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Transformers: Lyacons

Part 1

The night air was cool and calm. It was a perfect mid-August night to just lie out. That’s just what Dustin and his girlfriend Sarah were doing.  Dustin just lay there on his back on the blanket with Sarah cuddled up next to him. The two were on the Shore of Strouds Run Lake.  Strouds Run was a park on the outskirts of the City of Athens in Ohio.  People usually swim, have picnics there, pass a football or just merely lay out. The two were there after the park had closed and they were the only ones around.  Dustin wasn’t worried about getting caught after hours because he was special.  Dustin was the human component to the Autobot Headmaster known as Shortstop. He was about 5’7”, brown hair, and olive green eyes, with an athletic build. Sarah was a bit shorter than her boyfriend. She was about 5’5” reddish brown hair, olive green eyes, she also had an athletic build to her. Her hair was down a little past her shoulders. She hardly ever wore her hair up in a ponytail or a bun. She and Dustin have been together since he had revealed to her, who he really was. The two just lay there on the blanket watching the stars. They don’t get much time to spend with each other since Dustin is always fighting the forces of evil, so they cherish every moment of it. He caressed Sarah’s head that was lying on his chest as they both watched the stars.
“It’s really peaceful up here,” Sarah said breaking the silence.
“Yes it is.”
“Whatcha thinkin’ about, baby?” she asked
“Oh, I’m just worried.”  He replied.
“About what?”  .
“Well it’s been too peaceful. I mean we haven’t heard anything from the Decepticons for months and I’m curious on what they’re up to
“You shouldn’t worry about the Decepticons right now.” Sarah said.
“Whys that?”
Sarah shifted herself and leaned on her elbow to look at her boyfriend.
“Well cause you are layin’ here with me and you don’t need to worry about anything else.” Sarah said with a smile.
She leaned over and kissed her boyfriend on the lips, then lay back down on his chest. Then they both noticed something.
“Hey it’s a shooting star.”
“Make a wish, babe.” Dustin said.
Moments passed.
“So what did you wish for?” he asked.
“Oh nothin’ . . . just something that has to do with a little diamond ring, that goes right here, on my beautiful little finger.” Sarah said innocently as she pointed to here ring finger on her left hand.
At that moment Dustin reached into his pocket and pulled out a little container. He opened it with one hand and held it in front of her face. Her eyes got really big.
“You mean something like this?” he asked slyly.
“OH my god of course I’ll marry you.” Sarah said enthusiastically while hugging him.

“Hell I didn’t even have to ask.”
He held her hand and slid the ring on her finger. Then she got on top of him and began to kiss him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed back.

Meanwhile at Autobot City, the Autobots were relaxing.
“Man it’s been quiet around here without having to worry about the Decepticons.” Bluestreak said.
“Yep not a peep out of those creeps in months.” Prowl said
“Their probably still looking for all of their parts after we picked up Shortstop.” Cliffjumper said.
“I wouldn’t be so sure.” Wheeljack said.
“What makes you say that, Wheeljack?”
“Because I’m picking up a ship headed for Decepticon Headquarters.”
“Blaster, contact Optimus Prime.”
“Hey Prime, we picked up something on the scanners and it’s sportin’ a Decepticon banner.” Blaster reported.
Cliffjumper walked away shaking his head at Blaster’s rhyming scheme.
“What is it?” Optimus Prime asked as he walked into the room.
The Autobot war room was a big, bright with gold colored metal plating, with a big screen that the Autobots frequently looked at while looking for answers to the latest Decepticon attack. Teletran was the computers name that gave all the answers.
“A ship has just entered Earth’s atmosphere.” Wheeljack reported who was at the control panel monitoring any unusual activity.
“Where is it headed?
“Out to sea, right for Decepticon Headquarters” Wheeljack said.

The ship was about 10 meters in length and a little wider than a four lane highway. It was purple and black in color. It had three forward photon cannons and two aft cannons. It was very similar to the Nemesis, the Decepticon ship that crash landed on Earth when the Autobots and Decepticons landed there. The ship flew over the ocean and started circling an area. Then all of a sudden a purple colored tower rose out of the water and a door opened. The ship entered and the tower returned to the sea. The ship sat in the cargo bay of the underwater base. The cargo bay was old and musty. The Decepticons do not use this part of the ship that often. This is the first time they used the cargo bay since they returned from Charr. The bay was somewhat dark due to the fact that only 5 of the 12 lights were operational. Megatron, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and Soundwave gathered around the ship. The door to the ship opened. Six Decepticons stepped out, three on each side of the ship’s hatch. Then a seventh emerged. He stood about as tall as Megatron; his design was that of a seeker, similar to Skywarp and Thundercracker.  He had one optic functioning, the left eye had a scar running though it and had burned out.
“I am Weapon and these are the Lyacons.” He said as he pointed to the other six.

In the Autobot war room, Optimus Prime wanted answers.
“Where did that ship go?” Prime asked.

“It disappeared around the coordinates of where Decepticon Headquarters is located” Wheeljack replied.
“Wonderful. That’s just what we need, more Decepticons.” Spike said.
“These are just any ordinary Decepticons. It’s the Lyacons. I just had Teletran do a scan on the ship and it matches the configurations of the Lyacon ship.” Wheeljack said.
“Who are the Lyacons?”
“They’re a group of Decepticon assassins. They work separately and always complete their mission.”
“It doesn’t make sense, Optimus.” Ironhide said. “Why have they come to Earth?  I’ll bet you that they’re here for Shortstop.”
“You’re probably right. Blaster, contact Shortstop and have him report here at once.” Prime ordered.
“You got it, boss.”

Dustin and Sarah were still lying on the ground the next morning. Only this time the blanket was on top of them. Just then Dustin’s watch communicator broke the silence.
“Shortstop come in this is Blaster blastin’ at you from Autobot City. Please respond.”
Dustin reached over and grabbed the communicator.
“This is Shortstop, go ahead Blaster.”
“Shortstop, we need you to report to Autobot City on the double. The Decepticons are brewin’ up some trouble
“Alright we’re on our way. Shortstop out.”
Dustin and Sarah got up and got dressed. Dustin put on his Autobot exosuit. The exosuit was black in color. He looked like a miniature robot. The helmet was robotic looking, blue eyes, square face, the face itself was grey but the rest of the helmet was black. The top part that covered the head came down past his ears and stopped at mid-cheek, the arms looked muscular, the chest was square and flat, his stomach area looked like ripped abs. Sarah couldn’t tell if it were his abs or the suits. The legs were robotic as well. They both got into Dustin’s car, which was a black 2007 Ford GT, and drove to Autobot City. What they didn’t realize is that Laserbeak was watching them the entire night.

The Autobot and his girlfriend arrived at Autobot City. They both got out of the car and Dustin put on the helmet of his exosuit. Then jumped into the air and Transformed into the head of Shortstop. When he transformed his legs slid up to the side of his body, his arms folded back and his head slid inside of the body. The car also transformed but into transformed into the body. The front of the car were the arms, the legs slid out from underneath of the car, the rest of the car slid up and became the back of the Transformer, the rear tires came up to his hips. The two pieces connected and now Dustin was known as the mighty Autobot Headmaster, Shortstop.  Shortstop was unique from the other Headmasters. The other Headmasters had Nebulon counterparts, he was human, also he was the personality and controller of Shortstop, while the others had Autobot and Nebulon personalities and was controlled by both. Plus he didn’t have a mouth. He didn’t know what Nick was thinking when he designed it. When Shortstop spoke, his eyes lit up. Wheeljack was the only other Autobot that was similar to him. Wheeljack had no mouth either. When Wheeljack spoke, the two extensions on both sides of his head lit up. The only other time when his eyes light up is when he showed pure emotion. The two walked into Autobot City, then into the war room.
“So what’s the big problem here?” Shortstop asked.
“It appears that the Decepticons have called the Lyacons here to Earth.” Optimus replied.
“And they are who.”
“They are a group of Decepticon assassins, who always get the job done. There are seven of them. Their leader is known as Weapon. He is a seeker, similar design to Skywarp and Thundercracker but has a different transformation. He has one eye and apparently it’s the only eye he needs. He is a sniper and doesn’t miss.  Then there is Savage. He is an ex Predacon. He left the Predacons after he declared them to be ‘too wimpy.’ He is completely ruthless. His transformation is a black panther. Noxica is a female Decepticon.  She transforms into an X shaped jet. She wears a trench coat and has duel laser rifles. Cabal is another. He is very honorable. He doesn’t transform into a vehicle or animal, he is covered in body armor when he transforms. Neuros is the scientist of the Lyacons. He can build anything. He is constantly upgrading himself. In his vehicle mode, parts of his robot form are still visible. Kaboom is one who was on Earth in the 1920s. He transforms into a Schubert. He has a gangster accent. His weapon is a laser Tommy gun. Then there is Holocaust. He transforms into a rocket launcher. He is the most brutal of the seven and he decimates entire cities leaving no survivors. They work alone. When they are brought to face on being they take on their opponent one at a time. They never have lost.”
“Well if they are here for me they are in for a rude awakening.” Shortstop commented.
“One other thing, Shortstop.”  Prime added. “They’ll hit you where it hurts. They’ll find your weaknesses and use it against you. They’ll definitely use your relationship with Sarah against you.”
“Noted, But I’ll take ‘em down.”

Meanwhile at Decepticon Headquarters the Lyacons were making themselves at home and planning their attack.
“So tell me Megatron. What is so important that you had to call us down here and that the mighty Decepticon army couldn’t handle?” Weapon asked.
“Shortstop.” Megatron replied.
“Shortstop? You mean like the baseball position?”
“No you bent up piece of scrap metal. He’s a new Autobot Headmaster and has foiled our plans time and time again. And my troops are made up of incompetence.”
“Well the Lyacons can do it.  We’ll just see how good this Autobot is.”
Weapon lifted his left arm and a control panel opened.
“Kaboom report to the Control Room.”
“Yes, sir.” Kaboom replied.

Dustin and Sarah were talking in an empty room in Autobot City. Sarah was worried. Dustin had transformed back into his exosuit mode and had taken off his helmet.
“I’m worried that you’ll lose. You heard what Optimus Prime said about these Lyacons, they don’t lose. I’m afraid that you won’t comeback.” Sarah said as tears rolled down her face.
“You know I’ll comeback. I always do and you know I’ll always be there for you. Remember I told you I’d always be there for you and remember when the Sharkticons attacked I was there for you then.”
Sarah closed her eyes and remembered a time when a Sharkticon almost killed her but didn’t because Shortstop had tackled it and tore it apart.
“I will not lose and we will get married.”
Dustin put his arm around here and held her close. They rested their heads on one another. Just then the doors opened and Jazz poked his head around the corner.
“Hey, m’man we got some Decepticons messin’ around uptown wanna come?” Jazz asked.
“Sure just gimmie a minute.”
“Sure man.”
Jazz left and the doors closed. Dustin looked back at Sarah and kissed her on her forehead.
“Be back later gotta go to work. You know if you feel scared you can go to my sister’s place.”
Sarah nodded and fought back tears as her fiancé walked out the door.

The Decepticons were destroying buildings on the west side of Athens. They showed no mercy as they shot photon bursts at people, vaporizing them. They pushed over trees, and then tossed them into the Hocking River causing it to dam up and flood.
“Unidentified vehicles approaching.”  Skywarp reported.
“Autobots.” Cyclonus yelled.
The Decepticons stopped what they were doing to face their enemy. The Autobots transformed and readied themselves for battle.
“So who wants to be taken out first?” Shortstop asked sarcastically.
“Let’s start kickin’ pig iron.” Brawn said.
The Decepticons started firing and the Autobots ducked out of the way and returned fire. Shortstop snuck around and came up behind Cyclonus, He jumped on his back. Cyclonus just grabbed him and threw him to the ground. Cyclonus lifted his foot as if he was going to smash his face in but when he brought it down Shortstop grabbed it and threw him aside. Shortstop got up and jumped onto Cyclonus. They began to wrestle around. Skywarp and Thundercracker transformed into their jet mode and attacked the Autobots from the air. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe jumped onto the two jets and forced them to crash into a hill. Brawn, Gears and Windcharger teamed up on Thrust. The three Autobots tackled the Decepticon and started beating him in the face. Ramjet and Dirge tried to team up against Skyfire but was unsuccessful. Skyfire just grabbed the two Decepticons and smashed them together. A ship was hovering above the battle, its occupants were observing.
“So which Autobot is the one I’m puttin’ under, boss?” asked Kaboom.

“The one that is kickin’ the diodes out of Cyclonus.” Weapon replied.
Kaboom looked at the Autobot Headmaster.
“I’ll get that dirty rat. He killed my brother.”
“You don’t have a brother.”
“Oh yeah.”
Kaboom jumped out of the ship’s open hatch to join the battle below and to face off against Shortstop. He landed on the street about fifty yards away from Shortstop.
“So you’re the dirty rat I’ve come to take out. I’ll make you sleep with the fishes.” Kaboom said.
Shortstop threw Cyclonus aside and looked at the Lyacon with his arms crossed.
“I can’t sleep with the fishes. I’m already spoken for and besides I don’t have any protection on me.”
The Decepticon gangster just stood there. He pulled out an energon cigar and lit it. He puffed on the cigar a couple of times. Shortstop observed the gangster. He wore a metallic gangster style hat; he was a 1922 Schubert, grey in color with white pinstripes. The Autobots and Decepticons circled around the two warriors.
“I challenge you to a one on one battle.”
“I accept.”
“Good.”
Just then he pulled out his laser Tommy gun and fired. Shortstop dove out of the way to avoid being hit. The Autobot and Decepticon spectators also avoided being hit. Shortstop rolled around dodged photon bursts. Shortstop jumped into the air and fired his arm cannons, which is a triple exhaust pipe when he transforms into his car mode. Kaboom dodged the bursts.
“Were you trying to shoot the ground?”
Shortstop’s optics narrowed. He pulled out his duel pistols and fired. He shot off Kaboom’s hat and took a chunk out of his cigar. Kaboom’s eyes widened as he looked at his now shorter cigar while it was still in his mouth. He looked over at Shortstop who had his right arm fully extended pointing his gun at him, standing sideways and his left arm, from the elbow up was pointing to the sky. His eyes slightly glowing.
“Hmph.”

Meanwhile the fight was being watched from a distance. Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave and Scourge were watching.
“It looks like Shortstop may have met his match.” Scourge commented.
“Perhaps.” Megatron replied.
Then the four Decepticons looked up to see a news helicopter fly by and head for the fight.
“Stupid germs.” Scourge shouted as he lifted his weapon and fired.
The photon hit the rear rotor and sent the helicopter plummeting towards the ground.  Shortstop looked up, as did Kaboom.
“Protectobots grab that helicopter.” Shortstop ordered.

The Protectobots merged into Defensor. The giant Autobot saved the helicopter and its crew.  Shortstop turned back to Kaboom but to his surprise was gone. Just then he was hit in the back by a photon charge. Shortstop fell to the ground lifelessly. He just lay there on the ground, his eyes were dark. Everyone was stunned. The crew from the helicopter continued to film, people in Athens were watching the fight on TV. Kaboom walked over to Shortstop.
“You were good kid, real good.”
He turned his back to Shortstop to face the other Autobots. Shortstop’s eyes lit up. He jumped up to fire at Kaboom but was hit again in the side by a missile from Scourge. The Autobots protested.
“Scourge, you fool, you know damn well you can’t interfere with a one on one match. Decepticons retreat.” Megatron said.
The Decepticons jumped into the air and flew off.
“Ah drat.” Kaboom said as he boarded the shuttle.
“Alright Autobots, load Shortstop into Ratchet and take him back to HQ.” ordered Ironhide.

The Autobots returned to Autobot City.  Ratchet and Ironhide carried Shortstop into the Medical Bay. They laid him on the table, his wounds were still smoking and his eyes were still dark.  Sarah had come running into the room.  Brainstorm lifted her up and placed her on his shoulder.
“Is he?” Sarah asked
“No, but came close.” Ratchet replied.
“What happened?” Optimus Prime asked.
“Scourge interfered.” Prowl said.
“So it was a misfight?”
Prowl nodded.
“What is a misfight?” Sarah asked.
“It’s when there is no winner of a one on one battle.”
“Uhhh.” Shortstop moaned.
They all looked at the fallen Headmaster. His eyes lit up and he sat up.
“Did anyone catch the number on that neutron bomb?” he asked.
Shortstop was a bit disoriented. Ratchet walked over to him.
“Hold your transistors there. We gotta take a look at you.” The medic said.
“Naturally.”
“Man I’m glad I’m not you.” Sunstreaker said. “Cause your paint is all messed up with those burn marks.”
Shortstop’s optics narrowed.
“I need to get out of this suit.”
Shortstop’s head flew off and transformed into its exosuit form. Dustin took off his helmet and placed it on the car that had transformed when the head flew off. Sarah came over and hugged him.
“Man I should get knocked around more often.” Dustin said.
“When you get done here meet me in debriefing.” Prime said.
“Yes, sir.”
Prime and the other Autobots walked out of the room while Dustin held Sarah in his arms.

“Scourge, you fool!” Galvatron yelled.
“But mighty Galvatron.” Scourge attempted to say.

“Silence.” Galvatron shot back.
The Sweep commander went silent.
“We will fight again. It’s just a matter of time.” Megatron said.
“Yeah, it is a matter of time. We have all the time in the world.” Weapon said as he and his Lyacon followers walked into the room.
“I have a feeling that this will take all of us to beat him. He is unique. He is not like the other Autobots or other Headmasters. He only has one personality, unlike the other headmasters who have robot and Nebulon personalities. Shortstop is only controlled by the human.”
“Destroy the human, destroy the robot.” Galvatron said.
“Easier said than done.” Cyclonus remarked.
“We’ll hit him where it hurts.” Weapon said.

Shortstop walked into the war room. Optimus Prime and Ironhide were standing in there.
“What are the Decepticons up to now?” Shortstop asked.
“No good as usual.” Ironhide replied.
“As of right now they haven’t made a move.” Prime said.
“Hmmm. Well let’s go on the offensive for once.”  Shortstop suggested.
“I don’t think that would be wise. Not just yet anyway. Lets see what they are up to.”
Prime walked over to the console and pressed a button.
“Punch, report to the war room at once.”
Astroseconds later the Autobot spy walked in.
“Reporting as ordered, Optimus Prime.” Punch said.
“I need you to infiltrate Decepticon Headquarters.”
“You got it, Prime.”
Just then he transformed from Autobot to Decepticon, He was now referred to as Counterpunch and he left for Decepticon Headquarters.

Counterpunch arrived on the shoreline about 100 yards away from where the Decepticon base lay.
“Alright now we’ll give the Decepticons a taste in real treachery.”  He said as he dove into the water and swam to the underwater base. The ship was massive. It could carry 1200 Decepticons easy.  He came up to an escape hatch. He entered an access code and the hatch opened. He entered cautiously so no one would hear him and become suspicious. He walked down the corridor and into the Decepticon Control Room.
“Counterpunch I haven’t seen you in a while.” A voice said behind him.
He turned around to see who it was. It was the red Decepticon jet known as Thrust.
“I like to keep a low profile.” Counterpunch replied.
“We’re planning another attack against the Autobots so Kaboom can have another crack at Shortstop.” Thrust informed him.
“Shortstop doesn’t stand a chance. If that incompetent Scourge hadn’t interfered Kaboom would have won.” Counterpunch said.
“You have something to say?” A voice said behind him.
Counterpunch turned around to see Scourge and the Sweeps behind him.

“Yeah you’re incompetent and Kaboom should have won.” Counterpunch implied.
Megatron, Galvatron and the other Decepticons turned to see Scourge draw his weapon. Counterpunch quickly disarmed Scourge, picked up the blue Decepticon and hurled him into the Sweeps. The two leaders were impressed by his actions.
“Impressive Counterpunch.” Megatron said. “Now back to the plan. We’ll attack Athens again, and then have Kaboom take on Shortstop and more than likely Kaboom will win. Once Shortstop is defeated we’ll be able to take on the rest of the Autobots.”
“Nice plan. Very original.” Counterpunch thought to himself.
Now that the plan was in the minds of the Decepticons, Counterpunch quickly snuck off back to Autobot City.

Counterpunch arrived back to Autobot City to inform the Autobots of the Decepticons plans. He transformed back into Punch and walked into the war room.
Optimus Prime, Shortstop, Ironhide and Wheeljack were all in there looking at the monitor, waiting for something to happen.
“Optimus Prime, the Decepticons are just going to attack Athens in hopes of luring Shortstop out there to take on Kaboom.” Punch reported.
“Good work, Punch.” Prime said.
“They aren’t going to do anything special like fight Kaboom or else?” Shortstop asked.
“Not that I’m aware.”
“Ok, seems simple enough. It looks to me that the Decepticons are running out of ideas for their attacks.”
“They don’t have to come up with anything special for this if they only want you to fight Kaboom.” Prime said.
Just then the alarm sounded. The other Autobots gathered in the war room.
“Autobots, the Decepticons are attacking and they want Shortstop to fight Kaboom. By whatever means necessary do not intervene with the fight.”
The Autobots nodded in acknowledgment.
“Autobots transform and roll out.” Their leader ordered as they all transformed into their vehicle mode and left to fight the Decepticons once again.

The Decepticons were down on the east end of Athens stomping through houses, restaurants; even the Athens City Recreational Center was destroyed. They all stopped what they were doing when they heard a loud roaring sound.
“Autobots transform and attack.” Optimus Prime ordered.

The Autobots transformed and attacked the Decepticons. Jazz ran up and punched Skywarp across the face. He grabbed Jazz and threw him. Jazz transformed into his Porsche mode spun around and headed back towards Skywarp, right before it looked like he was going to run him over, Jazz transformed back into his robot mode and tackled Skywarp. Wheeljack ran up to Thundercracker and picked him up by his wings and hurled him into the air. Soundwave was shooting at mirage. Mirage disappeared and Soundwave lowered his weapon and looked around. Just then he was hit in the back by an invisible force. Mirage reappeared and laughed at him. Optimus Prime battled Megatron and Shortstop took on Galvatron. The two Decepticon leaders lunged at the two Autobots, but the Prime and Shortstop jumped into the air and avoided the two attackers. Ultra Magnus came barging into the scene with Kup and Springer in tow. The three Autobots transformed.
“It looks like we’re a little late for the party.” Springer said.
“Well let’s join the fun.” Kup said.
While Prime was fighting Megatron, Prime’s comm unit beeped. Prime threw Megatron aside and answered the call.
“What is it?”
“Prime its Sarah I couldn’t reach Dustin on his comm link. Is he ok?”
“Affirmative, he’s taking on Galvatron at the moment
As Prime was talking into his comm link Megatron got up and aimed his arm cannon at Prime’s back. All of a sudden Shortstop tackled Megatron. Shortstop clung to Megaton’s back while he desperately attempted to get him off. Finally Shortstop was able to get a hold of Megatron’s weapon, pulled it off of his arm and he took off running with it. Megatron took off after him. Optimus shut down his comm link and turned around to see that his Autobots were winning the battle.  Shortstop came up next to Prime, still holding Megatron’s weapon.
“That was Sarah. She was worried.”
“Oh well then at least she cares.”
Megatron came running at Shortstop, who swung Megatron’s weapon like a bat, at Megatron connecting with his face and knocking him over. Just then Shortstop was rocked by a photon charge that had hit him in the back. Prime swung around to see that Kaboom had entered the battle.
“Let’s get this over with.” Kaboom said.
“Fine by me.” Shortstop replied.
The Autobots and Decepticons gathered around the two warriors to watch the battle. Shortstop bent down and picked up a rock. He tossed it up and down a couple of times.
“What are you going to do, beat me with a rock?” Kaboom mockingly asked.
Shortstop continued to toss it up and down. Then he filled the rock with explosive energy and threw it at Kaboom. It hit Kaboom in the chest and knocked him over.  Kaboom shot back up and started firing at Shortstop with his Tommy gun. Shortstop dove around and returned fire with his duel pistols. Just then Shortstop charged at Kaboom, who continued to fire, he cocked back his fist and punched Kaboom in the face. Kaboom fell back and Shortstop took advantage. He jumped on the fallen Decepticon and continued to let him have “it.”  His eyes were glowing slightly. Finally Kaboom was able to get a hit on him and it knocked him back. Kaboom pulled out a pistol and fired. Shortstop reached behind him and pulled out his spoiler, which was also a boomerang and threw it at him. Not only did it disarm the Lyacon, it took his head off. The body of the Lyacon fell to the ground. Everyone was shocked. The boomerang came back, Shortstop caught it and replaced on his back.
“Decepticons retreat!” ordered Megaton.
The Decepticons jumped in the air and returned to their underwater base. The Autobots gathered around the victorious Headmaster.

The Autobots returned to base. Shortstop pulled in and his fiancé was there to greet him. Dustin got out of his car and kissed her.
“I told you I’d be back.  I love you and you always come back for the ones you love.” Dustin said.
“Mushy, but true.” Brawn said who was standing nearby and observing Dustin and Sarah. Windcharger and Bluestreak nodded.

In Decepticon Headquarters, Megaton was infuriated.
“How did he beat a Lyacon?” he demanded.
“He’s good real good.” Rumble said.
Megaton glared at him. Rumble raised his hands to his head and backed off.
“I had a feeling this was going to happen, and I figure that it will take all of us.” Weapon said calmly.
“Mark my words, I will defeat him.” Megaton said.
“Get some new material champ.” A voice said behind him.
Megaton turned around to find the ghost of Starscream standing there.
“Starscream what are you doing here?” Megaton demanded.
“I was in the neighborhood and I just wanted to see how my old pals were doing.”
“No matter how hard you try you won’t be able to enter our bodies and take control.” Megaton said.
“Oh I don’t want your pathetic bodies I’m just here observing the situation here. I’m neutral now I’m not on anyone’s side. I’m just watching the fun of you two destroy each other and of course to get on your circuits.”
“We’ll see about that.” Megaton said as he fired his arm cannon at the ghost.
The blast went right through Starscream and blew a hole in the wall. Water came rushing in. All of the Decepticons evacuated the room.
“STARSCREAM!” Megaton yelled as he was in over his head with water.
Starscream laughed at him.

Description
Transformers: Lyacons

Part 1

The night air was cool and calm. It was a perfect mid-August night to just lie out. That’s just what Dustin and his girlfriend Sarah were doing.  Dustin just lay there on his back on the blanket with Sarah cuddled up next to him. The two were on the Shore of Strouds Run Lake.  Strouds Run was a park on the outskirts of the City of Athens in Ohio.  People usually swim, have picnics there, pass a football or just merely lay out. The two were there after the park had closed and they were the only ones around.  Dustin wasn’t worried about getting caught after hours because he was special.  Dustin was the human component to the Autobot Headmaster known as Shortstop. He was about 5’7”, brown hair, and olive green eyes, with an athletic build. Sarah was a bit shorter than her boyfriend. She was about 5’5” reddish brown hair, olive green eyes, she also had an athletic build to her. Her hair was down a little past her shoulders. She hardly ever wore her hair up in a ponytail or a bun. She and Dustin have been together since he had revealed to her, who he really was. The two just lay there on the blanket watching the stars. They don’t get much time to spend with each other since Dustin is always fighting the forces of evil, so they cherish every moment of it. He caressed Sarah’s head that was lying on his chest as they both watched the stars.
“It’s really peaceful up here,” Sarah said breaking the silence.
“Yes it is.”
“Whatcha thinkin’ about, baby?” she asked
“Oh, I’m just worried.”  He replied.
“About what?”  .
“Well it’s been too peaceful. I mean we haven’t heard anything from the Decepticons for months and I’m curious on what they’re up to
“You shouldn’t worry about the Decepticons right now.” Sarah said.
“Whys that?”
Sarah shifted herself and leaned on her elbow to look at her boyfriend.
“Well cause you are layin’ here with me and you don’t need to worry about anything else.” Sarah said with a smile.
She leaned over and kissed her boyfriend on the lips, then lay back down on his chest. Then they both noticed something.
“Hey it’s a shooting star.”
“Make a wish, babe.” Dustin said.
Moments passed.
“So what did you wish for?” he asked.
“Oh nothin’ . . . just something that has to do with a little diamond ring, that goes right here, on my beautiful little finger.” Sarah said innocently as she pointed to here ring finger on her left hand.
At that moment Dustin reached into his pocket and pulled out a little container. He opened it with one hand and held it in front of her face. Her eyes got really big.
“You mean something like this?” he asked slyly.
“OH my god of course I’ll marry you.” Sarah said enthusiastically while hugging him.

“Hell I didn’t even have to ask.”
He held her hand and slid the ring on her finger. Then she got on top of him and began to kiss him. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed back.

Meanwhile at Autobot City, the Autobots were relaxing.
“Man it’s been quiet around here without having to worry about the Decepticons.” Bluestreak said.
“Yep not a peep out of those creeps in months.” Prowl said
“Their probably still looking for all of their parts after we picked up Shortstop.” Cliffjumper said.
“I wouldn’t be so sure.” Wheeljack said.
“What makes you say that, Wheeljack?”
“Because I’m picking up a ship headed for Decepticon Headquarters.”
“Blaster, contact Optimus Prime.”
“Hey Prime, we picked up something on the scanners and it’s sportin’ a Decepticon banner.” Blaster reported.
Cliffjumper walked away shaking his head at Blaster’s rhyming scheme.
“What is it?” Optimus Prime asked as he walked into the room.
The Autobot war room was a big, bright with gold colored metal plating, with a big screen that the Autobots frequently looked at while looking for answers to the latest Decepticon attack. Teletran was the computers name that gave all the answers.
“A ship has just entered Earth’s atmosphere.” Wheeljack reported who was at the control panel monitoring any unusual activity.
“Where is it headed?
“Out to sea, right for Decepticon Headquarters” Wheeljack said.

The ship was about 10 meters in length and a little wider than a four lane highway. It was purple and black in color. It had three forward photon cannons and two aft cannons. It was very similar to the Nemesis, the Decepticon ship that crash landed on Earth when the Autobots and Decepticons landed there. The ship flew over the ocean and started circling an area. Then all of a sudden a purple colored tower rose out of the water and a door opened. The ship entered and the tower returned to the sea. The ship sat in the cargo bay of the underwater base. The cargo bay was old and musty. The Decepticons do not use this part of the ship that often. This is the first time they used the cargo bay since they returned from Charr. The bay was somewhat dark due to the fact that only 5 of the 12 lights were operational. Megatron, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and Soundwave gathered around the ship. The door to the ship opened. Six Decepticons stepped out, three on each side of the ship’s hatch. Then a seventh emerged. He stood about as tall as Megatron; his design was that of a seeker, similar to Skywarp and Thundercracker.  He had one optic functioning, the left eye had a scar running though it and had burned out.
“I am Weapon and these are the Lyacons.” He said as he pointed to the other six.

In the Autobot war room, Optimus Prime wanted answers.
“Where did that ship go?” Prime asked.

“It disappeared around the coordinates of where Decepticon Headquarters is located” Wheeljack replied.
“Wonderful. That’s just what we need, more Decepticons.” Spike said.
“These are just any ordinary Decepticons. It’s the Lyacons. I just had Teletran do a scan on the ship and it matches the configurations of the Lyacon ship.” Wheeljack said.
“Who are the Lyacons?”
“They’re a group of Decepticon assassins. They work separately and always complete their mission.”
“It doesn’t make sense, Optimus.” Ironhide said. “Why have they come to Earth?  I’ll bet you that they’re here for Shortstop.”
“You’re probably right. Blaster, contact Shortstop and have him report here at once.” Prime ordered.
“You got it, boss.”

Dustin and Sarah were still lying on the ground the next morning. Only this time the blanket was on top of them. Just then Dustin’s watch communicator broke the silence.
“Shortstop come in this is Blaster blastin’ at you from Autobot City. Please respond.”
Dustin reached over and grabbed the communicator.
“This is Shortstop, go ahead Blaster.”
“Shortstop, we need you to report to Autobot City on the double. The Decepticons are brewin’ up some trouble
“Alright we’re on our way. Shortstop out.”
Dustin and Sarah got up and got dressed. Dustin put on his Autobot exosuit. The exosuit was black in color. He looked like a miniature robot. The helmet was robotic looking, blue eyes, square face, the face itself was grey but the rest of the helmet was black. The top part that covered the head came down past his ears and stopped at mid-cheek, the arms looked muscular, the chest was square and flat, his stomach area looked like ripped abs. Sarah couldn’t tell if it were his abs or the suits. The legs were robotic as well. They both got into Dustin’s car, which was a black 2007 Ford GT, and drove to Autobot City. What they didn’t realize is that Laserbeak was watching them the entire night.

The Autobot and his girlfriend arrived at Autobot City. They both got out of the car and Dustin put on the helmet of his exosuit. Then jumped into the air and Transformed into the head of Shortstop. When he transformed his legs slid up to the side of his body, his arms folded back and his head slid inside of the body. The car also transformed but into transformed into the body. The front of the car were the arms, the legs slid out from underneath of the car, the rest of the car slid up and became the back of the Transformer, the rear tires came up to his hips. The two pieces connected and now Dustin was known as the mighty Autobot Headmaster, Shortstop.  Shortstop was unique from the other Headmasters. The other Headmasters had Nebulon counterparts, he was human, also he was the personality and controller of Shortstop, while the others had Autobot and Nebulon personalities and was controlled by both. Plus he didn’t have a mouth. He didn’t know what Nick was thinking when he designed it. When Shortstop spoke, his eyes lit up. Wheeljack was the only other Autobot that was similar to him. Wheeljack had no mouth either. When Wheeljack spoke, the two extensions on both sides of his head lit up. The only other time when his eyes light up is when he showed pure emotion. The two walked into Autobot City, then into the war room.
“So what’s the big problem here?” Shortstop asked.
“It appears that the Decepticons have called the Lyacons here to Earth.” Optimus replied.
“And they are who.”
“They are a group of Decepticon assassins, who always get the job done. There are seven of them. Their leader is known as Weapon. He is a seeker, similar design to Skywarp and Thundercracker but has a different transformation. He has one eye and apparently it’s the only eye he needs. He is a sniper and doesn’t miss.  Then there is Savage. He is an ex Predacon. He left the Predacons after he declared them to be ‘too wimpy.’ He is completely ruthless. His transformation is a black panther. Noxica is a female Decepticon.  She transforms into an X shaped jet. She wears a trench coat and has duel laser rifles. Cabal is another. He is very honorable. He doesn’t transform into a vehicle or animal, he is covered in body armor when he transforms. Neuros is the scientist of the Lyacons. He can build anything. He is constantly upgrading himself. In his vehicle mode, parts of his robot form are still visible. Kaboom is one who was on Earth in the 1920s. He transforms into a Schubert. He has a gangster accent. His weapon is a laser Tommy gun. Then there is Holocaust. He transforms into a rocket launcher. He is the most brutal of the seven and he decimates entire cities leaving no survivors. They work alone. When they are brought to face on being they take on their opponent one at a time. They never have lost.”
“Well if they are here for me they are in for a rude awakening.” Shortstop commented.
“One other thing, Shortstop.”  Prime added. “They’ll hit you where it hurts. They’ll find your weaknesses and use it against you. They’ll definitely use your relationship with Sarah against you.”
“Noted, But I’ll take ‘em down.”

Meanwhile at Decepticon Headquarters the Lyacons were making themselves at home and planning their attack.
“So tell me Megatron. What is so important that you had to call us down here and that the mighty Decepticon army couldn’t handle?” Weapon asked.
“Shortstop.” Megatron replied.
“Shortstop? You mean like the baseball position?”
“No you bent up piece of scrap metal. He’s a new Autobot Headmaster and has foiled our plans time and time again. And my troops are made up of incompetence.”
“Well the Lyacons can do it.  We’ll just see how good this Autobot is.”
Weapon lifted his left arm and a control panel opened.
“Kaboom report to the Control Room.”
“Yes, sir.” Kaboom replied.

Dustin and Sarah were talking in an empty room in Autobot City. Sarah was worried. Dustin had transformed back into his exosuit mode and had taken off his helmet.
“I’m worried that you’ll lose. You heard what Optimus Prime said about these Lyacons, they don’t lose. I’m afraid that you won’t comeback.” Sarah said as tears rolled down her face.
“You know I’ll comeback. I always do and you know I’ll always be there for you. Remember I told you I’d always be there for you and remember when the Sharkticons attacked I was there for you then.”
Sarah closed her eyes and remembered a time when a Sharkticon almost killed her but didn’t because Shortstop had tackled it and tore it apart.
“I will not lose and we will get married.”
Dustin put his arm around here and held her close. They rested their heads on one another. Just then the doors opened and Jazz poked his head around the corner.
“Hey, m’man we got some Decepticons messin’ around uptown wanna come?” Jazz asked.
“Sure just gimmie a minute.”
“Sure man.”
Jazz left and the doors closed. Dustin looked back at Sarah and kissed her on her forehead.
“Be back later gotta go to work. You know if you feel scared you can go to my sister’s place.”
Sarah nodded and fought back tears as her fiancé walked out the door.

The Decepticons were destroying buildings on the west side of Athens. They showed no mercy as they shot photon bursts at people, vaporizing them. They pushed over trees, and then tossed them into the Hocking River causing it to dam up and flood.
“Unidentified vehicles approaching.”  Skywarp reported.
“Autobots.” Cyclonus yelled.
The Decepticons stopped what they were doing to face their enemy. The Autobots transformed and readied themselves for battle.
“So who wants to be taken out first?” Shortstop asked sarcastically.
“Let’s start kickin’ pig iron.” Brawn said.
The Decepticons started firing and the Autobots ducked out of the way and returned fire. Shortstop snuck around and came up behind Cyclonus, He jumped on his back. Cyclonus just grabbed him and threw him to the ground. Cyclonus lifted his foot as if he was going to smash his face in but when he brought it down Shortstop grabbed it and threw him aside. Shortstop got up and jumped onto Cyclonus. They began to wrestle around. Skywarp and Thundercracker transformed into their jet mode and attacked the Autobots from the air. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe jumped onto the two jets and forced them to crash into a hill. Brawn, Gears and Windcharger teamed up on Thrust. The three Autobots tackled the Decepticon and started beating him in the face. Ramjet and Dirge tried to team up against Skyfire but was unsuccessful. Skyfire just grabbed the two Decepticons and smashed them together. A ship was hovering above the battle, its occupants were observing.
“So which Autobot is the one I’m puttin’ under, boss?” asked Kaboom.

“The one that is kickin’ the diodes out of Cyclonus.” Weapon replied.
Kaboom looked at the Autobot Headmaster.
“I’ll get that dirty rat. He killed my brother.”
“You don’t have a brother.”
“Oh yeah.”
Kaboom jumped out of the ship’s open hatch to join the battle below and to face off against Shortstop. He landed on the street about fifty yards away from Shortstop.
“So you’re the dirty rat I’ve come to take out. I’ll make you sleep with the fishes.” Kaboom said.
Shortstop threw Cyclonus aside and looked at the Lyacon with his arms crossed.
“I can’t sleep with the fishes. I’m already spoken for and besides I don’t have any protection on me.”
The Decepticon gangster just stood there. He pulled out an energon cigar and lit it. He puffed on the cigar a couple of times. Shortstop observed the gangster. He wore a metallic gangster style hat; he was a 1922 Schubert, grey in color with white pinstripes. The Autobots and Decepticons circled around the two warriors.
“I challenge you to a one on one battle.”
“I accept.”
“Good.”
Just then he pulled out his laser Tommy gun and fired. Shortstop dove out of the way to avoid being hit. The Autobot and Decepticon spectators also avoided being hit. Shortstop rolled around dodged photon bursts. Shortstop jumped into the air and fired his arm cannons, which is a triple exhaust pipe when he transforms into his car mode. Kaboom dodged the bursts.
“Were you trying to shoot the ground?”
Shortstop’s optics narrowed. He pulled out his duel pistols and fired. He shot off Kaboom’s hat and took a chunk out of his cigar. Kaboom’s eyes widened as he looked at his now shorter cigar while it was still in his mouth. He looked over at Shortstop who had his right arm fully extended pointing his gun at him, standing sideways and his left arm, from the elbow up was pointing to the sky. His eyes slightly glowing.
“Hmph.”

Meanwhile the fight was being watched from a distance. Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave and Scourge were watching.
“It looks like Shortstop may have met his match.” Scourge commented.
“Perhaps.” Megatron replied.
Then the four Decepticons looked up to see a news helicopter fly by and head for the fight.
“Stupid germs.” Scourge shouted as he lifted his weapon and fired.
The photon hit the rear rotor and sent the helicopter plummeting towards the ground.  Shortstop looked up, as did Kaboom.
“Protectobots grab that helicopter.” Shortstop ordered.

The Protectobots merged into Defensor. The giant Autobot saved the helicopter and its crew.  Shortstop turned back to Kaboom but to his surprise was gone. Just then he was hit in the back by a photon charge. Shortstop fell to the ground lifelessly. He just lay there on the ground, his eyes were dark. Everyone was stunned. The crew from the helicopter continued to film, people in Athens were watching the fight on TV. Kaboom walked over to Shortstop.
“You were good kid, real good.”
He turned his back to Shortstop to face the other Autobots. Shortstop’s eyes lit up. He jumped up to fire at Kaboom but was hit again in the side by a missile from Scourge. The Autobots protested.
“Scourge, you fool, you know damn well you can’t interfere with a one on one match. Decepticons retreat.” Megatron said.
The Decepticons jumped into the air and flew off.
“Ah drat.” Kaboom said as he boarded the shuttle.
“Alright Autobots, load Shortstop into Ratchet and take him back to HQ.” ordered Ironhide.

The Autobots returned to Autobot City.  Ratchet and Ironhide carried Shortstop into the Medical Bay. They laid him on the table, his wounds were still smoking and his eyes were still dark.  Sarah had come running into the room.  Brainstorm lifted her up and placed her on his shoulder.
“Is he?” Sarah asked
“No, but came close.” Ratchet replied.
“What happened?” Optimus Prime asked.
“Scourge interfered.” Prowl said.
“So it was a misfight?”
Prowl nodded.
“What is a misfight?” Sarah asked.
“It’s when there is no winner of a one on one battle.”
“Uhhh.” Shortstop moaned.
They all looked at the fallen Headmaster. His eyes lit up and he sat up.
“Did anyone catch the number on that neutron bomb?” he asked.
Shortstop was a bit disoriented. Ratchet walked over to him.
“Hold your transistors there. We gotta take a look at you.” The medic said.
“Naturally.”
“Man I’m glad I’m not you.” Sunstreaker said. “Cause your paint is all messed up with those burn marks.”
Shortstop’s optics narrowed.
“I need to get out of this suit.”
Shortstop’s head flew off and transformed into its exosuit form. Dustin took off his helmet and placed it on the car that had transformed when the head flew off. Sarah came over and hugged him.
“Man I should get knocked around more often.” Dustin said.
“When you get done here meet me in debriefing.” Prime said.
“Yes, sir.”
Prime and the other Autobots walked out of the room while Dustin held Sarah in his arms.

“Scourge, you fool!” Galvatron yelled.
“But mighty Galvatron.” Scourge attempted to say.

“Silence.” Galvatron shot back.
The Sweep commander went silent.
“We will fight again. It’s just a matter of time.” Megatron said.
“Yeah, it is a matter of time. We have all the time in the world.” Weapon said as he and his Lyacon followers walked into the room.
“I have a feeling that this will take all of us to beat him. He is unique. He is not like the other Autobots or other Headmasters. He only has one personality, unlike the other headmasters who have robot and Nebulon personalities. Shortstop is only controlled by the human.”
“Destroy the human, destroy the robot.” Galvatron said.
“Easier said than done.” Cyclonus remarked.
“We’ll hit him where it hurts.” Weapon said.

Shortstop walked into the war room. Optimus Prime and Ironhide were standing in there.
“What are the Decepticons up to now?” Shortstop asked.
“No good as usual.” Ironhide replied.
“As of right now they haven’t made a move.” Prime said.
“Hmmm. Well let’s go on the offensive for once.”  Shortstop suggested.
“I don’t think that would be wise. Not just yet anyway. Lets see what they are up to.”
Prime walked over to the console and pressed a button.
“Punch, report to the war room at once.”
Astroseconds later the Autobot spy walked in.
“Reporting as ordered, Optimus Prime.” Punch said.
“I need you to infiltrate Decepticon Headquarters.”
“You got it, Prime.”
Just then he transformed from Autobot to Decepticon, He was now referred to as Counterpunch and he left for Decepticon Headquarters.

Counterpunch arrived on the shoreline about 100 yards away from where the Decepticon base lay.
“Alright now we’ll give the Decepticons a taste in real treachery.”  He said as he dove into the water and swam to the underwater base. The ship was massive. It could carry 1200 Decepticons easy.  He came up to an escape hatch. He entered an access code and the hatch opened. He entered cautiously so no one would hear him and become suspicious. He walked down the corridor and into the Decepticon Control Room.
“Counterpunch I haven’t seen you in a while.” A voice said behind him.
He turned around to see who it was. It was the red Decepticon jet known as Thrust.
“I like to keep a low profile.” Counterpunch replied.
“We’re planning another attack against the Autobots so Kaboom can have another crack at Shortstop.” Thrust informed him.
“Shortstop doesn’t stand a chance. If that incompetent Scourge hadn’t interfered Kaboom would have won.” Counterpunch said.
“You have something to say?” A voice said behind him.
Counterpunch turned around to see Scourge and the Sweeps behind him.

“Yeah you’re incompetent and Kaboom should have won.” Counterpunch implied.
Megatron, Galvatron and the other Decepticons turned to see Scourge draw his weapon. Counterpunch quickly disarmed Scourge, picked up the blue Decepticon and hurled him into the Sweeps. The two leaders were impressed by his actions.
“Impressive Counterpunch.” Megatron said. “Now back to the plan. We’ll attack Athens again, and then have Kaboom take on Shortstop and more than likely Kaboom will win. Once Shortstop is defeated we’ll be able to take on the rest of the Autobots.”
“Nice plan. Very original.” Counterpunch thought to himself.
Now that the plan was in the minds of the Decepticons, Counterpunch quickly snuck off back to Autobot City.

Counterpunch arrived back to Autobot City to inform the Autobots of the Decepticons plans. He transformed back into Punch and walked into the war room.
Optimus Prime, Shortstop, Ironhide and Wheeljack were all in there looking at the monitor, waiting for something to happen.
“Optimus Prime, the Decepticons are just going to attack Athens in hopes of luring Shortstop out there to take on Kaboom.” Punch reported.
“Good work, Punch.” Prime said.
“They aren’t going to do anything special like fight Kaboom or else?” Shortstop asked.
“Not that I’m aware.”
“Ok, seems simple enough. It looks to me that the Decepticons are running out of ideas for their attacks.”
“They don’t have to come up with anything special for this if they only want you to fight Kaboom.” Prime said.
Just then the alarm sounded. The other Autobots gathered in the war room.
“Autobots, the Decepticons are attacking and they want Shortstop to fight Kaboom. By whatever means necessary do not intervene with the fight.”
The Autobots nodded in acknowledgment.
“Autobots transform and roll out.” Their leader ordered as they all transformed into their vehicle mode and left to fight the Decepticons once again.

The Decepticons were down on the east end of Athens stomping through houses, restaurants; even the Athens City Recreational Center was destroyed. They all stopped what they were doing when they heard a loud roaring sound.
“Autobots transform and attack.” Optimus Prime ordered.

The Autobots transformed and attacked the Decepticons. Jazz ran up and punched Skywarp across the face. He grabbed Jazz and threw him. Jazz transformed into his Porsche mode spun around and headed back towards Skywarp, right before it looked like he was going to run him over, Jazz transformed back into his robot mode and tackled Skywarp. Wheeljack ran up to Thundercracker and picked him up by his wings and hurled him into the air. Soundwave was shooting at mirage. Mirage disappeared and Soundwave lowered his weapon and looked around. Just then he was hit in the back by an invisible force. Mirage reappeared and laughed at him. Optimus Prime battled Megatron and Shortstop took on Galvatron. The two Decepticon leaders lunged at the two Autobots, but the Prime and Shortstop jumped into the air and avoided the two attackers. Ultra Magnus came barging into the scene with Kup and Springer in tow. The three Autobots transformed.
“It looks like we’re a little late for the party.” Springer said.
“Well let’s join the fun.” Kup said.
While Prime was fighting Megatron, Prime’s comm unit beeped. Prime threw Megatron aside and answered the call.
“What is it?”
“Prime its Sarah I couldn’t reach Dustin on his comm link. Is he ok?”
“Affirmative, he’s taking on Galvatron at the moment
As Prime was talking into his comm link Megatron got up and aimed his arm cannon at Prime’s back. All of a sudden Shortstop tackled Megatron. Shortstop clung to Megaton’s back while he desperately attempted to get him off. Finally Shortstop was able to get a hold of Megatron’s weapon, pulled it off of his arm and he took off running with it. Megatron took off after him. Optimus shut down his comm link and turned around to see that his Autobots were winning the battle.  Shortstop came up next to Prime, still holding Megatron’s weapon.
“That was Sarah. She was worried.”
“Oh well then at least she cares.”
Megatron came running at Shortstop, who swung Megatron’s weapon like a bat, at Megatron connecting with his face and knocking him over. Just then Shortstop was rocked by a photon charge that had hit him in the back. Prime swung around to see that Kaboom had entered the battle.
“Let’s get this over with.” Kaboom said.
“Fine by me.” Shortstop replied.
The Autobots and Decepticons gathered around the two warriors to watch the battle. Shortstop bent down and picked up a rock. He tossed it up and down a couple of times.
“What are you going to do, beat me with a rock?” Kaboom mockingly asked.
Shortstop continued to toss it up and down. Then he filled the rock with explosive energy and threw it at Kaboom. It hit Kaboom in the chest and knocked him over.  Kaboom shot back up and started firing at Shortstop with his Tommy gun. Shortstop dove around and returned fire with his duel pistols. Just then Shortstop charged at Kaboom, who continued to fire, he cocked back his fist and punched Kaboom in the face. Kaboom fell back and Shortstop took advantage. He jumped on the fallen Decepticon and continued to let him have “it.”  His eyes were glowing slightly. Finally Kaboom was able to get a hit on him and it knocked him back. Kaboom pulled out a pistol and fired. Shortstop reached behind him and pulled out his spoiler, which was also a boomerang and threw it at him. Not only did it disarm the Lyacon, it took his head off. The body of the Lyacon fell to the ground. Everyone was shocked. The boomerang came back, Shortstop caught it and replaced on his back.
“Decepticons retreat!” ordered Megaton.
The Decepticons jumped in the air and returned to their underwater base. The Autobots gathered around the victorious Headmaster.

The Autobots returned to base. Shortstop pulled in and his fiancé was there to greet him. Dustin got out of his car and kissed her.
“I told you I’d be back.  I love you and you always come back for the ones you love.” Dustin said.
“Mushy, but true.” Brawn said who was standing nearby and observing Dustin and Sarah. Windcharger and Bluestreak nodded.

In Decepticon Headquarters, Megaton was infuriated.
“How did he beat a Lyacon?” he demanded.
“He’s good real good.” Rumble said.
Megaton glared at him. Rumble raised his hands to his head and backed off.
“I had a feeling this was going to happen, and I figure that it will take all of us.” Weapon said calmly.
“Mark my words, I will defeat him.” Megaton said.
“Get some new material champ.” A voice said behind him.
Megaton turned around to find the ghost of Starscream standing there.
“Starscream what are you doing here?” Megaton demanded.
“I was in the neighborhood and I just wanted to see how my old pals were doing.”
“No matter how hard you try you won’t be able to enter our bodies and take control.” Megaton said.
“Oh I don’t want your pathetic bodies I’m just here observing the situation here. I’m neutral now I’m not on anyone’s side. I’m just watching the fun of you two destroy each other and of course to get on your circuits.”
“We’ll see about that.” Megaton said as he fired his arm cannon at the ghost.
The blast went right through Starscream and blew a hole in the wall. Water came rushing in. All of the Decepticons evacuated the room.
“STARSCREAM!” Megaton yelled as he was in over his head with water.
Starscream laughed at him.