Part 3

Dustin awoke from his sleep, cold. It was mid-January and the heater hadn't kicked on yet. He looked at his clock; it was only 9:35. He sighed; he hated waking up because he was cold or the neighbor's dogs were barking or even the fact that the Decepticons were attacking. He looked over at his sleeping fiancé. He watched her lie there. She looked so peaceful. He ran his fingers lightly over her face. He lay back down and continued to watch her. She slowly opened her eyes and noticed that he was watching her. They gazed into each other's eyes. She shifted herself closer to him. He wrapped his arms around her and ran his hands up and down her arms to warm her up. He held her close; he kissed her.

"Hungry?" he asked

She nodded.

"Good. 'Cause I'm going to make you breakfast and you are going to just lay there in bed."

Dustin hopped out of bed walked to the door way, stopped walked back to Sarah kissed her then continued down to the kitchen and started cooking. Sarah just smiled, leaned back and pulled the covers over her head. She lied there thinking about the upcoming wedding. Of course the wedding was in September but she was a girl and she thought of that day since the day she was born, and of course she never thought she'd marry an Autobot. She was excited, but she was also excited about that night. She and Dustin were invited to a banquet. The banquet was in Shortstop's honor and all the things he has done for the world. Her mind shifted from the banquet to the wedding. She just smiled at the thought of her marrying an Autobot. She closed her eyes and fell back asleep.

"So almighty Megatron, what brilliant plan do you have for the Autobots today?" Starscream said with his usual sarcastic tone.

Megatron was still being tormented by the ghost of Starscream. Megatron walked around the Decepticon control room, planning and waiting. He would probably join the Autobots if that would get Starscream out of his system.

"Nothing that concerns you."

"Nothing is right, Megatron, you don't have a plan. You just have those stupid Lyacons here. And all you are going to do is just send one in and get slagged by that putrid Autobot, Shortstop. Forget this I'm going to annoy Zarek and the other headmasters at the Scorpinok base."

Starscream walked through the wall and headed for the other Decepticon base.

"Man he gives me the surges." Rumble said.

"Why won't he just die already?" Megatron said to himself.

"He is dead but his ghost"

Rumble didn't have the chance to finish his sentence without being kicked across the room by his leader.

"Soundwave activate Laserbeak. Send him to spy on Shortstop."

"LASERBEAK EJECT OPERATION RECONNAISSANCE".

The subordinate tape deck released Laserbeak and sent him to Shortstop's house.

Laserbeak arrived at Dustin's house. He landed on a tree branch. The branch almost gave way. Real birds took off out of the tree and a squirrel jumped from that tree to a neighboring tree. A camera slid out from the top of the Decepticon's head. He began recording. He recorded Dustin walking up to the upper level of the house and serving Sarah breakfast. Sarah looked excited. After he set the tray on her lap, he walked to the other side and sat on the bed. He leaned up against the headboard. He watched Dustin pick up his watch communicator and talk into it. He leaned over and kissed Sarah, and then he got up and left. Laserbeak followed him to Autobot City. Laserbeak stayed high with the clouds so not to be seen. Dustin arrived at Autobot City and transformed into Shortstop. Laserbeak secretly followed the headmaster into the base. Shortstop walked down the corridor. He stopped and turned around as if he heard something. He saw nothing then continued on his way. Laserbeak continued to follow. Shortstop entered the war room. Laserbeak flew up to the support beams and perched himself there to spy on the Autobots.

"Shortstop, we picked up some Decepticon activity near your house. It disappeared when we contacted you." Wheeljack reported.

"That's not surprising." Shortstop replied.

"Did you see anything unusual when you left?" Prime asked.

Shortstop tried to think of anything but nothing came to mind. He shook his head.

"You think the Decepticons are up to something?"

"They're always up to something." Prime replied.

Shortstop sighed. The door opened then closed. The three Autobots looked back and saw nothing.

"Wheeljack set Laser Cannon Alpha to Sector 001 and fire." Shortstop ordered.

Wheeljack looked at him.

"Just do it."

Wheeljack pressed a buttons on the console. Outside of Autobot City, the laser cannon moved and fired. The three Autobots looked on the screen to see if they hit Shortstop's target.

"Magnify." Prime ordered.

Wheeljack pressed another button and the image on the screen got bigger. It was Laserbeak. Just then the photon blast hit the Decepticon spy. Laserbeak flew off leaving a trail of smoke all the way back to Decepticon Headquarters.

"How did you know?" Wheeljack asked.

"Well I heard something in the corridor on my way to war room. Then the door opening and closing on its own. I figured either Metroplex was malfunctioning or we had a spy and I picked the latter. And of course I knew the firing coordinates of the front hatch."

"Good job." Prime appraised.