The Last Hunt
Chapter 1
"What a day." Sideswipe said to Bumblebee as they cruised down downtown Tranquility in their vehicle modes.
"I still can't believe there wasn't any Decepticon sightings at all today." Bumblebee replied in disbelief.
Sideswipe let out a small laugh. "And I was so looking forward to using my swords."
"Think we should head back to base now?" Bumblebee asked. "It's starting to get dark out."
"Yeah, I guess. But first we should try and find Ironhide" Sideswipe answered. "Optimus informed me an hour ago that he was on duty as well."
Suddenly a black muscle car with green stripes appeared out of nowhere and zoomed right past the two Autobots.
"What's that guy's hurry?" exclaimed Sideswipe irritably.
"You don't think it was a Decepticon, do you?" Bumblebee asked.
"I don't know, but we should follow him to make sure." Sideswipe replied eagerly.
With that said, Bumblebee and Sideswipe started after the mysterious muscle car.
"Bumblebee to Optimus Prime" Bumblebee said urgently into his com link.
"Optimus Prime here, what is your status, Bumblebee?"
"Pursuing possible Decepticon vehicle with Sideswipe."
"Proceed, but be careful, Bumblebee. I will let Ironhide know of your situation. Prime out."
Sideswipe could not believe it. Here he and Bumblebee were the fastest of the other Autobots, and they had totally lost track of the muscle car they had been following for about a half hour.
"This is ridiculous!" he growled angrily. "He didn't just vanish off the face of this planet!"
"Cool your circuits, Sideswipe" Bumblebee said reassuringly. "We'll find this guy."
Sideswipe let out a sigh. "Perhaps we should split up and cover more ground?"
"Yeah, I guess your ri..." All of the sudden Bumblebee unexpectedly screeched his vehicle to a halt.
"Did you see something?" Sideswipe asked him, stopping beside him.
"I thought I saw a vehicle go into that abandoned warehouse." Bumblebee answered, indicating to Sideswipe the building to his right.
"Was it the muscle car?" Sideswipe asked excitedly.
"It was too dark for me to tell" Bumblebee replied. "And it was only for a flash of a second."
"Good enough for me!" Sideswipe exclaimed as he turned towards the warehouse.
"Wait up, Sideswipe!" Bumblebee shouted as he rushed over to keep up with his over eager partner.
As they approached the front entrance to the warehouse, a weird feeling suddenly came over Bumblebee.
"Something doesn't feel right" he said to Sideswipe nervously.
Sideswipe let out a small chuckle. "You worry too much, Bumble..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the two Autobots were suddenly and unexpectedly hit by two small electric balls of light.
A sharp pain rippled throughout their mechanical bodies.
"I'm losing power!" cried Sideswipe. "I can't transform!"
"Me too!" Bumblebee shouted back to him. "I think we got hit by some high energy draining pulse!"
"That is correct, Autobot." said a deep and raspy voice from nearby.
A tall, slender bot, with glowing red eyes and a hook for a hand, stepped out from behind a rusty looking dumpster and walked over towards the two immobilized Autobots.
"I was wondering when you two were going to catch up with me" he said, with a cold laugh. "Now that your here we can finally get down to business."
