Embarrassment and awkwardness

Knockout wasn't sure how long he had been there; all he remembered was some orange and red Autobot femme fighting with him and "giving him a piece of her mind" as the humans would say.

"How could you lose to her? That's insane!" one of the Vehicons had shouted to the medic when the latter returned.

Knockout was now fuming and blushing; now to repair Breakdown without Megatron finding out and to find out who that femme was. He couldn't figure out a lot about her, other than she was an Autobot, a Pretender and a femme. There was no way she should have been able to beat him, even if she did know where it hurts. He was the one who was supposed to know and remember that being a medic. Also, she seemed to be not much older than the Autobot known as Bumblebee and yet was extremely skilled.

Sure, he was a bit sexist but Knockout had once been on a team with at least one or two other femmes who were 'cons and they also had fought very well, although had not impressed him at the time. He went through the groundbridge, giving the excuse that he was going on patrol and as he drove down the road, noticed the MECH vehicles.

The same human terrorist group that had once kidnapped Breakdown but that was the least of the surprises that he got. He saw that femme that he had fought the previous solar cycle, only she had been subject to a high voltage shock and was now out for the count. He couldn't' blame her for not knowing how dangerous those guys were but still…

Knockout followed them; he wanted to be the one to take this Autobot down the next time he encountered her alone and wanted the chance to do that. Even if it meant "rescuing" her like in the various human stories about knights in shining armor who rescued female humans from perilous situations first then waiting for the opportunity to be the enemy once again. Maybe he would also take some time soon to study human medicine and then possibly torture the human kids who were the Autobots' human allies….

In the meantime, Peaches had shot down several of the helicopters when Arcee shouted at her that they were enemies even though they were not Decepticons. The Pretender had hit several of them and had thrown some of the MECH soldiers against rocks, hoping that they'd suffer fatal head injuries. She immediately pushed that thought out of her mind and struggled against the electrical netting that had just been thrown over her. She shut off her optics to avoid seeing what was happening to her next, not aware of her home universe's Autobots arrival…

It was now dark and Optimus was getting worried. He had headed out with the other Autobots, Jack, Raf, and Miko to meet the counterparts of his teammates that had them and he still hadn't seen Arcee-

Said blue Autobot drove up quickly and said "MECH's got Peaches. I couldn't get her without being captured as well."

"Those fraggers are going to pay for this." Ratchet muttered to himself.

"What about your counterparts? They won't know anything about how to fight those guys!" Jack was panicking.

"Also, if they find out that Peaches is from another universe-"Bulkhead stopped, not wanting to think about what the human terrorist organization would do.

The Prime Autobots then turned to see a flash of light, similar to that of the ground bridge, appear. Ratchet knew it was a genuine light one saw from a spacebridge though. Then 4 Autobots and one neutral, presumably Peaches' sparkmate, drove through and then transformed to robot mode.

It was Movie Optimus Prime who used the universal greeting to introduce himself to his counterpart, who then shook his hand.

"As our Bumblebee would quote, we've got some 'splainin to do." The pink Movie Arcee explained.

"Pink huh?" Prime Arcee asked the other femme.

"Yes, and I don't see a problem with it." Her counterpart replied in a matter of fact tone of voice.

Both Bumblebees beeped almost like Mini-Cons would and seemed to understand each other perfectly. Both Ratchets began discussing dealing with disobedient patients while Miko insisted Sideways tell his side of the story of how he met Peaches and wondered if he had seen a Bulkhead similar to the one she knew.

'No I haven't." Sideways was getting slightly annoyed with the human girl.

"Sideways, let it go." Both Optimus Primes ordered. "We have more important things to worry about."

Then the two Optimus Prime's stared at each other; how was it that they had come to the same conclusion? Were they really that similar?

"We have a lot to explain to you our visitors about how this place works." Raf said nervously…

Peaches awoke and found herself strapped to a metal table. "Shit." She muttered.

"Well, look whose finally active." She heard a voice say.

Silas was grinning his evil grin. He then started laughing. "Peaches, what a name for one of you robots"

Peaches didn't even react as she was used to someone laughing about that.

"Not very talkative is she?" one of the MECH commandos asked.

"Oh shut up. I can talk but why would I want to talk with you?" the Pretender retorted, not very afraid of these guys at all. It was a bit awkward and weird that she had been captures by humans instead of Decepticons but she had no doubt that the 'cons would try to do so once they found out about her.

"Trust me, you won't' have to worry about that soon enough…" Silas replied. "One of you guys, get me more coffee, you over there, prepare to send a message to Optimus Prime. "

"What about our subject?" one of them asked.

"Leave her to suffer in silence for a bit. I'll give the order when I'm ready to take her apart." The MECH leader stated.

Peaches gasped. This wasn't quite what she pictured these guys as being capable of doing. She could have sworn she saw one of them flicker, clear a hologram but why would they have to have one? She couldn't figure that one out but began holding onto the hope that the Autobots she had met here and her own teammates, if they had made it there, would come and save her…