MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: A Michael Bay Transformers Fan Fiction

Chapter 1: Warlogue

The story begins a couple of months after the attack on Stonehenge (The Last Knight). There's a very calm and soothing atmosphere to the far reaches of the galaxy itself millions of stars deep within space. There's a planet that's slowly approaching. It grows bigger, bigger, and bigger. The planet is revealed to be Cybertron, and it is soon revealed to be in the pov of Megatron, flying with a jetpack back to Cybertron with only one arm left, screaming at the planet, "Optimus Prime, I am coming!"

On Cybertron, it's littered with battles going on between the Autobots and Decepticons. Optimus Prime is at an Autobot command station, delivering reports to fellow soldiers, such as Bumblebee and Silverbolt. Prowl runs into the station, "Sir, many in my group have been taking casualties due to a heavy-duty ion cannon, six clicks away from us". Optimus Prime looks at Silverbolt, "Do you think your men can take it?" Silverbolt speaks, "I don't know Optimus. With the Energon shortage and everything, the Arielbots are pretty roughed up currently". Then a huge blast from another closer ion cannon hits next to the command station. Optimus looks up from the command station and is horrified to see all the mangled bodies and soldiers who are still alive after the blast from the cannon. Optimus Prime looks to see if everyone else in the station is fine, and in which states all start getting up. Optimus Prime looks over to Silverbolt who just looks back and replies, "Give us a couple of minutes and we'll be ready soon", he coughs up some oil in his hand. Someone yells for a medic. Optimus Prime looks distraught when a soldier who is not injured calls for him. The Soldier speaks, "Alpha Trion needs to see you now, sir."

A few minutes before the command explodes. An upset Decepticon protoform walks down a hall with a blaring siren, while a bunch of foot soldiers run past him. Then he runs into his friend who is a vehicon, who nudges him, "Rotorbolt, why, so glum you lousy rustbucket you?". Rotorbolt looks at, "Overdrive, thinking of leaving the Decepticons". Overdrive takes him into a nearby room with nobody in it, cuffing his mouth. Overdrive speaks, "Are you crazy? You can't say that kind of stuff here." Rotorbolt speaks, "Yeah, I know, but I think I might go neutral. Probably even work at that bar in the High Council Pavilions of Iacon, what's it called...." Overdrive speaks, "Maccadam's". Rotorbolt speaks, "Yeah that's the one!"  Overdrive speaks, "I don't know Rotorbolt this all sounds like a bit much all at once, I'm not even sure you've thought this through." Rotorbolt speaks, "Overdrive we're fighting a war full of death we've lost so many fellow soldiers. And too many on both sides of the Autobots and Decepticons take it way too seriously or they just see it as blind firing at a purely bad enemy that is just our brother and sisters. This has almost fully converted our friend Skywarp. Trust me I'm no Autobot. But I'm also no longer a Decepticon". Skywarp then runs in and speaks, "Guys have been looking everywhere, we were informed to attend a highly top-secret Decepticon technology training session". Rotorbolt starts to speak but then Overdrive cuts him off, "Look I know you're uncomfortable with this but lets at least go check out our assignment as our last hurrah as a trio if you want to leave. And if there's anything that remotely bothers you..." Rotorbolt speaks, "Fine, let's go." Overdrive says, "I mean we don't have that much experience as soldiers. What kind of technology are they going to have us use?"

They arrive at an ion cannon. A technician takes them to the control panel of the ion cannon and orders them to use the cannon. The technician leaves. Rotorbolt looks at the control panel and speaks, "Look, I can't do this okay". Skywarp walks up, messes with the control panel, and speaks, "What do you mean? It's very easy you just point-and-shoot but with control sticks. See now you give it a try, waste some sorry Autobot scum. Alright now you go Rotorbolt." Overdrive looks at Rotorbolt who is very nervous. Overdrive says, "I want to try, why don't I go." Skywarp speaks, "Sorry bud but the cannon needs Rotorbolt for it to work, the technician informed us that this specific type of cannon is designed for training Decepticons hence why they wanted to test it on us." Overdrive speaks, "Fun." Rotorbolt very slowly walks up to the control panel and is about to touch control sticks when suddenly a giant fist punches through the cannon and crushes Rotorbolts body leaving him just barely alive and the ion cannon shuts down. The giant fist pulls out from the tower and Skywarp runs over to Rotorbolts and holds him. The owner of the giant fist is revealed to be Superiorion walking away. Superiorion dissipates into the aerialbots and Silverbolt speaks into a headset, "All Ion Cannons Taken Out, Repeat All Ion Cannons Taken Out." Silverbolt and the rest of the aerialbots fly away. Skywarp yells, "You're going to be okay don't worry we will get you fixed up right Overdrive". Overdrive just stares in shock at Rotorbolts. Skywarp gets upset, Overdrive isn't saying anything. Skywarp takes Rotorbolts and blasts off with him. Overdrive then transforms into a Cybertronian car to chase after them.