It was a warm and sunny afternoon when Sky Lynx landed in Autobot-city. Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee and Spike were welcomed by Daniël, Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus, Arcee and Springer.

"And? What was it like? Are we gonna go there any time soon?" Hot Rod wanted to know. He'd been very disappointed he couldn't come along so he was eager to hear all about it.

"It was a lot of fun, but I don't think we're welcome there anymore," Prime said.

"Just you, or any Autobot?" Hot Rod blabbered that out before he realized that was kinda rude and gave his leader the 'ooops'-look.

Prime just gave him a rebuking look and said. "Probably just us."

"What did you do? Cause bankruptcy at the casino's you visited?" Springer joked.

"Something like that," he answered briefly, avoiding to go into detail.

"You brought us a dog!" Seven-year-old Daniël cheered as soon as he saw the dog peek around Prime's leg.

(remember, 5 years before the movie)

He ran from his father right up to the light red/copper-coloured Siberian Husky and fell on his knees right in front of her. Without hesitation or any kind of fear he ran his hands trough her fur.

"He's gorgeous!" Daniël said as he embraced the dog.

"He's a she, actually," Prime corrected him gently and sat down on one knee.

"Where did you get a dog in outer space?" Hot Rod wanted to know.

"We found her in one of the casino's. Probably traded and sold more than once," Prime made him – and the other's – believe for now. "She was held captive in a very inhumane way so we went through some trouble to rescue her. And she was very happy when we did."

"Poor animal," Hot Rod responded. "Now you can live with us and play ball as often as you like. How 'bout that?"

Alyx barked a few times, wiggling her tail. 'You can play any dog-game you like with me!' she thought. 'You're sooo cute!'

"Optimus, what's her name?" Daniël asked.

He pondered on that question for a moment. If they wanted her identity to stay undiscovered, they might do it right all the way. A dog-name would be appropriate.

"What would you call her, Daniël?"

The kid rubbed his chin and thought very hard on that one.

"What about 'Lucky', cause she was pretty lucky you guys came around to save her!"

"That sure sounds suitable," Prime agreed.

And so did the others.

So now you know how I came to live with the Autobots in Autobot-city. Most of them didn't really give me a lot of attention, they were not interested in dogs. But there were enough left to call friends, for as much as you can do that, being in the form of a dog, you know.

The little human, Daniël, was crazy about me and took me about everywhere. He even allowed me to sleep on his bed. His dad, Spike, allowed me to, cause he knew I really wasn't a dog. At first his wife, Carly, didn't know about me. But that did give some trouble about my food. I am so NOT gonna eat dog-food. So he told her and that resolved a lot.

And because I spend a lot of time with Daniël, I spend a lot of time with his Autobot-big-brother Hot Rod. For a young, wild and somewhat reckless Autobot, he does take that job very seriously.

But there was another Autobot Daniël was very close to. That's Arcee, a great looking female Autobot, everything about her radiates 'GIRL POWER'. Obviously I wasn't the only one to notice that and it kinda shocked me that the other one to notice that was my new favourite Autobot Hot Rod. DAMN!

This one time – I was about 2 months with the Autobots - when we dropped Daniël off at school and were driving back to Autobot-city he needed to get something off his chest. Me being a dog, that's pretty safe, right? grin I don't know what he's gonna do when he finds out who I really am…

"Hey, Lucky, you've seen Arcee around, haven't you?" He asked me. "You think we'd make a nice couple?"

'WHAAAT!' I let out an annoyed bark with that thought. 'You're too young for her!'

"I think she likes me too." He said. "She keeps giving me that particular look."

'It will never work… you're too young and wild for her… ' I somehow hoped he'd hear my thoughts.

"Maybe I should take her to the drive-in… or just for a drive… see who's fastest…"

'Dream on …' I was the wrong person to ask.

Out of nowhere a black sports-car rammed into Hot Rod's flank and pushed him right off the road into the rocky verge. I was thrown against the window where that car hit him and we both were rattled up by the bumpy verge he tried to get out of.

What crazy drunk was pulling pranks on us now?!

Another sports-car, a grey one, rammed him back into the verge every time he almost got out. To make my aggravation know I barked out loud and growled at the cars. But that didn't really impress who ever was driving…

HEY!! Was that a Decepticon logo on the hood of that car?! Oh, great! I've heard lot's of stories about them, and have seen a few from a distance. This is the first time I've seen them this close… like on the other side of Hot Rod's windscreen!

"You two wanna race! You've got yourselves a race!!" Hot Rot exclaimed daringly at them as he hit the throttle and sped out of the dirt and back onto the road. "Let's burn rubber!!"

I wished I had hands to put on my safety-belt… or at least hold on to something. This guy was sooo fast!

"Don't worry lucky! We'll shake them in no time!"

I really wanted to ask him who they were… but dog's don't speak…

"So you think you can outrun Runamuck and Runabout, Auto-brat?!" the black Nissan Skyline sneered.

That answered my question.

"You'll end up as a burning pile of scrap-metal before we leave you alone!" Runabout, the grey Lotus Esprit promised him with a grin.

With screaming engines all three of them demanded most of themselves to keep ahead. So far Hot Rod had the best of them.

"Let's see how fast he is when we blow some tyres!!" Runabout emerged a small laser-canon embedded in his hood to shoot at Hot Rod's tyres.

"HEY! Not fair!!" Hot Rod could avoid being hit and shot right back the both of them with several guns he had embedded below his large spoiler. His lasers did hit both of them and left some blackened dents in their hoods.

"You miserable Autobot! You will BURN for that!!" Runabout promised him.

"Well, let's not blow him up just yet. We can play with him all day long!!" Runamuck smirked.

"I'm not gonna waste a whole day on the Autobrat!" While driving at full speed, Runabout transformed to his robot-mode, pulled his particle beam rifle and shot a high-energy beam of neutrons right at Hot Rot's backside.

The force of the blast blew him off the road and flipped him over several times until he finally crashed down against the rocky ground at the foot of a hill.

"BINGO!!" Runabout hollered.

I shook my head to get my vision sharp again… it did help… but my head pounded like crazy. Through the broken windscreen I saw the two Decepticons approach. Runamuck transformed too.

"Let's torch him!" Runamuck snickered as he pulled out his gun.

Hot Rod wasn't moving and he didn't make a sound… not even a moan. Not even when I barked as loud is I could.

'Oh no… what am I gonna do now… I can contact Prime… but he'll never be here on time… I have to stop those two! I can do it, I must!' I concentrated on them.

Suddenly my mind seemed to find it's way through their circuits. I could see them with my minds eye. I shot through their bodies… There was one thought no my mind… BURN!!

And burn they did! They started screaming as if they were in agonizing pain… that's because they were. Both fell to their knees, holding on to their stomach (or at least the part where that would be if they were in the flesh). Something that looked like lightning started flickering over their bodies until they passed out.

When they were both lying in the dirt – not moving - I let them go. Wow… I didn't know I had that kinda power. I worked my way through Hot Rod's windscreen. Finally he made some sound… a moan… a groan. He transformed and looked around, sitting on the rocky ground.

The first thing he saw was Runabout and Runamuck laying on the ground.

"What the…" He got up – still a bit shaky – and walked – with a limp - towards them. "What happened to them?"

Then he saw me. "Lucky, are you alright?"

I barked happily at him with a waggling tail.

"Did you scare them off?" he grinned.

I just waggled my tail at him.

"Come on, let's get out of here, before they regain their consciousness." He transformed an I got in. "Look at me, I look like a wreck… Prime gonna kill me…"

They were only just out of sight when Runabout and Runamuck came to.

Surprised to find themselves lying around in the dirt they quickly jumped to their feet.

"Wooo.. wooo…" Runabout almost lost his balance right away and grabbed Runamuck's arm. He too had trouble with his balance, but he managed to keep the both of them on their feet.

"What's going on… What just happened?" Runabout wanted to know.

"The puny Autobot couldn't have done that, he was knocked out…"

"Of course he couldn't have!"

This was a mystery to them. Lucky for Alyx neither remembered to dog that had been barking at them.

On the road behind them a yellow car flashed by that caught Runabout's eye. A gorgeous brand new Ferrari.

"Hey, did you see that?!"

Runamuck nodded.

"Is that car better lookin' than me?!"

"Huh! Way better!"

"Well, come on than," he transformed to his car-mode and took off. "Let's wreck it!!"

"Yeah!! Wreck, wreck, WRECK!"