"I wish we could have taken one of the cruisers from my ship." I muttered leaning against the back wall of Ultra Magnus' ship.

"They would have been faster." Wheeljack agreed.

"Soldiers, keep your opinions to yourselves." Ultra Magnus ordered.

"I'm not a soldier. I'm a fucking spec ops leader." I scoffed. "You should do well to remember that, Captain."

"You told him!" Sideswipes voice snickered from a back pocket.

"Shut up." Sunstreaker growled at his twin.

"Alright you two, get out here." I pinched the bridge of my nose: cause I have one in this form, and sighed. The silver and gold colored twins sheepishly slid out of the pocket and bowed their heads.

"We didn't like being stuck Dinobot sitting. So we left Ironass to do it." Sunstreaker defended.

"As soon as we land, I'm calling for a groundbridge to send you two scouts back to base." Ultra Magnus turned to the twins after putting the ship on autopilot.

"Disregard that. He's being a bitch. We could use the extra set of servos." I received high fives from the brothers before they sat on the floor against the wall.

"Why do you do that?" Ultra Magnus demanded.

"Because for one, they are from my dimension, so they only follow my orders. Optimus knows that and whenever we are in MY ship, I'm the one in charge. Outside of that, Optimus makes the rules." I got in the mech's face. "This mission will make me decide if I have to knock you down to Sargent. So you better mind your Ps and Qs, Soldier."

"Damn she's good." Sideswipe chortled.

Time Skip…

Ultra Magnes' ship landed and we all gathered on the platform. Bulkhead seemed really nervous, most likely due to the fact that the Wrecker leader and I were at each other's throats. Ultra Magnus started giving orders while I just rolled my optics and walked off with Wheeljack following behind me. The twins activated their battle masks and ran after us. As we got closer to the edge of the cliff, I picked up my pace. The four of us jumped with a shout from me.

"Yeehaaw!" I sounded like a true Kentuckian. While the three mechs climbed down, I took advantage of my flight thrusters. Rocks fell on our heads and we looked up.

"Jackie, Ultra Magnus wants us to…" Bulkhead tried to stop us.

"Bla, bla, bla. He's not in charge. Princess hot here is." Wheeljack jerked his head in my direction. I wanted to hit him for the nickname but I looked down and shushed everyone. Below us were five guards.

"Wrecker fact number seventeen." Wheeljack looked at Bulkhead.

"Guards never look up." the green mech replied before losing his footing and sending some rocks falling. When they landed on the ground, the drones looked up.

"No witnesses." I said powering off my thrusters and falling with the Forge in one servo and the Sun Saber in the other. The twins and Wheeljack fell with me.

"This is so much fun." Sideswipe laughed. He and Sunstreaker each took a drone. Wheeljack took one, and I took the last two. When we finished, my drones were either pancakes or vertically halved.

"Good work, boys." I smiled at them.

"Its what speed and stealth do!" the twins smirked up at me. More drones came out and we all groaned.

"Scrap." Wheeljack activated his battle mask, while the twins switched their peds for wheels.

"I suggest you two get your lazy asses down here." I shouted mainly to Ultra Magnus. As the drones opened fire on us, I activated my battle mask and charged forward.

"Just like Shanghai!" Sideswipe laughed.

"You and I remember that quite differently." I replied slamming some drones into the ground with the Forge. Others were sliced and or diced by the Sun Saber. Finally Bulkhead and Magnus jumped down and helped. "Bout time."

"That's why we wait for cover." Magnus growled.

"Shut up." I rolled my optics. Wheeljack turned around and deactivated his mask. Then a knocking came from his chassis.

"Aw bolts." he opened his chestplates and out popped Miko.

"Shit." The twins' lowered their swords.

"Uh." Bulkhead glanced at Magnus.

"Mother fucker!" I smacked the back of Wheeljack's head.

"Forgot you were in there kid." he placed Miko on some rocks.

"At least this time I didn't heave on any floor mats." she suddenly gagged and covered her mouth.

"Don't!" I reached into my subspace and brought out some Pepto-Bismol. "Here. I always carry it. Helps in my small form."

"Thanks." she took a dose and gave the bottle back to me. I put the pink bottle back and clipped the forge and the Sun Saber to my back.

"And could have possibly compelled you to bring the native?" Magnus shouted. Wheeljack looked at him blankly. "Are your circuits intact soldier?"

"Prime said for Prime to lead the Wreckers on this one. I thought he meant all of them." Wheeljack looked at the girl.

"God and Primus combined, this bunch is worse than Leadfoot, Topspin, and Roadbuster!" I groaned rubbing my temples.

"And they were a handful." Sunstreaker admitted.

"Why do you think they stayed with the Xanthium?" Sideswipe drawled.

"Listen, Wheeljack. I understand that Miko is a Wrecker by your standards. But I don't condone bringing untrained humans on missions that certainly involve combat." I calmly placed a servo on the white, green, red, and gray mech's shoulder.

"But you fought, when you were still human!" Miko complained.

"I had military training before I actually fought. When I lost my eye, I was fueled on anger and adrenaline. Along with my redneck half." I reminded the girl. "Growing up, I was trained on how to use guns. As well as how to defend myself."

"Are you mocking your commanding officer?" Magnus demanded.

"Wouldn't think of it. The kid's a full blown wrecker." Wheeljack looked at Bulkhead. "Isn't that right, Bulkhead?"

"Well…" he tried to say. I sighed again.

"I'm too old for this childish shit." I closed my optics. "Look, while you figure this out. I'm going to do some Geology."

While we ventured into the cave, Miko began picking up rocks and asking. Luckily, Magnus took care of answering her while I sped up ahead and began to inspect the stone. I heard slight arguing behind me, and turned to see Wheeljack looking pissed while the twins whispered to each other. Most likely about pranks to pull on Magnus. Bulkhead looked upset and was talking to Miko. I made to go over and ask what's wrong, when the cave shook and Miko fell into Bulkhead's servo. A growl came from the cave entrance, and the energon drained from my face.

"W-what was that?" my voice became small.

"What ever it is. It's big." Wheeljack replied.

"No shit." The twins scurried behind me and hugged my torso scared.

"And it's coming fast." the katana wielding mech added. A giant beast came running around the corner and Magnus narrowed his optics.

"The Predacon." he growled. "Lets roll."

"For once, I'll listen to ya." I removed the twins from my torso and ran before transforming and speeding past the mechs.

.::How in the hell are you so fast for a pickup truck?::. Sideswipe asked.

.:: Now is not the time!::. Magnus chided.

"I'm gonna die!" I screamed when a fireball grazed my smokestacks. Up ahead I saw a tunnel going off to the side. Scared as hell, I took a sharp turn and almost flipped before entering the dark tunnel. The Predacon got stuck and fired a fireball, which hit my bumper.

"Accelerate!" Magnus ordered.

"My ass is on fire!" I yelled skidding into a cavern and transforming.

"More like your ass is smokin'!" Sideswipe teased. Sunstreaker smacked his twin upside the head.

"That rock won't hold it forever. We need to call base for backup and to get Avalon medical aid." Magnus looked at the tunnel.

"Wreckers don't call for backup." Wheeljack said cockily. Bulkhead and Magnus looked at him.

"My ass has been burnt to a crisp!" I winced. Damn it. It hurts to move.

"What he means to say is we can't get a comm signal this far underground." Bulkhead tried to cover up. He placed Miko on a rock. "Miko, I need to get you out of here. You're going to have to climb."

"But I wanna help." she defended.

"And you will." Magnus approached her. "Your mission is to get to my ship and contact Optimus Prime."

"Yes Sir!" she saluted before climbing her way out. The Predacon roared.

"So uh…" Bulkhead looked to me for guidance.

"We make our stand." I drew the Sun Saber and tossed Ultra Magnus the Forge. "You can borrow it for this time only."

"Ava, you're not fighting with the Sun Saber. Use your cannons. You're a dead shot with them." Sunstreaker pushed me behind the group. It hurt to walk backwards. "Besides, you're in no condition to be running or jumping right now."

"He's right." Sideswipe nodded.

"Fine. Ultra Magnus, take the lead." I sheathed the Sun Saber and transformed my servos into my cannons.

Bulkhead, Wheeljack, and the twins went and his while Magnus and I stood in the center of the cavern. As the Predacon came out into the open, I lifted my cannons and Magnus the Forge. The beast charged us and Magnus hit him back. He ordered us to open fire and the mechs jumped out while a hum came from my cannons. My visor darkened as crossfire symbol appeared and locked onto the Predacon. The boom was deafening as my cannons fired and sent the Predacon flying back. The twins smirked at me while the others gave me shocked looks while I charged another shot. Bulkhead was thrown into Magnus leaving Jackie, the twins, and I were the last ones standing. Wheeljack climbed onto a ledge and caught the beast's attention. As it began to build a fire blast, the mech threw a grenade and it landed in the Predacon's mouth. Well almost. It hit it out of the way. The explosive bounced around the room and landed near my peds.

"Oh no." I choked on scared tears as the green circle became red.

"Aw scrap." Wheeljack's face fell.

"Sun Shine!" the twins shouted as the grenade went off and sent me flying. Pain erupted all over as I was thrown into the wall and buried in rubble.

"Ugh." I groaned as I blinked dust from my optics. I heard the Predacon leave and soon the others were digging their way out. Pain encased my body making it impossible to move.

"Avalon!" Bulkhead shouted.

"O-over here!" I yelled. Silence before the rocks were removed.

"Prime's gonna kill us!" Sideswipe had a panicked look on his face.

"What do you mean?" Ultra Magnus rounded on the twins.

"Optimus sent us to protect The Rising Sun." Sunstreaker glared at the Wrecker leader. "But now she's a mangled mess thanks to Sparky here."

"It was an accident." Wheeljack defended.

"Look, the Predacon is loose and Miko is out there!" Bulkhead reminded everyone before running off.

"Magnus, since you're the second largest bot here, you get to carry Prime." Sunstreaker motioned towards me and the blue mech sighed in frustration as the other three ran after Bulkhead.

"Lets get you back to base." Magnus placed the forge on his back and I noted that the Sun Saber returned to being the talisman around my wrist. I groaned as he picked me up before blacking out.