Multiverse with the Ultimatrix

Chapter 272: Chapter 272: Shockwave vs Moonracer, Firestar & Jazz

Meanwhile, on a different street Shockwave looked at the trio of Autobots. He saw Moonracer, Firestar, and Jazz.

"Autobots," Shockwave droned.

"You aren’t getting your hands on the All-Spark, Shockwave," Jazz countered.

"Surrender now," Firestar ordered as her vents began to hiss with a pre-emptive heat. "This ends here," she added.

The Decepticon scientist tilted his head. "The famous female elites and their colorful lackeys," Shockwave responded. "A rare efficiency to meet you all at once before your sparks are extinguished," he laughed.

"Who are you calling a lackey?" Jazz snapped as he shifted his weight as his wheels deployed like high-speed roller skates.

"Jazz, he’s trying to provoke you," Moonracer warned as her eyes darted between Shockwave’s weapon systems.

Firestar narrowed her gaze. "You’re stalling, Shockwave. You’re trying to buy time," she remarked.

"Why would I seek to delay the inevitable?" Shockwave’s vocal processors emitted as he hoisted his massive, underslung arm cannon.

"Astro-Magnum Particle Beam," Shockwave said as the massive right arm cannon began to hum with a terrifying, high-pitched whine. The dark gunmetal barrel glowed with an intense violet light. He unleashed a concentrated beam of pure thermal energy. The violet bolt screamed across the distance. It vaporized a line of concrete barriers and sliced clean through the cars.

"It is coming towards us," Jazz shouted as he watched the energy blast coming towards them.

"Move," Firestar shouted as she jumped out of the way. Moonracer followed and jumped in the opposite direction.

Shockwave saw the blast destroy the building. There was a massive explosion and he smiled. "Driller Breach," Shockwave ordered. Far below the street, the ground began to buckle and heave. With a deafening roar of grinding stone and screeching metal, a small tentacled robotic serpent the size of a bus erupted from the asphalt. It had a mouth which was made of rotating gears. Its body was made of long wire. "Driller, kill them," Shockwave ordered.

Driller charged towards them. His mouth swallowed a car which was crushed into pieces.

"He used a bigger one in Cybertorian," Firestar remarked as she looked at Driller charging towards them.

"Well, it makes it easier for us," Moonracer added.

"Lets take it out," Jazz said.

"Ignis Vaporizer," Firestar said as her external vents hissed. She released a massive, pressurized cloud of superheated steam. The steam went forward and obscured the Driller’s multi-optic sensor array. Firestar lunged forward. Her fists glowed a molten orange. She swung her fist and struck the Driller’s main neck joint. Her heat turned solid Cybertronium steel into liquid slag the moment her punch connected. She then swung left and right and unleashed a barrage of punches.

Moonracer moved forward. "Lunar Blast," Moonracer said as she aimed her high-velocity rifle. She powered her rifle and fired a blast. It went through the air and shot Driller. The blast hit Driller in the mid-section of his body and went through it. There was a gaping hole. There was fluid leaking from it.

Driller staggered for a second. There were sparks leaving from his body.

"Die," Firestorm said. "Ingis Stream," Firestorm added as her forearm plating slid back to reveal a red glowing cannon. She fired a beam forward at Driller and hit it in the mouth. The beam went through its hole and to the other side once more.

Driller dropped to the ground. It was smoking

Shockwave watched. "Illogical," he stated. "Logic-Driven Volley," Shockwave said as his red optic pulsed. Small ports along his shoulders and the sides of his cannon popped open. He revealed rows of micro-seeker missiles and fired them. They curved through the air.

"Ignis Hellstream," Firestar said as her forearm plating slid back with a sharp metallic clack to reveal high-pressure thermal nozzles. She unleashed a roaring torrent of liquid energon-fire which swept the white-hot stream across the sky in a blinding arc. The intense heat signatures of her flames acted as a magnetic lure for the missiles’ sensors. The seekers veered wildly and slammed into one another mid-air. They detonated in a chain reaction of fire and black smoke.

"You are a tough one," Jazz remarked.

"Focus," Firestar yelled as she watched the smoke disappear.

From a high vantage point atop a crumbling spire, Moonracer took her aim. "Lunar Dash," Moonracer said as her back-mounted thrusters kicked into overdrive. She dashed forward. She dove from the spire and zipped forward.

"Lunar Ricochet," Moonracer said as she drew her high-velocity rifle in one fluid motion. She fired a single, glowing round. The bullet went forward and through the air and hit Shockwave’s neck plate.

The impact caused Shockwave’s head to snap to the side. His large optic flickered for a micro-second. She closed the distance. "Lunar Blast," Moonracer said as she aimed her rifle once more. She powered the weapon to its maximum capacity and fired a piercing blast of kinetic energy. The bolt tore through the air and punched a clean hole through one of Shockwave’s shoulder missile pods and detonated the remaining ordinance inside.

There was an explosion on his shoulder. "My shoulder," Shockwave said as he staggered to his knee.

Jazz saw the opening and moved in with his signature flair. "Sonic Boombox," Jazz said as his speakers swiveled forward and unleashed a 180-decibel wall of sound. The vibration was enough to shatter the glass of every building within three blocks, and it visibly rattled Shockwave’s external sensors.

Shockwave took a step back from the sound. "Annoying pest," Shockwave said.

"Nitro-Grind Slide," Jazz said, transforming into his sleek Porsche mode. He drifted at high speeds towards Shockwave.

"Wait," Firestar shouted as she watched Jazz go towards Shockwave.

"You fool," Shockwave said with a sinister laugh. "Hyper-Blast," Shockwave added as his singular eye glowed a malevolent red. A thick, ruby-red laser light erupted from his eye. The beam caught Jazz mid-slide and blasted the Autobot out of his alt-mode. He transformed back and tumbled him across the pavement in a spray of sparks.

Before Jazz could recover, Shockwave’s massive shadow fell over him. The Decepticon commander reached down with a hand the size of Jazz’s entire torso. He used the cannon as a blunt instrument. He slammed the glowing, hot barrel into Jazz’s chest and pinned him to the ground. Shockwave lifted Jazz by the head and slammed him down into the asphalt with such force that the street cratered. "Die," Shockwave said as he moved his cannon towards his face.

"Jazz," Moonracer screamed. "Lunar Eclipse," Moonracer said as she tossed a series of specialized canisters into the air. She detonated them mid-flight and released a thick, dark, smoke which surrounded Shockwave.

"He is still here," Shockwave said as he was about to fire the cannon.

"Ignis Shockflare," Firestar said as she slammed both of her molten fists into the ground. A massive ring of white-hot thermal energy erupted from the point of impact and created a localized firestorm that melted the ground Shockwave and caused the heavy Decepticon to sink slightly.

"What?" Shockwave said as his foot went down. "Astro-Magnum Particle Beam," Shockwave said as he fired his massive right arm cannon. The concentrated beam of pure thermal energy missed Jazz by a few inches.

Jazz quickly moved out of the way as he saw Firestar charging up.

"Ignis Final Stream," Firestar said as her forearm plate slid back with a heavy, mechanical grind. She revealed a cannon. She braced her stance as the weapon reached peak capacity and then she unleashed a colossal beam of pure, concentrated thermal energy. The torrent of fire tore through the air and surged forward and hit the Shockwave in his arm. The massive beam tore his arm off.

"My arm," Shockwave said as he staggered back.

"Dont forget about me," Jazz said. "Crescendo Cannon," Jazz added as he fired a pulse of blue energy into the melting joint of Shockwave’s other arm.

"Do not get cocky with me," Shockwave said. "I am the greatest scientist in Cybertronian," he added.

"And I am a proud Autobot," Jazz said. "Breakdance Beatdown," Jazz yelled as he spun in a low-sweep kick that shattered the now-brittle shins of Shockwave.

"Lunar Rapid Blast," Moonracer said as she aimed her high-velocity rifle. She powered her rifle and fired multiple blasts. It went through the air and slammed into Shockwave’s broad, armored chest and exposed shoulder joints in rapid succession. With every impact, jagged shards of dark gunmetal were sheared away. One high-velocity bolt punched through a primary hydraulic line in his torso and caused a high-pressure spray of black viscous fluid to erupt from the wound. Another blast caught the edge of his chest-plate and peeled back the reinforced alloy and exposed the glowing, frantic circuitry beneath. Shockwave stumbled back.

Shockwave stumbled back. "I will not lose," Shockwave said. "We have Megatron, Bludgeon and Overlord," he added.

"Crescendo Cannon," Jazz said as his right arm retracted into a sleek chrome blaster. He fired a concentrated pulse of blue energy towards Shockwave. The blue energy went forward and hit Shockwave midsection and tore through it.

Shockwave had a gaping hole in his chest. His massive red flickered as he dropped to the ground and collapsed. His red eye went blank. There was black hydraulic fluid leaking from his chest.

Moonracer lowered her smoking rifle. The neon glow of her optics reflecting off the debris. "Target neutralized," she said.

Firestar stood nearby. Her vents hissing as they released a final cloud of steam to cool her glowing forearm cannon. She looked at the cratered street and the motionless Decepticon. "He’s down," she confirmed.

"He was a pain to deal with," Moonracer said.

"I did not expect anything less from one of the generals," Firestar replied.

Jazz performed a sharp, celebratory spin on his heels before coming to a halt. "Yeah, he had the rhythm, but he didn’t have the soul," Jazz remarked. "Shockwave’s all about the math, but you can’t divide by ’Autobot’ and expect to come out on top," he said.

Moonracer and Firestar looked at him. "You do not have discipline," Firestar remarked.

"Keep your head down kid," Moonracer added.

At that moment, Ironhide, Greenlight and Lancer came forward.

Ironhide stomped toward the group. He looked at Shockwave. He let out a low, appreciative grunt. "Well, I’ll be. You actually did it. I’ve been wanting to see that cyclop in the scrap heap for four million years," he said.

Greenlight stepped forward. "We heard the detonations from three sectors away," she said. "Are you okay?" she asked.

"We are," Moonracer responded as she put her rifle down. "He gave us a little trouble," she added.

"But nothing we could handle," Jazz said.

"I seem to recall, his large cannon pointing at your head at one point," Firestar as she walked forward.

"You did not need to mention that," Jazz said.

Lancer walked over to the edge of the crater. "It was clean work," she noted. "But we need to keep going," she said.

"Agreed, Megatron is still there," Ironhide said. They all nodded and looked at the explosions in the distance.