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Con Job

A week has past ever since the Scraplet infestation. While the Autobots and the AutoKnights have healed and the majority of the base being repaired, everyone was taking things easy while training in case of missions against the Decepticons. Well, mostly everyone if you count out Ratchet still fixing the Ground Bridge. Right now, Sonic was laying down on his berth as he healed from the frostbites from the Arctic exploration. He then brought out his Chaos Energem and looked at it in wonder.

"How are you feeling?" Sonic turn to see Arcee standing at the door with her body healed from the frost bite.

"Much better than before." Sonic replied as he sat up, stretching his limbs to get his body moving.

Arcee smiled as she walked into the room. "You looked worse with all of the frost biting into your mesh."

"Guess it is a good thing that we've become Cybertronian," Sonic nodded, before he snickered, "though Zone looked like he's traumatized from the Scraplets." After that incident, he heard from Zone Runner that he was been waking up from his power downs from seeing nightmares of the crawlers coming after them just like on that day. That day made him develop the fear of the Scraplets.

"His first time seeing one?"

"Guess so." Sonic chuckled at this expression before smirking, "I guess I can say this is payback for that spider prank he did on Kizuna."

"Kizuna?" Arcee tilted her head in confusion.

"My sister." Sonic clarified before facepalming in reminisce, "Zone and Thunder played a lot of pranks on the majority of us, including her."

"Guess he took it too far for your standard." Arcee noted while smirking at the statement

"Too far too much!" Sonic vexed with a popped vein mark on his head. "She was traumatized for weeks because of that!"

Arcee let out a chuckle at Sonic's impulse. "Speaking of Zone, where is he?" Arcee questioned, noting that she was not seen the Jehuty anywhere in the base today.

"He said that he going with Bulkhead and Miko to race in the sand dunes." Sonic replied, "hope he doesn't complain about getting sand in his grill." He then remembered something important. "Oh yeah, Zone wanted to apologize to you as well for what he said last week."

Arcee dropped her head slightly. She knew what he was talking about. "I heard from Optimus."

When he returned from the Arctic and underwent treatment, Sonic Drive told Zone Runner about Elita-One and her disappearance. Hearing that made Zone regret what he said to Optimus and apologized to him, though Optimus kindly forgave him for it, saying that it wasn't his fault.

Sonic seeing that he made the mood a little down he decided to change the subject, "Though Zone asked me something a while back."

"What did he ask about?"

"Our dialects." Arcee cocked an eyebrow at that.

"Your dialects?"

"Yeah." Sonic nodded, thinking back to a week ago when he returned from the Arctic and underwent treatment.


(Flashback)

"Say something's been bothering me from earlier." Zone said, getting Sonic's attention as he sat on his berth, the latter resting with defrosting equipment attached to him. "Every time I swear, I say something completely different."

"Like?" Sonic raised an eyebrow, implying for his friend to continue.

"Like when I first saw a Scraplet, I was so surprised that I instinctively swore, but what came out was something like, 'sweet Solus Prime', and not something normal."

"You had that problem too?" Sonic asked as he sat up.

"Yeah, What's up with that?"

Sonic thought about it for a moment. Their dialects seemed to change ever since they arrived in this world. He thought deeply into it before a clue came to his head. "I think it's because of this." he stated as he pulled out his Chaos Energem. "I think that they not only changed our forms, it changed our dialects."

"Why?"

"I don't know." he shrugged, "Maybe to have us be familiar with Cybertronian culture?"

"That doesn't sound any bit helpful." Zone sweatdropped, not really getting what Sonic meant.

(End Flashback)


"Still, it makes me wonder where these even came from." Sonic said, taking out his Energem, wondering about what they are. Come to think of it, not only where did they came from, but what kind of powers do they hold? It did help him when he fought against Megatron, unleashing that strange power that dealt the final blow on the tyrant. If the Chaos Energems were supposed to be powerful enough to change the Multiverse, what kind of power do they hold to prove that? Was the energy during fight with Megatron the power that the Energem held? Or a part of something bigger?

"Who knows? The Universe is full of mysteries on where these originate."

"Yeah." Sonic nodded, "Anyway, was there something you wanted ask me? It's weird of you coming to me." Sonic thought that Arcee wanted to to talk to him about something when she came into his room.

Arcee only stood there for a few moments before shaking her head. "...no. Just wanted to check on you."

"Okay then, if there's anything you want to tell me, you're more than welcome to."

Arcee smirk as she turned around. "I'll let you know on the first run." she then walked out of the room and into the hall, leaving Sonic standing there.

For Sonic, he was suddenly dropped into his thoughts. 'Man, she looks...beautiful.' He thought before he realized what he was thinking. 'Wait, why am I thinking that? Snap out of it, Sonic!' He panicked as he started to "clear" his head by banging it onto a nearby wall.

Arcee walked through the corridor, seemingly minding her own business before she stopped midway. She looked back at Sonic's room before thinking back on why she went there. The real reason that she went to Sonic was to ask him about what he said at the Arctic.

"...H-hah… ha-h..h-ah…. I-I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Ann. I... c-couldn't s-save him. I couldn't save him..."

His tone sounded just like her when she lost him to her. Could it be that Sonic lost someone in the past? If so, how come he never said it before? Was it something of a sensitive matter? Then a bigger question popped into her head: Why did she care for him so much? That somewhat made her blush a little bit before she immediately shook her head out of that thought, probably thinking that it was nothing and moved on.


(Cue Transformers Evo by Jam Project)

(Instrumental)

The scene starts with the 40 Chaos Energems in a circle formation with the background speeding past stars and galaxies until it reached Earth and the Energems glowed and emerged together to the title with the AutoKnight insignia behind it.

(Yami no kanata seijaku wo hikisaki [Out in the darkness, someone is rending the silence]) The scene changes to Sonic Drive out in the desert fields, staring out into the open until he brought out his hand to reveal his Energem.

(Hoshi no nemuri yobiokosu no wa Doitsu da? [Who will be the one to awaken this planet from its sleep?]) Sonic Drive look at it until he face forward as the rest of the Autoknights in their vehicle forms sped past him and transformed into their robot forms, lining up next to him.

(Hora me no mae jaaku na tamashiitachi [Look, the evil spirits are right before you]) On the Nemesis, Megatron and the Decepticons face the screen with their evil smirks.

(Nigeba wa nai massugu ni uketomero! [Take 'em straight on, as there is no place to escape!]) The camera pans out of the Nemesis showing Optimus Prime and the Autobots on the ground, with their weapons ready.

(Some tells me "Yowaki" ya "Osore" wo shoukyo shite [Someone tells me to erase my "worries" and "fear"]) In the Autobot base, Jack, Miko, and Raf get into their respective partners' vehicle form and drive through the Ground Bridge portal.

(Bokura wa ishiki kumikaeru [We reconstruct our minds]) In another room, Beast High is seen singing while shedding an energon tear from her eyes.

(Sono te wo tsuyoku nigiri [Strongly clench your fists ]) A dark silhouette, with a dark red visor, holding a lance appeared with his visor glowing as 4 other robot silhouettes join in front of him with more silhouettes with a Decepticon looking insignia with a halo and draconic wings coming out to side glow behind them.

(Tagai no kizuna shinjite [Believe in the bonds between us]) Sonic Drive stood in front of the enemy with Null Infinity right next to him as their eyes were glaring with resolve.

(Tatakae![fight!]) They then engage into their battle mode and charge forward along with the others with their weapons ready.

(Saa All I can do! And all you can do!) On the battlefield, both Autobots and AutoKnights fight against the Decepticons; while the others were facing the Vehicons, Sonic Drive and Optimus engage into a sword fight with Megatron. While Rave Rose, Bumblebee, and Incursio were dodging Starscream's missiles as Rave Rose drew out her katana and slashed at him.

(Habatake Transform [spread your wings and transform]) Arcee, Elita-One, and Vilkiss throw punches and kicks at Airachnid, while she retaliates with her claws.

(Sono mune tsuranuku ikari wo chikara ni kae [Take the heart piercing anger and turn it into strength]) Gurren Lagann, Earth Impacter, Bulkhead, and the rest of the Valvrave team along with the Arzenal Team engage in close combats with Knockout and Breakdown who are with the Vehicons as well. While Soul Rider and the Evangelion team as well as Galaxy slash and his Majestic Prince Team cover fire at long distances.

(Ima All I can do And all you can do) We then see a giant silhouette behind Megatron with glowing purple eyes, firing lasers at Optimus and Sonic, pushing them back but not enough to falter them.

(Kagayake Transform! Shinka no Stage e! [shine and transform to the stage of evolution]) Optimus takes out his sword and swings it at Megatron who blocks it with his own. While Sonic Drive activates his Chaos Energem as he glows with a raging blue aura.

(Touch and Go!) He then Jumps and throws his fist at the silhouette as the opening ends with the AutoKnights, the Autobots and the humans lining up together in their Autobot base.


Con Job

(Two Weeks Later)

Miko was riding on Bulkhead's shoulder as the latter walked from the corridor. They were asked to finish some chores by Ratchet and just came back finishing them. "Okay, chores are done, now can we do some dune bashing?" She asked excitingly, hoping to go again.

"I don't know, Miko. Last time I spent a week picking sand off of my articulators." Bulkhead said, looking reluctant about going again.

"And in my grill." Zone called out from the other side.

"Told ya." That was Sonic.

He then saw Miko having a disappointed look. "But there's a monster truck rally in town." he offered, hoping to cheer her up, which did as her head perked up on those magical words.

"Optimus!" Ratchet called from his computer, getting everyone's attention. "I'm receiving a signal from a restricted band. It appears to be coming from a star ship inside the Solar System." he announced before typing a few commands to identify it. An unexpected result came up. "It's an Autobot Identification Beacon!" he gasped in shock, surprising everyone.

"So there are other Bots out there?" Jack asked from a raised platform with Raf.

"The mass has scattered to the galaxies when Cybertron finally went dark." Arcee explained before putting up a serious expression, "But Cons have been known to bait traps with false beacons."

"So we don't even know if it's on our side or not." Sonic noted.

"Why not give them a call to find out?" Zone suggested.

Thankfully, Optimus was onto that idea and had Ratchet make a connection to the signal. "Unknown vessel, this is Autobot Outpost Omega-1. Identify yourself." he requested.

Fortunately, the pilot answered. "I had warmer welcomes from Decepticons Combat Brigades." an annoyed voice came out.

Bulkhead recognized the voice and lurched forward, almost making Miko fall off before regaining her posture. "Wheeljack?!" he exclaimed excitedly. Everyone turned to him in surprise as he went to the console. "You ol' Con Crusher! What are you doing all the way out here?!"

"You know this guy?" Sonic asked as he pointed at the screen.

"Heck yeah I do!" Bulkhead replied.

"Bulkhead?! That you?" The identified Wheeljack asked curiously. "What's with all the security?"

"The rock we're on is crawling with Cons. How soon can you get here to even the odds?" Bulkhead asked anxiously, wondering how soon his friend can get to Earth.

"Sometime tomorrow... If I put metal to the pedal." Wheeljack replied, sounding anxious himself.

"Another Bots coming here. How cool is that?!" Miko beamed excitedly, getting a nod from Bulkhead.

"Which means, more help against the Decepticons." Zone noted as he crossed his arms.

"Wheeljack…" Bulkhead turned to Optimus who had a thoughtful look. "I know of him by reputation only." Optimus admitted. He turned to Bulkhead and asked. "Can you verify his voice print?"

"He is one thousand percent the real deal, Optimus!" he nodded confidently, so sure that it was his friend calling from the other side.

"I have never seen Bulkhead this anxious before." Zone admitted.

"Probably, it's because he has never seen his friends ever since the war on Cybertron. Of course he's anxious." Sonic chided.

Optimus nodded and turned to the screen "We will send landing coordinates, Wheeljack. Safe journey."

"See you soon, buddy! I'll make sure you get a proper welcome!" Bulkhead said excitedly .

"Can't wait!" Wheeljack chuckled, "Got you a surprise to show ya too!" He added before the connection cut off.

Bulkhead didn't know what kind of surprise Wheeljack has in store for him but he was excited that his friend was coming and that made his day better!

"So who's the boyfriend?" Arcee asked.

Bulkhead chuckled. "Me and Jackie go waaaaay back. We were part of the same war unit: the Wreckers." he slammed his fist into his palm. "Which means the Cons are gonna wish he never found us."

"Guess we can say he's gonna be a great addition to the team!" Zone pumped his arm with a smirk.


(Nemesis)

"Wheeljack?! What are you doing all the way out here?!"

"Bulkhead?! That you? What's with all the security?"

On the Nemesis, Soundwave discovered the transmission and was playing it in front of Starscream. He identified the Wheeljack through the records and found his image, showing it to the commander.

"A war hero, hm?" Starscream pondered, thinking of a plan to use this advantage over the Autobots. "We haven't much time. Makeshift!" he called out. A Decepticon came into the hall, prompting Soundwave to do his thing. The silent Con pulled out his tentacles and stabbed them at Makeshift before uploading data into him. Makeshift's frame began to shift and transform into someone with a familiar face.

"See you soon, buddy! I'll make sure you get a proper welcome!"

"I too know how to prepare a proper welcome." Starscream remarked with a sneer.


(The Next Day, Omega-1 *just to make it easier*)

"Wheeljack's ship is approaching the landing zone." Arcee reported. Everyone was in the room looking at the screen as the signal got closer to the designated coordinates. Miko, in fact, was hopping in excite for the new guy to come.

"You think he's here to visit?" Raf asked.

"Maybe he'll stay!" Miko piped in excitingly, before going into a thinking pose. "Hmm.. Have find his own human though."

Ratchet was typing in a few commands onto the Ground Bridge controls. "Ground Bridge cycling up." he proclaimed proudly… before electricity flared out of it. The controls malfunctioned for a moment before they were fixed when Ratchet pounded his fist onto it.

"Blasted Scraplets!" he cursed. "The equipment hasn't been the same since the infestation."

Zone Runner frame shuddered upon the memories. "I don't think that memory is going away anytime soon."

The kids let out a small giggle at his reaction. "So Wheeljack is gonna land halfway around the world, and then you'll bridge him here?" Jack surmised in confusion.

"It's to be safe, Jack. They're going make sure no Cons are going to follow him when he gets here." Sonic explained.

Optimus nodded. "We can't risk revealing the location of our base. Just in case the Decepticons are tracking Wheeljack's ship."

Miko looked over to see Bulkhead pacing back and forth across the room with an anxious expression. "Dude, I've never seen you so stoked!"

"Oh! You're gonna love Wheeljack!" Bulkhead grinned. "We were like brothers! And tonight, we are gonna party!"

"SWEET!" Miko cheered.

Suddenly, alarms went off, alerting everyone before they turned to the screen. They saw several signals chasing behind Wheeljack's ship. "Bogies, closing fast on Wheeljack's position!"

"Con SCUM!" Bulkhead shouted angrily.


(Near the landing zone)

A spaceship with green and red highlights flew across the air above a desert when several Decepticon fliers shot at him with their fire. Knowing that it's being tailed, Wheeljack's ship maneuvered left and right to dodge the assault. But one shot hit his engine making smoke burst from it, throwing the ship out of control. The hull of the ship dipped downward, changing its course towards the ground as it crash landed into the sand.

The Vehicon fliers flew near the surface and transformed onto the trail of the crash as they approached the smoking ship. One approached it cautiously with its blaster out and that's all it took. A blast came from the smokey crash and went through the Con dead center, knocking it out. A Bot, 23 ft tall, with the body mostly consisting of white armor over a black underframe. There were red and green highlights featured on the torso, arms, and legs. His back protruded wing designs straightening upward. His head was square shape and had fins coming out from the side of his face. He had his blaster out with smoke coming out of the barrel.

"If you're trying to ruin my day," Wheeljack glared with his bright blue eyes, "you're gonna have to try harder." a faceguard covered his mouth before he went into a stance.

The Vehicons opened fired on him as he moved to the side, avoiding the bullets. He suddenly jumped high into the air and dropped right into the center of the group, smashing one in the process. From there, he grabbed another one on his left by the arm and flip threw it to the other side. A Vehicon went up from behind him but he back kicked away before jumping back to dodge a strike from another. The Vehicon swiped at him again, only for Wheeljack to flip over it and grab its arm before cutting it off with a swipe of his arm. He kicked the body away before proceeding to use the arm in his hand as a nunchuck and swung at an incoming Vehicon, smashing its face multiple times before sending it tumbling away from him.

"You Cons have gone soft on me." Wheeljack smirk as he reached over his back and pulled out twin swords. He made a beeline toward the remaining Vehicon and swung at it.


(Nemesis)

Starscream and Soundwave watched the battle unfold on their viewing screen, seeing Wheeljack take on the Vehicons by himself. But they knew that it won't be long that help would arrive for him.

Starscream turned to Soundwave. "Swiftly, before the Autobots arrive!" he instructed.

Soundwave only nodded and walked away.


(Omega-1)

Bulkhead tapped his foot impatiently as he stood with Arcee, Bumblebee, Sonic Drive, and Zone Runner for the Ground Bridge to open. "Open the Ground Bridge, Ratchet! We're missing all the action!" he said anxiously. His buddy is out there fighting alone and may need help from him.

Ratchet obliged his wish and pulled down the lever, activating the portal. "I'll prepare sickbay." he said.

Bulkhead only laughed, "Who for, the Cons? This is Wheeljack we're talking about!" He then ran into the portal with the four following after him.


(At Wheeljack's area)

The Ground Bridge vortex appeared in the trail as the Autobots and AutoKnights jumped out from it with their guns out in case of Decepticon attacks. But what they saw was that they arrived late and Wheeljack just finished the last of the Vehicons with a stab of his sword right through the torso.

"Hehe, I taught him that." Bulkhead chuckled.

"So that's Wheeljack, huh?" Zone raised a brow

"Ever think I might need a hand here?" Wheeljack asked as he sheathed his blades and approached the group.

"What? And spoil the show?" Bulkhead scoffed.

"You missed one." Zone pointed out.

Without looking, Wheeljack calmly brought out his blaster and disposed the one Vehicon immediately. Wheeljack stood a couple of feet before the group as he examined the number. He then disengaged his face guard. "If this is all you got, the planet's in bigger trouble than I thought." he commented.

Hearing that made Bulkhead perk up and run up to his old friend to give a bear hug. "JACKIE!" he laughed as he swung his pal around. The others looked on with smiles to see a happy reunion.

"Watch the finish you ol' wrecking ball!" Wheeljack chuckled at his friend's antics. Bulkhead placed him onto the ground as the two gave each other a fistbump.

"You must be Wheeljack." Sonic approached the Wrecker.

"You bet I am."

"It's nice to meet a fellow Autobot, I'm Sonic Drive by the way." he introduced himself, "And this is my friend Zone Runner."

Zone gave out a two fingered salute. "Sup?"

"Heh, guess you made friends of your own on this rock, Bulkhead." Wheeljack chuckled to his old pal.

"Oh you have no idea." Bulkhead chuckled, "we'll talk more when we get back to base."

"Mind if I join in?" a voice came from the direction of Wheeljack's ship, making everyone perk up and shift towards it. For Sonic and Zone though, they thought that the voice sounded familiar. From the side, a figure walked out before it revealed to be… a femme.

She looked like to be around the same size around Sonic Drive but with a heavily layered design. She was primarily black with green covering over with a few white layers. Her arms were covered in layered armor with a clear crystal point on the end at the wrists, the torso was broad with a vent like layers with her chest protruding like a hull. Her legs were color black while the left leg had a green highlight going down from the top of her thigh. Her shoulders sported what appeared to be chakram like disks that look like they can deal some damage. Attached to her lower back were three pairs of spider like legs that hang like a skirt behind her. Her head protruded neon green, clear and sleek, web-like crystals from the sides that connect to her green eyes and on top. On her chest was a familiar insignia of the AutoKnights. From the perspective of others, they would recognize her as the Valvrave Unit 3: Hinowa

But for the AutoKnights, They immediately recognized her voice as one of their own. "Carmilla!" they shouted as they approached the femme. The others turned to each other in curiosity about this newcomer.

"Hey, Sonic! Hey, Zone!" Carmilla smiled before she rushed over to the two and gave them a huge hug around the neck, almost to the point of squeezing them though.

"Oh, I missed you two so much! I couldn't find anyone in this world and I got so worried that might've been alone, but I'm glad I found you two!" she gushed as she hugged them tightly. The two were suffering a little bit though due to the hug and seemed to be almost out of breath

"Ok, ok. It's good to see you, Carmilla." Sonic wheezed. "But can you please let us go for a moment?"

"You're choking me! Give, give, give, give!" Zone flailed, trying get his airpipe open.

Carmilla finally released the two, giving them room to breath, and approached the others with a smile. "Hi, there." she waved.

"Another AutoKnight?"

"Well, didn't expect to see one in this area." Arcee admitted, looking around the desert. It's strange when you think about how there was one in this area.

"Anyway, We should go back to base before the Ground Bridge closes, there's still tons to party for you, buddy." Bulkhead said to Wheeljack, who at first seemed to have a surprised expression when he saw Carmilla but immediately waved it off and turned to him with a big smirk, "Sure thing, buddy. Don't want to miss that kind of fun."

Everyone was about to enter the portal when Sonic Drive sensed something off, when he turned to Wheeljack, he couldn't help but sense something, unpleasant. Like a fowl aura was radiating off of him.

He stood there, confused, as everyone else entered the Ground Bridge. Zone was the only one who noticed Sonic Drive standing. He called out to his friend. "You okay, Sonic Drive? The portal's about to close."

He snapped out of his trance with Zone calling out to him. "Huh? Oh it's nothing." he waved before he and Zone ran into the portal right before it closed.


(Omega-1)

Everyone rushed out of the portal as soon as Ratchet closed it. But the controls malfunctioned again before shutting off the Ground Bridge completely. Again. The medic groaned in dismay for that he had to fix it again, though he was glad that all seven were out fine. Wait, seven? Ratchet did a double take to see another Bot in the premise, the Hinowa waved at him with the fingers wiggling.

In the meantime, Bulkhead lead Wheeljack towards the platform to meet a certain someone. "Jackie, come 'ere. Meet my other best buddy, Miko." he introduced the girl on the platform to the Wrecker. "She can wreck with the best of us!"

"Hiya." Miko waved.

Wheeljack leaned in, "You keeping Bulkhead outta trouble?"

"I try," Miko replied, "but trouble finds us anyway."

Wheeljack turned to Bulkhead with a smirk. "We're gonna get along just fine." They heard footsteps approaching before they turned around to see Optimus Prime coming towards them. Wheeljack immediately went in front to greet the leader. "Optimus Prime, it's a privilege." he greeted.

"Likewise, soldier. What have you to report from your long journey?" Optimus asked.

Carmilla leaned toward Sonic Drive and asked him, "Who is that?"

Sonic Drive replied back, "That's Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. He's a really nice guy once you get to know him."

"Oh."

"Been bouncing from rock to rock, searching for signs of friend or foe." Wheeljack explained, "Now, I find both."

"We are few, but strong. We have suffered losses." Optimus stated, referring to the loss of Cliffjumper and many more. "But we have grown and we would relish welcoming a new member into our fold."

"I would be honored." said Wheeljack.

"And speaking of a new member," Optimus turned to Carmilla, "it appears we have a new AutoKnights into our fold as well."

"It appears we do," Sonic nodded before introducing Carmilla, "She is Carmilla, a.k.a. Saya Kurozaki, her mecha form is Valvrave Unit that can combat in space and in the air."

"Another one, and it's a girl!" Miko gasped.

"We found her at the area near Wheeljack's ship."

"How? There was nothing on the radar." Ratchet questioned.

"Didn't happen for Sonic or Zone either."

Carmilla ignored it and said her story. "I kinda wondered around through the sand when I saw Wheeljack's ship crashed," she explained "I knew it meant some kind of trouble so I made my way there on foot as possible. Soon enough, I found the battle over with Wheeljack out of it hands free and you guys arriving."

"Well, it's a good thing we found you, Carmilla. Besides us, we don't know where the rest of our friends went after that portal brought us here." Sonic pointed out.

"Yeah, I was so lost when I found myself alone." Carmilla sighed before she perked up and looked up at Optimus. "But I'm really happy that I found two of my family here. And I am honored to be here."

"Then I welcome you, Carmilla." Optimus smiled. "Welcome to Team Prime."

"Then let's get this party started!" Bulkhead shouted as he slammed Wheeljack's back, pushing him a little bit, before the latter turned and the two gave each other a chest bump.

"Oh joy." Ratchet muttered as he began fixing the Ground Bridge.

While everyone was preparing to party, Carmilla took a glance at Wheeljack, secretly closing her hand into a fist and tightened it.


(Nemesis)

Starscream and Soundwave walked through the corridor to the holding cell as they were discussing things. Well, only Starscream discussing it to Soundwave since the latter doesn't talk. "The moment Makeshift passed through their Ground Bridge, we lost his tracking signal." Starscream stated, "The Autobot base is no doubt heavily shielded to prevent us from locating it." he sneered as they approached a cell entrance. "No matter, I have complete faith in Makeshift."

The entrance opened up as they walked inside. Inside the cell, hanging from his restraints, was none other than… Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack.

"Our inside man is already inside." Starscream proclaimed to Wheeljack. Right before the Autobots arrived, the Decepticons managed to capture Wheeljack and switched him with the disguised Makeshift. The fight that the Autobots saw was an act.

Wheeljack lifted his head up, glaring at the Decepticon commander, "Tell Megatron he's fragged in the head if he thinks Bulkhead won't sniff out of an imposter."

Starscream growled annoyingly, "Haven't you heard? I lead the Decepticons now."

"You? HA!" Wheeljack scoffed in disbelief.

That made Starscream snarl angrily at him. He was getting sick of everyone disbelieving him to be the leader since Megatron is out of commission. He raised his claws to strike him and snuff his spark out. But restrained his actions if not for Soundwave grabbing the arm to stop him, sending him a silent reminder.

"Yes! Yes, he may yet to be of use." Starscream nodded as he fixed his composure. "Makeshift is very good at keeping up appearances. He need only fool your friends long enough to open their Ground Bridge from within, so that I may finally learn the location of the Autobot base. And send in my strike team to stain its floor with the spilled Energon of Optimus Prime." he informed as he had the said strike team await on stand by on the top deck.

Wheeljack, however, kept a smirk on his face. "Keep dreaming, Starscream. Cuz, there's someone who is going to rat that guy out through his nasty costume."


(Omega-1)

Night fell as the party continued. Miko played on her guitar, connected to her amp, while Raf sat near her, listening with Bumblebee next to him. The AutoKnights stood by as they listened to the strums of the chord. Meanwhile, the green Wrecker and the white Wrecker were on opposite ends of the room. One of them was holding a giant metal ball that looked like it's been welded by scraps of extra metal. The other was waiting for him to throw it.

Bulkhead readied himself to catch the ball. "Come on, Jackie. Show me what you got!" he prompted.

'Wheeljack' reared back before throwing the ball with his might. The ball flew over the heads of the two kids before being caught by Bulkhead, the big guy skidding back from the force.

"Nice lob." Bulkhead laughed before throwing it back at him.

Wheeljack caught the returning ball and threw it again, even harder this time. They kept on doing it as the others watched them from the sidelines.

Meanwhile, the AutoKnights were having their own conversation. "So that's how you guys got here." Carmilla mused. The mech AutoKnights just explained the femme about their arrival to this Earth and their adventures up until now. "You guys must've been through a lot of obstacles with these new bodies."

"Yep, and you have no idea what kind of trouble we have been through." Zone added.

"Especially when it comes to Scraplets." Sonic pointed out, making the Jehuty shudder his frame before turning to him with a vex mark on his head.

"What are Scraplets?" Carmilla asked with an imaginary question mark above her head.

"You don't want to know." Zone replied. Sonic stifled a laugh before turning his head to watch to Wreckers.

"So, what's that about?" Jack curiously asked Arcee.

"It's called lobbing." Arcee explained, "a favorite pass-time on Cybertron, especially among the warrior-class."

"So it's basically a Cybertronian version of catchball." Sonic noted.

"Yep."

"This kinda reminds me of back home, right Sonic Drive." Carmilla stated.

While the Wreckers were at it, Miko kept on strumming her guitar before looking at Raf sitting on the ground. "Come on, Raf. Show us some moves." she encouraged.

"Oh alright." Raf said as he stood up. Following with the beat of the guitar, he began dancing with the movement of his arms going up and down, a dance so familiar to the humans.

"Of course, the Robot." Jack chuckled while Sonic shook his head in disbelief.

"Oh, that's cute." Carmilla giggled.

Bumblebee watched curiously at the dance, studying the movements, before deciding to dance along. He followed every movement Raf did as he danced to the beat.

Ratchet looked at the others before groaning a "ugh…" in annoyance and rolled his optics. What he wouldn't give for peace and quiet while doing his work. He even felt to urge to leave the room and do some other stuff.

As they watched the two dance, Jack noticed someone missing. "Where's Optimus?" he asked, seeing that the leader was nowhere in sight.

"Went for a drive." Arcee replied, "Primes don't party."

"Now that you mention it, with that attitude I can't imagine him being a party person." Sonic commented. The leader of the Autobots dancing wildly at a party? That's not gonna happen anytime soon.

He then noticed that Carmilla has been staring off somewhere. When he turned towards the direction she was looking at, it turned out to be Wheeljack throwing the lob ball to Bulkhead.

"Are you okay, Carmilla?" he called to her, "You've been staring at WheelJack ever since we arrived."

"Oh I'm fine." she waved like nothing is wrong with her. But to Sonic Drive, he saw in her eyes that there was something bothering her. Is it something that concerns with Wheeljack?

He got out of his thinking when he heard Bulkhead shouting. "Coming at ya!" he shouted as he threw the ball.

However the ball went a little higher this time, making Wheeljack jump in attempt to catch it. But the ball slipped through his fingers and crashed into the nearby wall… before falling on top of the Ground Bridge controls Ratchet was repairing, sending out sparks of electricity.

That startled the medic and turned to glare at Bulkhead. "You know, I am attempting to perform sensitive calibrations here!" he shouted in frustration.

"Sorry Doc," Wheeljack apologized as he picked up the ball, "guess we're a little charged up." He walked over before pausing in front of the Ground Bridge to look at it. "You built this Bridge from scratch, huh?" he asked curiously.

Ratchet answered curtly as he continued repairs, "I did."

"That's quite a feat of engineering." Wheeljack commented, he let out an unnoticeable smirk.

"Yes, it is." Ratchet agreed in surprise, hearing that someone is interested with his result of his engineering skills.

"Something wrong with it?" The Wrecker turned to the medic curiously.

Ratchet kept his focus on his work. "I didn't care for the way it sounded this last jump. I put it in shutdown."

Wheeljack then popped the million dollar question. "What if you need to use it?" His tone almost sounded like he was insisting something.

"Ooh, I can't disrupt the defrag process without causing irreparable damage."

Wheeljack leaned in more. "So uh, how long will the defrag process take?"

Ratchet turned to him. "A few hours. If we're lucky. Maybe longer." He turned around just in time to miss Wheeljack express a scowl on his face before returning to lob with Bulkhead.

Hearing that conversation, Carmilla stared at Wheeljack with an eye like hawk, glaring at him with hidden tension building up inside her.

As Wheeljack as about to pass her, he noticed her staring at him. "Is there something wrong?" He asked.

Carmilla shook her head before holding up a calm expression. "Oh nothing, just a little curious about you. I see you're so interested with the Ground Bridge."

"Yeah, thought how nice engineering Doc did with his skills. Using the limited stuff to charge against the Cons in the field."

"Really? Or is it because you had plans for it." Carmilla implemented, making the Wrecker stiff for a moment, "Something like opening it to let in a few Cons in to fight on. Unless you're a traitor and use it to run while we fend against the Cons." she pressed on semi-serious face, making Wheeljack uncomfortable.

They stayed like that for only a moment before her face let out a teasing smile. "Just kidding. If that was the case, you wouldn't be considered the real Wheeljack." She chirped before turning around and walked back to Sonic Drive and Zone Runner. Wheeljack relaxed at that before heading over to Bulkhead with the lob ball.

Sonic narrowed his eyes in suspicion. He listened to the conversation and couldn't help but be suspicious of Wheeljack. 'Why would he be interested so much about the Ground Bridge?' He thought in question. He couldn't shake the feeling of something wrong with the recently recruited Autobot. Not only that, somehow, his vision changed to show him a display of a fowl purple aura radiating from Wheeljack, like he was bad news.

He turned to Carmilla and saw that she had the same expression as he did again, but with a frown and tightened fists. He thought back to what she said about the case of him not being the real Wheeljack. Does she know something about Wheeljack? And why was he seeing such things that the others can't see? So many questions popped up in his head. But what he didn't notice was that his Chaos Energem was radiating a faint glow inside him.


(Nemesis)

On the Nemesis, Starscream was starting to lose his patience for Makeshift to open the Autobot's Ground Bridge. Hours have passed and no response has been received from the disguised Decepticon.

"Makeshift still hasn't opened their Ground Bridge or otherwise transmitted their coordinates." The Commander-er-Lord commented to Soundwave. He was starting to think that the Autobots may have found out that they had an infiltrator in their base of operations. "His disguise may be flawless, he won't fool the Autobots forever!"


(Omega-1)

Currently, Bulkhead was telling everyone one of his stories about him and Wheeljack. The kids were sitting on a container while Wheeljack was leaning on the platform. "So there we were, no communications, low on Energon, surrounded by Cons, so what does Wheeljack do?" He turned to the kids, their faces anticipating to find out what they did next. "Tell em, Jackie." He laughed.

They turned to Wheeljack, who looked uncomfortable at first before letting out a nervous laugh. "What I do best!"

Miko had a very excited look before turning to Bulkhead who said, "He chucks his only grenade, smack into the primary heat exchanger!"

"Yeah, seemed like a good idea at the time."

"The joint went supernova!" Bulkhead throwing his arms swiftly in emphasis.

Miko was in total awe from listening to the story. "Awesome."

"Yeah, I'm still picking shrapnel out of my backside." Bulkhead winced as he scratched his back, still feeling the pain of that battle.

Arcee chuckled, "I'm not surprised. Given the size of your backside."

"Good one, Arcee." Bumblebee laughed along with Sonic Drive, Zone Runner, and Carmilla. Though the latter of the last three trailed her laugh short before shifting her optics towards Wheeljack, who seemed to be staring off at the Ground Bridge controls Ratchet was still working on.

Wheeljack looked like he was so in thought that he didn't notice that he was being watched, nor that Bulkhead moved to his side.

"There it is." Bulkhead pointed to a device on Wheeljack's waist. "Jackie's signature, one grenade, one shot." he then noticed Wheeljack looking kinda off. "Hey, you alright?" Bulkhead waved his hand in front of Wheeljack's face, getting his attention.

"What?"

Bulkhead made a concerned face. "You don't seem like yourself."

Wheeljack pushed himself off the platform. "What do you mean?"

"I don't know, you seem...quiet." Bulkhead shrugged.

Wheeljack let out a sigh, "I've been stuck in a can too long. I should go topside before I get stir-crazy."

"I have patrol in the morning. You can come with." Bulkhead offered.

"Let's go now." Wheeljack insisted.

"And break up the party?" Carmilla got out curiously, "I mean, everyone's loving you here."

"She's right, everyone's loving you!" Bulkhead chimed in, "You've gotta tell em about the Battle of Dark Mount Pass!"

"You tell it." Wheeljack declined, surprising Bulkhead. "You're better at it." he then turned to Miko with a smile. "How about if Miko here shows me the rest of your base?" he suggested, making the girl perk up.

"Uh, yeah! Sure, Jackie, go ahead." Bulkhead complied.

"Tour starts now!" Miko said excitedly. She thought of an idea and turned to the green AutoKnight. "How about we show around Carmilla the place too?" she suggested.

Before anyone could reply though, Carmilla jumped in. "Actually, I would love to have Sonic here to give me a tour." she suggested, wrapping her arms around Sonic Drive's. For some reason, this made Arcee twitch her eye as she suddenly felt inside of her a tint of… jealousy?

Sonic looked uncertain for moment before he reluctantly agreed. "Uh, yeah, sure. Wanna start with the training room first?"

"Lead the way." Carmilla insisted before the two went towards the said room.

Seeing the two gone, Miko turned to the white Wrecker, "Let's go, Wheeljack!" she prompted before leading the said Wrecker somewhere else. But not without asking him a bunch of questions. "Do you play any instruments? Can you fly? Have you thrashed more Decepticons than Bulkhead?" And she went on and on before they disappeared into a corridor.

Bulkhead had a very concerned look as he watched them leave, especially about Wheeljack. The rest of the Bots noticed his expression and looked at each other in question. "You alright?" Arcee called out.

"Yeah, just… out of sorts I guess." Bulkhead sighed as he turned to them.

"Don't tell me you're… jealous?" Arcee teased lightly.

"Like you when Carmilla took Sonic out for a tour?" Bumblebee beeped with tease. He was responded with a look from the femme, making him shut up.

"That Miko's making a new friend? Come on!" Bulkhead brushed off the suggestion, in fact he was glad to have Miko meet his old friend of his past. Though, he finally voiced out his suspicion from earlier. "Something's… something's just not right about Wheeljack."

Arcee raised a brow. "Bulkhead, really? He's travelled galaxies. You haven't seen him for centuries. He could be just rocket lagged or… well Bots do change, you know?"

"Not Jackie." Bulkhead retorted.

"You know, speaking of something's not right." Zone Runner got out, everyone turning to him, "Carmilla's been acting weird ever since we found her." To be honest, like Sonic Drive, Zone too noticed Carmilla acting strange. "I mean she was supposed to be the talkative type back at our home." he stated "and she was never this silent before."

"Probably she being shut out cuz she's still not used to her new body." Arcee pointed out, still somewhat feeling jealous for some reason.

Zone placed his hand on his chin, getting into a thinking pose. "Either that, or she knows something is up."


(Nemesis)

In Wheeljack's holding cell, the said Wrecker was struggling against his restraints, letting out grunts of his efforts while gaining the attention of the Vehicon guarding him. Hearing his grunts of useless efforts annoyed the Con so much, that he had enough and brought out his blaster. He approached Wheeljack as he shoved the tip of his blaster to the Wrecker's face.

"You're not going anywhere Autobot." The Vehicon sneered.

The Vehicon removed the blaster of of his face and turned around. That's when Wheeljack smirked. Once the Con turned around, he was wrapped around his neck by Wheeljack's legs. The Con struggled against his tight grip as he flailed around. He tried his best to get out of his constraint that he began shooting his surroundings.

"Blah, blah, blah." Wheeljack muttered before kicking the Con in the face, twisting his neck, and managed to guid the laser blasts to destroy the control panels that controlled his restraints. With the panel destroyed, the restraints released Wheeljack, making him free as he dropped the now lifeless Con and landed onto the ground. He wiped off of bit a Energon from his mouth before finding a way off of this ship.


(Omega-1)

"And this is the storage where we put the equipment supplies along with other stuff." Sonic Drive just finished his tour as he was in a corridor with Carmilla behind him.

"Nice." Carmilla commented looking through the glass to see the variety of equipment in the room.

Sonic turned towards her before letting out a sigh. "Okay, Carmilla. Time to let it out."

"What?" Carmilla turned to the Grand Chariot.

"Ever since we entered the base, you have been acting weird, like you're not yourself."

Carmilla only looked confused. "What are you talking about? I told you I'm fine."

"No you're not." Sonic cut her off, surprising her. "I know the real Saya would never be this quiet. When you're this quiet, that would mean you have something in your mind. And you'll never get out of that quietness until you tell it to someone." Sonic explained his suspicion on her. "Not only that, you look like you know something is up with Wheeljack. Even I, myself, for some reason feeling that there is something wrong with him. And I won't be able to shake this feeling until I find out." Sonic turned towards the Hinowa Valvrave and frowned "So unless you don't have any clue on what's happening to you and Wheeljack. You have to tell me, so that I can help."

He then added, "Not just because I want to, but also we're family. And you know that family helps each other in any situation."

...

Silence filled the halls between the two. It ended though, when Carmilla let out a smile. "I knew I can trust you with this."

Sonic raised a brow with a surprised curiosity.


(In another hall)

Miko just finished showing Wheeljack around the place. "So, that's pretty much it." she remarked, "Energon stockpile, power generator, armory." everything you need to blow the joint sky high."

'Wheeljack' looked at her with a blank expression. "Where is this bunker located exactly?" he asked, his tone sounding curious.

"If I told you, I'd have to rip out your spark chamber." Miko threatened, Wheeljack only stood there, narrowing his eyes. Then Miko changed her expression into a happy one. "Kidding~! Just outside Jasper, Nevada. Though I don't expect that to mean much to ya." she said while continuing to walk.

What she unknowingly did was give out precious information to the spy in disguise. "Can't say it does." 'Wheeljack' smirked before following the girl. "So uh, any way outta here besides Bridging?"

"Why?" he stopped to see the girl stopping at his feet. "You're not planning to leave already, are you?" she inquired as she looked up. Wheeljack looked uncertain on what to answer before Miko let out a smile. "Come on, I'll show ya!" she said before heading back to the main chamber, with Wheeljack following.


(Main Chamber)

Ratchet observed at the progress of the Ground Bridge repairs and saw that it was near complete restoration. "Almost there." he muttered as he continued his work.

While that was happening, the rest of the Autobots were having some kind of discussion. "Look, I know Wheeljack better than anyone." Bulkhead said.

"I don't know Bulkhead, Arcee could be right. Bots do change over time." Zone doubted.

"Not Jackie." Bulkhead retorted stubbornly.

"Hey, what are you guys talking about?" Wheeljack asked as he and Miko enter the room.

"I was just telling the guys all about you and me," Bulkhead answered, "at the Battle of Dark Mount Pass."

"That's a heck of a story." Wheeljack remarked.

"Yep." Bulkhead's expression then turned serious. "Tell it." Everyone in the room was surprised about Bulkhead's display of attitude toward Wheeljack.

Miko, however, didn't notice and looked bored. "Talk, talk, talk." she complained before suggesting, "How about after we go off-roading?"

Bulkhead only kept his serious expression. "Miko, stay out of this!" he warned, coming off a little bit harshly. Shocking his human charge at the outburst.

"Bulkhead, easy." Arcee coaxed.

"I'm not sure I-"

"Actually, I'm quite interested to hear Wheeljack's side of that story." They turned to see Sonic Drive and Carmilla having returned, the latter stating it. Both were having serious looks on their faces. "I'm curious to know what happened at that battle."

Zone Runner looked at his two friend, completely baffled. 'What is going on?' he thought, 'First Carmilla was acting strange, Now Sonic Drive is joining in?! What's happening?!" he looked like he was gonna get dizzy from the confusion.

"Yeah, Wheeljack. How about you tell us. I'm quite interested on your dynamic fight." Carmilla joined in as she crossed her arms.

Even though Bulkhead didn't know what the two AutoKnights were up to, he had a feeling that they were on the same suspicion as him. He turned to Wheeljack and harshly demanded, "Yeah, TELL IT!"

Wheeljack looked at Bulkhead, Sonic Drive, and Carmilla for a moment, having a little stare off, before he relented, "Fine, you wanna live in the past, Bulkhead?" This got the humans' attention and turned to him as he began his story. "The Wreckers were trapped between Decepticon patrol and the smelting pit. The Cons were vicious, bearing down on us with everything they had. Me and Bulkhead engaged the enemy, left them for scrap. Then I made us a way out, using their backsides as stepping stones to cross the molten metal." he told the humans before turning to Bulkhead. "Isn't that how it happened?"

"Yeah… that's exactly how it happened." Bulkhead nodded, though with a frown. Sonic Drive and Carmilla too frowned at Wheeljack.

Wheeljack smirked, looking proud of himself. Until...

"Except for one little thing."

...Bulkhead added, making 'Wheeljack' widen his eyes in surprise and horror.

"I wasn't there." Bulkhead declared.

Shock suddenly overflowed from everyone in the room at the revelation. Even Ratchet heard it as he stopped working and turned in shock. "What?"

"I already left the Wreckers to join up with Optimus." Bulkhead revealed, pointing at 'Wheeljack'. "But you wouldn't know that if all you did was access Wheeljack's public service record!" The spy in disguised gritted knowing that he's been exposed.

Miko was still confused on what was happening. "Uh, Bulkhead? What does that have to do with- WHOA!" Miko was cut off by 'Wheeljack''s sudden movements as he reached out and grabbed the girl.

"MIKO!" Bulkhead attempted to grab her back when the spy pushed him and Arcee away as he ran to the Ground Bridge controls while Ratchet took a few steps away.

"Stay back! Or I'll squeeze her into pulp!" 'Wheeljack' threatened with a completely different voice on as he held up Miko hostage.

"I don't think so!" Carmilla shouted as she grabbed her chakrams, but was stopped when Sonic grabbed her arm.

"No, don't! You'll hurt Miko!" Sonic warned. He didn't want any harm done towards the hostage, even though he want to act more sooner to prevent it.

'Wheeljack' turned to Ratchet with a threatening look, the latter backing off, before turning to the Ground Bridge control and saw that it was nearly repaired.

Miko struggled to get out the hold. "Wheeljack, what are you doing?!"

Bulkhead growled, "Decepticon coward! Let the girl go, and face me!"

"Don't fret, plenty of fighting to come." 'Wheeljack' taunted.

Jack and Raf are completely baffled on what is happening. "Is there a real Wheeljack?!"

"There is," Carmilla stated, getting their attention, "just before you guys arrived the Decepticons captured Wheeljack and switched him with this faker! Isn't that right, Makeshift?" She revealed, glaring at the imposter with anger flaring out from her.

"Makeshift?" Zone got out.

"Oh indeed, and I expect Lord Starscream is making sport of him." The now revealed Makeshift sneered before making a scowl expression toward Carmilla. "Though, I didn't expect you of all Bots to know my name and see through my disguise! How did you know?!"

"You want to know why?" Carmilla asked, glaring at the Con. "Because I was there at the fight when Wheeljack arrived the entire time and saw the entire thing!"

"What?!" Everyone except Sonic Drive gasped in shock at Carmilla.

"I decided to wait until the right moment to expose your evil schemes, but Bulkhead here decided to help me with the favor. And now I can make you pay."

The two AutoKnights caught the last part as they turned to each other in question on what she meant by that.

Makeshift growled at the Hinowa but then let out a sneering smirk. "No matter, I'll just let you suffer once I open up the Ground Bridge, so Lord Starscream can send the army here."

Everyone grimaced at the situation they were in.


(Nemesis)

On the deck of the Nemesis, the strike team waited for Makeshift to open a Ground Bridge along with Starscream and Soundwave as the latter's patience was wearing thin. They didn't notice Wheeljack climbing on the ladder of the side of the hull towards them.

"Are you sure we're at the coordinates you supplied to Makeshift?" Starscream irritatedly asked Soundwave. The silent Con responding with a nod. "Then what is taking him?!" He shouted angrily. He wanted to end the Autobots swiftly so that it can prove his leadership to the Decepticons, but with Makeshift taking his time, it was starting to irritate the Lord.

"Maybe they gave your boy such a hero's welcome," Starscream jumped in surprise and turned to see Wheeljack, out of his holding cell, approaching him with a glare. "He got the warm and fuzzies and decided to switch sides." He got his mouth guard out, ready to smash Starscream's face.

He was shocked to see Wheeljack up here, but Starscream kept up a sneering smirk, he still had the army of Decepticons under his order behind him. "Do you not see you are vastly outnumbered?" He taunted, motioning to the vast army.

"I see fellas who might vastly enjoy watching me pound some dents into you." Wheeljack retorted as cracked his metal knuckles.

Starscream flinched in anger before ordering the army. "Destroy him!"

Upon his order, the Vehicon troopers all charged towards the lone wolf, firing full rounds of Energon shots at him. Wheeljack brandished his twin swords before letting out a battlecry as he ran towards the army, deflecting the shots back with his swords. Some of the Vehicons were shot by deflected bullets as Wheeljack charged in head on.


(Omega-1)

Makeshift held Miko closely to prevent the Autobots from acting as he inputted the coordinates into the Ground Bridge controls. Once the coordinates were in, he waited for the power to fill up completely. The Autobots and AutoKnights were still in their stance as they couldn't do anything but wait for the inevitable to come as long as Miko was held hostage.

The controls suddenly beeped, indicating that it was now operational. "About time." Makeshift said impatiently before pulling down the lever, activating the Ground Bridge. He turned to see the Ground Bridge up and running, making him smirk in victory.


(Nemesis)

Wheeljack plowed through the barrage of bullets as he got closer to the army, not slowing down one bit. Seeing that his enemy wasn't stopping, Starscream decided to take the initiative and armed his missile arm and fired. The missile landed near Wheeljack's feet, the force knocking him back a few feet, but he managed to land on his feet. He then stabbed a nearby Vehicon as more that were close tried to attack him. But he was too fast for them as he sliced and diced them before jumping off of one as a stepping stone and into the air. Starscream was frozen with shock as Wheeljack came down on him with his fists smashing into his face, pushing the Decepticon leader to the floor.

As he got up, Wheeljack prepared himself for another wave coming at him when he heard a Ground Bridge open up behind him, making him turn around to see it there, waiting for someone to enter. "Well, well."


(Omega-1)

Makeshift stepped back to the front of the tunnel as he still held Miko in his grasp as he waited for the army to come through the Bridge. "Let's get this party started!" Makeshift laughed in victory as he spread his right arm out.

Carmilla growled at his evil laughter. "Okay, Makeshift. You did your mission, now how about you release the girl, and face me head on!" she challenged as she brought out her chakrams.

"Oh, I would love to. But as you can see, I have my hands full." The Con sneered as he held out Miko, the girl struggling her best to break free.

Carmilla then smirk, much to the confusion of others. "Maybe so, but turns out I have something that can level that up!" She suddenly reared back one of her chakrams as the disk suddenly began to spin rapidly before she swung it down, the disk detaching from the grip as it spun through the air. Surprised by the incoming attack, Makeshift didn't have time to block as the disk smashed into his torso, sending him back while at the same time releasing Miko as she was sent flying into the air.

Thankfully, Sonic Drive dove in and caught her before she hit the floor, making everyone, especially Bulkhead, feel relief. Seeing that Makeshift now doesn't have a hostage, Carmilla brought her chakram disk back to her grip before charging at the stunned Con. Makeshift recovered from the sudden attack and jumped to the left to avoid Carmilla's strike with her chakram spinning like a saw. She swung at him again but this time Makeshift caught it by the grip. Carmilla tried to strike him with the other one but he caught that as well, locking the two in an arm lock.

With them being occupied, Arcee thought of something fast to prevent the Decepticons from entering the portal. "Ratchet, close the Bridge!" Arcee told the medic.

Ratchet immediately went to the controls when Sonic saw something in the Ground Bridge tunnel and stopped him. "No, wait!"

Carmilla and Makeshift were stuck in the arm lock with the both of them holding each other to see who would falter against the other. However, that was about to end when a figure jumped out of the portal. The hinowa noticed the figure coming at them as she pushed Makeshift back and moved out of the way before Wheeljack's foot slammed into Makeshift's back, knocking forward to the wall of the platforms.

Everyone was surprised to see another Wheeljack as he was kneeling on the floor, twin swords in his hand before he got up and turned to the Bots. "I'd shut that hole before the stink comes through." Wheeljack remarked, Bulkhead and Carmilla let a surprised gasp to hear the voice of the real Wheeljack.

Knowing that the real Wheeljack was here, Sonic turned to the medic, "Ratchet, do it!"

Hearing Sonic, Ratchet turned to the controls and pulled back the lever.


(Nemesis)

Starscream coughed as he was on his knees, Energon trailing from his mouth, as he staggered to get up. Even though, Wheeljack only landed one blow, it still packed a punch for Starscream. But the Decepticon leader didn't falter here, he wanted to set an example of his leadership to the troops. He was not going to miss this opportunity!

He looked up to see the Ground Bridge still open, "ENTER THE GROUND BRIDGE NOW!" he bellowed at the troops, not wanting to miss this chance to end the Autobots and AutoKnights once and for all.

The Vehicons heard his command and ran to the portal. However, before they could enter, the Ground Bridge suddenly closed on them, missing their chance.

"RAAAAAAGH!" Starscream shouted in frustration.


(Omega-1)

Makeshift recovered from his injury as he got up and took out his own twin swords along with putting his mouth guard. The two identical Wheeljacks circled each other, preparing themselves for a duel to prove who's better. When Makeshift passed Bulkhead, the big guy smashed his fists together, ready to pummel the guy for impersonating his best friend.

But before he could jump in to assist, a blade blocked his path. "Ugly's mine." Wheeljack proclaimed sternly as he kept his focus on his Makeshift.

Then the fight began as the two swung their swords, the blades clashing in the center, before Makeshift slashed diagonally with his other one. Wheeljack blocked it as he swung aiming for his head, but Makeshift intercepted it before slashing again. The two were clashing in their sword fight as everyone watched to see who was going to win. Though their sword clashing along with their spinning movements made the kids hard to keep track.

"Which one's the real Wheeljack?" Raf asked nervously, lifting up his glasses, trying to find the real one.

Miko stuttered as she tried to know which was which but failed, "I lost track!" She panicked.

"I do." Sonic Drive said, much to the surprise of others, his vision keeping track of the real Wheeljack, as the said Bot radiated an aura very different to Makeshift's.

The two Wheeljack's kept up their clash before Makeshift blocked a strike before spinning around and swung down and disarmed one of Wheeljack's swords. Wheeljack retaliated by knocking out one of Makeshift's before grabbing his arm with his free hand and kneed him in the face, making him lose his grip on his blade. Wheeljack caught the blade with his free hand and smacked Makeshift down to the ground hard enough for bits of armor to chip off. Makeshift fell with a huge thud, completely out of commission as Wheeljack pointed his sword at the defeated Con.

"That's my Jackie." Bulkhead smirked proudly at the others.

Wheeljack disengaged his mouth guard and sheathed his swords before turning to Ratchet. "You hit the switch." He instructed Ratchet, "It's time to take out the trash." Ratchet nodded in response as he went to the Ground Bridge control.

Wheeljack turned to Bulkhead. "All yours, buddy." The big guy nodded and proceeded to grab the down Makeshift.


(Nemesis)

Starscream had a very angered expression. How did it turn out this way?! His plan was going flawless. Until Wheeljack got out of his prison and ruined everything! Not to mention there was a chance that Makeshift opened the Autobot's Ground Bridge but instead of the army, Wheeljack entered it instead, making the miss it just in front of their eyes!

He was snapped out of his angered thoughts when the Ground Bridge suddenly opened again in front of the army. Starscream looked at it in absolute confusion. Why is it open again? Did Makeshift take down Wheeljack and open it again?

Either way, the Ground Bridge is now open and he is not missing this second opportunity. "What are you waiting for?! GO!" Starscream ordered the Vehicons. They immediately got out of their stupor and began climbing into the portal.


(Omega-1)

Bulkhead had the unconscious Makeshift over his head as he faced the portal. He braced himself before he reared back and spun around, getting the motion, before, with his might, threw Makeshift into the portal.


(Nemesis)

The Vehicons were halfway in the Ground Bridge when they stopped and saw the flying Makeshift coming towards them. They turned back to avoid getting hit.

Starscream saw in confusion the troops returning for some reason. His first thought was that they were being cowards but couldn't help but wonder why they were turning back. He got his answer with Makeshift flying out of the portal, into a collision course towards… oh scrap. Before he could dodge, Starscream was met with an impact of a body before falling down...again. Once he was out, the Ground Bridge closed once again, never to be open.

Seeing the portal gone, Starscream got up with a frustrated look before turning to Makeshift. "Please tell me that you at least learned the location of their base!"

"I-indeed, Lord Starscream." Makeshift answered, wiping off the Energon from his mouth. "It is in a hidden bunker, just outside of-!" Before he could continue an annoying beeping noise sounded, making Starscream raise a brow. Following the sound, he glanced at Makeshift's side to see… a grenade. It was sounding off constantly as it was set to blow!

Starscream backed away in fear. "WHOA! Back! Back! BACK!" He fretted before he transformed into his jet form and flew away to gain distance along with Soundwave.

Makeshift saw the grenade letting out a high speed sound before he muttered, "Oh no." Those were his last words. The grenade exploded as it consumed the Vehicons that were close to it.

"MAKESHIFT! YOU FOOL!" Starscream shouted furiously.


(Omega-1)

"Nice lob." Wheeljack complimented Bulkhead as Ratchet turned off the Ground Bridge. Everyone relaxed as the crisis of today have subsided. And knowing that the real Wheeljack was with them, Bulkhead thought of having a party for not only to welcome him, but as an apology for not realizing that they an imposter was with them sooner.

Just then, Wheeljack was suddenly tackled by an unexpected individual. The culprit revealed to be… Carmilla? "Oh, Jackie~!" She gushed as she hugged the Wrecker tenderly.

Wheeljack didn't seem to be bothered at all as he laughed "Whoa, Carmilla! I wasn't gone for that long!"

"Still, I missed you~!" Carmilla purred before backing off a little bit, but still had firm grasp on Wheeljack "They didn't hurt you in the worse way, did they? I was worried when they took you away!"

"Nah~ they may have roughed me up a little but it's nothing I can't handle."

Everyone watched the conversation the two were exchanging, and they were confused as heck. "Wait, Camilla. You know Wheeljack?" Zone raises a brow in confusion.

"Of course! I accompanied him on his ship when we arrived to Earth!"

*Record scratch!*

...

"HUH?!" Everyone gawked at the two. Okay, that was unexpected.

"Wai- wha- how- whe-WHA?!" Zone stuttered. Bulkhead was also shocked as well. When and where did Wheeljack meet Carmilla?

"Remember when I said I had a surprise for you to show?" Wheeljack asked, "Well, this is my new companion, Carmilla. Though it looks like you've already met."

"Wait, wait, wait, waitwaitwaitwaitwait. WAIT A MINUTE!" Zone got out. "Carmilla, I thought you said you were wondering around in the desert and saw Wheeljack's ship crash?"

"Oh that? To tell you truth, I may have lied on that part."

"Huh?!" Zone gawked, "So then you knew, that the WheelJack that came with us was a Con all this time?!"

"I was surprised as you." Sonic admitted, Zone turning to him abruptly. "I had a huge suspicion that something wasn't right when I first met Wheeljack, or Makeshift was it? And I couldn't shake the feeling off. Not only that I kept glancing at Carmilla and saw that she was quiet than ever. And you know she's never that quiet or stern looking." He remarked at Zone, who nodded. "So I confronted her during the tour of the base, and that's when she told me everything."


(Flashback)

"Wheeljack is an imposter?" Sonic Drive got out. When he confronted Carmilla in the corridor, he listened to Carmilla's story, which put him into shock. "No wonder I felt something wrong with him."

"Yeah, and you saw how he was eyeing the Ground Bridge. No doubt he wants to use it to send the Decepticon's here." Carmilla stated.

"So then what do you suggest we do?"

"I'd say expose him, but I don't have any good evidence for it." she grimaced. "I don't know much of Wheeljack's history nor personality to use as evidence."

Sonic put his thought into it as well. How else are they going to expose the imposter, if they don't know much of Wheeljack. Then Sonic remembered something. "There is one knows him wells." he said, "Bulkhead said that he practically knew him like brother. So he should know everything about him. Not only that he wanted Wheeljack to tell the kids about the Battle of Dark Mount Pass. We can have him and us persuade him to tell it."

"But what does that have to do with anything to expose the imposter?" Carmilla asked.

"There might be a chance that there could be some details that only Wheeljack and Bulkhead knows, and no one else does." he stated. Carmilla widened her eyes in realization and nodded. They then headed back to initiate the plan.

(End Flashback)


"And that's how we joined up and forced Makeshift to tell his side of the story." Sonic explained, "And who else to have someone close to him know that there is something amiss about his old friend." he pointed at Bulkhead, who looked dumbfounded at first but let a smile, knowing that Sonic Drive and Carmilla was with him from the start of the suspicion.

"Hm hm." Carmilla nodded, "Makeshift may look and act like Wheeljack, but there is no way he can become the real deal without his friend knowing the whole truth about him."

"Nice job, that's what I like about you." Wheeljack smirked.

"Anything for a friend, Wheeljack." Carmilla smiled. she then pointed her thumb at Zone. "Unlike this idiot who tends to be oblivious to things."

Zone snapped at that "You sly little-!" but he was interrupted by Sonic Drive.

"So how did you two meet?" Sonic interrupted, much to Zone's annoyance. "I mean, after we've been sucked into that portal, we found ourselves on Earth. So how did you find Wheeljack in Space?"

"Well, it's a funny story." Carmilla stated. "When that giant thing sucked us up, all I remembered was purple lightning flashing around, a little bit a pain. And then after that, believe or not, I found myself on Wheeljack's ship." That surprised everyone. "Though at first he looked really surprised and skeptical, asking how I got inside the Jackhammer. I was really confused at the time, not knowing what to do."

Now it was Wheeljack's turn to tell his story, "You're not kidding when you say that I was surprised. I was just strolling my way, looking for Bots and Cons alike, when this huge light popped up behind me. I thought it was a Con's sneak attack, but found her there on the floor, out like a light. By the time she woke up, I prepared for the worst, still thought that she was Con. Then she asked me where she was. At that point I began asking questions to see if she was a Decepticon or an Autobot, and her answers seemed to point to neither."

He continued, "She then told her side of her story, saying that she was human and she was at some party and got forced into a portal or something. For some reason, I believed in her story and decided to let her on the trip."

"We were travelling through the stars for a while, searching for any signs life, when I received your message." Carmilla stated, turning to Sonic Drive. "I knew that there was someone I knew waiting for me on Earth. So I told Wheeljack about the message, and he complied to take me there."

"So that was why you travelled here in the first place," Sonic realized, "to find us."

Raf raised up his hand. "So you've been riding with Wheeljack until you got here?"

"Yep! When we crash landed Jackie told me to stay back, saying that he can handle the situation by himself. But it didn't turn out the way it went." Carmilla said, shooting a look at Wheeljack. "I couldn't do anything as they were too many of them to fight as they knocked you unconscious and replaced you with Makeshift. So I hid behind the ship and stayed silent. That was when I saw Sonic Drive, Zone Runner and their friends arrive and I knew this was a chance to help Wheeljack."

"So, knowing us you intentionly dropped some hints for us about the imposter." Sonic nodded, thinking back about the conversation between her and Makeshift about the Ground Bridge.

"That's you alright, you sometimes get crafty to get things your way." Zone muttered.

"By it turned out well, didn't it?" Sonic asked, "we foiled their plan of revealing the location of our base, and on top of that we have Wheeljack here."

Everyone smiled, knowing that he was right.

"Hey, Carmilla?" Bulkhead called out, getting the said Hinowa's attention. "Thanks for helping us get Wheeljack back."

"No problem, even though all I did was expose Makeshift." Carmilla said modestly.

"Then how about we have that proper welcome you said before?" Wheeljack suggested, "for the real fun!"

Bulkhead laughed. "Heck yeah!" The kids, especially Miko, looked excited to have a party again.

For Ratchet though, he groaned in dismay. "Not again."


(The Next Day)

The party was once again up for a full swing as the kids danced to the music Miko was playing on her guitar. Raf and Jack danced away with Bumblebee dancing along, following the movements of the former. Arcee and the AutoKnights stood to the side, watching them with amusement, while Bulkhead and Wheeljack seemed to have their own conversation. Optimus was there as well. After he came back from his drive, he heard from them about the incident and commemorate them for their hard work. Though he stayed this time to make sure there was no infiltrator in the base. Ratchet was repairing Wheeljack's ship, the Jackhammer, but he rolled his eyes in annoyance at the loud music.

"It's like a recurring nightmare." he muttered.

"Hey, something's been on my mind since last night." Carmilla turned to Sonic Drive, "How did you know that Wheejack was a fake?"

"Hm?" Sonic raised a brow.

"If I remember correctly, there were times that you were suspicious of others, but not at the point of knowing something is wrong with them. But you knew that something was wrong right at the start when you saw Makeshift in disguise. Why is that?" she asked. Even Zone turned to Sonic Drive in hope of him answering that.

"I… don't know." Sonic replied, "When I saw Makeshift a couple of times, all of a sudden, my vision changed and he kinda displayed some kind of aura."

"Some kind of aura?"

"You sure it ain't some kind a feature to your new body?" Zone question.

Sonic shook his head. "As far as I remember, Grand Chariot was supposed to be a super powered battle armor. It never had anything about sensing one's aura."

"If not, then it must be that Energem messing with your brain!" Miko blurted out randomly as she kept playing.

However, that spark a realization on Zone Runner. "Actually she might be right about it, I think saw your Energem glow radiate of glow from inside you, Sonic." he said. The AutoKnights turn to Sonic Drive, the latter putting up a inquired look before pulling out his Energem. The crystal let out a faint glow, as Sonic looked at it with inquiry filling up his mind. "Could it really? I mean, we they hold some kind of chaotic power, but we don't know much about these other than that."

"Maybe they hold their own individual ability." Carmilla stated. She then opened her cockpit compartment and dug in it before pulling out a jade colored Chaos Energem. Both the AutoKnight mechs stood there as they watch her place it on her palm. She then closed her eyes and focused on the Energem as it faintly radiated a glow. Once it was bright enough, it then emitted a small force of before it bursted out in front of their eyes.

"Whoa!" Sonic and Zone got out surprised as the force pushed them back enough to take a step back.

Carmilla giggled at their reaction. "I found out about this when I was traveling with Wheeljack. I think mine has the ability of air."

"Okay, that was awesome." Zone dazed as he shook his head. "So wait, are you saying that our Energems might have different powers."

"Maybe," Carmilla shrugged before turning Sonic. "Though, I have a feeling that yours have to do something with sensing aura."

Sonic thought about that for a moment before looking at his Energem. "Aura, huh?" there could be a chance for that or something else.

"So then, what about mine?" Zone asked, taking out his own Energem. "Nothing's happened ever since I got here."

"Maybe right now it's dormant for now and you don't how to activate it." Sonic remarked, "I mean, I kinda activated mine when I faced Megatron."

"Aw, that stinks." groaned Zone. he really wanted know what kind of powers he has for his Energem.

Meanwhile, Bulkhead was having his own conversation with Wheeljack. "Now that you're part of Team Prime, we need to pick out a vehicle mode for you." Bulkhead elbowed Wheeljack cheerfully. "I have some ideas."

"Uh… about that, Bulk." Wheeljack started, "Now that my ship's repaired, I'm itching to know what else I might find out there."

When Miko heard that, she stopped playing and ran to them with disbelief in her face. "Wait, you're leaving?" Miko exclaimed in disbelief. "Why?" Everyone turned to Wheeljack when they heard him say that.

Wheeljack went silent as he didn't know what to say. He has gotten used to everyone here, including the kids and the AutoKnights. Even when he heard about Sonic Drive taking out Megatron.

"Well," Bulkhead said as he looked at his friend with a knowing look, "because some Bots never change."

Wheeljack smiled at the statement.

"Same for me."Carmilla said, surprising Sonic Drive and Zone Runner before moving next to Wheeljack. "Don't get me wrong I really love to stay. But I like sticking with WheelJack for more adventure in the stars."

"Are you sure?" Zone asked, "I mean, we still need to find our friends here."

"It's fine." Sonic smiled, "If she really wants to do it, we let her. Cuz there's no stopping here once she's set on something."

Carmilla smiled, "Thanks, Sonic."

Optimus smiled at the display of companionship. "Wheeljack, Carmilla, know that you'll always have a haven here." he informed the two.

Bulkhead slapped Wheeljack's back. "Jackie never stays, but he always comes back." he boasted proudly. The two then shared a fist bump.

Carmilla then thought of a bright idea. "Hey, before we go, how about we sing a song?" Miko perked up happily at the suggestion. Them singing a song? That's something she wants to hear!

"A song?" Zone got out. "That's... not a bad idea."

"Alright, if you say so." Sonic nodded, "So, which one do you want to sing? The Valvrave opening?"

"Actually, how about you sing one, Sonic Drive?" She suggested.

Sonic gawked at Carmilla, "What? By myself?! Why?!" He was ignored for a moment when Carmilla squat down to Miko's and Raf's level.

"Oh, this I gotta see." Arcee smirked. The other Autobots other than Optimus and Ratchet thought the same thing as well.

"Can I borrow your guitar and your laptop for a sec?" She asked. Miko and Raf was surprised at the request before the two handed her the requested items. "Thank you." Carmilla thanked before standing up and faced Sonic.

"You sang a couple of times before." She remarked, "And maybe you can impress Arcee over there!" The said femme flinched a little bit as a small blush went up to her face.

Sonic though had his own blush to notice that. "Oh come on! Don't tell me, you're into this too! And besides, I can't sing anything in English!"

"You know one English song." Carmilla shot back as she held out the guitar to him. "Come on, just this once. Onegai! (please!)"

"...Wakatta (...fine)." Sonic sighed before transforming into his 2010 Ford Mustang and came out into his human holoform. Carmilla smiled as she handed the guitar to him.

Sonic reached up and grabbed the guitar and wrapped the strap around. "So how am I supposed to do this without any background music?"

"Don't worry, I got that covered." She said before connecting the laptop to the amplifier. She tap a few keys before a techno song popped out of the speaker.

(Insert Song: Sonic Forces - Fist Bump, Nathan Sharp ft. Andrew Stein Version)

The techno intro played out for a few seconds before Sonic started strumming the guitar to the beat, shocking everyone by the display. He played with happy and motivating rhythm, getting himself in the exciting mood, before he opened his mouth to sing.

I can't do this alone

Even though I am strong

Need something more than me

Someone to push me to victory

His voice projected a clear singing voice, almost to the point that it was autotuned without a mic.

Let's see what we can do

Together, me and you

Can't be afraid to try

Kiss your fears goodbye.

No looking back

You and I, we're on the attack

Full speed ahead!

Running to the sunset.

At that point, Sonic began smiling as he got more into playing and singing.

Such a different feeling

Both of us believing

We can make it better!

Everyone listening was so into the music that they gave began dancing to the music. It was then Sonic began jumping to the beat before hitting the main verse.

Together, we can show the world what we can do!

You are next to me and I'm next to you

Push me on through until the battle's won!

No one's gonna give a thing to us
Into each other, we put our trust
Standing united, after the fight!

All alone, we will never be
The two of us are holding the key
We see today, a world we couldn't see
Before I say goodbye to you, one more last fist bump!

I know you have been afraid before
But you don't have to be anymore
No more emptiness to feel inside
When we run together, no one...
Can break up our stride

No looking back
You and I, we're on the attack
Full speed ahead
Running to the sunset

Such a different feeling
Both of us believing
We can make it better.

His adrenaline was running so fast, that he began running around everyone while still playing the guitar before going to the next verse.

Together, we can show the world what we can do
You are next to me and I'm next to you
Push me on through until the battle's won

No one's gonna give a thing to us
Into each other, we put our trust
Standing united, after the fight is done

(Instrumental)

He paused with his arm up, letting the background drums and keyboard music flow for a while. He then added his own segment of his guitar solo. He also added a few head bangs to it.

We can show the world what we can do
You are next to me and I'm next to you
Push me on through until the battle's won

No one's gonna give a thing to us
Into each other, we put our trust
Standing united, after the fight

His singing and playing made the Bots so motivated, that Bulkhead and Wheeljack along with Zone Runner started to do some air guitar as they followed the beat.

It's a brand new day
We have turned the page
Never knew how much I needed
Somebody to help me this way

All alone, we will never be
The two of us are holding the key
We see today, a world we couldn't see
Before I say goodbye to you, one more last fist bump!

He strummed the last chord as he raised a fist into the air, ending the song. He panted at the adrenaline running through his projection body as he turned to everyone. They all had very surprised looks at his performance before one of them went up with glee in her face.

"You… ROCK!" Miko squealed. "How did you learn how to do that? Why didn't you say that you could play the guitar earlier? Think you can teach me a few things about it too?!" she immediately bombarded his questions, making the Grand Chariot take a few steps back with a nervous chuckle from the pig tailed girl.

"I gotta say, that was impressive." Arcee commented.

Sonic turned to Carmilla who had a proud and teasing smile before mouthed the words "I told ya."

Sonic rolled his eyes in annoyance before smiling at Arcee. "Thanks."


(Desert Area)

Sometime after the party was over, Ratchet opened up the Ground Bridge to a different area to allow Wheeljack and Carmilla to make their departure, just in case the Decepticons might track them again. Bulkhead obliged to see his best friend off as they made it to the area, the other Autobots and AutoKnights followed suit. The kids came along to say goodbye as well.

"There's room for one more, Bulk, even with a backside like yours." Wheeljack offered to Bulkhead, "Who knows who we might find out there? Some of the old crew?"

Bulkhead looked down as he was tempted at the offer. Sure he was fond of Earth and the many adventures he had with it, but he also would love to travel through the galaxies with Wheeljack. However, he took a glance at Miko, who was looking down sadly, thinking that Bulkhead was gonna leave her. His mind was made up at that point. "Sounds like fun, Jackie." Bulkhead said,"But my ties are here now, with them." he turned to Miko, "With her." Miko perked up and smiled happily at her charge.

Wheeljack nodded in understanding before he looked at Miko "If anything happens to my favorite Wrecker, I'm coming after you." he warned playfully.

"I'll take good care of him." Miko replied with a smirk before pulling out her phone. "now, say cheese!" she took a picture of the two, who stood together side by side, smiling at the camera. They both shared one last fist bump before Wheeljack boarded the Jackhammer.

Carmilla followed suit before Sonic stopped her for a moment, "Hey, Carmilla! If you meet one of our own, make sure to send them here. We could definitely use the help against the Decepticons."

She turned to him with a knowing smile. "Don't worry, I'll let them know." she said before boarding onto the Jackhammer.

They watched the Jackhammer take off before shooting up into the sky and into space, a glint of it's surface shining before they were out of sight.

"Think we'll see them again?" Zone asked, looking up the departed ship.

"I'd say, most definitely." Sonic smiled, knowing that they were going to see each other one day.


Okay, I have to admit. This may have been my hardest one I ever done. Not mention I had to find the right song that kinda fits with this story. But I am glad to introduce my first femme AutoKnight into the story, Carmilla! Though why I added her in this chapter is gonna be revealed later in the story. Though I have a question for you. For future reference do you want me to put up English songs and/or Japanese songs for the AutoKnights to sing? This isn't gonna be a poll but I just want your honest opinions, so go ahead and added them to your review to let me know. Other than that this has been the new chapter of AutoKnights. Make sure you review, favorite, and follow. And this is your author, ValvraveRider17, signing out. See you in the next chapter! Ja ne!

Edit: Sorry for the two notifications to those wondering, I missed a few mistakes when I posted this so I had to take it down first before I fixed them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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