"So wait you guys fought a God with a Demigod!?" Hot Shot asked.
"We sure did." Mirage said. "Bumblebee and I had to team up with some Cons. But thank goodness for that. Where the heck were you Hot Shot?"
"I was on an Energon run in some country called New Zealand." Hot Shot said.
"Guess you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, Hot Shot." Sideswipe replied.
"Sadly, Lincoln got grounded for traveling to Mexico without his parents knowing." said Bumblebee.
"That explains why he isn't here right now." Prowl said while sitting down in a meditating pose.
"As a matter of fact, none of the kids are here right now." Wheeljack admitted while working at some of the Ark's controls. "It's just us Autobots, today."
"Actually, one of Lincoln's sisters is here right now." Bumblebee replied.
"Who Lynn?" Warpath asked as he was playing Tomb Raider.
"Luna?" Jazz asked.
"What about Lana?" Bulkhead asked.
"None of them." Bumblebee said before a certain baby girl walked into the control room.
"Hewo!" Lily greeted kindly.
"Lily really?" Blurr asked as he facepalmed. "I would have been fine with Lynn or Lola."
"The others are busy with their own hobbies and Mr and Mrs Loud are out on their jobs." Bumblebee said.
"So we're all left to do human babysitting. Wonderful." Jetfire groaned.
"Shouldn't watching Lily be Grimlock's job?" Arcee asked.
"We're soldiers, not daycare employees." Cliffjumper said.
"Where even is that big brute?" Blurr questioned before they all heard a loud bang coming from another room.
"There's our answer." Mirage said.
"No good." Lily said in worridness.
"Ratchet, Red Alert keep the medical bay on standby." Optimus Prime ordered.
"Understood, Optimus." Ratchet said as most of the Autobots ran to the source of the noise, with Lily following them on her own.
The Autobots approached the source of the noise. "It better not be a scraplet." Bulkhead said. "We got rid of those little monsters."
"It could be worse." Bumblebee said before they arrived in the next room, where they saw Grimlock surrounded by a bunch of wrecked Cybertronian equipment.
"What in the Allspark!?" Jetfire questioned. "What did you do Grimlock?"
"Me Grimlock saw another tiny Scraplet crawling on walls and tried to destroy it!" Grimlock answered.
Just then, Wheeljack noticed a small black spider crawling on the floor in front of him and deduced it was what Grimlock had spotted.
"Is this your so-called Scraplet, big guy?" Wheeljack asked.
"It's just a small spider." Jetfire chuckled.
"You overreacted big guy." Wheeljack said.
"Next time, think before you act." Prowl added.
"Also, you're supposed to be doing your guardian duty here." Bumblebee reminded as he picked up Lily and held her towards Grimlock.
"Grimlock forgot Lily was here." Grimlock said.
"Well, you can start remembering and take care of her while the rest of us are busy." Mirage said.
"You guys aren't doing anything!" Grimlock said.
"That's not a good excuse you big bozo!" Cliffjumper said,
"We've all been doing our parts to take care of the children, Grimlock, and you need to as well." Ultra Magnus said.
"Me Grimlock fight Decepticons. Not babysitter." Grimlock said.
"We know you are more accustomed to battle, Grimlock, but times have changed since our arrival to Earth and we must adapt to that change." Optimus explained reasonably.
"Me Grimlock had enough of this! You're weak Optimus. You run while you should fight!" Grimlock shouted.
"Say that again, big mouth!" Ironhide threatened.
Grimlock just snarled as he punched Ironhide down. "I'll show you how to fight!" Grimlock shouted as he took out his flame sword,
"You dare point a weapon at me?!" Ironhide asked angrily before he stood up and aimed his cannons at Grimlock. "I'll give you a fight, you animal!"
Before the two Autobots can fight Ultra Magnus stepped in. "That's enough from both of you!" Ultra Magnus protested.
"No fighting!" Lily babbled loudly.
"What she said!" Bumblebee agreed,
"Stay out of this shorty!" Grimlock snarled.
"Grimlock, you need to stand down now!" Ultra Magnus ordered.
"Make me Magnus!" Grimlock retorted back.
But then, Prowl swiftly jabbed his finger behind Grimlock's neck and find Dinobot gasped in shock before he went limp and collapsed.
"Wow! What did you just do?!" Warpath asked shockingly.
"I merely striked at his pressure point knocking him down." Prowl explained.
"The only bot who knew trick was Master Yoketron." Jazz said.
"He truly did train you well, Prowl." Optimus said kindly.
Prowl looked down at Lily and bend down to her level. "Fear not Lily. Grimlock is fine, I just place him in a timeout." Prowl stated.
"Gwimlock always being mean. Wily thinks he needs alone time with me." Lily said.
"Nah he's always mean kiddo." Ironhide said. "He doesn't like to follow orders."
"I say he leave him outside until he's cooled off." Bumblebee suggested.
"Alright but away from civilization. Bulkhead, grabs his arms while Ironhide and I got his legs." Jetfire ordered.
"On it." Ironhide and Bulkhead replied as they both grabbed the Dinobot. They started carrying Grimlock away from the area as Lily watched her unconscious Autobot guardian with a soft frown.
"Poow Gwinlock." Lily babbled as she followed the Dinobot.
"Lily, I don't think you should-" Sideswipe started to say, only for Optimus to place a hand in front of him.
"We should trust her to ease Grimlock's thoughts, Sideswipe." Optimus said.
"Fine." Sideswipe said. "But Rita and Lynn Sr can't know about this."
"Lincoln going to Mexico was enough for them." Bumblebee said in agreement.
Grimlock began to wake up and saw nothing but blue skies and some trees. "What happened? Me Grimlock no remember." Grimlock said as he got back up. He then heard a miniature throat clearing up and looked down to see Lily staring at him with her arms crossed. "Lily? How did you get out here?!" Grimlock asked.
"Wily follow Gwimlock outside after you have temper tantwum." Lily said,
"Me Grimlock was only proving a point." Grimlock said as he got back up and crossed his arms.
"You need to stop bewing meanie to other Autobwots." Lily replied. "You on same swide."
"Grimlock no mean. Me Grimlock strong and powerful Autobot." said Grimlock.
"Well, Wily thinks you need to stop using swength on others and on Deceptions." Lily said firmly. "Does Gwimlock not have Autobwots who are nicer to you?"
"Actually…me Grimlock used to have teammates." Grimlock admitted.
"Really? Whewe awe they?" Lily asked.
"They go missing on Cybertron long time ago. Grimlock hasn't seen them in ages." Grimlock said.
"Wily sorry to hear dat." Lily said with a sad expression.
"Thanks. Me Grimlock doesn't know if they're still on Cybertron or not, Me hopes they're okay." Grimlock said.
"You probably see dem again one day." Lily assured.
"Until that day starts happening, me Grimlock stuck with Optimus Prime and his annoying rules." Grimlock muttered.
"Well, Wily thinks Gwimlock needs to get used to new thwings." Lily babbled with a smile.
"You think so?" Grimlock asked.
Lily simply nodded to Grimlock as the Dinobot looked down in thought of what she said. But then, Lily and Grimlock heard a loud banging noise coming from the atmosphere and they looked up in surprise to see a flaming projectile descending down.
Grimlock quickily grabs Lily and runs out of the way, right before the projectile crashed. "Stay back." Grimlock said as he placed Lily on the ground and took out his flame sword.
"Wily scared. What's fwaming thingy?" Lily asked fearfully.
"Something sent by Decepticons, me Grimlock thinks." Grimlock replied.
Grimlock approached the projectile and noticed the pod is Cybertronian. "It looks like it's from Cybertron." Grimlock said.
He pointed his sword at the pod's main hatch and tapped on it lightly before it suddenly flew right off and landed behind Lily.
"Wah! Too cwose!" Lily exclaimed.
"Whoever you are? Get out here and face Grimlock!" Grimlock threatened.
"Grimlock?" A pair of voices asked as two figures emerged from the pod.
"Wait those voices." Grimlock said as he back away. One figure is bulky, has three red horns on his chest, two spikes on his back and has a small head. The other figure is a slender bird like robot with the wings resembling a cape.
"Grimlock! It is you!" The bird-like robot exclaimed joyfully.
"Snarl? Swoop?" Grimlock asked.
"We both miss you, Grimlock!" Snarl remarked.
"It be forever since we last see you!" Swoop added.
"You guys were on Cybertron? How you get here?" Grimlock asked.
"We manage to escape from Decepticons that take us prisoners and find transport pod that fly is off Cybertron." Snarl said.
"What about Slug and Sludge? Where are they?" Grimlock asked.
"Me Swoop and Snarl not able to find them after we escape." Swoop said.
"It just two of us, now." Snarl added.
"Scrap." Grimlock grunted.
"Also, who is little organic down there?" Snarl asked while pointing at Lily.
"That's Lily Loud. Me Grimlock is watching over her." Grimlock said.
"Me Swoop. No understand?" Swoop questioned.
"Hewo! Me fwiend of Gwimlock!" Lily greeted kindly. "Wecome to Earth!"
"Grimlock hasn't got soft have you?" Snarl asked.
"No! Me Grimlock strongest there is!" Grimlock argued.
"Why you hang with tiny little organic creature then?" Swoop questioned.
"Grimlock's her guardian." Grimlock admitted while rubbing the back of his neck.
"Guardian?" Swoop and Snarl repeated before they laughed humorously.
"Me Grimlock knew this would happen." Grimlock muttered.
In the forest a few meters away from where the Ark was, a Space Bridge portal appeared out of nowhere and three Cybertronians emerged from it.
"Is the planet called Earth?" One figure asked.
"That's what the guide said." A second figure replied.
"This planet looks like a waste of time. Time. Time." A third figure said while giggling in a psychotic way.
"But at least it lead us to the Ark." the first figure said.
"And those two prisoners we lost on our ship." The second figure added.
"They could be here." The first figure said.
"Then let's how some fun." The 3rd figure said as he giggled like a maniac.
"Time to follow the scent of Dinobots." The second figure said before they all moved out.
This will be a fun reunion." The third figure laughed like an insane person.
"And then, me Swoop manage to bash back Decepticons and we both hop in escape pod that crash us on Earth planet." Swoop explained as he finished the story of how he and Snarl escaped from the Decepticons that imprisoned them.
"Glad you guys escaped." said Grimlock. "We can focus on destroying Megatron."
"With other Autobwots and Optimos." Lily added.
"Optimus Prime on this planet, too?" Snarl asked.
"Yeah, he and the other Autobots." Grimlock snarled.
"That's great. Do you know where he is?" Swoop asked.
"Inside Ark spaceship." Grimlock said, pointing at the cave entrance nearby.
"Let's go meet them!" Snarl said.
"Swoop like that idea!" Swoop agreed.
"You two aren't going in there!" Grimlock retorted.
"Why not? Me Swoop want to see who else we have to battle against Decepticons." Swoop said.
"Gwimlock got gwumpy with Autobwots today." Lily said.
"Oh again?" Snarl replied.
"That always happen between Grimlock and Autobots." Swoop said.
"Ironhide start it!" Grimlock protested.
"They still our help." Snarl said.
"War with Deceptucons still happening. We have better chance of winning with more Autobots on our side." Swoop added.
"Swoop's right Grimlock." Snarl agreed.
"Well…me Grimlock still thinking about it." Grimlock replied.
As the three Dinobots kept talking, Lily started to hear some noises coming from the nearby woods and she slowly approached it without Grimlock, Snarl and Swoop noticing.
"Miwage is that you?" Lily questioned.
However, Lily started to hear some low growls from within the woods and three large figures jumped out from the trees and landed in front of Lily, who gasped in shock what their appearances.
They were Decepticons with insect-like features. The first one had stag beetle features, the second one had some parts of a rhino beetle and the third one had grasshopper features
"Hello little one." The stag beetle Decepticon greeted.
"She looks too young to be out here." The grasshopper Decepticon stated. "Here. Here. Here."
"Wily not too young!" Lily retorted with a glare. "And Wily also not scwared of ugly big bwugs!"
"Hey! What did that puny organic call us?!" The rhino beetle Decepticon asked angrily.
"I don't know. Let's squish it!" The stag beetle Decepticon replied.
"I call dibs!" The Rhino beetle Decepticon shouted and raised his foot.
Lily closed her eyes and braced for the foot to squish her, only for the rhino beetle Decepticon to get blasted away by a stream of fire.
Lily opens her eyes to see Grimlock in T-Rex mode, along with Snarl as a triceratops, and Swoop as a Pteranodon. "Look it's Grimlock." The Stag beetle said.
"We remember you, Grimlock. Do you remember us? Us? Us?" The grasshopper asked with a sinister giggle.
"Me Grimlock remember you, Insecticons!" Grimlock replied firmly.
"Snarl thought we lost you guys?" Snarl growled.
"We tracked you two to this planet." The stag beetle insecticon said.
"You didn't think we would just let you two run away freely, did you?" The rhino beetle Insecticon asked.
"Gwimlock, Swoop and Snarl know mean bwug Decepticons?" Lily asked, hiding behind Grimlock's left leg.
"They're the Insecticons. They're Shockwave's pets." Grimlock growled.
"We are not his pets. We're his allies." The stag beetle stated.
"More like his henchmen." Swoop scoffed.
"They called Sharpshot, Hardshell and Kickback." Snarl said.
"Swoop doesn't know how you got here. But we'll send you back to Cybertron in pieces!" Swoop shouted.
"Come and try!" Sharpshot replied before he transformed into a robotic stag beetle and charged at Swoop.
Hardshell transforms into a robotic rhinoceros beetle and charged towards Snarl and the two began a struggle to push each other back.
Grimlock roared as he tried to chomp down on Kickback, who avoided his jaws and transformed into a robotic grasshopper before kicking him in the face with his two long back legs.
"You can't land on me. Me. Me. Me." Kickback taunted.
"You won't escape from me!" Grimlock shouted.
Swoop chased Sharpshot through the air as he launched a fire breath at the Insecticon, who avoided it and then turned around before grabbing Swoop with his mouth pincers and zapping him with electricity.
Swoop grunts in pain as he is dropped to the ground. "Some things never change." Sharpshot said.
"Me Snarl crush you for that!" Snarl called out before Hardshell lunged into him and pinned him to the ground.
"Talk during battle is a sign of weakness!" Hardshell mocked.
"Me Snarl beg to differ!" Snarl replied before he shook Hardshell off and rammed his front horns into the rhino beetle Insecticon.
Grimlock tries to attack Kickback with his fire breath, but Kickbacl keeps jumping out of the way. "You can't land a hit on me. Me. Me." Kickback said as he dodged the fire.
"Stupid bug! Hold still so Grimlock can burn you!" Grimlock shouted.
"I think not. Not. Not." Kickback replied with a cheeky laugh.
Swoop flew up breathed fire onto Sharpshot, but he dodgded out of the way, then he rammed into Swoop.
"You Dinobots are weak! Just give up now!" Sharpshot yelled, only for a dirty diaper to suddenly hit him in the face.
Sharpshot groans as he shook the diaper on his face. "What the heck was that?" Swoop asked he looked around and saw Lily with a determined face. "Kid run!"
"No! Wily help!" Lily replied before she brought out a bottle of milk and sprayed it in Hardshell's face.
"My optics!" Hardshell cried out right before Snarl rams into Hardshell knocking him down.
Kickback looks at his allies and begins to laugh. "This embarrassing for you guys!" Kickback laughed.
But then, Lily brought out a baby powder bottle and threw it at Kickback. When the bottle hit the grasshopper Insecticon, it exploded like a smoke bomb and concealed Kickback in a powder cloud.
"I can't see!" Kickback shouted right before Grimlock grabs Kickback with his jaws and shakes him around and tossed him to the ground.
"Kickback. Stop squirming!" Grimlock said as he transformed into robot mode and stomps on Kickback's back.
"Get off me! Me! Me!" Kickback cried out.
Snarl transforms into robot mode takes out a club and beats up Hardshell with it. Swoop transforms into robot mode and takes out a flail and begins to smack Sharpshot with it.
"Not so fun when Dinobots beat up Insecticons, is it?!" Swoop asked.
"This is for Sludge! This is for Slug!" Snarl shouted as he smacked Hardshell with his club.
"And this is for Cybertron!" Grimlock roared before he grabbed Kickback by the head and tossed him away.
Swoop and Snarl also tossed away Sharpshot and Hardshell and the three Insecticons all crashed into each other.
"Go Dinobwots!" Lily cheered.
Grimlock takes out his sword and ignites it. "Time to finish this!" Grimlock said as he raised his sword.
"Not today! We'll settle this another time!" Sharpshot stated before he released a lightning pulse that blinded the Dinobots and Lily, allowing the Insecticons to recover and transform as they retreated into the woods.
"Gah! Insecticons manage to escape!" Snarl said in anger.
"Next time, we all destroy them!" Swoop stated.
"Yeah, next time." Grimlock said as he put his sword away. "Thanks for the save Lily."
"You're wecome. Wily always happy to help." Lily said.
"Me Snarl really like baby human, now." Snarl said.
"Me Swoop as well." Swoop replied.
"Then you both going to like Lily's siblings and freinds." Grimlock said.
"Me Snarl interested about them. So, can we meet Optimus Prime and other Autobots, now?" Snarl asked.
"Very well." Grimlock said. "Buy me Grimlock will tag along to supervise."
"That's fine." Swoop replied. "Me Swoop can't wait to see who we be fighting with."
"Wily introduce you to everyone." Lily said.
"Let's go." Grimlock said.
The three Dinobots started to make their way towards the Ark as Grimlock picked up Lily and placed her on his shoulder, causing her to sit down and giggle happily.
Meanwhile in the woods, the Insecticons came to a halt and they transformed before resting against some trees.
"We got beaten up by a small organic." Hardshell groaned.
"What was in that white cloth thing?" Sharpshot questioned.
"I don't know, but it smelt bad. Bad. Bad." Kickback replied.
"Now those stupid Dinobots are working with Optimus Prime and more of his lackeys." Hardshell said.
"Let's hope the other Decepticons don't know about this." Sharpshot said. "The last thing we want is to be mocked by our defeat."
But then, a Space Bridge portal appeared on the Insecticons' right side and they turned to see Soundwave walking out of it. "Thanks for jinxing it. It. It." Kickback whispered with a glare.
Soundwave walked to the side of the space bridge and gestured to the Insecticons to walk into the space bridge. "He wants us to go into the space bridge?" Hardshell said.
"Might as well." Sharpshot said as the Insecticons walked towards the Space bridge.
As soon as they walked through the Space Bridge, they found themselves in some kind of laboratory as Soundwave followed them from behind and a certain one-eyed Decepticon appeared from the lab's shadows.
"Sharpshot. Hardshell. Kickback." Shockwave said. "Welcome to my lab on the Nemesis."
"Shockwave!?" The Insecticons questioned.
"You're on this planet as well?" Sharpshot asked.
"Actually it's moon." Shockwave corrected.
"How did you even know where to find us on that planet?" Kickback questioned.
"My scanners detected your familiar Decepticon signatures on Earth's surface, so I had Soundwave open a Space Bridge to personally invite you onboard." Shockwave explained.
"We had a little run in with the Dinobots." Hardshell said.
"They even had help from a small organic." said Sharpshot.
"We have already had encounters with the Autobots and their human allies." Shockwave said as Soundwave nodded in agreement. "What we require is more assets to help us overwhelm them and end this war in our favour."
"Like gaining new allies?" Kickback asked.
"New weapons?" Hardshell asked.
"Specifically, you three. Lord Megatron would be pleased to have you join us in continuing our mission to win the war on this Earth planet." Shockwave said.
"If it means we get another chance to destroy those Dinobots, then we're in." Sharpshot announced.
"Excellent. Lord Megatron will be satisfied for your recruitment." said Shockwave.
"We're looking forward to serving him. Him. Him." Kickback replied, letting out a psychotic cackle.
A/N: Hey I hope you all enjoy the chapter. But I have some sad news. Tony Todd who was Candyman, the voice of Dreadwing on Transformers Prime, The Fallen from Transformers 2, and Insomanic Spider-man Venom has passed away last night. It's a sad day to lose a legend. My thoughts and prayers go to Tony's friends and family. Rest in peace Tony Todd. Please read and review.
Tony Todd
1954-2024.
