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Chapter 5
No pov
Shadow leapt into the air and smacked a large metal ball made of bent metal with his tail sending it flying toward Bulkhead.
The green Autobot held up his hands and caught the ball of scrap metal, the force however sent him sliding back across the floor quite a bit. Bulkhead laughed, "Not bad kid." He said with a smile, "Now try this on for size!" He pulled the ball back before sending it full force at Shadow who grinned.
The young Prime narrowed his optics before jumping towards the metal ball once more. But unfortunately he wasn't expecting the force behind it and was sent flying back with the ball into the wall of the S.A.F.E. causing a loud crash to echo through the base. Shadow released his grip and fell to the ground as Bulkhead rushed over.
Shadow slowly got up a bit dizzy from the impact, he shook his head and readjusted his optics. "Rrrrr." He growled in slight annoyance of missing the catch.
"You alright kid?" Bulkhead asked hoping he hadn't injured the young mech.
Shadow shook his head before looking up at Bulkhead and nodding, he was a bit dizzy but not much else thankfully. He was a bit sad that he couldn't propperly play like Bulkhead but he still enjoyed it.
"Good, ready to go again?"
Before Shadow could respond a familiar voice caught the bots attention, "Bulkhead! Shadow!" Miko called out, "Are you two done yet!?"
"Yeah, just finishing Shadows exercises, kid gets jumpy if he isn't active for too long." Bulkhead replied only to get slapped in the back of the head by Shadows tail. "Ow! Hey!" Shadow looked away innocently, taking a sudden interest in the wall.
Shadow followed close behind Bulkhead who had Miko on his shoulder, they were heading towards the command room while Miko was getting excited about what they were gonna do.
"All right! Chores are done, now can we do some dune bashing?" Miko asked in excitement.
Shadow barked at Miko for calling his training a chore.
"I don't know Miko." Bulkhead replied sounding unsure, "Last time I spent a week picking sand out of my articulators." Bulkhead noticed the saddened expression on Miko, "Uh, but there's a monster truck rally in town." He said making her smile once again. Shadow was now curious to what a monster truck was.
"Optimus." Ratchet said getting everyones attention, "I'm receiving a signal on a restricted band." Everyone walked towards the computer and gathered around Ratchet. "It appears to be coming from a starship, inside this solar system." Ratchet explained. He started typing, to try and learn more about the ship. After a few moments his optics widen slightly, "It's an Autobot identification beacon." He said in shock.
"So there are other bots out there?" Jack asked curiously.
"The masses scattered to the galaxies when Cybertron finally went dark." Arcee answered, "But, cons have been know to bait traps with false beacons."
"So it would be wise to prepare for such an event." Solus suggested.
"Unknown vessel." Optimus said over the coms, "This is Autobot outpost Omega One. Identify yourself."
There was a bit of static before a voice replied, "I've had warmer welcomes from Decepticon combat brigades." The bot replied sarcastically.
"Wheeljack!?" Bulkhead asked in excitement as he recognized his best friends voice. "You old con crusher! What are you doing all the way out here?" He asked moving closer to the computer.
"Bulkhead? That you?" Wheeljack asked in surprise, "What's with all the security?"
"The rock we're on is crawling with Cons. How soon can you get here and even the odds?"
"Sometime tomorrow if I put petal to the-" Before Wheeljack could finish, another voice cut in.
"Did you say Cons!?" Asked a female voice asked sounding excited. "Oh this is gonna be great!"
Arcee's optics widen as she recognized the voice, "Flareup? Is that you?"
The coms were quiet for a moment before a excited squeal was hear from the now named Flareup, "I can't believe my luck! Arcee! Is that really you!?"
"Course it's me, you think the Cons can get rid of me that easily?" She smirked.
"No way! But now that we're back together we'll take the Cons by storm!"
"She is quite an energetic one." Solus said moving a bit closer.
"Yeah, she's always been like that. You might want to start moving anything flamable to somewhere safe. She has a habit of blowing things up for no reason."
"Noted." Solus nodded.
Shadow looked at the screen, this "Flareup" sounded like a fun cybertronian to hang out with.
"More bots are coming here? How cool is that!?" Miko asked in excitement.
"Wheeljack and Flareup, I know of them by reputation alone." He looked at Arcee and Bulkhead, "Can you verify their voice prints?" He asked.
"He is 1,000% the real deal Optimus." Bulkhead replied.
"I know her voice anywhere." Arcee stated.
Optimus nodded and looked back at the computer, "We will send landing coordinates Wheeljack. Safe journey to you both."
"See you soon buddy! I'll make sure you get a propper welcome." Bulkhead said happily.
"Don't take too long Flareup." Arcee added before the coms cut out. Arcee looked at Bulkhead, "So who's the boy friend?"
"I could ask you the same thing."
Arcee smirked, "Flareup, best demolitionist on Cyberton, she teamed up with me and my sisters on multiple missions." She crossed her arms, "Your turn."
Bulkhead laughed, "Me and Jackie go way back, we were part of the same war unit, the wreckers!" He said slamming his fist together. "Which means the Cons are gonna wish he never found us!"
Soundwave replayed the communication he had intercepted making Star Scream smirk, "War heroes hmm?." He hummed sounding amused. "We haven't much time, and it complicates that there are two of them. But no matter. Makeshift!" Star Scream called as a Decepticon emerged from the shadows. One of Soundwaves tendrals shot out and connected to Makeshifts chest before uploading data. Makeshifts body started to transform into something else. "I too, know how to prepare a proper welcome." Starscream said with a grin as Makeshift finished transforming.
The next day couldn't have come sooner for the Autobots, two of them in particular.
Shadows optics followed Bulkhead as the green mech paced back in forth in anticipation for Wheeljacks ship to enter the atmosphere. He had never seen Bulkhead act like this before and it made him even more curious as to who this Wheeljack was to make him act this way. He also noticed a change in Arcee as well, she was smiling more than before but seemed to keep her anticipation in check, mostly.
Beeping from the computer caught his attention and he looked up to see a ship had been detected entering the atmosphere.
"Wheeljacks ship is approaching the landing zone." Arcee announced as the humans and other bots gathered around. Miko was bouncing with excitement of the situation.
"Do you think they're here to visit?" Raff asked.
"Maybe they'll stay?" Miko added, she then thought for a moment, "Hm, they'll have to find their own humans though."
"Ground bridge cycling up." Ratchet said putting in the coordinates for the landing zone. The control panel suddenly sparked violently making Ratchet take a step back. He noticed the screen was all fuzzy and raised his fist before punching the console making it return to normal. "Blasted scrapplets!" He said in annoyance looking at the swarm in the rafters above them. Their glowing white eyes looked at Ratchet when they heard him say that, before going back to what ever they were doing up there. "Equipment hasn't been the same since their infestation." Ratchet stated.
"If I had my original Forge it would be a simple repair and even some much needed upgrades." Solus added.
"So...Wheeljack and Flareup are going to land halfway around the world, and then you'll bridge them here?" Jack asked.
"It is possible that the Decepticons are tracking Wheeljacks ship once it makes planet fall." Solus explained, "Unless we want to risk the chance of the Decepticons...I believe the term you use is, 'knocking on our front door', we cannot have Wheeljack and Flareup fly directly to your base."
"Correct." Optimus said with a nod.
Everyone turned to look at Bulkhead who was pacing loudly back and forth.
"Dude!" Miko said excitedly, "I've never seen you so stoked!"
"Oh you're gonna love Wheeljack! We were like brothers!" Bulkhead said happily. "And tonight, we're gonna party!"
"Sweet!"
An alarm from the computer caught everyones attention, the screen showed several red dots approaching Wheeljacks ship.
"Bogies inbound." Arcee said clenching her fist.
"Con scum!" Bulkhead shouted.
Wheeljack flew his ship through the air as several Vehicons closed in on them. Once they were in range they opened fire on the Autobots, a barrage of red energon blasts flew through the air. The ship avoided several blasts but one of the shots connected with the ships engine causing it to fall out of the sky. The ship crashed against the ground, digging a large trench as it came to a stop, smoke coming from the downed ships engine. The Vehicons flew towards the crash site and transformed to get a better look, aiming their blasters at the ship incase anything or anyone might have survived.
The lead Vehicon took a few steps forwards only for a blue Energon blast to shoot out from the smoke and through the Vehicons chest plate. They fell to the ground, the others all now aiming their weapons at where the blast came from.
Out from the smoke came two Autobots, the first one appeared to be a femme that looked similarly to Arcee only her color scheme was mostly orange with a bit of red, this is Flareup. The second Autobot is a mech with a white color scheme with red and green lines in on his arms and legs, the barrel of his blaster smoking from the blast.
"If you're trying to ruin my day, you're gonna have to try harder." Wheeljack said before his faceguard slid over his mouth. He glanced back at Flareup, "Stay here, they busted my ship, they're mine."
Flareup smirked and activated her blasters, "As if! I haven't fought anyone in cycles!"
"Guess again!" Wheeljack shouted as the Cons fired at him while he ran from the ship.
Flareup was about to protest but saw several more Vehicons were flying towards them and smirked, she aimed her blasters at the flyers and fired.
Wheeljack ran through the trench before leaping into the air towards the Vehicons, he aimed his knee down and collided with a Vehicon in the middle, forcing it to the ground. He turned quickly and grabbed the nearest Vehicon before picking him up and slamming him into the ground. Without missing a beat he kicked the next one to the ground before jumping back to avoid a swipe from the next Vehicon. He leapt into the air and spun to land behind them, Wheeljack grabbed the Cons arms before ripping it off and proceeded to kick them away then beating the next Vehicon with the newly acquired limb repeatedly. Finally he delivered a powerful blow that sent the Con flying back and landing in front of a Vehicon who managed to get back to his feet. "You Cons have gone soft on me." Wheeljack stated as he reached back to pull out twin swords from his back and charging the Vehicon.
Flareup had kept up her barrage of blaster fire while acrobatically avoiding the Decepticons own blasts. But once the lead flyer was close enough she smirked and leapt into the air before landing on top of the lead flyer. She aimed her blaster in the center of the flyer and blasted a hole to reveal several cables, she transformed her blaster back into hands and reached in to grab the cables and pulled up. The flyer was forced to fly up towards the sky as the female Autobot pulled on his circuits.
"Let me go you crazy femme!" The Vehicon shouted as he tried to shake her off of him. Only to hear her laughing as they flew higher and higher, more flyers following behind them.
Once they were high enough, Flareup twisted the wires making the Vehicons engines stop, they came to a stop before starting to fall towards the Vehicons that were chasing them. Flare up turned the Vehicon towards the others and opened fire with her blasters and the Vehicons.
Taken by surprise of suddenly being fired at by an Autobot and another Vehicon, the had no time to avoid the blaster fire and the small group of flyers went up in flames. "Now that's how you take down Decepticons!" Flareup shouted happily as she let the Vehicons engines start up again and fly towards the ground, she pressed the tip of her blaster against the top of the Vehicon, "Now, set me down gently and I won't scrap you."
The Vehicon, seeing no other choice, carefully and quickly flew back towards the crashed ship a good distance away.
"Swiftly!" Startscream ordered, "Before the Autobots arrive!"
Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead were waiting to run through the ground bridge to help Wheeljack and Flareup.
"Come on Ratchet!" Bulkhead said impatiently, "We're missing all the action!"
Ratchet pulled the leaver for the ground bridge, "I'll prepare sickbay."
"Ha, who for? The Cons?" Bulkhead joked, "This is Wheeljack we're talking about!"
"And Flareup." Arcee added with a smirk, knowing her old team mate there was going to be a lot of fire when they arrived.
The three ran through the swirling green vortex.
Once on the other side, they arrive just in time to see Wheeljack stab his sword through the last remaining Vehicon. He pulled the sword free as the Vehicon fell to the ground, Bulkhead chuckled, "I taught him that."
Wheeljack looked over and saw the Autobot, "Ever think I might need a hand here?" He asked as he started walking towards them, swinging his swords before putting them in his back.
"What, and spoil the show?" Bulkhead asked.
"You missed one." Arcee said putting a hand on her hip.
Without even looking at the Vehicon reaching up towards him, Wheeljack lifted his left arm to let his right blaster get a clear shot and fired. The Vehicon took the blast to the face and fell to the ground offline. The Autobots started walking towards Wheeljack with Bulkhead in front. Once they were close enough they came to a stop and looked at one another.
Wheeljacks faeplace slid away to reveal a smirk, "If this is all you got, the planet's in bigger trouble than I thought." He said jokingly.
Bulkhead smiled before running up to Wheeljack and pulling his friend into a tight hug lifting him into the air, "Jackie!" He said excitedly while laughing.
Wheeljack chuckled at Bulkheads reaction to seeing him. "Watch the finish you old wrecking ball!" He said before getting let down.
"CEE!" A voice shouted catching the fours attention, they looked towards the sound just in time to see a Vehicon crash into the ground and explode moments later. Arcee was suddenly tackled to the ground and pulled into a tight hug by Flareup, who had jumped off the Vehicon before it crashed. "I missed you so much!" She shouted happy to be reunited with her old teammate.
"I missed you as well Flareup." Arcee replied a bit strained from the hug she was receiving, but none the less returned. After a moment the two got to their feet.
"This is great! Two of the four members of the dream team are back together!" Flareup shouted happily pumping her fist into the air.
Arcee rolled her optics and smiled, "Yeah, now come on. Let's head back to base."
The five Autobots ran through the ground bridge and arrived back at the base. Once they stopped the controls suddenly surged and sparks exploded from the console. The vortex closed a little to quickly and electricity surged through the rings of the ground bridge. The Autobots looked up at the rings in concern but soon relaxed as the surge died down.
The five walked into the the center of the room, "Jackie." Bulkhead started, "Come here, meet my other best buddy, Miko." He said motioning towards the girl who was walking down the stairs to meet him. "She can wreck with the best of us!"
Wheeljack moved a bit closer to get a better look at her. "Hiya." Miko waved at the new arrival.
Wheeljack smiled, "You keeping Bulkhead out of trouble?"
"I try." Miko replied, "But trouble finds us anyway." She joked.
Wheeljack looked back at Bulkhead. "We're gonna get along just fine."
While Bulkhead introduced Wheeljack to Miko, Arcee was introducing Flareup to Jack. "Flareup, meet Jack." Arcee said motioning towards the young teen. "Jack, meet Flareup, best demolitionist on Cybertron.
"Hey." Jack said waving at the orange and red femme. He couldn't help but notice how similar the two looked like the other.
"Oh wow!" Flareup exclaimed excitedly. Her optics widen and sparkle with curiosity, "So you're a human? That's so cool! I've never seen a human before, I wonder what you look like when you explode?" She said happily, her smile never leaving her face.
Jack paled a bit hearing that, "Um, what?"
Arcee pulled Flareup back, "Sorry about that Jack, she's always like this. You'll get use to it...probably." Arcee then turned to look Flareup in the optics, "Flareup, on Earth we protect humans, which means. No. Blowing. Them. Up."
Flareup looked down, a bit disappointed. "Fine, I guess I can do that."
"Good."
Their attention was drawn to the sound of heavy footsteps approaching. Optimus Prime was making his way towards them. Wheeljack and Flareup stepped forwards to address the Prime.
"Optimus Prime, it's a privilege." Wheeljack said showing Optimus his respect.
"It is an honor to meet you sir!" Flareup said with a salute and a smile.
"Likewise soldiers, what have you to report from your long journeys?"
Wheeljack decided to go first, "Been bouncing from rock to rock, searching for signs of friend of foe." He looks back at Bulkhead and smiled, "Now, I find both."
Flareup spoke next, "I've also been searching for others, I actually came across a Decepticon outpost before I sent it up in a fireball!" She then grew a bit embarrassed, "But that also lead to my ship being damaged, leaving me stranded until Wheeljack found me and brought me here."
Optimus nodded, "We are few, but strong. We have suffered losses, and gained allies...but we have grown. And we would relish welcoming a new member into our fold."
Wheeljack smiled, "I would be honored."
"It would be a privilege to join you as well." Flareup added.
"Then let's get this party started!" Bulkhead said slapping Wheeljack on the back making him nearly topple over. Wheeljack happily turned around and the two bump chests.
"Oh joy." Ratchet said sarcastically, not looking forward to all the damage that would ensue from another wrecker in the base, or the demolitionist.
"Oh!" Miko shouted in realization, "We gotta introduce them to the others!" She exclaimed.
"Others?" Wheeljack asked.
"There are other bots here?" Flareup asked, seemingly a bit curious who it was.
"While there are others in the base, they do not wish to officially be considered Autobots." Optimus explained, "However they are our allies none the less."
"Well then let's go meet them!" Flarup shouted happily and took off down the hall. A breif moment passed before Flareup came back rubbing the back of her head, "Maybe one of you should lead."
Arcee rolled her optics and smiled, "Follow me."
Decepticon Warship
Starscream and Soundwave walked through the large hallways lit with purple lights towards the detention cells.
"The moment Makeshift passed through their ground bridge we lost his tracking signal." Starscream said in annoyance. "The Autobot base is no doubt heavily shielded to prevent us from locating it. No matter, I have complete faith in Makeshift."
The two walked up to the door being guarded by two Vehicons, who sttod at attention when they stopped. The door opened to reveal Wheeljack being suspended in the air by cuffs held together by purple electricity.
"Our inside man is already inside."
Wheeljack slowly rose his head to face the two, and if looks could kill, Star Scream would already be offline. "Tell Megatron he's fragged in the head if he thinks Bulkhead won't sniff out an imposter."
Starscream chuckled, "Haven't you heard? I lead the Decepticons now."
"You? HA!?" Wheeljack laughed, if he was in charge then the Decepticons were doomed.
Starscream growls and pulls his hans back, ready to slice them through Wheeljack but Soundwave grabbed him and held him back. Starscream gave an annoyed look but realized what Soundwave was saying. "Yes!" He said pulling his hand free, "Yes, he may yet be of use." He looked back at Wheeljack, "Makeshift is very good at keeping up appearances. He need only to fool your friends long enough to open their ground bridge from within. So that I may finally learn the location of the Autobot base, and send in my strike team to stain its floors with the spilled Energon of Optimus Prime."
Wheeljack glared at the two as they walked out of the room, once the door closed he smirked. "The Decepticons are doomed as long as he's in charge." He stated before looking at the cuffs, "Time to get to work." He said before his chest started to transform.
The Autobots and humans all walked into the S.A.F.E. after following Arcee. Everyone but Wheeljack and Flareup stopped at the entrance, the two looked around for anything or anyone but saw nothing but walls, floor, and ceiling.
The two looked back at the others, "I don't get it, where are they?" Flareup asked.
"There's no one here." Wheeljack said sounding a bit annoyed.
Both of them froze when they felt a blast of hot air hit their backs. Slowly the two turned to come face to face with Shadow, who towered over them. His optics narrowing at the two new Autobots he had never seen before.
Wheeljack took a few steps back but Flareup was looking at him in amazement. Shadow looked her over and noticed she looked a lot like Arcee.
"Oh my Primus! A Predicon!" Flareup shouted happily. She looked back at the other Autobots. "You never told me you had a Predicon!"
"We have a Predicon." Arcee replied.
"That thing isn't gonna eat us, is it?" Wheeljack asked looking at the others. Right after he said that, the others gave worried looks. Confused, Wheeljack turned back towards Shadow who was glaring at him and letting out a low growl. Not to fond of being called a thing. "What's up with it?"
Shadows optics twitched before letting out a roar, "AAAARRRRRRWWWWW!"
The sonic blast sent Wheeljack flying back and slam into the opposite wall, large cracks appeared over the wall from the impact. Shadow let out an annoyed huff and walked away from Flareup and walked towards Wheeljack
"Ow." Wheeljack said moving the large rock that had fallen on him. Bulkhead offering a hand to help him up. Which he accepted, "What was that about?"
Before Bulkhead could reply, a new voice spoke up. "That is what happens when you refer to my Sparkling as an 'it' or a 'thing' when one of us can hear you." Solus Prime stated walking into the room. "But since you were unaware he held back. But I advise you refrain from using those words next time you address him."
"Noted, and you are?" Wheeljack asked looking at the Prime.
"I am Solus Prime, and my Sparkling here is Shadow." She replied as Shadow moved next to her, still glaring at Wheeljack.
Wheeljack and Flareup took a moment to process that. Bulkhead pats his friend on the back, "We were pretty shocked too. But hey, now you've met everyone."
"It's time to party!" Miko shouted from Bulkheads shoulder.
Shadow perked up and barked at Miko, during their around the world trip, when ever Miko said that word it meant something fun would happen. He moved his head closer to Bulkhead and Miko hopped onto his head before making his way towards the command room. Solus and the others close behind.
Arcee and Bulkhead looked at their still shocked friends and both let out small laughs. "Come on Jackie, let's lob a few rounds."
Wheeljack shook his head, "Sure thing, if you wanna lose again." He smirked.
"Oh it's on!" He declared and grabbed the lob ball before following the others. "And I wouldn't worry too much about those two, wait till you see the scraplets."
"The what?"
Arcee looked at Flareup who's optics were locked on Shadow as he walked away.
"Arcee, do you know how much destruction I could cause if I can get him to be my friend?" She grinned.
Arcee thought for a moment. With all the weaponry Shadow has, and Flareups...unique personality and love for explosions. She shook her head, "Please don't try anything just yet."
"But-"
"No." Arcee stated looking her in the optics, "Do not try and get Shadow to help you cause explosions in the base."
Flareup gave a sad look before seeming to realize something then perk up. "Yes ma'am." She saluted and followed the others.
Arcee shook her head, "Why do I feel like she doesn't really mean that?" She said before leaving as well.
Soon everyone was gathered in the command room, Shadow was laying down looking at Miko pulling out her music equipment. Once everything was set up she started playing. As he and Raf watched her play they heard Bulkhead speak.
"Come on Jackie. Show me what you got!" Not a moment later the lob ball was throw over the heads of the two humans and Shadow who ducked. They turned to see Bulkhead catch the ball and slid back from the force behind it. Bulkhead laughed, "Nice lob!" He realed the ball back and threw it back towards Wheeljack who caught it.
Without missing a beat, Wheeljack threw the ball back to Bulkhead. In addition to Shadow, Arcee and Jack watched the two as well. "What's that about?" Jack asked curiously.
"It's called lobbing." Arcee explained. "Favorite pass time back on Cybertron, especially among the warrior class."
After a few more lobs, Miko looked at Raf, "Come on Raf! Show us some moves!"
"Oh all right." He said as Miko changed the beat. His movements became more stiff like, with Bumblebee soon mimicking his movements almost perfectly.
"Ha, of course, the robot."
Ratchet rolled his eyes and scoffed. Shadow found it interesting, the way Raf was moving.
Jack looked around, "Hey? Where's Optimus and Solus?"
"Optimus went for a drive, and Solus went back to work in the S.A.F.E." Arcee looked down at Jack, "Primes don't party." Shadow barked after hearing that. "Okay, most Primes don't party."
Shadow nodded and turned back to the others only to come face to face with Flareup. He blinked at how close she was. "Are you really Solus Primes sparkling?" She asked. Shadow blinked a few time before nodding. "That's so cool!" She exclaimed, "How many weapons do you have? What's the most powerful explosion you've ever made? Can you-" Her questions continued in rapid succession. Shadow only caught a few of them but couldn't answer them from his injury.
"Flareup." Solus said walking towards the two. "I'm afraid Shadow cannot answer your questions at the moment. His voice box and T-Cog are damaged, so I'm afraid you will have to be patient until they are repaired."
"Aw." She said sadly, "But I wanted to know more about how much destruction he can cause."
"Is that all? If you would like, I can tell you. I did create him after all."
"Yes!" Flareup cheered and followed Solus into the base.
Shadow was tempted to follow but decided he would remain here for now. A few moments pass before the lob ball goes flying over his head towards Ratchet and the controls. Ratchet shouted at the two wreckers about how he was trying to fix the Ground Bridge. But when Wheeljack went to go pick up the ball, he started asking Ratchet about the ground bridge. Normally this wouldn't make Shadow suspicious, but the way he asked made the young Prime feel uneasy.
Shadow adjusted his optics, their color changing to a bright yellow color. Everything suddenly became see-through as he looked at the others. He scanned over the Autobots and humans in the room, his optics had to readjust at what he was seeing. The Bots looked like outlines of themselves with their bright blue eyes and sparks pulsing with Energon. Humans had an interesting skeletal structure and pumped strange red material through their body. But Wheeljack was something different, he looked like he a had a second layer under him and beneath his eyes it was bright red.
His optics widen as a memory flashed in his mind.
Shadow glared as his optics locked with the bright red optics of Magatronus as he aimed his Requiem Blaster at him and Solus before firing. Shadow, still in his wolf form jumped in front of Solus as an energy shield appeared in front of them, only for it to shatter and send him crashing into Solus, the last of the energy hit him causing his T-Cog and Voice Box to be damaged.
Shadow glared at Wheeljack as he got to his feet, his claws extended with the audible sound of metal sliding across metal. His rage growing as he looked at the red eyes only he could see. He growled causing everyone to look at him, before anyone could react, Shadow leapt at Wheeljack with his claws and maw open ready to tear into Wheeljack until nothing remained.