Title: Autobike's Community Service-Angels and Demons

Genre: Friendship, Romance

Rating: T for some strong language, some gang violence, very little drug use, hard core racing stunts, and some sexual reference

Summary: The Autobot Bikes go to Arizona to deal with illegal street racing and become involved in so much more than they expected.

~Chapter Four~
Setting A Plan

The plan was not as simple as everyone thought it would be. They had racked their brains and processors for a way to end all of the gang fights and the illegal street races, trying to thinking of the safest way to go. But everything that they came up with, Twitch and Joe had something negative to say about it.

"What if we just talk to them?" Cliffjumper had suggested.

Joe shook her head as she paced back and forth, her arms tightly folded. "Vince already doesn't like you. He won't listen."

"Duke either. He will probably just threaten you if you tried to talk to him." Twitch said miserably.

"I'd like to see him try." Chromia shot with a slight growl but no one paid much mind to her. They all knew she was getting irritated with all of the ideas being shot down.

"What if you two just talk to them? Say that the gang fights are stupid and it would serve a better cause to work together." Moonracer tried the more peaceful approach.

"No. Then Vince and Deek will just think I am trying to defend Twitch. They will flip out and just try to shoot him to get me to get over him." Joe said still pacing.

"Duke would probably punch my face in if I tried to reason with him. He doesn't like his leadership questioned. And I happen to like my face, thank you very much." Twitch added with an apologetic grimace.

"Argh! Why don't we just shove them in a room and force them to understand that the gang fights are getting stupid ad people are getting hurt!" Flare-Up tried impatiently.

"They carry a gun. You put them in a room together, they will probably try and shoot each other." Joe said and Twitch nodded in agreement.

This was getting aggravating.

Every plan they came up with was shot down in flames by Joe and Twitch. Nothing seemed like a good idea to them. It was so frustrating. Not to mention, they were all getting tired. It was late in the evening and well in the very early morning. It didn't take an Autonomous Robotic Organism to tell that the two humans were exhausted.

Sighing after an hour of trying to come up with a plan, Chromia heaved a heavy sigh and rubbed her optics as if trying to rub recharge out of them. "Let's give it a rest for now. We can try and pick it back up tomorrow. But Joe and Twitch does need some rest. It has been a long night for them.

The other three nodded in agreement. Joe and Twitch let put weary sighs as they looked at one another, smiling faintly. "I need to get back to Vince and Deek. They are probably freaking out right now." She said as she moved over to her bike.

Twitch nodded as he did the same. "Duke is probably doing the same though not like her brothers. He is probably worried I got caught by the cops again." He grimaced at the very memory of the last time he had been arrested by the police and Duke had had no choice but to bail him out. That one time had not been pleasant.

"Hold on." Chromia said as she looked at her fellow bots, who met her optics. They seemed to have a silent conversation because all four nodded as if in agreement before looking back at Joe and Twitch. "You may not like this but I would rather if you both took one of us with you. Just to keep an optic on things. If we can at least watch Vince and Duke carefully and closely, we might be able to come up with a plan."

Joe frowned sharing a glance with Twitch. She didn't look particular happy about the idea. But after letting it settle in her mind a little longer, she nodded. "All right. I guess that might work. I can pretend I stole one of you from you." She paused looking the four over before pointing at Moonracer. "I guess I can take her. If that's all right."

Moonracer and Chromia shared a glance but both nodded as they looked back at one another.

"And I will take Cliffjumper, if that's okay." Twitch said smiling.

Again, Chromia nodded. "Okay. Then we have it. Flare-Up and I will make some rounds around the city. Check things out. Cliff, keep a keen watch. I want to know everything that goes on, okay? Moon, you too. The sooner we have some more information, the better. I am also...curious about that Demon member of yours, Twitch. Knockers, wasn't it?"

Twitch frowned but shrugged. "Knockers? What about him?" He asked shifting his weight.

Chromia slowly shook her head. "I am not exactly sure. He allowed himself to be hit by those chains on the bridge. The speed he was going, it would kill a normal human. But you said he was fine, right?" She asked.

Twitch shrugged. "Yeah, I guess. He is always doing stuff like that though. He seems to have a high tolerance on pain, that's for sure. He does crazy stuff and always seems to be okay in the end. He is really weird. But Duke likes him because he's kind of sadistic and twisted. Just right if you wanna be a Savage Demon. But it's not just that. He's a mad racer. He loves it and he is one of the best in the gang. He's super fast and well skilled when on the road." He stated.

"What're you thinking, Mia?" Cliffjumper asked frowning now as he noticed the wheels turning in her processor.

Chromia slowly shook her head as she looked thoughtfully away. "I don't know. But there is something about him. Something...kind of familiar. I'm not too sure about him. Does he always drive a motorcycle?" She asked looking back at Twitch.

Twitch shook his head. "No, not always. I mean, we are a bike gang but he technically likes to drive a flashy strawberry red and silver Hennessey Venom GT. Though how he got a hold of that car, beats me. He swears he won it in a race but...I don't know. I swear he stole it from some rich guy. Duke doesn't question him about it because it's super nice and fast. He just likes it when Knockers wins races with it. No one likes racing against him when he's racing." He explained.

All four Autobots frowned at that thought but Chromia slowly her head. "All well. Never mind. He isn't important right now." She said shrugging.

"Still, Knockers is a weird name for someone. Especially a human." Cliffjumper said standing to his full height and stretched his gears and wheels. "Makes me wonder why he would choose a name like that. It's completely weird and crude for a name."

"Well, it is actually what we call him in the Savage Demons. Like everyone else, we don't use our real names very often. His real nick name is Knockout. And while some thinks it suits him, Duke sure likes to pick on him..." Twitch continued on.

The Autobots frowned as they heard what he said. But it was Moonracer who stiffened. She knew that name very well. But it couldn't be, right? There was no way it could be...

"Knockout, huh? Why does that name sound familiar?" Cliffjumper asked sounding confused.

"What is he like?" Moonracer suddenly asked, not hiding the tension in her vocoder.

Everyone looked at her in surprise and saw how tense she was.

"Moonracer, you okay?" Chromia asked as she looked at her sister in concern.

Moonracer slowly shook her head still staring at Twitch. "Twitch, what is Knockout like? His personality? His hobbies?" She asked stiffly.

Twitch shrugged, looking confused. "I dunno. He is just some guy, I guess. Though if he heard me say it like that, he would get pissed. He is really sure of himself and his car. He is vain, arrogant, always worrying about his looks. He swears his car is the prettiest thing in the galaxy and he freaks out every time when someone touches it. He is really into the races. If he can't race his car, he races one of our bikes and likes to..."

"Knockout." Moonracer suddenly cut him off with a breathless sigh. "I knew it. It is him."

Everyone stared flabbergasted but Chromia stiffened as if it dawned on her. She seemed to get why Moonracer was suddenly so apprehensive. "Wait a minute! Moonracer, are you...THAT Knockout?! You think Knockers could be THAT Knockout?!" She asked stunned.

Now, everyone was tensed up, mostly Flare-up and Cliffjumper. They seemed to get it now.

"Knockou...!? Wait! You mean that sadistic son of a glitch from Kaon?! The reversed medicbot?!" Cliffjumper asked shocked.

"Okay, somehow I get the feeling Knockers isn't who he says he is. You know him?" Joe asked placing her hands on her waist.

Moonracer, looking shaken up, slowly nodded. "Perhaps. If I am right, Knockers is actually a former Decepticon named Knockout. Though I would need to see him with my own optics and hear him actually talk to be sure. But if he is..." she shook her head letting out a sigh of uneasiness. She was not happy to hear that Knockout may have been on Earth. Past memories were coming back

Twitch swallowed hard to even think that his fellow gang member might actually be a giant alien robot from space. "Wh-who is he?" He asked uneasily.

For a moment, no one answered but looked right at Moonracer.

Moonracer sighed, lowering her head as she looked away. "Well...to be put simply, he is a sadistic doctor. A reversed medic, I suppose you could say. He was a medicbot back on Cybertron, and quite brilliant too, really. He was a younger colleague of our Chief Medical Officer, Ratchet at one time. Problem was, he had an annoying habit of doing opposite of what he was supposed to be doing." She explained.

"Yeah? Like what?" Joe asked frowning.

"Like tearing bots apart and selling vitals on the black market. He had, or has, a morbid curiosity about how things work. He finds something he doesn't understand, he will take them a part to figure out how they work." Moonracer stated.

Twitch grimaced with an amused huff. "Well that explains why he took a part the TV when he first joined the gang. Duke was pissed when he did that. But he put it back together and it worked a lot better than it did before." He said with a shrug.

Moonracer nodded as if that was confirming her thoughts. "That's what Knockout does. Except he does it to mechs and femmes. And sometimes he doesn't fix them. He kills them. If Knockers really is Knockout, we need to find out what he is doing here." She said looking at Chromia.

Chromia nodded as she looked back. "All right. We will keep an optic on him. If he really is Knockout, then we will confront him. Find out what he is doing here." She said firmly.

"You know it won't be easy, Mia. Remember what happened last time he was cornered?" Moonracer asked gravely. She received a nod.

"What happened last time?" Twitch asked curiously.

Moonracer looked away in a faraway look. It made everyone frown when they saw a pained look in her optics.

"It was Moonracer who cornered him." Chromia said darkly. "She caught him by surprise and he didn't like it. He nearly tore her apart, and enjoyed it. She was stuck in the medical bay for orns, days, being fixed by Ratchet. Knockout is very dangerous when he is cornered. Not only is he sadistic but he carries an electro staff that could put someone out for a long time if not kill them."

Everyone grimaced at that thought. They didn't like the sound of this Knockout. They knew they would have to be careful when around him. He would definitely be someone to tiptoe around.

"Cliff, since you are going with Twitch, watch Knockers very carefully. But don't engage with him. Do not corner him at any chance. Not by yourself." Chromia said firmly.

Cliffjumper huffed irritably. "Oh, come on, Mia. I can take some Con." He said almost offended by her lack of faith in his skills.

Chromia shook her head as she gave him a stern look. "Not Knockout you can't, Cliffjumper. He is dangerous and I am not going to let you put yourself in danger. Do not engage with Knockout by yourself. Do you understand me?" She said warningly.

Sighing, Cliffjumper nodded. He knew better than to ignore Chromia's orders. She wasn't mated with Ironhide for no reason. "All right. I will stay away from him." He said dejectedly. He waited for Chromia to nod and turn away from him before he vented out as low as he could, "For now."

Chromia swung around to glare at him in warning before looking at everyone else. "All right, everyone. Let's move on. Moonracer, guard Joe and watch Vince and his Angels carefully. If you get any ideas, let me know. Cliff, you the same. Be careful and don't reveal your selves if you can help it." She looked at Joe and Twitch, who were frowning up at her. "I know what you are going to say but it would make us feel better if you allow us to be your temporarily Guardians. We will protect you from any harm. No matter what. We are here to help." She told them.

Slowly, both nodded, getting the idea. They didn't someone guarding them. They were sure they could take care of their selves. Or at least Joe could.

It was Twitch that Joe was worried about. Especially if there was some Decepticon prancing around in pretence of being a gang member. They just hoped that nothing bad would come out of this.

"Everyone, roll out and keep your optics, and eyes open." Chromia said before transforming into her bike form with the others.