Me: Hey bitches! AK here. Chapter seven is up and ready to be read.

Trevor: And not a second too soon. Violet's been busy plotting to kill Steve.

Me: She's still pissed about that?

Violet: Yes I'm still pissed.

Me: Okay Okay. Holy crap.

Me: Ya see what I mean?

Trevor: Yes I do. So let's get started. I don't own The Incredibles, Transformers, or American Dad. And turtleguy, one of your requests is in here like I promised. Here is chapter seven.

The AutoKnights II: The American Knights

Chapter 7: Caught & Starscream

(AutoKnights Base; Upper level; 11:00 pm)

Steve's plan to get Lisa drunk was in the process of working. Lisa had a buzz going, but was not drunk enough to forget about the AutoKnights actually being at the base. Steve was now hoping for a miracle to happen. He knew if everyone found out he was lying, he would never see the end of ridicule and torturing by the time school started up again. He would be hated. He decided to try and get his mind off it. He faced Lisa.

"Wanna dance?" he asked coolly.

Lisa put down her drink. "Sure let's go!" She said as she grabbed Steve's arm and dragged it to the center of the huge room.

The giant speaker set up next to the wall was blasting out a fast rock song. Steve and Lisa immediately started to move along with the rhythm of the song. They were moving around for at least four minutes until the song ended. Then another one came on they stood still. Then Lisa asked the question of the night.

"When are the AutoKnights gonna be here Steve?" she asked buzzed.

Steve got nervous. He was running out of time and out of excuses. "Well…. uh Lisa…it's kind of complicated …..But the truth is…..the AutoKnights are kinda….. Lisa? Lisa?"

Steve just saw Lisa staring at something not even paying attention to anything. Steve got the idea she was looking at something and turned around to see what it was. What he saw made him as white as snow. Optimus Prime and Ironhide were standing right in front of him glaring at him with very angry faces.

"Uh he he…Hey guys. What are you doing here?" he asked more nervous then he had ever been before.

Optimus slowly approached. "I think the real question here is what are you and all these drunken idiots doing here?!" he shouted.

"Hey don't yell at Steve like that!" Lisa said defensively.

"Who the hell are you?!" Ironhide asked.

Lisa put her arms around Steve. "In a minute, I am going to be Steve's lover." She said in a sexy voice.

Steve wanted to smile but he just couldn't.

Optimus just got angrier. "In less time than that he's going to be dead!" he shouted.

Some unknown guy approached him. "Hey man, come on. Lighten up. Enjoy the party. Don't be a stiff." He said with a drunk voice.

"Stiff." Optimus just said.

He looked around and saw what these mindless morons had done to his house. The walls were stained with food, there were drink stains all over the floors, and he was pretty sure he just saw someone throw up into their dishwasher. He then noticed the giant speaker it was blaring even louder music.

Having had enough, Optimus took out his left blaster and fired at the speaker blowing it to pieces. Everyone ducked for cover and then all eyes were on him and Ironhide.

"Look people," Optimus began. "I don't know what Steve here told you, but I can tell you that he had no intention of us actually being here tonight. We just happened to stop by to pick up something."

Now all eyes were on Steve and they were not happy at all. Especially Lisa's.

"But I can tell you this." He continued. "In a minute every single one of you will need hospital treatment if you all do not get the hell OUT OF THIS HOUSE!!!!" he yelled as he fired a warning shot at the ceiling.

Ironhide drew out her cannons to help Optimus make his point. Now everyone got up and ran as fast and as straight as they could towards the still open space bridge. Steve tried to run past Optimus but failed as Optimus grabbed him by the neck of his shirt causing him to choke a little.

"Except you." He said in a low cold voice.

When everyone was gone Optimus and Ironhide powered down and became Trevor and Violet again. Trevor pointed his ring at the space bridge. The stone glowed dimly and the space bridge closed. He then turned around and glared at Steve with the same look he had a minute ago.

"I can explain." Was all Steve could come up with.

"Really?" Trevor asked. "Alright then Steve, explain. What in God's name possessed you to break your promise to us and have a party in our house?!"

Steve was at a loss for words. He just stood there stuttering.

"That's what I thought. You just wanted to throw a party down here for own selfish needs and personal gain!" Trevor correctly assumed.

"Well that and I wanted to get everyone psyched for what's about to happen." Steve said.

Now Trevor and Violet were confused. "Psyched about what?" Violet asked.

"For Starscream's arrival. Seeing you guys fight a giant evil robot is going to be awesome!" Steve said while actually smiling.

A minute ago Trevor thought he couldn't possibly get any angrier. But Steve's last comment had just proved him wrong. He was fuming. So was Violet.

"You think us fighting Starscream is something to look forward to seeing?!" Trevor shouted.

Steve backed up a little not having any clue why they were mad. "Well yeah. I mean how often to you get to see something like that?" he asked nervously.

"Do you think this is a game or some kind of movie, Steve?" Violet asked. "This is not science fiction! This is real shit happening here!"

"That's why it's so cool." Steve said.

"Well it shouldn't be." Trevor said. "Steve, when we fight, we actually risk our lives out there. Whenever we go into battle, we do it knowing that there is a chance we won't come out alive. Us fighting Starscream is not something you should look forward to seeing. Don't you realize that if we lose, the Decepticons will kill all of you without hesitation. Steve, you can't honestly think that this whole thing is just a game. Do you?! I mean come Steve! We could die and you don't seem to really care!"

Steve was speechless. Everything he thought was cool suddenly disappeared as finally started to get a hold of reality.

"I'm so sorry you guys." He said in a sad quiet voice.

Trevor just looked at him. "Sorry is not going to be enough to cut it, Steve. Give me your card key and get out."

Steve looked up. "But.."

"Now."

Steve hanged his head down as he reached into his pocket, pulled out his card key, and gave it to Trevor. Trevor then opened up the space bridged and Steve walked through it slowly. After he did, the bridge closed and Trevor and Violet looked around.

"Should we start cleaning up?" Trevor asked.

"Might as well. If we leave everything overnight, the place is gonna reek in the morning." Violet said.

"Alright then." Trevor said as he and Violet went to the kitchen to find the cleaning stuff.

After four straight hours of cleaning, Trevor and Violet were absolutely exhausted. They went up to their rooms said good night to each other, and fell asleep as soon as they fell onto their beds.

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(Smith Residence; next morning; 11:30 am)

Steve had spent the night at Snot's house after Trevor and Violet forced the party to a halt. As he approached his front door with hung over Roger, he started to think about what they said to him before they threw him out.

"Do you honestly think this is some kind of game?!"

"We could die and you don't really seem to care!"

Those two lines kept playing in his head over and over again like a scratched record album as he opened the door.

"Hey Steve." Francine said to his son. "Did you have fun?"

"Uh yeah. Look, I'm gonna be up in my room. Call me if you need me". He said in a depressed voice.

He slowly went upstairs in his room as Roger went to the kitchen to get an icepack for his aching head.

When he got to his room, Steve closed the door behind him. He then sat on his bed and began to think about what he had done. He had met the two teenagers he had idolized for the longest time, and he becomes friends with them. Then out of his own selfishness, he decides to throw a party in their base right after they allow him emergency access. Then he gets caught and they immediately take back their trust and respect for him. Steve knew he deserved to get chewed out like that. He then began to remember the faces the partiers gave him when Optimus let everyone know that he was lying about the whole thing and it was coincidence.

"Oh god what are they going to do to me?" Steve thought. "Kick my ass, stuff me in lockers, swirlys? Oh how I hate swirlys."

Steve began to remember the last time he got a swirly. He was at the prom with Lisa and an angry drunk Roger came in and started ranting about how everyone had forgotten his birthday. Furious at Steve, (because it was kinda his fault) Roger pulled his pants down and revealed to everyone that he had only one pubic hair on his scrotum. And it was red. The bullies of course saw this as pathetic and took Steve to the bathroom and gave his ass a swirly. That swirly caused Steve to lose that hair. And if that wasn't enough, (this wasn't seen) the guys who gave him the swirly had a camera on him and he took a picture of his hairless sack and e-mailed it to everyone in the schools directory. The ridicule didn't stop for at least a month and a half until people just stopped caring about it.

But if he got a swirly on the first day of school, Steve knew he deserved it. He had a broken a promise and betrayed his new friends. He would probably even ask for the swirly himself.

Just when Steve got tired of thinking, his father came into the room.

"Were going to the mall, Steve. You're mother wants us all to eat together as a family in case the worst should happen."

Steve thought this would be helpful for him. "Yeah okay. I'll be right down." He said quietly.

Stan disregarded the tone he was using and went back downstairs. Steve got up and followed him down to the garage as all the Smiths (including Klaus in his cup) piled into Stan's black SUV and headed for the mall.

(Langley Falls Mall; Food Court; 12:00 pm)

As the Smiths were all sat down and ready to eat, they all began to do so. All except for Steve that is. He just kept playing with his food with a plastic fork. Haley noticed this and more. The entire car ride over, Steve had not said a word. He just looked out his window and gazed at whatever they passed by. He hadn't eaten anything either.

"Steve, are you alright?" Haley asked her brother.

Steve looked at her with the same look he had all day. "Yeah I'm fine." He said.

"You don't look fine." Haley said.

"Look, I'm going to go walk around for a while. I need to think about things." Steve said getting up.

Stan looked at his son. "Well okay. Just don't be gone long."

"I won't" Steve said as he pushed in his chair and left.

Steve had walked up the mall slowly and once again he began to remember what Trevor and Violet had said to him. He now felt so stupid for doing such a thing behind their backs. He wound up walking into a store for no reason. He was just coming to the end of an isle when he bumped into someone. He had his head down so he didn't see who it was. When he looked up, he saw Trevor and Violet standing in front of them.

"Oh hey." Steve said quietly.

"Hello Steve." Violet said flatly.

"Were you following us or something?" Trevor said not in the brightest mood.

"No I wasn't following you." Steve replied.

"So why are you here?" Violet asked.

"Me and my family are all eating lunch here together. That's all." Steve answered. "Why are you here?"

Trevor glared at him. "Were here to re-stock on cleaning supplies. We spent four hours last night cleaning up the mess you were responsible for."

Steve hanged his head down. "I'm really sorry, guys." He said sadly.

Trevor and Violet softened their expressions a little bit. "Steve, why did you do it?"

"Why did he do what?" a voice asked.

Steve looked behind him to see that his entire family was behind him and walking towards them.

"Did you guys follow me?" Steve asked.

Francine answered. "Yes we did. Haley's not the only one who noticed something weird about your behavior, so we followed you to make sure you were okay."

"But back to what I asked. What did Steve do?" Stan asked.

Trevor looked at all the Smiths then at Steve alone. "He didn't tell you?" he said.

"Tell us what?" Francine asked.

Violet took the liberty of answering this one. "Last night when me and Trevor were at that campsite training, Steve here decided to….."

BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

The ground shook at a level that caused everyone to lose their balance. When the shaking stopped, the sounds of people screaming for their lives could be heard throughout the entire mall.

"What do you think is going on?" Haley asked anyone.

Trevor just looked up. "I've got a guess. But I sure do hope I'm wrong." With that said Trevor got up and ran full speed towards the nearest exit with Violet and the Smiths following him.

When they got outside, an explosion was seen and heard not far from them in the parking lot. Cars were flying everywhere and others were set aflame. They looked around to find what caused the explosion. Violet was he first to see it. A dark grey F-22 Raptor with Cybertronian symbols painted all over it was hovering above the mall. It fired another missile and another explosion happened.

Having seen enough, Trevor and Violet raised their hands to the air.

"AUTOKNIGHT, TRANSFORM!!"

The rings performed their usual melting show and changed the two teens entirely.

"OPTIMUS PRIME!!"

"IRONHIDE!!"

Somehow, the F-22 heard the words that were shouted. The plane slowly hovered forward and stopped right in front of the two AutoKnights.

Then the plane itself began to transform. The missile doors opened up and then began to open up even more. Mechanical legs moved out of the now open hatches. The wings had started to move away from their usual place and aligned themselves more towards the engines. Out of the same hatches the legs came out of, arms now made their way out. The fists clenched together. Then out of where the engines were, a dark grey armored plated head popped out. Its eyes glowed red. The planes engines aligned themselves on the robots' back like a jetpack. The transformation was complete. The robot lowered itself to the ground and stared at Optimus and Ironhide.

Optimus drew out his right blaster. "I presume your Starscream." He said in a not so friendly voice.

Starscream just kept staring. "And I take it you two are the infamous AutoKnights." He said in a robotic voice.

Ironhide drew out her cannons as the Smiths all ran for cover. "What is it to you?" she asked.

"My mission is the same as Shockwave's. Find and kill you. Only I will succeed where he failed!" he shouted.

Optimus tokk out his left energon blade. "I've already said this to Demolisher. OVER OUR EMPTY SPARKS!"

"We shall see about that!" Starscream yelled as he made a machine gun appear on his right wrist.

"We shall!" Ironhide yelled.

At that moment, The two AutoKnights, and the one Decepticon, all charged towards each other beginning the battle of Langley Falls.

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Me: Chapter seven is completed. I know it's shorter than most of the chapters I have in this story, but this was what I had planned.

Trevor: You planned out well AK. Now the action begins.

Violet: Yeah. I wanna see Starscream's ass get kicked.

Me: And you will. But I have to write it first. Turtleguy, I hope you liked this chapter, now I have to create chapter eight. Until then, peace bitches.