In the streets of Detroit

It's Christmas in Detroit but Optimus Prime is not in a festive mood. He was driving around then Bumblebee called him on his commlink.

"Hey Prime why are you still patrolling everyone back at the plant and ready to party." Bumblebee said.

"It's Soundwave I see him everywhere I look." Optimus said looking at all the Soundwave toys.

He then stopped and transformed next to a giant billboard that had a picture of Soundwave. Then billboard changed to show Powell selling the toy.

"The interacted Soundwave toy sings he dances he does it all and he can still be delivered just I time for that last minute gift." Powell said then a phone rang. "Oh we have another caller."

Then Professor Sumdac showed up. "That toy rightfully belongs to me, Powell! You are a thieving crook!" Professor Sumdac said.

"And a Merry Christmas to you too Professor Sumdac but I acquired your toy's patents fair and square when I owned your company. Now I'm sharing Sound Wave with the entire world for only $19.99 each." Powell said.

"$19.99? How does he do it?" Professor Sumdac said.

Then Optimus got a call on his commlink. "Prime I knocked Soundwave into a million pieces remember he can't hurt use now." Bulkhead said.

"Hey come on Sari showing us how to celibate the holiday season in style." Bumblebee said.

"Till him we've making oilnog." Sari said as she mix a tub of oil.

"Oilnog? I'm afraid to ask." Optimus said as walked back to the plant.

Then he saw a Soundwave toy walking around. It looked at him and its optics went red than back to normal and ran off across the plaza near the trains then ran on the train tracks. Optimus jumped up and grabbed the rails when he looked up he saw a train coming toward him. He let just in time and his leg got caught on support pile.

"Okay maybe I just have Soundwave on the processor." Optimus said.

He then looked at all the people that were staring at him. He then fall off and transformed and drove away.


A few minutes late

At the plant Bulkhead and Bumblebee are interested in what they got for Christmas.

"What do you think we got?" Bulkhead asked as he shuck his present.

"We can find out if we run it through Ratchet X-ray scanner." Bumblebee said.

"Only if you want to end up on Santa naughty list put them back under the tree and come help me and Blackarachnia decorate." Sari said who was wearing a Santa's hat.

"Busted." Bumblebee said.

"Hey okay." Bulkhead and put down his present.

They then started to put lights on the Christmas tree Sari then moved close to Blackarachnia.

"So are you going to kiss Optimus under the mistletoe?" Sari asked.

"What mistletoe and why would I kiss him under it?" Blackarachnia asked in confusion.

"It's a plant and it is a custom that if a man and a woman stand under it they have to kiss." Sari explained.

Blackarachnia was about to say something but Ratchet and Prowl walked in arguing.

"And I'm telling you that there is no way this Santa Claus can deliver billion of presents in on night." Ratchet said.

"I can at least think of one way ho ho ho."Prowl said as he used his holo-projector to make copys of him.

"A sound theory Prowl. I did see multiple Santas in the shopping district tonight" Optimus said.

"Don't try to explain the magic." Sari said as she throw her hat that got caught on Optimus antenna. "Just except the holiday season for a time when dreams come true." Sari said as she hopped on to the table and grabbed two oil cans full of oilnog. "It's also a time to be thankful for the things you have like family." Sari said as she gave the Autobots there oil cans.

"To family then." Optimus said holding his can up high."

"To family." The others said as they drank there oilnog.

A few moments later everyone felt tried.

"Wow what's in this stuff anyway?" Bumblebee asked as he crash on the sofa.

"I don't know but my processor is pretty buzzy." Bulkhead said.

"Hey it sure got me ready for a stasis nap." Ratchet yawned.

"And me as well." Prowl said as the Autobots went to their rooms.

"You guys ain't the only ones." Blackarachnia said.

"What no waiting up for Santa you guys are a much of party poopers." Sari complained.

"There still tomorrow Sari oh and Merry Christmas." Optimus said as he yawned the last part.

"Merry Christmas big guy and present dreams." Sari said as Optimus walked to his room.

Optimus then lead down on his berth and closed his optics.


The next morning

Optimus woke up still a bit woozy but he felt different.

"Something doesn't feel right." Optimus said and pulled his hand in front of his face. But instead of metal they were made of flesh. "My hands." Optimus screamed. In shock Optimus fell off the berth and looked in a mirror and he discovers the horrifying truth he become a human. "By the Allspark."

He went out of his room to find that Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead were human as well.

"Prime look at you you're hideous." Bumblebee said.

"We all hideous we uh people." Bulkhead said.

"And you're so small." Bumblebee said.

"Knock it off. I'm bigger than you." Bulkhead said.

"There must be a rational explanation for this." Optimus said.

A few moments later Ratchet was going so scans.

"There is no rational explanation we've become one hundred per cent human." Ratchet said.

"Where's Blackarachnia and Prowl?" Optimus asked.

"Prowl not in his room I checked. And I didn't dare to wake up Blackarachnia." Ratchet said.

Then they heard a scream coming from Blackarachnia's room.

"Sounds like she's woke up." Bumblebee said.

"I'll go to her the rest of you go and find Prowl." Optimus said.

With that Optimus ran into Blackarachnia's room to find a woman crying her eyes out. About his age in black leather high heel boots, a yellow mini skirt with four blue eye like markings on it holed my a black belt with a red hourglass symbol, her a short sleeved shirt reached just under her breasts, it was black with a few yellow lines and blue eye like marking, she was also wearing arm warms that reached just over her elbows, around her neck was a black and yellow scarf and her hair was blonde and was reaped in a ponytail.

"Blackarachnia." Optimus said.

She turned around at looked at him. "Optimus." She said. She then ran into his chest and cried her eyes out again. Optimus did the only thing he could think of he hugged her. "What has happened to us?"

"I don't know. But I know one thing last time this happened to you I wasn't there for you. I won't make that mistake again." Optimus said. Blackarachnia looked at him with a smile on her face. "I think we should try to find Prowl now don't you?" She nodded and they ran out of her room.

They found Prowl outside looking at the snow.

"Prowl." Bumblebee shouted.

But then Bulkhead slipped and taking Bumblebee with him crashed into the water tower and got covered in snow.

"Hey there's no antilock brakes on these servos." Bulkhead said.

"I think the humans call them legs." Bumblebee said.

Bulkhead then picked Bumblebee. "Come on buddy." He said as he lifted Bumblebee off the ground.

"It's something I always image even dreamt I experience and yet something isn't quite right." Prowl said.

"I know what you mean it's as if it's a dream." Blackarachnia said.

"I hope so." Bulkhead said.

"Perhaps are minds have been impacted in these human forms." Optimus suggested.

"So what happened to are Autobot body's?" Ratchet asked.

"Good question. I tried to contact Sari but there's no answer. We need to get to Sumdac Tower. Auto—uh, men and girl. Transfo—er, uh, roll—er, uh, oh, let's...let's just go." Optimus said.

They then started to walk.


Meanwhile with Sari

The Sumdacs were exchanging Christmas presents. Sari opened the first on to find a Soundwave toy.

"A Soundwave toy." Sari signed.

"To replace the one that tried to take over the world." Professor Sumdac said.

"Dad that thing tried to kill me." Sari said throwing the toy at him.

"Aw but this action figure assemble in China not by Megatron." Professor Sumdac said turning the toy on.

"Argh dad you're just putting money into Powell's pocket." Sari said standing up.

Professor Sumdac then started to dance and sing with it. "But he sings and dances any way you still have one more present." Professor Sumdac said as he picked up a big box.

Sari untied the ribbon and pushed a button reviling an orange scooter.

"Huh thanks dad but I was kinder hoping for something with four wheels." Sari signed.

"How needs wheels?" Professor Sumdac said.

Then he pressed a button and the scooter changed into a jetpack and land on her back. "Cool now I can fly around like Bumblebee thank you daddy." Sari said as she flow around the room.

The window then opened and transformed to her robot mode and flow off.

"Sari be careful." Professor Sumdac said before he was thrown back my Sari's jetpack. He got back and started to dance and sing with the Soundwave toy.


Meanwhile with the others

They were walking toward Sumdac Tower but they were having some problems.

"I need some antifreeze." Bumblebee said shivering.

"You're not the only one." Blackarachnia said.

Then a car drive pass and covered them in snow.

"How do humans survive in this soft fleshy body's?" Ratchet asked.

"I don't know but my full tank is making a funny noise." Bulkhead said as his stomach rubbed.

"Stomach." Blackarachnia corrected.

"How do you know it's called that?" Bumblebee asked.

"Because if have forgotten I'm half organic." Blackarachnia said.

"Well maybe we can refuel over there." Optimus said pointing at Burger Bot.

"Hey I always what'd to chow down." Bulkhead said as ran to Burger Bot.

A few moments later they were eating. With Bulkhead eating everything he could get his hand on.

"Hey how come you're fuel is different than ours?" Ratchet asked.

"I chose the vegetable fuel because it burns cleaner." Prowl explained. "Don't you know where that animal fresh comes from?"

"Figures that you would be a vegetarian." Blackarachnia said.

"I might not know where it comes from but I know where it's going." Bulkhead said.

"Half of it is going on your cloths." Bumblebee pointed out looking at the ketchup on his cloths.

Then suddenly got up and acted weird. "I think I got some kind of malfunction." Bulkhead said then he rushed into the bathroom.

"Uh Ratchet you're the doctor maybe you should check on him." Bumblebee suggested.

"Oh no I'm not going in there." Ratchet said.

"Here I'm ha ha peek-a-boo I'm over here ha ha." Prowl said as he played peek-a-boo with a baby which she was laughing at.

"You think she be laughing if you were a giant robot." Ratchet said.

"That's the point being human gives me beater sense of what this holiday season means I'm just thankful to being alive in any form." Prowl said as here continued playing peek-a-boo.

Then Bulkhead retuned. "I'm thankful to let me tell you." Bulkhead said. Then he bit on his burger then the whole place shuck. " Wasn't me." Bulkhead said.

Optimus looked outside to find that ships were attacking the city. They ran outside to find Decepticons attacking the city.

"So much for a happy holiday." Bumblebee said.

"Decepticons attack." Starscream ordered.

Then all the Decepticons fired missiles everywhere. As chaos erupts around them, more Decepticons led by Shockwave come stomping up the street.

"We got to do thing." Bulkhead said.

"Like what?" Ratchet asked.

Then a blast from Shockwave sets a nearby building on fire.

"Help please help me." A woman shouted from inside the burning building.

"We don't need to be Autobots to help let go." Optimus ordered. They then all ran into the building. "Blackarachnia Bumblebee Bulkhead suppresse that fire."

Blackarachnia and Bumblebee grabbed the hose and Bulkhead turned it on. Optimus and Ratchet helped the women up.

"Mummy help me mummy." Cried a voice up stairs.

"My son he's up stairs." The woman cough out.

Prowl then put his hand on Optimus and ran upstairs. The others ran out of the building just in time as rubble covered the enters. Meanwhile Prowl had found the boy and grabbed him just in time as the roof caved in. Prowl dives out a window several stories up with the boy in his arms and lands with ease.

"Did you see that?" Someone said.

"No way." Someone else said.

"Mummy." The boy said running up to his mother and hugged her.

"How did you do that?" Bulkhead asked.

"I'm… I'm not certain." Prowl said.

Before any thought can go into the matter Starscream transforms to robot mode and lands in front of them!

"Hahaha foolish organics you scrabble to survive but your doom is sealed hahaha" Starscream laughed.


Meanwhile with Sari

Sari had arrived at the Autobot base on her jetpack. She removed her faceplate and started to band on the door.

"Come on you guys can't still be sleeping its Christmas." She said. She then flow up into the plant through a skylight. But the whole building seems deserted. "Hello guys cute girl with jetpack is here." She said as shacking her jetpack around. She then flow to the computer. "Okay you guys better not be messing with me." She then turned on the computer. "Nice try but only Blackarachnia can hide her energy signature. Which are coming from right here? Alright enough hide and seek I'm going home. Here me I'm going home" she then hide but no showed up. "Alright not spend Christmas day with me."


Meanwhile with the others

Starscream tears up the street and sends humans scattering in fear.

"Hahaha run insects run for all the good it will do for you." Starscream said.

Bulkhead then ran up to him and punched him but ended up hurting his wrist.

"Ow bad idea." Bulkhead said as he jumped around in pain.

"YOU DARE TAUGHT ME." Starscream shouted.

"Pick somebody your own size." Bumblebee said jumping on his leg.

"Insolent flee get off." Starscream ordered jumping around trying to throw Bumblebee off. Bumblebee then land on Blackarachnia, Prowl and Ratchet. Starscream then tried to grab them but Optimus slashing at him with an axe "You pathetic fool." Starscream said before he backhands him into a wall.

"Prime!" Bumblebee said.

"OPTIMUS!" Blackarachnia shouted.

"Argh it's my leg Ratchet I think it's broken." Optimus said in pain.

"Prime Ratchet I thought I recognise those voices." Starscream said as they carried Optimus away. "Hahaha you've be living with these pathetic organics for so long you've become them. It will be a simple matter to crash you out of existence right now." Then Starscream noticed that they were gone. "Huh where did you go I can't tell difference from one insignificant human form the next." He then blasted some vehicles. "Are well no matter these much more Decepticon fun to come." Starscream said before he transformed and flow off.

Meanwhile the Autohumans were having their injuries tended to by paramedics. Optimus had a splint on his leg while Prowl's left was in sling and Bulkhead had a band around his wrist.

"This doesn't bold for us or the city." Prowl said.

"I don't know what Starscream is up to but we got to stop it." Optimus said as Blackarachnia and Ratchet helped him up.

"How we could even scratch his paint?" Bumblebee said.

"In these human bodies what chance do we have?" Ratchet said.

"There always a chance we have to reach Sumdac Tower we might not be able to fight as Autobots. But Sumdac technology we could as weapons against the Decepticons." Optimus said.

"How are you going to get there?" Bulkhead asked.

"Desperate times call for desperate measures." Prowl said.

In a few moments later they were in a bus.

"You know this isn't so bad usually we do the driving." Bulkhead said.

"You mean you guys do the driving." Blackarachnia corrected.


Meanwhile with Sari

Sari was still searching for her friends in the plant.

"Not a creature was stirring, not even a-." Sari was saying. Then a robotic bird came out of the floor. "Creepy robot bird?" Sari finished. Then a lift came up with two dozen Soundwave toys and they charged at her. "Evil toys Prime was right." Sari said before fired and energy ball at them destroying them. She then flow to the lift and went down.


Meanwhile with the others

At the foot of Sumdac Tower they have just stepped off the bus when suddenly a huge shadow falls over Detroit.

"No it's imposable." Bulkhead stunned.

"And yet here it is." Prowl said as Cybertron came closer and closer to them.

"Cybertron." Optimus said.

Then Sumdac tower was obliterated by a huge planetary laser weapon and a full-scale Decepticon invasion force swarms the sky.

"A full-scale Decepticon invasion." Optimus said.

The Decepticons then transformed and land in front of them.

"Bowl before Megatron now that I'm lord of Cybertron I return to earth to extenuate organics once and for all." Megatron said.

"Especially those machines how have chosen to become organic." Starscream said pointing at them.

"Why would ze Autobots choose to be human? Not for the fashion sense, I can tell you that. A-ha-ha-ha! A WHO CARES? I WILL CRUSH ZEM INTO HUMAN MEAT PIES!"" Blitzwing said.

"No destroy them last. So they can watch there pitiful adopted world parish before their eyes." Megatron said.

"This can't be happening." Bulkhead said.

"Your right Bulkhead." Optimus said and stood up. "It can't be happening."

"Isn't your leg broken?" Bumblebee asked.

"No his leg was never broken because his leg isn't real." Prowl said as he removed his sling. "None of this is real."

"A virtual reality that explains everything." Blackarachnia said.

"Is this real enough for you." Megatron said grabbing Prowl. laughing as he squished him. "Do your worse ."

Prowl then jumped out of his hand spun in the air and cut right through Megatron's left arm. Blitzwing then tried to step on Prowl but Prowl hold his leg.

"Live him alone." Bulkhead said as he charged right through his leg.

All the Decepticons were shock Blitzwing lifted his foot and looked through the hole that was there.

"What? HOW? Oh, look! I have a hole in my rocket!" Blitzwing said as his face switched. Then he felled over. He then tried to blast them with his cannons but they dodged out of way.

"Got to be fast than that." Bumblebee said as he jumped on to Blitzwing and punched his face again.

"Not…The… Faces." Blitzwing said as his faces went around and around making him fall over.

"No Autobot or human will stand in the way of the mighty Megatron." Lugnut said as he tried to punch Blackarachnia.

"One good thing about being an Autobot is that I don't have to hear your praise to Megatron." Blackarachnia said as she jumped and spun like drill through Lugnut's optic.

"I'm blind I can't see." Lugnut said as he fell over his own feet.

"Impossible." Starscream said.

Then Prowl jumped next to Starscream's head but when he looked around he was gone then Prowl appeared on the other side of his head making Starscream to fall on the ground in fright. Starscream then started to blast at him but the blasts just went right through him. Prowl then phased right through him short circuiting him.

Optimus then started to hit Megatron with his own arm. "Your finished Megatron." Optimus said.

"I will never surrender to a human." Megatron said firing his fusion cannon at him.

Optimus then hurls his axe into the barrel of the Decepticon leader's cannon causing it to explode. As the dust cloud fades Cybertron and all of the Decepticons have vanished.

"I don't think we in Detroit anymore." Bumblebee said.

"Then where are we?" Ratchet asked.

"Are bodies aren't here but are mind are here." Prowl said.

"Is some kind virtual reality." Optimus said.


Meanwhile with Sari

Sari was going down the lift.

"So this place has a basement thank for telling me guys." Sari said. Then the lift stopped and some hatch doors opened. "I know your home and I also know something creep is going on time to find out what." Sari then hold up an energy ball and walked down the corridor. There she found the Autobots plugged into machinery being operated by the full-size Soundwave.

"There Autobots have decoded my virtual illusion. I must accelerate there reprograming." Soundwave said.

"Soundwave reprograming my friends no way you over grown boom box." Sari said get ready to fire an energy ball at him.


Meanwhile with the others

"So if we are in some kind of virtual reality who we get out of it?" Bulkhead asked.

"Hey and out of these little bone bags and back into are big bot bodies?" Ratchet asked.

"I suspect that regaining are true form will be the beginning of are escape. You only have to think it." Prowl said as hovered.

"If you believe it here you can make it so. Autobots transform." Optimus ordered

They then all turned back to the original form well all except Bulkhead.

"Hey we're baaaaack!" Bumblebee said.

"Not all of us!" Bulkhead said.

"It might help you if you make the noise with your mouth like this Choo-chuh-chah-chik!" Bumblebee said.

"Sounds silly... But, okay. Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik! Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik!" Bulkhead said. Then he turned back to his original form.

"Now it should be a simple matter to will are self's free of this trap." Prowl said.

But before they can take any further actions, a gigantic arm bursts out of the ground beneath them, scooping them up in its hand. Soundwave's giant face looks down upon the Autobots.

"Escape is impossible. Autobots inferior, Soundwave superior." The giant Soundwave said before he shocking them all with blasts of purple energy.


Meanwhile with Sari

Sari was about to throw her energy ball at Soundwave but the creep robot bird she saw earlier squeaked making Soundwave to be aware of her presents.

"Useless fleshing your termination comments now." Soundwave said trying to grab Sari but she ducked blasted a chunk out of his shoulder with her energy ball. "Laserbreak deploy operation sonic attack." Soundwave ordered. The robotic bird then transforms into a guitar and Soundwave grabbed it.

"I've heard your music Soundwave I'm not impressed." Sari said.

"I've have upgraded my instrument." Soundwave said before he hit Sari with a powerful sonic shock wave.

Laserbreak then transformed and flow towards Sari. "I'll be back for you guys I promise." Sari said. She then ran to the lift before Laserbreak tried to grab her.

"The human is of no consequence." Soundwave said. Then he grabbed a keytar but with a bats head on it. "Initiate final phase of operation Autobot reprograming." He said as bathes them in waves of sonic energy. "Soon the Autobots will unite with us. Soon they will call them self's Decepticon."

Optimus Prime's optics activated and began glowing Decepticon-red.

To be continued...