WE FINALLY HAVE A NEW CHAPTER!..and it's Chapter 20...I think I've hit a new record for Transformers stories.

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"Hey Boss, we've got a problem…"

Anthony dropped his wrench and looked at Kasey. Ever since his staff had arrived he'd been on edge. The garage where Hound, Wheeljack and Sari were at was closed off.

He had claimed that part of the rafters had collapsed, making the building unsafe. It had helped that at that moment, Wheeljack accidently knocked a shelf over.

Clear instructions that none of them were allowed near a window. They were to stay out of sight and keep voices low.

Hound took the time to explain that they could communicate over com-links. Thankfully he hadn't gone into detail how it worked...

Despite all the reassurances, Anthony still felt like he had a bull's-eye on his back. Every Time a noise was made he would jump.

He smiled nervously and chuckled at Kasey.

"What's the problem Kas?" He asked.

"I found someone over by garage 7-" Kasey began. The words she said afterwards were lost to Anthony as his heart dropped out and into his stomach. A million thoughts rushed through his brain. Questions began to form and his brain rushed to answer them.

"Are you feeling okay boss?" Kasey asked, snapping Anthony out of his thoughts.

"Uh yeah, I'm fine…" He said.

"Not buying it boss." Kasey crossed her arms.

"I'm not hiding anything." Anthony stated firmly. "Now don't you have a...thing to show me?"

"Depends if showing you this "thing" will get me in trouble." Kasey said, lightly kicking her foot.

"I promise that you won't get in trouble for...whatever it is that you show me." Anthony said.

Kasey looked him over and cocked an eyebrow. Anthony looked away from her for a second and nervously coughed.

"Alright boss I'll show ya." Kasey laughed and gestured for Anthony to follow. He did so and the two walked across the lot. "I found her sleeping next to some spare tires."

"Her?" Anthony said in alarm. As he was lead around the building his jaw dropped.

Sitting on a barrel sat a girl of Bre's age. She had bright red hair, dark skin, and she wore a cream top and orange skirt. She had on orange sports gloves and boots.

"Hey" She said with a small smile. Anthony recognized the voice. Though it had lost its metallic tone, it was the same voice he'd heard attack Soundwaves pets.

"Sari!?" Anthony shouted. Kasey turned and looked at him in surprise.

"Do you know this girl boss?"

"Oh...she's one of Bre's new friends her name's Sari." Anthony stammered out.

"Okay, then can I ask if ya know why she was sleeping here?"

"That's because I went into stasi-I mean feel asleep here." Sari said. Kasey stared at Sari with an unconvinced look.

"After we brought back the jeep they started talking, and I went off and ended up resting here." Sari gestured to where she had been sleeping. She turned and gave Anthony an angry look.

"I was assuming that someone was going to remember I was there."

Anthony chuckled nervously, while Kasey did her best to hold back her laughter. She elbowed Anthony in the side with a laugh.

"Way to go boss; you just kidnapped a teenager."

"Is it really kidnapping if they just fell asleep?" He asked nervously. Kasey rolled her eyes with another giggle.

"C-Come on Sari, let's go to my office and call your parents..." Anthony said. Sari nodded and followed Anthony. Kasey watched after them before shaking her head and going back to her work.

Anthony's office was located near the front of the yard. It held all of the records, cash, and some other general merch.

Anthony led Sari through the storefront and into his back office. Anthony had a look of utter shock while Sari was barely concerned.

Anthony shut the door and then stared at Sari. His mind was asking a billion questions again but only one of them came out.

"Since when could you guys become humans!?""

"I didn't become a human, this is just a synthetic covering." explained Sari. "Prowl spearheaded a project that would allow bots of my type to blend into other races."

"You mean to tell me that you guys could become humans and yet you need to become cars?" asked the still stunned Anthony.

"Did you even listen to what I-" Sari stammered and shook her head.

"Certain Minicons went under this upgrade so that way if needed we could infiltrate other planets."

"I thought you were the good guys." Anthony gave Sari a flat look. Sari blinked, confused.

"Infiltrating other planets sounds...villainous to me." He said.

"It was to check reports if the Cons were on the planet or not." explained Sari. "The synthetic covering masks our energy signatures."

"So you're basically a super spy?" Sari nodded and Anthony grinned.

"That has got to be one of the coolest things ever!" He said.

Sari giggled with a smile. Anthony had to admit that Sari pulled off the human look well. If he hadn't seen her true form before, he would have been fooled like Kasey.

"Does Hound know about this or no?" He asked.

Sari froze up and her optics went wide. Combined with the nervous laugh that escaped from her, Anthony could tell that the answer was no.

"So you managed to get a super power like that and have no one notice?" He asked in amazement.

"Yeah well I was just lucky that Pharma stunk with keeping track." Sari said with a sigh.

"Well, you're going to have to tell them." He said nervously.

"I don't have to tell them, I can just change back into robot mode." Sari stated before she looked aside nervously.

"Of course the process uses a lot of energon and knocks me out for a while…" She muttered under her breath.

"That explains why you fell asleep, but this could be useful for you guys." Anthony said.

"Doesn't mean that they'll appreciate me having this stuff." Sari said.
"But they have no idea what it's like being a minicon; we're treated as accessories at best, and at worse spare parts!"

Anthony's expression became one of sympathy and he wrapped his arm around Sari's shoulder.

"Well it doesn't seem like that with the Autobots." He said.

"Yeah, but I'm still underfoot a lot even with them!" Sari sighed.

"Well we have to come up with something; Hound's probably going to notice that you're missing sooner or later." Right as Anthony said that the small com he was given went off.

He hit the button on the side and held it thigh. After a moment, Hounds voice began to come through.

"Anthony, it's Hound, I think we have a problem."

"Do tell." Anthony said, looking toward the nervous Sari.

"Sari's gone missing; our scanners show that she might still be here in the yard."

Anthony nodded and looked toward Sari. The minicon in disguise waved her hands frantically. Anthony let out a sigh and replied to Hound.

"Alright, I'll go and look for her, but you guys cannot come out of that garage understand?"

"We copy...just please tell her she needs to come back."

In Hounds voice, Anthony could hear desperation. The same kind that a father might use when one of his family goes missing.

"We'll find her Hound, don't you worry that blocky head of yours." Anthony said before hanging up. He noticed that Sari was trying to hold back some giggles.

"Hounds going to get you for calling his head blocky." She said. Anthony rolled his eyes and chuckled lightheartedly.

"He did sound pretty upset though so you may want to talk to him." He said in a low voice. Sari looked down and sighed.

"Yeah I know can you cover me while I go back to robot form?" She asked.

"Just stay in my office till you're powered up, I hardly spend time in here anyway." He said with a half smile."Com me once you're ready and we'll work out some way to get you back to the garage."

"Thanks Anthony…" Sari said.

Anthony just nodded before he walked out the door. Sari reminded him of Bre in more ways than one, something that worried Anthony a bit.

There were times when he and his sister would try to hide their emotions from others. When they did that for too long, Things got ugly and with Sari as a robot from another world….

Anthony pushed those thoughts away and he strode back over to where he'd been working. Despite all the insanity that was surrounding him, he felt a little bit better about things


Starscream hadn't known what to expect once he returned. He knew that his little detour had set his time back quite a bit.

Even if the scanners weren't tracking him, Soundwave had gotten back in less time.

It came as a shock when he founds not just Megatron, but Soundwave, and Wreckage waiting for him.

"There's the little schemer now." scoffed Wreckage.

Starscream transformed, landing directly in front of the three. He looked at Wreckage in shock before he stood tall.

"It's good to see you online Wreckage, have we finally begun rebuilding our ranks?" He looked at Megatron hopefully.

"I had Wreckage brought back online as a trustworthy subordinate." Megatron stepped forward, forcing Starscream to back up. "Enlighten us on who you're friend is Starscream."

Starscream was alarmed by that statement. The Autobots had been scrambling their signals for years now. They couldn't have known about them.

Then it hit Starscream like a ton of bricks, Ironhide's Decepticon signal must have been active. All Decepticons had one buried in their circuits. But the Autobots equipment had prevented them from finding out exactly where he was.

But with no such tech on Earth….

Megatron snapped Starscream out of his thoughts, and just barely missed doing the same to his neck, by slapped him roughly.

Starscream fell back and struck the floor with a pitiful yell. But Megatron took no pity on his second in command.

He marched over, slamming a foot into his chest and grabbed Starscream by the throat.

"You've been enjoying me beating down Soundwave have you not?" He hissed. Starscream weakly shook his head "no."

"But you have seen it...and everything I've done to Soundwave shall pale in comparison what I'll do to you."

"P-Please Lord Megatron, I detected an energon signal…" Starscream gasped. "I didn't know that Ironhide and the Autobots would be there."

"B-but don't worry master, they're sparks have been snuffed out." Starscreams nervous grin fell under Megatron's gaze.

"If he's snuffed out then why is Soundwave still picking him up?" Wreckage asked. He was enjoying watching Starscreams beat down. Starscream had taken over command posts from Wreckage simply for personal glory.

"Well...this is Ironhide we're talking about." Starscream chuckled nervously.

A growl came in response and Megatron chucked Starscream across the room. Starscream crashed into the wall, denting his wings something fierce.

Starscreams cry of pain echoed across the ship's halls. Seeker wings were the most sensitive part of their bodies.

Causing them harm was considered taboo amongst most Cybertronians. The term "most" didn't apply to Megatron.

Megatron walked over and grabbed one of Starscreams smaller wings. He clenched it within his fist, caving it inward. Starscream lived up to his name and let loose a gut wrenching screech.

Megatron scoffed and let go of the wing. He walked away from the sniveling wreck of Starscream and over to Soundwave.

"Soundwave, when you go out for mining duty take Starscream with you." He said. "Make sure that Starscream earns the repairs that he thinks he needs."

Megatron stormed out of the hanger bay and left the two with Starscream. While Soundwave was pleased to see Starscreams comeuppance, Wreckage was more upset.

"I can see that he's still got a "Crush" on Ironhide." He muttered.

Soundwave whipped around, giving Wreckage an accusing look. Most Decepticons backed down under said gaze but not Wreckage.

"Do you know how many times he's passed up the chance to slag Ironhide?" He asked.

"Ironhide was once Megatron's best friend." Stated Soundwave.

"The same Megatron who shot Horri-Bull in the face for his friendship with Needlenose?" Wreckage sneered beneath his faceplate.

"The same Megatron who also said that, Relationships are concepts that he'll eradicate?" Soundwave stared at Wreckage for a moment.

"Yes…." Soundwave stated.

"That's all I need to say." Wreckage said and walked out of the hanger. Soundwave stared after him for a long moment and shook his head.

The more he spent time on this planet, the less strong his loyalty became. Wreckage had a point, so did Barricade...and so did Starscream.

Soundwave created a holomatter projection of where Ironhide's signal was. It was moving now, not in the direction of where he'd found the other Autobots. But he had no doubts that they would meet up soon.

Once Ironhide reached them it would be the perfect time to strike. Get rid of most, if not all the Autobots in one go.

If Ironhide was lost in the process then he would just be another casualty of war.


Bre and Ed sat uncomfortably in the back of Ms. Carter's car. She drove a grey sport type car, which meant that she had a rather small backseat.

"Do the two of you have your seat belts on?" she asked.

Both of them nodded as Ms. Carter adjusted the mirror. The drive was a rather quick one but to Bre and Ed it felt like eternity.

When you were in trouble everything that happened to you seemed to move slower than normal. As the car drove through town, Ed spotted something pulling in behind car. A yellow and black 1969 Dodge Charger.

"Wow, that's a pretty cool car." He said.

Bre turned to see the car and she froze. Bumblebee revved his engine once, confirming it was him. The Autobot Insignia on the grill was all that Ed needed to know.

"Oh crap…" He murmured.

"What's going on?" Ms. Carter snapped.

The two whipped around to see her giving them an angry look. They both exchanged glances as she spoke again.

"I'm waiting you two, what's the problem?"

Bumblebee's engine revved once more, getting her attention to the car at her bumper. She huffed and rolled her eyes.

"Is that what you guys are worried about?" She looked back at the slightly terrified teens. "Don't ever let those kinds of drivers get to you, just drive the speed limit and you'll be fine."

"Her first half decent advice." Bre whispered.

Ms. Carter kept driving, trying to ignore the car on her bumper. Bumblebee wasn't even paying much mind to her to begin with. He'd just happened to have pulled in right behind her.

Bee had spent most of the night running up and down the roads. He'd kept out of sight from the humans and had been on his way back to the scrap yard.

However he'd made the wrong turn and now found himself stuck. He did a quick scan of the vehicle just to make sure it wasn't a Decepticon luring him into a trap.

He'd been surprised to scan Bre in the car, but had figured that it wasn't his business. Still, he figured, it might make Hound happy to know he was doing something besides joyriding.

Bee kept a rather short distance behind 's vehicle. Ms. Carter was a bit unnerved by this muscle car following her.

She put those thoughts aside as she pulled into the library's parking lot. Deciding that he needed to throw off suspicion, Bee drove off.

"Alright you two, the bumper grabbers gone." Ms. Carter said.

"Do people just really enjoy driving like that around here?" Ed asked to one in particular.

"Just the "country boys' who think that the roads their personal speedway." Ms. Carter watched the two as they got out. She'd warned them not to slam the doors and was intent upon making sure they followed her rules.

After that got out, she gestured for them to follow her. Bre and Ed kept a good three feet behind , out of both courtesy and the fact they needed to talk.

"Which one was that?" whispered Ed.

"Hound called him Bumblebee, but he's got the temper of a yellow jacket." Bre whispered back.

"What are you two talking about?" Ms. Carter demanded. Both of them jumped again as she turned around.

"I was telling Ed about a swarm of bumblebee's that's in one of Anthony's garages." Bre said quickly.

Ms. Carter rolled her eyes and made the gesture for them to keep following. As they got into the Library, Ed looked back and saw Bumblebee pulling into the lot.

He gulped nervously and fast walked in order to catch up.

Kat was sitting at the main desk, her crutches next to her. She was stamping some books when she glanced over toward the door.

Her face brightened when she saw Bre and Ed, but fell a bit when she noticed Ms. Carter leading them in.

"Hi Bre, Hi Ed, how was the rest of your weekend?" She asked.

"I'd like to talk to you, before you get the chance to catch up." Ms. Carter said, stepping in front of the two.

"We need to discuss the weekend as well Kat, if you don't mind." Ms. Carter said.

Kat frowned and gave both Bre and Ed a sympathetic look. She looked at Ms. Carter who glared at Kat.

"What do we need to talk about?" she asked.

"How about we step into your office and discuss the matter in private." She looked back at Ed and Bre.

Both of them stood there, trying not to cave under her watching eyes. She rolled them before she looked back toward Kat.

"Yeah, we can go into my office…" Kat said warily.

She grabbed her crutches and stood tall, a cast around her wrist and a brace around her ankle. stared at Kat's injuries and then gave Bre and Ed a very dark look. and Kat walked away from them, toward the back office.

Bre and Ed stared after them; their stomach's tied up in knots. They had no idea what to expect, or what might be the end result.

They didn't have long to think, as they felt two hands grab their shoulders.

"Let's go you two; we're not going to get any work done if you're just standing there." Sophie said.

"Jeez, Sophie could you stop with the whole ninja act?" Ed asked.

Sophie giggled as the two teens looked from her and then at the office. A sigh came from Sophie and they looked upon as well.

"Guys, I know that this may look bad but trust me it'll be fine." She said reassuringly. "This isn't the first time….nor so I think it'll be the last time gets on us."

Sophie walked over to her book cart and then pushed it over to Ed.

"Now since Kat's no doubt going to be in there for a while, I'm going to need some assistance."

"Ed I want you on book cart duty, Bre you're going to help me at the desk." Sophie said.

Ed nodded and walked off with the book cart. As Sophie and Bre walked behind the desk, Bre took a glance out the window and froze.

"Oh gosh…." She groaned. "He can't stay still for five minutes."

Sophie looked out the window and saw Bumblebee doing donuts. Bee had thought that the library was a short detour for the two. But it soon became apparent when he radioed in it was a long haul type thing.

Worse still, Hound had asked him to watch the library. Unless he was transmitting or being transmitted info; Bumblebee didn't like staying in place for very long.

"That's the scout...Bumblebee right?" asked Sophie.

"Yes….yes he is, he tallied us all the way here and heaven knows why." Bre bemoaned.

Sophie watched as Bumblebee swerved around, weaving around the curbs masterfully. It was like a young child who grew bored while waiting for his parents.

"He seems rather bored don't you think?" She asked.

"I...don't speak car body language…" Bre's tone grew confused.

Sophie rolled her eyes and then walked over to the audio book section. She grabbed a few of the more popular books and some of her favorites.

She had Bre check out the books before she briskly walked out of the building. A confused Bre watched her curiously from the windows.

Sophie power walked over toward Bumblebee, the young bot was just going around another curb when he spotted the human.

He stopped and immediately shut off his engine. Sophie just kept walking until she got to his window.

"Hey big guy...I know that you're probably bored on this planet but you can't turn a parking lot into a stunt arena."

Bumblebee's engine came to life with a roar. Sophie did her best not to jump.

"Oh looks like someone's a bit upset." She said. "Maybe these will help keep you busy."

She opened his door and set the CD's down on his front seat. Bumblebee scanned them and flicked his headlights.

"They're audio books, you put them into your radio and listen to them." Sophie explained.

"Take notes as I expect a five page essay on each one." She barely hid her smirk but it fell as Bumblebee surged back.

"Well someone can't take a joke." She said. She began to walk back to the building but then stopped and turned back.

"When you're done with them just drop them into the book slot." She said, pointing to the hatches on the side of the building.

With those final words Sophie was out of sight. Bumblebee sat there quietly for a moment. He was half tempted to just dump the discs and drive on.

But he figured he could at least humor the human a little first. He pulled into a parking space and settled himself in.

He partially transformed his hands and he inserted one of the disks into his human based radio. The title of the disc greatly confused him though. He thought that humans had hearts made from flesh, so what the heck was a "Steelheart?"


A large man of African American descent walked down the corridor, two guards flanking him. In his hand was a folder.

His eyes set straight as they approached the office at the end of the hall. An armed soldier stood guard at the door. He eyes the man as he walked up to him.

"Identification." The guard stated.

"I come from the higher ups, Special Agent William Fowler." The man said, displaying his badge. "Defense Intelligence Agency, I'm here to see General Iott."

The Guard gave a slight nod and he let Fowler in. Fowler walked into the office, looking at the mean seated behind his desk.

The man was old, not as old as Fowler, but in his early 40's. He had brown hair, and a thin frame. He looked at Fowler and a smile crossed his face.

"A pleasure to see you again Bill." He stood up and shook the agent's hand firmly.

"I'm afraid that this visit not pleasure Joe." Agent Fowler said. He set the envelope down on the desk, sliding it toward General Iott.

"Recently some strange things have been occurring, specifically of the same type we recovered from the lake."

General Iott pulled out several pictures from the photo. They were snapshots showing Starscream bursting from the lake. Alongside that, some more photos of Hound and Bumblebee's fight with Soundwave.

"Looks like these robots can't seem to get along." He mused.

"The governments more concerned about what'll happen if this spills into a town." Stated Fowler.

"They seem to be smaller than the ones we got from the bottom of Lake Superior." The General noted he looked again at the photo of Starscream.

"Do we have an isolation area?" He asked.

"No, the higher ups recommended that we take the stealth approach first, and wait until we can pinpoint them exactly." Fowler said.

"There are more of them; we have a drone on these three." Fowler pulled up another photo, showing Minerva, Jazz and Ironhide on the shore.

"So we track them and then bag them?" General Iott looked at the photo of the bots battle with Soundwave.

"What about the guy right here." He said, pointing to Anthony.

"If any humans are involved in these aliens they are to be questioned." Fowler said. "We don't want to risk that these things and theme may have built a bond of sorts."

"Thus causing the aliens to act more hostile." Iott said. He stood up and walked toward the door.

"I'll have E.A.T ready to roll within the hour Bill, will you be taking part?" He asked. Fowler chuckled before joining his old friend near the door.

"I flew all the way out here, so I'm assuming that's what they want."

"Well then." General Iott shook Fowler's hand once more. "Glad to have you on board."


Looks like things are stacking up against the Autobots eh? But let's just see how Megatron reacts to Soundwave planning an attack behind his back.

And I hope you all caught the appearance of a TF Human Veteran

Remember to Read and Review folks. Reviews/feedback are appreciated to let me know how to make the story better.