/ I'm skipping the TMI episode because I found it boring. And I'm a bit lazy:3 sorry

Ratchet was looking at some kind of energon through a microscope."Hm, surprisingly stable." Ratchet observed. It has taken him awhile but he thinks he's finally figured out the formula for this new Energon.

"Hey, Ratchet!" Raf was looking over the railing. "Is that synthetic energon?"

"Well, yes. In fact, I'm preparing to test a sample."Ratchet answered as he took a bit of that energon, which was green, not blue like normal energon. "I see that you come equipped with protective goggles."

"I can watch?" He asked excitedly.

Ratchet simply chuckled. "We just need to add some to this test engine." He said as he injects the engine with the green Energon. The two of them waited for something to happen, until finally the engine came to life as the energon changed from blue to green.

Raf watched as it turned on, Raf running over. "It's works! Bumblebee!"

"Uh-ut-ut! This iteration of the formula requires further trial before we can even think about using it for fuel, ammunition or first aid. Which is rather unfortunately since our own energon reserves are at an all-time low. Our several outnumbered warriors have been rapidly burning through our stockpile of late as the decepticon army continues to run us ragged and grind us down. Natural energon is in such short supply on your planet and Megatron seems to have his oily claws buried deep in all of the Earth's deposits. But if we can successfully produce a synthetic form, we can manufacture all the energy we'll ever need." Ratchet explained.

Suddenly the alarms went off as the computers showed a familiar signal.

"More energon on the move." Arcee went over to the scanners.

"Again...?" Bulkhead groaned. "They have been chasing tirelessly for energon."

"Well the best part of this is that we get to fight a bunch of cons." Said Grimlock with a grin.

"Their recently activity suggest a familiar pattern. The Decepticons are desperately scouting for new deposits to mine." Optimus proclaimed. "Autobts..."

"Optimus ." Ratchet called out as he walked up to him. "If one of you comes back wounded this time...well, our energon reserves are nearly depleted."

"Understood. Activate the ground bridge. Roll out!" Optimus said as they all went through the ground bridge, leaving ratchet alone.

Ratchet sighed."Sometimes I wish I could do more." He said.Then an idea came to his head. He grabbed a sample of the synthetic energon, put it inside a needle and injected the substance into his arm. Ratchet gasped as his eyes turned green; next he dropped the needle and fell over backwards unconscious. After some time, he heard someone calling his name.

"Ratchet! Wake up!" Raf shouted on top of him.

"How is it that such small beings can be so loud?"Ratchet groaned as he slowly stood up while Raf jumped off of him.

"Are you hurt? You fell." Raf said.

"I'm fine. I'm...more than fine." Ratchet answered as he checked his reading. "Ah, energy efficiency is up 30%? Motor functions optimal?" He observed as he laughed before turning to Raf. "Any word from the others?"

Raf simply shook his head.

Somewhere else.

It was nightfall when the knockout and Breakdown were driving away from the Autobots inside a big canyon.

"Knockout! Can we just bridge out of here? This cube is putting some serious drag on me!" Breakdown said with a massive energon cube strapped on to his roof.

"The more we give the Autobots a workout, the more fuel they burn. And we win the energon race." Knockout retorted."Besides, here comes air support." He added.

Vehicon seeker came swooping down, firing missiles at the speeding Autobots.The missiles hit the walls of the canyon, causing bounds to come crumbling down, Arcee managing to make it through.

"Arcee! Fall back! You're outnumbered!" Said Optimus in his comms. While Optimus was talking, Grimlock had climbed over the blocked rock path and ran after Arcee.

"We're always outnumbered. We need that energon."

Airstrike caught up and fired at the two wheeler, causing her to tumble and screech across the ground. Then Vehicons surrounded her, about to blast her head off.

"No!" Said Grimlock as he runs as fast as he can. He is really scared that he might not make it to save Arcee in time and that he will lose her.A groundbridge opens from up high and Ratchet comes out of it and then lands and starts beating the scrap out of everyone con.

Grimlocks jaw drops at This, but he continues to make his way to Arcee. Once he makes it to her, he picks her up." You alright partner?"

"I... I'm fine..." She was still in utter disbelief of what she just saw, thinking that she was dreaming for a moment.

A Vehicon snuck up behind Ratchet, only for Ratchet to punch the Vehicon without looking." Hoo-ah!" He said.

"I didn't know doc could fight like that." Said Grimlock who was shocked by what he saw.

Idk why but Ratchet going "Hoo-ah" is funny))

Back at base...

Rafael opened up the ground bridge, seeing them go through. "What happened?"

"I only saw the gory aftermath but I hear that doc was a one-bit wrecking machine." Bulkhead explained.

"Alright... what's your secret?" Arcee asked.

"Is it extra training?" Asked Grimlock

"Nope. It's just a little thing I call synthen." He said as grabs and tosses a thing of synthen to Arcee.

"From the data transcribed from Bulkhead? I thought the formula was-"

"Incomplete? Not anymore." He said.

"I don't think this stuffs a good idea. I never liked things that make you stronger that weren't the cause of training. I prefer gaining strength through workouts and training." Said Grimlock as he stares at the green Energon.

"Grimlock, you may not like it- but this could help turn the tides of the war." Arcee said. "We should all try it!"

"Or give Ratchet more while we have a beach day." Bulkhead joked... kind of.

"I don't think that's a good idea. That stuff might mess with your head or something." Said Grimlock.

"I agree with Grimlock. Even though it may show results, but we have yet to know the Side effects. I recommend further testing be confined to machines, not Autobots." Said Optimus.

Later in the empty training.

Ratchet and bulkhead were in there. Ratchet was telling him about his experience." He came right at me and then I...well, come at me bulk."

"I-I don't want to hurt you, Ratch."

Ratchet looks at him for a moment and then smacks him." I said come at me!"

He growled, transforming his servo into a mace and tried swinging at him.

Ratchet dodged and then lifts bulkhead up and throws him through a wall.

Bumblebee, Arcee, and Grimlock were just casually walking by, Arcee looking down at the rubble.

"I'm not cleaning that."

"Not it!" Said Grimlock as he chuckled a bit. He then helps bulkhead up." What happened?" He asked

Ratchet walks out." You have competition bulk. I'm a bit stronger than I used to be. I might be stronger then you grimlock." He said.

"No one's stronger than me ratchet." Said Grimlock as he looks at him. Something is definitely wrong with ratchet.

"We'll see. But I'm also faster!" He said as he almost bunched bee. He laughs a bit." Think you can take me muscle car?"

Bumblebee didn't like where this was going, slowly and carefully walking back while shaking his head.

He pulls his fist back and walks past bee." Wimp." As he then walks past Arcee he winks at her." How's it humming." He flirted with her

Grimlock heard and saw this. He then growls and then punches Ratchet, sending him down all the way to the end of the hallway.Ratchet groans as he got up and that's when he realizes that he will need more to be better. He gets up and walks away.

"Geez, remind me to never piss off Grimlock..." Bulkhead watched Ratchet walk away after being sent across the hallway, Arcee still being in disbelief.

"He actually flirted with me..." She said to herself. "I thought he'd do that to Optimus."

"Someone needs to knock some sense in him and I think I should do it." Said Grimlock. He is still mad that Ratchet Flirted with Arcee.

Somewhere in the base

Ratchet opens a cabinet that has some of the green Energon." I need to be at the top of my game." He then injects himself with it and his green eyes glow a bit.

Later

Everyone except ratchet where in the main room of the base and the computers were going off.

"Looks like the cons hit another vein." Arcee turned to the rest.

"Autobots, roll out." Said Optimus.

"Oh yeah! It's time beat some cons!" Said Grimlock with excitement. He's been looking to do something to relief some anger.

"Hey, hey- shouldn't we wait for our secret weapon?" Bulkhead asked.

"That's nice of you to call me that but I'm right here." Said Grimlock thinking that he's talking about him.

"That's cute. Thinking that your special." Said Ratchet as he was walks over.

Grimlock growls at him and is about to punch him, but Optimus but a hand on his shoulder which makes Grimlock stop. He then sighs.

"Bumblebee, stay and be on groundbridge duty while the rest of put some hurt on those decepticons!" Said Ratchet

They all went through the bridge and started sneaking around the rocks and the cliffs. Ratchet does some not needed rolls. He then spots the cons mining.

"The signal's weak. They may have hit a vein, but they won't find much of an energon pulse." Said Bulkhead as he looks down at the scanner

"I'll take some comfort in the fact that Megatron seems as desperate to find the stuff as we are." Said Arcee

"Same here. Though it would make me feel awesome to see the look on his face as he take the Energon and beat his army." Said Grimlock

"Do you three always talk this much on missions?" Asked Ratchet as he climbs over a rock and then transforms and drives down the hill.They all chase after him, Vehicons firing at the emergency vehicle. Ratchet lands on a con and then transforms." Don't worry. I'm an emergency vehicle." He said as he changed his hands into blades and kills the Con.

Grimlock transforms into dino mode." Let's rumble!" He said as he runs down the hill and charges at the cons.

The rest of the Autobots were storming the joint, guns blazing and the Vehicons dropping like flies.There was one miner who jumped off from their drill, climbing up the cliff.

Ratchet saw this and then climbed up after him. He makes it to the top and then grabs a rock and then throws it. It takes awhile, but then hits the con and knocks him down." What's the rush?" Asked Ratchet as he steps on the con.

"Trying to get as far as I can from the Autobot stink." The miner con said. He was surprisingly brave for a miner con.

"Does your boss know you have a potty mouth? Maybe I should pay him a Visit and tell him." Said Ratchet.

"Gelt melted, wheel grinder!"

Ratchet comes up with idea from what he just heard."melted? Now there's a concept. Now I won't ask again, where is he?" He asked as he turned his hand into a welding tool and brought it close to his face.

Grimlock bites the head off of the last vehicon." That was easy."

"No- No please!" A cry of a agony was heard, the Autobots quickly climbing up the cliff to find Ratchet torturing the miner.

"That's all I know- really!"

Ratchet stops and then turns the torch into a blade and then gets ready to strike.

Optimus runs over and stops him." Ratchet! What are you doing?" He demanded. This is not how his old friend would usually act.

"Getting results." Said Ratchet.

"And breaking protocol. That was a decepticon miner, servant class. Not warrior class." Said Optimus.

"Oh and let me guess, I'm just the medic."

"Autobots do not inflict harm unless all other forces have failed. It is what separates us from the decepticons." Said Optimus

Ratchet only scoffed. "Is this really the time for another lecture, Optimus? You didn't just happen to discover megatons current location, did you? Well, I did! And do you happen to know where there's a stockpile of raw energon right for the taking? I do!" Ratchet shouted.

"C'mon Ratchet- calm it down." Bulkhead put a hand onto the medic's shoulder.

"Calm is the last thing we need! Calm is what lost us Cybertron! The cons have a warship, an army. All this energon scouting. You think megatron isn't gearing up for something big?! We're squandering our resources, chasing after his crumbs! When we really need to be hitting him hard, and hitting him now! Precisely where it hurts!" Ratchet snapped. He isn't wrong, but he's also not completely right.

"A direct assault on the Decepticons would only provoke retaliation, and lead to incalculable losses. I will not endanger innocent human lives." Optimus objected. He didn't want the humans to be at more ricks than they already are

Ratchet decided to say something that might cause him to get punched."Yet you seem to have no problem endangering ours. Just ask Cliffjumper . Oh, I forgot. He couldn't be here today." Ratchet retorted.

Grimlock gasp a bit. That was to far and messed up.

"That's it!" Arcee was ready to pound his aft into scrap metal, Bulkhead having to hold her back.

"Take that back or I'll knock some sense into you ratchet!" Threatened Grimlock as he growls at him.

Ratchet looks at him."Of course you would say that. All you Dinobots ever did was think with your fists, that's probably why slash and all the rest are dead." He said.

That was Grimlocks breaking point. He grabs Ratchet by the face and then slams him down to the ground and punches him a few times.

Optimus grabs His arm." Grimlock! Stop!" He said.

Grimlock stops and then backs away and then looks down." I'm sorry." Ratchet is banged up a bit, he was lucky that grimlock was holding back. He groans as he gets up.

Arcee saw that Grimlock was in distress, going over to put a servo onto his arm.He looks at her." I'm sorry I lost control. I just couldn't keep it together after what he said." He feels bad for what he did to ratchet, kinda.

Bumblebee opened the ground bridge for Ratchet. Ratchet scoffs as he walks through it.

"Bulkhead, go back as well and keep an eye on ratchet." Said Optimus

Bulkhead nodded his helm as he was about to go through. Ratchet fricken punches bulkhead out of his way as he comes back out and then transforms and drives off.

"That fragging..." Arcee just watched him drive away. They all went back through the bridge, Arcee trying to find Ratchet in the scanners.

"That bogus energon must be scrambling his signal." Bulkhead huffed.

"Keep trying. We must find ratchet before he finds megaton." Said Optimus.

"Even with all that Green Energon, he's gonna get himself killed if he fights megatron." Said Grimlock

A miracle happens."Optimus, Ratchet's signal is back online." Arcee pointed out.

"Bumblebee, open the groundbridge." Said Optimus quickly.

Bumblebee opened it up, the Autobots then all come speeding through with guns blazing.Grimlock roars as he tears all the cons that are in his way, apart. Ratchet had just destroyed the synthetic Energon that knock out had collected. He then falls to the ground.The Autobots came storming in and see Ratchet and Knock out. "Uh oh." Said Knock out as he runs off and then transforms and drives off.

Optimus walks over to ratchet and was about to pick him up, but Grimlock picked him up before he could." I got him." Said Grimlock.

Later, now Back at base..

Ratchet was put on a life line. He starts to wake up. He groans as he does but is stopped by Optimus." Easy old friend. You lost a lot of good and bad Energon."

I...I didn't intend to hurt anyone. I...just wanted so badly to..." ratchet trailed off.

"Help us? We know. But you nearly caused the loss of something irreplaceable: our medic and most trusted friend." Optimus said "But of course, you did lead us to a much needed energon supply." Optimus said as Grimlock, Bulkhead, and Bee came over with a lot of energon cubes.

"And for that we should all be thankful." Optimus said, making Ratchet smile.

"The synthetic energon formula clearly needs refining before it can be tested again. On machines, not Autobots." Ratchet decided.

"Let us take comfort in the fact that you were able to dispose of the quantity that remained." Optimus said.

Ratchet looks over at Arcee and grimlock." I know I said some things that may have caused pain to you, and I'm sorry. I'll do whatever I can to make it up to you two." He said

"You can make it up to me by never flirting with Arcee again." Said Grimlock

Optimus looks a bit confused while Ratchet is a bit wide eyed. He had forgotten about that." You won't have to worry about me doing that ever again."

Arcee was glaring at him a bit." You better." She said as she walks off.