While the Autobots were in the safety of their base, somewhere in the sky a ship called the Nemesis was flying above the sky.
On board are the polar opposite and enemies of the Autobots, Decepticons. These groups of bots are bad news but not as bad as their leader and lord, Megatron.
Right now, they are in the control room since Soundwave told or showed Megatron. Soundwave showed Megatron a scan of high energon spikes from somewhere where Knock Out battled the Autobots.
"You're certain that there's an energon spike somewhere, Soundwave?" Megatron wanted to be sure that they wouldn't make a mistake like last time with Knock Out.
Soundwave nodded to confirm this. Megatron went into his thoughts that maybe this could be to their advantage. If he's able to get to the source of the energy spike, he'll be able to defeat Optimus and the Autobots for good.
"This could be our key to finally get rid of Optimus Prime and his meddling Autobots. Send vehicons to find and locate where the energy spike is coming from and report back once they do." Megatron started to laugh evilly as his plan started to come into play once they got the energy source.
While Megatron was planning on his evil schemes to destroy the Autobots and Optimus, at the base of the Autobots, Miko, Jack, Rad and Emily were doing something to keep themselves busy. Emily changed out of her favorite clothes into a more casual wear but her sleeves were rolled up while she was beside her motorcycle to fix it a little.
She then stood up and wiped the slight sweat and motorcycle grime from her face with a damp towel while letting out a sigh.
"Working on your motorcycle?" Miko came up beside her as she gave Emily a water bottle.
Emily thanked her and drank from the cool drink.
"Yup. I always tinker with bikes to make it faster and more durable. I wanna make sure that nothing happens again unlike that incident with that Decepticon, Knock Out as Bulkhead put it." She shuddered slightly in fear at the memory of her first encounter with a Decepticon. Something inside her just makes her wanna hide from any Decepticons.
"Don't worry. The Autobots won't let a single Con lay a hand on you. Especially Optimus." Miko teased her while nudging her side as she blushed lightly and pushed Miko lightly.
"Miko, stop it, will ya? Optimus is an Autobot. A robot being to be exact. I'm just...a human, a freak of nature due to my eye and my birthmark." She rubs her arm slightly.
Miko pouted at this. She wanted to help her friend since Arcee and Jack kept trying to get Emily out of the friend zone so she could confess to Optimus what she was feeling. They also notice that Optimus always smiles more around her and they were glad that their leader was healing from what happened to Elita-1. Miko decided to think of another way so she can have fun and relax and had a mischievous glint in her eyes that Emily saw and instantly knew that she would regret even asking.
Emily has seen and been to anything that goes through her mind as crazy ideals and as soon as she was inside the now vehicle transformed Bulkhead with Miko, she was seriously going to regret this as she fiddled in her seat nervously as anxiety was settling in her form.
"Miko, I don't know about this!" She told her in a panic as she saw the glint in Miko's eyes.
"Come on, Emily. Live up a little. This is going to be fun. Go for it, Bulk!" Miko cheered as Bulkhead was hesitating.
"Miko, I think we should stop this. She seems to not like this idea one bit." Bulkhead told Miko using the radio as Miko rolled her eyes and dismissed it.
"Let's get this ride going!"
Knowing how stubborn his friend is, he prayed to Primus that once the fun ends Emily might or might not scold them or give them a piece of her mind. He slowly moved forward and rode down the hill as Miko let out a laugh in delight but he instantly regretted the idea when Emily let out the loudest terrified scream he's ever heard before.
"MIKO! BULKHEAD, STOP THIS RIDE THIS INSTANT!" It almost made his audio receptors explode and he quickly pulled to the side of the road and stopped and opened the door and Emily quickly got out but fell down on her knees and panted heavily.
Miko got out as Bulkhead transformed back into his robot form and saw how Emily was shaking.
"E-Emily...?" Miko asked hesitantly with concern and worry.
They heard sniffling and instantly knew that Emily was crying from the little joyride.
"Emily, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"
"Don't. Just stop..." Emily stood up shakily but her legs gave out under her.
Bulkhead was able to catch her before she hit the ground and held her in his hand where she curled up pitifully. Bulkhead sighed and lowered his other hand for Miko to jump on. Miko did as told and got on as Bulkhead quickly went back to base but was careful not to scare Emily further. They arrived after a few minutes and Ratchet let them in. The rest became confused because Bulkhead wasn't in his alt mode and he was carrying both Miko and Emily in his hands.
"What happened?" Jack asked worriedly as Bulkhead let Miko down from his hand as she jumped down as Bulkhead continued to hold Emily in his other.
"We were supposed to have fun but I guess that was a mistake." Miko looked down sadly.
"Bulkhead, what happened to young Emily?" Optimus asked in concern when he saw the state their new friend was in.
Emily was curled up around herself to make herself look small and was shaking slightly. Ratchet scanned her vitals before looking at them.
"She's alright but her mind and vitals are physically and mentally shaken from fear. She'll need to have someone calm her down completely until her mind and vitals are at ease." Ratchet told them as Bulkhead gave Optimus, who held her gently in his servo.
She started to calm down slightly until she passed out from her little breakdown. Optimus let Jack take her in his arms and set her down on the couch to sleep. They just watch her in concern but are relieved to see that she's calming down. They then dispersed and did what they were doing as Miko asked Bulkhead if she could go home early which he complied and took Miko home to her host parents. Optimus glanced at Emily one last time before heading to his berth to recharge for the day.