Knockout's POV

"Fine, I'll go after your other boyfriend or even that girl you hang around with; they know where it is," Starscream says.

"Two things Starscream. One, Bobby is my boyfriend. He is my best friend. He is like a brother to me. Second, leave him alone. I still haven't forgiven myself for him and my other best friend Ashley getting involved with this war or battle with you and the Autobots." Tracy says.

"Why would you blame yourself for something you had no control over?" Breakdown asks.

"I'd rather not talk about my mental health disorder right now," Tracy replies.

"Regardless, Patricia, Bobby, Ashley, and those children will be brought back here," Starscream says.

"Leave Isabella and Malachi alone. They won't know where the base is. Optimus called for a Bridge. I know you are the enemy, Starscream. I'm surprised that you're willing to risk the health of innocent children to end this war," Tracy says.

"Whatever, Patricia, I'll be back," Starscream says as he leaves.

"You aren't going anywhere, and don't call me Patricia. It's Tracy," Tracy growls.

Somehow, Starscream's plan to target Malachi and Isabella must have activated something inside Tracy. That same blaster appeared in her hand, and she amazingly shots both missiles off Starscream's arms.

"Why you," Starscream snaps.

Tracy does a strange flip to avoid Starscream's hand. Then she fires her weapon again. One blast hits Starscream in the right knee, then the second hits him just above his spark chamber. It is so powerful energon begins to leak out of the hole.

"Scrap," Starscream exclaims as he covers the injury with his hand.

"Starscream, don't threaten those I care about. You are lucky I'm a nice person, and my moral compass prevents me from taking things any further," Tracy says.

The trooper accompanying him hid in the hall after Tracy disarmed Starscream. It slowly walks in and takes Starscream away to see another medical staff member.

Normal POV

After Megatron sees the commotion coming from the medical bay on the screen in the brig, his eyes widen in disbelief seeing the injured Starscream and the trooper heading to another exam room.

"So, it would appear threatening anyone Wheeljack's human pet, Tracy, cares for seems to awaken the woman's fighter response," Megatron smirks.

Megatron heads over to where he stored some dark energon. He picks up a small shard and goes to the medical bay to see what would happen if the blood of Unicron was used on her. The Decepticon warlord's only thought as he walks down the hall is Sorry, Wheeljack, but Tracy will join the Decepticon causes, and the battle against the Autobots will turn in my favor.

Meanwhile, in Amber Beach, the smoke clears, and the group realizes that Ivan is gone.

"We need to find those Aliens and get Ivan back," Chase says.

"Chase, we don't know where they went," Shelby says.

"Plus, we don't even know if Miss Morgan will be able to track them down using the tracking system at the base," Tyler adds.

"We need to try. Even if we can't track the aliens, we should be able to locate Ivan's energem," Riley says.

Everyone runs over to Tyler's jeep and jumps in -except for Bobby - he goes over to Optimus.

"Bobby, why aren't you coming?" Riley asks.

"Orion has a friend that might be able to help us find Ivan," Bobby says.

"Okay, if Miss Morgan finds anything, I'll call you," Ashley says.

"I will do the same if anything comes up on my end," Bobby says.

Optimus' POV

Bobby let out a long sigh as he opens the passenger side door. My holoform gets in and sits down in the driver's seat.

"I was unable to see what happened. Where is Ivan?" I ask.

"Starscream showed up and captured Ivan," Bobby replies as he buckles his seatbelt.

"Ratchet, I'll need you to open a bridge back to base a safe distance away from my current location,"

"Of course, old friend, but why?" Ratchet asks.

"The Decepticons have taken Ivan aboard the Nemesis," I reply as I start my engine and drive away.

"We have another problem, boss," Wheeljack says.

"Let me guess, Tracy went off to find the Nemesis herself," Bobby says.

"How did you know?" Wheeljack says.

"Wheeljack, Tracy, Ashley, and I have been friends for over ten years," Bobby sighs, "If Tracy believes she made a big mistake and can fix it on her own, she will. Did she leave a note?" Bobby continues.

"Yes, she did," Wheeljack says.

"Even if Tracy is trying to redeem herself, she is taking too big of risk going out in her current condition," Ratchet says.

"She knows that Ratchet, but Tracy did make her decision after she experienced a lot of stress. Tracy isn't the best at handling stressful situations," Bobby says.

Knockout's POV

I see that same red liquid running down her side as she walks over to Ivan. Tracy gets a few steps before her face suddenly turns pale, and she faints. I reach out my hand. She lets out a low moan as she lands on it. I set her down on the berth and try to figure out a way to stop that red stuff from coming out of the cut. Breakdown quickly opens a bridge in the lab, sprints into it, and comes back with a small bag.

"Why did you go get that?"

"If Tracy is related to Ratchet's pet, she must have some human medical notes somewhere that could help us," Breakdown says.

I look down at Tracy when I hear her let out a weak moan. She opens her eyes, and her voice is nearly audible, "I do. There is a travel-size notebook in my purse. I think there should be something on how to do stitches in it,"

Breakdown turns on his holoform. He opens the bag, then finds the notebook in one of the inside pockets. He franticly flips through it.

"I found it, but I didn't know humans write so small," Breakdown says.

"She probably did that just to fits as much as she could on one page, I reply.

"But we need to find out where we will get surgical thread, human medical gloves, a sewing needle, and the other supplies we'll need to replace the stitches on her side," Breakdown says.

"I'll figure it out. Breakdown, I need you to stay here and keep pressure on the area. It seems to help keep the red liquid from leaking out,"

Breakdown nods. I open up another bridge in the lab and then transform and drive out as fast as possible to find the supplies.

Megatron's POV

When I walk into Knockout's Lab, I see Knockout's holoform wrapping a bandage around Tracy's stomach.

"Knockout, what happened?" I ask.

"She popped one of her stitches," Knockout says.

"When she is strong enough, process this. Tracy can become my newest spy," Megatron says, handing me the dark energon shard.

"You are aware of the effects this may have on her body?"

"Yes, but we need to find the Autobot base Knockout, and using dark energon is our best bet since Starscream cannot kidnap a human close to the Autobots to get the information from them," Megatron says.