Meanwhile, at Autobot City, Shortstop and Kup were walking along the outer perimeter talking about history.

"The battle of Rigulan 4 was a gruesome battle. We were outnumbered by 3 Rigulan Metal Mongers." Kup said.

Outnumbered by 3 of them? How many of were in your platoon?"

"700."

"700? There were 700 of you and only 3 of them. Ah come on, Kup."

"You know Hot Rod said the same thing when we were stranded on Nebulon. The Decepticons were after us because we had the key to the plasma energy chamber."

"Yeah I know that story. That's when Spike created the Headmasters and Targetmasters. It's also the place were Fortress Maximus was created."

"Very good, lad. You keep up with your history."

"Well, I was a history major in college."

Just then Prime's voice came over the intercom.

"Shortstop, report to me at once."

Shortstop and Kup headed for the war room. The two Autobots entered and Prime was standing at the big screen monitor.

"What are the Decepticons up to?" Shortstop asked.

"Well they have invented a dream wave machine that causes us to dream. And Teletran picked up a temporal vortex."

"Time Travel?"

Prime nodded.

"Where did they go? Er I mean when?"

"Punch reported Neuros went back to 1982 to take out your parents."

"But why haven't I disappeared yet?"

"I don't have the answers for all your questions but I assume that he hadn't found you yet."

"Of course. I wasn't born in Athens. I was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. So I can see why I haven't disappeared yet."

"I need to go back in time and take him out."

"But we don't have any time travel equipment here, lad."

"We don't, but the Decepticons do."

"What do you think were going to do, walk in and use their time machine?"

"Yep."

Kup's mouth dropped.

"Autobots, assemble at once. We're going after the Decepticons." Prime ordered.

The other Autobots walked into the room.

"We're going to Decepticon Headquarters. Shortstop is going to go back in time to stop Neuros. We need to do everything in our power to protect the time machine so that Shortstop can get back to our time." Prime explained

The Autobots arrived at the shoreline. They stood at the edge of the cliff. Jazz walked closer to the edge.

"Into the sea, must be daring. Last one in is a rusty herring."

He dove into the water. Then the rest followed. They swam up to the ship. Cliffjumper pulled out his laser cutter and cut through the ships hull. They each pulled themselves up into the vacant room.

"Be cautious, Autobots." Prime warned

They crept around the halls like ghosts. Pounce and Wingspan walked by without noticing the Autobots hanging from the ceiling. Brainstorm and Hard Head jumped onto the two Decepticons. They drug their unconscious bodies into a room and left them bound. They found themselves only feet away from the main control room. Runabout and Runamuck were guarding it. Prime pointed to Fastlane and Cloudraker then pointed to the two guards. The Autobot twins snuck up to the Decepticon guards and took them out. Then they stormed into the control room. It took the Decepticons by surprise. They scattered, as did the Autobots. Jazz and Shortstop snuck to the time machine.

"Lets see here. Time controls set to 1982 and location: Washington, PA. Controls are set." Shortstop said.

"Good luck m'man." Jazz said.

Shortstop nodded. Jazz pressed a few buttons and activated the machine. Shortstop watched the battle slow down then freeze. He saw everybody frozen in time. Megatron and Galvatron were being held up by their necks by Prime. Jazz was still at the controls. The Technobots had merged together to form Computron and the Terrorcons had formed Abominus and were in combat with each other. Then time started to move backwards. He could see both Autobots and Decepticons move backwards. Slowly at first then started to speed up, then there was a flash of light. All of a sudden Shortstop was standing in the middle of the road in Washington. He was on the outskirts of the city.

"I better transform so not to cause any panic." He thought.

"Computer, what is today's date?"

"June 4th 1982"

He looked at his watch. It was 1:15 in the afternoon. He turned around and headed for the city.

"My mom is probably in school right now." He said to himself.

He drove to Trinity High School. He was on the Jefferson Avenue, one of the main streets in Washington, when he saw red and blue lights behind him. He pulled over to the side of the road.

"Oh damn it. I'm not in this time 10 minutes and I'm already in trouble."

The officer got out of the car and walked up to car. The officer was in his mid 20's, brown hair, and mustache, looked like he had a few too many donuts.

"Can I see your license and registration?"

Dustin pulled out his license and registration and handed it over. The officer looked at it with disbelief.

"I pulled you over for one reason now I have another."

"What's the problem?"

"Well first of all there are no license plates on your car and your registration says you own a 2007 Ford GT. That's over twenty years from now."

"So it is."

"Step out of the car, sir"

Dustin got out of the car and stood there waiting to see what the officer would do next.

"I'm going to have to take you in. Now put your hands above your head."

Dustin sighed.

"I'm going to hate myself for this." He thought

"Oh how careless of your wife to let you go out like that"

"What?"

"Your uniform is quite untidy; here let me get that for you."

Dustin reached over to the officer's shoulder and then grabbed it and pinched. The officer went down. Dustin caught him before he hit the ground. He gently laid the officer on the ground. He grabbed his license and registration and jumped in his car and sped off.

"Gotta thank Leonard Nimoy for teaching me the 'Vulcan Nerve Pinch'" He thought.

He drove to Trinity High School. He pulled into the parking lot and sat there and waited for school to let out. He waited for an hour before students finally started to emerge from the building. Then he saw her. It was his mom. He got out, still wearing his exosuit minus the helmet. He ran up to her. Her hair was short and curly, she looked very athletic. Now he knew where he gets it from.

"Mom, er...I mean Lori. You're in danger. A giant robot from the future is coming back in time to kill you."

She had a look of disbelief on her face. One of her friends came up to her.

"Ooo who's your friend, Lori? He's kinda cute."

"He's not my friend. I don't even know him. He says a robot from the future is coming back in time to kill me."

"Man this really sounds like the movie: The Terminator." He thought to himself.

They all laughed at the headmaster.

"And who is your tailor. That outfit is awful." Her friend said.

Dustin just looked at her. He wanted to hit her. Dustin stood there trying to think of something else to say that would convince her. Then he got it. He would tell her everything about her. She started to walk away.

"Hey wait up. I know that you are Lori Zofchak, first daughter of Shirley and Dennis Zofchak. You have a younger sister named Cathy and a younger brother named Stephen. You are currently dating Chris Hammett."

She stopped and turned to him.

"So what everybody knows that."

He leaned up to her and whispered in her ear.

"I know that you're a month pregnant."

Her eyes got really big.

"How do you know all of that? Are you some sort of stalker?"

Dustin shook his head.

"You will have a kid on February 14th 1983. And the only reason I know this is that I'm your son."

Lori looked astonished but yet not surprised.

"Somehow I knew you were close but I couldn't put my finger on it."

"Look, in 2007 I will become affiliated with a group known as the Autobots. They wage their battle against the evil Decepticons. Their war has been going on for millions of years. They came to earth millions of years ago. Their ship crash-landed and they currently lay dormant. They will wake up and save the human race from the Decepticons. You won't know that they're around you until you see them transform. They disguise themselves as everyday vehicles or items. And if you notice my car isn't exactly of this time."

She looked at the car and nodded in agreement. Just then an explosion rocked the ground. Dustin looked to the sky to see Neuros firing at the humans. People were scattering. Running scared.

"There he is. Now get to someplace safe. I'll take care of him." Dustin said.

He ran over to his car. He grabbed his helmet and put it on. He jumped into the air and transformed. The head and body connected and now he was Shortstop. He aimed his arm laser at the Lyacon and fired. He hit him and sent him flying towards the ground. He landed in a tree.

"Argh, Autobot scrap." He muttered.

Lori and her friend looked on in astonishment as her future son took on the evil robot. Shortstop kept firing at him. Neuros jumped into the air to avoid being hit. He transformed into his hovercraft mode and sped towards the Autobot. He nearly hit him, but was thwarted off course by a street curb. Shortstop laughed at him. Neuros stopped a couple feet from Shortstop. The Autobot could see Neuros' arm even though he was transformed. Finally the Lyacon transformed back into his robot mode. He pulled out a device. Shortstop couldn't tell what it was but he knew it meant trouble. He aimed the device at him and pressed a button. The device sent out a sonic boom, which sent Shortstop flying through the air. He went crashing through a building. Neuros turned to see that his target was only feet away. He aimed his gun at the two cowering humans. He was about to pull the trigger when a boomerang came flying through the air cutting off his arm. The arm fell to the ground. Neuros looked in the direction from which it came. He saw Shortstop standing there holding the boomerang over his head. Neuros attempted to bend down to pick up his other gun but Shortstop threw his boomerang again cutting off his other hand.

"Now didn't you learn from your first mistake?"

Neuros' optics narrowed. Then his chest plate opened up and a barrage of missiles shot out. Shortstop dove around, jumped in the air, transformed and drove around just to avoid getting hit. He was finally hit in the shoulder. The same shoulder that was dug into by Savage.

"Man, what is it with you guys and this shoulder?"

Shortstop held his shoulder. Suddenly Twin barrels came out of the side of Neuros' head. He fired. Shortstop dodged the lasers. Finally he pulled out his own duel pistols and fired. He shot up Neuros so much that he was beginning to fall apart. "I wonder who made you. I mean come on I've seen Lego houses built stronger than you."

Neuros fired another shot from his head laser. Shortstop easily avoided it. He pulled out his spoiler once again. He held the middle with his left hand, and then his right hand came back to the side of his face.

"That looks like a bow and arrow." Neuros thought. "It is a bow and arrow."

Shortstop let go of the invisible string and sent the energon arrow right through the head of the Lyacon. Neuros fell to the ground and disappeared.

"Damn, that was actually quite simple."

He transformed back into his exosuit form. He walked over to Lori and her friend who was slightly shaking.

"Well, there you go. I saved your life so that mine will continue to exist."

"Thank you."

Dustin nodded.

"I need to get going. I'll see you in nine months."

Lori and her friend waved to her son, the Autobot.

Dustin transformed back into Shortstop. Then he noticed time began to speed up, then there was a flash of light and he was back in Decepticon Headquarters. Jazz was still at the controls; Prime still had a hold of Megatron and Galvatron. He smashed their heads together. Computron punched Abominus in the face.

"Hey man, what happened? You were only gone a moment." Jazz asked

"I'm still here."

"Yeah you are now let's get out of here."

Optimus saw that Shortstop had returned.

"Autobots lets roll out of here."

They all started to leave the room.

"Oh and one more thing." Wheeljack said as he fired a rocket from his shoulder cannon at the dream wave machine.

The explosion knocked a few Decepticons off their feet. The Autobots ran back to the room from which they came, firing at the opposing resistance. They all jumped into the hole in the floor and swam back to shore. Megaton was infuriated that they got away. Even more so now that Shortstop had beaten another Lyacon.

The Autobots returned to their base. They were all interested about Shortstop's time adventure.

"So what was it like to see your mom before she was your mom?" Tailgate asked.

"It was an interesting experience."

"This reminds me of the timeď‚Ľ" Kup spoke up to tell the Autobots about another war story.

The Autobots, with the exception of Shortstop, who loved history, were in for a long night.