-Desert of Nevada-
Arcee and Jack both waited for Gust at the stop sign just outside of the Jasper; They waited for about an hour till they saw Gust in the distance driving her own bike. "Sorry I'm late you guys." Gust said, "Had to make a few adjustments on Jolt."
"We were just waiting on you." Arcee said.
"I thought you usually rode with Arcee?" Jack asked her.
"Not all the time." Gust said to Jack, "As you can see I got my own ride, and let me tell you, he's been excited to wanna get on the road this morning; so excited in fact I couldn't get him to sit still."
"That certainly sounds like Jolt." Arcee said
"He?" Jack asked with a raised eyebrow, "And did you just call her bike Jolt?"
"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll want to meet you later, when he's not a bike." The teen told him before putting on her helmet, "For now, let's get this started!"
With that Gust suddenly speed up driving ahead of Arcee and Jack leaving them both in the dust as she shouted, "WOOHOO!"
"Hang on tight Jack!" Arcee said to Jack, before speeding up catching him by surprise. They both caught up with Gust. She saw him laughing.
"Well would you look at that, somebody's having a good time!" Gust said through the breeze, "How does it feel, just riding along and not being chased by Cons?"
"This feels amazing!" Jack shouted.
"See?!" Gust said to Arcee, "I told you he'd love it!"
"When you're right, you're right." Arcee said, enjoying herself as well.
"I bet Jolt and I can beat you and Arcee to the next mile marker Jack!" Gust said.
"Oh, bring it!" Jack said.
They drove down the road both neck and and neck with one another, all while enjoying the breeze they felt through the rode down the road.
-Elsewhere-
Miko and Bulkhead were up on top of the hill; Bulkhead was in vehicle mode while Miko sat in the passenger's seat of the car.
"Ready… Set…" Miko said.
Bulkhead stopped her in mid-sentence, "Um… Miko, I'm supposed to be protecting you."
Miko replied, "Bulkhead, I'm strapped tight inside 10 tons of metal muscle. I'm well protected."
Bulkhead started up his engine and went close to the edge, and they went down the hill; Miko felt the road get bumpy, but that was something she was expecting.
"WOOOHOOO!" Miko yelled throwing her hands in the air.
-Meanwhile-
Bumblebee sat in a desert and rock area with Raf sitting in the passenger's seat. On a small screen of Bumblebee's vehicle mode, they were playing a racing game. Bumblebee and Raf were both neck and neck of each other; with Raf pressing every button he could on the controler. Just as Raf was about to catch up, Bumblebee who was playing as the red car, had hit him causing Raf's car to spin out of control.
"Aww!" Raf said sitting back in his chair.
"{Hooray! I won!}" Bumblebee buzzed happily as the steering wheel spun.
Raf laughed, "No fair Bumblebee." He said, "You've been driving way longer than I have."
-Autobot Base-
Ratchet walked over to the computer and couldn't help but let his mind at ease since no one was at the base at the moment. "Thank goodness for peace and quiet." Ratchet said to himself before looking in the microscope, "Houseguests can be such a bother."
Ratchet's attention was diverted when he heard something fall over in the distance. Though as he was about to turn his attention back what was under the microscope, he suddenly heard what appeared to be a metallic tapping sound.
"Optimus?" Ratchet said, "Is that you?"
He turned around and gasped when he couldn't believe what he saw, "BY THE ALLSPARK!" He exclaimed.
What he saw was one of his tools come to life, though it looked more ravaged and spider like. It let out a hiss and jumped in the air, letting out a hiss. It flew towards him, attempting to jump on him.
"AH!" Ratchet screamed as he moved out of the way. It landed near the computers but jumped again. Ratchet used one of the metal pipe to block the now living tool, and pushed towards the ceiling. It landed on the ramp and jumped towards Ratchet once more; this time he hit it away with the pipe in his servo.
Ratchet charged at it, armed with a metal pipe, trying to smash it; the living tool sliced the microscope in two.
"I NEEDED THAT!" The Medic shouted.
The living tool disarmed Ratchet and backed him up in a corner. Just when it was going to attack Ratchet, it was suddenly shot out of the air; courtesy of the leader of the Autobots himself, Optimus Prime; Ratchet couldn't help but sigh with relief.
It had tried to get up, only to be crushed under Optimus's giant foot.
"And STAY broken!" Ratchet said to the now dead living tool; he had then asked Optimus, "Now, what do you suppose, could've caused that?"
Optimus had replied, "I have a grave suspicion Ratchet… Dark Energon."
(Opening Theme: Transformers Prime Japanese Opening 1; BigBang Feeling)
-Nemesis Ship-
Megatron had just recovered after having shoved the Dark Energon shard within his chest. He heaved out a deep sigh as he felt it's energy; Both Starscream and Nightblade had stood there in silence, trying to process what had just happened.
"Master?" Nightblade finally spoke, "Are you alright?"
"It's as if, the blood of Unicron the Destroyer flows through my veins." Megatron said, "As if I hear his very thoughts."
Megatron had soon broken off another piece off, "I now know what I must do."
"And what can I do to assist you, Master?" Starscream had asked him.
"Quit groveling." Megatron replied, "And await my command."
Megatron took his leave off of the Nemesis ship and flew away. Starscream now on the bridge with Nightblade standing on his shoulder watched as he flew.
"This strikes me as curious to what Master has planned." Nightblade said.
"Indeed." Starscream had agreed.
Soundwave had soon approached from behind, making Starscream jump.
"Soundwave." Nightblade said, "You're here."
Starscream had turned to the mute Decepticon, "Nightblade, Soundwave." Starscream said to the two of them getting their attention, "I'm afraid when our Master had reached for the stars, he came down with a touch of, space madness."
Nightblade glared at him, "What do you mean exactly commander?"
He replied, "Think about it, Lord Megatron has not been a sound of judgment since his return. Surely you have noticed."
"You would do well to remember that Lord Megatron is not one to lose his sanity so easily." Nightblade said, "If anything he knows what he's doing."
"Even so… It never hurts to be certain." Starscream said, before turning to Soundwave, "Soundwave, increase global surveillance."
Soundwave spoked via recording, "Quit groveling, and await my command."
"I'm not deaf!" Starscream said to him, "But if Optimus Prime lives, I believe it is in Lord Megatron's best interest that we ensure his enemies destruction."
Nightblade raised her eyebrow at this, "And that is the best course of action? Your plan will fail, and Master would very… Displeased with you."
Starscream simply replied to Nightblade with a smirk, "What Megatron won't know, won't hurt him."
-At That Moment-
After everything had calmed down, Ratchet had placed what remained of the tool into a containment unit for further study about what had happened exactly.
"If the residue Arcee and Gust found on Cliffjumper brought your broken equipment to life, it would stand to reason that the very same substance brought Cliffjumper back from the dead." Optimus said to Ratchet.
"That would explain why his life signal came back online." Ratchet said, "But Dark Energon? It's so scarce as it to be virtually nonexistent. What would it be doing on Earth?"
"It was transported here… By Megatron." Optimus replied.
"For what purpose?"
"To conquer this planet, by raising an army of the undead."
Ratchet couldn't help but chuckle at that, "Well, Megatron will need to break a few toaster ovens. I mean, where on this world would he find that many Cybertronian dead?"
Soon enough they heard engines revving in the distance and come into the base. Arcee, Jack, Gust, Bumblebee, Raf, Miko and Bulkhead returned to base; all of them had the biggest smile on their faces.
"That was awesome!" Jack exclaimed.
"I wanna go again!" Raf said.
"Sweet!" Miko said.
As Bulkhead transformed into his robot mode, he heard a thud sound in his chest, he opened his compartment and it was revealed to be a guitar case.
"Oops, my bad." Miko said taking the guitar as Bulkhead handed it to her, "Must've left this in the back seat."
Gust got off her bike, "You play guitar?" She asked Miko.
"Yup." Miko replied, "I have my whole life, you play an instrument?"
"I play bass and sing too." Gust said.
"Nice!" Miko said. Both her and Gust brofisted each other.
"Autobots." Optimus said, getting their attention, "Prepare to…"
He stopped himself when he looked to Jack, Miko and Raf. "Roll out?" Arcee asked.
"Remain here." Optimus said to the three Autobots, "Ratchet, you'll come with me. Arcee, we'll be out of communications range for some time, so I'm putting you in charge."
Miko turned to Bulkhead, "Dude your the biggest one here. You should be the boss."
"He never picks me." Bulkhead replied.
"What about you?" Miko asked turning to Gust, "You can basically beat these guys in your sleep."
Gust replied, inhaling through her teeth, "I was in charge once… You don't wanna know what happened."
Arcee stepped forward, "Optimus, with all due respect, playing bodyguard is one thing. Babysitting's another. Besides Ratchet hasn't been in the field since the war."
"My pistons may be rusty, but my hearing is as sharp as ever." Ratchet said.
"For the moment it's only reconnaissance." Optimus said to Arcee.
"If that's true, how come I hear an edge in your voice?" Gust asked.
Optimus replied to them, "Much has changed in the last 24 hours. We all need to adapt."
He turned to the Medic, "Ratchet, bridge us out."
The bridge had opened and Optimus and Ratchet stepped through; the bridge had deactivated. "Okay chief." Jack said to Arcee, "What's on the activities list?" Arcee sighed, "I'm going on patrol."
"But Optimus told us to stay here." Bulkhead said trying to stop her from leaving.
"When you're a leader, you're calling the shots." Arcee said to him, "Bee, with me."
"{Alright Arcee, whatever you say.}" Bumblebee had buzzed.
"Bulkhead, you're in charge." Arcee said to him. They transformed into vehicle mode and drove away.
Gust then realized something after watching Arcee drive off, "Oh wait a minute I almost forgot!"
She than walked over to her bike. "Jolt, you can come out of vehicle mode now."
"Huh? Who's Jolt?" Raf asked her.
"You'll see in a second." Gust said, tapping on the bike, though it didn't move.
"Jolt, I know you're pretending to sleep." She said, "No need to be shy, come on out."
All of a sudden the bike had transformed into what appeared to be a metal wolf with the red and black paint job. His eyes were glowing blue and he was about the average size of the wolf. The three kids stared at him in awe as Jolt did the same thing.
"Whoa…" Jack said.
"A metal wolf." Miko said.
"Guys, this here is Jolt." Gust said petting him on the head, "He's my partner."
"Your partner is the size of an average animal though." Raf said.
"You mean to say there normal size robots where you guys come from?" Miko asked.
"On Cybertron they're called mini-cons." Bulkhead explained, "Their used to be plenty of them on Cybertron, but when the war broke out, a lot of them were destroyed or experimented on by the Cons."
"What do mini-cons do?" Jack asked.
Bulkhead replied, "They would assist in a way like Gust does now."
"So where did you find him?" Raf asked looking at Jolt closely as Jolt tilted his head curiously as a dog would.
Gust replied, "Before I met the Autobots, I found him in a forest damaged up a bit when he crashed landed. Managed to fix him up and he took an instant liking to me. We've been partners ever since."
Jolt stood on his hind legs and gave Gust a bear hug, causing her to laugh. "Okay, okay buddy." Gust said patting him on the head and pushing him off, "I get the idea."
"I wanna try and pet him!" Miko said, going over to Jolt. But when she tried to put her hand on his head, Jolt had suddenly jumped away and hid behind Gust. This had confused the three of them.
"Sorry, he's just shy." Gust said to them, "I honestly would've introduced you guys yesterday but he was hiding in my room. Don't worry he'll grow to love you."
Jolt had suddenly let out a few beeps and buzzes like how Bumblebee would. Gust turned to him and said, "Hey, language!"
"He talks like Bumblebee?" Raf asked seeming to have understood Jolt.
"Yeah, from what Ratchet told me, mini-cons don't posses a voicebox like say Bulkhead does, and talk like how Bee does." Gust said before mumbling, "No offense to him."
Bulkhead soon said, "So… Now that's out of the way, what's on the activities list?"
In the next second Miko suddenly had speakers ready and her guitar already plugged in, causing a bit of feedback when she had turned it on. Everyone had covered their ears, except for Gust who seemed to be unphased.
"How about band practice?" Miko suggested.
"But we're not a band." Raf pointed out, removing his hand from his ears.
"Why anti-social?" Miko asked, going over to Raf, "Come on, Raf. You play anything?"
Raf looked around and held up his laptop, "Keyboard?" He said.
Miko appeared to be okay with this, "Laptops and samples, good. How about you Jack?"
Jack rubbed the back of his head and replied, "I sometimes mess around with the harmonica."
Though Miko didn't look too thrilled by that, "Do I look like I play country? Just cover yourself in fake blood and jump around screaming!"
She turned to Bulkhead, "Bulkhead, percussion. We'll go for big industrial sound. D.I.Y-We're a band!"
Miko had then turned to Gust, "You mind showing us what you can do?"
Gust turned to her and smiled, "I'm all for it! Jolt go get my-"
Before Gust could even finish, he was holding her bass guitar in his mouth.
"Nevermind you got it for me." She said, taking it from him patting him on the head, "Thanks buddy."
Jolt beeped at her, earning her a look, "Let's not get crazy." Gust said jokingly. She placed the strap over her and set a tune on the guitar. Gust turned to Miko and asked her, "You ever hear of the band Simple and Plan?"
"Are you kidding?" Miko said in disbelief, "That's my favorite, next to Slash Monkey!"
Gust smiled at this, "Alright then, help me give a beat."
Miko nodded and tuned up her guitar so that it was just the right notes. They had both started to to play and the sound of the cords echoed all throughout the base. After playing a couple of beats, Gust began to sing while still playing on her guitar, allowing Jack and Raf's jaws to drop.
We're not gonna be just a part of the game
We're not gonna be just the victims
They're taking our dreams, and they tear them apart
Till everyone's the same
I've got no place to go
I've got nowhere to run
They love to watch me fall
They think they know it all
I'm a nightmare, a disaster
That's what they always said
I'm a lost cause, not a hero
But I'll make it on my own
I've gotta prove them wrong
Me against the world
We won't let them change, how we feel in our hearts
We're not gonna let them control us
We won't let them shove all the their thoughts in our heads
And we'll never be like them
I've got no place to go
I've got nowhere to run
They love to watch me fall
They think they know it all
I'm a nightmare, a disaster
That's what they always said
I'm a lost cause, not a hero
But I'll make it on my own
I've gotta prove them wrong
They'll never bring us down
We'll never fall in line
I'll make it on my own
Me against the world
Both of the teens stopped playing and Miko was left amazed. Jolt howled as his way of cheering, Jack, Raf, and Miko clapped, and Bulkhead was left in shock. Gust couldn't help but bow.
"Gust, you never told us you could sing." Bulkhead said to her.
"What?" She said, "I never mentioned that? Oops."
"Gust! That was amazing!" Raf said.
"Wow, you're really good at singing." Jack complimented.
"Thanks." Gust said as she winked.
"Seriously you're a pro!" Miko said to her, "I know you said you played, but that was… Dude I can't even speak! Were you in a band?"
"No, but I was in a talent show at my school." Gust replied, "Was the reigning champion three times in a row. It was always, just me and Piper."
Gust immediately placed her hand over her mouth when she mentioned the name Piper, leaving Jack, Miko and Raf perplexed. Bulkhead looked at Gust a bit concerned for her when he saw a sad look on her face and Jolt couldn't help but let out a sad whimper at the mentioning of the name.
Though the three of them didn't seem to get why they had such expressions.
"Who's Piper?" Jack asked breaking the silence between them.
Before Gust could answer, a green light and alarm had filled up the base; no doubt it was the proximity sensors which could only mean one thing.
"Uh, oh." Gust said.
"Proximity sensors!" Bulkhead said, turning to the three newcomers, "Quick! Hide!"
The three of them didn't hesitate, and they ran right behind Bulkhead's foot. Gust placed her bass down and with her eyes changing to white, she jumped over the stairs and onto the ramp. Jolt ran up the stairs to where Gust was and Fowler emerged from the elevator.
"Prime!" Was the first thing he said.
Gust went over to greet, "Hey there Agent Fowler." She said, "Sorry to disappoint you, but he's not in the office right now, can I take a message?"
Fowler looked at her questioningly; Bulkhead said, "She's right, nobody's here. It's uh… Just me, Gust and Jolt."
"Well where did he go?" Fowler asked the both of them, "Wait, don't tell me. He's out pancaking a mini mall."
"You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Gust said to him.
"Look here." Fowler said to her, "I don't know if your pals first language on their planet, but Prime promised he would handle the Decepticons, and blowing a crater in the middle of Nebraska is not the word 'handle' means in english. So you and Bulkhead tell Prime that-"
Fowler cut himself off when he saw what appeared to be a wire connected to Bulkheads foot and to the amp. Gust soon realized this.
"Oh scrap." She mumbled slapping herself.
Jolt had pretty much buzzed the word "Ditto".
Fowler looked to Bulkhead, "Since when do you bots run on electricity?"
Seeing as how they were made, Jack, Miko and Raf, came out of hiding just behind Bulkheads foot. "Hey." Jack greeted, "How are you doing?"
"Contact with civilians!" Fowler exclaimed, "Team Prime has really gone off the book this time! Wait, don't tell me… You're running a daycare center!"
"Fowler, there's a really good explanation for this!" Gust said to him.
"Yeah." Jack said stammering, "Uh, we're-Interns!"
"Student interns!" Raf added, "We're trying to earn extra credits in uh-"
"Robotics!" Miko finished.
Of course Fowler didn't seem to buy it for one second. "Okay, alright." Fowler said walking down the stairs, "Let's move."
"Fowler? What are you doing?" Gust asked him following him down the stairs.
Fowler still had his attention to Jack, Miko and Raf, "I'm taking the three of you into federal custody. It's for your own protection."
Bulkhead stepped between him and Jack, Miko and Raf.
"We're protecting them." Bulkhead said to him.
"Is that so?" Fowler said with a quizzical look; he than went over to to the phone that was in the face, "Well maybe you could explain that to my superiors at the Pentagon."
Before he could reach for the phone, it had suddenly exploded. Fowler looked and saw Gust; Her eyes were crystal blue and her hand was now a gun.
"Whoops." She said with an innocent smile; her arm changing back into a servo and her eyes going back to that familiar odd color, "Did I do that?"
"This isn't over!" Fowler said to her and Bulkhead, "Not by a long shot!"
He went back up the stairs and towards the elevator; he pressed the button on the side and went up top.
"Well… That went well." Gust said.
-Meanwhile-
Optimus and Ratchet were walking through the canyons. The clouds were all gray and there was a bit of mist throughout the area.
"Optimus, what do we hope to find here?" Ratchet asked.
"The site of the largest Cybertronian battlefield in this galaxy." Optimus replied.
"On Earth?" Ratchet said with disbelief, "You must be joking."
"Do you recall the period late in the war, when both sides began hiding their energon spoils off the world?"
"Of course. It's the reason energon deposits exist on planets such as this one."
"It is also the reason battles came to be waged on planets such as this one, and I fear Megatron's is as long as history."
-Nemesis Ship-
"This is Special Agent William Fowler, we have a situation. I'm en route from the Autobot Base, I'll brief you in person."
Starscream, and Nightblade had listened to the recording that Soundwave had just intercepted.
"The Autobot Base eh?" Starscream said with a smirk, "Humans-Always the weak link. Nightblade, be a dear and fetch me this Fowler, so that he may brief us instead."
"Yes Commander." Nightblade said to him, "I'll require some help."
The chest plate that was on Soundwave had suddenly detached itself, and flew like a bird. Nightblade jumped on top of the bird, and they flew out of the ship.
Fowler flew the copter through the various canyons, when the alarms had started to go off. He saw on his radar that he had a bogey on his tail.
"Hey big bird I'm flying here."
All of sudden something flew right in front of him. He saw what appeared to be a metallic bird and a young teenage girl riding on top of it.
"What in Uncle Sam's beard!?"
They flew towards him, just missing Fowler forcing him to turn.
"First the freeways aren't safe and now air travel!?"
Nightblade and Laserbeak flew close behind. With a blink her eyes had suddenly turned blue. Her hand had suddenly changed into a gun. She fired around the copter causing, almost catching Fowler by surprise; he couldn't help but dodge and weave as she was firing, and that's when he realized she was backing him into a corner. Just when he was about hit the wall he pulled up and just flew above the canyon. Laserbeak and Nightblade held on as she held on as they flew.
Fowler flew downward when they got to the edge of the canyon and Laserbeak stumbled and Nightblade appeared to lost her balance and fell off. Laserbeak had now flown in front of Fowler having lost sight of him.
"You want to dance 'con? I'll lead!"
Fowler had started to fire at Laserbeak managing to hit him, until finally he lost sight of Laserbeak.
"Where did he go?"
Just than he felt a gun pressed to the back of his head. He turned his head and saw Nightblade with her eyes crystal.
"Do you have a moment of your time Special Agent Fowler?" She said tilting her head.
"There's never an Autobot when you actually need one." Fowler said.
Nightblade said, "If I were you, I'd be more worry about yourself than your back up."
Nightblade had grabbed him by the collar; though she failed to realize that he had pressed a button that was on the control panel. As the helicopter started to spin out of control, she threw him out first and Nightblade jumping soon after. Laserbeak grabbed a hold of Fowler and Nightblade had grabbed ahold of the minicons claws.
Laserbeak helped Nightblade up on his back and she contacted the cons. "This is Nightblade." She said through the comms, "Mission has been accomplished, returning to the warship with the prisoner."
Fowler struggled against the grip as the helicopter exploded impacting on the ground.
-Autobot Base-
The alarms rang throughout the base causing everyone's ears to bleed. "Ow my ears." Raf said.
Bulkhead looked to the computers, "It's an S.O.S, from Fowler."
Before Bulkhead could receive what was on the computer, it was suddenly lost. "Did you trace it?" Raf asked.
"The location scan was incomplete." Bulkhead said before shrugging, "Oh well."
"Bulkhead!" Gust and Jack said angrily.
"What? The guy's a jerk." Bulkhead said.
"If you leave him to the Con's it'll make you no better than them!" Gust said.
"She's right!" Jack said, "Whether you like the guy or not the Decepticons have him!"
"And Agent Fowler knows your location!" Raf added before gulping, "Our location."
"And we did not just witness how fast Fowler backs down from a bot?" Miko said, "The Cons will totally make him squeal."
Jolt had buzzed at them; Gust turned to him, "Oh don't you start Jolt!"
"Jolt does make a good point you know." Bulkhead said, "We lost the transmission. Fowler could be anywhere."
Raf then took the laptop from on the amp, "Maybe I can narrow it down." He sound opening up his laptop; he started to type, "About five years ago, the government started microchipping their agents- Like how an honor does with pets."
Everyone was just giving him a look; Raf saw this. "What? I watched it on TV. Anyway if I can hack into the Feds mainframe, maybe I can pinpoint Fowler's coordinates."
"Whoa, you're a smart kid aren't you?" Gust said to Raf with a smile; Raf couldn't help but smile back.
"Seriously? You know how to hack?" Miko asked, "But you're like-2 years old!"
"12." Raf clarified, "And a quarter."
-Nemesis Warship-
Nightblade had bought in Fowler; she kicked him to the floor and he fell on his knees. Starscream stood there in the room with his back turned.
"Welcome… Agent Fowler." Starscream said, turning to him, his red optic glowing in the dim light.
Fowler set himself on his knees and brushed off some dirt, "Does Nightblade treat all your guests this nice?" He asked with a smirk.
Starscream let out a chuckle, "Any friend of the Autobots…" He had replied.
Fowler thought about that word, "Autobots… Hmm, what are they supposed to be those coin-operated- wash-my-own-car places?"
Starscream was a bit taken back by this; though Nightblade let out an annoyed sigh, "This human appears to be lacking intelligence." She said.
Though Starscream seemed to have smirked again seeing what his strategy was, "Oh so that's how it's going to be hmm? Apparently, our good friend Nightblade hasn't told you, I have no appreciation for human humor."
He turned to the Vehicon in the room, "Make our guest comfortable."
He let Nightblade climb up on his hand when he kneeled and set his servo on the ground; when he stood they proceeded out of the room with Nightblade in his servo, while the Vehicon did as the second in command had ordered.
-At that Moment-
Raf was just about finished tracking down where Fowler's location was. Luckily in a short amount of time he was able to pinpoint where Fowler was.
"Latitude-39.5. Longitude-116.9."
Bulkhead had put in the coordinates and opened up the ground bridge. "Okay, wait here." Bulkhead said.
"Aw!" Miko complained, "Don't break up the band!"
Just before he was about to go through the ground bridge he turned back to the group, "Um… Gust! You're in charge!"
Thus he ran through the ground bridge and it had deactivated.
"Well…" Gust said, "I guess we're the head of the-Where did Miko go?"
Jack and Raf, turned and saw Miko wasn't anywhere to be seen. Gust groaned and said, "Oh scrap."
Bulkhead had arrived at the location and found himself in a canyon.
"Fowler?" He said as he looked around. Though he stopped when he saw a familiar ship just within the canyon, and vehicons just under it guarding whatever enemy came their way.
"The whole Decepticon shebang." He said. He ran from one rock to another, making sure that the vehicons don't see him. When he was planning his attack he heard-
"All right! What's the plan?"
He turned and saw that it was Miko.
"Miko!" He exclaimed, "What are you doing here?!" Than Miko saw that a Vehicon spotted her, he drew his weapon.
"Ohh…" Miko said, "Unwise."
"MIKO RUN!" Bulkhead shouted.
Miko jumped over the rock and started to run as the Vehicon started to fire at her. She quickly ran and before the Vehicon could fire at her again, Bulkhead tackled him to the ground. He kept on punching him until Bulkhead was caught off guard. He attacked Bulkhead head on. They both engaged in hand to hand combat till Bulkhead had punched him across the face. Though the Vehicon slashed him across the face. He punched him again and had him pinned to the ground.
"HOLD HIM STILL!" Miko exclaimed before hitting the Vehicon with a rock. Bulkhead picked her up and placed her somewhere where she would be safe. Bulkhead was wrestling with the Vehicon until-
"MIKO LOOK AWAY!"
"But-"
"TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY!"
Bulkhead grabbed ahold of what was inside the Vehicons chest and ripped out his heart. Miko however didn't look away like she was told to, and she stared in awe, "Whoa." She said.
-Meanwhile In Jasper Nevada-
Arcee and Bumblebee were out on patrol just as they usual. That is until they heard they're comms come online.
"Arcee, Bumblebee, do you read me?" Bulkhead said over the comms.
"Loud and clear, Bulkhead." Arcee said.
"I may have a little situation." He said.
"Bulkhead, seriously? They're children. If you can handle Gust on your own than I'm sure you can handle three kids. Just… Do whatever."
Just as they further down the road, they suddenly stopped in their tracks when they heard what Bulkhead told them.
"You're WHERE?" Arcee said sounding very cross, "SHE'S WHERE?"
-Autobot Base-
Jack and Raf were in a panic as Gust paced around, trying to think of what to do exactly. "What should we do?" Raf asked.
"Bulkhead may not have realized that she followed him." Jack said, "She hasn't seen the Con's waves like we have."
Gust then turned to Raf, "Hey Raf, think you can open the ground bridge for me?"
"I um… I think so." Raf replied hesitantly before going over to the other computers to type on them, "Why?"
"I'm going after them." Gust said grabbing her bag, "Jolt, with me!"
Jolt buzzed and went by Gust's side. "But wait a minute!" Jack said grabbing her arm so that she stopped in her tracks, "Isn't it dangerous for you too? I mean I thought I heard Optimus say that they're after you."
Gust smiled at him and said, "I'll be fine. Besides I've dealt with worse situations than this." She turned to her partner, "Ready buddy?"
Jolt replied through a series of buzz and beeps. "Do it Raf." She said to Raf.
Raf nodded hesitantly, before retyping the coordinates. She turned to the two boys, "I'll be back. Oh and Jack, you're in charge."
Just as Gust was about to enter the ground bridge she heard-
"Wait! I'm coming with you." Jack said.
This had taken Gust by surprise, "You sure you want to do that? It's going to be dangerous for you."
"Look, I may not fully understand you, but…" Jack said, "But if you're out there, you're putting yourself in danger as much as myself and Miko is. So, I could be your backup."
Gust thought about it for a moment, but heaved out a sigh, "Just stay close to me, and if I tell you to run, you don't hide, you don't stop, you just run, got it?"
"Of course." Jack said he than turned to Raf, "Umm… Raf, you're in charge!"
"In charge of who?!" Raf said. Though he was quick to follow behind when they had entered the groundbridge. Just as they entered Arcee had contacted the base.
"Arcee to base, come in. Gust, are you there? We need you to bridge us back. Gust?"
-Nemesis Ship-
Fowler was hung several feet from the floor by chains. Starscream had circled Fowler like a vulture.
"Agent Fowler." He said, "I have one single request, that will save your family the pain of grieving-"
He placed a talon under his chin, forcing him to look up at him, "Tell me the location of the Autobot Base."
"No problem." Fowler said, "But I need to ask you something first."
"Yes? I'm listening."
"I got an issue with the customer service around here. Could I speak with the manager?" Starscream seemed to have gotten ticked off at this, "I make the decisions here!" He said angrily, "I AM in charge!"
He turned to the Vehicon standing in the room, "Bring the prod."
-Outside the Nemesis Ship-
Bulkhead still sat still behind a boulder with Miko in the palm of his servo. He had called Arcee and Bumblebee only 5 minutes ago, but really to him it felt like 5 hours.
"What's keeping Arcee and Bumblebee?" Bulkhead though aloud.
"Dude, the Con's could be putting the clamps on Fowler right now!" Miko said to him, "Let's just storm the joint!"
Just than they saw the groundbridge open up in the same place where Bulkhead had arrived. Bulkhead at first thought that it was Arcee and Bumblebee that had finally arrived. Though instead, he and Miko saw Gust, Jolt, Jack and Raf come through the groundbridge. It had closed the minute it they had gotten through.
Miko couldn't help but complain, "Why can't those guys hang out with their own bots? This our-one-on-one time!"
Raf and Jack were both feeling a bit uneasy after going through the groundbridge for the first time.
"Whoa-oh." Raf said, "Are your bones vibrating?"
"Don't worry you'll get used to it." Gust said to Raf, feeling unphased.
They had soon stopped in their tracks when they found themselves staring at the Decepticon warship. "You there!" They heard a Vehicon shout from the warship.
"Scrap." Miko and Bulkhead said in unison.
-Within the Warship-
"I will ask nicely one last time." Starscream said to Fowler, "The Autobot Base!"
"Sure thing buddy..." Fowler said, "Right after you eat my star spangled shorts."
Starscream had gotten ticked off at that. He had gotten out the prod; He turned on and Fowler started to scream in agony when he felt the electricity come into contact with his skin.
"As I imagined." Starscream said, "Energon and human nervous systems, don't mix."
-Meanwhile-
Optimus and Ratchet had gotten to the location where they found millions of cybertronians offline, and all rusted up evidence from the years of when they had first arrived. It was just, a graveyard to them.
"For the first time in my life, Optimus…" Ratchet said looking upon the graveyard, "I had hoped that you were wrong."
Soon enough they heard the sound of jet engines in the sky; They looked and saw a familiar ship fly through the sky, before transforming and landing on a mountain, just above the graveyard. Of course, it was revealed to be Megatron; Leader of the Decepticons himself.
"Optimus!" He said, his optics glowing purple, "Been well? I see you brought your trusty watchdog. I was certain he'd be convalescing in a scrapyard now."
Ratchet said to Optimus, "Why don't you invite him down here to chat?"
"I know why you're here Megatron." Optimus said.
"Hardly a surprise." Megatron said, "You and I have been at this a long time, and your time has come to an end!"
Megatron held up a shard which was a Dark Energon. He threw it to the ground and it had suddenly sunk into the ground. The ground shook and had the ground glowed purple.
"RISE MY ARMY!"
The dead had emerged from the ground their bodies glowing; many more had soon followed.
"By the Allspark." Ratchet said with disbelief. Most of the dead had suddenly carried weapons. All of them were growling as they came out from the ground. Optimus and Ratchet were both in shock by the many undead soldiers that was before them.
Megatron's voice echoed throughout the area, "BEHOLD! THE POWER OF DARK ENERGON!"
(Ending Theme: Black Butler Ending 1 I'm Alive Performed By Becca)