Earth.

It was a dark night, one colder than ever. Shrouded by complete silence. Until something entered the atmosphere, a giant ship, the shape of a half oval, golden color, loaded with guns, and two huge wings on either side. on the top of the ship, was some kind of odd faction symbol. It looked like the face of a robot, its color red. The ship was nearing the ground at high speeds, and it showed no signs of stopping. And in a flash, the ship crashed into the side of a mountain...

four-million years later. Inside the ship.

The dismembered corpses of fallen Autobots littered the floor of the ship. Not a single survivor. But suddenly, the ships's AI system, Teletraan One, started with a beep, a drone releasing from the ship. The drone flew around the area, stopping at a nearby military base, while repeatedly chanting:

"EXPLORE. EXPLORE." and after scanning a Mitsubishi J59 Military Jeep, the drone returned to the ship. Then, another mechanism emerged from the ship, chanting in the same fashion as the drone: "REPAIR. REPAIR." before scanning one of the dead Autobots. Specifically, the Autobot tracker, Hound. Hound's body then began to change into that of the jeep that the drone had scanned. And after a few seconds, Hound transformed back into robot-mode, noticing that his look had changed,

"What the? What happened to me? How am I alive!?" Hound questioned, before noticing the rest of the dead Autobot bodies. The drone relaunched, this time going further and scanning a Freightliner FL86 COE Semi-trailer Truck before returning to the ship once more. Hound dragged Optimus Prime's body under the scanner, Optimus transforming into he truck which was scanned, then transforming back into robot mode, "Optimus! Your alive! Thank Primus!" Hound said, glad to have his leader back,

"Thank you, Hound. But we must revive the others. Who knows knows how long it's been since we left Cybertron." Optimus said. And with that, they began to revive the other Autobots.

After about an hour. Optimus and Hound had revived the rest of the Autobots.

"Autobots, we do not know how long it has been since we left Cybertron's surface, and crashlanded on this foreign world but we do know one thing: the Decepticons have most likely followed us here. So we must be prepared for anything." Optimus spoke to the Autobots, who gazed up upon him. There was something about Optimus' presence which filled the Autobots with hope. But it's unknown what, "Teletraan One says this planet is blooming with life, so we have a new mission... protect this planet at all cost." the Autobots nodded in agreement, "But first, we must establish a base. Let's get to work!" and that, the Autobots began construction of a new base, grabbing any materials they could find...


A city not too far from where the Autobots crash landed.

"Uuugh! I can't believe Megatron put me on searching duty." Barricade complained to himself, while Dragstrip, his assigned partner, was going on and on about all of his glorious victories,

"And then, I crushed the Autobot's spark within my very hands, AHAHAHAHAHA!" the two were in their newly scanned Earth forms, Barricade a Police Saleen S281, and Dragstrip a Tyrrell P34,

"And with you!" Barricade continued. Barricade began to switch through different radio stations, obviously bored to death, "Ugh! None of this is real music! What kind of crap do these insects listen to!?"

"I made a song once, it was based on one of my greatest war stories of all. Wanna hear it?"

"No!" Barricade replied angrily,

"Too bad! Ooooooooo-"

"SHUT UP!" Barricade shouted, Dragstrip seemed offended, "How about I tell a story?! The story of how I literally tear your-" But before Barricade could finish, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle drove by, causing Barricade's Energon sensors to go crazy, "Wait a minute! That must be an Autobot!" Barricade said, driving after the Beetle,

"Hey! Wait for me!" Dragstrip shouted, following behind Barricade...


The Crashsight of the Ark.

Jazz walked up to Optimus, who looked down at him,

"Optimus, we're runnin' out of supplies for the base. And Bumblebee hasn't gotten back from his search mission yet." the Autobot first lieutenant reported,

"We must have faith in him Jazz." Optimus replied, "Bumblebee may be small, but he is definitely not the dullest on our side."

"Alright Prime, if you say so." and with that, Jazz walked away. Optimus activated his comm, speaking through it to Bumblebee, who he had sent on a mission for supplies,

"This is Optimus Prime to Bumblebee, do you read me Bumblebee?"

"I read ya loud and clear Prime."

"Bumblebee, have you found any supplies yet?"

"No, not yet. But I think I've got two Decepticons right on my tail. The yellow race car gives it away. Man those 'Cons are dumber than they look."

"Maybe Bumblebee. But they are deadly. I'll send Sideswipe and Sunstreaker to help."

"Uh, one more thing Prime."

"What is it, Bumblebee?"

"The thing Teletraan One said about alien lifeforms inhabiting the planet, it's true."

There was a short pause, "This is truly bad. If the Decepticons followed us here, then they will go to extreme lengths to destroy us. Even if it means causing the extinction of a species..." Optimus replied...


In the city.

"We've got you outnumbered, Autobot! Surrender now and we'll spare your life!" Barricade shouted,

"Not likely!" Bumblebee said back, driving in front of another car. A second car drove up, taking a spot next to the other, blocking Bumblebee from the Decepticons,

"Scrap!" Barricade cursed, "Wait a minute..." Barricade activated his sirens, causing the two cars blocking Bumblebee to drive out of the way,

"Uh oh. I hope help gets here soon..." Bumblebee said to himself, Barricade driving up behind him, Dragstrip on the side,

"You're surrounded! Give up Now or face the consequences of-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You talk too much!" Bumblebee interrupted Barricade, who seemed offended by his comment. Barricade rammed into the back of Bumblebee angrily, "Ow!" A stoplight was coming up, turning yellow, then red. All three of them ran the red light, the stoplight taking a quick picture. Bumblebee drifted into the left lane, Barricade and Dragstrip losing him...


At the police station.

"Sir, we've caught two light-runners on 24th street." one of the officers reported to the police captain, showing him a printed picture of Bumblebee and Dragstrip, running the light in front of Barricade, whom they thought was one of the officers on street patrol. The captain looked hard at the photo, noticing that neither of the two cars (Bumblebee and Dragstrip) had drivers,

"Show me the live feed." the captain ordered,

"Yes sir." both of them walked over to one of the many computers in the room, the live feed of the incident on the screen. The officer played the recording, showing Bumblebee drifting into the left lane, and Dragstrip and Barricade continuing forward,

"Hmmm... and which vehicle is that?"

"The, police car?"

"Obviously." the officer zoomed in on the numbers on the side of Barricade's vehicle-mode: 643, "I don't recall assigning that code on 24th street. Or any street, even."

"What should we do, sir?"

there was a brief moment of silence, "Send 224 and 755 to that location immediately."

"Right away sir."


In the city.

"SCRAP! We lost him!" Barricade shouted angrily, the two Decepticons turning and driving back. But they were stopped by a red Lamborghini Countach LP500-2, "Hey!" Barricade's Energon sensor went of again, though, two readings appeared on screen, "Where's the other one?" and just then, a yellow Supercharged Lamborghini Countach LP500S drove up behind both of them, the two cars blocking them in. Barricade transformed, Dragstrip doing so as well. Barricade transformed his hand into a mace-like weapon, while Dragstrip transformed his own hand into a Cybertronian blaster. The two cars transformed as well, revealing themselves to be the Autobot twin brothers, Sideswipe and SUnstreaker,

"Let's beat these 'Cons to a pulp bro!" Sideswipe said,

"I like that plan..." Sunstreaker replied, both of them charging at the two Deceptions after shouting,

"Let's go!" in unison...

Meanwhile.

Bumblebee had his own trouble, as two police cars were now following him,

"Uh oh. I can't tell if these are Decepticons or not." Bumblebee said,

"Come out with your hands up!" an officer shouted from inside one of the police cars through a loudspeaker,

"I better transform just in case... but wait. I'm not supposed to be seen! Scrap it, I'm transforming!" the small Autobot scout argued with himself as he transformed, revealing his true form to the humans, who slammed on the brake. Both cars stopped, policemen exiting the vehicles and gazing up at the Bumblebee, who to them, was huge. All of them stood there, guns down, staring up at Bumblebee with widened mouths,

"I, uh... I come in peace!" Bumblebee tried to reason with them, holding his hands up...

Meanwhile.

Sideswipe went in for a kick at Barricade's chest, Barricade moving out of the way and grabbing him by the leg, throwing him into a parallel parked car outside of a bank. The owner of the car walked out of the bank, seeing him damaged car,

"My car!" before looking up at the towering Barricade, standing over the car, "AAAA!" the human screamed, running in terror,

"*chuckles* cowardly insects..." Barricade said, almost forgetting about Sideswipe, who jumped up and kicked Barricade back, "Oh yeah, you..." Barricade remembered, swinging his mace at Sideswipe. Sideswipe stepped back, firing his blaster at Barricade...

"I'm gonna rip you to pieces!" Dragstrip threatened Sunstreaker,

"Okay, but just don't mess up my paint job!" Sunstreaker said back, the two locking arms. Sunstreaker managed to push Dragstrip, taking a shot with his blaster. But the blast didn't do much damage. Dragstrip uppercutted, Sunstreaker, knocking the Autobot into the air. Sunstreaker screamed as he came down, more worried about his messed up pain job than his safety,

"Oh, you're gonna pay for that!" Sunstreaker got up, punching Dragstrip twice in the face...

Meanwhile.

Bumblebee stepped back, transforming and driving away, leaving the police in awe...

Meanwhile.

Sideswipe fired his blaster repeatedly, one of his shots hitting Barricade in the face,

"OW!" Barricade exclaimed, charging up to Sideswipe and kicking him back. Sideswipe recovered almost instantly, throwing a punch at Barricade, but missing. Sideswipe fired the rocket-launcher on his shoulder at Barricade. But Barricade dove out of the way, leaving the missile to fly into a store, where a human was closing up shop and locking down the doors,

"NOOOOO!" Sideswipe shouted, but it was too late...

To be continued...