Denny and Fix-it came through and created two more Decepticon hunters which came in handy when the bots encountered Steeljaw and his band of Decepticons.

At the moment however Paige was in the diner with Russel watching some C level horror movie that hadn't existed on her Earth. There was probably a reason for that because it was really bad though some of the ones from her dimension were probably comparable. Denny, Fix-it and Bumblebee had left to search for a nearby energon signal they had detected while the rest of the bots were behind them watching the movie as well.

"Did you hear something out there?" asked Strongarm glancing over at the scrapyard.

Paige couldn't recall if it was a Con or if Strongarm was simply hearing the owl that hooted in the distance.

"Who can tell. The human on screen has been screaming for ten minutes straight. Doesn't she ever stop to breathe?" asked Sideswipe in annoyance.

Grimlock whimpered as the suspense built.

"Shush," said Russel putting his finger to his lips. "This is the best part."

Paige quickly averted her eyes as the gruesome scene played out while the bots flinched back in shock. Sure they'd been in battle before, but it was probably disturbing for them to see the bloody mess that an organic became when attacked. It was disgusting to her so they had to be grossed out.

"I know cool right?" said Russell happily.

"That didn't frighten you?" asked Strongarm in surprise.

"What can I say nothing scares me. I'm going for more popcorn," said Russel quickly heading to the trailer.

"Me either," Sideswipe said as he coughed in order to lower the tone of his voice.

"Russel must be made of stone," said Grimlock.

"Nah, he's blowing exhaust about nothing scaring him," said Sideswipe shaking his head.

"You're one to talk," said Strongarm pointedly. "You shiver every time there's light traffic."

"Hey," protested Sideswipe. "A bot has got to keep moving."

"I bet we could scare him if we really tried," said Grimlock with a smile.

"Good luck with that," said Paige from where she sat.

When Russel returned, it was obvious that the bot's attempts to scare him didn't work. It was just too obvious that they were still the bots even if they were dressed up as scary characters. Paige had to give Grimlock the most credit because if she didn't know who he was, she'd be running the other way. The disguises were laughable though given that they'd thrown them together in a rush.

Denny, Fix-it and Bumblebee returned with the energon cubes that they had discovered and interrupted them before the movie could continue. The other bots stacked the cubes when the alarm sounded indicating that another Decepticon had been located. Paige remembered this episode acutely especially because it came before the one episode she whole heartedly hated. This episode had been inventive unlike the one that followed. Paige went with Bumblebee and Fix-it when they left while Denny and Russel went with Strongarm.

"I don't remember his name, but I remember him," said Paige looking at Bumblebee's lighted dash. "The Con you're going to face uses a sonic scream weapon that immobilizes any bot in his way. Then he sticks you in a secretion that essentially gives you nightmares while he drains the energon from his victim." If she actually thought about it, the Con was pretty sadistic. It was like a vampire and to make it worse he tortured bots with their worse fears while he drained their life energy. She didn't want the bots subjected to that if she could change it.

Fix-it had been looking through the portable hand held database and quickly matched it to Nightstrike.

"All you can do is turn off your audios Bumblebee," said Paige. "I know it will make you more vulnerable, but if he knocks you all out, he'll have the advantage."

"We'll do what we can," said Bumblebee reassuringly. "Thank you for telling me."

"I want something in return," said Paige boldly.

"What is it?" asked Bumblebee in surprise.

"On the next mission I want to go with Sideswipe. I'll tell you more details later, but I have to be there," she said adamantly.

"I don't know," said Bumblebee uncertainly. "Paige, you shouldn't put yourself in danger especially at your size."

"Please," begged Paige close to tears. "It will literally destroy me if I can't stop what's going to happen next. I hate it. I hate him." She curled up and started rocking herself on his seat.

"Is that why you asked me to fake, cake, make those items for you," stuttered Fix-it.

Paige merely nodded.

"Wait, what did you make for her?" asked Bumblebee. He didn't get to hear the answer because they had arrived and both Fix-it and Paige exited so he could transform. He would have to ask her later what they were talking about. Right now he had more important things to worry about.

The Autobots used the luminescent paint Denny provided them with to mark their paths as they entered the cave. Denny followed them in while Paige, Fix-it and Russel waited outside. Just like on the show, their signals started to disappear one by one and Fix-it started to panic and imagine all sorts of unlikely scenarios while Russel tried to calm him down. Eventually, Nightstrike left the cave and attacked Fix-it picking him up and snatching Denny who had been exiting the cave at the time. Russel with Paige's urging also entered the cave soon after.

This situation certainly brought back memories of other caves for Paige. This one was very dark and if she didn't know what was in it, she wouldn't have ventured in especially at night. Paige knew that Russel would locate the others so she let him lead. She had to dodge out of the way when he fell back after being startled by the shadow of a mouse, but they still made good time.

When they finally found the bots, they were mostly encased in a what looked like dark underwater lava tubes. Denny caught sight of them as they quickly hid behind a rock formation. "There's a rescue mission coming for us," said Denny confidently as he continued talking to Nightstrike.

"I doubt that, but if someone is coming, I'd better prepare," he said. He flew out of the room and Russel ran over to his Dad while Paige ran behind the bots and started to climb up Strongarm's tube.

"You found us," exclaimed Denny. "You are one amazing!"

"Later," said Russel cutting him off. "Let's get you loose first." He picked up a sharp rock and started to hack at the tube cutting the organic sack pretty easily. Denny grimaced at the blue fluids that now covered him. Just then Nightstrike came back into the room and landed in front of them.

"This is your rescue," stated Nightstrike blandly looking at Russel.

Russel tossed the rock up and took off running. "One hundred saves and never been caught," he yelled.

Nightstrike moved to follow when a bright pink cloth dropped on his head blocking his vision for a moment. He ripped it off his head and looked above, but Paige had ducked behind the portion of Strongarm that was still visible so he didn't see her. He then took off flying after Russel. Denny grabbed the rock and started to hack away at Bumblebee's prison while Paige used a small foldable knife that had been stored in a pocket she'd sown into her dress to cut at the tube holding Strongarm. As soon as Strongarm had an arm free, she jumped to Sideswipe and started on his prison.

Denny had been freeing Bumblebee when Nightstrike went after him. Russel took the rock back and started freeing Grimlock as Bumblebee used his free hand and his Decepticon hunter to release one of the spider bots that made up Chop Shop. He asked the spider bot to help Denny before he left and after some uncertainty, the Con threw a spilled paint bucket at Nightstrike temporarily blinding him though it was more to aid his own escape than to help Denny. It did allow Denny time to jump into a crack in the floor allowing him to escape.

"Leave him alone," called Russel from where he stood next to the released bots.

Nightstrike turned and unleashed a sonic blast.

"Turn off your audios," called Russel plugging his ears.

All the bots immediately did and none were affected by the sonic blast this time. They soon engaged Nightstrike in battle and he was quickly defeated. Grimlock kept a foot on him to keep him down.

Sideswipe looked down, noticed something pink and picked it up. "Where's Paige?" he asked suddenly looking around after he realized it was her shredded dress.

"I'm here," called Paige from behind Fix-it. Her underclothes were covered in blue slime. "I think we all need a wash."

"I agree," said Denny flicking some of the blue goo onto the floor. He patted Russel on the head softly. "I guess you really don't get scared," he said.

"Are you kidding, I was terrified of losing you," said Russel as his voice trailed off in embarrassment.

Denny simply embraced him while Russel grimaced as the blue slime got on him.