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Plot – T-Ai gets consumed by Neo-Dark Energon, instead of Koji. During the heated conflict, Rad saves Alexis but gets seriously injured. Alexis's heart is filled with depression and guilt over his recent condition. In response, Koji consoles Alexis by asking her out after she helped him restore his memories awhile ago. Then, as Galvatron and Cryotek brainwash T-Ai with Neo-Dark Energon, Kicker, Sally and Misha are spying on Koji and Alexis's outing together.
Chapter 13: When Opposites Attract
Although Koji was still feeling scared of seeing Galvatron holding the Neo-Dark Energon in his hands and threatened to re-capture him, there was some courage left inside of him. "There's no way that you can ever manipulate me again with that weapon of yours, Galvatron! So, go and find someone else!"
Galvatron, however, just laughed. "Hate to break this to you, Koji, but my mind has already been decided. Looks like, you have nowhere else to run."
"What I want to know is, why are you asking me to be subjected with Neo-Dark Energon?"
"Let's just say that we've discovered a hidden Autobot that's been buried underground" explained Ga'Mede with a sly grin.
Koji and the others felt their bodies were tingling with fear, when they've realized that Galvatron and his men have located the legendary Autobot: Fortress Maximus. "But…But, how? How did you know, where he is?"
As he's left visibly shaken with doubt, T-Ai had noticed something on the back of his neck. "Hey, what's that on you, Koji?" After she removes the strange object, she discovered that it was a miniature device. "Oh, no! They've placed a tracking device on you!"
"What? I've been followed by them all along? Aw, man! They must know where the Autobot base is, too." He cried.
"Now, wait, just a minute. When did they placed it on you?" Rad asked.
Ga'Mede answered. "It was when you interfered in my previous fight between your friends and brought out Fortress Maximus. When you pummelled me down, I placed it at the back of your neck and was undetected by you until we've began searching for that Autobot. It's true that we've detected both him and yourself at two different locations but we've preferred that finding your little hideout would be the last thing on our hit-list; since our device doesn't work way deep underground."
"Well, in that case…" As Kicker takes the device from T-Ai's hands and later holds it, he responds to them. "This is what I think of you!" He then crumbled the device with his bare hands and tosses the remaining parts right back at them.
The Decepticon duo was fumed from this. "How dare you mock us!"
"And you're going to pay for your foolish actions!" shouted Ga'Mede by grabbing the Neo-Dark Energon from Galvatron's hands and throws a wild arm pitch right into his direction. But, he wasn't aiming for Kicker. He was actually aiming for Koji and it slides by both him and Misha.
"Crap! Koji!"
"Get away!"
With him being cornered, Koji was left helpless and was about to be brainwashed once more by Neo-Dark Energon until T-Ai steps in and does the unimaginable: by shoving him down, the dark object that was meant for Koji had made direct contact onto T-Ai's body as she screams in pain.
When Koji shook his head off and turned around, he gasped in shock to see T-Ai getting consumed by Neo-Dark Energon. "T-Ai, no!" As he runs to her, he demands an explanation. "Why did you do that? Are you out of your damn mind?"
While she struggles to fight off the Neo-Dark Energon that's wrapping her body in purple and black lightning, she replies weakly. "No. I just…wanted to make…sure that you…don't get infected by…Galvatron…again. Now, please…leave…me."
He tries to deny her offer. "I can't. You're coming with me."
"I told you, just…let me…be. Whatever happens…I'll always be…your…best friend." As the Neo-Dark Energon continues to purge T-Ai's mind and body, she concludes her sentence to him about something important. "And remember, don't…ever…be…afraid." She later fainted due to the excessive amount of Neo-Dark Energon infecting her body.
With his heart filled his disbelief and frustration, he turns back to Galvatron and Ga'Mede with a furious expression on his face. "You madmen! First you infect me to hurt T-Ai and now, you've done the same thing! Why are you doing this kind of monstrosity?"
"It's not only about who's accepted in my ranks, but also to accomplish my one task: Eliminating the Autobots and total domination of both the Earth and Cybertron. Once that's settled, I'll take over the entire universe!" answered Galvatron.
"The more warriors we find by building them up with Neo-Dark Energon, the stronger we become!" added Ga'Mede.
"Good grief. They're always full of themselves. Almost as much as you were back then, Alexis" says Rad to her.
"Oh, grow up, will you? They couldn't even get the job done in less than a week! They're nothing but cowards!"
Ga'Mede raised his eyebrow and made a devilish grin. "So, you think that we're cowards, eh? Alright, than." He later points his pistol at the ceiling above and replies to them. "Try this on for size!" By firing his weapon, it erupted with a bang and begins to form a big crack. It was about to fall on both Rad and Alexis until he shoves her out of harm's way and as a result, he gets crushed by the massive debris; right around the same time when Alexis came to her senses.
She became mortified of seeing him getting crushed in order to save her life. "Oh, my! Rad!" She runs over to check on her injured best friend and tries to lift it, but she couldn't.
Koji, Kicker and Misha all pitched in and were able to assist Alexis to push it away.
Upon looking at his weakened state, she falls down to her knees and bends over at him; while soft droplets of distraught were formed in her eyes. "Why, Rad? Why would you do something so foolish?"
Unable to move his body, he was able to turn his head slowly to her and groaned due to the injuries that he suffered by taking the harsh blow. "I…don't want…you to get…all of the…attention…to yourself. I mean, you're not…the only…one who…gets selfish and that would…be…Sally. The real truth is…I…liked…you…all…a-along." After he revealed his statement to her, he passed out and was rendered unconscious.
Knowing that she has found out the actual truth from him between Sally and herself, Alexis can feel that her heart has been split in half. "Rad…I'm so sorry."
During the emotional breakdown between them, Galvatron and Ga'Mede were gloating on their assault.
"Now that's a sight worth seeing."
"Yes, it is. It's like putting down an Insecticon without any bug repellent."
At the viewing screen inside the Autobot base, Dr. Jones and everybody else became very shocked of what has transpired.
"Oh, no! This is terrible! Dr. Jones to Optimus Prime! Do you read me? Galvatron and Ga'Mede have assaulted Rad and T-Ai has been infected with Neo-Dark Energon!"
"What was that?"
"He's serious, Optimus! Cryotek was only distracting you!" informed Scavenger.
"Slag! We've been tricked!" yelled Nightcruz with Demolisher and SnowCat continuing to fight against Sunstorm, Wind Sheer and Bludgeon.
Rodimus was also deeply shocked to hear the unfortunate news. "What? That's impossible!"
"What's the problem, Rodimus?" urged Magnus with an answer.
He continued, while he clenched his fist tightly and grunted. "This whole time fighting Cryotek was all a diversion."
"Damn it! All Autobots, fallback!" Optimus signaled his men and head back to base for an immediate escape.
"Eh? Over already?" complained SnowCat.
"Stop being such a whiner and follow Optimus's order! We need to know what's happened during our encounter with them" informed Nightcruz.
"Well, shouldn't the Autobot brothers supposed to be looking after Kicker and the rest of them?" wondered Hauler.
Magnus mentioned to him. "I believe so but, what the hell are they doing?"
Back on the thirtieth floor, Alexis is still reeling after what Rad had done to save her by putting himself in jeopardy and continues to cry. "Why? It should've been me! Not him!"
By seeing of how miserable Alexis has become and overseeing T-Ai still unconscious after getting infected from Neo-Dark Energon, Koji became very irate. "Galvatron! Ga'Mede! Now, you're both really starting to piss me off! It's because of people like you that don't deserve to be here! Go back to where you came from!"
"I'm afraid not. Cause, you're the one who got pulled into this fight in the first place!"
"If it weren't for you, we would've taken over both planets and even the universe by storm!"
"You wish. If I still hadn't made a connection to Fortress Maximus, then you wouldn't be hunting me or anyone else for that matter!" told Koji.
"Oh? If it were a woman, wouldn't that surprise you?" sneered Galvatron.
"Possibly. But not, completely. On the other hand, is it true that you and Cryotek have joined forces?" he asked.
The Decepticon leader responds. "For the moment, we have. Once we destroy you and the Autobots, I'll be able to finish him from where we left off." He pulls out another dosage of Neo-Dark Energon and holds it in the palm of his hands. "But enough with the history lesson between me and Cryotek, let's get this over with."
Just as things were going underway for both him and Ga'Mede, there was a loud beeping signal that came from one of the elevators and when the doors were opened, there came a new voice.
"Special Delivery."
It fired its weapon right onto Galvatron's chest, where it fazed him a little until he reluctantly dropped his Neo-Dark Energon right onto the floor and was smashed into several pieces.
"Who threw that?" yelled Ga'Mede in frustration.
As the intruder revealed himself to them, it was a white cop car with two sirens on top. It shouted its name by rolling out of the elevator. "Prowl, Transform!"
"Just in time!" cheered Kicker.
After shaking off the damage that he took, Galvatron shouted. "Wretched Autobot! For that, you will pay!"
As luck would have it, two more elevators were opened and a couple more mysterious shots came right onto him. And as of now, he became very infuriated of someone's interference.
"Now, what?"
That's when the last two intruders had also showed themselves. The first was a blue car with yellow flames and the other was a white and green SUV. When they've exited out of the elevators, they too shouted their names.
"Sideburn, Transform!"
"X-Brawn, Transform!"
"So, the gruesome threesome were the ones that ruined our fun" grumbled Ga'Mede.
"Hey listen, mate! We're called 'The Autobot Brothers'! Not the gruesome threesome! You got that?" Just as X-Brawn was about to put more insults on him, he and the rest of his brothers have spotted a terrifying sight. "What the? Oh, no! The little lady's been hurt and so is Rad!"
"Say, what? That can't be good" gasped Sideburn.
"Hold that thought for just a second." Prowl turned to Koji and asks him. "Koji, what happened?"
He answered. "Rad saved Alexis from the falling wreckage but got himself very injured and T-Ai saved my life after Ga'Mede threw the Neo-Dark Energon. It was originally meant for me, since Galvatron have recently located the whereabouts of Fortress Maximus by placing a homing device on me."
"Are you serious?"
With a nod of his head, the Autobot brothers have understood of what Koji has told them.
"This looks bad. We'd better leave, while we still can" Prowl said to Sideburn.
"But, what about T-Ai? We can't just leave her here."
"We have to" informed Kicker to them.
"Huh? Why is that, Kicker?" asked X-Brawn.
"If either one of us come into full contact with her, we'll also get infected by Neo-Dark Energon."
"You're very true." As they all whirled around, they see Ga'Mede picking up T-Ai's unconscious body and carrying her, bridal style. "It's a pity that you won't get to see this precious girl of yours at any time soon." He lets out a sinister laugh.
X-Brawn realizes that they've seen enough pain for one day and informs his two Autobot Brothers to withdraw with Koji, Misha and Alexis. "I don't know about you, but we'd better retreat and tell Optimus everything that's happened."
"Yeah and they've found Fortress Maximus by trailing Koji with that secret tracking device."
"I guess, we have no choice. Sideburn, Transform!" Sideburn changed into a blue sports car, along with his brothers as everyone carries the injured Rad and escape via elevator, while Galvatron and Ga'Mede watch them leave the facilities.
For Ga'Mede, however, he asked Galvatron. "Galvatron, sir. Was it sufficient for us to let them go?"
"Right now, it is. Besides, we've got ourselves a nifty stowaway." He laughed madly, while staring at T-Ai unconscious with Ga'Mede holding onto her.
Now back at the Autobot base, Optimus and Rodimus were both furious, when the Autobot brothers told them about what went down at the one thousand and eighteen story building.
"Galvatron did what?"
"You all have a damn good reason as to why you let them slip through us!"
Prowl was the first to discuss. "Allow me to explain from Koji, Rodimus. You see, Ga'Mede had secretly placed a small tracking device on him after he brought Fortress Maximus from Planet Cybertron. Then, he and the rest of the Decepticons had located him from underwater. Just before they've infiltrated the building."
X-Brawn stepped in and also explained after it. "When they did, Galvatron took Ga'Mede with him and stormed right in. If that weren't enough, Ga'Mede grabbed the Neo-Dark Energon from him and threw it at Koji. Instead, the little lady pushed him until she got herself infected."
It was Sideburn's turn to finish it off. "To make matters worse, Alexis had called them 'cowards' and that's when Ga'Mede had fired his weapon on the ceiling to collapse on them. When Rad saw Alexis was in danger, he also risked his life to save her and got himself seriously injured. I hate to say this Optimus and Rodimus but, we've somehow failed you both in protecting them."
By looking at their empty complexions, both Rodimus and Optimus had fully understood of what really happened during their scuffle with Cryotek and his band of Decepticons.
"Well, we're both glad that you told us the truth. But, you must be careful next time."
"If either of you let the enemy slip through, our chances of defeating the Decepticons would eventually decrease. You got it?"
"Yes, sir!" says the Autobot brothers altogether.
"Somehow, we've got ourselves lucky. But, we weren't for the second time, when they've made a diversion by fighting Cryotek and his troops, while Galvatron and Ga'Mede went off to find Koji relating to Fortress Maximus" said Dr. Jones.
"Speaking of Koji, where is he?" asked Carlos.
"The last time I saw him, he was with Alexis. I'll just bet that he's with her inside the medical room, where Rad is recuperating" informed Kicker.
Misha sighed. "Poor Alexis. I feel sorry for her already after what happened to him."
Elsewhere in the medical room, the unconscious and seriously injured Rad is now resting on a stretcher bed with an oxygen mask on his mouth for life support, while donning a light blue t-shirt and pants. Most of his whole body was covered with bandages from the incident that transpired earlier.
A heart rate monitor machine was next close to him as it makes several beeping signals coming from Rad's heart. Sitting next to him was Alexis looking very distraught and clutching his hand with hers; hoping that he'll make it through.
Koji walked in and joined up with Alexis. Despite witnessing T-Ai getting infected with Neo-Dark Energon, he's also concerned about Rad's condition. As he sat down next to her, he asks. "How are you feeling, Alexis?"
With a look of shame on her face and holding onto Rad's hand, she didn't listen to him.
Koji was beginning to comprehend that Alexis is ignoring him and not wanting to reply back. Upon staring at her, he recalls the events that occurred between them when he suffered amnesia from Ga'Mede and Alexis was the one who helped him. And now, it's his turn. He once again tells her but with a different response. "You know, if it weren't for you helping me to regain my memories, I wouldn't have acquired my armor transformation. That includes Rad standing up for you."
When she heard those words, her eyes flashed with a bolt of blue as she lets go of Rad's hand and turned to him. "How…How did you know? You hardly know anything about me and Rad."
He replied. "From what I can tell, he's trying to reach out to you and ensuring your safety. Don't get me wrong, Alexis. But, I think that Rad is concerned about you."
At that very moment, Alexis's eyes grew with astonishment as she looks over at Rad and remembered their previous conversation.
(Begin Flashback)
Alexis: "Why are you being so hard on me?"
Rad: "I just want to…show you of how much, I care about you. Seriously, Alexis. I'm trying to be honest with you. If you only resort to yourself besides me, who will you look up to in the future?"
Alexis: "It's…It's hard to say, Rad."
(End Flashback)
"Just to let you know that before I got here, I had a brief discussion with Carlos and he recently said to me about the connection with you and Rad. It's quite obvious that he's more into you rather than Sally" Koji explained.
"Is it all because he's wearing that Cybertronian locket?" she asks.
He nods his head. "Either that or he's just starting to grow close to you. Just out of curiosity, Alexis, did you ever like Rad from when you've first met him?"
"Barely. It's like every time when he used to do something so foolish, I got into an argument with him and even Carlos. I mean, he was always acting like such a kid that I just wanted to…" As she compressed her fist, raised it high and looking upset, she unintentionally targeted Rad. In a matter of seconds, her expression had quickly softened and released her fist. She backed away from him with a hollow look on her face. "What's wrong with me?" Suddenly, tears begin to fill up her eyes. "I don't want to…hurt him. He just needed to…" But the more she sees Rad, her heart continued to be filled with sadness and by standing against the wall, she cries hard while burying her face with her hands.
Koji looked on with deep concern and since there's been a slight difference between them in-regards to their best friends, he stood up from his chair. He placed his hand on Alexis's shoulder and calmly speaks to her. "Alexis. I know that this will sound really odd but, our lives were saved on different occasions by Rad and T-Ai. So, if you could please hear me out."
As she listens to him, she stopped crying and removed her hands from her face. Her eyes were still covered with hot tears as Koji pressed on.
"Listen…" He later clasped his hands with hers. "An interesting thing came to me, when we were heading back to base. And I was thinking…"
"Thinking of what, Koji? Aren't you worried about T-Ai?" said Alexis sadly while interrupting.
He replied. "I am. But since that you helped me regain my memories, I wanted to return the favour and that would be asking you out for today only. Because, I'd be mostly worried about you regarding Rad's condition than seeing T-Ai controlled by Galvatron with Neo-Dark Energon."
Alexis's heart began to race as a hint of redness was shown on her cheeks and a small sparkle in her eyes. "K-Koji…"
They both stared into each other's eyes until she threw her arms around his neck, while he does the same by throwing his arms around her lower back. "Hearing that makes me feel better already." She made a small smile on her face and so did Koji.
Unknown to them, Billy, Fred, Karl and Jenny had observed this from the outside and were all perplexed between Koji and Alexis.
"Well, this is new."
"Tell me about it. I think, I'm speechless."
"So are we. Who'd ever thought that he would have an outing with her?"
"It's not only that, but I think that he's trying to assist her from what happened to Rad."
"Is that so? I'm getting so annoyed by this!" says a new voice.
As they all turned around, they see that Sally has also taken notice. Her arms were folded and pouted at Koji and Alexis embracing each other.
"Relax, Sally. It won't be that long for them to be together" said Billy.
"Yeah so, take a chill pill" added Fred.
Instead of taking their advice, Sally becomes enraged. "Take…a chill pill? You don't get it, do you? How come Rad is with Alexis, instead of me? Huh? Why is that?"
"There are two things, Sally. Well actually, three. One, Rad is holding her Cybertronian locket. Two, he's beginning to like her more and three, let's just say that he…dumped you" Jenny answered.
After she described about Rad delving more into Alexis, Sally's jaw had dropped and her eyes were widened with surprise. Her mind had cracked like a broken glass window as she sweat dropped and made a small frown.
"Aw, no fair!"
At the laboratory basement inside Decepticon HQ, Galvatron is proceeding with his next phase by making T-Ai as his new recruit. He instructs Ga'Mede to place her on the stretcher with tight metal braces on her arms and feet and also removing her helmet that had an Autobot symbol on it. Thus, revealing her brown Bob-cut hair.
"Is the specimen ready, Ga'Mede?"
He nods his head. "Yes, she is, sir."
"Good. Now, step aside."
By taking his word, he joins in and witnesses the operation on T-Ai to commence.
Among from inside the operation room, there stood Cryotek. He awaits Galvatron to start-up the experiment and as he made a huge glare at him, he urged an answer.
"May I?"
"Do it."
Upon turning on the switch, the operation was underway. As the machine begins to accelerate, numerous bolts of purple and black electricity are spreading throughout the place and also into T-Ai's mind and body. During the procedure, T-Ai is feeling the effects of the Neo-Dark Energon. She kept on murmuring and later, whining but neither Galvatron, Cryotek and Ga'Mede don't even give a damn.
With a vast amount of Neo-Dark Energon being deposited inside of her, T-Ai was screaming very loudly until her eyes glowed brightly purple and a Decepticon symbol appearing on her forehead.
Around the same time, Koji overheard the strange sound that triggered his mind during his special outing with Alexis. "Huh?"
"What's the matter, Koji?" she wondered.
He was silent for a moment until he turned back to Alexis. "It's…It's nothing. I must be hearing things. Other than that, let's keep going."
"Okay. Before I forget, I'm also the Secretary of State under President Constanza." she said to him.
Koji's mouth dropped in shock and his eyes were widened. "Wow! That's awesome, Alexis! I can't believe that you're connected with him."
Alexis twitched her eyebrow, while stiffing her lip. "K-Koji, the U.S. President is actually a woman."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Still, you must be really proud of having to work over there. I wish, I could greet her myself" he said curiously.
"Well, maybe someday, I could invite you over and meet up with her" Alexis offered.
"Really? Thanks, Alexis. You're a very friendly person much like T-Ai" says Koji.
Not only did he smile back, so did Alexis as she kept holding his hand.
During their special outing, Misha, Sally and Kicker are carefully spying on them from the distance without being spotted.
"They look so cute together. Don't you agree, Sally?"
"Yeah, right. Even though that she's with Koji, I still hate it that Rad likes her more than me. He's so stubborn like my brother."
Not taking her comment too lightly, he hits her in the head with his fist in frustration. "Says you, twerp and I'm not stubborn!"
His voice was almost so loud, it caught both the attentions of Koji and Alexis.
As they heard him, they both whirled around to see where he was yelling from. When they did, however, all they could look at were a few bushes that were across the sidewalk and a few street lights, buildings and vehicles. By staring at each other, they shrugged their shoulders and continue to walk down the streets.
Fearing that they were nearly caught in the act, Misha, Sally and Kicker hid themselves from beneath the bushes before Kicker shouted at Sally for insulting him. Each of them had covered their mouths with their hands and avoid getting caught. Slowly but surely, they peeked their heads out and wondered if they're still there. Luckily, they're not and they all made a sigh of relief.
"That was too close. For a moment or so, they might've seen us."
"Or heard us. Kicker, what did you do that for?"
"Because you're acting like a sissy and furthermore, stop picking on Rad!"
"Who's getting picked on?" A new voice interjected.
They've felt a medium chill down their spine, while they were sweat dropping and as they all turned around slowly, they've noticed that Koji and Alexis are right behind them. Indicating that they've really overheard their racket, they freaked out.
"Get a hold of yourself, you guys" Koji insisted.
"Were you…spying on us?" urged Alexis demanding an explanation from them.
Sally stood up and confronts her. "Yes. We're just curious as to how well you're doing with Koji. My apologizes."
"There's no need for that. We're doing just fine, Sally. I've been spending so much time with him that I'm feeling a lot better than I was." She later embraced Koji with her warmth and becomes very shy. "And it's all thanks to you, Koji. If it wasn't for you, I would've blamed myself for what happened to Rad."
A hint of redness filled up his cheeks. "S-Sure, no problem, Alexis. Same with me, regarding T-Ai."
Unbeknownst to the group, both he and his friends are carefully watched by Ga'Mede, Magnificus and their new assailant dressed in a purple cloak. Behind them is Galvatron.
"Humph! How typical. He will never know that we've seen everything. Right, partner?"
"No doubt about it. Shall we proceed, sir?"
"Once they're out on the open field, we'll make our move." As he carries out his next command to his troops, he glances over at the person wearing in a dark purple cloak. "And when we do, they'd better prepare themselves."
Back to where Kicker and his friends were: still discussing about the unusual bond between Koji and Alexis, since the incident that took place from yesterday.
"Now look, you two. Even though that you're helping each other out because of what happened to Rad and T-Ai, this doesn't mean you get to make out."
Alexis folded her arms. "And why is that, Kicker?"
"It would be embarrassing to see either one of them noticing your attraction to one another."
"Just to let you know, I've recently talked with Alexis about our differences" says Koji.
"You mean that incident from the tower?" Misha asks.
He responded. "That's correct. Since she helped me to bring back my memories, I wanted to do something in return and that's asking her out while not condemning herself regarding Rad's downfall."
Kicker and Misha seemed to have agreed, but not for Sally. "How can you be so sure?" She then stares right at his face by yelling at him. "You don't know anything about either of them!"
Upon looking at her irritation by shouting at Koji's face, Alexis gently clenched her fist and retaliated back at her by grabbing her shirt. "Hey, do me a favor, Sally! Shut up and give me and Koji some space already!"
Sally calmly responded back. "O-Okay." Afterwards, Alexis lets go of Sally's shirt.
Before Kicker could help out his sister, his hair had strangely glowed brightly gold and as he sensed a big vibration inside his head, he reacted in pain. "Ah! My head!"
Misha felt genuinely concerned about his sudden reaction. "Kicker, what's wrong?"
After feeling the effects, he answered. "I…I can sense something. Something that's nearby…" He quickly turns around to see some familiar figures landing right in-front of him and his friends. "It's here!"
By the time he said it, they've made an immediate impact on the ground.
Koji instantly recognized the trio. "Galvatron!"
"Ga'Mede and Magnificus!" cried Sally.
"We see them but who's that in the purple cloak?" asked Alexis.
"I'm afraid we're about to find out" retorted Kicker.
Back at Autobot HQ, Rodimus, Optimus, Magnus and Dr. Jones were watching the action from the viewing screen.
"What does Galvatron have in-store this time?"
"More trouble, I believe. I'm heading out with Magnus and the Autobot Brothers. Stay put and inform some recruits, just in case if Galvatron gets the upper hand on us and also recapturing our friends."
"By all means, Optimus." The red-flamed Autobot nodded its head.
"There's no doubt in my mind that Galvatron has a new playmate underneath that hood" says Magnus with his arms crossed.
"That's right. Unfortunately with Rad injured, they can't perform the Energon Fusion. So, they need to regroup and fast!" informed Dr. Jones.
"We'll do that right away, Dr. Jones. Magnus, Autobot Brothers, let's transform and roll-out!" Optimus transformed into a red fire truck and heads through the Space Bridge with Magnus and the Autobot Brothers following him.
While Optimus and his crew take off and rescue their human allies, back on the highway, Galvatron, Ga'Mede and Magnificus are about to unveil their newest acquisition to Kicker and company.
"So, Ga'Mede. Ready to reveal our latest member to those puny humans?"
"Yes, Galvatron." He approaches to the individual in the purple cloak and whispers into its ear. "Go ahead, young one. Give them what they deserve."
It nods its head silently.
"Okay, Koji. Get ready. Once we see who it is, we'll transform" informed Kicker.
"Right. You got it."
Galvatron snickered. "I'm afraid that the tables will be turned against you."
"Oh, really? Just, how so?" says Alexis.
The unknown figure in the purple cloak replies to her. "By beating you up and the rest, you miserable wench."
When they heard that familiar voice in a different tone, they instantly gasped and stood there frozen in bewilderment.
The one who was more shocked was Koji, because he now knows who's underneath that getup. "No! It can't be!"
As Koji's fear was starting to sink in again, the mysterious comrade removed its dark purple cloak by revealing itself to them and everybody else in the Autobot base feeling completely stunned.
With his forehead already sweating, Koji gulped down his throat and blurted out the name of his best friend that has now become his worst enemy. "T-Ai…"
To Be Continued…
End of Chapter 13