So this chapter doesn't have a lot of confrontation in it between Bee and Anna. However, that will happen next chapter! The first two episodes were so action packed, I just couldn't fit in such an emotional reunion. So this is mostly getting everything set up!

The Whispering Sage: Thank you so much! I hope you'll continue to love it.

JJ: Good! You're welcome, haha. I'm excited to work on their relationships more. Sideswipe, Strongarm, Grimlock and Fixit all have such varying personalities, I love it. Though, sadly, I'm not that much of a fan of Fixit. Something about him just irritates me, but I'm trying not to let that affect the story and Anna's relationship with him.

Katmar1994: Thank you! Though you'll probably like next chapter then.

Guest: It does, but there's a way around that as you will see.

Adby1: You'll see a pissed off Anna in this chapter and the next, but the reunion will only really be the next chapter. Read my response to JJ.

Guest#2/3: Thank you so much! I'm going to be doing weekly updates! If I get multiple chapters pre-written I might do more than that, but it's not likely. I also really love Ratchet! It's pretty evident by how close Anna was and is with the doctor.

Guest#4: She didn't need to, because of something that you'll find out in this chapter. But if she hadn't have known this, she definitely would have said goodbye.

Anna sat at her desk, drumming her fingers lightly on her desk. Her eyes were quickly scanning through multiple reports, looking out for anything strange she would need to take care of. She sighed as she read another false report on little, green aliens. "People.."

"More Area 51 shiz?" Miko plopped herself on the desk besides Anna's work laptop. "I swear. You Americans."

Anna snorted softly, shifting her focus to Miko. "Have you seen Signs?"

Miko chuckled, swinging her legs slowly. "Jack made me watch it last year. Raf seemed to like it."

Anna smiled softly at the mention of her brother and friend. "It creeped me out when I was younger." She turned back to her laptop, scrolling through more articles. "Now it just seems ironic."

Miko grinned as she leaned down into Anna's face. "Because of a certain yellow boyfriend of yours?"

Anna sighed and rolled her eyes, pushing Miko's face out of her personal space. "Yes, Miko, but for personal reasons too."

Miko laughed softly as she sipped at her drink, pushing her now black and pink hair back. "So, Raf sent us all letters again. Here's yours!" She plopped down an envelope on her desk, reading over hers again. "He's doing well, though he seems to be struggling more than you did."

Anna ripped her open, reading through her own letter. She smiled softly when he said he missed her. "Well he's not half Cybertronian." She looked up at her, chuckling. "I made him take the year after he graduated to work out, while helping out here with me. He hated it at first but he was determined."

Miko grinned, "Must be an Esquivel thing."

Anna paused when she got a report on her processor. Ratchet's computer picked up a Decepticon distress beacon on Earth. She entered the coordinates on her laptop, pulling up the information. "Crown City.."

Miko frowned as she looked over at her laptop. "Never heard of it."

Anna shook her head. "Me either." She stood up and began heading to the exit. "I have to go."

Miko watched her leave, shaking her head. "She's so serious now-a-days." She sat in Anna's seat, twirling in it. "See you later!"

{X}

Anna burst into Fowler's office, which was still in the hangar with Ratchet. "Fowler!"

Fowler looked up from talking on the phone, "I'll call you back, June." He put the phone back on the receiver, standing up. "What's wrong, Anna?"

Anna crossed over to his desk. "I picked up Decepticon activity on Earth again."

Fowler frowned. "Do you want to take Ratchet with you? Or some more reinforcements?"

Anna shook her head, her vehicle form already driving itself to the hangar. "No, sir. I'm going to check it out myself. I'll report in when I'm there. If I need help I will let you know."

Fowler nodded, walking with her outside his office. "Just be careful, Anna. You haven't really dealt with a Decepticon in a long time. You've only sparred with Ratchet and some battle drones he built."

Anna nodded before she let her holoform drop. Anna's real form transformed, walking up to the platform. "I know. I will be careful, Fowler."

Anna's 'bot form was just a bit taller than Bumblebee was. She was about the same size as Bumblebee besides her height, though her thighs and hips were a bit thicker than his. Her armor was had sharp edges as well, like Arcee had. The armor on her knees and elbows formed blades she could use. Her helm was more regal looking than the others. Another layer of metal seemed to form a crown around the top of her head, going back to where her audial receptors were located. Her optics were a lighter shade of blue than any other 'bots. They were an electric blue that seemed to hold more to them than normal. This was because of the AllSpark energy still in her spark, and of her unusual creation. Her color scheme had stayed the same since she chose it. The majority of her armor was a deep, matte black with light-yellow highlights. She still looked different from Bee because more of her armor was black compared to when Bee shifted his color palette. She didn't want another reason to be reminded of him and cause her more pain.

Ratchet hurried into the room, "Anna, there's Dec-"

Anna turned to him, "Decepticon activity, I know. I got the notification from your computer."

Ratchet vented softly, "Of course you did." He activated the ground bridge, "Fowler, I'll contact you when-"

Anna shook her helm, placing a hand on Ratchet's shoulder. "I'll be okay, Ratchet. I'm just going to check it out for now. If I need help I'll contact you."

Fowler smirked. "She already shot me down as well."

Ratchet chuckled softly before he got serious again. "If you're outnumbered you report in immediately. I don't want your first mission alone to end with you requiring first-aid."

Anna nodded, walking to the ground-bridge. "It won't." She smiled and waved her hand as she transformed, her vehicle form being a 2015 Mustang MRX450.

{X}

Bumblebee walked into the room in the museum, frowning softly. He walked in further before spotting a familiar machine against the wall. "A space bridge." He ran over to it, looking at the coordinates on the control panel. They were to a very familiar planet, "Earth..." He got flashes of his sparkmate, feeling his spark clenching painfully in his chest. He jumped as he was pulled from his memories because of a voice calling him name.

"Bumblebee. I knew you would understand."

Bumblebee looked behind him only to see nothing. He looked back at the control panel and saw Optimus standing behind him, speaking to him. "Optimus? Is it really you!? What are you?"

"I need you on Earth, Bumblebee. A new mission, a dire threat. You will find help already waiting for you."

Bumblebee frowned, "Me? Help? What's going on, Optimus?"

"Go there and we shall speak again."

Bumblebee frowned, "Can you tell me what happened to An-" He turned as someone called his name again. He looked down and saw Optimus was gone. He vented before turning back to the Cadet with him. "Strongarm."

Sideswipe groaned, hanging his head. "Please take me to jail! This place is so much worse."

Bumblebee vented again, "Strongarm, I told you to-"

"With all due respect sir," She pulled up a section of the regulations in front of her, "regulation 201, section 4: a ride-along shall accompany a senior officer for an entire shift, no exceptions."

Bumblebee wanted to argue but he knew Strongarm was very 'by the book'. "Okay.. I've been following a trail. One that you two apparently can't see, a trail laid out for me by Optimus Prime."

Strongarm tilted her helm, "The Optimus Prime?"

Sideswipe motioned up "Who is no longer alive?"

Strongarm grinned, her optics lighting up. "Optimus Prime wants to send us to Earth? I am so, so in!"

Bumblebee quickly shook his helm no. "No, you're out. It's a mission for me. Alone." Bumblebee looked up when they all heard footsteps. He held out his hand to signal the two to stay there. He then quietly ran to the door, he peaked out and saw that there were two guards walking down the hallway. He leaned against the doorway inside the room, whispering. "Ah, guards." He turned the other two. "I'll keep them busy. Please see if there's a way to disable those stasis fields around the Space Bridge."

Strongarm frowned, "Tampering with museum property? Sir, you know that violates Protocol Section 116, Paragraph-" She looked up to see Bumblebee was already gone. She vented softly. "He's Bumblebee, he must have a good reason, right?" She turned to Sideswipe, wanting his opinion. "You're a punk. You know how to take out security systems, don't you?"

Sideswipe looked down at her, "No!" He paused for a while before going back on his answer. "Maybe."

{X}

Anna activated her GPS program once she was through. She was in the woods just outside of Crown City, not far from where the reports were coming from. She vented softly as she transformed, slowly creeping through the forest.

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Anna turned to where she heard the voices coming from. "Humans?" She brought up her GPS and saw that there were two Cybertronian life signals as well as a human. She heard a loud roar and more cries from the two voices. She transformed and pushed herself, racing towards the voices. She jumped over the little crater's edge, transforming as she arrived. She jumped down, landing in front of the human and another male 'bot. However there was a large Decepticon standing in front of her. "Get back!"

The little boy backed up against the rock wall, talking to himself. "This isn't happening, nothing ever happens here. Nothing like this happens anywhere."

Anna ignored the red 'bot talking to the human, telling them to be ready to roll and his name was Sideswipe. She stood up tall, blocking the 'cons view of the two. "Decepticon. I've never seen you here before."

The 'con looked her over. "The name's Underbite, sweetspark."

Anna gave him a blank stare, itching to get her weapons out already. "Don't call me that."

Underbite smirked a little. "I like 'em feisty." He squared his shoulders to look even taller. "You ever been to Nuon City?"

Sideswipe shrugged, "No?"

Anna huffed at him. "No."

Underbite grinned, "That's 'cause I ate it!" He roared before he went to tackle the two males.

Anna jumped up and tackled him to the side, "Don't touch them!" Anna rolled away from the 'con, jumping up as she watched him struggle to get up. She saw that Sideswipe quickly ushered the human away from them both. She then groaned as Underbite ate an old car, seeing him glow in response. "Great. He's a cannibal?"

Underbite smirked as he stood on two legs, kissing each of his arms. "Beautiful!" He then went to tackle the femme. "You really should stay out of the way, sweetspark!"

Anna rolled out of the way, shooting at his face. "And you need to stop hitting on me!" Underbite shook the attacks off, running after her again as he roared loudly. Anna waited until he was close before she slid underneath him, using her arm to slash at his underbelly. She watched a thin line of energon formed, irritated she couldn't do more damage to him. While Underbite was freaking out, she took the chance to escape. She needed to contact the base for backup. She transformed and tore out of the canyon, racing through the forest. She almost hit Sideswipe as he transformed so she spun around the clearing, drifting really. "We need to go, Underbite's on his way!"

Sideswipe rolled down his window, talking to the human. "Get in."

The human gaped at the car. "To you?"

Underbite charged into the clearing, "Get back here, femme!" He then saw Sideswipe and charged for him as well, his rage fogging his thinking.

Sideswipe waited for the human to get in before rushing from the clearing. Anna raced after him, easily able to keep up with him. "How did you get here?!"

Sideswipe called out over the wind so she could hear him. "I was arrested and a cadet dragged me through with her lieutenant! What about you?"

"That's a long story. One we don't have time for!" Anna vented as she pushed herself a little faster. So there were more Autobots on Earth as well as more Decepticons. What happened? There hadn't been any Cybertronian activity on Earth for five years. Anna focused back ahead of her when Sideswipe honked his horn. He drifted around two other 'bots, slowing down. Anna braked ahead of them, letting the smoke clear. She really wished she hadn't checked out the report because right smack dab in front of her was Bumblebee.

Bumblebee looked at the human inside Sideswipe and at the new car in front of him. "Wonderful. We've been here less than an hour and he's already revealed himself to humans!"

The other femme leaned in closer to Sideswipe. "Oh, so that's a human?"

Sideswipe saw Underbite approaching and tore out of there, "Run!"

Anna didn't want to reveal herself but Underbite was almost on her aft now. "Scrap it all to hell!" She transformed and did her best to ignore Bumblebee. She turned and quickly fired at Underbite. "I really needed to listen to Ratchet.." She backed up to where the other two 'bots were. "You two need to run. I can barely scratch this guy."

Bumblebee stared at the femme strangely, her voice sounding very familiar and his spark seemed to be acting funny in his chest. "Who are you?" He frowned as he was only ignored.

Underbite ignored their private conversation, "I know what you're thinking. Is that tall, dark and handsome really Underbite, devourer of Nuon City?" He was only met with silence.

Anna quickly raced for him, kicking the large Decepticon in the face with so much force he was sent on his side. She quickly ran back towards the other two 'bots, letting them keep shooting at the 'con. "Run, now!" Bumblebee transformed, driving off quickly with Strongarm on his tail. Anna transformed as well, staying behind the two. They soon caught up to Sideswipe.

Strongarm called out to the other two 'bots. "What did you say to him?" They transformed when they reached a wreckage site.

Anna transformed and looked around, realizing it was a large Cybertronian ship that crashed. She put things together and realized a Cybertronian ship crashed with Decepticon prisoners. Now those prisoners were on the lose, causing Autobots to come to Earth. This also made Anna even angrier at Bumblebee. He only showed up because of a disaster like this, not because he loved her.

A little, orange mini-con sped up to the group. "Hey, you're back!" He saw the three new individuals in the group. "With more friends!"

Underbite barged into the clearing, knocking down multiple trees in his path. He roared as he went to tackle the mini-con and the human. Anna aimed a missile at Underbite, one of the couple she hid in her arms, letting it explode against his chest. "Get them out of here!"

Bumblebee quickly grabbed the human and Fixit, "Human!"

Russel pointed at himself, "Russel!"

Bumblebee put them down, pointing to a stasis cell. "Get behind that stasis cell. Fixit, stay with him."

Anna backed up as Underbite recovered, roaring even louder than before. She really pissed him off now. "Scrap!" She winced as Underbite hit her, sending her crashing into another stasis cell, rubbing the back of her helm. She looked up to see the others get knocked around as well. She cringed as Underbite ate more metal, then go to talk to another 'con. "Scrap, scrap, scrap." She got to her feet, looking for Bumblebee. She found him just in time to see Underbite transform and race off again.

Bumblebee looked down at Fixit, "I assume that was one of your escaped prisoners." He looked over at him again when he didn't answer, "Fixit?"

"Yes, sir." He pulled up the prisoner manifest, looking up his info. "A Chompazoid named Underbite. The more metal a Chompazoid consumes, the more powerful it becomes."

Anna walked over to the group, brushing some dirt off her fame. "And the freak is heading toward that junkyard."

Sideswipe looked her over before looking back at the others. "Which isn't good."

Strongarm frowned. "If Underbite gets all that into his jaws, we'll never bring him down."

Russel looked up at Anna, gaping. "The scrap yard! My dad's in there!"

Anna looked down at him quickly. "Oh scrap."

Bumblebee turned to her, now having a little bit of breathing time. "Who are you? I've never seen you before. No 'bots should be on Earth besides Ratchet."

Anna glared hard at him, so hard that Bumblebee backed up. The others backed up as well, seeing how angry this femme really was. "Don't talk to me you piece of scrap!" She marched up to him, rearing back and punching him in the face. He was sent sprawling to the ground while Anna growled above him. "I'll chew you out after we save Russel's father and we deal with Underbite. For now, don't even talk to me!" She turned to Russell and held out her hand. "Let's go."

Russell didn't want to argue with the pissed woman, climbing into her hand. He then yelped as she transformed around him, holding onto the seatbelt as she tore out of the clearing.

Sideswipe leaned over Bumblebee, watching the lieutenant wipe the energon from his lips. "What did you do to her? She looked like she wanted to kill you."

Bumblebee looked up at him and then Strongarm. "No idea.."

Strongarm placed a hand on her hip. "With respect, sir, you had to do something awful to make her so pissed."

Bumblebee got up, shaking his helm. "I don't know her.. I don't think I do?"

Fixit looked up at Bee, "What's a dad?"

Bumblebee looked down at him, rubbing his jaw. "Um, it's an older member of this planet's dominant species that shares genetic material with a younger member and assists in the rearing and education of that member."

Fixit nodded slowly. "Well why didn't Russell just say that?"

Bumblebee looked towards where the junkyard was. "It's too dangerous for her to go in alone. Especially with Russell."

Sideswipe turned quickly, "Uh, you know who else is probably too dangerous? Him."

They all turned to see a green, black and yellow mech transform into a T-Rex. It approached them all, getting close to Fixit and the others.

Bumblebee stepped in his way, narrowing his optics. "Hey! They're civilians. No threat."

Strongarm huffed, "I'm no civilian!"

Sideswipe shrugged, "He doesn't look threatened to me."

They then watched as the 'con run off through the forest after sniffing them again. "Well then."

{X}

Anna quickly used a shortcut to get to the junkyard faster. She drifted until she was against the outside wall. "Go get your dad, I'll distract Underbite."

Russell got out and hesitated. "Are you going to be alright until the others arrive?"

Anna transformed and ushered him inside, "I'll be fine." She then ran out ahead of him to intercept the 'con. She saw Underbite rush through the clearing, tackling him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and tossed him onto the ground. She quickly slashed at his face, smirking when energon pooled from the wound. She got distracted by her little victory, letting Underbite knock her on her back. "Shit."

Underbite roared in her face, angrily. "That's it! You're going to die just like the others!"

Anna struggled to get free or free a weapon. "You're too weak to kill me." She then gasped as a large T-Rex 'con tackled Underbite off of her. "What the.."

The new con roared in Underbite's face. "You don't hurt femmes, scrud! Besides, we got a dance to finish!" He tackled Underbite and rolled around with him before they separated again, ending up inside the junk yard now.

Underbite growled lowly at him, "You're from the prison ship too. I'm not going to eat the whole planet, just the crunchy parts. So why are you bothering me?"

He smirked, "I like to pick on things my own size." He stepped closer to him, "And just because we rode here together doesn't make us travel buds." He swiped his tail at him but Underbite caught it.

Anna ran towards them, recovered now. "Don't let him eat anything!"

The dino-con tried to add more pressure to his swing, taking her words into account. However, Underbite held his tail still, eating some more junk metal laying around. He smirked as he got even stronger. "Even though we aren't buds, have a nice rest of your trip." Underbite picked up the 'con and swung him around.

Anna quickly rolled out of the way so the 'con wouldn't land on her. "Watch out!" Anna looked up to see Strongarm running after Russell, Bumblebee yelling after her. "Scrap, Russell." She then sighed as Sideswipe rushed after Strongarm. "What the scrap is with this team?" She quickly got out of the way as the two 'cons continued to fight.

Anna looked over to see the Dinobot rolling towards the others, looking like he would squash them all under him. "Someone get Russell!" She couldn't have made it in time. Thankfully she saw Sideswipe save him, rushing away from all the fighting with him.

"Let's do this!" Strongarm rounded the corner and shot the squirrel figure Underbite was about to eat. This enraged the 'con making him rush after them.

Anna quickly shot another missile at Underbite, watching him roll from the hit. She then ran after Bumblebee and Strongarm. "There has to be a way to take this guy down." She looked up to see Sideswipe standing in front of a diner, the two humans inside. "Get out of there!"

Anna looked back as the Dinobot tackled Underbite, punching him repeatedly. "You bit me!"

Anna regrouped with the other three 'bots, venting roughly. She then turned to the humans, checking on them. "Are you two okay?" She saw them nod, turning back to Bumblebee as he spoke.

"This is a disaster." He then turned to the other two. "Why didn't you stay put like I said?"

Strongarm frowned at him. "I am trained to serve and protect, not stay put."

Sideswipe shrugged, "That mousy Mini-Con." He made a talking motion with his hand before shuddering. "My audio receptors were starting to melt."

Bumblebee kneeled down beside Anna, looking down at the two humans. "Human."

The father nodded, "Denny."

Bumblebee continued, remembering his name though, "Where's the safest place around here?"

Denny thought about it before looking up at him and the femme beside him. "Um, Oh, there's some caves down by the river."

Anna kneeled down as well, "Take your son there, Denny."

Bumblebee stood up and turned to the others. "Sideswipe, Strongarm, you too."

Strongarm frowned, "Sir, I want to help! Teach me like Optimus taught you."

Bumblebee groaned before leaning back, yelling. "I'm not Optimus!"

Sideswipe huffed. "We could really use a Prime right now."

Anna stepped in front of them, rolling her shoulders. "It's a good thing I'm an honorary Prime." She ignored the shocked looks, especially from Bumblebee. "I really haven't fully tested my abilities though."

Underbite lifted up the Dinobot like a weight, "Outstanding. I was hoping to work in a, unh, one rep max. But you're the one who's gonna-", He then tossed the Dinobot before finishing his statement, "feel the burn!"

Bumblebee quickly moved out of the way, "Brace yourselves!"

Anna quickly moved and held out her arms. The 'con landed against her, Anna digging her feet into the ground to stop him from rolling. She then stepped back, relaxing as she was able to stop him from crashing into the diner. "You okay?" She just had a feeling about this 'con and she liked him. He protected her from the other one.

The Dinobot groaned as he laid back, "Thank you.." He then slumped on the ground, wore out already.

Anna kneeled down, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You were kicking his aft though."

The Dinobot managed a weak grin at her. "Thank ya."

Strongarm walked over to the humans, looking them over. "Are you alright, human Denny?"

Denny looked up at her, still shocked. "It's just Denny... and yeah, thank you." He then looked at his place, groaning. "Look what that monster did to my stuff!" He ran over to a squirrel head, whimpering.

Bumblebee regrouped with everyone, "Is everyone okay?" He looked around until he saw the unknown femme talking to the Dinobot. "Are you alright?"

Anna looked back at him, looking him over. He was alright too. She gave a brief nod before walking over to his group. "Fine."

Strongarm nodded, "Everyone's fine, lieutenant, except maybe the fugitive."

The Dinobot suddenly jumped up, roaring. "I'm ready for Round two!" He looked around and huffed. "He's gone."

Strongarm looked up at him, "Underbite tossed you like a lob ball."

Grimlock, as she found out later, looked down at them and then down at Anna, "Did anyone get hurt?"

Anna shook her head no, rubbing her shoulder. "Nope, except my arms are going to be sore."

"That's a first.."

Sideswipe turned to the direction the 'con ran off to. "It's strange that Underbite took off. There's still plenty of metal here."

Bumblebee spoke up, "He's heading-"

Anna ignored him, talking to herself, "To Crown City." She then glared at Bumblebee.

Russell ran up to them, "We should call the cops, the army!"

Bumblebee shook his hand at the human, "No. No more humans can become involved."

Anna began shaking, almost seeing red. This even got the attention of the Dinocon. "Uhh.. You pissed her off."

Bumblebee looked over to see her glaring at him again, "What?"

Anna stalked over to him, ready to yell at him. Denny felt like he needed to intervene, realizing this wasn't going to end well. "Those buildings in Crown City have tens of thousands of humans in them."

Bumblebee cleared his voice box, looking away from the femme. "I'll have to stop him before he even gets there."

Anna vented roughly, closing her optics. "There's a bridge to the city. He'll go for that."

Strongarm looked up at him, "Just let me transform, sir, and I'll come with."

Bumblebee turned to her, frowning, "Strongarm, you need to understand. None of you are supposed to be here. Optimus said this was a mission for me."

The Dino con transformed, punching his fists together. "Well, I want another shot at that muscle head."

Strongarm cried out, "You can't let some criminal ride with you."

Grimlock frowned, "I'm not a criminal!" He then rubbed his own helm, "At least, I don't think I am."

Anna frowned, crossing her arms. "He even saved me when Underbite pinned me."

Bumblebee frowned up at the 'con, "Even so, I'm not letting-"

The 'con stepped forward, looking very determined. "I'm going." He then crossed his arms, staring at him, "And if you don't like it, you can try and stop me."

Denny ran forward, "I'm going too!"

Russell frowned, "Dad!"

Denny looked back at him, "I know a shortcut to the bridge." He then worked on unhitching a trailer.

Strongarm looked at her lieutenant. "Lieutenant, if you're taking those-"

Bumblebee vented, "Fine, but no Cybertronian forms. There could be boats on that river, witnesses on the shore. We need to look like something humans will accept. We need to be robots in disguise." He turned to Denny, "Do you store any other vehicles here?" He followed Denny to a yard of different vehicles, nodding. "Okay, find one, hurry." Strongarm ran off into the cars, looking for one. Bumblebee walked over to the other one, "Sideswipe?"

Sideswipe shrugged, "I'm good."

Bumblebee used his com link to contact Fixit. "Bumblebee to Fixit, come in."

Fixit rolled up behind them, "Fixit here, sir."

Bumblebee looked down at him, confused. "Fixit? What are you doing?"

Fixit let down the handle of the cart he was holding, "Answering your call. And I'm supposed to be the one with the faulty hiring, uh whining, Wiring!"

Bee stuttered as he tried to comprehend the situation, "Uh, never mind. Any progress on the stasis cells back at the crash site?"

"Yes, I've repaired one cell."

Bee looked down at him, "You didn't have to come here to tell me that."

"Oh. Well, oh, sure. I'll just go back to the ship then, and take these capture devices with me."

Bee called out to him, "Wait! Capture devices?" He caught the device Fixit threw at him, spinning it around and looking very cool while he did.

Fixit nodded, "Just point or throw!"

Bumblebee looked up as Strongarm walked up to them. "So, what did you choose?" Strongarm transformed into an awesome looking police truck. Bumblebee turned to Fixit. "Fixit, back to the ship and get that cell ready." He turned to the others. "Russell, stay here with Sideswipe." He turned to the femme. "I don't know your name.. but you're welcome to be a part of this." He then turned to the others. "Everyone else, we're a team now, and we're all that stands between Underbite and the loss of a lot of innocent lives. So let's do what we have to do." He got into a 'cool' pose, crying out, "Roll up and roll out!" He was only met with the sound of a dog barking in the background. "I'll work on that."

{X}

Anna stepped up beside Bumblebee, getting into an attack position. Bumblebee stood beside her aiming his device at Underbite. "Sorry, Underbite, the bridge is closed."

Grimlock then charged Underbite, flinging him up in the air. Anna ran up and tackled the downed 'con, slashing at his face again. Strongarm began shooting at the other side of Underbite. Anna jumped back when Bumblebee ran up, a strong burst of electricity shooting from his device and hitting the 'con.

Bumblebee grinned, "Fixit, you are my favorite Mini-Con." Then both Bee's and Strongarm's devices quit working. "Fixit, I'm rethinking my rankings."

Underbite began walking towards Bee, roaring at him. "I need a little iron to get my full shred back, and I don't really care if I have to go through you to get it." He then snapped towards Bee, backing him up towards the bridge.

Anna was still extremely pissed, bordering filled with rage towards Bee. That didn't mean she still didn't love him and wanted him safe. Therefore her protective instincts kicked in. She ran towards Underbite and tackled him. She rolled with him, slashing at him as he tried to bite at her. "Don't touch him, you 'con!"

Bee gaped at her as Strongarm ran up to him. "I thought she hated me..."

Strongarm quickly turned to him, "Ready for your back-up plan, sir."

Bee looked a little panicked because he felt a strong need to help that femme, "I don't have one!"

Grimlock caught Anna as she was tossed into the air. "How about we just start punching and see how it turns out?"

Anna got down, standing up. "I don't think that's going to work well with this guy."

Bumblebee looked her over, "Are you alright?" He relaxed seeing her nod, a small smile forming on his face.

Denny then raced onto the bridge beside them, yelling out from inside his truck. "Take your best shot, you overgrown schnauzer!"

Everyone turned as another car raced onto the road. This time it was Sideswipe, with a new vehicle mode, and a trailer full of the squirrels figures that Underbite liked so much. Sideswipe stopped in front of the 'con, letting Russell calling out to him. "Come and get it!"

Underbite grinned, his eyes trained on the trailer full of tasty snacks. "Just the pick-me-up I was looking for." He then jumped back as Sideswipe tore down the road. He quickly ran after them, following them back into the forest.

Denny cried out for his son, "Rusty!"

Anna turned to him, "I'm sure Sideswipe won't let anything happen to him, Denny." She then transformed, rushing after the three. "We need to help though!" Anna finally found them to see that Underbite was on the edge of the quarry, almost over the edge. She internally laughed at the plan Sideswipe and Russell came up with. She sped across the clearing and plowed into the side of Underbite, pushing him further over the edge.

The others quickly followed suit, almost having him over the edge. Bumblebee called out to everyone, "Give it everything you got!" Sideswipe plowed into him as well, revving his engine as he gave everything he had.

Grimlock grinned as he pushed even harder, "This is awesome!"

Anna saw that Underbite went to grab some of the squirrels. She quickly shot them all in his hand, using her AllSpark energy to push even harder. She felt her spark pulsing in her chest, causing her to look over. She gasped as she saw Optimus appear next to her. He smiled softly at her before he pushed with her, sending Underbite over the edge. "Optimus.."

Optimus nodded down at Anna, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I'm glad you're okay, dear friend."

Bumblebee ran up to them as well, "Optimus! You are alive!" He then looked at him weirdly, "Are you alive?"

Optimus turned to Bee, "That is unclear, but I do know that I cannot maintain my presence on Earth for much longer." He looked at the crowd gathered behind Bee and Anna, "You have found an excellent team."

Bee looked everyone over, smiling. "We, uh we found each other, actually."

Optimus nodded. "You even found the help I was talking about." He motioned at Anna before speaking to them all. "Together, you will confront many challenges. The forces facing Earth are immense and formidable. But I am certain you will accomplish great things, as you did today."

Bumblebee frowned, "But we needed your help, Optimus. We'll always need your help."

Optimus placed a hand on Bee's shoulder. "You are ready to lead, Bumblebee. Do not doubt yourself." He then turned to Anna. "You have an excellent follower underneath you, one who loves you deeply and will be there to help you along the way."

Bumblebee looked at her, a nagging feeling in the back of his head but he left it for the moment. He then looked back up at Optimus. "Will I see you again?"

Optimus vented softly, "I am not certain. The universe has a plan for me, but I do not know what it is. You will prevail, Bumblebee. You must." Optimus then glew a light blue color, fading away as if he was never there.

{X}

Anna stood beside Denny, watching as Grimlock placed Underbite in his stasis cell. She relaxed as she saw the pod work, freezing the 'con in a deep sleep. She then looked over as Bee approached Denny.

"Are you sure you're okay having us move our command center onto your property?"

Denny nodded, motioning widely with his arms, "Our place is a much better hideout for you than the woods."

Russell nodded quickly, "And I can help you keep your cover." He then tried to act cool about it, "Um, if, you know, I'm not doing anything else."

Grimlock then walked up to them, "You're not gonna make me go back to sleep, are you?"

Strongarm stepped up, pulling up the rule book, "Protocol 13, Section 9 says prisoners must be -"

Anna went to speak up for him but Bumblebee overspoke her, "Consider yourself on probation." He ignored Strongarm's complaint as Grimlock cheered.

Grimlock hugged Anna, laughing. "I'm on probation, I'm on probation!" He then let her down, "That's a good thing, right?"

Anna laughed softly, "Yes. You just have to not do anything bad for a while."

Grimlock grinned at Bee, "I can do that!"

Bumblebee smirked at Sideswipe, "Glad you're with us, Sideswipe. For now."

Strongarm walked up to him, placing a bunch of equipment in his arms, "As your senior officer, I order you to take this equipment."

Sideswipe grunted before dropping it all, pointing at her. "You don't get to give me orders."

Fixit rolled up to Sideswipe, pointing up at him. "Excuse me, these are very delicate. I don't know if you've studied the science of 394J receptors. Their construction is really quite interenting, internest, interesting!"

Bumblebee looked up at the sunset, "I- We won't let you down, Optimus. And if I say it enough, maybe I'll actually believe it."

Grimlock then pulled Sideswipe, Strongarm and Anna into a group hug, "I'm on probation Yes, on probation, Yes, on probation."