Meanwhile back at the highway, Breakdown was waiting for the reinforcements that Megatron would be sending to aid him. When suddenly a portal is being opened up and he figured that it was the reinforcements that he was waiting for. They all come out of the portal and he wasn't expecting them only.
"Expecting us?" Starscream asked sarcastically as Breakdown rolled his optic at him.
"Hardly. I was hoping Megatron would send me additional troops." Breakdown said as Starscream rolled his optics at him.
"Yeah that's for later." He said.
"Megatron didn't want a big brute like you to waste his military resources." Airachnid teased him and caused Breakdown to growl at her in annoyance.
Dreadwing got between them before a fight could break out.
"Stand down, Breakdown. This is not time for such foolishness." Dreadwing said.
"We need information about that energy spike." Skyquake reminded them what they came there for as Knock Out turned to his friend.
"How far is the Energon signal you've detected?" He asked as Breakdown checked his scanners.
"Very far. It's hard to tell. I was barely able to pick up the signal. It comes from a place called Oregon. A place full of trees." Breakdown told them as Knock Out was intrigued by this.
"How charming." He said.
"We must locate this mine at once. Our master has full confidence in us for succeeding in this mission." Starscream said as Airachnid chose this moment to mock him.
"Granted that Lord Megatron has full confidence in our success. We can't say the same thing about you, Starscream." She mocked him as Starscream glared at her.
"You should learn to respect your superior officers, Airachnid." Starscream sneered as Airachnid sent a small smirk in his direction.
"Who said anything about disrespect? I only say things as they are." Airachnid defended herself with a shrug as Dreadwing vented at this.
"Please, Airachnid. We must move out immediately. Lord Megatron believes that the Autobots might be trying to locate that mine as well. We must find it before they do." Dreadwing said and Starscream couldn't be more glad than to get away from Airachnid for now.
"Let us be on our way then." Starscream said before running forward and jumping in the air, transforming into his alt mode.
"Same old Starscream. We better leave before he jeopardizes the whole operation." Airachnid shook her head in mock disappointment as she, Skyquake and Dreadwing transformed and took off after the other seeker and left an annoyed Knock Out and Breakdown behind since they didn't pick flying alt modes.
"Oh no, it's okay. Go on ahead. We'll catch up with you guys. Bunch of jerks." Knock Out crossed his arms as Breakdown was carrying the cube.
"We better get going." Breakdown put a hand on his shoulder plate before they both transformed quickly and tried to catch up with the rest of the team.
Meanwhile back at the base, Emily was trying on one of the costumes that the others had brought her as she was changing behind a vanity so they wouldn't see her and she was trying on the costumes that Jack brought.
"Oh man. This suit... is hard to put on. Just so you know I'm starting to regret this." Emily said as the others waited patiently as Miko waved her hand. It can't be that bad.
"I'm sure it's not that bad. Come out. We wanna see it." Miko said as she leaned forward.
While Emily was putting on the costume. Miko was reading a comic book of Pirates of the Caribbean. She had it in front of her. When Emily was done with changing as she sighed in embarrassment as she stopped reading and saw her wearing a pirate costume. The others had to stop themselves from laughing at the sight.
"Is this your idea?" She gave Miko an annoyed look before the others burst out laughing including Arcee, Smokescreen and Bumblebee.
"Nice eye patch." Smokescreen commented as Miko took a quick snap of her in the costume without her noticing.
"Very funny, guys. What's the idea? I'm a pirate superhero? There's no such thing as that." Emily said. She watched some pirate movies but they weren't her favorite minus Sinbad.
"What about Jack Sparrow?" Miko asked as Emily crossed her arms after taking off the pirate hat.
"He's a total jerk." She said with her arms crossed.
"Barbossa?" Raf asked.
"Worse." Emily shook her head at the name.
"Will Turner?" Jack asked as well as Emily was caught off guard. That was one of her favorite pirate characters with Captain Hook.
"Okay, you got me there. He's a good guy but come on. This outfit makes me look ridiculous." Emily said before she went behind the changing curtains to change into a new one.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a second costume as she came out wearing it with a matching mask as Miko cringed slightly.
"I'm not sure about this one." Miko said.
"Maybe it's because I look like a pack of walking bones." Emily deadpanned as she went inside the changing curtains to change into another one.
4 minutes later, she tried a third costume as she was wearing what looked like a mummified costume.
"What about this one? Mummy girl." Miko said as the costume looks nice but not quite.
"Mummy girl? That's just weird." Emily raised an eyebrow at that.
"Mm, this one is not bad." Miko said.
"It looks good." Jack agreed with Miko.
"I like this one." Smokescreen agreed with them.
"You look awesome." Arcee said before Emily went back inside the changing curtains to change into another one.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a fourth costume as she was wearing what looked like Dracula.
"What would her name be? Lady Dracula?" Raf asked.
"With any luck, it'll be Batgirl." Emily shrugged as Arcee stopped a small laugh from escaping.
"Batgirl?" She said with a small smirk.
"Let's try another one." Miko said as Emily sighed.
"Oh great." She went back inside to change into another one.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a fifth costume and she gotta say that the costume fits perfectly but still wasn't her style.
"Red looks good on you." Miko said.
"Yeah right. And what would they call me Miss Flash? Flash girl? What am I supposed to do? Practice running until I have super speed?" Emily asked with sarcasm as she walked behind the changing curtains as Jack shook his head.
"This one won't work." He muttered but Miko heard it.
"Thanks for the tip, Einstein." Miko deadpanned.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a sixth costume and it made her want to crawl up under a rock and die from embarrassment as Jack with Smokescreen were trying not to laugh as Arcee had an amused grin as Bumblebee was trying to stop his laughs from escaping.
"This one belongs to my sister Isabella." Raf said as he found it hilarious but embarrassing at the same time.
Emily was blushing in embarrassment because she was wearing a princess dress. She could tolerate wearing makeup during her graduation and dresses during prom but this was utterly embarrassing.
"Don't you think this is too puffy?" Emily said as she checked the costumes and it was really too puffy.
"Yeah it's not really your style." Jack said as he stopped his laughter.
"You look good, princess." Arcee teased as Emily rolled her eyes at her but had a small smirk.
"Don't push your luck, Arcee." She said as she went inside the changing curtains to get out of the embarrassing costume.
"Please tell me that you brought some good costumes, Raf." Miko said as Raf nodded.
"You bet I did." He said.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a seventh costume and it was a little too snug plus it's not her favorite.
"Meow. That's a good style for you." Miko said with a grin.
"Catwoman. A classic." Jack agreed with her but Emily thought otherwise.
"Oh no. No cat persona. I won't have it." Emily crossed her arms as she didn't like the costume.
"The tail and the cat ears make you look funny." Smokescreen snickered.
"Back off before I scratch you, Smoke." Emily said as she gave Smokescreen a warning look.
"Okay so it's not your style. Let's try another one." Jack quickly intervened and pushed Emily to the changing curtains before a fight could break out.
4 minutes later, Emily tried on eight costumes and it looked like the Dracula costume.
"Why do I have a feeling of déjà vu here?" Miko asked in confusion as Emily was wearing a Batman costume.
"Because we already tried a bat themed costume. Remember?" Emily said with a raised eyebrow.
"Talk about oops." Jack laughed nervously.
"Sorry." Raf said sheepishly.
"Let's try another one." Miko said.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a ninth costume which was a little too revealing as Miko checked this costume and it looked good.
"Oh nice. That one looks good." Miko said
"Oh really? Let me think. A cape and dark power. It works except for one thing." Emily said as she listed them with her fingers while Arcee made Jack, Raf, Smokescreen who she hit his helm and Bumblebee to avert their eyes and optics.
"What's that?" Miko asked curiously.
"I don't have super powers and this costume is a little too revealing for my taste." Emily said.
"I don't know. I like the color of this one." Arcee said since the color scheme was perfect.
"Maybe we could try the next one." Rad said.
4 minutes later, Emily tried a tenth costume as she was wearing a Wonder Woman costume but it was a tad too revealing.
"What do you think of this one?" Miko asked curiously.
"A tad revealing too." Emily grumbled as Jack had his eyes covered as Smokescreen and Bumblebee with Raf averted their eyes and optics.
"Well, I guess this is it." Jack said as those were the costumes that both him and Raf got.
"Oh no we're not giving up. Here, try my costumes." Miko said as she gave the bag to Emily who sighed.
"Ah, fine." She said as she went behind the changing curtains.
After trying out the costumes Jack and Raf brought it was time for Emily to try the ones that Miko had brought. She was hoping that it would not make her look more ridiculous than before. Her first costume was the one from Inuyasha. For some reason, Miko had a Sango costume with the boomerang as she came out and smiled since it was her style.
"So what do you think?" Miko asked.
"Not bad. It's kind of flexible. And it also has the boomerang." Emily said as she went to the boomerang as Miko tried to stop her.
"Oh wait-" Miko tried to stop her but it was too late.
Emily grabs the boomerang but it's too heavy for her even with her Cybertronian strength. By trying to grab it, she ends up falling flat on her face with a smack as Miko and Jack winced at that.
"The boomerang can be a little too heavy." Miko said as Emily sat up while rubbing her nose.
"Thanks for the warning. Ouch." Emily grumbled as she winced when she felt that it was a little sore.
"That's gotta hurt." Arcee said as she winced when Emily fell as Bumblebee whirred in agreement.
4 minutes later Emily came out with a costume from Iron Man. She could not walk in it for some reason so she tried her feet side to side but couldn't.
"Uh, guys, am I standing? Because I can't feel my legs. Whoa, whoa whoa!" Emily said as she started to tilt forward and fell on her face again but the mask protected her from the impact but that still hurts.
"Not again." Emily groaned as Jack helped her stand up.
"Sorry. That costume is made out of real metal." Miko laughs sheepishly.
"Okay, you know what? That's it. I'm done. I can't take this anymore. This is where I draw the line." Emily said as she took the helmet off and took the armor off since she was wearing her clothes underneath the armor.
"No, wait! Please try a few more costumes. Just a few please." Miko said as she started giving Emily the puppy dog eyes as Emily crossed her arms and turned her face away.
"No, no. It won't work this time." Emily said but Miko started to make a whining noise while giving her the puppy dog eyes.
Not being able to ignore it especially with the sound that Miko is making, Emily cracks as she sighed in exasperation.
"Okay fine. A few more costumes. I just hope it won't make me look ridiculous." Emily said as she pushed the armor of Iron Man aside.
"That's too bad. You were pretty funny looking with the other costumes." Smokescreen said only for Arcee to hit his helm.
"Ow! I was kidding." He said as he rubbed the back of his helm.
"I'll go try it on." Emily said as she went behind the changing curtains to change into the last costume.
"Seriously, Miko? Why do you care so much about this?" Jack asked as Miko gave him a look.
"Because I don't wanna lose my friend." Miko said as everyone all froze in shock by what Miko just said.
"It's okay, Miko. You don't have to be worried." Arcee reassured her as Miko look to the femme.
"I'm not worried. I'm scared. Emily is my best friend. Our best friend. I would hate it to not see her again." Miko said as the others saw what she was saying.
"Me too." Raf said as Bolty nudged his feet as he smiled down at the white Scraplet.
"I think we all do." Jack said as Smokescreen nodded.
"Yeah." Smokescreen agreed as Bumblebee whirred in agreement before Emily's voice made them perk up and look towards her direction and snickered silently. The costume was green and dark green and it was a Robin Hood costume.
"Seriously, Miko? Robin Hood?" Emily said as the hat fell down slightly in front of her eyes as she took the hat off.
"He steals from the rich and gives to the poor. The guy is cool." Jack said as he read and watched some Robin Hood books and movies.
"Okay I admit, it's cool but it's kind of too old for me. I'll try the next one." Emily said as she went back to the changing curtains to change out in another set of costumes.
3 minutes later, Emily came out wearing a Spider-Man suit. It was a little big for her but not much.
"Yeah. I like Spider-Man but that one is a little too manly for me. I'm more of a Spider-Gwen or Spider-Woman." Emily said as she lifted the mask up a little as Smokescreen looked a little doubtful but confused.
"Seriously? A spider hero? And he calls himself Spider-Man? What's next? An ant hero that calls himself Ant-Man?" He asked and earned a knowing look from their human companions.
"Actually there is." Raf said as he showed Smokescreen a movie poster of the hero called Ant-Man.
"Oh... I see." He blinked as he understood.
"Let's try another one." Jack said as Emily went inside the changing curtains to change into a new one.
3 minutes later, Emily was trying Miko's old clothes which were a little too punky for her style.
"You gotta be kidding me. This is definitely not my style. It's way too punk." Emily said as she went back inside to change into a different one.
3 minutes later, Emily came out wearing a different kind of punk costume.
"What about this one?" Miko asked as Emily shook her head.
"Still too much punk." She said with a shake of her head.
3 minutes later, she changed into another punk costume and she wants to cover her face from embarrassment.
"Too much punk?" Jack asked as Emily nodded.
"Yes." She sighed as she went to change into the last one hopefully.
3 minutes later, she came out and the costume made her look even more ridiculous.
"What do you think of this costume?" Miko asked as Emily just shook her head.
"Worst one ever." She said with a frown.
"Well that's it. I'm out of ideas, of costumes and of energy. My brain is out of battery." Miko said as she groaned since those were the last costumes that they have.
"I am too, you know. Trying a lot of costumes that made me look ridiculous is not a walk in the park. Here's your bag." Emily said as she handed the bag to her.
Emily gives the bag back to Miko but accidentally drops it. When the bag fell and hit the floor, a costume fell out but it was still in a plastic wrapping.
"What's that?" Raf asked curiously.
"Must be the last costume. I forgot I had this one. But nevermind I'm not sure it's your style." Miko said but the costume caught Emily's attention as she bent down and picked it up.
"Only one way to find out." She said as she looked at them.
"You're gonna try this one?" Jack asked in surprise and curiosity as Emily shrugged.
"Yeah. Who knows, maybe it will make me look less ridiculous." Emily said with a small smile as she was a little curious about the costume.
"You might find it a little tight. It's made out of a very expensive material. I bought it in Japan before leaving." Miko said as she remembered what kind it was but can't remember which costume it is from.
"Now I get why the Iron Man suit was heavy. I'll go try it on." She said as she went to the changing curtains to try on the mystery costume.
Jack turned to Miko who had a grin on her face and was a little confused.
"What kind of suit is that?" He asked curiously as Miko just grinned at him.
"You'll see." She said with an excited grin.
"Think it will be another funny suit?" Smokescreen asked as he found it entertaining when Emily tried on the embarrassing ones especially the princess and pirate costumes.
Bumblebee whirred since he didn't know but was curious about what the last mystery costume was.
"It's not supposed to be funny. Miko is doing that because she cares about her friends." Arcee said even though she found it funny when Emily wore the princess outfit as well as the pirate costume.
"Like all of us. You know I'm starting to like that superhero thing." Smokescreen said before he smiled in amusement as Bumblebee whirred in agreement since he was liking the super hero thing as well.
"Why am I starting to have a bad feeling about this?" Arcee said as she gave the two a look before Emily's voice caught their attention.
"I'm coming out. Thank goodness this is the last one. This is your last chance to laugh at me." Emily said before she came out and the sight of her wearing the costume made their jaws drop in amazement.
"Dang. This suit is pretty tight. Although I feel kind of flexible." Emily said as she flexed her arms a little and it was pretty comfortable and flexible to the feel of it.
"Wow..." Jack breathed in awe.
"I can't believe it." Raf said with a smile.
"This suit looks good on you." Miko said with a smile.
"Nice. Very nice." Arcee said with a smile.
"Yeah, it's not bad. It makes me feel like the real Captain Marvel." Emily said as she moved around with the costume on as she was liking the design of the costume and how the costume looked.
"I can't believe I forgot about that suit. Glad you like it." Miko said as she took a quick picture.
After a while, Ratchet came back from working on his project when he saw what they were all doing, he asked what was going on as he saw Emily wearing a suit.
"What in the name of Cybertron is going on here?" He asked.
"We... Uh...?" Emily said as she tried to come up with an excuse as Ratchet saw the costumes all over the floor of the human area.
"What are those?" He asked as they looked at the costumes.
"Those are just some costumes. Clothes that Jack and the others brought me to try on." Emily said.
"Is that what you humans call clothes? They look a little ridiculous." Ratchet said as he still found it ridiculous.
"It's a new mode?" She said sheepishly with a small laugh as Ratchet finds it hard to believe.
"Actually we were trying a few costumes to help Emily find a suit for her battle armor." Miko said with a smile.
"Are you still going on with that foolishness? This is ridiculous. Fix this mess at once." Ratchet said before telling them to clean up the mess.
"Will do, Ratchet." Raf said.
Jack, Miko and Raf start picking up the costumes that they had brought with them while Emily collapses tiredly on the couch with a sigh.
"Whoa, Ems, are you okay?" Jack asked in concern as Emily looked at him with a small tired look.
"Yeah yeah... I'm just tired." She said with exhaustion in her eyes.
"Maybe you should take out the suit." Jack suggested as Miko nodded in agreement.
"Yeah and keep it. As a gift." Miko said.
"You could use it for Halloween." Smokescreen suggested as well as Bumblebee whirred in agreement.
"That's a great idea. No use throwing a good suit." Arcee said as Emily nodded but gave Miko a smile.
"Thanks, Miko." She said as she stood up while stretching her arms up a little.
"No prob." Miko gave her a thumbs up.
"What about the other costumes?" Raf asked curiously as he gestured to the costumes they're folding.
"I'll keep them too. I might be able to do something about them." Emily said as she was getting some ideas and designs on what to use them for.
"Cool. Sorry if this whole thing was embarrassing." Miko said as she rubbed her arm as Emily just put a hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay. I know you were only trying to help. I appreciate the effort. I better take this suit off." Emily said before going to the changing curtains to change out of the costume.
While the others are picking up the costumes and putting them back in the bags, Emily was taking off the Captain Marvel suit so she could put on her clothes back. A few minutes later, she was done and the costumes were back in the bags.
"Emily, I want you and the others to help the others clean the base." Ratchet told her as she came out wearing her normal clothes as she nodded.
"Sure." She said before putting the Captain Marvel costume on the couch.
Bolty sees it and he thinks that it's food as he goes to the couch. When he's about to eat it, Emily sees him and grabs him before he eats the suit completely.
"No, Bolty. This is not food. Come on, help me out, little buddy." She said as she showed Bolty what they were doing as he nodded.
Emily goes to help the others as Bolty starts to eat some small scrap metals that were scattered around the floor. While the kids were cleaning, Ratchet discreetly checked out Captain Marvel's suit along with other ones and he even checked the comic books that Miko had brought with them as two of them caught his attention. The Iron Man and Captain Marvel comic books. The front pictures gave him an idea regarding his secret project so he decides to go back to his workplace to start working and to finish it while the other bots watch him leave before asking him if everything is okay.
"Is everything okay, Ratchet?" Arcee asked in confusion.
"Yes, yes. I just need to work on some stuff. I'll be right back. If anything happens, come and get me. Stay here in case Optimus calls for backup." Ratchet said as the others nodded.
"Sure thing." Smokescreen nodded as Ratchet went over to his workplace to start his project again as the others watched him curiously.
"Is it me or is the doc acting a little weird ever since he's been working on this secret project?" Smokescreen asked since he was a little confused but curious.
Bumblebee whirred as he didn't know since Ratchet didn't even tell him or the others what it is even Optimus since their leader seems to know what it is but didn't tell them.
"You're imagining things." Arcee said but she was a little curious too.
They then hear the kids playing while cleaning as their laughter can be heard as the trio turn and watch them with amusement.
"Should we stop them?" Smokescreen asked but it was pretty amusing to see them play while cleaning.
"Nah let them have fun." Arcee said as she smiled and watched them.
Meanwhile back at Oregon, the Decepticons were still trying to find the mine as Starscream complained for the umpteenth time and it was getting on their nerves.
"Ugh... where on Earth is this mine?" He asked as Knock Out answered through the comm-link while driving down the road.
On the highway, Knock Out moved out of the way of a car as he used the comm-link to speak with Starscream.
"Relax, Starscream. You're not the one who's driving non-stop. So stop complaining." Knock Out told him as Airachnid, who was flying with Starscream, Skyquake and Dreadwing, was getting annoyed and spoke up through the comm.
On the sky, Airachnid threatened them since they wouldn't stop talking, especially Starscream.
"How about you both stop talking before I rip your voice boxes?" Airachnid hissed at them through the comm-link and this caused the two bickering mech to stop talking almost instantly.
On the highway, Breakdown was driving beside Knock Out as he was getting a little tired from driving non-stop for a few hours now.
"Are we there yet? This Energon cube is starting to get heavy." Breakdown asked as the energon cube was getting heavy.
In the sky, Airachnid would have rolled her optics at that.
"Pathetic." She mocked him as this Breakdown to growl at her through the comm-link.
"Just wait until we get there, you're gonna pay." He growled at her but Dreadwing stopped them before a fight could break out between them.
"Enough, you two. I will not tolerate your childish bickering." That caused the two to stop before Skyquake started to detect something on his scanners
"Brother, I'm detecting something." Skyquake said as the others started to detect something in their scanners as well.
"I'm detecting it too." Dreadwing said as it showed that it was just ahead of them.
"So am I." Starscream said.
"Autobots?" Skyquake question since it wasn't saying anything.
"Doesn't seem like it. It must be that mine." Starscream said since they would have detected the Autobots by now.
On the highway, Breakdown had to disagree since the cube isn't detecting anything yet.
"I don't think so. The Energon cube hadn't detected anything yet." He said but the cube started to glow and pulsing like crazy.
"Forget what I've said." He said as Knock Out detected something close by.
"Whatever is causing this effect, it must be close by." Knock Out said.
In the sky, Starscream started to fly forward faster as he needed to be sure that this wasn't a trap set up by the Autobots.
"I'll go check on it. It could possibly be an Autobot trap." He said before adding more speed in his flight towards the energy spike as the others watched him leave as Skyquake asked his brother through the comm.
"Should we let him go in there alone?" He asked but stopped since he heard a growl in his voice but it wasn't directed towards him.
"No. He would try to steal the Energon and just to keep it for himself and I will not let that treacherous snake out of my sight. Knock Out, Breakdown, Airachnid, head for the coordinates. Skyquake and I will follow Starscream to make sure he doesn't ruin the mission." Dreadwing told them as both he and Skyquake quickly took off to where Starscream flew off to.
"Looks to me like Starscream is in serious trouble." Knock Out chided as Airachnid seemed to smirk at that.
"What do we do?" Breakdown soon ask as Knock Out knew that they have to speed up to catch up.
"The only thing left to do. Drive faster." Knock Out told them as they started to put more speed to catch up with the rest.
Meanwhile in the sky, Starscream was getting close to the location of the possible mine.
"Now where could this mine be?" Starscream asked himself before his scanner have detected a strong signal just a few feet from him
"Ah, there it is." He said as he started to fly down to where the scanner was pointing to a possible energon mine before he transformed back and landed down while looking around.
"Hmm... no Energon here." He said before he noticed the mountain near him and saw some leaking energon coming out from a crack as he went over to check on it.
The scanners were beeping a little faster and he saw that he was at the location and the signal was faint but strong which means one thing.
"Interesting. It appears that the Energon is buried deep underground." Starscream said before he froze when Dreadwing's voice was heard.
"Starscream." Dreadwing said as the other seeker turned to him nervously as the twins arrived and transformed at the same time and landed as Dreadwing approached him menacingly.
"How dare you touch the Energon that belongs to our master?" He growled at him as Starscream backed down quickly as he crossed his arms.
"I was just checking the area. I wouldn't dare touch this Energon even if I could. It's buried deep underground. This leak is the reason why we were able to detect its energy in the first place." Starscream told him truthfully as he pointed to the leak as Dreadwing and Skyquake saw it.
"I see." Dreadwing said as Skyquake turned to him.
"We must call for backup." Skyquake told Starscream as he nodded before using the comm-link to contact their leader.
"Lord Megatron, I have great news to report."
Back at the Nemesis, Soundwave turned on the comm-link as Starscream spoke.
"We have found the mine." Megatron smiled sinisterly as he turned to Soundwave.
"Soundwave, send out the miners." he told him as the silent mech nodded and replayed the order to the vehicon miners and some troops to start the mining process.
Back at the location of the mine, a ground bridge opened up as the Decepticons miners had arrived with the drills and all the equipment they needed to dig out the Energon with some troops just in case the Autobots came. They started using the drills to find the Energon and create a vast amount for transportation as Knock Out, Breakdown and Airachnid had arrived at the location and saw how Decepticons miners were drilling out the Energon as Knock Out a servo on his hips while he watch the rest work.
"Looks like we're just in time for the show. What a great scene." He said to Breakdown as he stood beside him with Airachnid watching with her servos on her hips.
Meanwhile, back at the highway, the Autobots started to detect something and it was big from how big the energy spike was.
"Optimus, my scanners started to pick up something. Whatever it is, it's huge." Bulkhead said as Wheeljack picked up the energy spike as well with the others.
"With any luck, it's the new mine." He said as Optimus saw that it is as it could be the mine.
"I did too. It's close." Optimus said but Cliffjumper noticed that it was a huge leak and the signal increased in just a short time.
"There must be a huge leak if the signal has increased this much." He told them.
"Unless someone opened it up." Wheeljack said. The only ones who would start mining the energon were the Decepticons.
"Must be cons." Bulkhead said Optimus knew that they had to hurry.
"Autobots, full speed now." He ordered as he and the others started to drive faster to try and reach the mine in time.
Meanwhile back at the base, Ratchet was still working on his project as he was adding some additional new settings to it as he was almost done with it.
"Come on." He muttered as he set the top part on top of the other half.
The device he was working on started activating when the other part was attached as the center started to glow as Ratchet smiled in pride as he had finally finished his secret project and all he had to do now is give it to Emily to see if it would work and hoped that she would love it.
"At last. It's finally ready." He said as he had a proud smile. All the work and time he put in the project finally paid off. All that is needed is to test it.
Meanwhile at the hangar the kids were done cleaning as Bolty was laying on the couch as he stuffed himself with the scattered metals as Jack, Raf, Miko and Emily all sighed as they sat down on the couch.
"Ah, finally we're done." Jack said.
"Cool. Let's grab something to eat." Emily said as she laughed in amusement as Bolty seemed to be full before the comm by the computer came on and it was Ratchet.
"Arcee, bring everyone to the S.A.F.E." Ratchet said as they all looked at each other in confusion.
"What for?" She asked in confusion.
"I'll answer you when you get there. Make sure the kids come with you." Ratchet told her as she nodded.
"I will." She said before he turned the comm off as the others were curious about what he wanted to show them.
"I wonder what Ratchet is planning." Smokescreen wondered curiously.
"Maybe a surprise party." Miko guessed with a smile as Raf perked up at that.
"That would be surprising." He said as he stood up.
"Maybe it has something to do with his secret project. He's been working on it for quite some time now." Emily said as Bolty climbed on her shoulder and chirped curiously.
"Whatever it is, we better get going." Arcee said as they nodded since they shouldn't keep Ratchet waiting.
Arcee and the others soon went to the S.A.F.E room and when they arrived, they saw Ratchet waiting for them with something in his servo.
"You're finally here." Ratchet said as they all stopped in front of him as Smokescreen asked.
"What's up, Doc?" Smokescreen asked curiously as Ratchet cleared his throat.
"I'm about to tell you. As you all know, I've been working on a secret project for a very long while. Now it's time for you to see it. Emily, this is for you. A gift." Ratchet said as he gestured for Emily to come forward as Bolty flew to Arcee's shoulder.
Emily walked forward to him and stopped as he knelt down before Ratchet gave Emily a brooch-like device that looked like it was from Iron Man as she looked at it in confusion and curiosity.
"A brooch?" She asked in confusion as she looked at it over and over.
"Whoa, whoa, back up. Is that the secret project you've been working on all this time? It's just a brooch. There's nothing special about it." Miko said as she was confused. Ratchet works all that trouble just to make a brooch?
"Uh, Miko, can you please be quiet for just a moment?" Jack gave her a look with Ratchet before the medic started to explain what the brooch is for.
"This thing might look like an ordinary brooch but it's more than that. This gift will help Emily do great things. Press the center of it." Ratchet said as he stood up as Emily nodded.
"Okay." she then proceeded to do what Ratchet said and pressed the centerpiece of the brooch.
Their eyes and optics widened when it started to glow and scanned Emily from head to toe before floating up and resting against the middle of her upper chest and did something that surprised and shocked them a lot as Ratchet smiled even more at the results of his work.
The brooch started covering Emily in some sort of suit that looked like a battle armor and battle suit combined. The suit was in different shades of light grey that faded to almost white with blue and yellow as it even had an Autobot insignia on her right arm as it was covered by what looked like a hand and plasma cannon combined. It was made out of a material that was strong enough to protect her and it gave her amazing flexibility when she moved her arms as her ears were covered with what look like the ones from Optimus. Emily could not believe what just happened and neither could the others as they all stared at the battle armor or suit that now replaced Emily's clothes as it was snug and comfortable.
"By the Allspark." Smokescreen breathed in shock and amazement.
"This is amazing." Arcee had shock and awe in her optics as Bumblebee made a whistling sound in amazement as Miko grinned excitedly and started to snap some pictures of Emily in her new outfit.
"Rad." Miko said as Emily examined it more with a smile.
"You can say that again." Jack said as he was pretty shocked by this.
"It's so cool." Raf said as he fixed his glasses as he was amazed by the suit.
"Whoa... I... I can't believe this. Ratchet,... you made this suit? For me?" Emily said in amazement and shock as she turned to Ratchet with wide eyes as he nodded slowly.
"Yes. If you don't like it, I can remake the design. I don't mind at all-" Ratchet started but Emily cut him off as she was smiling wildly as she looked at him happily.
"Are you kidding me? I love it! This suit is so cool. I can't believe you've been working on this without me even knowing about it. How did you make it?" She asked as she wanted to know he made it without her or the others even knowing about it.
"Well to be honest, your superhuman heroes gave me a lot of inspiration." Ratchet admitted much to their amusement as Miko had a triumphant grin.
"Told you. This suit is amazing. It's like having Iron Man and Captain Marvel combined into one." Miko said, she was amazed by this as Ratchet worked so hard on it and it turned out great.
"Thank you for this, Ratchet. I really appreciate this." She said with a sincere smile as Ratchet nodded and smiled back.
"It's my pleasure. I just hope this suit will be able to protect you. Remember, the brooch's center piece is its energy source. You must never lose or break it." Ratchet said as Emily nodded. She won't let anything happen to his gift.
"I won't. I promise. Gosh I'm so excited to try it out." Emily said excitedly as she turned to the others with an excited smile. Man, she is so excited to try the suit out!
"Very well. We'll start with basic combat training." Ratchet laughed at that but expected her to try it out.
"I think I can help with that." Arcee volunteered as she stepped forward.
"Me too." Smokescreen stepped forward as he couldn't wait as well as Bumblebee whirred as he wanted to help Emily test her new suit.
"Whoa, wait a minute, guys. This suit is sort of a prototype. You can't just rush into things like that. Besides, it's the first try. You should take it easy." Jack said as he knew that the results could either be good or bad but it's the first test.
"Nah it's okay. I wanna see what this thing can do. I would love a challenge." Emily said as she started to stretch and warm up.
"Remember, the suit is still new. You must not overdo it and do not forget that you're still wounded from your last adventure." Ratchet reminded her as she understood what he meant.
"I'll be fine. This suit will protect me." Emily sent him a reassuring smile as he smiled back and nodded.
"Very well then. Kids, come along. It's not safe to be too close." Ratchet told Jack, Miko and Raf as the two boys nodded while Miko whined in dismay.
"Aw man. I won't have a good view. I wanna record the whole thing." Miko pouted as she followed Jack and Raf to where Ratchet is, who was by the consoles.
"Trust me, Miko. The view will be great." Arcee told her as she stood across from Emily with Smokescreen and Bumblebee as they got ready for the signal to start the practice.
"I'll go prepare the system." Ratchet told the two as he started to type on the console to start the system for the training." Ratchet told the two as he started to type on the console to start the system for the training