Hey there Mechs and Femmes! and Welcome back to Transformers Prime: Gate Crasher!

Now I know that a fair amount of you guys wanted me to update this story, and good news is that I'm in bit of a Transformers mood so expect more to come out. Just give me the time to make em and we'll be back on track! Now this entire chapter is in 3rd person perspective. So I have no place in this little race.

Next one after this will be with Team 3 in the Equator. However things will be a bit different there with the extra cast.

So enough outta me!

Let's Roll Out!

The four races Part 2

While the Prime family trio were ready to head into the Arctic, Team 1 Consisting Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Jazz, Flareup and Arcee had arrived in the City with Jack riding with his guardian and Miko was with Bumblebee, the two of them had come along with them to help keep their cover. Around them many buildings towered above them and many people in Manhattan.

"Whoa". Jack awed looking around.

"Alright face how do we get under ground?" Arcee asked her charge.

"Well we can't just jump the turnstiles and hope nobody will notice". Jack stated.

"You sure? I mean I could really fast and do it if I wanted to". Flareup said rolling up next to the two of them. Much like Arcee Flareup was the spitting image of her vehicle mode however her pain job was orange and red and her Holo-form was much like hers.

"Anyway, Connor said to look for construction that will lead down there". Jack said but heard the honking of a car and saw the rest of the group was near the opening that they were looking for.

"Construction like this is effective in the big city". Miko said from Bumblebee's Vehicle mode.

"Works for me". Arcee stated.

The group had entered the subway tunnel and the bots were able to change forms without the trouble of being spotted with Jack and Miko being their guides walking ahead of their robotic companions and constantly checking on them just in case. But luckily they did because they stopped two of them from making a mistake.

"Bumblebee, Jazz watch out!" Jack called stopping them mid-step and being near their feet. "Just don't move".

"What? What is it?" Jazz asked them.

"The third rail carries electricity to power the subway trains". Jack explained.

"One step and ZAP! You're fried". Miko stated as they then pushed forward as Bumblebee danced around the rail trying not to step on it while Jazz was chuckling at this. However Arcee was bumped lightly on the shoulder by Flareup who was having a smirk on her face and if there's one thing that Arcee knew, that when her sister figure has an expression like that it doesn't mean well.

"Can I help you with something Flare?" Arcee asked with an optic ridge raised. Flareup looked at the group and made sure that they were a good distance away before saying.

"Have you and Connor ever thought about having kids?" She smirked making Arcee stop in her tracks before covering her face with her servo in embarrassment.

"Flare!" She quietly yelled at her sister.

"C'mon! You have to at least have the thought cross your mind once!" She said mimicking the tone of the blue two wheeler which made the said two wheeler look away in thought. It was true, she wondered what life would be like if she and Connor had children of their own. However she was unsure as her boyfriend was.

(After nemesis Prime)

Arcee had overheard a conversation between her boyfriend and her sister Elita in the main hub of the base and couldn't help her curiosity.

"Am I and Grandmother yet?" She teased her son getting her attention.

"MUM!"

Now this had gotten her curiosity even more and the thought of her and Connor, the son of Optimus Prime! Having a child of their own? The thought made her cooling fans go into overdrive. She blocked the bond she had with him so that he won't find out what she was doing without him knowing.

"But in all seriousness, have you considered, taking the leap?" She asked honestly.

"I mean, I really don't know. I mean Arcee was fighting the war and having kids with me would probably be the last thing on her mind. Besides even if she does I'm not sure I'm good enough". He said with nervousness in his voice.

"Good enough for what?" She asked him, in which he was silent for a solid 10 seconds before asking.

"Being a good enough father". He breathed out.

'That's what he was scared about? Not being a good enough father?' She thought to herself before listening in.

"The thing is, my first one was hardly around when I was growing up. So…I'm worried that I might not be the better man he wasn't". Connor clarified. This made Arcee run several thought in her head, now knowing that his father before Optimus was barely around says something, he might not be the best father in the world but she knows that Connor won't know unless he finds out. But the thought of having a Prime Bloodline of sorts pass down from Optimus, to Connor and then to their metaphorical child…is overwhelming.

She then decided to leave before she gets caught or does something she might regret.

(Now)

She really didn't want to deal with this during a mission but now that Flareup mentioned it her head was going crazy. In all honesty having it all bottled up isn't healthy. She could at least talk to the Femme that she calls a sister about the matter…as long as she keeps her mouth shut.

"It may have crossed my mind once". She admitted. Making Flareup all excited that she could be a Great-auntie, but making sure she doesn't accidently get the other's attention. "I may have overheard him and Elita talking about the subject but I haven't talked to him about it…yet". She said getting Flareup's attention. "He's scared of not being a good enough father, but he doesn't know if he…doesn't find out". She getting a little lost in thought. Flareup's manner then turned serious and stopped in front of her younger sibling figure with her hands on her shoulders.

"Cee, you need to talk to him, if you don't it may too late, I mean didn't he confess to you when you rescued him from MECH?" She stated seriously and Arcee knew she was right. But with everything that's going on she doesn't know when or how to tell him yet. Right now as long as they can get the relics from the Decepticons that will be a good start and may be the opportunity to tell him.

"You're right, but right now no. After we get the relics then I'll figure out when to tell him, now isn't the time Flare". She said to her and in which the orange two wheeler nodded with a smile as she made a lips sealed expression showing that she won't say a word, and Arcee was relived. The two of them then raced to catch up with the others and when they did they heard the sound of drilling.

"Drilling?" Cliffjumper asked as he looked through a vent that the kids seemed they were small enough to get through.

"Sounds like it". Jazz replied.

"It's this way!" Miko called running past the Red horned Autobot.

"Miko!" Jack called as he raced after her. "Miko what's your-,""Hold it right there!" Jack said to her but was cut off as they saw someone in what appears to be construction uniform walk up to them with a flashlight and a megaphone.

"What are you kids doing here?" He asked them.

"We're…on a field trip". Miko lied "With our school. But we got lost".

"Oh really?" The worker said dryly.

"I told him we should stay with the group, but Leonard here insisted we look for fossils". She said calling Jack by a fake name she came up with on the spot. "I wanna go home. Can you help us? Mr…" She said asking for the man's name.

"Vogel, but you can just call me Vogel". He said making the two teenagers look at each other with a brow raised. "So…ever ride a sweeper train?" He asked them as they began to walk off but they then saw Bumblebee and Arcee in the vent looking their way with confused expressions on their faces.

"Face". Jack said with a smile before walking off.

As Jack and Miko rode the sweeper train with Vogel they were becoming bored with all his rambling about the subway's history.

"And this section was added in the 30's as part public works construction project".

"Fascinating". Miko said in a bored tone.

"These old tunnels have a dark side too. Strange creatures have been said to lurk down here. Giant snakes, albino alligators, even mole men". Vogel smirked.

"But they are just people who live down here who have no place to go right?" Jack guessed.

"That's what the media wants you to believe. But I say they're from outer space". He said which made the two teens look at each other. "I'm telling you. Area 51 has got nothing on this place. The aliens are down here building up their army. Plotting to use humans as slave labour". As he was talking Jack and Miko quietly moved to the back of the train and opened the door then jumped out and onto the track.

"If only he knew right?" Miko said with a smirk.

"Imagine if he knew what Connor really was, he'd be freaking out". Jack smirked back.

"I'm picking up a signal, the cons have the relic unearthed". Jazz declared as he held the tracker in his hands.

The bots double timed it towards the location and heard the sound of drilling up ahead. Everyone activated their weapons and when they rounded the corner they saw several Vehicon drones, an Insectacon as well as Knockout and Barricade. The Decepticon law enforcer was equipped much like any police officer would be equipped with, a baton as well as a pistol at his leg holstered. However was also equipped with an arm mounted Gatling cannon as well as knuckle busters on his knuckles, if Connor was here he would describe Barricade as his The Last Knight incarnation.

The team heard snarling before looking above them, another Insectacon. They leapt out of the way to avoid getting squashed, however Cliffjumper and Jazz were quick on their feet and tackled it together and fired several shots into it but both were swatted away. As it was getting up Flareup had her wrist blades out and struck the neck which was one of the weakest parts and the blade went right through severing it completely.

"I'm awesome!" The orange two wheeler said to herself however she was blasted by the other Insectacon as her guard was lowered.

"Flare!" Cliffjumper called as he ran towards the drones giving Arcee some cover as she ran ahead.

"I'll grab the relic!" She called as she dashed past the other Decepticons. Bumblebee was locked in a battle with Barricade as each delivered blow after blow to each other. Barricade kicked the yellow scout off him and fired his Gatling cannon at him but Bumblebee was quicker and dodged to the side, Barricade's cannon fired slugs instead of Energon blasts making him one of the Decepticon's most dangerous soldiers. Bumblebee knows firsthand at what that cannon can do to a bot, and he was one of the few survivors that withstood that weapon.

Arcee made it to the relic but she didn't take into account that Knockout had snuck up behind her and knocked her to the ground with his saw.

"You have lovely features-," "Save it pal I'm taken, besides you wouldn't last long against him". Arcee said cutting him off. "Really? Is that Techno-organic? You're standards are low for a bug like him". That got under her metallic skin. "But I have the perfect procedure for him, called nip and tuck!" He said as he lunged for her but she used this to her advantage and jumped behind him and kicked him in the back at the same time.

"Dodge and kick!" She smirked. "And that was for calling my Spark Mate a bug!" She then made her way to the container and immediately grasped it but it wouldn't budge an inch but was determined to get it out, however she remembered a tip that Connor gave him when in a situation like this. "Watch your six". She thought to herself and quickly spun around and struck Knockout where it hurts most for any male.

Below the belt.

Knockout dropped the prod he had and fell to the ground which gave Arcee a satisfying smile on her faceplate.

"Connor was right about going below the belt". She chuckled to herself as she then went to try and get the relic out but was hit with a massive blast to her side. Which revealed Barricade with his Pistol in hand, that had fired a concussive shot to not kill, but knock down any bot in one trigger pull.

"Shock and drop". The Cop said as he lowered the pistol and looked down to see an already knocked down Bumblebee only to be piled on by Jazz and Flareup who the remaining Insectacon tossed.

Meanwhile, Jack and Miko came to a fork in the tunnel.

"Where are we?" Jack asked.

"This way!" Miko said running down the right tunnel.

"How do you know?!" He asked running after her and catching up. "Miko let's think this through!"

""Why? Cause you don't think I know what I'm doing?!" Miko snapped at him. "I'm jack! Optimus picked me to go to Cybertron! I must know everything!" She mocked him.

"Ok Miko, seriously? If that's what's been bugging you, how come you never said anything before?!" He asked her.

"I've been holding it in" She shrugged before turning away from him.

"Lost huh?" Came another voice that belonged to Vogel, the same one they left on the sweeper train. "You two are gonna have to explain yourselves to the New York transit authority". He said to them.

"I think we should tell him the truth". Miko said to Jack.

"Right the truth is…we lost our dog". He said.

"You're wasting your breath". Vogel replied not buying it.

"The other truth". Miko rephrased.

"We're trying to prevent aliens from digging up an artefact from another planet. They're going got use it to destroy the world". Jack confessed. But that got Vogel's attention.

"I swore I heard something weird and high-pitched earlier today!" The worker exclaimed. "Something that wasn't the drilling crew over on track five!"

The Bots were not doing so well, Bumblebee was held down by Barricade and the rest of the team was unconscious. He looked around and saw that Jazz was stirring a bit. He looked over to knockout and saw he had the relic in his hands, he opened the container and pulled out the item that both sides were looking for.

"Now, shall we see precisely what you are and what you do?" He asked aloud to no one in particular. And what better way to learn your power than to conduct an onsite experiment?" As Knockout came closer to Bumblebee he failed to tune his audio receptors to the oncoming sweeper train that Jack, Miko and Vogel were aboard approaching the scene.

"Mole men!" Vogel exclaimed. "Metal ones!"

"Actually Decepticons". Miko corrected meekly.

"And they have the bots!" Jack stated.

"Can this thing go any faster?" Miko asked.

"Abso-fricking-lutely!" The Sweeper driver said as he floored the accelerator towards the group of Decepticons, they all got out of the way but Knockout was the unlucky one and was struck by the train. And was even more unlucky when he was caught between a rock and a hard place. That being the train and the tunnel wall. When the train passed he was on the ground covered in scratches on his paintjob.

"HEY WATCH THE FINISH!" He called out.

The Insectacon has fired several shots at the train, one under it and the other at the wall next to it. It didn't stop it but it was satisfied enough. However the cons failed to notice the Autobots regain consciousness and retaliate with blasts of their own at the Insectacon, Barricade and Knockout.

"Hate to run but I missed my train!" The Decepticon medic smirked as he transformed and drove off with Barricade behind him in his vehicle mode being a Ford Mustang police retrofit with sirens blaring.

"Cliff, Bee, Flare Grab the relic! Jazz we go after Jack and Miko!" Arcee ordered and nobody questioned as everyone transformed and drove off to complete their tasks quickly.

"Not good, the brake lines are torched!" Vogel stated the problem they were currently in.

"We can't stop?!" Jack cried in disbelief.

"No big deal, these tracks go round and round for miles! Right Vogel?" Miko asked nervously.

"Not this one". He stated as they all saw that they were approaching the end of the track.

"The track ends!? As in crash and burn!?" Jack summarised nervously.

"I'm really starting to hate trains!" Miko screeched. They all cried out in surprise as they heard two thuds on the roof of the train. Jack and Miko immediately looked behind them to see Arcee and Jazz in the back window.

"What's going on back there?" Vogel called as he then saw Arce and Jazz then grabbing an axe. "Welcome to EARTH!"

"Vogel wait! They're the good guys!" Miko said as she and Jack stopped him and that made him relax.

"Arcee, Jazz the brakes are shot!" Jack called.

"Is there an emergency override?!" Arcee called back.

"No Ma'am. But there's a switch track control just up ahead if you adjust the pull rod". Vogel stated which made the two bots look at him in confusion. "You'll know it when you see it! It'll switch us to the other line!" Without saying a word they both jumped off the train and transformed then sped off up ahead of the train. "Did they just transform into a car and motorcycle?" The track worker asked in disbelief. They then heard another sound behind them and saw that the Insectacon had caught up to them and raced towards the Autobots up ahead. "And that would be…?" He trailed off.

"Trouble". Jack clarified.

At the same time, Bumblebee, Flareup and Cliffjumper were right on the cons tail.

"Well, well…look who got his treads back". Knockout smirked as he and Barricade accelerated forward, they even tried switching tracks to try and lose em but the bots were determined.

[Now Playing-Déjà vu-Super Eurobeat-Dave Rodgers] (AN: I am not sorry. ;P)

"Bumblebee is that coming from your radio? And is this really the time?!" Flareup asked the scout not knowing why he would have music playing while they on mission and at a time like this, but fell of deaf audio receptors.

"Let's see if that Stealth-Force mode Connor gave us works Bee!" Cliffjumper called.

"Let's give it a shot!" Bumblebee called back as their vehicle modes began shifting, Bumblebee's blasters had appeared on his hood and a plasma cannon appeared on his roof, whereas Cliffjumper's weapons had emerged on the side of his alt mode and small Scrap maker barrels emerged on his hood as well. Both of them had their wheels adjusted so that they can easily maneuverer in the tunnel without losing speed.

Bumblebee sped up and began firing his weapons at both Decepticons but mainly working his way towards Barricade.

"I'll hold off Barricade! Get the relic you two!" He called to the red and orange Autobots as he then got right up behind the Decepticon Cop and fired at point blank doing some damage before firing his Plasma cannon into the rear bumper. However Barricade slowed down and was right next to the scout and tried to corner him to the tunnel wall but he missed as he ended up hitting it instead. Bumblebee then raced ahead and spun around and was facing his nemesis all the while driving backwards and shooting at the same time!

As Bumblebee unloaded everything into Barricade the cop was struggling to not get hit by the scout's weapons but it was futile as he still got hit no matter how many shots he tried to dodge. However Bumblebee got a lucky shot and fired his plasma cannon directly under barricade and the resulting explosion ended up launching him up then going out of control before crashing.

"As my little brother would say in a situation like this, Respect my authorita!" The scout called as he then spun around and dis engaged his Stealth-Force mode and began to catch up to the others to get Knockout. "Man Connor's meme's are more infectious than I thought". He chuckled to himself before changing gears and racing down the tunnel.

[End track]

Jack, Miko, Vogel, Arcee and Jazz were against the clock and each second ticked away. The Insectacon was hot on their tail as the two bots raced towards the stich track lever.

"Cee, I'll take care of ugly, just get to that lever!" Jazz called as he transformed and tackled the Insectacon away from the train and giving the blue two wheeler a chance to save the kids. Arcee then changed to her bot mode and tried to pull the lever to change the tracks, but the lever wouldn't budge. She used all her strength to pull the dam thing but the entire thing snapped off.

"Son of a-," she cursed. The she got down on the tracks and began kicking the track into place, putting herself at risk of getting run over in the process but she was out of options. With one final strong kick the tracks snapped into place. She then quickly got off the tracks and she relaxed. They were safe.

"Arcee, I'm leading big ugly towards you get ready!" She overheard Jazz call to her she then saw the track sparking and realised it was the third rail. A trap that was already set for her, now she just needed the Insectacon to come her way. She then unfolded her guns and fired at the giant metal bug which got its attention. Jazz had driven past and got herself ready.

"Come to mama". She smirked but realised how weird that sounded. 'That didn't feel right now that I think about it'. As the Insectacon flew close to her she jumped up and slammed her foot on the top of its head and ended up crashing into the third rail as she watched in satisfaction as the rail had electrified it like a bug to a bug zapper.

"Shock and drop". She smirked as she then changed form to race towards the others with Jazz in tow, hopefully the others have the relic.

After shooting at the rear bumper of the Decepticon doctor Cliff had given Flareup the opening she needed to leap on Knockout's roof try to bash it open to get the relic. However Knockout slammed the brakes sending the orange two wheeler forward but was rammed by Cliffjumper forcing the two to change form. The relic had fallen out of Knockout's possession and Flare raced to get it, Knockout tried going for it as well but he was held back by Cliffjumper and tossed to the wall.

"If you spent more time fighting and less time buffing you'd never need to have to worry about your finish as much". Cliffjumper taunted which made the doctor mad and run at him with his saw but Cliff jumper had countered it with a solid kick to the gut and followed up with a punch to the face. Knockout tried again but was hit with several blasts to the back, courtesy of Bumblebee who had caught up with them.

Flare had made it and got the relic in her hands but it quickly latched onto her wrist.

"What the?-," She said but she never got to finish that sentence as she then heard the familiar sound of a train coming.

Vogel, Jack and Miko watched in horror as they saw the Aunt of their best friend right in front of them.

"WATCH OUT!" Jack called.

"FLAREUP!" Miko cried.

The two wheeler then heard their cries as she saw the train until it was too late.

"OH SCRAP!" She called as she raised her arms in defence waiting for the impact to come but…never felt anything. "Oh, I'm not dead, I'm not dead, I'm not dead, I'm not dead….I'm not dead?" She said to herself as she looked at herself completely intact. "I'm not dead!" She cheered happily. However Knockout wasn't so lucky as he was hit by the train again and was dragged across the wall being the makeshift brake that the train needed as it then came to a stop, the end result was Knockout's chassis being covered in scratches.

"Flareup!" Jack called as he and Miko came to see if she was ok. "Are you ok?"

"Yea, I just…went right through the train if that's what you mean". She said looking at the device on her wrist.

"Girl, how did you not get mashed?" Miko asked the question that everyone wanted to know.

"Phase shifter, hand when you need to go pass through solid objects". Arcee clarified as she put her arm through her sister's chest but Flareup took a step back. "Or vice versa".

"Whoa that was tingly". She said as she felt the arm go through her.

They all heard groaning as they saw Knockout getting back up and when he saw what had happened to his finish…well let's just say he wasn't pleased.

"No". He gasped. "NO! You scratch my face? I scratch yours!" He snarled at the Autobots.

"You really wanna try that?" Jazz said making the gesture meaning 'come at me bro!' Something he learned from Connor as there were more Autobots than Knockout and the doctor didn't know here the hell Barricade was. He then growled in frustration as he then turn tailed and drove away knowing he couldn't take them all on.

"He knows". Jack said gesturing to Vogel. "Do we have to take him with us?"

"To the mother ship?!" The worker asked excitedly.

"Thinking what I'm thinking?" Miko said to Jack who the latter caught on and nodded.

As Miko pulled out her phone Flareup got Arcee's attention and told motioned for her to follow and made sure they were out of ear and audio receptor shot of the others.

"You know I wasn't kidding back there. If you need help just come talk to me, trust when I say I won't tell anyone this. Plus, it would be nice having a little prime Jr inheriting both your traits". She smiled as Arcee tried to jab her sister-figure in the shoulder but her arm went right through, forgetting the Phase shifter is still on.

"Crap". Arcee muttered as Flareup smirked in victory. "But in all seriousness Flare, thanks. When we get home I'll tell you what I know ok?" She said to the orange Autobot as she then turned off the relic and gave her a hug in reassurance. They both then re-joined the group and were ready to head out. They all transformed with Bumblebee carrying the relic in his back seat and Jack got on her Vehicle mode as they all then drove off heading back to base, hopefully that they have all the relics.

But Arcee herself now has different things on her mind. Things that could possibly shape her future with her Multi-dimensional lover.

Done and dusted for another chapter!

Now Like I said during the chapter, I'm not sorry with adding that meme of a song. But I guess Memes were bound to come in sooner or alter when I'm running the show right? Now I'd like to point out that my dear friend George Edwards or aka-Bladewolf101 and I will try another shot of a crossover due to the other was...lacking in many things there. But hopefully that this time will be better since our writing skills have improved over the last few...months I think? Anyway, expect both Cronus Prime and Bladewolf joining forces against a common foe!

So until then, I'll see ya next time!

Cronus Prime Out!