"You had another parking ticket?" Arcee asked over the radio. "Nope, I got the 'boot'," Cliffjumper replied. "A metal clamp that's impossible to remove?" Arcee asked, a slight smirk in her voice. "Bingo!"

"You shouldn't be getting into trouble a lot, Cliff. What if one day your tires get removed? And you now that we're all suppose to keep a low profile. that's rule number one" I said in laughter. "What can I do, Ariona? There hasn't been any Decepticon activity on Earth for three years. I can't help that it's dull when your only searching for Energon," Cliffjumper says back.

"Boring? Having mearound is boring? Fine, I see how it is," I pretend to get offended, crossing my arms and making a pouty face. Cliffjumper lets out a laugh and a smile creeps up on my face again.

"You don't make any search boring. You should come along with me anytime I go out for a drive so I don't get tickets," Cliffjumper chuckles. "Your naps give you tickets. If the fuzz sees me "driving" you while you're illegaly parked, then I'll be hauled to the human's station and get into even more trouble. You're on your own on this one," I smiled.

"What I'd expect out of my partner, Grey-'Bot," Cliffjumper chuckles more. I smile even more and look out the window. Just another day on the job with Cliffjumper in the quiet Jasper, Nevada. I knew that Cliffjumper always wanted excitment, and this town isn't a heaven for that. I couldn't blame him.

"I'm getting a signal for Energon," I look over at Cliffjumper's map once he said that, a questionable look on my face. "Do you need backup?" Arcee asked.

"Do I everneed backup?" Cliffjumper asked. "Don't be a showoff," I huffed playfully. Cliffjumper laughs and he speeds off the road towards the Energon. I looked around the landscape from inside Cliffjumper and felt a strange feeling. "We just hit the Energon jackpot," Cliffjumper comes to a stop.

I jump out of Cliffjumper and transform into my robot mode. Cliffjumper does the same. An object starts to shadow over the sun's rays. "We got Decepticons. Good job on jynxing," I turned to Cliffjumper. "Hey, at least we have something to do," Cliffjumper smirks. "Something to do? That's a warship, Cliff!" "We can handle it,"

A turrent from the warship shoots at us, causing both of us to fly into the pit of Energon. I spit out the dirt, "You were saying?"

Dropping from the warship, was a group of Vehicons. A lot of them. "Arcee, about that back up. We're going to be needing it," Cliffjumper talks into his comlink. I pulled him to hide behind a large Energon. "Cliff, I know you're happy so see Decepticons and I know you reallyneed to beat some up, but we need to wait until the others arrive. There's no way the two of us can handle all of them," I say.

"Did you forget who I was?" Cliffjumper smirked, "I'll just pound some dents into some,"

Cliffjumper gets ready to jump. "No wait!" I shout. He then sends himself up high into the air and comes down on the Vehicons with a fist. I sighed, "What am I going to do with him...?"

I kick the ground, pushing myself up towards the Vehicons. I draw the blades from my forearms and start to slice Vehicons. I quickly turn to Cliffjumper, who was surrounded by 'Cons and being kicked around. One then kicks him, causing him to lose a horn and sending him flying back to the pit.

"Cliff!" I was blasted on the side and yelped, tumbling over. I look back up and noticed a Vehicon standing over me, while the rest went after Cliffjumper. "H-yah!" I raise both of my legs and shoot them forward, kicking the Vehicon in the helm and causing myself to stand upright. I stab the Vehicon on the side by kicking again.

I ran over towards the pit to go help Cliffjumper. But, that all didn't turn out well when the amount of lasers cause the Energon to explode. The force of the explosion knocks me back a few feet and caused me to lose my balance, falling backwards on top of a sharp boulder, the impact sending a shock throughout my body. I clenched my teeth in pain and moaned as I slowly sat up. Hearing sizzles coming from my back wasn't a good sign.

I check my processor again and remembered Cliffjumper, the closest to the Energon explosion. I try to ignore the pain as I sprang up to go give him help. I stopped once I feel my upper half of the body lean side to side. I yelped again and fell down to my knees and kept myself held up by my hands. I look up and watch the warship take off. No, no!

I whimpered as I crawled to the pit again, looking over what's left of the Energon. There was no sign of Cliffjumper, which means that he was captured. What's worse, he could be dead by now. I fall to the ground completly, feeling defeated and at fault. I let in a cracked breath as I felt my optics start to liquify.

I then heard the sound of a space bridge opening and five stomps on the ground. "Ariona!" Arcee runs over to me, "What happened,"

"They-*bzzt*...They..." I couldn't form a sentance. "Let me see her," Ratchet picks me up carefully, examining my back and flips me over to face everyone else.

"This is bad..." Ratchet said, feeling the cracked part of my stomach.

"Ariona, please tell us what has happened," Optimus said. "We-*bzzt*...we were ambushed. Energon exploded-*bzzt*... They took...*bzzt*Cliffjumper..." I groaned from the pain.

"Ratchet, can you track him?" Optimus asked. Ratchet lowers me to the ground softly and looks at the scanner on his arm. "Cliffjumper's life signal just went offline..."

"I'm*bzzt*sorry..." I say weakly. "It wasn't your fault..." Arcee said with grief in her voice. "Right now, we need to get you back to repair you," Bulkhead said.

Bumblebee beeps before walking over to carefully pick me up in his arms. I looked up at him emotionlessly before turning my sight back up at the sky. I slowly close my optics and let out a small sigh before going limp and letting conscienceness fall.

I moaned as my optics flicker. I blinked again once I noticed that I was on a berth. I sat up quickly and winced once a shock of pain ran through me. "Easy," Ratchet says, "You're safe,"

"W-Where..." I layed back down again.

"Your vocal processor seems to be working fine now. I thought you were going to be in stasis lock for a stellar cycle, glad to see you pull through," Ratchet smiled. I felt the top of my stomach, feeling the wound that was now a dent. "What happened while I was out...?" I asked.

"She's awake now!" A girl climbs up onto my berth, causing me to flinch in surprise. "Miko, don't be rude," A boy's voice was heard. "At least she's alright," A younger boy's voice was heard.

"A lot," Ratchet replied to my question, a pinch of annoyance in his voice. "Huh?" I blinked in confusion.