and roof being his chestplate and back section, having grey upper arms and legs, doors on his lower arms, his lower legs the rear section and bumper of the muscle car, his knees the rear bumper. His helm is a boxy shape in blue, his facial plate being grey, the optics blue, and has black racing stripes. In addition, wings are sprouting out of his back, with a volley of missiles on his right arm, a large Gatling gun on his left, jet nozzles on the bottom of his legs, a cockpit canopy inside his chestplate. Finally, the Transformatrix logo is in the centre of his chestplate, hidden within his cockpit canopy.
"TurboRacer!" After examining himself, TurboRacer immediately knelt down on one knee, his body breaking apart as he begins to transform, the sound of mechanical gear shifting emanating from his body.
A moment goes by, and there sat a grey/blue supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing jet fighter; the F-14 Tomcat, with the main body, wingtips, engines, and tail fin tips in blue while the rest of the body is in grey.
"I feel the need. The need for speed!" TurboRacer announced. With that, his two jet engines fire up with a mighty roar, blue exhaust coming from his engines, his swing-wings out, and he launches up into the air.
~*~*~
Eventually, TurboRacer could see a huge city nearby the coast, the faint sounds of car horns and whatnot echoing out of the concrete jungle. As he gets close, he can see a sign that reads 'Ninjago City', one he's never heard of before.
Ninjago City is comprised of many skyscrapers, featuring billboards for advertising businesses. Within the city are small shops, lively subway systems, small arcades, schools, large banks, parks, cafes, and a vast sewer system below the streets and out of sight of all. On the streets are buses driving around regularly, and many parked cars along the sidewalks. On top of that, it looks just like that of any regular city Braedey has been to.
'So that's the name of this place.' Braedey thought to himself. 'Looks kinda of like Sydney, New York, Chicago, maybe even Tokyo and others. Best to land and get some answers before assuming anything else.'
TurboRacer dives down towards the streets before he shifts into a muscle car mode and drives into an empty alleyway. Once doing so, he shifts into robot mode, and in the flash of blue, changes back into human form, Braedey stepping out and dusting himself off. Once done so, he looks to see nobody taking notice, so he heads out onto the street to try and get some answers.
Braedey eventually made it to a public library and he began to get some answers as to where he is and what this new world has to offer. Despite the fact that the Transformatrix can decipher and interpret any and all languages and convert it into English for easy reading, there was some information that couldn't be converted into English. It was rather annoying for him.
"Okay. It says that this realm is called Ninjago, with this city hearing it's namesake, and there are many other places all around." Braedey spoke to himself with some frustration. "On top of that, there is more to learn than I first thought, especially regarding the First Spinjitzu Master creating this land, these snake people called the Serpentine, and a whole lot more." He puts down a book named 'The History of Ninjago', on top of a stack of books. "They say knowledge is power, but very little does not give all of the answers. I need more answers."
After his attempted search, Braedey leaves the library to find something else to help him, all the while looking for anything to clear his mind. As he does so, he looks up at the sky above, seeing the blue sky and the faint wisps of clouds up above. He isn't sure why, but there is a feeling inside him telling him something is out there and possibly the source of his answers.
"I'll hold off my search until I manage to find someone or something that will help me." Braedey said to himself as he takes a look around. "Maybe I'll find a hotel or something that can help me."
After some long and hard searching, Braedey managed to find himself a hotel of sorts to take time to relax and rethink his plan. He was fortunate his money was able to pay for a hotel room, and he set himself up to make a plan for himself. He did have more books to read so he can think of a plan, but all the while, he did hear the mentioning of 'ninja' from local people passing by him in the streets. It did get him curious regarding the ninja, and when he asked around, he did get some strange looks as if he's never heard of them, but they told the brunette that they were four heroes, each of them with an elemental power and golden weapons.
"Okay... if I find these ninja, I can get some answers from them." Braedey then has a brainwave. "Unless... I get their attention first...?" He smiled to himself as he now thinks of a plan.
Unbeknown to him, a certain Sensei could sense a faint pulse of unknown energy now within the air of the world around him, and it's possible it could have an advantage over the forces of darkness...