The Untouchables, part 1

Scene opens in empty space, a green and violet portal opens, out of the rift comes the Voyager. A little later the crew is waiting in the bridge for the dimensional scanner's results.

CRYNOTH: It should be about done.

COMPUTER: Scan for Cybertron, (Everyone sits back in their chair, expecting another let-down.) Positive. (Silverbolt looks up, no one says anything.)

B'BOOM: Gee, I expected everyone to jump up and cheer.

BLACKARACHNIA: Who knows what could happen after what we went through in the last dimension.

SILVERBOLT: Crynoth, what information do you have for us? (He stands up and walks over.) Is it our Cybertron?

CRYNOTH: I can't tell yet. (He brings up a three dimensional image of a gray planet.)

BLACKARACHNIA: It looks like Cybertron, but something's not right. (Crynoth is checking over his computer programs.)

CRYNOTH: I'm afraid your intuition was correct, this variation is different from the one you described to me, it seems to be less advanced than you explained as well. (Blackarachnia sits down next to him and begins looking through the scanner results.)

BLACKARACHNIA: He's right, there's no Earth in this dimension. (She looks through it some more.) This can't be right.

SILVERBOLT: We might as well land and recharge, then sort things out.

Scene goes to above Cybertron, the Voyager is heading down for a landing, Blackarachnia and Crynoth are whizzing over the computers.

CRYNOTH: Got it, I got into the archives. (Blackarachnia goes to his computer console, she reads through it a little while.)

BLACKARACHNIA: This, this is weird. It's Cybertron, yet resembles Earth culture. (Anarchy reads over her shoulder.)

ANARCHY: Yeah, battles, divided countries. (He reads some dates, Opal stands next to him and reads the dates as well.) These dates, they fit with Earth history, so the time we're in right now would be about, uh-

OPAL: About the nineteen twenties. (Her sapphire blue eyes reflect the light from the monitor.)

LUNA: What was special about the nineteen twenties?

ANARCHY: The way these battles fit, I'd say we are in the area that would be somewhere in the north central part of the US.

SCALE: You sure know you're history.

PUN: We had to take history classes at the academy.

SILVERBOLT: We're ready to land. (No one pays attention to him.)

LUNA: I remember something significant about this time period, north central- Ah-Ha! Anarchy, could we be in Chicago perhaps?

SILVERBOLT: Chicago? That's where we're landing right now.

INFERNO: Hmm, Cybertron and Cybertronians playing out Earth's history. (The Voyager lands, the big ship takes up a large chunk of tarmac, a transformer walks up to them as they exit the ship, he is in robot mode, but has a beast mode, the metal of his body is red and blue, his beast mode is a Doberman Pincer, the black and brown fur patterns are spread over his arms and the face of the dog is his chest, a spike collar and spiked wrists give him an intimidating appearance.)

PINCHAR: Hi, my name is Pinchar. (He sees Silverbolt and the other five Maximals' transmetal bodies.) Whoa, fancy upgrades! (Blackarachnia walks by him, his eyes follow her, Silverbolt steps between them.)

SILVERBOLT: I have a few questions for you, is there anywhere we can go to have a conversation?

PINCHAR: Sure, there's one nearby, you might want to have a few of your friends come along, the streets can be rough for new-comers. (Silverbolt picks out the ones closest to himself.)

SILVERBOLT: Inferno, B'boom, Anarchy, and Scale, you come with me and Pinchar, the rest of you stay with the ship. (The four follow Silverbolt and Pinchar.)

Scene goes to a dark alley, the six are walking down it when three rats step in their path, they are ugly and unhealthy, the biggest one speaks first.

RAT1: Got anything on ya? (Inferno takes out his two flamethrowers, Silverbolt forces Inferno's arm down.)

SILVERBOLT: They are Maximals. (Another one of the rats steps up.)

RAT2: Come on, anything ya got would be 'nough for us.

PINCHAR: What are you talking about vermin? You can't fire weapons, and you certainly can't beat us hand-to-hand. (The three rats transform, they resemble Rattrap slightly, but are mostly black, gray and brown, the three of them draw their weapons, now Silverbolt allows Inferno to raise his flamethrowers.)

SILVERBOLT: Don't do this, we don't want to harm you. (Anarchy levels his assault rifle.)

ANARCHY: Speak for yourself. (Scale looks deep into the leader's eyes.)

SCALE: You wont bother us any further.

RAT1: Like slag I won't! (He turns his gun to Scale and fires, in an instant Scale pulls out her green light saber and blocks the shot, the laser goes straight back to the leader and hits him in the chest, he goes flying backwards down the alley.)

SCALE: I forgot, Jedi mind tricks don't effect computers.

RAT3: You're gonna regret that, heh heh. (He prepares to aim at Scale when, Inferno jumps at him, Inferno travels over the low-life and lands behind him.)

INFERNO: Good-bye! (Inferno swings his arm down onto the robot's left shoulder and then gives him a round-house to the center of the back, he goes sprawling across the ground, the last robot drops his weapon and runs, Pinchar looks puzzled.)

PINCHAR: Looks like another sale.

B'BOOM: Huh?

PINCHAR: Oh, Catrone, let me explain somewhere else, it's a long story, the diners just around this corner.

Scene goes to the inside of a restaurant, it is like any bar, a singer on stage, waiters bustling about, there are many different robots, some in beast mode, others in robot mode. The six are sitting at a table, Pinchar is just about done explaining.

PINCHAR: And so, to lower the amount of fighting and crime all of us were implanted with intricate control systems that don't allow us to use weapons, that's why I was surprised to see those three bums firing at us.

SILVERBOLT: How could they then? You mentioned someone named Catrone.

PINCHAR: Ah yes, hero to the low-lifes, he devised an operation that can get rid of the anti-weapon system, but the authorities have not been able catch him for it, they know he's doing it, but they can't prove it. (Anarchy motions for Silverbolt to stand up and follow him, the two move to the bar.)

ANARCHY: This matches Earth exactly.

SILVERBOLT: How?

ANARCHY: Prohibition, during the twenties alcohol was banned, and a certain Chicago crime-lord, Alphonse Capone, supplied illegal alcohol, but the authorities couldn't prove it.

SILVERBOLT: I see, just like Catrone. How did they stop Capone on Earth?

ANARCHY: They had him arrested for income tax evasion, a man by the name of Elliot Ness... (Back at the table B'boom and Inferno are talking to Pinchar.)

INFERNO: Why do you have beast modes? There is no energon build-up on Cybertron.

PINCHAR: Energon build-up? We come on-line with beast modes, all transformers do. (On stage a white wolf with elegant eagle wings glides out of the curtains.)

B'BOOM: A fuzor?

SCALE: Reminds me of Silverbolt, except he isn't transmetal.

PINCHAR: She, and yes, we have fuzors, for a long time they were considered ugly. But over time, the combinations have become more elegant and beautiful. (The fuzor on-stage transforms, she is similar to Silverbolt except her face is more humanoid and her body is a lot less bulky.)

B'BOOM: I can see. (The DJ's voice chimes over the speaker.)

DJ: And now, the lovely Yuna! (The audience cheers and Yuna begins singing, B'boom stares as Inferno and Pinchar continue, at the bar Anarchy and Silverbolt keep talking.)

SILVERBOLT: What I don't understand is how there are Earth beast modes on this planet, yet no Earth in this dimension.

ANARCHY: There may be more to this than meets the eye. (He looks at the food being served at a table.) Real food, real drinks.

SILVERBOLT: Very peculiar. We should sit back down. (They sit back down at the table.) Pinchar, is there anyone in specific who is tailing Catrone?

PINCHAR: Yes, a group of four, from the Cybertron treasury department. (Anarchy gives Silverbolt a look of 'I told you so') They're the only ones brave enough to go against Catrone.

SILVERBOLT: We should probably be going back to the ship, it's almost dark.

PINCHAR: Ha, you got that right! You don't want to be out after dark. (They get up and leave, the first three get out of the door and meet two German shepherds.)

GS1: You the new-comers? (Silverbolt nods, inside the door Inferno, Anarchy and B'boom duck to the sides and hide.) You three will need to come with us.

PINCHAR: What'd we do? (The two German shepherds transform and put energy cuffs on Silverbolt, Scale and Pinchar.)

GS2: You're under arrest for attacking another citizen. (Pinchar sees the three rats down the block, chuckling to themselves.) Where are the other three? (At this Anarchy, Inferno and B'boom look at each other and then head to the back of the diner, just as they go out the back exit, the two officers come in, hands ready at their weapons. Outside the diner...)

ANARCHY: We need to split up and stay low.

INFERNO: We also have to head back to the base and tell the others. (The three split up, Inferno goes left, Anarchy goes right, B'boom converts to beast mode, he looks around, then jumps up onto the over-hang above the door, the two officers burst out of the door just as he lands on top.)

GS1: You go left, I'll go right. (The other nods and they head separate ways, B'boom loosens up, a smile of relief crosses his baboon face, then a voice, he stiffens up instantly.)

YUNA: Take a hike! (The voice is soft and sweet. B'boom whispers to himself.)

B'BOOM: I know that voice. (He looks over the edge of his hiding place, it is the singer, she is in robot mode arguing with a hyena.)

YUNA: I said take a hike Jawbreaker! I don't owe him nottin'!

JAWBREAKER: Maximize! (He transforms and grabs her arm.) Catrone says you do. (She starts to scream but he clamps a hand over her mouth.) Heeheehee! Scream now. (He raises his gun to her face.) Now, are you coming quietly? Haha. (B'boom jumps from his hiding place and transforms in mid-air, he lands behind Jawbreaker and draws his weapon.)

B'BOOM: Drop the weapon and let the lady go! (Jawbreaker laughs hysterically and turns around.)

JAWBREAKER: Ha! Heeheeheehee! You can't do anything. (He begins to raise his gun when B'boom shoots him in the chest, Jawbreaker flies backwards.) But! But, you're not a customer! (Jawbreaker reaches for his gun but B'boom steps on his hand.)

B'BOOM: Leave now, while you're still on-line. (Jawbreaker coverts to beast mode and runs away, laughing and yelling at the same time.)

JAWBREAKER: You better watch yourself! (Yuna cocks an eyebrow at B'boom.)

YUNA: Are you finished proving your manliness now?

B'BOOM: Hey, it's the least I could do. What was he after you for?

YUNA: Ah, he thinks I owe his boss. (B'boom looks at her funny now, she tries to think of something to shut him up.) I guess I do owe you something. (She pulls him to her and kisses him, B'boom shuts up. Jawbreaker comes back around the corner, then the three rats slide out behind him, the four transform and aim their weapons.)

B'BOOM: Now would be a good time to run! (He converts to vehicle mode and revs his engine.) Hop on! (Yuna sits on his back and he takes off as shots explode behind them. Inferno and Anarchy have met up and are heading for the Voyager, they are heading for the ship when they see about twenty robots standing around it, all of them are officers, the two freeze and jump behind a building.)

ANARCHY: I know they don't have any reason to impound our ship. (He takes a moment to think.) Capone had cops paid off so, I'm guessing we don't want to risk it.

INFERNO: We have to get inside.

ANARCHY: I got an idea. (He looks around, then runs up to a sewer grate and lifts it up, inside the tunnel Anarchy jumps in easily, Inferno comes down after him.)

INFERNO: I'll make sure we don't come out underneath any officers. (He turns on his infrared vision.)

ANARCHY: The cops themselves may not be the ones paid off, it could be their commanding officer or even higher up the ladder. (Topside, two young officers are talking to each other, parts of animals suggest that one is an armadillo and the other a horse.)

ARMADILLO: Why are we taking these guys in again?

HORSE: Chief said they were planning some kinda attack, the escort drones should be here soon to take'em away.

(A sewer lid slides open under the ship, Inferno comes out to check and see if the coast is clear, then he goes into the landing gear hatch, Anarchy follows him. Inside the ship Inferno is walking toward the bridge when he hears footsteps coming, thinking fast he jumps into the air and goes through a ceiling panel, Anarchy freezes, then ducks into a maintenance closet, an officer walks through the hallway, his beast mode is a tiger, he resembles Tigatron except he is orange and black, with red and gray metal. Inside the closet Anarchy is sitting perfectly still when suddenly...)

CRYNOTH: Anarchy?

ANARCHY: Ahh! Ahh! (The tiger transformer whirls around and walks up to the closet, he is about to say something when an orange and red arm pulls him up into the ceiling, he then falls to the floor unconscious, Anarchy comes out of the closet, Crynoth and Opal come out after him, Inferno drops from the ceiling.) Don't ever sneak up on me like that!

CRYNOTH: Who was sneaking!? (He waves his four feathered arms in the air.)

INFERNO: We have to hide him. (He picks up the tiger transformer.)

ANARCHY: Where's everybody else?

OPAL: They were all caught and are now in the bridge, but there's ten more cops in there.

INFERNO: Catrone got a whole fleet in here, but why?

ANARCHY: Who knows? We'd better hide, let's go to my quarters. (The door to Anarchy and Cheyenne's room opens, Inferno throws the limp robot onto the bed, Anarchy walks up to a button panel on the wall, he hits the first one, a whole rack of weapons slides down out of the ceiling.)

OPAL: You and your guns. (Anarchy hits another and a wrack slides out of the wall, he hits the third and a wrack slides up out of the floor.)

CRYNOTH: You don't know the meaning of over-kill do you? (Anarchy steps into a closet.)

INFERNO: What are you doing now? (He steps out in trench coat and fedora hat, his mane flowing out from underneath the back brim, a grin parts his face.)

ANARCHY: Ya gotta look the part baby. (He takes a shotgun off of one of the wracks and straps it over his shoulder, then a Tommy-gun off another that he holds in his hands.) Ah, the crowd pleaser and old Thompson, heh heh heh!

OPAL: What exactly are we doing? (They hear footsteps approaching, out in the hallway a bob cat transformer is walking cautiously, his gun ready.)

BOBCAT: Stripes? We are ya man? They're already leaving with the prisoners, we gotta go. (He looks around nervously, he walks by the room that they are in, Inferno's arms explode out of the door on each side of the young robot, Inferno then pulls him through and pins him against the wall.)

INFERNO: Why did you arrest the crew? (The short robot squirms.)

BOBCAT: Chief-uh-uh, Chief said that you were plannin' some kind of attack. (The young robot's feet hang in the air, he looks past Inferno and sees Anarchy, Crynoth and Opal, now all dressed in correct attire, Crynoth is carrying two shotguns and Opal has two pistols holstered to her belt.) Wha-what are you? Some kind of militia? (He sees Stripes laying limp on the bed and looks away in terror.)

INFERNO: He's not dead, now answer my question, did Catrone pay you off?

BOBCAT: What!? N-no!

CRYNOTH: Catrone must have found friends in higher places. (Inferno turns to the kid, who is still held off his feet against the wall by Inferno's hand.)

INFERNO: I don't expect you to agree but you've got no choice. You have to come with us, we can't let you go. (Bobcat starts to panic.)

BOBCAT: No! You can't!

OPAL: We won't! (Inferno drops him to the floor and points to the door.)

INFERNO: Go then, take him with you. (He points to the unconscious Stripes.) But remember this. (Bobcat gets to his feet, walks over and lifts the robot onto his shoulders, he then runs out.)

ANARCHY: We don't have a lot of time to get out of here!

INFERNO: We need to find help, this isn't right, Maximals shouldn't fight Maximals.

OPAL: That's another thing Blackarachnia found out, there are no Predacons in this dimension, only Maximals. (Anarchy snaps his fingers.)

ANARCHY: There were Untouchables in the Chicago on Earth, there must be here in the Chicago on Cybertron, it's just the matter of finding them. (They start to leave.) Wait, Inferno, you can't go like that. (Outside the ship Anarchy walks out, followed by Inferno, who is now wearing a long trench coat and a fedora cocked to one side.) Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

Scene goes to a dark alley, suddenly a dark form slides down a glistening rope-like strand, a recluse spider, his thin limbs sliding down the web, he lands on the ground, a bald eagle glides down and perches next to him, then a black dragon swoops down, the three sit in the dark alley, the spider speaks first.

STRIKER: Matrix, where's Mako? (The eagle turns to him.)

MATRIX: He should show up soon, it's hard for him to move around with that beast mode. (The dragon speaks, she has an Irish accent.)

DEMONIQUE: We have to do this job fast or they may spot us. (Suddenly a sewer grate flies up and a gray torpedo-like object shoots out, a great white shark, he transforms in mid-air.)

MAKO: Maximize! (He lands on the street in robot mode, he is mostly gray with white, yellow and blue.) Miss me? (The other three transform, Matrix resembles a male version of Airrazor, Striker looks like a thin Tarantulus but his face is human-like, Demonique resembles a female TM2 Megatron except she does not have the dragon-head for an arm. Mako hands Matrix a data-card.) These are verifications from our informant.

MATRIX: Uh-huh. (He reads over it.) Good enough for me.

DEMONIQUE: As I've said before, everyone knows he does it, it's just a matter of who wants to mess with him. (She pulls up her laser shotgun and cocks it. Mako brings up his tail-fin Tommy gun, Matrix lifts up a laser rifle, and Striker brings up two small but sleek mandible blasters.)

MATRIX: We're missin' a party guys!

Scene goes to inside a building, there are robots all around, some are laying on tables, others are operating on them, a chubby pig transformer in robot mode watches over them, Jawbreaker walks up to the pig robot.

JAWBREAKER: Hey, Mr. Hammie, boss says he needs these de-programmings done fast, heh-heh-heehee.

HAMMIE: Look, I get'em done when I get'em done.

JAWBREAKER: Fine, no steel off my skid-plate. (He walks out of the room, through a kitchen and through a diner that is it's cover, seated at one table are Matrix and his Untouchables, their weapons concealed under the table.)

DEMONIQUE: Jawbreaker's leaving, let's head in. (Matrix nods, as soon as Jawbreaker has been gone a few seconds Demonique flips the table up and the four reveal their weapons.)

MATRIX: All right nobody move! (He and Striker run back through the kitchen into the back room where the de-programings are taking place.) We're Chicago Treasury Department officers and you're under arrest! (Hammie runs up to him, Matrix flies up off the ground, when Hammie goes under him he flips in the air and kicks the fat robot in the back of the head, in the restaurant section Demonique and Mako are watching the people at their tables, the same three rats that terrorized Silverbolt are sitting at a table behind them in robot mode, Mako walks behind the counter and gets on the computer. Demonique turns to watch him when the leader of the rat pack jumps over the table and draws his gun, Demonique whips around and fires, the laser buckshot flying from the muzzle of her gun shreds the transformer's chest plate, he flies back onto the table his friends are sitting at, the two at the table draw their guns but Mako shoots his machine gun through them booth, penetrating both of them and putting them into stasis lock.)

MAKO: I got the records, but I still can't prove it's Catrone. (Matrix and Striker start parading the robots out of the back room.)

MATRIX: We'll get 'im.

Scene goes to B'boom and Yuna, both are in robot mode walking down the street, B'boom has just finished his story.

YUNA: Wow, trans-dimensional travel, my stories not nearly as interesting, I had a pretty normal childhood until I got mixed up with little jobs here and there for food and credits.

B'BOOM: Do you owe Catrone?

YUNA: I used to, but I paid it off fair and square, now Jawbreaker says that I still owe him.

B'BOOM: For what?

YUNA: I borrowed money to get started, I never knew he'd drag the debt out so long. (They walk by a dark doorway, they are both suddenly pulled in, B'boom starts to reach for his gun, but he sees Inferno's eyes under the hat in front of him.)

B'BOOM: Inferno? What's with the fancy duds? (He sees that there are only three more besides Inferno himself and Yuna.) Where is everybody?

ANARCHY: They were arrested.

B'BOOM: What?

ANARCHY: We think Catrone paid off someone to do it.

B'BOOM: So what do we do now?

CRYNOTH: We're trying to find the Untouchables.

YUNA: You mean the four treasuries? Those guys are everywhere in this town.

B'BOOM: Where can we contact them?

YUNA: How'm I supposed to know?

OPAL: Who are you anyway?

B'BOOM: She's with me. (Inferno cocks a metal eyebrow.) Ha-ha-yeah-shut up. (They look out of the open door and see the sun rising.)

ANARCHY: One down, six left.

Scene goes into a beautiful dining hall, there are many robot gathered around a table, including Hammie, they are drinking and eating, a robot walks down the stairs, he is tall and powerful looking, his beast mode is a lion.

CATRONE: I'm glad you could all be here today, you boys are doin' great and makin' me money. (He gets to the bottom of the stairs, picks up an iron baseball bat and starts talking while he walks around the table.) You know, what we're doing here is a lot like baseball, except baseball is recreation, this is business, but they both require the same thing. (He waits for a second, Jawbreaker, who is standing with two other transformers at the door, one's beast mode is a vulture and the other a fiddler crab, speaks up.)

JAWBREAKER: Teamwork, heehee. (The robots around the table express their agreement.)

CATRONE: Yeah, yeah, who ever said you were dumb sure shoulda' thought twice son. (He continues to walk around the table.) Now, what I don't like to see is when a member of the team won't hold his own, see that lack of teamwork slows the rest of the team down and can result in the loss of the game, (More agreement, Catrone is almost behind Hammie.) and the only thing the team can do to correct that error is to cut the player. (he swings the bat with all his might into the back of Hammie's head, the robot falls unconscious to the table. Catrone slams the metal bat over his head several more times until mech fluid begins to run over the table. The other transformers at the table have become silent, staring in awe.) Let this be a lesson to all'a ya! Don't let me down! Scavenger! Razorclamp! Get this worthless pile of scrap out of my way. (The two that were standing by Jawbreaker come up and drag away the fat robot, Catrone sits down.) Come on, is the party dead too? Hahahaha! (The people around the table laugh nervously in agreement, one of them is bold enough to yell out his approval.)

TERRERGATOR: Home run! (Everyone begins to loosen up and Catrone clangs his champaign glass against Terrergator's.)

CATRONE: A toast! To the team! (The rest chime in nervous yet enthusiastic.)

ALL: To the team!

Scene goes into a section of the jail, the crew is divided up, filling three cells, the electro-bars keep them from escaping. Scale sees the guard coming and lifts her hand, Silverbolt quickly forces it down.

SILVERBOLT: No, they are innocent, it is probably the police chief that's paid off, as Luna said.

SCALE: What are we supposed to do in the meantime?

SILVERBOLT: Wait patiently, we still have several on the outside, and hopefully they can get us out and back to the ship before the week is over. (Scale folds her wings back over herself and sits down on the bench, Pinchar is pacing back and forth in beast mode.)

PINCHAR: This is not fair, what'd I do wrong?

SILVERBOLT: Sorry you got dragged into this.

Scene goes to a building marked Chicago Treasury Department, Inferno's group, still in trench coats and hats is hiding in the shadows while B'boom and Yuna go in, inside Yuna walks up to the counter.

YUNA: Can I speak to Matrix please? (The clerk, a parrot perched above his computer answers.)

SQUAWK: Why, you got a problem? (He looks behind her at B'boom, Yuna leans close to his face and scratches under his beak.)

YUNA: Can you squeeze us in? Pretty please?

SQUAWK: Uh, ya. uh, huh, (He seems to have lost all ability to speak, Yuna and B'boom walk past him and into the office, at the desk is seated Matrix, standing around the office are Demonique, Striker and Mako, all in robot mode.)

STRIKER: Is this about your friends outside?

B'BOOM: Huh!? (Striker opens the blinds and looks out the window, he aims one of his mandible blasters.)

STRIKER: I could easily shoot any of them from right here.

B'BOOM: But you won't, in fact, I think you'll help us.

DEMONIQUE: You're sure about that now are ya?

B'BOOM: You have no choice, Catrone has taken our entire crew into the custody of the police, we have reason to believe one of your highest ranking officers is dirty. (Matrix and the Untouchables exchange glances.)

MATRIX: We're listening. (B'boom breathes a sigh of relief and gives thumbs-up out the window, the four in the ally are also relieved. The camera zooms out, above Chicago, then above Cybertron and out into space.)