Chapter 27: Dragon's Head

Zero's Edge panted, staring at the door that the trio escaped.

The screams filled his ears before he shifted back to Will.

He panted as he peeked through the door.

"Wait! STOP!" A voice cried.

"No! Let me in!" Multiple screaming hollowed through the halls.

The boy slowly walked down the white hall to the rapid banging. He peeks from the corner gazing at the crowded group of Researchers piling against the Elevator doors, and Stacy is one of them.

The lights begin flickering, making them shut their lips into shaking breaths before a current of electricity slams onto the floor, making everyone flinch.

Revealing a bearded man in his underwear.

"Fancy meeting you all here." He said before the boy stood in front of him. "What the hell you doing here, kid?"

"If you wondering. I'm the one that released you all."

The door opened from their right to see an older man with spiked hair of white.

He pointed a blade of forever knights.

"Get out my way if you know what's good for you!"

"Come again?" The bearded man tilted his head, causing the light to flicker.

"I did you this favor!" Will said before lightly glaring at the Bearded man. "No harm comes to them."

The bearded man continued glaring, only for him to smirk.

"Fine." The lights stop flickering. "I had my share." The man dissolved in electricity before shooting himself into the lights above.

The doors of the elevator opened.

"T-thank you!" A voice said as the researchers entered.

The boy looked over his shoulder to the crowded elevator and noticed Stacy in the center of it. His eyes glowed purple, causing everyone to jolt while the door closed.

Will look to the escapee gazing at him in confusion.

"You could leave, but there's gonna be friction above us."

The escapee looked to the elevator while Will raced right past.

The door opened, causing the boy to stagger. A body covered with smoke presented a woman staring lifelessly at him.

A beastly roar gains his attention as he stares down the hall littered with blood and bodies.

"Hold it DOWN!!" A red skin man with a beard and his eyes bursting with electricity ordered.

The aliens and mutants surrounded WildKnight, forcing him to the corner.

The boy opened his mouth.

'Are you truly going to protect that beast?' A voice whispered, stopping the boy. 'It's nothing. But a tool.'

'He's still. Man.' Another stated. 'A man. Surviving to live.'

'You can't protect anyone without that thing lingering around. It's trained to follow orders, nothing more.'

'Yet they establish basic emotions.'

The boy wrestled the two choices as the WildKnight snapped his jaws at the Escapees.

He came up with a plan of action.

The boy did nothing as the Wild Knight touched the wall, only for a Nerofriggan to appear above him driving his ice dagger into his skull.

WildKnight whining filled the hall as the Nero continued banging his hand onto the dagger handle, digging the dagger deeper until WildKnight dropped to the white floor, bleeding.

The Nerofriggan panted as Will noticed his wings gone.

"Hey!" A mutant shouted before clutching his fist: his hands glowing a firey orange aura.

The mutants and Aliens followed his gaze to the boy, standing at the end of the hall.

"I'm not here to fight." He said calmly. Listening to their silence. "I'm the one that released you."

"Yeah?" A teen Fourarms clenched his fists. The boy noticed his extra's missing. "The last time I heard that. I was ambushed."

"Wait." A mutant cut in. "I think you were the kid that went by my door. I felt your presence."

"And I came. Back." Will said as the door behind the group opened to reveal the Pyro he spoke with earlier. "We don't have much time. And all I ask is your cooperation." The group remained quiet. "There will be reinforcement upstairs, and there are only." He paused mentally, counting. "Twelve of us and maybe more below us."

"All I ask is to wait upstairs so I could, bring the others."

"You have a death wish." The Pyro started folding his arms. "Yet, you made it this far. I'll consider it."

Will followed his eyes toward the aliens and Mutant, getting nods or stares.

"Alright." He said under his breath before exiting the hall of blood and bodies.

He made it to the elevator to see the white hair man leaning against the wall.

Will ignore his gaze before phasing through the floor.

Swallowed in darkness and silence, he remained quiet.

The boy drops onto the polished floor as the alarm: fills his ears once more. The lights blinked as he gazed up at bodies littering the two-way path.

Will choked as he noticed a torso of a Knight separated from his legs while his guts littered the floor.

With his breath shaking, he walked over to the researcher, that eyes were ripped out of him with bites littering his face.

He walks over him before peeking at the two way-hall.

The lights continued blinking, presenting the emptiness in each hall before him.

He paces himself down the right, his arm forming into the rock and magma before revealing Nova.

At the end of the hall, light steps were heard, putting the boy to a halt. He noticed a dog-like figure down the hall gazing at him quietly.

Will squinted his eyes while the dog grew closer, revealing its red eyes and dark blue skin.

The boy staggered. The dog rushes him.

The boy fired beams at that said dog dodging the attack with ease before leaping at him.

Will smoke dashes through the dog attack. Will reappeared before shifting Zero phasing through the wall.

He entered the room of darkness, presenting a pod.

"Christ, When will this end?" Zero said under his breath before pacing through the dark, passing the empty pod.

He peeks his head out the wall presenting the hallway once more. Zero sees the dog pacing about with its back turned.

It quickly snaps toward Zero that phase back into the wall.

"God." Zero looks around the room. "Ok." He said to himself before phasing from the wall to the approaching dog.

It growled while Zero revealed himself.

"Hold." Zero ordered. "E-everything is alright." The dog rushes at the boy, only to slow down in a blur.

Zero staggered before revealing Will clenching his eye.

The boy clenches his teeth, rushing for the opportunity. Growing inches from it. The dog time resumes while the boy smoke dashes onto its back.

The dog rushes down the blinking hall with Will. It cut around the corner, building up speed.

"AH!" Will shouted with his eyes watering and his hair flickering. They quickly reached the other end of the hall with a tunnel before they turned into a figure of a little girl in a lab coat, a pink energy blade ignited from her hand.

The dog slides to a halt allowing Will to scratch behind its ear. It flicks its head about, only for it to stop.

"It's surprising seeing you again." The little girl said. The boy's eyes looked up to the little girl in the lab coat.

"Sunny?" Will questioned as she slowly approached, only for the dog to bark at her.

The boy scratches behind the dog's ears causing it to stop.

"So you're the one that pulled that. Off." Sunny questioned as Will slowly climbed off the dog's back.

"What gave you that assumption?" He glared up at her.

"Easy tiger. As much as I want to talk about what I did, I think getting out of here is the first priority." Will noticed the dog lightly growling.

"Fine." The boy paused, gazing about.

"We're the only three down here. I took out the others." Sunny folded her arms. "In total, they were six, Including Me, you, and that formal pet of yours." Will rubbed his brows, sighing.

"Ok. I can make it work. Follow me." The boy jogged down the blinking hall with Sunny and the dog in tow. "Where's Gwen?"

"Me being a kind soul, I'd distracted those idiots at mid-trip so she could escape." She continued. "And no, I want my fair share with these assholes."

They walked over the bodies leading to an elevator. The boy swipes the ID card on the reader, getting a ring from the machine.

Will looks back at the dog, giving a calm demeanor while looking at Sunny.

"If you're. Looking for a treat." Sunny said, bouncing her head toward the boy. "There's your biscuit."

Will only kept quiet before looking at the door. It opened while they entered. The boy pushes the button to the third floor.

The doors close while they felt their weight shift. The three remain quiet, looking at one another.

"Hey." Sunny started getting Will's attention. She kept her gaze at the door. "What happened the other night, my bad." Will remained quiet before looking at the door himself. "Just want to lighten the mood. You know?" The boy clenches his fist, getting the dog's attention. "Don't you ever get a break?"

Suddenly they stop on the second floor.

The doors opened to a towering alien with a black Exo skeleton. It gazes eyeless at the three, keeping calm.

The alien entered while Will and the dog stepped to the side. It squeezed between the three before its tail slithered, hitting the third-floor button with the sharp end of its tail.

The door closes. Will, Sunny, and the dog gazed at the alien staring at the door.

"A xenomorph." Edge answered. "I met one. During my entrapment, yet it was dead." The boy remained quiet, studying the alien.

The boy's eyes guide him from its sharp toenails, up from its slim legs, to its black banana-shaped head, only to see it gazing at him.

His heart races as he gazes: blankly at the alien before looking away. He felt its gaze piercing through him.

Standing in silence felt like minutes before the doors opened. The Xenomorph exited the doors while Sunny gazed at Will: staring blankly with sweat rolling down his head.

Sunny only smirked while Will exited with the dog. He stood a foot from the Xenomorph gazing at the Aliens and Mutants hanging around the lounge with their eyes staring at the door.

"What's going on?" Will questioned as the Pyro from before lifted up a finger.

"All of you, go back to your cell!" A knight shouted behind the door. "Continuing this will only lead to your deaths!"

"There's twenty." A voice stated as everyone stared at a little girl. Who's was farther from the door with her hand covering her face. "They're fifteen transfusions and Five Knights. First floor and second."

"Then all we can do is fight." The bearded red skin man: similar to Red Riot, clenches his fist, flexing his bulky physique.

"Child." The wingless Nercofriggian called. "Who are we going against specifically?"

"Three of your kind, Blizz." The little girl paused. "Five of Lavar's. Four of those orange beasts. And three of Quin's powerhouses."

"Wait. A minute." Will spoke up, getting everyone's attention. "How can you talk so freely? Those dogs can hear us."

"I got it under control." A mutant sitting on the bar kicking her legs stated. "Look closely."

The boy gazed at the room only to see a hologram of the barrier surrounding it.

The Pyro stood to his feet, staring at the kid.

"How far did you go?"

''Outside." Most of the mutants and aliens staggered hearing this. "I couldn't leave you guys here to suffer." This gains a few smiles and smirks.

"You gonna make me blush." Sunny commented.

"May Queen Elsa gift you prosperity." Blizz nodded to the boy.

Will walked to the door passing the Pyro.

"What's next?" The older man with spiked white hair stated. "They must have a weakness."

"I think the boy might know." The Pyro stated.

The boy peeks through the keyhole seeing the reinforcements consisting of Pyroknights, Wildknights, and Fourarm's Knights.

The boy turned on his feet with all eyes on him. Whispers began filling his head.

'Giving the escapees what you learn will turn the tide of this battle.' Edge stated.

'Use me.' A wispy voice started. 'Their incompetence will be their downfall.'

The boy gazed at everyone before staring at Sunny standing by the alien dog. She only folded her arms.

"They hurt you. Us." Will places his hand on his chest. "They took you from the homes you once knew. Use you for their benefit to create drones for their sick plans." His veins glowed a sickly purple. "All I ask is for you to stand by me. Fight!" His wispy voice escapes from his clenching teeth. "Let's destroy the abominations they created!" The boy grew tall, his teeth became jagged, and his nails: sharpened. "Let's take down this organization to prevent others from experiencing what WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH!!" He roared while his eyes glowed: revealing Hollow.

"I'm all for it!" The alien resembling Red riot punches his hand bursting with electricity.

"Those Forever Knights will be Forever gone!" A mutant commented while Blizz summons his ice spear.

The other aliens and mutants ready themselves.

Hollow looked to the Pyros known as Lavar. He only remained quiet.

"Lead the way." Hollow followed the voice to Sunny, smirking. "Let's show them who they shouldn't fuck with."

Hollow turned to the door before pushing it open. The reinforcement became alerted.

"FIRE!" The Leading Knight aimed his energy blade at Hollow view.

From the second floor, the PyroKnights begin unleashing a hail of fireballs at the alien that becomes swallowed by smoke.

The leading Knight readied his blade.

"Agh." The Leading Knight's shaking breath escapes from his mask. He gazed down at an energy blade piercing through his gut.

"I have one, brothers." A voice of his own man called.

The WildKnight gave a beastly roar before the Escapees burst from the smoke rushing the reinforcement.

The Leading Knight dropped onto his knees, watching the Escapees run past his view.

The screams and roaring filled his ears before he dropped onto his back, only to see Hollow staring down at him silently.

The alien disfigured face watches his every move before darkness takes him.

Hollow noticed the Leading Knight stopped moving.

Four red arms grab onto Hollow crushing him.

"You're death will be your reward!" A Fourarm's Knight shouted while Hollow grunted. A snarl filled Hollow ears. "AGH!" Hollow drops onto his face.

Hollow looks from the red carpet at the Opportunist being attacked by the alien dog that Will turned over.

The dog hangs on the brute's back, tightening its jaws onto his neck.

The brute roared before hurling the dog across the room, revealing he was undamaged.

Hollow stood to his feet, revealing Red Riot.

He leaps and punches the Fourarms Knight that staggers back: one step. The brutes hook Red Riot, who ducks from his attack. He uppercuts while Red Riot steps back.

Fourarms Knight crushes Red Riot with his arms, only for the red skin man to grasp it, bucking his legs.

"AAAAGH!!!" They roared at each other, only for the Knight to fall to a knee, and the bearded alien, similar to Red Riot, grasps his arm around the Knight's throat.

The three grunted at their attempts while their veins pulsed from their heads.

The Fourarms knight uses his extra arm to strike Red Riot's gut.

"Argh." Red Riot coughed and stumbled to a knee. The four-armed Knight goes to reach for the alien on his back, only for the air to burst.

The Transfusion hits the ground.

The bearded alien tower over him with a grin.

"Can't keep up." His electrified eyes gazed at the wincing Red Riot. "Stand to your feet, boy." He pulled Red Riot to his feet before staring his yellow eyes at Red Riot's red. "You gotta change styles unless you wanna die, and we need you in one piece." He chuckled before rushing into the fight. "Fight for your heart, boy!"

Red Riot gazes at the Aliens and Mutants fighting along one another, releasing bloodshed.

A mutant coated in silver was pinned down by a Wildknight. The Silver Mutant struck the beast causing it to stumble. The orange beast latched its teeth onto his neck, only for Sunny to leap onto its back, delivering a deadly blow.

Above him, the railing on the second floor crashed onto the carpet beside Red Riot, revealing the Xenomorph entangling a Knight with its tail.

The Xenomorph rips the masked off the prey before its inter mouth escapes from the alien throat, driving into its prey's skull.

Red Riot studied the alien once more before the alien snapped to the Red skin man gazing at him. The alien dog stood by Red Riot's side before releasing a low growl.

In return, the Xenomorph gives a low hissing.

Red Riot's skull enlarged and curved like an upside-down banana. He grew slim, revealing his exoskeleton while his skin turned black.

He gazed calmly, giving a low growl.

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Xenomorph Will: Prowler

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The Xenomorph hissed before she crawled away.

The dog barked, causing Prowler to snap at it. The dog was staring up.

On the second floor, Blizz is facing two NecroKnight. Blizz twirled his spear before blocking both of their attacks.

Prowler leaped from the carpet before grabbing onto the second-floor railing.

Blizz stabs his attacker before another drives his ice blade through his gut.

Prowler hissed before vaulting over the railing.

The NecroKnight shoves Blizz from his blade before snapping to the Xenomorph rushing him. Prowler side-leaped from his slash before swinging his claws.

The NecroKnight only dodges with ease before dealing a death blow, only for Prowler's tail to reflect it. His eyes widen as the Prowler traps his prey in his clenches.

The Prowler's second mouth drives in the Skull of NecroKnight, successfully killing him. The Xenomorph shoves the dead NecroKnight onto the carpet before rushing to Blizz's side.

Prowler shifted Will.

"Hey! Hey. Stay with me." Will said, pressing his hands onto Blizz only for his oozing blood to escape from his fingertips.

"Protector." Blizz whizzed. "The..Queen." Blizz grasped the boy's wrist.

"Hydra is keeping everyone. Safe." Will said as Blizz gaze shook. "Hydra?" The wingless Necrofriggan rests on the carpet gazing his beetle eyes to the railing.

"Blizz?" The boy raised his voice. "Blizz!!" He shouted.

Will clenches his teeth before closing Blizz eyes.

The boy stood to his feet. He noticed the dog by his side.

He looked over the railing to see the mutants and aliens losing to the remaining Knights.

Will slams his hands onto the railing before shifting Hollow.

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The remaining Knight noticed Hollow before succumbing to their death by the remaining Opportunist.

"HA!" A Fourarm's Knight staggered back before a mutant coated in metal: punched his leg out. The semblance alien of Red Riot put him in a headlock.

The Xenomorph stalked the Transfusion, fighting off opportunists before rushing.

The FourarmKnight threw the alien off his back before Xenomorph leaped onto his shoulders, driving its sharp tail in Transfusion's eye.

Hollow watched as the screams and blood spilled the carpet before panting filled his ears.

Hollow gazed silently at the bodies of both Mutant, Alien, and Transfusion.

Pieces of railing littered the first floor, and fire began to spread.

He noticed the spiked older man and the little girl that gave them the body count.

"Come on!" The older man shouted, racing out the door.

A total of eight mutants and aliens followed in tow.

Lavar gazed up at Hollow.

"Kid!" Lavar shouted.

"Go. I have a head to claim." Hollow ordered.

"This place is coming down!" Hollow pushed himself from the railing before turning his back. The dog leaped from the second floor, racing to the exit. "Kid!"

"Oh, I wanna see this!" Sunny purred, leaping onto the second-floor railing. She vaulted over, following Hollow.

Lavar snapped his head to the second floor and the door to the outside world. He grunts before rushing for the door.

Hollow soon shifted to sweating Will.

Racing down the hall. The afternoon light touches the side of his face his panting increase.

Rapid footsteps filled the boy's ears. He turns back to Sunny catching up.

The boy's vision snapped to the red carpet ahead of him.

They turned around the corner before they jogged to a stop.

A singular white door stood before them. Will reaches his hand at the knob before stopping.

"What?" Sunny questioned.

Will's eyes kept on the golden knob before he shook his head. He opened the door before him, seeing Enoch behind a desk as a window behind him presents nature's essence.

"Congrats. You've found me." Enoch said calmly while the boy and his backup stepped inside. "Please." He pointed his hand at the cushion chairs in front of his desk. "Take a seat." Will's arms shifted to Red Riot before hurling the chairs against the wall and bookshelf.

"Do you want it slow or Quick?" Will glared eye to eye at Enoch before a pink energy blade was aimed at the boy's neck.

"Hold on, now." Sunny chirped while Will stepped back from the desk. "Good boy." She smirked while the boy glared.

"How low you've fallen." Enoch continued. "What would the Tennyson's think of you?" The boy remained quiet. "You killed my men. Destroyed my property. You even killed my hard-working employees, and let's not forget." He leaned back in his chair. "They have families, lovers, and their bloodline ended because of the actions you caused."

"I wouldn't have done this if you didn't torture the lives in your basement." The boy growled.

"You're right. I don't regret it." Will flashed his teeth while Enoch took a sip of his tea. "You've seen the potential they have. Yet you chose to let them let go. How foolish of you."

"Can you speed this up?" Sunny questioned with a groan. "I would like payback-"

The door burst open: behind them before Sunny crashed onto the desk with a hole through her eye.

Will's breath shook.

"God. Do I truly act like that?" A familiar voice gains the boy's attention to the Tennysons covered in dirt. "What a bitch." Sunny clicked her tongue.

"Enoch!" Max raised his voice, entering the room with his blaster aimed at Enoch, pouring himself a cup of tea. "Surrender. Now!"

Will feel something wrapped around him. He noticed Gwen nodding at him. He gazed down at the lab coat and his grey and blue underwear.

The boy quickly buttoned up.

"What do you think?" Enoch questioned, taking a sip.

Benita handled Will Mar's Prowess before glaring at him.

"I think I should rip your body in two!"

"Stay out of this, Ben!" Max ordered.

Benita goes to open her mouth, only for Max to release his intense aura. Benita grew quiet.

"Your hands?" Enoch questioned. "I see they're artificial." Max's finger touches the trigger.

"Grandpa!" Gwen cried out.

"This boy and that girl are following your footsteps." Max clenches his blaster. "Your sense of Justice is flawed. It's even affecting your children...So young to be thrown in your mess...Tell me." Enoch places his cup on his desk before locking his fingers. "How long will they survive? Knowing that you destroyed their childhood." Max clenches his teeth.

"Shut up!" Max roared, surprising the children, even Sunny.

"They are murderers like you and me."

"SHUT IT!"

"That boy is a cannibal."

"What?!" Will shouted, getting their attention.

"You smashed the brains of my employee. Not only that, you devoured it like the animal you are."

This gains the looks of the children.

"NO!" Benita roared, turning from Will's gaze. "YOUR LYING!!"

"The only one's lying is himself, and you defending him is proving my point." Enoch gazed his masked face past the Tennysons and at the boy. "Like all trapped animals. He chews off his foot only to devour his younglings."

Will dropped to his knees.

"Edge? Anyone?" The boy questioned out loud. "Did I do it?"

Silence roamed his mind.

"Yes." Edge answered before Will cracked into tears. "I did it!" He raised his voice. "Only to protect you!" Will's breath grew hollowed as Benita and Gwen stood by his side. "This is not your-"

The boy threw up onto the carpet, shaking like a leaf.

A gunshot fired as he looked up at the window behind Enoch come shattering down.

"I'm. Only. Asking. You. Once." Max glared daggers at Enoch as his aura came to a new high.

"Max." Enoch started once more. "You know I'm gonna come after you. Why not kill me?" Enoch continued. "You and I know you can't save them like that town years ago."

"Grandpa!" Gwen called once more, getting Max's attention.

Enoch leans back onto his chair, rolling out the window.

In a swift movement, Sunny deployed a forcefield around them before the room erupted into an explosion.

"That dick!" Sunny shouted as everyone grew dazed at the black smoke surrounding them.

The forcefield carried them from the smoke. The Tennyson's and Glover noticed tall, familiar robots aiming their weapons at a speck that was Enoch.

They touched the ground before the field released them.

"Optimus?" Benita called under her breath as Will noticed her ear bud lit up. The Tennysons and Glover raced to the three robots keeping Enoch at gunpoint.

"Need some assistance?" Bulkhead questioned, keeping his aim at Enoch standing like a statue.

"I-I thought-"

"That we gave up on you?" Acree cut Gwen off cocking her head. "Slim chance." Acree's eyes land on Will's dead ones. "Kid?"

Enoch's chuckling gains everyone's attention.

"What's so funny?" Bulkhead questioned.

"You and I are not so different." The Autobots eyed Enoch and Will. "Brain capacity or not, with enough pressure. We can snap."

"You talking quite bold. For a human in squashing distances." Acree's glare deepens.

"What did you do?" Optimus questioned as they noticed the fire spreading across the castle.

"Nothing. Really." Enoch answered while Max growled. "Just showed them who they are. Murderers among a cannibal with abilities to 'Protect' people."

"What do you want?!" Max roared, getting everyone's attention. "It sounds like to me you have a death wish." Enoch reaches for his belt as the Autobots ready their weapons. He pulled two handles of a Forever Knight Blade, gazing at the sliver object and brown handle.

"The giant alien you've faced. He has quite an advanced technology." Enoch tosses the handle at Max. He catches it. "I had to use it to take the limbs. Of the boy."

"FUCKING BASTARD!!!" Benita roared only for Gwen to hold her back. "I WILL FUCKING MURDER YOU!!"

Acree's serious gaze grew dark.

"Now." Enoch ignites his blade, revealing a blue streak. "Knowing you. The Officers are on their way, but we both know I will get out." Enoch twirled his blade. "Here's your chance." Max ignites his. "Wise choice." The Autobots and the children stood around in a circle before the two.

"Plumber." Optimus started.

"Stay out of this, Optimus!" Max glared at the Autobot, pointing his blade. "I'm grateful, but stand down." He glared back at Enoch, waiting for him.

"How long you've held a blade?" Enoch questioned while Max slowly approached him. "You're approaching me? How bold of you."

Max rushes before their blade clash, creating sparks. They swing expertly, blocking and attacking one another.

They pace around the circle, increasing their speed and power.

Enoch twirled his blade, leaving Max open. He spun on his feet while Max dived back onto his shoulders before rolling to his feet.

"Agile as ever." Max noticed his favorite shirt with a burnt cut to his gut. He glared up at Enoch, standing to his feet. "Retirement made you slow and delusional." Max took off his shirt before tossing it to Sunny.

Enoch rushes once more, clashing his blade with Max. They tapped their blades repeatedly, pacing around the circle.

"You wish to go back. Start again." Enoch comments while Max ducks from a slash before giving an attack of his own, only for Enoch to lean to the side, pacing around Max. "Kill so many. Even innocents. You're incompetent then and now. "

Max roared as they clashed once more, leaving a blue spark among the two. He pushes Enoch before Max's blade hissed, getting a gasp from Enoch.

"Uh. Ugh!" Enoch gazed down at his missing hand before dropping to his knees.

The leader of the Forever Knight gazed up at Max towering over him. Max readied his blade before realizing the audience before him.

The fight got Sunny interest. Gwen frowned her brows, shaking her head. Benita and Will stared quietly while the Autobots only remained watching.

Max pants staring at the green grass littered with Enoch's hand. He clenches his eyes and teeth before turning off Enoch's energy blade.

He bends to pick up Enoch's weapon, heavy in his breath.

Without a word, he turned his back on him.

"It. Seems." Enoch said under his grunt. "I've lost." He turned to his castle engulfed in flames with the heavy dark smoke touching the sky.

Enoch drops his head once more before reaching into his belt with his good hand.

"Enoch! Hands where I can see them!" Optimus ordered.

A green flash blinds them before Enoch yelped.

Max turned back with his eyes touching his skull while Will was bought; back to reality.

From the boy's vision, XLR8 drove her arm through Enoch's gut.

Red blood painted the green grass and his severed hand while XLR8 ripped her bloody arm from the Forever Knight leader.

"Ugh." Enoch's breath shakes before he crashes onto the ground. Staring up at the visor, XLR8. Staring down at him. Enoch gave blood gurgling chuckle. "Dra-ugh! Dragon." He lightly chuckled before he stopped moving.

"Ben?" Gwen called, approaching with Will behind. XLR8 stared at her bloody arm, remaining quiet. Gwen gently grabbed her arm, only for XLR8 to start shaking.

The blue speedster lost strength in her legs.

"B-Ben!" Will and Gwen raised their voices as they guided XLR8 to her knees.

"Ugh." XLR8 chokes. "UGH!"

"Benita." Will chokes before hugging her.

"Ugh! RAAAAAA!!" XLR8 screams into a sob. He felt her visor become undone from his shoulder. The blue speedster clutches onto the boy drenching her tears and blood on his lab coat.

"Ben." Will's eyes leaked before his lips became a shivering mess. She screamed once more, causing the boy and Gwen to break down.

Gwen's arms wrapped around the speedster and the boy.

"We must leave." Optimus voiced. "Ratchet, send in a ground bridge."

"Max. Max!" Acree's voice filled the boy's ears. "Your RV. Ratchet will pick you up. We got this from here."

"I-uh." Bulkhead choked on his words staring down the trio before the whirling of the ground bridge filled their ears.

"I got it!" Sunny cut in, summoning a pink glass platform for the trio to cry on. "I need a lift, big guy."

"Of course." Bulkhead nodded before shifting into his vehicle form. Sunny climbed in before Bulkhead rocketed into the portal.

The Platform Sunny summoned remained on the roof of Bulkhead. The color schemes guided them as the wind lightly flicked the clothing of Will and Gwen.

The engines and revving of the bike gain Will's attention to Acree and Optimus in vehicle form, tailing them.

They escaped the tunnel arriving back at the Autobot's HQ.

Sunny exited from Buckhead, setting the platform to ground level.

"Hey! Gu-" Niko shouted before cutting herself off, seeing XLR8 bloody arm.

"Raf, a medkit!" Jack ordered, racing to the trio's side while the bots: transformed out of their vehicle form.

"Yeah. Right." Raf raced upstairs to the third floor.

"Ok. What happened?" Jack questioned, squatting behind Will, gazing at the blue Speedster arm.

"She's fine." Gwen sniffed, causing Jack to cocked a brow.

"Then what-" Jack squinted his eyes before remaining quiet.

"It's all-Boogie!!!" Ratchet shouted as something escaped from the ground bridge.

It's raced between Optimus.

"Everyone get back!" Optimus ordered as it raced between the legs of Bulkhead.

"Woah! Woah!" Bulkhead stumbles before the figure stops at the four.

"Wait!" Will shouted as he stood, only for XLR8 to keep him down. "Don't shoot!" His baggy red eyes landed on everyone, alerted at the figure standing before him.

"You know Pluto?!" Acree questioned with her blasters trained on the alien dog growling at her.

"It helped me escape with a few others! So, please. Stand down." He said softly before looking down at XLR8, giving the boy a death grip.