"You did it, Emily." Jack said as Emily smiled at him.
"Way to go." Raf smiled as she ruffled his hair.
"That was awesome. And I took a great picture." Miko said as she took out her phone and showed them a picture of Airachnid in trouble with the scraplets.
"Not bad. Hey where's..." Emily smiled before becoming concerned since she didn't see the white Scraplet but sighed in relief as she saw him.
The little white Scraplet went to see the corpse of the other Scraplets and he felt sad as he tried to nudge one of the offline Scraplets and they couldn't help but feel sorry for it.
"Poor guy... he just wanted to have friends..." Emily said softly as she watched the little scraplet as it seemed to cry.
"These guys deserved it right? They were always pushing him away." Miko said as she was a little upset by how the other Scraplets pushed the white one away when it just wanted to fit in.
"No one deserves this. Trust me I know." Emily smiled sadly before walking over to the white Scraplet to comfort him.
"Come on, little guy, let's go." Emily said softly as the white Scraplet looked up to her before jumping on her shoulder.
"You really like doing this huh? Hey, Raf, got any luck accessing the system?" Emily walked back to the others as she asked but Raf shook his head.
"No. The systems are back online but something is interfering with the signal. We can't even get a phone signal through." Raf said as Emily seemed to slump at that.
"In other words, we can't call anyone." She said as the white Scraplet chirped as if to say yes.
"Let's get back to the others." Jack said as they started to head back to where the Autobots were.
"You're right they might need help. The Scraplets could've gotten to them right now. Or worse, the Cons." Miko said as she was worried for their friends.
"Let's go." Emily said as they started to run to where their Autobot friends were.
Meanwhile on the surface, the Decepticons were approaching the control room which lies the source of the interference as Knock Out was leading them.
"We're almost there." Knock Out said.
"Any idea of what could've caused this damage?" Starscream asked since he hasn't seen anything like the damage around them for sometime.
"Not really. Although I'm glad there aren't any humans or Autobots to stop us. For once I won't have to risk scratching my finish." Knock Out said as he didn't take his optics off his scanner before it started to beep.
"Oh we're here." Knock Out said before his scanner was detecting something rising from below them.
"What is that?" Dreadwing asked as the floor in front of them started to crack. They got ready as they saw that something was coming out from the floor. It was Airachnid who used her drilling abilities to get out of the ground but she was leaking Energon and had multiple bite marks and blast marks on her as well.
"Ah... ah... ah... wretched humans. They'll pay..." Airachnid hissed weakly before she fainted and fell forward but Knock Out caught her before she hit the ground and set her down and started to check on her.
"How did you get hurt like that?" Knock Out asked as he checked her injuries.
"Stop asking questions and attend to her wounds. Breakdown, Starscream. Find the source of the interference and destroy it." Dreadwing said as the medic nodded and started to treat Airachnid as Dreadwing turned to Starscream who nodded.
"Very well then." Starscream said as he and Breakdown went to find the source of the interference.
Below the base, the Autobots were starting to gain back some of their strength.
"I think I can get up." Bulkhead said as he tried to get back up but collapsed back on the floor with a groan.
"Maybe not..." Bulkhead said as he sat back.
"This really hurts." Smokescreen said as he hissed slightly at the pain from his armor.
"I know it's hard but right now I'm not in a condition to patch everyone of you." Ratchet said as he wasn't even in the right condition to get up.
"Yeah, well, sitting on our backs all day won't do us any good either." Agent Fowler said as he looked at them.
"Fowler is right. We have to do something." Arcee said as she stood up slowly.
"Now you're talking." Cliffjumper smiled at her as she smiled back.
"Arcee, know that I refuse to give up. But I won't risk your lives. Not now, not ever." Optimus said as Arcee sat back down when she felt her pedes were about to collapse under her.
"I know you can barely walk but we must get out of here now. I won't let you end up at an all-you-can-eat metal buffet." Agent Fowler said before a familiar voice called out to them as well as footsteps.
"Guys! We're back." Emily called out as the kids came up to them and their Autobot friends were glad and relieved to see that they're okay.
"Bulkhead!" Miko cheered as she hugged Bulkhead's pede as he chuckled.
"Miko, you're okay." Bulkhead smiled at her as she smiled back happily.
"Thank goodness you're okay." Jack said as he walked up to Arcee.
"Look again." Arcee gave him a look but smiled.
"Right... Scraplet bite. Hey where's MECH?" Jack said before he looked around since he noticed that MECH wasn't around.
"They ran away. You should've seen me fight them off. I taught them a good lesson. What about you?" Agent Fowler said before he asked as Emily and the trio looked at each other.
"We've been through quite an experience." Emily said before the little white Scraplet came out from hiding in her hair and causing the Autobots to get scared at it.
"Oh no..." Bulkhead groaned as Bumblebee whirred as he wanted to bang his helm against something.
"Shoot him down!" Smokescreen was seriously hating seeing the little vermin.
"Smash him!" Cliffjumper said as he wanted to get back at the little termites for almost eating them up.
"Calm down. He's not dangerous." Emily gave them stern looks as the little scraplet crawled up to her hands.
"Not dangerous? Are you crazy?" Bulkhead looked at her in confusion but was honestly scared of the scraplet.
"Allow me to show you." Emily said as she walked up to Bulkhead before putting the scraplet on his leg before they got an instant reaction as he got so scared that he started screaming.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Bulkhead let out a girlish scream before he noticed that he didn't feel his leg being chewed up.
He then opens his optics and sees that everybody is looking at him with a weird look as Miko was trying not to burst out laughing with Smokescreen and Cliffjumper. Jack and Raf were biting their lips to stop their laughs from coming out while Emily coughed behind her fist as she saw that it was amusing while the white Scraplet was down right rolling on the ground while making sounds as if it was laughing.
"Did you just scream like a little girl?" Smokescreen let out a snicker as Bulkhead tried to deny it.
"No. Maybe. Uh, what just happened?" Bulkhead asked since he wanted to change the subject and eyed the little white scraplet curiously now as it jumped in Emily's hands.
"Nothing. It seems that this Scraplet doesn't eat living metal like you guys. He eats metal only, not living metal." Emily told them her theory before Ratchet remembered something. He knows that type of scraplet but he thought they were extinct.
"Wait a minute. This Scraplet is no ordinary Scraplet. It's an albino Scraplet." Ratchet felt his optics go wide as the little white scraplet looked at Ratchet and wiggled as if it was saying that he was right.
"An albino Scraplet?" Everyone asked in confusion even Optimus was curious since he didn't know that before.
"What's an albino Scraplet?" Emily asked curiously as she looked at the little robot in her hands.
"It's a subspecies that originated from the normal Scraplets. They were extinct for a long time. Unlike the others, they didn't eat living metal. Some say that they were intelligent and had the ability to think. I've never thought I'd see one with my very own optics. This one might be the last of its kind." Ratchet said as everyone stared at him in shock as Emily looked at their little companion as it tilted his head curiously.
"No way." She smiled as it crawled her arm again and nuzzled her cheek as she let out a giggle.
"It would seem that you have met someone who's as unique as you, Emily." Optimus said as Emily smiled up to him as the white Scraplet settled down on its perch.
"Looks like it." She said before they all tensed up as they heard something far from them.
"Anyone can guess what that is?" Arcee asked as she was feeling a bit tense.
"Must be Scraplets." Bulkhead said as he tried to stand up.
"Again? How many of these things are there?" Miko asked in surprise as she was really starting to get even more nervous.
"A lot more than we can count I'm afraid." Ratchet answered and caused Miko to groan.
"And without a weapon that can stop them..." Raf said as he was worried for the Autobots.
"We have another problem. We just faced Airachnid." Emily told them as Arcee's optics widened at that. What's that spider con doing here?!
"Airachnid? Here?" Arcee asked as Jack nodded.
"If she's here, then the Decepticons are here too." Cliffjumper said as Smokescreen grinned.
"Finally some action." Smokescreen said as he was finally relieved that there was about to be some action soon.
"How can the Cons be here?" Agent Fowler said before Optimus spoke up.
"They must have followed the cargo to this very base. And now they're trying to get it." Optimus told them as the situation just became serious.
"The only thing they're gonna get is a good beating." Bulkhead said as he smashed his servos together as Cliffjumper grinned.
"Now you're talking." Cliffjumper said as Ratchet looked at them like they grew two more heads.
"Are you two crazy? We're in no condition to fight." Ratchet told them sternly and he wished that he had his wrench then he could smack their heads with it.
"Then maybe we should get out before the Cons find us. Let's go back to the elevator." Agent Fowler said but Raf stopped him.
"Won't work. The power is back on but the elevator is locked. The only way to activate it is by rebooting the security system. I've been trying to hack it but nothing works. Something is interfering with the system." Raf explained before Emily thought of something and turned to him.
"Hey, Raf, you think you can hack into the interference?" Emily asked as Raf looked at her.
"I'm not sure I follow." Raf said in confusion.
"Think about it. Something is interfering with the system. And that something might be a gadget that MECH used to enter more easily." Emily said as Raf saw what she was trying to say.
"Now I see. MECH security is too powerful. But it's worth a shot. Hacking now." Raf said as he took out his laptop and was able to enter the anti-security of the device of MECH.
"I'm in. It's just as I suspected. Their device isn't highly secured. It's trying to take me out of its own system." Raf said as they looked at him.
"Come, Raf. Show him who's the boss." Miko encouraged him as Raf started on trying to fight the system of the device.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons were about to find the control room as Soundwave was able to indicate that's where the interference is coming from.
"The source of the interference is right up ahead." Breakdown said as they all continued forward with Airachnid leaning against Knock Out for support.
Below the base, Raf was trying to get through the device as the others watched anxiously.
"Come on, come on." Raf muttered as he narrowed his eyes to concentrate but the Scraplets have arrived and they're going straight for the Autobots as Miko saw this.
"Can you hack and run?" Miko said as they all saw that the Scraplets were coming fast.
"Autobots retreat!" Optimus ordered them as Jack, Miko, Raf, Emily and Fowler were a little anxious,
Despite having a hard time getting up, the Autobots were able to get up and start running away from the Scraplets to avoid lunch time.
"Everyone, run to the elevator!" Agent Fowler shouted as they quickly made a beeline for it.
To try and stop some of the scraplets, Emily turns her hands into her plasma cannons and starts shooting at the scraplets with her cannons while still sticking with the others as she encourages them to go faster.
"Everybody, run! Stay close to me, little guy." She told them as they started to run even faster as she glanced at the white one.
The white Scraplet huddled close to her neck while maintaining a tight grip on her shirt while shutting his optics in fear.
"Need a hand?" Arcee slows down as her servos turn into her guns as she is running beside Emily.
"Arcee, you're hurt." Emily tried to stop her but Arcee just sent her a smile.
"Good luck trying to stop me." Arcee said as she started to shoot at the scraplets to help Emily.
Meanwhile on the surface, the Cons are close to the control room as the beeping was getting louder.
"The source is inside this building." Breakdown said as Starscream walked forward.
"Allow me." He said as he aimed one of his arms at the door before shooting at the entrance of the control and created an entrance for them to go in.
"All too easy." Starscream said as they entered.
Below the surface, the Autobots are reaching the elevator as Emily and Arcee continue to repel the Scraplets back so they can reach the elevator on time.
"We're almost there! Rafael, please tell us you're almost done!" Agent Fowler said as Raf was running while trying to hack the system.
"Barely! The security in this device is tough to crack!" Raf shouted as he continued on trying to get through the security.
"Great." Agent Fowler muttered as they continued on running to the elevator.
"Less talking, more running!" Bulkhead yelled as they ran even faster.
"I agree with Bulkhead on this one!" Miko shouted as she felt like they're in a movie while being chased by zombies.
"Keep moving, Autobots!" Optimus shouted as he couldn't help but agree that this was getting annoying as they tried to reach the elevator on time.
On the surface, the cons entered the entrance Starscream made and were able to see what was causing the interference.
"There's the source." Breakdown said as the scanner Knockout gave him was beeping like crazy.
They both saw the device that MECH had used to interfere with the control system as they approached it.
"What is that?" Starscream asked in confusion as Breakdown shrugged.
"I don't know. But I'm about to smash it into tiny pieces." Breakdown said as he was about to grab the device to destroy but he received an electrical shock that caused him to let out a surprise yell and backed away from it.
"Ahhhh!" Breakdown yelled in surprise and pain as he quickly backed away from the device.
"What happened?" Starscream asked in shock as Breakdown glared at the device.
"I don't know. I just touched it and I was shocked. This is weird. Maybe a missile could do the job." Breakdown said as he took out his cannon and fired one at the device but it just created a shield around it.
"Nothing works. What do we do?" Breakdown growls in annoyance as Starscream tries to think of an idea on how.
Meanwhile below the base, the Autobots were almost at the elevator as they could finally get out of the place to get patched up completely.
"Look! There's the elevator!" Smokescreen said in relief as they started to run faster.
"Get in it! We have to go!" Emily shouted as she shot down a couple of Scraplets that were way too close to Cliffjumper.
"Raf, you've got to do something. And fast!" Miko yelled as she really wanted to get back to the safety of the base.
"I almost got it! I just need a little more time!" Raf said as he was almost through the security of the device.
"Autobots, we must repel the enemy!" Optimus said as the bots all switched their servos for their guns and started firing at the scraplets while running.
The Autobots start fighting at the Scraplets even if they were getting bitten by them as they were almost to the elevator.
"Take this, you scrap eaters!" Bulkhead yelled as he fired at a group of Scraplets.
"Raf, anytime now!" Agent Fowler said as Raf was trying to do it faster.
"Almost there! Just a little longer!" Raf replied as he was hacking faster.
"I said it once and I'll say it again! You're losing your touch, Raf!" Miko said as Raf was trying not to lose concentration.
"Oh, little faith in me please!" Raf yelled as he kept on trying.
Bumblebee starts beeping and whirring in panic as the Scraplets are biting him and he can't get rid of them all as Raf saw that and got worried for his guardian.
"BUMBLEBEE!" Raf yelled in fear.
"Keep doing your thing, son! I'll help him!" Agent Fowler says as he grabs a pipe and starts helping Bumblebee as he hits the Scraplets that were biting him.
"Sorry, little fellas. But lunch break is over!" Agent Fowler hits a couple more.
On the surface, Starscream was still trying to find a way to destroy the device to get rid of the interference so they could locate the bomb.
"We could use something that will destroy this device. Perhaps a bomb." Starscream suggested before Dreadwing was heard as they turned around.
"Starscream." Dreadwing said as he came in.
"Have you dealt with the source of the interference?" Dreadwing asks as Starscream fidgets nervously as he looks up to Dreadwing.
"Oh, well,... uh... Not yet. See, I was forming a plan that could help us to destroy-" he started but was cut off by Dreadwing he pushed him aside.
"Get out of my way." Dreadwing said as he started to put some bombs around the device to make it explode.
"That should be enough." Dreadwing said.
Below the base, Raf was about to accomplish his objective as he was hoping that he would get rid of the device.
"Hang in there, guys, we're almost there!" Raf said as they were up against the elevator doors as the Autobots were at their limit but they were still fighting against the infestation.
"Almost there." Raf said as he was almost done hacking.
"Almost." Raf muttered before his laptop lit up and indicated that the hacking was a success and that Raf was able to bypass the security of the device.
"I'm in! Activating the elevator now!" Raf yelled as the elevator doors opened.
"Everybody! In the elevator! Now!" Agent Fowler yelled as they hurried inside.
"Run, Miko!" Bulkhead said as he entered the elevator.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Miko said as she entered the elevator.
"Autobots, into the elevator!" Optimus said as he followed the others while Emily and Arcee were trying to repel the Scraplets.
"Go, Arcee! I'll cover you! Time for a fully charged shot." Emily told the femme who nodded and got in the elevator as Emily starts to charge up her plasma cannons to full power.
When it's charged up, she then shoots at the roof to make some debris fall onto the Scraplets so that they won't follow them and to make sure that they have enough time to get away.
"That should do." Emily said as she quickly went inside the elevator as her plasma cannons switched back to her hands as they all panted heavily from their run.
"Good work, Emily. You did great." Ratchet told her as he felt proud that she protected them.
Emily smiled up to Ratchet with appreciation when suddenly the elevator started slowing down and that wasn't a good sign.
"What's going on?" Arcee asked.
"This rusty old elevator is slowing down." Cliffjumper said as Raf felt dread go in him as he saw what was happening.
"Scrap! The device is trying to regain control." Raf said as he started to keep the device from regaining control.
"I thought you got rid of it." Miko told him in disbelief.
"I did say that it's security was hard to crack." Raf replied back as they could clearly hear the Scraplets were eating away at the debris to get through.
"We've got to do something before these things get through." Emily looked at them all worriedly as they had to hurry.
On the surface, the Decepticons are done putting the bombs around the device and are trying to find cover before the bombs explode.
"Take cover." Dreadwing said.
"Good idea." Starscream nodded.
"Hahaha. Can't wait to see this whole place blow up." Breakdown laugh with a smirk.
Below the base in the elevator, they were trying to make Raf to bypass the device's security.
"Come on, Raf. Can't you make it go any faster?!" Miko asked as Raf was trying his best.
"I'm trying. Ah...! It's no use the system is gaining on me. Good thing I've got a few tricks of my own. Downloading now." Raf said as he downloaded something as the others saw a loading icon appear on screen.
"What did you do?" Jack asked curiously.
"Nothing much. I downloaded a virus that will overload the device." Raf said as he smiled up to them as they felt relieved while Miko punched Raf's shoulder playfully.
"You rock, Raf!" Miko cheered as she hugged him.
"So what will this virus of yours do to that device?" Jack asked curiously as Raf smirks.
"Make it blow." That made them smile at that.
"Smart move." Emily said as the white Scraplet nodded in agreement but they heard that the Scraplets were almost out of the debris as they started to get nervous.
"How long before the download is complete?" Emily asked nervously.
"Not much. It's halfway done." Raf said as he didn't take his eyes off the screen.
The elevator was starting to slow down really fast and this was making them all nervous.
"Please tell me this virus thing of yours can do the job." Agent Fowler said as Raf nodded.
"Don't worry I'm almost done. Beginning system overload." Raf said as he started to put in codes to start to overload the system of the device.
On the surface, the Decepticons were able to find cover as Dreadwing had the remote that would set off the bombs.
"Get ready. I'm about to blow this device." Dreadwing said before Starscream noticed something with the device and started to get nervous.
"Uh, I think something is going on with it." Starscream said as he pointed to it as both Dreadwing and Breakdown turned to it as they saw that The device was starting to release static as if it's about to overload soon.
"That's strange." Breakdown said but was having a bad feeling about it.
Below the surface in the elevator, the download was almost complete but the Scraplets were almost done eating away at the debris.
"We're almost done! Just 95% before it overloads." Raf said as they all braced themselves.
On the surface, they kept looking at the device with nervousness in their optics.
"It looks as if the device is about to..." Starscream didn't finish as his optics widened. The only reason when a device was producing static means one thing only.
"Oh no." Breakdown quickly stood up as it was about to explode.
"Retreat! Retreat!" Dreadwing ordered them as they quickly made a break for it as they didn't want to be caught in the explosion.
Below the base in the elevator, the device was nearly complete and they were all getting nervous.
"Just a little further." Raf said but the elevator stopped moving and it was not a good sign at all.
"Oh no." Agent Fowler said as The Scraplets were almost out of the debris.
"Raf?" Emily was getting nervous as they all could feel it in the air as Raf checked his laptop and saw that it was almost done.
"Almost done!" Raf said as the virus is 99% complete and then it reaches 100% as they smiled at this.
"Download completed." Raf said as he pressed enter to begin the overload.
Back at the surface, Decepticons were running away from the control room as Knock Out saw them and asked why they're running like that.
"Why are you running like that?" Knock Out asked in confusion.
"Don't ask and run!" Starscream ordered him as they started to run faster to not get caught in the crossfire.
The device beeps rapidly as it overloads before exploding and creating a huge explosion as Knock Out knew why they were running.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!" Knock Out yelled in shock as a metal debris hit him and scratched his finish which made him mad.
"My finish!" Knock Out complained before he started running after the others.
Meanwhile, the Autobots all heard the explosion while the elevator started moving again much to their relief as they let out a breath that they were holding.
"What was that sound?" Agent Fowler asked curiously as Raf pushed his glasses back.
"My guess is that my virus worked and it overloaded the device that MECH used." He told them as they smiled proudly at him
"Awesome!" Miko cheered as Jack ruffled his hair.
"Way to go, man." Raf smiled at them
"I knew you could do it." Emily had a proud smile as she knew that he'll be something great in the future.
"Rafael, you little genius. You did great." Ratchet said as this caused Raf to blush a light pink to their praise.
"Thanks, guys." He told them bashfully as they couldn't help but smile at him more.
The little white Scraplet gets off Emily's shoulder and starts nuzzling Raf to show how proud it was and causing him to laugh.
"Stop it tickles." Raf said as the white scraplet chirped before going back on its perch on Emily's shoulder.
"We're home free." Cliffjumper said as he was really looking forward to getting back to base to try and relax.
"Not really, we still have some cons to deal with." Arcee reminded them of their other problem as Bumblebee whirred a groan but beeped in agreement.
"I can't believe I'm saying this but right now I don't think I feel so good." Bulkhead said as he didn't wanna fight the cons in the condition they are in.
"Me too." Smokescreen agreed. As much as he wants to fight the cons right now, he's in no condition to do so.
"Let's just hope we can escape before they find us." Emily said as she really hoped that they got back to base to patch their Autobot friends up.
Meanwhile the Decepticons were recovering from the dramatic event caused by the explosion as it gave them quite the scare to say the least.
"Is everyone okay?" Dreadwing asked as he checked them to see if any of them were injured.
"No, I'm not okay. I mean look at this!" Knock Out said as he complained about how his finish just got ruined. Now he'll have to get it fixed up again after they get back.
"Stop being so dramatic, Knock Out. We're lucky to have survived that." Starscream sneered at him as Knockout glared back at him.
"Let's just go back to finding the box. I refuse to return to our lord empty handed." Dreadwing reminded them as he stood up.
"The box could be anywhere. Besides, we're one mech down. I mean femme." Breakdown said before correcting himself as Airachnid sent him a glare.
"Don't... you dare... say another word." Airachnid hissed at him before the sound of Knock Out's scanner started beeping as they saw that it detected something.
"Hmm this is weird. I'm detecting Energon. Coming from over there." Knock Out said as he pointed to where the scanner was beeping as Airachnid knew what it was.
"It... must be the Autobots..." Airachnid hissed in pain but she was able to suppress it as she was ready for another round to get back at the human girl.
"The Autobots are here?" Dreadwing asked in surprise.
"What a great chance. We could destroy them all and collect the glory that awaits us. Lord Megatron will surely be happy that we extinguished Optimus' spark along with the other Autobots." Starscream smiled sinisterly as they smirked evilly.
"I've been itching to hit something with my hammer all day. Let's go." Breakdown said as he switched his servo for his hammer.
"You guys go. I'll be attending to our wounded friend here." As much as Knock Out wants to join in the fight, he was still a medic after all and his patient was needing aid.
"I'm okay. Besides, I want to get revenge on those who did this to me." Airachnid told him as Dreadwing nodded.
"Then let's go." Dreadwing said as Knock Out got the new weapon that he made ready.
"Great. It's a nice opportunity to test out my new toy." Knock Out said as he wants to see if it will work as the Decepticons start running toward where the Autobots are.
The elevator soon stopped as the doors opened but the Autobots saw that the Decepticons were coming towards them.
"Great, it's the welcoming committee." Arcee said sarcastically.
"If I wasn't hurt, I would've hit them all one by one." Bulkhead groaned as the Decepticons approached the Autobots who tensed up as the cons held them out at gunpoint.
"Autobots, what a surprise to meet you here." Starscream said as the Autobots got in front of their human friends and got their weapons out even though they're still injured.
"Must be your lucky day, Screamy. Because I'm about to kick your tailpipe." Cliffjumper cracked his knuckles as he was ready for a payback to what Starscream did to him.
"Foolish Autobot. You're not in any condition to fight us. I suggest that you and your fellow Autobots surrender now, Optimus. That way we can end this with a quick and painless death." Optimus just narrowed his optics at them as they stood their ground.
"After we're done with you, we'll play with your little human friends." This made something in them snap as the Autobots all glared at them.
"If you touch them, I'll send you to the scrapyard." Bulkhead growled as he narrowed his optics at Breakdown.
"You're not hurting anyone today, Decepticreeps." Smokescreen gritted his dentas.
"Oh feisty." Knock Out smirked.
"My big friend here is right. You should just back off." Emily was with Arcee as she was standing beside the femme.
"And why would we do such a thing?" Starscream taunted but Emily just smirked.
"Because of my little friend here." She told them as she let something crawl out from her hair and showed them the white Scraplet that she had on her shoulder and it freaked out the cons as they backed away quickly.
"Oh no! Please get that thing away from us!" Knock Out pointed at the white Scraplet.
"A Scraplet?! Here?! That's impossible!" Starscream felt his optics go wide. If there's one Scraplet, that means that the other Scraplets are somewhere in the base as well!
"Anything is possible. As you know my little friend here likes eating metal. Imagine what a whole bunch of these could do." Emily explained to them as she knew that the wrong choice of words will get the cons a painful lesson.
"As if we're gonna get scared by a miserable little Scraplet. This thing is so little that It wouldn't eat a whole servo." Starscream taunted but that only provoked the white Scraplet as it glared at Starscream as it was getting mad.
"I don't think he didn't like your comment." Emily said as she was finding it interesting as the bots watched this with the kids.
The white Scraplet gets off Emily's hand and stands in front of the Decepticons as it glares at them but the cons didn't pay it's glare any mind.
"Very brave but futile." Starscream said but that was the last straw as the white Scraplets soon started to let out loud high pitched screeches to call out for the other Scraplets who got out the debris and got their food as they followed the source of the screech.
"What in the name Sam's Hill was that?" Agent Fowler asked as they removed their hands or servos from their audio receivers and ears before they all tensed up when they heard that something was coming in fast.
"That's trouble. Everybody, down!" Emily yelled as the bots all ducked down as the Scraplets appeared.
The Scraplets saw them with the Decepticons but they attacked the cons instead while leaving the Autobots out of it. The cons were caught in the feeding frenzy as they tried to get the Scraplets off them.
"Ahhhh!!!!! No, no, get them off!" Starscream yelled in pain as he tried to get them off him.
"My finish!!!!!" Knock Out screamed as he saw that his paint job was ruined further.
"Get off me!!!!!!" Breakdown freaked out as they were trying to get them off as the bots and their human friends watched them try.
"Uh, what just happened?" Bulkhead asked as he continued to watch the Scraplets go all frenzy at the cons.
"The white Scraplet called his other companions and told them to attack the Decepticons and not us. He's helping us." Ratchet smiled as he was really witnessing the works of one of the endangered species do its thing.
"Unbelievable." Bulkhead said.
"How about we help our little friends?" Cliffjumper said as he got his guns ready.
"Good idea." Arcee smiled as she got her guns ready as well.
"Autobots, engage the enemy!" Optimus ordered as they started to help the Scraplets and started shooting at the Decepticons.
With all the Scraplets and Autobots attacking them, Starscream quickly told Soundwave to open a ground bridge so they could escape.
"Soundwave, open a ground bridge now!" Starscream ordered the silent mech.
Soundwave quickly opens the ground bridge allowing the other Decepticons to escape first, But before entering the portal, Knock Out uses a new sort of weapon as he takes aim.
"Eat this!" Knock Out pulled the trigger.
"Look out!" Ratchet yelled but the Autobots, Agent Fowler and the kids were all knocked down by a big purple discharge from the new weapon.
Knock Out takes this chance to escape through the portal as it closes up. The Autobots all got up and saw how the cons got away but at least they didn't have to face them.
"Haha. Look at them run. We taught them good." Bulkhead laughed as they were all relieved that it was over.
"Good thing it's over." Agent Fowler said as he sighed in relief.
The other Scraplets were about to attack the Autobots but the white one stopped them and told them to leave them alone. The Scraplets understood this and decided to go down from where they came from.
"They're going back." Emily said as they watched the Scraplets go down the elevator.
"Phew, that was a close one." Bulkhead said.
"Since they're going back, we should lock the exit." Cliffjumper said as he wanted to be sure that the Scraplets won't escape and cause anymore harm.
"On it." Emily said as she switched her hand to a plasma cannon and shot the roof of the building as it collapsed down and successfully blocked the exit.
"That should do the trick." Emily said as she looked at them all as they nodded.
"Autobots, let's go home." Optimus said and they couldn't agree more to it.
After a long day of dealing with MECH, the Scraplets and cons, the Autobots all return to base via ground bridge and they are getting patched up with kids and Agent Fowler's help.
"Everything looks good." Miko said as she hopped down the table.
"You guys should get better in no time." Raf said as he checked the screens.
"Good work, kids." Ratchet said and he was glad that they were back in the safety of their base.
"What a day. At least we had fun." Cliffjumper said as Arcee punched his shoulder playfully and getting a chuckle from him
"Yeah I just hope we won't have to deal with Scraplets ever again." Smokescreen agreed but he wasn't really gonna be happy if they had a run in with the scraplets again.
"You and me both, rookie." Bulkhead agreed.
"I never thought you could scream like that." Arcee smirked as she can still clearly remember how Bulkhead screamed. It was really laughable.
"Please don't mention that again." Bulkhead groaned as he wasn't in the mood to deal with them teasing him.
"It's all right, Uncle Bulk. There's nothing wrong with feeling scared. Sometimes what scares you the most can be a great friend." Emily told Bulkhead as she gave the white Scraplet some left over metal she found in the base as it started to eat happily.
"You're not thinking about keeping that little white Scraplet, are you?" Arcee asked her though she got to admit that it might be a Scraplet but it helped them a lot plus it's kind of cute as Bumblebee beeped and whirred in agreement since he was still wary of the little white scraplet.
"Why yes. This little guy seems to like me." Emily said as the white Scraplet seemed to have gotten it's fill as it crawled up her arm and settled down on her head.
"Plus we could use a pet around here." Miko added.
"Pets are a big responsibility, Miko." Jack told her as Ratchet looked at Emily.
"You're not being serious are you?" He asked as she looked at them.
"Look, guys, I know you're scared of him but you shouldn't be too quick to judge. He might eat metal like the others but deep down he's a sweet little guy looking for a friend." Emily told them as the white Scraplet chirped happily.
"Emily is right. We should not judge what we don't understand. Sometimes things just aren't what they seem to be." Optimus saw her point and agreed to what she said as Emily smiled at him.
"Thanks, Optimus. Come to think of it, we should give our little friend a name." Emily said as she looked at the little scraplet who was content on its perch on her head.
"What about Scrappy?" Miko said as Jack shook his head at it.
"Nah too obvious. We should go with something that fits his personality." Jack said as the white Scraplet flew up to Raf and perched himself on his shoulder.
"Well, he loves eating tiny bolts. What do you think of Bolty?" Emily asked as they thought of the name and it fit him.
"Bolty the Scraplet? I like that name. It suits him." Raf said as Bolty snuggled up to Raf's cheek and caused the 12 year old to laugh since it tickled.
"Stop it, Bolty. That tickles." Bolty does so as he chirps happily as if saying that he loves his name.
"Prime, I've got some good news and bad news." Agent Fowler said as he came up to them after ending a call from his caller.
"This should be good." Arcee said.
"What's the bad news?" Bulkhead asked since they need to hear what's the bad news first before the good news.
"MECH escaped without leaving any trail to follow. The good news is that thanks to you, they didn't get anything. I'm glad you guys survived the day." Agent Fowler said as he was really worried for them back there.
"We were lucky, Agent Fowler." Ratchet said as Agent Fowler nodded.
"So it would seem. How's our little friend doing?" Agent Fowler then asked as Bolty perched himself on Jack's head who laughed in amusement.
"Great. We even found a name for it. Bolty." Emily said as she watched Bolty getting comfortable.
"Bolty huh? Nice name." Agent Fowler said.
"Hey, guys, let's gather around for a big picture." Miko said as she took out her phone from her pocket.
The kids gather around in front of the Autobots with Agent Fowler before Miko takes a selfie with all of them in it as they are smiling at the camera. Even Optimus let's a small yet noticeable smile appear.
"It's a good one." Miko said as she was going to get the photo printed for her album.
"Nice. Ugh..." Emily said before groaning as she felt her legs almost collapse under her but she held the railing while holding her head as she felt light headed for a moment as she started to feel weird slightly.
"Whoa, take it easy." Jack caught her before she could fall as he helped her sit down.
"Are you feeling okay?" Agent Fowler asked in concern as she shook her head to get the haziness away.
"I'm fine. Just a bit dizzy. I think I just need to sit down for a moment." Emily said as she was confused. She was feeling fine just a moment ago.
"Yep, yyep, ep, let me check your first." Ratchet stood up as he told her this as she sighed but nodded.
"Okay, okay. But I don't think it's something to be worried about." Emily said as Ratchet scanned her to see what was wrong but he didn't detect anything.
"Everything looks good. Maybe you're just tired." Ratchet said as she nodded as Bolty sat down on his perch on her shoulder as he chirped in concern.
"I'll go home and sleep a bit." Emily said as she stood up when she noticed that it was getting late as she rubs Bolty's head gently.
"I don't wanna go home." Miko pouted since she wanted to stay at the base.
"It's late, Miko. You need to rest." Bulkhead said as Miko sighed in defeat.
"I think we all do." Jack said as Raf let out a small yawn.
"Yeah I'm starting to feel a little tired." Raf said as he rubbed his eyes.
"I'll give you a lift." Agent Fowler told them but Emily shook her head.
"No need. I have my own ride. See you guys tomorrow at school." Emily said as she went to her motorcycle with Bolty.
Everyone left the base as Jack, Miko and Raf went with Agent Fowler who offered them a lift home as Emily got on her bike and left with Bolty.
Meanwhile on the Nemesis, the Decepticons who went to the military base were all at the med bay to get treated due to the Scraplets attacking them and Megatron wasn't all too pleased that they returned empty handed
"How is it possible that you failed to retrieve a simple box?" Megatron growled at them.
"Not a simple box, my liege. It was a trap full of Scraplets." Starscream said as he waited for his turn to get treated.
"Nasty vermin. Look at what they did to us." Knock Out said as he was patching up Dreadwing.
"No more excuses." Megatron glared at them.
"Lord Megatron, I am deeply sorry for failing you." Dreadwing said as he knew that they're seriously going to get in trouble after this.
"But there's good news. Our new weapon worked." Knock Out said as he pointed to the gun on the table not too far.
"Indeed it has. But it didn't have much of an effect, did it, Knock Out?" Knock Out bowed his head down since there weren't any results to the discharge that he did since he entered the ground bridge last.
Soundwave then shows a video of Knockout using the weapon as it released a huge discharge but that didn't do much.
"Oh, well, uh... I think it needs some fixing." Knock Out nervously said as he laughed as Megatron just shook his head.
"Fix the problem at once." He told the medic who nodded.
"Yes, my liege." Knock Out nodded as their leader left the med bay that they released a sigh.
"I don't get it. How come it didn't work?" Breakdown asked as he was confused that it should have worked.
"Hard to tell. I'll have to do some check ups to see what went wrong." Knock Out said as he finished patching up Dreadwing's injuries.
"Perhaps next time you should try to test your weapons first before using them." Starscream said as Knockout was patching him up.
"For once I agree with you, Starscream." Airachnid said as she examined her claws.
Meanwhile back at the Autobots base, Ratchet was working on something as he glanced at the blue prints on the computer as he continued to work on something.
"It looks okay." Ratchet said to himself as Optimus was curious since he saw that Ratchet was still awake.
"You should be resting, old friend." Optimus told him as he approached the medic.
"Don't worry about me, Optimus. I'm fine." Ratchet waved it as he didn't glance up from his work as this made Optimus curious.
"What are you working on?" He asked curiously as Ratch sighed and looked up.
"Something that could prove beneficial. You see, all these recent events made me think a lot. Everyday that comes we face various threats. Emily is strong for a half human. But she needs something that could protect her. So I decided to build her a suit. That could protect her." Ratchet explained as Optimus nodded since he agreed that Emily will need some kind of armor to protect herself from getting hurt.
"A wise choice, Ratchet." Optimus said as Ratchet sighed and nodded but he was getting worried.
"Maybe so. But I still have a long way to go. And I'm afraid that time is running out." Optimus knew what he meant. Time was running out and Emily would soon know the truth sooner. He just hoped that she was ready to take the news.
Meanwhile somewhere in an abandoned place, Silas and MECH were studying a sample they collected from the base.
"What did you find?" Silas asked one of his men.
"Nothing much. Only these things have many useful abilities. Abilities that MECH could exploit." The first soldier said as he showed Silas the diagram for their plan.
"Good. An army of those could prove to be a powerful weapon. One that could give us an advantage against the titans that are walking the earth." Silas said sinisterly. They just have to wait and prepare until they're ready to strike again.