Transformers prime MLP To Save Equestria part 13

Canterlot palace. A small room near the grand hall

BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM

A lot of work and preperation had to be done before the team could begin the rescue mission. Ratchet was busy getting the Vehicon drone ready for Spike, who was in the process of pounding the heck out of a large, heavy punching bag he had set up in the room. Despite Spike's small size, each pounding sound like it came from a prize fighter who was wearing bricks in his gloves. There was a look of fierce determination in Spike eyes as he pounded away. With each blow he landed, images of What had happened to Grimlock and Rarity flashed before his eyes. With each minute his ferocity and the strength of his blows grew. "GRRRRRRRR!" POOOOW. The body bag shattered from the chain and smashed into the wall. "Man." Spike groaned. "Everlast my Tail. He then went over to the corner where with little effort he grabbed another heavy bag, set it up and started pounding away on that one!

Peeking from a few windows outside, were Miko, Twilight, Garble, Rainbow Dash, Shining, Candence and Skids and Mudflap. They were looking all in stark amazement at what the little dragon was doing. "Geez!" Miko gasped. "I don't know chica." said Skids. "I mean since we got here the little dude's been like Baby Barney!" "Now he's full on Godzilla!" said Mudflap. Garble couldn't believe what he was seeing. He must have pushed one serious button on Spike the other day. He whispered to Twilight. "Did you like, Put a psycho spell on him or something?" Twilight looked at her little friend and shook her head. "When the Decepticons took Rarity and Grimlock, they must have pushed him to far." Shining couldn't help but be amazed by this himself. Why the heck wasn't Spike in the guard. Then they gasped when Spike sent THAT Heavy bag smashing into the wall. Garble had freak out look on his face and grabbed his chest as if he were to have a heart attack. Shining believe it or not, Leaped into Candence's forelegs (Like Scooby jumping into shaggey's arms) freaked. Candence rolled her eyes. "My hero." "Whoo spike just got 200% percent more cooler! Because that makes 18 bags." Cheered Rainbow Dash. Twilight figured she better talk to him. Shining saw the look on his sister's face and realized it was probably best to let her talk to spike alone. He motioned for everyone to follow him. They had a lot of work to do anyway.  Garble gave the little dragon one last look, he wanted to say something, but then sighed and followed everybody.

Twilight cautiously made her way into room, a little nervous that the next bag would come flying at her. She came up behind Spike. Spike noticed her and stopped pounding away. He looked at her his new steely expression never leaving his face. "Hey Spike, Wanna talk?" Twilight asked nicely. "No I got to concentrate. I gotta save Rarity and Grimlock." Spike said roughly. Twilight was stunned. "Spike what's up with you? Where's the sweet kind little dragon who's always been there for us?" "HE GOT BLOWN UP, HAD HIS BEST FRIEND AND GIRL OF HIS DREAMS TAKEN AWAY AND DECIDED TO GROW UP!" "SPIKE!" Twilight cried offended. Just then Spike's fierce expression went and his usual friendly one came back albeit with the look of knowing he goofed. "Your right. I'm sorry. Didn't mean it!" Spike stammered. Twilight gave Spike a sly grin. "Well That's more like it." It was good to see that despite what he had gone through the old Spike was still there. "Hug?" she asked. "Oh No No No!" Spike said as he went back to hammering the bag, the shocks from his blows still rocking the room. "I can't lose my edge I gotta..OK One!" He and Twilight hugged each other warmly. Then they laughed and Twilight said. "Of course you are gonna help fix this room after we're done right?" Spike had to admit maybe he had gone a little overboard but Hey, He was surprised he had it in him. Boy if Rarity could see..Spike's head sunk as he thought of Rarity. Who knew what those Decepti punks were doing to her. Twilight nuzzled him. "Don't worry We're gonna save her. Besides, You know Grimlock wouldn't let anything happen to Rarity."

The others had gone to the knights weapons shed. They were sorting through what they could use and already Garble was fooling around with a sword. "Not much here, Shiny sides." Shining just shook his head rolled his eyes. "Garble. Do you even know how to use a sword?" "Of Course I Do!" Garble Stated. "Pointy End goes into the other guy!" Miko and Candence laughed at this. Shining just facehoofed and pulled Candence aside to talk. "Darling, Why Are you doing this to me? I Know you still think of him as your "brother" and all But Garble was a delinquint even then and We never got along." Shining's mind was a wash of memories of a little baby Garble biting his tail, beating him in the head with a baseball bat, and luring him into various comedic, painful traps. Candence smiled and put a hoof on his shoulder. "Shining, It's my belief that the most unlikely partners can be the best ones. Besides, Who better then you to try and get Garby back on the right track." Shining still had doubts. He remembered back when Garble had gotten a little older and Candence had wanted to introduce him to Twilight back when she was a filly. He didn't think it be a good idea because he was afraid he'd be a bad influence.

"Look." said Candence. "The way I also figure it there are many types of heroes. There's the handsome, studly, chivilrous type." Shining beam at this. "Which is something you try too desperately to be." Candence joked. "Hey.'" Shining frowned with a bit of whine in his voice. "And there's the rowdy, wild card hero which is what Garble can be if you give him a try. Besides Shining. Remember what Optimus said. "All beings deserve a chance for reform. Without that hope we can never hope to achieve everlasting peace." Candence smiled as she continued. "If he were truly the leader you believed in, Then you would respect his beliefs." shining could not deny that his wife had him there. In fact the mere mention of Optimus Prime's name reminded him of the mission at hand. Now was no time for personal petty conflict. "Besides." Candence smiled slyly. "Spike is Twilight's. Maybe Garble's yours." Shining didn't really think this type of thing be generational. However Garble had overheard and Said. "Hey Hey, Sis, With all due respect, I Ain't NO ONES Sidekick." KABOOOOM. This time a heavy bag smashed clear through the wall, flew across the yard and snapped a tree in half. "THAT MAKES 20!" Dash cheered. Garble had a wide eyed look on his face. "Present Behavior of the latter not withstanding."

Twilight rejoined the others at the shed. "Well?" asked Dash. "Well he was OK." Twilight said. "Up until I reminded him that Garble was coming with us."  "WHAT I DO?" Twilight and Dash gave him a "You really gotta ask?" look. Garble took the hint but then said. "'Sides That?" "Oh I don't know?" Twilight mouthed. "Maybe' Cuz you tried to steal his diamond." Garble scoffed. "ALL THAT OVER FOOD?" "IT WASN'T FOR FOOD MORON!" Twilight yelled. "IT WAS A GIFT HE GOT FOR RARITY! "HEY CHILL!" Shouted Garble. "HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO KNOW! And who is Rarity?" Jack was trying to ignore the fight and concentrate on finding whatever he could use a weapon to fight The Decepticons. But since Canterlot for the most part didn't really encourage violence it wasn't looking so good. Meanwhile the argument was heating up. "SHE'S OUR FRIEND!" Twilight cried. "SHE KIDNAPPED BY THOSE MONSTERS WITH GRIMLOCK, Oh For your information. The reason he was gonna gave her the diamond was because HE LOVES HER! Which apparently something you other Dragons don't seem to care for since you apparently to busy being mean and greedy." Now Garble got Mad! "YOU BE QUIET YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US DRAGONS AND YOU SURE AS HECK DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME!" "ENOUGH!" Candence yelled. " The Pair of You." Immediately, Garble looked away and Twilight hung her head low. Miko was stunned. Apparently it was wrong to judge Candence by her all too cute and prissy apperance. Shining was stunned to but he had seen her like that before.

"I Can't believe you two." Candence said. She knew both these young ones well and knew they should be smarter than this. "Now. Let's try and work this out." First, Candence turned to Twilight. "Twily. I don't doubt You, Spike and Garble have had problems with each other in the past. But right now is not the time to dwell on those. Plus what Garble said was right. You shouldn't come to conclusions about dragons just from one encounter. Besides, while Auntie knows his father is a hardcase, She and I both knew his mother and she's a very sweet lady." Garble grumbled. He didn't want to think about what Pops or Ma were gonna do if they found out he was going on a suicide. "Though." Candence said turning towards Garble. "My little dragon "brother" Should look at this as chance to do away with some nasty habits he's apparently picked up since last I saw him." OH All this time and The girl could still read Him like a book. Though he had never told the punks he had hung out with over the years, Truth was since that terrible day  it was usually quite often he thought about Candence. Though he was always a little afraid of what she'd think of him if he ever saw her again. "Now." said Candence. "Kiss and Make up!" Twilight and Garble gave her a you must be kidding look.

Shining made his way over to Jack who was trying out helmets. Unfortunately, No helmet in Canterlot had been made to fit a human so they pretty much made him look ridiculous. "You sorta wear it well." Shining said trying to sound encouraging. Jack turned and saw him. "Oh thanks." Shining offered a hoof and introduced himself. "Captain Shining Armor of Princess Celestia's royal guard. I'm Twilight's brother. Jack was it?" Jack, still a bit weird out by all of this shook his hoof. "Jack Darby, Yeah. Nice to meet you...Look I'm sorry it's just that.."Ah No need to explain Jack. Optimus kind of gave us some of the Dynamics of your world. And Yes You are having this conversation with a horse!" The both laughed for a bit. "You know."shining continued. "Optimus spoke very highly of you." Jack remembered when Optimus trusted him with the key to Vector Sigma. Though a robot, Jack did look up to Optimus. "Thanks, That's actually great to hear." Jack told Shining. "So, From what I heard, I guess you and Twilight spent a lot of time with him while he was here." Shining gave Jack a gallant stare." My Friend. Optimus Prime is the Truest, Most Noble Leader it has been my great honor to meet. I would gladly face ANY Challenge to rescue him." Jack never thought he actually meet a talking horse that he'd thought was kind of cool. "But Anyway. I Commend Your Bravery Jack and I'm honored for you to help us one this mission." Jack grinned and shook Shining's hoof.


Back over at the courtyard, Ratchet was working feaverously to modify the Vehicon for the mission. After getting a scan and read out of Spike's measurements it was going well but still time was of the essence. Celestia and Luna came up to him. "How goes it Sir Ratchet?" Ratchet was still a bit uneasy with being called "Sir" But he decided to be respectful and allow it. "I Should have it ready within the hour, Your Highness." Celestia then asked. "If I may ask, How many of those Energon cubes do you have?" Ratchet never taking his eye of his work said. "We have a good few between all of us." "Just to assure you." Celestia said reassuringly." We can still use those to open a portal back to your world. You wouldn't have to worry about being on the ship when you send it back." Ratchet still had trouble wrapping his mind around magic. But he decided to let it slide. Luna noticed a large trailer that Ratchet had brought to Equestria with him. "If i may ask." said Luna. "What is that for?" Ratchet said. "Between Megatron and this Chrysalis, Not to mention they're individual armies, I hoping that may help Optimus even the playing field."

Despite all that had happened in the past few days, some less then desirable traits still perservered. Hence Why Flim and Flam were trying to sell fake, useless, Made up garbage they had cobbled together that they guranteed would keep Decepticons away. "Yessiree Bob!" Flim declared. "We have all you need to them Decepticons from coming back." Then he showed off the phoney merchandise. "14 cans of Decepti-away spray  $19.99 a can. Decepticons fighter ninja nunchucks $31.00. Here we have your basic Decepticon style bear trap, $99.99.... The Twins, Snips, Snails, Big Mac, and Prowl were watching the whole joke unfold before them. "Ya know." Prowl observed. "If I were an actual Cop car, I'd have to turn them in." Skids and Mudflap had Snips and Snails on their shoulders and they were disgusted. "Who these foolios kidding?" Mudflap scoffed. "Ah Don't know, But enough's enough." He trotted up to Flim and Flam's cart and said. "Uh, Fellas. GET LOST" POW He bucked the cart so hard it went clear into the woods with Flim and Flam screaming along with it. "Now I see why Ironhide liked you kid." smiled Prowl.

Nearby where Ratchet was working on the Vehicon suit, Raf was busy on a makeshift work bench hastly putting together comlinks that the team could use. Of course it was very difficult to design comlinks for ponies and dragons.And all the while Pinkie wasn't leaving his side for a moment. "WOOOOOOW! Raf. Your so smart." Said Pinkie with genuine admiration and affection. "Just like Bumblebee said." While Raf was a still somewhat weirded out by Pinkie and this whole world in general, He was quite flattered. "Thanks. Look, Uh, Pinkie I guess I really should thank you for being Bee's Friend in all this. Don't worry. We're Gonna save him." Pinkie smiled. "And When We Do WE'RE Gonna Throw THE BIGGEST VICTORY PARTY EVER!" "Uh Yeah!" Raf said somewhat uneasy. He could probably imagine what a party would look in this place. "Uh Listen. Could I choose the decorations if we do?" Pinkie smiled and said. "Only If YOU promise to Dance With ME!" Raf was bit uneasy with this. "What's the matter. Never danced with a giiiirrrrllll?" She teased a bit. "That and not really being ask to dance by a horse!" Raf stated as he finished the last link.

"Are You sure?" Rainbow Dash asked frankly. Soaring groaned and said. "Like I said the last 10 times. We searched the forest. Every nook and crany around town. Even the palace basement and around the queries. There is no sign of That Spider lady. Maybe she just rejoined the rest of those monsters in the warship." Rainbow Dash knew that wasn't a possibility. From what Arcee told her, Airachnid was on the outs from the Decepticons. Soaring and the bolts had been looking but still no sign and this time around they even had Springer and Swoop helping. Dash hated the thought of that witch still watching them and sneaking around after what had happened earlier.

Back at the weapons shed, Miko had decided to be creative. So with a pair of sticks and some broken chain she had managed to cobble together a pair of nunchucks. She showed Garble. "Check this." Miko then started to pull of some nunchuck tricks she had seen in the ninja movies. "Hey Cool!" said Garble. "Let me see." Miko handed him the 'chucks. "Now it's literally Enter the Dragon!" She joked. Garble attempted to preform some of the tricks Miko did. But when he whipped the things behind him, they slipped from his hand, flew across the room and.THOK "OOOOOOOWWWWW!" Right up back of Shining's head. Rubbing the back of his head, Shining looked at the nunchucks and angrily scanned the room to see where they came from...Only to find Miko and Garble looking outside a window pretending to see shooting stars. Candence went over to him. "Oh Honey are you alright?"

While a moment of romance started between Shining and Candence, Garble rolled his eyes. "No offense to Sis, But.. ACK ACK ACK!" He stuck his finger in his mouth and did the traditional gagging noise. Miko was a little put off by the sappy scene herself and did a pretend throw up. Twilight however was not amused and used her unicorn magic to smack Garble upside the head with a log. "OWW! GRRRRRR!" He and Twilight glared at each other again. "What did I say?" scolded Candence lightly. "But.."Twilight started. "It's OK Twily. He didn't mean any harm. That's just the way some boys think. Besides, My "Little Brother" Is a Fighter Not a lover." Candence said in a big sisterly fashion while elbowing Garble. "Seriously, Though "sis". said Garble. "Back Then I always figured if you ever did get married  you'd be cool with it." Shining rolled his eyes. "Oh, So I suppose we should have rode from the ceremony on a flaming motorbike, jumping a pile of exploding barrels with Dynamite strapped to our heads!" "See Even Soldier Boy Gets it!" Garble laughed, And Candence and Miko laughed along with him. Shining rolled his eyes again as memories of Candnece and Baby Garble joking on him came back. Twilight couldn't help but notice that Garble and Candence really did seem like brother and sister. In fact it almost seemed identical to her and Shining. Maybe now would be a good time to get some answers. But just then Spike showed up.

Spike examined the nunchucks on the floor. "Hmmm." He studied then ..WHIP WHOP WHIP WHOP WHIP WHOP. Spike was like a mini Bruce Lee with the nunchucks. Jack, Twi, Miko, Shining and Candence all stared in bug eyed amazement. "And he's suppose to be a sidekick?" Jack whispered to Twilight. "Heeeeyy. Boss moves Little man!" Garble commended. But spike still shot him angry look and walked off. Garble just grumbled and went back to work trying to find some weapon to use. Twilight and Candence looked at each other sadly. Candence walked over to Garble. "Garby please. Before you head out together, Try to make  things right with Spike." Garble shook his head look sis I'm trying but..." Garble slumped, then he walked out after Spike. Twilight then asked Candence. "OK This is really weird. How did you know Garble and how come you never mentioned him before?" Shining had a sad look on his face. "Well Twily." Candence began. "Before you were born, Dragons used to have better relations with most of the other creatures in Equestria..."Yes, Quite so." Celestia had trotted in. They all greeted her. She had seen Garble walk off. "My, My So that's Dragus's boy. My he's grown." "Dragus?" Twilight asked. "At the time, Dragus was high chief of the dragons. He stubborn and prideful, yet a noble soul. He and his wife often attended meetings with us. And I always offered to have Candence watch their baby boy." Candence laughed as she remembered that first night watching Garble. "OK Twily here's the funny part..


Garble found Spike over at the same room where he had been pounding the bags. "Guess the Big Metal Rex taught ya well eh?" Spike just ignored him. Garble shook his head but kept trying. "Come on man. You just gonna keep ignoring me? How you play a brother Dragon like that?" "Oh." Spike mouthed not even looking at him as he continued working on some black fabric. "So I'm a BROTHER Dragon Now! Not A "Rookie" Or a "Baby"?" "OK." Garble said rolling is eyes. "I probably had that coming. Your not a baby." "GRRRR I'M 11!" Spike snapped. "You 11? Dang You shor....Uh Awesome for at that age!" Garble stammered. Spike snarled and went back to work. Garble threw his arms in the air and groaned. "OK I'M SORRY! I'M A JERK OK I'M A JACKASS OK! I'm  sorry I made you do all that stupid crud over at the crater, Sorry about beating you Sorry about making fun of your pony friends, Which YES after what you probably heard about my childhood makes me a hypocrite." Spike just stared at him and shook his head. "OK How about this." Garble offered. "I'll let you have a free shot at me. Won't even block. Go ahead!" Spike looked at Garble and said. "Gee, Let me think......POW! Garble went flying smack into the wall leaving the traditonal crater. "OW...OK Definatley had THAT coming." Spike's expression softened and he went back to finishing what he was working on. Garble dusted himself off and walked back over to him. "Look. Twilight told me about that..You know..one Pony girl..Rarity Right? I'm sorry I tried to take your diamond. And I'm...sorry...She and your Rex friend got caught. I want to try and help get them back. But I need YOU To understand how much it means tous Dragons that Chrysalis goes down." Spike turned to loo at him. "What do you mean?" Garble realized that Spike was probably to young to remember what had happened. "OK Here's what happened when I was a bit younger then you.'

Back at the Shed, Jack and Miko had stopped to hear Celestia and Candence's tale. It was a fascinating story. "It was different back then. Dragons were among Equestria's most noble creatures. Back then they were all of one colony which they called clans. I had worked very closely with Dragus and his wife. The often attended Meetings and State dinners with us here at the palace. Which of course had to be held outside. Because had Candence had no brothers or sisters she often thought of Dragus's son Garble as her brother. He was most certainly a project." Twilight could imagine. "In fact Twily." said Candence. "After I started watching you, It was very rare that he wasn't with me and shining when you weren't around." Twilight turned to Shining. "How Come you never mentioned him before?" Shining just grimaced and said "Well...." "I had  wanted you to meet him, But Shining for some reason thought he'd be a bad influence on you." Candence said while turning to Shining in a tone of mock scold. "And Poo, Twily missed out on all the fun. " "FUN?!" Shining stammered. "You call him Biting my tail, gluing my hoofs to my head, banging me in the head with a baseball bat and tying me to a tree covered with honey in a bear infested forest FUN?" "Kept me entertained." Candence said. Twilight couldn't help but find that a bit funny herself. "So, What happened?"

A sad look crossed Candence's face. "It was about when you were first being taken in by Auntie and Shining was in training. Garby was just leaving after visiting us, back then he was a little bit older then Spike and...

Back at the training room

"When I got home...Can what it's like coming back and seeing the sky black, lightning all around and big disgusting hive with horrible black bugs flying all around it right on top of where your Birth nest is suppose to be." Spike could see Garble was getting angry. "There I was scared and wondering what was going on and what had happened. I'm looking for Ma and Pop's everywhere. Next thing I know that WITCH is standing over me. Laughing her head off with that horrid voice of her's and her disgusting green eyes!"

Back at the shed.

"When Word had finally gotten to us." Celestia's voice was laced with sadness. "Me and Candence raced over. We were too late. Chrysalis had already taken over. Hundreds of Dragons had either been beaten or.." There was look of pain in the princess's eyes. "Shining had beat us there. He had been trying to find Garble." Twilight looked at her brother who had an equally pain expression as he finally remembered. "He and Candence searched and searched but couldn't find him...

Back at the room

"I finally found Ma and Pops in the jungle..Or what was left of it!" said Garble as the story sunk in on Spike. "I don't think I had ever really seen the old man cry until that day."

"Thankfully." said Celestia. "We were grateful to learn that he and his family had survived. But Dragus had no kind words. Because of what happened, the other Dragons believe he failed as a leader and most went their seperate ways. This caused Dragus to sever ties with us." "And." Candence said tearfully. "Shining and I never really saw Garble again until yesterday." Twilight sadly looked at Celestia and said. "Princess Celestia. I never really asked where Spike's egg came from." Celestia looked at her student sadly. "I had found an all but destroyed nest that day. The parents were..... But I had found that one egg survived. Something just told me, That if I let you hatch this egg Then maybe just maybe..."OK We're back!" Garble announced as he marched back in. Twilight trotted up and asked. "How did it go with Spike?" "You be the judge." Said Garble stepping aside. A second "HIIIYA!" Spike appeared out of nowhere. This time he was wearing Black stylized ninja clothes. He entirely in black. Head to toe. He held two katana blades with nunchucks at his side. His whole head was covered in a black mask that didn't seem to have any eyeholes. And for some odd reason, he was wear weird sunglasses over the mask. (In sort he looks like snake eyes from the G I joe movie) "Whoa" said Miko.

"Hmmmm." Smiled Celestia. "Come to think of it some new  Battle attire would probably do you some good." Jack and Garble looked at each other and then bowed respectfully towards Celestia. "Uh Your Highness." said Jack as respectful as possible. "With all due respect. I don't wear Sparkly well." "Neither do I, Your majesty." Said Garble which was a first for him. Celestia just smiled and said. "It is quite Alright Sir Jack. I understand this is hardly the enviroment a grown young man would find enjoyable. I am deeply thankful for you bearing with us during your stay here. However Miko was showing me pictures of her homeland earlier and I was actually thinking something like...Celestia began to glow and powerful light shot from her eyes and horn washing over Jack and Garble. When it was over Jack and Garble were wearing what appeared to be modified Samurai Armor. "Whooooa!" They all stared in awe. "Actually." Shining asked. "Now that we're on the subject of Attire..."
"Dude I was about to say." Garble said motioning toward Shining's violet captains jacket.
Celestia smiled.  Then Twilight beat her to it. "Actually Shining I was thinking something like this...." Shining was bathed in his sisters magic and when it was over...
Shining Absolutely LOVED What he was wearing. Celestia and Candence were Amazed. "I take it back." Garble said, Checking out both his and Shining's armor. "You ponies know what your doing after all!" "It is now Absolutely Official." Shining declared. "Twily. "YOU ARE THE GREATEST SISTER EVER!" Twilight squealed. "Anything For my B.B.BFF!" And she and Shining hug each other warmly. "No offense. But Seriously? BBBFF?" Garble said with weird out expression. Knowing He didn't mean any real harm, Twilight just Said. "Oh Yeah well what would you call your brother or sister. Garble started to say. "Probably..Candence beat him to it "Fresh Meat!" She said and they both laughed. Now that was the girl he remembered. "Alright team we all know what we got to do!" Jack said. Twilight turned to Spike and asked. "Uh Spike. Can you see in that?" SMACK Spike walked straight into a wall.

The next hour was a busy one. Miko helped Sweetie Belle sew up a new Banner that represented Equestria, Cybertron and Earth. The Royal guard had managed to grow some spines but they were still short handed. So Garble quickly rushed to get whatever Dragon help he could. But all he could get were Clump and Fume (They were the only ones not in Juvinelle hall). When they asked the reason why they were helping a bunch of Namby Ponies Garble told them it was a step to taking down Chrysalis and regaining dragon honor, Reason no 2 was "CUZ I SAID SO!" Shining put them on the job of Protecting the Princesses. Miko of course didn't like being left out of the action, neither did Applejack, But she promised Miko they'd find something cool to do while they killed the time to ease the tension. While Twilight and Spike were finishing getting ready,Sweetie Belle came to visit them for a bit. She had something for Spike to take.

"Here Spike. I think you should have this on you when you rescue my sister." Spike couldn't believe it. It was the fire ruby he gave Rarity. "I say that if the hero is going to save the damsel." Belle declared. "Then he should carry the symbol of their love!" Spike got flustered and blushed furiously. But he looked at the ruby and thought of Rarity. Then he looked at the plaster cast she had made of Grimlock's foot. He thought about the big guy and how much he had meant to him in that time. Grimlock liked Spike because he believed in him. Now it was time to put that belief to the test. He stuck the ruby in his pocket then put on his ninja mask and unneeded glasses and ninja styled vanished. Belle was stunned. "When did he learn to do that?" Twilight grinned and said. "Lately he's been full of surprises." Twilight thought about Optimus and realized there was no time to lose.

So the all gathered in the palace courtyard to see the heroes off. Raf handed out the comlinks. Ratchet helped Spike in the exo suit. "You press this button to go into flight mode. Don't worry the mechanics will work around your body. Every move you make it makes. Now when you get there I will guide you to the command bridge. Once there you'll have to cause some sort of distraction so no one will notice you on  the ground bridge.  I'll talk you through the procedure on the comlink....ARE YOU LISTENING?" Spike was still wearing the ninja mask and when Ratchet yelled, he turned his head...in Twilight's direction. "Yeah, Ratchet I can hear you." Ratchet facepalmed. "Spike." Twilight said nicely. "TAKE THAT THING OFF!" Spike sheepieshly took the mask off and stuffed it in his pocket. Shining said to Spike. "Spike I don't mean to put anymore pressure then there already is but the thing is...Your basically leading the charge." "Fine by me." Spike said casually.

After briefing was done it was time to go. Good lucks had been said. Hugs had been made and it was Now or Never. Rainbow Dash insisted that Jack ride on her. Which Jack begrudgedly agreed. Garble had to carry Shining. "You get any ideas about dropping me Garble, I'll Buck you into next week!" Shining stated. "You do that Shiny sides and it's 3000 feet down and I ain't getting ya!" said Garble. Fluttershy carried Twilight. Spike switched the Vehicon suit to flight mode and they were on they're way. Now all they needed was A LOT of luck.

To be Continued