Just want to bring all of you some news before I continue with the story. You see it's a very special time for me as I've spent over ten years on this Fanfiction without even stopping. I mean looked at what I did so far and the responses I got. Nineteen stories, over a thousand reviews, over seven hundred favorites, over three hundred alerts, almost ten C2s, and over 250,000 hits. And to think this all started when I was doing this as a simple little hobby after finding this site. I've had my ups and downs, stories that were successful and those that were not. Had to deal with some issues with the two bans that made things a little complicated. But I was able to pick myself up and continued to write anyways. Who knows, maybe in the near future I do another FanFiction story to accommodate my ten years in his hobby. Maybe based around my original OC from the beginning of the story. But that's still in the air as the day passed. But I'll see if I can do that in the near future. Enough of my achievement, let's get down to business. Last chapter was a success as the others. Got myself 18 reviews and over 1,300 hits and counting. Still an amazing time for me. Now I just want to give off a little clarity here. Yes I didn't watch Transformers Prime: Rise of the Predacons. In fact, I never watch much of the Beast Hunters series except for the first two episodes, just to get some ideas going. But the reason why is because I'm a little confused as to why Bumblebee gets to be the leader since there were others that would count as a future leader to all Cybertronians. But hearing what the reviewers said, I can understand why the show wants him to be the next leader. At least I got some closure to all of this. As far as the last reviewer that told me to do the entire third season, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M DOING! On this chapter of TFP S3 Ep. 2: Prime, the Autobots make a B line to the courtyard to escape while the recruits remain in the comm. facility to send the Decepticon Intel to the base. Unfortunately for them, they are going to get some uninvited guests. Guess you know where this one is going.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime

Chapter Thirteen: Shockwave

In Darkmount, everything was quiet. That was until a huge explosion was heard coming from the twentieth floor. In the hallway, a Decepticon armada was trying to prevent half of Team Prime from escaping. A row of Vehicons blocked the path and fired their blasters at the intruders. But it had little effect as the three Autobots charged in for an attack. Wheeljack wielded his Katanas, blocking each shot like that of a light saber. Bulkhead still had his Apex Armor on and charged in; the enemy's shots proved ineffective. Smokescreen was behind the two, being protected by the oncoming shots. Activating his phase shifter, he decided to take the charge in a different direction and jumped into the floor, phasing right through it. As he disappeared, the two wreckers went in and attacked the Vehicons. Wheeljack went to the left, slicing off the drones arms and heads, preventing them from firing again. Bulkhead took off to the right, pounding the Cons into next week with his armor doing most of the damage. While the two were beating them up, a squadron of Airadicons with silver body armor flew at them and began firing. But before they could get an accurate shot, Smokescreen rose from the floor in front of the Wreckers and fired back. A couple of stray shots hit the engines, causing some to crash land onto the floor with parts flying around. The others flew straight into the group at blinding speed. Timing it just right, the Elite Guard member jumped up high in the air, landing on the center drone. The Con tried to shake him off, but Smoke held on. Plunging his fist into the jet armor, he located the mechanism that connected to the laser and navigation. Grabbing hold, he pushed the jet back to the others and fired a couple of shots at the remaining squadron. Once they were removed, he pulled his servo out, ripping all the circuits and short-circuiting the Con for a few seconds. Job done, he jumped off the jet and landed on the ground seconds before the drone crash-landed, getting killed like the others. Once the battle was over, Smoke joined up with the others and took an immediate breather.

Smokescreen: "Gotta say, these Cons are certainly no pushovers. Nothing like what we faced before."

Bulk looked to the dead bodies and agreed with him.

Bulkhead: "You're right on that one, Smokescreen. These Cons are a whole lot tougher than what we've encountered thus far. Megatron certainly whipped them up into tip-top shape."

Wheeljack chuckled as he put his Katanas away.

Wheeljack: "Doesn't matter whether these tin cans are trained or not. We're going to slag all of them into next week!"

Bulkhead turned to him and lifted his servo up.

Bulkhead: "Let's worry about trashing some Cons later. Right now we have to meet up with the others and make sure Optimus is safe."

Jackie turned to him and grunted.

Wheeljack: "Getting a little soft, Bulkhead? Guess staying with Optimus makes you a little weak."

The Wrecker turned to his friend and argued back.

Bulkhead: "Hey, don't call me soft. I was battling Hardshell while exposed to ToxEn. I can be as hardcore as any Wrecker."

Smokescreen looked at the two and decided to break it up.

Smokescreen: "Okay, that's enough, you two. Let's focus on reaching the courtyard and meeting up with the others."

Just as he finished saying that, they heard a few shots in the distance and turned to that direction to see two shells heading straight at them. The three immediately dove out of the way while the shells soared to the other end, exploding on impact. The group turned back to see two Tankicons approaching, shield plating up to protect themselves. With their cannons pointed at them, Wheeljack got in front of the other two Autobots, ready for a fight.

Wheeljack: "Looks like we're going to be a little late to join up with the others."

He then took out his Polarity Gauntlet and turned it on. At the same time, the two heavy drones fired their shells, flying straight toward the three again. But Jackie pointed his gauntlet at the projectiles and fired an orange energy field at the rockets. Once grabbed, they floated in midair and stopped flying at them. The two Tankicons opened up their shielding and wondered what just happened. But Jackie looked at them with a slight smirk and decided to finish this.

Wheeljack: "My turn…"

Pushing a button, he turned the shells in the direction of the Tankicons and pushed another button to fire back. The shells flew in the opposite direction with one big push and straight at the huge Cons. Both Tankicons had little time to react as the shells exploded, killing them in the blast.

As that battle was going on, the other half of the team was having a hard time getting to the courtyard. There were both Vehicons and Airadicons blocking their path and they were shooting at them with all the firepower they could carry. Luckily, the team found safety behind a few Cybertronian crates and performed some cover fire. One of the Airadicons gave out the order and told them to keep firing.

Airadicon 13: "Fire! Fire! Do not stop! We can't let these Autobots free their leader!"

The group continued to fire as the blasts shot the crates, which were showing signs of burn marks. Behind the crates, Bumblebee and Arcee used their blasters to perform cover fire while June and Ratchet joined in and retaliated with their blasters. Luckily for them, Optimus was next to them fully protected as the crates prevented the Cons from getting to the Prime. As they were firing, more projectiles came at them and they all got into hiding while blaster shots rained all over. Altra was getting a little aggravated about this and talked to Ratchet.

June/Altra: "Wow, they certainly like us huh?"

Ratchet turned to her and looked down to the Autobot leader, knowing why they wanted to kill them.

Ratchet: "It's obvious they wanted to make sure Prime doesn't escape. They will do anything to prevent us from saving him."

Cee looked back to the drones attacking them and was getting a little impatient.

Arcee: "Well, these Cons certainly are doing a good job. They are trying to prevent us from getting out of this fortress. We've got to get through this if we expect to get Optimus out of this nightmare. Looks like we have to take this to the extreme!"

She turned to Bee and told him the plan.

Arcee: "Bee, let's go for a drive."

The scout turned to the two-wheeler and nodded, understanding what she meant.

Bumblebee: (Got it!)

Quickly, the two jumped up over the crates and transformed midway. Once they landed in their vehicle modes, they sped straight at the Decepticon armada. The group saw them coming and shot their blasters at them. Quickly, the two bots used their maneuvers to drive and turn in many directions to avoid the shots. The moment they got close, they begin the attack. Bumblebee pushed the crankshaft down and his Camaro did an aggressive drift to knock each Con down by the pedes and then drifted in another direction to knock more Cons away. The remaining drones that weren't hit, Arcee took care of. In her bike mode, she raced to the remaining group as they tried to shoot her down. But her agility in vehicle mode enabled her to avoid every shot with her maneuvers and skids. The moment she got to the first drone, she jumped to the side and had her wheels on the wall. Then she got off the wall and flew to the enemy in vehicle mode. That's when she hit him in the helm with her back wheel, sped it fast leaving nothing but a skid mark on his face. She then jumped up as the drone dropped to the floor unconscious. She then jumped to the next Con, and then the next, and the next. She was like a bouncing ball on the words you see in those sing a long songs. Seeing the last Con, she took the finisher to a different approach. Jumping off the next drone, she performed a corkscrew and transformed in mid air, extending her leg and delivering a torpedo kick to the Con's head, causing him to spin on impact, knocking him out in a loop. With him down, Arcee landed gracefully on the ground and looked back to the unconscious Decepticon, grunting to herself.

Arcee: "Too easy…"

But the moment she said that, the compartment to the ceiling opened up and a few sentry guns came down, pointed to the femme. She looked up at them and could tell that she wasn't finished with her work.

Arcee: "Seriously?"

The drums started to spin and fired energy blasts at her. Quickly, she picked up a knocked out Con and used him as a shield as the sentry gun fired on his back. As they were firing, Bumblebee finished knocking each of the enemies down and did a 180, just in time to see Arcee getting shot at with the torrents. Knowing that she was in grave danger, he pushed hard on the gas and sped incredibly fast to her aid. On the way, he opened up his blasters in vehicle mode to target the sentry guns. The moment he fired on them, each of them was destroyed and fell to pieces. Once they were all gone, the two-wheeler dropped the Con loaded with blast holes on the back, glad to be saved. Bee transformed into his bipedal mode and had a smirk underneath his faceplate. But he failed to notice two more sentry guns lowering and targeting the scout. But the femme noticed it and poised her blasters and fired. Her projectiles went past him and destroyed those torrents in the process. A little confused and surprised, he turned back to the destroyed lasers and back to the femme with a slight grin to her face.

Arcee: "Missed some."

Bee looked back to the torrents and sighed to himself.

Bumblebee: (So I'm not perfect. You just got a little soft when those sentry guns were targeting you. Still distracted by Rodimus?)

She got a sly look to her and never thought he would say that.

Arcee: "I wasn't distracted! They caught me by surprise."

His optics were dilated to an awkward look and retorted back.

Bumblebee: (Uh-huh… Sure…)

As the two started to argue, Ratchet and Altra came in with Optimus on their shoulders as the medic told them to cut it out.

Ratchet: "All right, enough you two. We have bigger things to worry about, like getting our leader to safety."

The femme looked at Optimus who was still recovering from his injuries and sighed to herself, understanding what he meant.

Arcee: "You're right Ratchet. We still have a Prime that is still vulnerable. We have to get him to the base to finish with the patch up. We just need to be careful and watch our optics for any more Cons in the way."

But then, they all heard footsteps headed their way through. Looking toward the end, they saw a huge Combaticon stomping toward them, pounding the floor with his three huge prods in the back ready for full power. The group watched on in disbelief as the nurse muttered a few words.

June/Altra: "That is one big Con."

Arcee looked at the huge brute and narrowed her optics, ready to start the fight.

Arcee: "The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Bee, I'll go high, you go low."

The scout nodded as he armed his blasters. Quickly, the two charged in and fired away at the huge Con, but their projectiles proved to do little damage. Once they got close enough, they went into their fighting stance and did a little hand-to-hand combat with the huge lug. During the fight, a security camera watched the carnage as a few certain Cybertronians were watching the show.

Back at the communications facility, the recruits and the humans saw the battle-taking place on both screens. One showed the Wreckers and the Elite Guard member taking on the group of Tankicons while on the other, Arcee and Bumblebee were battling the Combaticon. As they were watching, Miko looked at the battles, feeling a little bummed out.

Miko/Kaosu: "This blows! They're having all the fun while we're stuck here doing monitor duty."

Jack sighed to himself and still couldn't believe that she was getting impatient.

Jack/Rodimus: "Kaosu, we've been over this many times. We have to remain here to prevent the Cons from noticing anything out of the ordinary and providing an assist so when the Autobots are ready to leave, we will contact Sumdac to bridge them back to the base. We can't just abandon them when they need our help in a non combat situation."

Kaosu rolled her optics a bit and found it all to be a bit boring.

Miko/Kaosu: "Lame sauce! I should be out there kicking aft, not sitting on my aft watching them fight. I'm itching for some serious action."

There was a bit of silence until he started to speak up.

Jack/Rodimus: "Still the same as always, Kaosu. Incredibly impatient. Sometimes, I wonder why you were even born."

Just as they were arguing, Firewall was monitoring the progression bar on the screen. Ever since discovering what Megatron was planning for this planet, he had contacted Sumdac to let him know that he was sending him Intel from the Decepticon database. So far, he'd managed to download half of the information, but it was still a long way to go. Rodimus looked to the hacker and asked how it was going.

Jack/Rodimus: "Well Firewall, how far are we?"

Raf turned to him and told him the progress.

Raf/Firewall: "So far, we've got half of the information downloaded into the Autobot's database. It's pretty much a slow and steady process though. Given the number of Terabytes of information the Cons have, I don't know if the Autobot's hard drives can hold that much in one go."

Jack looked at the screen and could tell that this was going to take a while.

Jack/Rodimus: "Doesn't matter. The Autobots need to know everything about Megatron's plans for Earth. We can't let the Cons destroy this planet and everyone on it."

Vince then turned to him and asked him about that predicament.

Vince: "And how are the Autobots going to stop them when we show them all of this? You know it will be difficult for them, considering that those Decepticreeps created a complete army."

He turned to the former bully and told him about the team.

Jack/Rodimus: "The Autobots have been through some tight spots before. I'm pretty sure they can manage this."

Vince: "Yeah, but they were taking on a small armada. We're talking about a huge army! They are not going to withstand this big of an assault!"

Jack/Rodimus: "True… But they dealt with something like this when the Great War consumed their planet. They certainly have experience in the battlefield. They know what they're doing."

Vince remained silent as he thought that this team was a little crazy. But given what happened to his hometown and his family, he started to hope that this team would stop them, given the odds that were stacked against them.

Vince: "Whatever you say Rod. I just hope this team of yours can withstand the Con's might."

Just as he said that, he and the others heard a little whirring from behind. Turning in that direction, he saw Sari cradling her pet Scraplet, Sparkplug, as it was doing the Cybertronian equivalent of whining. Heading to her and Sam, he started to wonder what was going on.

Vince: "Hey, is there something wrong with that thing? Sounds like a baby by the way it sounds."

Sari cradled and rocked the metal being, trying to calm it down. Looking to the bully, she told him what's making the Scraplet acting so weird.

Sari: "I don't really know… Sparkplug's been acting a little wonky suddenly. Trying my best to calm it down, but it's still upset about something."

Sam looked to the Scraplet and thought of something that could make sense.

Sam Witwicky: "Maybe it's hungry and is in need of metal. I mean it's obvious it didn't have any lately."

She looked to her friend and told him about that.

Sari: "That is what I was thinking. But it's acting a little differently. It's almost like Sparkplug is scared of something."

Jack look down to her and was a little confused by her words.

Jack/Rodimus: "Scared?"

She looked up to the former teen and explained it further.

Sari: "Yeah. Almost like it is afraid of something."

Rodimus look at the Scraplet and was curious why it was scared. But then he actually figured it out. Like a normal pet, they can sense fear from miles away to warn the family that trouble was brewing. Looking at Sparkplug, it was doing the same thing as the Earth pets. It's giving them a warning that something terrible was about to happen. Turning to the three humans, he feared the worst.

Jack/Rodimus: "You're right Sari, Sparkplug is afraid. But only because something bad is coming our way. We have to do something quick before-"

Suddenly, the doors that would lead them out opened up and three shadowy figures emerged from the entryway. Yet none of them thought about it until they heard a voice of one of them that's low and booming.

Shockwave: "So Megatron was right all along. The Neutrals have taken over the Comm. facility to help the Autobots sneak into Darkmount quite easily. How interesting…"

They all turned to the doorway to see three Decepticons, two the recruits knew, one they didn't. It was obvious that the three Cons were part of Megatron's own round table. The Con on the left was Meg's Intelligence officer, Soundwave. The one on the right was the Decepticon's field medic, Knockout. And the one in the middle was the head scientist, Shockwave. The medic looked to the three and rubbed his chin, looking not so pleased.

Knockout: "Hmm… So these are the Neutrals Starscream was having a hard time defeating. They don't look so tough."

Soundwave looked at them and nodded in agreement, but remained vigilant as they could cause a problem. The former humans looked at them like a deer in the headlights and didn't know what to do. The human teens especially were a little worried as Sari was clutching tightly to her Scraplet. Vince though looked at Shockwave and could tell that he was very familiar. Especially the big red eye that covers most of his front head. That's when he pointed to him and screamed out loud.

Vince: "That's him! That's the bastard that killed my family!"

Miko looked down to Vince, then back to the Con he was pointing at. Starring at his red optic, she remembered about what Arcee told her about a scientist that she and Cliffjumper had to face before getting to Earth through a malfunctioning spacebridge. Looking at his appearance, she realized who this Con was.

Miko/Kaosu: "Guys, I think we're in more trouble than we thought. That's no ordinary Con. That's Shockwave!"

Everyone turned to her with a little confusion as Vince looked to her and was shocked that she knows him.

Vince: "Wait a sec. You know this murderer?!"

She looked down to Vince and explained to him how she knows this Con.

Miko/Kaosu: "Not entirely. But Arcee told me about him a while back when she and Cliffjumper were battling him. But she said that she blinded him with her blaster while making an escape from a spacebridge that was about to blow. I thought for certain that this guy would've been killed in the blast."

Shockwave looked to the Wrecking cadet and was surprised that she would know about that. Yet he remained cool and collected as he explained why he survived.

Shockwave: "Indeed the news of my death was a bit hesitant, yet it was also inaccurate. I managed to barely escape and recovered from my injuries, enjoying the tranquility in working alone. As for the femme that temporarily blinded me, I was surprised that she and that accomplice of hers were able to escape before the blast, but that is all irrelevant and is of no consequences. And since Starscream did exterminate one of them during my exile, I was hoping to get my vengeance in destroying the one that shot out my optic. Still, given the actions you all caused, you will be taken to Megatron for questioning."

Knockout then stepped in and decided to make a deal.

Knockout: "So why don't we make it easy for you. Surrender now and I promise we won't hurt you. Try resisting… Well… Let's just say it isn't too pleasant."

As if on cue, he switched his servo into a buzz saw as it spun incredibly fast, ready to slice someone's arm off. The recruits got themselves prepared for the coming battle as Jack turned to Miko to say what she said before.

Jack/Rodimus: "Well, you said you were itching for some action. You've now got it."

Kaosu looked at them intently and could tell that they were in for a serious fight.

Miko/Kaosu: "Yeah… Just wish I didn't want to fight these three."

In quick reaction, she changed her servos into a pair of sonic blasters and targeted the three. As she opened fire, a pulse of sonic waves pushed the three out of the door and through the hallway. Once they were clear, Rodimus decided to strike now while they still have a chance.

Jack/Rodimus: "Good work Kaosu, but it wouldn't be enough. We have to hold them off as long as we can. Firewall, how is the download holding?"

Raf looked to the screen and noticed that it was still slow.

Raf/Firewall: "We still have a long ways to go."

Jack grunted and knew that they have to hold them off long enough until all the data on the Con's plans have been downloaded into the Autobot's databanks. Looking at the open doorway, he nodded and decided to strike now.

Jack/Rodimus: "Then it looks like we're going to have to do this the hard way. Firewall, Kaosu, you're with me. We have to fight them until we get all of the Decepticon's plans into the Autobot's computer system."

He then looked down at the three humans and told them to remain where they were.

Jack/Rodimus: "You three will stay here and keep watch on the screen. We need you guys to keep the comms active so that Team Prime will have a chance of bridging back to base while the rest of the data is being downloaded."

Both Sari and Sam nodded in unison, knowing that the battle was too dangerous for them. But Vince protested and wanted to help.

Vince: "What?! No way! I'm not sitting by while the Con that took my family away from me is in front of me. I should be helping you guys! He made it all too personal!"

Jack looked at the bully and told him that it's not going to happen.

Jack/Rodimus: "I know you want revenge after what happened to you. But killing won't bring your family back. I should know, I have a partner that lost those that were close to her and nothing would change if she killed the Cons that killed her previous partners. And besides, what chance do you have against a highly powerful Decepticon like him? Wait here, we're handling this."

Vince stared him down and wanted to get his payback. But given the major disadvantage he has, he turned away and decided to let the recruits handle those Cons themselves. With that fire extinguished, Jack and the others grouped together and walked to the doorway. But before they could leave, Vince started to ask for an important favor.

Vince: "Hey Rodimus!"

They all stopped when they heard the bully's voice as the former teen turned to him to see what he wants.

Vince: "When you fight that metal Cyclops, beat the living crap out of him. For me…"

He looked to him and smiled, giving him a simple nod for a quick acknowledgement. With that said, the three recruits left the communications facility as the doors closed behind them. On the other side, Firewall, hacked into the door panel and locked it down completely.

Raf/Firewall: "I locked the comm. facility down so no Decepticon could get through. It's temporary, but it's all I could do."

He turned to Jack as he looked to Raf for an understatement.

Jack/Rodimus: "Let's just hope the door will last long until we get back. Let's get rid of these guys quickly before they could recover. Roll out!"

The three immediately transformed into their respective vehicle forms and sped their way to the three cons with their gas pedals pushed too hard.

Meanwhile, at the other end, the three Decepticons were recovering from Kaosu's sonic blast and didn't expect that from happening. Knockout shook his head from the dizziness as he could still hear the ringing in his audio receptors.

Knockout: "Wow… Did not see that coming from a young femme."

Shockwave was recovering himself as he stood up and turned to the medic in agreement.

Shockwave: "Indeed. It would seem that we have underestimated them. A slight miscalculation we can't ignore. Doesn't matter though as they still won't stand a chance against-"

Just as he was about to finish, he heard the sound of engines roaring in front of them. Turning to that direction, he saw a Hummer H2 approaching his side, ready to ram him. Positioning himself, Shockwave used his only servo to grab the vehicle by the bumper and lifted him up with the back tires screeching and creating smoke. Knockout looked to the scene and smirked to himself.

Knockout: "Slight miscalculation indeed."

Just as he was enjoying it, he heard another engine close by and turned to see a McLaren MP4 12C sports car heading to him in blinding speed. The medic quickly sidestepped away as the car sped past him and drifted to the corner. Knockout saw the car leave and was upset that he was almost caught.

Knockout: "Oh no! You're not getting away from me!"

He transformed into his red sports car and sped after the car. Soundwave looked at the two and realized that there was one more recruit close by. Turning back to the front, he could see a Scion XB heading towards him as well. Thinking now would be the time to intervene; he transformed into a spy plane and flew straight towards him and over the car's hood. The Scion applied the brakes quickly and drifted to the 180 angle and sped after the plane. As the two left, Shockwave was by himself with the Hummer trying to crush him. Knowing that he had to get out of this predicament, he used his cannon attached to his arm to slam him from the bottom and sent the car flying away. In mid air, the Hummer transformed and Jack landed on the ground with his pedes and got into a stance. Shockwave look to him as well and was ready for battle. As they got a stare down going, Rodimus squinted his optics and could tell who he was.

Jack/Rodimus: "So you're that metal Cyclops I keep hearing about. Shockwave, was it? Heard that you destroyed the town close to Darkmount. That's something I cannot stand for."

The science officer looked at the recruit and responded to his thoughts.

Shockwave: "Megatron's orders were to attack that town and exterminate the species that resided in it. I follow that order logically and efficiently so he would regain his trust in me."

Now that disgusted him more and he told him the heinous act.

Jack/Rodimus: "And what about all those humans that were killed because of you? Did they all deserve to die?"

Shockwave: "Sacrifices must be made to achieve victory. Those humans as you refer to them weren't needed for Megatron's vision."

Jack was seething by what Shockwave said as he deployed his sword and energy shield for battle.

Jack/Rodimus: "I'm not going to let you take away any more innocent lives. This ends."

He then shielded his face with his mouth guard and visor and was ready for battle. Shockwave narrowed his only optic and was surprised that Jack wanted to fight him. Given that he didn't want to back down, Shockwave got into a battle pose and was ready.

Shockwave: "We shall see, Neutral…"

To that, Jack gave out a war cry and began by charging at the one eyed Con. Shockwave remained in his position and waited for the former teen to make his move. Once he got close to his target, Rodimus jumped up high in the air and performed a simple strike to the head. The Con saw the opening and swung his cannon at him, hitting him in the chin and sending him flying back to his spot.

Jack quickly recovered and landed on his pedes, rubbing his chin and felt energon oozing down the side of his mouth. Shockwave stared him down and wasn't pleased with Rodimus's first attack.

Shockwave: "Disappointing…"

Jack wiped the energon off his mouth and retorted back.

Jack/Rodimus: "I'm just getting started."

He then rushed in again, ready for round two.

Meanwhile the McLaren, who was actually Miko, drove down the hallway to separate one of the cons from the other two. Her plan actually worked, but the bad news was that she now got Knockout chasing her in his sports car mode. Seeing her in close range, he decided to get acquainted. Cranking the shift to forth drive, he sped down to her and went to her side doing his little greeting.

Knockout: "Judging by the body work you've got, my guess is that you're a very aggressive femme. So what's your designation?"

Kaosu, being as cocky as she is, decided to give him an insulting answer.

Miko/Kaosu: "Sorry, but I've already been hit on once. Why don't you go frag yourself?"

Knockout: "Oh come now… You don't have to be so negative. Why don't we get to know each other? I'm certain that we have great CHEMISTRY TOGETHER!"

Just as he said that, he slammed Kaosu's vehicle mode to the side of the wall, letting sparks fly on that end. The Wrecking cadet grunted through the speakers and was trapped completely while driving. Knockout noticed her struggle and decided to sooth her over.

Knockout: "Oh, what's the matter pretty girl? Too rough for ya!"

Miko just couldn't take it anymore, as she had to stop it. Applying the brakes, she stopped dead in her tracks to free herself from the skid. Once she made a stop, she transformed into her bipedal mode to examine the door-like shield on her arm. So far, it was nothing but scratches on her purple and pink flame paintjob. She groaned to herself, knowing that Ratchet won't like what happened to her.

Miko/Kaosu: "Oh man… Ratch is going to get upset about this."

Knockout stopped at the other end and drifted in front of her, transforming midway. Once he was in his bipedal mode, he looked at the femme with a slight smirk on his face.

Knockout: "You know, in a closer view, you are certainly quite a looker. So why would a Neutral like you hang out with a losing team like the Autobots? Why not join the winning side for once?"

The Wrecking cadet thought this through and came up with a really good answer.

Miko/Kaosu: "Gee, I don't know. Maybe it's because I'm not a big fan of warlords and genocide."

The medic looked at her and was a little coy about her answer.

Knockout: "Oh, the hesitant type huh? Well then allow me to help you reconsider."

He then deployed his buzz saw and drill and started to charge at her. Miko got into a Wrecker's stance and was prepared for a fight. The red Con swung left and right with his weapons to simply cut her up. But Miko and her training with her friends made it all too easy. Yet she needed an opening to get herself out of the fight and come up with an offensive move of her own. Shifting her servo into a hammer, she swung it upright and smacked him right in the chin, sending him flying to the other end, landing and skidding to a stop. Knockout got up from the impact and was shocked to see the Wrecking cadet with two hammers now in position, reminding him of his former assistant.

Knockout: "Hey, I know those hammers. Who are you? Don't tell me you are Breakdown's cousin or something."

Miko simply smirked and decided to give him a little clarity.

Miko/Kaosu: "Oh no… I am certainly no relative. Let's just say I know how to bring the chaos!"

The moment she said that, she too went into a charge and ready to give the red medic a piece of her processor.

As for Firewall, he was in his Scion XB, chasing Soundwave in his spy plane mode. As he was chasing, the hacker wondered why the Intel officer was fleeing from him. Given that Soundwave had a strong advantage against him, the least he would do was fight it out. But since he was running away, or flying away depending on the Decepticon's case, this would give him the opportunity to take him out while he still had the chance. Though the whole chasing around was getting too bland, too fast, he decided to stop him immediately.

Raf/Firewall: "You're not getting away from me that easily!"

He deployed his tazer blasters in vehicle mode and began to fire at the Con constantly, hoping to shut him down. Soundwave though used his maneuvering skills to avoid every electrical blast that tried to touch him, and was unscathed by it all. But he needed to get out of these narrow hallways as he had little room to attack. Activating the onboard computer in his processor, Soundwave activated a ground bridge to make a daring escape. The green portal appeared on the other end and the Intelligence officer flew through it and disappeared. Raf saw this and had to do something.

Raf/Firewall: "No way you're going to escape from me!"

He went into maximum overdrive and sped right through the portal. However, the moment he passed through it, he exited the other end in a three-story height. Realizing he was falling out of the spacebridge, he transformed and somersaulted down to the metal surface, feet first. Recovering from that unexpected surprise, he looked around and realized where he was. He was on top of the Nemesis in the hanger bay of Darkmount. Upon examining the area, he saw Soundwave swoop around him like a vulture until he transformed and landed on the ground in front of him. Raf soon found out what the loyal Con did. With all the open space in the hanger, the hacker now has a big disadvantage against his target.

Raf/Firewall: "Way to go Firewall. You've certainly driven yourself into a trap."

Soundwave went into a fighting stance and repeated Knockout's warning in his visor.

Soundwave: "Surrender now and I promise we won't hurt you."

Raf/Firewall looked to the silent Con sternly and responded in a dark tone.

Raf/Firewall: "I won't surrender to Cons like you."

He then got into a boxing stance and was prepared to fight, ready or not. Soundwave looked on with a blank stare and decided to fight him and put him out of his misery. With his armed extended, he charged in and prepare to strike him with his clawed digits. Getting close to him, he jumped up and prepared to strike down on his helm.

Back with Jack, he was swinging his sword at Shockwave, trying to get a direct hit. However, the science officer avoided each attack with ease as his huge metallic body moved swiftly and easily. He then looked at the former teen's moves and still wasn't impressed by his style of attack.

Shockwave: "Is this all you've got? A young Neutral that was trained under the Autobots? How pathetic… I fought Autobot warriors much stronger than you, and given their calculations, their chances against me were a million to one. You, I calculate a 1/1 chance of survival."

Rodimus gritted his teeth underneath his visor and just about had with this Con.

Jack/Rodimus: "Keep making all the equations all you want. When I'm done with you, you won't even make the calculations."

He then charged in once more to continue with his attack. Shockwave looked on and could tell that his moves were sloppy, as he saw plenty of openings. The charge itself with the broad sword raised high counts as one. Getting in position, he grabbed the sword arm unexpectedly, and performed an arm drag to pull Jack over him. The young mech was caught unprepared as he was flung over the enemy to the opposite end of the hall. He landed on the ground and skidded with sparks flying out of his chassis. He groaned for a bit and got up, rubbing the back of his head, surprised that the scientist managed to block that attack.

Jack/Rodimus: "Uh… Never really thought this Con could pack a wallop."

Turning back, he saw Shockwave heading towards him with loud stomps and was ready to deliver a strike of his own.

Shockwave: "You think a Neutral like you would stop me? Your moves have proven to be sloppy at best. Judging by your experience, I predict that you trained with the Autobots for a number of Earth weeks. It goes to wonder why Megatron's most loyal troops failed to stop you. It doesn't matter anymore. There's more to my firepower then you think. Observe and watch my fury!"

He then armed up his huge cannon attached to his arm and charged it to full power. Rodimus saw this and switched to defensive by retracting his sword and charging his energy shield to full power. At that moment, the science officer fired his cannon as the purple beam flew straight towards the former teen. Jack braced for the blast as the beam hit and deflected his shield while the force of the blast pushed him right to the wall. It took a few seconds until the beam stopped firing and the recruit was dazed. Taking a deep breather, he looked up to see what he should do now. But just as he thought of it, Shockwave rushed to him and grabbed his helm and slammed him left and right against the walls as Jack felt every piece of pain in his back. Rodimus had to think of something fast before he got pummeled. Arming up his blaster, he started to shoot blindly as the blasts hit the scientist's armor that was charged in full power. Shockwave was taken off guard as he let go of the young mech's helm and got back covering himself from the random blasts. Jack was free for the moment and decided that now was the time to strike back. He ran to him and used his shield to smack him in the helm a couple of times. But after the last hit, Shockwave looked to the former teen and was completely unscathed. Jack saw this in pure shock and didn't know what to do next. The scientist then got his cannon arm back and was ready to deliver a huge blow. Rodimus got back in defensive mode and charged his shield powerful enough to absorb the blow. The Con hit him hard as the shield pushed him upwards and slammed him on the ceiling. Before he could even land on the ground, Shockwave used the same cannon to fire another powerful blast at him. Luckily, the recruit still had the shield up and was protecting himself from the next blast. But the blast itself pushed him through the ceiling and outside of the fortress. He was flying into the air and away from the purple beam before he plummeted to the ground and landed on some sort of metallic pier. The landing was hard, but he managed to survive it since his Hummer H2 armor was very hard. Jack groaned a little as he slowly got up, recovering from the last attack. Rubbing the back of his head, he retracted his visor and mudguard and was in pain.

Jack/Rodimus: "Ow… That certainly stings. Miko was right. This Shockwave is no pushover."

Getting up fully, he looked around and wondered where he was this time. Seeing the end of the pier like structure, he approached the end to see what he didn't expect. Underneath the pier was a huge pool of hot lava, pulsing hot. Looking ahead, he also noticed piles of metal being lifted over the pool and plunging into the molten goo. Jack could tell what it was as he and the other recruits and humans saw the drones salvaging metal debris from human vehicles. They even witnessed the debris being removed from the crate containers, using conveyer belts to transfer the wrecked vehicles to the top of Darkmount. Observing all of this, Jack came to an obvious conclusion.

Jack/Rodimus: "Well, looks like I found where all that metal is being transferred."

As he said that, he heard a voice from behind.

Shockwave: "Magnificent, isn't it?"

Jack turned around to see the scientist approaching him and he headed to the entrance of the pier. Walking toward him, he explained about Megatron's little recruitment.

Shockwave: "Megatron needed additional soldiers to continue his cause. And being that the humans had all the resources we needed, the logical conclusion was to use their weapons to our advantage."

Jack looked back at the lava pool and knew what he was talking about, given what he had seen in Darkmount. He turned back and felt a little disgusted about what he had seen.

Jack/Rodimus: "Yeah, I could tell. I saw what you were doing in Darkmount. Saw the factory and plans for Earth. I cannot let that happen."

The science officer stared him down and could tell that he discovered Megatron's plan for global conquest.

Shockwave: "So you found out about Clean Slate. How unexpected… Megatron believes that this world should be dominated by those that are superior. These humans as they are called do not possess the means for ruling. Which is why they need to be removed from the equation. Megatron believes-"

That was when Jack snapped and told him that it was wrong.

Jack/Rodimus: "Megatron is going to exterminate the entire human race! A race that didn't have anything to do with this war! And even if they survived, Megatron will turn them into slaves and force them into labor until they die! That's his vision for this planet, to conquer until there's nothing left. I cannot let him do this! Once the Autobots find out about this…"

Now Shockwave interrupted the recruit as he told him what's really going to happen.

Shockwave: "The Autobots are a little preoccupied with Megatron's troops. Even if you managed to bring them into his base of operations, you have already sealed their doom. They will never know of the master's plans, and you won't live to tell them."

Suddenly, he transformed into a Cybertronian tank with legs and wheels instead of treads as the cannon was at the top and targeted the recruit, charging at full power. Jack saw this and immediately realized he was in serious trouble.

Jack/Rodimus: "Scrap…"

The moment the cannon charged, the scientist opened fire.

At the same time, Kaosu was battling Knockout as they duked it out with their weapons. Knockout used his drill and buzz saw to cut and impale the femme while Miko used her hammers to pound him. Both of them went back and forth with their melee and none of them had made any headway. The medic used his drill to strike at her spark chamber, but she used the door as a shield and block off the attack while leaving a scratch on the side. She then used her hammers to pound him to the ground, yet he stepped back and avoided the many hits. With the buzz saw on his other servo he swung it left and right, hoping to slice her in half. Yet she was able to step back and avoided those swings. Sadly, she was a little late on the first dodge as he was able to connect to her chest, leaving a wide gash in the center. Luckily, there wasn't any energon leaking out or her spark exposed, or she would be in serious trouble. She looked down at the huge scratch and was shocked to see that she got caught in the thick of things. Kaosu looked back to the medic with a sour expression while Knockout felt pleased at how she fought.

Knockout: "Got to say, for a young femme like yourself, you're a good fighter. Just as good as that two-wheeler even. So, who trained you? Arcee or some other femme I'm not aware of?"

Miko stared him down with a cold glare and decided to give him a bit of truth.

Miko/Kaosu: "Oh, I don't train with any girls. I train where the big boys play. You should know them, they know how the Wreck with the BEST!"

The second she said that, she brought both her hammers down and slammed the ground hard, causing a ripple effect. Knockout was caught in the moment and was knocked down quite easily, landing right on his read end. The medic rubbed his rear for a bit and was beginning to seethe at the mouth.

Knockout: "So you were trained by the Wreckers huh? Never really thought that they could bring a femme into their posse. Doesn't matter, when I'm through with you, they will need forensics to start finding the body!"

To that, he jumped up and had his surgical tools ready to cut her up. But the Wrecking cadet saw this coming and was ready for a counter attack.

Miko/Kaosu: "Try me pretty boy!"

She then switched her servos into her sonic blasters and pointed it directly to the medic that was still in the air. With a blast of sonic waves, she pushed Knockout away from her, causing him to fly to the other end of the hall, hitting the elevator door. The moment he hit the elevator door, his arm accidentally hit the call button, as the elevator door opened up behind him. Rubbing the back of his helm, he was caught by surprise at that move.

Knockout: "Clever little femme. She certainly has a few tricks up her sleeve. Just wait until I get my servos on her…"

Before he could even recover from that attack, Kaosu ran to him and retorted on something he said.

Miko/Kaosu: "Don't bother in waiting. Cause here I come!"

She then brought her arm back and gave the red Con and straight up punch in the face. Knockout didn't have time to avoid it as he was hit straight away and pushed to the window, hitting on it on impact, cracking the glass a little. He then shook off from the attack and just about had it with the girl.

Knockout: "You're really starting to drive my patience missy! Perhaps it's time I give a bit of a nip and tuck!"

He then started to pounce and used his drill to impale her. Miko sidestepped out of the way and avoided that thrust, but the drill hit the control panel and destroyed it completely, sparking and forcing the doors to close on them. The elevator then started to descend downwards as the two of them were trapped in the lift itself. But still, that didn't mean they would stop fighting, as the two banged against each other. Knockout decided to remove his surgical tools and used his fists to beat the femme senseless. The recruit managed to block those punches thanks to all that hand-to-hand combat she learned at the base and retaliated with a middle roundhouse kick to his hips. The medic grabbed the foot and held it on tight, preventing her from escaping. Knowing that she got trapped, she decided on jumping up and giving the enemy a jump kick to his stomach. That type of kick pushed him out of her way as he let go of her leg and was free for the moment. Knockout though hit his back to the glass and began to crack some more. But he managed to recover from the attack and went back into the game. He tired a bit more punching as the Wrecking cadet blocked each of them. She then went into some punches of her own as she delivered a series of high, low, and jabs. Knockout then went to defense as he blocked the punches the femme dished out. When he blocked the last jab, he found an opening and retaliated by giving a swift shot to the chin. Kaosu was hit hard by that and backed away to the glass wall to recover. But the moment she touched the wall, it cracked some more and she looked back to see it. Figuring that she's pretty much in a tight spot, she had to think of a way of getting out of the elevator. Seeing the glass cracking, she came up with a really good plan.

Turning to Knockout, she smirked devilishly and began her plan of attack. Positioning herself, she lunged at the medic and speared him to the floor. She then pinned him to the ground and delivered a few good blows left and right to his faceplate. As she was doing that, the lift descended deeper as the view revealed the factory that was building all the Decepticon drones. During the beat down, Knockout decided to get some breathing room as he maneuvered his pede and pushed the femme off of him. He was successful as she hit her back at the glass again and it cracked some more. Knockout then jumped back up and decided to end it now. Changing his servo into a drill, he went for the charge to give the Wrecking cadet a major case of the root canal. She saw this and retaliated by positioning herself and using her servos to grab him by the chest and lift him over her helm and to the cracked window, which was on the verge of breaking apart. The moment he hit his back hard, Kaosu shifted her servo to a hammer and swung it, hitting him deeper and causing him to crash right through the window in the process. The medic fell several stories until he landed back first on the conveyer belt stacked with metallic alloy. Moaning in pain, he found out he was way over his helm.

Knockout: "I take it all back. This femme knows business."

He looked up to the ceiling and wondered if he got away from her. But when he opened his optics, he saw the very femme falling towards him with her hammers ready to flatten him. His optics grew wide as saucers as quickly rolled out of the way, seconds before she got a chance to smash his face in. He quickly got up and had with her as he pulled out his electrical staff and was ready for battle.

Knockout: "You got yourself lucky girl. But this time, you're luck has just run out!"

Kaosu smirked bravely and got into a stance with her hammers still armed.

Miko/Kaosu: "Bring it on…"

The two remained silent as the conveyer belt moved them forward. Suddenly, the two ran to each other and were giving each other the fight of their lives.

At the hanger bay, there was another fight going on between Soundwave and Firewall. They were on top of the Nemesis battling each other to see who was on top. The Decepticon was using his continuous strikes to lay waste on the hacker, yet Firewall kept his arms up to protect himself from the many swipes Soundwave kept using. Raf tried to look for an opening to escape this bout but the Intel officer's strikes were making it impossible to retaliate. Thinking this useless, he decided to do the next best thing. Opening one of his compartments in the back, a cable extended out and prepared to strike the enemy's helm. Soundwave noticed it and jumped back, avoiding that unexpected strike. Finding an opening, Raf rushed in and gave the Con a bunch of jabs left and right before performing a heavy blow to bring the opponent down for the count. Yet unbelievably enough, the intelligence officer recovered from the unexpected blow and was ready for round two. The hacker looks at him and could tell that it wouldn't be easy taking him down.

Raf/Firewall: "Does this Con ever give up?"

He got into a stance and was prepared for what his opponent might do next. That's when he saw Soundwave extending his own cables and they went forward to strike him as well. Raf retaliated by activating his cables and sent them out to strike. Soon enough, both cables of the two were engaged onto each other as a struggle took place. Both of them could tell that this wasn't getting them anywhere as they tried to get their cables out of each other's way. A few of the cables managed to break free and went at both the recruit and the Con. They managed to avoid those attacks with a few dodging maneuvers, but yet they still were stuck with the cables entangling each other. Firewall just about had it with this and went straight to the offensive. Switching his servo into his tazer blaster, he aimed it at the Intel officer and fired the electrical blast at him. With little room to avoid, the Intelligence officer was hit hard and was temporarily immobile, forcing his cables to slump down and free the hacker. Now that he was free and the Con temporarily out, Raf decided to finish this and charged in to deliver a straight up uppercut to the chin. The hit connected as he flew away from the hacker with his cables dangling around. He landed on the ground and remained motionless for a few good seconds as Firewall smirked and thought that it was all over.

Raf/Firewall: "Had enough yet?"

The Intel officer slowly started to come to and looked at the hacker with sheer rage. There was a small crack at the bottom of the screen/face where Raf hit him on the chin. Seeing what he did, Soundwave decided to intensify the fight completely. He immediately transformed into his drone jet and flew around the hacker. Firewall saw him spinning like a vulture and decided to clip his wings by firing both of his tazer blasters at him. But he flew around so fast that he easily dodged every shot the recruit gave him. Just as he thought that he was ready to target the officer, a portal appeared in front of the Con and he disappeared into it. Raf looked at that and was a little confused by what just happened.

Raf/Firewall: "Huh? Where did he go?"

Just as he thought of that, the same portal appeared behind him and Soundwave flew straight towards him. Firewall heard that from behind and rolled away seconds before the Con transformed and attempted to strike him in the back. The hacker looked at him and was a little shocked that he would do that. Soundwave stared at him in a blank expression and knew he was going to be a tricky one. Quickly, the recruit continued to shoot at the Intel officer as he transformed and flew into another spacebridge to make a quick escape. The moment he disappeared, Raf got up and realized what he was planning.

Raf/Firewall: "So that's your strategy. This is going to be interesting."

Outside at the metal pier, Jack was having a hard time with Shockwave. The Con was in his Cybertronian tank and was firing continuously at the recruit. Jack though was running from the blasts as he was using both of his blasters to fire away at the tank. But the heavy armor he had was making it difficult for him to take down. The science officer continued to fire away as one of the energy shells soared toward Rodimus and exploded close by. That caused him to fly away from the blast and forced him to retreat. In the air he transformed into his Hummer and landed on his tires, making a quick getaway. But Shockwave saw this and decided to intervene.

Shockwave: "There's no use escaping Neutral! You're chances of survival is minimal!"

Turning his wheels, he turned to the fleeing recruit and went after him. Jack checked his review mirror and saw the Con chasing him around. He cursed to himself and had to think of a plan B.

Jack/Rodimus: "Who said I was escaping? I'm just trying to get a little breathing room for myself."

The con overheard him and decided to give him help.

Shockwave: "If that's the case, then allow me to give you that breathing room."

Targeting his cannon at the Hummer, he fired a stray shot at him. Rodimus saw that and applied the brakes while getting shift down to perform a serious drift to the right, escaping and letting the shot hit nothing but ground. The science officer saw this and drifted as well; following the recruit everywhere he went. For the next minute or so, the two were in a cat and mouse chase, with Shockwave as the cat and Jack as the mouse. The Con then fired his cannon a couple of times, just so he could permanently ground him. Yet Rodimus continued to avoid the shots with his driving technique and was left unscathed. Shockwave had to figure out some other way of stopping him before he could get some momentum going. Then he thought of something. If he can't shoot him in the back, then he could shoot him in the front. So he turned away from formation and went to the side of the intruder. Jack checked his mirrors and wondered what he was up to. Just then, the enemy turned his cannon to the front of the Hummer and opened fire. The projectile hit the floor in front and created a huge purple fireball on impact. Rodimus saw this and was so panicked by the blast that he made another drift and was losing control completely. So much so that he began to tilt and tumble for a couple of rolls through the flames before transforming and tumbling some more. The moment he made a stop, he got into a push up position and looked to see the Cybertronian tank stopping in front of him.

Shockwave: "You think you can get away from me Neutral? I am the most skilled fighter in all of Cybertron. You are no match against me."

He targeted his cannon at the recruit and was ready to blow him up quickly. Jack had to think of some way in getting out of this and get to the offensive quickly. Just then, he remembered what he did when he and the other Autobots were fighting Blackout at the Morrison Dam. With a smile, he decided to force the science officer in shooting him.

Jack/Rodimus: "Is that so? Well then, what are you waiting for? Hit me with your best shot!"

The Con looked at him strangely and wondered what he was up to. But ignoring it, he fired his projectile at him while the Neutral waited for the right moment to make his move. The moment it was just a few feet, he deployed his energy shield and protected himself while the projectile hit it and flew back to the one eyed Con. Shockwave had little time to avoid it as the energy beam exploded really close to him and pushed him back in a flying state. Transforming midway through, he landed on his pedes and was surprised by what the recruit did.

Shockwave: "Hmm… Quite clever of you to pull that move, Neutral. But you're already delaying the inevitable. You should give up while you're ahead, otherwise, it will lead to your very end."

Now the former teen just about had it with him and decided to make one thing clear.

Jack/Rodimus: "Don't call me a Neutral! I have a name! My name is Rodimus!"

He then shifted his other servo into his sword and charged right in, ready for battle, visor on and all. Shockwave then got into a stance and was prepared for him, as Jack raised his sword high in the air and was ready to kill.

At the factory within Darkmount, Kaosu and Knockout continued to go at it on the conveyer belt, hitting each other with everything at their disposal. The Wrecking cadet used her hammers to pound him to a pancake while the medic dodged each attack. Getting farther distant, Knockout twirled his staff as electricity danced at the ends. He then went forward to strike her with all his might. Miko swiftly avoided each attack, as she didn't want to get short circuited by that weapon. She had to get that prod off his servos and fast before she got zapped. She dodged, left, right, ducked low, and jumped when the medic did a sweep with the staff. But looking at the sweep, she found the opening she was looking for as she retaliated with her hammers pounding. With one swing to another, Knockout avoided them all and wasn't enjoying himself.

Knockout: "Is this all you do for a living? Swinging your hammers aimlessly at your opponents? You are certainly no Breakdown. But when I'm done with you, I will take you to him personally!"

Spinning his staff overheard as the electricity intensified in volts. He then went back to the attack with his thrusts and strikes, trying to hit her in the spark chamber. Kaosu managed to avoid each attempted strike as she was waiting for him to pull that same move he did before. The medic was getting aggravated as he spun and used the electric prod as a bat to hit her in the helm. She managed to duck low and avoided the attack, but that gave the red con the chance to take her down. Doing another spin, he went down to trip her by the legs. Miko had a sinister smile, as she was now ready for this. Jumping a little early, the staff missed her and quickly, she used her one pede on the prod, keeping it down for as long as she wants. Knockout tried to get it off her foot, but she was using all her strength to keep it from being free. The medic looked at the Wrecking Cadet and was seething. But he was temporarily defenseless as she reverted her weapons back and wrapped her servos to the back of his neck, lifting her free knee up and gave the medic a strong knee break, busting his face for a bit. Knockout staggered for a bit and released his staff, feeling the impact as he felt the energon busted on his lip. This red optics peered at the cadet as she picked up the staff with a gleeful expression. Twisting it a bit, she tossed it down to the floor way below as it disappeared in the darkness. Looking to him, she cooed him over like that of a baby.

Miko/Kaosu: "Aw… What's wrong sweetie? Lost your favorite toy?"

Knockout was just about to lose it as he redeployed his surgical cutters, ready to tear her to bits.

Knockout: "You know what? I'm so going to miss that lovely body of yours when I'm done cutting it to pieces."

The Wrecking cadet got into her stance and had her hammers armed, prepared to deliver another beat down. But as she was getting ready, she noticed something that was behind the medic and was now getting scared. Quickly, she turned and jumped off the conveyer belt and to the level below. Knockout looked at that in pure confusion and thought that he had already won.

Knockout: "What's the matter? Giving up already?!"

He laughed a little and turned around with a devilish grin to his face. But just as he turned around, his look of satisfaction turn into the look of fear as he realized why Miko left him. In front of him were multiple cutters, slicing the pieces of metal that would soon be the new soldiers for the Decepticon armada. Knowing that he would soon be cut to bits, he followed the Wrecking cadet's advice and jumped off the conveyer belt to the floor below as well. As he landed to another conveyer belt that went the opposite direction, he saw the cadet standing there, still ready for battle.

Miko/Kaosu: "Now where were we?"

Knockout looks to her and knew what she wanted.

Knockout: "Like I said before. I'm sure going to miss you."

With his weapons poised and ready, he went back to attacking and started to strike her with his moves. Kaosu locked them with her hammers and went back to hammering the medic. Knockout ducked and dodged the attacks, trying not to get completely pummeled. During the dodging, he noticed a steam pipe next to their right. Thinking of a wise idea, he dodged the last strike and used his cutter to break the pipe, causing steam to connect to her optics. Miko stepped back as she was blinded temporarily, leaving herself completely vulnerable. Knockout took that opportunity as he set his drill up charged in to stab her in the spark. Thankfully, Kaosu had the wherewithal to change her hammer servo into a sonic blaster and fired straight away, pushing the medic back to a good enough distance. Still, it didn't faze him, as he was still ready to take her on while she was at her weakest. He charged in again for another go only to stop midway and saw something he didn't want to get involved in. Looking around to get away, he saw a chain carrying a piece of heavy chassis to the assembly center and decided to hitch a ride. Jumping off the belt, he latched onto the chain and held on for dear life. As he made an escape, Miko wiped the blurriness off her optics to see the medic not present. Wondering where he went to, she turned around to see something she didn't want to see. She saw what appeared to a dozen arms removing the parts that would be placed to make the new classes of Cons. Fearing that the arms would rip her apart, she jumped off the belt and landed on top of the floor, nearly dangling on the edge. Once she regained her footing, she looked around to see where that twisted doctor went to. Looking ahead, she spotted him holding on to the chain with a chassis connected to it and he was making a break for it. Knockout laughed it up and outsmarted her.

Knockout: "So long my dear sweet femme! I hate to leave so soon, but parting is such sweet sorrow."

Kaosu was a little upset about this, as she had to prevent him from escaping. Given the distance, she decided in attacking at long range. Opening up her shoulder mounted rocket launchers, she fired both missiles as they flew straight towards her target. Knockout saw this and freaked out, holding on tightly and letting those rockets pass him. The way they flew nearly blew him off the chain as he was on the verge of falling. Once the rockets passed him, he looked at the cadet and was getting a little scared for his life.

Knockout: "You crazy glitch! Are you really trying to blow me up?! Cut it out!"

Kaosu liked her plan as she continued to do it.

Miko/Kaosu: "Only one way down pal. What's it going to be?"

She started to fire a few more missiles at the medic as he tried the swinging approach to avoid all those projectiles flying at him. Still, Kaosu didn't give up as she kept on shooting him like a duck at a carnival game. Realizing he needed to get out of this predicament, Knockout spotted a service elevator not far from him and decided to jump on it. With the right swing and accuracy, he jumped off the chain and landed gracefully on the lift the same time a missile hit the chassis and exploded on contact. Miko saw him make an escape and cussed to herself.

Miko/Kaosu: "Slag… This one is pretty slippery. Better find a way of catching up to him, and fast."

Scanning the area, she saw an electric cable connected to the assembly line's system that went straight to the elevator. Thinking this was the only option, she grabbed hold of the cable and pulled it hard enough just for it to snap under pressure. Once it was loose, she held on to it with two servos and took a deep breath, knowing this was going to get very extreme.

Miko/Kaosu: "Oh well… When in Rome."

Without a second thought, she jumped off the structure and swung her way to the elevator like Tarzan. Knockout though didn't even notice as he took was taking a breather from getting away from the crazy femme. But then, he turned around and looked up to see a female pede rocketing towards his face.

Knockout: "Oh crud…"

As he said that, the pede itself hit him on the face and was caught in a complete loop. Upon hitting him, she landed gracefully on the metal ground and smiled at her accomplishment.

Miko/Kaosu: "Huh… That really went well."

The medic soon recovered from the assault and just about had it with her.

Knockout: "That does it! Prepare for surgery!"

He got his buzz saw out and was prepared to slice her in half. The recruit quickly side stepped out of the way before she got cut completely. Now that she was out of the way, she got her hammer up and swung it down at the enemy's head. The mad doctor saw this and ducked down to avoid the hit. But upon missing it, she accidentally hit the console for the lift, destroying it completely. Knockout looked at it and realized what she had done.

Knockout: "Tell me you didn't just destroy the only controls that keep this lift operational?"

Miko looked to the damaged controls and heard the sound of gears shifting and loosening. Realizing what she had down, she got the 'I made a boo boo' face and muttered one word.

Miko/Kaosu: "Whoopsie…"

Just then, the elevator got lose and plummeted multiple stories with the recruit and Con on it. It felt like they were falling for all eternity until came down to the main floor in a resounding…

*CRASH*

Heading back to the hanger bay, on top of the Decepticon flagship, Raf was having a difficult time stopping the Decepticon intelligence officer. He was using his spacebridge technology to teleport from one area to another. And during each teleportation, he continued to do his onslaught and attempted to strike him any way he could. Firewall was lucky enough to avoid each of the shots while using his tazer blasters to permanently ground him. Yet no matter how hard he tried, Soundwave was flying incredibly fast and making it difficult to him to target his opponent. The last attack was the worst as the Con teleported in front of him, and transformed into his bipedal mode to start slicing away. The hacker had little time to avoid it as he put his arms up to defend himself from the coming strikes. After a couple of slashes, Soundwave did a stiff turn and gave the recruit a roundhouse kick to the side of his helm. The hacker was hit hard and skidded to the other end of the ship, but he recovered quickly and got his blasters armed to fire. When Soundwave saw this, he quickly transformed back into his drone plane and flew away. Raf tried to fire at him but he flew too fast and vanished through the portal as he got away. The moment he disappeared, Firewall got up and was getting tired of the enemy's strategy.

Raf/Firewall: "Not again! This Con certainly knows how to be quick with his moves. There's got to be a way of stopping him from teleporting."

Just as he was thinking about it, something occurred to him that would utilize his cables at his disposal. Perfect for when he wanted to hack or grab hold of something no matter how heavy it was. Thinking about this, he came up with a really good idea.

Raf/Firewall: "If I can't blast him out of the sky, then maybe I can do the next best thing."

Quickly, he retracted his blasters to his servos and he waited for Soundwave to come out yet again. He didn't have to wait very long because almost immediately, the portal came from above him and a spy jet flew straight down towards him to deliver the final blow. Raf looked up and saw him and jumped out of the way just seconds before the enemy transformed and landed on the ground in a kneeling position. As he looked up to see the hacker, he rushed in to deliver a few more swipes. Firewall, simply backed off and dodged each attack with ease, trying to find an opening to retaliate back. While looking for one, Soundwave wound back and performed a hard left jab to his face. The moment the recruit ducked down to avoid that hit, he found an opening underneath his arm. To that end, he tightened his fist and did a high upper cut under the arm, immobilizing him for a brief second. This gave Raf a chance to come at him and he punched Soundwave a couple of times before pulling a page from Bumblebee and jumped and kick him at the bottom of the helm and somersaulted upside down, flying back and landing on his pedes. The Intel officer jumped back from the impact and transformed back to his spy jet to fly away. When the green portal opened up for him to leave, Raf took that opportunity and began his plan.

Raf/Firewall: "Gotcha!"

Stretching his arms, his compartments opened up and he extended his cables so far that he was able to attach the ends to Soundwave's bottom chassis. The Intel officer was caught by surprise and tried his best to free himself from the hacker's cables. Raf pulled with all his might like a fisherman trying to grab a fish. But the Con was much stronger and was about to break himself free. Seeing this, Firewall opened the other compartments on his back and more cables came out and connected to the Con's bottom side. Once he was able to get a hold of him, Soundwave was having a hard time escaping.

Being that he now had him, Firewall decided to take him down fast. Positioning his feet, he started to spin in a circle while using his cables to swing the Intelligence officer around and around like a carnival ride. After one more rotation, his cables detached and sent the drone flying out of control, hitting the wing of the ship on full impact. He then transformed and went into a temporarily stasis while the hacker approached him and smirked victoriously.

Raf/Firewall: "Looks like I win."

The Con slowly regained consciousness and looked to him with a very blank expression. But underneath his visor, he came up with a really good back up plan. His chest started to shift, as he deployed Laserbeak to fly straight at the hacker. He saw this and jumped out of the way as the metal bird sped towards him. Once he got up, he saw Laserbeak fly around and went back to target. Getting close enough, it armed its mini blasters and fired at him. Quickly, Raf ducked and run away from the shots. While he was getting distracted, Soundwave managed to recover and punched him in the faceplate, knocking for a loop temporarily. Shaking from the impact, the hacker turned to see Soundwave standing tall with Laserbeak floating next to him. Looking at the two, he soon realized that he's now in a handicap match between the two. He groaned to himself and knew he's not going to like this.

Raf/Firewall: "I knew this wasn't going to be fair."

Soundwave stared him down and repeated what Raf said to him before.

Soundwave: "Gotcha!"

As soon as he said that, Laserbeak flew back at him and continued the attack.

Back with Rodimus, he was still battling Shockwave with his arsenal. He was trying his best to disable him with all of his moves, yet still, Shockwave was impossible to beat. He blocked each attack with ease and avoided the hits like they were nothing. Jack shifted back and decided to attempt a thrust to bring his sword straight into the spark chamber. But the scientist grabbed it with his only servo and wasn't too pleased.

Shockwave: "Weak…"

To that, he got his cannon out and swung it, hitting the recruit in the head. Jack staggered back and retracted his weapons back to his servos, thinking of attacking him in a different way. Charging back to the fight, he decided to take him on in hand-to-hand combat. With the arm cannon the Con had, it made him half vulnerable. He did a couple of punches, lefts, rights, and jabs to get him off his rocker. Though Shockwave was hit, all those punches didn't faze him. Realizing it wasn't working, the former teen decided to deliver the finishing blow. With his servo tight enough to hit, he thrusted it forward to give him a knockout punch. But almost instantly, Shockwave grabbed his fist with his opened servo and squeezed it tight. Jack tried to escape, but the grip was so tight, he could feel the mechanics in his digits were about to break. The science officer stared him down coldly and didn't like his new approach.

Shockwave: "Pathetic…"

He quickly pulled him forward and performed an arm drag over him, sending him to the other end. Rodimus quickly recovered and did a roll, transforming back to his Hummer and sped away. Getting as far away as he could, he made another 180 and drove full speed at his target, going to maximum overdrive. Shockwave saw this and was ready for him to come. Getting into position, he was ready to stop him dead in his tracks. Just then, something unexpected happened. Jack made a sweet drift and screeched with his tires, ready to deliver the final blow. Immediately, he hit the enemy in the legs and tripped him, forcing him to fall over his vehicle, landing face first on the ground. The Hummer went back into his bipedal mode as the former teen looked back and smiled.

Jack/Rodimus: "Innovative…"

He changed his servos to his blasters and went into firing. The shots hit the Con, but it didn't do much to stop him. Shockwave was slowly starting to get up and was looking to be very angry. Jack had to do something before he could retaliate again. However, he remembered what the science officer told him what Arcee did to him. That she shot him in the optic and made him blind. Thinking this, he decided to do the same thing as well. With his targeting sensor engaged, he aimed at the optic and made the precise fire at it. The beam went straight to the objective and hit him on impact. Rodimus smirked beneath his mouth guard and felt successful on his attack. But before he could celebrate, he saw something he didn't expect. Shockwave was getting up and his red eye was completely unscathed by the hit. This horrified the recruit as the metal Cyclops looked to him and told him that it wouldn't work anymore.

Shockwave: "You think you can defeat me with the same tactic the femme did? After that attack, I've taken the liberty of reinforcing the shielding on my optic. Resilience of my optic has extended by 80%, stronger than before. Sometimes you've got to learn from experience what needs to be corrected. I've corrected that mistake and now I am nearly invisible. Though your combat skills are quite impressive, they are no match for my intellect."

Jack stood there; still a little shocked by what he was seeing. Still, he didn't want to give up. He went back to his sword and shield and decided to finish this once and for all.

Jack/Rodimus: "We'll see about that…"

With a war cry, and ran right to him and jumped to deliver a crucial blow to his helm. The huge attack was in slow motion as Jack was ready to prove to the scientist that he's better than him. Shockwave watched to see him go down and decided to stop his momentum. Lifting his cannon arm up, he was able to block the attack. But during the block, something uneventful happened. As the scientist block the sword, the sword itself begins to crack from the strain until, straight away, it broke apart in pieces. Those pieces rained down on the ground and surround the one eyed Con. Jack landed on the ground with one knee and looked around to see the pieces on the floor. Looking at his sword, he saw that it was nothing but a sharp stub at the bottom. He just couldn't believe that his sword could break off that easily. Shockwave though looked to the pieces of the broad sword and shook his head in disdain.

Shockwave: "It would seem that your sword wasn't strong enough to cut me down to size. How unfortunate… To think a Neutral in training like you can beat a high class Decepticon like me. Your chances of stopping me have decreased exponentially."

Jack remained where he was and was completely quiet about what happened. But that shock turned into anger as his energon boiled and his dentals gritted. On instinct, he turned to him and exploded, continuing the assault.

Jack/Rodimus: "I can still beat you!"

With his pointed stub that was once his sword, he swung it left and right, trying to cut him bit by bit. Shockwave backed up to avoid the swings and had to think of a way to shut his rageful engine. Rodimus continued to strike as every miss made him angrier. Finally fed up, he pulled something Arcee would do as he lifted his leg and pulled a high roundhouse kick to the enemy's helm, knocking him down to the floor. Looking down to the science officer, he had him where he wanted him as he slowly approached him. During that time, Shockwave looked down to see a piece of Jack's sword on the floor and decided to give him the taste of his own medicine. Rodimus approached the enemy and was ready to deliver the final blow. Before he could finish the job, the metal Cyclops got up and threw the piece of shard right at the young mech. The shard made a direct hit near the waist area and penetrated it. Jack yelped in pain as he bent down on one knee as energon slowly seeped out of the cut. Shockwave got up and looked down at the wounded mech and reworded what the recruit was saying.

Shockwave: "No, you won't."

Rodimus looked up to Shockwave with a pissed off look and wanted to fight back. Yet that was short lived as the science officer balled his servo into a fist and gave a straight punch to his visor.

At the bottom floor of the factory, there was a bit of rubble where the elevator lift used to be. Just then, there was movement underneath and someone came out of it. What emerged was Miko recovering from the fall.

Miko/Kaosu: "Ow… Guess I should've looked first before I hammered."

Feeling fully recovered, she looked around and wondered where she was. What she saw was something she didn't expect. All around her, she saw stasis pods of multiple classes of Cons all lined up in rows and columns. Everyone from Vehicons, Airadicons, Tankicons, and Combaticons were all in deep stasis, ready to be awakened. Miko looked at all of them and whistled to herself.

Miko/Kaosu: "Whoa… Look at all of these Cons! Good thing they are asleep or I would've been in real big trouble."

Just then, she heard the sound of rumbling from behind and turned to see where it came from. What she saw was the rubble that used to be the service lift as it exploded and a red sports car came out of the air. Quickly, she sidestepped out of the way, as the car flew past her and landed on the floor just to drive a little more. It then did a 180 and transformed into Knockout, looking all scratched and dinged up. Looking at his armor, he was extremely pissed and looked to the femme with a deadly look on his face.

Knockout: "You're going to pay for what you did to me, FEMME!"

He armed himself with his surgical tools and charged in to deliver the final blow. The Wrecking cadet saw this and smiled, preparing to give a few moves of her own.

Miko/Kaosu: "What are you waiting for bad boy? Hit me with your best shot!"

Knockout was just about at the right distance as he responded with his quirky remarks.

Knockout: "Gladly!"

He then pounced at her and was ready to rip her apart. The femme was ready as she ran to him and performed a slide and dodged the attack. Once she was under him, she armed her sonic cannons and was prepared to give him a simple push.

Miko/Kaosu: "Psych!"

She fired her cannons as the sonic pulse pushed him up in the air, as he screamed in pure shock and fear. As he disappeared in the air, Miko jumped up with her servos and looked up to see him disappear.

Miko/Kaosu: "Going up!"

She reverted her weapons back to her servos and armed up one of her hammers, waiting for him to come down. When she heard the doctor screaming, she knew he was coming back.

Miko/Kaosu: "Going down."

Getting into a batter's pose, she was ready to finish the fight. Once he was at her level, she charged her weapon and swung her hammer and hit him to the chest plate. The medic felt the hit and flew to the end, landing on the ground and tumbling a couple of times before skidding to a stop. Knockout groaned for a little bit as the female Wrecker approached him with a pleasing smile on her faceplate.

Miko/Kaosu: "For a medic, you certainly don't do well with fighting. Face it, you've already lost."

Knockout started to slowly get up and wondered what to do against the femme. Looking at the ground, he felt something between his arms and saw something he never thought he would see. It was his electric prod, still armed and ready to strike. It's obvious that the staff fell as Kaosu threw it down to the lower level. Seeing it there, he knew he had the opportunity to use it. As he was grabbing it, hiding it, Miko went over him and asked one final question.

Miko/Kaosu: "So, any last words?"

Knockout looked to her and decided to do it now.

Knockout: "Just two… Think fast!"

Turning to his back, he held on to his prod and thrust it to the femme's spark chamber, while sparks and electricity danced around him. The Wrecking cadet screamed in pain and got down on her knees, feeling completely numb. Knockout got up and was pleased that he was able to bring her down a peg. But he needed to do more than just a shock to stop her. Looking at all of the pods ready to be open, he decided to kick it up a notch. Looking at the controls, he spun his staff and turned in a circle to throw the staff in that direction. It flew to the controls and penetrated to the system, short circuiting it completely. The screen was on the fritz, as a message appeared in Cybertronian that says, 'Commence waking procedures'. Soon enough, each of the pods opened up and slowly reawakened the Cons. Miko then got up and tried to take a deep breather from the unexpected shock.

Miko/Kaosu: "Jeez, that stings! Who would've thought that the staff could hold that much electricity? Almost had a spark attack."

Knockout looked to her with a devilish grin and told her that it wasn't over yet.

Knockout: "Oh, there's more then that where it came from."

Just then, the pods opened up fully and the huge armada woke from their slumber and surrounded the young femme. Soon enough every pod high and low opened up and more drones came out of them. Realizing she was outnumbered, Miko slumped her shoulders and realized she spoke herself into trouble.

Miko/Kaosu: "Oh man… The others were right. I should've learned to not open my big fat mouth."

Knockout crossed his arms, enjoying this.

Knockout: "I must say, you certainly have proven to be a really good fighter. In fact, you could've been a great Decepticon thrasher. Too bad you sided with the Autobots; you could've made a great replacement for Breakdown. Doesn't matter though, the odds are now officially stacked against you. And judging by the looks of it, I'd say your luck had just run out. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the communications facility to take care of a few humans you brought in. Fare thee well mi ami."

He bowed down gracefully and was about to leave. Just as he turned to leave, he looked to one of the drones and gave the order.

Knockout: "Take her down, but don't terminate her. Megatron needs the Neutrals alive for questioning."

The Vehicon nodded as the medic transformed into his vehicle mode and sped off to the nearest elevator. Miko looked to him leaving and had to follow him before it was too late. But before she could follow, the huge army of Decepticons blocked her path and was ready for a battle. Kaosu looked to the militia and knew this wasn't good.

Miko/Kaosu: "Let's see… There are millions of you and one of me. What's a poor femme to do?"

She pouted and knew it was all hopeless. But that sad expression turned into sheer happiness as she armed her shoulder mounted rocket launchers and fired them at the first few casualties, killing them in one blow. She then armed her sonic blasters and pushed a quarter of the wave with her pulses. She then turned and fired the next round at the other quarter of enemies. Then another. And another. Soon enough, the area was clear enough for her to make her getaway. Before she could even leave, a Combaticon appeared out of nowhere and punched her at the side of the helm, knocking her down for the count. Shaking the cobwebs out of her processor, she got up to arm her hammers and gave the Con a beat down with him pretty much a wreck. Another Combaticon arrived at the scene and used his heavy punch to bring her down. The Wrecking cadet backed away to avoid the attacks until she heard a cannon being fired. Rolling to the side, the shell hit the Combaticon and he was destroyed on impact. Turning to the direction of the shell, she saw a Tankicon with his shield up and was ready to fire again. Quickly, Kaosu transformed into her McLaren and drove her way toward the heavy Con. The Tankicon fired another shot at her while she opened her trunk to deploy her own missiles. All of them collided to each other and flew up in a huge flaming ball. That Tankicon removed his shield and wondered if he got her. As soon as he thought about it, Kaosu came through the flames in her bot mode and used both her hammers to slam him to the helm, crushing his head and shutting him down. Once he was down, two Airadicons transformed into their jet modes and flew to her. Miko looked at the two and switched her hammers to her cannons and pushed them back with a wave of sound. Two more Airadicons came to the front and back and would knock her down on the legs and back of the helm. The Wrecking cadet looked back and forth and pointed her cannons at the two and pushed them away as well. Just then a bunch of Vehicons rushed her, ready for a brawl. Miko was ready as well and brought her hammers back to bring them a taste of her own pain. Swiftly, she swung her hammers left and right and brought them to a loop. As she was bringing them all down, more drones surround her and she was completely swarmed by them. Soon enough, she was completely overwhelmed and she was getting aggravated by all of it.

On the Nemesis, Raf was having a hard time as well. At first, he thought he was going to take down Soundwave. But the Intel officer pulled a fast one and deployed Laserbeak to do a two on one match. Now he has his servos full as he was trying to take down both combatants at the same time. Laserbeak flew around and used its mini blasters to shoot the hacker down. Firewall ran for his life as he transformed and drove away as fast as his tires could take him. As the metal bird was shooting, it only provided a distraction as Soundwave flew to his side and used his cables to wrap around his Scion body and sent him flying over the ship. The hacker held on for dear life and although he could transform, it would mean falling to his death. But he had to get out of this predicament as one fatal mistake could cost him his life. Getting his tazer blasters armed in the front, he fired upwards and short-circuited the Intel officer temporarily. He lost altitude and neared the Nemesis. The moment they reached the ground, Raf transformed back to his bipedal mode and rolled around for a moment before getting back on his feet. Soundwave landed with a skid before transforming back while struggling to get up. Raf thought he had the enemy where he wanted him. But then, Laserbeak came out of nowhere and swooped down at him. The hacker managed to duck down and was lucky to get out of there. But he was still vulnerable, as Soundwave shook off the shock and charged in to deliver a knee strike to his faceplate. Firewall landed on the back and was a little woozy. Soundwave looked at him and was about ready to send him to Megatron. Yet Raf snapped his optics open and pointed his blaster at them. Quickly, he transformed into his spy plane and flew away, avoiding the shots with grace. He sat up and continued firing at both the Con and the metal bird. Once they disappeared from view, Firewall was getting extremely upset about this.

Raf/Firewall: "This is pointless! How am I supposed to take them down when they move so fast? It's even harder with Laserbeak in the way."

Thinking this through, he remembered that the two are connected, as they are very coordinated. Perhaps if he can cause them to get a little out of whack, then maybe he can use their moves to his advantage.

Raf/Firewall: "If I can't take them out, then maybe I'll let them do it for me."

He waited for the two until they came into clear view. Once he saw them, they were in a team up formation, perhaps wanting to shoot him down together. Seeing this, he came up with a good strategy and believed that it would work. Waiting, he observed the two flyers heading toward his position and firing their blasters at him. The shots took up a line on floor as it neared the hacker. Taking this opportunity, he did a side jump and avoided the shots while at the same time missing the two flying Cons. Landing on the ground, he deployed one of his cables from his arm compartment and launched it at Laserbeak. The cable then attacked to the metal bird, and Raf held on to it tightly while Soundwave made a slick turn, ready for another go. Seeing him prepare for another attack, Raf pivoted his leg and spun in a complete circle, sending Laserbeak along for the ride. After a couple of spins, he saw Soundwave heading toward him again and decided to let go of his captured Con. Detaching his cable, the metal bird was free, but was flying out of control, soaring straight towards the Intel officer. The Con had little time to avoid as they collided into each other and tumbled onto the ground. The moment they hit the wall, Soundwave turned back into his robot mode and both of them were temporarily unconscious. Firewall then approached the two, pleased with what he had done.

Raf/Firewall: "Not so tough now, are you? Gotta say, you are a really good opponent to say the least."

Soundwave shook from the unexpected shock and had to tip the fight in his favor. But then he remembered one more trick up his sleeve as he secretly went into his hidden compartment and took something out, attaching it on his arm. Raf then armed his blaster and charged it up to knock the Con's eyes and ears out of commission.

Raf/Firewall: "Anything to say before I put you into stasis?"

Soundwave looked at him in a blank stare and responded. Only this time instead of a recorded voice with a synthesized field, it was his own synthesized voice.

Soundwave: "Cybertronian Neutral is inferior; Soundwave is superior."

Raf was taken back as he never heard Soundwave's real voice. But before he could even do something, Soundwave lifted his arm up, showing some kind of blaster with two slanted nodes glowing bright yellow. He fired that blaster, which formed a wave of sound like Kaosu's cannons, pushing him away from the Decepticons. The weapon he used is known as a Resonance Blaster, a weapon that can push an enemy away and pound them to nothing. Soundwave found it during the search for the Iacon relics from across the globe. While searching for one Iacon relic, he was attacked by Wheeljack. They battled each other to grab for it. Once he had the blaster in his possession, he fired it at the Wrecker and was victorious. He had kept it as his own, though Knockout managed to borrow it while retrieving one of the Omega Keys. But he held on to it for situations like this.

Firewall flew into the wall and was impacted hard. Still the Intel officer kept firing as he got up, walking toward the immobile hacker. Firewall cringed in pain as cracks were slowly forming on his chest place. He could feel himself getting hurt more and more as a huge dent formed around his backside. In a matter of seconds, his optics closed and he was in temporary stasis. Once he was out, Soundwave turned off his weapon and the hacker slumped down to the ground with his face hitting the floor. As soon as he was down, Soundwave had a confident look underneath his visor and responded in Raf's voice.

Soundwave: "Looks like I win."

Once he said that, two silver Airadicons arrived. Once they landed, he turned to one of them and ordered with Megatron's voice on the visor.

Soundwave: "Bring them to me alive. I still have questions to ask of them regarding their actions."

The two nodded as they approached the knocked out Neutral as Soundwave approached Laserbeak, who flew to him and attached to his chest. He then transformed and flew to an open ground bridge, taking him to the comm. facility for some unfinished business.

As all this fighting was going on, Sari, Sam, and Vince were sitting at the controls, looking at the progression bar closing in on the download. During the battle, the Intel containing the all of the Con's plans were still going into the Autobot's databanks. It was nearing completion, as the bar displayed 95%. Sari looks at the screen, relieved that it was almost finished while hugging her Scraplet.

Sari: "Looks like the download is almost done. Took long enough. I swear, all that information you'd think the Cons would have a faster wireless modem."

Vince looked to her and thought that too.

Vince: "Guess these Cybertronians, no matter how advanced they are, certainly suck at an Internet connection. At least we're just about finished with the download."

Sam though looked back at the door and was worried sick about their friends.

Sam Witwicky: "I just hope the others are going to be all right. By the look of those three Cons, they mean some serious business."

Sari turned to him and gave him a bit of assurance.

Sari: "Don't get too worked up about that Sam. Our friends managed to withstand an armada of Cons. I think they can take down three dangerous ones. Hell, I'm certain they managed to beat them up and are heading back here even as we speak."

As soon as she said that, she heard the panel being accessed as the door was being unlocked. Sari looked at the door and had a sly smile on her face.

Sari: "Right on time."

But just as she said that, the door opened and they didn't see Jack, Raf, or Miko. But instead, it was Soundwave and Knockout standing at the door with the Intel officer using his cable to override the door panel. Sari's looks changed to complete horror as she realized they were in trouble.

Sari: "Oh no…"

Knockout walked up to the three kids and smirked a little devilishly.

Knockout: "Sorry to keep you waiting, but those Neutrals loved to put up a fight. But now that they've been disposed of, we should get to know each other."

He was getting close to the three, ready to snatch them from the control console. Vince quickly got in front of Sam and Sari and had his blaster charged up for a battle.

Vince: "Back off! Get anywhere near us, I will blow your brains out!"

The medic looked to the teen boy in the middle and remembered something about him.

Knockout: "Hey, I know you. You are one of the Autobot's friends I nabbed in that street race a while back. Oh, this is going to be quite a reunion when I'm done with you."

Vince narrowed his eyebrows and remembered being taken. Didn't think it was a Con. Still, he couldn't get his guard down as he was poised ready to fire. Sari looked to the bully and thought shooting won't get them out sooner. Turning to Knockout about to grab him, she yelled something that he didn't see coming.

Sari: "Sick him Sparkplug!"

The Scraplet, who was still being hugged by Sari turned to where its master was looking at and saw Knockout trying to get the kids, and he was filled with delicious metal. Being that she's in danger, the little creature reacted by opening its jaws and flying straight to the medic. It latched on to its arm and started to chew away while the red Con panicked and tried to get it off of him. Vince looked on and had a completely blank expression on his face, completely forgetting that the critter can eat metal. Sari then approached him and told him to move.

Sari: "Go now, while he's distracted!"

Soon enough, the three ran away in order to escape the Con's grasp. Unfortunately, they've didn't notice Soundwave walking in, observing the chaos. Seeing them about to leave, he extended his cable and flung it to the kids. They almost made a huge enough escape until the cable wrapped around them and tighten them to the point where they can't escape. Once he held them in his grasp, he lifted them up and pulled them towards him while they struggled to get out.

Sam Witwicky: "Damn it! I can't move!"

The others tried to get out as well, but Soundwave's cable was too tight.

Vince: "Tell me about it! This guy knows how to keep us from getting out."

As they were trapped, Knockout was having a hard time in getting Sparkplug off of him as it latched on to his chest and began eating away on his armor.

Knockout: "Aaargh! Get off me! GET OFF ME!"

After waving his servos in frustration, he was able to grab hold of the Scraplet and threw him down to the ground, leaving it a little dazed after the impact on the floor. The medic looked to himself and was now seething at what Sparkplug's bite marks did to him.

Knockout: "My body work! You RUINED IT! Prepare to be squished!"

He then lifted his pede up and was about to crush the little critter into submission. Sparkplug managed to recover and then looked at the bottom end of the foot that's over it. Realizing what he's going to do, he scurried away seconds before it was nearly crushed. Knockout did it a couple of more times to try to smash it, but it moved as fast as its tiny legs could push it until he chewed into a wall and went into hiding. Knockout took a deep breather and was glad that it was long gone.

Knockout: "Yeah, you better run!"

Just then, he heard a ding coming from the screen. The medic turned to the screen as Soundwave headed to the area with the human kids in his possession. The two looked to the screen and noticed a progression bar with a message in Cybertronian that said that the download was complete. Knockout looked and was curious.

Knockout: "Hmm… Seems like the Neutrals were a little busy themselves. Wonder what they were downloading that was so important."

He slowly turned to three humans and asked them about it.

Knockout: "So, mind telling us what they were doing here."

The three humans remained silent until Sari spoke up.

Sari: "We're not telling you anything pretty boy!"

The medic stared at them with a raised optic ridge and found her response a little off. But given that these humans were with the Neutrals, they too had to be taken alive.

Knockout: "Looks like Megatron has more of an audience when we're done with the Neutrals. Place them in the capsules and make sure they don't escape."

Soundwave nodded as his cable gave off an electric charge that shocked them all until they passed out. Once out, the two left the comm. facility, taking the humans with them.

As all the Cons got the Neutrals and humans, Rodimus was the last one they needed to take in as Shockwave was going to finish this off. The one punch he gave him delivered a dent on his mouth guard and his visor looked cracked. Jack was a little woozy but continued to fight no matter what. After recovering, he avoided a few more hits and ducked under the last one as he charged in and gave multiple punches to the chest. Yet they proved to have little effect as the science officer grabbed him by the helm and held on to it tightly.

Shockwave: "You think you can stop me? Your skills are futile compared to mine. You knew you were going to lose the moment you faced me. But yet you decided to face me anyway."

With that, he tossed Rodimus to the side, making him skid to the edge of the pier, close to the lava pit. The former teen groaned as he was trying to get up. As he was doing that, the red eye Con approached the downed recruit.

Shockwave: "Tell me Neutral, why did you come here? Why go through all this trouble when in reality you were going to logically lose. Why?"

Shockwave was close enough to him just to finish with the fight. Rodimus looked up to the Con and gave him a simple answer.

Jack/Rodimus: "Do you want to know why I keep fighting? Let me tell you something. You think that you are going to win? No matter how big your army is, how many plans you have for this planet, you think you're going to be victorious? Well I've got news for you. You're not going to win. You will never win. No matter how outnumbered we are, no matter what we're up against, we will always rise to the occasion. We stand forever united and nothing, no threat, no armada, not even Megatron, can defeat us."

Shockwave listened in and was amazed at how brave this young mech was, yet at the same time foolish.

Shockwave: "We shall see about that."

He got his attached cannon arm at the former teen's head and was prepared to deliver the final blow, charging it to full power. Yet before he could even pull the trigger, he said one thing that was different.

Shockwave: "You know, if it were up to me, the only valid conclusion would be to remove your head from your body."

Jack closed his optics and knew that this was the end. But unexpectedly, the science officer lowered his weapon and gave him a bit of good news/bad news scenario.

Shockwave: "However, Megatron has given specific orders to bring you in alive. Those are the orders I have to follow. So if you know what's good for you, you will surrender now or suffer a fate worse than death."

Jack remained completely silent as he heard the enemy give him a choice. Surrender or die? Neither choice he wanted to do. Looking at him with a sternful glare, he gave him a posing threat.

Jack/Rodimus: "If you want me to surrender, you have to fight me first."

The Science officer looked on and gave a simple nod.

Shockwave: "So be it."

So he tightened his fist and drew back, using all the power in his possession. He then thrust forward and punched Rodimus right in the helm, knocking him out long enough until he could be taken to Megatron.

That's it for chapter thirteen: I know, the last scene didn't have much of a kick as the others, but I've ran out of ideas from here on out and try to use a near death experience to fill the envelope. Maybe FictionFan1024 can fix the ending up for me, after all he's the one the does the editing on my stories. Other then that, I think those were unique fights and everyone gave it their all. This will eventually lead to the next chapter where all the Autobots are reunited, Megatron knows a secret about the Neutrals, and the arrival of the most dangerous monster ever created. It's something that cannot be missed. Please Review.