"Get off our planet!" shouted a woman in the back of the large crowd.
"Maybe we will!" shouted Wheelie. "Then the Decepticons can take over this miserable rock!"
Wasp and the Twins ran to Bumblebee's side.
"Listen everybody just calm down." said Wasp with his hands up. "Just let us get our friend and we'll go."
Suddenly a large car sped off the road and headed right for the crowd.
"It's Lockdown!" yelled Bumblebee as he jumped over the crowd. He landed just a foot away from one of the people.
Lockdown rammed into Bumblebee at top speed but Bumblebee remained steady. He grabbed Lockdown and tossed him away.
Lockdown transformed mid-air and landed on a trailer causing it to bend.
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Knockout grabbed a small container. He hummed a Cybertronian tune as he threw it in the air and caught over and over like a baseball.
Scalpel crawled from the med bay. He muttered some fowl words regarding Megatron when he noticed the container.
"VHAT ARE YOU DOING!" the small Decepticon yelled. He quickly crawled over to Knockout and crawled up to his arm and grabbed the container.
"I was just borrowing it." said Knockout.
"Be careful!" growled Scalpel. "If container break they eat!"
"I'm aware of what Scraplets do." scowled Knockout. "You see I just got a sweet deal. Swindle's gonna buy these things and not only do I get an EMP blaster but I get to go back into the fight."
Scalpel raised an optic ridge. "Vhat about Megatron?"
"You can handle him." assured Knockout. "I'm getting bored sitting around in the Nemesis all the time. What use is it to have tools specifically designed to tear into bots and only use them to save lives?"
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Lockdown fired his hook at Bumblebee. Bumblebee caught it in his hands and yanked it hoping to make Lockdown fall. Lockdown however was still standing.
"It takes more than a little tug to trip me." he laughed. He jumped into the air almost directly over Bumblebee. He twirled the chain around the scout while avoiding shots from Wasp and the Twins. Bumblebee fell to the ground unable to move. Lockdown sliced the chain off with his chainsaw before turning it on the Twins.
The fight caused some rubble to shatter the glass of the gas station door. Wheelie snuck inside.
"Hey red-head you here?" he yelled into the darkened room. He turned on his alt mode headlights which were simple flashlights considering the fact that his vehicle mode was a toy. He looked around. Eventually he found her attempting to view the fight from a small window. He reached over and grabbed her leg. He pulled on it to get her moving. Unfortunately for him, she kicked him into a nearby shelf.
"Will you stop it?" she hissed. "What are you doing here? You sh.."
"I'm saving your butt Red-Head!" interrupted Wheelie.
Sari moaned angrily and grabbed Wheelie's arm. She lifted him off the ground to her eye level.
"You should be helping Bumblebee!" she yelled.
"Why should I help 'em?" Wheelie asked. "He's got Wasp and those dopey Twins!"
At that moment Skids crashed into the building and Sari ran to avoid the rubble.
Skids attempted to get up only for Lockdown to push him down with his foot.
"Let's see, you guys are all down, I'm still standing without loosing any oil lubricant(sweat), and I'm free to get the girl. This looks familiar." snickered Lockdown.
Wasp laid on the ground too weak to get up while Bumblebee struggled to break free of the chains.
Lockdown raised his good arm and transformed it into a gun. He aimed it at Sari.
"Uh oh." said Wheelie silently.
"You aren't getting away this time." said Lockdown. He fired. It was a net. The net wrapped around Sari and Wheelie.
"Maybe I'll get paid extra for bringing in a traitor." snickered Lockdown. Wheelie transformed his saw and attempted to cut his way out. As soon as the blades reached the net sparks flew everywhere. Sari couldn't move under the weight of the twined metal.
Lockdown grabbed the two and transformed. Soon enough he sped off.
"SARI!" Bumblebee shouted while his attempts to free himself became more violent.
Wasp drug himself to Bumblebee's side.
"I'll take care of the Twins." he gasped. "You go get her." With a small blast from his stingers Wasp freed Bumblebee. Almost automatically Bumblebee transformed.
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Lockdown swerved his way through traffic. "Don't worry Allspark girl, it's only a couple miles to Death's Head." said Lockdown.
"Don't take me to the Decepticons!" cried Wheelie attempting to tear out of the net.
"Coward." growled Sari.
Lockdown looked forward and noticed flashing lights.
"Human police." laughed Lockdown. "Your authorities think they can scare me with some lights."
All of the sudden a large blast hit Lockdown and burst his tires.
"What the slag?" Lockdown skidded to a stop and was immediately tackled by an unseen bot.
He unloaded his bounty much to the pain of Sari who was crushed under the weight of the net.
"I thought I disabled you Autobot!" Lockdown yelled delivering a low kick in the direction of his attacker. Much to his surprise, the robot that he kicked wasn't that annoying yellow Autobot. It was a former client.
"Barricade? I thought you were decapitated." said Lockdown.
Barricade picked himself up. "Sorry to inform you but I'm still in one piece."
"Your not here for the bounty are you?" asked Lockdown. "Cause if you are I'm afraid I'll have to beat you."
"Oh I'm not after the bounty." said Barricade. Suddenly he transformed his flail and slammed it into Lockdown's face. While he was down Barricade picked the net up and snapped it open.
Sari and Wheelie fell out when Barricade noticed Bumblebee speeding towards him. Suddenly Lockdown grabbed his shoulder and pulled him back into his chainsaw weapon. Barricade pulled himself away before the chainsaw penetrated his back only for Bumblebee to transform and punch him in the face.
Bumblebee leaped into the air and fired his main blaster at Lockdown with a direct close range shot to the face.
Lockdown yelled in pain as he reached for his face. Barricade transformed and slammed into Lockdown's legs causing him to fall.
Lockdown growled and transformed while Bumblebee readied for a punch. When Bumblebee's punch landed Lockdown had already fled.
Bumblebee looked around for Barricade with his cannon ready. Much to his surprise he saw Sari run right in front of him.
"Sari!" yelled Bumblebee slamming his hand down in front of her. "Stay back!"
"Why?" she asked. "He's the one that saved me and Wheelie."
Bumblebee gazed at Barricade in confusion then turned his attention to Wheelie. "Is this true?"
Wheelie nodded as he literally pulled himself together.
"What's your game Barricade?" asked Bumblebee aiming his blaster.
Barricade slowly transformed and put his hands up.
"I have come to turn myself in and hopefully switch sides." he said nervously.
"HAH!" laughed Bumblebee. "You expect me to believe that slag?"
"Hey-hey-hey!" said Wheelie. "Decepticons have switched sides before."
"I'm tired of Megatron. I'm tired of always being ready to fight to the death just because some Decepticon wants o test his metal." said Barricade.
Bumblebee lowered his blaster a bit. Barricade had scratched away his Decepticon insignia and had replaced his "to punish and enslave" paint job with the usual "to protect and serve."
Bumblebee looked down at Sari who gently grabbed his hand.
"Pleeeeeeeaaaase?" she said with large eyes.
Bumblebee gave an irritated moan. "I know I'm going to regret this." He turned on his com-link.
"Optimus, you are not going to believe this."
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"What do you think they're saying?" asked a hidden bot to another.
"I don't know." growled the other. "The bug we planted on Wheelie is busted!"
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"So how do we find the Sumdac girl?" asked Meltdown clenching his fist.
"Well." said Swindle. "She has an unusual energy signature."
"So what?" asked Professor Princess.
"That's why I bought this tracker." said Swindle. "It can track her from anywhere on the globe."
Headmaster squirmed uncomfortably in his seat. He looked up to see a large group of jets and a bomber roaring by.