All four make it back to the scrapyard at the same time, "About time you four return. I was worried," Bumblebee says as he greets them.
"Sorry sir, we lost track of time," Strongarm replied sheepishly.
"You were out all night."
"What made you stay out all night anyway?" Sideswipe asked as he crossed his arms.
"Do you really want to know?" Steeljaw asked with a smirk.
Sideswipe saw Metalsound's grin and Steeljaw's smirk and he shuddered, "Not really."
"Didn't think so."
Laserbeak flew back to Soundwave as he walked over to Bumblebee, "Hello, Soundwave," Bumblebee greeted him.
Soundwave's visor flickered to life, showing a green phone, "Lieutenant we're receiving a call from a ship entering the Earth's Atmosphere," Fixit piped.
"Friend or foe?"
"I thought you guys were supposed to have tight security," came a gruff voice.
"Wheeljack, what are you doing all the way out here?" Bumblebee asked in greeting.
"Wheeljack's here?" Strongarm blinked in confusion.
"Is that Strongarm I hear?" Wheeljack asks.
"It is. How have you been?"
"Besides getting banished from Cybertron, been pretty good."
"They banished you as well?" Drift asked.
"'Fraid so," Wheeljack replied.
"Is there anyone else with you?" Bumblebee asked.
"Just Bulkhead, Arcee, and Magnus."
"The commander's there?" Strongarm asked in a little worry.
"Since when are you calling me commander?" Magnus' voice rang in.
"You didn't mind me calling you that when I was little," she smirked.
Magnus chuckled, "No, but I figured you would have a better greeting for your father after all these years."
"Sorry, I didn't expect to hear from you."
"You learned well."
"Thank you, sir."
"Our little sparking is all grown up, really warms your spark," Wheeljack cuts in.
"Are you guys going to invite us down or are we going to have to stay up here all day?" A feminine voice asked teasingly.
"Of course, come on down," Bumblebee says invitingly.
"We'll be right down," Wheeljack confirmed as he hung up.
Bumblebee turned to Steeljaw, "You ready to meet your father-in-law?"
Steeljaw has a look of nervousness on his face, he wasn't expecting to see the mech so soon. Strongarm gives him a hug, "It's gonna be alright."
Steeljaw hesitantly hugged her back, still nervous about meeting Ultra Magnus, "Don't worry I'll be right here," she reassures him.
"Bumblebee, I'm going to go on a short patrol," Metalsound informed the yellow mech as she transformed, taking to the sky, "Just call me when they arrive."
"Alright, I will!" Bumblebee shouts after her.
"You better hope they don't gang up on you, I understand Strongarm is very dear to all of them," Sideswipe tells Steeljaw.
"I had a feeling that they would all be protective of her," he replied with a soft growl.
"Maybe they'll gang up on you after I tell them how you've been treating me since we came to earth," Strongarm retaliates with a despising look.
Steeljaw snickered at the look on Sideswipe's face, "Please don't tell them, it was bad enough that Steeljaw nearly mauled me."
"Disrespect my mate again and I will certainly tell them."
"Don't worry I won't," he promised.
"Good!"
"So what do we do until they get here?"
"You and Steeljaw could train together," Strongarm says with a devious smirk.
"Good idea Strongarm, I'll call you two when they arrive," Bumblebee put in, "You two could improve on your teamwork."
Sideswipe cringed at the thought of being anywhere near Steeljaw, "Oh no, oh no, I'm good. I'll find something else to do," he says as fear overtakes him.
"Sideswipe, I want all of us to get used to having Steejaw, Soundwave, and Thunderhoof on this team. So we all need to learn how to work together. Your pick," Bumblebee said sternly.
"Uh, I'll train with Thunderhoof then."
"I got nothing better to do," Thunderhoof said as he walked over to Sideswipe, "Lead the way kid."
They go off to train, "Thanks Thunderhoof, I really didn't want to train with Steeljaw."
"No problem, but you can't avoid him forever."
"I know, just will until I know he won't kill me."
"That day may come a little sooner than you think," Thunderhoof said thinking of meeting Ultra Magnus.
"You may be right."
"Ok kid, show me what you got," he challenged.
Strongarm was going around the scrapyard picking stuff off the ground, she wanted the place to be clean for her sire's arrival.
Bumblebee walked over to Steeljaw, "You feeling alright?"
"I'm alright," of course he wasn't alright, he felt like he was going to be sick. What was happening to him? He never felt this way before.
"Nervous about meeting Magnus?"
"I guess."
"It's natural to be, just like any mech would when meeting their femme's sire. Magnus could very well beat the scrap out of you for what you did, worst case scenario is he could take her off somewhere where you'll never find her and will never see her again."
"With all due respect sir, that's not helping," Strongarm said as she passed by them.
"I'd rather him beat the scrap out of me than take her away from me," Steeljaw growled softly.
"Let's hope that's what he does do if he does anything."
"Guys, can you help me make sure that the scrapyard's clean?" Strongarm asked them.
"She's right, Magnus is one for a clean, tidy base," they go and help her.
After an hour the base was spotless, "Well, this is as good as it's going to get," Grimlock stated.
"The ship is coming in, sir," Fixit announces.
The ship comes in and lands, and every bot that was onboard gets off and gets greeted by everyone there. Bumblebee was happy to see his old pals again and Strongarm was happy to see her father once more, Magnus embraced his daughter in a big hug.
Bulkhead wrapped his arms around the smaller mech, taking him into a bear hug, "It's good to see you again Bumblebee. How've you been?"
"Nice...to see...you too...Bulkhead. Been...good."
"Put him down before you break him Bulk," Wheeljack says to his comrade.
Releasing the old scout Bulkhead looked around the scrapyard, "What's he doing here?" He growled when he saw Soundwave.
Bumblebee tried to gather himself together before answering, "He came through the Ground Bridge when we opened one up, he was a big help in taking down the Decepticon criminals. I'll tell you all about it over a cube of Energon."
Magnus noticed Steeljaw walking up and standing next to Strongarm, too close, "Who is this 'Con?"