Cyber Dreams A Ranma 1/2 and Beasties/Beast Machines Transformers Fusion written by Shaun Garin <><><> “Well that’s just Prime....” “Or what’s left of him anyways....” <><><> Time Log 5 : Ninja of the Night “And in other news, the mysterious Shinobi or Ninja of Tokyo has struck again, defending the city from yet another Yakuza attack. Witnesses only claim to see a dark blur before they are struck down suddenly. Police are saying that this Shinobi is not of their police force or of their juristiction.” “The Shinobi is causing much media to be circulated with rumors that this man or whatever is working for us, or is a top secret project of the Tokyo Government. We have no evidence that would substanciate this claim, nor is the fact that this Shinobi is under the payroll of the Tokyo Police.” The man, a tall asian detective then pushed away from the crowd of reporters as he moved past the crime scene. In the background, a picture of a group of black suited men are dangling from the top of a building spire and are being lowered down. “As of yet, there is no claim that can be brought up. This is Bunny Bodelle, Channel 3 News.” Ranma shut off the viewer as he rubbed his chin thoughtfully. “Quite a ruckus this Ninja is causing.” “Indeed.” Cologne rubbed her own chin, mimicking Ranma’s gesture. “This may be a good or bad thing in all.” “Yeah.” Ryoga sat hunched over a chess board as Ukyou slashed in her Rook. “But why in the world has this ninja suddenly appeared in Tokyo? What does he want?” “You’ve got me,” Shampoo spoke up as she released a devistating combonation into the holographic trainer. The holographic monstrocity in the form of one of the current Decepticons flickered and died with her tagging the red dot. “Anything you wanna share with us anata?” Ranma shook his head. “I don’t recall anything like a ninja after me, at least, not that I know of.” “Who says it’s after you Prichan?” Ukyou suggested, her queen moved to defend her king. Ryoga sweated. “It’s possible it’s here for a different reason other than a link to your past.” “Quite possibly.... or it’s something all together much different.” He then got up as he started to pace. “What does groups of Yakuza and a ninja all come together?” “Rival Mob Bosses?” Ryoga suggested, making a move that made Ukyou sweat. “I don’t know.....” “Wait....” Ukyou blinked for a minute, accessing the main files before smiling. “Those Yakuza thugs have been found in different areas of the city, mostly in major high tech areas.” “Then he must be protecting those places from the Mob. But why?” “Dunno sugar.” Ukyou plugged herself into the wall as a readout came up on the viewer. “There have been five places that were hit recently, but all of them have been stopped by the ninja. Biotech, Startech, Hypertech, Sylph Co, and Reitech. There are two others in the city itself, N-Tek Japan and Wayne Industries Japan.” “And quite possibly, those Mob guys will keep on raiding the other two places in an attempt to draw out the Ninja or at the very least distract him,” Ryoga reasoned, defending his queen. “But it’s two places. We can split up tonight and stake out the area in our human forms. If we need to, we’ll shift to Hybrid.” “Great idea anata!” Shampoo gushed. “Let’s go and find these guys.” Ranma nodded. “Ucchan, Ryoga, take N-Tek. We’ll take Wayne Industries.” Ryoga grinned as he defended his king once again. “Just you and me Mouse.” “Who’re you calling Mouse?” Ukyou shot back, her brown eyes twinkling. “Okay Prichan.” Ranma nodded as he reached over and slashed in a Knight. “Stalemate.” <><><> “Kinda quiet tonight bro,” Max said over the biolink. “You sure there’s gonna be something happening here tonight?” “Quite sure,” came the voice of Berto Martinez, Max’s best friend and handler. “Five other places have been hit. You and Cat are there to prevent anything from getting into N-Tek Japan.” “Just you and me Steel,” Cat said with a grin. The pair of them rounded the halls as Max’s sensitive hearing kept on full alert. “What about Wayne Industries Berto?” Max then asked as they opened the door to the inside rooms. “Wayne has supplied his own people but a few of our agents are watching the building,” Berto answered. “Just keep an eye out for anything here.” Suddenly, the room was filled with the alarms of a rather rude breaking and entering. “Offhand bro, I’d say we’ve got company!” <><><> “No sign of the intruders yet.” “Keep a close watch Terry,” Bruce instructed from his car’s uplink. “Something does not feel right.” “You’re telling me.” Terry swung down from the roof and perched along the side of a building. “Guards are out tonight, which is normal, but there’s N-Tek around here as well.” “I gave them a call since some of their agents are around here. Jefferson Smith is an old friend of mine, and was willing to guard Wayne Inc Japan for a while.” Bruce had a small smile on his face as Terrry crawled through the ventlation shafts of Wayne Japan. “Oh and Terry? Your mom and brother want you to pick some souviniers when you’re off duty.” “Great. I can never get used to using Yen.” Suddenly, a loud arguement was heard. The voices were rough, one Texan, another a rough gravely voice over some kind of link. “I’ve got something.” Terry crawled out of the vents and leapt above the figure. “It’s... a Transformer. But nothing I’ve ever seen before.” “Keep an eye on it. See where it leads.” The Transformer suddenly whirled and blasted a few shots from the snake head on it’s arm. Terry winced as it turned around, mumbling to the voice on the other end. “It almost saw me, must have thermal sensors.” Bruce nodded. “Don’t take it on yourself Terry, you’re suit is no match for a Transformer, no matter how small they are.” Suddenly, the door opened up and a voice called out to it. “Hey there Quickstrike.” Quickstrike whirled to see Tigatros and Falcona in their robot stages, holding out their weapons. “How in the blazes did you get here?!” he demanded. “Through the wake of destruction you left coming in,” Falcona said, her arm weapons clicking into view. “Come along quietly, and we might not slag you,” Tigatros said, grinning. “FAT CHANCE!” Quickstrike howled as he charged the pair, his weapon blazing. Suddenly, a batarang shot out, winding around his legs and sending him to the ground. Tigatros smiled. “Nice shot Batman.” Batman faded into view. “So, it was a Transformer that was hitting the places.” Falcona nodded. “With the Yakuza as a fake out move, Quickstrike was able to steal the components to build something. We need to know what they’re making though.” Batman nodded. “You’re right.” “Terry,” came Bruce’s voice through the link. “I think these are the good guys. You may want to team up with them for a while, in case something is going on.” “Got it. Mind having a bit of company?” he said, turning to the pair. “Why not?” Tigatros said. “I’m Tigatros Primal, and this is Falcona.” “Hello.” “Big Cheese to Fearless Leader.” “Big Cheese?” Tigatros said, amused. “What’s going on Mouse?” <><><> “We’re being pinned down by Scorpinok in N-Tek’s Lab area.” Mouse winced as a couple of Missles blasted the roof above them, sending debrie everywhere. “Doesn’t this guy run out of missles?!” “Unlikely,” Silverback rumbled, using his arm cannons on the scorpion Transformer. “Hey, you two okay?” “He caught us by surprise, but we’re fine,” Max admitted as a couple of missles screamed overhead. “He sure doesn’t know the meaning of overkill,” Cat quipped as she snapped off a shot or two from her gun. “Hermano, Scorpinok is getting dangerously close to the research lab. There’s a Transphasic power generator that is being tested in the lab itself. It’s a new model of the emergancy recharge generator. ” “Great,” Max groaned. “Just what we need, a super powered Transformer.” “We’ll hold him back, you get that Generator out of danger.” “The generator is just a small flat device Max,” Berto instructed. “It should be in the vault just beyond the wall.” A missle screamed as it blew a hole into the wall. “Make that the easiest exit.” Max crouched into a running stance. “I’ll get the generator. Can you guys lay down some cover fire?” “It’s what we do,” Silverback said with a grin, his shoulder missles locking into place. “Five minutes, and then we blow this place. Going TURBO!” He tapped a button on the biolink as he was engulphed in a hazy yellow light. Getting a running start, he dove into the room where a spider like Transformer was trying to rip the vault door open. “Hey there bug face.” Tarantulas turned in shock. “How did you get in here?” “Through the wall. Heads up!” He lashed out with a flying kick that slammed the arachnid Transformer into the wall. “Sorry about the mess bro.” “RAAAAAGH!” Tarantulas was suddenly up as his arms started to spray the room with bullets. Max dove for the closest shelter as he winced. “Now what?” Max then noticed the gaping hole behind him as Scorpinok got a good look at him. Mandibles clacking, he fired the missles, a pair of twin death. Max suddenly got a crazy idea as he lifted the heavy steel table and charged Tarantulas, pinning the Predicon to the wall. “See ya bug face.” He then dove to the side as Tarantulas’s eyes bugged out. With a tremendous explosion, Tarantulas was doing a Waspinator bit, parts strewn everywhere. Max wiped his forehead as if for good measure, the vault door came crashing down atop the arachnid, making him groan in pain. “Yikes, that has GOT to hurt.” Stepping inside, he grabbed the generator and ran out to where a pair of new robots with the mythical, well, almost mythical Batman was tying up Scorpinok with some type of unbreakable steel cord. “Everything went well?” “Oh yeah, piece of cake sugar,” Mouse said with a cocky grin. <><><> “Well, we were able to stop the pair of robberies in both N-Tek and Wayne Japan. But there’s still something that is still not adding up.” “Yeah, like what those Transformers were after. I’m sure they were after the Transphasic Generator that was in the vault.” Berto typed at the console. “This is quite a setup you have here.” “Thanks,” Ukyou said with some pride. “I designed it myself.” Ryoga snorted as she elbowed him with some force. “Well..... with a Transphasic generator, they could rig up a new..... Transmetal Generator!” “THAT’S IT!” Ranma stood up in surprise. “If they get their hands on parts for the Transmetal Generator, they can increase their power ten fold!” “What’s this Transmetal Generator?” Max asked curiously. “A Transmetal Generator can change a Transformers Super Structure into an even more powerful form. There have been instances in the past of this type of Power Up.” Ranma brought up a few points of interest in the computers. “This is just a few instances. Rattrap, Optimus Primal, Cheetor and such have recieved power ups. This is also Optimus’ final form, Optimum Optimus and some of the instances of Transmetal 2 forms.” Cat whistled. “Pretty nice really.” “Then that settles it.” Ranma stood up. “We have to find out what they have to keep them from getting the remaining parts for a Transmetal Generator.” Berto brought up a few pictures on his computer as well and frowned. “Not good. This seems to read out that the new generator must be almost functional. They need that experimental Transphasic Generator to power it.” “Cross reference the parts stolen with the parts in my databanks,” Ranma said. The tech tapped and nodded. “All matches up. The parts match up with the earth equivilant. Looks like it’s good to power several Transformers into Transmetals.” Ranma scowled. “In that case, we’ll have to keep the Transwarp Generator out of their hands.” Batman nodded. “We’ll have to keep this out of their hands. We could lock it away.” The others nodded. “In that case, we’ll leave it in N-Tek’s hands.” Ranma sighed. “Lets do it.” Fins Chapter 5.... Don’t worry, it’s a two parter