She-Ra, Bow, and Glimmer climbed up the cliffside of the canyon pass where an old fortress was set up. The fortress had Horde and Decepticon banners were hung over the walls. The trio stood at a ledge to look at each other.

"Okay. Let's go over the plan one more time." Adora said.

"I'll teleport inside to scout ahead." Glimmer said.

"I'll take out the closest defense turrents with my trick arrows." Bow said. "After that, I'll signal for the Autobots to scale the wall to follow us."

"We only have one shot at this. We need to find that Autobot pod before the Decepticons do." She-Ra said. "Let's go."

At first, the plan was working out well. The only hitch was at the end. Right before Bow was going to signal the Autobots, a surprise turrent fired and struck right at his back. Adora and Glimmer yelled as they saw their friend fall off the wall and plummet into the canyon. Glimmer sobbed loudly.

"He's… He's dead." Adora said sadly.

"NOOOOO!" Bow shouted as his miniature figurine of himself fell. "Tiny Bow, you will be avenged!"

Bumblebee buzzed behind him.

"He's right, Bow." Arcee said from behind Glimmer. "You didn't do a proper observation check."

Adora sighed while Hot Rod sat behind her. The six of them sat around a table in the middle of a camp tent. The table had a map of the area they were in, which had the fortress on it.

"Well, that was a bust." Hot Rod said. "Any other ideas."

"We'll have them." Adora said. "The next Autobot pod with the Golden Disk piece inside has been located in that old fortress. Unfortunately, the Horde and the Decepticons took control of it. We'll need to take it back from them before they find it. Luckily, that piece is protected by an Autobot, right?"

"I wouldn't hold my breath is I were you." Arcee said. "According to Fixit's data, the Autobot who's supposed to guard it is Rattrap."

"Right. And who is that?" Bow asked.

"I've heard of him." Hot Rod said. "He's a Maximal, an Autobot who can transform into an animal, which in his case is a rat. But from what I've heard, the guy's a big mouth with a pessimistic attitude. Not exactly what I'd call guardian material."

"Even if he was, let's not forget that Lockdown is there too." Arcee said. "Megatron must have hired him to help take the Golden Disk. Make no mistake, he will be nearly impossible to pin down."

Bumblebee buzzed.

"Oh, and how can I forget about Optimus?" Hot Rod asked. "This is our first mission with the big guy. He's going to be here any time now to hear our plan."

"So that's a lot of pressure." Adora said. "Not to worry though. We'll figure out something to handle whatever the Horde has to throw at us, even if they are staffed by their best and brightest."

"HANG THOSE BANNERS!" Scorpia commanded. "Set up those big gun things! Keep doing whatever you're doing, guy I'm pointing at! Now, do something else!" She turned to talk to her leading party, which consist of Waspinator, Lockdown, Knock Out, and the Horde cadets. "Can you believe it? Catra put me in charge of finding the Autobot pod!"

"She didn't." Lockdown said. "She and Starscream put me in charge. They just put you in charge of helping me, much to my dismay."

"That's right. I'm in charge." Scorpia declared.

Lockdown sighed. "Let's get something straight, pincer brain. I don't need any help. I work best alone. I'm only doing this because of Decepticon command. But make no mistake. If you do anything to hinder my search for that pod, I will squash you like the bug you are."

"Noted." Scorpia said watching Lockdown walk away. "I still can't believe I'm here right now. Kyle, man the perapets!"

"I don't know what those are." Kyle said.

"Then find out." Scorpia said.

"Pride of the Horde army you all are." Knock Out said.

"Catra is really warming up to me." Scorpia said. "Maybe I should send her a gift. Something that says 'thank you', but also 'we are soulmates tied together by the beautiful threads of fate'. What is Catra's favorite color? Kyle, what are you doing? Go find out Catra's favorite color!"

"Uh, bug girl," Waspinator said, "Don't you think you're taking this a bit too far?"

"This is my first mission that Catra gave me." Scorpia said. "Sure, I've been clumsy in the past, but this is the day I make up for it all. I will not disappoint her. I swear that I will bring Catra that Golden Disk piece!"

"So what's the plan now?" Hot Rod asked.

"Well, we may need to use a different approach of stealth." Adora said.

"You got it all wrong." Glimmer said. "What we need is to attack them head on!"

Glimmer visualized the base as a pink-and-black noir style like a hardcore crime genre. The imagined version of her leaned against the wall with a black leather jacket on and had a toothpick in her mouth.

"Just leave everything to Glimmer." She said. The imagined version of her did what she said as she said them. "Once I get through the wall, I take out the first line of defense with a teleport. Then a teleport and a teleport and I take out this big super bot. They try to catch me, but I'm too fast for them. The turrents can't even lay a finger on me. Then, I teleport and teleport and…"

"You ran out of teleports twelve teleports ago." Bow said.

"…Then, I fall on you."

Back in the real world, Glimmer dropped her figurine lookalike on top of Bow's, which again devastated the real boy.

"Tiny Bow, no!" Bow cried out.

"Glimmer, take this seriously." Arcee said. "We need a plan that's based on reality."

"Yes, and in reality, I'd totally land on Bow." Glimmer said.

Adora sighed. "Look, Glimmer, there's one factor of your plan you need to account for: Catra and Starscream."

"How can I forget Catra?" Hot Rod asked. "That fuzzball cut off my hand!"

"You're still complaining about that?" Arcee asked. "You've got a new hand now. What's the big deal?"

"Tell you what. You lose your hand, then we'll talk."

"Don't worry. I've already thought of her and her Con partner." Glimmer said confidently.

Back in Glimmer's noir reality…

"I knew destroying her bots would draw them out." Glimmer said.

A villainous laugh yelled from the shadows as Glimmer's imagined version of the cat villainess stepped out. This version of Catra was more mature-looking with black lipstick, a black dress, and carried a white Persian on her.

"You thought correctly, Glimmer." Noir Catra said.

Adora chuckled. "This is how you see Catra?"

"Glimmer, have you ever seen her at all?" Hot Rod asked sharing Adora's amusement. "Don't tell me; the little cat is supposed to be Starscream."

"You won't get away that easily." Noir Catra said. "I've set a bomb here to take you all out."

"We'll see about that." Noir Glimmer said. "Once I…"

"I CAST CARNIVOROUS PLANT!" Perfuma shouted.

In reality, Perfuma came into the tent with Prowl beside her. Mermista did the same with Seaspray and Frosta came in with Grimlock. Perfuma had a potted plant that accidently chomped on Bow's figurine.

"Oops. Sorry, Bow." Perfuma said nervously.

"Seriously? Why am I always dying?" Bow asked.

"What are you all doing here?" Arcee asked. "Aren't you supposed to be on watch?"

Mermista glimpsed outside to see the fortress sticking out like a sore thumb. "Oh, look. The castle's still there… just like it was an hour ago. Job done."

"Apologies, but you know these girls." Prowl said. "They can be quite energetic."

"Specially Frosta." Grimlock said. "So what's happening?"

"We're trying to come up with the best plan to take back the fortress before Optimus gets here." Hot Rod said. "So far, our best plan consists of Glimmer expecting Catra to destroy the castle with a bomb."

"Wouldn't that destroy the Autobot pod and the disk inside?" Prowl asked. "Why would Catra want to do that?"

"She wouldn't." Adora sighed. "Since you guys are here, let's try this again."

Of course, the rebels and Autobots wouldn't be secret for long. Thanks to the cadets, Scorpia managed to see their camp from the distance. She needed to know what they were planning, so she decided to use a tiny spy bot that was packed. Knock Out held it up for Scorpia.

"Spy Bot, your mission is simple." Scorpia said. "Spy on the princesses and Autobots so I can stop them, and impress Catra so much, she'll finally admit we're best friends, or at least have a bond that can never be broken?"

"Can't break what's already broken." Knock Out said. "Look, pincers, the spy bot isn't turned on and that's now how it works."

…Scorpia just paused and stared dumbfounded for a minute. "Good. Yeah, I was just testing you on whether you knew how to do that. And you passed. So… kudos."

Knock Out, obviously not believing her, passed the spy bot to Lonnie. "Here, kid. Why don't you pilot it while we teach your Force Captain how to spell mastermind."

"Let me!" Bow called out. "So far, I've been blown up, crushed, and eaten. It's time to try out one of my plans. And there will be no death. No dying. Just heroic good times."

"Oh, this will be cute. I can tell already." Seaspray snickered.

In Bow's perspective, everything looked normal except for the character's choice in outfits. Bow looked more mature with a mustache that was identical to Sea Hawk's. He also had a red cape. Adora's white dress was more frilly, Glimmer had an outfit and a crown that was purple and blue. Perfuma had a pink dress and a pink, flowery headdress. Frosta wore a small, blue outfit with white gloves, boots, and skirt. Mermista had on blueish bodysuit with a green top shaped like seashells. All the Autobots had blocky body parts. (Author's Note: The She-Ra characters looked like their designs from the original old cartoon and the Autobots looked like their G1 counterparts.)

"I am Bow, She-Ra's best friend and defender of Etheria! When the evil Horde strikes, I strike back."

"Bow, why are we blocky?" Arcee asked.

"I tried crafting figures of you guys, but the only way I could make them stable is if I made them cubed." Bow answered. "Anyway, after I destroy the turrents with my trick arrows, Glimmer teleports us to the tower. There, someone waits in the shadows."

The Classic Bow enters the hallway where a catty cackle echoed. Catra had a purple cape and mature makeup along with green eye designs on her headdress. A G1 version of Starscream appeared right beside her.

"Fools." Classic Catra meowed fiercely. "I won't let you destroy my purr-fect plan."

"Purr-fect?" Hot Rod asked. "Bow, never once have I heard Catra make a stupid cat pun. I swear, if Starscream says something like…"

"Your chances of victory are sky high." Classic Starscream declared.

Adora groaned. "This is getting out of hand."

Classic Bow continued confrontinc Classic Catra. "It looks like I've got you 'meow', evil doers!"

Classic Catra responded, "I'd 'paws' to reflect on your upcoming death if I were 'mew'."

"I don't know. I'm 'feline' pretty good now."

"We'll have you seeing stars in no time." Classic Starscream declared. He pointed his laser gun and fired. Classic Bow rolled out of the way.

"Not to worry. I'll take him and Catra down with my net arrow!" Classic Bow declared. He fired his arrow, but Classic Catra ducked. It bounced off the walls until it struck at Classic Bow.

Bumblebee buzzed.

"Hey! Adora's the one who said she'd duck!" Bow said.

"That's because she would duck." Adora said. "You can't underestimate her like that. And with Starscream, she's obviously twice as crafty."

"Come on, guys." Hot Rod said. "Optimus will be here any minute and we need a perfect plan before he arrives."

"Is it my turn?" Perfuma asked excitedly. "I use my magic to grow a Plant Golem to take down the tower!"

"Is it the same Plant Golem that you once said would scare away Decepticons with its roar?" Prowl asked. "How does it roar if it's made of plants anyway?"

"Because it's magic." Perfuma said.

"Perfuma, we can't just make up whatever we want." Adora said starting to lose her patience.

"Plus your idea is dumb." Mermista added.

"And what would you do?" Perfuma asked.

"Oh, no." Seaspray said. "You asked. You asked. You didn't want to, but you literally asked for it."

"You see," Mermista said, "I step forward and I say…"

"I am Mermista. Fabulous secrets were revealed to me the day I aloft my trident and said 'For the honor of Gray Whales'!"

Imaginary Mermista held up her trident and did a She-Ra style transformation.

"Then it's like sparkle, sparkle, dolphin, sparkle. I get shoes that are slightly better than my normal shoes. There's probably another dolphin. Then, I twirl and my hair does this thing where it looks all super messy, but it's actually, like, super beautiful."

"Mermista!" Adora shouted. "You can't transform into She-Ra!"

"She's not." Seaspray said. "She's Sea-Ra, Princess of the Oceans." Everyone stared at him. "She has a lot of time on her hands and she usually gets me involved."

"If she gets to be Sea-Ra, I get to have a Plant Golem!" Perfuma argued.

"The Winter's Bane needs no help from a plant!" Frosta declared.

"The what?" Hot Rod asked.

"It's this thing of hers." Grimlock said.

"That's right!" Frosta shouted dramatically. "My enemies know me as Frostbite Winter's Bane! My friends call me Bane… That is, if I had any! But no one comes close to the Winter's Bane!" She pulled out a drawing of herself with a suit of armor made of ice. There was also a drawing of a dinosaur next to her. "She's got an obsidian broadsword that enhances strength plus three, and her finishing move is the Snowstrike!"

"What's that lizard there?" Seaspray asked.

"That's her sidekick, Grimlock." Frosta said.

"I never agreed to be the sidekick." Grimlock growled.

"Well, you do lose your intellect whenever you're in dino-mode." Frosta said.

"Low blow, snowflake." Grimlock said.

While everyone talked over each other and Adora and Hot Rod try to get everyone focused, the Horde's spy bot found an opening in their tent. Scorpia and the others watched the screen as they got the princess and Autobots on it.

"Okay. We got video." Lonnie said. "Switching to audio."

All of the Horde's enemies could be heard.

"My army of Plant Golems will take down the tower instantly." Perfuma said. "Prowl, I'd like you to be the general."

"Frostbite uses Snowstrike to encase the tower in ice!" Frosta shouted.

"Well, since I'm involved, I can shatter the frozen tower in my dinosaur form." Grimlock added.

"You guys mean Sea-Ra will use the Trident of Power to blow the tower up." Mermista said.

"You don't have a Trident of Power." Seaspray said.

"Bow, make me a Trident of Power." Mermista ordered.

"I just don't want to die again." Bow said glumly.

The villains that were watching felt awkward seeing this poor excuse for a meeting. Scorpia shook her head.

"I can't believe it."

"Me either." Lonnie added. Although, Scorpia's expression wasn't what the others thought. Scorpia actually took it seriously and chuckled nervously in fear.

"They're gonna give us frostbite? And Prowl's going to lead an army of plant golems? And a woman named Sea-Ra? And Bow's got a Trident of Power? WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT DOES?! OH, WE'RE DOOMED!"

Waspinator gulped. "Is all that true?"

"OF COURSE, IT'S NOT TRUE, YOU BUG BRAIN!" Knock Out shouted. "Scorpia, they're just saying a bunch of random stuff and calling them plans!"

"We cannot risk it!" Scorpia said before forcing herself to try and take the controller from Lonnie wrestling her over it. "Get in closer!"

While the robot was struggling for control, Bumblebee sighed before placing his hand down. Unbeknownst to him, he accidently pressed hit hand on top of the spy bot shattering it into a million pieces without even noticing.

"NO!" Scorpia shouted. "Kyle, go grab one of the other Spy Bots you packed!"

Kyle nodded nervously. "Um, yeah. Was that my job?"

Everyone groaned in disappointment.

"Seriously, Kyle?" Scorpia asked. "I don't know how you haven't been fired."

"Well, this is a sweet little tea party you ladies have all set up." Lockdown said as he walked out of the castle hallways. He dragged the Autobot pod they were looking for.

"Is that it?" Scorpia asked.

"Yep." Lockdown answered. "All that's left now is to pop the little rat out of the pod, crush his head, and pull the Golden Disk piece from his remains."

"Can you open it up?" Scorpia asked.

"Autobot encryption is so one-thousand years ago. It's just take a few minutes." Lockdown said. "Ten tops."

Back at the campsite, the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, marched his way toward the meeting tent. He stopped just outside when he started to hear everyone shouting.

"I teleport in…" Glimmer began to say.

"And run out of teleports." Adora sighed.

"My Plant Golem tears down the wall." Perfuma said.

"The bad guys will set it on fire." Hot Rod argued.

"Frostbite smashes the wall." Frosta shouted.

"The ice armor cracks as you hit stone." Hot Rod said.

"Sea-Ra destroys the Vehicons." Mermista said.

"There is no Sea-Ra!" Adora growled. "And you guys aren't taking Catra or Starscream into account!"

"Sure we are." Perfuma said. "See?"

Perfuma's version of Catra and Starscream were a lot smaller and more childish.

"I have a lot of negative things to say." Childish Catra said.

"I hate flowers." Childish Starscream said.

"No." Frosta said. "It's more like…"

Both of Frosta's versions of Catra and Starscream had on sunglasses, loose jackets, and glasses of punch in their hands.

"I love ruining parties!" Punk Catra shouted.

"Say yes to global warming!" Punk Starscream declared.

Glimmer's noir versions of Catra and Starscream appeared in the imagination as she added them in.

Noir Catra gave a snooty laugh. "I'm a monster!"

"Destroy them all!" Noir Starscream shouted.

Bow's Classic Catra and Starscream appeared as well.

Classic Catra gave an evil meow. "What a purr-fectly evil day."

"Prepare to ascend into the heavens." Classic Starscream said.

"NO!" Adora shouted finally putting her foot down. "None of this is right!"

Hot Rod sighed. "Look, Adora, we've been here for hours. Why don't we just attack already? It's worked out so far before."

"The Horde and Decepticons will counter whatever we throw at them." Adora argued. "We'll have to go again. And we're not leaving until we come up with the perfect plan."

"No plan survives contact with the enemy." Everyone stopped talking and watched as Optimus Prime joined the meeting. "Apologies. I couldn't help but overhear."

"Optimus!" Hot Rod said nervously. "Sorry, sir. We just can't seem to agree on what to do."

"Perhaps I can give some insight then." Optimus said. "I've received reports that Lockdown has unearthed Rattrap's pod and is currently looking to open it. We have no time left to keep planning."

"But nothing will work." Adora said.

"Adora, we've faced both the Horde and the Decepticons before, mostly together." Bow said. "What's the worst that can happen?"

Adora sighed before explaining. "You want to know the worst that can happen? Fine. Catra will separate the Autobots with the Decepticons and since I'm the heaviest hitter of the Etherians, she will separate me, trap me, take my sword, do something so I'm helpless when she turns on you. She knows everything about me. What I'll do. How to take me out. They'll overwhelm Frosta and Mermista with bots, fire on Perfuma, use her to draw Bow out, pinning him between Decepticons and Horde soldiers. Glimmer will teleport in to save him, but she won't have enough magic to get out, trapping them. Since Lockdown and Arcee have a history, he'll get on her emotional side and use it against her. They'll lure both Grimlock and Seaspray to a fragile surface that'll break apart and trap them. Prowl and Bumblebee try to save everyone, but Decepticons will catch them by surprise. And when Hot Rod comes to save me, that's when Starscream cripples him and Catra rips his wires out. Catra will make me watch before she finishes me off. And then, everyone will be gone, the Horde and Cons win, Etheria crumbles, AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT!" She buried her head in her hands clearly distraught at her imagery. "Etheria was nearly destroyed. Optimus, the only reason we were able to stop is was you came in just at the right time. If this plan isn't perfect… If I'm not perfect, everyone will…"

Optimus sat down next to Adora. "Believe it, I understand your plight. There were times in the past that the Autobots have only survived out of sheer luck. Thinking about that sometimes makes me second-guess myself on plans as well. But if you focus merely on trying to make it perfect, then it can't be perfect."

"He's right, Adora." Glimmer said. "Look, I was captured by Shadow Weaver, taken to the Fright Zone, and lot my powers. But we escaped. I fought without my powers and we won. Bad things are going to happen. That's life. You can let it paralyze you or you can roll with it."

"It's not wrong to have a plan," Optimus said, "But you need to prepare for when something unexpected happens. Sometimes, the best thing to do is improvise. Just figure out what you can and trust your friends to handle the rest."

Adora smiled at all the princesses and Autobots that surrounded her. She stood up along with Hot Rod.

"Good words, sir." Hot Rod said. "You're right. We don't need ten different plans. We just need one."

"And…" Lockdown whispered just as he broke right through the encryption. "Tada."

The pod opened up and a large, gray rat stumbled out. He shook his head.

"Whoa. That was some sleep. Anybody got some fresh hot oil or…" Rattrap stopped when he noticed the enemies that surrounded him, especially the ones with the Decepticon logos. "Oh, scrap."

Scorpia looked into the pod and pulled out the Golden Disk piece. "Got it! Catra's gotta like me now!"

"Perfect." Lockdown said. "As soon as I skin this rat, we're taking this piece and leaving. After that, this castle can rot for all I care."

Suddenly, the castle shook the sound of a large boom. Everyone shook while Lockdown looked up the wall. He widened his eyes in disbelief. While that happened, Rattrap scurried off to a different area.

"You've gotta be kidding me!"

A monstrous green hand climbed out. Perfuma stood on top of her Plant Golem with Prowl behind her. The Plant Golem also grew vines that attacked the Horde soldiers and Vehicons. The turrents tried to destroy it, but Frosta froze them all solid wearing her Winter's Bane ice armor.

"This is colder than I thought it would be," Frosta said, "But not a problem!" She ran up to where Knock Out was and jumped up towards him. "SNOWSTRIKE!" She clawed down her ice gauntlets which left noticeable scratches on his chestplate.

"You scratched my paint job!" Knock Out gasped angrily. "PREPARE FOR SURGERY!"

That was when Grimlock jumped up behind Frosta in his dinosaur mode. He gave a thunderous roar that left Knock Out petrified.

"What's up, doc?" Frosta asked. "You look a little pale."

Knock Out laughed nervously. "Toodles." He quickly turned around, changed into his car mode, and drove away.

Mermista arose wearing a blue seaweed for a crown. She held up a trident like Sea-Ra and summoned a large wave that shorted out the front turrents. The rest of the Autobots scaled over with Optimus Prime leading the charge.

"Autobots... ROLL OUT!" Optimus Prime announced starting the frontal assault.

The three cadets—Lonnie, Kyle, and Rogelio—met up at the nearest backup turrent and attempted to fire. Before they could, however, Prowl leaped up and disabled their gun with a shuriken. They ran off right after.

"This is getting ridiculous." Lockdown snarled. His eyes locked on Arcee and he smiled. "Well, guess I better get rid of at least one of them." He used his hook to climb up the wall and follow Arcee.

Waspinator flew around confused until Rattrap jumped from out of nowhere and landed right on top of him. They struggled until Waspinator crashed right into the ground.

"Why you… Waspinator, TERRORIZE" He changed into his robot mode.

"Rattrap, MAXIMIZE!" Rattrap declared before changing into his brown robot mode. "Hey, bug boy, if you fight with a rat…" He kicked some dirt right at Waspinator's eyes making him blind. "…You better fight dirty."

Rattrap snickered right as he shot his leg up between Waspinator's legs. The impact made the Predacon gasp silently.

"Oh, he doesn't like that, does he?" Rattrap asked. He grabbed Waspinator in a side headlock. "ROBO-NOOGIE!" He dug his knuckles at the top of the Predacon's head making him exclaim. He let go of Waspinator making him fall over. He then pulled out a pistol and fired it at Waspinator's head making it fall off. "Now, get lost!"

Lockdown tailed Arcee until he caught her with her back against the wall. Arcee looked determined to face him.

"Before I scrap you, Autobot," Lockdown said, "I'm curious. You said before that I killed your partner. Mind clearing that up for me?"

Arcee gritted her teeth before answering. "Fine. It's Mirage. We were sent to find you back when you were hunting Autobot graduates and you killed him right in front of me."

Lockdown suddenly widened his eyes. "Oh. Now, I remember. Yes, that was a very interesting job I was hired to do."

"First you, then Megatron will pay for hiring you." Arcee said pulling out her guns.

Lockdown chuckled. "You misunderstand. Though my client did work for Megatron, it's not him."

"What?" Arcee asked. "Then who? Who hired you to kill Mirage?"

"Sorry. You'll never know." Lockdown said. He prepared himself for a close-quarters firefight with Arcee.

Suddenly, Lockdown was knocked off the wall. He fell into the river. Arcee looked at the attacker and saw that it was Hot Rod.

"You okay?" Hot Rod asked.

"Yeah." Arcee said. "I was close to killing him, you know."

"Just as he was close to killing you." Hot Rod said. "I already lost you a hundred times. I don't want to do that again. So.. Yeah. You're welcome."

At another part of the tower, She-Ra and Scorpia were facing off against each other. Even with Glimmer's help, the Force Captain was tough.

"For the record, Catra trusts…" Scorpia didn't finish when a splash of water came over her. She brushed it off. "Catra trusts…" She was then attacked by vines. "Catra…" She narrowly dodged an arrow that almost hit her head. "Okay, seriously? How many of you are there?"

"Enough." Optimus Prime answered. He and the rest of the Autobots and princesses gathered around Scorpia, who was basically terrified. "Now, the disk piece."

"I got it." Glimmer said before swiping it from Scorpia's waist. "And now…" She fired a sparkling blast that shot Scorpia out of the fortress. The day was won. The second Golden Disk was secure by the Autobots and the Princess Alliance.

After tearing down the Horde and Decepticon banners, Optimus Prime sat Rattrap down and explained everything to him.

"Wow. Guess I go the short end of the deal." Rattrap said.

"What do you mean by that?" Optimus asked.

"Well, Zeta Prime approached us Maximals and said he was sending one of us to a special mission off of Cybertron. I figured it was the best way to avoid all the action, so I volunteered."

"So you became a Golden Disk guardian simply because you were scared?" Adora asked.

"I'm not a coward if that's what you're thinking." Rattrap said. "I just like surviving. I'm happy to throw down with a Decepticon. I just prefer them to be on my level."

"Well, at least we got the disk piece." Hot Rod said. "That's two down and two to go."

"And we'll go through every last Horde soldier, Decepticon, and anything else to find them and win this war." Adora promised.

Rattrap sighed. "We're all gonna die."

Lockdown growled as he joined up with the rest of the villains. He crossed his arms staring down at everyone.

"All in favor of blaming this on Kyle?" Scorpia asked. Most of the others agreed except for Kyle who was distraught by the decision.

"So that's two down." Lockdown said. "Let's hope the Junkion will be easier to take from."

Author's Note: Happy Memorial Day. In case some of you haven't noticed, I have a spin-off fanfic about my PoP&RiD characters in an anthology series.

Any and all comments are welcome.