TRANSFORMERS ALIENS IN DISGUISE - BOOK III WOLF: What is the condition of Fox? He was debriefing Fiona, Kale, Zephyr and Romero inside StarWolf headquarters after the brief skirmish with the StarFox leader. FIONA: He has been wounded, we shot him down. ZEPHYR: There was no way he could withstand against our combined might. WOLF: Yes, and you did well for your first task. But I must be certain he is out of the big picture for the moment. ROMERO: You want us to go back and finish him off for you? WOLF: Negative, my daughter knows what to do. KATE: LaserBeak, another mission for you. The alien macaw appears in an instant to perch on O'Donnell Junior's shoulder as her father gives it instructions. WOLF: Fly to StarFox headquarters to learn the true condition of McCloud. At first the macaw panicked, screeching in alarm. KALE: Sounds like it doesn't want to get caught by the opposition. WOLF: He'll have more to fear if he refuses to obey me! Reluctantly the macaw flew away to carry out its task. WOLF: If Fox is disabled for now. We shall crush the rest of his gang and none shall stand between us and conquest of the universe. Within seconds LaserBeak arrived at Autobot HQ and swooped into the base without being detected. Perched on the ceiling rafters and still undetected it began to scan everything below its position. Inside the sickbay chamber lay McCloud on the operating table eyes closed either unconscious or asleep at the moment with Lupe and BayMax performing medical skills on the StarFox leader and clustered around were Hiro, Honey, GoGo, Wasabi, Fred, William, Abigail, Robert, Sally, Falco, Krystal, Ken, Tigress, Rocket, Bucky, Jenny, Dead-Eye, Aries, etc. ROBERT: I don't know, it looks bad. WASABI: There's no way he can die, not now. FRED: That's what I'm afraid of, man. ABIGAIL: Any luck of saving him, BayMax? BAYMAX: Affirmative, he will not die as long as the magic keeps him within suspended animation state. SALLY: Who knows how long that will last before his rings loses its power. ARIES: I doubt even our combined magic could save him. LUPE: It's a miracle that he's still conscious and able to communicate. FOX: Weaker...can't seem to feel anything all over my body. ROCKET: He's doomed, know it! GOGO: There's got to be something we can do. HONEY: We cannot quit. HIRO: Eh, who's that? That is when LaserBeak swooped down screeching in anger startling the teenaged scientists, professor and his daughter who reacted in alarm. WILLY: It's LaserBeak, stop him! Too late as the alien macaw unleashed a burst of dark magic striking Fox who cried out in pain then collapsed into unconsciousness as everyone gasped in terror. The macaw escaped before anyone could stop it. WILLY: Oh my god! It tried to assassinate Fox. JENNY: No, not our leader. BUCKY: Fox... BAYMAX: I'm afraid he's badly wounded again, however I will try to heal the wounds before they become infected...there, all done. FALCO: That stupid bird-brain. KRYSTAL: He dares to harm my husband?!! ROBERT: If there's anything we can do to save his life, we'll be happy to perform whatever task you ask of us. LUPE: Of course, Professor. What have you got? DEAD-EYE: Arr, I know just the thing to save our leader from death. He then explained of a power recharger unit he built in his workshop on Corneria before the war-games with Team StarWolf. It could be used to repower the life-forces inside the power rings worn by the Autobots in seconds flat. DEAD-EYE: Unfortunately the Decepticons attempted to break into my lab and steal it and other inventions but when they failed to plunder so to speak...they left behind a booby trap lock on the door. ROCKET: I knew it was hopeless... ARIES: I believe we have a volunteer who can help us get through that door. HIRO: Who? WILLY: Me, of course. I can pick any lock in no time. ABIGAIL: Count me in too. I always wanted to visit an alien world far away. ROBERT: Good luck in saving Fox's life. BUCKY: I'll go with William as always to watch his back. JENNY: Me too... NINJARA: I'll also provide protection too. ROCKET: Guess I'll go too cause you never know who's going to attempt to harm the terran people on Corneria. WASABI-FRED-HONEY-GOGO: May the Force be with you always. HIRO: And beware the dark-side. So it was agreed that Bucky, Jenny, Ninjara and Rocket would accompany William and Abigail on the mission to bring back the power recharger device from Dead-Eye's workshop on Corneria. However they needed to locate the new site of the space bridge to cross over from one galaxy to another and that was going to be difficult to say the least. Meanwhile inside Decepticon headquarters. WOLF: Without Fox leading them the Autobots will be helpless. FIONA: Then why don't we attack them now, leader? It's usually good strategy. WOLF: We attack when I so order, Fiona! Belladonna, come in. The hologram illusion of the witch whippet materialized before Wolf who kneeled in her presence. BELLADONNA: What do you seek, my apprentice. WOLF: When can the space bridge materialize again? BELLADONNA: Behold, at these coordinates I'm sending you. She displayed another illusion of an open area and the teleportation system appearing out of nowhere like a desert mirage. WOLF: Excellent, master. I will deliver another supply of ENERGON cubes to your castle at once. BELLADONNA: I shall await the arrival of the cargo, O'Donnell. While back at StarFox headquarters... ARIES: But how will we get to Corneria in time? Even Fox couldn't figure out a clue to the whereabouts of the next space bridge. ABIGAIL: True, but he did not use the greatest computer known as Nicole. WILLY: By feeding Nicole all the data we have about the space bridge's last appearance I might get her to predict where the bridge will appear next. NICOLE: Affirmative, it should not take too long to pinpoint its location... And it did not take too long so to speak as Nicole brought up an image of the teleportation system. MIRIAM: Good luck and we'll see you when you get back. BAYMAX: We will guard Fox with our lives and magic so he will not be harmed. HIRO: Let's hope Team StarWolf does not try to interfere or intervene. And at the site of the new space bridge...it was Fiona and War Claws loading a rocket sled with ENERGON cubes to be shuttled across space and time to Corneria. Fiona grumbled about having to perform this task even though she wanted to be in command of everything instead. KALE: So who's going to pilot the sled over the bridge? FIONA: I believe we have a perfect volunteer. ROMERO: What are you looking at me for? Oh, no...not me, no! ZEPHYR: Why not? I'm certain you can do it. KALE: Don't worry, the boss will be waiting for you on the other side. FIONA: Have a nice journey warrior. ZEPHYR: Don't forget to write... ROMERO: I got a bad feeling about this. Then the sled rocketed down the track and into the dome. Seconds later a spiraling vortex appeared in the skies above and a beam of light penetrated its dark interior with the sled rising upwards to disappear from sight afterwards. Inside her castle the witch watched as the sled appeared on the other side of the gateway before reporting to O'Donnell Senior. BELLADONNA: Congratulations, my friend. ENERGON cubes received on schedule. At that same moment...a mini convoy of Bucky, Jenny, Rocket and Ninjara in fighter jet form racing to the space bridge with William onboard the Ferrari form of Jenny and Abigail onboard the Camaro form of Bucky. BUCKY: Abby, I don't know how to say it but you and Nicole are a hot team. You found the space bridge. ABIGAIL: See, told you it would be a breeze. WILLY: Oops, not good. We got company. JENNY: Great, just what we need right now...StarWolf terrorists. NINJARA: As always, but who are those two newcomers? I've never seen them before. FIONA: StarFox?!! Ninjara...no way. NINJARA: So surprise to see me again, eh? Still want to payback for what I did. FIONA: I definitly intend to... as of right now. NINJARA: Shall we dance? Nodding Fiona returned the salute then both attacked with a flurry of death blows back and forth. Simultaneously Kale and Zephyr engaged Bucky, Jenny and Rocket in combat. ZEPHYR: Let's see how good you fools are against us. KALE: Oh, this should be interesting. BUCKY: Do not underestimate the power of light magic against dark. JENNY: Or it will be your downfall. ROCKET: I think I'll sit this one out for the moment. WILLY: Yeah, I'm sure Bucky and Jenny can handle things. ABIGAIL: For sure... Kale attacked with force lightning that was blocked by Bucky's light magic then he returned the assault which was repelled by Kale. Zephyr clashed fiercely with Jenny before ending up throwing punches and kicks at each other. Fiona and Ninjara continued their saber duel with neither able to batter down the other's defenses. FIONA: It will be easy enough to destroy you like I did to Miriam. NINJARA: What?!! FIONA: Yeah, she let me strike her down and I slashed out at her, then she disappeared. NINJARA: Suddenly Fiona struck out with a powerful kick staggering Ninjara off balance that she went down hard onto her butt then twisted-flicked her saber out of her hands before leveling her red blade mere inches from her face. FIONA: Any last words, or maybe beg me to spare you life from death? That is when Wolf interrupted her moment of triumph at the same time a storm or squall came up so suddenly with rain coming down in torrents but fortunately no thunder or lightning accompanying it. Rocket noticing this attempted to shield himself and that of William and Abigail too with his magic. WOLF: Fiona, wait! That rain has given me an idea. Let StarFox win, for now. FIONA: Duh?!! NINJARA: You're not going to finish me off? FIONA: No...the boss won't let me do that unless otherwise go, I spare your life for now. NINJARA: Suit yourself... She signalled to Bucky, Jenny and Rocket to follow her into the space bridge and together the Autobots with William and Abigail entered the gateway to time-warp across the vast universe of space itself. WOLF: Well done. Return to headquarters for further orders. Still confused...Fiona and War Claws obeyed their leader's instructions and took to the sky flying back to StarWolf base. TO BE CONTINUED...