Aura's P.O.V.

Later that day, me, Lunar, and Wheeljack were in the training room in the palace. The room was set up to look like a Cybertronian dojo. The walls were dark grey with energon blue lights flying along the walls to illuminate the room. A couple times a week Wheeljack would come visit and go over some fighting drills with me. Cybertron may be at peace once again, but you'll never know what danger could come

That day, we were doing hand-to-hand combat. I dodged a punch sent my way by Wheeljack, then turned and quickly delivered a blow of my own. I managed to land the blow on my opponent, who stumbled on impact. "Go Aura!" Lunar cheered. She stood on the sidelines, watching the training session unfold with a smile on her face plates. Wheeljack quickly recovered and renewed his attack. I grinned and dodged two before being caught off guard by a feigned attack. I stumbled back and glared at Wheeljack, who shrugged. "You're going to have to expect those every once and a while," he pointed out.

"Should I now?" I replied with a grin on my face. I front flipped forward into the air and delivered Wheljack a kick to the face. The wreaker crashed to the ground, and barrel rolled backwards once before jumping back up to his feet. "Not too shabby kid. Your improving." said Wheeljack. "I should hope so," I teased. "I'd hate to think this training was all for nothing." Noticing that the others had taken a break, Lunar walked up from the sidelines and smiled. "Good job," she commended. "You did pretty well." "Thanks Lunar." I grinned at Wheeljack. "Do you want to go once more, or do you want to call it a day?"

"Nah, I think that's enough for today." said Wheeljack. He walked towards the two femmes and rested his arm on the ropes of the arena. "So what's the update on the King thing?" "I literally just found out about the Royal Blood code this morning. If I don't find someone soon I'll have to be arranged in a marriage with another royal." I explained. "And who would that be?" asked Wheeljack. "I don't know. Just hope it isn't Ransack. I've heard stories about him growing up, but then when I heard he formed a partner ship with the 'Cons during the war, I'm not so sure." I answered.

Lunar shuddered. "Ugh. That guy's a creep. I heard about him a lot during my... well... y'know..." she trailed off, and an uncomfortable silence filled the air. I thought back on Lunar's past and cringed. I wouldn't have wanted to be in Lunar's shoes. "So Princess," Wheeljack said, breaking the tension, "I would rather you not end up with that 'Con, so I hope you find someone soon." I nodded and looked down. "I wish it were so easy," I muttered. "If Prime was here, I wouldn't have to face the prospect of ending up with a creep." "I know, Aura," Lunar soothed. "But don't worry. I'm sure there's some 'Bot out there fit for the job, maybe someone you've known for a long time and have just overlooked. Point is, you'll find someone right for the task."

"I hope so." I replied. The three Cybertronians heard footsteps and looked up to see Blitzstorm at the doorway of the room. "Princess Aura, your father has informed me that he will be arriving soon." said Blitzstorm. "Thanks Blitzstorm." I replied. "I should be heading off too." said Wheeljack as he jumped over the rope and landed on the floor. "I'm meeting up with Smoke' and 'Bee to look around Six Lasers." "Mind if we see you off?" I asked. "Don't see why not." answered Wheeljack. The four Cybertronians walked out of the palace to the docking bay where surprisingly Smokescreen and Bumblebee were already there waiting for Wheeljack. "What took you so long Jackie?" asked Bumblebee.

"Just chatting with these two," Wheeljack replied. "Do you think we'll be lucky and catch Shocky this tune around?" "I'm sure he'll appreciate the new nickname," Bumblebee said with a grin. "And I hope so. A lot more Cybertronians would recharge easier once Shockwave's been caught." "So then we can finally stop worrying about the Decepticons once and far all." I said. "It would be nice to not think about those guys attacking for a change." added Lunar. "Defiantly." replied Smokescreen. I gave the three mechs a small smile. "You three be careful alright? If Shockwave can survive a wave of undead Predacons he may be a challenge."

"Don't worry Aura," Smokescreen said, smiling at her. "We'll be careful." Bumblebee nodded. "Yes, we've done this before. We'll come back in one piece." "You'd better," Lunar warned him, though she ended up grinning at her friend. Bumblebee shook his helm at her and turned to the group. "Come on, we should be going," he said. "Good luck boys." I said. The three mechs piled into Wheeljacks flyer The Jackhammer and the ship hovered up into the air. Wheeljack gave the girls a salute from the window as the ship flew away from the palace.

"Lets go inside. Ultra Magnus should be back any minute now." said Lunar. I nodded in reply as we both walked back inside the palace.

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The Jackhammer flew high over the city of Iacon. Once they arrived at Six Lasers, Wheeljack landed the ship just outside the entrance. He, Smokescreen, and Bumblenbee piled out and took in their surroundings. Broken food, game, and energon stands, rusted old thrill rides, and a one big rusted roller coaster and Ferris wheel. "This looks more like a horror park than an amusement park," Smokescreen muttered as he glanced around the place warily. "It has been abandoned for vorns," Bumblebee pointed out, "but yes, I see where you're coming from." "It looks like the setting for a human horror film," Wheeljack remarked. As the other two turned to look at him, he raised his hands defensively. "What? Miko told me about them." Bumblebee shook his helm and Smokescreen chuckled lowly. "Right, let's get serious," Bumblebee said, returning to the situation at hand. All three powered up their boasters and proceeded cautiously forward.

The three mechs looked around the park with caution. Small pieces of rust would slowly and driftly fall off pieces of metal around the park. "So, why is this place abandoned? Too expensive?" asked Smokescreen. "Yes, and no. In the twilight hours of our last golden age before the war, there was a terrorist attack here. A bunch of Minicons exploded and it almost took out the entire coaster. It's a miracle it's still standing." answered Wheeljack. "If Shockwave does have a hideout here, it would probably be at somewhere that took the least amount of damage from the attack." said Bumblebee.

"Well, we'd best start searching for that place," Smokescreen said, and the three mechs started to scan the park. Weapons out and aiming at the source of any noise, the three mechs began their search, optics peeled for any sign of Shockwave's lab. "This is harder than I thought it would be," Smokescreen said lowly after a long period of time with no luck. He turned at the creak of metal and sighed after he examined the source of sound. "Nothing interesting," he reported. "Hopefully we find something soon," Wheeljack said. "This place is starting to creep me out."

"Agreed." said Bumblebee. All of a sudden the three heard a sound of a crash. "What was that?" asked Smokescreen. The three of them aimed their weapons in the direction of the noise to see a metallic tent. "It came from inside." said Bumblebee. "Lets scoop it out." said Wheeljack. The wreaker took the lead as the other two followed them into the tent. There was very little light inside. There were small holes in the roof that lite only small parts of the floor. "Look." said Bumblebee. He walked over and knelt down infront of something embedded on the floor. "Tire tracks. Shockwave was here just a while ago. They're still fresh."

"Well, we finally caught trace of him," Wheeljack said, glaring at the dark roo,. "It would be nice if he'd stayed behind, though." Bumblebee nodded and looked in the direction the tracks led, his optics narrowed. "Shockwave may be leading us into a trap," he said thoughtfully, "but we cannot give up this lead. It's been the best one we've had since we arrived here." "Should we roll out?" Smokescreen asked. "That would be our best chance of catching him," Bumblebee agreed, "though we must constantly remain on high alert."

"Right." replied the other two mechs. As they were about to leave they heard another crack noise. They looked down glaring into the darkness of the tent to see a pair of red optics glowing at them. There was a high pitched growling noise and a metallic Spinosarous slowly marched out. It was yellow with white and black highlights.

"Is that, a Dinobot?!" asked Bumblebee in shock. The Spinosarous roared as it transformed into its robot mode. It revealed to be a she, it's feet still had its Dino claws while her fingers were very long and sharp. It had a figure similar to Arcee and it was covered with a golden and white plating. "One of Shockwave's pets?" asked Wheeljack. "He did create the Dinobots." pointed out Bumblebee. "Strika destroy Autobots!" yelled the Dinobot. It's finger nails grew longer and sharper as it lunged herself towards the trio.

The three mechs started shooting as Strika neared, then jumped out of the way as she came charging forward, swiping at them with her sharp nails. She turned and glared, optics glowering maliciously. Bumblebee and Smokescreen continued to fire at them as Wheeljack drew his swords and charged at the Dinobot.

Wheeljack and Strika charged at each other, jumped into the air and their weapons collided with each other as the both landed on their feet with their backs facing each other. Smokescreen spotted energon dripping from her nails. Without hesitation Wheeljack dropped one of his swords and got down to his knees, using his other sword to keep his upper body off the floor. "Wheeljack!" called out Smokescreen. "He, he, he, he, who's next?" asked Strika.

Bumblebee and Smokescreen looked across at each other. "We'll have to take her together," Bumblebee said. Smokescreen nodded. "Right. You ready?" Bumblebee loaded his guns and inclined his helm. "Ready." The two separated and came in at Strika from both sides. Strika hissed and swiped at them both, causing them to jump out of the way. Smokescreen recovered first and started shooting at Strika. Bumblebee got up soon after and ran up, shooting as well.

"Get away from me!" yelled Strika. She whacks Bumblebee in the face and turned around to strike Smokescreen, but her attack phased through him. "What trickery is this?!" Smokescreen then tackled Strika to the ground, sucker punching her in the face, knocking her out.

Smokescreen looked down at Strika for a moment, glanced at his Phase Shifter, and then walked over and helped Wheeljack to his feet. "You okay? That Dinobot had really sharp nails." Wheeljack steadied himself and picked up his swords. "I'm fine, Smoke. I've had far worse." Bumblebee got to his feet and glared at the still form of Strika. "She has to be one of Shockwave's experiments," he said. Smokescreen nodded. "What do we do with her?" he asked.

"At this point Shockwave could be long gone. She could be our only lead to him," said Wheeljack. "Lets take her back to Iacon. We'll bring her in for an interrogation." "Good idea," said Bumblebee. Together, the three mechs worked on getting Strika into the Jackhammer. Once she was secured, they took off and headed back to Iacon.