AUTHOR'S NOTE: Okay, so here's a little something that'll be in the vain of Transformers: Spotlight with a dash of Marvel Team Up from time to time. This will focus on smaller stories within the Infinity Verse, and kicking things off is one my collaborator wrote with an interesting first character to put the focus on.

DISCLAIMER: I own absolutely none of the properties you will see here. All rights go to their respective owners.

Infinity Verse Spotlight

Jet Jaguar: Heavy Metal

"He's staring at us."

"He's not staring at us."

"Dude, he totally is!"

"If he is then it's because you're staring at him!"

"Well, he started it!"

"Odd, just stop staring at him if it bothers you that much," Yumi ordered.

"I'll stop when he stops!" Odd shot back.

"Quiet, he'll hear you!" Jeremy said in a hushed voice.

"I'm sure he can hear us regardless," Aelita mentioned.

"I'm going over there," Odd suddenly declared, standing up from his seat as he did.

"Odd, sit down and eat your lunch," Ulrich told him.

"I can't when he's staring at us!" the cat-themed hero argued, pointing at the object of his irritation as he did.

The person in question that the French teen was currently pointing to was a robot who was sitting alone in Skyward Tower's mess hall at the table across from the Lyoko gang. Robots were nothing new to the League. In fact, two of their lead members were mechanical in origin. However, this robot in question was not like Jenny or the Autobots, for this android was far stranger than the others within the team.

His name was Jet Jaguar, and he was by far one of the most unique members of the Infinity League. The tale of this robotic hero was an interesting one to say the least. Built by a scientist named Dr. Goro Ibuki back in 1973, Dr. Ibuki created Jet Jaguar as the ultimate form of robotics at the time. However, it soon became clear that Jet Jaguar had become more than what his creator had intended him to be when the android suddenly grew to an enormous height and fought alongside Godzilla against the villainous Kaiju, Megalon and Gigan, who were under the control of a race of underground dwelling beings called the Seatopians.

After fighting back the monsters, it became quite clear to Jet Jaguar's creator that his android had no business being a mere servant and allowed the sentient machine to make his own decisions and freed him to do as he pleased, to which the robot made the choice to join G-Force, serving as an ally and extra muscle in their seemingly never ending war with the Kaiju that plagued the earth. For years, Jet Jaguar fought countless monsters and aided in the relief efforts in the aftermath of every battle. It was because of these acts of heroism and others that the android had earned the attention of the Infinity League, who offered him a place among their team, to which he accepted. However, it was rather difficult for the android to connect with his new teammates. While he was by no means outdated, he was unable to communicate with those around him, nor could he understand human emotion that well either.

When he wasn't out on a mission, Jet Jaguar often came to the mess hall, sat down at an empty table, and would watch the other League members around him, carefully studying their behavior. Although now it would seem that his studies on his organic teammates were distressing the Lyoko Warriors. Not wanting to cause any further disruption to the group, Jet Jaguar promptly stood up from his seat and began to make his way out of the mess hall.

"Now look what you've done!" Aelita scolded her friend. "You've upset him!"

"Way to go, Odd," Ulrich added.

"What? Lunch is a scared thing to me and he was interrupting it!" the cat-boy defended.

Already knowing that her friend wasn't going apologize for his actions, Aelita took it upon her self to make peace with the sentient machine. The pink-haired girl got up from her chair and quickly caught up with Jet Jaguar.

"Excuse me," she began, catching the android's attention. "I just wanted to apologize for my friend's actions. Odd can...well...live up to his name."

Jet Jaguar stood in silence and allowed the girl to continue.

"We didn't mean to offend you," she furthered. "I know you're new here and are still getting used to everyone, but no one here wants you to feel isolated. If you'd like, you can sit with us until our patrol shift starts."

Before Jet Jaguar could make any sound as an answer, a holographic projection of a pair of female lips suddenly materialized in front of the two superheroes. This was Sheila, Shezow's A.I assistant who had been uploaded into the tower's computer systems in order to be of service to the Infinity League as well as contact them from anywhere within Skyward Tower should they be needed for a mission or anything else of importance. It was originally going to be Teletraan-1 who was to be apart of the Tower's systems, but the Cybertronian tech was far too advanced for the tower to process, and, more so, Optimus did not feel comfortable with allowing his people's technology in a place were the GJN could try to study it.

"Ah! There you are, Jet Jaguar!" the A.I said in a panicked tone. "We need you to get to Angel Grove at once!"

"What's the problem, Sheila?" Aelita asked.

"It's the Power Rangers, they're in danger!" Sheila replied. "They're under attack by the Decepticons Combiners. From what Alpha-5 told us in his distress call, he says that the Megazord is already down and Tiger Zord is taking a beating. They won't be able to last much longer without help!"

"What about the Autobots and their Combiners?" the digital angel questioned. "Or our heavy hitters for that matter?"

"The Autobots are still tied up with helping G-Force fight off Dogara and Orga in Osaka," Sheila informed her. "Jenny, Danny and Shezow are still in the midst of tracking Shadaloo in Italy, and the Powerpuff Girls are currently busy fighting Him in Townsville. We also can't get a hold of the Crystal Gems either. Some nonsense about going to space or something."

Sheila then 'looked' back at Jet Jaguar.

"Jet Jaguar, your the only one here who can stand a chance against the Combiners," she informed him. "We need you to hold them off long enough until backup arrives."

"But it'll be three against one!" Aelita stated. "He'll be out numbered!"

"If we don't do anything, then the Power Rangers will die!" Shelia reminded her.

Jet Jaguar knew that the A.I was right. If he declined, then the Earth would loose some of its mightiest defenders. Without giving it another thought, he did the only reasonable answer to this situation: he gave Sheila a thumbs up.

Tommy could taste his own blood in his mouth upon waking up. That last punch from Menasor had knocked him against the wall and rendered him unconscious for a moment. The alarms were blaring in his ears within the control room of the Tiger Zord. He struggled to his feet and made an attempt to retake the controls of his Zord, but was thrown around the room once more when Devastator kicked the side of his mech, sending it flying several feet in doing so. Bruticus then stompped on the Tiger Zord's back to keep from getting back up.

The Rangers had faced countless monsters before, but the Combiners we're an entirely different beast altogether. Zedd and Rita's monsters were slow, arrogant and sometimes just downright dimwitted, but the Decepticon war machines were more intelligent (though only just in the case of Bruticus) and they could work as a team unlike the the monsters they had slain in the past. The only good this to come out of this beating was that they had managed to keep the trio of robots out of the city and keep the fight in an open field for the most part.

"Guys, come in," Tommy tried to hail the other Rangers over his helmet's COMM. "Billy, Rocky, Adam...can any of you guys hear me?"

Static was the only answer the White Ranger could hear on the other end of the line, making him fear the worst. From the view screen within his Zord, he could see the Thunder Megazord lying on the ground in a seemingly lifeless heap, making the leader of the Power Rangers dread the thought of his friends already being dead. Suddenly, Tommy heard the sound of the door to his Zord's control room being forcefully opened. Fearing that it was one of Soundwave's minions such as Frenzy or Rumble, the leader of the Rangers tried his best to shake off the pain in his body and readied himself for the oncoming attack. However, instead of a killer alien robot breaking down the doors, it was a friendly face.

"Ulrich!" he said with a sigh of relief. "Boy am I'm glad to see you!"

"Good to see you're still in one piece, White Ranger," the sword wielding speedster said. "Let's get you out of here."

"I'm not leaving without the other Rangers!" Tommy declared. "And we can't leave the Zords behind!"

"The rest of my team is getting the other Rangers to safety," Ulrich assured. "But we can't move the Zords."

"We can't leave them behind, that's what Megatron wants!" the White Ranger said. "He sent the Combiners here to take the Zords back to their base and harness their power to make new weapons for his army!"

"Well, he's not getting his hands on them," Ulrich said as he pointed at the view screen. "He won't let them."

Tommy turned around to see, via his view screen, a human sized, multi-colored robot standing defiantly before the three towering machines, who clearly didn't perceive the newcomer as a credible threat.

"Who the hell is that?" the Ranger's leader asked.

"Oh, you are in for a treat," Ulrich replied with a small smirk.

Suddenly, the tiny robot began to grow at rapid pace, stunning both the Cons and the Rangers. Within seconds, the once small android now stood as tall as the three Combiners he was facing off against.

"Who the frag is this guy?" Menasor said to the other giants.

"Bruitcus not care!" the Combaticons' merged form answered. "We crush him!"

The Combaticon Combiner was the first to attack Jet Jaguar with a lunging strike with his fist. Acting quickly, the android grabbed Bruticus by the arm and hip-threw him to the ground before doing a spin-kick that knocked Menasor several feet backwards. Before Jet Jaguar could keep up the assault, Devastator blindsided him with a surprise punch across his face, forcing him to stumble back from the hit. Still reeling from the hit, Jet Jaguar failed to notice that Bruticus had recovered and had since gotten back to his feet to assist his fellow Combiner in the attack by punching the android in the chest before grabbing him by the face and slamming him into the ground.

"Not so tough now, huh?" the Constructicon Combiner mocked.

Jet Jaguar let out a metallic roar as his answer before running at Devastator at full speed to deliver a flying kick to his chest that sent the Combiner crashing into a recovering Menasor. He then put his his arms around a bewildered Bruticus' waist before throwing him backwards in a suplex. While the Stunticon Combiner tried to get back to his feet, Jet Jaguar grabbed the alien machine and lifted him high over his head with every once of his strength before hurling the mechanical titan right into a still recovering Devastator, knocking him back down. The android's victory was short lived, however, when Bruticus punched him in the back of the head, making the robot stumble forward. The Combiner then took hold of Jet Jaguar's head and slammed him into the ground repeatedly. After several blows to the head, Bruticus' captive suddenly elbowed him in the chest with a strong enough blow to make him let go.

As Jet Jaguar got back to his feet, he heard the sound of the other two Combiners charging toward him. Anticipating this, the android did a sudden back flip over the other two, landing behind the other two giant machines in the process. While Devastator and Menasor were caught off guard by the sudden move, Jet Jaguar took hold of each Combiners by the head and slammed them together, stunning them both from the impact monetarily. This gave Jet Jaguar the chance to ready himself for another attack, but before he could do so, he was suddenly struck by a surprise barrage of motor fire. The heroic robot looked to see that Bruticus had been firing volleys of cannon fire from his back. The cannon fire forced Jet Jaguar to his knees as the shelling on his person continued. With their opponent down, Devastator and Menasor also joined in on attack by kicking and punching Jet Jaguar while he was down.

Meanwhile, the Lyoko Warriors had since managed to get the Rangers to safety while Jet Jaguar kept the Combiners busy, but as the two teams watched the beating the robot was taking from a nearby hillside, they could feel remorse and sadness at the sight before them.

"We've gotta do something!" the Red Ranger said to the others.

"There's noting we can do, your Zords are to damaged to fight," Ulrich reminded him.

"That's true, but we can still help him out," Yumi said before turning to the wounded Rangers. "We need your weapons."

Already understanding what the girl was getting at, the Power Rangers handed their weapons over to the Lyoko Warriors, who quickly combined them into the Mega Power Bow. Once they had done this, the Lyoko Warriors held the weapon in place for Odd to take the shot. The target in question was Bruticus' optics, which, even for a sharpshooter like Odd, was a difficult one to hit.

"Smile you son of bitch!" he shouted. "I've always wanted to say that."

"Just shoot the damn thing!" Ulrich shouted.

As commanded, Odd pulled the trigger and fired the bow. The beam flew through the air at a rapid pace before striking the Combaticon Combiner's optics, blinding him upon impact. As Bruticus wailed in agony from the surprise attack, he was forced to break off from his attack. The other two Combiners also stopped their beating and looked back at their fellow Decepticon, wondering what had hurt him. This gave Jet Jaguar the chance to roll away from his attackers and grab both the Thunder Megazord's Power Sword and the Tiger Zord's sword in each hand. He jumped to his feet just as Devastator and Menasor realized that they had left their prey untenanted to and turned around to see the android now back on his feet and holding two swords in each hand.

Before either Decepticon could react, Jet Jaguar sped toward the two bewildered machines and slashed them both in half in a single clean strike. The attack forced the two Combiners to disassemble back into their separate beings. Jet Jaguar stared down at his now diminished foes before roaring at them, making the two respective Combiner teams flee in terror. Now left with only one enemy, the heroic machine turned his attention toward Bruticus, who had since regained his eyesight. The damage Jet Jaguar had taken from the fight was immense, but he forced himself to shake it off for one last attack. With everything he had, he hurled both blades into the Combiners chest before running up to his enemy and grabbing him by the waist. With every ounce of strength he had left, Jet Jaguar tore Bruticus in half, forcing the Combaticons to revert back to their original selves.

Like the others, Onslaught and his team knew they were beaten and quickly fled the battlefield. With his foes defeated, Jet Jaguar put the swords down and looked over to to the humans heroes he had protected, who were currently cheering at his victory. Just then, the android again fell to his knees. His injuries had finally gotten the better of him. The android reverted to his regular size as the Rangers and the Lyoko Warriors ran to his side. The last thing he saw was the image of the group standing over him with a collected look of concern on their faces.

"Are you sure he's going to be okay?" Aelita asked with worry in her voice.

Ratchet looked away from his patient and turned his attention back to the pink-haired angel. After beating back the Combiners, Jet Jaguar was rushed back to Skyward Tower in order for the Autobot medic to look him over. The Rangers had also been brought to the Tower to receive medical aide as well, which they were currently getting from Stanford Pines, who was the the League's resident metahuman physician.

"He'll be fine," Ratchet assured the angel. "Jet Jaguar may have taken some serious hits, but his body is healing itself via auto-repair."

"Then why isn't he moving?" Yumi inquired.

"He's in what can only be described in a term we Autobots call a stasis-lock," Ratchet explained. "He had to power down in order for his systems to repair the damage he took. He should be back online in less then a week by my estimate."

Just then, a loud crash echoed through the med-bay, making everyone turn to see Odd standing there with a broken piece of equipment.

"Odd, I needed that!" the Autobot scolded.

"What? I wasn't doing anything!" Odd shot back.

"Let's go, fumbles," Ulrich said as he and the other Lyoko Warriors departed from the med-bay.

As they left, Aelita turned to take one last look at her team's protector. It was then that she saw the android's hand slowly form a thumbs up to her, making her smile at the sight.