Clutching his morning ration of Energon in his hand, Skyfire yawned and opened the door to Wheeljack's lab. On the previous day, he'd been helping the engineer with a project but had taken a break, heading off for some recharge.
He glanced around noting that Wheeljack was in nearly the exact same position he'd been in when Skyfire had left. The machine he had been working on, though, was much more complete in appearance than it had been.
"Did you take a break at all?" Skyfire asked.
"Hmmmm?" The white, green and red Lancia looked up. He seemed surprised by the question.
"Apparently not," Skyfire concluded. "How's it going?"
Wheeljack's "ears" blinked excitedly. "I think it's done. Just need to hook up the power."
"Excellent," Skyfire said. "Everybody's been eager to see the results."
"I know. So have I." He bent down and picked up a heavy-duty cable. Waving it in the air, his ears flashed a brilliant blue. "Ready?"
Skyfire nodded and Wheeljack inserted the plug.
A brilliant flash of light exploded from the machine and enveloped the scientist and the engineer. There was a loud bang and the machine vanished in hail of sparks.
When their vision returned, Skyfire found himself staring at a short, stocky balding human in a rumpled lab coat. Wheeljack stared back at a tall, thin blond human wearing an astonished expression, blue jeans, t-shirt and sneakers.
There was a pounding on the door and someone yelled, "What happened? Everyone okay? Is the machine ready yet?"
Skyfire and Wheeljack turned horrified faces to the door. "Nothing, everything's fine, go away," Wheeljack shouted.
"Just need to beat out a few bugs," Skyfire added before turning and scowling darkly at Wheeljack. Wheeljack's eyes widened in terror, before he turned and fled into his office.