Metal Buffet Part 2

Meanwhile back at the Autobot base, Agent Fowler was reassuring the Autobots that nothing would happen to the box but the Autobots couldn't help but worry since they knew what was inside the thing.

"Rest assured. The box is perfectly safe. If any Decepticons try to get inside, our boys will fry them up." Agent Fowler said but they were still concerned about the box and what was inside it.

"Agent Fowler, despite your military possessing the strength to repel a Decepticon attack. I doubt they would be interested in obtaining the box." Optimus explained to their other human companion as Arcee agreed.

"Knowing what's inside, Megatron wouldn't hesitate in trying to obtain it." Arcee said as Bulkhead shrugged.

"Wouldn't that be nice? The Decepticons grab the box, open it up and bam! No more trouble." Bulkhead made a motion with his servos as Bumblebee beeped and whirred while shaking his head.

"Well if it's that dangerous, we can all be glad it's now inside Uncle Sam's freezer." Agent Fowler said before a voice spoke up curiously.

"What's in the freezer?" Emily asked curiously as Fowler looked at her curiously since Optimus told him that they have a new addition to the team and a tough one too and he was surprised to learn that it was a human.

Emily came back in along with Cliffjumper and Smokescreen as Smokescreen knew what they were talking about and looked at her.

"I'm sure they're talking about that thing we found in the Arctic." Smokescreen told her as Ratchet nodded.

"Right you are." Ratchet agreed as Cliffjumper looked curiously.

"So it's safe." Cliffjumper stated as Agent Fowler nodded but was still in shock when he heard that Cliffjumper was brought back to life.

"Safe and sound. And out of harm's way." Agent Fowler confirms as Emily was relieved but was still curious on why they are making such a big deal about the thing they found in the Arctic.

"Well that's good to hear. Though I'm kinda curious to know what's inside." Emily looked at the bots, Jack, Miko and Raf as they looked at each other.

"Believe me when I tell you. It's something bad." Arcee said as she learned and how everything went down when the critters almost ate the whole base.

"How bad?" Emily asked curiously as Bulkhead had a slight cringe in his optics.

"Really bad. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps." Bulkhead told her as he shuddered from just thinking about it.

Bumblebee beeps and whirred while shuddering from the experience and Emily could tell it was a bad and serious experience but mostly painful.

"Sounds scary." Emily made a cringe look as she tried to imagine what it was as Jack looked at her.

"It is. We talk from experience." Jack told her as she looked at him curiously.

"We saw it happen long before you were on Team Prime." Miko added as Emily saw and noticed that she missed that much action before.

"Really? Did I miss much?" Emily asked in surprise as Raf nodded.

"Let's just say your help would've been useful back then." Jack shook his head. It would have been a lot easier to get rid of the pests with Emily around before.

"You should've seen Bulkhead." Miko pointed her thumb at the green wrecker who gave Miko a warning look as the pink highlighted haired girl snickered as she remembered how he screamed back then.

"Miko." Bulkhead said as he didn't want Emily to know that he was scared of something.

"What? I'm just saying." Miko shrugged but the grin was there and Emily could tell that something happened.

"Alright, everyone, let's call it a day." Agent Fowler suggested since today was a little tense and maybe a break could get rid of it might make them relax.

"Good idea. Maybe we could play some video games." Raf said as he was already by the couch as the controllers were waiting for them to use and play some games.

"Like that idea." Emily said as Miko sat down beside Raf as she sat down beside Miko.

"Count me in." Miko agreed as she gave Jack and Emily two controllers.

"Me too." Jack sat down beside Emily as he took the third controller from Miko.

"Don't forget about me." Agent Fowler grabbed the fourth controller before the kids started looking at Fowler with a strange look in their eyes as he looked at them in confusion.

"What? You think I'm too old for video games?" He asked them as they just shook their heads but Miko had a grin.

"No offense, Agent Fowler, but I doubt you can beat us." Miko told him confidently as Emily just rolled her optic-eye at Miko but was grinning softly.

"Is that so? Well it's time for the old man to teach you a lesson." Agent Fowler challenged them to a game as they got ready.

"We'll see about that." Emily muttered before the game started and they started to play.

Meanwhile at the military base, security forces were checking every corner and perimeter to make sure no one entered. Suddenly a truck transporting some cargo comes at the entry for inspection as the soldier at the entry walks up to the driver side window as it rolls down.

"Can I check your ID please?" The entry soldier asked as the driver took out their ID and showed it.

"Here." The soldier at the entry looked and checked the ID before he asked about the cargo they were bringing.

"What are you transporting here?" He asked curiously.

"A new experimental source of energy." The soldier answered but it was a little suspicious.

"Your cargo isn't on the manifest." The entry soldier stated since he didn't receive anything but the soldier in the truck said so.

This energy source is very dangerous and probably unstable. You wouldn't want to stay here and discuss it do you?" This made the soldier silent as he thought about it before deciding to let them enter.

"All right, you can go. Just be careful." The entry soldier said as the toll lifted as the one driving the truck nodded and rolled the window up.

"Will do." He said before pushing against the gas pedal and went in before he took off his soldier helmet and revealed himself to be Silas along with his men as he walked in his walkie talkie.

"First phase of infiltration is complete. Now onto phase two. Get your gears ready. We're going in." Silas ordered his men from inside the cargo as they nodded.

All the MECH soldiers got their weapons ready as Silas parked the truck where they usually received some cargo. When a soldier checks it, he gets an electrical shock that knocks him out cold as Silas and his men get out to start their infiltration mission to get the box.

"Good job. Let's move." Silas said as they all start making their move to the secured base where the box is located.

Silas and his men start moving towards the command center where the computers that control the security system and the surveillance cameras are located. When they got there, one of them knocked at the door as one soldier that was assigned in the surveillance opened the door to see who it was.

"Yes?" He asked in confusion only to get knocked out cold by a MECH soldier as two went to the computers.

"Do it." Silas ordered as they started to hack on the systems.

One MECH soldier starts hacking the computer system to try and disable all the security around the military base. He then disables the alarm and all the security inside and outside the facility as he turns to Silas.

"All systems are shut down." The MECH soldier told him as Silas smirked as everything was going according to plan.

"Good, we mustn't let anyone know we're here. Jam every telecommunication system." Silas ordered since he didn't want to deal with anyone trying to stop him and his plans.

A MECH soldier took out a device before activating the device that jams every cell phone signal in the perimeter.

"Done. No phone calls tonight." The MECH soldier informed him and Silas nodded.

"Excellent. Let's move out." Silas ordered them as they all started to look for the box.

MECH then starts moving up and entering the facility while knocking down some soldiers along the way with some other personnel that saw them. When they get to the vault where the box is being kept, they notice that they need an I.D to get in but Silas was no fool as he knows what to do.

"Identification system? All too easy." Silas motioned for one of his soldiers to hack the coding pad.

One of the MECH soldiers puts a hacking device against it to try and open the vault without using any I.D. The device was able to crack the identification system as a computerized voice spoke.

:Identification confirmed. Access granted.:

The vault then opens up and MECH was all surprised at the sight of the immense box as Silas smiled evilly as he and his men entered as he looked at the sheer size of it and wondered what was inside.

"Amazing. Imagine what could be inside this very box. A technological treasure. One that could prove useful to MECH. Is the cryogenic system deactivated?" He asked one of his men who saluted.

"Good. Break the ice." Silas decided to stand back as his men started to break the ice with blow torches and drills.

"Open it up." Silas ordered them as they were done with getting rid of the ice.

The MECH soldiers all started opening the box but when it opened, they heard a strange screeching noise and suddenly something came out of it as the infestation began.

Meanwhile back at the Autobots base, Agent Fowler and the kids were playing video games and Fowler was was beating the kids one by one as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Arcee, Cliffjumper and Smokescreen all watch them curiously as Optimus was talking with Ratchet about something.

"Aw, come on!" Jack groaned as he lost as Raf lost as well.

"This is not good." Raf said as he was surprised that he lost.

"Whoo-hoo. 2 down, 2 more to go." Agent Fowler whooped as Miko gave him a playful glare.

"You ain't no match for us. Right, Emily?" Miko turns to Emily who remained calm at their little battle in the video game.

"Mm-hmm. We almost got him." She grin playfully at Miko before she turns her attention back to the game.

"Is that so?" Agent Fowler sent her a smirk as he was able to eliminate Miko's avatar in the game as she groaned in dismay when she lost the game.

"No bad for an old man, huh?" Agent Fowler triumphantly smirked as Emily just smirked back as she cracked her knuckles.

"Chill out, Agent Fowler. You still have to beat me, remember?" Agent Fowler was surprised since she sounded so calm and was sure that she could beat him.

"I'm old, not senile, young lady." Emily grinned playfully as she got ready to beat him as he did the same.

"Bring it on." She said as they both started to give it all they got as the trio all cheered Emily on.

"Come on, Emily!" Jack cheered as he watched them play.

"You can do it." Raf added.

"Don't go easy on him!" Miko cheered as she was really on the verge of biting her nails.

Both Emily and Agent Fowler started to give it all they got while everyone kept their eyes open and held their breath to see what would happen. When Agent Fowler thought he had the upper hand, Emily won against him with a couple of combos on her console as she sent him a smirk as he looked shocked.

"Nailed it." She chuckled as the five Autobots that were watching were surprised to see that she won against Fowler in a game.

"What-but-but I was winning." Agent Fowler groaned as he realized that he lost to Emily who was only 18 years old as she sent him a victory grin.

"Not anymore." She laughed softly as he gave her a playful glare.

"Total déjà vu here huh, Jack?" Miko asked as Jack nodded since both Emily and Agent Fowler were like them when they were playing.

"Yeah." Jack smiled before Agent Fowler's phone started to ring as they turned towards him as he stood up and took it out before answering it.

"Fowler here." He answered as he could hear someone talking on the other side but the static was making it hard to understand but he was able to make out a few words.

"What?" Agent Fowler's expression changed to one of shock when he heard from a few words that something was wrong.

"Well I'll be a deep fried chicken." Agent Fowler put his phone back in his pockets as everyone looked towards him.

"What is it, Agent Fowler?" Jack curiously asked as Agent Fowler turned to them with a serious look.

"The base where this box thingy was guarded got attacked." Agent Fowler told them as they were all in shock and surprise. How can someone infiltrate the base?!

"Has the box been?" Ratchet asked but didn't finish as Agent Fowler shook his head.

"Hard to know. There was too much static on the line." This became more serious but the question lay. Who would attack the base?

"Who could've attacked the base?" Smokescreen asked as Cliffjumper guessed.

"Ain't it obvious?" Cliffjumper said as they thought of the same thing.

"Might be Cons but I don't think Megatron wouldn't dare try to get the box knowing what's inside." Arcee was right and had a point. Megatron wasn't stupid enough to attack the base since he also know what's inside the box.

"Even if it's improbable that the Decepticons would try and steal such a thing, Megatron would not hesitate to use any resources as weapons of mass destruction." Optimus came in as he assessed the situation and Emily sensed that something was dangerous inside the box for her Autobot friends.

"So whatever is inside, can be dangerous for you?" Emily asked as Optimus nodded as he was glad that she caught on but he can still see that she was curious about what's inside the box.

"For any Cybertronian." Bulkhead added as Bumblebee nodded in agreement.

"What if it wasn't the Cons? It could've been someone else." Emily said since she knew that the Decepticons weren't that stupid to pull a stunt like attacking the secured Military base.

"Who would be interested in a big box like that?" Arcee asked before something clicked in everyone's minds. There's only one other enemy that they were against.

"You don't think?" Miko turned to Emily who nodded since she was told about that certain group of men.

"Could be." Emily nodded.

"Sounds logical." Raf added as Ratchet knew who they were talking about.

"You're talking about MECH, are you?" He asked them as the three nodded to confirm their thoughts.

"Yeah." Emily said.

"Sounds like a possibility. But I don't think so. The call I've received reports some serious damages. MECH doesn't have the kind of weapon to cause such damage." Agent Fowler said since he knows that the damage that he received from the phone call wasn't how MECH usually leaves.

"Yeah but if you think about it, what's inside that box is dangerous." Emily stood up as she looked at them all as she knew that the only way that the base got that serious damage is if someone opened the box.

"You're not saying that they opened the thing are you?" Agent Fowler asked as she shrugged since she only had a hunch but she didn't know yet.

"We should investigate it." Optimus told them as Arcee, Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee turned to him in surprise.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa back up. You don't mean that do you?" Bulkhead asked nervously. He didn't want to be turned into a metal buffet!

"I know this situation might be dangerous. But we must act before any humans get hurt." Optimus said as Bulkhead, Bee and Ratchet look at each other nervously.

"Scrap." Bulkhead said under his breath as Bumblebee whirred in agreement.

"I'll prepare the coordinates for you to leave." Ratchet went to the computer to put the coordinates to the place since there was no stopping Optimus and changing his mind as well as Emily.

"We're going too. You'll need back up." Miko said as she was looking forward to dealing with those little pests and maybe seeing Bulkhead freaking out about them again.

"We got everything ready." Rad said as he motioned to the fire extinguishers that he has as Emily has one but was confused on why they need it.

"We'll protect you." Jack said to their Autobot friends who were grateful.

"Normally I'd say no but your help could be useful." Arcee was glad to have them come since she and the rest of the Autobots were gonna be scrapped if they didn't have help.

"Be sure to stay on your guard." Emily said as Jack gave her a look.

"Says the one who hasn't faced what's inside the box yet." Jack told her as she gave him a look but shrugged it off.

"Good point." She said sheepishly.

"Ground bridge activating." Ratchet said before pulling the lever up as the ground bridge opened up.

"Finally some action. I've been itching for a good battle." Smokescreen grinned excitedly as Cliffjumper nodded.

"Me too." Cliffjumper agreed with him.

"Don't get too excited. This mission is dangerous. I'll stay here and monitor everything from here." Ratchet told them and Emily looked at him in confusion as she made sense of what he was implying.

"You're not coming?" Emily asked him as she saw the slight nervous look in his optics as she looked at him.

"Are you crazy? The contents of this are dangerous for any Cybertronian. I'm not risking my own tailpipe. I already did, in that kind of situation and I'm not doing it again." Ratchet said as he wasn't looking forward to joining the fight as well.

"Oh, yes you will, Ratchet. No way we're going in there while you stay here." Emily puts her hands on her hips while giving him a stern look as the others sensed the aura around her and took a step back.

"And just how are you gonna make me go?" Ratchet counters back but he made a mistake as Emily was giving him the look and he knew that he got on her bad side.

On the other side of the ground bridge, Ratchet gets thrown while letting out a surprise yell and lands hard on the ground.

"I haven't been thrown that hard ever since the war." Ratchet muttered under his breath as he reminded himself to not go on Emily's bad side.

Emily then comes out of the portal while giving him a playful look.

"You must be getting old." She told him as he rolled his optics while standing up and dusting himself off.

"You should know that this old Autobot has a mind of his own too, show some respect." Ratchet said as Emily just rolled her optic-eye at him with a smirk.

"Yeah right." She said as the others followed them as Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Arcee, Cliffjumper and Smokescreen took note not to get on Emily's bad side as well as the kids.

After everyone came out through the portal, Raf shut it down with his laptop before putting it back in his backpack.

"Well we're here." Raf said as they all looked at the damage caused in the base and were surprised at how fast it all went.

"What in the name of George Washington's?" Agent Fowler gawked at the sight. Just what exactly did all of the destruction?

"Whoa, look at that." Jack pointed to a helicopter as they noticed the damage.

"Something bad must've happened here." Raf said as he pushed back his glasses as they approached the place slowly.

"Yeah, something really bad." Miko added as she noticed some vehicles were damaged.

"Doesn't seem like Cons to me. I mean look at the fence. It looks like it's been chewed by some kind of beast." Emily pointed to the fence to their right as she saw that it was chewed up as Bulkhead and Bumblebee got nervous as Pit.

"This is not good." Bulkhead said as Bumblebee beeped in agreement as he was nervous.

"Whatever it was, we better be careful." Cliffjumper said as they nodded as they approached the base where the box was being kept.

"Indeed. Autobots, be on your guard." Optimus ordered since the sight of the damage was all unnerving.

They all then entered the base carefully but noticed that the whole place was deserted.

"Where is everyone?" Jack asked in confusion.

"They must've run away." Agent Fowler said as Emily picked up a chewed up metal piece and observed it as she noticed that it looked like bite marks on it.

"What kind of beast could do such a thing?" Emily asked as she put it down as Arcee approached her.

"That's no beast. It's the vermin." Arcee said as Emily looked up at her in confusion. A vermin did this whole damage?

"What kind of vermin?" Emily asked curiously as Ratchet answered.

"The most dangerous one in the universe. If you're Cybertronian, of course." Ratchet said as he really has a bad feeling of even being in the place right now.

"You guys don't need to be scared. We're here to protect you." Emily told them as Jack, Miko and Raf smiled up to their guardians as they agreed.

"Your human factor might be a beneficial advantage for us." Ratchet smiled at them since they were glad that they were there with them.

"Hey, guys, look at that warehouse." Jack stopped as he pointed to said building.

They stopped as well and all looked at the warehouse to see that a bunch of holes were all over it.

"This warehouse has more holes than a french cheese." Agent Fowler said as the Autobots were getting a bad feeling about the situation.

"I haven't seen holes like that in eons." Smokescreen said as he was sure he knew what made those holes.

"Me too." Cliffjumper agreed.

"Prime, we should go check the vault. If the box was opened, we might find a clue." Agent Fowler turned to Optimus who nodded. If they get to the box to see if it was opened or not, they could get some kind of clue of what did all this damage.

"Very well. Autobots, let's continue." Optimus said as they walked towards the warehouse.

The Autobots and their human companions all went to the warehouse where the box was being kept. When they got there, they used the elevator to go down to the lower levels as the elevator was large and wide enough to fit them all. When they reach the lower levels, they could have sworn that they hear some sort of clinking noise from around them.

"What was that?" Bulkhead asked nervously as Miko patted his pede to calm him down.

"I'm sure it's nothing." Miko said but she was also nervous when she recognized the noise.

"We're almost there." Agent Fowler said before the elevator stopped

"Are we there yet?" Smokescreen asked as Agent Fowler nodded.

"Soon. The vault is just up ahead." They got out of the elevator before they all started walking to where they were heading until they got to the vault. When they got there, they saw that it was open and it was not a good sign.

"This is not good." Agent Fowler said as they went in quickly and stopped in their tracks when they saw that the box had been opened too and it was even worse since it was empty.

"By the Allspark. It cannot be..." Ratchet said as he was getting a worse feeling. If the contents were out, they're in so much trouble.

"Oh no. We're deep in the scrapheap." Bulkhead said as he was getting even nervous about their predicament.

"Things just got ugly." Cliffjumper gulped inaudibly as Bumblebee beeped in agreement.

"Who could've opened it?" Arcee asked as she tensed up since the situation wasn't good from the looks of it.

"Someone who was interested in it. We must split up to cover more ground." Optimus told them as the others looked at each other.

"Uh oh." Bulkhead said as he didn't want to experience it again.

Bumblebee beeped and whirred nervously as he was against the idea of splitting up.

"Relax, Bee, I'll be there to help you." Raf came up to him as Bumblebee calmed down slightly as Miko did the same for Bulkhead.

"Don't worry, Bulkhead. I've got your back." This made Bulkhead calm down but he was still nervous about their situation.

"Just try to be careful." He told them as they nodded.

"I'll go with Smokescreen and Cliffjumper." Emily said as both mech bots nodded.

"Looks like it's just you and me, Jack." Arcee smirked down at him as he smiled up to his guardian.

"Looks like it." Jack nodded.

"I'm going with Prime and the Doctor here. If you find anything, contact the others immediately." Agent Fowler told them as they nodded.

"You got it, Agent Fowler." Emily nodded as he gave them earpieces to talk to.

"We'll call if something's up." Jack told them as they went in different directions to find their little suspects.

"Let's go hunting, Bulkhead." Miko said as Bulkhead nodded.

"Yeah. Okay." Bulkhead hoped that this would be the last time they would face those little gremlins.

"Come on, Bee." Raf said as Bumblebee nodded.

"Let's go, Jack." Arcee said as Jack nodded.

"We're right behind you, Emily." Smokescreen said as they all split up into groups. Bulkhead with Miko, Bumblebee with Raf, Arcee with Jack, Cliffjumper and Smokescreen with Emily and Optimus and Ratchet with Agent Fowler.

"Are you sure that was a good idea, Prime?" Agent Fowler asked the red and blue mech who watched the others go to find clues but was worried about Emily since she hasn't seen anything like this yet.

"I cannot be sure or unsure, Agent Fowler. All I can do now is trust in my instincts." Optimus said as he began to walk in a different direction than the others as Ratchet followed with Fowler.

"Let us hope nothing bad will happen." Ratchet hoped as the two walked beside the last Prime.

"Hopefully. Let's move out." Agent Fowler said.

Optimus, Fowler and Ratchet moved on out without knowing that a pair of blue eyes were watching them leave curiously before it followed them since it got curious unlike it's other members of the colony who tore the whole place to shreds.