Chapter 78-Battle of the Bridge
“…Optimus…sensei, can you hear me?!”
“I read you loud and clear, Drift! What seems to be the situation?”
“The mission was a success, sensei! We have Twilight! We are headed for Ponyville as I speak to you!”
“How far have you made it?”
“Look up!”
Optimus Prime did as he was told, lowering his left hand that had recently been placed by the side of his head, allowing him to speak to Drift by comms link. Directly overhead, Prime watched as three crafts jetted right above him. The first craft was Swoop with his crew riding along. The second was Jetfire, followed closely by Drift.
Optimus watched from the battle ground as all three flew right on by, out of downtown and towards the bridge. His optics only grew in terror once he spotted numerous Alliance tanks aiming their barrels towards the sky, firing off a few rounds to the three above. Many more Decepticon soldiers transformed and took to the skies in an attempt to trail and hopefully shoot down the Autobots attempting to escape.
Prime wouldn’t have that.
He pressed his comms link. “Drift, continue onwards and provide as much cover fire as you can. I will assist on the ground!”
“Very well! Good luck, sensei!”
With that, the comms went dead.
Optimus lowered his left arm, letting it sway back and forth. His right palm gripped his blade’s handle tightly. He made sure no Decepticon was in sight, no Alliance traitor was near him. Prime observed the area.
He was in the midst of the battle that tore apart the streets of Manehattan. He had long since abandoned the efforts of the resistance and pushed forward straight into enemy territory, just as the princesses asked of him. Optimus pushed forward as hard as he could, but even with his minimal training and Dinobot assistance it still wasn’t enough to hold back the titanic forces of the Decepticon and Alliance army.
They may not have been too strong, but there was just too much of them. It wasn’t long before Optimus became overrun, and thus trapped.
Optimus dug his backside into the nearest building side, hiding from the tank shell intended to hit him. Prime flinched once the shell hit the building side, blowing apart the entire front portion and sending bricks all across the street.
The last Prime peeked from his cover. An Alliance tank had him in its sights, its spider-like legs crawling over the building debris as it stalked towards him. Below the tank were several Alliance troopers, their rifles aimed at the hiding Prime.
It wouldn’t be that much of a challenge…if it weren’t for the Decepticon soldiers right behind them.
“We got ‘em cornered!” one Decepticon shouted, reloading his assault rifle.
One stallion pointed to the rest of his squad. “Move in!” he barked, watching as the Spider Tank slowly walked past him and zeroed in on the Prime.
Optimus watched them get closer. He gripped his sword, prepared for the fight for his life.
The tank’s muzzle began to glow bright blue, as did the rifles from the squad of Alliance troopers. The Decepticons charged forward, being covered from the Alliance firepower.
The firepower died.
Each Decepticon turned back to witness what had happened.
Never did they expect it.
The Dinobot Slug rushed completely out of the hazing smoke, ramming the Alliance tank and everypony near it. The tank flew across the road, erupting into a flurry of flame and debris as it hit the ground. Several painful screams were heard from the Dinobot’s feet, only to be silenced by a single step.
All rifles were pointed towards Slug…
A dire mistake.
The second Dinobot came roaring forward, biting down on the nearest Decepticon soldier. Shocked and confused, the Decepticons all turned their rifles towards the towering beast of flame and metal. They fired away, yet their bullets did nothing but scratch the armor of the mighty creature. As for the unfortunate Decepticon, his entire upper abdomen was bitten off with the rest of him falling to the earth below.
Grimlock reared downwards and unleashed a torrent of fire on the remaining enemy forces.
Prime covered his optics with a forearm. Once the fire died down, nothing remained in his path but scorched bodies and two angry Autobots.
Grimlock turned his head towards the lone standing Prime, watching with wrath in his eyes as Optimus nodded.
“Unfortunate, but necessary,” Prime commented. “Excellent work, Dinobots!”
Grimlock blew steam from his breath. The Dinobot commander continued to eye Optimus even as he walked into the center of the road, eyeing the battle that lied ahead.
Optimus could still barely see Drift high in the sky.
The Autobot leader, much to his dismay, spotted even more Decepticon and Alliance forces moving in, many from the air and even more from the ground. All of downtown and beyond was completely occupied, and there wasn’t any clear way he was getting passed them on foot.
A low growl echoed from behind him.
Optimus slowly turned around.
“Grimlock,” the Prime began, catching the attention of the Dinobot leader. Grimlock turned towards his superior’s commanding voice, watching as he moved closer as he spoke.
“We need to push forward and eradicate all enemy ground forces threatening to blow our allies out of the sky! I’m going to need a lift…”
The Dinobot growled.
“Say no more,” Grimlock said, lowering his neck closer to Optimus’ level. “Get on!” he shouted.
Optimus obliged almost immediately, gently stretching his left leg over Grimlock’s neck. The Dinobot silently growled in protest, but that was it. Once Optimus was secure, he nearly fell back once Grimlock stood back up to full height rather quickly. From his high position, Optimus could see the battle ground laid out for him.
The army was headed for them. The next wave was moving to wipe out the resistance fighters.
Optimus gripped the sword in his right hand. He allowed the shield to merge into his left, shifting and growing until it practically covered his forearm. Optimus could feel the Dinobot commander beneath him shutter with anger, his silently growls causing Prime’s body to shake.
He looked to the skies. His Autobot and pony allies were hardly visible.
He wasted no more time.
“Roll out!”
Like a beast free from his chains, Grimlock sent a terrifying roar straight down the road, alerting all enemies to his presence. The mighty Dinobot took off. Following him was Slug and Snarl with their massive bodies knocking away any piece of gravel or debris that got in their way.
Optimus quickly took notice to all the enemy forces taking positions in the road. Alliance Spider Tank squadrons dotted the grounds, most of their barrels pointed upwards to the skies while many more started turning his way…
Alliance airships turned towards the sound of the rampage. The twenty or so that filled the skylines slightly above the buildings began to lower closer to the ground. Their underbellies opened up, revealing twin barrels aimed downwards.
Decepticon troopers and Heavy Soldiers reloaded, aimed, and fired away on the three beasts headed their way. Optimus blocked the razor-sharp bullets with his shield. Grimlock merely growled in anger as the bullets scratched his armor. The Prime looked passed his shield to see Snarl and Slug take the lead. The triceratops lowered his horns, more bullets dancing off his exterior as he grew closer and closer to the enemies.
They were so close. No turning back now.
Grimlock roared.
Surprisingly, Snarl made the first move, sliding on the shattered cemented road and swiping his tail to the left. The first wave of Spider Tanks and Decepticons were knocked away like flies to a flyswatter, their bodies impacting the buildings to the far left. Snarl didn’t stop there. No, he continued on, pushing straight through the enemy lines.
Slug took the next wave. His horns skewered the Decepticon Heavy Soldiers and troopers that were unfortunate enough to be in his way. He sent a breath of fire down the road, burning a few Alliance and Decepticon forces before they were crushed to death by Slug’s unstoppable stampede.
That left a clear path for Prime and Grimlock. The Dinobot lowered his jaws in order to take a bite out of the group of Decepticon soldiers in their way. Optimus swung his blade forward, neatly slicing the head off of the closest foe. Grimlock reared upwards, still charging, and with a live Decepticon in his jaws.
He bit down. The Decepticon’s screams were silenced as his body shattered and his Energon splattered.
Grimlock released a heavy wave of fire and flame as he charged on. Prime looked up from Grimlock’s deadly heat wave and noticed a short bridge coming up. Alliance troops and Decepticon soldiers occupied the bridge that stood over the streets, firing rockets and bullets at the Autobots rushing them.
Optimus stood from Grimlock’s neck. The Dinobot stretched his neck up as far as he could. With that extra height, Prime leapt off the Dinobot and jumped straight into the enemy forces. His sword stabbed only one Decepticon once he landed on the small bridge. The rest was too much for the enemies to handle.
They couldn’t fire on Prime. They tried, but they failed. They failed because Grimlock rammed the bridge with his head.
The rest came tumbling down.
Optimus rammed his shield towards the nearest Decepticon before he made his escape. The bridge broke apart, large pieces of cement and gravel flying outwards from the Dinobot’s eruption. Optimus jumped from the crumbling bridge, landing perfectly on the Dinobot below him.
“Keep moving, my brothers! Don’t stop now!”
Slug and Snarl arrived shortly to Grimlock’s sides. The two continued to clear away anything that got in their way, their path of destruction being completely unstoppable. Grimlock sent more flames across the Alliance army as they pushed on and on, deeper and deeper into enemy lines.
Optimus looked up.
The airships that covered the afternoon skies fired on them.
Lifting up his shield to block the bullets, Optimus realized that the shells hitting him were much stronger than the peashooters the Alliance soldiers had equipped. The other Dinobots seemed to share the same feelings.
Snarl still remained unaffected due to his tough exterior, but Slug felt the power of the heavy shells the Alliance airships inflicted upon him. The triceratops stumbled as more bullets tore apart the ground he ran on.
“We’re almost there!” Optimus announced loudly, spotting the bridge that led out of the city.
Slug blew a breath of steam from his nostrils. He dug his horns deep and pushed on.
Grimlock growled every so often as more shells hit his armor, these ones actually leaving indents on his hide. Passed his shield’s coverings, Prime could see a large group of Alliance soldiers in the center of the road, all of them standing in front of something rather bulky, holding the body of a Spider Tank. It was not a Spider Tank. Prime discovered what it was…and it was much, much worse.
“Ready the Electro Bolter!” one of the stallions shouted, his red visor landing on the three giants rampaging their way. The stallion turned his head back to witness the tank standing upwards, it’s multitude of legs pushing the top up higher.
The twin barrels of the Electro Bolter began to glow bright blue.
Electricity coursed throughout the muzzle.
The stallion pointed his hoof towards the tyrannosaurus.
“Fire away!”
It was as if thunder itself had reenacted that of a tank shell. With thunder came lightning, and the twin barrels provided two bolts of heaven’s creation to launch straight for the Dinobot commander and Autobot leader. Both lightning bolts struck the Dinobot’s chest, eliciting a great howl of pain from the tyrannosaurus.
Grimlock stumbled.
He slowed down and nearly fell flat on his face. The Alliance cheered in victory.
“I’ve got you, brother!”
Having felt a strong portion of Grimlock’s punishment from the lightning bolts, Optimus forced himself to reach forward and grip the Dinobot’s upper jaw. Having his shield rest on his back allowed Prime to grab Grimlock’s jaw with his free left hand, and it allowed him to yank swiftly upwards.
Unfamiliar and unprepared by the action, Grimlock followed Prime’s movements and jerked his head backwards, ultimately bringing him back to full height, his footing regained.
The Alliance ponies stopped smiling.
Optimus Prime glared at them from atop the mighty Dinobot.
He pointed at them with his sword.
Slug and Snarl emerged from behind Grimlock’s legs, their rampage unstoppable. Even before the Alliance soldiers considered using the Electro Bolter again, their entire left flank was taken out by the triceratops’ horns, followed by their right flank being demolished by the stegosaurus’ mighty stampede. All that remained were the very soldiers in the center of the road standing in front of the Electro Bolter.
Grimlock stomped on them, the screams silenced.
The mighty Dinobot didn’t forget to plant his foot on the Electro Bolter as he moved on down the road.
The path of destruction Prime enacted with his Dinobot charge was something out of a massacre with no hope in sight for the enemies. The Alliance and Decepticon ground forces were torn to shreds from the Dinobots’ brute strength, and it was only from Prime’s leadership did they make it so far without being overrun themselves.
Alliance airships still fired on the four Autobots rushing closer and closer to the bridge, but even they were brought down by the resistance sharpshooters. Prime could see resistance Pegasi swarm each airship and bring it down. He admired their assistance, but he truly respected their bravery.
Airships fell from the skies left and right, but that didn’t Optimus’ charge to the bridge. It only filled the streets with more death and destruction than it previously had.
Optimus took one quick look to the skies. Up above, he could see Drift’s trail as he followed Jetfire and the flying Dinobot out of the city. Trailing behind Drift were several Decepticon Jets, one in particular truly standing out to the Prime.
Prime’s optics grew wide.
He noticed that red and blue paintjob anywhere. Starscream.
Optimus brought his attention back to the road, but he quickly realized that he wasn’t on the road anymore. Instead, the last Prime laid witness to Grimlock and the two Dinobots stomping on the bridge. They had made it.
And they weren’t alone…
Optimus’ worst fears had come to fruition. The Alliance and the Decepticons had brought reinforcements.
Hundreds of soldiers covered the entire bridge, their hooves stomping in unison to that of a strong march. Spider Tanks were lined up in two rows, stretching all the way down to the very end of the bridge where the remaining army kept coming. Airships slowly made their approach alongside the rest of the army, flying high over the bridge or remaining on the sides. As for the Decepticons, Prime could spot at least two hundred towering troopers amongst the army of equines. Many were simple grunts, others were Heavy Soldiers.
They were all headed right for the city.
That was something Optimus could not allow.
“Dinobots…transform!” Optimus Prime yelled, jumping off the rampaging Grimlock.
The Prime skidded to a halt on the bridge’s surface, sword and shield in tow. He watched from behind as the three Dinobots obeyed his command without question, without halt.
Grimlock roared as his jaws split apart, his large body morphing and mixing together to form the appropriate pieces needed for his robot form. His tail split in half to from the two legs, followed by the Dinobot’s legs bending and fixating themselves to form the robot’s arms. With Shockwave’s deadly creation held together, the robot of Grimlock emerged, his visor glowing bright red.
Grimlock jammed his fist into the bridge to slow himself down.
Joining him were the two others. Slug leapt from the bridge’s road, transforming from beast to machine in mid-air and landing on Grimlock’s left side. Snarl followed closely behind them, performing a single front flip that, in turn, allowed his body to reform together to create his robot mode. He landed on Grimlock’s right side.
The three Dinobots panted heavily, fists clenched and chests heaving as they eyed their surroundings. All three brought their attention to the smaller Autobot approaching them. The Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, pointed his sword to the largest being on the bridge.
“Grimlock, you and your Dinobots are to hold the line here! Be certain that no enemy force gets passed you and into the city!” Optimus ordered, bringing his optics passed the Dinobots and onto the army slowly approaching. He stared up into Grimlock’s red visor, his gaze passive.
“Can I count on all of you?”
Grimlock silently growled, allowing his massive, orange sword to transform into his right hand.
Optimus eyed the sword, and then brought his eyes back on the Dinobot leader. He nodded only once.
“Good luck,” he told them, spinning around and running back to join the main battle still unfolding, still destroying Manehattan. Grimlock watched as his superior left him on the bridge, the silence slowly creeping in.
That was quickly replaced by the combined yells of the opposing army.
Slowly, Grimlock turned around to face the army making their way towards Manehattan, right where the three Dinobots stood alone. Instead of a march, the Alliance ponies began a full-fledged gallop right for them. The Decepticon soldiers followed right behind their pony allies, pulling out energized swords and axes.
Grimlock gripped his sword even tighter.
Slug began to speak for the first time, catching the attention of both Grimlock and Snarl.
“We can’t take on an army that large by ourselves!” Slug commented, his red visor scanning the approaching enemy forces with dread. “We’ll be crushed!”
His words were silenced by a heavy crash. Slug turned his attention over to Grimlock, who had recently slammed his sword into the bridge as a form of intimidation. The Dinobot leader growled, ripping his sword out of the cement.
“No one crushes me!” Grimlock roared, turning his lead left and right. “We stand together, Autobots!”
Snarl nodded.
“Stand together…” he muttered, facing the road ahead. He’d be lying if he didn’t feel a chill race through his Energon.
Prior to his orders, their orders, the three Autobots stood in the center of the bridge that led to Manehattan. They stood side by side, as a wall, to stop the evil that rushed towards them without stopping. For the first time in their lives, for as long as they could remember, they were now on the defensive.
They were not the hunters.
They were to be hunted.
None of them moved, and how could they? They stood their ground as the Decepticon and Alliance forces washed over them in a wave of darkness.
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I can just hear the explosions going off in the background.
Hold your ground, Dinobots. Don't allow any Con or Alliance Pony to get past you and buy Prime and his allies the time they need to activate the Rainbow Power.
BOO yeah guys & gals.
It's the Dinobot charge!
No! Impossible! They're ruining everything!
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Someone should tell Galvatron to suck it. As well as Shockwave and Noctune.
6031886 Then Galvatron runs away like a pussy.
Hopefully that won't happen in THIS story.
The way you described the battle was beautiful, I could visualize the resistance fighting and having occasional glimpses of Prime as he fought on. Dinobots on a bridge and the enemy isn't running the other way, they nuts? lol. Good job JD, good job.
6031936 Tactical retreat like a pussy. They shall meet again. For he is reborn
6031936 You mean Galvatron was smart enough not to attack the giant dinosaurs that shredded his army?
Because that's what any sane person would do.
6032639 I'm just saying, it was kinda anti-climactic. Like he had one fight with Optimus for about thirty seconds then later he was shoved to the side just so we could have a final battle between Optimus and Lockdown then he just leaves like "I will return". It's like "I'm sorry, did you even DO anything? Why were you even introduced at all?"
Bravo on yet another epicly written chapter, JD, my man! ;D
6032673 Because Galvatron was not the main villian in the movie.
He is being set up for movie 5 (better then him showing out of nowhere in 5 if I say so myself).
6027296 sweet
6032900
Yes. At least the main villain of TF 5 is going to be set up for once. Megatron in the first film was OK. In the first of a series of films, popping out a main baddie at some point is totally fine. The Fallen, was what? Sure, ancient stuffs. Stretching a bit here. But Sentinel Prime? This contradicts every single bit of prior established canon to have him appear from nowhere. Just "he was my mentor. Let's bring him back and he's totally not gonna betray us." Optimus was established to have lead the Autobots in peacetime! Not Sentinel. Lockdown came out of nowhere too. [/RANT]
6038081 That's not true at all.
Lockdown did not come out of nowhere It's pretty obvious he came to Earth shortly before Age of Extinction.
And I don't think you know your history.
Sentinel was established as the leader of Cybertron alongside Optimus and Megatron as their mentors but then Megatron started the war.
6038160
When did Sentinel get established as leader in any material that was released before the DotM prequels? Before the character was officially confirmed to exist, the pre first movie material explicitly established Optimus as the leader of the Science Division, and Megs as the leader of the Defense/Security Division. No mention of Sentinel. The Movie Prequels that detail Meg's, Bee's and eventually, the rest of the Cons' arrivals don't say anything about Sentinel Prime.
6040428 Revenge of the Fallen was the first mention of Sentinel.
He was supposed to appear before Sam in the first movie and explain the backstory of Optimus and Megatron in a vision but that was cut for time.
6040428 Regardless its not from nowhere.
Just because something wasn't explained or saw before doesn't mean it came from nowhere.
Stop grasping at straws.
6040428 And supposedly Sentinel was killed during the war so why would Megatron, The cons or Bumblebee say anything about him on Earth.
He did not matter at the time so he was not worth mentioning.
And Optimus was leader of the Science division and Megatron leader of the defense force but neither of those mean Leader of Cybertron itself.
6040614
'Kay. That does make some sense. Thank you for clearing that up. However, I personally go by the philosophy that if canon does not explain something, or have it exist in the side notes/stuff cut because of time/logistical issues, it doesn't exist. Yes, backstories and prequel information can be added, but only if preexisting material allows room for it without much or any contradictions. So if Sentinel was cut for time (I get the feeling that you know more about the extra material for the movies and such than I do) then yes, he wasn't out of nowhere. The scene where Sentinel nominates Optimus as leader of Cybertron DOES seem a bit like a blatant retcon. I usually don't like retcons unless they clear up confusing elements of the plotline. The wiki, however, puts him at the ROTF stage of the Tyran stream. Yeah. The movie verse is confusing.
6032164 Thanks! Love getting comments like this.
6032730
Thanks.
6031332 Me too.
6041966 You're welcome.
Man seeing all this fighting makes me wonder how many Decepticons/Alliance ponies are there?(And how many are left?)
6040797 The comic book writers tied it all up.
Then Age of Extinction comes along with the creators and takes a dump on continuity.
6042501 There is quite a few Decepticons on Equestria (and a few Autobots outside of the main cast of this story).
There is Starscream's seekers such as the Coneheads, Rainmakers and Sunstorm's group (5 man team including Redwing, Nacelle, Hotlink and Bitstream and Sunstorm they are real characters too none of them ocs)
My Spinoff is going to give focus on some of them (Switchblade's flashback cameo was a preview of that).
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I don't remember seeing those characters or any other auto bots in the story.
Better start running dirtbags, because the Dinobots are on a rampage.