Chapter 1.
It was another day at the Autobot base everyone was just relaxing and doing their own thing. After the war had ended and Cybertron had been liberated the Autobots had returned to Earth and gotten back in touch with their human friends.
And Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave had joined them wanting to change for the better.
Smokescreen was walking around the base when he saw Knock Out who looked upset.
"What's wrong Knock Out?" Asked he asked the cherry red sports car.
"Arcee has been giving me the cold shoulder since I invited Starscream to join us." Knock Out explained. "I know she has a history with him but he's doing his best to change for the better that's why I asked him to join us."
"Everyone deserves a second chance that's why Optimus let him, you, Megatron and Soundwave join us." Smokescreen agreed. "Don't worry I'm sure Arcee will come around."
"I don't think she like us that much." Knock Out said sadly.
Just then they were called to the main room of the base. Where Agent Fowler was waiting with Optimus.
"We just received word that MECH is back with a new leader so we're advising all of the team to be careful." Agent Fowler explained.
Everyone agreed that MECH returning was bad news. Then they picked up a signal of some kind and Arcee went to investigate it.
"I better go to in case MECH shows up she might need back up." Said Starscream as he went through the ground bridge after her.
"I think I should tag along they might need a referee." Thought Knock Out as he went after them and Smokescreen, Megatron and Optimus tagged along too.
When they came out they spotted some kind of relic and Arcee and Starscream were arguing because Arcee didn't want him there.
Then Starscream tripped after Arcee pushed him away from her when he tried to help with the relic much to her annoyance. And accidentally knocked the seeker into said relic making it activate.
The relic which looked like some kind of blue cylinder glowed then exploded and sent out a blue energy wave that hit all of them and they all blacked out.
A little while later they all came to and each realized they were smaller and surrounded by random humans they didn't recognize then they realize that they were all human now and the relic was now charred and broken.
Then they all panicked except for Optimus and Megatron. Then a ground bridge opened and Ratchet and Bulkhead came through and were surprised to see the humans then realize they were their friends.
Bulkhead and Ratchet brought them and the relic back to base so Ratchet and Soundwave could work on fixing it and figure out how to change them back.
Everyone else was surprised to see the bots who had been turned human. Optimus had black. While Megatron's was silver both of them were pretty good sized men with athletic builds.
While Smokescreen had light brown hair and Knock Out had red hair of course while Starscream's was black with a red streak in front And they all three had athletic builds but not as muscled as Optimus and Megatron.
Arcee had blond hair and a slender build. And the closes they wore matched their color schemes.
Ratchet came back after a few minutes and explained that he and Soundwave could fix the relic and was confident they could figure out how to use it to change them back.
But the bad news is he didn't know how long it would take him. So they would be stuck that way for a while but the humans on the team agreed to help them adjust to being human.
Just then they heard a crash and saw Starscream pulling himself off the floor having just been punched by Megatron who grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall.
"This is all your fault Starscream!" Megatron hissed at him but then got a confused look when he noticed Starscream was acting different this time.
He wasn't begging or trying to talk his way out he was just letting out coughs and strangled gasps.
Optimus realized what was going on and rushed over and ripped Megatron off Starscream and the seeker turned human fell to the floor.
"Stay out of this Prime!" Megatron growled still mad at his former second in command and wanting to punish him. But Optimus held him back.
"It was an accident!" Optimus said sternly enough to let Megatron know he wasn't happy and to back off.
Knock Out and June both helped Starscream who was still gasping for air off the floor. He had a bruise on his neck and a couple more on his back where he had been slammed into the wall and his nose was bleeding from where he'd been punched.
"He may have been able to take that as a bot but humans need to breathe!" June scolded Megatron.
"Do you realize if you had held him like that longer or squeezed just a little tighter you might have killed him?!" Agent Fowler add.
"It's not my fault humans are weak and that's the only way Starscream seems to understand!" Megatron growled.
"Oh enough already you've always been terrible to him if he had been human during the war he would have been killed by you a long time ago!" Knock Out yelled at him.
"And frankly I'm done just watching it happen no one deserves that kind of treatment you always beat the scrap out of him every time something goes wrong even when it's not his fault how many times have you abused him both physically and mentally?" Knock Out continued.
"And for the record this is what I think of your treatment of Starscream!" Knock Out finished then kicked Megatron between the legs making him let out a scream no one thought possible from him.
Knock Out's eyes widened not thinking his kick would be that painful for Megatron. Then Megatron recovered enough to try to punch Knock Out who saw it coming and ran out of the way and Megatron's fist collided with the stone and metal wall of the base then he grabbed it in pain.
Everyone just looked in shock. Surprised by Knock Out's out burst as the red head ran to a different room knowing Megatron might kill him if he got a hold of him before he had a chance to cool off.
Megatron held his injured hand. "Did I mention I hate being human?" He groaned.
"I think you guys all need to calm down don't want you to all kill each other before me and Soundwave can figure out how to change you back." Ratchet told them.
They all agreed fighting among themselves was the last thing they needed to do right now.
Later Knock Out finally built up the courage to come out of the bathroom where he had hidden after running away from Megatron. And he kept looking to make sure he wasn't nearby.
Then he made his way to the couch where Starscream was laying with ice packs on his bruises and there was a bloody tissue in a waste basket that he had used on his nose which had fortunately stopped bleeding.
"Are you ok?" Knock Out asked his best friend.
"A little sore but I'll live." Starscream replied. "Thanks for standing up for me back there."
"Your welcome." Knock Out told him. "I'm sorry I never stood up for you during the war."
"It's ok I brought most of it on myself." Said Starscream.
"I don't know what got in to me back their I just couldn't stand it anymore the way he's treated you." Knock Out told him. "No one should be treated like that."
Just then Agent Fowler came over.
"June just finished doctoring Megatron hand. It will heal but he does have to wear bandages on it for a few days." He explained. "And is still sore from when you kicked him in the home of the brave."
"Oh Knock Out was brave alright." Said Miko who just walked over to them. "That was really funny and he kind of deserved it."
"I am so dead." Thought Knock Out thinking how mad Megatron was gonna be.
Then they call them all in to pick human names to use if they went out in public. Optimus went with his old name Orian Pax, Megatron chose Mason, Smokescreen went with Scott, Arcee chose Ashley and Starscream liked the name Seth.
Knock Out was having trouble deciding on a name though.
"When you were cybertronian you turned into an Austin Martin so how about Martin?" Raff suggested.
"I like that one." Knock Out agreed so that's the one he chose.
Then they realize it was late so all decided to get some sleep they all went to rooms that were in the base where the United E members something bunked if they had to stay at the base.
Everyone went right to sleep knowing they'd have a big day when they woke up since they had a lot to learn about being human.
To Be Continued.
Hope this first chapter turned out ok it was a nightmare to come up with. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon in the meantime feel free to rate and review.