Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers Prime. I only own the OC George Edwards/Bladewolf Prime.


It'd been quiet lately, with not much Decepticon activity in the month since MECH stole Bumblebee's T-Cog only for me and 'Bee to go get it back from them and Starscream. Right now, all the Autobots were in the base, doing their own thing; the kids weren't here though. Raf was ill, Jack had work and Miko was grounded by her host parents. It was just us 'bots at the base when we got a call from Agent Fowler.

"Prime!"

"Yes?" Both Optimus and I responded, causing us to look at one another while the 'Bots snickered or smirked in amusement. This had been a common thing whenever someone called out 'Prime' due to Optimus and I having the same title.

"Both of you! What in blazes are your people doing out here?!" Fowler shouted. "We had an agreement! No collateral damage!"

"Fowler, all of us are here." I said as I did a headcount. Yeah, everyone was here. Me, Optimus, Arcee, Cliffjumper, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Chromia, Elita, Trailbreaker, Jazz, Hound, Firestar and Flareup.

"Then explain why I'm receiving reports of several jumbo-size bots mixing it up 20 miles outside Omaha?"

'Wait, did he say several?' I thought with surprise. Wasn't it only meant to be Wheeljack and Dreadwing that came? I know a lot changed when Elita and her group arrived, but this was another unexpected change.

"Decepticons?" Ratchet asked.

"There has been plenty of infighting lately." Cliffjumper pointed out.

"Megatron can't seem to keep his ranks in line." Ironhide agreed.

"Well, I'm just arriving on the scene. Have a look." Fowler said before we were shown an image of several Cybertronians. Once I recognized as Decepticons.

"I don't know." Bulkhead shook his helm. "Paintjob aside, can't be Skyquake. Bumblebee and Optimus pounded him into the ground."

"Before Starscream yanked him back out as some kind of undead terrorcon." Arcee added.

"I know the others with him." I said as I narrowed my optics. "Barricade, Blackout, Brawl and Blitzwing."

"Barricade? Good, I've got a score to settle with him." Bumblebee said angrily. Wow, the whole Bumblebee vs Barricade thing goes beyond the Bayverse.

"Brawl? One of the Combaticons?" Jazz asked with a frown. "Any sign of the others?"

"From the looks of it it's just Brawl." I said. Which was good. The last thing we wanted was Onslaught, Blast Off, Vortex and Swindle to show up and that would give the Decepticons not just the Combaticons, but Bruticus. And unfortunately, we Autobots don't exactly have combiners.

"Of all 'Cons to come to Earth, Blackout and Blitzwing are ones I dreaded the most." Ironhide said with a sigh. "Blackout's a very dangerous Decepticon assassin, has killed many Wreckers during the war. And Blitzwing... need I explain him?"

"Don't have to, 'Hide. We all know what Blitzwing is like." Cliffjumper said.

From the looks of it, Blackout looks exactly like his Bayverse counterpart, and at least it's Blackout rather than a ripoff version like Grindor from Revenge of the Fallen. Seriously, who thought bringing in a Decepticon that looks exactly like Blackout but with just a different name was a good idea?

Brawl looked like his Bayverse counterpart as well, but was probably just as deadly and dangerous as his War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron counterpart. And Blitzwing, well he looked exactly like the one from the 2018 Bumblebee movie.

"But who's the dance partners?" Chromia asked.

The image panned around and zoomed in on the other Cybertronians, ones that were familiar to all of us. The other 3 Autobots that were with Wheeljack were Autobot fliers! Judging by the wings on their back it made them a bit easier to identify.

"Ratchet, zoom in." I said and Ratchet did so, causing us to get a good look at who it was that was with Wheeljack.

Jetfire, Breakaway and Windblade.

"Looks like Wheeljack's back and he brought friends." I said with a small smile. The team needed some fliers aside from me.

Ha-ha! Jackie's back!" Bulkhead said happily, hitting Cliffjumper and Ironhide on their backs which caused them to nearly stumble and give him glares.

"I don't care if Abraham Lincoln is back." Fowler retorted. That would be something, though. "You have to contain the situation before we all wind up on the 11 o'clock news!"


Me, Optimus, Elita, Bulkhead, Ironhide and Arcee ran out of the Groundbridge to the sight of where the fighting was going down. Wheeljack took cover behind his ship with Breakaway and Jetfire providing cover fire. However, it didn't take long for us to be noticed as we ran to aid our fellow Autobots.

"We got company, boys!" Brawl shouted as he fired at me, but I rolled and fired back.

"Good! More Autobots to kill!" Blitzwing chuckled darkly.

As we engaged the Decepticons, at some point I ended up facing Blackout. I had to dodged and roll to avoid being sliced in half by his propellers. Looks like he must've been a Cybertronian helicopter and will most likely take a helicopter form on Earth.

"Smart moves, Autobot. But they won't save you." Blackout taunted before he deployed a gun and fired, which was actually the Energy wave cannon he used in Transformers to destroy the military base easily. The wave struck me and I was sent off my pedes and rolling across the ground before I got to my feet and returned fire, striking him in the chassis a few times.

"Heads up!" I heard and saw Windblade get the drop on Blackout from behind, dropkicking him and sending him crashing through a small building.

"Please watch the damage. We don't need the humans wondering if a T-Rex rampaged through here." I said to the flyer as she landed beside me.

"What's a T-Rex?" Windblade asked me with confusion.

"Tell you later." I said and got into a stance as we faced Blackout.

Blackout growled at us before he looked around and grunted. "Decepticons! We are outnumbered! Retreat!"

Windblade and I deployed weapons and fired as Blackout, Brawl, Blitzwing and Barricade made for their ship while Dreadwing scanned Fowler's jet. The Decepticons then started to make a quick getaway.

"Ooh no you don't!" Wheeljack shouted as he aimed his blasters.

"Wheeljack!" Optimus and Ironhide warned.

"Jackie! No!" Bulkhead cried as Wheeljack fired at Dreadwing.

However, his shots hit the nearby gas station, causing it to explode. The explosion was powerful enough to cause me, Elita, Bumblebee and Arcee to shield ourselves. The explosion wasn't powerful enough to kill Dreadwing, who simply just transformed into his vehicle mode and flew away from the scene with the Cybertronian ship following, despite Fowler's best attempts to stop them.

"Dreadwing rigged the place to blow," Wheeljack snarled.

"Dreadwing?!" Bulkhead repeated in surprise.

"Actually, that was your handiwork, sparky," Arcee corrected as we stepped forward.

"It's called a gas station. Kinda like an Energon depo. Doesn't mix well with blaster fire," Bulkhead explained.

"Huh. Well, our 'Con's getting away," Wheeljack said as he went to chase after him… only to be stopped by Optimus.

"Wheeljack, there are other considerations. While upon this world, you would do well to follow my lead," Optimus advised.

"And I've got some things to discuss with ya, Wheeljack." Ironhide said with his arms crossed.

"Oh, hey Ironhide." Wheeljack replied casually, ignoring the look Ironhide was giving him.


When we got to base, Ratchet went to work on patching up Wheeljack's wound on his arm, much to the Wrecker's annoyance.

"Ow! Take it easy, doc! I need that arm!" Wheeljack snarked.

"Hold still, and maybe you'll keep it," Ratchet retorted as he resumed his work, "You're worse than George when he needs a wound patched up."

"I'm not that bad." I gave the medic a glare for that. I just didn't see the point for small wounds being patched up when they wouldn't hinder me. But Arcee and her glares usually made me comply.

"Look. Commander, apologies for the fireworks. Won't happen again. But I've tracked Dreadwing across a hundred light years of space-," Wheeljack said.

"I thought you were roaming the galaxy." Bulkhead cut in.

"Y'know, for more Autobot refugees?" Trailbreaker added on.

"I did. Before I found Jetfire and his friends, I found a Wrecker." Wheeljack said.

"What?!" Bulkhead said.

"Who was it?" Chromia asked.

"Seaspray." Wheeljack answered.

"Really?" Hound laughed, hearing that his Wrecker friend found Seaspray.

"How is ol' barnacle butt?" Bulkhead laughed with his other green Wrecker friend.

"Not doing so good Hound, Bulk. Blown to bits actually." Wheeljack said sadly, which caused the other Wreckers such as Ironhide, Chromia, Flareup and Hound to gasp in shock.

"What?! No!" Bulkhead cried in horror.

"How did it happen, Jackie?" Ironhide asked.

"My flyer, the Jackhammer, picked up Seaspray's signal a couple of light years away from Madarin. We made contact and arranged to rendezvous in the Dromedon system. But Dreadwing must've intercepted the transmission, 'cause he got to Seaspray first. He set a proximity bomb built to take us both out. Guess I should be glad the Jackhammer could take a punch. I picked up Dreadwing's ion trail. Tracked him through a dozen star systems before catching up to him. Then he led me right back to this marble. Along the way, I picked up Jetfire, Breakaway and Windblade just as Dreadwing picked up Brawl, Blackout, Barricad and Blitzwing." Wheeljack explained his story. "Some coincidence, huh?"

"I know of this Dreadwing. He was captain of a Seeker Armada… and as such, like his twin Skyquake, fiercely loyal to the Decepticon cause. Dreadwing has no doubt travelled to Earth to pay allegiance to his one true master," Optimus said.

"Hope he's enjoyed the visit," Wheeljack remarked as he stood up, "It's gonna be his last!"

"Wheeljack, this planet is heavily inhabited. Any strike we make against the Decepticons must be carefully measured as a team. Lest we risk endangering the human population," Optimus intervened.

"You suggesting we sit back and do nothing?!" Wheeljack scoffed in disbelief.

"You! Loose cannon!" Fowler called as he stormed into the former missile silo, "Your cowboy antics almost blew our cover!"

"Cover?" Windblade repeated in confusion.

"We're robots in disguise." I clarified. "Which means that you, Jetfire, Breakaway and Wheeljack need Earth-based forms." I added.

"That spaceship you shot down– not Earth-based! I had to jump through some big hoops to get it hauled out of plain sight!" Fowler told them, clearly angry. "You need to keep a tighter leash on your people, Prime!"

"A tighter leash?! Let me clarify, tiny," Wheeljack seethed.

"Jackie," Bulkhead warned.

Wheeljack leaned in close and said dangerously, "I'm not one of Optimus Prime's people!" With that, Wheeljack walked away.

Ironhide sighed. "He hasn't changed. Still got a problem with authority."

"I'll talk to him," Bulkhead promised before stopping and turning to Optimus, "With your permission."

"Of course," Optimus nodded as Bulkhead left.

"So the new guy has a problem with authority," Fowler stated dryly.

"Bulkhead and Wheeljack served in the Wreckers alongside Ironhide, Chromia, Flareup and Hound, a combat unit that operated outside the normal chain of command," Optimus clarified.

"Black Ops," Fowler grumbled.

"The Wreckers were brave enough to accept missions that no one else would. Many didn't come back," Chromia said with a sigh, Ironhide put an arm around his Sparkmnate's shoulders. "We lost a lot of good friends."

Optimus then turned to the newcomers. "I apologize for the... less than warm welcome to planet Earth."

"It's fine, Optimus. We're just glad to see some friendly faces for once." Jetfire said with a smile as he and Optimus shook servos. Jetfire looked like counterpart in the War for/Fall of Cybertron games, even had the voice to match as well.

Breakaway looked exactly like the one from the Revenge of the Fallen video game and Windblade was her RID 2015 design, even had the voice as well.

"Well I speak for all three of us that we're happy to be here. With you, we got a chance against the cons now for what seems like forever, in case Wheeljack forgot to introduce us, well, you already know Jetfire, the one in brown is Breakaway my name is Windblade." Windblade said with confidence on her voice as she introduced herself as well as the other two fliers.

"So, we're... robots in disguise here?" Breakaway asked me as he looked over to me.

"Yes. It's how we operate to keep our war secret from humanity." I said with my arms crossed. "And since the three of you are fliers, we'll need some aircraft for you to scan."

"Bladewolf, I leave it in your servos to introduce our new comrades to Earth and to secure themselves vehicle modes." Optimus said, getting a nod from me.

"Alright you three, come on so I can introduce you to Earth." I said as I walked away with the three following.

"I'm coming with. Need something to do." Arcee said as she followed me.

'Jealous of a unknown femme being alone with me?' I asked her through our bond.

Arcee shot me a look. 'You didn't see the look she sends you? Just making sure it's clear you're a taken mech.'

'Whatever you say, love...'


Oh yeah. Loose Cannons has happened and with it comes some new and familiar faces... well, old and familiar faces really. Now to recap who's here for which faction.

Autobots: Bladewolf Prime (OC), Optimus Prime, Elita-1, Chromia, Arcee, Ironhide, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Jazz, Cliffjumper, Hound, Trailbreaker, Flareup, Firestar, Red Alert, Jetfire, Windblade and Breakaway.

Decepticons: Megatron, Soundwave, Knockout, Breakdown, Airachnid, Dreadwing, Brawl, Barricade, Blackout and Blizwing.

The 'Cons may not have much, but I excludes the Vehicons of course. I was only mentioning known Transformers, not Drones.