Rescue!

Chapter 38

Starblast was continuing his search for whoever had screamed. He knew that this pony was in trouble, but he didn't know who. He wasn't sure, but he had a hunch that it might have been Rarity. He was still looking with no luck…wait. Starblast looked to his right and saw something under a fallen tree, and it was yellow.

He ran over to it and saw that Rarity was under the tree, she wasn't moving and her eyes were closed. The black pegasus stooped down and pressed his ear to her chest; still breathing. Rarity was on her side but fortunately, Stargazer noticed, Rarity wasn't crushed because of a rock that was at the tip of the tree. Unfortunately, just because she wasn't crushed didn't mean she wasn't pinned.

Starblast tried and tried but couldn't get her out, then he remembered that he was a pegasus (running desperately in the rain makes you forget that), and ripped his coat off (because it didn't have slots for the wings), freeing his wings. He pulled at Rarity but this time using the added power of his wings he somehow managed to pull the unicorn mare out. Forgetting his coat he held Rarity in his forelegs and flew back for Fluttershy's house.

Autobot base…

"Is everyone present?" Prowl asked.

"Everyone but Electric Storm," Nitro-x noted.

"What about the ponies?"

"The ponies are going?" Cliffjumper asked.

"Yes, Sentinel Prime feels that they are the key to winning our war against the Decepticons," Optimus told them.

"Wait! Wait!" Someone called, making everyone turn to the voice. Electric Storm ran up to the intaking and venting hard.

"And why were you late?" Demanded an annoyed Prowl.

"Because…because…" she panted, "Wait…why was I late?"

*RRRRAAAAWWWWRRRRR*

Electric Storm's doorwings drooped. "Oh yeah. That's why."

A huge beast ripped trees and bushes, shredding and uprooting them as if they were nothing more than toothpicks. When it had emerged from the foliage, it looked around, sniffing. The creature was large, almost as large as Omega Supreme (very large guy). Its head had four large spikes sticking out of either side. Its four tails whipped around, crushing anything they came in contact with. Four strong legs stood helped the beast move with gracefully and swiftly. But at any moment they could become a weapon of mass destruction, destroying anything in its path. Spikes covered the creature all along its body.

Its blood red eyes scanned the surroundings, finally spotting its target: Electric Storm. Said target winced and muttered, "Oh no." She had barely gotten the words out before the beast let out a mighty roar and spat fire at her. Screaming, she ran around, trying to avoid getting scorched. "Bad mutant creature thingy!" She scolded it, "Bad!" But once the thing burned her bumper, she decided it was time for plan B.

"Help me!" She yelled. The other 'bots exchanged glances. "You wanna help her?" Nitro-x asked, looking at Scorch. Scorch held up his servos in defense. "She's your sister."

Nitro-x shrugged, and they all went back to watching Electric Storm run around like a madman-err, mech-err, femme-err-never mind. "Oh thanks, guys!" She shouted at them, "You make me feel so loved!" She clambered up a tree before ordering, "Powercore! GET OVER HERE!" From behind a patch of trees, the Mini-con emerged, venting before going over to help the femme. Unfortunately, the two never lynxed.

The creature jumped up into the air and extended wings. "WHAT?!" Electric Storm shrieked then turned to her Mini-con, "You didn't tell me it could fly!" Those were her last words before the creature snatched her up and flew off to…where ever it was it was taking her. As they disappeared into the distance, Scorch asked, "That's not good, is it?"

Prowl's faceplates turned emotionless. "We can't worry about that now."

"But that thing has Electric Storm!" Nitro-x pointed out.

"She'll have to do without us for now. If we don't win this battle, there will be no hope for any of us." The other mechs considered this with stricken expressions. Finally, Cliffjumper put his servo in the middle of the air. "I'm ready to fight. Till all are one."

After a moment, Scorch put his servo over Cliffjumper's. Grinning grimly, he stated, "Till all are one." The other's soon joined, putting servos over servos and muttering, "Till all are one." Prowl looked to the ponies (which were Rainbow dash, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie pie, Applejack, Applewood, Big Macintosh, Princess Cadence, and Prince Shining Armor) who had just recently arrived. "Well?" He asked.

The ponies all exchanged glances. Hesitantly, Rainbow dash flew forward. Putting her hoof on the mass of servos, she stated, "I'm in. What about the rest of you?" The other ponies soon filed forward, all joining in the fight.

Cliffjumper grinned. "Good to know we're all in this together." He winced. "But can we stop it with the servo thing? I think I lost all circulation in my servo." They all chuckled and brought their servos back to themselves. Scorch yelled, "I hope you're ready for us, Decepti-creeps! 'Cause here we come!"

"Oh really?" Nitro-x asked, then pointed to the horizon, "Because here they come!" Sure enough the Decepticons were headed right towards them. No, wait. They were headed right towards the Crystal Empire. The Transformers transformed and drove towards the empire, the ponies trailing not too far behind them.

The race had begun.