Authors Note: I know this isn't the same as the actual episode. I just wanted to give Wheeljack his own spotlight chapter for the first season
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, The Owl House or their characters
In an abandoned town, the sky was completely foggy and the only sound that could be heard was the gushing wind. But then, some metallic banging noise could be heard within the distance and suddenly crashing into a large building was Wheeljack, who collapsed onto his hands. The swordsman Wrecker looked up to see Wildrider standing over him.
"Wheeljack. Imagine you and me bumping into each in the middle of nowhere, while tracking a stray Energon signal." Wildrider said with a smirk.
"Yeah, Wildrider, it must be your lucky day." Wheeljack replied before charging at his rival.
The two Cybertronians locked hands with each other and tried to push the other back.
"Where's your pet witch?" Wildrider asked smugly. "How about when I finish with you, I pay him a visit?"
This made Wheeljack yell in fury and he tackled Wildrider to the ground.
"So, the Wrecker's got a soft spot!" Wildrider mocked.
Angered by his words, Wheeljack pulled out one of his swords and prepared to stab his rival. But then, Wildrider rolled to the side and avoided the incoming stab. The bladed Decepticon then delivered a powerful rear uppercut to Wheeljack's face and sent him flying back. Wheeljack could only groan in pain as Wildrider pointed one of his wrist blades at his face.
"As much as I'll miss our little reunions, it's time to slice and dice." Wildrider snickered, reeling his blade back to deliver the killing strike.
But suddenly, some kind of mine device was shot onto Wildrider's chest and gave him an electric shock, causing him to groan painfully and collapse. Wheeljack slightly saw some helicopters flying above him before he lost consciousness, while some familiar-looking choppers landed near him and Wildrider. Stepping out of the helicopters were a bunch of M.E.C.H troopers, who aimed their blasters at the two unconscious Cybertronians while Silas stepped out of his own transportation.
"Sir, we only have the resources to transport one." A M.E.C.H trooper informed as Silas thought for a little bit, remembering how the battle ended.
"Take the victor." He ordered.
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A few minutes later, Wheeljack began to wake up and opened his eyes a little bit while groaning weakly. Just then, a certain Witch friend of his called him on the com-link.
"Marco! Marco!" Gus called out. "MARCO!"
"Gus?" Wheeljack asked in a weak tone.
"Wrong! You're supposed to say polo." Gus replied.
"Huh?" Wheeljack questioned as his optics shot wide open.
The swordsman Wrecker sat up and prepared to battle Wildrider, but saw that his rival had vanished.
"Gus, ugh, let Ratchet know I need a Ground Bridge." Wheeljack informed.
(Linebreak)
Once he arrived back at base, Ratchet was fixing up Wheeljack's injuries as Gus watched him from the platform. Optimus and the other Bots approached the swordsman Wrecker.
"Engaging the enemy on your own was foolish, Wheeljack." Optimus told him.
"Wildrider jumped me. I knew I could take him." Wheeljack retorted before he groaned a little bit.
"Stay still." Ratchet said.
"But we should take a look at that jerk. Right, Jackie?" Gus asked with a smile, figuring that his Autobot Guardian managed to beat his rival.
"Yeah, I'm sure you gave him a good Con crush as usual." Bulkhead added kindly.
"Uh yeah, about that…" Wheeljack said in an awkward tone.
"Wait, you didn't kick his metal butt?" Gus questioned, slightly disappointed.
"Not exactly. I figured you all did." Wheeljack told his teammates.
"Oh." Gus said.
"What're you talking about, Wheeljack?" Cliffjumper asked curiously.
"When I came to, Wildrider was… just gone." Wheeljack answered. "I remember hearing a copter. Maybe it was Agent Fowler?"
"Not me." Fowler said as he walked in through the elevator, causing the Autobots to turn towards him. "But I have an idea who. Show me where this Con-Napping occurred."
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Meanwhile on the Nemesis, Megatron was standing alone on the main deck before two of his followers approached him.
"Lord Megatron, Breakdown and I fear that Wildrider has gone missing." Starscream told his master.
"He was following an Energon signal bellow, until we lost his signal." Breakdown added.
"The Autobots?" Megatron asked, thinking his main enemies where behind this.
"According to surveillance provided by the astonishingly accurate Soundwave, Wildrider was abducted by humans." Starscream explained, gesturing to the communication Decepticon when he mentioned his name.
"Your point?" Megatron questioned.
"My strongest recommendation, we assemble a rescue team to hunt the vermin responsible for this outrage." Starscream declared.
"I'm willing to with. Nobody messes with my Stunticon pals and lives to tell about it." Breakdown said eagerly, pulling out his sledgehammer.
"…Wildrider is on his own." Megatron answered, much to Starscream and Breakdown's surprise.
"Uh, master?" Starscream asked confusingly.
"What do you mean?" Breakdown questioned.
"If Wildrider allowed himself to be captured by those smaller than him, weaker than him, he deserves whatever fate awaits him." Megatron told them.
"Well… if you say so, master." Breakdown replied, sighing in defeat.
"But, Wildrider is a key player in our…" Starscream protested before he was silenced by Megatron's glare. "Your wisdom reigns supreme, Lord Megatron."
The air commander then walked away, but not before giving his master a glare.
"For now." Starscream whispered.
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Inside a tunnel that had a few lights on, Wildrider finally woke up from his unconscious state. Once his optics were fully open, he found himself restrained to a large table with some big tools next to him.
"Wh-what the scrap?" Wildrider asked in surprise before he began struggling in his restraints, which didn't move a bit.
Wildrider then heard a door open and he saw Silas and a few M.E.C.H troopers walking along a metal railing above the bladed Decepticon, who continued to struggle. Some other troopers were operating at a computer that showed Wildrider's schematics
"Filthy organics! Who do you think you are?!" Wildrider questioned angrily.
"We are M.E.C.H. And I am Silas." Silas introduced.
"Release me now and I'll give you the mercy of a quick death!" Wildrider demanded.
"I'm afraid you are far too valuable to us." Silas replied.
"Haha! Megatron will never pay a ransom to insects like you!" Wildrider stated with a laugh.
"Oh, you misunderstand. We don't want a ransom." Silas told him. "We want only you. All of you."
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Back at the Autobot base, Ratchet was displaying where Wheeljack previously was to the others.
"This is where we picked up Wheeljack." Ratchet informed.
"The Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia. Much of it was abandoned twenty years ago when it's volcano first erupted." Fowler explained. "My intel reported M.E.C.H activity there, earlier today."
"M.E.C.H?" Gus repeated. "You mean those tech-stealing humans?"
"The very ones who know of our existence on your planet." Ratchet answered.
"They must've tracked one of us there." Wheeljack said.
"But what would they want with Wildrider?" Gus asked in curiosity.
"What's it matter? They can have him." Arcee replied.
"That leaves us with one less Con to deal with." Cliffjumper said with a smile.
"That's music to my ears." Jazz replied.
"Who would've thought that a tough Decepticon like Wildrider would get dragged off by humans?" Bumblebee asked humorously.
"Heh, yeah. Dragged off by humans." Bulkhead said in agreement.
"Guess I softened him up for them, Huh?" Wheeljack asked, feeling pretty proud of himself.
"Eh, I guess." Gus muttered.
However, Optimus had a different take on this.
"Ratchet, reactivate the previous Ground Bridge coordinates." Optimus ordered. "We will rescue Wildrider."
"What?" Ratchet asked in total disbelief.
"Optimus, you can't be serious." Arcee protested.
"I think he is." Bumblebee replied.
"Ain't no way we're doing that!" Jazz stated.
"M.E.C.H can melt him down for all I care." Wheeljack scoffed.
"Jackie's right. Let the Cons rescue their own." Bulkhead said.
"It is unlikely that Megatron would bother with an errand of mercy." Optimus replied.
"Okay. But this is Wildrider we're talking about." Cliffjumper reminded.
"Sometimes, we must rise above ourselves for the greater good." Optimus told his fellow Autobots.
"Oh, what's that supposed to mean?" Wheeljack questioned rhetorically, not caring about whatever his leader meant. "Wildrider's gonna be grateful and go all soft and join the cause?"
"While it is unlikely that any Decepticon will choose the path of good, even they possess the potential for change." Optimus explained.
"Nugh! I knew where this was headed." Wheeljack grumbled.
"By greater good, I meant humankind." Optimus said, which still didn't convince Wheeljack otherwise. "M.E.C.H presents a clear and present danger."
"Prime's right, Jack-Rabbit. We know M.E.C.H is obsessed with obtaining ground-breaking technology." Fowler reminded.
"Which means we cannot allow Cybertronian biology to fall into their hands." Optimus added.
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Meanwhile, Wildrider was still attempting to get out of his restrains as Silas looked down on him.
"Full disclosure, we intend to pull you apart. Break you down, if you will. And we will utilise whatever we discover to develop a new generation of weaponry." Silas explained, snapping his fingers and having one of his surgeons walk ontop of Wildrider before walking down the stairs towards him. "I'm afraid you won't survive the process. So thank you I'm advance for your sacrifice. M.E.C.H is very much in your debt."
"You're making a very big mistake, you pathetic little fleshling!" Wildrider said in a venomous tone. "When I get out of this, I'll slice your tiny body apart piece by piece!"
"Since you evidently aren't squeamish, I'll allow you to watch. Are his pain receptors disabled?" Silas asked the surgeon, who nodded in response. "Good, then he won't make as much noise. Open him up."
The surgeon grabbed a nearby drill and lowered it towards Wildrider's chest, turning it to maximum power. Wildrider could only look on in fear got closer to his body and then sparks began flying off once it made contact.
(Linebreak)
At the Autobot base, the Ground Bridge was fully activated and Team Prime was preparing to go on their rescue mission. Well, except for one.
"Come on, Jackie. You've gotta go." Gus told his Autobot Guardian, who leaned against the platform with his arms crossed.
"Don't wanna." Wheeljack replied.
"Wheeljack…" Optimus said softly.
"Optimus, I'm sorry! I just can't do it!" Wheeljack stated stubbornly.
"I support your choice." Optimus replied.
"What?!" Wheeljack and Gus asked in shock.
"Given your history with Wildrider, your judgement may be clouded. And thus, jeopardise the mission." Optimus said. "Besides, the Decepticon may be more in need of a medic than another warrior."
"I'm locked and loaded, Optimus." Ratchet said as he joined up with the other Bots.
"Don't worry, Jackie. We'll tell you how it went when we get back." Bulkhead assured.
"Autobots, roll out!" Optimus ordered.
The Autobots then transformed and drove straight into the Ground Bridge, which closed up once they were on the other side.
"Fine. Happy hunting." Wheeljack muttered.
The swordsman Wrecker heard Gus groaning in disappointment and he turned towards his Witch friend, who was leaning on the railing away from him.
"Uh, what do you say? Creature Double Feature?" Wheeljack asked, trying to cheer him up.
"Sure." Gus replied.
"Wo-ho! I'm in." Fowler said enthusiastically.
(Linebreak)
The Ground Bridge appeared in the same area Wheeljack was previously in and the Autobots drove out of it before transforming, pulling out their blasters and seeing no enemies in sight.
"No signs of life, human or Cybertronian." Cliffjumper informed.
"Now where would a bunch of humans be hiding a Decepticon?" Bulkhead asked.
The Bots then spotted some tire tracks on the ground, which was most likely left by a M.E.C.H car.
"Maybe we should follow those tracks?" Bumblebee suggested.
"Forget the tracks, Bumblebee." Ratchet replied as he held a scanner. "I'm picking up a faint Energon signal, three clicks North by Northwest."
"Wildrider." Optimus realised.
"But we shouldn't be getting a reading, unless…" Arcee said.
"His Energon's been spilled." Ratchet finished.
(Linebreak)
Back at base, Wheeljack was watching the TV as it showed two giant monsters battling each other. Fowler had fallen asleep on the couch and Gus was just sitting on the higher railings away from the TV.
"Dino Lizard verses Three-Headed Ape. You're missing the big fight." Wheeljack told the Illusionist Witch boy.
"No. You're missing the big fight, Jackie." Gus replied with a frown.
"Huh?" Wheeljack questioned confusingly.
"Which sucks, because Wildrider's supposed to be your arch enemy, not Optimus'." Gus said. "And definitely not M.E.C.H's."
Hearing this made Wheeljack sigh, still not liking the idea of rescuing his rival.
"Gus, you don't understand. Wildrider and me… we go way back. You have no idea the things he's done." Wheeljack explained. "I'm not rescuing him, okay? Not now, not ever."
"That's what I'm saying, Jackie. You don't need to make peace with him, you just need to get him out and get back to fighting." Gus replied.
"Uh… what?" Wheeljack asked, slightly confused by what he said.
"You already lost to him in your previous battle." Gus told him. "So if you don't save him from getting dissected by M.E.C.H, you won't have a chance to even the score. It's your choice. You can stay here knowing your rival got the last win, or you can rescue him and have another chance at winning."
Wheeljack's optics widened as he know understood what Gus was talking about. He turned his attention towards the Ground Bridge, knowing what he now needed to do.
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Back in the abandoned town, the Ground Bridge appeared once again and Wheeljack drove right out of it. Once the Ground Bridge closed up, Wheeljack transformed and looked around for any clues that could lead him to Wildrider and M.E.C.H.
The swordsman Wrecker soon spotted the tire tracks his teammates discovered earlier and he knew this would lead him to his rival, transforming into vehicle mode and driving along the trail.
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Back with Team Prime, they were following the Energon signal that Ratchet had detected and moved from building to building with their blasters ready in case they ran into any M.E.C.H troopers.
"Still nothing." Jazz told the others.
They kept following the signal until it led them all to a large abandoned mansion with a trusted fountain in the center. Ratchet took a look at his scanner as it was beeping rapidly, meaning they were very close.
"Reading's coming from right… here." Ratchet said.
The Autobots looked towards the fountain and they noticed some kind of metallic piece in the middle on it.
"Uh, what is that?" Cliffjumper asked with a raised eyebrow.
Ratchet bent down to the metallic piece and he instantly recognised it.
"A piece of Wildrider's chest armor." Ratchet replied, much to the Autobots' shock.
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In another part of the town, a lone M.E.C.H car was driving across the area to obviously meet up with the other M.E.C.H members. However, the driver didn't notice that Wheeljack was watching him from behind a building.
"M.E.C.H." Wheeljack whispered.
He followed the M.E.C.H car to an abandoned tunnel, which was definitely where M.E.C.H was keeping Wildrider. Wheeljack brought out his blaster and made his way into the tunnel.
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At the same time, Ratchet was connecting the Wildrider's armor piece to the top of his scanner through a few wires.
"What are you doing?" Bulkhead questioned.
"The armor piece's sensory camera might have retained the final images seen." Ratchet explained.
After he hacked into the armor piece, it's camera began to display the M.E.C.H preparing to use the drill on Wildrider.
"What do you know? Weird science wins again." Arcee quipped.
But when the drill started making physical contact with Wildrider's armor on the screen, it started showing static and the Autobots gasped in surprise before Silas himself appeared on the scanner, with Wildrider being dissected by his troops on the background.
"Well, well, Optimus Prime. A pleasure to set eyes on you again." Silas greeted.
"He's converted the sensory camera to a two-way feed." Ratchet said.
"And you must be Silas." Optimus said to the M.E.C.H Commander.
"In the flesh." Silas answered. "But being that our captive is not one of yours, I have to admit I was expecting Megatron."
"In this circumstance, Autobots and Decepticons share a common foe." Optimus proclaimed.
"M.E.C.H is anything but common." Silas retorted. "Our guest is yielding quite a bit of information about your biomechanics as you can see. Even Wildrider himself can see it himself. We would've gone for the eye first, but I really didn't want to make things too messy."
"We don't fear you." Ratchet said with a glare.
"Oh, but you should." Silas replied. "In fact, I would strongly urge that you not stand your ground."
After hearing this warning, Optimus looked right beneath the fountain and noticed that a bomb was planted underneath it. What's worse is that the timer was almost up.
"It's a trap!" Optimus announced.
"Would this be a rollout kind of trap?" Jazz asked rhetorically.
"Evacuate, now!" Optimus ordered.
The Autobots immediately turned away and transformed into vehicle mode in an attempt to drive away from the bomb. The explosive device then blew up when it's timer reached zero and the explosion sent Optimus, Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Jazz and Ratchet flying away before they all transformed, landing on their feet and looking at the blazing explosion.
"Well that was a very close call." Cliffjumper admitted.
"So, any idea where they're keeping the rest of Wildrider?" Arcee asked.
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Wildrider could only watch as M.E.C.H was taking him apart with all their huge tools, while Silas watched from the railing.
"Enjoying the view?" Silas asked with a smirk. "Ironically, your would-be rescuers may be in more pieces than you, right now."
"Decepticons don't break that easily!" Wildrider argued.
"Who said they were Decepticons?" Silas asked, giving the bladed Decepticon a hint about who his rescuers really were.
"That doesn't make sense. Autobots wouldn't come to rescue me, at all." Wildrider said in confusion.
But then, Wildrider and M.E.C.H began hearing some loud banging noises from a distance. Silas turned his attention towards the computer, which showed a footage on something banging through a closed door on the other side. A bunch of M.E.C.H troopers ran up to the door and aimed their weapons at it, but then the door came flying off and revealed Wheeljack with his swords in hand.
"Marco!" Wheeljack called out as he swung his swords at the M.E.C.H troops, who fired their weapons at him. "You're supposed to say polo!"
He kept swiping his swords at the M.E.C.H troops, knocking most of them away and the others began fleeing for their lives. Silas saw the entire thing on the computer and knew that Wheeljack was coming for Wildrider.
"More grist for the mill." Silas said before leaving with some of his troops.
As Wheeljack finished off the remaining troops that were in his way, he ran across the tunnel and soon found Wildrider strapped to the surgeon table before placing his swords away. Wheeljack approached his captive rival, who turned his head upwards to look at him standing over.
"It must be your lucky day." Wheeljack told his rival, reaching towards him.
Wildrider closed his eyes and prepared for the worst to happen, but Wheeljack surprisingly tore off the metal restraints that were latched onto his arms and legs, freeing him from captivity.
"Wh… what're you doing?" Wildrider asked, very shocked by what his rival just did.
"Getting you out of here." Wheeljack answered as he offered his hand to Wildrider. "Yeah. I don't believe it, either."
Wildrider hesitated for a second, but then he grabbed Wheeljack's hand and the swordsman Wrecker pulled him back on his feet before the alarm went off.
"Can you walk?" Wheeljack asked.
"Uhh, I think so." Wildrider answerd with a nod.
The two of them heard a loud bang from outside, which didn't sound good to them.
"Can you run?" Wheeljack questioned.
"Never run when you can fight." Wildrider replied, pulling out his wrist blades.
"Just keep those things pointed away from me, alright?" Wheeljack told him before rushing ahead, while Wildrider followed behind.
As both rivals were getting closer to the exit, they were soon fired upon by some M.E.C.H troopers.
"Creature Double Feature, coming at ya!" Wheeljack stated, pulling out his swords and swiping at the troopers alongside Wildrider.
The M.E.C.H troopers immediately moved out of the way and this allowed Wheeljack and Wildrider to continue running towards the exit. When they got out, a bunch of lights flashed in their faces and a lot of M.E.C.H troopers in cars and helicopters fired at them. Wildrider brought out his blaster and immediately fired at the M.E.C.H cars, managing to hit some of them.
"Do you have an escape plan?" Wildrider asked.
"Yeah, but you're not gonna like it." Wheeljack replied before activating his com-link. "Wheeljack to Optimus, rendezvous at my coordinates! I need backup, asap!"
As the swordsman Wrecker began fighting the M.E.C.H cars with his swords, Wildrider looked towards a nearby chopper and he grabbed one of the cars before tossing it at the air vehicle, making it explode upon impact. Wheeljack and Wildrider then attacked M.E.C.H with their fists, blades and blasters with all the strength they had within them. They were successfully able to take out a lot of cars despite being relentlessly shot at by the troopers rifles. But then, Wildrider noticed a helicopter with Silas inside flying towards the battlefield.
The helicopter revealed a modified cannon on it's lower area and it was aimed at Wildrider. It began charging up an electric blast within it and fired directly at the blade-wielding Decepticon, who quickly rolled out of the way and made it emit an electric pulse on the ground. However, Wheeljack started getting weakened by the M.E.C.H troopers' attacks and he groaned painfully, kneeling on the ground as Silas' chopper flew right above him. The chopper got it's electric cannon ready for a final blow and then fired at Wheeljack, only for Wildrider to suddenly jump in and move his rival out of the electric pulse's range. Once they both recovered, the two rivals stood back to back with each other and continued fending off the M.E.C.H troopers with their blades and blasters.
Silas' helicopter came around to use It's electric cannon again, but then the pilot noticed some unwanted visitors on the radar.
"Sir, incoming bogies!" The pilot stated.
Silas knew they more Cybertronians would overwhelm him, so this had to be the time for them to leave.
"All units, disengage and initiate omega protocols." Silas said begrudgingly on his walkie-talkie.
The remaining M.E.C.H forces ceased their attack and they all retreated from the area, leaving Wheeljack and Wildrider with some marks on their bodies.
"What do you think caused them to leave?" Wheeljack questioned.
Just then, the two of them noticed some flying vehicles and a land-based vehicle approaching them from the distance.
"Is that your backup?" Wildrider asked.
But it wasn't the Autobots. Once the air vehicles got closer, they all transformed and landed on the ground to reveal themselves as Starscream and a squad of Vehicons. The land-based vehicle caught up and it transformed into Breakdown, who stood beside Starscream. Seeing the other Decepticons made Wheeljack's optics widen a bit.
"Breakdown! Commander Starscream!" Wildrider exclaimed.
"So you're hanging out with the Bots now, Wildrider?" Breakdown asked rhetorically, immediately noticing Wheeljack with his teammate.
"Wheeljack got me out of there." Wildrider replied.
"Many Spark-felt thanks, Autobot. Now destroy him." Starscream ordered the blade-wielding Decepticon.
Wildrider looked towards Wheeljack, who stepped back a little bit before he turned back to Starscream.
"But…" Wildrider began saying.
"Do you plan on joining their ranks anytime soon? No?! Then be done with it, already!" Starscream ordered, glaring in his face.
"If you don't wanna do it, Rider, I will." Breakdown said as he got his hammer ready.
Wildrider stared at Wheeljack for a bit longer as he processed the orders he had just received from his superior, until he finally made up his mind.
"Tough break, Wheeljack. Maybe in the next life." Wildrider said simply, pulling out his blades and preparing to strike Wheeljack with them.
But then, Wheeljack avoided the attack and knocked his rival down to the ground with a powerful punch. Breakdown glared dangerously at Wheeljack and attempted to smash him with his hammer, only for the swordsman Wrecked to backflip out of the way and then give Breakdown a double spin-kick to his face. This sent Breakdown flying back and he crashed onto the ground with a painful groan, much to Starscream's anger.
"Destroy him!" Starscream ordered the Vehicons before Wheeljack immediately punched him away with an uppercut.
The Vehicons aimed their blasters at Wheeljack, who turned towards Wildrider and picked him up before spinning him around.
"Time to slice and dice!" Wheeljack stated, tossing Wildrider at the Vehicons.
The blades that were still pointing out of his rival's wrists struck the Vehicons and caused them all to collapse on the floor with scratch marks on their armors.
"Come on! I'll take you all on!" Wheeljack said in determination, getting his swords ready for more battle.
Starscream, Breakdown and the Vehicons recovered and prepared to fight Wheeljack, only for some enemy blaster fire to be shot at them from behind. Starscream and Breakdown looked behind to see Optimus and the other Autobots running up to them with their weapons ready, causing Starscream to growl in absolute annoyance.
"Retreat!" He ordered before transforming and flying away.
The Vehicons transformed and flew after the air commander, while Breakdown ran forward and transformed before driving past an opened gate that lead outside the abandoned village. When Wildrider got back up and saw the other Autobots, he pushed Wheeljack away and transformed into vehicle mode, following after Breakdown. Optimus, Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Jazz and Ratchet then approached Wheeljack.
"Engaging the enemy on your own was even more foolish this time, Wheeljack. But, I am honoured that you saw fit to rescue your rival." Optimus said, feeling proud of Wheeljack for what he did today. "You have truly risen above yourself."
"Did you see? I beat Wildrider and took out the Cons with his own blades! I evened the score!" Wheeljack cheered happily.
The rest of Team Prime looked at each other, figuring out who had convinced Wheeljack to rescue Wildrider in the first place.
"I'm sure Gus would be proud." Arcee said with a smile.
"You did good, Jackie." Bulkhead said kindly, while Wheeljack smiled proudly to himself.
(Linebreak)
Meanwhile, Wildrider kept driving away from the abandoned before he hit the breaks, halting in front of Starscream.
"One day, you will repay your debt to me, Wildrider." Starscream told him. "The day it comes to choose sides."
Wildrider then transformed and looked up to his superior officer.
"Uh, between Autobots and Decepticons?" Wildrider asked.
"Between myself and Megatron." Starscream answered, slowly moving around the blade-wielding Decepticon. "Incidentally, I suggest that Megatron never know of this rescue. You do want him to think you overcame the puny humans on your own, don't you?"
Starscream then flew off into the sky and left Wildrider by himself, only for Breakdown to drive up to his teammate and transform.
"Just be glad you're still functioning, Rider. Knock Out and I still need you around on the ship." Breakdown admitted.
"At least those stupid humans didn't capture you, Breakdown. They probably would've torn out one of your eyes." Wildrider replied with his arms crossed.
"Heh. That's never gonna happen." Breakdown said as both of them looked to where Starscream had flown off to.
(Linebreak)
Meanwhile in an unknown facility, Silas was looking over Wildrider's schematics and a saved image of Optimus on a large computer.
"The test subject escaped, but we've managed to sanitise the area and transferred most of the newly acquired data to another facility." Silas said to a recording. "A diagnostic scans of the subject's vital components were thorough enough to initiate Project Chimera. The power of the living machines and the secrets of magic will someday soon belong to M.E.C.H."
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