The destroyed probe was sitting inside a ship on top of a table surrounded by three figures. The shortest of them was the one examining the probe.

"We can't use it to find where they are, but we know they're on the planet," the short woman would tell her.

"I don't care about that!" The tallest figure roared, her fist crashing against the table. The remains of the probe jolted, causing the short woman to stagger. "I want to know what Autobites we have to fight so I can annihilate them!"

"Or run away like a coward when you realize they're stronger than you thought," The shorter one hissed as she collected her tools. "And you should care. We need to find out how many of them are on this planet. We never heard back from Runabout and Runamuck for months. Who knows what they've encountered?"

"No one cares about them, Sideways," she growled. "They were weak, annoying, and no one would miss them."

"And you, Octane, will abandon us when something becomes too hard," Sideways hissed.

Octane growled, slamming her hand against the table again, and approached Sideways, who cracked her knuckles as she approached Octane. As the two got closer, the third woman calmly cleared her throat, stopping them. Fear suddenly filled their optics as both slowly turned to the woman.

A muscular woman wearing Samurai-like armor, her face painted to resemble a skull, and her hair in a high bun. Despite her muscular build, her body was slender and had bigger curves. It's built like a literal tank. While her look was threatening enough, her attitude and skills made her terrifying, even to the likes of Octane, whose antics could barely be stopped by Megatron.

"Come now, girls, we shouldn't be fighting one another," she calmly told them. We will get to annihilate the Autobots. Right now, we must find disguises and gather the energon needed for our task."

"Right…sending out our probes now," Sideways would say as she pressed a button. Three scanners are being sent out to find vehicle modes. "So…why Earth? Our mission can't be to find out what happened to Runabout and Runamuck."

"Nothing you need to know as of right now, Sideways," Their leader would say while folding her arms. "Just know that this planet is a lot more important than it seems, and below the surface is hidden treasures. Treasures that we need."

"If you say so." Sideways shrugs.

The table would start to blink to life as several vehicles were a type 90 tank, a Jaguar F-type, and a Cerberus tanker truck. Before Octane could say anything, a military aircraft would appear, giving her the tanker and the plane.

"Nice picks," their leader would say as she took the tank.

"I aim to please, Bludgeon," Sideways winks as she takes her alt mode.

"We find the energon we need. Find where we need to be and bring the ship down so it can complete the process," Bludgeon would say.

"Sounds like a plan." Sideways stood up, heading towards the drop pod.

"Just as long as I get to fight the Autobots after storing all the energon we need," Octane would say as she got to her pod.

"You'll get your chance to fight," Bludgeon calmly told her as she stepped into her pod.

XXXXX

It's been a day since Lio had brought Miko to the ship. Miko was left on a stand, too high to jump off yet safe enough to stay up there. The Autobots all stared at Lio, who was rubbing the back of his head.

"So…any luck with finding the agent," Lio asked, breaking the awkward silence.

"No," BlueStreak replied.

"What agent? A human? Another giant?" Miko said as she looked towards the Autobots.

Hearing her, the Autobots would all glance towards her and look back at the one who brought her here.

"So…you heard everything I said about protecting humans…and decided to take it literally." Chromia would say. "That's dumb. Ever for Leonidas"

"I'm not Leonidas," Lio would tell her. "Look, she told me she needed help, and I gave her that help…it wasn't the best thing in the moment, but we can't keep dwelling on it"

"Well, raise your hand if you're tired of our current leader being an amnesiac everyone believes is a living legend," Crosshairs would say as she raised her hand. The other Autobots only glanced at her with annoyance.

"You don't need to be an ass," Miko told Crosshairs. "At least he helped"

"I was here for a day at best," Lio said. "And I never led any of y'all yet."

Crosshairs would glance between the two, approaching Miko and getting into her face. "tell me. What can we gain from helping you" Crosshairs asked, poking Miko, who stumbled back. "And what can I gain from it?"

Before anyone could say anything, Chromia had already approached, grabbing Crosshair's shoulder in a nearly crushing grip, making the girl bend awkwardly to try and deal with the pain.

"What's in it for you is that I won't embarrass you in front of everyone. We're Autobots. We protect all life. Copy?" Chromia coldly asked.

"Ye-yeah," Crosshairs would reply, only for Chromia to apply pressure. "Ow ow ow!"

"Say copy," Chromia uttered.

"C-copy" Crosshairs would groan out. Chromia lets go while shoving her forward.

Miko smiled, watching Chromia walk back to her original spot. "Oh, I like her."

"No Decepticons has seen her, so she doesn't have to stay here like witness protection. If that agent was in the city, he might seek out Miko. So, we don't have to worry about human affairs since he may handle it."

"Chromia is right." Pharma would say. "I'll send out the probes again so we can find him. Bumblebee will be with me to point out who he is."

"That reminds me. Ever found out what destroyed one of our probes?" Lio asked.

"No. I didn't bother to investigate it. Could've been something it rammed into on accident," Pharma would say.

"You." Chromia walks up to Lio, putting a fist against his chest. "Come with me. Let's examine how you do in a fight."

Chromia walked away; Lio followed her but stopped when Miko caught his attention. Lio glanced at her, then glanced at Chromia.

"I'll catch up," Lio would say.

"Just do keep me waiting," Chromia would say dryly.

"So. What's up with this place being a girl's club?" Miko questioned.

"Our species is mainly comprised of women. I was the only case or possibly the only well-known male member of our species." Lio answered.

"How do y'all repopulate with such a low number?" Miko asked. "Do some of the girls got a male appendage"

"Primus, I hope not." Lio shuttered at the thought. "We don't reproduce like humans."

"So do y'all just know that, or y'all never tried?" Miko asked.

"Never tried. We never needed to with the planet pumping out new Cybertronian," Lio answered.

"Cool….so think they're cute?" Miko asked with a smile.

"What?" Lio asked, face getting a little blue from the question.

"You heard me. Do you think they look nice? I know women love tall men, and they all must look up at you," Miko grins.

"No, Miko. They look nice, but not nice in the way you think. I've only known them for a day." Lio would turn to walk out.

"Wait!" Miko called out.

Lio would stop and turn to face her. "Yes?"

"Can I come watch?" A wide smile grew on Miko's face as she asked. Lio looked at her and shrugged as he held his palm out for her to step on. "Thanks…so why did they call you Leonidas?"

"They say I look like the only other male Cybertronian. I've seen the image, and they're right." Lio explains. "They tell me how great he is and hope that I'm him but without all my memories…but I know what they're hoping for won't happen."

"Oh," Miko would utter. So…they're pushing you to uphold the legacy of a figure they believe has died? And with such a heavy expectation on you, failure is something you don't want them to experience?"

"Yeah," Lio sighed as he looked at Miko. "I want to believe them, but I can't…. our species have people who look alike, or some who change their appearances to look like someone. BlueStreak herself seems like two different people…but I guess it's different since males are an extremely rare sight."

"Maybe you can let them down gently…be the best leader you can. But not like Leonidas. " Miko would suggest as a thought did cross her mind. Did he mean more to them than he can remember? She was going to ask but decided against it. "I know how it feels to live up to an expectation…it's not the same as you, but when people see me. They think I'm good at nearly everything. That I'm the smartest and should get straight A's…it gets boring…and sometimes annoying to have all these expectations, but you must deal with them somehow."

Lio looks down at Miko. Giving her a little smirk. "Thanks…that does help me out a little"

"Glad I can help" Miko gave him a thumbs up. "Wish you could meet my friends thought."

"Maybe one day I can," Lio said as he entered the training hall. Placing Miko down on a higher area as he walked to Chromia, who was stretching.

"You kept me waiting to bring the human?" Chromia asked.

"She wanted to watch," Lio answered as he approached. "So, what am I doing here?"

"You are going to beat me into submission" Chromia explained,

Lio stares at her while Miko stands there a smirk growing on her face.

"Beat you?" Lio repeated.

"I'm the strongest Autobot here," Chromia would explain. "So, if one was to test your skills, why not spar against the strongest of your team, so you only need to hit me until I can't continue. Then, after that, we will test out your skills behind a blade."

"That'll be cool to watch," Miko exclaimed as Chromia got into a fighting stance.

"Now. Come at me." Chromia would say.

Lio shrugged, getting into a fighting stance. He slid one leg behind him while inching the other forward, bending his knee slightly. He raised one arm, all but two fingers curled, while he kept his other hand ready. Chromia slid a leg slightly back, raising her hands before her, waiting for Lio's advance.

And then he struck.

Dashing towards Chromia faster than expected, Lio threw a punch, which she easily countered. She slapped his hand away with her knuckles as she punched him in the chest. The power forced him to step back as Chromia approached him again, throwing another punch into his chest. Her first strike of his armor forced him to take another step back. Chromia was letting up as each back pedal resulted in a punch. This went on for longer than she would like. She lets out a tsk as she reels a fist back and quickly swings her fist towards his chin as if doing for the final blow.

Lio leans his head back, avoiding the strike. Chromia's eyes widen as she would be meant with a knee to her chest. She slid back and held her chin, glancing at Lio, who rushed towards her and threw a punch. Chromia ducks under his fist, slamming a palm into his elbow, then a fist into his side, getting a grunt from Lio as he goes for a roundhouse. Chromia slides under the kick, flipping herself around on the ground to kick the back of his leg, forcing Lio to take a knee. Chromia got to her feet, leaping over his back, kicking him in the face as she grabbed his arm, flipping him over her body.

Hitting the ground, Lio was now staring at the ceiling and Chromia, whose left fist was going straight for his face. Eyes widening, Lio moves his head out of the way as her fist impacts the ground. Lio grabbed her arm and swung her to his pelvis while bringing a knee up to meet her. Chromia is hit in the shoulder, being launched across the ground as she rolls to a stop and stands up, watching as Lio stands.

"You're strong and durable," Chromia began.

"Thanks, I-" Lio would speak as Chromia cut him off.

"But you suck at fighting. Either you're holding back because I'm an ally, or you suck at fighting," Chromia finished. "Either way, or we have a long way to go. And I won't stop pulling my punches."

Chromia dashed towards Lio, watching his arms for any slight movement. His left arm was getting ready to strike, so she knew how to avoid that. Once in range, Lio went for a right cross. Chromia leaped up to kick Lio in the face; Lio moved his head to the side as he grabbed her heel, slamming her into the ground. Chromia shook her head and kicked at Lio's wrist as he raised her into the air again. He would let go, and Chromia attempted to flip as she fell, only to be met with a fist to the abdomen.

Chromia rose to her feet, holding her abdomen, not ready to go down. As she prepared to charge again, BlueStreak ran into the room.

"We got trouble!" BlueStreak shouted.

XXXXX

The Autobots gathered a bridge, looking over the monitor around the Valley of Fire State Park. Three Decepticons, two of which did not go over well with the Autobots. You could say that they feared two of them. Bludgeon, who must be the leader of the little team, and Octane, the vilest of the Decepticons. If there's one thing they know about Octane, she's a coward. But only someone like Ultra Magnus and Optimus, maybe even Ironhide on a good day, would let the cowardly side of her out. They are unlikely to get her to run even with their greater numbers.

The only good thing is Octane's uncanny sense of finding energy sources. They could use her to find them, but they shouldn't let Bludgeon do her own thing, especially on a planet with organic people.

"Scrap," Chromia utters.

"It had to be them," Crosshairs growled. "How do Decepticons find this place and our allies can't?"

"What's the play Convoy?" BlueStreak asked Lio.

"Bludgeon, is it?" Lio asked, and Bumblebee nodded. "Is there anything I need to know about her?"

"A strong and powerful Decepticon who knows the same ninja skills BlueStreak does," Bumblebee would explain, hitting a ninja pose only to be pushed down by BlueStreak. "Hey!"

"She's a master at Metalikato and is interested in pretender technology. She found the best planet to attempt to make some shells if she doesn't already have them," BlueStreak said. "As much of a monster Megatron is, even she didn't like the pretender concept, and knowing her, she won't accept it…unless Bludgeon offers her something…so either Bludgeon is here to get enough energon to make her happy, or there's something important for her work."

Lio nods. "Autobots, we must stop Bludgeon and her Decepticons before they cause any harm to the humans."

"Oooh, here it comes," Bumblebee would say with a grin, rubbing her hands together.

"Autobots! Let's roll out!" Lio shouted. "Pharma, can you stay here and watch Miko?"

"I suppose so, as long as she can behave," Pharma would say.

"Close enough…" BlueStreak grumbled as she headed off towards the hangar.

Once she had heard Lio Miko had to act fast. She didn't want to be left on the ship alone or miss out on the action. Getting as close as she could to Bumblebee, she would hang onto her shoes, which resembled normal shows nearly perfectly. She stayed on as tight as she could as Bumblebee would proceed to run to the hanger, then transform. Luckily for Miko, the Autobots must have something built to ensure human safety or anything safe when they transform. As Miko was thrown into the backseat. Unaware of whether Bumblebee could see her, she would lie there, staying quiet the whole time.

Watching the team leave, Pharma sighs and looks down. "So human…. what is it that you like to do?"

There wasn't a response, and Pharma's eyes widened as she looked around, getting on her knees to look under anything that Miko could fit under.

"Child? Where did you go?" Pharma asked.

XXXXX

Standing around Octane. Sideways sat on a rock, flicking smaller rocks towards any animal she saw. Giving little fist pumps as she managed to nail one. Bludgeon waited patiently for the Autobots to show up. Octane would be furious if she weren't focused on converting the crystals into energon. It was a hard enough process when using tools that aren't built in, and it's harder when drilling through rocks and into crystal spots to gather the energon.

"You know. We could've gotten better equipment for this," Octane would groan.

"I figured this would be better, Octane. We learn if there's energon here and stay out in the open long enough for the Autobots to appear." Bludgeon would say.

"We have no idea where they are. It could take them hours to find us," Sideways would say.

"Hours…Ugh!" Octane would roar, engines revving in her, annoying her as the processing sped up a little.

"Look at that, a little process," Bludgeon would say.

"Maybe we should keep making her made. Seems to be the only time when she's useful~" Sideways said with a grin.

"Watch it" Octane snarls.

Bludgeon smiles. As she closes her eyes, something catches her attention, and she turns to face it: an SUV and truck approaching.

"Aw yeah! Autobots!" Octane would shout.

"Do not transform. Not yet," Bludgeon said as she watched the two vehicles approach and transform, revealing Chromia and the "Legendary Leonidas…."

"Le-Leonidas," Octane asked, her mood doing a quick 180 as she was ready to flee instead of fight. Sideways slowly began to back away.

Sideways was going to flee, but a whistle caught her attention. She turned and looked up a rock to see Crosshairs pointing her blasters at Sideways.

"Good…they're scared of you…let's hope it stays that way," Chromia whispers to Lio.

"Do not freight my allies. I will handle the Convoy myself." Bludgeon said as she approached.

"What?" Sideways asked.

"Y-you can't be serious!" Octane shouted.

"Leonidas has been missing for years, and now he's back and looks different. He may not be as good as he used to be," Bludgeon would say as she took out her sword, pointing it to Lio. "You will face me alone, warrior."

"Lio…don't do it," Chromia whispers.

"I have to. The rest of you can focus on the other two." Lio whispers back.

Bumblebee was getting into position. It was lucky for them that Bludgeon had to drill in the open between several boulders, which they could use for an advantage. As she made it towards the edge, there was a knock coming from her stomach. Bumblebee looked down and opened it as Miko flopped out, wheezing.

"Miko!?" Bumblebee asked as she quickly sat down, taking her out. "When and how did you get inside me!?"

"S-snuck in when….L-lio woah," Miko would say, shaking her head.

"I-I'll talk to you later, but I need to focus. Stay here," Bumblebee said, placing Miko gently on the ground as she crawled toward the cliff's edge.

"Hey, wait." Miko was rushing towards her when a blast was heard, and the battle had begun.

XXXXX

Octane was transforming when Crosshairs and BlueStreak opened fire. Octane turned and fired a missile toward them, forcing them to dive. Chromia rushed to help them but was stopped by Sideways, who slid between them and threw a punch, which she avoided. Sideways went for a spin kick, but Chromia caught her leg and threw her into a wall.

Bludgeon had rushed towards Lio, going to cut his head off, which he narrowly avoided. Clenching his fist, Lio would go for a jab, hoping to impale her with his blades. Bludgeon swiftly moved her sword down, blocking the strike as she knees Lio in the face.

Lio stumbled back but recovered quickly as he went for another jab; she blocked by bringing her sword up. Lio would spin while extending his free arm to strike her. Bludgeon brought her sword up to stop it and swiftly punched him in the chest and then the side.

"Agh…" Lio stumbled back, holding his side as Bludgeon smiled, twirling her sword.

"You've become weak, legendary warrior," Bludgeon said as she dashed towards him before he could react, hitting him across the chest with her sword and stabbing his abdomen.

Lio growled, punching Bludgeon back, forcing her to take out her sword. Lio went for a punch; Bludgeon blocked the strike. However, Lio got her blade between his, and he twisted it, forcing the sword out of her hand as he went for a strike towards her chest. Bludgeon grabbed his wrist before it got close, and she threw him aside.

Chromia attempts to land a hit on Sideways, who easily avoids each strike. Sideways takes out two swords and dashes to Chromia, who takes out an axe, blocking the first strike while the second grazes her chest. Chromia growled in annoyance, slammed her shoulder into Sideways, and quickly went to bisect her. Sideways flips away, avoiding the strike, laughing as she expanded the distance to them, then promptly closed it again, rushing her, coming in low to cut her heel. Chromia moved the axe down, blocking the strike. However, Sideways would do a cartwheel, kicking Chromia across the face. Landing Sideways would move her swords to her chest in an x formation, dashing forward. Chromia swung her axe, forcing Sideways to block it, and Chromia quickly went to grab her.

Sideways slammed her forearm into Chromia's and backed away once again. Sideways was too fast, while Chromia was just too strong and durable. Chromia would take out her shield and get ready for a prolonged fight while Sideways grinned, licking her lips.

Bumblebee noticed, and she rushed to help Chromia, seeing that she kept up. Bumblebee opens fire, forcing Sideways to turn and jump out of the way. Bumblebee was attempting to follow her when Octane punched Bumblebee.

"Why don't you try picking on me?" Octane grins, walks towards Bumblebee, and shrugs off the blaster fire from Crosshairs and BlueStreak.

"Damnit," Chromia tossed her axe, catching it and throwing it towards Octane.

Octane turns and is struck in the shoulder by the axe, giving Bee the time to run away and for Chromia to rush forward. As the two passed, they would slap each other's hands.

"" Give 'em hell"" Both would say.

Sideways watched as Bumblebee got closer, getting ready with her blades while Bumblebee activated her blade. Sideways went first for two swings, but Bumblebee ducked and swung her sword at Sideways' leg. She moved it back, kicked Bumblebee in the leg, and punched her. As Bumblebee spun around, Sideways hit her across the body with her sword.

Sideways went for a stab, but Bumblebee shot her wrist, forcing her to drop the blade. Sideways dropped her other sword, clutching her melting hand. Bumblebee shoots her in her knee and stomach as she readies to stab Sideways. The blade went clean through her chest, and Bumblebee pressed her blaster into it and opened fire. Slideway's widened and turned black as she went offline rather quickly, falling onto her back.

"Not as fast as you thought, huh?" Bumblebee asked as she turned, seeing three Autobots jumping Octane.

Octane uppercuts Crosshairs, punching BlueStreak, who was tackling her, while Chromia has her axe and slams it into the side. Bumblebee turns to see Lio facing Bludgeon, which isn't going well. Bumblebee is ready to step in, but a voice caught her attention.

"Bumblebee! Behind you!" Miko shouted.

Bumblebee turns around, moving on reflex, but she is still hit. Sideways has gotten up, and all her wounds have healed. Bumblebee looks down at the blade, blue blood running down her wounds as more drop from Slideway's blade.

"Bee!" Lio shouted, receiving an uppercut from Bludgeon, then his stab to his thigh, then his stomach.

"Pay attention to your fight." Bludgeon removes the sword, grabs his neck, and throws him to the ground. "Is this what the legendary Leonidas became!? I wanted a challenge!" Bludgeon kicks his side and stabs his hand. "But no matter, giving your head to Megatron will give the same results."

Lio looks up at her and turns to face Bumblebee, who is still attempting to fight back against Sideways. Lio turns to Octane, who still hasn't received any damage from the Autobots. Despite the axe hits, which didn't seem to do a thing. Lio turns back to Bludgeon, who is raising her sword.

"Hey! Mad Samurai!" Miko shouted.

"M-Miko!?" Lio asked.

Bludgeon stops, glancing back to the voice expecting an Autobot, but she sees a human.

"A pest. One of y'all squash her," Bludgeon would say.

"With pleasure," Octane kicked BlueStreak off her backhand Chromia across the dirt and slammed her forearm into Crosshair's back, sending her to a knee. Octane then knees her in the face and marched to Miko.

Sideways would follow Octane sharpened her sword.

Lio watched, attempting to get up, not wanting harm to come to Miko. Lio began to growl, growing angrier as the recent events played through his head. He led them here; he didn't plan this out well enough or care to learn more about their adversaries. Any death would be on his hands—their blood on his hands—and he won't let that happen.

Letting out a roar as loud as a tigers, which get the Decepticon's attention.

"Oh?" Bludgeon looks up, Lio shoots up, delivering an uppercut that forces Bludgeon to stumble back, clutching her mouth as she stumbles about.

Lio quickly rushed toward the two Decepticons. Octane is becoming less confident, but Sideways doesn't care about his sudden burst of anger and rushes toward Lio. Lio slammed his claws into her midsection as she jumped up to strike. Sideways shouted in pain, but it wasn't over. Pushing the blades deeper through her, Lio used his other blades to stab her repeatedly in the chest.

Octane turned and ran in the opposite direction. Lio threw Sideways' body into her back. As a result, Octane stumbled but transformed and drove away. BlueStreak watched as Octane drove off. She rushed towards Bumblebee's side, and Chromia rushed to get Miko. Bludgeon watched, opening her mouth, lowering it to her hand, teeth came out. Four in total. Bludgeon grabs her sword, ready to take them all on, when something comes in from the sky and towards her. Bludgeon shields herself as missiles strike her, sending her through a boulder.

"Go! Now!" Pharma shouted.

"You heard the medic!" Crosshairs said, transforming Chromia, which allowed Miko to hop in before they made their retreat.

"Can you move?" BlueStreak asked.

"Yeah…l-let's go before the injuries get worse," Bumblebee said as the pair transformed and followed their allies.

Lio glares at Bludgeon, who is watching him. Lio transforms and drives after the Autobots, leaving Bludgeon alone with the now-healed Sideways.

"Do we follow them?" Sideways asked.

"No….I want a talk with Octane." Bludgeon would look towards Sideways, a far too sweet smile on her face.

XXXXX

Everyone Autobot was in the med bay getting worked on, starting with Bee, the most injured, and ending with Lio, who opted to go last as he is their leader, leading them into that fight.

"It was so cool! Lio was on the ground at first, but when they went after Miko, he snapped," Bumblebee would recount as she stood bent over like Wolverine, acting as if she had his claws out as she attempted to mimic Lio's roar, but she failed.

This got a few chuckles out of the group, say for Pharma, who was working, and Lio, who still blamed himself for everything.

"Then he made Bludgeon rethink her life decisions with that punch," BlueStreak said as she threw a punch into the air.

"And then he just took out Sideways like it was nothing!" Bumblebee said. "And Octane just ran away."

"Guess she didn't want any trouble," Pharma calmly said. "You took quite a beating, Lio…all of you. Blunt force trauma to Octane's dance partners and several puncture wounds to you and Bee. And we barely have any energon left after this."

"Relax, doc bot. We know where a spot of energon is, and they left that area. We can send some probes to take it," BlueStreak would say. "And if they're here, then it means there's energon here but under the sand and rocks."

Miko stood on the table rubbing her arm. "You guys, okay?" Miko was upset about the incident. Since they came back, Lio hasn't spoken to or looked towards her since they came back. Even while the Autobots talked amongst each other, he didn't join them; he kept quiet.

Pharma quickly turns towards Miko. "Are you okay? So many things could've gone wrong while you were there, child."

"But I helped them… a little," Miko said.

"Miko…I wanted you to stay back to avoid you coming in harm's way….and yet you did help us." As he looked up at her, Lio would say, a small smile formed on Miko's face. "But I lead us into that situation…I shouldn't have learned more about our enemies before I forced us to go out there. I should've come up with a plan for any outcome…I'm sorry."

Bumblebee looks at Lio. Their current brush with the Decepticons weighed on him more than they had thought. Bumblebee looks at the Autobots, who look at one another. Bumblebee looks at Pharma, who gestures for her to say something. Bumblebee approaches Lio, who looks up at her and presses her fist against her shoulder.

"Oh, lighten up. We're fine, Lio," Bumblebee told him as she smiled at him. "You couldn't account for everything. I didn't even know Sideways could heal from fatal wounds. No one did. If she couldn't, I would have helped you with the Samurai tank, and then we could've focused on the cowards. So do beat yourself up about that"

"You still suck at fighting, but you did well enough in not being turned to shredded cheese against Bludgeon," Chromia said.

"And I tell you when a plan is good or bad anyway. The plan was good, but the unexpected happened," BlueStreak said.

"Don't look at me for encouragement," Crosshairs grumbled as she looked away from Lio. "You took them out in the end."

"And that's all that matters." Pharma would tell Lio while she closed a wound. "Everyone is here safely. We know their strength and should plan about it accordingly…and we still need to find out what to do with Miko."

Lio gave them a small smile. "Thanks…and yeah, we do…first we should get some energon…The biggest threat is Bludgeon…since their biggest person is a coward…"

"I can only imagine what's happening to the coward." Miko said.

XXXXX

"I'm sorry! I'm-ack!" Octane would scream as she was thrown against the wall of the ship.

"You ran away. Like a coward," Bludgeon uttered coldly as she approached Octane.

"O-only to keep the energon prote-"Octane was cut off as Bludgeon kicked her in the face and stabbed her sword through Octane's shoulder, pinning her to the wall.

"That's a lie," Bludgeon would say. "We failed…yes, but you ran before we truly failed. Next time we're in the fight and you need to flee without my say-so…know that I will give you a fate worse than death."

"Ye-yes, Lady Bludgeon," Octane would say while Bludgeon bent down to face her, grabbing her sword and pulling it out.

"Good," Bludgeon would say. "Now, shall we get back to work?"