With a single shot Prime blew a gaping hole in the glass wall that kept the girl imprisoned.

"Spike, your jacket", he gestured him to hand it to her when she carefully stepped through the hole with its sharp shattered edges.

"HEY!! You can't do that!!" The blue robot - they'd met when they first came to this casino – came rushing towards them. "Leave the cat where it is or there will be consequences!!"

Spike wrapped his jacket around the girl's shoulders. She quickly hid behind him and gazed at the screaming, still approaching robot over his shoulder.

The blue robot ran with his head into Prime's hand which caused a sudden stop. Since he wasn't very strong and had only half Prime's size, that wasn't very hard.

"This cat is no ordinary cat!" Prime informed him. "That is what your 'cat' just transformed into." He pointed at the girl hiding behind Spike.

"It still belongs to my boss!" He pressed a button on his arm to activate a communication device. "Boss, please come down here, we have a situation here that requires your attention."

"Let's get out of here, Prime", Ironhide suggested. "We don't need to wait for this loudmouth's boss."

"No Ironhide, we should try to resolve this in a civilized way".

A few minutes later a humanoid alien came out through the huge metal front doors of the casino. He was way taller than Spike, or any human for that matter. He was dressed much like an Indian Maharajah (Google that if you like). His skin was a darker shade of orange and his hair and short beard were black.

Two massive robots - definitely transformers, built to destroy - followed him.

"O-ooh", Bumblebee too a step back.

Ironhide placed himself between the boss, his guards and Spike and the cat-girl.

Prime didn't flinch a circuit.

"What are your intentions with my pet cat?" The boss asked.

"Are you aware that your cat is not just a regular animal? Look what she has transformed into", Prime told him.

He frowned. "She hasn't done that before… But what makes you think you can just take her away from me?"

"She's a sentient being! All sentient beings have a right to be free!" Prime stated. "And she asked me for help and I will give it to her!"

The boss grinned and turned his nose up at the Autobots. "I don't think so!" With a single nod of his head he ordered the guards to attack them.

Both guards – a bit shorter than Prime – immediately transformed into machines fit for battle. Their bulky arms transformed into huge guns and their legs into something that looked like a tank.

"I'll give you ten-thousand credits for her, but that's my first and final offer to resolve this adequately", Prime warned the boss.

But he wouldn't hear of it. "I don't think so! ATTACK!!"

The guards aimed their guns at Prime. Ironhide was about to step up to him to back him up but he got different orders. "Protect Spike and the girl! You too Bumblebee!"

"Sure thing, Prime!" they both replied as they pulled their guns.

The guards started firing at Prime with photon-charges. The power of the blasts forced him to take several steps back, but damaged him only minimally.

His eyes narrowed and lit up dangerously. He aimed his laser-rifle at one guard and blasted it into smithereens. Before the other could respond it first lost one set of guns and then the other. It wasn't defenseless yet. Before Prime destroyed this one too it fired a missile from a launcher on his back.

Prime avoided the missile, trusting Ironhide to keep everyone safe – which he did. Then quickly, before it hit any building he took it out with another shot of his rifle, causing some gigantic fireworks in the streets.

"Got any more targets for me?' Prime asked him with a sarcastic tone.

"Fine! TAKE HER! Just leave here before you cause me any more damage!" The boss rushed back into the casino.

"Let's get to Sky Lynx," Prime said. "Before he changes his mind and comes back with more guards."

On their way to there they stopped at a fashion store to get the girl something descent to wear.

Sky Lynx was happy to finally see the Autobots and Spike.

"Hey, who's your lovely friend?" He wanted to know when he noticed the girl.

"Long story, we'll tell you all about it once we're on our way. Get us off the planet first," Prime ordered.

"Yes SIR!," was Sky Lynx' reply. "Are you in any kind of trouble?"

"Probably not", was all Prime said about it for the moment.

The hangar where Sky Lynx was parked was huge. Hundreds of ships were parked there. And they were not the only ones departing. There was plenty of space for several ships to fly towards the exit.

"I've never seen anybody walk away from those guards," the girl said to Prime. "You must be very powerful."

"Well, he IS our leader," Ironhide affirmed.

Just when it was their turn to fly out of the exit a force-field closed it off.

"We might have a problem…" Sky Lynx uttered.

The face of a robot in the control-tower appeared on the communication screen.

"We have a warrant for your arrest for stealing the property of one of our bigger casino-owners. You are not permitted to leave. Remain where you are and wait to be boarded."

"Now what are we gonna do?" Ironhide asked. "Fight our way out?"

"Perhaps that won't be necessary." Prime turned towards the girl. "What is your name?"

"Alyx," she said. "At least, that's what I remember. It's been a while since anybody called me by my name."

"Do you think you can take control of that force-field, like you took control of me earlier?"

"I can try… but I'm not sure how I controlled you. You responded to my thoughts".

"Can you make the shield inactive by thinking about deactivating it?"

"Just think of leaving this place before your former owner captures you and puts you back in that large fish-tank," Ironhide said to – in a way – help her think harder.

A small army of guards like the two Prime destroyed, gathered in the hangar. They could see them through Sky Lynx' small windows. Shocked by the idea these powerful robots could be overpowered by those guards and she would end up in her glass prison again, she gazed at the force-field. Trying very hard to deactivate it.

Two powerful metal claws slowly moved towards Sky Lynx from the ceiling of the exit, right above him and ready to grab him any time now.

"Please hurry, before those things damage my brand new paintjob," he said somewhat nervous.

Alyx concentrated on the force-field that stood between her and her freedom. It was so close… that field wasn't going to keep her from it!! She closed her eyes and no longer heard the voiced of the transformers who tried to encourage her to cancel the field.

In her mind she saw the threats that approached Sky Lynx: the metal claws from the ceiling about to grab hold of him, the guards, ready to board him. And the field, blocking the way out.

Suddenly the field showed signs of interference just before it failed. The exit was free!

"Yes! Freedom!!" Sky Lynx cheered and took off with dazzling acceleration.

The Autobots were thrown back as well as Spike and Alyx. They were lucky Prime managed to catch them before they crashed against Sky Lynx' metal insides.

"That was amazing, Alyx," Prime praised her. "Alyx?" She lay motionless in his hand.