AN: Yes! I managed to make next Chapter. I try also check how things will involve in Combine , I appreciate if you also be patient with this

Let's Roll Out!

Sideswipe and Strongarm battled a simulator masquerading as Thunderhoof in the scrapyard, as Denny, Russell, Flame, Aqua, and Fixit watch.

"Watch out for his antlers!" Strongarm warned while tried come from behind.

"Hey, this isn't my first rodeo with Thunderhoof, you know," Sideswipe said.

While Strongarm shot at fake-Thunderhoof, he throws fridge at her. Luckily she did manage to dodge it, but the fridge land near others.

"That's a 1953 Finkleman Frostyboy!" Denny complained.

"This training exercise has to be as realistic as possible, Denny Clay."

"Does it?" Denny asked.

"Funny, that's what big sis said before she went… um..." Flame said before picked her pad and checked the coordinates."...Faixan."

"Why she went there?" Aqua wondered.

"By what she told, there are friends of ours working there now." Flame said.

"Friends?"Aqua wondered.

"You haven't met them."

"Does it has something to do when Sideswipe and you went after one mini-con?" Aqua asked.

"Yes..." Flame admitted. "But what really worried me was that she looked so disappointed when she saw Fixit's training program."

"Well, Thunderhoof was in the Alchemor before we let the stasis bomb, remember." Aqua reminded.

"Oh! Why I didn't think of that?!" Flame said and slaps on her head.

"Get him, Swipe!" Russell cheers.

Sideswipe tries to hit on fake-Thunderhoof and his Decepticon hunter gets stuck on his antlers before he swings him off right to the control panels. Suddenly, the training drone started act wrong just when Strongarm took it from behind.

"Strongarm! The simulator is out of control!" Fixit warned.

Sadly, Strongarm couldn't do much before training-drone took her off from him and was ready to stomp on her.

"Strongarm!" Aqua yelled.

Fixit went first to stop it, but as usual, a small weapon only annoys not hurt. It got training drones attention until Sideswipe kicked it and got attention on him. The training drone goes on him, but Sideswipe manage to grab his antlers and throw him far before manages to kick its head off.

"Ah. Thanks. That could've been ugly."

"Don't mention it. I mean, I will, probably twice a day for the next couple of weeks."

Right then, Bumblebee, Drift, and Grimlock with YoungStar, AshStar, and GaiaStar. while getting there Bumblebee gets ready with his Decepticon hunter and Drift released Jetstorm and Slipstream ready for battle.

"What is it? Decepticons?" Bumblebee asked.

"Wait! Stand down! It was just an Enterprise-Extra-fries- Exercise!" Fixit explained.

"The training drone kinda went haywire," Denny said.

"It was all, "Bzzt! Bzzt!" and Strongarm was like, "Ahh. " And then Sideswipe kicked its head clean off!" Russell tells while trying to imitate all the noises.

"I did not go, "Ahh," Strongarm mention it.

"Where's elder sister?" AshStar asked.

"Well, some 'BOT' didn't get the memo that anything that reminds her of 'DI' makes her go down." Flame said irritated at Fixit.

"Please don't say it was..." YoungStar tried to say.

"It was Thunderhoof," Aqua confirmed.

"Oh good." GaiaStar sigh for relief. "I mean I understand it made her down, but if it was… you know who… she will be loong way gone."

"She went visit friends."

"Oh, okay," YoungStar said.

"The important thing is that with this exercise, I've finally collected enough data to complete my PASERQuAT!" Fixit said.

"Well, it's about time! Um, what's that?" Grimlock said before as usual stays confused.

"PASERQuAT stands for Preliminary Assessment of Skills, Efficiency, and Readiness for Qualifying Active Teammates!" Fixit explained.

"You've been keeping score on us?" Sideswipe asked.

"Why, yes! I've been tracking each team member's performance in training exercises as well as actual mish-Mish-Missions. And combining that data into one easy-to-understand number. For example, Drift has a score of 100."

"As it should be." Drift said.

"Out of a possible 120." Fixit finished. This left Drift and his mini-cons confused.

"Um...sensei. I believe if elder sister would be here, she suggests to ignore that fact and concentrate on what's really important." AshStar suggested. In this, JetStorm and Slipstream nodded for agreement.

"Lieutenant Bumblebee scores a 106, Sideswipe a 95."

"That's, like, 94 points higher than I've gotten on any test ever!"

"Well, good for you. But like my sister just said ignore and concentrate on the important things." Flame said.

"Same with you. Even if you have high points, there's no need to get it to your head." YoungStar said to Bumblebee. Bee just smiled on them. They are becoming like Elena.

"Grimlock received a 93."

"Ooh! That's, like 257 points higher than I've gotten on any test ever!"

All Stars, except Gaia, looked at him. Who would get that low score?

"That's good to know," Gaia said and hugs his leg. "But don't forget to focus on important things too."

"And finally, Strongarm…"

"Look, I just want to be clear, no one should feel bad about not measuring up to my score. I mean, given the time I've put into studying procedure and tactics, it's only natural that I should score the highest."

"Strongarm scored an 89."

"Oho..." Aqua said.

"I-I'm sorry, c-could you repeat that? I think my audio receptors are glitching." Strongarm said.

"Ignore it. Ignore it!" Aqua started to say.

"Yes, your combined skill and efficiency rating is 89."

"Is this about that last exercise? Because that doesn't count! The drone malfunctioned!" Strongarm excused.

"Strongarm, no 'bot is in competition with any 'bot but ourselves." Bumblebee said.

"Although I totally smoked you! Whoo!"

"You are not helping." Flame growled while she and other Stars tried to calm down Aqua who looked like she was trying to hold her cry.

"It's all right, Lieutenant. I'm not bothered or upset. Eighty-nine is still a good score. No, a great score. It just means next time we get results, you'll be amazed by my staggering improvement."

"She is taking all the fun out of this."

"Good, because this is no fun at all. Aqua now has to handle her 'I have to improve my score' mood." Flame said, while and other Star tried now cheer Aqua, who was now pouting sadly.

"Is that it? What about our scores?" Russell asked.

"Yeah. Aren't we Qualified Active Teammates?" Denny asked too.

"I'm sorry, but these are Cybertronian performance metrics. I can't quantify any human contribution to the team." Fixit said.

"What?"

"Thank Primus," Young said speaking for every Star in the scrapyard.

"We have more important things to do than play games with numbers. There is still a dangerous Decepticon scavenger on the loose." Drift reminded.

"Thank you for those wise words," Gaia said.

"Fixit, any luck scanning for Paralon or Buzzstrike?" Bumblebee asked.

"Negative, sir," Fixit informed.

"Then we'll have to go to the scenes of every Cybertronian conflict or sighting on Earth since Autobots first arrived here. Bring up a map charting those locations." Bumblebee said before Fixit showed up the map and there were lots of locations.

"Um, maybe we should split up," Sideswipe suggested.

"Well, it's a good thing elder sister is close to one of them." Flame pointed. "We could contact her by Star connection and let her know."

"Yes! Absolutely! I volunteer to solo investigate the nearest point of contact and improve my score!" Strongarm said.

"Strongarm!" Aqua yelled.

"But, uh, mostly to investigate." Strongarm corrected.

"Ah-ah-ah. Only verifiable first-hand evaluations count, not reports from solo missions." Fixit said.

"Then I'll take Fixit with me. As an observer." Strongarm suggested.

"Bumblebee, please no," Aqua begged.

"Ha. I don't think so. Fixit is way too important here in the Command Center." Bumblebee agreed.

"Dad and I can cover for Fixit," Russell suggested.

"We pretty much know the ropes around here. We are skilled and efficient teammates despite what some may think." Denny said.

"Ah, I don't like it but we'll try it. For one mission only." Bumblebee said.

"No..." Aqua whipped.

Strongarm, Aqua and Fixit arrive at Mount St. Hilary, site of the first Autobot base on Earth. It sure sounds excited to for girls to see the very first base, where all began.

"It seems unlikely that our scavenger would strike here. Anything of value would've been carted off years ago." Fixit said while wearing a disguise.

"Well, they sure are dumb enough to step in Omega one base, tried steal one blaster and set a bomb in the ruins. Sister was pretty furious about that." Aqua reminded.

"Maybe, but it's pretty far from any city. I bet hardly anyone ever comes up Whoa!" Strongarm said, before noticed construction vehicles and moved hard for not crash on them.

"Phew! That was close."Aqua said.

"Hm. Interesting."

"Interesting? What's interesting? What did I do?"

"Ignore it, Strongarm. We are here on a Mission." Aqua said sounding bit stressful.

Strongarm soon arrived at the cliff, where they spot something, that explained the construction vehicles. There was now new buildings. There's a newly-developed subdivision near the base of the mountain.

"But why would anyone want to live on the side of a dormant volcano?" Strongarm wondered.

"Because it hasn't been active so long, and people these days know how to build, without awakening it and things like that," Aqua suggested. "According to Elder sister and Flame, there are friends who in the island, where also is a dormant volcano and they can handle it."

"Careful! There are humans up ahead." Fixit said noticing three. Turns out it just a realtor who is currently showing a young couple around.

"Let's do our job before more humans show up," Strongarm said.

"Interesting," Fixit said.

"Again? Is that good interesting or bad interesting?"

"Fixit, I'm going to drop water over you and let you rust, if you keep that up." Aqua treated.

Soon they arrived at the old entrance of the old base. Fixit and AquaStar came out from Strongarm before she transformed.

"This is the first Autobot Base? It seemed so much more impressive in Lieutenant Bumblebee's stories."

"Well, they have been here a long time before elder sister was born. Plus, they did move to another base too. I guess it's obvious it looks like old mine entrance." Aqua explained.

"Well, let's go inside and look around," Strongarm said

"Hm," Fixit said and started to make some note on his pad.

"Fixit..." Aqua growled.

"Unless you think I should call for backup. Or maybe you think I shouldn't?" Strongarm suggested.

"Hm."

"Fixit…,"Aqua growled more loudly.

Inside the mountain everything was clear. there was nothing left. Which means it was cleared off from all cybertronian tech since it was abandoned. Everything now looked like a normal rocky area, until Strongarm noticed something.

"Hang on. These tunnels look new. Someone's been digging here." Strongarm said.

"Digging tunnels through a dormant volcano is very dangerous," Fixit informed.

"I agree. I understand building few houses near, but inside of it, that is crazy." Aqua said.

"Then we'd better find whoever is digging and put a stop to it," Strongarm said before all three moved forward to find who is causing this.

"Do you hear that? Maybe this has something to do with the construction outside." Strongarm said.

"I don't think humans could be that stupid if they want to build living area close by. Unless someone is looking something and uses them as cover." Aqua said.

"No, those frequencies more closely match Cybertronian mining equipment. Curious that you didn't recognize that fact." Fixit pointed.

"Now you're just nit-picking," Strongarm said. Aqua groaned for that. They still had to continue with that.

They kept going until they find some equipment.

"Cybertronian hand tools," Strongarm noted.

"So, this could be made by cons," Aqua said.

"That would indicate the user of the tools is still close by, probably..." Fixit said before someone hit him hard to make him hit the wall and fell unconscious.

"Fixit!" both girls yell. before some went between them and knocked out Strongarm. Aqua looked up on the con, while tried to hold her yell.

"That's what ya get for sniffin' around. Scatterspike's claim, ya Otty-bot varmints! Sawtooth!" con said before her weapon revealed to be mini-con that looked like a shark with legs and hands. He looked at Aqua, who looked scared and still tried hold her yell. He, however, looked worried and bit surprised.

"Come on, ya Mini-Galoot! We left the dang drill runnin' and we don't want it to carve plumb through the mountain!" Scatterspike said before transformed into vehicle mode and left with Sawtooth.

Aqua managed to calm down, but look confused. Why didn't they finish her as well? She went help Fixit first. For being small and not into fighting, he needs help first. Luckily he and Strongarm were waking up.

"Uh. Did somebody get the license plate of that multi-axle cargo transport?" Strongarm asked.

"No, but we shouldn't have any trouble following its tracks," Fixit noted, meaning the trail marks on the grounds.

"No signal. Can't comm for backup from this spot." Strongarm informed, while tried and before transformed in her vehicle mode letting Fixit and Aqua in. "You're not gonna mark me down for getting ambushed back there, right? I mean, you got knocked out too."

"Strongarm!"

"We have more important things to worry about. Like the fact that the temperature has risen 15 degrees. I think we're dangerously close to a magma pocket." Fixit informed.

"Right. More important. Good point." Strongarm said.

They soon arrived to open area inside the volcano, where they spot more hand tools. Strongarm had her weapon ready and Aqua has activated her guardian outfit.

"Careful. Whoever attacked us could be hiding any…" Strongarm said, before she was surprised by Scatterspike and who had Sawtooth as a weapon again. she tried to strike on Strongarm, but Strongarm managed to hold the point of the weapon to avoid her face.

Like realizing that she won't let go of him, Sawtooth let go of Scatterstrike and took over Strongarm's body, making her hit herself and move her before she decided to let go and transform.

"What happened? I couldn't control my own movements" Strongarm said.

"Just like in Omega one base," Aqua noted.

"Fixit! Aqua! I'll keep her busy while you find that drill! Or would it help my score more if…"

"STRONGARM!"

"Ugh! Forget it. Just go." Strongarm said to them before they left the area.

"Sawtooth! Get after that cayuse, and don't let him touch that drill, no matter what!" Scatterspike said to the mini-con before it followed them.

It took some until Fixit and Aqua find the drill. It was still going and it looks like it was already digging deep.

"Cadet Strongarm! I believe this machine is drilling directly into a magma pocket. If the mountain erupts, it will destroy the human colony below and endanger the entire region."

"Then shut it down, Fixit! And that's a great order! Make sure I get points for that."

Aqua decided to reply on that later. Right now they needed to shut the drill. Luckily they found the on/off switch and managed to shut the drill. Just then Sawtooth came. First, he noticed was Aqua.

"I won't let you turn on the drill." she said and stood front of the drill.

"You are under arrest for aiding and abetting a Decepticon. You will be placed in stasis and returned to Cybertron for a tribunal." Fixit said while picking the cuffs.

"No. You can't take me back there. I'm never going back!" Sawtooth said and charged on Fixit.

'Back? is he trying to escape something in Cybertron?' Aqua wondered. right then fight interrupted her thoughts. She decided to make this by easy way. By using her trident, she summoned two water tentacles to separate Fixit and Sawtooth.

"Both of you cool off." She ordered before looked on Sawtooth. "What you mean by not going back.? What happened?" she asked. Sawtooth didn't listen. Instead, he tried to get loose. So, he transformed and managed to get out of water tentacle, but Aqua managed to catch him. But he didn't manage to take control her body. Instead, Aqua started to have visions of the past. She the war, mini-cons took somewhere dark chamber. experiments, yell, pain. It was too much to her, in which she let's go of him while cries out and collapsed to her knees and hold her head. This causes her other water tentacle to disappear and release Fixit.

"What you did to her?" Fixit demanded to know. Sawtooth didn't pay attention to his question, while he tried again hold him down.

"Please! I don't want to hurt anybody. Just let Scatterspike get what she wants, so the other Mini-Cons and I can leave Earth." Sawtooth said. Fixit also could now see, he was honest, with that 'don't want to hurt anybody', but for let Scatterspike drill the volcano, no way. So, he wheeled himself close to the drill and throw Sawtooth up to the drill. sadly, he by accident activated drill again and it continued drilling to the magma pocket.

"Other Mini-Cons? How many are you? If you're in trouble..." Fixit asked. but right then drill managed to hit the sensitive spot of the volcano, in which started to shake the place and let rock from the top fall, instigating that mountain will explode.

"Oh, scrap," Fixit said.

"What's happening?" Sawtooth wondered.

"This whole mountain will explode unless we shut off that drill!" Fixit informed. Realizing how dangerous it was now, Sawtooth went to control panel to shut the drill, but it didn't work.

"The controls are dead," Sawtooth informed.

"Then we must stop it by force," Aqua said and picked one cybertronian hand tool. realizing her, plan Fixit picked it and went up of the drill to place tool between the drill's mechanism. But the machine was too strong that broke the tool.

"Ah! We need something stronger." Fixit informed.

"How about this?" Sawtooth suggested and transformed into a weapon and went between the mechanism and managed to stop it.

However, even if the drill was stopped, but the mountain was ready to explode.

"I'm getting a comm signal here. Fixit to Command Center. We need every available Autobot to these coordinates!" Fixit informed.

"Ah!" Aqua gasped noticing another rock falling on Sawtooth, so she picks him away from the rock.

"Why did you…?" he asked

"Like my elder sister, I don't anyone to get injured in a dangerous place," Aqua said.

They tried moving away from the drill, but the mountain was still collapsing.

"We can't wait for your friends. We must stop this. If we can." Sawtooth said.

"You're right. Somehow, we need to release the pressure in the magma chamber beneath us slowly, just a little at a time." Fixit said.

Right then, they noticed that ground under them started to shatter.

"We can't do that in here. The floor is already too weak." Sawtooth told.

"We need to get to the surface," Fixit said. in this, they tried to leave, but, then the pile of rock covers the exit leaving them trapped. "Sweet Solus Prime!"

"Fixit, can you hear me? I'm pursuing Scatterspike back to the Autobot Base."

"Oh, Strongarm! Am I glad to fear flu-Smear glue-Hear you! We're trapped in the drill chamber, and the volcano is about to blow!"

"Okay, give me a minute."

"AH!" Aqua yelp, when one crack came under her, in which her ankle twisted.

"My ankle!" Aqua said, while hold on to her foot.

In this Sawtooth helped her up near them.

"Okay, Fixit, where do you need me?"

"I'm sending you a series of coordinates. You need to release the pressure at each location by making a small hole, at least four meters deep." Fixit informed. meanwhile, pressure started to steam out near them. Since steam is one of the forms of water, Aqua took advantage of move it away.

"You can control elements?" Sawtooth surprised.

"She is Star," Fixit explained.

Sawtooth was more surprised. Star here? So, it is true...

Right then, they felt that everything has calmed down. Strongarm soon managed to free them.

"Sorry, it took so long to cut through to the three of you," Strongarm said.

"We're just glad to be out, aren't we, Sawtooth? Sawtooth?" Fixit said before realizing that Sawtooth was gone.

"Gone. Must have found another tunnel out." Fixit thought.

"Scatterspike!" Strongarm realized. They went back where Strongarm left Scatterspike. she wasn't there anymore. The only thing that was left were the cuffs.

"I suppose losing them will wreck my score even more," Strongarm said. Aqua didn't bother to say anything. She was pretty sure she has learned her lesson.

"I'd say the good you accomplished today outweighs this small setback," Fixit said. This put both girls to smile.

In scrapyard, Elena has already arrived and she along to Bumblebee made contact to Optimus Prime.

"We don't know how many there are, or what sort of tech they may have already found. And their Mini-Cons appear to have the ability to take over our motor functions." Bumblebee explained through the call.

"Calling for backup was the right thing, Bumblebee. I'll be there as soon as I can. Optimus Prime out."

"Uh, Bee? We just wanted to say again how How sorry we are about the whole GroundBridge deal..." Denny said.

"Stop. You don't have to say another word about it." Bumblebee said.

"Thanks, Bee! You're the best!" Russell said.

"Because you two aren't allowed to look at another piece of Cybertronian tech until you pass a Fixit-approved training course!" Bumblebee said.

"Who's idea this was again?" Elena asked. "I was out only a few hours out and you let Fixit on the field and Denny and Russell alone into the command center."

"I didn't like the idea either." Bumblebee said. luckily, Elena didn't need to ask more, since she saw most of it in her Star connection.

"Strongarm. I wanted to let you know that, due to your exceptional performance today, I've raised your PASERQuA score by 1. 5 points.

"Seriously? Saving you, a mountain, and an entire human colony is only worth a point and a half?

"Thanks, Sideswipe, but I'm over it. Numbers don't matter. Only results."

"Finally!" said both Flame and Aqua.

"That is a very mature attitude for someone I still beat by four and a half points! Whoo!"

"Sideswipe..." Flame growled.

"Very funny. Fixit, since you couldn't give yourself a PASERQuAT score, I prepared an evaluation for you." Strongarm said.

"Really? What did I get?" Fixit asked.

"I think it's best to keep the results secret. I wouldn't want you to have a crisis of confidence." Strongarm said. Aqua giggled on that. Now he will know how it feels.

"Oh, can't you give me a hint? Is it higher than 90? Oh! Higher than 80? Oh, come on, it has to be above 70. Call me!"

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AN: Luckily I managed to make this one too.