THE FAST AND FURIOUS, PART 2
(At a Velocitron inn, Team Orion is sitting around after the race from last issue)
Heavypunch: You had a tough day, kid.
Turborun: Yeah....
Heavypunch: Anythin' botherin' ya? You seem upset.
Turborun: I'm fine.
Heavypunch: No you're not! There's somethin' wrong with ya. Do ya wanna talk about it?
Turborun: ...No.
Optimus Minor: Better get warmed up for tomorrow, Turborun.
Turborun: Yeah, sure.
Armorfist: Yo? [Just to let you know, in the actual comic I made, Armorfist continiously says "yo" throughout every issue he's been in. I've excluded them all up until this point because I found it stupid and pointless]
Optimus Minor: Er, you're out of the game, Armorfist.
Armorfist: Oh.
Turborun: I'll go get ready. (He walks away sulking) I failed them... it should've been me.
(Time for a FLASHBACK! We cut back to where we left off last flashback, with Turborun and his siblings facing off against Bruticus)
Hardrun: Commander, we need assistance now!
Squad Leader: I'll contact Metalhawk's team and see if-- (He cuts himself off, seeing something off-panel as he puts his battle mask up) Hang on. I'll catch you la-- (Whatever it is he saw then blows him to pieces)
(Back in the present, we see a news report from the Velocitron News Network)
Online: Good morning, everyone! I am your host, Online, giving you things you need to know! Recently, security officers in spaceport Delta-1237 were found dead. Autobot officer Spiral has reported that a team of six Decepticons are responsible. Does this mean, despite Megatron's death, the Decepticons are still at large? We'll have the latest, next.
(Watching the broadcast are Master Disaster's crew, hanging out in a warehouse with a mysterious sixth figure)
Speed Demon (just walking in): Man, I can't believe we lost that race!
Inch-Up: They're saying the 'Cons are back.
Speed Demon: How's that possible? They've been hidin' for three years! Why'd they come back now?
???: I wouldn't put it past them.
Speed Demon: Yeah?
???: Decepticons always plot even without their "glorious" leader.
Speed Demon: And how would you know?
???: Remember... I was once one of them.
Speed Demon: Oh yeah. Than you randomly popped up and hired us. [Thank you for that little dose of exposition] Well, you hired us... for what? Just to lose a buncha lame races?
???: No... (He shows them a hologram)
Master Disaster: What is that?
???: It is the Planet Key of Velocitron and it is hidden here on this world.
Master Disaster: And how do you suppose we can find it?
???: You'll find a way. Now go. [Yeah, I'm sure they'll get a lot accomplished]
(Meanwhile, Gasket and Crumplezone are speeding through town blowing stuff up with their new weapons. They use them to break into Velocitron Security Central, blasting away all (okay, just one) of the guards)
Crumplezone: 'Kay, boss, we're here. What do we do now?
Megastorm: Find anything related to Velocitronian culture, such as your races. [Wouldn't they already know that kind of stuff, seeing as they are native to Velocitron?]
Crumplezone (while Gasket hacks a console): Isn't this cheating?
Gasket: Yes... and fun!
(Later, at the race track...)
Online: Everyone, we bring you race two of the World Cup! Since Armorfist and Vroom got beaten in race one [Through illegal methods, need I remind you!], they won't be competing. So here are their two replacements: Fastfix of Team Orion and Windbreaker of Cybertron! [I don't watch racing, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't work that way]
Online (cont.): On your mark. Get set. GO!
(And since racing is boring, we have ANOTHER FLASHBACK! In the past, Turborun and his siblings are driving away from Bruticus)
Bruticus: You can not escape Bruticus! BRUTICUS SHALL DESTROY AUTOBOTS!
Turborun: We can't outrun him! It's impossible!
(We then get interrupted in the present by Master Disaster talking to a shell-shocked Turborun)
Master Disaster: You can't outrun me this time, twerp! Because I've got something up my sleeve... [Robots don't have sleeves]
(Back in the past, Hardrun gets killed by Bruticus, which as it turns out is what's made Turborun so emo. Anyways, back to the race...)
Excellion: I'm going to win this race! Excellion, leader of Velocitron... I can just see it now.
(Then, all of a sudden, Master Disaster and his gang... COMBINE! They merge to form DISASTERON! Of course, being a gestalt, this brings Turborun bad memories, but not time for that! The rest of the Autobots come in to fight Disasteron... only for Turborun to have A THIRD FLASHBACK! Come on, we get it already! His brother died and he blames himself for that! What more can you show us?)
Sentinel Zeta Prime (to Turborun and Quickrun): I sympathize for your brother's death. But in war, there can be few survivors. Just live with the fact your brother's sacrifice shall not be in vain. [Yeah, that's sure to get his spirits up]
(Finally back in the present, Turborun joins in the fight! Gasket and Crumplezone witness the battle from afar just as they get back to Megastorm)
Megastorm: Well?!
Gasket: There's a battle goin' on over there!
Megastorm: It's none of our--
Gasket: They look like Autobots.
Megastorm: Autobots...? Decepticons, ATTACK!
(So yeah, the Decepticons join in the fight and face off against Team Orion as well as Disasteron. When Gasket and Crumplezone inadvertently distract him, the other racers are able to bring the gestalt down. The Decepticons then retreat for no reason whatsoever -- they didn't even have a reason to fight in the first place -- and the Autobots rejoin at the inn)
Heavypunch: So, kid... you wanna talk now?
Turborun: Sure. [Why now?] Long ago, during Sentinel Zeta Prime's reign, my siblings and I came face to face with the Combaticons, and... Bruticus killed my brother. I won't let his sacrifice be in vain.
[Okay, for real tho, this was in no way shape or form character development. It's not like he was facing Bruticus again in the present, or like Disasteron killed one of his friends like Bruticus had his brother... so what was the point of all of this?]
(Anyway, we cut to some unspecified location, where Nova Prime and Necros Prime are walking around, the latter using his powers to create zombies or something)
Nova Prime: What's the point of bringing back dead people? I mean, it's really freaky.
Necros: Nova, Nova, don't you see? It's all part of the plan. [What plan?] Rise... my children! (Said children are a bunch of Halloween-themed bots. Oh boy...)
[No, but seriously, what plan?]
To be continued...
FEATURED CHARACTERS
Autobots: Armorfist, Fastfix, Hardrun, Heavypunch, Optimus Minor, Quickrun, Sentinel Zeta Prime, Spiral, Turborun, Windbreaker
Decepticons: Bladespin, Bruticus, Crumplezone, Firestorm, Gasket, Icestorm, Irontread, Megastorm, Skywatch
Velocitronians: Disasteron, Excellon, Inch-Up, Long Nose, Master Disaster, Online, Razorblade, Speed Demon
Others: Necros Prime, Nova Prime
Others: Necros Prime, Nova Prime
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