TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED HEROES

Total Meltdown

It was close to evening in the city of Detroit, when most of the Autobots were watching some TV, and saw a commercial that was showing a car getting gas. Bulkhead: "That looks like it hurts." said the large Autobot, before the channel changed to show two cars colliding with each other. Prowl: "Not as much as that I'll bet." said Prowl, before he changes the channel, and then began to watch a show that was a wrestling show, being hosted by a man named Prometheus Black (voiced by Peter Stormare), who begins to make an announcement. Prometheus Black: "Have you ever dreamed to be bigger, better looking, faster and even stronger?, well I can make that dream come true with my biochemical makeover." Optimus Prime: "Hmm... human upgrades huh?" Sari: "I guess..." Prometheus Black: "I'm gonna give you a demonstration on how my biochemical makeover will be the future, though this match will be a battle between man and machine, and here is the fighter that represents machines... I give you... Bumblebee of the Autobots!" called out Prometheus Black, as Bumblebee came to the ring, while Bulkhead spits out some oil from his drink. Bulkhead: "WHAT?!" Prowl: "I was wondering where he went..." Sari: "Hey... isn't that Daniel behind the ring?" asked Sari, before the others see that Daniel was indeed behind the wresting ring, much to their surprise. Ratchet: "What are those two thinking that they can get into something that involves bots or people getting beat up for entertainment?" Bulkhead: "I feel sorry for whoever is gonna fight Bumblebee..." Prometheus Black: "And he is the man who represents the human race... Cyrus Colossus Rhodes!" called out Prometheus Black, as an old man with special pistons on his back, known as Cyrus Colossus Rhodes (voiced by Corey Burton) came to the scene. Bulkhead: "That's a human?" Prowl: "Must be a rare older model." said Prowl, before Prometheus begins the match, and that was when the pistons on Rhodes' back stimulates special steroids into his body, causing the man to transform into a large muscular man, which shocked everyone, including Bumblebee and Daniel. Bulkhead: "What the?!" Prowl: "This must be the upgrade he was talking about..." As Bumblebee takes a beating, Prometheus Black converses with Captain Fanzone in the luxury box. Turns out that Prometheus Black believes that this display should prove that he, not Professor Isaac Sumdac, deserves the Detroit Police Department's security materials contract, offering bio-enhanced officers over robotic drones. Then Bumblebee starts using his speed and stingers to get the better of his overgrown opponent. Daniel: "Come on Bumblebee!, show him what you're made of!" called out Daniel, as Bumblebee continues to battle the monster human, Enraged by the attacks, Colossus Rhodes stimulates the steroids further, growing even bigger, then scoops up Bumblebee and chucks him out through the arena wall. Captain Fanzone: "I don't like the look of that overgrown brute..." Prometheus Black: "Oh don't be so worried, I can assure you that my biochemical makeover is safe and controllable." said Prometheus, before Colossus Rhodes jumps out of the ring and into the hole in the wall. Captain Fanzone: "Uh... you were saying?" said Captain Fanzone, knowing now that things were about to get ugly. Back with the Autobots, they know now that Bumblebee needs help. Optimus Prime: "We better get going, while Bumblebee is still in one piece!" Bulkhead: "Hold on little buddy!" called out Bulkhead, as he and the other Autobots transformed and head out to rescue their teammate. Meanwhile, Bumblebee was at the parking lot, badly damaged and fluids were leaking out of him. It wasn't long before Colossus Rhodes walks up towards the Autobot, ready to crush him with his own bare hands. Colossus: "Stand up and fight!, what are you, yellow?!" Bumblebee: "Well, duh, what color do you think I am?" asked Bumblebee, before Colossus Rhodes lifted his fists, ready to pound the Autobot. But then Daniel ran up in front of Rhodes, spreading his arms out. Daniel: "Stop!, you won the match!, you don't need to harm him any further!" Colossus Rhodes: "He's a machine!, and all machines must be smashed!, along with anyone who sides with them... like you!" shouted Colossus Rhodes, ready to attack both Bumblebee and Daniel, before Captain Fanzone and Prometheus Black came to the scene. Captain Fanzone: "Call off your overgrown gorilla!, he's gonna crush my nephew!" Prometheus Black: "Well it's not like he has an off switch!" Colossus Rhodes: "Now be smashed, brat!" Bumblebee: "No stop!, don't hurt him!, your fight's with me!" Colossus Rhodes: "Don't worry, I will break you with him!" shouted Colossus Rhodes, before the other Autobots came to the scene and attacked the monster human, keeping him away from Daniel and Bumblebee just in the nick of time. Sari: "Are you guys okay?" Daniel: "I'm fine, but Bumblebee has taken a real beating... I better fix him." said Daniel, as he used his key to repair the yellow Autobot, who was now ready to get back in action and helps his team to fight Colossus Rhodes. It wasn't long before Prowl used his Cyber ninja throwing star on one of the pistons of the monster human's back, which shorted out the circuits in the piston, forcing Colossus Rhodes to change back. Optimus Prime: "I think we learned something from this... never try to enter a wresting match just to get into the spotlight... right Bumblebee?" asked Optimus, looking at the now nervous yellow Autobot. Bumblebee: "Yes sir..." meanwhile, across the parking lot, Captain Fanzone was not happy. Captain Fanzone: "That's it!, I'm denying the police contract, I would rather take my chances with Sumdac's robots over those overgrown gorillas of yours any day!" Prometheus: "You can't do this, I'll be ruined!" Captain Fanzone: "Not my problem, Mr Black." said Captain Fanzone as he leaves the scene. As Prometheus Black fumes, he discovers a piece of Bumblebee, covered in the Autobot's internal fluids, at his feet, and takes it back to his lab for research. At the lab, Prometheus Black combines Bumblebee's fluid sample with his own special steroids, creating an incredibly powerful acid. However, Professor Sumdac came into the lab, and he was mad. Professor Sumdac: "Prometheus!, we need to talk!" Prometheus Black: "Well look who decided to show up, what brings you here?" Professor Sumdac: "I came to file a complaint to you, for your employee, Colossus Rhodes almost harmed my grandson just because he was a friend with the Autobots!" Prometheus Black: "I'll admit that the match got a little out of hand, but don't blame my research for that, anyway, what do you say we forget about it and let me have some time and money to allow me to continue my research?" Professor Sumdac: "Not a chance, after the bad publicity from that match, even the prisons won't give you test subjects anymore, and the investors are cutting off your funding." Prometheus Black: "You can't do that!" Professor Sumdac: "I'm sorry Prometheus, but I have no other choice." said the professor as he leaves the lab. Prometheus was so furious, that he knocks over the containers of his experimental fluid, swearing he'll take matters into his own hands if he must. Suddenly, the acid starts melting through a good portion of his lab, with the fumes setting off alarms. Prometheus Black stumbles through the fumes, half-blinded, and begins mutating, his flesh developing a greenish, flowing patina. He then emerges from his lab, swearing vengeance, his hand melting a portion of the door jamb where he gripped it. By the next morning, Professor Sumdac unveils the newest model of the Sumdac Systems Police Drone to a rather bored audience of local dignitaries, promising, among other things, that its new recognition software will prevent a recurrence of 'that unfortunate incident with the captain's wife'. The drone malfunctions badly and explodes, and an angry Fanzone demands the apologetic Sumdac contact them after the bugs are fixed. Daniel then discovers a portion of the drone covered in a greenish residue and takes it to Ratchet, who confirms that it indicates sabotage. Ratchet: "Yes... this is indeed sabotage... but I never seen such strong acid like this... and by what the tests are showing me, it could even melt through Autobot alloy." Daniel: "That can't be good... right?" Bumblebee: "Well if whoever sabotaged the drone has acid that can melt our alloy... then there's no way it could be good news." Sari: "No kidding..." Daniel: "Oh no... I think my grandpa could be in trouble, we gotta warn him, fast!" Optimus Prime: "Right, Autobots... transform and roll out!" said Optimus Prime, before he and the others went to vehicle mode and drove off. Meanwhile, in Sumdac Tower, Prometheus Black, now fully mutated, wearing an acid proof suit and calling himself Meltdown, has already arrived there. He melts his way past the robot secretary, with the resulting smoke setting off an alarm, and starts on his way up. Professor Sumdac: "What is going on?" asked the professor to himself as he hears the alarms, before Daniel contacts him within Bumblebee. Daniel: "Grandpa, the incident with the drone this morning was no accident, it was sabotage!" Professor Sumdac: "Sabotage?, but who would want to..." before he could finish his sentence, he then gets his answer as Meltdown dissolves the door. Meltdown: "Issac Sumdac... we need to talk..." Professor Sumdac: "Prometheus Black?!, is that you?!" Meltdown: "Well... yes and no, I was Prometheus Black... but now... you can call me... Meltdown." Outside, Daniel warns Bumblebee a bit too late to keep him from running into a force field, the result of the tower's auto-defense mode. Ratchet's magnetics open a hole in the field, but Colossus Rhodes shows up to keep the Autobots occupied. His old weak spot's been reinforced now, so Prowl's previous strategy won't work. Optimus Prime: "Prowl, you and Bumblebee go into the tower with Sari and Daniel to save the professor, the rest of us will keep this brute busy!" Prowl: "Got it!" However, when Bumblebee and Daniel went into the hole of the force field, Colossus Rhodes knocks Bulkhead into the force field hole, plugging it before Prowl and Sari could get through, meaning that Bumblebee and Daniel were on their own. In the tower, Bumblebee finds the elevator cables melted, so he wheels his way up the shaft while Daniel try to deactivate the force field from the front desk with his key. meanwhile, in the office, Meltdown was coming closer to the man he hates. Professor Sumdac: "Prometheus, why are you doing this? Meltdown: "Because you're a fraud!, I am smarter, better-looking, and more educated than you, and yet, everything you touch turns to gold!, while everything I touch...[grabbing a statue, which melts away, and throws it out through a window] just...look at me, I'm a freak!, but I refuse to be beaten by some simpering nerd who merely got lucky!... now... are you ready to feel the burn?" said Meltdown, getting ready to melt the now scared professor, before Bumblebee shows up and knocks Meltdown aside. Bumblebee: "Hey Professor, you okay?" Professor Sumdac: "He wanted to melt me!" Bumblebee: "Don't worry, that won't happen on my watch!, now let's burn rubber!" said Bumblebee, as he drives away from the office, and the angry melted villain. Downstairs, Daniel finds the force field controls, but his first attempt to deactivate it only makes it stronger, before Daniel finally finds the right data port for his AllSpark key and shuts down the force field, freeing Bulkhead at last. Bumblebee and the professor arrive in the lobby just ahead of Meltdown, who has taken a shortcut by melting his way down. Bulkhead arrives and grabs him up, but finds a handful of acid is VERY painful. Still, the Autobot refuses to let go. Outside, Colossus Rhodes smacks Optimus Prime into a nearby church bell, then seizes up when it rings. Prowl: "The bell... hit it again!" Optimus Prime: "Got it!" called out Prime, as he plays Quasimodo. Sari: "Look at that..." Ratchet: "The frequency must be disrupting that brute's techno-organic circuits." said Ratchet, as he brings the bell down on top of Colossus Rhodes, thoroughly disrupting the bruiser's techno-organic circuits and bringing him back to normal. Back in the Sumdac tower lobby, Meltdown works a hand free and prepares to blast Bulkhead in the face, but Bumblebee takes the shot. Daniel: "Bumblebee!, no!" As both Autobots collapse, Meltdown approaches Professor Sumdac yet again, but Optimus runs up and clocks Meltdown with the church bell, but It doesn't prove effective. Meltdown: "Fools!, nothing can hold me!" shouted Meltdown, ready to melt everything in his path. Daniel: "What can we do to stop that freak?!" Optimus Prime: "How about the same thing that stopped us..." Daniel: "The force field!" said Daniel, as he reactivates it, Ratchet plugs himself into the console to project the field, and Meltdown finds himself contained. Meltdown: "What's going on?!, why can't I melt this?!" Ratchet: "You can't melt what you can't touch." said Ratchet, before the police came to the scene. Captain Fanzone: "Looks like Prometheus Black has got himself a new makeover... the evil kind that is..." Professor Sumdac: "And he attempted to melt me!" Daniel: "What?!, that's insane!" Captain Fanzone: "Well don't worry you two, he won't do any harm where he's going... in jail." Ratchet: "Just make sure the cell will be acid proof, as the acid he has can melt through anything he touches." Captain Fanzone: "Gotcha." said Captain Fanzone, before he and the police take Meltdown away, while Daniel use his key to fix up Bulkhead and Bumblebee, who were now fully functional again. Bulkhead: "Hey little buddy, that was really brave of ya to take that hit for me earlier... thanks." Bumblebee: "Well I couldn't let him take out my best friend, could I?" Bulkhead: "No way, you surly wouldn't." Ratchet: "You might small, but you have a big spark." Sari: "That's for sure." Bumblebee: "Thanks." Prowl: "Just try not to do something crazy in order to get in the spotlight." Bumblebee: "No promises on that." that was when Sari went to see Daniel, who was looking concern about something. Sari: "You alright?" Daniel: "It's just... I hope we seen the last of that Meltdown character..." Sari: "Don't worry, Captain Fanzone will make sure that creep won't harm anyone again." Daniel: "I hope you're right... for my family's sakes, more than mine..." said Daniel with concern in his voice.