I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS

"Lightrunner? Lightrunner?!" Lumina shouted at the femme seated on the couch.

The sun yellow mech made no response and only continued to bob her head to the music she was listening to.

"Oh, so it's going to be like that huh? Well two can play at that game." Lumina walked away and came back with Ratchet's blowtorch and a string of fire crackers from the 4 of July last year.

She carefully placed them on the back of the couch and then lit them with the blowtorch. "Fire in the hole!"

Lumina shouted as she ducked down and the firecrackers exploded.

Lightrunner's scream could be heard ringing off the walls of the plant and through half of downtown Detroit, followed by the angry shouts and laughter.

"What the slag is your damage Lumina?!" Lightrunner screeched.

"Ha, just pulling your plug, that's all," Lumina answered, through another fit of laughter. "Besides, I needed your attention and you seemed distracted."

Lumina covered her mouth in an attempt to control her laughter when Lightrunner's jaw dropped.

"Well, you sure as heck have my attention now!!!"

The sunyellow mech stood there fuming as Lumina regained her composure. "Ahem, anyways, I was heading downtown with Sari and I thought you would want to come along and enjoy a...ladies' day out...yes...that's it."

There was a moment of silence, then, "WHAT?! THAT"S ALL YOU WANTED TO ASK?!"

A few minutes later, when Prowl had deemed it safe to enter, saw Lumina standing with Sari and Lightrunner. The three were heading out at last. When Lightrunner turned to the exit, Prowl saw that the back of her head was scorched black. The femme transformed and Prowl stood there with an amused look on his face.

Meanwhile, Sari skipped between the two femme bots as they walked along the semi-crowded sidewalk. They laughed and talked and were enjoying themselves as the sound of thundering chopper blades rotated above. It appeared to just be some helicopter from a distance, but up close, anyone could tell it was much more than that.

Megatron's optics leered at the two autobots as he hovered above somewhat. They made easy targets with their guards down. So he zeroed in on them and made a nosedive straight for their position. Lumina stopped as she felt the vibrations in the air pulse.

She looked up and gasped, "Megatron!"

She grabbed Sari and rolled out of the way as Megatron swooped upwards and transformed. He sneered at the shocked Autobots and he fired laser blasts at them. Lightrunner glared at him and pulled out her Bow. She pulled back and unleashed a flurry of energy arrows. Megatron spun his sword and the arrows pinged off them like toothpicks. He charged forward and dropkicked Lightrunner on the shoulder. She went down and stayed down. Lumina aimed her blaster at Megatron's spark chamber and had her finger on the trigger when Megatron appeared and grabbed her wrist.

"What the-?!"

The Decepticon leader pulled Lumina forward and her face made contact with his other fist. Everything went black.

Back at the plant, hours had gone by and Optimus was getting worried.

"Lumina usually checks in every now and then," he said to Prowl who was using the monitors to scan for the missing autobots. "Something must've happened." Prowl nodded and stood up after another failed attempt at trying to find them.

"We should try finding them some other way," the ninja bot suggested and Prime nodded.

He called the other Autobots in and was about to tell them when a transmission came through on the monitors.

"Listen up Autobots, You have exactly one solar cycle to bring me what Allspark fragments you have or your precious femme bots go offline, permanently," Megatron said over the frequency.

The video playing panned out farther and showed to Megatron's left, Lightrunner and Lumina in stasis cuffs with lasers pointed at them. Lumina lifted her head weakly and stared at the camera.

"Optimus...don't do it...it's a trap..." Blitzwing turned towards the silver bot and kicked her.

"Quiet you!!!!"

Lumina gasped in pain and Optimus felt himself getting angry. Lightrunner glared at Blitzwing and opened her mouth to say something but the three-faced con was too fast and slapped her. Prowl watched in anger as well.

"Well then, my point is proven. One solar cycle, remember that." The video cut short and Bumblebee looked at Optimus. The red and blue mech was literally shaking with anger and he said, "Prowl, get the fragments, I have a plan..."

Lumina looked about the cave and watched the decepticons. She angled her head to see if Lightrunner was alright. The sun yellow femme sat silently fuming. Yep, she was alright.

"Lumina you don't suppose they're coming do you?"

"Knowing Optimus, it's a definite yes....I'm sure that Prowl is coming too," Lumina said and smiled slightly.

"How long have you known....about me and Prowl?"

"Awhile, it's really obvious," she answered.

"Heh, guess you're right," Lightrunner added.

Megatron listened with disgust at the two femmes' conversation.

"Solar cycle is almost up. Looks like their not coming," he smiled malevolently. "But I'm willing to be nice for once if...you swear you undying loyalty to me that is."

Megatron tilted Lumina's head up towards his face and waited for her reply.

She was about to say something back when she heard a familiar voice shout, "Megatron! Get your filthy servo off of her!!!"