Trainbots V: Gauge of Extinction

**Trainbots V: Gauge of Extinction** is another movie of Season 6 in the series.

## Summary

5 months after the devastating Battle of Manehattan, the governments of the world declare the Trainsformers are threats and a special Black Ops team called: "Executioner Dusk" led by Krislock Jerrison and Davis Garret are tasked to hunt them all down, as the Eds discover the gang of criminal bounty hunters is after some crystals at a new mine in Buffalo Territory in Appleloosa. And meanwhile, in Alabama, a Thestral named Onyx Thunder is trying to raise money hopefully to send his daughter Lumina to college. But while they are doing that, Onyx discovers an old engine who turns out to be Thomas! And after reuniting with the others they discover a merciless Trainsformer bounty hunter is in league with the Black Ops team, and now they must find a way to fight this new threat, with the help from 2 rich, self-centered Serpentines, Vipera and Cobrina, and an unlikely ally.

## Plot

### Prologue: The Creation of Trainsformers/the present day

10,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, a fleet of ships arrive on the planet and use bombs called the "Pods" and they terraformed the whole planet with Trainsfornium from Woolly Mammoths, to Sabre Tooth Tigers, to Woolly Rhinos, to Giant Elk, and everything that stands in their way, the only thing it didn't get was the humans. In the present day, a hippogriff called "Meryl Stone" from TBC Industries arrives at a construction site and excavates the Transformium for her boss' company.

### The train robbery/Rade Vane's breakout

Meanwhile somewhere in the west, a few miles from Appleloosa, a mixed train is moving down the mainline. As in one coach are the League of Ed-venturers, as Double-D is reading a book about the history of the Je'Daii. While Eddy is dead asleep. As the passengers are singing to the onboard band's tune, a ranger then walks through the coach and heads into the next car, (which is where Maggie, Grace, and Mrs. Calloway are kept, due to regulations). inside is another ranger and Rade Vane the bounty hunter, as the ranger tells him that he'll be meeting his end very soon. In Appleloosa, several of the Equestrian Rangers, wait at the train station for the train's arrival but at the same time, the rest of the evil bounty hunters ride in to meet up with the train. As the cows sit, bored. Mrs. Calloway notices Vane slowly peel a wooden plank out of the train car's floor, revealing a hidden compartment and a revolver within it. He pockets the revolver, when the officers' backs are turned, and asks them both if he can get up to use the bathroom. They unchain him and lead him to a chamber pot in the corner of the car. With Vane's back turned, the cows gesture to the lawmen: "Vane has a gun". It's too late. Vane shoots and kills them both. Just as the bounty hunters arrive at the train, and board it. Robbing all of the passengers as one of them kills the Train's crew and then jams the regulator to full power, as the train slowly but surely starts to gather speed. As the Eds then notice the commotion they head to the boxcar where Vane is kept as they break the door down and with help from the cows, manage to disarm him, and reshackle him. Unfortunately, the other bounty hunters have caught up to the car and knock out the Eds, before they're shackled up and Vane escapes, not before he throws the keys to the shackles out of the train.

At the station, the rangers notice the train has no signs of slowing down as it thunders through the platform, with them in pursuit. Ed tries to break the chains to the locks, but these chains are cartoon-physics proof. Meaning he can't break them. But then using a broken ax head, Maggie frees them by breaking the floorboard keeping the chains tied down. As they all climb to the roof, they find the train is heading straight for track repair dead ahead. But then 2 of the other bounty hunters who robbed the train climb onto the roof, leaving them to fight them off, before they are both yanked off the train by the rangers. As Braeburn then hops on board, as they race for the front of the train. But knowing there's no time to try and stop the train, they move to uncouple the cars from the tender. But when Braeburn tries to pull out the pin, it jams. As Yakkity then quickly hangs from the chains as he manages to loosen the pin, making uncoupling easy. But with them still on board the out-of-control half of the train, they ride it out. As it jumps the track and skids on the dirt, as the connecting rod breaks loose and breaks the chains on their shackles and then saves them from being crushed by the engine. As they get up and the Rangers meet up with them, Edd states they must warn the Republic Senate of Vane's breakout, as the lead ranger agrees as he gives the Eds' team a ride back to town, just as Eddy receives a transmission from Novo, explaining that they need the Eds' team back at a secret rendezvous point, as it involves the Trainbots. And they'll send for transport for them immediately.

### The T-850's arrival

Meanwhile, out in a desert, far from civilization, a time displacement sphere appears in the ground. Where it reveals a Terminator similar in style to the previous ones from The First and Second Trainbot films. But this one is a newer model. As it heads to a night club where it obtains: clothes, a truck, shades, and shotgun. As it then drives away to who knows where.

### In Alabama/Troubled times hit

Once day time hits, it cuts to Alabama where a Thestral stallion named Onyx Thunder is heading for a location in the the sub-town area where he comes to an old mechanic shop and then meets up with an earth pony stallion named ????, as they explore the shop, they come across an old, rusty, badly worn LMS Fowler Class 3F tank engine. Where he steps into the cab, he finds several bullet casings and a mortal shell among the coal bunker. Finding it could be a good investment, so he talks to the owner and purchases it. Back at his homestead, in the country area, a young Thestral mare, Lumina is busy cleaning a truck when she sees her father arrive with the tank engine. Fascinated, she comes over as the tank engine is hauled into the garage/workshop. Upon coming up to him, she questions about the tank engine, where Onyx explains he's gonna strip all the good parts out of it for prophet and maybe even use the body for something new, like maybe making a generator or water pump. Lumina finds it troubling as their fundings haven't been on their side for their time. But Onyx assures this time it will all change since it's a tank engine. Before walking into his workshop, while Lumina is about to go back to her own task, she hears another voice from behind her. Looking back 2 serpentine slither on up to her, as the Viper one, Vipera addressed her rather rudely while the cobra one, Cobrina asks what her father is up to, but Lumina doesn't want to get into it, but Vipera eggs her on. Which Lumina shares about the tank engine, while both Serpentine are surprised to hear Onyx bought a tank engine of all things. Vipera questions the logic of getting a tank engine while Cobrina merely states if he can't do anything good with it he can always sell it for scrap. But Lumina stands up for her father saying he will make a breakthrough for once. But Vipera snobbishly claims she was always being "Daddy's little girl? as Cobrina starts taunting Lumina, unfortunately, Onyx happens to walk out of the workshop, just as Vipera tries to get Cobrina to shut her mouth. Which she only does upon hearing Onyx behind her, in which Cobrina then instantly turns yellow and begs to be let off the hook. But Onyx states he told them several times to stay off his property unless he says so and leave Lumina alone several times already. Vipera then states they were just leaving, but Onyx doesn't buy it since he saw Cobrina clearing doing taunt singing. He then says he's gonna take a new step to get the point across to them, telling them to stay put and walks back to his workshop. The 2 Serpentine use this moment to make a run for it.

Inside the workshop, Onyx takes down a shotgun from above his tool rack then pours out a box of shotgun shells onto the table which he loads up. Then walks out of the workshop as Vipera and Cobrina are hiding near a broken down car, Vipera sees Onyx through the glass, where Cobrina panicking tries to reason with Onyx, but Vipera states he's gonna shoot them, which Cobrina denies until Vipera sees Onyx take aim and quickly shoves Cobrina out of the way as Onyx fires, blasting the window out. Lumina calls out to her father while she chases after him while the Serpentine flee just as Onyx calls out: "Make your peace with your spirits, Snakey girls!". He follows behind while Lumina calls out to him, saying what he's doing isn't funny. Vipera and Cobrina then start slithering up the outside staircase of the workshop as ???? asks if it's a serious thing, which Onyx confirms. Before ???? warns Onyx that if he kills the serpentine, their father will sue his butt off. But Onyx explains he's not trying to kill them he's gonna shoot their tails off. But when Vipera and Cobrina are in his sights again, Lumina quickly flies onto the roof of their house, telling him to put his shotgun down, stating he's acting crazy. Onyx tells her move away while Lumina states he can't handle all her issues for her. Which Onyx accepts before telling her to clear out, which she flies off with Vipera shouting down to him it's not funny anymore as Onyx fires, the pellets ricocheting off the paneling of the workshop. Leading the 2 to zip-line down from a cable hooked to the roof, with Onyx walking over to their spot, as Cobrina sacredly asks him to calm down, not before Onyx fires with the shot blowing away a broken panel on the post the cable is attached to. Vipera then tells him to stop as she just wants to talk before saying that she and Cobrina were just joking around and they only came onto his property to see his next project cause it's cool to see him build things. But Onyx tells them, that's the wrong answer as he shoots out the broken light above the post, where Cobrina cries out and falls to the ground grabbing her tail just Lumina comes running up. Cobrina states he shot her, but Vipera takes a look to find the shot only grazed her tail, it never penetrated. While Vipera assures they won't go onto his land again without his permission as they both leave then Vipera makes Cobrina swear to not share what Onyx did to their father as they brought the shooting on themselves. Which Cobrina agrees as she states she hopes the graze isn't permanent.

After the 2 leave, Lumina asks if shooting them was really necessary as Onyx says sometimes if you wanna get the point across to someone, you just use a gun, except for law enforcement or someone with the Republic army. He then goes back to the workshop before telling Lumina if the snake girls do come back and ask to see the project he's working, then he'll allow it, as long as they don't insult her or him.

### The Train Line Festival/

The next morning a train festival is taking place in Clementary Pass as the Appleloosa Railway has now met up with the Willowvale Railway as a golden spike is driven into the meeting point, completing the railway line. As the Chairman of the Appleloosa Railway cuts the ribbon opening the new railway line. With Nathan watching enviously.

### Thomas vs. Smokeout/Jerrison's Death/Smokeout's Death

Once Smokeout's ship comes crashing to the ground, Smokeout, beyond outrage storms out and goes to fight Thomas, where they brawl at one of the still under-construction roundhouses, as Onyx goes to join them, but Vipera knows that Onyx won't be able to face the Bounty Hunter on his own and organizes the others to help him as Twilight sends Commander Glint and 20 troopers to help too. As Thomas and Smokeout battle one-on-one, Jerrison corners Onyx with a pistol, calling him out on his choice to help the Trainbots, while Onyx calls him a total hypocrite since he joined forces with a Trainsformer to find Thomas in the first place. But Jerrison brushes it off, saying that the truth will die with him and his daughter and he will succeed in killing the entire Sparkle/Brillington bloodline after that. But before he can fire, Cobrina calls out to him, but when the crazy fool turns to look, he is then hit in the face with Cobrina's venom, blinding him. As Jerrison yells in pain, while trying to clear out his eyes, he starts firing blindly trying to hit Onyx or Cobrina. Not before Thomas swoops in and fires his ion blaster at him, blowing his body in half, with only his lower region left. Unfortunately, because of Thomas' choice to save Onyx before defending himself, Smokeout gains the upper hand, impaling Thomas through the chest with his own sword and pinning him to a concrete pillar.

Onyx then opens fire on Smokeout with his plasma rifle, just as Commander Glint and her men race in and join the line of fire. Whilst Percy engages Smokeout as Moonlight and Lumina drive a train maintenance truck up to Thomas as Vipera starts wrapping chains around the sword's handle. Smokeout is overwhelmed by the Clones' line of fire combined with Percy and Onyx's help but he manages to kill 7 of the Clones. As he grabs Percy and prepares to stab him with his arm hook when he's hit by plasma blasts, as Nightbeam flies in and bites down on the hook wielding arm and starts thrashing Smokeout around as Percy uses this opening to slice off his left leg. Then Nightbeam tears off the arm and throws it out of the fight before eyeing Thomas pinned which he grabs the sword and tries pulling it out, but it won't budge at the same time, Vipera finishes hooking the chains to truck and signals Moonlight to go, which he floors it, and with the combined effort of Nightbeam, the swords pops loose as Thomas grabs it and then impales Smokeout in the back before driving the sword up, slicing his head in half. Killing him, avenging those he murdered. But Nightbeam double checks by blasting his chest several times making sure no part of his spark remains, before roaring in triumph.

## Trivia

* This film marks its first appearance of Onyx Thunder, Lumina Thunder, Moonlight Hunter, Vipera, Cobrina, The T-850, Mariston, Meryl Stone, the Dragon Bots, Scartooth, Bull, Skifter, Ghost Ring, Smokeout, Count Ratan, The T-X, Krislock Jerrison, Davis Garrett, Nathan Dan, and Captain Harry Foiler.
* This film is based on "Transformers: Age of Extinction" with a mixture of "The Lone Ranger", "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", "Armageddon", "Predator", and "Predators".
* The film continues in Wrath of the Future!.

## Scenes

* Prologue: The Creation of Trainsformers/the present day
* The T-X's arrival
* The train robbery/Rade Vane's breakout
* The T-850's arrival
* In Alabama/Troubled times hit
* Socket's Death
* Onyx's great discovery
* Thomas awakens
* Car and Crane Chase/Hiding out
* Reuniting with the others/Next plan of action
* In Manehatten/TBC Industries
* The Skunk Kits' first escape/Mysterious killer
* ?????
* Chase on the Mainline/Smokeout captures Thomas, Lumina, and Elsa
* Sneaking into Smokeout's Ship/Searching for Thomas, Lumina, and Elsa
* Splitting up/With the Bounty Hunters' Posse
* In the deserts of Appleloosa/Discovery in the sand!
* ?????
* The Energy Crystal Mine/Trulu Ginauq's death
* ?????
* Onyx discovers Nathan Dan's true colors/Harry Foiler turns
* Battle at the Crystal Mine/New Plan
* The Train Line Festival/
* ?????
* ?????
* Arriving in Clementary Pass/
* Through the apartment/Davis Garrett's Death
* Battle against the TBC Deceptitrains and Count Ratan's Forces/Thomas Frees The Dragon Bots
* Death of the other Bounty Hunters/Smokeout Returns
* Thomas vs. Smokeout/Jerrison's Death/Smokeout's Death
* Onyx and The Predator vs. Count Ratan
* The Train Chase/Deaths of Vane, Foiler, and Dan
* Regrouping/Ending

## Soundtrack

2. (during the opening Sequence)
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (when Onyx Thunder brings the old Tank Engine back to his homestead)
7. Armageddon - Oil Rig (When Onyx Thunder chases Vipera and Cobrina with his shotgun)
9. (during the car chase)
13. Kevin MacLeod - An Upsetting Theme (when the team are searching for Thomas, Lumina, and Elsa on Smokeout's ship)
15. Predator - Girl's Escape (when Rebecca and Shelby try to escape only for Chassa Xeetec to catch them before he's killed by the Predator)
17. (when Vipera and Cobrina apologize to Lumina and tell her the truth about themselves)
19. Kevin MacLeod - Battle of Five Armies (during the fight with the TBC Deceptitrains and Count Ratan's Forces)
23. Transformers: Age of Extinction - Honor to the End (when Thomas and Smokeout have their cinematic fight)
24. Predators - Royce vs. Predator (during the duel between Onyx, the Predator, and Count Ratan)
25. (When the TX arrives before the T-850 comes in and uses his remaining fuel cell to destroy the TX and remaining TBC drones as everyone escapes)
27. The Lone Ranger - Train Chase (during the Train Chase sequence and the fight with Rade Vane, Harry Foiler, and Nathan Dan)
28. Linkin Park - Final Masquerade (End credits song)