Cyclonus and Scourge both lunged at Starscream and Knock Out but the two mechs managed to dodge their attackers and blot past them and were able to book it down the hallway.

Then they ducked into a room and managed to lose them for the moment. But heard them use the military computer they hacked to fire the missile at the scrapyard.

"I'm gonna go try to stop it." Starscream told Knock Out who nodded to his friend before the seeker blasted a hole in the side of the ship with his missiles then flew out at top speed to try to stop the one that had just been fired before it could destroy the scrapyard and possibly kill their friends since they did know if they had a chance to evacuate or not.

Scourge and Cyclonus saw Starscream fly out and took off after the seeker to try to stop him from saving the Autobots and not being a flyer Knock Out couldn't do anything to intervean. So decided to try to stop the ship from getting to DC.

Meanwhile Agent Fowler had shown the military the proof that they had been tricked and the Autobots were not their enemies and that was when the missile suddenly fired and none of them were able to stop it.

All of them felt bad and sorry about having been so quick to turn on the bots and had to at least try to make it up to them. So one of their pilots rush to one of the fighter jets and took off to try to help stop the missile.

"I hope she can make it in time." Said Agent Fowler as the young woman took off.

Meanwhile Knock Out had made it to the control room and didn't like what he found. The ship's controls had been locked so he couldn't override them.

And the ship had been set to go to DC and start firing once there.

Knock Out was now trying desperately to figure out a way to stop it. He called Ratchet on his com-link.

"Ratchet we have a situation." Knock Out said over his com-link. "Cyclonus and Scourge must have known we'd try to stop the ship."

Then the red medic explained what was going on. "And if I try to stear it somewhere else it just reroutes it's self." The red medic added in defeat."

"Hey wait maybe I can use my energon prob to blow out the power by using it on the main power core." Knock Out suggested finding his energon prob that Scourge and Cyclonus had put there when they captured him and Starscream and getting an idea. "That should stop it right?"

"Yes but it would also cause the ship to crash with you still inside it since we can't lock on your cornets and even if we could you'd never make it out in time." Ratchet told him over the com-link worry evident in his voice.

"We'll find another way." He added not wanting to sacrifice Knock Out.

"I don't think there is one we have to stop this ship there are millions of people in DC and there's no telling how many of them could die if this ship starts blasting all over the place no matter how you slice it one life isn't worth thousands." Knock Out told the other medic ready and completely willing to sacrifice himself to stop Scourge and Cyclonus from starting a war between Cybertron and Earth and save any humans who might be killed.

"Wait there might be another way." Said Raff. "What if we open a ground bridge where the ship is heading and send it somewhere where the crash won't be as dangerous like on something soft like sand, water or snow?"

"Good thinking then Knock Out would have a chance." Ratchet agreed. "What do you think?" He then asked Knock Out over the com-link.

"I'm willing to give it a go." Knock Out replied. "Given the alternative."

"I kind of thought that would be your decision." Ratchet told him. "But be careful because we have to time it just right for it to work and it's still going to be extremely dangerous for you.

"Understood." Knock Out answered as he looked out the window and quickly help them determine the cornets for the ground bridge.

And then Knock Out got in position to use his energon prob to take out the power when Ratchet gave him the signal knowing if he didn't the ship would just turn and go back through the ground bridge or take another route to it's target since Scourge and Cyclonus had rigged it to do that.

"Well if this doesn't work it's been fun." Knock Out thought to himself.

Meanwhile Starscream was trying to shoot down the missile but Scourge was on his tailpipe and making it difficult it was hard to get to the missile while being forced to engage in a dogfight.

Just then the pilot from Unit E showed up and started helping him. While the Autobots were watching from the ground trying to help anyway they could because since Ratchet had his hands full helping Knock Out he couldn't leave the consal to evacuate but had made Raff and the others go ahead.

Then Starscream flew at his top speed and transformed in midair while doing a barrel roll and fired his missiles managing to blow up the one that was heading for the scrapyard. But unfortunately the seeker was caught in the blast and at the same time Scourge ended up shooting him down.

Starscream hit the ground hard and just laid there. While Scourge landed and started to approach the downed seeker.

But the Unit E pilot started firing in front of him to keep him from reaching Starscream. Then Scourge was about to fire on the fighter jet when Arcee suddenly drove over in her motorcycle mode and hit him right in the faceplates with her tires then transformed and punched him out.

Then the rest of the Autobots got there and Bumblebee quickly put him in stasis cuffs.

Then they all rushed over to check on Starscream who was still laying there.

"Starscream!" Optimus said concerned.

"Outch!! That really hurt I shouldn't get blasted like that I'm a jet not a rocket!" Starscream complained.

Then Fixit ran a diagnostic scan on him and gladly reported that other then a few minor injuries Starscream when he was caught in the explosion and shot down it had looked worse then it actually was.

"I suffered worse then that in fight school." Starscream bragged.

"Great job Starscream you saved the scrapyard." Bumblebee told him.

"Well I had some help." Starscream said smiling at the pilot. "Thanks for the assistance it kind of felt like flying with a trine again."

"Anytime." The pilot replied. "I'm Mirissa Fireborn." She introduced herself.

"Well you did good up there Mirrisa I think you would have gotten alone with my trine especially Thundercracker." He told her.

"Wait a minute where's Cyclonus?" Asked Bumblebee.

"I don't know I thought he flew after me too." Starscream said realizing the other Sweep's absence couldn't be good.

Meanwhile Ratchet open the ground bridge in front of the ship and gave Knock Out the signal to use his prob to knock out it's power.

Which the red bot did without hisatating. And the ship's power went out and as predicted it crashed down into the snow since Ratchet had opened the ground bridge to the Arctic.

As soon as the power went out Knock Out braced himself for the crash landing and ended up tossing himself over the ship's consal to keep himself from falling to the floor.

Then when the ship became still Knock Out pushed himself up from the consal relieved that he had not only survived but survived unharmed.

"Hey Ratchet good news I'm alive and well except for a scratch so have my buffer ready." Knock Out said over the com-link. Only to realize it was out of range but he wasn't worried since he knew Ratchet had his cornets and would send a ground bridge for him any minute now.

Knock Out was currently leaning over the consal still letting the shock from the crash landing wear off. When he thought he heard pedsteps.

But before he could turn around he suddenly felt something sharp and a sudden pain in his chest and looked down with wide optics to see the tip of an energon sword sticking through his chest plates.

Then he was suddenly grabbed by the helm and forced around to look at Cyclonus who had snuck back onto the ship before it went through the ground bridge and had literally just stabbed him in the back.

Cyclonus continued to hold Knock Out by the helm if it wasn't for this the red sports car would have already slumped to the floor.

"You and that seeker really messed up our plans." Cyclonus hissed in Knock Out's audio receptors.

Knock Out was too weak to respond as Cyclonus roughly yanked the sword out of the Austin Martin as energon spilled out of the fresh wound and the red medic fell to the floor.

Then Cyclonus kneeled down next to him and put his servo on him as if stroking a child.

"But you won't live to celebrate doctor." He added looking into Knock Out optics that looked weak and were starting to dim. "Consider it my revenge."

Just then he heard a ground bridge activate and a cry of anger. And the next thing Cyclonus knew he was being beating by Starscream who was crying coolant tears of rage.

The others had gone back to the scrapyard thinking Cyclonus was going after Ratchet when he wasn't with Scourge but had found Ratchet just about to activate the ground bridge to get Knock Out and decided to go with him only to be greeted with the site of the Sweep kneeling over their badly wounded friend.

And that was when the seeker had snapped and attacked Cyclonus. Optimus had to rush over and restrain the Starscream to stop him from killing Cyclonus. But didn't blame the seeker secretly fighting the urge to attack Cyclonus himself.

Ratchet had already rushed to Knock Out's side and began treating him. Knock Out was trying to speak but keep coughing up energon.

"No don't try to talk just save your strength while I fix you." Ratchet told Knock Out holding back coolant tears. Then Knock Out's body went slack as his optics continued to blink off and on.

And then they wasted no time rushing Knock Out to the medbay where Ratchet got to work trying to save him. While Bumblebee put Cyclonus in a stasis pod next to Scourge till they could take them both to Cybertron where they would be tried and face punishment for their crimes.

Starscream continued to glare daggers at Cyclonus hating him for what he had done to his best friend but went to wait outside the medbay knowing Knock Out needed all his friends to be there for him himself included.

Everyone just sat outside the medbay worried about Knock Out just hoping that some how some way he would pull through.

To Be Continued.

Hope this chapter turned out OK. The epilogue is next. So feel free to send feedback.