Transformers: Revenge

"Twilight?" Sideswipe asked.

Twilight was sound asleep in the cockpit of Sideswipe's Lamborghini Countach mode. It wasn't the most comfortable Autobot alternate mode, actually it was one of the worst (since the Autobots all turned into high performance sports cars, they weren't the most comfortable anything), but she didn't really care since it was so late at night. "Twilight?"

Twilight stirred a bit but remained asleep. Spike lay equally asleep in her forelegs. Which Fluttershy-who was riding with them-thought Spike looked so cute. It had been a bit of a trip getting to Canterlot, but they had finally gotten there. Well, actually, they were inside...something... but outside Canterlot.

"Twilight?!" Sideswipe yelled.

The Alicorn jolted awake from the mention of her name, and when she did, Spike followed. "'Bout time!" Sideswipe called.

Twilight, still a bit groggy, got out of Sideswipe's alternate mode, with Spike on her back and Fluttershy exiting the other side. They found themselves in a large orange room with a closed door and Nitro-x, Pinkie and Braeburn behind them. Electric Storm and Sunstreaker were in front of them with Rarity, Starblast, Rainbow, Applewood, and Applejack. Sideswipe transformed and stretched his limbs, "Whoo! That was rough! My poor V-12 never got a chance to fly!"

"Tell me about it! Well, except for my V-10," Nitro-x answered.

"Um, guys?" Sunstreaker asked.

"What?" The two Lamborghinis asked in unison.

"You do know you're talking about your *ahem* in front of a bunch of... females."

Nitro-x and Sideswipe looked at each other, then-

"AGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"

-ran away.

The meeting room...

Nitro-x and the nine ponies came to a large door, with two Autobots standing in front of it, one orange, the other blue.

"Halt!" They ordered in unison, both with a Russian accent.

"It's okay, you two. It's me, Nitro-x, and they've got clearance from Optimus himself." He said, making an indicative point to the ponies behind him.

The two Autobot looked at each other, then turned to Nitro-x. "Oh..."

The two stepped aside, and opened the door, letting them all in. When they had gone further into the room, Nitro-x explained. "Those two were Jetfire and Jetstorm. They're new recruits. They take their job a bit too far sometimes, but, Autobot flyers are rare, so what the heck?"

Twilight jogged up to the white Autobot and asked, "Oh, so I guess there have been a few changes in the past six months for you?"

"Yeah, I'm the second-in-command in military operations to Prowl, which makes me third-in-command overall. Oh! And I'm leading my own squadron! It's amazing what winning one battle does for your status."

"Wow! I'm real happy for you!" Twilight smiled.

"Thanks, so what's been going on for you?"

"Oh, nothing much, I'm going to be an Aunt in a few months, which is nice."

"Oh...cool."

Soon they came to a door, Nitro-x entered a code in the pad on the wall, and the door swung open.

The meeting room...

Inside the meeting room a there was a table in the center of the room, with chairs small enough for the ponies around the small table, but the room was large enough to handle the Autobots standing up. There was a large computer screen on the opposite wall of the door. In the room were Prowl, Sentinel, and Optimus. On the pony table, there were, Celestia, Luna, Shining, and-

"Cadence!" Twilight exclaimed.

Twilight rushed over to the very pregnant looking Alicorn. "Hay, Twi, sorry I can't greet you correctly, but I don't think the little one would enjoy it."

Twilight smiled and settled for a simple hug around her former foalsitter's neck.

After the ponies took their respective seats, the meeting commenced. Sentinel began. "Welcome, everyone, let's begin. Prowl?"

Sentinel stepped off to the side and allowed the Autobot Second-in-command to speak. "Good morning. Now, I'm not the best with diplomacy, so I'll get right to it: we have no idea why the Decepticons attacked when they did, nor do we know how they escaped  the Tyger Pax prison facility. We think their escape might have to do with their newest ally, Skorponok."

"Eh, he'll go down as easy as Megs, The Tripped, and Sombra."

"Perhaps... And his designation was 'The Fallen'." Prowl corrected.

"Pshh! Whatever!"

Optimus then spoke up. "Well, we do know their plan is probably to destroy us-"

"Surprise, surprise." Nitro-x muttered.

"But we don't know why they're doing it now-"

"It's cuz they're even dumber then when Megsy led 'em," Nitro-x interrupted.

"Nitro-x, comments will be held held till after the meeting." Prowl interjected.

"Pssh!"

"Actually, I have to agree with Nitro-x that they seem less intelligent." Sentinel Prime concurred.

"Thank you."

"They 'seem'?" Princess Celestia asked.

"I think that they're just playing 'dumb' as the humans called it."

"You sure? Screamer seems too dumb to play dumb." Rainbow Dash sneered.

"Perhaps, but I think there is more to this than meets the optic."

"Do we know where they are?" Celestia asked.

"We've had the Arielbots sent to search the planet, nothing so far," Prowl replied.

"So, what would you like us to do?"

"Except for preparing your guards, nothing. We think it's best if you don't worry anyone, it could put the whole country in pandemonium," Sentinel told the Sun monarch.

"Very well."

"Well, that's about it, dismissed," Optimus ordered.

A lot of the ponies and Autobots, left but Sentinel called, "Princess Celesta, Luna, would you mind staying for a moment?"

The two Alicorns turned to the Primes and made their way back to their seats. "We were wondering if it was wise to leave Shining Armor as Captain, at least alone," Optimus told them.

"What do you mean?" Luna asked.

"Well, seeing as how he will soon be a father, we're worried..." Sentinel trailed off.

"That he'll have something else on his mind?" Celestia finished.

"Yes."

"So what do you propose?"

"We're suggesting that perhaps there be someone to help him, perhaps keep his decisions in check."

"I see..."

"If it is acceptable to you, we suggest Nitro-x. Sometimes he's a bit..."

"Absent minded..." Optimus finished.

"...But he is a very good and wise warrior when it comes to battle."

"Hmm, we will have to think about it..." Celestia answered the Primes.

"We respect that, in fact we prefer it, seeing as how we don't know each other that well," Sentinel rationalized.

"I would like to remedy that..." Luna trailed off her voice.

"As would I, you're both very intriguing guests. Someday I would like to hear about your time before the war." Celestia smiled.

"As would I." Optimus smiled through his visor.

When the meeting was over...

"Well, that went well," Luna told her sister.

"Yes, as well as war strategy meetings can go I guess," Celestia answered, then chuckled.

"What?" Luna demanded.

"You seemed very playful with Sentinel."

"I-I merely wanted to talk with them about Cybertron, I am fascinated with space, Tia."

"Perhaps, Lu-Lu," Celestia grinned.