It has been a day since Optimus Prime announced the formation of the Voyagers; an expeditionary team to explore the ruined Earth in search of human civilization. They consisted of two Autobots; Fallback and Springer, five humans; Elisa Lennox, Seamus Dyson, Doctor Charles "Chad" White, Simon Petrikov, and Finn Mertens, and also Jake the Dog; Finn's adoptive brother. Their leader, Finn Mertens, is tasked with training them in the ways of combat and survival. From the town of Hub City to Finn and Jake's old Tree Fort, the humans travel by foot as their first "step" in their training. Get it?

They make it to the rolling hills of the plains where the Tree Fort used to be. Now all remains are debris and a single small tree with a white sword driven into the trunk. Elisa, Seamus, Chad, and Simon wore tank tops and shorts and carried large travelling backpacks. Finn, Jake, Elisa, and Simon all are faring very well but as for Seamus and Chad they collapsed under their weight after climbing the hill. "What are we carrying in these?!" Chad whined.

Jake walks up to Chad and removed his backpack before hanging it upside down for rocks to fall out. "Rocks?! We were lugging rocks out here in the middle of nowhere?!" Chad complained. "When you're travelling for a long time you need may need to carry heavy stuff. Anyway, you all passed the first test in our training." Finn declared. "Woo! Yeah! I passed!" Elisa celebrated as she threw her fists in the air.

"You weren't too shabby yourself, Simon." Finn complimented. "Well, I did, in a sense, adventure a lot before the war. I'm kinda used to carrying heavy things on my back." Simon said. Seamus stands up and noticed the white sword in the tree. "Hey, is that a sword in that tree?" Seamus asked Finn. "Yeah… It was a gift from an old friend. Please don't touch it." Finn answered.

"Man, those monsters really did do a number on this place." Simon commented. "So, what are we doing here, Mister Mertens?" Chad asked. "Every day at four P.M. on the dot, some guys come over and fight with us, kinda like sparring. It's three-fifty-seven so they'll be here soon." Finn explained. "So what do we do for three minutes?" Chad asked. Finn takes off his large backpack and tips it over for swords to spill out.

"Swords!" Elisa yelled excitedly before picking up a katana. "Where did you get these? These look brand new!" Seamus asked Finn as he closely examined the blade of a claymore. "Oh, we salvaged those from the Tree Fort after it was destroyed. We polished them up and put them in a vault Finn's mom made for us." Jake answered as Elisa starts swinging the sword around like a child. From below the hill, a cat dressed in a lab coat and glasses, and a purple bear holding a spear approach.

"Hey, Science Cat! Hey, Spear Bear!" Finn greeted the two. "Afternoon, Finn. Who are these guys?" Science Cat asked. "We're training them to be adventurers. We wanted to take advantage of our daily brawl to teach them about fighting." Finn explained. "Hey, the more the merrier. Why don't we fight one-on-one with them. They take turns fighting Spear Bear and then they take turns with me. How's that?" Science Cat suggested. "Sounds like a plan." Finn accepted.

"Hey guys, come over here!" Finn called the recruits. They then assemble behind Finn in a line. "Everyone, this is Science Cat and Spear Bear. You're going to spar with them. Pick up a weapon if you haven't already." Finn introduced them. "Who wants to go first?" Finn asked. "Me! Me! Me! I wanna fight them!" Elisa said enthusiastically as she waved her hands in the air.

"Alright Elisa, step right up!" Finn encouraged. Finn then walks to Spear Bear and whispers in his ear. "Go easy on her, okay?" Finn suggested. "By the looks of things, she should go easy on him. She looks like she's ready to chop his head off, not that we mind." Science Cat commented. Elisa took her place in front of the tree and stood across Spear Bear.

Finn stood between them to referee the fight. "Hey, check this out." Finn said to the crowd. A holographic interface appears on Finn's wrist and he swipes to an icon of a gun. He taps it and his finger turns into a snub-nosed gun barrel. "Is that a robot arm? It looks so real!" Science Cat commented.

"Thanks, my mom made it. She put in tons of gadgets in here, like this flare gun." Finn explained as he raised his hand. "On the count of three, you start runnin' at each other." Finn prepared. "Three. Two. One. Go!" Finn counted down before firing a flare into the sky. Unbeknownst to everyone, the flare hit a flying object in the skies. The two fighters charge at each other and clash their blades.

Elisa parries the spear away from her and thrusts her sword at Spear Bear. He manages to block the thrust and retaliates with another thrust. Elisa tries to block it with her blade, but misses it by an inch and is nearly stabbed were it not for Spear Bear to stop a mere millimeter from her abdomen. "We'll stop it there for now." Finn announced before walking to Elisa. "Elisa, don't panic in a fight. Fighting with spears is different than fighting with swords. Instead of blocking you could've swiped the spearhead away and then dodged." Finn suggested.

"I guess Miss Mertens was right, I do need the exercise." Elisa noted. From the sky, a blue jet swoops overhead the crowd and lands on a nearby hill. "Who's that?" Simon wondered. The jet transforms into a robot with a triangular body, wings and thrusters folded onto his back, and digitigrade legs. Simon spies a purple insignia on its chest. "Oh no…" he said in despair.

To be continued…