The Untouchables, part 2
By Festus3 festus3@netins.net
Scene opens over the strange Cybertron, it is sunrise, only three days left until the dead-line, the Untouchables are sitting around a table with Inferno, B'boom, Yuna, Anarchy, Opal and Crynoth, the transformers are all in robot mode, Anarchy, Opal and Crynoth are still wearing their trench coats and hats. The table is on the top floor of a tall building, overlooking the city.
B'BOOM: One dead end after another.
MATRIX: Whatever Catrone's planning, it's big.
DEMONIQUE: Yeah, he's bumped up security and put all operations on hold.
(Matrix turns to Mako who is working on a small lap-top.)
MATRIX: Have you figured out where their ship is yet?
MAKO: No, Catrone had his mole hide it very well.
INFERNO: Have you found our crew yet?
MAKO: Ditto, he doesn't want them found either. (Opal gets up and walks to the window, she brings her cat-like face up to a telescope and begins looking around.)
INFERNO: Time is running low, we have to come up with something quick.
Scene goes to the jail, in one of the cells is Silverbolt, Scale, Airrazor, Luna and Pun. Scale is sitting against a wall, her wings spread out to hide Airrazor, Who is melting the wall away with a high charged cutting laser she had concealed.
SILVERBOLT: You remember what we planned right? (Airrazor finally finishes and transforms to beast mode.)
AIRRAZOR: Yeah.
SILVERBOLT: I would do it myself but your beast mode is smaller than me.
AIRRAZOR: Yeah yeah I got it. (A guard walks by the door and looks in, he can only see four of the five that are supposed to be in there, the guard is a transformed rotwhieler.)
GUARD: You! (He points to Scale.) Get your wings out of the way! (Scale moves her gargoyle-like wings and steps to the side, there is a small red-hot hole in the wall and Airrazor is gone, the guard instantly slams a button on the wall and runs off, a siren sounds through the building. Outside Airrazor shoots into the sky and converts to vehicle mode, moving even faster. Five birds fly out of the building after her, two peregrine falcons, one hawk and two crows, they follow her though the sky. Inside the jail the four are being roughly moved to a new cell with two constant guards, Scale looks out of the window and watches.)
SCALE: Five chasing her, that should get enough attention. (In the sky Airrazor flies higher and arcs through the sky, she begins shooting red smoke from her engines and continues flying, in the room Opal sees the display in the distance.)
OPAL: I got'em! I see Airrazor! (Inferno turns on his communicator and speaks into it.)
INFERNO: Airrazor. Do you read me? (Airrazor's communicator sounds the words and she responds.)
AIRRAZOR: Loud and clear Inferno, where are you? (She turns through the sky, still shooting out the red smoke, Opal moves and lets Inferno use the telescope.)
INFERNO: You are facing us right now, we're in the third tallest building. (Airrazor looks ahead with her telescope vision and sees Inferno looking through the telescope out the window, she turns on her afterburners and heads forward even faster.)
AIRRAZOR: When I get in I'll show you where the others- (Bam! One of the peregrine falcons takes her out from above, she is stunned by the collision and falls out of the sky, everyone inside the building presses against the window to see.)
B'BOOM: What do we do!? (Demonique steps back and cocks her laser shotgun, she speaks in her fluent Irish accent.)
DEMONIQUE: We follow them! (The others dive out of the way and she unloads a shot on the glass, in shatters out, Inferno turns on his flight turbines and heads down, Matrix, Yuna and Demonique convert to beast mode and fly down, Mako turns on his jets and flies down, Striker converts to beast mode and attaches a web to the wall, he then jumps out and trails the web behind him, B'boom slides down the rope, Anarchy pulls three small, black, handle-like things out of one of his pockets, he hands one to Crynoth and one to Opal then attaches his to the web.)
ANARCHY: Always be prepared. (He repels down the web and the other two follow. Down at street level Airrazor crashes to the ground, the five birds quickly land, transform and drag her into a building, waiting inside are Jawbreaker, Razorclamp and Scavenger, all three are in beast mode, one of the crows speaks.)
CROW1: J.B. we got the prisoner back.
JAWBREAKER: I told you not to call me that! Heehee. (He turns to the crab and vulture behind him.) All right, heh heh, they'll be coming soon, heeheehee! Jawbreaker, Maximize! (He transforms, the next one is the fiddler crab.)
RAZORCLAMP: Razorclamp! Maximize! (He transforms, his bigger claw is mounted on one hand as a shield, the smaller one is converted into a gun that is mounted to the other, the vulture hops from his perch.)
SCAVENGER: Scavenger! Maximize! (He transforms, he has wrist guns and eye lasers, the eight robots wait in the dark building, out in the street Yuna is in her white wolf/eagle beast mode sniffing the ground, Demonique is in her black dragon beast mode flying ahead, the rest are all walking behind them, Anarchy, Opal and Crynoth are watching the back, Scavenger takes a quick look out of the door and sees Demonique approaching.) The Untouchables, three transformers and three biological bipedals.
RAZORCLAMP: Don't hurt yourself with those big words. (Scavenger gives Razorclamp an elbow to the gut, Jawbreaker raises a hand to silence them.)
JAWBREAKER: Okay, Wing Squad two, (The five birds stand at attention.) You attack first, we'll follow behind, heehee! (The five robots fly out of the exit, coming out a few feet in front of Demonique, they fire their guns and knock Demonique down, they keep going back, Yuna is hit as they pass over, Inferno converts to tank mode and aims his flame launcher, the crow in front looks ahead in time to see the fireball, it sends her spiraling backwards into the wall of a building, the remaining four split up and fly down separate alleys, in one alley Matrix is chasing one of the peregrine falcons, the short but fast robot turns in time to see Striker, in robot mode, swing down in front of him on a web, Striker fires with one of his mandible guns, the shot catches the robot in the head and he flips in the sky, stopping in mid-air, Matrix shoots him as he flies by, the robot falls to the street in stasis lock. Striker slides down his web and gives Matrix a high five.)
STRIKER: We number one! (In another alley Demonique is chasing the hawk that shot her, he looks behind him and sees the black dragon hot on his tail feathers, a sewer lid pops up in front of him and a great white shark shoots through the air, Mako transforms in mid-air and fires his tail-fin tommy gun, the hawk robot falls and skids across the ground, he looks up and sees Demonique standing in front of him, now in robot mode and aiming her shotgun at his face, Mako steps up and tugs him to his feet.)
DEMONIQUE: Who sent you?
HAWKEYE: Slag you! (Mako shakes his head.)
MAKO: Wrong answer. (Demonique fires her shotgun into his chest, sending him several yards down the alley. One of the crows has Yuna and B'boom pinned down behind a dumpster, Crynoth comes above the edge of a building behind him and aims his two shotguns in his four arms, the crow hears the clicks of the guns cocking and whirls around, Crynoth fires each shotgun once, taking off the robot's black wings, the crow falls to the ground and starts running away, Anarchy jumps down off of a roof in front of him, his trench coat flowing behind him.)
ANARCHY: Wrong turn! (He fires his tommy gun, the led projectiles lodge themselves into the crow's chest-plate and he falls back. The last peregrine falcon is flying up into the sky, now in beast mode, he scans the street far below, he flies forward and heads straight up, he is between several tall buildings, suddenly Inferno flies from behind a building and starts firing his flame thrower, the robot dives under the flames and starts heading down, he looks down and sees B'boom, standing directly below him.)
B'BOOM: Good night! (He begins firing like crazy, the robot dodges between the shots, he looks behind him and sees a ball of flame launch from Inferno's gun, a smirk crosses his face and he flies down faster between the shots, then he looks quickly to the side and sees Yuna, hovering in mid-air, she fires two wing missiles, one of B'boom's shots hits him and he stops, in an instant the fire-ball, the wing missiles, and more of B'boom's shots blow him out of the sky, he careens into a building and travels through a window, landing singed and damaged on a table in a room with six transformers working at computers, Inferno flies in the window and walks up to the almost de-activated robot.)
INFERNO: Do you work for Catrone? (The robot on the table struggles to lift his head up, in his hazy vision you see something hovering behind Inferno.)
SCAVENGER: I got news for ya ant-bot! This is one magnifying glass you can't escape! (He charges his eye-lasers and fires, Inferno dives to the side and the lasers hit the robot on the table, blowing him against the wall and finishing him off.) D'oh! (He opens his wrist-guns and starts firing at Inferno, one missile catches him in the shoulder, another in the head and he falls back, Scavenger walks up to Inferno and steps on his neck.) You shouldn't stick your nose in other people's business. (He aims his wrist-gun at Inferno's face, a shot catches him in the back, he bends forward, Yuna is hovering behind him in the open window, when Scavenger heaves forward from the blow Inferno grabs his neck with one hand and activates his wrist flame-thrower with the other.)
INFERNO: And you shouldn't underestimate an opponent! (Scavenger breaks free and stumbles back out of the window, his face still on fire, the desk-workers cheer Inferno. Down in the streets B'boom is searching for Airrazor, he walks by a window and it explodes outward, a large claw grabs him around the neck and pulls him inside.)
RAZORCLAMP: Surprise! (He puts his smaller claw-gun in B'boom's face.) Any last requests? (He throws B'boom against a wall and then kicks him in the stomach. A voice from the doorway speaks.)
MATRIX: You first! (Razorclamp whirls around to see the four Untouchables standing behind him in the doorway, weapons drawn and on him, Razorclamp jumps to the side and clumsily rolls down a stairway, avoiding the rain of laser-fire, when he hits the bottom he runs flat-out into the darkness. In an alley Jawbreaker, still in robot mode, is carrying a transmetal bird of prey on his shoulders when Crynoth, Anarchy and Opal slide out behind him, Jawbreaker quickly holds his gun up to her head.)
JAWBREAKER: I'll do it! Heeheehee! I am not mentally sound and I'll do it! Heehee! Ha ha! (Scavenger steps up beside him, face scorched and black, Razorclamp's largest claw breaks up out of the ground and he lifts himself out.)
OPAL: Boy, you guys are just like roaches aren't you?
SCAVENGER: I'd shut up if I were you, you see, we're mechanical, we can repair, you on the other hand are biological-
RAZORCLAMP: Wich means if we shoot'ya, you stay down. (The Untouchables and B'boom run up behind the other three, then Inferno and Yuna fly down.)
MATRIX: You can't win, drop her! (Jawbreaker lifts up a small metal object and holds down a button.)
JAWBREAKER: Heeheeheehee! I told you I'm not mentally sound! I'll blow myself up with all of you and a couple city blocks if it means keeping you from finding the boss! Now if you let us go, we won't hurt birdie-girl here, capi'che? (He doesn't give them time to answer and turns and runs, Striker levels his mandible gun, they are already about fifty yards away, he fires a tracking device, it sails through the air and connects to the center of Jawbreaker's back, instantly borring unnoticeably into his superstructure.)
STRIKER: Now, we wait. (They turn around to head back to their headquarters.)
B'BOOM: Why?
DEMONIQUE: We've had run-ins with Jawbreaker before, he always manages to slip away, we know he's one of Catrone's best collectors, he goes around to all of the hidden operations.
INFERNO: But the operations are stopped.
DEMONIQUE: Not any more, Catrone will bring his de-programmings back up to shade your ship and crew, and Jawbreaker will lead us to all of them. (A smirk crosses Anarchy's face.)
ANARCHY: Cue the music! ('I Get Knocked Down' begins playing and the scene changes to later that night, Jawbreaker is leaving a building, inside the building a second later Matrix kicks down the door and aims his rifle at the various robots, Inferno picks up a small robot named Pengun, whose beast mode is a penguin, and throws him into a wall. The scene skips ahead again as Jawbreaker steps out of the elevator of another building, in the elevator next to him the door has just closed on Demonique, Anarchy, B'boom and Mako, they step out on the eleventh floor and bust through another door, inside Terrorgator is supervising his operations, Demonique enters first, he tries to pull out his gun but she shoots him out of the window.)
DEMONIQUE: You're luggage! (The scene skips again and shows Striker kick down a door, then again and shows Crynoth shoot a door of its hinges, then Matrix ramming an owl robot's face against a wall, then B'boom sliding a beetle transformer across a table, the scenes keep passing faster and faster while the music plays every time they bust another operation, then you see Opal shoot a gecko robot in the chest with her two handguns, then Mako kicking down another door, then Inferno throwing a skunk robot through a door. The montage ends, it is night, inside the Untouchable's headquarters the seven robots two human/cat hybrids and one Maltese are sitting around the table sharing conversation.)
MATRIX: I believe that's a new record.
OPAL: Why didn't you guys just bug them before?
STRIKER: We've never been close enough to Jawbreaker, he's one of the few that are constant with Catrone.
INFERNO: We only have one day left, tomorrow is our last chance to find the ship.
DEMONIQUE: Sooner or later Jawbreaker will go there, and I'm willing to bet my wings he'll do it tomorrow.
B'BOOM: Only time will tell.
(In a dark room a lion, Catrone in beast mode, is pacing back and forth nervously and yelling at Jawbreaker while Scavenger and Razorclamp guard the door.)
CATRONE: How are they doing this!?
JAWBREAKER: I-I don't know boss, it could be spies or, a mole! That's it! Heehee! (Catrone stops and transforms, he pulls up a large gun and aims it at Jawbreaker's face.)
CATRONE: A mole huh? You are the only one who knows where all the locations are, but I know it's not you right? (Jawbreaker nods.) Laughing-boy, you're like a son to me, and if my son ever, ever, ratted me out, (He lowers the gun.) it wouldn't be pretty. (Scavenger's communicator lights up.)
SCAVENGER: We've rounded them up. (Razorclamp opens the door, he and Scavenger walk ahead of Catrone and Jawbreaker keeps up behind, they come to a door, they walk in and close it behind. In robot mode, tied to their seats by energy cuffs, are eleven transformers, Pengun, Terrorgator, and others from the Untouchable's raids. Catrone begins walking around the table, holding his gun, he stops behind the penguin first.)
CATRONE: We had our dirty-cop deliver you for two reasons, I want answers, and also, no witnesses. (He leans forward.) Now, Pengun, do you have any idea how the Untouchables found you?
PENGUN: I swear I don't know! I swear! They just came outta' nowhere! (Catrone puts his gun up to the little robot's head.)
CATRONE: Wrong answer! (The flash of his gun turns into the sun-rise, in a kind of hover-car, Catrone and Jawbreaker are sitting in the back with Scavenger and Razorclamp up front. Catrone is speaking into a communicator.) Is the ship ready yet? (A voice responds.)
VOICE: It's been running several programs by itself but nothing out of the ordinary.
CATRONE: Have you prepared the, extra? (The voice sounds slightly disturbed.)
VOICE: Yeah, yeah it's ready. (Catrone happily turns off the radio.)
CATRONE: Before this day is over my plan will be initiated and beyond abortion. (He begins to laugh and Jawbreaker instinctively joins in. the camera goes out of their hover-car and shows a monorail following beneath, the Untouchables, B'boom, Inferno and Yuna are sitting in seats inside along with a couple dozen other transformers, Matrix has just finished talking to the engineer, he comes in and sits down.)
MATRIX: He's an old, shall we say, business associate. (The camera goes down through the floor and shows the luggage compartment where Opal, Anarchy and Crynoth, still wearing trench coats and carrying their weapons, are sitting uncomfortably on luggage and boxes, Crynoth and Opal are sitting against one wall, his lower right arm around her waist and his upper right arm around her shoulders, while Anarchy is sitting on a metal box.)
CRYNOTH: So, we got the hard part of this mission.
ANARCHY: Ours will be the most fun though, if our favor is returned. (The monorail stops, the camera goes outside and shows all the passengers get off, followed by the engineer who hands Matrix the key, the engineer is a short beagle transformer, he converts to beast mode and trots away.)
ENGINEER: I never saw you take it. (He winks and Matrix gets back in the train, Mako leans down and lifts a panel from the floor that leads to the luggage, the three jump up just as the robots begin taking out their bags and suitcases. As soon as they are done Matrix speeds off after the hover-car.)
MATRIX: Once we get there, you three have to move fast while we get the ship. (Crynoth looks at a watch-timer on his wrist.)
CRYNOTH: Only a few hours left. (Matrix is turning and weaving over the monorail track, inside the car-)
SCAVENGER: We're almost there.
RAZORCLAMP: Boss, there's a monorail-car following us, it has been for a while. (Catrone looks out the back window, he can't see into the tinted windshield.)
CATRONE: Ice it. (Scavenger chuckles as he hits a button, a small panel in the bottom of the sleek hover-car opens, a mechanical claw lowers a round demolition charge, the buildings around them stop as the reach the edge of a large space port, he drops the bomb right on the elbow of the track, Matrix looks helplessly as it falls.)
MATRIX: Slag! Hold on! (About one hundred meters ahead of them the turn in the track is demolished.) I have an idea! (He cranks the engines to full and runs to the back with the others, Striker converts to beast mode, he quickly shoots a glob of webbing from his abdomen, it spreads out and forms a net on one side of them, he then makes another on the other side, as the monorail reaches full speed it hits the end, the track is slightly curved up so it shoots up, Catrone watches out the back window and sees it heading straight for their hover-car.)
CATRONE: Down! Down you idiot buzzard! (Scavenger takes the hover-car into a sharp dive as the monorail passes a few feet over head, it flies like a torpedo and travels through a huge dome, inside the dome is a large ship, the Voyager, the monorail slams to the ground, guards scatter to all sides as it slides, sparks flying and bits of metal spiraling through the air, inside everyone is knocked around by the impact but the webs protect them, the car stops sliding finally.)
MATRIX: Anarchy! You know what to do! (Demonique blasts open a wall with her laser shotgun and Anarchy, Opal and Crynoth jump out, then the robots follow behind, there are about twenty guards scattered around, all are paid off police, one stands out among the rest, he is tall, well-built, his beast mode is an elephant, Matrix points to him.) He's the chief of police! (The tall robot sees them coming, he realizes he is outnumbered and runs to a car, a falcon transformer gets in the driver's side, the hover-car takes off, Anarchy and the other two run up to another police hover-car and jump in, they take off after the first one as it leaves the dome.)
ANARCHY: And the chase begins, hopefully he'll lead us into a (He makes quotation marks with his fingers, temporarily letting go of the wheel.) 'trap.' (The hover-car jerks to the side and he quickly grabs the wheel again.) Oops. (They begin weaving through the buildings passing by other hover-cars and over pedestrians.)