Wraith of the Shadow

Part 5

THE Finale

Sierra, looked up in confusion. Jack, looked at her. "What is it Sierra?" "I thought I heard something, a scream at least, is what it sounded like." Jack, looked out the window. He saw nothing out of the ordinary except….. the trailer laying on the ground. It was flipped onto its side and dented. He peered closer at it. "NO, it can't be." "What can't be jack?" She looked and saw it too. "What on earth is that trailer doing there?" Jack, had a guess, and considering how beat up it looked, he did not want to have to guess. "Come-on, lets investigate." "What, sierra wait, our meals have yet to arrive." "Sierra." He called out and then he sighed, and then followed her out the door. She, walked toward the abandoned trailer. Jack, Caught up, with her and they walked up, to the massive wheels. "What kind of Truck, would haul THIS trailer?" "I have an idea?" "Really?" "Well no, but I have seen this type before." Then, a set of headlights, came on. They whirled around, to see a red European sports car, drive up towards them. It, pulled alongside. "Jackson Darby?" It asked, in an aged Italian Accent. "T That would be me." "Please," The car opened its door ",it is imperative, that you two come with me NOW!" "Wait a second, jack, do you know this guy?" "He knows a couple of my friends." "And a couple of enemies as well." A voice boomed. A large jet, swooped in over the buildings and started to fire, upon the car. "GET DOWN BOTH OF YOU!" Just as the trailer exploded, sending everyone flying. Sierra, landed in the dirt and sand, several rips and stains in her dress. Jack, suffered worse, as he went tumbling, as he rolled, he though he heard a crack. He came to rest, 15ft away from sierra. She looked up, and saw a towering figure rise up. It was red and had a set of blue blades. "You want a piece of me con boy?" "COME AND GET ONE!" The cybertronian known as mirage leapt into the air, and fired a grapple shot, at the jets undercharge. He swung around and nailed a kick into black shadows, cockpit. HE screamed and mirage retracted his grappler and then stuck his blades into his armor. Then, he let his blades go, and then stuck his grapplers onto them, like reins on a horse. He pulled up , then, whipped them downward. Black Shadow, could tell that this wasn't going to go right for him. He knew, that if this Autobot was here, there had to be more, and it just so happened that he still had a drone in the Autobots base.

Inside, the base, ratchet, worked hard to bring the Autobots up to fighting condition. Bumblebee, was the first one, him being easy. The others, had a while to go. Ironhide, looked over his shoulder. "how long until he is done. "Oh, abut another cycle or two, and Bulkhead, will be ready." There, was a silence as Ironhide, looked at the already repaired Bumblebee and Arcee. "So, what have you guys been up to recently?" Wheeljack, piped up from a medical table. Ironhide, looked at him. Dealing with the Decepticons, that you guys have yet to fight." Arcee, looked at him. "How did you know about the whole Black Shadow thing?" "We had been chasing a group of Decepticons, under his command for while now, and we hacked into a signal and discovered a coup being formed by bludgeon against Megatron." "Bludgeon!" cried Ratchet. "That is impossible, Bludgeon has been dead for stellar cycles." Bumblebee, gave a set of beeps in response. "Yeah Ratchet," Bulkhead, stated. "We did see a con that looked an Awful lot like bludgeon in Rome." "That is his son Long Shot, I really don't think that it is possible that he is online." "Believe it ratchet, he is the reason Evac is no longer with us anymore." The others, looked at him stunned. "Evac is dead?" Questioned Wheeljack. Ironhide, nodded. It was on the planet Jupiter in this solar system., we had chased Black Shadow, and his group, to a meeting with Bludgeon only to find out, that It was a trap, made to lure us in. Black Shadows Partner, Blue Buccanus, wanted out of the deal, and he tired to help us fight them off." "In the end, we failed, and we were rounded up. But Buccanus, had other plans, he grabbed Evac and made a break or it. He id not make it that far as a con named Tankor, shot him down." "We were dragged to a canyon, where Evac was being held by another con called Burnout. Bludgeon, pushed him over the edge, then slashed him with his blade. He feel into the canyon, and we never heard from him, no signal either." We eventually escaped and made our way here to earth." He turned to the Autobots. "I am not here for revenge, but I am here to help." Then, he looked at Bumblebee and Arcee. "I will take you two right now. Black Shadow, is tough, and we need to help Optimus and mirage." Before anyone could respond to what he had said, a loud beeping noise was heard. Ironhide, fired a round into the wall and saw Black Shadows drone. It was on self destruct. "HIT THE DECK!" He cried. He dove down, everyone else, followed suit, just as the drone exploded. The walls of the base shook, and rock and metal came crashing down. The main computer feel on top of ratchet , and rubble, buried Arcee and Bumblebee. Ironhide, and Bulkhead were flipped on top of each other, and Wheeljack, was hurled into a wall. Then, the base was quiet and everything was still.

Mirage, struggled, to hold himself. Black Shadow, was pushing him back and getting more hits than he could on the Decepticons armor then Black Shadow could get onto him. The smaller Autobot dodged every attack that the Decepticon threw at him, Black Shadow, Still however had the upper hand. Mirage, couldn't dodge his blats all the time and was damaged. Black Shadow's armor was cracked and parts of it destroyed, such as one of his arms. The ground thundered as they fought. Mirage, Fired one of his grapples, into Black Shadows Optic, then pulled down, ripping of the head, only to revel another behind it, smaller. Black Shadows Real head grinned. Then, he disengaged his more and his true height was reveled, and now he was about the size of Skyquake. He pulled out his double shot gun. Then he fired off several rounds at mirage. The Re Autobot ducked and dove, as gunshot fire exploded all around him. He dodged, then leveled his own pistols and returned fire. The shots pinged off the Decepticons armor. He returned fire once more, this time striking mirage in the arm. Energon leaked out of the wound, but he still struggled on. He fired once more, striking Black Shadow in the arm, but it only left a small burnt mark. He fired once more, and then Black Shadow, pulled out a canister and loaded it into his weapon. Then he fired. A highly explosive charge, went off knocking mirage, into the side of an old warehouse and he went tumbling onto the floor. He got up, just as Black Shadow fired off a couple more rounds. The catwalks and part of the wall crumbled in and covered mirage. Black Shadow, looked at the building then, turned back to Jack. He was still laying on the ground, Knocked out . Sierra, watched as the big con walked over to him, she was helpless to stop him as he aimed his gun towards jack. He grinned, "Now to end this and for the all the trouble that you have caused you deserve it." Then, a large blast struck him the side of the head. He turned, Optimus Prime, walked toward him, his optics narrowed, his blade and blaster out, energon leaking form al large hole in his side. He attacked Black Shadow without hesitation. He slammed himself into him, and wrestled him to the ground. Optimus pounded his face and slashed him with his blade. HE grabbed Black shadow, then threw him into a wall. He slumped over into stasis Lock. The Prime, glared at Black Shadows form, then looked at Sierra. HE knelt down, then retracted his facemask. "Greeting Sierra." "How do you know my name?" Optimus smiled. "Jack has spoken.. Where is he." He looked over at jack. "I I think he'll be oaky but he seems hurt, I tried to." "you tired and you may not have been able to help, but you did everything you could." He picked up jacks body then, looked at Black Shadows body, as mirage climbed out of the rubble. "I really need to see Doc bot." Optimus grinned.

Autobot base

The ground Bridge Portal opened up, and a cluster of figures stepped out. Their leader surveyed the scene, all the Autobots were in Stasis mode, and the base was in shambles. "It appears that Black Shadow has done his job."

Optimus, Drove towards the base, Black Shadow, and Mirage in his trailer. Sierra, looked at jack, then at primes dashboard. "He will be okay right?" "He should." "So Jack knew about you guys all this time and he never told anyone?" "that is correct, it was for everyone ion jaspers safety that that they not know, incase the Decepticon ever find our base." Optimus Pulled dup to the cliff face, just as it exploded out ward Optimus skidded to a halt as a figure stepped into the light. He looked like a samurai r and was colored green and orange and black, with a skull like mask. "DECEPTIOCNS ATTACK!~" At that very moment about 50 cons poured out of the base and began firing their weapons, directly at Optimus Prime.

AT VERY LONG LAST, wraith of the shadow is done. Sorry bout the cliffhanger there but it will be worth it do not worry. Also, I will not be doing the sequel to this story, at least until the next prime episode airs, so I can focus on a few other projects. So once they are done and the next prime episode airs, you can just wait to see how the Revolution goes. Until then this is fantic 97 and remember R&R e was still h