Quickly thinking Wheeljack drove his knees into the fox Predacon's stomach plates and rolled knocking the fox out of the blast path. It was so startled it loosen it's tails grip allowing the Wrecker to jump free as he turned to face the Vehicons that had ambushed them. The Wrecker retrieved his swords he had dropped during his struggle with the Predacon and charged into the group. This is more like it, he thought as he took down three of the Decepticons. One fired at him from behind and he turned to attack. . . when something big slammed into the back of his helm.

The world spun as Wheeljack went down, hard. One of the Vehicons had used a tree trunk to hit him from behind.

Before he could try and get back up a Vehicon pointed a blaster at his helm and sneered, "So long Autobo-AGH!" A yellow and purple blur rammed into the Vehicon and he scream in pain as powerful jaws and sharp teeth ripped into his armor.

A little stunned Wheeljack saw two Vehicons moving to attack his unlikely ally. Jumping to his feet he tackled them, "Don't forget about me!"

Wheeljack and the Predacon were soon fighting side-by-side. Another Vehicon tried to shoot the fox but it grabbed the him with it's tails and threw him into another with ease. The fight seemed to be going their way but more Vehicons arrived and one got a lucky shot striking Wheeljack in the knee and the Wrecker fell with a curse.

The fox Predacon hearing him ran to stand by the Wrecker and spread it's tails out to shield them from the shots.

Trying to ignore the pain Wheeljack looked around the unusual shield to see where the Vehicons were. He placed a foot on the fox's back, "Sorry about this." Then used the fox to jump over and landed on top of one of the startled Vehicons. Before they got over their surprise he took several others down with the fox rejoining the fight. With the fight not going their way the rest of the Vehicons fled leaving the two. Now alone again they regarded each other for a long moment. "Uh. . . thanks," Wheeljack finally said. The fox snorted at him and took off into the trees. "Fine! But I want a rematch," he shouted after it.

Bumblebee, Smokescreen and the cat Predacon stood by the cliff face as they faced the Vehicons who had their blasters pointed at them. The cat was snarling while Bee tried to think of a way out of this. It wasn't looking good when suddenly an angry kaw very much like a crows sounded overhead. Everyone looked up to see the red and gold Predacon bird diving down, before it reached it's target it. . . transformed, but not into a robot. It transformed into the canine Bee had also been pursuing. The Yellow Autobot would of groned if he could, of course. The canine ad bird had been the same color, how had he not noticed.

The canine tackled one of the Vehicons ripping into it's armor. As that happened the cat's growls intensified and the two Autobot's turned to see it's teeth extending till it looked like a saber-tooth. It then lunged at another Vehicon before he could fire. The other Vehicons prepared to fire at the Predacons when Bumblebee and Smokescreen joined the fight lunging at them.

"Don't forget us!" Smokescreen yelled as he delivered a powerful uppercut. The Autobot's and Predacons were quickly able to turn the tide and the remaining Vehicons retreated. "That's right! You'd better run!" Smokescreen shouted after them. The canine barked after them.

Now that the common enemy was gone the two groups turned to each other, Bee tried to talk to them but the two Predacons turned and ran. Before they could be stopped the canine jumped into the air transforming into it's bird mode while the cat spread it's wings and jumped into the air following.

The Autbots could only watched them fly away, after an awkward moment of silence Smokescreen broke it, "So. . . who gets to tell Ratchet?"

:Bulkhead. . . Bulkhead. . . Bulkhead. . . BULKHEAD!:

Bulkhead groaned at the shout as he opened his optics, his helm was still pounding from whatever had happened. Realizing his comm. was pinging him he answered :Ratchet?:

:Bulkhead: the angry voice of the medic made his headache worst :What's going on? How come you didn't report in?:

:I. . . Oh scrap!: Bulkhead shot up into a sitting position and looked around, but it was to late. The Predacon was gone. :I. . . had a run-in with one of the Predacons:

:What happened? Did it attack you?:

:Kind of. Sort of. Maybe. I don't know what happened, one minute it was there and the next I'm getting dizzy and now it's gone:

:Dizzy? Did you obtained any injures?:

:No:

:Well head to Arcee's position, she has one of the Predacons in her sight:

:I'm on my way:

As Optimus flew over the mountains he had no sightings of any Predacons, just as he was wondering if the others were having better luck when Ratchet comm. him. :Optimus we have a situation:

:What happened?:

:Our scouts have had run-ins with Predacons and Decepticons:

:We're not the only ones looking for them: Optimus observed :Are all the Predacons gone?:

:No, Arcee still has one in her sight:

Optimus checked her location, he was further away than the others. :I'm on my way, have everyone regrouped at her location. We can't lose this last one:

:Understood: Ratchet confirmed.

The Alicorn Predacon hadn't moved which was a good thing Arcee thought, she keep an optic on it as well for any Decepticons that might try and surprise them. Hearing a noise she and the kids turned to see Ultra Magnus joining them, he crouched down as best he could to stay hidden. They were soon joined by Bumblebee and Smokescreen, not long after them Wheeljack who was limping arrived.

"Whoa, look at that," Smokescreen said gazing at the Alicorn.

"What's it doing?" Wheeljack asked.

"It appears to be digging for something," Ultra Magnus answered.

Every few minutes the Predacon would stop and look around, it was staying alert. Sometimes it raised it's golden muzzle and made a motion like it was sniffing then returned to digging. As they observed it they were unaware they themselves were being watched by Laserbeak.

In the Decepticon warship Soundwave and Starscream were looking through the visual feed from Laserbeak when Knock Out walked in. "Well I got the reports from are scouts in the field and it's not good."

"What happened?!" Starscream demanded, "Didn't they find anything?"

"Oh yes," the red mech replied with a grin, "Predacons. . . and Autobots."

The seeker growled when Megatron and Shockwave entered, they had been busy keeping Predaking from discovering their mission. "Progress?" Megatron growled. He wanted this done with as soon as possible.

"Well, um, my lord there were some setbacks," Starscream fumbled.

The warlord glared at him, "Like what?!"

"The Autobots seem to be looking for them as well," Shockwave spoke up as he looked over the information collected.

Megatron snarled, "Then destroy them!"

"It appears the Predacons fled, it will take some time to track them again," Shockwave answered.

Suddenly Soundwave pulled up an image catching everyone's attention. They had a clear view of the Alicorn and the Autobot's watching it.

"Whoa," Knock Out said.

"Uh, my lord," Starscream turned to Megatron when the tyrant didn't say anything.

"Wait," was all he said.

Bulkhead was making his way towards his team, he was still a little dizzy and slightly confused from. . . whatever had happened. Which was why as soon as he spotted his team he shouted, "GUYS!" When they turned to him he continued, "You're not going to. . ." The green mech noticed everyone staring at him in shock. And the reason was made clear when he spotted the Alicorn Predacon, it was looking directly at them. "Umm, Whoops."

Everyone stayed where they were for what felt like forever then the Alicorn bolted forward spreading it's wings.

"It's going to take off!" Arcee cried. The blue femme took off in altmode after it.

"Arcee!" Ultra Magnus shouted after her. But she ignored him as she pulled alongside the Alicorn as it started flapping it's wings.

"Oh no you don't!" Arcee cried, then she did what she would later agree had to be the dumbest thing she'd ever done. She transformed and jumped on its back.

The blue femme would attribute this move to Bumblebee's cowboy movies.

Whatever she had expected the creature to do coming to a complete stop wasn't one of them and Arcee realized to late that this was no pet zap pony when the Predacon slowly turned it's head and glared at her. Uh, oh. Suddenly it jumped into the air with it's passenger. With a cry Arcee threw her arms around it's neck and pressed her knees against it's sides trying to hang on as it moved like a bunking bronco, kicking it's legs out and twisting around. It also drove through the air at quick speeds trying to dislodge Arcee, at one point it even flew upside down.

Knock Out laughed at the image they were receiving, "HAHAHA! Oh-Wow, she's in for a ride!"

The others ignored him as they watched the feed. Shockwave turned to Megatron, "How would you like to proceed?"

"Send the troops in now," Megatron said. He then grinned, "We shall as the humans say kill two birds with one stone."

On the ground everyone could only watch in bemused silence at the show above until Miko cheered, "Go Arcee!"

"What do we do?" Jack asked worried.

Before Magnus could answer a GroundBridge opened a few feet from Arcee and her unwilling mount and several Vehicons in jet mode shot out. Ultra Magnus quickly commed. her, :Arcee behind you!:

Arcee turned towards the oncoming Decepticons, before she could do anything the Alicorn had spotted the pursuers as well and dived away from the shots. The blue femme grabbed her mount's neck as it flew away dodging the shots.

The battle above was too high for the Autobot's to do anything without Magnus ship. "We need to help!" Bulkhead cried.

"I think we got our own problems," Wheeljack spoke up as another GroundBridge opened near them and several Vehicons ran out firing at them.

Jack and Miko cried out in surprise when Ultra Magnus grabbed them and quickly placed them among some boulders for protection before he joined the others in charging the Decepticons.

Above the Alicorn continued trying to out fly the Vehicons while Arcee hung on for dear life. Several shots had almost struck her and the Predacon, they needed to do something. As it flew higher Arcee grabbed some of the golden spines that made up it's mane and yanked on them. "Go down! Not up!" It couldn't out fly the Vehicons.

Again it turned to glare at her but obeyed flying down, with the Vehicons in pursuit it flew around the tree tops. It wasn't as fast but it was more agile then the Vehicons though Arcee wondered how they would fight back, she couldn't use her blasters while the Alicorn was moving.

But when one got close the Predacon twisted in midair, turning to bring it's back legs down on the Vehicon who cried out in pain and did a nosedive below.

"Nice move," Arcee said. A flick of one of the Alicorn's audio shells was her only answer as the Predacon continued circling the treetops to avoid the Decepticons, some couldn't swerve to avoid them in time.

But some of the Vehicons then veered away, Arcee didn't think too much on this till they circled around and attacked from the front. The blue femme was about to activate her blaster when she noticed the Alicorn started to hover in place, it's horn was glowing, the bio lights on it's neck were also glowing brighter. Then a bright golden beam of light shot out from it's horn like a blaster discharge and sliced through one of the Vehicon's wing sending him crashing into the trees.

There wasn't any time to enjoy this victory as another Vehicon dived in from another direction, before it could shoot another shoot struck it. With a cry he crashed to the ground. The Alicorn turned to look at Arcee who had her blaster out, she smirked, "Thought you could use some help." The Predacon gave her an appreciating look.

As they hovered there they both failed to see another Vehicons dive at them from above, before either could react a blast from behind them struck the Decepticon. Predacon and Autobot turned to see Optimus hovering a few feet from them.

The Alicorn jolted away from him but Optimus raised a servo while putting the blaster away and said in a calming tone, "Peace, we mean you no harm." The Alicorn regarded him with a tilt of it's head, it didn't move closer but it didn't back away. The Prime turned to Arcee, "Are you alright?"

"Fine sir, just hoping to set my peds on solid ground," the blue femme answered.

He directed his attention but to the equine Cybetronian, "Perhaps you could land and let my comrade down?"

It gazed at him a moment before dropping to the ground like a snowflake. Arcee threw her arms around it's neck again until it set it's peds on the ground and a slightly shaky Arcee was caught by Wheeljack. "I never want to do that again," she declared.

Optimus also landed, he turned to the Predacon who was watching him thought it's audio shells were turned towards the other Autobots. He waved at them to stand back so not to crowd the Alicorn but Miko either didn't see or care as she ran up.

"That! Was! AWESOME! You were like flying that way then that way! And blasting death rays!" The Predacon stared at her stunned for a moment then suddenly thrust it's face near the girl. Losing her bravo Miko tried to take a step back as Bulkhead started to rush forward but Optimus held a hand up noticing the Predacon wasn't showing any aggression, instead it looked curious as it poked at the girl with it's muzzle like it was examining her. "HEY!" Miko cried, "It's getting personal!"

When the Predacon finished it's examination Optimus motioned to Miko to move back, he then turned to the beastformer. There was so much going through his CPU now that he was facing one of the surviving beings, what could he say, what should he ask? Before Optimus could speak a glint caught his attention, he spotted Laserbeak in the tree.

Before he could warn the others several Vehicons enraged from the trees firing at them, and one fired a shot at Jack and Miko!

Before it struck something drove in front of the children. The Alicorn cried out in pain when the shot struck it's neck and went down. Optimus punched a Vehicon out of his way and ran to the fallen Predacon's side. He glanced at Miko and Jack, "Get them out of here!"

"On it!" Arcee transformed so Jack could pull a protesting Miko on and took off.

When they were a self distance away Optimus kneeled by the Predacon's side to check it's wound and it weakly raised it's head to look at him with it's deep green optics. Optimus made a decision. "Run!" When the alicorn looked at him surprised Optimus pointed towards the trees, "Don't let them capture you." Hesitating for a moment it climbed to it's feet and ran into the trees.

With the Predacon gone the Vehicons fled. "Well that was a short fight," Wheeljack grumbled watching the Deceptions flee.

"Let them go," Optimus said as he approached the group.

"What about the Predacon?" Bulkhead asked.

"For now it doesn't seem to mean anyone harm. Will look for it another time," Optimus said. He called for a GroundBridge and the group headed back to base. Before he entered Optimus looked down to where the Alicorn had been digging to see a energon crystal sticking out of the ground.

"CURSE YOU OPTIMUS!" Megatron slammed his fist into one of the monitors causing everyone to back away.

"Well that fell flat," Knock Out muttered.

"Will get another chance," Starscream boasted. When Megatron sent him a glare the Seeker took a step back and laughed nervously, "They have to come out again." Sensing the mood wasn't getting better he added, "Let's remember who's fault this is."

He motion at Shockwave who ignored him, the scientist was looking at a still of the Alicorn in midflight. "Fascinating," the one eyed bot muttered.

Starscream scoffed, "I hardly see was fascinating about these beast." He failed to notice Soundwave stiffen and turned to them, before the spy could stop him Starscream continued when the door opened and someone entered, "It's bad enough with the Autobots around, now we have surviving Predacons-"

"Some of my brethren SURVIVED?!" Predaking cried. Starscream yelped turning to the tall mech, not sure what to say he turned to the others, Megatron sent him a look that PROMISED pain.

Luckily Shockwave spoke up, "Not quite I'm afraid."

The excited look of the beastformer's face was exchange with one of confusion. "What do you mean?"

The Decepticons exchange a look of concerned. Megatron explained sounding distressed, "We're afraid their damaged, they attacked several of our patrols that were looking for them."

"Yes," Shockwave added, "Earlier in their devilment I discovered they were malfunctioning, I had them moved to another cave to fix them but after the Autobots attack they escaped."

"They may be damaged beyond repair," Knock Out said with a tone of disappear. "It would be kinder to put them down, painlessly."

Predaking looked between them before approaching the monitor that showed the Alicorn, he turned back to them, "Are you sure there's nothing that can be done?"

"We will try all we can," Megatron promised, "We just don't want to give you false hope." Predaking spared him a glance before turning to the image again.