To the average citizen of New York, some things were a given. The Red Sox would be booed, taxi drivers would over charge tourists, and if something odd happened near the Baxter Building, then you have better be somewhere else. Seeing a white F-15 Eagle jet fly mere feet off of the ground before transforming into a robot over twenty-feet tall would count as odd.

Starscream couldn't contain his glee. Megatron was blocks away, no doubt battling the local authorities. Skywarp and Thundercracker were off on their own assignments, and the rest of the Decepticons were elsewhere. "Now, where is that energy?" His sensors were almost screaming. A tall, almost nondescript office building caught his attention. "Here?"

Using his jets, he flew up towards the roof. Stopping several floors short, he peered inside the window and gasped. Inside the room was a massive door and computers that rivaled even the Decepticons gear. "A human built this?"

His sensors were reading massive amounts of energy, everything from gamma rays to traditional energy sources and even sources unknown to him. "Everything I could ever want is inside! I could be mightier then all the Decepticons and Autobots combined!"

With one finger he easily broke the window. "Mine, all mine!"

Sue Richards, better known as the Invisible Woman, rushed into the lab of her husband. "Reed, the gateway to the Negative Zone is being breeched!"

Reed Richards, otherwise called Mr. Fantastic, looked up from his work. "Doom?"

"It is a giant robot, but I don't think so."

A tremendous crash rattled the walls. "Sounds like Ben is taking care of it. Call Johnny to help you." He turned back to the tabletop and the thousands of notes spread out before him. "I'll be out when I prove the existence of this new dimension."

Three peculiar cars turned the corner. To a casual observer, the sight of a white Lancia Stratos Turbo, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle, and between them a gray Mazda Savannah RX-7 might raise an eyebrow. "Camshaft, scout ahead. Bumblebee, you back him up."

"Ok Wheeljack, but what are you going to do?" The yellow car radioed. The younger Autobot was always eager to prove his worth.

The older inventor broke off from them. "I'm getting a fix on the rest of our forces. When everyone's called in I'll be back to help you."

"So it looks like it's just us? Great." Camshaft groused. As the two cars rounded another corner, they both came to a sudden stop. "Great galaxies!"

Starscream hovered above them, unaware of their presence. "Hold it, we have to stop him!"

"Camshaft, wait!" Bumblebee implored the older warrior, but the gray car gunned it for the Decepticon. His rear window opened, revealing the secret missile launcher he kept. Without slowing down, he fired.

The missile hit Starscream dead center, knocking the robot off balance and sending him into the street with a deafening crash. Bumblebee slowly began to back up. "I think we should radio in for backup!"

Starscream's hand slowly rose from the crater. "Who dares?"

Before Camshaft could take credit, an orange humanoid rushed out of the building. "Who or what is that?" Camshaft scanned his memory banks, but came up with a blank.

"Alright you overgrown Tinker toy, it's clobberin' time!" Ben Grimm, better known to the public as the Thing, drove his rocky orange fist into Starscream's palm, denting the metal.

"You disgusting flesh creature! I'll turn you into a pile of pebbles!" Starscream hauled himself free and primed both his arm cannons. No blast came. "What? How could my null ray jam?"

"That would be because of me." Before the Decepticon's red eyes, a human figure literally appeared out of thin air. "Susan Richards, Fantastic Four. Mind telling me what your purpose is here?"

Gritting his teeth, Starscream increased his power. "No pathetic human gives orders to Air Commander Starscream, leader of the Decepticons!"

Sue felt the energy building and increased her power as well. Blocking the barrels of both cannons, she concentrated like never before. "Listen to me, firing your guns won't work!"

"Lies, you're just trying to trick me!" Starscream shouted as he overrode the safeties in both cannons and poured more power. The back ends of both cannons exploded.

Sue quickly bound both his arms to his side with a solidified band of light before encasing him inside a large bubble. Ben dusted his knuckles. "Aw, I wanted another round with him Susie!"

Camshaft and Bumblebee both stared at the scene in utter amazement. "Did you see that?"

"Yes, and no!" Camshaft transformed. "I think we need to introduce ourselves."

"Wait do you think that's wise" Bumblebee's protests were cut off when Wheeljack pulled up and transformed in front of the humans.

"Are you two scientists?" Wheeljack hurriedly spoke, his mouth glowing with each word.

"Of sorts, are you with him?" Sue pointed to the still struggling Starscream.

"There's no time!" Wheeljack turned and gestured towards Camshaft and Bumblebee. "I'll handle things here, you two get to Times Square!"

Sue floated up towards the agitated Autobot on an invisible platform. "What's going on?"

A series of explosions drowned out his next words. As the other two robots transformed and drove off, Starscream felt a cold shiver inside his diodes. "Megatron!"