The movie ended, and many of the gathered Autobots started heading their separate ways.
"So what happened to ol' monotone?" Jazz asked Blaster. "And what was the deal with that explosion?"
Blaster shrugged. "I don't know, man. I just don't know."
"I think I saw a guy come through the explosion" Rewind chipped in from on top of Blaster's shoulder. "A big, green guy"
"Oh yeah! I saw him too, but I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating or what," Eject added from his perch on Blaster's other shoulder.
"All right. Enough you two!" Blaster said, lifting them up and putting then on the ground with a little push forward. "We got no more patience for the peanut gallery. Shoo! Kids these days. Always looking over your shoulder."
"Hey! We're not kids-" Rewind interjected.
Blaster gave them a slightly harder push forward.
After the end of the movie, Ratchet, Perceptor, Ironhide, and the Wheeljack 'twins' went back to medbay to figure out what to do next.
"Have you tried contacting him?" Ironhide asked.
"That's one of the first things I did when I got here. I'm telling you, it's not going to work!"
"Wheeljack?" Perceptor intervened.
"Yeah?"
"No, not you, the other one- oh, dear, this is getting rather confusing"
"Bulkhead calls me 'Jackie', is that any better?"
"Yes, much, thank you. Wheeljack, why are we back in-"
A loud crash, followed by metallic scraping sounds came from the hallway.
"Move it or lose it"
"Ow! Quit pushing!"
"Hey!"
"You stepped on my foot!"
"Ah," Perceptor sighed. "That's why"
"Ah, what's why?" Jackie asked.
Four noisy, rambunctious jets crashed into madbay, shortly followed by a much calmer, tired looking one.
"Lets just get this over with," Silverbolt said.
"That's the spirit! Now, where are your Protectobot brothers?" Wheeljack asked.
That's when five more Autobots quickly ran in comparatively more calmly than the Aerialbots.
"Sorry we're late, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Perceptor, Wheeljack- wait, what?" Hot Spot said in a rush.
"We'll explain later, it's a long story," Ratchet supplied.
"Well, anyway, we would have been on time if someone-" Hot Spot glared at Groove, "didn't stop to save a kitten from a tree!"
Groove didn't react much to the scolding other than a relaxed shrug.
"Well, you're all here now. Let's get started. First Aid, you'll go first then help me with the rest. The rest of you, sit down," Ratchet commanded. All the Aerialbots immediately fell to seated positions while the Protectobots sat down quietly. Ratchet scanned First Aid, making 'uh huh', 'mm hm', and 'very good' noises as he went along. He then gave First Aid another scanner and the two of them plus Wheeljack started examining the rest of the group.
"So how come there are two Wheeljacks now? Did he finally figure out cloning because if he did-"
"No, Air Raid, you are not getting a clone, we've talked about this. If any of the Aerialbots are getting cloned, it's none of you. Cloning never ends well," Silverbolt intervened.
"Can we clone First Aid?" Blades asked as he was being scanned by the bot in question.
"Blades, stop moving," was First Aid's only response.
"That's not a bad idea," Skydive mused. "Wheeljack, can we-"
"NO!" Ratchet and Perceptor interjected at the same time.
"Aww…" Skydive and Wheeljack responded defeatedly together.
"Well, you do know what they say about too much of a good thing," Perceptor said.
"That it's awesome?" Streetwise asked hopefully.
"Try again"
"That it's not awesome"
"Much better"
"But why are there TWO Wheeljacks? Does the wild Wheeljack reproduce like organic cells? Did he eat enough energon that there just became another one?" Air Raid asked, coming back to his original question.
"I've been looking into that form of reproduction, actually. Unfortunately, we don't have the technology to match the theory. However-" Wheeljack started.
"He's not a clone, he's from an alternate universe," Ratchet interrupted, hoping to end Air Raid's string of questions.
Air Raid gasped and turned to Jackie.
"Does that mean there's already another me?"
"Sure, kid. Why not," Jackie responded casually.
"Am I just as cool in your universe as I am in this one?"
"Don't see why not"
"Cool," Air Raid said, and sat back in awe.
"You two done?" Ratchet asked Wheeljack and First Aid.
"Yep!" Wheeljack answered.
"Aid?"
"Just one sec-" he responded. He was on his tiptoes trying to scan the top parts of Silverbolt's wings.
"I got this," Jackie said, and he lifted First Aid up by his waist. First Aid squeaked in surprise, then finished the scan.
"Done!" First Aid responded triumphantly. "Ready to go outside now"
"Alrighty, kiddos, let's go," Wheeljack said to the group.
As they walked down the hall to outside the base, First Aid noticed something.
"Uh, hey, Wheeljack-"
"Call me Jackie"
"Could you put me down now?"
"I'll think about it"
"But I need to give Defensor a hand! Literally!"
"I have no idea what that means"
First Aid sighed. "You'll find out soon enough"
"Okay everyone! In formation!" Wheeljack instructed. "I'm going to need First Aid, so if you could put him down…"
Jackie sighed. "I guess"
Wheeljack waited.
"I meant now"
Jackie put First Aid down, who then went over to join the other Protectobots.
"Ok Hot Spot, it's on you. Whenever you're ready" Ratchet instructed.
Hot Spot nodded and turned to his team.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
Chk-chk-chk-chk-chk!
All five Protectobots transformed to vehicle mode, then joined together forming a giant robot.
Jackie stood there in awe. Perceptor walked over and closed his jaw that he didn't notice was slack.
"That," Perceptor said gesturing with a flourish, "is Defensor"
"Ohhhh, that's what that means"
"Okay Silverbolt, you ready?" Ratchet asked.
"No"
"Too bad. Form Superion"
"Uhg. Okay guys, on me!"
The other four Aerialbots dogpiled on top of him.
"Whatever. Okay guys; transform!"
Chk-chk-chk-chk-chk!
A second giant robot formed where the Aerialbot pile had been.
"Looks good, guys!" Wheeljack said. "Who wants to go first?"
Defensor and Superion both pointed at the other.
"Okay, eenie, meenie, miney, Defensor went first last time, Superion you're up. Defensor, give me a boost, would ya?"
Wheeljack was about to start the examination when-
CRACK
"Hey, i found this and i think he belongs to you guys okay bye!" Skywarp said all at once before leaving with another-
CRACK
And there stood Bulkhead.
