Strongarm had just made it to the woods when she had to stop, she started to feel sick as severe pain shot throughout her body. She transforms and purges out her Energon tank on the side of the road, she then leans against a tree as she tries to wrap her processor around what's going on. Why is she feeling sick all of a sudden? She was just fine a bit ago.

She just shrugs it off and starts walking, but she could only take a couple of steps before she fell to her knees, "What in the pit is going on?" She asks herself as she tries to recollect herself and stand up. She has no success as the severe pain grips her frame even more and she falls to the ground, "What is with this pain!?" She shouts in frustration.

She hears the engine of a car and she makes another attempt to stand up, she gets up onto her feet as the pain starts to subside a bit. She's trying to move off the road and take cover in case it's humans but has a hard time moving. She listens to the engine more closely and comes to the realization that its Steeljaw and not the humans.

Scrap! Of course, he would track me down, and I can't really move so I can't hide. She says to herself as Steeljaw's vehicle form comes into view. She then hears more engines and she looks to see a few human vehicles heading towards her. Before she could grasp what was happening the weapon on one vehicle shot at her and she felt a surge of electricity course through her as she blacked out.

Steeljaw pulls up in time to see this and is outraged by seeing his mate taken down in such a way, he transforms and charges the humans but was hit with the same thing that struck Strongarm and he was electrocuted and knocked out.

Strongarm later wakes up to an ache in her helm and soreness all over her body as her systems try to function through the pain. She looks around and notices she's in a holding cell which is large and well accommodated enough for a Cybertronian. She looks over to her right and sees Steeljaw lying next to her and she wonders how they got in this situation, things were a bit fuzzy at the moment.

Steeljaw wakes up with a horrible helm ache, he places a servo on his helm as he sits up and looks around. He notices the same thing Strongarm did, that they were in a large holding cell just for them. They looked at each other as they both tried to figure out where they were and what was going on. Then a male voice rang out which got their attention, "You two are awake I see. There is Energon over there in the corner and stuff for you to sleep on if you need to."

Strongarm and Steeljaw looked at the human that was speaking to them. The human was a male that looked like he was around his mid to late thirties, he was muscularly built and had short brownish black hair which was slicked back. They also noticed he had a long scar on his left cheek just below his eye, he looked like someone that's been in many fights and won. He had this tough-looking exterior to him like he couldn't be intimidated or phased by anything.

Steeljaw and Strongarm looked at him with intrigue and confusion as questions burned into their processors, "Who are you!?" Steeljaw finally asked with a growl and a hint of venom in his voice.

"My identity will be made known in due time," the man responded. His voice was rough and edgy and held a tone that would make anyone follow him, which could be why he has so many men at his command.

Steeljaw let out a growl to try and scare the human but to no avail. Then Strongarm spoke up, "Why are we here? What do you want with us?"

At that question, the man's mouth curled into a smirk as he responded, "One thing... Revenge."

"Fixit, what are you doing?" Bumblebee asks as he and Grimlock walk up to the Alchomore. They just got back from investigating some Decepticon activity and searching for any signs of what happened to Strongarm and where she could be. When they got back into the scrapyard the first thing they saw was Fixit frantically searching through the database.

"Ah lieutenant, you're both tack, lack, BACK. I just got a signal from Strongarm and then it disappeared again," Fixit responds as he keeps searching.

"Really? Where?" Bumblebee asks as hope rises that they'll finally find her.

"That's what I'm searching for... Aha got the location. She was in a forest a few miles from a sawmill," Fixit says as he brings up the location.

"Great, let's go!" 'Bee says as he gets ready to transform and head out. But before they could a ship came flying in and landed. Bumblebee recognized the ship right away, it was Ultra Magnus' ship. The reinforcement has finally arrived.

The three go to welcome their visitors as the platform on the bottom opens up and the 'Bots inside descend from the ship. Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Knockout, Smokescreen, and Ratchet were all there. Bulkhead joined in after hearing what happened and insisted on joining to find the femme that's like a niece to him.

Smokescreen was the first one off the platform as he runs up to Bumblebee, "Where is he!? Where's my son!?" He asks frantically as Knockout joins them.

"Before I take you to him I must warn you, you're not gonna like what you see. His condition had worsened over the past four days. We had to hook him up to machines to keep him active," Bumblebee says grimly before leading the way to med-bay and Smokescreen, Knockout and the others follow him.

When they reached med-bay Smokescreen's and Knockout's sparks almost ceased, they see what Bumblebee was talking about. Sideswipe was hooked up to all sorts of machines to keep him functioning, there were braces around his wrists to hold them together and cables and wires were attached to his spark chamber.

Knockout looked over his son as Smokescreen started crying, "Primus, his wrist joints were dislocated and I see the inner circuitry damage you were talking about," Knockout walks over to Smokescreen and hugs him trying to console him. It's rare to see his mate like this and he hates seeing him this way, "It's alright Smokes. Ratchet and I will save him."

Smokescreen looks him in the optics, "I know you will."

Knockout gives him a peck on the lips before turning to face Bumblebee, "Mind telling us which 'Con did this?"

A loud clanking noise sounded throughout med-bay as Bulkhead pounded his fist into his servo, "And who took Strongarm. I'm itching to give them a beating they'll never forget."

"As we all are," Magnus added in.

"I won't know for certain until Sideswipe wakes up but I suspect it's a Decepticon name Steeljaw. He's a Wolf-Con that we had a couple of run-ins with so far and proving to be very tricky to catch. Sideswipe and Strongarm were actually the first ones to counter him. We had an encounter with him at a dam shortly before Strongarm went missing and Sideswipe became injured. Which is why he's number one on my suspect list."

"Have you got any leads yet?" Wheeljack asked.

"We actually just got Strongarm's signal and was just heading out to investigate when you guys arrived," Grimlock replied.

"Bumblebee?" Arcee questions, giving the hint that introductions are needed.

"Right sorry, this is Grimlock and that mini-con is Fixit," 'Bee introduces.

"Hello," they all greet.

"Ahem!"

Bumblebee looked towards the noise to see Danny and Russel, "Oh, and this is Danny and Russel, our human comrades."

"Hi!" The two humans greeted.

"Hello. Nice to see human faces again," Arcee greeted with a smile as she thought of Jack, she missed that boy and wondered how he was doing. They all miss their human partners and would like to see them again, but for the time being, they need to focus on the task at hand which is getting Strongarm back.

Bumblebee looks at Smokescreen and Knockout, "Russel is a very close friend to Sideswipe, he's been helping Sideswipe and the others learn about Earth. He has been by Sideswipe's side the whole time he's been unconscious."

Smokescreen and Knockout look down at the human child and smile, "Thank you for being there and helping him. We appreciate it," Smokescreen said.

"Any friend of Sideswipe is a friend of ours," Knockout added in.

Russel gave them a two-finger salute, "No probs. It's what friends are for."

"Now that we're all acquainted let's head out and search for Strongarm," Wheeljack says as he starts walking out of med-bay.

"Yeah, let's get going before we lose our opportunity to find her," Arcee says in agreement as she follows her mate. The rest follow them out of med-bay except Smokescreen, Knockout, Fixit, and Ratchet.

Knockout looks at Smokescreen, "You should go with them, Ratchet and I will take care of Sideswipe. Find the Decepticon that did this to our son and beat his aft."

Smokescreen looks back at Sideswipe before nodding and running out to catch up with the others. He knows his mate and Ratchet will save Sideswipe so he doesn't need to worry, and he also really wants to get his servos on the Decepticon that hurt his baby.

Once they all were outside they transformed and headed out to find the location Fixit had given them.

"It's really nice to see you guys again," Bumblebee says to his old teammates as they drive along the road.

"It's really nice to see you again too 'Bee," Bulkhead responds.

"Just wish it was under better circumstances," Arcee added, "What happened exactly? How was Strongarm taken and why?"

"Like I said we had just had an encounter with the 'Con criminal Steeljaw, he's a dangerous Decepticon who is very conniving. He's become the leader of a small group of Decepticons by only two members, probably three now, and he's been looking to expand it so he can take over this world and make it his empire."

"Sounds a bit like Megatron," Ultra Magnus pointed out.

"Yes. Anyway, we were heading back after dealing with him when a tree fell in our path and blocked us, so we went to investigate. Sideswipe went one way, Strongarm went another way and I went another. After a few moments of searching and finding nothing, I told Sideswipe and Strongarm to meet me back at the road. Sideswipe returned but Strongarm didn't. I called her comm but got no response so we went to look for her.

A few minutes into the search I suddenly heard Sideswipe scream out in pain followed by Strongarm screaming out his name, her voice was coated in worry. I knew something was going on. I went running to the location I heard the screams coming from, running into Grimlock along the way. But when we got to the location all we found was Sideswipe laying on the ground unconscious and bleeding out, there was no sign of Strongarm anywhere."

"We wanted to look for her, honest we did," Grimlock cut in, "But we had to get Sideswipe back to the scrapyard so Fixit could work on him."

"He always worries he's gonna get into trouble for something he did or didn't do."

"I'm hitched to you 'Bee, I can hear you," Grimlock points out.

"Don't worry Grimlock, none of us is upset with you. I'm sure you did your best and still are," Arcee says assuringly.

"Yeah, you've done a great job," Smokescreen adds in. Grimlock perks up and wags his tail.

"Anyway...," 'Bee continued, "...we did some investigating after we got Sideswipe to the scrapyard but found nothing. We didn't find any leads or anything to indicate where Strongarm could be or what happened to her until her signal suddenly popped up on Fixit's monitor just before you guys arrived."

"So her signal is your first and only lead since she went missing?" Arcee asked.

"Yes."

"Why hadn't her signal appeared before?" Wheeljack asked.

"Not sure. I suspect that maybe the 'Con used some sort of signal block to keep her hidden. Maybe she somehow escaped and that's why we could see her signal."

"And you think this Steeljaw might have her?" Arcee asks.

"Yes. Though I'm not sure why he might have taken her. I thought that if it was him that took her then we would have heard from him by now, maybe using her as a bargain for the release of his fellow 'Cons. Though it could be that he's been questioning her and trying to get information on us or where we're keeping the other 'Cons or something. But seeing as we haven't heard from him since he took her I'm not so sure."

"Doesn't really matter, if he is the one that took her he's gonna be scrap metal when we get to him," Wheeljack stated with venom in his tone.

"He sure will. Nobody kidnaps our daughter and gets away with it," Arcee added with venom as well.

"I can't wait to get my servos on him if he's the one that hurt Sideswipe," Smokescreen says with complete hatred for the 'Con.

"We're almost to the location Fixit gave me," Bumblebee informs them as they drive through the forests. Arcee, Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Magnus, and Smokescreen all look around enjoying the view they missed so much, it had been so long since they left Earth and they missed everything about it. Seeing the forests brought back so many memories.