Panic had set in at the SCC. Ten minutes ago KITT had been flying down the roads, no one near or around him pardon the cybertronian, Knockout.

Then he went dark.

Charles Graiman and Sarah were doing all they could for the car, trying to get him back online, running over the last few seconds of footage to understand what had happened.

"Dad!" Sarah said, looking at her screen. "Dad, look!" She pointed to a massive spike in KITT's readings. "Right before KITT went dark; there was a huge jolt of unidentified energy. Now I've cross referenced it with the data Jack provided us with…"

Her dad was leaning on her shoulder by then, looking at the information. "It was energon. KITT was stuck with a massive bolt of energon which has overloaded his systems."

Sarah was already bringing something up on a screen. "Jack!"

Jackson Darby suddenly appeared via video link as he appeared to be driving. "Sarah, what is it? I'm a little busy at the moment."

"Jack, KITT was hit by a bolt of energon. We need to know how to compensate for it and get him back online."

Jack looked confused and lost. "Errr…."

"Can you send an electromagnetic signal to his systems?" Came a sophisticated yet grumpy voice from nowhere.

Sarah blinked, sharing a glance with her father. "Umm… yeah."

"Then send one of just under 3 teslas to his systems. It will demagnetise the energon and restore his systems." The voice grumbled. "Now if you don't mind, I'm busy!"

Jack sheepishly looked at the camera but then rudely it shut down.

The geniuses at the other end blinked at each other but then began to work, locating KITT and activating remote programing. It took a while but they did get in and sent the magnetic signal.

Three seconds later, KITT was back but silent, drained by the energon attack. He took a moment to scan and analyse his surroundings.

"Sarah, I have lost contact with Mike yet he appears to be alive and being held at gunpoint. Copper is with him and Knockout appears to be… unconscious." He paused on the word, not sure if it was in the right context. "There are several men surrounding the bar and all of them are armed. Copper stated that they were 'M.E.C.H.' operatives."

"KITT can you contact Copper?"

Quickly KITT loaded up the email that Scrap had sent him a week ago and entered a reply. Scrap, are you receiving this?

Inside, Scrap swallowed and blinked, not pausing in her work. Yes KITT. It's good to hear you're alright. What's your condition?

The energon blast has disrupted several of my systems. I am operational but not at full capacity.

What about Knockout?

He is currently unresponsive. I have scanned his systems and am sending you the semantics of the chemical applied to his exoskeleton.

Clicking things together, Scrap donated a few seconds to scan and analyse the thing before her hand closed into a fist. It's cybonic plague. KITT, Knockout is in real danger. I have no idea how but M.E.C.H. have altered it, gained control of it.

I have no reference for such a disease.

I could go into details on it but right now, I need your help. If I don't finish this device, we are all done for. I'm sending you a formula, it's the cure for the plague; I need you to replicate it and administer it to Knockout's systems. I can only hope M.E.C.H. didn't change it too much.

It will take me a while to create such a complicated formula and remain undetected.

Do what you can. Did Knockout get in contact with Jack?

Yes. He did and Jackson Darby told him to 'hold on'.

We have to do the same. I have six minutes to finish before they shoot you.

I do not believe I could cope with another one of those energon blasts.

I know. That's why I'm hurrying. KITT, concentrate on creating that cure. Please. I can't lose Knockout.

Knowing she was no longer alone, and that the M.E.C.H. men surrounding her had no idea KITT was active just outside, Scrap went back to her work, watching the count down.

Carlos stood at the other end of the table, a weapon trained constantly on her as he watched her work. At three minutes to her deadline, the woman's actions became slightly more rushed and she swallowed. "There…" She said at last after looking around the table. "There's a piece missing!"

The leader of M.E.C.H. nodded as he stepped over to her. "Of course." He said coolly, reaching inside his coat. "I kept the energon source. Now…" He placed the small glowing circular device on the table then lifted a gun to her head. "Finish it."

The human stared at the device for a moment. "Why are you doing this? Just to kill without reason?"

Carlos frowned, pressing the gun closer to her temple. "Finish it."

She froze but then picked up the energon, placing it in the middle of the device, still with a gun to her head.

Standing behind her, the man nodded. "Turn it on."

"You stole it and had no idea how to use it?" She chuckled, looking over her shoulder. "Bit of a gap in your plan."

"Turn it on."

Scrap kept eye contact with him while accessing her emails. KITT, progress?

I am almost finished creating the antivirus.

Slowly she turned back to the device on the table, fiddling with a few switches and dials. Almost isn't good enough. I'm setting the device to its lowest setting but that will give us less than ten minutes. "There." She said aloud as she finished.

Carlos nodded to his men and two of them stepped out from the side and took the device between them, carrying it carefully outside. M.E.C.H.'s leader then turned his attention to the woman before him. "Turn around."

"Why?" She asked, eyes set and determined. "You too much of a coward to shoot someone facing you?"

On the floor behind him, Mike stared in disbelief at the stand-off but he wasn't the only one. The man behind him, the one pinning him down, was staring at the two, wondering if Carlos really would shoot.

Just then there was a loud explosion from outside and most of the bar's roof was torn off, two walls disintegrating in the attack.

Carlos turned to see what had caused it and found himself face to face with a large blue and red cybertronian his predecessor had tried to copy.

Optimus Prime.

Before anyone could do anything, Mike moved, elbowing the surprised guard in the gut, making him bend over to receiver another in the nose and a final blow to the back of the head, knocking him out.

At the same time, Scrap made her own move, grabbing the gun pointed at her and twisting the arm holding it to the side and jabbing the elbow to make Carlos release the weapon before sprinting towards the missing wall.

There was a large collection of weapon fire going on outside and it was clear that Optimus wasn't alone. A full on battle had erupted between M.E.C.H. and Team Prime.

Somehow Carlos pulled himself up from where Scrap had thrown him and drew another weapon, firing on the human as she aimed to escape through the hole.

"Kill the cybertronians!" He bellowed as he ran to the front door and a car that would no doubts be waiting for him.

Leaping to the ground outside, Scrap grunted as a fire shot up her body. "KITT! Now!"

With four other cybertronians around him, the AI's head light glowed brightly as he came back to life, revving his engines to startle those around him while firing a laser on the black block on Knockout while also shooting some dark brown, oil like liquid to his side.

The worms that were zipping across the frame were suddenly drawn towards the oil and fell limply to the floor, the screaming stopping after a moment.

The other Autobots were busy firing on the humans on the ground and the vehicles, sending them exploding into fire balls.

At the same time, Scrap limped her away over towards the battle, weapon at the ready when she saw the shape of Carlos jumping into a blacked out jeep, soon speeding away from the site. Gritting her teeth against the pain, she leapt up and fired on the car but it soon vanished down the road.

Between KITT, Optimus, Bulkhead and Ratchet as well as the team of Unit E soldiers they had brought with them, the M.E.C.H. operatives were swiftly rounded up, kneeling on the floor with their hands on their heads.

Above them, Optimus returned his hands to normal and retracted his battle mask. "Bulkhead, Miko, stay here with the team and see to it that these men are taken into custody." He turned to the red rouge. "Knockout, what is your condition?"

The bot moaned before he clearly tried to transform but when nothing happened, he eventually gave up. "I… I can't transform. There must be something wrong with my T-cog. I can't… I can't even move!"

Prime nodded. "Ratchet."

"We've got bigger problems." Came a painful voice and everyone turned to see the red haired woman limping over, holding her side as blood leaked over her side. "Carlos got away with the device." She grunted and slipped but Mike was able to grab and hold her up. "We have got to go after him."

"We shall Scrap but for now, you need medical attention."

She shook her head to the Autobot leader. "We don't have time. I was forced to activate the weapon. We have less than ten minutes before it goes off. And if that happens, a lot of people are going to die, with or without the energon vain."

Mike nodded as he led the human to her car, helping her lean on the side. "KITT and I are the fastest. We will go after him."

Cringing at her wound, she sighed. "Even if you got to it, you wouldn't be able deactivate it. I'm the only one who can and I'd need Knockout's tools to do it."

"Then what do you suggest?"

Her eyes looked up at him with a strange smile. "We trade."

Mike blinked in confusion. "What?"

"Knockout can't move and I can't drive. You drive Knockout, I'll ride with KITT."

Looking between the other robots, Mike swallowed then nodded. "Alright. I'll stop Carlos, you follow in KITT and deactivate the device." He lifted her arm over his head and lead her carefully to KITT's side.

Knockout gave a whine, trying to transform again but then just sank down. "KITT, you take good care of her alright?"

"My main programming is for the preservation of human life." KITT replied as he opened his doors so Scrap could limp inside.

Still holding her bleeding side, Scrap hissed as she sat. "Don't worry about me Knockout. You're the one who's going to get ridden."

The Japanese woman snorted as she kept her weapon trained on the M.E.C.H operative. "That sounds like such a dirty joke."

Scrap couldn't help but smile but then the door closed while Mike climbed into Knockout's driver's seat and looked over the alien controls. "Ok, this… is a whole new level of weird."

"Tell me about it." The car grumbled back. "Just take it easy on the breaks."

Gripping the wheel tightly, Mike took a deep breath then hit the gas, shooting off down the road with a roar of power and aggression. The car clearly tried to fight him but his wounds soon made him stop. The red car was soon shooting down the roads after the four by four that had taken Carlos from the attack.

"Alright." Mike nodded, kicking the car up a gear. "Let's see what you can really do."

Instantly the speedo hit the hundreds and they bolted down the road, a streak of light against the dark night backdrop. Knockout groaned under the stress but without having to concentrate on driving, he was able to control the pain.

~#~

Back in KITT, Scrap groaned at the pain from wound, holding a large white bandage on her side while the car before her drove after the cybertronian. "Slag it, I haven't been shot in years. I forgot how much it hurts."

"I do have some powerful painkillers in my compartment…."

"No." She cut him off. "I need to keep my mind sharp for deactivating the bomb. Besides, believe it or not, I've had worse."

The car ran a scan on her systems again. "You are losing a lot of blood, Eleanor."

"You can call me Scrap KITT. Only call me El if I'm dying."

"Very well, Eleanor."

A frown came to her lips and held the bandage tighter. "Look, KITT, my life isn't important. What is, is stopping that bomb from going off. I would do anything to make sure that M.E.C.H. was taken down. I may not be very old but I have… done many things… things… someone my age shouldn't have done." She groaned again, pressing the bandage at her side tighter. "The whole reason I created the power source was because I was… trying to make amends for my mistakes." She rolled her head back against the seat. "I won't let M.E.C.H. harm anyone else with it."

"'Anyone else' Scrap?" KITT asked, his monotone voice with a clear twinge of confusion.

Scrap sighed as she looked out the window. "Years ago, M.E.C.H kidnapped me and tortured me for information on the Cybertionians. That's how they know about Energon and everything else. I told them." She screwed her eyes shut. "I've been paying the price ever since."

"You were only eighteen when you joined the Decepticons, with no training or back up. You could not have hoped to hold against them."

She gave a smile to the red and blue ball on the dashboard. "Thanks KITT. I just wish I could make myself believe that." Her side throbbed suddenly from the bleeding. "How far behind Knockout are we and how long do we have on the bomb?"

"Mike and Knockout are approximately 2 minutes ahead of us and there is less than 6 minutes left before the device overloads."

Fighting the pain, Scrap turned to the screen. "Mike!"

"We're getting there Scrap."

"And we're running out of time." She panted, holding her side. "I will need some time to… to get… get the…"

"Mike, Eleanor is suffering from a loss of blood and is beginning to lose consciousness."

Knockout suddenly swerved to the right. "Scrap!" He called.

The human back in the black mustang jumped up suddenly. "I'm fine." She groaned, leaning forwards a bit more. "Let's just… keep going. Knockout, I'll be fine, you've fixed me up worse than this. Just stop Carlos and get that device back."

"We're on it."

"Then hurry up. We don't have much time."

The line was cut and Knockout sighed. "Neither does she."

Mike was about to ask when the speed kicked up once again, even faster down the road before finally a blacked out jeep suddenly came into view. "What now then?"

Knockout groaned. "I still can't transform so weapons and alt mode are out. But I do have this." His glove box dropped open. "Scrap's always tinkering with her weapon but that was her first one. I kept it for… sentimental reasons."

"Nice." Mike chuckled as he reached out and took hold of the rough but elegant silver device, the blue glow from it clearly other worldly.

"Yeah. One shot of that and their car will shut down. But we have to get ahead of it first. Energon and gasoline… don't get on very well. If you hit the gas tank… that jeep is going to explode, taking the device with it." He groaned again. "I hate having to think things out. It was so much easier with the Cons. We'd shoot and not have to worry about what we hit." He chuckled. "That was the good old days."

"Dude, just get us ahead of the jeep."

"Oi, I'm not you AI." The car grumbled but all the same, kicked it up yet again. Mike gripped the wheel even tighter as they went on, skidding around turns and narrowly avoiding trees as they went before suddenly, the back windows of the jeep rolled down and two masked men began firing out at them. Fortunately, they appeared to be firing normal, human weapons. Mike grunted as Knockout pulled against him to avoid the shots. "You getting some control there Knock?"

"Feels that way." The car retorted, pulling again to avoid more of the gunfire.

"One driver is enough for me, you take the wheel Knockout." Mike lifted up the strange weapon in his hands and crawled over to the passenger side seat, nodded to the window as the gunfire stopped while they reloaded. "Get us alongside them now!"

"No durr."

Mike rolled his eyes. "God I miss KITT." He moaned while pulling himself out of the window to sit on the edge, reaching over the roof to the jeep. The M.E.C.H soldier at the window returned to shoot but Mike fired first. The dark blue energon blast collided with the front of the jeep and was swallowed by the metal. Almost instantly the whole engine shut down and the driver lost control, spinning sideways on the dirt track before becoming to a sudden stop with the side of a tree.

Mike still hanging from the passenger window, Knockout skidded to a stop near the jeep, forcing the SCC man to bang his head on the roof. "Ops, my bad."

Mike just groaned and climbed out, energon weapon raised as he approached the wreck of the jeep, ready for anything. He checked the back first and it was clear the two shooters were not walking away, slumped and bleeding on the back seats.

He checked the front passenger seat next and he came face to face with Carlos, bleeding from a cut down his forehead. The man gave a pain filled smile. "Well, well. You caught up with me. Not that you can do anything." He looked down at his lap.

Mike looked as well and spotted the large donut shape device Scrap had recreated. He cursed and looked back at Carlos but he was either dead or out cold. He didn't have time to think. "KITT, get Scrap here now. We have the device."

"We are less than a minute behind you but Scrap's condition is worsening."

"Is… not." The female voice groaned.

With KITT coming, Mike took the chance to pick up the device from Carlos's lap and place it on the floor just as KITT skidded carefully to the side, opening the door vertically. The blood covered shirt and bandage was a clear sign that the girl was not in a good condition.

Slumping out and holding the bandage, Scrap practically collapsed to her knees near the device. "Let me see."

"Kid, you are in no state to be…"

"Shut up Mike."

The red car rolled very close to her side, bumper almost touching her shoulder. "Scrap, you're hurt kid."

She leant against him, groaning. "Don't you start Knock." She mumbled, messing with the device, grabbing a small tool as she worked before suddenly stopping and swallowing. "Frag. It's passed decompression."

"What does that mean?"

She looked up with fear clear in her eyes. "It means we have less than two minutes. Then this is going to go explode."

~#~

Scrap continued to look over the device in her hands, watching as the glowing centre grew brighter with power and strength. "Knockout, how close are we to that energon vain?"

"Umm… not far."

"So if this goes off…"

"It would probably hit it the vein."

Scrap grunted as she tried to stand up, the device balanced on one hand, the other holding her wound. "Frag it, we got to get this thing away from here."

Mike was already holding her up and nodded to his black mustang. "We'll take KITT."

"Michael, judging from the information on the Energon vein, even at top speed, we would never be able to get out of range."

"And even if you could, by some miracle, it won't stop the explosion. KITT's nano-skin wouldn't be able to contain it." She grunted then looked at the red cybertronian.

Mike was running over and over the plan. "So what… can we do?"

"The only thing we can do it get it out of here."

"But neither Knockout nor KITT would be fast enough."

"Not on their own." Scrap panted, limping to Knockout and placing the device in the boot. "But Knockout and I can groundbridge it out of here."

Knockout shifted a little. "Scrap, I can do this on my own."

The human was already climbing into the driver's seat. "I'm not leaving you. We're a team, remember. In this together. To the end."

Mike grabbed the door before it could be closed. "What are you talking about?"

The red haired woman just stared at him before reaching out and grabbing his shirt, pulling him down and placing a quick kiss on his cheek. "Goodbye Mike."

With Mike pushed away, Knockout's rear wheels screamed for grip before finding it and he shot forwards towards open road before the swirling mass of green light opened before them and the pair shot into it before vanishing.

Mike ran for KITT, planning to follow them but then the groundbridge exploded in a ball of blue and green flames, burning the ground and vegetation surrounding where it had been. He panted in fear and ran over but the bridge was gone, leaving only a few small fires in its mark.

He turned at the sound of approaching vehicles and spotted an ambulance, a red and blue semi-truck as well as a small dark green monster truck. It was a strange group of cars but when they stopped, they clunked and clicked as they changed into their robot modes. Optimus looked over the scene first then frowned. "Where are Scrap and Knockout?"

"I don't know. We couldn't stop the bomb so they… they… they went into one of those… ground bridges and then… there was an explosion."

The prime turned to his CMO. "Ratchet, can you detect Knockout's signal?"

Checking his arm computer, Ratchet stared for a moment then shook his head. "I…
I can't detect them anywhere on the planet."

"That doesn't mean they're…" Miko whimpered in concern.

Bulkhead shook his head. "Their transponders might just be damaged Miko."

"I want to help." Mike stepped forwards. "If there is anything I can do, just let me know."

Optimus turned and knelt down to his eye level. "I appreciate the offer, Mike, but you and KITT have already done more than we could request. We will find Knockout and Eleanor but you should return to your own people. Thank you, for helping us take down M.E.C.H.. We will be sure to inform you if we find anything."

Mike looked at the bot for a moment then over at the burn marks from where the ground bridge had been and the damage from the explosion.

~#~

Seven months had passed since KITT and Mike Knight had helped the strange robotic aliens called Cybertronians, helped the human called Eleanor that was also called 'Scrap' take down an organisation called M.E.C.H and since then, for the most part, everything had returned to normal. But as the pair sat at a very long red light, Mike sighed loudly.

"Michael, is something the matter?" KITT asked, breaking the silence that had fallen.

"I dunno KITT. I just… I keep thinking about Scrap. We haven't heard from Jack or the Bots and… we don't even know if they found her. She might still be dead." He shifted again. "She was just… something special."

"There was indeed something special about her. And Knockout."

Silence fell for a while as the red light changed and the pair went forwards, only to be stopped at the next cross road.

Mike just slapped the wheel with the palm of his hand. "What is with all these red lights? KITT, can't you do something about this?"

"Hacking into the traffic centre would be a felony. And I believe you should be more interested in the unusual energy signature coming up from behind us."

Checking the rear view mirror, Mike couldn't help but grin as a large red vehicle pulled up beside him, purring noisily before rolling down the tinted windows to reveal a red haired woman with a large pair of sunglasses sat on the driver's seat.

Casually she pulled the glasses down passed the brink of her nose to look over them, ginning like a nightmare. "These red lights a nightmare, don't you think?"

Mike chuckled at her. "Yeah, but you'd know all about that. You alight?"

She pushed the glasses back up her nose. "The explosion put both of us out for a few months. Spent two months in hospital and another four fixing Knockout here." She patted the wheel she was casually holding. "Luckily the bridge took us to Hawaii so it wasn't all that bad."

"Speak for yourself." Came the car's voice. "The heat faded my paint and don't get me started on the sand."

Scrap chuckled but then leant against the glass beside her as she looked over the road. "You know, about 5 miles from here there is a diner that does some of the best apple pie I have ever tasted." Running a hand back in her hair, she turned and looked at Mike. "No ground bridge, no turbo boost and no alt modes. Last one there buys?"

Mike gripped KITT's wheel. "You are so on."

"On the light then." She answered, turning to the wheel before touching her ear, Knockout's radio suddenly began to play a fast steady beat of music. Eyes on the lights, Mike felt the words in his heart, preparing him for the race.

"Get you where you wanna go, if you know what I mean.

Got a ride that's smoother than a limousine."

KITT and Knockout both revered their engines, showing the power and ferocity they both had. Mike gripped the wheel tighter as he listened over the roar.

"Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights?

If you can, baby boy, then we can go all night."

The traffic light turned yellow but hovered for a moment.

"'Cause it's 0 to 60 in 3.5

Baby, you got the keys."

The music stopped and the light turned green.

"Now shut up and drive."

A/N: So, what do you think?

I'm sort of just glad its finally over, that it's finished.

Oh and BTW, the song was 'Shut up and Drive' by Rihanna

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