(North Jasper, Nevada)
Blackwolf, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Jazz all ran through the other side of the groundbridge, once they were all out the large green portal closed behind them. They all readied themselves and walked towards the mine.
Blackwolf pulled out a scanner to see if there were signs of energon inside, and as they suspected there were energon readings off the chart. "Alright, we do this quick and quiet, keep it quiet, that means no cannons." he explained, looking at Ironhide who huffed and drew his combat knife, Bumblebee prepared his fists, Jazz pulled out short sword, and Blackwolf released his fist claws.
They all moved in through the tunnel, quietly, with Blackwolf taking point, Bumblebee in tow, Ironhide behind, but Jazz was up ahead checking out the cave. As they moved up Jazz came back to report. "Alright, we've got seven vehicons, no one else, easy take down, but they have an alarm, we need to take most of them out without alerting the others." informed the smaller autobot.
Blackwolf gave the order and they all moved up with him. He stopped them once they could see the Vehicons. "Alright here's the plan."
(South Jasper, Nevada)
Optimus, Bulkhead, and Arcee walked along the canyon valley, all scanning for the relic. "Okay, this is kinda getting creepy." Bulkhead said, shaken up by the eery scene.
"Hey Bulkhead wanna go back?" Arcee joked with him, trying to scare him. He huffed and kept his tough face.
"Autobots, calm down, we can't be a team while pulling each other apart." he explained, unamused by their foolery. They all walked along the path, The Iconic relic had just moved, Optimus noticed this, the closer they got to it, the farther it was.
"That's odd, we passed the original coordinates way back there, why haven't we found it yet?" Arcee asked, hoping someone would know.
"I noticed that as well...I think something else is amiss." cautioned the prime. Bulkhead wasn't liking this at all.
"Does this seem familiar to either of you?" asked Bulkhead
"No, why?" asked Arcee, Bulkhead remembered this all too well.
"Remember when Jack and Smokescreen found the star saber, we were lead off course, the same way as this, I think it's happening again." he said, making them realize they were on a wild goose chase.
"The others are headed into a trap!" said Arcee, worried for team one and Blackwolf.
"Optimus to base, pull team one out, NOW!" he ordered as he opened the comm link. But no response came, "Optimus to base! Ratchet, Do you read me?!" he asked into the comm trying to help his bots.
"We'll have to get to them with or without help from base! Autobots, roll out!" he ordered as they transformed and drove off to warn the others.
(North Jasper, Nevada)
"Okay, Ironhide you stay here, but be ready to blast the last two after we take out the others." whispered Blackwolf to the weapon specialist. Ironhide nodded, priming his cannons. Blackwolf moved up slightly behind two vehicons , Bumblebee went around behind one Vehicon, and Jazz hid behind two other Vehicons.
"Ready,..." Blackwolf whispered, "Now!" he ordered driving his blades into the two cons in front of him, Bumblebee came up and pulled his Vehicon down, and Jazz beheaded one con and quickly drove his blade into the next one.
"Ironhide, Now!" Blackwolf ordered, the large bot came up from his hiding spot aiming his cannons at the two last vehicons, "Class is dismissed." he said before obliterating the other two cons with his cannons.
As they were getting rid of the bodies, Blackwolf was unaware that laserbeak was flying behind him, it shot a chip onto his back and flew off, he thought he felt something, but it passed and he got back to what he was doing.
They moved into the next part of the cave and their jaw pieces nearly fell to the ground. "Holy Primus..." awed Bumblebee as they eyed the energon, a reservoir compared to their current supply.
"This is Blackwolf to base, we're gonna need help carrying all the energon back." he chuckled as they prepped the drills.
"I'll send Grimlock to help, start cutting it down." ordered Ratchet. Grimlock walked through the groundbridge and landed in the cave, he took a step and hit his head on the cave ceiling. Jazz and Bumblebee were busy using drills to cut down the energon. Blackwolf walked up carrying several large shards, with Ironhide doing the same in tow walk through the bridge, Grimlock grabbed two giant shards and carried them out on his shoulders.
Half an hour later they were getting ready to take out the last few crystals when they heard vehicles approaching. They all took a defensive stance at the entrance, ready for the cons, but they soon realized they weren't Cons, it was Optimus, Bulkhead, and Arcee, at deadly speed towards solid rock. They all hit the breaks and came to a swerving stop, they all transformed and looked very, cautious. "Whats wrong? Did you guys find the Relic?"he frowned, they looked very alerted.
"We thought you were all headed into a trap!" Arcee explained, surprised about what had actually happened.
"No, were fine, what happened in the valley?" he frowned, wondering what had gotten them all so suddenly spooked.
"The Relic signature was a decoy, the Decepticons were leading away from Jasper, we thought they were trying to cut us off from an ambush they planned for your team." explained the Prime.
"There wasn't any ambush, but we did find a scrap load of energon for the taking." he smirked. They seemed to relax at that.
But little did they know that what Laserbeak had shot at Blackwolf was a virus, and things were about to get a whole lot worse.