Optimus Prime led the Autobots to wherever the Decepticons were headed. Counterpunch had 'switched sides' and took off with the Decepticons and right now he was transmitting a homing beacon to lead the Autobots to their exact location. Behind Prime were Shortstop, Jazz, Tracks, Hound, Wheeljack, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Springer, Kup, Arcee and Skyfire in the air above them. They were only a few miles away from Counterpunch's position.

"We gotta hurry, Prime." Shortstop said. "Who knows what those Decepti-creeps are going to do to Hailey."

"I know, Shortstop." Prime said. He wasn't sure what else to say. It went without saying that they were going as fast as they could to reach them.

Jackson sat in his living room with Éclair and his parents. He was still slighting angry about what was going on but ever since Éclair ripped into him earlier, he did feel a bit ashamed because he did kinda jump to conclusions and he didn't know his dad to well and wasn't aware of his abilities or his past. He also felt as if that his biological mother was still mad at him. She wasn't smiling but there really wasn't much to smile about at the moment. Sure, she had finally met her son but her husband was out on a mission and there was a possibility that he wouldn't come back.

"So, how did you and Dustin meet?" Cheyanne said breaking the silence.

"The Decepticons took over a planet in GOTT jurisdiction and we ran into them and were in over our heads. Then the Autobots came to fight them. That's the first time Dustin and I met."

"Was it love at first sight or did it evolve from friendship?" She asked.

"I'd say kinda both. I found him to be really cute when I first met him and then the Decepticons tried to destroy Aineias, Dustin kissed me for the first time before leaping off the side of the platform to destroy the Decepticon weapon."

Jackson was rather astonished.

"What else has he done?" He asked.

Just as Éclair was about to answer her son's question, there was a knock on the door. Robert got up to answer it. He opened the door and there stood a tall man with dark hair that was tied back into a pony tail. He held a rather large briefcase that looked heavy but the man seemed to have no problem wielding it around.

"Can I help you?" Robert asked.

"My name is…"

"Armblast?" Éclair said.



"That's my name. What she said."

Éclair walked up next to Robert with a confused look on her face.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I've been observing the battle and the events that have gone on and I decided that I'd pay a little visit to the surrogate parents of your son."

Robert stepped aside to allow Armblast to enter the house. After shaking Jackson's hand during his introduction, he pressed a button on the handle of his briefcase and a CD tray slid out and a disc was positioned on it. He removed the disc and handed it to Jackson. Even though she had known Armblast for years, he was still mysterious. She wondered what was on the disc that Armblast had just handed to Jackson.

"What is that disc?" She asked.

"It's a complete record of you and Dustin before you met each other and after."

"How would you have a record on Dustin before we met?"

"I'm just an auditor. I observe; that's what I do."

She hated when he said that. Not to mention that really didn't answer her question but it was hard to tell with him most of the time.

"I also have my little cameras out recording the fight between the Autobots and Decepticons."

He set down his briefcase and opened it to reveal a screen inside. Once he activated it, it showed the battle between the Transformers.

Shortstop and Jazz charged at the Decepticons on foot then transformed into their vehicle modes and attempted to run over Decepticons. It really didn't work due to the fact that the Decepticons just leapt into the air and hovered there, firing from above. The two speedsters transformed back into robot mode and returned fire. Jazz used his pistol while Shortstop used his arm lasers. Prime pulled out his large laser cannon and shot the Decepticons out of the sky. Tracks flew around in his corvette mode with his wings out. He helped out Prime in knocking the Decepticons out of the air.

"Constructicons, merge into Devastator." Scrapper ordered.

The six green Transformers leapt into the air and formed their combiner form known as Devastator. The Stunticons followed suite and formed Menasor.

"I think we're in trouble." Sunstreaker said.



"Yeah, we don't have any combiners here with us." Sideswipe said.

"Oh, who cares? We'll take 'em." Jazz said.

While the Decepticons fought the Autobots, Nos stood nearby with Hailey in his hands. The Autobots knew where he stood but they couldn't get to him nor would try to shoot at him and risk hurting Hailey. Shortstop was getting fed up with fighting the Decepticon lackeys. It wasn't getting them anywhere and he needed to get to Nos. He could see Nos and the grin on his face. The Decepticon Headmaster thought he had won in this battle. The battle was far from over if it meant the Decepticons were going to win. Shortstop would see to that. Nos held Hailey in the air as if she were a trophy.

"Look here, Shortstop. This fleshling is going to die and then your son will die." Nos said.

Shortstop was even more ticked off. He backhanded Thundercracker across the face and threw him into Skywarp. He then transformed and sped towards Nos. He was about fifty yards away when a giant yellow foot stepped in front of him. He stopped and a hand reached down and grabbed the vehicle bound Shortstop. The Autobot Headmaster transformed in Menasor's hand and aimed his arm lasers at Menasor's face and fired relentlessly. Menasor's face exploded and the combiner dropped to the ground and broke apart into its five Stunticon components. Shortstop ran towards Nos again and again a Decepticon combiner got in his way. This time it was Devastator. The combiner reached down to grab Shortstop but the Autobot jumped onto his arm and ran up it until he reached his head. Shortstop was only a few feet away from Devastator's head and fired his arm lasers into Devastator's visor. Shortstop leapt over the combiner's head and when he hit the ground he was only a few feet away from Nos and his hostage.

"Let Hailey go. It's just you and me." Shortstop said with his blue eyes glowing brightly.