Uzumaki Suiren: The disclaimer: I don't own Transformers cause if I did then Bumblebee would be able speak by the Third movie and Hotshot, Red Alert, and Leobreaker would have been added into the movies and the new animations artwork wouldn't suck. I do, however own, Bladestrike, and the twins Gesshoku and Nisshoku Mutou aka Lunareclipse and Solareclipse of the Most Noble House of Mutou from Tokyo, Japan. Remember to Read and Review to let me know what you think, but it you don't the twist that I make then stop reading and find something else. Also don't leave a review that's flame or I will find a way to block you. Ja ne.
...My Line...
Gesshoku and Nisshoku Mutou aka Lunareclipse and Solareclipse now live in a bunker with Team Prime that the government had given the team in Jasper, Nevada with Optimus Prime, who is now Bladestrike's mechfriend. The team are now going around trying to collect Cybertronian artifacts before the Decepticons, but when Optimus gets a message from his old mentor Alpha Trion, they turned their sights on collecting the Four Cyber Keys in hopes of restoring Cybertron. But, can they do it before the 'Cons?
Optimus Prime/Original Cybertronian Mech Character(s)
Bumblebee/Original Hybrid Femme Character(s)
Jazz/Prowl
Slow Going Smokescreen/Original Hybrid Femme Character(s)
Mention of Ironhide/Chromia
Mention of Ultra Magnus/Original Human Femme Character(s)
...My Line...
Lunareclipse was the first to wake up only to find that Megatron was grinning at her to which her optics widen in horror.
"Well, look whose finally a wake," the Warlord cackled before he turned towards the red mech. "Make sure that Resonance Blaster didn't do to much damage to her, Knockout."
"Of course, Lord Megatron," the Decepticon Medic agreed as he walked towards her. "This won't hurt at all." The black and lavender femme thrashed around trying to get out of the restraints, but was unable to break them. "She has a clean bill of health, Milord." Knockout looked at him. "Though she does seem a bit feisty."
"That is why I want her as my Mate, Knockout," the Warlord informed him. "Not only that, but she will produce strong Sparklings."
"I would with'ah die den ta be yar Mate, Buckethead," the femme growled.
Megatron laughed at that as Smokescreen started to come, too, next.
"Wakey, wakey," Knockout cackled.
"What?" Smokescreen asked as he fought to get free.
"SMOKESCREEN!" the black and lavender called out making him to look over at her.
"No," he breathed. "Lunareclipse!"
Seeing the femme that he was developing a crush on in danger made his attempt to escape more desperate that he tried to use the Phase Shifter only to get a shock.
"If your looking for your Phase Shifter..." Knockout said before he showed his wrist. "Finders, keepers."
"Enough prattling Knockout," Megatron told him as he walked over to the two. "Hand me the final Iacon relic...now."
"Yeah, I can't really help ya," Smokescreen said before he nodded towards the Phase Shifter. "That was the only one that I was packing."
"Soundwave," Megatron spoke up.
It was then that the two Autobots noticed the Silent 'Con whose visor showed a part of the Iacon Database.
"You've got the wrong guy and gal, Chief," the tri-colored mech told him. "Optimus Prime is the one that decode the Iacon Database."
"Ah, but you miss understand," Megatron stated as he looked at the smaller mech. "The finally encoding has already been decoded by...US!" Lunareclipse felt her breath hitched as a picture formed. "And according to our findings..." The picture took the form of Smokescreen. "It would appear that I do indeed have the right guy."
The Autobots couldn't stare at the picture in shock.
"The question is..." they turned to look at Knockout. "What are you still packing?" He ran a datapad scanner over Smokescreen's frame. "Why hidden treasure, of course!"
...My Line...
"Smokescreen and Lunareclipse must have been taken on board of the Decepticon Warship," Ratchet vented a sigh as he looked at the others. "Tracing their signals through it's shielding will be impossible." He looked off to the side. "Just like it's impossible to trace Solareclipse's own signal."
"Continue monitoring all frequencies, Ratchet," Optimus ordered as he kept a close optic on his mate, who looked worried. "Far more than Smokescreen's fate maybe at stake."
"I...don't get it," Bulkhead spoke up sounding confused. "How could Smoke be an Omega Key?"
"Maybe 'cause he isn't dis Omega Key, but it's contain'ah," a female voice spoke up with an angry tone.
The 'bots all spun around to see a knee length wavy black hair with bangs covering a forehead while the rest framed a sunkissed face. A pair of almond cat-like hazel-blue eyes that were narrowed into a glare at them sat in the face of an Asian 25-year-old looking woman.
"Scrap," both Bladestrike and Ironhide cursed at seeing.
"Ironhide, Bladestrike," the woman nodded her head towards before looking at the tall red and blue mech with glare. "So, yar tha one dat Ultra Mangus has told meh about. Optimus Prime, right?"
At that the other Autobots' optics widen as an idea of, who the woman could be, came to mind.
"I am," the Prime answered slowly. "And you are..."
"I am Andrina Mutou, tha Lady o' tha Most Noble House o' Mutou in Japan," the woman informed him. "Tha Wife an' Mate o' Ultra Mangus as well as tha Danniluk o' tha twins, Gesshoku an' Nisshoku Mutou."
"Scrap," Jazz and Arcee cursed this time.
"Huh...how do you find us?" Bulkhead asked.
"Ya really tink dat I wouldn't be keepin' track o' mah Daught'ahs do ya?" she asked with a raised eyebrow. "Before dey left Texas, I placed a trackin' charm on dem wit'out dem knowin'. An' it only stopped workin' when dey jus' disappeared." She started to tap her foot. "Mind explainin' dat?"
"So not even magic can trace them," the red and blue Leader sighed.
Bladestrike vented a sigh before he picked up the Mutou family head and walked out talking to her quietly. This had the 'bots all letting out a sigh of relief as they knew that Andrina Mutou wouldn't dream of hurting a carrying mech or femme from what the twins have told them about her.
"So, the other Iacon relics were sent to Earth in pods," Arcee picked off where they left off. "Why not this one?"
"When the Decepticons stormed Iacon, it may have been too late for Alpha Trion to launch the final Omega Key into space...at least, by standard means," Optimus answered with a rumble.
"So Smokescreen assumed everything went black because he was hit by Decepticons," Arcee stated as she looked Bulkhead.
"But, Alpha Trion was really the one, who turned off the kid's lights," he finished.
"It stands to reason that my mentor did not want Smokescreen to know what he was carrying in the event of capture."
"And with a mobile relic, Alpha Trion couldn't possibly supply fixed coordinates."
"So the big 'A' slipped us a clue instead," Bulkhead stated. "Smoke's mugshot."
"But, the Decepticons got to Smokescreen first and with him managed to capture Lunareclipse," Ratchet added. "I fear they have decoded the same clue."
"Why do tha Decepticons want mah eldest Daught'ah?" they heard Andrina ask as both Bladestrike and her return.
"I am afraid that Megatron has become obsessed with Lunareclipse since he first laid optics on her," the Prime rumbled.
Bladestrike placed Andrina down where the kids always hanged out when at the base as she glared at him and Ironhide.
"Dey should 'ave bin sent back ta Texas tha moment dat ya ran inta tha Decepticons!" she yelled at the two bots.
"Rina..." Ironhide started only to shut his mouth at the venomous glare that he got from the woman.
"Don't Ironhide," she growled. "Dis is wha' Mangus an' I worked so hard ta keep from 'appenin'." Tears started to fall from her eyes. "Dis is wha' weh feared would 'appen."
"Lady Mutou, know that we would do what we can to bring the twins back home safe and sound," the Prime informed her softly.
This surprised the others...well...minus Jazz and Prowl as they figured that his Sire protocol made it easy for him to understand her worry for her Daughters. Andrina whipped her eyes before she looked at him.
"Well, den ya bett'ah find dem before their 23rd Birthdays," she stated.
"Why?" Ratchet asked with a raised optic ridge.
"'Cause dat is when Mangus said dat he would return by," was the answer he got. "An' it's not dat far away."
The 'bots all shared a look with each other before venting sighs as they hung their helms.
"Scrap," everybot minus the Prime cursed.
...My Line...
The 'Cons looked up at the image of the relic in confusion.
"Another one of these identical relic?" Megatron asked before he turned to Knockout. "Remove it swiftly."
"With pleasure," Knockout purred as he changed his servo into a saw. "I do resent a finish more flasher then my own...unless it's on a femme."
"Smokescreen!" Lunareclipse called out in horror as Knockout walked up to him.
The saw inched closer to the tri-colored mech as the black and lavender femme would only watch in horror. She ended up venting a sigh of relief as Knockout changed back to his servo with a smirk.
"Made you squirm," he laughed before he activated the Phase Shifter and started to stab his own arm. "Trippy." He then stump on the ground. "And intuited. Proper grounding allows the user to not phase through the floor."
"I said swiftly," Megatron growled.
Knockout nodded before he phased his servo through Smokescreen's chest and started to look.
"Get your stinking servo out of my gears!"
"Stop!"
"And gotcha," sung the red mech as he slowly, but carefully pulled the Omega Key free.
He then held it up in the air for Megatron to see, who looked at it for a moment, before looking at Smokescreen.
"Tell me the function of these relics?"
"Door stops? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
"Hmm, a pity that this little gadget won't let me just reach in and plunk the info out of him," Knockout stated as he looked at the Phase Shifter.
"Fortunately, we posses a device that can," Megatron stated.
"Scrap," Lunareclipse cursed.
The Warlord then smirked over at her.
"And it just might let me learn what my future sparkmate is holding close to her spark," he stated before looking at Solareclipse's frame. "And why this one seems to be in stasis.
"Imouto-chan," the oldest twin whispered softly.
The Decepticon Leader smirked before going over to another med-berth to allow Knockout to hook him up to Smokescreen. She could only watched as all of Smokescreen's memories were on display even the one of Smokescreen learning about the twins magic and the magical world as a whole before it stopped at the point Optimus was explaining about the keys.
...My Line...
"While I am unfamiliar with the lore of these Omega Keys," Optimus said as he turned to face them. "Alpha Trion knew many secrets, and the ancients possessed technology that has long been lost to what we consider modern science." They all gathered around. "Whatever their function. This much is certain; we cannot restore Cybertron without all four Omega Keys in our possession. The future of our home world depends on it."
...My Line...
"Double Scrap."
"That's a wrap," Knockout stated as he removed the Physic Patch from Smokescreen's helm.
"Smokescreen!" Lunareclipse called out as he woke up.
"I'm alright Lunar," he informed her.
Knockout then unhooked Megatron, who got up once he was wake, he then faced the two Autobots.
"The power to remake Cybertron, as I see fit," Megatron stated with a smirk. "I will pry the other two keys from Optimus' lifeless fingers." He looked at Knockout. "We must find the exact location of the Autobot Base. Patch in and tear Smokescreen's mind if you must."
"Me?" Knockout asked.
"Who else?" Megatron asked as he walked over and picked up the Omega Key. "Do you think that I would entrust you to see this key into the vault containing the other one?" Knockout looked away from him. "Oh, and while you are at it..." The Warlord turned towards the black and lavender femme with a smirk. "Make Lunareclipse forget every being an Autobot and think that she's a Decepticon along with being my Lover, but don't make her forget her Sister or anything else she learned at that magic school of hers." He moved towards the door. "I want both of the Eclipse twins in the Decepticon Army."
"Of course, Milord," the Decepticon Medic agreed as he watched his leader leader before sighing. "Once more into the brain pan."
"No!" Smokescreen yelled. "Not again! Stay out of my head!"
"Leave 'im alone, Knockout!" Lunareclipse yelled.
"Now, now, you'll only make this worse for yourselves," Knockout laughed as he went to walk past the tri-colored mech.
With a smirk, the Elite Guard grabbed the Phase Shifter around the red mech's wrist.
"Worse?" he asked. "How?"
Smokescreen managed to phase through his wriststraints before both Knockout and him started a tug of war for the Phase Shifter.
'Come on, Smokescreen,' the black and lavender femme thought.
She couldn't see what was happening, but the next thing she knew was that Smokescreen was next to her freeing her of her own restraints.
"Come on," he told her.
"I'm not leavin' wit'out mah Sist'ah," she told him.
He watched as she ran over to the other femme and pulled out a bag from her chest components and started to look through it. She then pulled out a vile of a turquoise colored potion before forcing it down the black and pink femme's throat. It didn't take long for the younger twin to start waking up before she shot up with a gasp.
"Wha'?" she asked as she looked around.
"We have to go," Smokescreen urged them.
The twins looked at him as Solareclipse got off the berth.
"Wha' are ya two doin' here?" she asked.
"No time," the mech informed her before he grabbed them both.
Smokescreen then pulled them through the wall after reactivating the Phase Shifter and they ran through the walls.
"Ya shouldn't 'ave come fer meh," Solareclipse told her twin.
"Oh, like I had a choice in tha matt'ah?" Lunareclipse asked with some snirk. "An' don't tink I don't rememb'ah dat ya took tha Draught o' Livin' Death, Imouto-chan." She shot her younger Sister a smirk. "Plus I ain't tha only one angry wit' ya."
The black and pink femme flinched as she thought of Ironhide's reaction. She would swear on the graves of her ancestors that the black mech acted more like her Oppiluk then her Guardian and she wasn't sure if she should be flattered or annoyed.
"Are you two really going to start arguing now?" the Elite Guard asked with a deadpan tone.
"Ie (No)," they answered.
He gave them a confused look at the word that they used.
"Weh mean no, Smoky," the black and lavender femme stated.
The tri-colored mech nodded before they managed to get make it to the corridor where Megatron was walking down.
"Buckethead," Solareclipse whispered. "An' he has an Omega Key."
"Weh need ta git it away from 'im an' grab tha oth'ah one," her Sister added.
"I have a plan," Smokescreen told them.
The twins looked at him as they listened to his plan before smirking at it and the three 'bots phased out of the wall. The Elite Guard activated the shifter again before he took the two twins servos and ran towards Megatron.
"Think fast," Smokescreen said as Lunareclipse grabbed the key.
"Lat'ah Buckethead!" the twins called out as they phased through the door of the vault.
"WHAT?!"
Acting quickly, the black and pink femme grabbed the key that was in the vault before they ran and phased through the wall just in time. They ran through the halls before coming to a to a stop when they turned a corner as three Vehicons blacked the exit in front of them and other three blocked the exit behind them.
"Don't let go," Smokescreen whispered to the two femmes.
"Right," they agreed with a small nod.
"What?" Smokescreen asked as he looked at them. "This isn't the way out?"
The Vehicons then started to fire at the Autobots, however, the blast didn't hit them the blasts went right through them while taking out the 'Cons instead.
"Let's go," Lunareclipse told him as the 'Cons laid dead around them.
The three Autobots then phased through the walls and even through an Insecticon before they reached the top of the landing bay of the warship.
"Finally," Solareclipse cheered as they phased out of the wall.
However, it was then that they heard the steps of pedes which had the three of them to spin around to see Megatron and about 6 Vehicons standing behind them with their blasters aimed at them.
"The keys and the oldest twin," Megatron growled at them making the three Autobots to back up only to stop and look behind them when they reached the edge. "A pity you three are in capable of flight."
The twins looked over at Smokescreen, who a thoughtful look on his face.
'Oh, please don't tell meh?' they thought as they shared a look.
"Yeah, like we're gonna let that stop us," Smokescreen stated before he pushed the two femmes off the ship and then jumped.
"I'M GOIN' KILL YA IF THA FALL DOESN'T, SMOKESCREEN!" Solareclipse yelled.
"WEH COULD 'AVE APPARATED!" the black and lavender femme screamed.
Smokescreen grabbed a hold of the twins at they fell.
...My Line...
"Smokescreens, Lunareclipse, and Solareclipse's life signals," Ratchet said with a smile. "It's back online!"
"The kids escaped the warship," Bulkhead stated happily.
"Huh," Andrina spoke up. "Doesn't it look like deir free fallin' ta ya?"
"Smokescreen to base," the tri-colored mech commed. "We could really use a ground bridge."
"I REALLY AM GOIN' TA KILL YA, SMOKESCREEN!" they all heard Solareclipse scream.
"I'LL EVEN HELP!" this time Lunareclipse was heard screaming next.
"Yup, deir free fallin'," Jazz answered quietly in a deadpan tone.
Bladestrike vented a sigh while Prowl looked up at the ceiling as if asking Primus 'Why me?'.
"Well, it sounds like that if Megatron doesn't offline him then the twins will him," Arcee stated.
"Yeah," Bulkhead agreed. "By way of pranking."
"Ratchet, get a lock onto their coordinates!" the Prime ordered.
"Setting coordinates," Ratchet informed only to pause. "Strange..."
"What's the problem?" Arcee asked.
"Smokescreen's and the twins telemetry data, it doesn't make sense," Ratchet answered. "I can't lock onto their position."
...My Line...
Just then a shot went past them making them to look behind themselves to see some of the Seeker Vehicons flying towards.
"Huh, Smokescreen..."
The Elite Guard then tilted all three of them forward so that they could go faster while turning left and right just to avoid the shots. Solareclipse attached the Omega Key that she was holding onto her hip to which Lunareclipse copied her before they removed Smokescreen's arms from around them. The black and pink femme activated his Phase Shifter before the twins working together threw the tri-colored mech back towards the Vehicons much to his surprise before he finally caught on and went into a starfish position. This allowed him to fly backwards the rest of the way where he phased through the 'Con before transforming his servo into his plaster and destroyed it. When the smoke from the explosion cleared Smokescreen was seen emerging and he once again grabbed hold of the twins.
"Smokescreen!" they heard Ratchet over the comms. "Lunareclipse! Solareclipse! I'm opening a ground bridge directly below you three!"
The twins breathed a sigh of relief when the bridge opened up below them.
"Brace yourselves," Smokescreen told them all as Solareclipse helped him with deactivating the phase shifter. "We're about to make an entrance."
However, just before they reached the ground bridge the sound of jet engines had them looking to see Megatron.
"Scrap!" the twins cursed.
Smokescreen didn't even think as he knew that the twins were close to the Autobots and he didn't know if he could face his Brother, Ironhide, and Optimus if anything happened to them. So, he pushed them hard which forced them through the ground bridge just before the Warlord hit him which sent him off course.
...My Line...
"AHHHHHH!" the twins screamed as they fall through the ground bridge.
Lunareclipse ended up face planting with the ground while her Sister landed on top of her making her groan in pain.
"Ow," the black and pink femme groaned as she rubbed her helm.
"Imouto-chan, I love ya, really I do, but WOULD YA GIT THA PIT OFF O' MEH CAUSE YA FRAGIN' HEAVY!" the black and lavender femme said softly before yelling at the end.
The younger twin quickly shot up off of the oldest twin which allowed her to get up though the 'bots that were watching had amusement on their faces.
"I hope ya know dat I am gonna ta kill Smokescreen," Solareclipse stated as she dusted herself off.
"No, we're gonna prank tha ever lovin' pit out o' 'im," Lunareclipse countered.
A few of the Autobots stepped back when they noticed the evil glint in Solareclipse's optics while their Mother looked highly amused.
"Are you two alright?" Arcee asked.
They looked at her with smiles.
"We're jus' peachy," they chorused together.
The black and lavender femme looked around before a look of worry came to her face plates.
"Where's Smokescreen?" she asked.
This had them all looking towards the computer screen.
"He's going off course!" yelled Ratchet in panic.
"You missed?" asked the blue femme.
"Open other one!" Bulkhead yelled. "Fast!"
The medic started to quickly type in new coordinates as fast as he could as the twins and the others looked at the computer to see Smokescreen's signals get closer to the ground. However, just before Ratchet could pull the lever, the Elite Guard's signals flashed red when it made connect with the ground which caused them all to slump as they stared in disbelief.
"No," the medic said softly.
It wasn't until about three seconds later that they heard the comms. beep.
"Ratchet," Smokescreen was heard whispering through them. "I could still really use that ground bridge."
They all breathed a sigh of relief before Ratchet put in his coordinates and opened the ground bridge. When Smokescreen came through he was pulled into a hug by both Jazz and Bladestrike while Prowl stood nearby. Once they locked optics, the SIC gave his youngest Sparkling a nod and a brief look of pride that had the Elite Guard mech straightening up at that before the twins placed the two relics next to each other.
"Didn't I tell you?" Smokescreen asked after he was left go off. "Destiny!" He was completely unaware of the looks that the twins gave each other. "Alpha Trion knew I'd keep the key safe."
The others all decided to completely ignore the looks and the fact that Smokescreen was being a bit arrogant.
"Nice work, kids," Arcee told the three of them.
{There's only two keys} Bumblebee buzzed. {Where's the other one?}
"It was the only key in Megatron's vault," Smokescreen answered.
"He's right," the twins agreed as Optimus picked the other two up.
"Then three keys are accounted for," he stated as he looked at them.
"And the fourth is still somewhere on the 'Cons Warship," stated Bulkhead.
"Maybe," Andrina spoke up making the twins to stiffen as looks of horror crossed their faces. "Unless tha Warlord nev'ah had it ta begin wit'."
She shot her Daughters a look that made them shrink back while also bowing their helms. Some of the Autobots watched this amused and in awe at how a human woman managed to make two being that were taller them her cower in fear. However, their attention was taken away from the scene and to the computer when it beeped.
"A high-frequency signal with an embedded message," Ratchet informed them.
"Starscream."
"'I have obtained something of interest to you which seems to be of no practical use to me'."
"It's gotta to be the Omega Key!"
"He's the one, who blindsided me!"
"I mean, what else could Scream be referring to?" Arcee asked.
"I'm sorry, but I 'ave ta say it," Lunareclipse spoked up. "It smells like a trap."
"I'm wit' Nee-sama on dis, guys," Solareclipse agreed with a nod.
"Ep, ep, ep!" Ratchet called out to them all. "There's more. 'Bring medical kit. I only ask for the surgical replacement of my T-Cog in return'."
"Like we're gonna give Scream back his wings," Bulkhead laughed.
"Without the missing key, Cybertron will remain devoid of life," Ratchet informed them.
"Broken record, I know, and Lunareclipse has already said it," Arcee said as she placed her servos on her hips. "But, it could be a trick."
"It is possible that Starscream does not yet realize the significance of what he holds," the Prime said.
"And we do know that he's been incapable of flight for some time," Ratchet added.
"I'm sorry Optimus," Andrina said as she moved closer. "I know dat I don't know dis Starscream like all o' ya do, but I 'ave heard Mangus, Bladestrike, an' Ironhide talk about 'im...well...it was more like complain about 'im where Ironhide is concern..." That got snorts from everyone there while the black mech looked off to the side with a blue blush. "But, I find it very unlikely dat Starscream don't know about dis Omega Keys."
"The stakes are too great for us to not consider Starscream's proposal," Optimus informed them all. "However, we will take precautions." The twins shared a look at this. "Ratchet, opened the ground bridge and be ready with your medical kit." The medic did as ordered and opened the ground bridge. "Bulkhead, Lunareclipse, Prowl, Ironhide, you four are with Ratchet and I."
"Right," they all agreed with a nod.
"Gesshoku!" the Mutou Head called out.
"Hai?" Lunareclipse asked as she turned to look her Danniluk.
"Chūi shite kudasai, koibito (Be careful, sweetheart)," the dark haired witch told her.
"Hai, Haha (Yes, Mother)," the black and lavender femme nodded her helm. "Watashi wa shinchō ni narudarou (I'll be careful)."
She then turned around and joined the Autobots that were going out to meet with Starscream. All 6 of them transformed and drove through the ground bridge while the twins and their Mother had a bad feeling.
...My Line...
The group of 6 Autobots walked through the ground bridge and into a clearing in the forest with their blasters at the ready while also being in a circle formation around Ratchet. It then that Bulkhead and Lunareclipse noticed Starscream laying against a tree while looking down.
"There!" Bulkhead pointed out.
"Starscream, show us the Omega Key!" the Prime ordered.
However, the seeker just sat there with his helm still down making the hybrid to narrow her optics as they all watched closer to him.
"Give it up, Scream!" Bulkhead growled.
However, with a tap of his blaster against Starscream's helm made the seeker fall over lifelessly.
"Scrap."
"Huh?"
"We're too late," sighed Ratchet. "At this rate, a T-Cog won't help him now."
The medic then knelt down and brought out a scanner, but it was as he was scanning the body that Lunareclipse spun around with her blasters at the ready when she felt some kind of wind.
"Lunareclipse, are you alright?" Prowl asked as he looked at the femme.
"Yeah," she answered. "I'm fine. I jus' 'hought I felt someting." She changed her blasters back into her servos as she turned back to them. "I guess, mah processor was playin' tricks on meh."
She then looked up at the Prime when he placed a servo on her shoulder.
"It is understandable why you are so jumpy," the red and blue Leader told her. "Megatron would go to any length just get a hold of you."
Lunareclipse gave her mentor a small smile before they turned back to Ratchet.
...My Line...
Solareclipse, Jazz, Bumblebee, and Smokescreen all stood in front of the ground bridge while Arcee stood next to the controls while Bladestrike and Andrina where by the computers. They were completely unaware of the 'Con in their mist though both the Mother-Daughter duo felt something was off as they shared a look with each other in worry.
...My Line...
"Curious," Ratchet said when the scanner beeped. "Starscream has been deceased for quite some time."
"Huh?"
"How is that possible if he just sent us a message?" Bulkhead asked.
"We have been deceived," Optimus answered.
"It was a trap," Lunareclipse stated as she looked at all 5 mechs.
"That means that your processor wasn't playin tricks on you," Prowl informed her.
Cyan optics turned towards him as a thought came to the owner's mind.
"Ya don't tink dat Scream'ah managed ta git his servos onta some Red Energon...do ya?" she asked as she then looked towards the Prime.
...My Line...
The 'bots and lone human back at the base all looked up when the base rumbled with an explosion which activated the sprinklers.
{What the...}
"Fragging Pit," Solareclipse cursed as they all looked around the place.
"Arcee, close the ground bridge now!" Optimus yelled through the comms.
Arcee did as ordered before joining the others as they all looked at the ground bridge.
...My Line...
"Autobots maintain positions!" the Prime ordered.
Lunareclipse optics narrowed when she saw a blur walk past while also appearing to be talking to them that she couldn't help, but follow the movement with her helm as it moved behind them.
"But, you know what you really are?" an all to familiar voice asked as it started to clear up. "SLOW!" The black and lavender femme was the first to turn around and aim her blasters at Starscream with the others right behind her. "The Red Energon wore off, didn't it?"
"He has the Omega Keys!" yelled Ratchet.
"STOP 'IM!" the hybrid yelled.
"AH!"
The seeker launched a missile at the Autobots only for Lunareclipse to jump in front of them with her metal wand held out.
"PROTEGO!" she yelled.
A shimming gold shield appeared in front of them and the missile bounced off of it to the right of the Autobots. It was when the smoke cleared that the noticed him running away from them making them all to chase after.
"Colloshoo!" Lunareclipse called out
However, she could only stare in shock as Starscream jumped away from the spell before she let out a growl and tried the tripping jink only for him to dodge. This only pissed her off even more as stopping an opponent cold in their tracks was what she was good at, but to have an idiot like Starscream be able to dodge them just angried her even more. It was just before they managed to catch the seeker that he made it through a ground bridge much to their horror that once it closed they all stopped and changed their blasters back into their servos. The Prime then let out a roar of frustration and anger which had the other 5 all looking at each other before looking back at him.
"We'll get'em back," Bulkhead told him.
"The keys can be of no use to Starscream while he squanders around like a scraplet," Ratchet told him. "There must be something that we can offer him in exchange."
"The fate of Cybertron now rests in Starscream's servos," the Prime rumbled before he turned to face them. "Whatever his intention."