COMBINE! Lancewing’s Ultimate Combination
Chapter 1
Lancewing stared down his opponents, Skywarp and Barricade. "Still wanna play," he asked.
Barricade transformed into vehicle mode and charged up to Lancewing before darting into an alley while Skywarp teleported.
“Anthri, I need your wolf sense.”
“You got it.” Anthri sent all of the data that his sensors were registering to Lancewing.
With little effort, Lancewing had the two Decepticons locked onto his radar. “Bingo.” He fired a shot into the air where Skywarp appeared. The shot was timed the hit Skywarp’s shoulder when he reappeared.
“AGH!” Skywarp held his shoulder
"Now for the bad cop..."
"I'm right here," Barricade lunged at Lancewing from behind.
Lancewing quickly dodged the attack and grabbed Barricade, then tossed him into Skywarp.
Both Decepticons collided and collapsed. They looked at Lancewing who looked like he was preparing for a finishing attack when… “Barricade, Skywarp, withdraw,” Megatron’s voice said, “We have drawn their attention enough.”
"Understood," They said in unison.
Both Decepticons transformed into vehicle mode and retreated.
Lancewing and Anthri separated. “Wow, what a rush,” Lancewing said. “It’s been a while since we last did that.”
“Agreed,” Anthri said, “But… what could-”
“These two need to draw our attention for? I heard.”
"Hmm... Beats me, maybe we should follow?"
“Probably not a good idea. You know who was on the other end of that communication? Megatron. Not a good idea to go straight toward him.”
“He lost his T-cog…”
“Still just as dangerous…”
"Then should we get back to Prime?"
“Not yet. There’s a certain princess that needs to know since we already exposed ourselves to her.”
"Oh yeah..."
Just then, Jetfire appeared from the sky and transformed into robot mode before landing next to the duo. “Alright! Where are the Decepticons?”
“Just missed them. Megatron called them back.”
"Darn it! Guess that's what I get for wantin’ fights with cowards."
“But we’ll be here for a while.”
“Why?"
"Civilians, and Princess Celestia saw the whole battle as far as we know."
"Oh...well have fun with that!" Jetfire was about to fly away, but Lancewing gave him a look.
“JETFIRE! You are in this up to your neck now that you have been exposed.”
Jetfire's optics narrowed, "Darn it..."
“You and Anthri cover the civilians. I’ll get the princess.”
"Fine..."
With that, the trio went their separate ways.
******
"I'm really truly sorry about your party, Lancer," Sweetheart apologized. She was wearing a red silk dress, and black heels.
“It’s okay,” Lancer replied, “It’s not your fault. You didn’t even have anything to do with it. But I wonder…” Lancer looked at the landscape.
Bright Eyes came up from behind him and hugged his torso, laying her chin on his shoulder. She was wearing a black dress with white heels. "Wonder what?"
Lancer put his hand on her mane. “Wondering if there is a way to salvage the party.”
Bright Eyes sighed contentedly. "Well...the first thing you could do is sit down.”
“Or… Hm… Bumblebee?”
Bumblebee turned to face Lancer. He asked, “Yes?”
“Do you think your vehicle mode can cover that patch of dirt?”
"Uh...why?"
“Because I want you to cover that patch of dirt.”
"Uh...okay..." The yellow Camaro drove over the patch of dirt.
“Perfect. Now just stay there.”
Bumblebee didn't reply, but remained.
"Lancer?" Heartbeat was checking in on Lancer. “How is everything going?”
Bright Eyes ended the embrave at rhe sound of Heartbeat's voice. Lancer replied, "Good. I’m doing some rearranging.”
"You don't need to do that, your father and I can. You have fun with your friends."
“Well, I need to at least do as much as I can. I’ve already got Bumblebee covering up a dirt patch.”
"I see..." Lancer could tell his mother still felt nervous around the Autobot.
“Are ya feeling okay,” Bumblebee asked.
Heartbeat jumped at the sound of a car talking.
"Mom? Do you need to lay down?"
“No, I’m fine.”
"Are you sure?"
“Yeah.”
"Okay..."
*****
Melody, who was wearing a black dress and matching heels, had been watching her step-sister and friend embrace each other, thinking of how far they had come in the four years since Lancer had told Bright Eyes his feelings. And here they were now cuddling in Lancer's front lawn. Well, what was left, anyway. But just as she was about to head over there, she felt two hands cover her eyes.
"Surprise..." a man's voice whispered in Melody's ear.
Melody turned around. “Hey there, stranger,” she said.
Resonance, wearing a black tuxedo, black shoes, and a red flower in his pocket, was grinning from ear to ear. "Hey yourself."
Melody put her arms around Resonance and rested her forehead against his. "I was starting to wonder if you'd show up."
“Well, we’re performing, aren’t we? Can’t leave ya hangin’.”
"Nope, not to mention-"
Before Melody could finish, Resonance stole a small kiss on her bottom lip. "Sorry, couldn't resist. What were you saying?"
Melody playfully punched Resonance's gut. "You love doing that, don't you?"
"Do what?" Resonance asked in a unknowing tone.
"You know what. Anyway, the stage is still set up in the back yard, and the instruments and the sound systems and everything are good to go, just need Lancer's mom to give us the go-ahead."
"Sounds good."
“Also, do you see the giant robot behind you?”
“Good one.”
“No seriously, look.”
Resonance does so and jumps when he sees Ironhide.
"You ponies do the darndest things in public," Ironhide stated.
Resonance stared at him. “Do what? All I did was kiss her.”
"Exactly. You did that in public.”
"Uh...is there something wrong with that?"
“It’s just unseemly.”
"Uh...okay...I'll try not to do it in front of you..."
"Good, see that you don't." With that, Ironhide walked away.
Optimus looked at his weapons specialist. “Ironhide, it is best to note that some planets have customs that are different from ours.”
"I know Prime, it's just...weird."
“I know, but please be considerate.”
“I’ll try…”
“Good.” Optimus focused his attention to Lancer, who was doing a rather good job reorganizing the yard. “Would you like any help?”
Lancer turned to the look at the Autobot leader, “No thank you, I’m almost done. Just need to figure out how to take care of the door, if that’s possible. Hm…”
“I’m afraid Cybertronians aren’t too good at woodworking.”
“I figured, but if… Um… I don’t know. Maybe if we draped some curtains over the damage…”
Bright Eyes looked at Lancer, “Would you like me to get some?”
“No, it’s okay. We have some in storage. I’ll just have a servant get them.”
“I don’t mind, Lancer.”
“You’re the guests. Just relax.”
“It’s your birthday, YOU relax.”
“It’s fine. Like I said, I’m almost do-” Lancer was interrupted when he was Lancewing flying overhead with something dropping from the cockpit. Everyone looked closely to see… “Princess Celestia?”
Princess Celestia fluttered down to the ground, landing right in front of Lancer. “Hello, Lancer.”
Lancer bowed by instinct, but Celestia put a hand on his shoulder. “Please don’t bow. I need to talk to you and your parents in private.”
“Um...may I ask why?”
“You will find out soon enough.”
Lancer swallowed. “Uh...we can go to my room...no one should be in there.”
“Good, I’ll let you lead the way.”
“Fine...but...can Bright Eyes come? I think she would need to know too.”
“Fine...but no one else.”
“Okay. Bright Eyes, you’re free to come if you want.”
“I heard,” Bright Eyes said before following the two into Lancer’s room. After Lancer had closed the door, Bright Eyes noticed how nervous Lancer was, and held his hand.
“So… What do you need to tell me?”
“First off, have you ever heard of Princess Luna?”
“She was your younger sister, right?”
“Correct. Have you also heard of Prince Eclipse?”
“That was her husband, correct?” Bright Eyes asked.
“Yes.”
“Unfortunately, both of them disappeared.”
“That is what we wanted you to believe. The truth is that Luna was forced into becoming Nightmare Moon once more, resulting in my banishing her to the moon, again. Eclipse meanwhile was forced into hiding, but later committed suicide.”
“Wait, what?” Lancer asked.
“Yes… He was so overcome with grief over losing her… he couldn’t go on…”
“Poor guy… Okay, I’m scared to ask this now, but… did they by chance have any kids?”
“Yes, they had one son.”
“And where is he now?” Bright Eyes asked.
Celestia said nothing, but her horn began to glow. It looked as if she was about to do something, but the glow died seconds later. Lancer looked at Bright Eyes who had a shocked expression on her face. “What?” Lancer asked. He went to scratch the back of his head only to accidentally hit his horn. Wait… Horn? That wasn’t there before.
Bright Eyes took Lancer to his large closet, which also had a mirror hung on the door.
Lancer took a good look at himself and saw that there was indeed a unicorn horn on his head. That wasn’t all though. When Lancer jumped back in shock, a pair of wings popped up from behind. He looked back and, sure enough, the wings were real.
Celestia came over and put her hands on both of Lancer’s shoulders, “YOU are that son."