Chapter 4
As Smokescreen watched Megatron leave through his ground-bridge, Smokescreen couldn't stop thinking about Megatron's proposal. "Smokescreen come in, this Ratchet can you hear me" asked Ratchet over his communications. "I read loud and clear Ratchet; listen I don't feel like driving all the way back to base so could you fire up the ground-bridge at my current location" replied Smokescreen. The vortex opened up in front of him and then he arrived base a few moments later. Optimus was busy decoding the Iacon database trying to get coordinates for the last Omega Key. Bumblebee and Arcee were busy loading energon into the main fuel pump, while Bulkhead was assisting Ratchet with some heavy lifting. Arcee looked up from her task with a look of frustration; Optimus looked up and turned from the computer in order to prevent Arcee from attacking Smokescreen. "Arcee and Bumblebee it is time for you to go on routine patrol" said Optimus. Arcee glared at the Autobot leader with a look that could kill. Before Arcee transformed to go out on patrol, she pushed Optimus aside and lunged at Smokescreen with her wrist blades drawn. Smokescreen didn't have time to react when Arcee's fist connected with the rookie's face, Smokescreen flew backwards into a pile of energon containers.
"Arcee, I order you to stand down at once" commanded Optimus. "That is one order I cannot follow Optimus, he has had it coming to him ever since Smokescreen first joined us" said Arcee. All of a sudden Smokescreen attacked the two-wheeler by punching her in the back. "Alright rookie, you want to dance" said Arcee. Smokescreen lunged at Arcee as if being called a rookie enraged him; he managed to land a good number of blows to Arcee. Without hesitation, Arcee slashed the back of Smokescreen with her left wrist blade. Tired of being pushed around Smokescreen brought out his blaster and took direct aim at Arcee's spark. He fired and scored a critical hit; Arcee flew backwards into the wall with a grunt of pain. Optimus stepped forward in order to stop the fight, but then Smokescreen shot the leader in the abdomen leaving a smoldering hole. Optimus fell to the floor gripping his wound to try and prevent any more energon from leaking out. Bumblebee leapt forward to block any more shots at their leader, while Bulkhead grabbed Smokescreen in an attempt to calm him down. Ratchet came over to help Arcee and Optimus into the medical bay.
"What have you done Smokescreen" yelled Bulkhead, "you've probably killed both Arcee and Optimus". Smokescreen didn't give an answer and transformed then drove out to try and find any Decepticons. Smokescreen knew of a secret energon mine that Megatron made frequent visits to. Hopefully the dark lord would be there and Smokescreen would finally achieve his destiny of being a powerful Decepticon.