TRANSFORMERS THE NEXT GENERATION
 
    That night the StarFox gang started their preparations.  Over the following week, they slipped quietly into the industrial estate.  None of the terran people suspected that they were there.  Most important, neither did the StarWolf gang.  They found an abandoned warehouse, and turned it into a makeshift stronghold.  At length, Buzz Lightyear was satisfied.  All they could do now was to wait for the right moment.  Doc Brown and Marty McFly spoke with the factory and office workers and supervisors, and one day they were able to announce the following.
 
DOC: Tomorrow night, the whole facility will close for a two-week winter vacation.
 
MARTY: Now is your chance to teach those butt-heads a lesson.
 
BUZZ: Roger, my team is ready to start the ball rolling.
 
    Then, creeping up under cover of darkness, the Autobots surrounded the brick workshop.  At a signal from Buzz, they charged, firing their laser pistols and rifles as they went.  The surprise assault took the Decepticons off-guard briefly, but they were shooting back.  Then they retreated.  They fell back inside the workshop, and continued shooting through openings in the walls.
 
BUZZ: We can't get at them from here!  We must get inside!
 
BRUISER: Leave it to me, boss! <beats on his chest like Kong then transforms into SUV mode>
 
    Under covering fire from his teammates, he rumbled forward to the huge, metal doors of the workshop, and stopped in front of the door itself.  Then accelerating top speed he batter-rammed full tilt into the doors which collapsed from the impact as if they were cardboard or paper.  A moment later, the StarFox gang were pouring through the opening.
 
MARTY: Come on, Doc!  We're missing all the fun!
 
DOC: Marty, come back!
 
    But McFly Junior was disappearing into the building as the time traveler rushed in after him.  Inside, Marty was crouched in the corner of some machinery.  The StarWolf terrorists were at the far end of the building, exchanging laser-fire and magic orbs with the StarFox heroes crouched along both walls.  Glancing up as Doc entered the building, Marty suddenly cried out.
 
MARTY: Doc, look out!
 
DOC: What? <looks up and gasps> Huuuuuuh! <staggers back a step or two>
 
MARTY: What is that?
 
DOC: <recognizes the object> Jumping giggiwatts!  You're jumping at shadows, Marty or letting your imagination run wild. <then laughs>
 
MARTY: Huh? <confused>
 
DOC: That's not a StarWolf Decepticon.  It's a large capacity calorifier...a piece of heating machinery.
 
    He examined the tall cylinder with pipes and gauges attached to it.
 
DOC: If you thought it was a magic alien from another planet, perhaps StarWolf will too.
 
    Then his eyes turned to where the overhead crane ran on its rails.  A chain hung down.
 
DOC: Hook it on, Marty.
 
MARTY: Aye-aye! <salutes his friend and does the task> Okay, it's ready.
 
    Emmett nodded then crept over to where a control panel was mounted on the wall.
 
DOC: Now...watch this. <grins and activates the panel>
 
    The metal cylinder rose clear of the floor.  Another switch was activated and it advanced silently down the building towards the Decepticons.  Zurg was the first to see the menacing shape advancing towards him and his horde.
 
ZURG: What's this?  Take that! <fires his fusion cannon>
 
    It blew a hole through the cylinder, but still it came on as if not in pain.  Zurg fired again on the unknown shape.
 
ZURG: Impossible, it does not fall when I strike it!
 
    Anubis, Kale, Romero, Zephyr, Lien-Da, Slyly, Negator, and the MonStars all took aim and fired laser bolts and threw magic orbs that also did little or no damage to the cylinder.  StarFox caught on quickly to what was happening.  They pressed home their assault even powerful than before.  They continued advancing down the building while the swinging cylinder drew the fire of their enemy.
 
ANUBIS: Hold your fire, idiots! <glares fiercely> This is no ordinary StarFox Autobot!
 
    The jackal bodyguard shot twin beams from his yellow eyes into the rear wall of the workshop.
 
ANUBIS: Decepticons, fall back to those ruins! <he leads everyone outside>
 
ZURG: How can this be? <frowns behind facemask helmet> What kind of alien magic is this...
 
    That is when Sonia Hedgehog noticed Al Negator and Slyly Zod got seperated from the rest of the gang.  The pair ran for cover towards a junk-littered enclosure some distance away.  It was the yard where Willy DuWitt and Marty McFly found the wheel trims.
 
SONIA: What is that object? <points to it>
 
MARTY: Watch this form of magic and be amazed.
 
    With that he scurried under cover to the cab of the electro-magnet crane, and without warning there was a humming noise as he found and pressed the control "POWER".  Next moment the terrorist mutants Slyly and Al were hanging helplessly against the underside of the magnet yelling and shouting angrily as they fought to break free from the powerful forces trapping them.
 
    In the meantime the other StarWolf warriors were dug in within the half demolished walls of the old factory.  But the StarFox's attack never slackened.  Finally it came to a 1-on-1 showdown between Zurg and Buzz!
 
ZURG: Now, we shall see who is to reign supreme on this planet!
 
BUZZ: Give me your best shot Zurg.  I'll make sure you do not harm this planet or its people.
 
ZURG: Then prepare to defend yourself, fool! <fires his fusion cannon>
 
    Immediately both leaders began trading shots at each other then came down to fists punching and feet kicking after that.  All of a sudden Lightyear went down hard, stung by a direct blast of dark magic as Zurg laughed evilly then loomed over him.
 
ZURG: At last!  Buzz Lightyear is at my mercy.  Unfortunately for you, mercy is not something we Decepticons are interested in.  But, at least, I can enjoy seeing you humiliated just the same.
 
    Marty and Doc were horrified at the sight!  Then something caught both their attentions.  The demolition crew had moved out most of their gear before shutting down for the holiday.  But...a large jib crane still stood in position.  From the end of its cable hung a steel and concrete wrecker ball.
 
DOC: Great Scott, we better use that contraption to give Buzz a hand before it's too late.
 
MARTY: On it, Doc.  Cover me.
 
DOC: <nods> Got your 6:00 covered.
 
    Both of them slipped unseen from the action unfolding around them towards the crane.  Once inside the cab, both looked over the array of levers.
 
MARTY: Which one works this crane? <moved one> Nope, not this one. <tries another lever> Wrong again.
 
DOC: Try this one here. <clicks on switch labeled Power> Ah-ha! <feels the cab vibrate gently>
 
    Marty tried a lever, and the crane rotated to the left.  That was the wrong way.  He rotated the crane to the right.  None of the magic mutants noticed anything amiss as the crane, with its long lattice jib swung slowly around.  At last it was facing towards Zurg's backside who did not seem to notice at first.
 
DOC: Okay...this lever says "Ball-Winch: and this lever says "Ball-Release" Now let's fire a fastball down the middle of home plate.
 
MARTY: Wilco! <wound back the wrecker ball> Here we go...fire in the hole!
 
    At the sound of the winch, some of the aliens looked towards the crane in confusion.  But...before any of them could react or respond...McFly Junior released the ball.
 
DOC: Bingo!  Direct hit! <then whoops it up>
 
    With a crash, the massive steel and concrete ball collided into Zurg's robotic chest, the impact lifting him off his boots then slamming him butt-first then back-side into the ground.
 
ZURG: Aaaaaaaaugh! <cries like Charlie Brown>
 
ANUBIS: My lord?!! <startled look on his face>
 
BUZZ: What-the? <also startled look>
 
MARTY: Yes, take that you alien butt-head! <pumps victory fist> Here comes another fastball.
 
DOC: Incoming...
 
    McFly Junior rewound the ball then let it fly once again as the Decepticons were helping their leader to his feet again.  This time it sprawled Bang, Blanko, Pound, Bupkus, Nawt, Lien-Da, Kate, Romero, Zephyr, Kale like tenpins in bowling while Zurg dropped prone covering the back of his neck with gloved hands.  Anubis however prevented himself from being struck by the ball then moved quickly to levitate his leader into the air with his dark-magic then supported him in his strong arms as he prepared to evacuate him to safety.
 
MARTY: Oh no you don't...you're not getting away that easily. <sends the ball swinging at the enemy>
 
DOC: Uh-oh, you missed this time. <then reacts in alarm> Great Scott!
 
    The wrecker ball missed the StarWolf terrorists but hit the brick wall behind them and it began to collapse.  Lightyear on his boots again yelled for his comrades.
 
BUZZ: Everyone, out now!
 
    He, Sonia, Sally, Monkey Kahn, Bucky, Jenny, Dead-Eye, Bruiser, Ninjara, Fiona, Miriam and Fara retreated from the collapsing building in the nick of time, as the Decepticons vanished under an avalanche of bricks and dust.
 
                                                                                                    TO BE CONTINUED...