Okay. I've improved a lot on fight scenes. So this is gonna be good. I only own my OC's and the plot. And in this one, there is only one OC. And one more thing. While I was writing this I was watching a lot of the old Power Ranger episodes. And the transformation sequence might go a bit differently than normal. Just a heads up.

The AutoKnights I: The Beginning Re-Write

Chapter 5: The Secrets Are Out

In Metroville, giant robots attacking the city were a pretty common thing nowadays. But the Incredibles had never dealt with a robot like this before. It was a lot smarter. Whoever created it did a good job.

Speaking of the robot, it looked pretty scary to some people. It was at least eighteen feet tall and it's armor was black and white. It was in a humanoid shape with four limbs and a head. And the two eyes were evil red. But the Incredibles weren't all that focused on what it looked like. They were more worried about what it was doing. It was wrecking everything it saw with such ease. The Incredibles didn't know what to do. Even Frozone was there with them and he was at a loss for ideas. After Mr. Incredible threw some abandoned cars at that thing, the family regrouped.

"What is this thing? Who built it?" Dash wondered.

"I'm not sure. But whoever built it did a pretty good job. That thing's tough." Frozone said.

"But it's not invincible." Elastagirl said. "There has to be some weakness this thing has."

"We just have to find it." Mr. Incredible added. "Violet, you and Frozone sneak up from behind it. Dash, you, me, and your mother will surround it from all three sides giving nowhere to go."

The plan was agreed upon by all parties. And then Violet held on to Frozone as the cryokinetic skated off. Dash, Elastagirl, and Mr. Incredible then got the robot surrounded just like they planned. Violet and Frozone were ready to do their part. But then the robot did something that not a lot of robots do.

It spoke.

"You dare challenge Barricade? Well then, by all means. Give it your best shot!"

The thing's name was apparently Barricade. And all five supers were shocked to hear him speak perfect English.

"Who are you?" Elastagirl shouted. "And who made you?"

"MADE me? Ha!" Barricade laughed. "No human in the history of the universe will ever be able to create a robot with my level of sophistication and free will! I am a Decepticon and I serve the almighty Megatron!"

That was another new name. Who the hell was Megatron?

"This world will soon become his and you humans will be no more!"

"Boy if we had a nickel for every time we heard that." Frozone said.

"I'd love to stay and chat, but I've got fleshlings to kill."

Then Barricade began to make his whole body change shape. His robotic parts shifted places both externally and internally. And then a few seconds later, Barricade had shifted from his robot form into a new form that was in the shape and color of a Metroville police car. On the side of his door, it said, "To Punish and Enslave."

All of them were completely caught off guard by that transformation. But then the back wheels of the car started to burn out and Barricade sped right through the blockade of heroes and headed down the street.

"I got him!" Dash immediately sped after Barricade.

"DASH NO!" Elastagirl cried in total fear for her son's life.

But Dash didn't listen to her. He soon caught up to Barricade. But he came running up to the car with absolutely no plan to take him down. He may have had super speed, but he was still just a kid and this was at least a three ton car. And Barricade was easily able to notice he was there.

"Pathetic human."

A plan hatched in his evil mind. Dash was right next to the front diver's side wheel. And then he made the thing extend. And he did so rather quickly and very hard. The wheel pretty much punched the kid right in his head. The young super lost his balance and scrapped himself as he skidded across the hard asphalt of the street. Barricade sped away and his family caught back up to him. Elastagirl helped her son back up.

"Dash, don't you ever do that again!" she cried.

"I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't think."

"You hardly ever think, Dash. That's your problem." Violet said.

"We have bigger problems right now!" Frozone shouted. "Like the evil robot slash car who is now getting away as we speak!"

Frozone began to skate after Barricade while Elastagirl stretched her amrs and climbed a tall building to spot the robot. Violet formed a force field around Dash with her floating inside it right above him. Dash then ran off leaving Mr. Incredible to call his hero car so he could keep up. It pulled up a few seconds later and he crawled inside it, out the pedal to the metal, and began to chase Barricade down.

It wasn't long before he caught up with the cop car. Then Mr. Incredible pressed a button on his control board. On both sides of the car, two small machine guns popped out and then they fired at the car. Usually it wasn't like a superhero to use guns but Mr. Incredible had those installed for emergencies only. And this classified as one.

But it was all for not. The bullets that shot out of those guns merely bounced off the body of the car and they didn't even leave so much as a lousy ding. This brought shock to the super strong hero. But then Barricade transformed back from his car mode to the robot mode everyone saw before. Mr. Incredible was about to turn, but Barricade caught the car and picked it up to view the human inside.

"Disgusting flesh creature."

He threw the car into a building and Mr. Incredible crashed through the windshield. Then as if to add insult to injury, Barricade transformed his left arm into some sort of gun with a fat barrel. Then he fired a bullet of pure plasma energy at the underside of the car and blew it to pieces, much to the anger of Mr. Incredible.

"HEY ASSHOLE! I LOVED THAT CAR!"

That didn't scare Barricade at all. As far as he was concerned, this human was nothing. The Decepticon began to make his right hand transform. And out of it, an array of spikes came out and it started to then extend because it was really a ball and chain. Barricade used all of his strength to whip it right for Mr. Incredible. The large strongman just got ready to catch it. But then a big purple orb surrounded him. He looked to the left and saw that his daughter was there summoning a force field. And the rest of his family was there behind her.

But that was a mistake on her part. Because now the con had a new target. He took out his plasma cannon again. He fired in front of the other Incredibles and the smoke went everywhere. When it cleared, Violet was gone.

"Whoa! Where'd she go?" Frozone wondered.

"HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLP!"

That cry came from the only teenage girl in the vicinity. And now everyone became horrified when they saw Violet was now in Barricade's giant right hand.

"NO! MY BABY!" Elastagirl shouted.

"STAY BACK!" Barricade shouted. "One wrong move and the girl dies!"

The rest of them all froze. For the safety of Violet, none of them moved. And then something else happened. Barricade's chest opened up and something shot out of it. It was a smaller robot. Silver armored and thinner and much smaller than Barricade. It was about as tail as Dash was. And then it ran up to the group of human heroes and armed to small machine guns on it's arms. Normal bullets wouldn't have done anything to Mr. Incredible. But his daughter's life was on the line. He couldn't do anything.

"Such weak fools." Barricade said. "And you, you shall be the first of the upcoming genocide. Frenzy, make sure they watch this."

Violet knew exactly what he meant. He was going to kill her just for the hell of it. Her suspicion was confirmed when Barricade pumped his plasma cannon and pointed it right at her head. Then it began to whir up and hum to life.

"VIOLET NO!" Mr. Incredible thought he would never see his daughter again.

But that was not the case here.

Out from nowhere, something hit Barricade right in his hand that had a grip on Violet and she fell to the ground. She didn't land on her feet but she was alright. She landed on her side and it throbbed for a bit. But then she saw on the ground exactly what saved her from certain death. It was Jack-Jack. And he was in his metal form.

But that was the other's chance. Elastagirl wrapped her arms around Frenzy and whipped him into the nearby brick wall. Then Frozone blasted a storm of ice and froze his metal butt to the wall.

But despite Violet just being saved, she was still in danger because now Barricade was pointing his gun at her again. But now she was standing up. And Jack-Jack was in her hands as his normal form again. But this time, when he fired, something else saved her in the manner of tackling her and Jack-Jack out of the way of the blast. And that gave Mr. Incredible and Frozone enough time to distract him when Violet looked up and saw who it was who saved her. She thought it was her mother.

But it was Trevor. And she had no idea he knew it was her.

"Are you okay?" Trevor asked her.

It was a good thing she was wearing that mask. Because he couldn't see her madly blushing underneath due to the position they were in. He was right on top of her and their faces were inches apart.

"Yes. Thank you, stranger." Violet muttered.

And that earned her a chuckle from Trevor.

"Save the act, Violet. I know it's you."

"Huh? But…you…and…how…..wha?"

Once again, Trevor chuckled.

"I found your father's hidden room in the house. And I'm okay with who you are." Trevor said. "But Violet, listen to me. I want you and your family to let ME handle this."

To Violet, that was crazy.

"Have you lost it, man?" she asked as she sat up. "That thing is vicious. It'll tear you apart in seconds!"

He should have seen a reaction like that coming. But he had a good reason for saying that.

"Violet, have I ever given you a reason to not trust me?" he asked her.

"I've only known you for four days!" Violet argued.

Trevor sighed. That was indeed true.

"Just answer the question, Violet. Do you trust me?"

Violet sighed this time. As much as she hated to admit it, she did trust him. There was something about him that gave that vibe.

"Yes, Trevor. I trust you."

"Then trust me when I say this. Get your family and get clear of this. I can handle this."

"But Trevor…."

"Now Violet!"

The raise in his voice confirmed he was serious about this. It went against everything she was taught about being a hero, but she did what he said and carried her brother away. And then she called Mr. Incredible and Frozone back fibbing about a plan she had. But when it became clear it was a lie, they turned and saw Trevor walking towards the con quite calmly.

"What does he think he's doing?" Frozone wondered. "TREVOR! RUN! GETOUT OF HERE!"

Trevor didn't hear him. It was like he blocked them all out. And then he stopped walking and stood his place.

"I suggest you listen to your little friends. Maybe you can delay your inevitable death for a while longer." Barricade boasted.

"Yeah. I'm sure Megatron was a real idiot to put all his faith into one pity Decepticon scout." Trevor insulted the con.

And Barricade was not thrilled about that remark.

"Trevor! What are you doing?" Elastagirl screamed.

Trevor had no intention of listening. He stood in front of Barricade and he simply smirked.

"What makes you think a tiny little fleshling like you could possible defeat someone as powerful as me?" The Decepticon asked.

But then everyone saw Trevor fiddle with something on his right hand. It was his ring. His "Special Forces" ring.

"THIS makes me think so."

As he raised his hand to the air, the stone in his ring started to glow a dim red and blue. But then this came from his mouth.

"AUTOKNIGHT, TRANSFORM!"

That dim red and blue became a very bright white that almost blinded everyone looking at him.

"What is happening?" Barricade shouted demanding to know.

What was happening was this. That little ring on Trevor's hand not only glowed from the stone, but the whole ring itself was now white. Then the ring literally exploded off of his finger and into seven very large pieces. Those white pieces began to swirl around his body as he extended his arms out to the sides. Then the flying pieces actually made contact with his body. Two of them hit his legs, three of them hit his torso, and the remaining two hit his arms. His whole body was covered in a glowing white substance and then the glow literally exploded again. But then something happened.

"OPTIMUS PRIME!" he shouted.

Trevor was no longer wearing his normal clothes. And he wasn't called Trevor anymore. Now he was Optimus Prime. Whoever that was, he was wearing some kind of suit.

The suit was a near skin-tight suit with two pieces upper and lower, and a cape/robe attached to the back of it. On his upper arms and legs, there were four round braces. They were two inches in width. The braces were black on the edges and silver in the middle. The whole top part of Optimus' suit was red with blue flames running up it. The same was with his robe. His legs were blue with red flames running up. On the front of his left shoulder, was their symbol. It was a weird red looking face with three lashes coming out of each side. It was inside a black knight's shield with a silver border. He was also wearing black boots with no laces. But there were two shiny silver buckles on the center. And the soles of them were black rubber and silver metal in some parts.

The Incredibles and Frozone were now completely dumbfounded by what just happened. They saw the kid they took in off the street turn his tiny little ring into a freakin super suit. They weren't even thinking about the fact that he lied to them. They just wanted to see what he could do in that suit.

"What….just happened?" Violet asked.

"I don't know." Mr. Incredible replied. "But I think it's safe to say that ring isn't a Special Forces ring."

"Maybe not. But it certainly is special by the looks of it." Frozone added.

Barricade actually showed a very small sign of fear when he heard the name, Optimus Prime. And the boy looked up at him.

"I'm giving you your last warning, Deception." He said. "Either leave this planet now and live, or stay and feel my power."

Barricade began to fume. Then he ripped a street lamp out of the ground.

"I don't care if your name is Primus." The con responded. "I will crush you like the fleshling you are!"

Barricade rushed right for him ready to strike. But Optimus remained put where he stood. No one knew why. But then Barricade swung down and the concrete exploded creating a cloud of dust. When the dust cleared, everyone expected to see Optimus on the ground, but all that was there was a small crater.

"Where did he go?" Barricade wondered.

"YO! SCRAPHEAD!"

Everyone followed where that voice came from. Barricade looked to the top of his street lamp and saw that Optimus was standing on it without a scratch.

"You're gonna have to be quicker than that if you wanna keep up with me!" Optimus taunted.

"You dare mock a Decepticon? I'll show you the price of such foolish actions!" Barricade began to swing the lamp back and forth.

But no matter where he swung, Optimus kept his perfect balance. And then he decided to just screw with the con. As he went back and forth, he just made taunting faces and gestures at Barricade. He even had the audacity to laugh as he did so. But then Barricade quickly got fed up and stopped shaking.

"RRRRRGGGGGHHHH! Come down from there!" he demanded.

"If you insist." Optimus was waiting for that.

It was Optimus' turn to bring the hurt. He jumped off the post but on his way down, he grabbed it with his own arms. And he carried it down to the ground with him. When his feet touched the ground, that was when he made his move. Using a new level of strength he had, he swung the post over his head and Barricade was stupid enough to not let go. The con went over Optimus' head and then slammed down into the street when the young boy brought it down.

The Incredibles and Frozone were all now truly amazed and impressed.

"Super strength. Not bad." Mr. Incredible commented.

"What else is there?" Dash asked interested.

Barricade got back up and growled at Optimus.

"So you think you're clever don't you? We'll see about that!"

Barricade charged with his flail this time and Optimus jumped out of the way as the spiked ball crashed into the street. A weapon like that would do too much when not even being used. So Optimus had to get rid of it. And lucky for him, the ball of Barricade's flail got stuck with that last swing into the ground. And that was his chance. He needed to act quickly. He extended his right arm.

And then somehow, the cuff of his sleeve opened up various small hatches all around it and then tiny mechanical pieces came out of those holes. Those same pieces covered up his right hand until it couldn't be seen anymore. When the pieces locked into place, the final part came out. And that part unsheathed itself on the form of a two and a half foot long sword. It was silver and it glowed orange in some places.

The Incredibles and Frozone watched with even more shock while Jack-Jack just laughed liking what he saw Optimus do.

"He's….one of them?" Elastagirl came to that conclusion.

And it was true. But it also wasn't. That was going to be explained in due time. But Optimus dashed for the chain of the flail and successfully cut it disarming Barricade for the time being. But that was a short time. Because Barricade had more weapons than that.

After pulling his arm back up, Barricade made his assault rifle appear on his arm again. This time he was shooting at Optimus. And when the firing began, Optimus showed off another talent he had. Agility. He jumped and twisted in the air as he dodged every single bullet that was shot at him. But he still had his sword coming out of his right arm. When he landed on his feet again, he threw out his left arm. And another sword identical to his right one unsheathed itself. Then he stood up straight, and twirled both swords so fast not one bullet could get through.

"He's so fast." Dash admired his speed. "I like him."

Violet just shook her head. Sure this guy was powerful, but that didn't change the fact that he lied to them. He lied to her. She thought this guy was just a normal human with no special power baggage. It would have been a nice change of pace for her to actually have a friend like that. But no. This guy was not normal at all.

Barricade stopped firing his rifle and lowered his arm.

"So you have some skill. But you can never catch me!"

Barricade turned the other way and transformed back into his cop car mode. And that didn't stop Optimus as he began to run after him.

"I CAN catch you! And I WILL catch you!"

The boy then dove forward and gave his new friends a show once again as hatches all over his suit opened up. Mechanical parts gushed out of them and made his body completely unseen. Than a large red square appeared at the front and a blue trailer rig took the back. Optimus transformed himself into a Peterbilt 352 truck with two smokestacks coming out the back. And then he sped after Barricade.

And once again, the Incredibles and Frozone were totally baffled by what the young boy just did.

"Did he just…turn into a truck?" Dash muttered.

"Uh-huh." Elastagirl murmured.

"Uh…I don't know about the rest of you…" Frozone started. "…but that is a nice ass truck."

"Oh thank god I'm not the only one who thinks that." Mr. Incredible said while smiling.

Elastagirl smacked her husband's chest for that line.

"What? It is." Mr. Incredible defended as he and his family began to run after the two vehicles.

Barricade was now on the run from Optimus through the clear streets of downtown. No matter how fast the Decepticon went, Optimus was always right there on his tail.

"How is this possible? A human boy an Autobot? Optimus Prime was destroyed! I saw it with my own optics! How is it this boy has his power? Unless…..he wasn't destroyed at all. But no matter. Very soon, he will be."

Barricade made a sharp right turn. It was too sharp for Optimus to make in his larger vehicle mode at that speed so he had no choice but to go straight. And that was when Barricade thought he had lost the boy. After a few more minutes of maneuvering the streets, Barricade slowed down.

"HA! So much for catching me, fleshling!"

HOOOONK HOOOOOOOOONK!

As soon as the con hit an intersection, a loud horn blared from the right. It was Optimus and he was going right at him full speed. But it was then Optimus decided to put another form of his to the test. He took on his own robot mode. The front part red section became his upper torso. The chrome plated grille was his stomach and the two windshields were on his chest. The back part of the front cab split into two and became the arms and the smokestacks were on his shoulders. The back blue colored rig area also split and aligned to become giant legs. The robotic head was blue with antennae sticking out of the sides of his head and a silver faceplate over his mouth. Optimus stood now at thirty two feet tall.

And he was still in motion heading towards barricade. He smashed his left fist into the side of his car and the con went flying into the air and involuntarily turned back to his robot mode. He crashed back down into the street. When Optimus was set to charge him, he looked back and saw the Incredibles were there staring at him again.

"I swear I can explain this." He said in a more robotic voice now.

"Kill the bad robot first! Then explain." Frozone shouted.

Optimus nodded and then ran for the downed Barricade who was now getting back up. Barricade armed his plasma rifle and set it to rapid fire mode. Hundreds of small bullets were shot at Optimus but they were totally off aim. Optimus on the other hand took out his own gun. From his back, he pulled out a giant black plated ion blaster and cocked it to life to use in battle for the first time.

He pointed it at Barricade as he ran and fired two giant orange balls of radiated energy at the con. Only one of them hit the target. The other one came up short and exploded in the ground in front of him. The one that hit got Barricade right in the left side of the chest. When he staggered off balance, Optimus dropped his gun, balled his right fist, and threw it right into Barricade's face. But the con was quick to recover from that one. He threw a punch at Optimus but the giant red robot avoided it and grabbed his arm. Optimus then turned around and threw barricade over his back making the con land on his own. Then Optimus made his left hand retract into his arm and made his blade appear. He then pointed it at Barricade's head who remained still.

"You are strong for a human." Barricade observed. "The power of Prime serves you well. But think about this. Imagine how much more power you could have if you joined the Decepticons. I'm sure Megatron would be very willing to give you as much as you want."

Barricade was trying to make him turn to the Decepticons. And he was high off his ass if he thought that was gonna happen. But seeing as how he was just trying to escape death, Optimus decided to have a little fun. He lowered the blade, retracted it, and walked a few steps away from him.

"It does sound tempting." Optimus leaned over to pick something up.

But barricade didn't see. He was busy sitting back up. And it was only then did he realize that Optimus had his ion blaster back in his right hand and pointed right at him.

"But….I decline."

Optimus pulled the trigger on Barricade at least five times before he actually went offline. Then he turned himself back into his human mode. His ion blaster shrunk with him. He approached Barricade's body as his faceplate retracted down into the collar of his suit.

"Well…one down. A few million more to go."

As he stood there gazing upon the dead Decepticon, the Incredibles and Frozone approached him. Optimus put away his ion blaster back in his suit and looked back at them noticing their very shocked looks. They were definitely in total shock and awe over his power, but they were also not too happy about the fact that the boy lied to them.

"I know I have a lot of explaining to do." Optimus said as he put up his hands. "But before I do, Mr….Incredible? Can you help me with this?"

Optimus pointed to the corpse of Barricade but then Dash pointed another way.

"Um…you missed one." Dash said.

Optimus looked behind him and Dash was right. Frenzy was still pumping and charging Optimus. The boy in the flamed suit just walked towards him and he noticed a thin metal pole on the ground. Using his feet, he brought the pole up to his hands and just as Frenzy jumped at him, Optimus kicked the small robot right in the chest and sent him on his back. Then he twirled the pole like a staff and then drove it through his chest. After a few seconds of sparking, the small robot went offline permanently.

Optimus then pulled the pole out of Frenzy and tossed it aside. Then he picked up the tiny little bot and handed him to Frozone.

"Hold that. Mr. Incredible, help me with the big one."

Mr. Incredible walked over to Barricade with Optimus and indeed helped him. Both of them got underneath the dead Decepticon and held him above their heads by lifting him up from his back. Optimus had the upper back and Mr. Incredible had the lower part.

Optimus seemed to know where he was going. And Everyone just followed his lead. A few minutes later, they came to the edge of the mainland. It was a high cliffside overlooking the ocean from at least a hundred feet high. Optimus and Mr. Incredible set Barricade down right near the edge of the cliff and then backed away from him.

"So what was the point of bringing it here?" Elastagirl asked.

Optimus gave no answer in words. Instead, he walked over to Barricade once more, raised his foot, put said foot against his corpse, and then he pushed his leg outwards. And because of his enhanced strength, Barricade was pushed off the cliff and splashed into the ocean below, never to be seen again. Then the red and blue suited boy took Frenzy from Frozone and tossed his body over the cliff too. That's when he looked back and saw that everyone had no idea why he did that.

"It's better to have them under the sea where no one can see them rather than up here where the government might go insane over an alien robot and try to copy the technology."

His reason was valid. If the military ever got their hands on weaponry that advanced, chaos would ensue. Military people could get very war-hungry given the right circumstances. It was indeed best if the government was left in the dark about this. Especially agent Rick Dicker. But keeping Optimus a secret was gonna be harder.

Violet walked up to Optimus with somewhat of a scowl on her face.

"I can't believe it." She said. "I just thought you were a nice normal guy. You lied to us!"

Optimus just made a confused expression and looked up and down her body.

"Oh. And you and your family are innocent?" he defended. "You lied too!"

"Alright alright!" Elastagirl stopped the two teens before it got out of hand. "We both lied to each other. And it turns out we all had a good reason for lying. But Trev…Optimus, we need to know the truth. Who was that robot, and just what the heck is going on?"

Optimus just looked away. This was already not going as he had planned. But it was too late. They saw too much for them not to be involved. He turned to look at them again.

"I do apologize for lying to all of you." He started. "But my reasoning can and will be explained. But it cannot be done so here out in the open. We must return to your house. There I will tell you everything about who I am and what I'm doing."

That was exactly what they all wanted to hear. But there was one small problem.

"My car got blown up by that stupid robot." Mr. Incredible said.

"Then you can ride inside me." Optimus said.

Optimus gave everyone a show by making his suit once again transform into that Peterbilt 352 mode everyone saw. And then the doors on both sides opened up.

"It's okay." Optimus assured.

Shrugging, Mr. Incredible hopped inside the truck and strapped himself in. the interior was very nicely done. The steering wheel was polished with flames and the seats were tan leather.

"Nice." He prepared to grab the steering wheel as the rest of his family hopped in.

"Ah ah ah, no need, Mr. Incredible." Optimus said. "I will take care of the driving."

"Aaaaawwwww." Mr. Incredible wanted to drive that big truck.

"Do you even know HOW to drive?" Violet asked.

"When I'm just a normal person, no. But as a truck myself, yes." Optimus replied. "Now buckle up."

There were enough seatbelts for each of them. As soon as they all buckled themselves, Optimus started up his engine and started to drive back to the house of the Parrs. Frozone was NOT going to miss out on a story like this. He skated alongside the truck as it drove itself. But Mr. Incredible kept his hands on the wheel to make it look like someone was actually driving the truck instead of the truck driving itself. Optimus didn't mind.

But this was just a prelude. That little fight they saw back there was nothing compared to what lied ahead in the future. And for one of them, this one boy, this….AutoKnight, that life was never gonna be the same.

Me: Yes. I gave Optimus his Generation 1 design. I thought it would be more appropriate since he's in the past right now. But I left the flames on there. The flames stay always.

Until the next chapter, peace bithces.