Chapter 2

"Who are you?" Bumblebee asked the hook-handed Decepticon. His voice was so frustrated, he couldn't believe they had fallen for such an easy trap.

The Decepticon gave him a nasty smile. "The name is Lockdown. Bounty hunter for the Decepticons."

"So Megatron hired you to bring us in, is that right?" Sideswipe asked angrily.

Lockdown narrowed his optics down at the silver Corvette. "Correct you are, Autobot. Once he gets here I'll turn you over and receive my payment."

"Payment?" Bumblebee blurted out. "What could you possibly want as payment?"

"Upgrades." Lockdown replied proudly.

"Upgrades?" Sideswipe and Bumblebee both asked at once.

Lockdown laughed in amusement. "Before Megatron tears you two to scrap, I get to take as many weapons and parts off you as I want."

"You won't get away with this" Sideswipe snapped. "The other Autobots will come for us!"

Lockdown just shook his head. "I've heard those exact words so many times before, from so many different Autobots."

Before the two Autobots could say anything else, Lockdown began to push them inside the secluded warehouse building, one by one. He laughed cruelly as they shouted at him in protest.

All was quiet in the large warehouse. On one side of the room, Bumblebee and Sideswipe stood in their immobilized state, waiting for their impending doom to arrive. On the other side of the room, Lockdown was busy pacing back and forth waiting for Megatron to show up. Bumblebee and Sideswipe could both clearly tell that Lockdown was starting to look rather impatient after only twenty- something minutes.

"What's taking him so long?" Lockdown muttered to himself. "I thought he would be here by now."

"Bumblebee?" Sideswipe whispered as soft as he could, so Lockdown couldn't over hear them talking to each other." Do you think someone's coming to rescue us?"

"I hope so, Sideswipe" Bumblebee whispered back with a sigh. "I really hope so."

"I really don't want that scrap-head taking my swords." Sideswipe said, glaring at Lockdown.

"I don't want him taking anything of mine either." Bumblebee replied in agreement.

"How long do you think we'll stay immobilized like this?" Sideswipe asked curiously.

Bumblebee let out another sigh. "I don't know. It could be minutes, hours..."

All of the Sudden the front doors to the warehouse blew open in a fiery explosion. The force of the impact nearly toppled Lockdown to the ground.

"What in the name of Unicron!" Lockdown shouted in surprise.

"It ends here, Decepti-creep!" came a familiar voice.