Smokescreen tiredly opened his optics. He attempted to sit up and gasped as a strong, dull pain coursed through the right side his body.

"Greenhand's awake!" Arcee called to Ratchet.

"Smokescreen, are you alright?" Ratchet shone a light into the mech's optics.

"How long was I out? Why does my chest hurt? Stop it with the light!" Smokescreen knocked the light out of the medic's hand.

"Don't you even remember?! Do you know what happened to Cliff?!" Arcee choked.

"I think Cliffjumper and I found some energon," Smokescreen put a hand on his forehead and his optics widened. "We were attacked by Decepticons! Is he okay?!"

"I'm going for a drive," Arcee walked out of the sick bay.

"He's dead, isn't he?" Smokescreen asked a moment later.

Ratchet sighed. "Or a prisoner... So you were shot five days ago and I removed a foreign object that had penetrated your spark chamber. It was inside you for quite some time."

"How long until I'm back in the - AACK!" Smokescreen clenched his chest.

Ratchet immediately forced him to lie down and put some wires on his chest to monitor the young mech's spark.

"You may not be able to return to the battlefield. I'm sorry."

"Is there an alternative?"

Ratchet thought for a while. "Well, there is one thing you might be able to do..."

xxx

"Why'd Heatwave call a team meeting?" Kade asked Chief Burns.

"Something about a new teammate," Chief said.

"Grow up, Kade," Dani said.

"Yeah, remember what Jackie did when she visited last year?" Graham said.

"I still have no idea where she got the goat," Kade said.

The Burns family walked into the bunker.

"Did you guys hear about the new bot?" Blades was excitedly jumping up and down. "I can't wait to meet him!"

"Meeting's starting now," Heatwave said. "Last night, Optimus told me that one of their bots, Smokescreen, was injured and cannot fight, so he asked me if I was willing to train him as a Rescue Bot, so I agreed. Now, he's had a couple spark attacks, due to the injury, so Blades has to do some studying."

"I'm right here."

"What will he be doing?" Chase asked.

"Back up police-bot," Heatwave said, "you'll help him learn the ropes, Chase."

"Will he be able to work in an emergency situation?" Chief asked.

"We'll see."

"Is he cute?" Blades asked.

Everyone looked at Blades in confusion and surprise.

"Are you...?" Kade trailed off.

"Am I what?"

"Nothing," Heatwave said.

xxx

"This is the best you could find?" Smokescreen asked Agent Fowler.

"Needs seatbelt," Arcee said.

"You're supposed to scan the paint job and sirens," Fowler said.

Smokescreen did as he was told.

"So now what? Whoa!" Smokescreen's paint job changed before his eyes.

"Where are the sirens?" Bulkhead asked.

Then everyone heard a loud crackling as the sirens formed between his doorwings.

"That HURT!"

xxx

Cody pulled his bike into the garage and heard the bots arguing. He took the elevator down to the bunker to investigate.

Blades was sitting angrily as the other three argued.

They didn't want to share the same room with him.

"What's going on?" Cody asked.

"Since we have a new teammate coming we have to figure out living arrangements," Chase said.

"Why don't you use bunk beds?"

"We haven't tried that yet," Boulder said.

xxx

"'Morning, Blades," Dani said. "Are you ready for patrol?"

"I'm not going," Blades said.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. We don't have to fly high if you don't want to."

"I'm done with the team."

"Maybe a quick once around the island will cheer you up. We get to meet the new guy."

Blades got out of his funk. "I'm in!"

xxx

Blades was a bit disappointed when he saw the new bot. He didn't think that the town's people would think he was a high tech robot.

Chief and Dani were talking to the FBI agent who brought the new bot.

After a little bit, the agent gave Chief the keys to the vehicle.

Dani and Blades flew while Chief "drove" the new bot.

xxx

"So, um, hi, I'm Smokescreen," Smokescreen introduced himself. "I was trained by the Elite Guard, was Alpha Trion's body guard during the war, got botnapped after the Hall of Records was attacked, escaped a prison ship in a long distance pod, crash landed on Earth, and joined Optimus Prime and his team."

"Did you fight Decepticons?" Blades asked.

"I used to, then I got shot in the spark."

"What's your kill amount?" Heatwave asked.

"I don't know?"

"Do you like Earth?" Boulder asked.

Smokescreen shrugged his shoulders.

"I'll start teaching you about the town's laws," Chase pulled out the local law book.

Smokescreen rolled his optics.

"I saw that."

xxx

"Ugh!" Smokescreen plopped down on the couch. Chase pounded every single rule on the island. Every. Single. One. Even the speed limit for horses. There were no horses on the island! He closed his optics and drifted into recharge.

xxx

"Smokey! Smokey! Where are you?"

"Momma? Momma! Help! Everything's dark and scary!"

The darkness began to cloak him.

The femme screamed.

The dark went away.

xxx

Smokescreen shot up. He hadn't had that dream in a while. Then he realized he was in the med bay. He had wires on his chest.

"I see that you're up," Ratchet said as he walked in.

"Did I have a spark attack?" the new police bot asked.

"Thank Primus not. But your spark was beating too fast. It was almost as if you were in a decathlon."

"It was just bad dream."

"Have you had it before?"

"Not in a long time."

"Did you remember it?"

"N-no, why?"

"Just asking. Now, get some rest. You'll need your energy. Chief Burns and Cody are going to show you around the island tomorrow."

Smokescreen was already in recharge.

xxx

It was 9 am and Cody was telling Smokescreen all about the Island as Chief "drove".

"... and that's the lighthouse. The bell was stolen by pirates over 100 years ago."

Smokescreen wasn't listening. His mind was somewhere else.

The comm crackling snapped him back to reality.

"Dad, the bank's being robbed by armed gunmen!" Dani said.

"We're on it," Chief turned to Cody. "Son, you're going to have to sit this one out."

"Okay, Dad," Cody said as Smokescreen pulled over to let him out.

xxx

Four steampunky men and one steampunky woman were running out of the bank when Smokescreen and Chief pulled up.

Chief pulled out his Taser (A/N: because I don't effing know why.) and Smokescreen transformed.

"Griffin Rock police! Drop your weapons!"

Two of the men aimed their guns at Chief's vitals and cocked their weapons. The other men got in a black van as the others shot at the two.

Chief took cover behind Smokescreen's leg.

Smokescreen activated his blaster and shot the ground before the gunmen.

The two men went flying into a wall and one of them landed headfirst. The woman shot at both Smokescreen and Chief with a knockout weapon.