Shockwave's Laboratory
Breakdown fidgeted around with his hands as the higher ranked mechs bantered about what to do. Finally Shockwave decided on an appropriate mission. Fortunately, they were gonna get more disguised alt modes. But unfortunately, that meant.. Stealth. Breakdown would rather hide in one spot and just pray to Primus that nobody finds him, but that's not exactly how a mission worked. Breakdown lowered his optics at the thought.
”You runts still needs to pick new alternative modes. Some rugged off road vehicles to operate gravel roads littered with pot holes. Meet me in half a cycle in the hangar.”
"O-okay '
Motors! S-sure!"
Breakdown exited the lab for the Med Bay with (hopefully) the others to get his alt mode reformatted.
Med Bay
Entering the room, Breakdown felt odd about coming to this point of the ship simply to change his alt mode. Maybe Shockwave had some CR chambers in his lab, but Breakdown didn't like asking questions. Especially to a mech with no real face. Too intimidating. No, Breakdown preferred the Med Bay.
Stepping in a CR chamber, Breakdown then went through all the alt mode options. Many of them were too bulky or thin for his body type. And some of them he thought just looked ugly (though his gaudy color scheme proved he didn't have much sense of style). Eventually he came across one he liked. It was called a
XC2V FLYPmode. A very expensive military vehicle, so he hoped it wouldn't be too noticeable, but it was the right size, fast, and could really take a beating. So, that's the alt mode he chose.
Breakdown then went into sleep mode as his body was being modified. His shape bent and reformed as small lasers and claws replaced and cut panels to size all over his form. His smaller Lambo wheels were then replaced by larger and bulkier wheels with deep treading.
Breakdown opened his optics as the CR chamber opened once again. His body made buzzing machinery sounds as everything spun and clicked into place. He looked down at his arms and noticed his once "squarer" forearms were now covered in armored panels with bolts, and a sandy tan color. His hands were a dark green.
"Huh.." Breakdown said simply as he got up. He then walked to a nearby mirror and checked himself over. His once square chassis was now more angular and filled out like his arms. His helmet was now dark green. His once purple optics were now yellow. His light red face was now a muddier blood red. The blue on him was replaced by dark green and black, and the white with tan. And what he noticed most, was the giant wheels on his shoulders. He spun his shoulder wheels happily and made a flexing motion.
"Heh, n-not bad! Wow, I should've known the change from race car to military ATV would be this significant!"
Now Breakdown just wondered what the others would look like. Maybe they all would look even better than the Combaticons! Well, probably not.. But who knew!
"Maybe I'll keep this alt mode for a while. At least until we.. go into more.. urban areas.." Breakdown then shivered when he remembered how gross fleshlings were.