"Slagslagslagalsagslag!" cried Rocky sporadically running all over.

"How long was she here?" asked Dani desperately trying to be calm.

"I've been here seven months." cringed Sari. "I was going to tell you the day I was-" Sari screamed in intense pain.

"What do we do?" whined Rocky.

"Calm down Rocky!" Zach shouted.

"Calm down? Calm Down?" yelled Rocky. "We're in the center of Decepticon territory with every Decepticon in Kaon on their way here and a woman in labor! How the f**k can I calm down!"

Sandra kneeled at her mother' side. "Rocky, you and I will protect them. Zach, you and Dani tend to mom."

Zach nodded. "Time for my medic training to pay off."

88

"Zach…?" asked Prowl pressing his com link. "Sandra? Rocky? Dani? Strange. I can't get a hold of them."

"I bet they shut off their com links." laughed Ford. "At least that Dani and the boys did. I remember there was a pretty femme back in my school days. We went to Crystal City to 'look at the view' if you know what I mean."

Dustan moaned and punched the back of his brother's head. "What's wrong with you? The kids wouldn't do that. Rocky maybe but none of the others."

Bumblebee walked into the room fiddling with his arm circuitry. "Hey guys. What's going on?"

The twins put their hands behind their backs. "Nothing." they said in unison.

Prowl stood up. "I can't connect to their com links."

Bumblebee dropped his tools. "What?"

"Something is jamming their com links. Judging by the intense static, they are near a jamming tower." said Prowl.

"But the closest jamming towers are in-"

"Kaon."

Bumblebee slammed his fist into the wall and left a deep dent. He transformed and sped towards the Decepticon capital.

"Stay here and guard the base." Dustan ordered Ford. Ford gave a salute and watched as his brother drove towards Bumblebee and Prowl.

Halfway to his comrades, Dustan almost crashed into a familiar car.

Moonbeam transformed. "Good news. We got new recruits." she smiled.

Dustan looked behind her and saw a few more vehicles coming towards the base.

"That is good news." said Dustan. "But no time for that now. We're on a rescue mission." Dustan transformed and sped off.

"Mach, take the new guys back to base and heal up." said Moonbeam through her com. "I'm going to help them."

88

Jetfire sighed in relief as he was dipped into a CR tub. His rust was beginning to heal.

Shadowstar transformed next to Warpath who held their leader on top of his tank mode.

"You fools should have kept on fighting." coughed Sentinel.

"If we did that, then there would be no one in the Autobot ranks." said Shadowstar. She opened up a large tank. "You will rest here until the medics get you patched up." She slammed the door shut before Sentinel could open up his mouth.

"I am beginning to not like Sentinel." Jetfire moaned.

""Agreed WHAM BLAM!" shouted Warpath. "Some times I just wanna BOOM POW and punch him right in the oversized chin he calls a jaw."

Shadowstar said nothing but nodded in agreement. "He almost got us killed today." she growled.

"Maybe we should join that fembot's group." said Jetstorm. "At least she seemed nice."

"No." sighed Shadowstar. "We all swore allegiance to the Magnus when we joined the war. Of course back then, Ultra was the Magnus, but our pledge still stands."

88

"Why does Rocky get the easy job?" growled Rocky.

"Trust me Rocky." said Sari. "There is nothing easy about this." she smiled in a contraction.

"Their getting closer together." said Zach. "I think that's bad."

"You think?" shouted Dani. "I thought you were training to be a medic!"

"A robot medic." said Zach. "Robots who reproduce when a powerful rock thing or computer shoots life into pre-made bodies. I am not all that trained for organics."

"Prowl said he heard your supposed to use hot water and blankets for this." said Dani.

"That's just a myth." cringed Sari.

"Enough talking!" yelled Sandra. "There here Rocky!"

Rocky grabbed his hammer. "Finally!" he cheered. "I get to smash some cons!"

88

Starscream in Herald's body struggled against the flow of Decepticons. He was trying to get out of the building. What did he care about what happened in Megatron's throne room. Starscream sensed some valuable knowledge in this host. He needed to unlock it.

88

Rocky activated his hammer's giga feature as Sandra readied her stingers at the entrance.

"Retroceder" echoed a strange voice.

Sandra turned around. "Who said that?"

"Stand back!" echoed the voice.

Rocky tightened the grip on his hammer as the Decepticons charged for the door. Suddenly the door slammed shut. Rocky heard the attackers slamming into the door unable to stop their charge.

The room was dark. Zach couldn't see anything. "You okay mom?" he asked.

"Oh just peachy." said Sari sarcastically. She groaned at another contraction. "Damn you Bumblebee." she hissed, cursing the being that did this to her.

A dark green glow suddenly appeared from the far corner of the room.

"Show yourself!" shouted Sandra.

The lights flickered on. Standing in the corner of the room was a green fembot, techno-organic by the looks of it.

"Mi llamo Verde." said the figure. "Prepárate a morir Autobots."

"Is that Spanish?" said Rocky. "Oooh, an exotic girl. I ca speak Spanish too. Hola! My nameo iso Rocky. Gracias you foro el savingey uso."

The fembot growled and in a blur, punched Rocky in the gut.

Sandra fired bolts of energy at the fembot but she was too quick. Sandra was tripped and she fell on her back. Verde grabbed Sandra's ankles and tossed her against the far wall.

"You are one crazy chick." said Rocky. "Why'd you close the door? So you can kill us yourself?"

Verde shook her head no and grabbed an energon bow. Rocky dodged the arrows, all except one. Rocky fell to the ground, to weak to get up.

Verde looked around. Sandra was knocked out. Rocky was weak. Zach stood in front of his mother with his blades out. The birth was close and Zach was ready to fight to protect his family. Verde walked towards Zach with no emotion showing at all.

"Stay away from my mother!" yelled Zach.

88

Lugnut slammed his fist against the door. "Open you inferior door in the name of Megatron!"

"More Decepticons slammed against the door. Suddenly, a throwing star hit a Decepticon's back. Next thing she knew, large volts of electro-magnetic energy surged through her.

"There's more where that came from." said Prowl.

Bumblebee transformed and leaped into the air, firing his stingers.

Dustan and Moonbeam charge straight into the crowd, ready to fight.