"Seven hundred billion dollars," Fanzone whistled, "Now that ain't no chump change. So what do we do?"

"Pay him," Optimus replied. Fanzone and Sumdac looked at him. "And here's how."

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A convoy of vehicles, consisting of Fanzone's car, a motorcycle police officer, an ambulance, and a trailer truck, entered the fusion facility.

"That's far enough," Headmaster stopped them, "Alright, everybody out, hands where I can see em." The motorcycle officer stepped off the motorcycle, Fanzone and a young officer stepped out of his car, a doctor stepped out of the ambulance, and another officer and Sumdac stepped out of the truck. They all obediently raised their hands.

"I'm unarmed," Fanzone assured, "You don't mind if we attend to any potential wounded?"

"Gimme the cash and you can do whatever you want noob!"

"It's in the truck. All seven hundred billion," Sumdac pointed. Headmaster walked to Sumdac.

"Too bad, you've been punked. And I'm gonna trash the city anyway! And you're lame-o Sumdac Systems with it! And you wanna know the cool part? this is just the kinda attack the government will want my weapons to defend against!" Masterson remotely started the overload sequence.

"Warning: power overload imminent. Please reset dampening rods," the computer alerted.

"It's a smoking business plan. High demand. No competition. Plenty of seed money," Masterson laughed.

"Don't you want to count your money Mr. Masterson?" Sumdac innocently asked, "Make sure it's all there?" Headmaster walked to the truck trailer and opened it up. Bulkhead's head angrily jumped out and bit Headmaster on the shoulder.

"I want my body back!" Bulkhead demanded.

"Get offa me!" Headmaster threw Bulkhead away. Prowl dropped the holographic cloak on the other police and doctor, revealing them to be the Autobots.

"I believe the saying is 'Total Ownage. Noob,'" Sumdac mocked.

"Sneak attack," Masterson gasped.

"Got that right! Punk!" Ratchet kicked Headmaster in the gut. Optimus punched him in the head.

"Ow! Careful with the bod!" Bulkhead exclaimed. Bumblebee ran around Headmaster and wrapped him with a cable.

"That all you got noob?" Headmaster easily broke out of the cables, "Did I mention I got some upgrades?" The Headmaster unit grew small rockets and a laser. "Taste my ownage!" The Headmaster launched several grenades. One of the grenades landed next to Bulkhead. Bumblebee zoomed over and snatched him away from it, just as it exploded. Headmaster then launched his rockets. One of them struck Ratchet and blew him away. "Bomb punch! Yeah! The only thing more fun than getting toys. Is breaking them!"

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Sumdac, Sari, and Fanzone ran over the overhead boardwalk. The boardwalk's midsection had been turned.

"We have to reset the dampening rods!" Sumdac keyed in on the control panel.

"The controls are stuck!" Sari exclaimed. Fanzone smashed his fist down on the panel. The midsection turned and completed their path to the other side.

"I got a way with machines," Fanzone rubbed his fist on his chest.

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Optimus struck at Headmaster with his axe, but he caught it and forced him against a wall. He activated his laser and shot at Optimus's neck.

"We've gotta help Prime!" Bumblebee exclaimed.

"Bumblebee! Bowling for Bulkheads!" Bulkhead replied. Bumblebee nodded, started a run, then rolled Bulkhead at Headmaster. Bulkhead took Headmaster's feet out from under him. Headmaster then kicked Bulkhead away, but Bumblebee caught him. Prowl attacked with his shuriken.

"You wanna play too?" Headmaster fired his laser at him. Prowl ran on the wall to avoid the beam.

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"This wiring is elementary," Sumdac keyed in on the control pad, "I'll have it fixed in no time."

"Incoming!" Fanzone pushed the Sumdacs out of the way of a stray rocket. The rocket blew apart the pad.

"Fusion core overload in five point two minutes. Please evacuate to a safe distance."

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Prowl delivered a kick to Headmaster's chest knocking him down. the Autobots surrounded him.

"Later noobs! Time for me to head out!" the Headmaster detatched itself from Bulkhead, slid off his head, and flew off.

"If only I had my wrecking ball!" Bulkhead shouted.

"My grappler!" Optimus fired his grappling hook. Bulkhead bit down on it. Optimus spun him around and launched him at the Headmaster. He made a direct hit and knocked him out of the air. Bumblebee caught Bulkhead. Sari pushed her key into Bulkhead's neck. Bulkhead gasped and went unconscious. Bulkhead, the real Bulkhead, woke up.

"My head…hurts…so bad," Bulkhead rubbed his temples.

"We'll be able to track his transmissions," Optimus picked up the Headmaster unit, "Now that we have this."

"We have a bigger problem at the moment! The solar fusion core is about to overload!" Sumdac reminded, "The only way to stop it now is for someone to go in there and manually put the rods back in place."

"That's a one way trip. No one could survive," Ratchet grimly said.

"I'll go," Optimus volunteered, "I couldn't send anyone else in there."

"Wait! I've got an idea! But I'm gonna need some help," Bulkhead insisted.

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The Autobots, Sumdacs, and Fanzone worked together to create a robot using several scraps around the facility and Ratchet's tools. When it was finally done, Sari used her key to activate it. The robot walked into the fusion core. The alert system began the countdown.

"Fusion core overload in twenty seconds…Fusion core overload in ten, nine, eight seven, six, five—Dampening rods reset. Fusion core stable." Everyone in the room cheered.

"See Ratchet? Art can save people," Bulkhead smiled.

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"You think I should tell em that one was kind of an accident?" Bulkhead ask Sari, looking at the melted remains of the robot which now served as Bulkhead's most popular piece.

"What they don't know won't hurt em," Sari shrugged.

"I think I understand now," Optimus said admiring Bulkhead's first painting, "Art is about feeling. And this one makes me feel: proud." The Autobots gathered around the art piece of the Autobots posed together as a family called, "Friends Forever."