Chapter 11: Rumble in the Jungle

Strongarm was driving on her very first solo mission towards a possible Decepticon signal out in South America. "Personal Journal: I have driven over 2000 miles from the scrapyard and my pistons are positively tingling! Successfully completing this mission might mean a promotion. Sergeant Strongarm. Lieutenant Strongarm. President Strongarm!" She narrated in her personal journal. "Cadet Strongarm, come in. Status report please." Fixit called over the com-link. "Hasn't changed since you asked me 12 minutes ago, Fixit." Strongarm said in annoyance. "Is it really necessary to-"

"Yes. When Bumblebee and Arcee agreed, after weeks of begging and pleading on your part to let you go on your first solo outing, you promised to check in every 10 minutes." Fixit said. "It's just a simple recon mission." Strongarm assured. "You are investigating a Decepticon signal." Fixit said. Just then, Denny and Katie walked by with several boxes in their arms. Fixit looked at them as they dropped one, getting suspicious. "Possible signal, Fixit." Strongarm corrected.

"If it is real, I'll call for backup like I promised 37 times before I left." She said. Suddenly, she saw a dust cloud following her through her rear-view mirror. "Maybe I spoke too soon. I'll call you in 10, Fixit. Out." She drove off the road and onto the rocky terrain as the dust cloud followed her. She drove up a desert mountain as the followers in the dust cloud stopped at the foothill. Strongarm transformed leapt down in front of her followers. "You!" She gasped.

(Intro)

Bumblebee, Arcee, Sideswipe and Cinderray were the ones following Strongarm, much to her anger. Jack, Mariposa, Dominick and Annika stepped out of them, revealing to have tagged along too. "This isn't how it looks Strongarm." Bumblebee said as he, Arcee, Sideswipe and Cinderray transformed. "We just forgot to give you something before you left." Arcee lied. "Yeah. What was that again?" Cinderray asked. "It's…my good luck rock." Bumblebee lied, picking up a rock. "Took it on my very first mission. Must've dropped it. Right? Here." Strongarm was unamused. "A rock? Really?" Annika asked. "It was all I could think of in the momentum." Bumblebee said with a shrug. Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

"Lieutenants, this is supposed to be my first solo mission. Isn't that correct?" Strongarm asked. "Technically, yes. But you're on a strange planet and unfamiliar terrain. We just wanted to make sure nothing bad happened." Bumblebee said, tossing the rock away. "The only bad thing happening is you guys are clearly demonstrating that you do not trust my abilities or my training." Strongarm said. "That's not true, Strongarm. We trust you completely." Sideswipe said. "When you're not always throwing regulations at us." Dominick muttered. Mariposa and Annika elbowed him. "Oh, sorry." He apologized. "No, she's right. Strongarm, this is your mission. We'll leave you to it." Bumblebee said. "Just don't do anything foolish." Arcee said. "Thank you, lieutenants." Strongarm said.

Meanwhile, back at the scrapyard, Fixit was repairing Gears' hand. "It was Denny's idea to supercharge our sparkplugs." Gears said. "You shouldn't be helping Denny Clay with technology he doesn't-" Fixit tried to say. But suddenly, there was a crash near the empty stasis pods. Denny somehow got stuck under one of them as Katie and Russell tried to pull him out. "And what have we here?" Fixit asked smugly as everyone rushed over. "Coming through." Grimlock said as he walked over and picked up the stasis pod, freeing Denny. "You okay, Mr. Clay?" Hank asked. "Yeah, I'm okay. Minor snafu with the pods." Denny assured. "Denny Clay, I sincerely appreciate you and Katie's efforts to improve on our limited resources, but Cybertronian technology is simply too advanced for the human brain." Fixit said. "Yeah. Only big brains like ours understand…complicated stuff. Like this." Grimlock said, picking up a kazoo. "Grimlock, that's a kazoo." Russell said as he took it and blew on it. Grimlock shrieked at the sound it made. "Agreed. I'm no expert in Cybertronian science. But I'm a pretty handy guy. And I can be a lot more help to you than just providing room, board and a cover story." Denny said. "Well, if you really wanna help, Denny Clay, please fix the freaky lip-*glitch*-sneaky clip-*glitch*-leaky drip in your lavatory! It is frying my delicate auditory circuits." Fixit said before rolling away. Denny groaned at him as he left. "Uh oh." Katie said with worry, knowing what her husband was gonna do.

Meanwhile, Strongarm had just reached the Brazilian jungle. "Personal Journal: Standing up to superior officers were difficult, but I give myself high marks for respect and professional-" She started to say. But just then, she discovered the Decepticon signal just up ahead. "I am closing in on the signal. Any moment now, I should-" Just then, 4 familiar signals appeared on radar. "Ugh! Not again." She grumbled. She pulled over and hid behind a bush. As Bumblebee, Arcee, Sideswipe and Cinderray passed by, she turned on her sirens and drove after them. As the 4 Bots pulled over, Strongarm transformed and marched up to them. Bumblebee rolled down his window and revealing Mariposa at the driver's seat. "Uh, is there a problem, officer?" Mariposa asked. After she, Jack, Dominick and Annika got out, Bumblebee, Arcee, Sideswipe and Cinderray transformed. "Lieutenants, I thought we agreed that you had no business being on my tailpipe!" Strongarm exclaimed. "Watching out for you is our business actually." Bumblebee said. "He's right. If it wasn't for us, you wouldn't be on Earth in the first place. We feel responsible for you." Arcee said. "Lieutenants." Strongarm started to say. "No, they're right, Strongarm. If we had stayed on Cybertron, we wouldn't even be here." Sideswipe said. "And I understand their intentions. Arcee watched out for me when I first set foot on Cybertron." Jack said. "We know you don't like it, but we're coming along." Bumblebee said. "But strictly as observers. You won't even know we're here." Cinderray assured. "Deal?" Arcee asked. "Do I have a choice?" Strongarm asked in disappointment.

Meanwhile, back at the scrapyard, while everyone was watching a sci-fi movie, Denny was drilling a blaster. Suddenly, the drill went dead, much to Denny's confusion. Until he saw Fixit holding up the plug for the drill. "I believe we had a discussion about you and Cybertronian technology." Fixit said. "It wasn't a discussion. It was your opinion. Which I strongly disagree with." Denny said. Everyone turned to watch the argument progress. "I am well versed in human emotion based on my viewing of a certain doctor on your televisions." Fixit said as Denny tried to grab the plug back. "He would say you have an unhealthy need to prove yourself. He would also say that you should tune in every afternoon at 3:00." "I have a need, alright. To get things done! You've been working with this gizmo, not to mention the weapons Strongarm, Gears and Mirage found for weeks and made 0 progress." Denny argued. "Well, I'm in the 'analyze the problem' phase! Pelechome was not built in a millennium, you know." Fixit argued. "Uh-huh. I'm no TV doctor, but I think it's you who's insecure about his abilities and fear competition. So, how about you tune in at 3:00?" Denny said as he took back the plug, plugged it back in and continued drilling into the blaster. "Give me that-that-that-that-" Fixit exclaimed, glitching out into repetition again as Katie and Russell walked over. "Hold it, guys." Denny said. Katie and Russell grabbed Fixit's arm holding the blaster. "Looks like there's corrosion. A little scraping might do." Denny said as he grabbed a screwdriver and prepared to scrape the blaster with it. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!" Russell called. Everyone quickly ran for cover. As Denny scraped the blaster, it exploded. As the smoke cleared, Denny and Fixit were both covered in soot. "I…cleared the power-mission line. You're welcome." Denny said. Fixit shook off the effects of the glitching and saw what happened to the blaster, growling at Denny as he walked away.

Meanwhile, as Bumblebee, Arcee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Cinderray, Jack, Mariposa, Dominick and Annika trekked through the jungle, they heard a voice in the air. "You see? The ancients have judged me worthy and bestowed upon me their scroll. Now please tell me. Is Doradus near?" The voice asked. As the team followed the voice, they pushed through the foliage and came face to face with an ancient statue, making Strongarm and Sideswipe gasp in surprise. "It's a statue." Bumblebee whispered. "An ancient statue. From the age of the ancient tribes of Peru no doubt." Annika whispered. They looked down to see a frog-like Decepticon talking to one of the other statues. "What do these markings mean? Please! Share your secret." The Con said, showing the statue a hologram of an ancient Cybertronian scroll. The team looked at each other, thinking that this certain Decepticon was some kind of nut. "Can't speak? Or won't? Maybe this will loosen your tongue!" The Con exclaimed, smashing the statue's face. "Deceiver!" He hopped over to the next statue. "You saw what I did to your friend. Now tell me. Where lies the Lost City of Doradus?!" He asked.

As the team attempted to sneak up on the Con, they accidentally stepped on a branch, alerting the Con. "Thieves! You think you can follow me to the treasure?! And then what? Waste it away?! NEVER!" The Con exclaimed, expanding his chin with a croak before hopping away into the jungle through the trees. The team chased after him. "Who is that?" Strongarm asked. "A relic hunter apparently." Bumblebee guessed. "And a very small-minded one at that." Mariposa said. As the Con continued hopping through the trees, the Bots transformed and picked up their partners in order to try and catch up. But then, as the Con landed back on the ground, he gave a great hop over a huge ridge. "WHOA!" The Bots cried as they stopped at the edge, nearly going over.

As they stopped, they let their partners out and transformed. "Scrap! Looks like we're taking the long way around." Strongarm said. After taking one last look at the team, the Con transformed into a pickup truck and drove off into the jungle. "Fixit, our Con looks like an Earth frog. Anything in the Alchemor's prisoner manifest fit that bill?" Strongarm asked through the com-link.

Fixit opened the manifest and looked through the prisoner list until he found the matching Decepticon. "The description matches that of an escaped Amphiboid, Springload. Human word for his mental state would be bonkers." He said. "That's putting it nicely. That overgrown tadpole is completely out of his cranium." Mirage said. "Sounds about right." Strongarm said as she and the team walked through the jungle. "He was babbling to a statue, wanting directions to Lost-" "The Lost City of Doradus. Springload is obsessed. A fable Cybertronian land and home to the Fountain of Energon, granting eternal power and energy to whomever finds it." Fixit explained. "We've all heard the legends of such a land back home on Cybertron. I never really believed in it." Mirage said. "Myth or not, Springload believes Doradus exists, and no doubt thinks he's on Cybertron." Bumblebee said. "Spending so much time in stasis probably made him even more delusional than he supposedly is." Sideswipe guessed. "Do not take Springload lightly. Many museum personal, historians and law enforcement have and paid the mice-*glitch*-lice-*glitch*-price!" Fixit explained, pulling up footage of an aftermath from one of Springload's museum raids. "Fixit's right. Springload's not only insane, he's also quite powerful with his big feet. He's 2-for-1 dangerous." Mirage said. "I will dispatch Mirage and the rest of the team to assist you." Fixit said.

"Copy that. We'll keep tabs on Springload until the others arrive." Bumblebee said as he ended the communication. "That was my call to make!" Strongarm exclaimed. "You're right. Force of habit." Bumblebee said. "But you would've said the same thing." Arcee said. "No, I would not have! Our team is 2,000 miles away! I have an opportunity to make the capture right now!" Strongarm exclaimed. "Strongarm, now that we know we're facing an unstable Decepticon, we have to go back to standard procedure. The solo part of your mission is over." Bumblebee said. "Bee's right. Even if the Nebula Rangers send someone on a solo mission, even they know when to call for backup." Jack said. As the team walked away, Strongarm just stood there in frustration, feeling like her chances to prove herself always seemed to slip away. She couldn't allow herself to wait for the others. "Fixit, good news. Springload fell into my lap, I've made the arrest, no need to send backup." She lied into the com-link. "All this happened since we spoke 60 seconds ago?" Fixit asked in confusion. "Yes. Remember? We're in a different time zone." Strongarm said, hoping Fixit would buy her lies. "Oh. Well, good. Congratulations and see all 9 of you when you get back." Fixit said, ending the communication. Strongarm smiled proudly as she followed her teammates.

Meanwhile, Denny was searching for the Decepticon Hunters after Fixit hid them somewhere. Katie, Russell and the rest of the team watched as he searched through his stuff. "Thinks he can hide them from me? Ha! I can find anything in this yard." He said. "Dad, why would Fixit hide the Decepticon Hunters from you?" Russell asked. "Because he's jealous. He saw how I fixed the blaster and he's worried I'll work my magic on the Decepticon Hunters too." Denny said. "Search all you like, Denny Clay. They're sewing well hidden." Fixit said. But then, he realized that he just gave away the Decepticon Hunters' hiding place when he said sewing by mistake. Denny rushed over to the sewing machines and dug the Decepticon Hunters out of the pile. But then, Fixit tried to wrestle the Decepticon Hunters away from him. "Those are very dangerous! Let go! Give them here!" He exclaimed. "Admit it! I'm better with tech than you! I have a very organized approach!" Denny exclaimed. "You? Organized? Ha! Have you ever looked at this place?" Fixit asked. "Uh-oh." Katie said with worry, realizing what Fixit was thinking as he let go of the Decepticon Hunters, making Denny fall on his butt. "In fact, as a favor to you, I will reorganize the scrapyard according to Cybertronian principles of design." Fixit said, taking off. "Stop!" Denny shouted as he chased after him, tossing the Decepticon Hunters aside Katie, Russell and the team watched as things really started heating up. "You're mixing the antiques with the collectables!" Denny complained. "Should we go break it up?" Grimlock asked. "We probably should." Mirage said. "But would it be more fun to sit and watch?" Gears asked. The 3 Bots sat down to watch the fireworks go off between Denny and Fixit. "We should probably break it up ourselves." Shawn said. "Agreed. But this looks like a personal matter between Denny and Fixit." Nalu said. The Rangers shrugged and sat down to watch too. Katie and Russell sighed at this with worry.

Meanwhile, the team followed Springload's trail right into the ruins of an old temple. "Tracks and freshly disturbed vegetation leading to the door." Strongarm said. "So, what's the plan, Bee?" Sideswipe asked. "Our best plan is to wait for Springload to come out and tail him." Bumblebee said. "I disagree. And so does the manual." Strongarm said, pulling out her regulations manual. Again. "Regulation R65 states when performing a surveillance operation, every effort should be made to keep the perpetrator in sight. There could be another way out of there for all we know. If we're simply watching the Decepticon, there's no reason this still can't be my mission." She explained. "Sounds awfully risky to go in after him without guaranteeing any chance of getting out." Cinderray said. "Maybe. But it could be our only chance to catch this crazy frog-bot." Dominick said. "What do you guys think?" Sideswipe asked. Bumblebee and Arcee thought about it. "Lead on, Strongarm." Bumblebee said. "We'll follow your lead." Arcee said. The team walked inside the temple.

Meanwhile, back at the scrapyard, Russell and Katie noticed Denny working on the command center. "Dad, what are you…?" Russell tried to ask. "Fixit wants to improve my salvage yard? Fine! I'll improve his command center!" Denny exclaimed. Russell and Katie grew even more worried and annoyed as Fixit made a table with Denny's Billy the Breakfast Beaver figures and started putting old waffle irons on it. "Wait. This is where I had my workout area. Where's all my gear?" Grimlock asked. "Moved it." Fixit said. "Where?" Grimlock asked. "Don't remember." Fixit said. "I can't find Sideswipe's armor polish. Denny said he moved it under the alien thingy, but to him that could mean anything!" Mirage exclaimed. "Oh, man! All this rearranging is misplacing all our stuff!" Brook exclaimed. "This is officially out of control." Russell said. "That's it. Time to put these 2 in their place." Katie said. She dug through some stuff and pulled out a megaphone. "BOTH OF YOU, STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND GET OVER HERE! NOW!" She exclaimed loudly. Denny and Fixit stopped what they were doing and walked over to the others. "YOU ARE BOTH IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF-" Katie started to explain loudly. "My ears!" Hank cried. Katie realized her error and tossed the megaphone to Grimlock. "Of this team! And if we need something and can't find it because you moved it, that could jeopardize the whole mission! So, stop worry about your turf and work together! Share your expertise!" She explained.

"You moved my snow sleds next to the microwaves?! What kind of system is that?!" Denny exclaimed. "Alphabetical." Fixit said. Denny was confused. "Cybertronian alphabet." Fixit said clearer. "These are all going back where they belong." Denny said, marching off to undo Fixit's 'reorganizing'. "Oh, trust me. Whatever you've done to the command center is about to be undone." Fixit said, rolling off to undo Denny's 'improvements' to the command center. Katie sighed in frustration as she sat down. "There's either fun coming or a whole lot of damage. Or both." Grimlock said. Just then, Russell noticed the Decepticon Hunters by his feet and picked one of them up. "Maybe not." He said, getting an idea.

Meanwhile, the team continued their way through the temple to catch up to Springload. They found him in an ancient hallway examining the symbols inside. "These markings do not match my scroll. Or do they?" He asked, comparing the symbols to the ones on his scroll. The team hid behind some of the columns in the hall as Springload hopped over to a carving on the wall. "Is Doradus near?" He asked. "SPEAK! You can tell me. I have been deemed worthy." He said. "Okay. He is really whacko." Dominick whispered. Seeing her chance to make the arrest, Strongarm got out her handcuffs and prepared to move in. "Strongarm, don't!" Bumblebee whispered. "Decepticon, you are under arrest for-" Strongarm tried to say as she ran towards Springload and tried to arrest him. But as she touched his shoulder, her hand was suddenly burned like acid, forcing her to let go. "Try to keep me from my treasure, and you'll get burned! Or worse!" Springload exclaimed, kicking Strongarm into another carving. "Strongarm!" Sideswipe cried in worry. "You okay?" Bumblebee asked. "Acid. Coating his armor. Built in defense mechanism." Strongarm groaned, showing her hand. "Just like a poison dart frog. The slime coating their body is fatal to predators." Annika said.

Just then, everything started rumbling. The carving sank into the wall, the ceiling started cracking and the columns started to collapse. "Looks like the temple has some defenses of its own!" Bumblebee exclaimed. "Naturally! The ancients built these temples with hundreds of different kinds of traps to stop tomb raiders and grave robbers from claiming their treasures!" Jack exclaimed. "In my search for Doradus, I've escaped far worse! But you unworthy ones will not!" Springload exclaimed, cackling as he escaped. As the roof started to cave in, the Bots tried to hold it up with the columns and Dominick summoned his earth pillars to help. But it was no use as the roof continued to cave in.

Just then, Strongarm drew her blaster. "Strongarm, what're you doing?!" Bumblebee asked. "Springload escaped through a hole in the wall! So can we!" Strongarm exclaimed. "But you could bring the whole place down!" Arcee exclaimed. "It's coming down anyway!" Strongarm exclaimed. "She's right! Even I can't hold on for much longer!" Dominick exclaimed. "Fair point!" Bumblebee exclaimed. Strongarm fired her blaster at the wall, blowing a hole through it. She then ran towards in and leapt through. Sideswipe and Annika soon followed. But as Bumblebee, Arcee, Cinderray Jack, Mariposa and Dominick tried to follow, a few bits of the roof caved in, making them turn towards the other hole. As Cinderray tried to follow the team, the rest of the roof caved in. She screamed and ducked down as the rubble sealed up the hole.

As they recovered, Sideswipe and Annika looked at Strongarm for what happened. "Strongarm, do you realize what you just did?" Sideswipe asked. "I just wanted to prove that I could still complete the mission solo." Strongarm said. "Well, because of your recklessness, not only have we lost the element of surprise, but we also got separated from the others. We can't even wait for the others now." Annika said. "Actually, they're not coming." Strongarm said, sadly. "What do you mean?" Sideswipe asked. "After Bumblebee last spoke to Fixit, I commed back and told him not to send the others. I didn't want to give Springload time to get away." Strongarm admitted. Sideswipe and Annika were shocked by this. "Strongarm, I never thought you could do something like this. Lying to your own superior officers? To Bumblebee and Arcee? That's so…unlike you." Sideswipe said. "Yeah. Did you even hear what Jack said earlier? Even if we Nebula Rangers go on solo missions, even we know when to consider the solo part finished and call for backup." Annika said. Strongarm put this to thought, but shrugged it off. "One more chance to complete the mission solo. I'll take the lead, you 2 observe. I'll do everything by the book." She said, walking away. Sideswipe and Annika looked at each other with concern before following her.

Meanwhile, back at the scrapyard, Denny lay back in his lawn chair after hiding one of Fixit's supplies. "Now that talking appliance won't be able to find his radiator without a roadmap. That'll teach him." He said proudly. But suddenly, as he grabbed his remote and turned on his TV, Underbite's mugshot came on, surprising him. He flipped through the channels, getting only the mugshots of Hammerstrike, Chop Shop, Terrashock, Thunderhoof, Filch, Opticon, Minitron and Springload. "FIXIT! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY TV?!" He exclaimed. "It's your brand-new 24-hour news channel. Cybertron's Most Wanted. All mugshots all the time. You're welcome." Fixit said smugly. "Messing with a man's TV is a step too far, Fun-Size! When I'm done with your command console, you'll cry tears of oil!" Denny exclaimed, picking of a tool as he stood up. But as he started walking towards the command center, Fixit started blocking him. "Let me through!" Denny exclaimed. "No! I forbid-" Fixit tried to say. Suddenly, there was a weird noise nearby. They turned to the others as they brought over one of the Decepticon Hunters. "We were just messing around with them until this one started to make noise." Russell said as he set down the Decepticon Hunter as it kept making noise. "Might be a frequency anomaly." Fixit guessed. "Or a system's overload." Denny guessed. "Could result in a catastrophic explosion." Fixit said with worry. "It needs to be disarmed." Denny said, worried too. "To access the Decepticon Hunter's motherboard, the outer casing needs to be removed. The Decepticon Hunter must be kept completely immobile. I cannot do it myself." Fixit explained. Denny nodded, knowing what to do.

Meanwhile, back in the temple, Springload was still searching for Doradus. "Doradus! Why do you torture me?!" He cried. "Sorry, Doradus isn't here right now. Can we take a message?" Strongarm asked, revealing herself, Sideswipe and Annika. Springload was shocked to see them. "It's not possible. You were buried alive! Unless…you're ghosts! Yes. Unworthy spirits, still seeking to foil me! Never!" He exclaimed, expanding with a croak before he transformed and drove deeper into the temple. "Let's do this." Strongarm said. She and Sideswipe transformed and followed Springload. Annika created a trail of ice and skated on it as she followed the Autobots. As Springload drove through a tunnel, Strongarm and Annika followed after him as Sideswipe drove down the second one. As they reached the end of the tunnels, Sideswipe cut Springload off as Strongarm and Annika came up from behind. Springload transformed and hit Sideswipe with his tongue, sliming his hood with acid. Sideswipe exclaimed in pain as he backed up towards a ledge. "Sideswipe!" Strongarm cried as she drove over and pushed Sideswipe to safety. She transformed and fired her proto-blaster at Springload as he escaped down another tunnel. "Pathetic spirits!" Springload exclaimed, taunting them with his backside as he continued. As Sideswipe transformed, Strongarm punched the tunnel wall in frustration. "Strongarm, will you allow us to relinquish our roles as observers and officially assist you?" Annika asked. Strongarm looked at her and Sideswipe for a second. "I'd be honored if you would." She said with a smile.

Meanwhile, after getting separated from the others, Cinderray walked through one of the tunnels and tried to find her team. "These tunnels seem to go on forever. I'm never gonna find the others." She said with doubt. Suddenly, a brilliant blue light appeared in the tunnel and floated towards her. "What are you?" She asked as the light floated around her. Just then, the light floated down the tunnel. Cinderray, feeling drawn to the light, followed it down the tunnel.

Meanwhile, back at the scrapyard, Denny and Fixit were operating on the Decepticon Hunter. Fixit used his drill attachment to unlock a panel while Denny kept the Decepticon Hunter immobile with a wrench. As Fixit opened the panel, Denny looked inside. "There's something lodged in there." He said. Fixit brought out his plier attachment, slowly and carefully reached in, and grabbed whatever was lodged inside. Denny and Fixit braced for impact as it was pulled out. When nothing happened, they looked at what they pulled out, revealing it to be…the kazoo! "What is it?" Fixit asked. Just then, Katie, Russell, Hank, Grimlock, Gears, Mirage and the Rangers started laughing. "What kind of crazy stunt?" Denny asked. "The kind that worked." Gears said. "Yep. It made you 2 stop arguing and start working together." Grimlock said. "Russell planted that kazoo inside the Decepticon Hunter hoping that you 2 would be able to figure out the problem." Mirage said. "Probably one of the best ideas he ever had." Raf said. Denny and Fixit looked at each other and smiled, knowing that they actually did well when working together. Just then, Denny noticed something. "Fixit? Shouldn't that cable be…" He started to ask. "Attached to that terminal? Yes. Hold it very still." Fixit said. He carefully placed the cable back on the terminal, reactivating the Decepticon Hunter. Denny removed the wrench as Fixit welded the panel back in place. "Now, try thinking of a weapon." Fixit said. "Okay. How about…a flail?" Denny asked, putting his hand on the Decepticon Hunter. Just then, the Decepticon Hunter transformed into the requested weapon. "Yes!" Russell cheered. "Dude." Katie said in awe. "You did it." Denny said. "We did it. Perhaps we should work together more often." Fixit said. "Agreed. In fact, first thing we should do is-" Denny started to say. "Duplicate the Decepticon Hunters so everyone on the team may have one!" Fixit exclaimed excitedly. "Well, I was gonna say put the salvage yard back the way it was, but I like your idea too." Denny said. As the 2 of them walked away, the others fist-bumped each other in success.

Meanwhile, back in the temple, Strongarm, Sideswipe and Annika watched as Springload started going from regular delusional to incredibly unstably tortured delusional inside an ancient tomb. "PLEASE! Guardians of Doradus, my whole life! It must be near! Where is it? I will destroy you all! Where is it?" Springload exclaimed. "Those stone containers look big enough to hold Springload." Sideswipe whispered, noticing how big the containers were. "Sounds like a plan to me." Strongarm whispered. The 3 of them split up and snuck around to different sections of the tomb. "What must I do? What?! WHAT?!" Springload asked. "Unworthy." Strongarm called, throwing her voice to sound like a spirit. "What? Who said that?" Springload asked, startled. Just then, one of the statues moved towards him. "The spirits of Doradus have decreed you do not deserve the treasure. You are unworthy." Strongarm said as she pushed the statue. Springload backed away in fear and disbelief, hiding in one of the containers. "No! I've worked hard! Tirelessly!" Springload protested. "And you're long overdue for a rest." Sideswipe said. Springload turned around before Sideswipe leapt at him with the container's lid, forcing him inside. Annika fired an ice beam from her hands, freezing the container and sealing it. "No! Let me out! Let me out! I! AM! WORTHY!" Springload cried as he tried to bust out. "Oh, do yourself a favor and chill out, Froggy." Annika said.

"Strongarm! Sideswipe! Annika!" Bumblebee called. The 3 turned around as he, Arcee, Jack, Mariposa and Dominick ran into the tomb. "What the heck happened in here?" Arcee asked. "Long story short, we got the Con trapped inside." Sideswipe said, gesturing to the frozen container. "Great job, team. And we're more than willing to let Strongarm off the hook for lying to us and Fixit." Bumblebee said. "You…heard that?" Strongarm asked with worry. "We tried contacting your comms earlier, but you must not have heard us." Arcee said. "Some solo mission." Strongarm said in disappointment. "Hey, it wasn't all that bad." Annika said. "She's right, Strongarm. You led the pursuit, dealt with every obstacle and used Springload's fears against him." Sideswipe said. "But most importantly, you made one decision that really showed me something." Bumblebee said. "The ghost voice, right?" Strongarm asked. "You put aside your pride and asked your teammates for help." Bumblebee said. "Bee's right. That's not a move no rookie could ever make." Arcee said. Jack, Mariposa and Dominick nodded in agreement. "Then maybe I won't stay a cadet for long, huh?" Strongarm asked. "Not if you continue to prove yourself worthy." Bumblebee said, mimicking Strongarm's ghost voice. The team laughed at this until Springload shut them up by trying to bust out of the frozen container. "Wait. Where's Cinderray?" Strongarm asked, noticing Cinderray's absence. "We thought she was with you." Bumblebee said.

Meanwhile, the light led Cinderray to a chamber. She followed it inside as she walked into the chamber, gazing at strange writings and drawings all over the walls. Up ahead, she saw another wall on the far end. As she walked closer, she saw several crystals forming outer and inner circles. Above them, an image of an unknown being. "What is this place?" She asked. Just then, the light started to brighten behind her. She turned around and saw a being made of light. "Greetings, Cinderray." The being greeted. "What's going on here?" Cinderray asked. "I have brought you here to warn you. There is a great darkness coming. A darkness that you and your friends must be prepared for." The being said. "Who are you?" Cinderray asked. "I am your spiritual guide." The being said. Just then, he held out his hand. Cinderray took his hand and was suddenly showed a vision.

[Vision]

The vision showed a whole planet, where there were other Cybertronians that had the Autocon insignia. They all stood before a female Autocon who appeared to be their queen.

But then, the vision changed and showed a giant shadowy Cybertronian looming over Earth with great evil, letting out an evil laugh.

[Vision End]

Cinderray gasped at what she saw in shock and horror as she collapsed to the ground. "Your time will soon come, Cinderray. Good luck." The being said before he disappeared. By then, Bumblebee and the others ran into the chamber. "Cinderray!" Bumblebee exclaimed with worry as he and the others gathered around her.

Later, Cinderray woke up with a gasp and found herself back in the scrapyard. "Easy, Cinderray. Are you okay?" Bumblebee asked. "Yeah. I think so." Cinderray said. "What happened?" Bumblebee asked. "Well, when we got separated in the temple, as I tried to find a way back to you guys, a strange light appeared and guided me to a chamber. The light became a strange being and showed me a vision." Cinderray explained. "What was the vision about?" Bumblebee asked. "I…I think it was a vision…from my past. There are other Autocons out there. Like me." Cinderray said. "You mean?" Bumblebee asked. "Yes. I'm slowly starting to remember." Cinderray said.

Whoa. Things really got crazy for Team Bee today. Strongarm trying to prove herself on her first solo mission in Brazil to apprehend the delusional Amphiboid Decepticon, known as Springload, with Bumblebee, Arcee, Sideswipe, Cinderray, Jack, Dominick and Annika interfering. And while back at the scrapyard, Denny and Fixit were at each other's throats after an argument about each other's opinions about Cybertronian tech and organization. But they managed to overcome their prides and solve each of their problems with ease. Meanwhile, Cinderray is slowly starting to regain her lost memories after getting separated from the team and being shown a vision inside a temple chamber. What challenges will Team Bee face in the future? What will Cinderray's vision mean for her, her friends and her future? Leave a review if you want.