Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. If I did, this would be canon, mwahaha!

A/N: So fight scenes aren't my specialty, no matter how hard I try.

Chapter 10

The two bots crashed into each other, throwing punches wherever they could. The loud booms that indicated a cannon shot were interspersed with the crunching of metal. Bumblebee and Cliffjumper went blow for blow, mirroring each other's technique. Clearly, they had received the same training all those years ago when both were nothing more than guards at the Temple of Simfur. Then it had made them both into (literal) fighting machines. Now it had them locked in a stalemate.

Cliffjumper tried to blast Bumblebee with his cannon, but the agile Autobot managed to tackle him first. The yellow bot's goal was to get Cliffjumper further away from Sam and Simmons. If he could do that, then he could fight with all his strength without risking them injury.

Sam immediately understood what Bee was trying to do. Grabbing Simmons' fanny pack, he led the liaison away from the battling robots to find some cover. Once they were settled behind some large rocks, both became engrossed by the intense blows being exchanged. Every hit sent a shudder through the earth, and the two humans struggled to stay standing.

"Where are the humans? Mikaela? James?" Bumblebee grunted, pinning Cliffjumper to the ground. The force of the hit had opened the Decepticon's spark chamber, but Bumblebee ignored the vulnerability. He wasn't sure if he had it in him to completely take Cliffjumper out. Until now, they had been friends. He didn't know if he could offline a friend, even in this extreme situation.

"Where's Megatron?" Cliffjumper countered, blasting Bumblebee off of him. "One answer for the other."

"What's going on?" Simmons whispered. "Who's after Megatron?" Sam quietly started to explain the situation as Bee and Cliffjumper exchanged a few more hits.

Bumblebee grunted with effort as he managed to land another blow on his Decepticon foe. As tempting as Cliffjumper's offer was, Bee knew better than to accept it. If he revealed the location of Megatron's protoform, and the NEST base with it, it would do more harm than good. Especially since he was certain that the red Decepticon would not reveal Mikaela and James' location. If anything, he would send them into another trap. But it could lead them to Mikaela and James-

"Come on, Bumblebee. You have that voice for a reason."

Sam took a deep breath as Simmons tried to call for back up. It was clear that, while Cliffjumper was aiming to kill, Bumblebee was only trying to incapacitate his red twin. The occasionally naïve Autobot was convinced that he could turn Cliffjumper back to the Autobot side.

"Bee, don't do it!" Sam yelled. He knew that Bee would never give up the location of Megatron, even in exchange for Mikaela and James. Still, Sam could see that Bumblebee was considering it for his sake. Loyalty to the Autobots and loyalty to Sam were clashing, creating an internal struggle just as fierce as the one between the two mechs.

"That's my answer," Bumblebee said, blasting a good-sized chunk into the Decepticon's shoulder.

"Fine. If you won't talk to me, you won't talk at all!" Cliffjumper launched himself at Bumblebee with a renewed viciousness, hands aimed directly at the Autobot's throat. With one hand he blocked Bumblebee's defenses and with the other he ripped at the exposed cords. There was a grating sound as the Decepticon removed the wires from Bumblebee's neck.

"Ratchet's not going to like that," Sam muttered as his guardian began to cough in pain. "Seriously, why do they always aim for the throat?"

"We got bigger problems than that," Simmons said, eyes wide with fear. "I can't get a signal, and we've got a visitor!"

Rolling up the dirt road they had come in on was a bright yellow Porsche. Sam hated to admit it, but this car's shade of yellow made Bumblebee look dull. It was bright. It was sleek. And it was transforming.

"Aw, shit. Bee, there's another one!"

"I knew that car was an alien," Simmons said, his eyes glued to the sleek new Transformer. "Yellow Rose."

Sam stared at Simmons. "You are never allowed to name anything ever again."

"I didn't name it, that's what the license plate said!"

The femme, Yellow Rose, was moving in towards the fight. From the large purple symbol on her forehead, there was no doubt that she was a Decepticon. There was an electrical cackle as a whip formed from one of her hands. Sam and Simmons exchanged a look.

"Kinky."

The new arrival joined the fray with a snarl. In seconds, she managed to secure her whip around Bumblebee's already injured throat, causing the bot to release a squeal of pain. Sam tore his gaze away. It felt like he was being stung with every hit Bee got hurt…Wait…

"Bee!" Sam yelled. "Use plan B! Your upgrades!"

Crouched into submission on the ground, Bumblebee activated his latest addition. On his last visit to Diego Garcia, Ratchet had helped him gain some new weapons, ones suiting his name and fighting style. On either arm he now had two 'stingers', each packing a powerful charge. Once activated, each punch would have an extra jolt for every enemy unfortunate enough to encounter it. Unfortunately, he'd never had the chance to test it.

Until now.

Spinning around, Bumblebee jabbed Cliffjumper directly in the chest. Pushing through, his electrical stinger broke through to the spark chamber, overriding all of the Decepticon's other systems. The red mech fell to the ground, temporarily incapacitated. Bumblebee then set his sights on Yellow Rose. Before he could get to her, tons of small explosions began to break out over her form. Bumblebee, Sam, and Simmons watched in equal surprise as the Decepticon was torn apart by shot after shot.

Flying above the battlefield was a military jet, the source of the attack. Sam wasn't an expert on planes, he left that to Uncle Ben and Alexis, but he could tell there was something unique about this one. Now back to his traditional grey, there was no doubt that this was Starscream in his new alt mode.

Landing next to the offlined femme, Starscream helped Bumblebee up.

"I see you found your Decepticons."

A/N: Next chapter, back to the base and a glimpse of baby Jazz and Megatron!