Steeljaw fought against the furious Clampdown. He mostly held back, because he knew Clampdown well enough to know that was not his usual self. He watched as the squirrels ran from their trees, thanks to their fight.
"For Primus's sake, Clampdown! Can't you ratiocinate now? This bickering will destroy the forest!" Clampdown didn't reply to that, and pushed him hard to a tree. "Ugh… again..."
Bumblebee and Drift's swords came to view, defending him against another attack of Clampdown. Drift lift him up with his swords, throwing him away.
"Are you okay?" Bee helped Steel up.
"There's something wrong with him." The wolficon affirmed. "I don't know what, but-"
"Oh, but I do." bee affirmed. "Dark Energon."
"What?!"
"Like Starscream said, there is still plenty of Unicron's blood running into the Earth's core. If Clampdown got access to this, it made him as you saw. Extremely and unusually aggressive and dangerous."
"...you have been through this, right?"
Bee's silence answered Steel's answer. Yes, he did. Then they heard a desperate meow, which Steeljaw recognized. Clampdown growled at the little critter, grabbing it by the tail. The little one started to meow in fear. Steeljaw growled, moving Bee and Drift aside.
"Hey! If you want to attack something, pick someone your own size!" He said and charged to to strike Clampdown, making him let go of the scared kitten. Drift launch Jetstorm to pick the little one away, while Steeljaw handled his former pack member.
"A little help?" Bee asked.
"Be my guest." Steel winked
In no time, thanks to Bee's weapon and Steeljaw's tail, Clampdown was launched and knocked out. Drift nodded and Jetstorm cheered, while the kitty meowed.
"Exceptional work, Steeljaw." Drift complimented.
"Thanks. I couldn't just let him treat this little one like that." Steeljaw affirmed, kneeling down. "Even if he was one of my previous comrades." The little kitty meowed and licked his claws, purring.
"Russell will sure be glad to see this stray again." Bee affirmed.
"Speaking of this, have he named him?"
"I don't think so. Why, you got one for him?"
"Maybe..." steeljaw picked the kitten up. "You are one inspiring little critter. You brought up the best of me today, and I can't thank you enough. Therefore, I must give you a very special name." He thought for a moment. "Would you like to be called...Rush?" The little one meowed as if saying yay.
"Okay, you all, let's call the team back." Bee said, while Drift's Mini-cons held Clampdown's unconscious body.
"It is your brother's name, correct?" Drift asked.
"An inspiring name for an inspiring friend." Steeljaw affirmed, nodding, as they left back to the scrapyard. The little kitty meowed on his claws. Meanwhile, no one didn't took notice that dark energon moved away from him without any trace.