I don't own the series The Loud House or the Transformers or any car brands, make, and models in this story. The Loud House is created by Chris Savino for Nickelodeon, Transformers is owned by Hasbro, and all vehicles named or described are owned by their proper companies.

Last Time: Starscream had sent the Decepticon named Foxwire to attack Lincoln but didn't think that Foxwire would go on a rampage and fought other Autobots instead, wounding three of them, and Cyclonus has contacted a new threat for the Autobots.

Cybertron, 4.5 Million Years ago

It was an almost waist land of either abandoned or destroyed futuristic buildings, with so much debris everywhere and the road was either blocked or damaged. This was Cybertron during the halfway point of the way on the planet, and for most, it was utter chaos just to even cross the street. A single bot roamed the street looking for Autobots to help They were in red and white armor, and they held a blast in their hands, a weapon, something they hated. This was Ratchet.

They may have not been a young Bot, but they were lucky none were around to see any of this. The street was littered with the bodies of both Autobots and Decepticons. Their bodies were lifeless, they had no of both a spark and even any color, just a grey body on the ground that wouldn't be getting back up at all.

He stopped as he heard a voice, someone calling for help, and when he walked to where the voice came from, he saw someone was still alive, but they weren't Autobots, but they didn't have a Decepticon insignia, so they must have been neutral, who was banged up and missing some part, and how they were still functioning was a mystery. "Help... me... please." The bot pleaded in desperation, whose voice was full of pain.

Ratchet ran to them and checked to see what he can do to help them. "Hang on kid, I'll help you." The bot he was helping was in mostly black armor with green lines on it and their hands were gone, while their head had a black helmet and black visor that covered their whole face. "Don't worry, I'm going help you, get you somewhere safe, can you tell me your name?"

The Bot he was helping was trying to get through the pain to tell him who he was and with the strength they had, they said. "My name is Lockdown."

"Well, Lockdown, my name is Ratchet and I'm going to help you, don't worry." Ratchet said as something came out of his left arm, it looked to be an engine before turning into what looked like a cannon and pointed it at the young Bot releasing a yellow wave of energy.

Earth, Present day

The Autobot base, the Ark, is a large ship that was buried underground of a large volcano called Mount St. Hilary in Portland, Oregon on the west coast of the USA. The Ark was mostly quiet almost as if it was abandoned, however, the Ground Bridge was activated, and three cars came out of it allowing them into the base.

It was Bumblebee, Jazz and, Arcee who came into the base in their alt modes. As they parked, they allowed the humans, Lincoln, Clyde, and Stella, with the latter being happy to be back on the Ark, as it has been a few days and that her Autobot companion, Chromia should be fully recovered today.

The Autobots then transformed into their robot modes to walk alongside the humans. "You all made it." Said the voice of Hot Rod, they then see him next to the room's entrance alongside him was Ronnie Anne who looked happy to see her friends once again. "Ronnie Anne and I just got here a little while ago, she told me you guys were going to spend the whole weekend here?" Said, Hot Rod.

"Not the whole weekend just a couple of hours for the next few days," Lincoln said to Hot Rod before turning his attention to Ronnie Anne. "So, what do we have planned?"

"Well, I was thinking about us all going somewhere where not a lot of people hang out so the Autobots wouldn't have to be in their Alt modes. No one will see our Autobots." Said Ronnie Anne.

"Yeah, I kind of want to try out some stuff with Bee, like getting out of him safely when were about to enter a fight, back a while ago he had to throw me into a pile of trash when we were followed by Soundwave," Lincoln said as Ronnie Anne let out a chuckle by that.

"Yeah, even if I and Jazz haven't seen action yet but it would be a good idea to think of ways to get out them if were ever being chased or attacked." Said Clyde.

"True, I was going to think about that with Chromia but after she gets better, we might just relax, I can't wait to see her again. No offense Arcee, you're cool too." Stella said that last part to the female Autobot.

"It's fine, but I think that would be a good idea, just let her and the others rest after they get out of the medical bay for today." Said Arcee.

"Do I look like I need rest?" Said the voice of Chromia, and they all saw both her and Ironhide looking fully healed. "We left the medical bay a few hours ago, happy to see you guys."

"Happy to see you both are okay, but where is Cliffjumper?" Jazz asked the two.

"Ratchet said that he needed just one more checkup, but he will need to rest for a little bit longer, he did get stabbed in the neck." Said Ironhide. "So, what were you all talking about?"

The Autobots all had begun to explain their plans for the day with their human companions of a mix of training to get them to safety and a little rest and relaxation somewhere where there wouldn't be too many humans to let them walk around and just try and relax as they did deserve it after what they have been through with both crashing the Nemesis and for surviving a crazy Decepticon.

"If you're all planning for mostly fun today, I am sorry to say but that isn't happening." Said the voice of Vincent Witwicky, who came in the base with a tablet in hand. "Where's Prime? I've got something for him and all of you to see."

In a matter of minutes, they were all in a large room, most of the Autobots with Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, and Perceptor not in the room, Lincoln even noticed that Sundor wasn't there and thought he may have been on a mission or something. Vincent Witwicky, Lincoln, Clyde, Ronnie Anne, and Stella were all on a platform on the wall that was high up so they wouldn't get stepped on by the giant robots.

"It looks like everyone is here, Commander Witwicky, what is the news you wanted to share with us?" Optimus Prime said to Vincent who hooked up his tablet into a small terminal to share a file on the device.

"Alright, here is what we know, around a few days ago in Texas, there was a high number of cars crashing, they're all hit and run accidents. At first, we thought it was just crazy driving or something, but in the last couple of hours we caught this on a dashcam." Said Vincent as he showed them all footage of a black car, a Lamborghini with an exposed engine block.

The same car had crashed into another car through a head-on collision and didn't even look dented, the car changed into a giant robot, shadowed female-like form, but on its chest was a glowing painted on Decepticon symbol. "The driver is still alive but did suffer some serious damage, and judging from the footage, this thing was begging for attention. I was asked to inform you all that we would need your help with catching this thing if it is Decepticon."

"It could be a trap?" Chromia had suggested to Optimus, giving him that idea.

"You could be right Chromia, but if we don't do anything, more people could get hurt. Autobots, get ready for this mission, if this is a trap then I'll need all the hands I can get for this fight." Optimus said to his alleys with all of them looking ready for a fight. Before Optimus could give an order to head out, he turned to the Autobot doctor. "Ratchet, I'll need you to stay here and man the base in case if Tracks, Blaster, and the others return."

"I understand Optimus, that would be for the best, a medic's strong suit isn't in fighting after all." Ratchet said to Optimus sounding understanding.

"Alright, so when do we head out," Lincoln said to Optimus who turned to the humans. However, Optimus said that they wouldn't be joining them. "Wait what?"

"I am sorry Lincoln Loud, but it would be for the best if you all stay here. We are going out for an attack on potential Decepticon forces, and it would be too dangerous." Optimus said making his own point before turning back to Ratchet. "Ratchet, I would like for you to watch over them until our return."

The Autobot medic didn't seem too pleased with the order he was given and asks Optimus if they can talk quickly. As the two leave the room to talk in private the others seemed a little bumped as they wanted to either go and watch a fight or help, however, Ronnie Anne wanted to know just what was going on and followed both Ratchet and Optimus to see what they were talking about. She managed to make it to the door to listen to their conversation.

"Optimus, I would like to ask you to reconsider your choice into letting the humans even stay here, they'll just get in the way of my work." Ratchet said irritated by the fact he must watch them.

"I am sorry Ratchet, but I do not want the humans to be alone or away from the base as the Decepticons could attack them and I want them to be protected. I would have let Perceptor or Wheeljack watch over them by Vincent said he needed them on something, and I need all the hands I can get for this assault."

"But Optimus, I can't look after them."

"And why is that old friend?"

"Optimus, when you're as old as me then you would know that the young are always the most reckless and disrespectful, in the past few weeks we've known them, I can see that they are like that, Lincoln has been captured by the Decepticons, Stella watched a battle that could have gotten out of hand, and don't get me started on Ronnie Anne, so far only that kid Clyde doesn't seem to be bad but give it time and he will be just like the other three." Ratchet said with Ronnie Anne hearing everything he just said, she can take and insult, but she had to hold herself back as Ratchet had insulted her friends.

"Ratchet, I understand that you don't fully enjoy having the humans around, but we need to keep them safe, if the Decepticons attack them while they are alone, then it is used who is responsible for what happens to them," Optimus said to Ratchet who just thought about what he said, he did make a good point however, the humans were more likely to be endangered if they were alone.

"Cliffjumper. He can't go on the mission because he still needs one more day to rest, so what if he watches over them, he can't fight but he can still move and drive around in his alt mode, he can watch them." Ratchet said to Optimus who took a moment to think about it before answer.

"I suppose that could work, Cliffjumper does seem to get along with most sentient life, even though he isn't suitable for combat yet, he can still transform and drive around, he can watch over them." Said Ratchet with Optimus thinking about what he was saying.

"Alright, as long as he is alright with it, I'll allow it," Optimus said as Ronnie Anne was listening, she honestly didn't want to hear anymore and walked away, she did have better control of herself when someone is talking bad about her but Ratchet even talked bad about her friend and honestly wanted to just go up to him and slap him in the face for that, but couldn't for many reasons. As she returned to her friends Clyde noticed that she was angry and asked if she was okay, but she didn't even answer.

Optimus Prime then re-entered the room to tell the Autobots that they would be heading out. "Alright, Autobots, transform and roll out!" Optimus said as both he and the other Autobots all got ready for the mission as they transformed and drove to the room with the ground bridge to go to their location.

After they all left Ratchet entered the room again and looked at the humans to talk to them. Leading the humans to the medical bay to see Cliffjumper, who couldn't go on the mission. "Cliffjumper, you're going to watch over the humans until the others get back."

"Wait what?" Cliffjumper said confused until Ratchet explained to him.

"You're going to watch the humans; you can't go into combat, but you can still transform and drive around. Just drive them around or something, take them anywhere in the area." Said Ratchet as he went to take care of his own business by working at a monitor. As they left Ronnie Anne said under her breath "Old jerk." and Ratchet did hear it, and he acted like he didn't care, why should he. It wasn't the first time he was called that.

Cybertron, 4.5 Million Years ago

"Grrh! Seriously doc, a little warning!" Said the voice of an Autobot with a young voice, it was from a large box that had a cannon sticking out of their chest and was covered in red armor. His arm was being checked by Ratchet in a medical room with some spots holding patients who needed some medical care. "You old jerk. You have an EMP, and you don't use it often." The Autobot said before growing in a little pain from the medic.

"Hey, don't bad mouth your doctor, it is very unhealthy, and if I use the EMP too much it would either overload and blow up or it could mess up your processer." Ratchet said as he just finished helping him. "Alright there you go Warpath, that should do it for now. Try not to get hit by another sniper, okay?"

"Sure, thing Ratchet, hey how's Sideswipe doing? If he didn't point out that sniper, I wouldn't be here?" Said the Autobot named Warpath.

"He'll be fine, he was hit in the leg, but it could have been worse." Said Ratchet as he picked up a datapad. "Alright, you're done and okay to leave just don't overwork yourself, and if you open that wound your patching it up yourself. Lockdown, help Warpath get out of here." Ratchet said as the Bot who he saved named Lockdown walked into the room before helping the Autobot leave. Ratchet was looking around and at the other patients who needed help and thought who he was going to help next. Lockdown the re-entered the room.

"You okay doc?" Said the voice of Lockdown, they had a rough and husky voice, like the voice of someone who smoked but not too much.

"Yeah, just wondering who to help next, who to save, and who to... let go."

"It must be hard to be a medic."

"Trust me, it is..."

"... Anyway, just wanted to tell you that Whirl is back, again, from what Kup told me, he-"

"Let me guess, 'Whirl crashed into a Decepticon flyer to see who would run away first' didn't he?"

"That was word-for-word what Kup said, yes."

Ratchet sighed before continuing. "Of course, honestly if it wasn't for my moral code, I would have let them scrap themselves at this point."

The two then left the room with Lockdown restarting the conversation. "I heard a joke from the Wreckers saying that if they could turn Whirl's craziness into energy, then we wouldn't have to worry about energy shortages anymore." He said this as a joke which did make Ratchet chuckle a little. "Hey, I got you to laugh."

"Ha-ha, alright, let's get back to work."

Earth, Present day

Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Stella, Clyde, and Witwicky were far from the Ark, on an almost empty parking lot on the side of a road in the middle of a forest. Cliffjumper was in his Alt mode parked while the others were outside of him drinking milkshakes they bought earlier and enjoy the afternoon sun. Lincoln had asked Ronnie Anne why she seemed a little upset and she explained her reasons and what Ratchet had said to Optimus. "He really said?" Said Stella.

"Yeah, I can take insults about me, but he was also talking bad stuff about you guys too and... GRRR! What is with him? He is always acting like a jerk!" Ronnie Anne said as she drank from her milkshake to calm down.

"Ratchet is always like." Said Cliffjumper getting the four humans' attention before he continued. "He is always acting like a grumpy old man, as you kids would call him."

"So, he is always a total jerk every day?" Ronnie Anne asked.

"Well, kind of, but remember this, he was a medical officer in an army, he had a lot of patients and lost more than half of them, either on the battlefields or after the fight," Cliffjumper explained to them making them understand. "He made some friends but... then he lost either all of them or... something he doesn't like to talk about happened."

Ronnie Anne then thought about this factor about Ratchet, he was a bot who must have lost a lot of patients, he did lose some bots he knew personally and couldn't save, that had to hit him harder than anything out there. "Great, now I am feeling bad. Maybe I should tell him sorry for calling him a jerk or something..."

"You should." Said Vincent as the others looked at him, he said it with a bold and straightforward tone. "Ratchet, Optimus, Bumblebee, Jazz, Chromia, Hot Rod, everyone. They've all lost someone in this war, I have been in the army long enough to know when someone sees action, they'll change, they will be different. No one is the same after seeing what they did, and those who are the same afterward, they are either the strongest person you can meet or they're hiding it for their own reasons, too afraid to ask for help."

"Wow." Said Lincoln at what Vincent was just talking about along with the others.

"Oh, uh sorry, I guess that just came out, I have heard my old drill Sargent say similar words when some cadets were talking trash about a veteran commanding officer we had back then." He said as he scratches the back of his head.

"Yeah, anyway, I'm going to throw away my trash now, we can go back to the Ark after we're all done," Lincoln said as he walked to a trash can that was a few dozen feet away, but as he walked the only other car in the parking lot turned one, its engine roared so loud it caught everyone's attention to look at it. The car looked to be a black 1969 Dodge Charger with green lines on it and with an exposed engine block. The car had a lower bumper and spikes sticking out of it, the windshield was a dark red, and the head likes gave a red light. The car got out of its parking spot, it was around 120 ft. away, and it was facing Lincoln.

The car's tires were moving but not the car, the brakes were most likely on to keep it in places until it went into drive and charged at Lincoln with extreme speeds. Lincoln was shocked, he didn't know what to do, was the car coming at him, is he about to- But before any of those thoughts could even get to him, Vincent pushed him out of the way, just in time for the car to miss them both and stopped right where he was standing. "Lincoln, are you okay?!" Vincent asked the boy.

"Huh?" Lincoln said confused as he was processing everything that just happened.

"Are you okay?!" Vincent said to the boy again who understood what he said and nodded his head. "Okay, good, I'll take care of that driver," Vincent said as he got back up along with Lincoln who was still in a little shock from what had happened.

Vincent walked up to the car and knocked on the window to get the driver's attention. The window cracked just a little and the voice said "Yes?" it was a rough and husky voice.

"You almost hit a kid, get out of the car, now!" Said Vincent, his voice had some anger in it.

"I'm sorry what was that." Said the voice this time it sounded like they were joking or something, holding in a laugh.

"You heard me, get out of the vehicle, right now!" Vincent said with his voice showing anger.

"Just one problem." Said the voice as the car started to change, taking a large humanoid form with black armor with green lines, their head had a helmet, his face was pale colored and has black marking and red eyes. They had spikes sticking out of the sides of their joints and shoulders, their arms, however, didn't match with his body, his right arm was yellow and had a hook for a hand, while the other was red and did have a normal hand. "I am the vehicle."

"D-Decepticon!" Clyde said as he was about to panic getting the attention of the Bot.

"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DECEPTICON!" Cliffjumper said as he transformed into robot mode and ran up to the Bot and tried to throw a punch at him, only for them to dodge.

"Decepticon? What are you blind Autobot?" The Bot said as he pointed to his chest to show an insignia on his chest, it looked like a black skull with white highlights surrounding it to make it visible. "See, I'm not a Decepticon, I am a mercenary. I do some bounty hunting most of the time, other times I'm playing dept collector. Ha-ha, It is a fun job."

"Okay then, why are you here then? Bounty Hunter."

"Please, call me, Lockdown." said the Mercenary named Lockdown.

Lockdown

-Mercenary

-Black with green lines 1969 Dodge Charger

-He'll take you apart and take all of everything you have

"Alright then Lockdown, why did you attack them?!" Cliffjumper said with his voice showing hostility.

"Oh, I was just going to ask them something, and they say lifeforms on this planet think more clearly when they are in a life-or-death moment." Said Lockdown.

"What were you going to ask?" Cliffjumper said as he was reaching for something behind him.

"Where I can find a medic named Ratchet." Said Lockdown as Cliffjumper didn't change his expression.

"Never heard of him." Said Cliffjumper said clearly lying to Lockdown.

"Are you sure... Cliffjumper." Lockdown said making Cliffjumper's eyes go wide as he never said his name and Lockdown wasn't close enough to hear the group's conversations. Cliffjumper pulled out a blaster, ready to shoot at Lockdown, but before he could something came in and slashed the back of his leg forcing him to take a knee, and then he saw Lockdown pointing his hook hand at him, the hook then bent over and what looked to be a barrel of a weapon came out and fired at Cliffjumper hitting him in the chest. "Was it something I said?"

"A-A gun modification?!" Cliffjumper said as he was in pain.

"Yeah, just couldn't say no to it, got it from this one Con I scraped a while back, it was fun. Now for the hu-" Lockdown said as he looked to see that the humans were gone, must have run off while they were talking. "... Scrap. Welp, who said this job was easy. Good thing I don't hunt alone," Lockdown said as something flew by him and went into the air and looked around. It looked like a large metal bird with a long neck and its wings, body, and head were covered in yellow paint or armor. "Do you see them Buzzsaw?!" Lockdown said as the beast named Buzzsaw flew in a direction. "I'll take that as a yes."

With the others, they were all running away, Lincoln, Ronnie Anne, Stella, and Clyde didn't want to leave Cliffjumper behind, but Vincent had forced them to run for their life. Vincent was smart, he knew the Autobots most of his life and knew that they would want them to run away from danger. Vincent then heard something, it was like a running buzzsaw roaring through the forest and getting closer.

With quick thinking, Vincent ran towards the others and knocks them off their feet and tackled them down to avoid the incoming enemy that flew over them, cutting some trees down. "It seems I missed, Ha-ha!" Said the robotic bird. "Buzzsaw, terrorize!" Said the robotic bird named Buzzsaw who turned into a small robot that was the same height as an average person with yellow armor with a bird-shaped helmet and on his chest, he has the same symbol that Lockdown had, but the most eye-catching thing about Buzzsaw's robot mode was that he didn't have hands, he had four pointed blades, almost like a ninja throwing stars.

"What in the world is that thing?" Clyde asked in a panic tone.

"I am Buzzsaw, and I was told to get you all back to Lockdown alive... But he never said in one piece." Buzzsaw said as his hands started to move, spinning around, almost like real buzzsaws.

Buzzsaw

-Mercenary

-Vulture Beast Mode

-A messed up bird that has bladed feathers

Before he could even get them, Vincent pulled something out of his pocket, it looked like a sizeable and bulky smartphone but then a piece of it twisted to make it look like a firearm. "Ha, what is that a toy, whatever it is, it is useless-" Buzzsaw said before Vincent aimed the weapon and fired, not shooting a bullet but rather a laser that hit Buzzsaw in the face making a small explosion. "AGH! MY OPTICS!" Buzzsaw screamed from the blast.

"Well, that easy. RUN!" Vincent said as the others and he began to run away until they heard something following them and trees being pushed down. It was Lockdown who was knocking down trees to make room to get to them.

"Hello, humans." Said Lockdown as he walked up to them, Vincent then pointed his weapon at the mercenary but then an engine came out of his right arm and fired some sort of pulse energy at them, and when Vincent pulled the trigger to his weapon nothing happened, confusing him. "EMP generator got it from a friend who saved me. It is useful almost all the time." Said Lockdown.

Vincent then threw his weapon at Lockdown, trying to aim at his face but missed. Lockdown then pointed a blaster arm at Vincent and fired at him, luckily, he missed but the blast did send him flying into a tree and landed on the ground, looking out cold.

Everyone was shocked at what had happened. Clyde and Stella ran to him to see if he was alright but then Buzzsaw replied stepping right in front of him to keep him away from Vincent. "Alright, I think that'll do as an example, now look if you four are smart then you'll know it would be a bad idea to run from us anymore. So, just come with us... or we start doing something we'll all regret." Lockdown, making his threat clear for them, none of them saying anything in response. "Good."

Buzzsaw then walked up to Vincent with his hands spinning fast, almost like buzzsaws, but then Lockdown told him: "Buzzsaw, no, he'll live just so he can go back and tell him". Lockdown said as he pressed his left hand onto the side of his head, most likely a radio. "Shadow Stalker, come pick us up in the Death's Head."

Lockdown then picked up the humans before Transforming into his alt mode taking them to the road where he stopped before a large ship landed in front of them, it was almost the size of a large house, it looked like a large train with a bull-like head and with that look to be made of red light. The ship opened to reveal another bot, this one looked female. They had a golden face and some parts of their body along with some blue while having some armor that was pitch black, they even had what looked like an engine block sticking out of their chest.

"Good to see you're doing well Shadow Stalker," Lockdown said to the other Mercenary named Shadow Stalker.

Shadow Stalker

-Mercenary

-Black Lamborghini with an exposed engine block

-A silent stalker who you would never see coming

Lincoln took notice of the new bot named Shadow Stalker and recognized them. "Guys, that's the Decepticon from the video!" Lincoln said to the others realize that it was a trap the whole time. "Does that mean the others are-"

"Walking into a trap?" Lockdown said as he interrupted Lincoln. "No, they aren't walking into a trap, I am using a signal jammer to stop them from getting any messages from inside the area they are at so it will take some time before they know anything is up." This was Lockdown's plan, to send the Autobots away somewhere far and get the humans to get Ratchet and so far, it is working.

As they all left, Vincent got back up and ran back to Cliffjumper, silently preying to himself that he was still alive or functioning or whatever. When he got to him, he sees that he was indeed still alive but was minorly beat up with a burning dent in his chest. "C'mon buddy, I need you to get back up and not die on me... or just don't die on the side of the road either, that would be just as great."

Cybertron, 4.5 Million Years ago

A younger Ratchet was walking down the halls of the medical ward of the Autobot base, looking over records of other Autobots and their medical history, he entered a room with an Autobot on a medical table sitting up with black and red armor. "Trailbreaker, correct?" Ratchet said with the Autobot named Trailbreaker giving a nod. "Good, I've got your medical report here. You can get ready to go."

"That's great to hear, but can I ask you something doc?" Trailbreaker asked.

"Sure, what is it?"

"Do you know where my Force Field generator is? I can't feel it." Trailbreaker said making Ratchet confused about what he was talking about. "You see, I wanted to see if I can still use my force fields, but I couldn't then I seemed like my force field generator was missing."

"What?" Ratchet said as he looked at Trailbreaker, who let him take a close look at him and did see that what he said was true and missing. Ratchet then left the room to see what had happened and saw Lockdown entering a room and followed him.

Ratchet entered the room to see Lockdown. "Lockdown, I need to ask you if you saw anyone exiting the room Trailbreaker is in before me, he said that his force field generator is missing and-" Ratchet stopped as he saw Lockdown, holding what looks to be a disk-like object in his hands. It was Trailbreaker's force field generator. "What are you doing with that?" Ratchet asked.

"Wait, Ratchet before you ask I didn't-"

"Lockdown, answer me, and don't you dare lie to me." Ratchet said as he got closer to him.

"A-alright, I took it, but I just wanted to see what a real Mod looked like, I never really had one before and Trailbreaker wasn't-"

"So, you took it!" Ratchet said while still controlling his voice so no one would hear. "What is wrong with you kid. Do you have any idea what will happen to you when someone learns you did this?" Ratchet said showing concern.

"I'm sorry, really, I shouldn't have taken it."

Ratchet just couldn't believe him right now, what was he thinking, just so something stupid and think he can get away with it? "Look, I'll just say it had to be taken out for medical reasons and was forgotten to be put back in. Then no one will be in trouble." Ratchet reached out a hand and took the mod, Lockdown handed it over and walked away from him.

After Ratchet returned what was stolen, he walked out of the room Trailbreaker was and saw another doctor who walked up to him. "Hello, Ratchet, how is Trailbreaker doing?"

"Doing better, his Force Field Generator was missing, luckily I've found it." Ratchet said to the other doctor who looked surprised to hear that, Ratchet wanted to know why they looked so shocked about this information. "Is something wrong?"

"Well, there have been a lot of Bots who have woken up from stasis to say that any mods and upgrades they've had have gone missing without a trace, it is really strange." Said the doctor.

Ratchet was shocked to hear this; it was the first time he did hear about this. He then realized something; Lockdown had a mod he stole. A part of him was saying that it couldn't be him, but the other part of him was saying; it's him.

Earth, Present day

Ratchet was on a terminal researching on any Decepticon activity as of late, but none have come up. The ark was quiet, so he did work without any interference and had to stay on guard just in case if anything happens. He then thought back earlier today about the humans and wondered why Optimus even allowed them access to the Ark and even let them interact with them at all.

He then heard a car crash within the Ark and went to go and see what it was and saw Cliffjumper, who had looked beat up and was crashed into a wall. "Cliffjumper, what happened?" Ratchet said as he ran to him, Cliffjumper then transformers into his robot mode letting Vincent out of him. "Commander Witwicky, what happened?"

"We thought we ran into a Con, but it was some... Freak of nature and his pet bird, I'll explain as you Cliffjumper." Vincent said as Ratchet helped Cliffjumper onto his feet and walked him to the medical bay of the Ark for more medical care. As they walked, Vincent had explained what had happened. "We were just talking and then this mercenary showed, they took the others."

"WHAT?! Why would they do that?" Ratchet said surprised.

"They said they wanted to get to you, and I guess he knew about the kids being associated with the Autobots."

"Why would they want me? Who were they, did you get a name?"

"Yeah, they said their name was Lockdown." And with that Ratchet froze, he knew that name, he knew that bot, he knew they were after them for something. Ratchet? Are you alright? Ratchet?" Vincent said to the Autobot who was frozen like a statue.

As Ratchet was frozen only one thing came to his mind, a moment from his past when he was hearing the words; "You sold me out!" From Lockdown, Lockdown was one of his closest friends during the war, and the last time he saw him, he robbed him of something.

Cybertron, 4.5 Million Years ago

Ratchet had turned him in, he had no choice. They found out it was Lockdown who was stealing the mods from the Autobots, and he turned him in. Lockdown was sent somewhere, a prison that was said to be unescapable, impossible to get away from, if only he knew that some things are just not possible, such as a so-called prison that was inescapable.

Ratchet was in his office, working on a terminal, looking over medical reports that were presented to him by other medics. Just some standard things he would need to check up on, some Bots who needed some repairs, one was of a young Bot named Bumblebee, whose record says that he got injured from escaping the wrath Megatron firsthand. That does sound impressive.

Ratchet then heard something, the sound of something small hitting the ground, and went to go and see what made that sound. When he made it to the point of origin, what he found was a piece of metal that fell in a supply closet, but how did it fall? That's what got Ratchet to think, but then he realized it, it was a distraction. Ratchet turned around and saw someone behind him and threw a punch, knocking the medic to the ground, as Ratchet tried to look at his attacker, all he could see was the shadows before he could see them clearly.

"Lockdown?" Ratchet said with little strength to see it was Lockdown standing over him, the once normal Bot he knew was different with his chest not holding any insignia and his eyes were glowing red, he has changed.

"Sorry Doc, I would like nothing more than to rip out your spark for turning me..." Lockdown said as he takes a laser scalpel and brings it close to his face, but at the last second keeps it away from him. "But I still owe you for saving all those Vrons ago. So, I just came to tell you that I am leaving, and I would like something to remember you by." Those were the last words he heard Lockdown say before Ratchet was passed out. When Ratchet had woken up, something of his was missing, a medical tool that was a part of him, his EMP Generator.

"Ratchet? Ratchet?! Ratchet!" Said a blurred voice that was getting Ratchet's attention.

Earth, Present day

Ratchet got out of his daze to see that he was finished helping Cliffjumper who was in critical condition. "Are you alright?" Vincent asked the Autobot who couldn't even answer, he was shocked and confused about what to do next. He then dashed back to his terminal to contact the other Autobots.

Ratchet managed to get a signal out but before he could say anything, took a second look at the frequency of the signal to see that it wasn't of Autobot origin but rather something else. "What in the- I tried to contact Optimus but I got-"

"Hello, Ratchet." Said the voice of Lockdown on the other end of the transmission. Ratchet was shocked to hear that voice again and Vincent was surprised to hear it too and confirmed that it was indeed Lockdown.

"Lockdown?! What have you done?!"

"Calm yourself Doc, if you're wondering about the humans, they're still alive, I just kept them in a cell. I'll let them out after you help me."

"And why should I help you?" Said Ratchet with his voice trying his best to hide his anger.

"Because if you don't the humans will perish. I'm sending you both coordinates and a list of items to bring with you and come alone, no one else but you. Oh, and don't even try to contact the Autobots, the area they're in has a signal hijacker in that area so any attempt to contact them will just be sending your calls to me." Lockdown said as he ended the call, making Ratchet must choose to either find help or do what Lockdown says.

End of Chapter