Transformers Animated Season 6: The Fall of Cybertron

by SonsOfBeaches99

In the following events of Season 5, the Autobots now try to resume their lives and repair the damages left in their wake... However, a sinister being comes into the fold that threatens the freedom of all living beings, as the conflict threatens to bring about an end to the one place they have called home.

5. Not Another Human Error!

Episode 5: Not Another Human Error!

This Episode has been Co-Written by me and Dinobot King.

All Characters Belong to Hasbro and Cartoon Network!

Enjoy!

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Present Day, Earth

The bizarre Merge of Megatron and Ratchet was seen tied in restraints as they moaned in their sleep, possibly from the pain of having to share a body as Slipstream stood there in shock at what she was staring at.

"...What caused this... Barbaric Atrocity before me?" Slipstream questioned as her hands started forming together a fist, expressing her anger into this situation as Rodimus can somewhat relate to, considering that there were people on both sides that needed special treatment.

"As you already know, Cybertron has completely fallen... I can't get into full detail since a lot has happened, but I can say that sometime during this, a Quintesson under the name of-!"

"Quintessa," Slipstream finished for Rodimus Prime. "I know the name of the Witch who clearly did this, I just need to know how she did it."

Rodimus sighed, rubbing his Faceplate. "...We don't know. Other than that both Ratchet and Megatron had merged due to some injury that happened outside anyone's point of view, we're uncertain of how she even managed to pull this off."

Slipstream turned to the Autobot as if she were glaring at him. "Then you're completely useless right now." She said flat out before turning to leave, which lead Rodimus to groan before turning to stop her.

"Okay, wait!" He said, stopping right in her path. "Wait, I know what you're thinking right now, and trust me, it is not a good idea to let all of your fellow Decepticons know about this, especially how they'll react."

"Oh, you misunderstand; I'm not telling anyone a thing about this, not yet anyway," Slipstream told him. "I'm going to take the Decepticons, fly right towards Cybertron, and I'm going to take that lying sadistic psychopath right back here so she can fix this!"

"Alright, that's even a far worse idea."

"And what of you? Do you have any ideas?"

"Just hear me out!" Rodimus said, raising his voice as he noticed her brow-raising significantly at that. Then after calming himself down a bit, he started lowering his voice as he too started to lower his brow. "...Please."

Slipstream lowered her head, sighing while she turned around to lean against a wall, folding her Servos together as she has shown she was ready to listen to him.

"Okay... I know how much we've tried to kill each other in the past, I get that. I know that we have a lot of differences towards each other, possibly some grudges that are still held against one other, but things are different now."

"Why? Because you Autobots don't have a home to go back to anymore?"

Rodimus lowered his Helm, pressing his back against a table. "No... Because you and I have someone we care for deeply." He pointed at the mentally tortured Cybertronian lying in a Berth in Stasis. "Mine is a Friend, and yours... Something more, I'm guessing."

She scoffed, almost making a mocking chuckle before staring at the Red and Orange Autobot. "You have no idea how I feel about him."

"I know you care about him to some degree." Rodimus countered. "I know how close you are to Megatron, even after you carried out his command. And based on the Siege of Cybertron's Archives, I know how Megatron has shown how much he cares for you just by saving your Spark while we were in battle."

"That was different, he was still Galvatron at the time."

"Is it though? Because if that's the case, why are you still here listening to me?" He asked while raising a hand. "And don't start using that, "Because Megatron's my Leader", card, okay? Optimus had told me about your relationship with him before."

"Before or after he tried to kill you while being wrapped in Quintessa's puppet strings?" She retorted sarcastically.

"Regardless," Rodimus continued. "I think that it's in both our best interests that we start working together on this, and not just you and I, but as both Factions."

She hummed, almost sounding amused at his bold statement as she started tilting her head. "You are asking quite a lot for an Autobot... Considering you people have someone the Decepticons worship tied down in a Medical Berth."

"I know, and for the record; both of them are like only for their own safety," Rodimus said. "Believe me, none of you were here when Megatron and Ratchet tried to kill themselves by aiming Megatron's Cannon at their head."

At that moment, Slipstream started raising her head at the disturbing info, turning her Optics over to the Patients once more as she saw just how both Megatron's and Ratchet's hands started twitching even in their sleep.

"...You're serious?" Slipstream asked, turning to glance back at Rodimus.

"I have recorded footage of this happening if you want to show you-!"

"No!" She said, raising her voice slightly. "...No, thank you, I'd... Rather not."

He nodded his head, having agreed mentally in his head that everyone who is open minded was better off not having to watch such a thing happen on camera, especially for his sake since he didn't want to have to relive trying to hold both Megatron and Ratchet down just to keep them alive.

"...Even if I agreed to this... Proposition of yours, you realize that there's going to be a lot of us on both sides who would disagree with this, don't you?"

Rodimus nodded. "...Yes."

Slipstream started pulling herself off the wall as she pressed her Servos down where she rested her hands on both sides of her legs. "And even if everyone had miraculously started to be on board with this idea... Just what makes you think we'll even succeed in trying to heal both at once?"

"Well, that's just it... I don't know for certain if we'll even succeed." Rodimus said truthfully. "But you know what? If all else fails then... We just try again."

She raised a brow. "Really? Just "Try Again"?"

"Yes, just like that. And if the second attempt fails, then we try again, and if the third, or fourth, or fifth fails on both of us, then we just keep trying and trying again and again, over and over until we have found a way to make it work." Rodimus told her with such energy. "Because the truth is, I've lost a lot of good Bots today, and I don't want to have Ratchet be one of them. And I'm guessing from your standpoint that you don't necessarily want Megatron to be one of them too."

Slipstream lowered her brow, thinking of Rodimus' words as her thoughts drift back to the two Cybertronians merged on the Berth. She may not care so much about Ratchet... But Megatron on the other hand... Perhaps there is some wisdom in what Rodimus spoke of.

"...This probably isn't going to work out for any of us involved." Slipstream said, not holding out any hope for some alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons.

"Maybe... Or maybe not." Rodimus Prime said, almost stopping himself from cracking a smile as he made himself hold out hope for the future of this alliance... For Ratchet's sake at least.

While they conversed alone, the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons outside at the Junkyard were still waiting for both Rodimus and Slipstream as they simply held off from fighting each other like they used to. The tension between both sides despite recent events are still quite high as the past still lingered on each of their personal memory banks.

As some on both sides started giving each other a rough look, Minerva started glancing at Bumblebee as she saw him glaring at Shockwave while he was just simply observing his own Claws.

"Hey, Bee." She called out, wrapping her hand on the Minibot's. "Let's say we go check up on your voice, huh?"

Bumblebee nodded his head as he was too frustrated enough to even try out the radio to make a voice. After all, he didn't exactly want the Decepticons gloating on how he relies on Human-Technology just to communicate.

Soon, he let her take him over to a quiet area in the garage where she started sitting him down on the hood of a dismantled car, allowing his Girlfriend to properly diagnose him.

"Alright, answer me with either a thumbs up or a thumbs down; How are you doing?" Minerva asked, with Bumblebee replying with a thumbs up. "Good, good. Now have you been experiencing any changes with your Vocals, or...?" Bee immediately replied with a thumbs down. "No... Okay, that's... That's fine, let me just take a good look at your Voice Box, okay?"

Bumblebee nodded, leaning his head up as he started showing his neck over to Minerva, where the Medic started opening up a panel just to take a good look inside as she always has done since the moment the Fallen had stripped him away from his own voice...

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Three Months Ago... Earth.

Minerva and Bumblebee were seen sitting on top of a parking garage in Detroit as she was seen looking over at the voice box as her flashlight spotted the scars that were left behind from the Fallen's Campaign against the Universe.

"Alright... Well, I'm not picking up any infected areas around your wires, nor do I see any circuit sparks or oil and Energon leakage, so you're still maintaining a healthy status." Minerva said with a smile, closing off her flashlight as she gently closed the panel on Bumblebee's throat. "Just, try not to actively use your Voicebox that often without the minor upgrades from Wheeljack, because otherwise; all we're going to be hearing from is static."

Bumblebee nodded while making a quote from a Terminator movie. "Affirmative."

She smiled, seeing how he's found a way to acknowledge people without his own voice. "Anyway you need to stop drinking a lot of oil," Minerva added. "It makes your throat rusty, and it can cause some serious issues.

"It's the only thing I can drink," Bumblebee thought to himself if he were to have a voice of his own.

"And don't worry about drinking just Oil, you can always have some Energon," Minerva said as if she knew what Bumblebee was thinking while Rodimus and Bulkhead started walking over to the two.

"Hey guys, how's it goin'?" Bulkhead asked as he stood next to Rodimus.

"Fine! We just finished wrapping up our monthly vocal check-up." Minerva said with a smile as Rodimus pressed a hand on Bumblebee's shoulder.

"Yeah? Are you doing alright, Bee?" The Prime asked as Bumblebee let out a thumbs up, which resulted in the Minibot getting rewarded with a light punch on the shoulder. "Awesome, that's my Mech."

"So what's the status on my little buddy's throat?" Bulkhead asks her.

"Nothing lethal," Minerva says "The soreness should be gone by now, which according to Bumblebee, it was seriously annoying him."

"That's good to hear because I've got bad news," Rodimus said. "We've got work tonight."

Minerva sighed. "Oh no, is it M.E.C.H. again?"

"Yup. M.E.C.H. again."

Bulkhead rubbed his Helm. "I thought Sari dealt with those guys three months ago."

"No, just a few, including an old S.T.E.A.M. veteran," Rodimus informed the three that are present. "Anyway, Chromia, Crosshairs, and Jazz just told me that they're about to raid a N.E.S.T. cargo container, so we should go take care of it before we end up having to watch the humans berate us on how terrible the Autobots are most of the time."

Bumblebee shook his head, not wanting to hear anything labeled as negative as he thought of all the good that he had done here on Earth, in Detroit. It was part of the reason aside from trying to take a break from Elite Guard duty on Earth that he helped restore that relationship that Optimus Prime had maintained before things started getting out of hand with Trypticon Prison.

"Let MECH come to us, so I can make them pay for making everyone afraid of us." Bumblebee thought to himself as he fisted both his hands, signaling he means business.

"Well, looks like someone's excited!" Bulkhead spoke with Enthusiasm as Rodimus smirked with glee.

"Autobots, let's Roll Out!"

"Wait, Bee, you need to stay out on this one!" Minerva says in concern as Bumblebee shrugs to signify the minibot's exclusion from the mission. "You are still damaged to fight."

Bumblebee made a huff out of his Intake as Rodimus and Bulkhead moved to assist him in this conversation.

"It's okay Minerva, it's just his Voice Box that's damaged, that's all," Rodimus said.

"Yeah, I'm certain if Ratchet was here, he'd probably say that Bumblebee would be good to go," Bulkhead added as if he was trying to reassure Minerva. Then she glanced back at Bee, who clasped his hands together as if he was silently begging her for her permission to fight.

"Ok then, let's go." Minerva says with a sigh as Bumblebee made a "yes" expression with his arm and then the team transformed and rolled off.

Soon, the Autobots drove to their destination as Jazz, Chromia, and Crosshairs were seen hiding out of sight in their Alt Modes, parking alongside them as they oversaw M.E.C.H. trespassing on private grounds.

"Alright Jazz, how are we looking here?" Rodimus asked as Jazz was parked alongside the Prime.

"From the looks of it, these dudes just started packing up who knows what in these containers." Jazz answered him. "They don't even know we're here yet."
"Good for us, all the same." Crosshairs said, eager to join the battle.

"Jazz... You mind playing a song for us while we make all these racist Slaggers our bitch?" Chromia asked politely as Jazz obliged her by playing the song known as Don't Stop Me Now by the Queen.

"Alright, then, Autobots... Let's hit them where it hurts."

With that order being issued, the Autobots Transformed out of their Vehicle Modes and started to make it rain as M.E.C.H. troopers were taken by surprise by their attack.
"AUTOBOTS! THE AUTOBOTS ARE HERE!"

"MOVE, MOVE!"

Blaster fire was made throughout the area as Rodimus fired Crossbow Arrows, Bulkhead swinging his Wrecking Ball, and Bumblebee shooting his Stingers while crouching next to Crosshairs, who used his own Blasters to fire with EMP shots to disable any weaponry in the area as Brawn joined in on the fight in his Vehicle Mode.

"Hey, don't leave me out of this!" Brawn said as he Transformed Mid-Air and smashed the Helicopter that was about to be filled with mercenaries that were attempting to escape while Minerva started using a grenade that stuck all the bad guys in some type of glue-like substance, making it impossible for anyone to escape.

As another helicopter was about to escape from the carnage, Chromia appeared, wielding her Double-Bladed Lightsaber to cut the Helicopter's blades as all the men were completely outgunned and outmaneuvered in a matter of minutes.

All this was happening while out in the distance, Silas was seen standing on a rooftop using his binoculars to oversee the battle ahead of them as he stood next to a couple of armed soldiers keeping their boss guarded, even though he was displeased by this event none of the less despite the present company.

"...What a waste," Silas whispered before turning away. "Come... This Mission is clearly a loss."

With that said, the two M.E.C.H. soldiers followed Silas right behind him as they escaped from the Autobots from a further distance.

"Hey, boss, where do we hide the scrap metal?" One of the M.E.C.H. soldiers asked.

"At the loading dock," Silas replied as he grunts to himself and then said... "I need to speak with our "financier"...

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The next day, Sari was seen at a local coffee shop as she sipped on her latte, enjoying her morning while watching the news of the Autobots thwarting M.E.C.H, a girl started joining her at the table she was sitting in.

"Hi! I'm sorry to ask, but I've got nowhere else to sit, so I was wondering if I could sit with you." The Girl with ponytails asked as Sari nodded her head.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Thanks!" The Girl replied sitting right in front of Sari as she held onto her coffee. "I really appreciate you letting me sit here... I'm Miko."

Sari raised her hand to shake Miko's hand. "Sari, with an "I"."

"Ah, would you look at that? Another girl with a four-lettered name, I like that!" The girl said with a smile. "And here I thought you were making an apology."

"Yeah, that happens sometimes," Sari responded, sipping her latte. "How's your morning so far?"

"Oh, well, just off to a rough start," Miko answered. "See, I finally moved from this boring small town in Nevada into the Motor City of Detroit, and all I hear about from my neighbor is asking me whether or not my Car is actually My Car. I mean, seriously? What kind of dumb is that?"

Sari sighed, shaking her head at that. "Yeah... You may not have heard about what people are saying about... Robots in Disguises."

"Oh, I've heard all about that stuff, and I say all this paranoia is total nonsense!" Miko said. "And I'm not just saying because I'm a total Autobot fan, because let me just say, that Green Autobot, what's his name, Bulkhead? He's a total fave of mine, the big bot is just adorable..."

Sari chuckled at that... "Yeah, well he's my favorite too."

Miko giggled at that. "Oh, joy!" The two girls laughed about it together with a smile. "Anyway, the point I'm trying to make here is that people freak out way too much sometimes about the little stuff. I mean, first, everybody freaked out about gays, then everybody freaked out about superhero movies being rated R, and then everybody started freaking out over masks because of a pandemic that happened nearly a century ago, and now, everybody's freaking out because there are aliens that can look exactly like a Car or a Bike or a frigging Firetruck! Like, people seriously need to slow their roll and just keep cool because not EVERYTHING is a Robot in Disguise, you know?"

Sari nodded. "Yeah, I know the feeling... Actually, just a few months ago, my co-worker and I were working at this garage when this woman started assuming that this Camaro we were working on was a Transformer."

"Oh? And what did she do?"

"She called the cops on us."

Miko scoffed in disgust. "Ugh, what a skank! This is exactly what I'm saying; everybody is just freaking out way too much over this!"

Sari nodded. "I agree, but sometimes it's kind of hard for someone to tell the difference between an Autobot and Decepticon these days."

"Yeah, that's kind of sad," Miko spoke with a low voice. "And speaking of sad... Just what is up with this war that these Transformers have with each other? I mean, no offense, but what is their deal though? Can't they like, get along with each other and shake hands, call it even, or whatever?"

Sari started scratching the back of her neck. "Yeah... I'm not sure how that's going to work."

"Why wouldn't it work? What's the problem?"

"Well...!"

"Beta."

Sari widened her eyes, almost spilling her drink when she saw Quintessa in her Human Form walking over to her and the girl she just made friends with.

"Mom!"

"Uh... Mom?"

"Hello," Quintessa spoke politely as she shook her hands with Miko. "I'm Quintessa, I'm her mother."

Miko raised a brow, looking at the skin pigmentation due to Sari being Black and Quintessa looking like she's Asian. "...Adopted or was your husband-?"

"Yes!" Sari said out loud. "No, I mean... She and my Dad dated a long time ago, and she and I just talking right now."

"Oh! Okay!" Miko nodded. "That's totally okay! Where's your Dad right now?"

"Uh, he's-!"

"Dead." Quintessa finished, which pulled an emotional string on Sari, while surprising Miko at once. "Her father, my lover, he... He was killed a long time ago by a Decepticon."

Miko blinked, turning to glance at Sari while she just rubbed on her arm. "Whoa... Sari, I'm... I'm so sorry."

"It's fine," Sari said, glancing at Miko. "Look... I'm glad to meet you, but my Mother and I should get going right now."

Miko nodded her head. "Uh, sure. Does this mean I'll be seeing you sometime?"

"Uh, sure!" Sari said before dragging her Mother's hand with her. "See you later!"

Soon enough, she dragged Quintessa out of the coffee shop, leaving Miko alone so the two can have their conversation in private.

"I see you've just recently met," Quintessa said as Sari turned to glance at her.

"Yes, I just did. And also, why did you just do that?"

Quintessa raised a brow. "Did what?"

"You know... Tell Miko that Dad is dead! Why did you say that?!"

"Well, I thought we were having an open conversation like many known sentients in the known cosmos."

"Yeah, we were, up until you mentioned Dad, which I'm not..." She paused, letting out a sigh. "...I'm not quite ready to open up That early..."

"I see..." Quintessa pressed a calm hand on her shoulder. "My apologies... It's been decades since I've been to Earth, and I'm not used to many of Earth's current customs as you are. Perhaps, one day you and your Consort Miko may teach me well on how to readapt, like your father before you."
Sari nodded, raising a smile before having heard the word, "Consort."

"...Wait," Sari paused, turning to her Mom. "Did you just call Miko... My Consort?"

"Yes..." Quintessa answered. "I mean... Was Miko not flirting with you in that coffee shop?"

"Flir-!" Sari blinked, tilting her head, pointing at the store. "You thought... You think she was flirting with me?"

"Wasn't that what she was doing?" Quintessa asked. "I mean, I am open to any one of any sex for you to mate with after."

"Okay..." Sari chuckled nervously, shaking her head just to rid herself of the word, "Mate". "Okay, you know what? Let's go back to my apartment, I feel like ordering in instead."

Quintessa nodded, though she was puzzlingly confused by the way her Daughter was acting. "Whatever you wish to do."

Quintessa follows Sari around town while Sari was having suspicions with her "mother" as she took her straight into her apartment. There, once they were inside, she started ordering an online delivery from Burger Bot as Quintessa continued to sit patiently for her Daughter on a table.

"So how are you doing Beta?" Quintessa asks as Sari stuffed her face

"Fine, Mom... Would you like anything from Burger Bot?" Sari asked as she finished putting what she wanted to eat for lunch.

"You do realize that food isn't good for you...I suggest something less processed." Quintessa says as a recommendation.

"Well, no offense, but I am half-human, after all, so processed food is basically what I know of eating."

"Oh please tell me your father fed you with real nutrition..." Quintessa spoke in worry.

"Well, do Apples and Bananas count?" Sari asked.

"Close," Quintessa says "Anyway what is troubling you? You seem stressed" Quintessa asks her Daughter.

Sari sighed, leaning back against her chair. "I don't know... I guess I'm just kind of wondering why it matters what I eat, considering I'm part Cybertronian and part Human, which means no matter what I eat, it just doesn't really affect my weight."

"Your whole body is adjusting to your organic form. Your Cybertronian form is using whatever you eat as energy, and when you use your weapons that energy decreases" Quintessa explains.

Sari raised a brow, leaning forward with her arms folded. "I... Never really knew that."

"There's so much you don't know about yourself, Beta," Quintessa says "You have so much to learn."

"Like what? Can you teach me something else I don't know about myself?" Sari asked her.

"So many questions... So much to be answered in time," Quintessa says with a smile.

"Well, I've got time," Sari said, getting out of her chair. "Come on, I want to learn something right now."

Quintessa lowered her brow, letting her breath into her nostrils. "Are you certain, Beta? Because the knowledge that I am going to show you is the knowledge that has known in our family history since the Dawn of Time."

"Yes, and I am ready! I mean I've been through time and ventured in the alternate dimension!...not to mention I'm tough! I even made it halfway through the Emoji Movie." Sari says with pride.

"Very well then..." Quintessa started getting off of the chair and sitting on the floor with her legs crossed together. "Sit with me, take my hands, and close your eyes."

Sari did what she tells her to and as Quintessa opens her eyes, her eyes glowed in Cyan and Sari did the same. Then in a second the apartment suddenly disappeared as if they were in deep space

"Tell me... What do you feel right now?"

"Like I'm...I'm... What is this?" Sari asks as she looks at her fingers

"What do you see?" Quintessa asked as Sari looked around, witnessing just how she and her mother are just sitting in the vacuum of space like it was nothing.

"Uhhh stars, planets, and practically the universe I guess," Sari says

"Concentrate," Quintessa said calmly. "What do you see?"

"I see..." Sari closes her eyes again and saw a mixture of everything and she even sees herself from the past and future that causes her to gasp and open her eyes again and they were back in the apartment "Ahhh what was that?"

"What do you see still?" Quintessa asked as she is not even in the room, with Sari still looking around as if she was confused.

"I see that that was crazy!" Sari shouted, looking for Quintessa by listening to her voice. "I practically saw everything!"

"Your hands," Quintessa spoke with her voice echoing throughout her whole apartment. "Look. At. Your. Hands."

Sari breathed, raising a brow as she did what her Mother said... And to her complete surprise... What used to be her own flesh was her hands that were completely made out of metal.

"Ahhh!" Sari yelled a bit but then looks at a mirror "Ahh, I'm, I'm, I'm... Cybertronian?" Sari says as her mother nodded.

"Concentrate... Do not be afraid, just... Embrace it."

As her mother's voice was echoing into her mind, Sari's hand pressed into her face, which was completely made out of pure metal as she no longer had any human skin left in her. Then as she started becoming fully aware of her surroundings, memories of pain and loss started to resurface, causing her to let out a scream as it all became too much for her.

Then, she opened her eyes again, this time, she was back at her apartment with her mother, as she jumped up and breathed intensely as she tried to process what just happened to her, feeling her own flesh and blood once again.

"Woah that was scary... I may never feel the same again," Sari said, shaken by what happened before looked back at her mother, turning to her with wonder. "What did you do to me?"

Quintessa started standing up as she looked to her Daughter to reveal the answer. "I merely scratched the surface and showed you what you really are at your core. I've shown you exactly what I wanted you to see; what you are meant to be when the time is right."

"Right time?" Sari asked, suspicious of the way she said it. "Look whatever you are doing, I will stop you, okay? I have lost a lot of good bots in my life and if you try anything funny, I will hurt you." Sari threatens

"Oh, Beta, you say that as if I'm your enemy!" Quintessa spoke with warmth. "When I said what you are meant to be when the time is right, I've merely meant when the time is right for You to feel ready to embrace your true self. It is not something I can simply teach you with words, my Daughter, it is something that merely takes time and practice."

"Look I'm not kidding about losing a lot of good bots and if I'm going to be this Auto... Trans... Cybertronian, whatever! I just don't want to feel any more pain!" Sari says

"That is only because you have the Human Element standing your way," Quintessa explained as she started wrapping her hands with Sari's. "Tell me, when you discovered what many called it, your Techno Organic Capabilities, were you perhaps frightened? Confused? Angry even?"

"Yes.." Sari says

"I'm also Detecting... Mood swings... Desperation... Insecurities... Also concupiscent" Quintessa says, which made her Daughter react as any normal human being would react.

"What?" Sari asks her.

"So many questions...so much to be answered in time..." Quintessa says

Sari shook her head, pulling her hands away. "Okay, I'm gonna just stop you right at Concupiscent, and get to the point of the argument I want to discuss, so just be honest with me here... Was I always capable of doing what you showed me? Could I always turn myself into a Cybertronian any time I wanted to?"

"Only when you reach your full potential, and that potential is only attained through a difficult process... How's not the time... You will find out when." Quintessa says

Sari sighed, rubbing her face as she's still trying to wrap her head around everything she just experienced. "When you mentioned the Human Element being in my way..."

"I meant that only because of the fear and doubt you hold over yourself right now," Quintessa added. "Those kinds of traits you have, they are what block you from being what you could be, and the only way you could be what I showed you to be is for you to simply let go of that fear, and embrace what you are at your core." As she attempted to pull away, she started getting a call from Silas, letting her know that her time is up. "My child, I'm afraid I must go now. But please, do take into heart what I've shown you, and let all I've taught be a reminder of what you could achieve."

With that said, she started to turn away and make her exit, leaving Sari alone as she started looking at her hands again as if to double-check if they were flesh and blood and not... Metallic like her Mother's.

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Back in the warehouse, Silas was being impatient, kicking away at barrels just to show how frustrated he was.

"Great... Just great, we lost more ammunition and got our asses handed by tin men!" Silas yelled as he started flipping over tables during his fit of rage, and it was only then that when his eyes were looking at a pair of blueprints, he actually stopped to think. "Hmmm perhaps this would suffice"

As Silas sags to himself, Quintessa started appearing from the shadows, making her presence unaware to the leader of M.E.C.H. until she speaks out her voice.

"Why have you summoned me?" She asked in a demanding tone as Silas turned around, seeing the Quintesson hovering right in front of him.

"Aw... I see you got my text, sure took your time."

"I was preoccupied..." Quintessa says as she walks up to Silas.

Well, clearly not anymore." Silas spoke sarcastically. "Now, you said that I should call you if I was having any Autobot Issues, and as of lately, I'm having Autobot Issues, so here's the part where you help me out here."

"Like I said I was preoccupied with teaching my daughter her new form and purpose," Quintessa says as she folded her Servos as the Quintesson stared into Silas' eyes. "I cannot get involved in your conflict with the Autobots, you know this."

"Ah, don't feed me that b***, I've seen exactly what you're capable of. Hell, you've shown it to me."

"You have no idea of the concept of what I am truly capable of," Quintessa said as she tilted her head. "Now if you are done wasting my time..."

"Prove it... Prove me wrong; show me just how capable you are." Silas said, practically daring her to punish him as she cracked a smile on her lips.

"Oh well," Quintessa smirks as she was about to punish Silas until loud music started to play in the ground, much to his annoyance.

"Oh, for the love of God..." Silas pointed a finger up. "Give me just one moment." He kicked the door open. "FRANKY! FRANKY, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" He turned to a M.E.C.H. soldier. "Where's Franky?"

"He's at desk 2011, sir. He can't hear you."

"Yeah, I know he can't hear me, I can hear the damn music from my office." Silas started walking over to Franky as he was seen nodding his head back and forth until Silas ripped the headset off of him, frightening him.

"Oh, god, boss-!"

"Don't, "Boss", me, you little s***, what the hell did I tell you about the damn volume?!" He turned his eyes to the computer screen. "And what the hell is this? Is that supposed to be Soundwave?"

As Quintessa reverted to her Human Form, she started noticing old playback footage of Soundwave having a Guitar Contest with Optimus Prime during Christmas a few years ago as she tilted her head out of curiosity.

"Well, you have to admit it, Boss, those Cons have good tunes," Franky said, trying to defend himself as Silas shook his head.

"Alright... Alright, come here." Silas ordered, lifting his finger at himself as Franky grew a bit shy.

"Sir?"

"Relax, I'm not gonna hit you," Silas reassured him as Franky, reluctant as he was, started approaching him. "Yeah, that's it. Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm not gonna-!"

Without a warning, Silas moved in and hit Franky right in the face, knocking him to the floor as he ended up having a bloody nose.

"AGH, what the hell?!" Franky shouted as he covered his nose. "I thought you weren't going to hurt me!"

"And I thought you weren't going to raise the god damn volume anymore, but here we are!" Silas said as he raised his hands. "Now, get your a** up, shut up, get back to work, and LOWER THE DAMN VOLUME!" He growled as he turned around, facing back to Quintessa as he recognized her in her disguise. "Sorry about that... Franky clearly has a thing for Robot Music, it's kind of disturbing really."

She folded her arms. "That battle... When did that take place?"

Silas rubbed his head. "Oh, the one with Soundwave before he joined those Cons? Yeah, that happened a few years ago, with sources telling me that Soundwave basically tricked those Autobots into believing they were Human."

She raised a brow, turning to Silas with even further curiosity. "You don't say..."

Silas, at that moment, starting tilting his head while folding his arms. "What are you think about?"

Quintessa started walking back. "Something that may help you with that solution of yours." She turned around. "After all, you wanted to know what I was capable of."

---

Back at the Junkyard, Rodimus Prime was seen having a conversation with Optimus Prime as he reported him of their recent battle against M.E.C.H.

"Well, it's good that you've put a stop to them when you did, Rodimus. From the sounds of it, they would have made my argument with the United Nations hard had you not intervened."

Rodimus folded his Servos. "We're just doing the best we can here. After all, this Human and Autobot Alliance is far too important for it to be compromised, and we've been working hard just to regain that trust again."

"According to Preceptor, the meeting is to begin at 14:00 tomorrow, so I'm going to come to your base a little early just so I can prepare myself. I trust that I won't find too much of a mess when I get there?"

Rodimus chuckled as he pressed his hands against his waists. "Don't you worry, Prime, I'll be certain things will work out just fine when you get back here."

"In that case, I leave it up to you, Prime." Optimus said with a smile as the call came to an end, Hot Shot was seen getting out of the dance room as he walked right past Rodimus.

"Hey, Hot Rod, WASSUP?" Hot Shot said with a high voice as Rodimus turned to face him.

"Hey, Hot Shot. Mind telling me where you were while we were off fighting against M.E.C.H.?"

"Well at least you guys have not noticed it but I git a bit of a paint job," Hot Shot said as he poses with his hands pressed against his waist.

"Woah nice flames!" Jazz says as he walked right in.

secs ago"I know, right?" Hot Shot said as he stretched his Servos out. "Now Hot Rod and I have matching flames, wouldn't you agree?"

Rodimus folded his Servos. "Okay, they look cool, but that's not okay for you to have an Upgrade while we're in the middle of a mission! I was counting on you to be there, all of us were!"

"Oh uhh sorry boss bot...I had a sweet deal today and stuff, but I promise no more personal biz on the line of duty... Anyway, what is the status?" Hot Shot asked as Rodimus sighed, letting his Servos fall flat as he glanced his Optics back and forth with Jazz. "Optimus Prime is going to be visiting us early so he can prepare for the meeting with Earth's World Leaders since many are going to be visiting Detroit tomorrow. So since that's happening, we're going to try our best and make ourselves look presentable. After that, we help out in any way, and then the rest should be history."

"Sounds pretty easy peasy to me." Jazz said.

"Yeah, hopefully, we won't have to deal with any Decepticreeps tomorrow. I'd like to deal with anything, but Decepticreeps." Hot Shot said.

"Don't get too cocky Hot Shot... The Decepticons always gives us a surprise that even we can not see." Brawn says.

"And let's not forget about M.E.C.H, especially since they have it out for us worse than anyone else here on Earth..." Chromia said as she started to walk with Minerva having their shared Energon Rations.

"Ah, let them come so I can show them whose boss!" Hot Shot said as he takes his ration "Energon cube nothing like it, I guess." Hot Shot said as he takes a bite, Bumblebee started to walk in with Bulkhead as the rest of the Autobots took notice of their appearance.

"Oh, hey guys! We were just about to get the party started!" Hot Shot said as he handed Bumblebee his Energon Cube.

Bumblebee nodded as he takes the emerging cube, cracking a smile while he gave Hot Shot a thumbs up.

"Yeah, no prob." Hot Shot said as he turned to give an Energon Cube to Bulkhead. "Here you go, Bulky!"
"Thanks..." Bulkhead before turning to Bumblebee. "Hey Bee, remember when we thought we were turned into humans? Because if I'm being honest, I kind of miss eating human food."

secs agoBumblebee made a pouty face, shaking his head as he gave a thumbs down, implying that he doesn't want to jinx it.

"Ah, come on, being human wasn't all that bad," Bulkhead said, clearly getting the hint. "I mean, aside from Soundwave kidnapping us, holding us against our will, Reprograming us to be Decepticons, that Human simulation wasn't that terrible."

Minerva started to intervene as she walked over to hold Bumblebee's hand. "Uh, hi! Sorry to intrude, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation, and I thought I might of help. See, from what Bumblebee is feeling just by touching him, he's telling me that he's telling you that you shouldn't try to jinx anything in regards to you talking about being human, whatever that means."

Bulkhead widened his Optics. "Oh... Uh..." Bulkhead scratching the back of his head. "My bad."

Bumblebee would have made a noise as he shut his Optics, only giving out a thumbs up just telling him that it's okay.

"Ahh, what's so good about being a human anyway?" Brawn asks.

"The music, the passion and the soul man...the soul," Jazz says.

"Like a... Spark, you mean?" Rodimus asks."

"Something like that, but more...more... Man, what's the word?" Jazz asks himself

"Insignificant, Small, filthy..." Chromia "guesses"

"Okay, I'm certain it ain't none of what Chromie's guessin' about." Jazz said as she started pointing a finger at him.

"Hey, only Ironhide gets to call me that, you're not my Boyfriend."

Jazz raises his hands. "And I'll apologize for that."

"Thank you."

"Anyway let's get some rest for tomorrow..." Rodimus said.

"After we tidy up the place, you mean?" Hot Shot asked.

"That too."

The Autobots got everything together and Bumblebee was continuously looking at Minerva. Bumblebee owes a lot to her for taking care of him and he feels like he needs to do something for her. But for now, he would rest tonight. Tomorrow, he'll try to do something for her, something that shows how much he appreciates Minerva.

Soon afterward, the whole team went to bed as they started some shut-eye, with the whole Junkyard becoming shut off as everyone went into Stasis just in time for a scheming Quintessa to hover above the base with her hands glowing, proving her being up to no good.

"And now, to set the stage for tomorrow's challenge," Quintessa whispered before she started to make a chanting spell. Her Optics starting to glow Blue as her hands raised, setting up what may be the worst morning any Cybertron would have in a lifetime...

---

The next day, a rooster started to coo out loud as the morning dawned in Detroit, a large Transwarp Portal was opened, with Optimus Prime walking right out from Cybertron onto Earth's Surface as the sun rose over his helm, looking for any signs of his fellow Autobots who yet to be seen.

"Alright team we head to the meeting and we need to make sure this alliance will work," Optimus said as Warpath, Ironhide, and Perceptor walked right out as they looked over the base, seeing the absence of Autobots in the area.

"Sounds like a plan, except where the Frag is everybody?" Warpath questioned as Optimus took a few steps forward.

"I'm not sure... Rodimus said that they would be prepared for our arrival."

"That's odd, knowin' Hot Rod would've come to greet us right away as he should," Ironhide said. "Perhaps they got up on something..."

"No, that shouldn't be the case; everyone here knows how important this is for us," Warpath said.

"I'm having trouble detecting any heat signatures on my radar," Perceptor said as he used his tablet to scan for Cybertronian life signs. "According to my scans, there were Cybertronian heat signatures that last spotted here around 8 Earth Hours ago, right before they just... Vanished."

"Okay, that doesn't sound right..." Optimus said before starting to call out names. "Bumblebee! Rodimus! Where are you?"

"Bumblebee!" As Optimus' shouting was heard outside, Bee was seen in the shadow folding his arms as he tried to cancel out the noise in his sleep, hoping to get at least five more minutes.

"Rodimus!" When the shouting got louder, Rodimus was heard groaning, raising himself as he started pressing his hand on his head... Then after feeling something weird with his hand, he started pulling it back as he opened his eyes... Only to gasp, having found that his hand was made out of pure human flesh.

"...NOOOOOOOOO!"

Everyone turned around, having heard Rodimus Prime's voice as the Autobots that have arrived tried to intercept, only to hear more screaming and more terrified voices crying out in the air.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!"

"WHAT THE FRAG IS ON MY HEAD?!"

"I'M HIDEOUS!"

"OH NO, NOT AGAIN!"

"Woah, what is going on?" Warpath asked as he was as confused as any of the Autobots around here.

"Dad is that you?" Minerva asked while calling him out as everyone started running out of the base, the Autobots who arrived were for a shock as they all saw the Earthbound Autobots stationed here on this planet were reduced into Human-sized Organics.

"Oh Primus, not again," Optimus whispered as he widened his Optics.

"Minerva?!" Warpath called out, having realized the Organic in front of was his own Daughter.

"Daddy..." Minerva wept, falling onto her knees as she held her eyes shut with tears running down her eyes. "I'm so sorry, I'm ugly!"

"No!" Warpath said, kneeling as he picked up his now human-sized little girl. "No, come on, you're not ugly, sweetie, you're just... An Organic now, for some reason."

"That's even worse, you idiot!" Crosshairs shouted as he wore Green Hair, Yellow Shades sitting on his head, a Green Jacket, and Black Pants.

"How did this even happen? WHY is this even happening? What the Frag is going here?!" Hot Shot as he was freaking out like everyone else him. Brawn on the other hand was shaking at the amount of hair he had on his arms.

"There's... So... Much... Hair." Brawn said as if he just got shot. "Why... Is... There... So... Much... HAIR?!"

Rodimus burst out of his quarters the second everyone was out, leaving everyone to peer their sights on him. "Okay... Okay, everybody just remain calm... There is a perfectly good, explanation for all this-!"

"WHAT PERFECT EXPLANATION IS THERE?!" Crosshairs shouted before coughing. "Oh, Slag, what... My throat... Why does my throat feel soggy? My throat feels soggy! Oh god, I think I'm dying!"

Hot Shot yelped, jumping away from Crosshairs. "What?! Dude, no offense, but keep the heck away from me! What if you're contagious?! I don't wanna die!"

Optimus raised his Servos as a disturbed Perceptor started scanning the Humanformers around them. "Alright, nobody is going to die..."

"Yeah, he's right!" Bulkhead said as he pointed a finger up. "I mean, we've actually been through this once! So, really, we just have to relax and act cool! I mean, come on, being human's not that bad when you think about it!"

"Oh shut up, fatty! It's your own damn fault we're in this mess!" Crosshairs said as he pointed a finger at him. "After all, you were the one who started it last night when you mentioned wanting to be Human! For all we know, this is why we're like this all because you wished for it, you oversized, Dick!"

Bulkhead got mad at being called an oversized Dick. "Hey man, just because I'm not metallic anymore doesn't mean I can still stomp you into jelly!" Bulkhead made his threat as Crosshairs was about to punch him when Optimus started blaring out his sirens, loud enough for the human eardrum to be affected to a point where everyone that was human pressed their hands on their ears.

"Everyone, just calm down!" Optimus said as he stopped using his siren. "Look... Let's just all take a deep breath here and start with who else we're missing because I don't see Bumblebee anywhere."'

Rodimus cleared his throat. "Right, well... I can't see Jazz and Chromia, from what I can tell..."

Ironhide widened his Optics. "Wait, if Chromia was here if this happened... Oh, Slag!"

"Ahhhhhh!" Shrieked a loud high pitched voice that made the glass crack.

"I wonder what Jazz's reaction is," Hotshot asked as Ironhide raced over to Chromia's voice.

"Chromie!" Ironhide ran inside her quarters, only to avoid a soda bottle being thrown at him.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME!" Chromia shouted with more of a plea really. "Don't... Don't look at me."

"Oh, boy," Hot Shot said as music was being played. "What's that noise?"

As they heard a song being played out, Jazz was seen just casually sitting down listening to the beats as the Autobots saw him in his Human Form.

"...Jazz?" Brawn asked as Jazz wore shades as a substitute for his Visor.

"Sup guys?" Jazz called out. "I'm just here enjoying the flow... What about you?"

"...He's lost it." Hot Shot said, pointing a finger at Jazz. "It's official; Jazz has completely lost his mind."

"I hate to disagree. I'm just enjoying new me " Jazz rhymes in a hip hop fashion.

"...Yeah he lost it." Brawn says as he agreed with Hot Shot, both nodding their heads at once.

"Is all hands on deck?" Rodimus asks as he looked around for anyone else.

Minerva looked around, seeing that Bumblebee was nowhere to be seen. "I don't see Bumblebee anywhere.

Optimus started turning away from the group, calling out Bumblebee's name as Bumblebee was seen hiding from the group... If he can call it hiding by just standing there facing himself in the mirror.

He stared at himself puzzlingly at first, being annoyed how Bulkhead jinxed it all... But then a thought occurred to him.

"...*.*" Bee let out his breath, but no sound. Not a single sound was heard as he tried to make noise from his own throat. After a few more attempts, he sighed, pressing his hands against the sink as he felt saddened by this outcome despite being human...

Then that sadness started to turn into anger. Tears welling up in his eyes as Bee started forming fists and pounding at the sink in front of him. At first, he thought he would have gotten used to this by now, but... Having just not been able to speak while being both human and Cybertronian made him relive just how completely helpless he feels as he just wanted nothing more than to scream, gritting his own teeth as Bee continued pounding at the kitchen sink until the group started approaching his position, having found him in the bathroom.

"Bumblebee!" Optimus called out, making his Son turn around with fresh tears in his eyes as he was seen breathing heavily. "Bumblebee."

Bee breathed slowly, pushing his chest out as he lowered his head down, still not uttering a sound as Minerva started walking over to him, raising him by the chin.

"...You still can't talk, huh?"

Bee looked at Minerva silently before he just wrapped his arms around her, sobbing without a voice to cry with as Minerva started wrapping her arms around his back, with Bulkhead joining in on the hug as he wanted to comfort his little buddy.

"It's ok, little buddy, we are here for you." Bulkhead said as he comforts him.

As the group started comforting Bee the best they could, Optimus couldn't help but crouch down as he wrapped his large hand around the human gathering around his now human son as he too wanted to provide some measure of comfort.

While that occurred, Ironhide was still in Chromia's quarters as she was seen hiding behind a curtain.

"Chromia?"

"I said... Don't. Look. At me." She said, covering herself from Ironhide. "I... I look hideous."

Ironhide scoffed, shaking his head. "Chromie, I've been around Humans long enough to know that most aren't that hideous, especially when it comes to the Femme population. Whatever you look like now, I'm content with it, truly."

Chromia sighed as she raised her head, letting her hair being swung in the air before she ultimately decided to open the curtain just based on Ironhide's level of confidence in her.

"...So... Is it that bad?" Chromia asked as she now has White Cloudy Hair, Blue Tank Top, and White Pants. "Any regrets?"

Ironhide shook his head, leaning himself down as he raised his Servo softly at her. "My only regret right now is that I wasn't here with you when this happened."

"Do you really want to be all flesh, and disgusting?" Chromia asks as she glanced her head up at Ironhide, something she is not used to doing before.

"Honestly... I don't give a damn." Ironhide said as he takes her hand with his finger.

Chromia just closed her eyes as she started leaning against Ironhide's finger, wrapping her arms around it.

"...Your finger feels so different now, it's like I feel cold just touching you."

Ironhide chuckled. "Yeah... That's kind of what happens when you're Human."

"Can you feel me? How do I feel?" Chromia asks him.

"Uhm, kinda light...and..well... soft..." Ironhide answers her.

Warpath pulled himself inside as he glanced at mostly Ironhide. "In case you're done in here, we're having a meeting outside, now."

Ironhide nodded his head, gently grabbing Chromia in his hand before he and she started joining the team outside.

"Alright, so for those who are unaware, this wasn't the first time that has ever happened before," Optimus explained. "I mean, at first, it was different because we were trapped in a simulation designed to reprogram us, but clearly this is the real deal."

Rodimus rubbed his head. "The only thing that is unsettling to me is just How this happened in the first place."

Optimus turned to Rodimus. "That's why we're here to find out; have any of ever digested anything that would have drugged any of you? Maybe some... Oil Nog?"

Bulkhead shook his head. "No way, Bossbot, we all ate nothing, but Energon Cubes last night."

Jazz nodded. "Yeah, and they didn't make us sick or anything, so that can't be the issue."

"Unless this is a dream! Ah-ha, nice try Soundwave!" Bulkhead shouted as he slaps himself to awake himself "I'm sure this is a dream, you can't fool us anymore!"

"Stop making a fool out of yourself Bulkhead," Hot Shot said.

Bumblebee looked at Bulkhead attempting to "wake himself" up. Then he turns to see Minerva, who glanced back at Bumblebee, who simply held his hand as the group continued conversing together, Perceptor just scanned the Organic Autobots in front of him.

"Strange... My readings are detecting some kind of anomaly radiating on the Autobots who turned into Organics."

Optimus turned to Perceptor. "What are you seeing?"

"I'm not sure myself," Perceptor said as he saw Purple Signatures around the heat signatures that were switched to being Human. "Whatever this is, it's unlike anything I've ever read before."

"Ooh, I have an idea!" Bulkhead said as he started moving towards Warpath. "Hey, forgive me for this, Big Bot, but I just gotta try something..."

Rodimus widened his eyes. "Bulkhead, don't!"

But it was too late, as Bulkhead moved to swing his fist right at Warpath's knee to deliver pain. And Pain was delivered indeed... Bulkhead's pain to be precise as he was screaming due to having his fist just punched at hard metal.

"OWWWW!" Bulkhead shouted, holding his hand. "My hand hurts!"

Warpath tilted his head, looking at Bulkhead oddly. "...So, what exactly was the point in hitting me?"

"To see if his strength can knock out a Cybertronian since that was what we did the last time..." Optimus says as Bulkhead hand was swollen in pain

"Walk it off, big guy... Hey Minvera, perhaps you can..." Warpath suggested as he notices Bumblebee staring at Minerva.

Minerva nodded, turning to Bulkhead. "Let me see your hand." Bulkhead lets her as she looked the hand he used to punch Warpath. "Oh, you'll be fine... I think. I mean, all I'm seeing are red spots on it, so you should be okay... Hopefully."

"Ahh, I never punched that hard before! I can see why we are much stronger than humans now..." Bulkhead said as he still clutched his bruised hand.

Hot Shot folded his arms. "So, that clearly wipes the whole, "Computer Simulation" theory off the board."

Bee just let out a thumbs-up as he continued staring at Minerva, tilting his head at just how pretty Minerva looks even when she's Human.

"Hey, kid," Warpath said, stomping next to Bumblebee as he jumped at just how much the ground shook at each large footstep. "Notice something on my Little Girl?"

Bumblebee just shook his head at the big daddy as Minerva took notice of how Warpath was slightly intimidating her Boyfriend.
"Dad, please it's ok," Minvera says, raising her hands. "It's just that Bumblebee's, well..." She glanced at Bee, who glanced back at her. "I think he's just taking in everyone's Human Appearance, which is fine all things considered."

Optimus pressed his hands on his waist. "She has a point, Warpath. After all, we all need to be aware of who is who since most of us are now Human.

"Yeah, yeah..." Warpath said, nodding his head. "...I just didn't like how he was just staring, that's all."

Bumblebee just gulped, having felt in some degrees that he doesn't have a voice to speak with right now.

"Are there anything that humans feel besides pain?" Hotshot asks as he passes bandages to Bulkhead

"Perhaps Sari can help," Optimus says turning to glance at Jazz. "Jazz, you once told me that you held contact with Sari just a few Lunar Cycles ago, maybe you can get in touch with her."

Jazz nodded his head. "Yeah, hopefully, she may help us sort out this whole mess."

"Optimus, as much as this anomaly is important to us, we still need to prepare for the meeting for the Human and Autobot Alliance." Perceptor reminded as Optimus tipped his cap.

"Right... Maybe I should just-!"

Before he could say anything else, his Optics suddenly turned Purple as time froze around him, Quintessa moved right next to his face as if she was stuck inside of his head.

"Maybe you should take care of this by yourself."

By yourself.

By yourself.

By yourself.

As the words echoed into his Processor, Optimus' Optics turned Blue once again as he blinked a couple of times having just processed the words echoing to him.

"...Maybe I should take care of this by myself," Optimus said, turning to glance at the Autobots. "After all, the public is looking mostly to me as the Autobots' main representative, so maybe it's better if there was just one Autobot at the meeting rather than a group."

"Woah, that was weird." Bulkhead whispers as Optimus looked short-circuited.

Perceptor raised a brow as he saw how Optimus acted strangely. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Optimus said rubbing the back of his neck, though he was internally unsure of himself as he felt like he was missing. "Perceptor, you remain here with Warpath, while Ironhide takes all the Earthbound Autobots to Sari."

"Are we all going to even fit inside of him?" Chromia asked.

"I call shotgun!" Bulkhead shouted.

"I think you can stay in the pickup area... I'm not sure you'll fit inside," Crosshairs says "I'll sit in the middle seat,"

"Since I'm the oldest here I'll sit in the driver seat"

"I'll sit with you Bulkhead..." Chromia tells him.

"Unfortunately there's only one seat in the shotgun area," Crosshairs says.

"Okay, okay, everybody just calm down, we can figure it out!" Ironhide said as everyone started arguing who gets what seat they get to choose, Warpath folded his Servos, sighing as he shook his head.

"I'm starting to think maybe I should join them just so they'd stop arguing," Warpath said while Perceptor was too busy scanning the area. "What do you think?"

As Perceptor continued scanning the Junkyard, his tablet started pointing at Optimus, which suddenly started beeping Purple the second it did, leaving Perceptor to tilt his head as he saw Optimus drive out of the base in his Vehicle Mode.

"...Curious."

"What is?" Warpath asks

"We may need to follow Optimus he seems...not himself.." Perceptor says

"Well looks like we need to do that the old fashion way," Warpath says as he looks at the Junkyard's tattered vehicles forms and sees a Jeep-like truck.

At that moment, Warpath started to scan the Jeep so he can convert himself into an Earth-Based Vehicle Mode, Transforming himself into his Alt Mode just in time for the other Humans to start noticing his transformation.

"Oh good, Dad can help us out with this."

Warpath raised a brow using his windshield. "Wait, what?"

"Oh thank Primus!" Hot Shot said as he sat in the driver's seat. "Now we can stop arguing and get over to Sari already!"

"Wait, guys, this isn't what I..."

"Look, no offense to Bulkhead, but he's starting to smell real funky." Jazz said as he and Chromia started to smell something radiating from his armpits.

"Oh... God, I smell it too."

Bulkhead raised a brow. "What do you mean? I smell just fine."

Soon, the other half started cramming into Warpath as he started feeling a bit overwhelmed, especially since his own Daughter started to join in.

"Uh... Perceptor?"

Perceptor sighed, seeing that Optimus had just vanished.

"Never mind... Perhaps we should look into this another time."

"You should scan something too, Perce." Jazz suggests.

"Hmmm no, I'll stay here and investigate the metamorphosis that occurred here," Perceptor says

"Alright let's head out!" Brawn says.

With that said, the Autobots started to leave the Junkyard, minus Perceptor as he remained behind to investigate.

---

Sari woke up and felt a bit strange "Ahhh when's the last time this place was warm" Sari says as she started to walk out to get herself something out of the fridge, she was about to heat herself some tater tots when a memory started occurring to her involving her last conversation with her mother.

"Your Cybertronian form is using whatever you eat as energy, and when you use your weapons that energy decreases..."

She tilted her head at that recollection, having remembered what she said as she held the bag of tater tots in her hand... Then after giving it some thought, she reopened the fridge and put the tots back inside.

"Maybe I can use these on a cheat day," Sari said to herself as she started going to her computer to look up healthy things to eat when she started to get a phone call, causing her to respond. "Hello?"

"Hey, Sari, it's me!" Raoul said as he was heard on the phone. "I was wondering if you can come into work today."

"Probably. Why? Is everything okay with the Viper?"

"Oh no, the Dodge Viper's alright. It's just that you have some people that are asking for you."

Sari dropped her hand at the laptop when she heard something that somewhat troubled her.

"...What kind of people?"

"I don't know, some people who say that they're your friends, that they know you a lot."

"I'll be right there..." Sari says as she puts away her Frozen Tots, leaving her apartment as she started heading over to Raoul's garage, meeting up with him along with the recently converted Humanformers.

"Sari!" Bulkhead as she ran over and wrapped his arms around Sari, though she remained confused as to who these people in front of her were.

"Uh... Hi!" Sari said politely as she pushed herself away from the person she believed to be a stranger. "Raoul, where did they come from?"

"I don't know, you tell me! They're the ones who came knocking on my doorstep." Raoul said as Jazz started walking over to Sari.

"Yo, Sari, it's us! Don't you recognize us?"

She raised a brow. "Should I?"

Rodimus rubbed his head. "Okay, just... Take a closer look."

Sari takes a closer look at the gang and Sari recognizes bulkhead and bumblebees attire "No way...what happens to...I need to sit down" Sari says

Rodimus nodded. "Yeah, take it all in."

She breathed slightly as she has taken the time to let it kick in before turning back to Bulkhead, pressing her hands on his cheeks. "Wow! You guys... Look different now!"

Bulkhead nodded. "Uh-huh."

She sniffed Bulkhead, smelling his odor. "And you have... Such a nasty smell."

Chromia nodded. "Yeah, I had to sit next to him because I was nice like that."

Raoul raised a brow as he raised his hand. "Sorry, can I just ask what's going on in here?"

Sari turned to Raoul, glancing back and forth between him and the Human-Sized Autobots. "Uh, Raoul, these are my friends... From High School."

Everyone who knows Sari personally turned to glance at her. "High School?"

"Guys, this is Raoul, my co-worker, and boss!"

Raoul waved his hand up. "Um... Hola, everybody." He started whispering in Sari's Ear. "No offense, but your friends are acting kind of weird."

"Trust me, there's a lot you don't know about..." Sari whispered back before turning to her friends. "Say, guys! Why don't we go outside where we can talk, yeah?"

Jazz nodded. "Sounds cool."

"Cool! Let's go."

She leads everyone out of the garage as she left Raoul alone to work in private, leaving her to talk to the Autobots out in the open without having to have any awkwardness around him.

"...What the hell happened to you?!" Sari asked as she finally let out her WTF look,

"Can't you tell? We got turned into Humans." Hot Shot said.

"I know that, but how did that even happen in the first place?!"

Crosshairs folded his arms. "Isn't that the question we're all wondering about?"

"We do not know how this happens to us... We just ate energy rations last night and the..." Minerva explains while Bumblebee looks at her, and Sari even notices this

"So, sorry for interrupting you like this, but why is Bumblebee staring at you like you just got out of the shower?"

"...Huh?" Minerva turned around to glance at Bee, only for him to look away as he started blushing.

Bulkhead then got an idea "Anyway...since we are being in these human bodies..how's about we go to the burger bit!" Bulkhead said. "You guys are going to love this!"

Sari widened her eyes. "Wait, hold on! Okay, look, I just got into work today, I can't just skip out on my shift!"

Jazz shrugged. "Could you just say it's an emergency?"

"Seriously?"

"Well, duh!" Hot Shot said, raising his hands. "I mean, look at us!"

Sari tilted her head, seeing all her friends being turned into Humans. "...You know what, that's fair." She sighed, rubbing her head. "Okay, I'm going to go inside, and I'm gonna talk to Raoul, just nobody move, okay?"

"Yeah sure..." Chromia said as she hears Bulkhead's stomach's growling.

"What?" Bulkhead asks as everyone stared at him.

"That noise... Was your engine growling?" Rodimus asked.

"Oh... Yeah, I think that just means I'm hungry." Bulkhead answered.

"So... Let's go find some Energon, we can probably consume that," Brawn suggested.

At that moment, both Bulkhead and Bumblebee started sharing a look as Bee gritted his teeth out of awkwardness.

"What?" Brawn asks

"Let's get back to Ironhide and Warpath and I'll teach you," Bulkhead says s Sari started getting back outside, she met up with the Humanformers with her hands clasped together.

"Listen, before we start, can I just ask if this is happening to ALL of you?"

"No, no, it's just us." Rodimus answered." Ironhide and Warpath are currently waiting for us in their Vehicle Modes even as we speak.

"Speaking of which, can I just say how odd it is that we can't Transform anymore?" Crosshairs asked. "Seriously, how do Organics survive without a Cog?"

"We walk, and when we get older we drive.." Sari says as Crosshairs was trying to transform.

"With What Cog, though?!"

Sari sighed. "Never mind... Let's just go find you guys something to eat."

"Woah!" Bulkhead says as Bumblebee was unknowingly was walking behind. "Come on little buddy keep up." Bulkhead encouraged Bee as he was having trouble walking fast but he keeps looking at Miniveria and could not help but look down at her...

Beeeeeeeep

A loud sound from Warpath horn disoriented Bumblebee, making him flinched as he is hearing Warpath honking at him.

"ANY DAY NOW!" Warpath yelled as Bee started picking up the pace.

The team were loaded in the two trucks but Warpath closes his dorrs when Bumblebee was going to sit next to Minerva "No room kid"

Bumblebee raises his hands, signaling okay before turning to sit inside Ironhide, while everyone was completely unaware that they were being spied on during a M.E.C.H. Stakeout.

"...Girl never ceases to impress..." Silas said with a smirk as he started using a scanner, seeing that most of the Autobots now resemble being Human.

"Dude, did you see the yellow Autobot was clearly looking at the white and red Autobot chick's butt? hahahaa" A M.E.C.H. soldier said laughing.

"Enough," Silas said as he raised a hand. "Let's keep up surveillance. After that, we show these tin heads what it's really like to be on the human side of things."

---

Later, the Autobots are seen at the Burger Bot where everyone was now eating burgers and fries... With their mouths open as Sari simply sat there drinking a milkshake acting embarrassed.

"So... Guys? Have you ever learned to eat Energon with your mouths closed?" Sari asked as she heard everyone just moaned at the taste.

"Does it matter?" Hot Shot asked as he ate a handful of fries in his mouth while everyone around them stared at the Autobots oddly.

1m ago"Please just chew and don't...swallow with a full mouth," Sari says as Bulkhead basically ate like 4 burgers already.

Rodimus cleared his throat as he wiped his mouth from his meal. "Okay, since we're all experiencing this phenomenon, whatever this is... We should at least try to figure just why this is happening to us."

Brawn groaned, covering his stomach. "Oh, Frag... What is wrong with my stomach?"

Sari turned to Brawn. "Yeah, that would be your body trying to digest your food."

"What are all these crystals that make these potatoes taste so good?" Chromia asked as she was relishing every bite.

"They're called french fries, and what's on them is what we call, salt."

"What is all this red liquid hiding inside these packages?" Jazz asked as he was holding on to a ketchup packet.

"...That's ketchup," Sari answered as she saw Jazz feeling a taste on his tongue.

"...Tangy."

As the Autobots were talking, all Bumbkbee did was stare at Minerva and he didn't even look at his food at least once.

"Oh Uh hey, little buddy are you owing to finish that?" Bulkhead asks as his gluttony got the best of him.

Minerva glanced back at Bumblebee. "Seriously, I'm doing fine if that is what you're concerned of Bee."

Sari raised a brow, seeing how Bumblebee acted oddly around Minerva ever since he became human. Then as she looked closer, Sari realized that Bumblebee wasn't looking at her, not due to her safety, but rather due to her own appearance.

"Oh god... Oh god, BEE!" Sari shouted, standing up so she can pull Bumblebee's hand. "Get over here!"

"What? What is he doing?" Crosshairs asked.

"Is he okay?" Minerva asked.

"He's fine! Just, everybody please keep eating! I'm gonna talk to Bumblebee personally." Sari said as she dragged Bumblebee away, who was as puzzlingly confused as everyone else.

"Well... Since Bumblebee ain't gonna eat his Burger..." Bulkhead said as he started reaching out for Bumblebee's burger.

"HEY!" Brawn snapped at Bulkhead's hand. "You've had way too many burgers for your liking! Besides, if anyone is gonna eat that last burger, it'll be me."

"Whoa." Hot Shot interjected, raising his hand at Brawn. "Who said you're the one who's taking the Burger?"

"Because I said so!"

"Screw, that! I'm having that Burger!"

"Why should you?"

"Because it's so GOOD!"

Crosshairs shook his head. "Whatever, I'm just gonna take the fries."

"Me too, wanna split 'em?" Chromia asked as Crosshairs obliged while the three started fighting over a burger, Ironhide and Warpath were parked and talking, observing the scene before them.

"Wow, and I thought Scraplets eat too much," Warpath said

"Yeah, maybe there's a downside to being an Organic that nobody ever mentioned any of us before..." Ironhide said as he and Warpath saw Bulkhead, Brawn, Hot Shot fighting over a burger still.

"Come on, I'm still hungry for some more!" Bulkhead said.

"That's because you eat too much, big boy!" Brawn argued.

"Says you! You've eaten at least two burgers!" Hot Shot counter-argued.

"I ain't the one who's clearly looking to add a second to the meal!"

"Frag you! At least I'm willing to point out the hypocrisy in your argument!"

"ENOUGH!" Rodimus said raising his voice. "All of you, sit down! None of this is helping us figure out whatever the hell caused us all to turn into an Organic, and each of you fighting over a piece of meat isn't going to solve anything!"

"Uhhhh is it me or did that sounded really wrong?" Hot Shot asked.

"Speaking of wrong, did you guys notice Bee was acting strange?" Bulkhead asked.

"I'm not sure... Maybe because that we're Human now, Bumblebee is trying to be overprotective over me." Minerva implied. "Though, I'm not sure why my Dad is acting irrational, since all Bumblebee has been trying to do is just protect me."

"Oh, dear..." Chromia whispered, shaking her head. "Oh, dear, I don't you get it."

Minerva tilted her head. "Get what? What's there to understand?"

Jazz cleared his throat. "Yeah, Double B wasn't looking at you because he wanted to protect you. Bumblebee was looking at you, because... Well..."

"Because you're a girl." Chromia finished for Jazz.

"...What does me being a girl have to do with anything?" Minerva asked innocently.

Chromia sighed, leaning back. "Look, I've watched a lot of Human films during my time here on Earth, and all I've gathered is that some of them instinctively reminds me of those dumb Mechs who tried to push it with me alone during my Valentine's Day Break with Ironhide."

"Meaning?"

Jazz clasped his hands together. "What Chromia's trying to say is that Bumblebee never looked at you the way he looked at you before you were human. But now that we are human, well, it's just that you've got these... Extra Parts now."

Minerva blinked, having heard what Jazz and Chromia were telling her before she started to chuckle a bit. "Wait... You mean to say that Bumblebee is staring at my body the whole time?"

"...Basically." Jazz and Chromia said at once.

"...wow," Minerva whispered. "That never happened to me before."

"Yeah, well first time for everything, I guess..." Rodimus said as he clasped his hands together, Sari was seen dragging Bumblebee to the back of the Burger Bot so they could have their conversation.

"Okay, so before you think anything else, let me just say for the record that I still hold regards to you as a friend more than anything!" Sari said, turning around to look at him. "But, just recently, you've been staring at Minerva a LOT, and everyone has been noticing, including Warpath, and now I know why."

Bee tilted his head as he scratched his head, acting confused.

"...It's because of her body, isn't it?"

At that point, Bumblebee started blushing, rubbing his neck as he was as if yet fortunate yet again to his status as a mute.

"...I get it," Sari said, nodding her head. "You're an Autobot who's lived his whole life as a Robot rather than as a Human being, so you probably don't get the concept of... Personal boundaries between a Human Man, and a Human Woman, which I completely doubt that Minerva does either, so that's why I'm here to talk to you in person about this."

Bumblebee blinked as Sari began to explain in depth.

"See... Some things are okay between a Boy and a Girl, and some things are Not okay between a Boy and a Girl... For example, being there for each other for fun, for work, for personal matters, or even during times of crisis, that's okay... But staring at a Girl's Private Parts nonstop on the other hand is NOT okay, you see where I'm getting at?"

Bumblebee tilted his head as he scratched the top of his hat.

"Look what I am saying is stop staring at her or something bad will definitely happen ok?" Sari asks as Bumblebee slumps in disappointment."Ok, I get it, Minerva is a bit attractive and has a nice body with nice... Hair... Lips... Eyes, and..." Sari stared at Minerva while Bumblebee tilted his head, raising a brow as he felt like Sari was sounding like she was just as attracted to Minerva as he was, which Sari immediately took notice right away and started to move on with her argument to avoid changing the subject.

"A-Anyway... Would you like it if anyone were to think anything bad of you, like say you were some kind of pervert?" Sari asked, which Bumblebee started shaking his head no. "Yeah, that's what I thought. And for the record, nobody thinks you're a pervert, well except maybe Warpath now... Yeah, you should seriously clarify things up when this is all fixed up, but as I was saying; you like Minerva, don't you?"

Bumblebee nodded his head once more.

"Good, and you want to respect her, right?"

Bumblebee nodded again.

"Then, show her respect by not... Looking at her ass and boobs as much."

Bumblebee raised a brow at the word, "Boobs".

"...Boobs, yeah they're uh... They're basically these round..." She started pressing her hands on her chest. "They're kind of like what I have."

Bumblebee blinked, nodding his head.

"Yeah, okay... See, women like it when men respect them, it's kind of like... How your Dad respects your Mom, that kind of thing."

Bumblebee nodded his head with a thumbs up, understanding the point that Sari was trying to provide in Cybertronian standards.

"Ok now you know, and please don't think about touching them..." Sari says as Bumblebee was dissing off on Minerva's softness, and his instincts are telling him to go wild.

Meanwhile, Warpath was still looking at Minerva "I still don't see what is Bumblebee going to do to Minerva when I'm not looking."

"Come on Stacy just one touch," Said another male in a car next to Warpath.

"No means no, Seth! Okay, just back off."

"Stace, all I'm asking is one-touch... Just one touch, that's all!"

"The lady said no, you piece of Scrap!" Warpath said, revving his engines as he startled the perv known as Seth. "Now, beat it!"

"Holy, shit!" The man fell back before turning to run away, leaving the girl alone as Warpath sighed.

"Right then... Are you alright-?"

"You're one of them..." The Girl said, clutching her bag. "Oh my god, you're one of them!"

"One of who? The Decepticons?"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Stacy shrieked before sprinting away from Warpath, who was just confused after saving her from an assault.

"...I don't get it," Warpath said as Ironhide sighed.

"It's not that you were a Decepticon, it's that you are a Transformer. Everybody living here is scared of us, which is why we're hopin' Optimus can patch things up where we used to be with the Humans."

"Really? Well no offense, but Humans has some issues."

"Well, that's the thing, we are just too big for them... I mean it's not their fault they are afraid of us" Ironhide says

"I suppose so..." Warpath says as he looks at Bumblebee walking with Sari back to the group, having just witnessed his counter with an overeager human male, giving him the impression of what Bumblebee might do. "I just hope that little filthy animal doesn't lay a hand on my daughter."

As the non-human Autobots sat guard over their human compatriots, Perceptor was seen at the Junkyard still gathering whatever data he could find as he started to have a call from Optimus.

"Perceptor, this is Optimus speaking. How are things at your end?"

"Nothing to report, I'm afraid... Though I must confess, the same readings that I've scanned on the Autobots stationed here on Earth just so happened to be the same...!" Then all Perceptor hear was static as the line went dead. "...Strange, something is wrong." He says to himself as he put a read on Optimus heat signature. "Hmmm, I guess I should investigate" He looks around at the junkyard for an alt mode. "Need a disguise to not cause a panic"

Soon, he found a small mini truck for him to adapt as he scanned the vehicle, he immediately started transforming into his Vehicle Mode as he began to venture out into the streets of Detroit.

Just when he got out at least five miles from the Junkyard, Perceptor continued driving when a large armored crashed right into his side, making him revert to Robot Mode as he rolled over on the street cement, M.E.C.H. units began to get out as they started shooting electric cable wires on the scientist attempting to stand up, which were effective in keeping him down on his knees while Silas got out and chuckled at the sight.

"Well, well, looks like we've caught ourselves a stray..." Silas mocked as he walked over to Perceptor, feeling the energy-burning at his armor.

"Please... Don't be afraid... I mean you no harm." Perceptor said, assuming that these Humans were part of the Government as Silas simply laughed at that.

"Well, too bad, Tin Can, guess what? I mean you Real Harm."

"Oh no..." Preceptor says calmly as he was held by M.E.C.H.'s mercy, Sari and Bumblebee were seen rejoining the table back at the group as he had turned to Minerva, using his fries to form two words.

I'M SORRY.

Minerva sighed, casting a smile as she rubbed on his shoulder. "We're all getting adjusted with the Human Culture, Bee, we know you mean well."

Bumblebee smiled and then use the french fries to spell out his next set of words.

I just think you are pretty.

Minerva giggled softly, rubbing her hair as she glanced at Bumblebee. "I think you're cute too."

Jazz cleared his throat. "Uh, pardon my interruption, but I'd like to sincerely apologize to you Bumblebee. See, while you were gone, we ate most of your fries, so we ordered you a new set."

Bumblebee let out a thumbs-up, implying that it was okay before Crosshairs began to add.

"Also, Bulkhead, Hot Shot, and Brawn were fighting over who gets your Burger."

"DUDE!"

"REALLY?!"

"What's the matter with you?!"

Crosshairs shrugged. "Hey, nobody told me to keep any secrets."

Soon, the women were laughing while the men who fought over Bumblebee's Burger frowned upon Crosshairs just as Bee frowned upon the three that tried to steal his food, Rodimus began to clap his hands together.

"Alright, if we're all able to get back to where we left off, I think that if we were to head back to the Junkyard, maybe we'll find some kind of clue that we missed. Maybe Sari can detect something..."

As Rodimus laid out the game plan, Sari was sitting there paying attention when her eyes started noticing similar armored trucks that have attacked Perceptor elsewhere in the city stopping by as M.E.C.H. soldiers started popping out with armed guns.

"...Get down."

Rodimus raised a brow. "Excuse me?"

"I said, get down! EVERYBODY RUN!"

Bullets began flying in the air as the Humanformers quickly flipped their table to take cover, the rest of the occupants were running for their lives, not wanting to get shot by armed terrorists with a grudge against Machines.

"Ok, that's our cue!" Ironhide said as Warpath did the same.

"Way ahead of you nobody messes with my daughter!" Warpath says.

While the two non-Humanformers were seen taking on the M.E.C.H. platoon, Sari began firing back as she used her hands to shoot energy out of her palms. But when she started firing her next shot, her power suddenly began dying down as the glow in her hands started to blink back and forth.

"What... The heck?"

"Sari, you alright?" Bulkhead asks as he uses a table as a shield to cover the others.

"I..." Before she could even reply, one of the bullets punched right through the table, piercing Brawn by the shoulder as he started spilling out blood.

"AAAGH, damn!" Brawn shouted as he clutched his shoulder. "Dammit, I got shot!"

Hot Shot widened his eyes. "We can get shot? We can actually get shot, by HUMANS?!"

Sari turned to glance at Brawn's area of impact. "It's okay... It's okay, it's just a flesh wound! You're going to be okay!"

"Dammit, this is gonna leave a scar on my Armor if we ever get back to normal!"

"This did not happen at all the first time around!" Bulkhead shouted as he closed his eyes, hoping not to get shot either.

Just when they all huddled together, the non-Humanformers finally took out M.E.C.H, disarming them and then knocking them aside as the rest began to retreat.

"Alright, everybody get in, move!" Ironhide demanded as he and Warpath Transformed into their Vehicle Modes, the two groups started helping Brawn inside of the Red Humvee.

Minerva was making sure everyone was inside of Warpath before turning to Bumblebee. "Bee, come on hurry!"

Bee started to follow Minerva as they tried entering Ironhide, only for more M.E.C.H. Trucks to arrive as they started driving right after the Autobots.

"We're outta time!" Ironhide said, driving with Chromia, Rodimus, Hot Shot, and Bulkhead inside.

"Dammit, get inside!" Warpath yelled as Bumblebee quickly followed suit, with Minerva joining Crosshairs, Jazz, and an injured Brawn inside them. "And don't you even think about touching my Daughter, you filthy animal!"

Bumblebee raised a brow, turning to Warpath's windshield.

"Yeah, I was talking to you, you little Minibot!"

"Dad, for real?!" Minerva asked as she just felt embarrassed.

"HELLO! I'M BLEEDING RED HERE!" Brawn shouted as Brawn was holding onto his arm.

"Ok breathe, just breathe!" Sari says "Minerva I may need your help to remove the bullet wound,"

"What?! But I only know to repair Cybertronians, I'm equipped to repairing humans!" Minerva argued as Warpath started to drive out of the area.

"Sari, you know more about Human knowledge than any of us do! Why don't you tell us what to do?" Jazz suggested.

"Well, I don't..." Brawn let out a scream, interrupting Sari as blood started splattering on Crosshairs' face.

"Argh! That was so Gross!" The Green Human complained as he started wiping the blood off of his own face.

"Crap... Okay, here, just... Hold him down, okay?" Sari said as Brawn continued growling in pain.

"Ok," Said Minerva.

"Ok Brawn please bear with me here, but I'm going to do my best to help you," Sari says as she looks around for any items to use.

"Hey, try not to make too much of a mess in there, alright?" Warpath said before Brawn shouted.

"Frag you! You're not the one who's injured over here!"

"Brawn, please, stay calm!" Sari said before searching around Warpath. "Darn it, there's nothing in here..."

Bumblebee started forming hand signals, shaping it into something small before pointing it at Brawn's wound, confusing Sari.

"...Bee, I don't understand what you're telling me, I'm sorry..." Sari said.

"I think, maybe he's trying to tell you to use your hand to turn into some kind of thermal scanner," Minerva said. "At least, that's what I think he's saying, right?"

Bumblebee nodded his head, raising two thumbs.

"Okay... Okay, that can work, maybe I can find the bullet-!" One of the trucks started ramming itself onto Warpath's side, making the conversation difficult. "Shit!"

"Ahhh careful with that!" Brown yelled as Sari transforms her hand into a pair of tweezers.

"Sorry!" Sari said while she turned her other hand into a scanner, raising it on Brawn's wound where she was able to locate the bullet. "Okay, there! That's the bullet!" Another ram against Warpath made everything shake. "Dammit, I can't operate with these jerks attacking us!"

Warpath growled as he held himself back from fighting. "Okay, Ironhide, I'm gonna need some back up here!"

"Way ahead of you!" Ironhide said as he prepares his cannons at the M.E.C.H. vehicles, but just before he could take the shot, another M.E.C.H. truck was attacking him, knocking off the road just slightly as the occupants were shaken by the hard push.

"That's it!" Rodimus shouted, getting up from his seat. "I'm going out there!"

"What? Rodimus, you can't be serious!" Hot Shot said.

"Look, Brawn's been shot, and he could end up dying, and I'm not letting any of my men dying on my watch, so I'm going to fight one way or the other." Rodimus turned to Ironhide, facing his Windshield. "Ironhide, get me closer to one of these trucks! I'm gonna go jump right on top of them!"

"You sure about that?" Iron hide asks
"I'm sure," Rodimus said with determination "If I don't make it tell Red Alert I love her"

"Wait, what?" Before Ironhide could ask further, one of the M.E.C.H. trucks started getting closer, and Rodimus took the chance to jump, leaving him landing on top of the truck's windshield.

"Ok, organic weak body, don't fail me now," Rodimus says as he looks for a way inside the M.E.C.H. armored vehicle, only for the Vehicle to swerve around him, trying to pull Rodimus off of the hood. "GAHH, okay, I didn't think this through!"

As the vehicle continued to swerve around, keeping away from Ironhide and the rest as the truck attacking Warpath continued its' offense until the Red Autobot has had enough.

"Screw this, I'll deal with this myself!" Warpath said before activating the Cannon normally attached to his Chest at the truck, flipping it to the side where it crashed, with only one M.E.C.H. vehicle for the Autobots to worry about.

"Nice shot, Warpath!" Jazz exclaimed as Crosshairs raised a fist in the air.

"Kickass!"

Sari smiled lightly before using her thermal scanner to pick up the bullet. "Alright, Minerva, use these tweezers to pull it out."

"Pull what? That object inside of Brawn?"

"Yes, that object, but be careful! You don't want to pull it too hard..."

"Whatever you're gonna do, just get it over with already!" Brawn demanded as he was held down by Jazz and Crosshairs.

While the operation was going on, the other armored vehicle was still trying to move Rodimus out of the windshield as one of the M.E.C.H. mercs started getting out and began aiming his gun at the Red and Orange Autobot, much to the others' dismay.

"Crap, he's gonna get shot!" Bulkhead shouted as Hot Shot looked around, seeing nothing to use to throw with.

"Okay... Ironhide, can you ram over to these guys, make that bad guy drop the gun or whatever?" Hot Shot asked as Ironhide sounded flabbergasted.

"And what? I'll end up shaking Rodimus off too!"

"It's worth a shot!"

"NO, IT ISN'T!" Everybody screamed at Hot Shot.

"Well, does anyone else have any better ideas?!"

Chromia looked over to the man about to fire, letting herself sigh as she started unbuckling her seatbelt.

"Pull us closer! I'm gonna back Rodimus up!"

"No! Chromia, stay inside!" Ironhide shouted

"Rodimus needs my help! I'll be fine, worry about getting Brawn to safety!" Chromia tells her boyfriend.

And without even stopping herself, she jumped right onto the side of the vehicle where the man was about to shoot Rodimus, hitting him in the face while making him drop his gun to the side as they struggled with each other, Rodimus started rolling himself to the side of the driver's door, opening it up so he could pull the driver out of the truck.

"Hey!" Said the driver, and then Rodimus pushes him out of the truck

"Ok...got it!" Rodimus says as Chromia went inside

"Great glad to see you ok... Wait who's driving this thing?" Chromia asks

"Wait these shells don't drive on their own?" Rodimus cluelessly asked as the truck began to run right into a wall.

"Quick... Maybe that thing on your side is how you pilot manually!" Chromia pointed out the driver's wheel.

"Good thinking!" Rodimus said as he started pressing the button in the middle, hoping to at least turn off the vehicle only to make a loud honk. "...So, that's not the off/on switch."

"Rodimus!"

He looked up, seeing how close they are to a wall as Rodimus grabbed the wheel and started pulling over to the left, steering away from the building as he inadvertently let himself drive right into Silas and Perceptor's location, pushing his foot out of luck, on the brakes as he put the vehicle to a stop.

As Silas tilted his head in awe, the Autobots have just pulled the bullet out of Brawn's shoulder, letting relief fill the air as the thing causing him the most pain was removed.

"Ahhh damn what a relief..." Brawn sighs as Sari examines the bullet.

"Well, don't get too excited; I'm about to cauterize the wound just to stop the bleeding."

Brawn raised a brow as Sari's hand started glowing. "Cauterize? What's that supposed to meAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"

Sari continued to burn at the bullet wound just to stop the bleeding as Brawn felt being burned alive for the first time since being a human.

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"I'm sorry, this won't take too long, I promise!"

"SON OF A BITCH!"

Hold still Brawn" Minerva says as Bee continues to stare at her while Warpath looks at Bee.

"Hey, what did we just talk about!?" Warpath shouted as Bee shook his head, thinking that he was looking at Minerva the wrong way again when really he was just looking at her just to wonder what he was trying to do since she was the medic here.

"Dad, come on, just..."

"AAAHHH!" Brawn let out one last scream before sighing as Sari let go of him, having finally put an end to his suffering.

"Sorry about that, but it needed to be done," Sari said as she leaned back. "How are you holding up now?"

"...Being Human sucks ass..." Brawn muttered quietly as Sari thought that maybe it wasn't exactly the right question she should have asked.

"Right... My bad."

"Oh, what was that attack anyway?" Ironhide asked as he Transformed back into Robot Mode.

"Not sure but whatever M.E.C.H. is doing, it could not be good." Crosshairs assumed.

"Uhhh something tells me Silas knew of our transformation. I mean, why else would he recognize us" Minerva says.

"Hey, guys... I think we have ourselves a situation over here." Hot Shot said as he noticed Rodimus and Chromia being escorted by M.E.C.H. soldiers with guns at their heads.

"That's far enough, Tin Cans," Silas said as he walked right next to the two captive Humanformers. "It's been fun, but the game's over. Now, don't any of you make a sudden move, or you'll see just how easily a bullet can penetrate the human skull."

The Autobots turned to see Silas as many more M.E.C.H. units started showing up with Perceptor being on board as a prisoner.

"And to add to the mix, we even brought along with of your strays," Silas said as he pointed out Perceptor. "Too bad one of your own was that weak enough to get caught by yours truly."

"Who are you supposed to be anyway?" Hot Shot asked as he pointed at Silas.

"You can call me Silas, the leader of M.E.C.H, and I've come to finished what S.T.E.A.M. failed to do."

"Let them go, Silas," Ironhide said as he aimed his Cannons at M.E.C.H. "Or else we might get tempted to do something drastic."

"Do that, and you end sacrificing your friends to the slaughter, and perhaps the only other Autobot that isn't conformed into a pound of flesh!" Silas said, pointing at Perceptor. "I mean, just look at him. He may look smart, but clearly, he's as helpless as a caged animal."

"I may be trapped in some barbaric contraption," Perceptor said as he remained bound by his knees while activating something from his Subspace. "But you'll find that I am not as helpless as you believe me to be."

Suddenly, his Shoulder Cannon fired something in the air, and when the Autobots and Sari started shutting their eyes, a large blinding light appeared, blinding many of M.E.C.H. who was taken back by this surprise flash grenade.

"MY EYES!"

"I can't see!"

"I'm blind!"

Rodimus got up, seeing how everyone was distracted already. "Autobots, engage!"

Soon afterward, everyone both Human and Autobot started fighting against M.E.C.H. as they all fought against them one by one. Once they have gotten around to it, Ironhide and Warpath started freeing Perceptor from his captivity as Jazz jumped kicked a soldier in the face.

"Come on, let's keep up the pressure!" Jazz shouted as Chromia roundhouse kicked a M.E.C.H. goon by the chest, leaving Brawn to tackle him to the ground, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee fighting together against a tougher goon as Sari used her Blades to take out the weapons, disarming everyone in the process while Silas started to escape into the background.

When it was all cleared, the Autobots started gathering together side by side as they have taken out the M.E.C.H. offensive, having become successful in mounting a defensive as both Human and Cybertronian.

"Okay, maybe being Human still has its' perks after all," Rodimus said as he looked around at their victory. "Now, let's go ahead and get out of dodge before we end up getting ourselves into more trouble."

---

Later, when the Autobots have all returned back to base, everyone that was Human was all dealing with sore bruises on their knuckles as they all began to rest outside.

"Man, I'm feeling kind of... Heated in this jacket... Heated and soaked." Jazz said as Bumblebee nodded in agreement, both of them feeling somewhat sweaty.

"That's human sweat that you're experiencing," Sari informed as she drank some water. "It's what Humans feel after going through a cardio workout."

"Ain't that nice?" Brawn said as he rubbed on his wounded shoulder still healing from his wound as the non-Humanformers began to speak up.

"Alright, can we just talk about what happened back there?" Warpath asked as he folded his Servos. "Because one moment, we were minding our own business, and the next these Human Punks started showing up and ambushing us out of nowhere. Does this kind of stuff happen all the time on this Planet?"

"Not... Frequently, no." Rodimus said, rubbing his arm. "But you're right... Something about M.E.C.H.'s ambush feels off, not to mention that they choose to do it while we're Human."

"Isn't it kind of odd that they also knew who we were the moment they laid eyes on us?" Chromia asked. "It was like they knew who they wanted to kill."

"I think the most important question is if they plan on targeting every one of us standing here on Earth..." Ironhide folded his Servos. "I mean, what if they're out to target Optimus Prime next?"

Bumblebee widened his eyes, glancing around at his friends as worry started to form in his expression.

"Even if that's the case, I'm certain he'll be just fine," Bulkhead said as he tried to reassure Bee. "He can handle himself in battle, just like we all did."

"Yeah, but he'd be handling it alone though." Minerva pointed it out. "Just look at how fast they managed to get to Perceptor, and he wasn't even outside the base for at least an hour before he got attacked."

"I also have some disturbing information that I feel I should share with you all," Perceptor said. "Before I ventured outside, I lost communication with Optimus Prime just when I was about to fill in my report... Even now, I can't get in touch with him."

"Slag," Warpath shook his head. "I think that this means we may have to try and save him..."

"Save me from what?"

Everyone turned around, seeing Optimus Prime walking right inside of the Junkyard unharmed.

"Is everyone okay?" Optimus asked as he approached the group. "I heard about what happened, I came as soon as I can."

"Optimus!" Bulkhead shouted out as Bumblebee raised a smile. "You're alright!"

"Of course I am, Bulkhead, but I'm more worried about all of you," Optimus said as he pressed his hands on his waist. "I was still attending the conference when word of your recent fight against M.E.C.H. surfaced."

"Perceptor said that he lost contact with you, which is why he went out to find you." Jazz informed Prime. "He thought something was wrong with you."

"Look, everyone, I can rest assure all of you that I am just fine," Optimus said. "I was just conversing with many of the World Leaders that I didn't want to make it sound like I was being rude, so I had to turn off my Comms for a time."

"But weren't you attacked by M.E.C.H.?" Sari asked.

"No... No, surprisingly enough, I was left unharmed... And I don't know why that happened."

"Maybe because we made them all run for their tailpipes as we kicked their Skiplates!" Brawn said. "After all, we just showed them not to mess with us, either if we're Human or Cybertronian."

"Yes, well whatever you did during your fight, it was actually enough to support my argument about the Autobot/Human Alliance that it just officially greenlit," Optimus informed. "They're about to broadcast the news within the hour, but I thought I should come by and inform you all of the news."

"Oh, sweet! Maybe that means that Humans will finally stop being so afraid of us!" Bulkhead said with hope.

"I wouldn't get ahead of that," Sari said. "Hate is such... A very strong motivator. It'll take some time before most people can adjust to the changes."

"Yeah, speaking of changes... Has anyone figured out how we can turn Cybertronian again?" Hot Shot asked with his arms raised. "Because I just googled the Human Lifespan, and quite frankly... I'm kinda scared of my odds right now."

Perceptor rubbed on his glasses. "No, I'm afraid we haven't gotten there yet. All this conflict that occurred distracted us that I wasn't even able to locate a solution to this problem."

From that point on, everyone started sharing each other a glance as uncertainty began to grow amongst the Autobots.

"...So does this mean that we're going to be stuck like this forever?" Chromia asked, turning her head to face Perceptor.

"Without finding a proper solution to revert you all to your original Cybertronian Forms... I cannot guarantee any promises of such."

Sari looked around, pressing her arms around her stomach as she felt sympathetic to her friends' current ailments.

"I'm so sorry to hear about this, you guys," Sari said as she lowered her face into a sad brow. "If you want, I can... Help you more on how to adapt if you like me to teach you guys."

Rodimus sighed, lowering his head down. "Given the circumstance... Maybe we should prepare ourselves for the long-term arrangement of this Human Error."

Just when the Autobots that were bound stationed to the Earth became to accept their fates, a sudden glow started forming around the Humanformers, surprising Sari and the Non-Humanformers present.

"Uh, guys? What's going with you right now?"

"What do you mean? I feel... Whoa." Rodimus raised his hands, seeing his entire body glowing. "Whoa, this is new!"

"Oh man, are we going to the Well of Allsparks right now?!" Hot Shot asked as he and everyone else that was Human minus Sari were brightening up rapidly. Soon enough, they started to float high into the air until the glow became brighter and brighter for anyone's eyes to handle.

And then when the light faded, everyone turned to face the Autobots... Having just returned to their Cybertronian Forms as many observed themselves, seeing that they have returned to what they were before.

"Ain't this freaky?" Jazz asked as he looked at his own Servos, flexing his fingers.

"YES! Yes, we did it!" Hot Shot said as he jumped up into the air, punching out a fist. "We did it! Oh Frag, we did it... How did we do it? What just happened?"

Perceptor scanned the Autobots that reverted back into their Cybertronian forms as he held out such a confusing expression. "This... This is the most profound miracle I have ever witnessed... And I'm not even detecting a single reading that would explain it all!"

Optimus rubbed on his cap. "Perceptor, I don't understand; how did this happen."

"I'm not sure... This anomaly, this is unlike anything I've encountered before."

"Look, all I know is that we should just deal with the cards we have right now because I'm just happy to not get carried around like a Sparkling in need of help..." Chromia said as she held out Ironhide's hands. "I just want to enjoy this moment we have right now."

"Me too... As soon as I find out what Hot Rod meant what he said about saying how he wanted me to tell Red Alert..."

Rodimus pointed a finger up. "Nope; don't bother. Never gonna answer that."

As everyone started celebrating their recent return to form, Minerva hugged her Father once before hugging Bumblebee in the process. "I'm so happy this is happening right now... Aren't you?"

Bumblebee simply nodded his head as his Optics locked on to Minerva's... And then, as they faced each other, the two started closing their Optics to exchange a small kiss, much to Warpath's irony.

"OKAY, WHAT THE FU-?!"

---

Elsewhere, Quintessa was seen enjoying her tea as she witnessed the success of the Autobot and Human Alliance on the news, Silas came right into her hiding place as he held such contempt for her.

"Silas... I see you have survived." Quintessa said, setting her tea down while Silas did not share her calm demeanor.

"Spare me the shit... You made me a promise, and you blew it badly!"

Quintessa turned around, facing Silas. "I promised you nothing, Silas. I never said anything that would guarantee any kind of success for you and your party."

"No, but you've shown me what you were capable of, turning those Tin Cans into Human beings! The only problem was that you missed a few of them!"

"I have neither the time nor the indulgence to correct your errors. All I can do is provide you the wisdom I can muster so perhaps you may find a way to succeed in the next time."

"Yeah, whatever... Look, if you're not going to help me at all, then I'm just going to go ahead and smelt one of those stinking Autobots to kingdom come, starting with Optimus Prime. He's still on Earth, is he not?" Quintessa's eyes opened at the mention of Optimus. "Maybe I can show just how-!"

Before he can go further than that, Quintessa flung her hand back, making Silas fly across the room to get pinned against the wall as she started unleashing her true form.

"You shall not lay a finger on Optimus Prime," Quintessa hissed as she hovered herself towards him. "I have plans for Optimus that are far too great for you to understand in the grand scheme of things, and I will not allow you to jeopardize that in any way possible."

Silas grunted as he was held against his own will by the Quintesson. "So, what then? Are you going to just kill me then? Let you hog all the glory while I rot in my own grave?"

"...No." She said, rubbing her fingers on Silas's cheek. "No, I feel there is a purpose for you in this, though... You may not like the side effects."

Without a warning, she dug her fingers into his skin, pressing something inside of Silas before letting him drop to the floor. And then as Silas got up, his entire nervous system started going into a nuclear meltdown as his eyes widened from the pain.

"AGH! Guh..." Silas started falling to the ground sputtering drool and mucus as blood started pouring out of his own eye sockets. "What... Did you do to me?!"

"The same exact thing that I've done to the Autobots, but to a more severe approach." She knelt down before Silas. "See Silas... I can see through your hatred for the Cybertronian race, what lies behind it... And I can just how deep down you wanted to be just like them; immortal, living life to an extended course that Humanity never got to experience full hand... But in exchange, you will become the very thing I intend for you to become... A Spark Eater at best."

She started standing up on her feet as she no longer had any more words to say to him as Silas continued to scream while tendrils started pushing themselves right out of his back, with his own hands shedding away any human skin left inside of him to peel open the metal that now lies beneath, with a mere light shining right above him...

---

Three Months Later... Present Day

The light started to turn off as Minerva closed the panel on Bumblebee's neck, letting out a sigh as she gave out a smile.

"All done. Now as usual, just avoid as much Oil as you can, and stick mostly to Energon Cubes, okay?"

Bumblebee nodded, giving out a thumbs-up as she saw his soft smile.

"Awesome... Now come on, let's try getting out of here. I don't like how things are being tense around here, especially with the Decepticons right inside our own base." She took Bumblebee's hand as they walked together. "Maybe... Maybe we can go to Knockout's Club. It's been a while since we've been there, and they may have someone who has some more info about what's going on at home."

Bumblebee let out a Thumbs up, nodding his head as he started Transforming into his Vehicle Mode, with Minerva following him out along the way as elsewhere in Knockout's Club, the Mech with the name of the business was seen prospering as business was good.

"Aw, this beats taking useless orders that involve scrapping my precious Paintjob..." Knockout said while Steve the Former Decepticon was seen serving him a drink.

"Hey, uh, boss? There's some noise going off in the sublevel. One of our Bots went to go check it out, but he hasn't made it back."

Knockout sighed, lowering his head. "And is it still making the noise that's been bothering our guests?"

"Well, yeah... I mean, I wish I could say it wasn't, but I'd be lying, which is something I don't do anymore because technically I'm a deserter."

"Oh, for god's sakes; just take me to the basement, Steve."

"Okay."

Soon, the two started venturing down into the basement where the noise was going off louder and louder with every step.

"Jeez, what is with the racket down there?" Steve questioned out loud as Knockout turned to a few of his staff members that were standing by.

"Hey; what's the meaning of this? Some of my customers are being disturbed, why hasn't this been taken care of?"

"We're not sure. One of our crew is supposed to taking care of, but that was only-!"

"ARRRRAAGGGHHHHHH!"

The door to the basement was pushed against as Knockout and the others were taken back by the loud piercing scream that was going on inside of the basement.

"What the Frag?"

"No, no, NOOOOO!"Soon after the screaming subsided, it was replaced by a gargling noise as Knockout shook his head.

"Enough of this, I'm going in!"

"Boss, wait!"

Knockout began opening the doors as he let himself inside, only to stop right at the spot as he along with several others stood witness to the horror that was going on in front of them.

"...By the Allspark."

As Knockout whispered those words, everyone watched in complete terror at a Cybertronian Mutant Techno Organic feasting itself upon another Cybertronian, mainly by taking his own Spark whole as its' Green Lifeless Optics pierced itself towards Knockout and the crew, hungry for its' next meal.

"SCREEEEEEEEE!"

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And that's going to be enough of that small horror fest; thank you all for reading this! I hope you enjoyed the work that Dinobot King and I have made together, as much as we both have! After all, it was Dinobot's Idea for bringing back the Human Error aspect into the TFAverse, which I felt that we have done to the best of our shared abilities, and for that, I feel that the credit should go straight to him.

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