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Unaware that she was being sought after by both factions, Aquaformer flew on. She wasn't sure exactly what she was trying to accomplish, but something was telling her to keep on the move.
Elsewhere, Megatron had received a report that Aquaformer had been spotted not far from the Decepticon base. He smiled and headed up, as all he needed to do now was to catch her.
Fully aware of what it could mean if she was captured, the Autobots headed out as well. Skyfire and Ultra Magnus kept their anger in check, as a fight now could very well cost them their mate and their lives.
Meanwhile, Aquaformer was forced to land. She hadn't wanted to, but her systems were running low on energon, much sooner than she was used to, though she chalked it up to stress. And as she reached for a cube of energon that she always kept on her, she was captured by a rogue bot, who soon brought the defiant femme to Megatron. Megatron smirked with an insidious look to him. "Finally, you foul femme, you are mine to destroy..". Aquaformer struggled but she realized quickly it was no use and soon stopped struggling.
Elsewhere, having sensed things had gone awry, Lancex asked Optimus if Lancex could climb up on the truck's trailer for a good look and a possible scanning of the area. Optimus agreed, and soon Lancex was in position. He scanned and to be honest, he didn't like what he saw. Megatron, along with three of his minions had captured Aquaformer and were surrounding her. The tyrant seemed to be using her as bait to lure the Autobots out.
Lancex carefully lined up his shot, knowing a miss shot could kill the sparked Aquaformer. Before shooting, Lancex called out, "bullet out: air shot" and then fired. He could only hope that this shot wouldn't harm Aquaformer. The shot splits into several bullets and sprays, hitting Megatron and his minions with tremendous force, almost like a wind that blew the evil bots away.
Aquaformer smiled weakly. She knew who that was and figured her friend had found his way out and had come to help her out. She wanted to get up but was too weak to do so. Megatron, on the other hand, called a retreat and soon, all the cons were gone.
Upon seeing the bad bots retreat, Ultra Magnus and Skyfire raced to their mate, who passed out in their arms. She looked rough. Skyfire gently carried her to Optimsu' trailer. Even Optimus felt bad for how bad the femme looked. Lancex decided to ride in the trailer with the femme, as did Grimlock even though it was a tight fit. Skyfire and Magnus were okay with that for now as they flew ahead so that they could get Aquaformer help quickly. Optimus was a bit upset that Grimlock and Lancex were riding in his trailer, but then he remembered that Lancex wouldn't be satiated by one bot and that Aquaformer needed help, so they all headed back. The question was would she survive, and the answer was anyone's guess.