Nanosec, who had somehow managed to find a way to make himself younger, was speeding across the city, robbing any building he came across.
"That's right!" he said rather cheerfully. "Nanosec is back, baby. Newly rested and fit,"
He then heard the sound of horns and turned around to discover that the Autobots were chasing him down.
"How come he looks young again?" Bumblebee asked.
"Wrinkle cream!" Sari suggested.
Nanosec was skating around cars that spun out of control as he passed them.
"A high-speed pursuit is posing a danger to innocent organics," Prowl advised.
"Agreed. Bumblebee take a side street and circle around to cut off Nanosec's path of escape," Optimus ordered.
But Bumblebee just drove after Nanosec.
"Uh, Bumblebee, hello, Prime said," Sari reminded.
"I don't need some fancy flanking manoeuvre. I got the speed."
Suddenly a beam shot out of nowhere, striking Bumblebee, and he suddenly came to a stop.
"I've even faster than I think, or that gear head is slowing down," Nanosec snickered as Bumblebee stopped the other Autobots crashed into one another. "Ha-ha, hope you lamos are insured."
Then Bumblebee started to move again, did a 180 point turn, and faced the others. "Oh, those ought to buff right out."
Then Optimus, Elita and Prowl transformed to robot mode, looking very cross.
"Bumblebee, you disobeyed my order. I called for a flanking manoeuvre. We are supposed to work as a team," said Optimus angrily.
"Well, a team's got to go with the best player, right, or at least the fastest," Bumblebee argued.
"Then why did you hit your brakes?" Prowl asked.
"I don't. I'm not sure what happened. But if you hadn't have been tail getting me, you won't have those dents pounded out," said Bumblebee as Optimus shuck his head.
"So now you're shifting the blame to use," Prowl said.
"Bumblebee, sometimes you need to take responsibly for your actions," said Elita with a bit of anger in her voice. "After all, there is no I in team."
Then Bulkhead and Moonracer transformed to robot mode.
"All right, we are heading back to the plant; I'll alert Ratchet. He's got some repairs to do," said Optimus and then turned towards Bumblebee. "Including a full diagnostic on your drivetrain."
"What, you think this is my fault?" Bumblebee asked as they transformed to vehicle mode.
"If the hubcap fits," said Prowl as they drove away.
"Fine, I'll just find Nanosec on my own," Bumblebee grumbled.
"But you guys are a team," Sari told him.
"That's why I can't let them think that their star player is losing his touch," Bumblebee said, then drove off.
A few hours later, Bumblebee was driving on the highway trying to find Nanosec with not much luck.
"It's been hours and no sign of Nanosec. Can we just go home?" Sari complained.
"Hello, I've got something to prove here," said Bumblebee stubbornly.
"What that you can bore me to tiers?" Sari signed. "Let's see what's on the radio." Then she touched the radio to find some good music.
Then a women's voice came out of the radio, and it wasn't the news. "All units' crime in progress circuit guys and electronics.".
"Hey, I didn't know that you have a police radio," Sari said, surprised.
"Me neither," said Bumblebee, equally as surprised. "But I bet my rear axle that crime in progress is Nanosec."
When they got there, they saw that Angry Archer was the one doing the crime.
"Looks like you owe me your rear axle," Sari joked.
"Nanosec… Angry Archer… same differences," Bumblebee said.
"An Autobot. Verily, the arrows of outrageous misfortune seek to pierce me to the quick. Exeunt!" said Angry Archer and fired an arrow with a rope attached. The arrow then reviled a magnet that hit a passing bus. Then as he was holding on to the rope, he jumped on the back of the bus.
He looked back at Bumblebee, who was still giving chase, but then a beam of light struck him.
"This should be a piece of cake," said Bumblebee as his voice got deeper and he slowed down again.
"Why is he slowing down?" Sari frowned. Then he stopped in the middle of a pair of crossroads. "Bumblebee, what's wrong with you?"
"I don't know," he said, confused as his voice returned to normal. Then he drove away from the crossroads.
"I hate to say it, Bumblebee, but I think Primes right," said Sari. "We should head home and have Ratchet check you out."
"There's nothing wrong with me. Probably a gooney gasket or dust in my carburettor. I'm fine now, really," Bumblebee argued.
Then he got a message on his radio. "Four o two in progress, Dearborn drive."
"Besides, we got a four o two," said Bumblebee and then sped off.
"You don't even know a four o two is," Sari pointed as she moved side to side by the speed.
"Sure, I do it a … in progress," Bumblebee remarked.
The four o two was, in fact, Professor Princess destroying an arcade.
"Naughty violent arcade games!" she yelled. "And violent is not nice!"
Once they arrived, Sari jumped out of Bumblebee, allowing him to transform into robot mode.
"Hold it right there, Professor Princess," Bumblebee warned.
Then Professor Princess turned and fired a blast from her toy flying unicorn and hit Bumblebee. "YOU DIDN'T SAY PLEASE. Giddy up, Powdered Sugar!"
She then started to float away, and Bumblebee chased after her. Then Sari's key started to glow, and then Bumblebee got hit by a blue beam and stopped again.
"Ops looks like someone needs new batteries," Professor Princess giggled.
Then Bumblebee started to move again. He turned around to face Sari and said in a very worried voice. "Okay, Sari, I emitted I got a glitch in my system."
"No, you don't," said Sari. "My key started to glow when you entered your slow down."
"An Allspark fragment!" said Bumblebee.
"Somebody must have got hold of one and using it to slow you down," Sari concluded.
"But who?" Bumblebee asked.
Unknown to them a woman was watching them and in a clock shaped case was an Allspark fragment and then walked away.
Later that night, the woman had gathered Nanosec, Angry Archer and Professor Princess in a factory filled with clocks.
"Just call me Slo-Mo," she said. "Whether you know it or not, you've already seen what I'm capable of. This timepiece of mine can slow down anything electromechanical, you name it: alarms systems, police cars… Autobots."
"So it was you who got those cleats of our tails?" said Nanosec looking intrigued. He then dashed over towards her. "Let me see that—" Slo-Mo raised her timepiece and blasted him, and he immediately came to a stop right in front of her. "—timepiece."
"Sure, take along slowly, look," she said, holding it to his face. "Nifty, hey? In case you were wondering, this also reversed the ageing process on your turbo suit. Freshen you up, but that you book pep in your step."
"You did that? For me?" Nanosec stand, finding himself able to move once again.
"Hmm, I'm a big fan of your work," she said and looked at everyone else. "Of all of your work. That's why I go with you together, round you up, rope you to the big grand opening. I used to have a dead-end job right here in this factory, eight hours a day sticking quartz crystals into the clocks. Then one day I came across this strange crystal; I knew right away I had… something special… something unique, something that would pay off big-time."
"Big-time, good one," Nanosec laughed.
"Ooh, your quick; I like that," Slo-Mo smiled. "But let's be honest, I'm amateur, unlike the rest of you. That's why I helped you escape from those Autobots and invite you here. I figured we could work together as a crime syndicate."
Angry Archer nodded. "An intriguing proposition. A veritable band of not so merry men and ladies."
"We're going to need a cool name," said Nanosec. "How about the Fast and the Villainous?"
"Crime Time?" Slo-Mo offered.
"The League of Extraordinary Criminals," Angry Archer suggested.
Professor Princess was the only one of them not enthusiastic about the idea. "Well, I am not a criminal. I just want to stop all those naughty violent toys and games."
"And who are the ones always stopping you?" Slo-Mo asked, leaning down to her. "The Autobots, that's who. It's like they say, kid, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend.'"
"Yankee robots, we'll destroy them all," said Professor Princess.
In no time, their new crime syndicate immediately began robbing the city.
"Thus far, police have not been able to apprehend the new crime syndicate wreaking havoc over downtown Detroit," said the anchorman, showing pictures of Nanosec, Angry Archer and Professor Princess.
"Join the club," Bumblebee grumbled as he listened to the TV in the electronics store.
"Hey, it's not your fault that every time you close enough to catch those creeps, you get blasted by a craze slow down ray," said Sari trying to cheer him up.
Then they heard a burglar alarm going off.
Bumblebee then quickly stood up. "Not this time."
Then he transformed to vehicle mode, and Sari jumped, and then he drove off.
The villains had robbed several stores, and Angry Archer was questioning Nanosec's decision to steal a 24-inch flatscreen TV.
"Tis foolish stealing an item of such girth," said Angry Archer.
"I like to watch sports, okay," said Nanosec. "All we need is a dolly."
"I have a dolly, lots of them," said Professor Princess as he flew towards them carrying bag loads of dollies.
"Don't think the kid got quite the hang of this crying thing," said Slo-Mo.
They then heard sirens and saw the police driving down the street.
"We've got bigger problems," said Nanosec.
They quickly ran for it, carrying the ill-gotten gain into the alleyways. They had just turned around the corner when they saw Bumblebee driving toward them.
"Police!" Professor Princess shouted.
"Nope, Autobot," said Slo-Mo and fired her slow down ray, hitting him.
"Not again," Bumblebee said as his voice got deeper, and then he stopped blocking the police cars
Then two more Police cars stopped behind them, and they ran into a side street.
"Perhaps thee should have planned this caper with greater forethought, hmm," Angry Archer frowned. "Such as arranging a getaway car?"
"Hey, William Smell, quit picking on her," Nanosec glared.
"Quiet, both of you," said Slo-Mo as she looked around. "I'm thinking."
She then heard her phone ring and answered it.
"Hi there, look to your left," said an anonymous voice. "The key using the ignition."
They turned their eyes towards a heavily armoured SUV.
"Come on," said Slo-Mo.
"For whence comes this?" Angry Archer asked.
"Don't argue with the lady; get in," said Nanosec.
All four of them opened the back seat and jumped everything they stole inside. Then they quickly jumped into the vehicle itself, Slo-Mor taking the driver's seat.
"Ha-ah, this chariot is fleet," said Angry Archer as they drove away.
"It's not a chariot feather brain; it is SUV," said Nanosec, and his eyes lit up. "Hey… S.U.V! That's what we should call ourselves, as in Society of… hm, Ultimate Villainy!"
"Ooh, I like it," Slo-Mo smiled.
Bumblebee was finally able to move again and transformed to robot mode, and rushed out onto the street.
"The creeps couldn't have gone far there on foot," he said.
Then Sari's key started to glow again then they saw them driving an SUV. "Not anymore, there not."
S.U.V were now driving down the street with the police on their tails.
"Handles like a dream, doesn't it?" said the unknown voice over the radio. "Also, plenty of cargo space for your stolen loot, and don't even get me started on the cupholders."
Slo-Mor looked at the radio suspiciously, wondering why he was helping them.
"Let me just say I had my eye on your operation for the last few days, and I'm really impressed with what I'm seeing. The whole costume villain team-up thing it's very exciting," said the mysterious caller as if reading her mind. "Perhaps we could do something together."
Professor Princess giggled. "He talks funny."
"Kind of an I scratch your back you scratch mine type arrangement, consider this little ride as a down payment."
Slo-Mo didn't look too impressed. "It's a truck, big whoop."
"Push the red button."
Sceptically, Slo-Mo pushed down the red button, and a cannon appeared on the roof. It then pointed directly at the police cars and fire knocking one right into the air, which then landed on a second.
Nanosec whistled. "Nice option. Does that come standard with this model?"
Slo-Mo looked down at the radio. "Look, sweetheart, whoever you are, I'm the leader of this syndicate, the head honcho, the big cheese see, and there is no way I'm gonna let you muscle in on—"
"What if I told you that I had in my possession the designs of a groundbreaking new invention, that if some uniquely talented partners, such as yourselves, could get hold of the part I need to build it. No questions asked, of course, we could option this invention off to the highest bidder for… oh, what's the term 'a boatload of cash?'"
"Wrap it up, honey; how big of a boat are we talking?" Slo-Mo asked, looking interested.
"Does the name 'Titanic' ring any bells?"
"Rings bells to me, cash register bells, moolah in dough, the big green," said Slo-Mo and turned towards her partners. "Are you with me?"
Moments later, Angry Archer and Professor Princess were standing outside a power plant
"Ohh, shiny!" said Professor Princess looking at the lights.
"We here not to admire, but to abscond as per require of our investor friend," Angry Archer reminded her. "One of my explosive shaves shall make short work of yon padlock."
Angry Archer pulled an arrow out of his quiver. He then fired the arrow at the padlock, but nothing happened.
"Oh, I defused all of your nasty arrows," Professor Princess explained. "Explosions aren't nice… except when they look like BEAUTIFUL RAINBOWS!"
Professor Princess then fired a beam from the horn of her destroying the padlock, much to the anger of Angry Archer.
Then they drove into the power plant.
"Okay, we need to steal that satellite off the…" Slo-Mo was saying. Then Nanosec raced off and came back with the satellite dish.
"Done!" He said
"Ooh, I like a man who works fast!" Slo-Mo said.
Then some Police droids came out of the factory, but Slo-Mo blasted them with her timepiece, stopping them right in their tracks.
"And I like a girl who takes it slow," Nanosec said.
Meanwhile, unknown to them, Sari and Bumblebee were doing some recon. Sari was sitting inside Bumblebee, looking through a pair of binoculars.
"A power box, a satellite dish, all kinds of cables and electric doodahs. What are these creeps up to?" Sari asked.
"No idea. But we will keep on their tailpipes until we find out," said Bumblebee. "Then we take them down."
They followed them to a parking garage, which was next to an old clock factory. S.U.V were now putting together everything they had stolen, following the instructions of their mysterious benefactor.
"Now input the main satellite dish cable into the main power box," said their benefactor.
Unbeknownst to them, Bumblebee and Sari watched them from a nearby building.
"This is thee invention that will fetch us untold millions?" said Angry Archer sceptically.
"What does it do?" Nanosec asked.
"Nothing yet, you see; it needs one last component. Uh, Miss Slo-Mo, if you would please insert your timepiece into the power box."
Slo-Mo looked outraged. "You're out of your mind, crazy, nutty as a fruit cake. No way I'm going this up."
"You remember our deal, don't you? I help you, you help me."
"Yeah, well, if the deal means giving help this baby, then the deal is off, over, done, finito," she said stubbornly.
"Yes, it certainly is."
Then suddenly, to their astonishment, their getaway car began to transform, until standing before them was a Decepticon. He was fairly short for a Decepticon, and he somewhat resembled a used-car dealer.
"Huh, he's a big nasty robot," Professor Princess gasped.
"Their getaway car is a Decepticon," said Sari socked. "We got to call Prime… get some backup."
"Right, right, yeah, I'll do that. But first, I'm going to take these creeps down myself," said Bumblebee.
"The name Swindle," said the Decepticon. "I'm what you call an intergalactic arms dealer. And thanks to you, I now have in my possession the slickest weapon in the galaxy. This baby is going to be worth in the upcoming Decepticon-Autobot War. So again, if you don't mind, the timepiece, with AllSpark fragment, in the power box."
"What is this AllSpark of which he speaks?" Angry Archer asked.
"Who cares? Let him have it," Slo-Mo ordered.
Swindle then pulled out a shoulder cannon and fired at the ground. Seconds later, a large hole appeared, and Nanosec, Angry Archer and Professor Princess fell through it.
"Time to slow you down!" said Slo-Mo pulling out her timepiece.
She then fired her slowdown beam at him, but Swindle quickly created a shield generator. The moment of being struck the shield, it bounced off.
"Megatronic force field admitted, a little something I picked up in an arms deal with the Vok of Nexus Zero," Swindle smiled. "Nice creatures that Vok; if you're ever in the Nexus Zero area, do yourself a favour and check them out. You won't be sorry."
Bumblebee finally managed to reach the top of the parking lot, but when they got up there, they saw Slo-Mo shooting her slowdown ray at Swindle. Slowdown beams began dancing all over the place.
"It's that slowdown ray we got to get out of here now," said Sari. Bumblebee quickly backed up so he couldn't get blasted, and Sari jumped out. "Okay, no more arguing. I've you call for back, or I'll do it for you."
Bumblebee transformed to robot mode and sighed. "Fine! Bumblebee to Prime, we've got a situation."
Swindle now pointed his cannon directly at Slo-Mo. "Now, I really don't want have to ask again for that timepiece."
"You wouldn't risk blasting me and destroying this," said Slo-Mo pointing at her timepiece.
"Good point," Swindle admitted. He then raised his arm and fired a beam which locked onto the timepiece, pulling it towards him. "But now…"
He then fired his shoulder cannon at her, and she fell through the hole, joining the rest of her gang.
Swindle then turned to his device and inserted the timepiece in the power box. He then activated his comlink and contacted his number one buyer, Megatron.
"Megatron, you old warmonger, it's been stellar cycles," Swindle smiled. "I can't tell you how tickled I was to know that my favourite customer was still online. You look great, by the way."
Megatron looked at him with an emotionless look. "Oh, me spare me the platitudes, Swindle. How did you get this frequency?"
"A mutual bounty hunter friend provided it in exchange for a weapon or two," Swindle explained. "Professional scruples prevent me from revealing his name."
"Scruples?" said Megatron raising an eye. "You'd sell your own motherboard to the highest bidder."
Swindle laughed. "Enough about me. What would you say if I told you I had a machine that could shut down all electromechanical systems? We're talking about the perfect weapon to defeat and destroy your Autobot enemies."
"I would say I might be interested. If it truly does as you claim."
"Well, as the vehicle dealers say here on Earth: 'You can't expect the customer to buy the car without giving it a test drive.' So, I've arranged a little demo."
He then turned to his device and activated it. A beam then shot out of the dish and began to cover the entire city. Everything that the being touched immediately shut down, lights, cars and drones.
"I'm losing power!" Bumblebee cried as he found himself unable to move.
The Autobots were currently driving towards Bumblebee's coordinates when the beam struck them.
"What's happenings?" Optimus asked as his voice got deeper.
Elita found herself becoming sluggish and then, out of pure instinct, transformed into her beast mode. She looked around and saw that everything electronic was motionless, including her teammates.
"This must be the work of the Decepticon, Bumblebee reported," she said. "But it would seem as if that wave had no effect on my organic, but I'm stuck in beast mode. Getting going, have to make my way to Bumblebee on foot."
"Are you seeing this?" Swindle smiled, protected by his own force field. "Are you loving this? Every machine, every robot in Detroit, inoperable. I could spring a leak that I'm so excited. Now picture this, all your enemies completely immobile, totally aware of everything around them, but completely helpless to move or speak. A fate even worse than going offline, hey? Hey? So do we have a deal or what?"
Sari was stuck with an immobilised Bumblebee, she was trying to use the key to getting operational again, but it wouldn't work.
"Come on! Come on!" she said, looking at her key in frustration. "Even the key isn't working."
She then noticed that Sumdac Tower was still operational. "The lights at Sumdac Tower are still on. The automatic force field must have kicked in before the slowdown wave hit. You going to be okay, Bumblebee; I just got to get you to the tower." She then tried to move, Bumblebee, but he was just too heavy to budge. "Somehow… oh, you sure picked a lousy time to decide to go solo. If only we still had a team."
"Mayhap you do," said Angry Archer's voice.
Sari looked up and narrowed her eyes as standing before her were S.U.V.
"We want to give Swindle a little payback for his doublecross," said Nanosec.
"So we thought why not join forces with you and your little Autobot friend?" said Slo-Mo.
"Huh, no offence, but you're a bunch of lowlife crooks!" Sari pointed out. "Why should we trust you?"
"Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend," said Professor Princess.
"I hate to say it, but we're going to need all the help we can get," said a voice.
Sari turned and saw Elita climbing into the parking lot.
"Elita, you're all right!" said Sari hugging her leg.
"All right might be a little of an overstatement; I'm currently stuck in my beast mode," Elita explained.
"Who's the icky spider?" Professor Princess asked.
"A friend," Sari glared.
Soon they all began pushing Bumblebee towards Sumdac Tower, which was rather easy thanks to Elita's strength.
"Okay, hold up," said Sari as they stopped at the force field.
She then pulled out her key, which went straight through the force field and inserted it in a slot. The force field went down and pushed Bumblebee into the reception area.
"Welcome to Powell Tower," said the receptionist.
"Prowell Tower?" Sari stared.
Elita then transformed into robot mode. "That's more like it."
Bumblebee then shuddered as he began to move. "It was horrible, I could hear and see everything, but I couldn't talk. I couldn't move."
"Well, your say from the slowdown ray in here," said Sari.
"So, how do we stop Swindle out there?" Bumblebee asked.
"It's simple; I can reconfigure the defence system to give us a personal force field," said Elita as she made her way over to the controls. "I just need a little assistance with your key, Sari."
Sari happily ran up to the controls and inserted her key, and then a personal force field surrounded both Bumblebee and Elita. Sari then walked up to Bumblebee and punched him, but her fist bounced off the force field.
"You two now have full body protection," said Sari.
"Awesome, let's roll," said Bumblebee walking away.
"Hey, what about us?" Nanosec asked.
"No way, I work solo," said Bumblebee bluntly.
"And look how well that turned out," said Elita narrowing her eyes. "And and even with my assistance, I doubt it will be enough to tangle with Swindle. There's too much at stake to go solo. Can you imagine if that device gets into the servos of Megatron?"
"Bumblebee, she's right. We got need back up, and right now, there all you got," said Sari gesturing to the criminals.
"Huh, fine!" Bumblebee signed.
In a few minutes, Sari put the focus field around Angry Archer's arrows, Nanosec's suit and around Powdered Sugar. But before she left, Sari put her key in the Receptionist-Bot and whispered something to it.
"Welcome to Sumdac Tower. Porter C. Powell is a booger-head," said the Receptionist-bot
Elita looked down on her with her optics narrowed. "What, I'm just telling it like it is?"
"Did I say I disagreed?" Elita asked with a smile.
Sari looked up and smiled then all of them ran out to stop Swindle.
Swindle was still on the parking garage roof trying to sell his weapon to Megatron over his comlink.
"This weapon will win the war for you, Megatron guarantee. Of course, we still needed to discuss price," said Swindle.
Then he got hit on the head by a bream of flowers and rainbows that came from Powdered Sugar. It didn't so much as hurt him, but it did draw attention toward Bumblebee and the criminals.
"Hey, blot brain," said Nanosec as he ran behind Swindle. "Can't touch this!" Then he ran in front of Swindle. Swindle fired his cannon at him, and then he ran away just as he fired.
"Okay, you shouldn't be moving," said Swindle, confused.
Then Angry Archer fired an arrow with a rope, and Elita fired some webbing that went around Swindle's arms, and then they landed on the roof.
"Forsooth, two can play the focus field game, nave," said Angry Archer.
"And you're about to find out that we're pretty good at games," said Elita.
"You have got to be joking," Swindle laughed as he broke through the rope and the webbing.
"Yeah, and here's the punchline!" Bumblebee yelled and punched him hard, knocking him against the wall.
"Wait, don't you want to negotiate?" Swindle asked. He then rose to his feet, and an assortment of weapons shot out of his body. "Yeah, me neither."
"Where's the off switch on this thing?" said Sari as he stood next to the device. "Oh yeah, right here."
She then inserted her key into the weapon switching it off
"NO!" Swindle shouted.
He tried to stop her, but Professor Princess fired a beam from Powdered Sugar, and Angry Archer fired an arrow, stopping him. Elita ran up to Bumblebee and borrowed his stingers. Together, they blasted Swindle so much that he lost his balance and fell off the parking garage. He then hit the ground hard, making a two feet hole.
Then all the machines around Detroit started to move again, including the other Autobots.
"We're back," said Optimus relieved as they drove. "Let's roll!"
"Nice work, team," said Bumblebee and then began making his way to the device. "Now, let's destroy that timepiece for good."
But then Nanosec ran to the machine and took the timepiece. "Not so fast. This ticker belongs to my girl Slo-Mo."
Nanosec then ran away with Bumblebee and Elita following him. Then they got hit by one of Angry Archer's arrows and a beam from Powdered Sugar, which knocked the two of them off their feet.
"BAD ROBOTS!" Professor Princess shouted.
"Uh, some team," said Bumblebee frustratingly.
"Their crooks, of course, they're going to doublecross us," said Elita bitterly.
Bumblebee put his stingers together and aimed carefully and fired, hitting the timepiece out of Nanosec's hand and falling off the roof. They all looked over the edge to see Swindle holding it.
"Swindle got the timepiece. We've got to stop him," Sari panicked.
"All taken care of, thanks to my real team," said Bumblebee as he saw the other Autobots arriving. Then he turned on the crocks. "As for you guys."
He then put his stingers together and fired at the floor under their feet. All full of them found themselves flung into the air, and all of them landed in a big pile.
Meanwhile, the other Autobots had transformed to robot mode and were standing right in front of Swindle.
"Spread out; we don't know what this Decepticon is capable of," Optimus ordered.
"Funny you should mention that," said Swindle aiming the timepiece at them.
"Oh no, you don't!" Bumblebee yelled, jumping in front of the beam.
"Bumblebee!" Optimus yelled.
The beam bounced off his force field and hit Swindle. Then he transformed to vehicle mode and just remained there motionless.
Bumblebee then began to approach Swindle.
"Use caution, Bumblebee. He may still pose a danger!" Prowl yelled cautiously.
"No worries, he's stuck in park for good," he said and then zapped one of Swindle's tires with his stinger. "Are look, he's got a flat too."
"You should have called us sooner," said Optimus. "If that weapon had gotten into Megatron's hands…"
"I know. I guess I just wanted to prove that I still had my touch," Bumblebee admitted.
"Well, I hope you've learned something about teamwork," said Ratchet.
"Oh, yeah. Even the star player needs backup sometimes," said Bumblebee proudly.
Moonracer shook her head. "I guess it's progress."
Slo-Mo and her gang quickly jumped into Swindle while the Autobots weren't looking.
"Go! Vamos! Take a powder!" said Slo-Mo as she attempted to start the engine, but nothing happened.
Angry Archer then popped his head out and looked at the Autobots. "Hmm, yes. Could someone give us a push?"
Captain Fanzone soon arrived, ready to take the crocks to jail.
"Well, looks like someone had a four for one deal on small-time crocks," said Fanzone, and then he turned to face Swindle, who was being towed away. "As for your getaway car. It'll be stripped and sold for spare parts at a police auction. Yeah, should fetch a pretty good price."