Time has passed and the Autobots had put away a couple of con criminals and Steeljaw were working out ways to build a pack and take care of the Autobots. All the while he kept thinking about that femme, it was torturing him that he doesn't know her name. He had run into Thunderhoof after Thunderhoof got away from the Autobots and avoided arrest. Steeljaw goes up to him and talks him into joining him, after Thunderhoof joins him they work on finding a base and try to figure out how to free the other con criminals. Steeljaw meets a Cyber-tech called Minitron who can control any bot it comes across. It gets on Grimlock and controls him and makes him attack his own teammates, knocking them all out, then goes to search for the cons that are locked up and finds Underbite. Then after smashing the controls on the ship where Fixit and Russell is he leaves with Underbite and heads to the dam where Steeljaw is waiting.

Once he gets there he is greeted by Steeljaw, "I didn't expect you back so soon. Thunderhoof is out looking for a bigger base, but I'll be more than happy to help you with the pods. After all a good leader is first among equals"

"I uh.. had a little problem boss, I could only get one pod"

Steeljaw let out a growl, "Let me guess, you ran away"

"It wasn't my fault, the Autobots were all over me. But I took care of them"

Before Steeljaw knew it the Autobots were at the entrance with their guns drawn. His optics immediately went to the unknown femme that's been haunting him and he let out a slight growl, "You took care of them" he said but inside he felt relief to see the femme was alright.

"Mostly" Grimlock said as Bumblebee started walking towards Steeljaw.

Steeljaw brings out his claws, "Savor the daylight, it's gonna get really dark" he says before he runs forward to attack Bumblebee and Bumblebee ran towards him to attack him as well. The two clash and fall to the ground then they roll around, each trying to get the upper hand. Steeljaw gets to slashing at him trying to kill him as Strongarm tries to shoot him.

Grimlock was fighting Sideswipe who was trying to talk some sense into him, he was trying to attack Sideswipe who was standing on top of a spool but he moved out of the way and Grimlock ended up with a spool in his mouth. He picked it up with his mouth and threw it but Sideswipe dodged and it hit Strongarm and sent her into Steeljaw and Bumblebee just as Steeljaw was getting ready to throw a blow on the yellow mech. They land in another pile of spools and Steeljaw removed the spools off him and he noticed the femme laying on him, knocked out. Usually he would get mad and throw the bot off him while making a threat, but it was different with her, he couldn't bring himself to do that, she looked so beautiful and peaceful. So instead he gently pushed her over to the side, he then got up while growling and walked over to Grimlock. He was upset that the femme he was falling for got hurt like that, though he doesn't know why he even cares so much, but he made it seem that he was upset about the careless action of the mech he was walking towards and the fact that he was knocked down and prevented from getting rid of Bumblebee.

He walks towards Grimlock growling, "Get a hold of yourself!" he says just before Sideswipe jumped on his back and grabbed his ears.

"You mean like this" Sideswipe says as Steeljaw grabs his arms and tries to pry him off. One thing he hates more than anything is having his ears grabbed, his ears and his tail, he can't stand anybot grabbing or touching them, "What have you done to Grimlock Steeljaw?" Sideswipe asks as he hangs on.

Steeljaw manages to get the mech off and he slams him onto the ground, "Aw, is it so hard to believe a Dinobot would choose me over all of you?"

"Yeah it kind of is" Sideswipe replies as Steeljaw brings out his claws to kill him, he brings down his claws to kill the mech but he moves out of the way and Steeljaw's claws go into the floor instead. Sideswipe then kicks him in the face, right on the nose and Steeljaw puts his claw on his nose.

He then looks over and sees Bumblebee and the femme stand up from the pile of spools they were under, Thank Primus.. Stop it, she's the enemy! Stay focused on the task at hand. He thinks as he puts his focus back on the red mech in front of him. Sideswipe comes at him swinging his sword and he blocks every swing, but he almost messed up when he saw out of the corner of his optic the femme being slammed onto the ground by Grimlock, he could care less about the mech but for some reason it pains him to hears the cries coming from the femme.

"Whatever you've done to Grimlock undo it" Sideswipe demands as Steeljaw grabs his sword.

"Looks like you have more pressing matters at hand" Steeljaw says as he looks over to the other three. Sideswipe looks over as well in shock, "I doubt they'll survive this" as soon as those words were out his mouth he felt a pain in his spark, Dammit, why does the thought of her dying pain me?

Sideswipe runs over to help his comrades and Grimlock picked up Strongarm and threw her at him, but Sideswipe caught her and put her down on her feet, "Nice catch" Strongarm said.

"Anything for a team-" before he could finish what he was saying Bumblebee was thrown into them.

Steeljaw went to grab the pod with Underbite in it and he pushed it out. He looked over to see the Autobots jumping on Grimlock to take him down, "Farewell brother, I need Decepticons who don't turn simple tasks into debacles" Steeljaw says as he walks off with Underbite, leaving Grimlock to deal with the Autobots. They soon found out about Magnetron and after a bit of struggle they manage to capture him.

Steeljaw gets away from the dam and meets up with Thunderhoof who was on his way back, "Hey Steeljaw, where you going?"

"Autobots found us, needed to leave the dam. Did you find another place?"

"Yeah, found an abandoned Saw Mill"

"Good. This is Underbite, take him there. I need to take care of something then I'll meet you there"

"Eyo I is no servant to be bossed around!" Thunderhoof said in retaliation.

Steeljaw glares at him with a growl, "For now you work for me. Just take Underbite to the Saw Mill and I'll be there later and we'll figure out our next move" he said with a sense of warning in his tone. Thunderhoof backed off then told Steeljaw where the Saw Mill is, then he pushed Underbite there. Steeljaw just nodded and walked off.

The Autobots were heading back to base with Minitron in hand. Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe were in vehicle form driving on the road and Grimlock were still in dino mode running behind them. They were driving along a stretch of road that was going by a forest when suddenly a tree came falling down and landed in front of them, making them screech to a stop. They transformed and went to check it out, "Wonder what made that tree fall. It couldn't have been naturally as it seems to be a strong tree and there aren't any storms" Bumblebee wondered out loud as he inspected the tree. Sideswipe and Strongarm inspected the tree as well and they noticed some markings on the tree, "Lieutenant look. These marks indicate this tree was cut down" Strongarm pointed out.

"Yes, this tree fell in front of us on purpose. Whoever cut it down was trying to stop us" Bumblebee responded.

"Or damage us" Sideswipe added.

"Look around and stay vigilant" Bee says as he pulls out his gun.

"Yes sir" the others said as they pulled out their weapons as well then spread out to have a look. They go searching through the forest for the one who cut the tree down while Grimlock stayed behind to watch over Minitron. Nothing was found. Bee then called them and told them to meet him back at the road.

Strongarm was about to head back when suddenly she was grabbed from behind, one hand clamping over her mouth and the other knocking her gun out of her hand. She tried to fight back to free herself but it was no use, the being had too strong a hold on her. She then felt herself being pulled backwards, away from her team and she struggled with everything she had in her.

"Stop struggling, your only making this harder for yourself"

Strongarm's optics went wide and her spark dropped as she recognized the voice. She knew she was in trouble.