After the meeting with the Autobots, Sideswipe, Sunset, and Rainbow Dash all stopped at the Sweet Shoppe to grab a quick bite to eat. Well, Rainbow and Sunset needed a bite to eat. They wanted a snack before being locked up in the school for the night. But as they sat there, they couldn't help but stay silent throughout their early dinner. Rainbow and Sunset were contemplating what they were just told in regards to that thing they saw on the video camera.

It just didn't make a lick of sense to them. To them, it looked like the plague was creating zombie Transformers. But that didn't make sense, zombie Transformers? How did a zombie Transformer make its way onto their ship and down on their planet? Whatever it was, they knew immediately they had to stop that thing.

The silence didn't stay for long. Their heads turned to see the rest of their friends come in. The rest being Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Twilight. They took seats with Sideswipe and the other two girls.

"Okay, plan, plan, plan. We need a plan." Twilight said. "Anyone have any ideas?"

"I think I've got an idea." Sunset said. She reached into her backpack and pulled out blueprints. It looked as if it was the inner structure and workings inside the school. They could see the ventilation shafts, doors, hallways, classrooms, and the basement that was smack right underneath the school.

"Principal Celestia was kind enough to find the blueprints for the school so we could figure out a way to stop that thing." Sunset said. "I think the first thing we need to do if we're gonna stop that thing is close off all the doors."

"But that thing is a Cybertronian. It can bash down the doors." Sideswipe said.

"That's why we're gonna barricade the doors." Sunset replied. She pulled out a red marker and made giant X's over the spots where there were doors to escape. Everyone just sighed in relief, they had some idea on how they were gonna trap it. But there was still some other problems that needed to be addressed.

"But what about the windows?" Rainbow asked.

"Wheeljack and I have spent some time and we've made several little turrets that will fire electric paralyzing shocks towards any Cybertronian that tries to leave. Once the first shock is made, it will spring out a giant electric net that will pin down the Shadowbot." Twilight replied, showing some blueprints for little turrets. It looked like the barrels could move in all directions, and it could spin in a 360 motion so it could aim anywhere.

"And what about defending ourselves?" Bumblebee asked.

"Everyone's gonna have pistols and guns to defend themselves, and for all of us humans, I strongly suggest we wear our Headmaster suits. They've got strong enough armor." Sunset said.

The girls all nodded in agreement.

"And I'm gonna bring some computer equipment that should allow us to see through the video cameras." Twilight said.

"And what about other stuff like food?" Applejack said. "I'm not so sure if I can stay up at late hours without any energy."

Pinkie zoomed up out of nowhere with food in her hands. "I've got it covered! I also brought lots of caffeine so we can stay up really, really, really late!"

Sideswipe and Bumblebee just stared in awkwardness.

"She's like Blurr if he was high on sugar and helium." Sideswipe said.

Sunset just stared at them with some disapproval. "Anyways... the point is we've got the equipment, we've got food, and defenses."

"I think there's one thing you forgot darling." Rarity said. "Where are we gonna set up a little hideout so we can monitor everything? That guard was taken down just from hiding in his tiny little office."

"I've got that under control. We're gonna set up in our practice room. Its big enough for us to set up our tiny little base." Sunset replied.

The group all nodded with one another. It seemed like they had everything they needed. They've got the equipment, they've got the food, the weapons, knowledge of the entire school's weak points, and they all had each other. A plan had been set into motion.

"I think we've got everything ready. Tonight, we lock ourselves up in the school, set up the base, and get ready for action." Sunset grinned.

Time went by fast in the day. By the time the girls, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee got everything they needed, the sky was already fading to the dark. And as they drove on the road, they could already see everyone was beginning to either go out trick or treating, or go on their way to whatever party that it was they were attending.

"That's a lot of people," Twilight moaned.

Fluttershy lowered herself in her seat. "And that's a lot of scary costumes."

Bumblebee who was in control of the wheel in his car mode felt bad. He didn't like seeing Fluttershy scarred. Especially with the threat that they were dealing with was an undead force.

"Fluttershy, its okay. I'm gonna stand with you every second of the way. You've got me by your side." Bumblebee said.

Fluttershy's spirits lifted a bit, and she gave a bit of a smile.

"You don't have to worry about a thing darling." Rarity said in the backseat. "We're all gonna stay by each others side. And we're not going to let that brute stand in our way."

The group had finally made it to the school, which was being closed up for the night. The two cars stopped, and the doors opened up, allowing the girls to exit out of the vehicles. All of them had equipment and gear in their hands, and they were now wearing their metallic Headmaster suits.

The two Autobots, now being able to transform without any humans inside of them converged into their robot modes and began to walk with the girls inside of the school. Inside they could see it was very dark. The lights were turned out, and all that they could see were their own shadows in the door frame entrance.

"Okay, I'll set up the turrets out here. You guys go on ahead." Twilight said.

Applejack shook her head. "Sorry Twilight, but I'm staying behind. I'm not letting that Shadowbot grab ahold of you."

"Me too darling. I'll stay to lend you a hand." Rarity said.

Sideswipe stopped for a moment. "You know, I think I should say something here, something important."

"What's that?" Sunset asked.

"If any one of us breaks off from the group, there should always be members to tag along with them. I've seen these kind of situations before. Whenever someone is off from the group, the chances are of them being killed from whoever is stalking them is extremely high. That Shadowbot attacked the guard, and he had no one around. We've got to stay together, safety in numbers you know?"

Sunset scratched her chin and gave a nod. "Got it. Okay important safety tip, thank you Sideswipe."

Sideswipe gave a small but sincere smile.

"With that in mind, lets stay together and set up the computers." Sunset said as she walked forward, the others following behind.

They opened up the doors to their practice room and entered inside. After activating a few flashlights, as well as placing some lanterns down, they began to unload their equipment and they started up the computers. Once they flipped on, Sunset began typing faster than lightning trying to get them activated and connected to the security cameras.

Without any issues, they were finally flipped on and they could see the hallway monitors.

"Okay, we're connected and online. We've got them set up to multiple cameras around the school, we should be able to track anything out here." Sunset said.

Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity entered inside after setting up the defenses outside the school, and they were about to meet up with the others inside of their practice room. But as they entered inside, they had kept lights flipped on and their guns in their clenched fists. They didn't want to take any chances with the Shadowbot lurking around.

"Just keep your eyes out girls. That thing could be anywhere." Twilight said, her eyes darting back and forth looking for whatever was in sight.

Applejack and Rarity gave 'uh-huh's in reply. Rarity turned her back around looking behind, seeing the door locked behind them, and then back forward keeping an eye on Twilight and Applejack. They made a right and found another set of hallways, and on the right there was the double doors they needed to go through to be with the others.

Twilight and Applejack entered in first. Rarity stopped for a moment to look around, for anything that stood out. Her light shined up some more lockers, a door, more lockers and an empty hallway. She moved her body in the other direction as the light shined on more objects, trying to pick anything suspicious out. The light shined upon more lockers, a display case, Rarity's Autobot partner standing at the end of the hallway looking undead, more lockers--wait a minute.

Rarity stopped for a moment and she shined the light back in the hallway looking again. Did she see that correctly? Were her eyes deceiving her? No. That's impossible. Knockout was back with the Autobots. At least, she thought. He couldn't have been here. Rarity turned again towards the other hallway and she froze in place. She was looking at the sight of a metallic looking character looking at some lockers, surrounded by a red aura. It turned around looking at Rarity making her gasp.

She spun her guns around in her hands aiming them towards the figure, sweat running down her head, and hyperventilating in fear. The figure slowly turned around with a ghostly turn and a frightening demeanor. He made little steps walking towards her, but from what she was seeing, it looked as if the figure was slowly fading away as it got closer. And in a matter of seconds, it was no longer there.

"W-Wh...What was that?" Rarity said to herself. Not wanting to stay out for much longer, she quickly ran inside of the room slamming the doors shut, not stepping back outside again.

Author's Note

Apologies if my attempt at making something scary is turning un-scary. This is my first horror fic after all.