//------------------------------// // Chapter 14 // Story: Double the Bass // by Blacktastic //------------------------------// I was working in my music room when I heard the door swing open and slam immediately. I went to go investigate when I saw a distraught Soundwave and Starscream bracing the door with their bodies. "What are you-" Soundwave put his hoof over my mouth effectively silencing me "Shh..." he put his hoof up and began to look like he was listening out for something. He made a motion to Starscream who went over to each of the windows and closed the blinds, afterword he ran upstairs and Soundwave followed him "You didn't see us!" I went to say something when I heard a knock at the door which made Soundwave dash upstairs as fast as possible. I opened the door and I saw an ecstatic Lyra "Oh hey Lyra" I said with a smile "Vinyl you wont believe it! Princess landed in Ponyville!" she said jumping up and down. "Where is she?" "In the town square! C'mon!" she grabbed my hoof and dragged me through town. We arrived at the center of town where we saw Princess Luna, but no giant metal humans, she was instead with more ponies with her. One of them was even bigger than Big Mac, and that's saying something. "Attention citizens of Ponyville!" Princess Luna said above the crowd that had gathered. "We are looking for the one called Vinyl Scratch and those affiliated with her as of recently!" "Uh oh" I said maybe a little to loud, getting a few ponies attention "Look there she is!" somepony cried I panicked and began to back away, slowly at first, then I turned on my hoof into a sprint. I turned back to see one of those ponies with Luna chasing me, a pink earth pony, who was surprisingly fast. "Wait, we just wish to speak to you!" she cried out I kept running, making a dash for home, I was just about to reach the door when Princess Luna landed right in front of it, making me skid to a stop. "I uh-er-uh Hey Princess nice to see you!" I said trying forcing happiness into my voice "What brings you around here." "Vinyl we wish to speak to your 'guests'" "Oh them?" I said playing ignorant "I haven't seen them all day" "Do not lie to me us Vinyl, a terrible truth has been uncovered about them and I wish to sort things out properly with them and our new visitors." she motioned towards a group of ponies with her, they all had the same symbol for their cutie marks. "Who are they?" A red pony with an orange mane stepped forward, he stood almost as tall as Luna and his mark was the only one different from the others, it had this weird blue and orange spherething with handles on the side. "We are the Autobots, we seek the Decepticons known as Starscream and Soundwave, they're very presence is a danger to this whole planet" he said sternly I turned to Luna with a worried look and she said "I brought them here to prove the innocence of Soundwave, at least." I tried to come up with a plan, but the biggest of them pushed me his way up to me and said "Me Grimlock getting bored of this. Tiny pony bring Grimlock to Decepticons now before Grimlock smash!" "Grimlock stand down!" the red one said and then he turned to me "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Rodimus Prime, leader of the Autobots." he stuck his hoof out, which I refused "Look buddy" I said annoyed "You can't just come to my home and demand things from me like this." He nodded to my surprise "I understand your privacy is a right, but this is very dangerous business that I don't want to drag out." I was about to say something, but quite possibly the worst thing that could have happened, happened. Out of the corner of my eye I saw two colts walking towards the house talking obnoxiously loud. The Autobots all tuned around to look at them and each one of their eyes went wide with recognition. Time seemed to slow down for a moment as they all made eye contact with Rumble and Frenzy, the pink mare shouted "Decepticon!" in slow motion, to me anyways, and began to transform, along with the rest of them. Suddenly the sound of wood shattering and glass breaking was heard above me as a fully transformed Soundwave and Starscream came into view with their weapons drawn. ------ We burst through the wall, jumped over the Autobots, and opened fire on them, which were deflected by the heavy armored of the Dinobot, Grimlock. Me and Starscream landed just on the other side of them, I threw up a barrier as they began to return the volley at us. I got on my short range radio "Laserbeak, Rumble, Ravage, Frenzy rendezvous with me and Starscream, the Autobots are here!" I didn't already notice Rumble and Frenzy were just down the street. Grimlock began to charge at us, but was intercepted by a pile driver punch from Frenzy. Rumble took cover behind the barrier and began to help return fire. Vinyl Scratch and Luna where under a protective barrier from one of the Autobots, one I instantly recognized, Blaster. I turned to Starscream and Rumble and made a quick hand giving, which they both nodded at in understanding. "Decepticons! Transform and rise up!" Starscream shouted as he turned into his jet mode and took to the skies, diverting the Autobots attention long enough for me to turn into my vehicle mode, ram right through their ranks, and tackle Blaster through the house. ------ I was flying to Soundwave's location, Ravage following just below me when we saw the behemoth of an Autobot, Grimlock going head to head with Frenzy and Rumble. He was trying to swat them away like flies "Grimlock smash tiny Decepticons!" his anger was building, I could tell, and that never boded well for us. He began to Transform into his only alternate mode, a fire breathing Tyrannosaurus Rex, and began to unleash his rage onto the battle field. ----- I turned about in the air and began to nose dive at the other two Autobots. I opened fire on them and turned up at the last minute to avoid being shot at. "Foolish Autobots, Decepticons always rule the skies!" I mocked as I turned about again and unleashed another hail of bullets on them. The Autobot hot rod began barking orders "Arcee assist the princess, I'll handle this!" The Autobot Arcee picked up the two organics and ran off with them. "Not today Autotrash!" I shouted as I began to focus my attention on her. I fired two heat seeking missiles at them, only to have one palmed away by Hotrod and the other taken in his grip and exploded, which he seemed to survive with little damage. "I'm going to end this before it gets too far" he shouted as he placed his hand on his communicator "Code word, Omega!" I stopped in my tracks, realizing the horror of what was to come. "Decepticons retreat!" I shouted, I began to run off when the body of Soundwave was thrown right in front of me, he had his axe drawn and he was leaking energon. "Soundwave gather your Minicons we are retreating!" He got up on his knee "Fool we can defeat these rag tags." "Normally I'd agree with you, but we have something much bigger to worry about!" "What?!" he shouted impatiently. "Omega Supreme: Active, Objective: Eliminate Decepticons" echoed throughout the area. "Decepticons retreat!" Soundwave shouted, his minicons, didn't waste a nanosecond as they filed into Soundwave's torso, as we began to fly off, not capable of defeating what horror was about to come our way. A/N I know it's a bit short and I apologize for that, Next week's chapter will be better I promise