( Earlier that day )

" Guys, I found a predacon talon in a museum. Scientists were stumped when they found it in 1922 so it's been in storage ever since. " Raf said, showing the picture to Sierra, June and Fowler.

" But we're fresh out of beast hunters. " Sierra pointed out

" I didn't choose emergency as my vehicle mode for laughs. " Ratchet responded but everyone ignored him

" Not sure we need a bot for this one. " Fowler said

" Maybe we should just wait for Jack's return. " June said

" I'll have you know, Nurse Darby, I was an Army Ranger and federal agent for Unit:E three decades before I ever heard the name 'Optimus Prime'. I can handle a milk run. In fact, why don't you come with me ? " Fowler asked

June didn't know about this, but she recalled all the missions Jack accomplished with the bots and thought maybe she could do it. So she decided to go with Fowler.

In the end, they retrieved the bone and were ready to go back to the base but Knockout arrived and used a weapon to stun them. Before falling unconscious, June took off her necklace and threw it on the ground.

( present moment )

Elita-1 knew Optimus the longest and not once she ever saw him laugh, cry or lose his temper. She assumed all Primes were like this but Jack would prove her wrong.

" YOU LET MY MOTHER GO RETRIEVE ANOTHER FOSSIL WITHOUT PROTECTION !? " Jack yelled, lifting Ratchet by the neck and slamming him against the wall

" Jeez, I think all the base heard him. " Sierra whispered to Raf who nodded, the two rubbing their ears

" It was supposed to be fast. If they had trouble they would have called me. " Ratchet tried to explain and to free himself

" And what if they were in trouble and couldn't call you, huh ? Bridge me to them ! " Jack countered

" I don't think you should go when they could be on a simple date. " Ratchet uncaringly answered

But that was the wrong thing to say, for Jack roared and punched him in the face, sending the Medic on the other side of the hangar.

" MY MOTHER COULD BE IN DANGER AND YOU TELL ME SHE IS ON A DATE WITH THAT IDIOT ! " Jack yelled

Raf then hurried to put June and Fowler's last coordinates on the groundbridge that opened and Jack ran in it.

" I hope for your head that June is alive and unharmed Ratchet. That's the third time that your neglect could cost us a friend. " Arcee said, glaring at him.

( Museum )

Jack arrived near the museum and picked his mother's scent until he saw three clues.

The tracks of a car that left the area very quickly, his mother's crushed phone and her necklace. He recognized the wheel tracks and called the base.

" Guys, my mom and Fowler have been kidnapped by Knockout. " Jack told them

" What ?! What did you find, Jack ? " Elita asked

" His wheel tracks and my mother's necklace. I offered it to her on her birthday, she would never take it off. " Jack responded

" How will we find them then, boss ? " Jazz asked

" I will follow her scent. " Jack answered, picking the necklace " Tell Ratchet that if anything happened to my mom, I will make him and Fowler eat Knockout's parts. " He threatened the Medic before transforming into his dragon form and taking flight.

( with June and Fowler )

The two humans awoke inside Knockout's vehicle mode's trunk.

" Oh you're awake. I hope I didn't interrupt your honeymoon sleep. " Knockout snarked

" We are not married. " June corrected him

" Well thanks Primus. The way you humans... interface with each other. It's so repulsive. " Knockout said with disgust " Now, if the Nemesis would be so kind to send me a groundbridge like I requested eight times already. "

While he was distracted, Fowler managed to climb out of the thrunk and he steered the wheel and slammed on the brakes, which forced Knockout to stop at a railroad yard.

The sudden movement made the box where was the fossil break. June caught it and raced out of the car but cut herself with the talon, which made her bleed a little. She hid behind a wagon and placed tissues on her wound.

" Come out female, I got your boyfriend and I'll kill him if you don't shhow yourself with the bone. " Knockout called her

June frowned then threw the bone inside a railcar revealing herself to Knockout.

" Where is the bone ? " He demanded

" I hid it in one of the wagons. I don't remember which one. And he is not my boyfriend." She defiantely told Knockout

Knockout snarled before seizing her and squeezing her.

" You better remember or I'll crush you like the bug you are. " He threatened her

" You think you scare me ? When my son will be here, he'll kick your ass into next week. " She responded

" But he isn't here. " Knockout countered before something landed behind him.

" You're sure about that ? " Jack said before catching Knockout's shoulder and digging his claws into it, making the red robot yelp.

He then glared at Knockout, who was feeling really small, and he extended his hand under the decepticon's. The medic delicately put June on it before doing the same with Fowler.

Jack placed the two on the ground before noticing June's wound. His glaring to Knockout turned even more fierce and...

"SKREEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONKKKKKK!!!! " Jack roared, making Knockout scream like a little girl

Dracarys then seized Knockout and slammed him five times on the floor before throwing him through the wagon. Knockout then saw the fossil and quickly caught it and put it in his storage space before Jack was onto him once again and began to claw and punch him before throwing him away. Knockout's paint was totally ruined.

" Soundwave, for the ninth time, send me a groundbridge and save me from this maniac ! " Knockout screamed

This time, he was heard and a groundbridge opened. But Jack drew his chained blades and threw one which cut off Knockout's right arm, making him yell in pain before he dived into the vortex and arrived in front of Megatron.

" He is a lunatic ! " Knockout hysterically yelled

" Do you have the predacon remains, Knockout ? " Megatron demanded, uncaring of Knockout's wounds

The medic handed it over to him and Megatron took it.

" You did well, Knockout. " Megatron said before going to Shockwave's lab.

Starscream then arrived and saw Knockout's state.

" Well, Knockout. I think it's time for you to get an upgrade, your arm was becoming outdated. " He said, smirking while thinking about the reverse that happened to him, months earlier.

( With Jack )

After picking up Knockout's arm, Dracarys turned towards his mother, not happy.

" What were you thinking, mom ! Going out like that without anyone to protect you. " He scolded her

" Jack, if I may... " Fowler began to say

" No, you may not. When we'll go back to base, I'll teach you to take my mom on missions. " Jack snarled before calling the base " Raf, bridge us to base. "

Raf opened the groundbridge and the three walked into it.

When they arrived, Bulkhead, Ironhide and Ultra Magnus had returned with Miko in the Apex Armor.

" Sir, I was going to deliver punishment upon Ratchet. " Magnus said

" Stand down, Commander. I have something else in mind. " Jack said

Ratchet tried to get out but was stopped by Miko who punched him, sending him on the ground.

" I wanted to do that for a long time. " She commented

Jack then cracked Knockout's arm in two.

" You really going to do it ? " Smokescreen asked

" What, you thought I was bluffing ? " Jack responded before shoving the limb into Ratchet's mouth

" Should we help him ? " Raf asked

The others looked at each other and thought that after Ratchet's neglect, he needed to be brought down a peg or two.

" No. " Bee, Smoke, Wheeljack, Ironhide and Arcee said

Fowler tried to get out but was stopped by Elita.

" Jack said you are not exempt from punishment, agent Fowler. " She said to the human who gulped

( later )

Jack melted the second part of Knockout's arm and made Fowler drink it. In the end, the agent was really sick and had to be carried away to an hospital.

The wreckers explained how their mission happened and what Miko did.

" Alright ! Miko, from now on, you are officially a wrecker. Don't make me regret this." Jack said

She, Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Ironhide were very excited and organized a party for wreckers.

June approached her son. " Jack, I wanted to apologize... " She began to say but was cut off by Jack who used a finger to hug her against his neck.

" I forgive you mom, but promise me you'll never do that again. " Jack said

" I promise, Jack. " She said, hugging her giant of a son who gave her back her necklace.

( in a secret lab )

Fifteen pods were kept in a sealed room of another bigger lab. All of this belonged to Shockwave. It was there he was creating Megatron's predacon army. But those fifteen pods contained Protoforms different from normal predacons, so Shockwave placed them there to study them later.


Next time : Predaking's evolution ( this time for real )