Hardcore and Kevin ran across the metal surface as they race against time. Hardcore stopped at a corner as Kevin catch up to him before looking around it for any signs of the Decepticons.
"How much farther?" Kevin said breaking the silence.
"We're not far," Hardcore said, "Just around this corner and a yard ahead."
Seeing no Decepticons he raced forward with Kevin in tow. Half way across Hardcore heard footsteps and quickly tackled Kevin into a nearby abandon building.
"Shhhhh," Hardcore said to Kevin before listening for the footstep.
Who ever it is was in a big rash. As the footstep became louder it was then that Hardcore heard the familiar sound of jet engines. It was then that Hardcore that the footsteps belonged to a fellow Autobot being chased by Seekers. Just as the footsteps came in front of the building Hardcore reached out and grabbed the mech and pulled him while putting his hand around the mech's mouth to keep him quiet. The three kept quiet until the Seekers passed over them and could not be heard any more. They all let out a sigh of relief as Hardcore removed his hand from the mech's mouth.
"Thanks a lot I owe…" The mech stopped mid sentence when he saw that it was Hardcore, "Hardcore?"
"Yep, it's me, Junkyard," Hardcore said giving name to the short heavily built mech.
"I can't believe, it's really you," Junkyard said as he almost tackled Hardcore, "We thought you were dead when you didn't answer your com."
"As you can plainly see I'm still alive thanks to Kevin," Hardcore said.
"Kevin?" Junkyard echoed.
"This human here," Hardcore said pointing to Kevin, "An explosion accorded in my lab creating a portal to his world and is willing to make energon for us."
"You can acutely make energon?" Junkyard asked intrigued.
"Yeah, but I have to be in my lab in my world in order to make it," Kevin explain shyly rubbing the back of his head.
"This is great we got to tell to Magnus about this," Junkyard said excitedly.
"Magnus?" Kevin echoed, "You mean the leader of the Autobots?"
"Yes, he became leader when Optimus was captured by the Decepticons," Hardcore explained, "That was two vorns ago."
"Enough talk, let's get back to the base," Junkyard said getting up.
"That is we were heading to," Hardcore said as he and Kevin followed him out of the building and towards another abandon building. Junkyard typed in the access code once the reached it to open a door to the Autobots secret base. When the door opened they raced inside and quickly closed the door behind them. Kevin could see that the base had suffered major damage and looked as if it was going to crumble.
"As you our have been waging war against the Decepticon," Hardcore said, "And this war have been going on for vorns and had devastating consequences."
"The war had drained most of the energon from our home world of Cybertron and the Decepticons had already started gathering the rest," Hardcore continued, "As a result my people, the Autobot, are suffering and in need of energon fast before we are wiped out forever."
"But with your help making it for us we will finally have the energon need to rebuild ourselves and defeat the Decepticons once and for all," Junkyard added as they reached another door.
Junkyard knocked hard on the door the echoed through the hall. A voice can be heard from the other side asking who it was and for a code.
"Name: Junkyard, Code: 38888902," Junkyard said.
"Name: Hardcore, Code: 56778966," Hardcore said before adding, "And guest."
They could hear locks' being turned before the door was open revealing a slime red and blue mech.
"Thank Primus that it's only," The mech said as he let them, "For a moment there I thought it was the Decepticons."
"No need to worry," Hardcore said, "Where is Magnus?"
"In his office," The mech said, "But right now his talking to Prowl."
Before the mech could ask them why Hardcore, Junkyard, and Kevin were already heading towards Magnus' office to tell him the discovery they had.