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-[Lava Shelter - Shadow the Hedgehog]-

Cosmos was in orbit around the Earth. His vehicle mode wasn't exactly the most inconspicuous of vehicles. He was a literal UFO when people think of UFOs, and would likely cause panic among the human populous down below on Earth. Despite his comrades and friends insisting he chose another vehicle as an alt-mode, Cosmos stuck to his guns and remained a Cybertronian Flying Saucer.

He often got really lonely, Jetfire's occasional visits to check up on him and a few communication channels with his other allies being his only company. But, he knew he had an important mission, and is willing to endure maddening loneliness to accomplish it.

He got a hold of the most advanced of the United States' military satellites to implement a special anti-virus created by H.O.P.E. that would spread throughout the entire global network. This is to keep the Decepticons from using it any further, and rob them access to the secrets the countries of the world hold.

As he finished uploading the anti-virus, Cosmos thought to himself aloud, "Man…it is REALLY lonely up here in orbit. Makes me want to risk showing up on some alien hunter show's radar just to-…"

A blip from his sensors alerted the green and yellow Autobot that he detected an oncoming signal. Two distinct signals in actuality, and he knew one of them was a Decepticon.

He quickly detached from the satellite, and used the vacuum of space to make a hasty, and undetectable, escape. He looked back at the military satellite he just finished uploading the anti-virus, and saw that a large aircraft headed for it.

Cosmos' eyes narrowed as he knew who this con was, "Dreadwing…what's that Megatron fanboy up to…"

His anti-virus upload had also allowed the reconnaissance bot to listen in on the ex-Elite Guard Seeker as he approached the military satellite…

"This is the satellite my one true master wishes me to extract information from? For an advanced satellite, humans have such laughably primitive technology of this is considered state of the art…"

Dreadwing attached a Cybertronian codebreaker dec-pack to the satellite, which did worry Cosmos. He knew the virus was to prevent Decepticons from hacking whatever technology they attempt to access, as the anti-virus can hold back the ludicrously absurd hacking prowess of Ultron. But, Cosmos knew that the dec-pack Dreadwing attached would be a problem, and that was excluding the large size and skill gap between the two…

Currently, Cosmos would be around five feet tall, maybe four, because of the Pym Particles, while Dreadwing doesn't have that problem, as his towering 30 feet stature made it clear that the Autobot was at a disadvantage.

"Scrap!" Dreadwing cursed, alerting Cosmos, "…Humans don't have the technology to stop a bypass like this…unless…"

He growled, causing Cosmos to gulp in fear as Dreadwing said, "Autobot!"

Cosmos knew he was scrap metal, and still not eager to be detected by the Decepticon's sensors, managed to use space to float in a specific direction where he will end up on Mars. The second location his sensors detected a signal, and he thanked the Allspark that it belonged to an Autobot, but not just any Autobot…

"Springer…I hope you're expecting company…" Cosmos said to himself as he curled up in a way he may pass off as a meteor, crashing into one and using its dust to mask his colors…

Party Venue, Underworld Gremory Territory…

5:21 PM, Tokyo Standard Time…

-[Lethal Highway (0:14-onwards) - Shadow the Hedgehog]-

Issei was in his Scale Mail armor, carrying Asia and Ravel to safety as the sounds of otherworldly gunfire echo throughout the complex. He hears the occasional war cry of enemy warriors, and the screams of terror from noblewomen. But worst of all, he could hear the maniacal laughter of someone he knew in his heart, belonged to Megatron…

The Decepticons have attacked the venue the welcoming party for the Autobots was being held. He was asked by Rias to get Asia and Ravel and hide them somewhere before fighting the Decepticons. Asia was a bit of a no-brainer, she's the healer, and it seems the cons knew who the healers were and began targeting them first. Ravel was requested by her mother to be looked after as most of the Phenax household were tied up with something and couldn't make it to the party.

"Oh crap! What is going on here?!" Issei said as he remembered how this mess began…

Five minutes earlier…

-[The Shard - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]-

It was sudden, like at Kuoh Academy, with absolutely no warning. As Jazz was giving his speech, something shot one of the tall windows and then an oval-shaped object was thrown through the broken window. It made a ticking and beeping noise, and when the Autobots got closer, they reacted quickly as Bulkhead shouted…

"Frag Grenade! Take cover!"

The Autobots present quickly pushed as many people as they can out of the radius of the grenade as it detonated. The explosion was powerful, the Protectobots present began their duty and started rescue operations, getting people to safety.

Issei's vision was a little blurry, but he then saw Decepti-drones enter through the shattered window, and begin their attack. The Angels, Devils, & Fallen Angels present began retaliating against the drones, and win…

Until louder, more thunderous footsteps ran into the building, then he saw significantly larger robots, but unlike the drones, these robots had kibble that showed vehicle parts. Then they heard one of them say, "Decepticons, attack!" and everyone panicked as the shrunken Autobots smartly hid and lead the Decepticon Vehicon troopers out of the building, leaving the party guests to fight the easier drones.

Issei figures what Grimlock and a few Autobots said about the Decepticons and their chances against them was true. Because once the first Vehicon stepped in the building, not even the more powerful magic spells could dent it, or even scratch its paint.

Sirzechs decided to help the Autobots with their diversionary tactic, to buy the party guests time to evacuate. Sairaorg Bael was there and was among the only ones who managed to dent the Decepticons, but it seemed that the cons knew this, and so one particularly burly-looking Decepticon swatted Rias' cousin outside the building and engaged the young man one on one, with three troopers following suit.

Rias ordered Issei, "Get Asia and Ravel somewhere safe, before you fight the enemy Issei! That's an order from your king…!"

Issei responded with a yes as Rias and Akeno unleashed a destructive barrage against the Decepti-drones, destroying a sizable chunk of their numbers easily. But more came in, with one or two Decepticons.

So he did, his last sight before running off with Asia and Ravel in each of his arms, was Irina, Xenovia, Koneko, & Kiba charging at the Decepticons that entered the building. Definitely outsized, but maybe, hopefully, not outmatched.

Back to the Present…

-[Continue Prior Track...]-

Issei has managed to find a safe place to have Ravel hide from the assault, Asia promising to protect the young girl with her dragon familiar by her side. Now he's rushing off to Rias' side to fight off the Decepticons, he wants payback should anything happen to his friends…

Issei rushed as fast as he could to the banquet hall, slashing and blasting apart Decepti-drones in his way. Since the Kuoh Town attack, the Autobots have helped out the alliances in taking down these robots, using data gathered by Perceptor during that time, they formulated strategies for the three factions and their allies on how to beat the several attack types with more ease than prior. They did tell them to air on the side of caution as they would likely adapt to their weaknesses.

Issei had no trouble, adrenaline making it easy to maintain this armored form of his, and use it to punch holes into the small drones. And by the time he reached the others…

He was treated to a truly horrific sight…

Shinjuku Square, Tokyo, Japan…

5:19 PM, Tokyo Standard Time…

-[Blizzard-Daichi Miura - Dragon Ball SUPER]-

Optimus Prime had just left the train station, he heard from Bumblebee and Wheeljack several days ago that he could pass off as a man in a robot costume, and that would work to his advantage. Especially now as there's a convention being held nearby, and he knew many individuals that attend these events tend to dress up in more complex costumes, part of a lifestyle called 'cosplaying'.

The Autobot leader could've just ground-bridged to an alley in the vicinity, but with what Energon they had back at base, he'd rather not use it unless absolutely necessary, and he figured the time to best use it is for gathering his troops and allies scattered across the globe once the rendezvous he setup comes.

Being the size of a human was a rare opportunity for him, as usually when using the Pym Particles in the past, he was normally the size of a toy (or smaller depending on the situation), never bigger than that besides his normal size. His ride on the famous 'bullet trains' among other humans was pretty nerve-racking, as lots of passengers and staff aboard the train had their eyes glued on his 'impressive cosplay' as a robot. Lots of people weren't aware he was an actual robotic organism, and to sell his unique disguise, he explained that it was a really difficult costume to put on and take off, and he let people take pictures of him.

This worked as he estimated that around 300 people on the train had pictures of him and with him, with maybe one or two of them taking video. Optimus further maintained his guise, not wanting to risk transformation, and walked to his destination. Some people walked up to him and had photos taken with him, many of them complimenting on the impressive costume he had. He knew that Brains was a part of the Xaxxon's crew, and figured with a little use of humanity's social media network, he could have the small bot and whoever else he's with, look for him, instead of him looking for them.

He did chat a little with the citizens and convention goers, the data archivist he once was so long ago wanting to take in as much of this experience as he can, while still staying focused on his mission on coming to Tokyo before the appointed date.

"Thank you…" he said politely to a bunch of high school girls who pointed him in the direction he was heading for, and allowing them to take a selfie with him in the picture.

"No problem mister…but I'll admit you're strange if you want to head to the docks while the convention center is in the opposite direction…" one of them said in response to Prime.

"A friend of mine headed here earlier than I did, and he got himself turned around and got lost. He told me where he was, and I will help him get to where he wants to be…" Optimus smartly answered, he has always danced with the truth, never lying, but still maintaining his cover at the moment.

The girls shrugged as Optimus headed for the location they gave directions for, the cubicle hotels.

-[Your Choice]-

As soon as Optimus got to the destination he had, he looked around the tall buildings, as dusk rolled in, he waited, figuring Brains and his other allies with him will come here.

There aren't many people around, those that are look to be either high on drugs, or are really drunk. Some few of these people look to be thugs or delinquents, and much to Optimus' displeasure, one of them was walking up to him.

The delinquent was a young man, and he said in a crude dialect to the Autobot, "Hey you…that robot costume of yours looks neat…give me your money!"

Optimus calmly replied, "I do not have any money on me, and even if I did young man, I will not give it to you. I know you can be better than resorting to thievery to get money, what would your parents say if they saw you right now…?"

This triggered a negative response from the young man, as he angrily replied, "You think you're better than me?! Give me your money now, or I'll scratch up that costume of yours!"

Optimus knew this was a no-win situation, so he slyly called the police using his comlink and understanding of human technology to deliver coordinates to the law enforcement.

The closest one wasn't that far away, and sure enough, a police car drove up, and the delinquent & other thugs ran away. Optimus was questioned by the police and confirmed for them that he was the one who gave the message to them. He used what he knows from law enforcement to do what he needed to do so they don't have to take him in for questioning.

The police left him in the street, as he asked them to, and continued waiting until a young man's voice said to him, "I am amazed that you handled the situation so well, without that jerk noticing…especially if you look like you could easily break his arms like twigs…"

Optimus knew the owner of the voice, and said, "You don't always need to resort to violence to diffuse a tense situation. Sometimes you just need to talk in a calm voice and diffuse it by just letting words handle it…"

He turned the direction of the voice and saw a young man with brown, shaggy hair, and green eyes, Optimus smiled under his battle mask as he then added, "It is good to see you're safe, Peter Parker…"

"Yeah, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man incognito, at your service." Spider-Man said in a low enough voice to where no one would notice.

"Hey! Don't forget about me webs!" A scruffy voice said in Spider-Man's backpack, prompting Optimus to say, "Brains…you were with Peter Parker? I am relieved you're unharmed…"

"He's not the only one, boss bot…" Peter Parker said as he saluted, "Dust Up is with me as well, along with Jumpstream, five troopers, three miners, Powerglide, & Drift…oh yeah, and add his 'Grouchy highness' to the list…"

"That is good that they all made it safely…" Optimus sighed with relief, until a ground-bridge portal opened up and Perceptor came running out in a hurry…

Optimus knew this didn't mean anything good, and asked immediately, "Perceptor, what's going on?"

"Optimus…!" Perceptor said quickly, "The party the Gremory's held for us, it's under attack! By the Decepticons!"

Optimus & Spider-Man's eyes widened as Perceptor added, "Megatron is there, leading the attack!"

Optimus knew immediately what he must do, and asked Perceptor, "How far along are you with the Pym Particles?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!/Hold up!" Spider-Man and Brains said in unison to the mention of the tool of Ant-Man.

Perceptor replied with concern, "Managed to make enough for seven bots to test, but they're not ready! Not until I conduct said tests…"

"We will have to manage regardless, I will be your first test subject!" Optimus told Perceptor, as he then activated his comms, "Grimlock! L-709! Sludge! Meet me at the base! Prepare for battle with the Decepticons!"

*"Cons huh? HELL YEAH! I've been having itchy fists since the drones!"* Grimlock exclaimed through the comlink channel.

Perceptor worriedly asked Optimus, "Are you sure, Optimus sir?"

Optimus nodded as he answered, "You will accompany me to give three of the Pym Particle doses to three of our Autobots already present at the party!"

"Hey! If there are people in trouble, count me in Prime sir!" Peter said, which Brains grunted in agreement.

"Yo! Don't start the party without me Prime!" A young voice said to Optimus.

Meanwhile, Back in The Underworld…

-[Your Choice]-

Issei stood perfectly still as he surveyed the scene before him right now…

Xenovia, Irina, Kiba, & Rossweisse were lying down in defeat. Koneko and Akeno were in front of a cowering Gasper, defending the vampire from the truly imposing robot hovering over them. And in said robot's clutches, Rias Gremory was trying and failing to escape, much of her clothes looked like they've been burned off in a scuffle with her magic, likely trying to defeat her current captor. What made Issei more scared was the fact that two of the Decepticon's fingers were red with blood, Rias Gremory's blood. The robot was almost definitely a Decepticon, and with his menacing look, and very tall stature, Issei correctly guessed that Rias is being held hostage…

By Megatron himself…

He heard his president's captor say to Koneko, Akeno, and Gasper, "Nuh-uhh-uhh! One step out of place, and your master will suffer a worse fate than your friends who lay defeated. Especially you, vampire…"

To prove his point he tightened his grip around Rias to a point where the Gremory heiress was screaming and gasping for air, and Issei heard the faintest sounds of bones cracking. This triggered his anger as he knew that Megatron was hurting the woman he loved.

Megatron loosened his grip and said as Rias coughed in pain, "I'm wise to your species' tricks, any attempt at hypnotizing me, or drinking a single drop of blood from your compatriots, and I will be forced to exterminate this insect in my grip…"

-[Broly Begins to Battle - Dragon Ball SUPER: Broly]-

"LET HER GOOOOO!" Issei shouted, unable to control his raw emotions in this state.

Megatron and four faceless Vehicon troopers turned in the boy's direction, and Megatron smiled sinisterly as he said, "Ah…the Red Dragon Emperor himself has graced us with his presence…"

Issei ignored the clear mocking in the Decepticon Leader's tone, and flew at him at such speeds that once Issei connected a fist to his aggressor's face, he sent Megatron flying through the building wall, and into the surrounding forests.

The other four Decepticons ran after their leader to run interference between him and Issei. Rias landed on the floor hard, after Megatron released her in response to the punch he received from Issei.

Koneko ran up to Rias and her other friends with Akeno, to see what happened to them. Rossweisse and Irina regained consciousness, Xenovia and Kiba were out cold, and Rias…

She laid in agony, using her hands to stop the bleeding on her left side, a gnarly gash was what she tried to stop her bleeding from.

She could sense Asia sending healing energy to her friends and thanked Azazel for training her for this situation.

As Rossweisse and Irina helped up Kiba and Xenovia respectfully, Rias asked Akeno what happened, she couldn't focus because of the pain she felt in that Decepticon's clutches.

"I think the Decepticon who had you in his grip was this Megatron guy himself, the leader of the Decepticons…Issei saw you getting hurt and he went and punched Megatron out of the building."

Rias gently rubbed her injuries as they vanished due to Asia's healing power, and responded to her best friend's answer, "That's a relief, I'm certain Issei has the power to defeat Megatron…"

"N-no…he…doesn't…" a voice weakly interrupted.

The voice belonged to Kiba, who was beginning to regain consciousness, "He was, barely able to fight off those drones…when they first attacked. *cough-cough* It took j-just one blow from Megatron to see how powerful he really is…"

Xenovia followed suit, barely able to stay awake from the pain she was inflicted, "…Megatron…he's far stronger than Issei, he's obviously stronger than the White Dragon Emperor, Vali…b-by…massive…st-strides…"

Xenovia passed out by a combination of pain and shock, Irina was worried about her friend, but was also worried about Issei, who decided to fight the tyrannical conqueror on his own. Irina wasn't the only one who was worried, Akeno had a worried look on her face, along with Gasper, Koneko, Rossweisse, and Irina. But Rias, she looked terrified, especially as Kiba finished before he passed out as well…

"Issei…will…d-die, if he fights…M-Me…ga…tron…"

Rias was fully healed thanks to Asia, and quickly realized most of her clothes she wore were gone, only a few scrapes that hardly covered her alluring body. She summoned her school uniform and quickly changed into it as she ordered, "We have to help Issei, four Decepticons followed them, and he'll need the back up. Asia, I ne-GAH!"

Rias tightly pressed her hands to her ears as if she was hearing something really loud in pitch, as soon as she tried to call Asia with a communication spell. Rossweisse did the same when she tried, then said with worry.

"Communications have been completely blocked! We can't call for help or anything!"

Meanwhile…

Issei gripped his ears too, as Megatron got back up to his feet, saying to the Red Dragon Emperor…

"Communications, by magic or technology, are currently being blocked by us, boy. No calling for help now."

Issei glared angrily at the smirking tyrant, as he continued, "You have something I want. Surrender the Boosted Gear to me, and we will leave, with no one hurt."

The four Vehicons arrived and got behind their leader in formation, and aimed their blasters at Issei as he recovered from his headache. He spat to the ground as he replied, "Even if I do, you'll just kill us anyways. So no!"

Issei knew that Megatron was lying, a gut feeling he felt, even though his brain registered that Megatron was being honest about leaving everyone alone and unharmed. He knew better than to trust someone who kills his own planet just to win a war.

Megatron chuckled as he replied, "That look in your eyes, I am all too familiar with them. Just like all the defiant Autobots who refuse to submit. I'll admit, I was caught by surprise that you knew I was lying…"

Megatron's troops prepared to fire, until Megatron raised his hand in ordering them to hold their fire. He continued, "I take it Optimus Prime has already told you about me? And our war?"

Issei didn't need to give a verbal response, his look told Megatron everything he needed to know, and said, "Even if you cannot surrender your Sacred Gear, without forfeiting your life. I will have it, even if I have to pry it from your cold, lifeless husk…"

Megatron's smirk became a grin as he finished, "I have no issues with that, after all, you're just a…what was it the humans call people like you? Oh yes. A perverted loser…"

"Keep talking you *******! You'll just make it more satisfying when I rip off your arms and beat you over your head with them…!" Issei growled, eager to make him pay for harming his friends and threatening Rias' life.

Megatron merely smirked as he looked ready to face the Red Dragon Emperor, and as Issei attacked, he was suddenly blind-sighted by someone and was sent flying into a nearby rock.

Issei landed on the floor on his knees, he spat out a bit of blood from his mouth as he looked to see who it was that attacked him, and saw a peculiar robot.

Skipping descriptions, the bot that attacked Issei was Soundwave, one of Megatron's most loyal followers.

"You are inferior, you are weak, Megatron is superior!" Soundwave said to Issei, as Megatron simply shook his head, like he was disappointed with Hyoudou.

But, Issei thought, I know I hate this guy already, but damn! He has the absolute coolest voice I've ever heard!

Megatron looked at Soundwave and said, "If you insist on dealing with this weakling, Soundwave, instead of doing your mission…"

"Sixshot is finishing the mission in my stead, Lord Megatron. The item will be retrieved as you wished it." Soundwave interrupted his master, who normally would be angry if anyone (Starscream) did what Soundwave did to him.

Megatron smirked as he lightly gestured, "Then by all means Soundwave, deal with this pest. And give me what I want. You! Go make sure Sixshot acquires our target!"

He ordered two of the four Vehicons as they saluted and transformed into their vehicle modes. And to Megatron's right, and simply stood there observing as Issei fought Soundwave.

-[Trouble Erupts - Dragon Ball SUPER]-

Issei knew this wouldn't be a fair fight when he faced the Decepticons, but he didn't realize how much he really stacked up against them…

Issei charged forwards to punch Soundwave, but he was grabbed by robotic tentacles that came from Soundwave's body. Soundwave wasted no time, and began dominating the battle, and tossed Issei hard to the ground, followed by the Decepticon delivering an axe kick down onto Issei, cracking his Scale Mail armor greatly.

Issei used his Dragon Shot technique to force the Decepticon to block his face from the attack, and he did, allowing Issei to push Soundwave off of him.

"H-hey…Ddraig…" Issei quietly said to his partner, "What are our chances to beat these guys…?"

"Can't talk right now!" Ddraig said to Issei through their telepathic link, "I'm busy trying to repair the armor. As for your question…these 'Decepticons' are far more powerful than either of us anticipated. It's based on my observation, that Megatron might be more powerful than Albion…a freak if I ever encountered one…"

"So what Shockwave theorized is true…" Soundwave said, "…The dragon Ddraig does exist inside the Boosted Gear."

That made Issei's blood freeze, he was sure he talked too quietly for this guy to hear him, but what made him so afraid, was how he had no idea how Soundwave could hear Ddraig speak to him as well. This also caught the red dragon off guard as well, hinted by for the absolute briefest moment, the Scale Mail armor faded like a dying light bulb.

Issei looked at Soundwave with a bewildered look as before he could utter a word in response, Soundwave spoke…

"Your mind is not as protected from my prying as the enemies of the Decepticons. You're brain's electrical impulses emit radiowaves I can read as transmissions, your mental conversations are not secret from me."

Megatron looked intrigued as he said, "So these Longinus do have powerful dragons sealed away inside them. Shockwave's intelligence gathering from these weak creatures was as sound as he said it was…"

Issei now knew he couldn't let these guys get away, he had to defeat them here and now. He can tell that they plan on doing something really heinous with this information, and he wanted to get revenge on them for the kidnapping and killing of the Devils, Angels, & Fallen Angels they captured.

"This ends now!" Issei shouted as he charged, Soundwave only replied, "Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, attack! Operation: Dragon Slayer!"

And before Issei could register what was happening, two robotic condors and a robotic jaguar blasted him with their guns and blasters, knocking the Red Dragon Emperor around like a pinball.

He regained his footing midair, and punched one of the condors (Buzzsaw) hard enough for it to snap a tree in half upon impact. But, he was then smacked by Laserbeak's metal wings that felt like getting hit by baking pans made of steel girders, and then tackled to the ground by Ravage, who proceeded to tear apart the armor that has been protecting the perverted teenager from all their attacks.

Issei violently rolled onto his back while throwing his fist at Ravage, hitting the metal jaguar hard enough for it to yelp like a dog and get off, who proceeded to growl and snarl at Issei in anger. Issei was so focused on these smaller bots that he forgot about the big one commanding them.

When Issei remembered Soundwave, it was too late as he received a powerfully painful jolt of electricity on his back, making him scream in agony. He looked back at Soundwave and saw his right arm had turned into some kind of electricity gun as it had small sparks of electricity jump around its unusual barrel.

"This is really bad…" Issei said to himself, not bothering to say it in his mind, which Soundwave replied, "Affirmative…"

Meanwhile…

-[Vengence is Mine (Radical Highway) - Sonic Adventure 2]-

Asia can sense the trouble Issei was in, she had successfully healed her friends and was sending her healing power to her hero.

The former nun and the daughter of the Phenax family were safely hidden under a staircase, debris from the battles serving as a good barrier to hide.

"What's going on with Issei, Asia?" Ravel asked, giving Asia some of her own power to boost the healing power.

"Issei is in real trouble, I can tell…" Asia answered, "…there's no doubt that he's fighting a few of those Decepticon guys…"

Guns firing interrupted the conversation between the two girls, and Ravel saw that the Decepti-drones found them, and are ready to kill the two.

They both ducked and had their hands over their heads. But all of a sudden, the two girls heard the robot drones breaking and crashing, on top of hearing what sounded like an adult man, grunting in tandem of the breaking noises.

There was suddenly silence after a few minutes of what seemed like endless struggling noises. Soon a voice spoke up…

"Is that all of them?" the voice belonged to a man from the sounds of it, a man maybe in his 30s, as soon enough, another voice replied to the man's question.

"In this area, Cap…" the other voice said, sounding like it belonged to a younger man than the first, "Prime went ahead to face Megatron, my guess is that these drones of Eggman's were attacking someone hiding behind this wall of rubble."

Ravel and Asia got defensive when a large chunk of the rubble was shifting under the pile, hearing the first man grunt as he was likely moving the rubble.

To Ravel's surprise, the chunk of rubble making up most of the barrier was suddenly lifted out of the way, and she saw a muscular man wearing an unusual outfit, holding the barrier up.

"Come on you two…" the second voice said, coming from another guy who looked to be one of the Autobots, based on his blue eyes and the insignia that both glowed.

Ravel never seen this Autobot before as both she and Asia were helped out, that's when the two girls got their first good look at the two rescuers.

The Autobot was red and white, and based on his details, he transformed into a rescue helicopter. As for the muscular man, he was wearing some kind of military uniform colored just like the American Flag.

"Thank you…" Asia said, which the helicopter bot (himself around the same shrunken size as the other Autobots the two know) replied, "No problem ladies…my name is Blades, I'm part of the Protectobot team. I was earlier informed that you guys know three of my teammates, Hot Spot, Streetwise, and First Aid…"

Ravel's expression brightened as she said, "Oh I know about those three…good to see their teammate does rescue work as well as they do…who is this…?"

Ravel gestured to the man in the star-spangled suit, and he replied, "I'm Captain Steve Rogers…but you can call me Captain America…"

Asia and Ravel's eyes widened, they did feel there was something familiar about this guy, and until he called himself Captain America, they didn't figure it out why.

There was creaking and chittering that put both the superhero and the Autobot on alert, prompting Blades to say, "Oh ****! Don't tell me Megatron brought the Insecticons here with him…"

"Language!" Captain America said to the Autobot, who responded with a confused look, which the hero added, "Sorry, I know…that just slipped out because of Deadpool…"

"Might I suggest we leave before whatever made that sound reaches us…?" Ravel asked as she ducked behind Captain America. Blades said as he readied his weapons, "I'm with the little girl, Cap…besides, I've got to find the other Protectobots…"

Asia knew that the whole deal with superheroes is to get innocent civilians out of the cross-hairs of battle, so they will likely take Ravel and herself away from the battle, knowing that might doom Issei with his fight with the Decepticons.

"W-wait…Mr. America sir…" Asia spoke up, "We have to help Issei, I'm a healer, and he's currently fighting some Decepticons. I need to heal him or he'll…"

Captain America looked at the blonde teenager, then said on his comlink, "Prime…Blades and I found two girls under attack from those Decepti-drone things Eggman built. One of them claims to be a healer and that some boy named Issei was fighting several Decepticons…"

The super-soldier stopped talking, as he uttered a few 'uh-huh's and 'yes', letting the two young devils know he must be talking to who they know must be Optimus Prime.

He said, "I understand sir…over and out…" and turned to the two, saying, "For now, Optimus has told me to take you two to the safe zone with Ratchet, he'll help this Issei fella, as it's likely the cons he's fighting include Megatron himself…"

The two girls were reluctant, at first. But, they eventually agreed, only to see a blue blur whizz by over the rooftops, Captain America shouting in the comlink, "Sonic! Get back here! We need you in crowd control!"

Blades' comlink suddenly sparked and they all heard a young voice say with confidence, #"Sorry Cap! I got a feeling that Eggman is here and you know it's my job to stop him. And I have an idea of where he's gonna be! Catch ya later!"#

Captain America pinched his brow, muttering, "He's worth more trouble than the trouble he's stopped…that hedgehog…"

Back to Rias and her group…

-[Your Choice: Action-Packed]-

Rias Gremory, and the others rushed towards Issei Hyoudou and Megatron as fast as they can, destroying the drones built by Dr. Eggman along the way.

"Issei…please be safe…" Rias said softly as she blasted a drone with magic, her worries being the same for to others in the group.

Gasper wasn't among them, as a superhero who calls himself Spider-Man promised to take the vampire cross dresser to this safe zone where Ratchet is helping with.

The group managed to reach Issei, but were not pleased with what they found…

Issei was barely standing, and he was surrounded by three robotic animals with a larger robot looking like the boss of the smaller robots.

Soundwave said to Issei, "You cannot win…surrender, or be destroyed…"

Irina didn't like what she heard the big Decepticon said, but she thought, Damn! He has the coolest voice…for a bad guy & sinner!

"Never…" Issei huffed defiantly, catching his breath, "…Especially not to a ****ing jack*** like Megatron!"

Soundwave's face made it difficult to tell what his expression is, but his clenching fist made it clear that the Decepticon Communications Officer was very angry with him. Megatron's smug expression throughout the ordeal shifted to a pretty mad one himself at Issei's insult.

Rias did not hesitate to use her power of destruction spells on the metallic animals when they pounced on Issei. Akeno released her lightning at Soundwave as Kiba and Xenovia swung their swords at the Decepticon himself.

The blue Decepticon saw what was happening and wasn't gonna let them give Issei a break, so he pressed a button on his shoulder, and said…

"Rumble, Frenzy, Ratbat! Eject! Operation, Distraction!"

Three more smaller bots came out of a 'dispenser'-like thing attached to Soundwave's chest, one was a mechanical bat, but the other two were humanoid (one a purplish-blue & the other red and black), as they both said…

"Get ready to crumble, before Rumble!"

"Zap! Torture Devils! Ha-ha-ha-ha! I love hearing humans scream as they writhe in agony!"

The purple one charged forwards and Koneko ran up to him, and barely endured a pile driver impact from Rumble's attack.

Frenzy launched skywards with two long spikes that sparked with electricity, poised to shock his targets, only for him to get hit by Akeno's lightning.

The Queen of Rias Gremory's Peerage had a sadistic look as she said, sweetly, "My, my…you like shocking people that much, you naughty little Decepticon. Then expect me to return the favor…"

Frenzy growled as he snapped back, "Who you calling little, ugly fatso!"

Akeno's smile turned into a menacing scowl as she no longer wanted to toy with the mini Decepticon, she now wants to kill him.

Soundwave tried to use his electricity firearm, but Rossweisse and Irina kept hitting him with their attacks.

The two Vehicons tried firing at the devils, but Rias did not let them continue for much longer, as she fired blasts down their weapons' barrels, making the cons explode.

Rias smirked as she looked at her work, but she forgot about one con, Megatron himself. And she found out too late as Megatron swiftly grabbed her from behind with his one hand wrapping around the crimson-head's body, and violently slammed her to the ground.

"For someone called the Princess of Destruction, I am disappointed in you, Rias Gremory…" Megatron said, Rias gasping for breath at the action she received.

"LET HER GOOOOO!" Issei shouted as he charged at Megatron, his sacred gear unleashing continuous boosts as he did.

His fist was about to connect to Megatron's face, but he grabbed it and said to the teenage boy, "You think that would work again, boy? Think again!"

Megatron released Rias from his clutches, and then used his free hand to deliver a powerful punch to Issei's stomach. This made Issei cough up a lot of blood, which when Rias saw, she panicked, alerting the other members of her subordinates.

This unfortunately gave Soundwave the opportunity to trap them all and they were more or less, forced to watch Megatron beat the Red Dragon Emperor to death.

Issei tried to counter Megatron's attack, but the Decepticon leader was relentless with his assault. Megatron used his fists to beat Issei with rock-shattering force, the armor cracking under such force. The leader of the Decepticons grabbed Issei's arm and thrashed him around like a rag doll. Issei cried out in agony as soon as Megatron threw him to the ground, then delivered a devastating kick to the gut, sending Issei skyward.

Megatron ripped a large branch from a massive tree, and using his hand, shaped the severed branch into a long steak with one motion. Rias' eyes widened as Megatron smirked, his eyes trained on Issei as he came back down to earth.

"No…No!" Rias shouted as she tried to get back on her feet to stop Megatron, but was pinned down by Soundwave's Mini-Cons, Rumble saying, "No you don't, Gregory…"

Aside from an instant of a glare at the mini-robot calling her Gregory, Rias was too focused on trying to stop Megatron from obviously impaling Issei with that steak. The others tried to wriggle free from Soundwave's tentacles, but they saw Issei coming down fast! Unable to move at all…

"Wake up, you little pervert! You'll die!" Ddraig shouted to Issei in his mind.

Issei regained awareness a little too late, as a truly agonizing pain was felt close to his stomach.

Megatron impaled Issei on his side, the steak ran clean through in a jagged manner, the branch was around seven feet long, and four feet of it was red with blood, and sticking out of his back.

The pain was too much for Issei to even scream in sheer agony, as his armor started to break away, Megatron had an evil grin plastered on his metal face.

Issei's friends gasped with absolute shock, and the girls all screamed at the sight of Issei being run through.

Megatron smirked as he said to Issei, after shaking the steak for half a second, making him scream in agony, "You're so weak, Red Dragon Emperor…"

He lightly tossed the steak with Issei still stuck in it, then aimed his big cannon at Issei as he fell down. The girls all screamed, begged Megatron to stop, but he was going through with his action…killing Issei after the gall to strike the lord of the Decepticons…

As Rias tried, and failed to unleash all the magic she had to stop Megatron, Megatron's cannon hummed loudly as the weapon charged to fire.

Megatron fires his cannon, but before he pulled the trigger, something pushed his cannon out of the line of fire at Issei. And to his shock and anger, he saw an all too familiar face was why he failed to kill Issei Hyoudou.

Rias looked to see a large bot a foot shorter than Megatron, but the colors and details on this new robot, were all familiar to her.

"Optimus!" Rias shouted in relief and excitement, the leader of the Autobots faced Megatron as the Decepticon leader growled at him.

"Prime!" Megatron said, Issei landing on his side and tried to keep the steak embedded in his torso, "Once again, you get in my way…"

"As long as you cause others misery, I will stop you! Wherever you go, Megatron!" Optimus said to the Decepticon leader.

Optimus looked at Issei on the ground and his eyes widened with shock, as Issei weakly begged, "Don't mind…me…Optimus…s-save…the others…"

Optimus knew he had to act fast or this young man will die, so he can save his strength, Optimus said to Issei, "Easy soldier, I will handle this. Don't worry…"

"You'll handle this…?" Megatron asked, "Did you not see that you are outnumbered and outmatched Prime?"

"He's not alone, Meggie!" a cocky young voice said in response, which invoked a powerfully negative response in Megatron's face.

-[It Doesn't Matter (Theme of Sonic) - Sonic Adventure 2]-

Suddenly, a blue blur smacked Megatron in the face, the knock back sending him flying back several yards.

"Lord Megatron!" Soundwave said, as he saw on a branch, the all too familiar form of one organic life-form Megatron hated as much as Optimus, Sonic the Hedgehog.

The blue humanoid hedgehog had a cocky smirk as he wiggles his fingers at Soundwave. Issei's friends (Irina especially) looked shocked when they saw this icon of video games in the flesh.

Sonic said to Optimus, "Leave bucket head to me, OP…you got to get these guys out of harms way…"

The blue hedgehog rushed off before the Autobot commander could respond, and the flying trio of Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, & Ratbat tried to go after Sonic. But Optimus decided to do what Sonic suggested and fired at the mechanical animals, knocking them down and grounding them.

"Surrender, Optimus Prime…" Soundwave said as he tightened his grip on Rias' peerage members, "Or I'll crush them…"

Soundwave suddenly shouted in pain as he lurched forwards, the action releasing the group. Soundwave looked behind to see a metal man colored red and gold with glowing palms.

"Thank you for the backup, Stark…" Optimus said, to which 'Stark' replied, "Anytime, boss bot. Leave the small fry to me, time they know who Iron Man really is after our last encounter…"

The group were quite shocked, Issei's consciousnesses started to fade from the massive blood loss and shock his body endured. The last thing Issei heard before his world went black, was Rias crying to him, telling him to hang on…

Issei felt cold…he felt tired…

His mind went blank, and faded to black…

Later…

-[No Music]-

Issei felt feeling in his fingers again, his head throbbed in pain, and he smelled something…sweet…

He opened his eyes slowly, taking soft, but painful breaths as he tried to observe his surroundings.

He noticed he was in a large hospital room, not too dissimilar to the one he ended up in after his battle against Sairaorg Bael in the Rating Games.

One difference he noticed right off the bat was that this particular hospital room was really big. It could fit Megatron comfortably with how tall and wide it was.

He tried to sit up, but felt someone pin him down, he looked and found, Rias Gremory, resting her head on the bed, and her arms making a makeshift pillow, she was pinning the blanket down which made it a little hard for him to sit up. Sharp, intense pain on his abdomen told him that sitting up was probably not the best option at the moment.

He heard a door open nearby, and heard Asia say to someone, "…hope that Issei will get better soon. Seeing him look like that, it worried me so much that I was afraid he was going to die…"

He heard an unfamiliar voice reply to her after hearing his friends agree with Asia, "With Megatron's reputation, I'm frankly surprised he wasn't in worse shape. But, lucky us, we have a senzu bean for him."

He saw his friends enter the room, and saw a young man with shaggy dark brown hair, a young woman with similar hair color, and a blonde man wearing an outfit that screamed United States of America (because it was colored in the USA's flag's colors).

Asia was carrying a bag or something, but dropped it on the floor when her eyes locked onto Issei's, a surprised look on her face.

The man asked her, "Ms. Argento? What's the matter?"

Irina asked as well, "Hey what's wrong Asia? You look like you've…seen…a…ghost…"

Irina stopped talking as she looked at what Asia looked at and everyone there looked at Issei, who only responded with a nervous, "H-hey guys…what's going on…?"

Asia ran to Issei, crying out loudly, "ISSEI! YOU'RE ALIVE!"

-[Your Choice: Reunion]-

She wasn't the only one, as Irina, Koneko, Akeno, Xenovia, and Ravel did the same and woke up the sleeping Rias, who when she saw her precious Issei, joined in the girls and balled her eyes out with relief.

Issei cringed in pain, making the heart monitor hooked up to him to accelerate. And before he knew it, First Aid's medical drones were picking up Issei's friends and dropping them off on the hospital floor, saying their usual refrain from touching the patient deal.

First Aid himself came in (now a 18-19 foot tall robot), and said, "Come on girls…you know that if he wakes up, he will likely be still in a lot of pain. All you'll be doing at this point is aggravate his injuries, especially after surviving a beat down from Megatron of all bots…"

"Issei Hyoudou, you're alive! Thank the Allspark!" Optimus said as his footsteps thudded with the force of a five ton robot. And behind him were three Autobots he recognized, Ironhide, Grimlock, and Bumblebee.

Rias and the girls apologized profusely to Issei for hurting him, the blonde man stepped up and said to the teenager, "So you're Issei Hyoudou, glad to meet you in person. I'm Steve Rogers, but you know me better as Captain America…"

He held out a hand to a star struck Issei, which Issei shook, until he heard a familiar voice say to him, "You took one hell of a beating from ol' Meggie, Dragon Boy. Glad to see you pulled through…"

He turned and his jaw dropped when he saw the voice belonged to Sonic the Hedgehog, in the flesh.

"Nice to meet you Hyoudou…" the brown haired man said, "My name is Sean Hashimoto, I'm pleased to meet you. And this lovely lady is my wife, Rosa Parker…"

Issei looked at the brown haired girl the man named Sean pointed to, and noticed that Rosa was an absolutely beautiful woman, and his perverted mind was glued to her chest, which he notes that this Rosa girl has a really impressive rack, possibly as big as Akeno's.

"What happened? How long was I out…?" Issei said as he rubbed the back of his head.

Rosa answered (Issei noticed she sounded as pretty as she looked), "You've been out for eight days…"

Optimus leaned down to Issei's level as the Autobot commander said to him…

"There is much to catch up on, Issei Hyoudou. But, for now, I think I'll explain what was going on with the Decepticons' attack over a week ago…"

To be continued…

Author's Notes…

This has been a tense chapter, and Issei's been unconscious for eight days…wow! What happened after Issei passed out? What were the Decepticons after when they attacked? And from the sounds of it, who else was on Optimus Prime's unit? So many questions…

Head's up! The next chapter is gonna take a long while to write (longer than usual), because recently I offered to adopt a story called Victory is Strength, originally by JLynman, and will begin writing that story, primarily giving any followers of that story the 3rd chapter they've been patiently waiting for when it was under his pen. He's gonna work with me to make sure it gets written, giving me details and such.

Oh, and a shout out to the user: NexusPrime42, for suggesting Soundwave to be the Decepticon Issei fights against. It was a really good suggestion!

Now with that out of the way, here's some notes on this chapter specifically;

Poor, poor Cosmos…always alone in space…he needs a friend, and next chapter will give him the company he needs.

If you're wondering what Cosmos was talking about, he is more or less talking about shows like Alien Hunters, or the like.

I think you can imagine what kind of hijinx will happen with Springer involved, any Springer fans feel free to toss me some suggestions on action-hero like quips you want Springer to say. I'd love to hear them…

If you're wondering…yes, Sairaorg did survive and yes, he did defeat that burly Decepticon, all on his own (well, he had help from the Nemean Lion as his pawn). Also, the burly Decepticon is meant to be a type of enemy from the Fall of Cybertron game called a leader.

Optimus likes interacting with humans whenever the opportunity presents itself, that's something I've noticed about most of his incarnations. I also hope that this was in character with how he dealt with that thug trying to mug him, it was partially inspired by how Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender handled his situation in a similar position (though we know Optimus had absolutely nothing to worry about).

I'm sure I nailed Issei's reaction to Megatron threatening his friends, and especially Rias, tell me otherwise if I didn't…

It's clear the cons have been busy the past two weeks or such since they sent Eggman's robots to Kuoh Town…what else do they know? And what is their plan?

I think we all can agree with Issei and Irina about Soundwave when they heard his voice. Put a "Hell yes he does" in your reviews if you agree…

Ooohhh…Soundwave knows…that's really bad news…

He can read minds too…that's REALLY BAD news…three guesses where this came from if you are a real Transformers fan…

Oh yeah baby! Captain America is in the house! Another big thanks to NexusPrime42 for giving me the idea to include our boy in red, white, and blue…also, I know you know where the 'Language' part came from…

Koneko is realistically the only one strong enough to endure an attack from Rumble, and that's a barely…

Ooo…Frenzy probably shouldn't have said that to Akeno, or any girl for that matter. I encourage you readers, fire off your insults and angry jabs at Frenzy if you're Akeno fans. I'd love to hear your thoughts at Frenzy's fatal mistake (even though he escaped)…

Initially, if no one was gonna suggest which Decepticon Issei would fight in this chapter, I had narrowed my default picks to either Megatron himself, or another con named Sixshot. Both really deadly fighters, and both more than capable of killing Issei. NexusPrime42's suggestion of Soundwave was really good, but a part of me still wanted Megatron to be the one who Issei would be compelled to beat, so for Issei's beat-down, I had Megatron do it. I may have gone a bit overkill, anyone tell me what you think about Megatron's merciless thrashing of a poor teenager, and nearly killed him?

What's the deal with Sonic calling Megatron, Meggie? You'll have to wait and see, but I did leave a clue as far back as the second chapter…

On top of Captain America, we got Iron Man as well?! Who else was in Optimus Prime's unit?!

Whooo…that was a rush, leave your reviews, spelling checks, suggestions, etc. and the like, and be on the lookout for the continuation of Victory is Strength, now penned by yours truly…

Until then, see you later…