Braedey, Jasmine, and Bumblebee drove down the road at full speed with Lennox and his men close behind them. With the AllSpark secure, they had to get to Mission City and fast.
"You okay?" Jasmine now asked to Braedey.
"Just... a little bit stressed." Braedey answered, then felt his seatbelt tighten a little. "Thanks, Bee. I just hope we find the other Autobots before Megatron does."
"I'm sure we'll make it." Jasmine reassured him.
As they raced along the road through the desert towards the highway, Bumblebee's radio crackled to life. "Calvary has arrived." He spoke out.
Braedey and Jasmine look ahead to see a convoy of familiar vehicles driving towards them, a red/blue Peterbilt leading ahead of them, blaring its horn to them.
"There's Optimus Prime." Braedey breathed out in relief.
The Peterbilt now drove past Bumblebee, only to slam on his brakes, and he spun around 180 to join up with Bumblebee and the military vehicles, the Autobots all doing the same, and they race on alongside the others.
Braedey collected a radio he picked up from the dam. "Optimus. If you can hear me on this radio, we have the AllSpark with us, but we also found Megatron at the Hoover Dam. He's on his way, as well as the Decepticons." He informed.
"Understood." Optimus' voice acknowledged over the radio. "We must keep the AllSpark out of Decepticon hands at all costs."
"Let's get this done." Braedey agreed.
Once they reached the highway to go and head forth to Mission City, they were now being pursued by Barricade and Bonecrusher. The Buffalo Minesweeper truck knocked trucks and cars off the road, even throwing them into the air with its huge claw, causing destruction as he goes along, while Barricade drove after the Autobots.
"Oh, no." Braedey muttered.
"What?" Jasmine asked looking back. "What is it?"
"It's that Decepticon cop! And there's another one with him!" Braedey answered, just as Bonecrusher swiped away more cars. "We need to book it and fast!"
"Pedal to the metal, baby!" Bumblebee's radio crackled, and the Camaro sped away.
Barricade now noticed the Camaro Autobot and raced after the muscle car. But as he got close, a Ford Interceptor police car suddenly drives in, slamming its side into the Mustang, making it swerve about before regaining control.
"Autobots, this is Prowl." The Interceptor called out on the radios to the other Autobots. "I'll try and keep Barricade off of you while you all get to Mission City."
"Happy to hear your voice, Prowl." Hotrod called back, riding on two wheels as he swerved between two trucks.
"Glad to have you on the scene." Arcee added. "See if you can get that corrupt cop off us."
Prowl now transformed into his robot mode. He stands 20ft tall, sporting a black/white colour scheme, his chest being the hood-like section, with a set of car headlights on either side, the front fenders on the shoulders, a set of doors on his back like a set of wings, a pair of wheels in the middle of his back, his broad chest tapering down to a narrow yet masculine waist, his legs slender until reaching his knee joints, and they're armoured more than the upper legs. His feet are shaped like boots, with the other set of wheels on the back of his ankles. A set of rockets sit up on his shoulders, his helm mostly white with red brows above his yellow visor, and he has a black section in the middle of the red brows, while finally, the Autobot logo is present on his chestplate inside of a white star.
Once transformed, now utilising his ankle wheels, Prowl began to play defence as if he was in basketball and roller skating. Barricade swerved left and right, trying to find a way to pass him. Prowl armed both his rockets and opens fire, blasting part of the road in front of Barricade, forcing the Decepticon car to swerve away, only for him to slam into the side of a bridge. Prowl nodded firmly, shifting back into vehicle mode, and raced after the Autobots.
Optimus started to slow down, now slamming down onto his brakes. Bonecrusher retracted his claw, now transforming into his robot mode and he began to skates down the highway on his roller wheels. At the same time, Optimus hits the brakes and transformed into robot mode, now sliding across the highway. Bonecrusher skated along at speed, now ramming into a coach bus, causing it to be ripped in half in an explosion, the remains creating a blockade, but it didn't slow Bonecrusher down. Optimus turned to see Bonecrusher fast approaching, and the former got tackled by the latter, the two of them going for a tumble down the lower highway roads. The two Cybertronians fall off the overpass, Optimus landing on top of the Decepticon. Bonecrusher manages to land a blow to Optimus but the Autobot uppercuts him back, nearly popping his left optic out, the Decepticon falling down to below the roadways, Optimus jumping down after him.
Bonecrusher yelled out in Cybertronian trying to stab Optimus with his claw arm. Optimus stood behind a pillar and Brough out his own weapon: an orange Energon sword that shot out from his wrist. Bonecrusher attempted to tackle Optimus again, but the Autobot leader was not having it. He struck the Decepticon back with one fist, cutting off Bonecrusher's arm in the process, and Optimus finally stabbed him in the face, severing the Decepticon's head, and Bonecrusher's body and head fell to the ground.
Optimus looked down at the remains of Bonecrusher, before transforming and driving off after the others.
Soon enough, Braedey, Jasmine, Lennox's team, and the Autobots make it to Mission City. As they arrive, Braedey does a head count, taking note that Optimus wasn't with them.
Lennox and Epps hop out and load up their weapons. "Let's go! Let's go! Mount up! Go! Go!" Lennox orders as he and Ken climb into their vehicles.
"Here. I've got short-wave radios." Ken now hands Epps two radios.
"W-what am I supposed to do with these?" Epps asked.
"Use them! That's all we got!" Ken said getting behind the wheel. They and the rest of the Autobots drive off towards downtown, all the while looking around for any sign of Air Force.
"This is like RadioShack dinosaur radios or something, man." Epps commented as he looked at the radios. "I'm only gonna get 20 or 30 miles out of these things." Epps flips on the radio. "Are there any aircraft orbiting the city?"
As if on cue, three F-22 Raptor jets zooms above the adjacent buildings, all three jets in formation.
"3 F-22s, 12:00!" Lennox announced. "All right I want planes for air cover and get Black Hawks on station to extract the Cube. You got it?" The Autobots and soldiers now stop in the middle of the road, all of them in formation, and the humans pile out of the vehicles. "Air Force has arrived! Pop smoke!" Lennox ordered. Two soldiers pop out two smoke grenades to identify the group, as green smoke began to rise up.
Epps activated his radio again. "Raptor, Raptor, do you copy? Green smoke is the mark. Provide air cover and vector Black Hawks for extraction."
The three F-22 jets now turn around, flying rather close to the buildings, as two of the jets pull away, the leading F-22 now diving down and heading straight for them. It wasn't flying the same way as any regular pilot would fly.
Ironhide now transforms into robot mode. "IT'S STARSCREAM!" He yelled.
"And he's not alone. Thundercracker and Skywarp." Arcee added after shifting into robot mode, eyeing the other two F-22 jets.
"That's not good..." Ken muttered.
"Everyone back up! Take cover!" Ironhide called. Many people in the area immediately began to run away for cover. Ratchet, Hotrod, Prowl, Jazz and Arcee back away as Ironhide and Bumblebee lift up a nearby delivery truck for cover.
"No no no no no! Fall back!" Lennox yelled.
"Back up! Go, get out of here!" Ironhide shouted out, Braedey and Jasmine both taking cover behind a large truck. "INCOMING!"
Starscream flew in close and fired his missiles, sending Ironhide, Bumblebee, and everyone else flying from the explosion, Arcee, Prowl, Ratchet, and Bulkhead being knocked back a few metres.
Lennox and his men were all covered in dust and rubble as they picked themselves up. Braedey and Jasmine wearily get up, the former protecting the latter from the rubble, then they heard something behind them. Braedey turns and he teared up at what he saw: Bumblebee was nearby and up against a crushed truck. But as he crawled out... without his legs.
"Bumblebee! No, your legs!" Braedey ran upon worry, Bumblebee groaning and crawls towards Braedey. "Stop, Bee. You'll aggravate your injuries. RATCHET!" He yelled.
Lennox and Epps now take cover behind a a large pile of rubble. Lennox smacks Epps in the shoulder. "What the hell was that?!"
"What are you talking about?" Epps questioned.
"What do you mean, what am I talking about? They shot at us!" Lennox argued.
"F-22 pilots would never fly below buildings." Ken states.
"That's alien! That ain't friendly!" Epps agreed.
Bumblebee continued to struggle and crawl to Braedey and Jasmine. Braedey felt the tears stream down his cheeks as he watched his friend in agony. "Please, Bee..." He then placed his hands against Bee's shoulders.
"Alpha 273 degrees, 10 miles!" Epps now shouted in his radio. "November Victor, 1.2 clicks north."
Suddenly, everyone all heard something fire and a round exploded nearby Lennox. They look down the street and see Brawl in tank mode aiming his cannon at them, all the while driving down the street. Jazz and Ratchet roll out, Arcee doing the same, while Braedey continued to try and help Bumblebee.
Jasmine looked over to her right and spotted a nearby abandoned tow-truck. She made a run for it, breaking the window with a nearby axe, unlocking the door and she began to work on hot-wiring the engine.
Braedey leaned his back against a fallen piece of a large building as he watched Bumblebee struggle towards him, whirring in pain. The boy got up and puts his hand on the Autobot's face. "Bumblebee, I'm not leaving you." He said softly.
Bumblebee opened his chest and takes out the AllSpark. He hands it to Braedey and nodded his helm at him. Braedey looked to the AllSpark, but he shook his head and dropped the Cube, wrapping his arms around Bumblebee's neck. The yellow Autobot puts his hand around Braedey's back, holding him close. After a moment, Braedey lets go, still crying and he picked up the AllSpark, looking at it, knowing he has a job to do.
Meanwhile, Ironhide drove up at speed down the road, dodging tank rounds from Brawl, even transforming into robot mode, narrowly avoiding two more shells being fired at him, even using his own cannons to propel himself up into the air and even doing a tuck-and-roll.
Jazz then drove in and transforms, jumping onto Brawl. "Come on, Decepticon punk!" Jazz struggled to pull the tank's cannon away before Brawl transforms with the Pontiac Autobot on his back. Jazz wrangled with one of Brawl's missile launchers and kicked it off, before the Decepticon grabbed Jazz and yanked him off, throwing him into a building.
Ironhide and Ratchet now pull up engaging the tank. Jazz slides down beneath Brawl's legs firing up at him with his crescent moon shield and gun, Arcee sliding in and doing a scissor kick to the Decepticon's helm, Hotrod firing a wall of flame as a distraction, just as Ratchet hopped over the wall of fire, bringing out his buzz-saws, and cutting off the tank Decepticon's left arm.
"Concentrate your fire!" Lennox shouted as he and his men fire grenades at Brawl. With their firepower, as well as Ratchet and Arcee, the Decepticon got blown back off its feet and it fell to the ground with a thud.
Suddenly, the sound of an incoming jet could be heard, followed by a loud crashing sound as something had arrived.
"MEGATRON!!"
The all too-familiar loud evil voice was heard as the towering form of the Decepticon high lord stomped out from around the corner of a building.
Ratchet's optics widened in horror. "IT'S MEGATRON!! RETREAT!! FALL BACK!!"
There was no way the human soldiers could stop the leader of the Decepticons as they ran for their lives. Megatron armed his fusion cannon and opened fire at the humans, blasting some back and destroying a few vehicles. He even got Jazz, blasting him off his feet.
"Fall back!" Lennox yelled.
Arcee and Prowl both move in, Bulkhead and Hotrod both firing their flamethrower weapons and launching their wrecking ball maces, only for Megatron to handle the flames and backhand the wrecking mace. The Decepticon leader now swung his claw around, now sending Prowl flying many metres away, with Arcee blown back by another blast of Megatron's cannon, Hotrod fortunately catching the femme Autobot.
Braedey stared at Bumblebee before Jasmine pulls up in the tow-truck. "Braedey, help me with this." She asked him.
"Tell me what to do." Braedey replied.
Megatron grabbed Jazz and he transforms into his Cybertronian jet mode before flying to one of the nearby tall buildings as Megatron landed on top of it.
"That all you got, Megatron!?" Jazz called out.
Megatron then grabbed the Autobot by the ankle. "Come here, little cretin."
Jazz armed his blaster then shot at the massive robot. "You wanna piece of me? You wanna piece?!"
"NO! I want... two!" Megatron yelled, showing no mercy to the Autobot he captured as he gruesomely ripped Jazz apart from his torso and legs, Energon leaking away from his sections.
One of Lennox's men looks through his binoculars and they saw Brawl getting back up. "Sir! That tank thing's getting back up!" He informed to Lennox.
"These Decepticons must have some tough armour." Ken noted.
Lennox ran up and saw the Decepticon getting back to his feet. "Oh, these things just don't die?" He and Ken then heard helicopter blades and looked behind him to see Blackout landing on a nearby building.
"Oh, we're so dead." Ken muttered.
Braedey and Jasmine continue to hook up Bumblebee to the tow truck, the Autobot sitting on the truck bed to help them out. "Wrap it around and under his arms, and secure it to the ring at the top." Braedey said to Jasmine, the redhead nodding back.
Lennox now ran up. "Braedey! Where's the Cube?"
"The AllSpark? It's right there." Braedey pointed to the AllSpark nearby the truck.
"Okay, I can't leave my guys back there, so I need you to get the Cube into military hands." Lennox said as calmly as possible, while handing Braedey a flare.
"What?" Braedey questioned.
"There's a tall white building with statues on top that way down the block. You get to the roof, light the flare and get the Cube into the helicopter. Do not stop whatever you do." Ken added in next.
"No, I can't leave Bumblebee." Braedey argued.
Lennox suddenly grabbed Braedey's collar. "Listen to me, kid! You're a soldier now! All right? I need you to take this Cube, get it into military hands while we hold them off, or a lot of people are gonna die."
Ken now hands Braedey the AllSpark. "Lennox is right. You've got a job to do, and we have ours."
Lennox now looked at Jasmine. "You need to got too!"
"No, I'm not leaving till I get Bumblebee out of here." Jasmine argued, heading back to help out the Autobot.
"Army Black Hawk requested." Epps called on his radio. "Immediate evac for civilian boy with precious cargo. Headed to rooftop marked by flare."
"Braedey, we will protect you." Ironhide said to the brunette, priming his cannons, Hotrod and Arcee nodding in agreement.
"You got it." Braedey nodded back. He now turns to Jasmine. "Remember this... you were the first girl that I've ever fallen for." He pulled Jasmine in for a kiss and winked to her.
"Braedey! Get to the building!" Ironhide called before providing covering fire with Hotrod and Arcee, Braedey now sprinting away with the AllSpark in his hand.
"Decepticons, ATTACK!" Megatron's voice now bellowed.
"Hit it!" Ken yelled, just as Brawl fired two missiles.