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Chapter 655: Face-to-Face Meeting
🕑 Added 2023-09-28 05:07:32 +0000 UTCTransformers Begin : Table of Content/Chapter List
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A familiar drone entered the territory of Solia, still about four to five hundred kilometers from the temporary base of the Autobots.
The advanced Anti-air Warning System that Jack had just developed and set up at the temporary base sounded a piercing alarm.
Optimus Prime, accompanied by a team of Autobots and carrying equipment weighing several tons, was setting up on the outskirts of the temporary base. The moment the alarm sounded, he looked up at the sky.
Placing the equipment on the sandy ground beside him, he touched his ear and asked over the base's recently established communication channel, "The Anti-air alarm has gone off, what's happening?"
Checkers, an Autobot in charge of base security, quickly responded.
"Leader, a drone has appeared from the direction of Ethiopia, entering Solian territory... According to its flight path, it will pass over our temporary base in about twenty-one minutes..."
"Drone!"
Optimus Prime instantly thought of a particular Decepticon. He remembered the video Frenzy had sent him half a month ago, showing his confrontation with Lord Fallen. After a brief hesitation, he said to the Autobots beside him, "Continue with your tasks, I need to return to the command center."
"We've got this, Leader!"
This young Autobot Leader has always been very approachable. During the recent expansion of the temporary base, he worked tirelessly every day alongside other Autobot civilians, earning much goodwill.
Nodding, Optimus Prime, with thoughts filled about Frenzy, quickly returned to the command center. A group of senior commanders who were still at the temporary base quickly gathered around.
"Leader, that drone is now only a little over three hundred kilometers from us. It looks like the Global Hawk from the United States. Should we shoot it down?"
Jack's arrival had brought transformative changes to this Earth-based temporary Autobot base.
Although most Cybertronians, due to their unique body structures, can modify and upgrade ordinary equipment into more advanced devices, products not professionally modified are inferior in many ways to those crafted by experts.
Not to mention someone of Jack's caliber, a leading scientist. With some simple mineral refinement, he could quickly turn them into devices that are decades ahead of Earth's current technology.
The one who recognized the drone and inquired about shooting it down was Drift. The drone looked strikingly like the U.S. Military's Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.
Drift had arrived on Earth just over two months ago, along with another triple-changer warrior, Sandstorm.
Drift held no affection for Americans. All he felt was hatred and disgust.
It wasn't entirely his fault. Not long after Drift arrived on Earth, the Americans pressured the Autobots to hand over Sam, hoping to negotiate peace with the invading Decepticons. This resulted in a complete breakdown in collaboration between the Autobots and them. Soon after, in Jordan, the Autobots suffered betrayal from the U.S. Military. Many Autobots, rather than perishing at the hands of Lord Fallen or other Decepticons, died from U.S. bombing raids. Their corpses were later shipped back to the United States for dissection and research.
Among those Autobots, the last three to be rescued were Drift, Sideswipe, and Claudia.
By the time Optimus Prime and a rescue team of Autobots located the laboratory of the Loma Corporation where they were being studied, the unfortunate trio had already been dissected into pieces and were undergoing tests and analysis by human technicians.
This was the reason Ironhide, in his rage, blew up the Skunk Factory.
This irritable Autobot commander was enraged that his girlfriend, Claudia, had been dissected and researched by Americans.
Unsurprisingly, the sentiments of the involved, Drift and Sideswipe, were clear.
Not long ago, Sideswipe, without prior notice, took a quick trip to Egypt and Kenya. In his fury, he mercilessly destroyed three U.S. Military bases. Although only over a thousand U.S. Military personnel were killed or injured, three military bases that the Americans had been operating in Africa for many years were rendered unusable.
Upon his return, Sideswipe was immediately punished by Leader Optimus Prime and confined in a lockdown for three days. However, he felt a sense of vindication.
Unfortunately, Drift wasn't as lucky. Among the Autobots, there were few who excelled in aerial combat. As a triple-changer, Drift was among the most formidable aerial fighters among the Autobots on Earth.
Thus, shortly after being reawakened, Drift, after only a brief rest, was assigned by Optimus Prime to safeguard the airspace around the temporary base.
The pent-up frustrations of this typically hot-headed triple-changer only grew during this time. Hence, when he heard the invading drone might be the U.S. Military's Global Hawk, he was immediately filled with a fervent desire to engage.
For a moment, Optimus Prime seriously considered whether to destroy the drone if it indeed belonged to the Americans, to prevent them from discovering their temporary base. Yet, he ultimately declined, remarking, "Let's wait. I have a feeling this drone might have been sent by Frenzy!"
"Frenzy?"
Drift and the others frowned slightly but said nothing more.
While nearly all Autobots inherently despised and loathed the Decepticons, their hatred for Frenzy, who they had already interacted with on Earth, had diminished over time. Not to mention, the resources and energy Frenzy had generously provided to the Autobots in the past few months proved that he didn't hold much malice towards them, at least for now.
In the past few days, jack had heard about Frenzy and was curious. "I've heard that Skyfire is now with Frenzy as well. Is that confirmed?"
Having been born during the final period of the Council of Primes like Skyfire, jack also attended the Zelasas Institute of Advanced Technology where Shockwave taught.
Ironically, he and Skyfire were former classmates, so jack was somewhat familiar with Skyfire's nature.
"Skyfire isn't a malevolent Decepticon. He abhors war and politics. When the Council of Primes shut down the Zelasas Institute and dealt with Shockwave and his associates, both Skyfire and I had already left the institute. So, if he's still alive, I'm sure he's not a warmonger!"
Amid their discussion, the drone had already reached the airspace a few kilometers from the temporary base, hovering and sending communication requests to the Autobots' base.
"I am Frenzy, here for a discussion. Requesting airspace clearance."
After hovering for a while and receiving the Autobots' affirmative response, the drone continued its approach. It gradually descended and, upon touching the ground, transformed into a two-meter tall Decepticon.
And he was, in fact, Sun Cheng.
To be precise, it was a Decepticon body controlled by Sun Cheng.
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