Equestria Girls In Disguise: Wolf In The Fold

by FourShadow

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, Drama, Original Character, Rainbow Dash (EqG), Science Fiction, Comedy, Other, Equestria Girls, Crossover, Sunset Shimmer, Main 7 (EqG)
Length: 30034

A spacecraft crashes down on Earth, and a new line of enemies and friends are about to be made...

Out in the sky, a Cybertronian spacecraft crashes down on Earth. But when Sunset and their new Autobot friends investigate, they find much more trouble to be found. But when a new face makes himself known to Sunset, it's all on her to take the leadership staff and try to decide whether this Decepticon is worthy of being freed... or locked back into stasis.

Published 2017-04-10 14:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-10-15 15:53:15 UTC

Stars In The Sky

Author's Note

First of all, do not go pointing at me and saying 'Hey, that's Steeljaw on the cover', I KNOW THIS. Every character has a different variant of one another like how Transformers Prime's variant of Sky Lynx is a Predacon, or how Soundwave is completely silent with only one word of dialogue in one episode.

And again, this is an alternate universe. And as another note, I'm going to try two plots in this fic. Like one being our main one, and the other being a subplot. Lets see how well it'll work, shall we?

Stars In The Sky

The night sky was completely cloudless, glittering and gleaming in the sky above the city of Canterlot. It was the end of another beautiful day, on a Friday. And things couldn't be better for Sunset and her friends. They were getting stronger and tougher with every threat that came their way, and they were gaining new friends and allies almost every time.

The students of Crystal Prep Academy became their friends after Starscream and his cohorts made another attack, and a few weeks ago, the Autobots made a new friend that escaped Cybertron to flee being captured for a crime he never committed.

But tonight, the Autobots were scattered across the city going out on their daily patrols for either any Decepticons, Renegades, fugitives, or any suspicious activity that would require sending out groups of warriors to handle. Well, not all of them...

"Good evening Autobots," the friendly sports car Knockout said.

Standing over on a hill, underneath a tree were Sunset, the girls, and their Autobot guardians. On the grass was a picnic blanket scattered with some food and plates and utensils. The girls were having some late night snacks while stargazing along with joining for a meteor shower with their new friends. It was a perfect night to do so.

"Evening Knockout, evening Rarity," the bespectacled Twilight smiled.

"How was your trip over?" Sunset asked.

"Not too bad," Rarity replied, "Although with the amount of Autobots going back and forth in our town is starting to pile up traffic. We were so stuck I wasn't even sure we would make it on time!"

"Well you're here now! Just have a seat and enjoy some tasty treats!" Pinkie grinned as she stuffed her face with a cupcake.

Rarity was about to complain some more but she felt a touch of a metal hand on her shoulder, with Knockout offering a friendly smile and expression with the baby blue eyes.

Rarity smiled in return and looked for a spot to take a seat, and Knockout sat right next to her. And as Knockout took a seat, his eyes widened when he saw Optimus Prime was with the group as well. Optimus Prime of all bots. Sure that one picnic by the Wondercolt statue could have been an exception, but he was here with them too?

"Optimus? I thought you would be busy tonight," Knockout puzzled.

"Ratchet insisted he take over my shifts and that I take a break," Optimus replied.

"I see."

"Plus I thought I asked him if he wanted to take a night off to hang out with us again," Sunset interrupted.

Optimus nodded, "Indeed."

The others looked at each other with smiles as they stared off into the night sky.

"So when should the meteor shower begin?" Punch asked.

"I'm not sure, I think it should be roughly 20-10 minutes," Twilight said to the orange and blue Autobot next to her.

"Perfect timing for all of us," Punch said.

The group just continued to lay back, relax, and enjoy each other's company as they sat on the hill in the starry night. So calm, and so at peace with each other, they could sit here forever.

"So tell me, where's Cybertron?" Sunset asked as she looked up at the stars.

"Right there," Optimus said pointing his finger in a direction up.

Sunset moved over to try and see from his view and smiled as she saw the spot where it was.

"So that's Cybertron?" Sunset asked.

"Yes Sunset. There's our home," Optimus smiled.

"So close... and yet so far," Jazz sighed.

Pinkie just patted the shoulder of her Autobot friend.

"Aw, don't feel bad. Maybe we'll get to Cybertron someday," Pinkie said.

Jazz wanted to say no, but how could he be negative around Pinkie Pie? She always knew how to make people smile even when they're down.

Jazz only grinned and ruffled Pinkie's hair a bit, making her giggle.

"As nice as it would be to go back to Cybertron, I don't think we'll be able to. We have no ship since Blurr lost the only shuttle and we crashed the Ark into a canyon 30 years ago. Plus we have no telecommunications so we're basically stranded on this planet," Punch replied.

"We're doing everything we can Punch. You just need to have more faith," Optimus said.

"I know, but sometimes I keep thinking we're not--" Punch began.

"WHOA! Look at that!" Pinkie called out.

The girls and the Autobots gasped at the sight of the meteor shower that was up in the sky. They came soaring on through the atmosphere like little baseballs being hit at maximum speed across a stadium.

"Beautiful...", Twilight said.

"Most divine indeed," Rarity cooed.

"Pretty cool. Although I'm not sure about that one though," Sideswipe said pointing up.

The Autobots gave weird looks to Sideswipe. But when they gazed up, they all gasped in another shock. There was another meteor in sight. But it wasn't like any of the other ones, it appeared to glowing in a fiery glow, and it was coming down in the atmosphere. Tons of flame and smoke were emerging from it as it was coming down from the sky.

"That's no star... that's a spaceship," Optimus said.

The spaceship was getting lower and lower into Earth's atmosphere as it soared across the glittering sky. Only its target was for the city of Canterlot. It was far and far away from the big city. This spaceship was going far off into a desert environment, farther and farther away...

Far off into the desert, the mystery star began to crash further and further down, until finally it began to crash right into the scorching hot sand, blowing more and more of the soil and sand out of the way as it kept on pushing on through. The ship left a big trail of dug up sand into the terrain as it slowed down on the crash.

The crash left a big amount of damage. There was a big trail of dug up sand in the ground leading to where the ship crashed, several plants and cacti were shoved out of the way, and there was steam emanating from the big spacecraft as it stayed on the ground. But, without warning, the ship ruptured in an explosion.

Parts began flying everywhere, big wads of metallic plating and parts flew everywhere in a fiery inferno. A big cloud of black smoke covered the sky as the explosion continued to commence. But there was more to be seen. Small fires spread onto a few plants burning them up into ashes, and giant cells began to fly out of the ship, all crashing onto the ground, breaking into bits, and opening the hatches on them.

All around, the remains of the ship laid on the ground, with small little fires and smoke coming from every spot on the pieces that exploded. And there was more to be seen in the aftermath. There were giant containment pods all scattered about, all laying damaged on the ground. Some of them were opened, some of them were in pieces, while others looked like they were still on working condition.

The pilots and any crew members on board the ship weren't anywhere to be seen. No one was around to see the damage the crash had caused. But there was someone still around...

A figure was crouched down on the ground, bent over, slowly standing back up on his two feet. A pair of yellow eyes glowed in the darkness, as he looked around the damage. No damage to himself. But wait, he was free. He could leave now. Not contained in that pod, he could leave on his own.

A smirk appeared on his face as he found himself able to leave.

"Lets leave this little damage for the rest of the crew of clean up."

The figure began a transformation. His head tucked into his chest, and his arms folded together, followed by his legs finally folding in. He had converted into a muscle car, with a small Decepticon logo in the front, big wings sticking out the back, and giant wheels in the back of its car form. Once it was converted, it revved its engine and the tires kicked up the sand and a cloud of dust right behind as it drove off into the night without anyone watching it leave.

But there was someone else that was still in the crash site. A figure tall and skinny slithered up to stand and he looked over to the empty stasis cell that he was trapped in. His eyes glowed in the darkness as he stared down on it.

"I'm free, I'm free!" The figure laughed as he looked around him.

The Decepticon stood for a moment, and attempted to move his muscles to transform, but nothing happened. No clanking of metal, no bending his shape. He couldn't transform.

"Wait... no. No! NO! They took my cog! Well... if they did so, then we're gonna have to fix this, shall we? I may not be able to transform, but I can still burrow!"

The figure jumped into the air and it dove straight into the ground, digging into it, and going right through the sand, burrowing like a worm. It dug further and further into the ground, and finally it broke on through into the ground, leaving no trace of him behind. All that was left was a bunch of damaged, destroyed, and a few viable stasis cells in working condition. But he, was out of sight... and out of mind.

Crash Site

Equestria Girls In Disguise: Wolf In The Fold

All that went through the girls minds was who was on board that spaceship. Who piloted it? Why did it crash on Earth? Why was it set on fire as it was hurling through the atmosphere? Why suddenly now a cruiser was entering Earth's atmosphere?

All of their questions wouldn't be answered right away, but there was no doubt about it; this was a big mystery in their minds.

Sunset paced back and forth inside of Rarity's boutique, trying to think. What could have come here? Who would be arriving at this time?

"Sunset, you're thinking too hard about this. I'm pretty sure its another Autobot ship that just crashed here. Remember the report Optimus gave us about Highbrow and all of those Gobots coming down here on Earth?"

"Rainbow, that thing came hurling through the sky, on fire."

"Maybe the ship was under attack?" Pinkie asked.

"I'm not sure. But we've got to find out," Sunset replied still pacing back and forth.

"Sunset, calm down. Look the Autobots will call us once they know something, and we'll be able to figure out what it is when they call us."

Sunset sighed, "You're right. They'll be fine. I just don't want to be left in the dark to find out that there's a barrage of Decepticons here on Earth ready to attack. Its bad enough we've got a few Decepticons we still need to capture from our last battle with Starscream, we don't need to make things anymore difficult."

The girls gave a few nods to respond.

Sunset just continued to pace back and forth as they waited for their Autobot friends. What could be taking them so long? But the girls were busy getting into their own discussion.

"So girls, Wheeljack told me he has some new equipment for us to use. He's made us motorcycle power suits," Twilight replied.

"Really? Why would on earth would he ever make those?" Rarity asked.

"He said he studied a move by someone named Wreckgar and the Junkions who all transform into motorcycles where if the bike and the rider fall off, they can both switch positions to get back on their feet. The bike becomes the rider, and the rider becomes the bike. I think that could actually be useful to our advantage," Twilight replied.

They gave grins hearing the very idea. It did sound like it could be useful to their advantage.

"And here's the new thing. When we transform, we can decide whether or not to ride the motorcycles. We can simply transform with the bikes like a protective suit," Twilight replied.

"Sweet! Now we're actual Transformers," Rainbow said, pumping her fist.

"Yay...", Fluttershy quietly cheered.

Sunset wasn't paying attention at all to their cheers. With nothing else to do, Sunset opened up her backpack and pulled out a wad of notebook paper and held a pencil in her hand. She tapped her chin with the pencil as she was thinking.

"Okay, lets see... there's gotta be something I can make my own," Sunset said to herself. "Oh, convert and charge! No, that's not gonna work."

The girls stopped what they were doing to look at Sunset.

"You're still trying to find a battle cry?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Yes. I know I'm not Optimus, but there's got to be a rallying cry I can make my own," Sunset replied.

"Sunset, you're trying too hard. Just stick with 'Transform and roll out'. Its simple and catchy," Applejack grinned.

"Applejack, I know I can do this. I just need to think, lets see...", Sunset snapped her fingers, "Autobots... GO!"

Sunset received only awkward silence from the others.

"Okay, I guess not."

"Sunset, why are you pushing yourself to find a battle cry?" Twilight interrupted.

"I... well..." Sunset hung her head and sighed, "I'm want to be a good leader."

Twilight stopped, "Um, I'm going to need a bit more context."

Sunset sighed again, "Twilight, I'm not a good leader. I'm saying this now, I'm not good at being a leader."

"What are you talking about Sugarcube?" Applejack asked, "You're doing fine."

"Against magic, yes. But this is war we're talking about. I'm terrible as a leader. Remember those last couple of battles we've had with the Decepticons? I barely stood on my own against them and every time I've lead I've almost managed to get you guys either in trouble, kidnapped, or in our battle with Starscream, killed."

"Sunset."

Twilight looked at Sunset sternly.

"Sunset, I understand you're worried about not being as good as Optimus. But maybe you need to try and lead as your own and not like Optimus. Have you considered doing that?"

Sunset paused. She hadn't considered leading the way she would.

"No...", Sunset hesitantly said.

"Well maybe you should start leading like you," Twilight smiled.

Sunset couldn't help but give a smile back. This new advice could be useful. Maybe she could try this out later today. After all, she had plenty of time. She could improve herself soon enough.

But she wouldn't have to think about it now, for Rarity's attention turned outside.

"Girls! A Groundbridge is open for us!"

"Right. Lets get going," Sunset said grabbing her belongings. Everyone else began grabbing her belongings and they all began to depart the boutique to go through the bridge.

The fires that had spread over at the crash site were no longer in flames, but they had finally died out into nothing but smoke. All around the remains of the ship were just parts that were scattered about and more equipment and machinery. Glass shards were shattered into more pieces, loose wires were sizzling with dancing orange sparks, and more and more smoke began to rise up into the air from a few of the objects that had crashed. But there was one working piece of equipment that was up and running.

A small little control console was actively running with a glowing panel and a few holo-screens projected in front of the panel.

"M-M-May-D-D-D-Day-Day-Day," A voice stuttered.

A small orange arm pulled itself up, revealing a small little robot attached to the limb. The robot was colored in orange, with big hands with three big fingers on each hand, and little wheels for legs.

The figure shook his head violently and he gazed around the damage. All by himself, not a sight of anyone or anything to be seen except for more damaged pods and materials.

"A-Alone... All alone... no, its okay... stay calm, speak clearly," the robot said as he hit his fingers on the control panel. "Mayday, mayday Cybertron Command. This is Fixit, caretaker Mini-con of the maximum prison ship Alchemor. We have crashed on an unknown planet, and we've lost most of the stasis cells. Most of the pods have been disengaged from the crash, and the ones that are in my sight are completely damaged. Mayday."

The Mini-con stayed still for a moment, waiting for a reply. No reply was given, eliciting a groan.

"Lets try this again. Mayday, mayday Cybertron Command..."

Little did the tiny Mini-con know that a pair of yellow eyes peered from the shadows of the wreck and was watching intently, observing his movements. Did he have anything of value that he could claim to be his?

Sunset and the girls stood together as they looked on the big monitor at the Autobot base. They were busy looking for the crash site of their mystery spacecraft.

"Wait... I think I found it, there!" Sunset said, clicking a few more buttons.

The group of Autobots gathered looked at the crash site displayed on the map and all gasped when they saw the amount of damage surveying the land it had hit.

"Talk about a crash-landing," Pinkie stated as she stared deeply onto the grid-like pattern on the screen.

"But who flew it?" Fluttershy asked as she looked at the remains of the crash.

"I don't know, but I think its important we find out. We've got to know who's flying that ship, what crashed it, and where did it come from," Sunset said. She turned to face the Autobot leader, and her new mentor, "Optimus, with your permission, I would like to take a group of Autobots there so we may investigate the crash site. We'll report everything back to you when we find something."

"Your permission is granted Sunset," Optimus smiled.

Sunset grinned. "Wheeljack? We're going to need our new motorcycle suits."

"Your request is at my command," Wheeljack said cheerily.

With no time to waste, Wheeljack pulled out all of the girls new suits for them to slip into. It didn't take any trouble at all since the head units of the suits just latched onto them with no trouble whatsoever, and they had worn the suits multiple times before.

With them all on, the girls stood as they looked to their Autobot companions. All of them were in different shapes and forms, and in different colors. With some of the suits, the wheels were folded up on the back, or folded into the legs. But with Sunset's the wheels were latched onto the sides of her shoulders, and the little handlebars stuck out near her neck.

"You look a little similar to Cy-Kill with that form, Sunset", Smallfoot stated.

"I guess so... but I don't even know who he is. But we can't discuss that now, we've got work to do. Now... lets assemble our group. Autobots, transform!"

With the Autobots that Sunset called out, they each converted into their vehicular form.

"Arcee! Rest-Q! Dart! Night Ranger! Wasp! Strongarm! Tracks! Prowl! Sideswipe! Bumblebee! Jazz! Knockout!"

Sunset looked at the Autobots that were all converted into their vehicle modes with a smile. They were assembled, and ready to go. Now the girls had to convert too.

"Alright, girls. Transform!"

The rest of Sunset's friends transformed their suits into the motorcycle forms. Wheels extended out, arms folded in along with the legs being bent, following the transformation into the motorcycle modes.

"Good. Now lets go investigate that crash site and find out what's landed here. Autobots...", Sunset began.

"Here comes another failed rallying cry," Tracks huffed.

"Nope. This time, she nails it," Strongarm whispered with hope.

"Gas it up and blow it out!" Sunset yelled with her fist pumping.

No one said anything. No one wanted to say anything. None of them even had anything to say to Sunset that would be positive. The rallying cry she had let out was far too cringe worthy for them to be hearing, and it just sounded... wrong.

Sunset paused, "I really should think these in my head first before saying them out loud."

Sunset said nothing else and she converted her suit into its motorcycle form, with her body on top of it, ready to ride the bike.

"Okay, lets go!"

Sunset's motorcycle revved with power and she sped forward, followed by the rest of the girls who were right behind her. Soon the rest of the Autobots revved their engines and they followed after Sunset and the girls, kicking up a dust cloud behind in their tracks.

The Autobots in the base just watched as Sunset and the group left to investigate the mystery crash. They could only hope that there wasn't anything dangerous to the site where they needed to go...

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Author's Note

RID references... beware... :derpytongue2::rainbowwild:

Cybertron's Most Wanted

Author's Note

Every country, has a monster, they're afraid of, in their nation! :rainbowdetermined2::twilightsmile:

Wait... Song idea! Feel free to tell me if you would want to see it developed or not.

Every country, has a Decepticon, running rampant, in their city!
Every Decepticon, (*insert Decepticon name here*), has a country, yeah a place that they go to brawl!
Every country, has a Decepticon, running rampant, in their city!
Every Decepticon, (*insert Decepticon name here*), has a country, yeah we've got to catch them all!

Cybertron's Most Wanted

We now return to the Transformers...

The drive out into the desert to the crash site wasn't too big of a hassle for Sunset and the others. Having the right suits and having gone out into the desert multiple times before was starting to become daily with them now.

In the group, Sunset drove in the front leading them all, with the girls right by behind her. And behind the girls were the motorcycles Arcee, Prowl, Dart, and Night Ranger right behind them. And lastly behind were the rest of the Autobots who had four wheels.

"Sunset, just another note you should know. Wheeljack said she made another edition to your motorcycle suits. They come with control devices to disguise yourselves as Decepticons. Use with discretion. But I don't recommend using those functions right now. Not when you're with a group of Autobots," Arcee called from behind.

"Roger that Arcee. Loud and clear," Sunset said.

Sunset kept her head focused on the land that zoomed past all around her. Get distracted for even a second, she would have to go to a hospital. And sure enough, just up ahead, there lied the remains of the destroyed space cruiser.

All of the vehicles came to a halt, and individually they changed their shapes into the Autobots they originally were. The girls motorcycles changed shapes as well, and so did the body suits as they flew up, changing their shapes into the head units and snapping into place with the suits.

Sunset and the girls held their guns and weapons in their suits hands, and slowly walked forward with the rest of the Autobots and Guardians following behind.

"Okay, everybody keep your guard up and be vigilant," Sunset said to the others behind as they began walking.

Oh how much damage the crash had caused. There were parts scattered about, debris in pieces, and more junk all piled around. This ship had quite a crash land.

Wasp held his stinger out in front of him, shaking in fear. He was worried about whatever monster or Decepticon could be coming out of anywhere. The scattered parts, the multiple containment cells, and even the remains of the ship that was still held together.

Rainbow Dash and Sideswipe stayed side by side like a tag team. They never split up on missions, they worked closely side by side as brother and sister. A family. Ever since the incident on Halloween, they've stuck together like two pieces of a puzzle.

The others stood close to each other as well. Not letting anything stay out of their sights, out of wanting to stay safe and careful.

Sunset's arm raised up to get them all to pause their walking. They heard a talking sound just up ahead. Turning her head, she tilted it a few times, urging them to continue walking forward but to move slowly. If it was the enemy, there was no reason to alert them of their presence. But when they moved to the front of the ship locating the source, what they saw wasn't what they expected. The same tiny orange Mini-con attempting repairs, and attempting to call for help. But with the sound of his voice, it sounded like he had been standing there for so long he was becoming annoyed.

"Mayday, for the 342 time... Mayday," Fixit said sounding annoyed, "This is Fixit, caretaker Mini-con for the maximum security prison ship Alchemor... still on doo-doo."

Fixit's head twitched and he rattled his head violently.

"Oh, uh, ahem?" Sunset interrupted.

Fixit turned around and his blue eyes widened and a big grin crept onto his face as he saw the group before him. He sped his little wheels towards them as he looked up to all of the giant warriors that were taller than his own height.

"Oh, thank Solus Prime! Its good to see Autobots here so quickly! Are you the squadron that heard my call?" Fixit asked.

"I'm afraid not. But there are more of us than you're seeing. We just saw your ship crash down last night. I'm Phoenix Prime, and these are my soldiers. Who are you?" Sunset asked.

"My name is Fixit ma'am. And this is, well it was, the maximum prison ship Alchemor, carrying Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons," Fixit said pointing to the wreckage, "now I've re-comed the crash site, but most of the stasis cells that were on board had disengaged in the atmosphere when the ship was crashing. Several nearby have ruptured and their inmates are presumably at large."

Sunset's eyes widened, "Okay... that's not good. But wait, do you know what caused the crash?"

Fixit nodded, "Yes ma'am. A Decepticon am-track, backtrack,--" Fixit smacked his chest like he was trying to perform the Hemlich maneuver on himself, "attack! Led by Starscream and some of his Decepticons."

Sunset and the others groaned when they heard that name. Of all the reasons the ship could have crashed, it had to be the new running leader of the Decepticons?

Fixit tilted his head, "Did I say something to upset you?"

"No, Fixit. You're fine. We just hoped we would have any issues from Starscream," Sunset replied, "But why did he raid the prison ship?"

"During their raid, I kept myself hidden and listened to their conversation. He said and his troops were sabotaging the ship to crash here on Earth releasing all of the Decepticon fugitives to keep members of Team Prime busy so they wouldn't be able to keep their focus on him on Cybertron."

"By raiding a prison ship with Decepticons... wait," Sunset paused. An epiphany clicked in her head. "Fixit, did you say this ship homed Cybertron's most wanted Decepticons?"

"Yes."

"Okay, here's my follow-up question... precisely how many Decepticons did you have onboard? How many is several? 12? 20?"

"Oh... a couple of hundred," Fixit shrugged.

Sunset's eyes widened, "A hundred? That's not several!"

"I know!" Fixit smiled with enthusiasm.

Sunset and the others looked at each other with fear and worry. Over a hundred Decepticons on that prison ship, all of them separating from the ship from their crash in the atmosphere, and now possibly free on dozens of Earth's continents and countries?

A breakout of murmurs spread among Sunset's group with worry. They looked pretty scared of the thought of all of those Cons now loose on Earth free on their own.

"Okay, lets not panic. I'm positive we can find them. But we need to know what we can work with first," Sunset said, getting all of them to calm down, "Fixit, do you have anything we can use to track them? Anything we can use to find them?"

"Oh, wait! There is," Fixit said as he went to the control console and tapped the controls, "The tracking system just rebooted. All Cybertronians that are branded with Autobot or Decepticon insignias have tracking mechanism implanted in them in case of emergency. All of them have signals that we can track. In fact... there's one right here with us. Right in the middle of us," Fixit said with worry.

Sunset turned around to look at her group and all around, "I don't see anything--"

"AHHH!!!" Rarity shrieked. "Ew!"

"What? Where!?" Knockout freaked.

"Dart, there's a big bug on you! And I see a Decepticon symbol on it!"

The Guardian Dart kept turning himself around, trying to turn his head to his behind to see where the bug was.

"What!? Is it on me, where!?" Dart looked and he saw a big green metallic bug on the side of his shoulder, with a giant claw on one hand. "Oh okay, get it off! Get it off, get it off, get it off!"

Pinkie Pie and Jazz made the first move and tackled Dart to the ground, trying to get to the little bug that was seen on him. But once they had him tackled, they saw the bug wasn't in their sight.

"Wait... where did it go?" Pinkie asked.

Pinkie's suit was met with a punch in the head unit by Jazz who threw the attack. Looking up, she saw the bug was clenched onto Jazz's shoulder, with his face dug into the metal plating.

"Is that bug taking control of you?" Pinkie asked as she crawled away.

Jazz's fists smashed together and he snarled his teeth together. But before he could make a strike, he was tackled by Applejack off to the side. She held Jazz down and looked around on his body, but the bug wasn't on him.

"Okay, where did that infernal critter go?" Applejack barked.

A large slamming was heard behind her, and staring behind she saw Arcee was now wrestling with Night Ranger, Bumblebee, Fluttershy, Rarity, Knockout, Twilight, Punch, and even Sunset. All of them kept tackling each other trying to find the little green bug.

"Come on, get off me!"

"Its not there!"

"Wait, over there!"

"Its not on me!"

"Where'd it go!?"

The only ones that were jumping into the pile were Rainbow Dash and Sideswipe who stood watching them fight and chuckled as they kept on jumping on top of another, trying to find the bug.

"Geez, its like watching a bunch of people trying to dig for a hundred bucks and its all for one," Sideswipe said.

The two just watched as they continued to tackle and jump all over each other trying to find the bug. Rainbow looked down and she gasped.

"Sideswipe, grab him!"

Sideswipe looked down in time and clutched the tiny bug with his fingers who squirmed. Sideswipe raised his hand up to take a look at the bug, and watched as it tried to wriggle and writhe out of his hand.

"Mean little booger aren't you?" Sideswipe said with a smug look. "Hey guys!"

All of them stopped fighting and turned to look at Sideswipe and Rainbow Dash who had smug looks on their faces.

"I got him. You can stop wrestling now," Sideswipe said.

Those who were fighting got back up on their feet and dusted the sand off their plating and skin. And they gave some angry expressions to the little bug in Sideswipe's possession.

"Who is this little thing?" Sunset asked.

Fixit hit his fingers on the control console and pulled up a screen, along with a photo that matched directly to the bug.

"Minitron. A cyber-tick who can control any bot he bites. He was locked up on the Alchemor for using an Elite Guard member to spread chaos, and tried to rob several vaults for their rich Energon," Fixit said reading the file.

"Well he won't be a problem now, lets lock him back up. Is there...", Sideswipe looked around, "Is there a pod small enough for this tiny little thing?"

Fixit nodded, "I'll go fetch it."

Fixit's little wheels sped off to go find the pod, all the while the tiny bug kept on squirming in Sideswipe's fingers, trying to get free.

"Sorry little guy, you're going back to your cell," Rainbow said, booping the bug on the face with her suit's finger. The minute her finger made a tiny tap on Minitron's face, he tried to snap his jaw at her, trying to bite her.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... someone's feisty aren't they?" Rainbow snickered.

Fixit returned with a pod almost his size, big enough for a bot to carry with just theirand opened up the hatch.

"Sorry little guy, time for you to go back to bed," Sideswipe joked.

Sideswipe dropped the little bug into the pod, and the hatch closed up. On the inside, little fog started forming on the inside of the glass as it filled with cryogenic gas.

"Well at least we got one fugitive sealed up in the span of... five minutes since we've arrived," Sunset said.

"But there's still more to go. And wait...", Fixit said as he tapped his fingers on the console. "There's another one, far off into the east."

"We better investigate. Rainbow Dash, Sideswipe, can you two stay with Fixit?" Sunset asked.

The two smirked.

"Not a problem Sunset. Go kick some Decepticon butt!"

"Alright. Autobots, lets hit the trail," Sunset ordered.

"Because Sunset wants to bail!" Dart joked with a smug look.

"Hey! I do the bad rallying cries, okay? Okay."

Sunset's suit converted into its motorcycle form and she led the group away as they all changed into their alternate forms and sped off into the desert to search for the other signal. Sideswipe and Rainbow Dash just stood at the command center of the destroyed ship with Fixit.

"Okay, so now what?" Rainbow asked.

"Well, maybe you could tell me your name? Or we could--"

Fixit stopped talking when the control console started blinking again. Another Decepticon insignia glowed on the screen, flashing bright red.

"Uh oh, another signal. And the whole team just left, oh..." Fixit said with worry.

"Not to worry. I'll go check it out. If I need help, I'll know who to call. Rainbow, can you stay with Fixit?" Sideswipe asked.

"Sure thing," Rainbow smiled.

"Thanks. I'll be back as soon as I can," Sideswipe said before changing his shape into the red 80s sports car form. His engine revved and he sped off into other side of the desert, going onto a paved path to go find the signal.

Rainbow Dash just watched as her partner drove off to go find another fugitive.

"So... what's your name? I don't even know your favorite color," Fixit said tilting his head.

Sideswipe continued to drive on the paved path, driving past some big rocks along the way, nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing but sand, rocks, more rocks, cacti, and a bright blue sky. Nothing strange, nothing weird.

Sideswipe's car mode came to a halt as he transformed into his alternate mode. Standing on his two legs, he looked around for anything strange. But wait... a straight small curved path on the ground... and it was his size? Impossible, nothing could be that big.

"Wait... these are shaped like snake trails, just like the ones that Rainbow showed me at the zoo," Sideswipe muttered to himself, "What could be that big to create this kind of trail?"

He followed the big curved path over to the side, seeing where the trail was going. But it came to a halt, right up to a rock, with a giant X painted in... Energon? Sideswipe looked up, and he turned around to meet a big smack to his face, nailing him down to the ground. He groaned from the smack and he looked up with what energy he had left. From how hard he was hit, he was almost about to pass out.

"Don't worry," a voice said from out of nowhere, "I won't kill you. But you have something I need, so I will need you to stay unconscious for a while."

But just before his eyes closed, he saw a glimpse of a figure with a pair of yellow eyes just before everything went black. He didn't even hear the mechanical whirring of power tools being used on him, and no one even knew what was happening to him...

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Another Decepticon?

Author's Note

Don't worry, we're getting close to our main storyline for this episode. That is if anyone's even reading this. I'm sorry, the only way I even know if you've caught up with the story is by a simple comment, that's why I ask for them. Its the only way I know you've caught up on the story.

And quite frankly, I don't even know if any of you have caught up.

Another Decepticon?

We now return to the Transformers...

Sideswipe moaned and groaned as his eyes were slowly opening up to the bright light of the sun. His vision was slowly restoring as the shape of same girl he protected with cyan skin and rainbow hair came into focus above him.

"Sideswipe! Wake up!"

Sideswipe slowly pulled himself up and scrunched his head.

"Oh, what happened?" Sideswipe moaned.

"I don't know. I tried calling you but you didn't pick up. Did you fall asleep again?"

"I don't think so. Someone knocked me out," Sideswipe said.

"What? Who?"

"I don't know. I got hit in the head really hard, I barely got a look at who attacked me. But whoever it was has a form of either a bug or a reptile. I saw a trail that was all in one dragging line, like the body had no feet," Sideswipe replied.

"Well if someone attacked you, why did they leave you here?"

"I'm not sure Rainbow," Sideswipe said, "I don't know."

"Well we better go find the others. Sunset and the girls returned back to the base with Fixit. They're expecting us to return," Rainbow replied.

"Right. Lets roll for it!"

Rainbow smirked and placed her helmet back on as she readied for action. She jumped into the air performing an acrobatic jump and made a perfect landing on her motorcycle, with her hands clutched onto the handlebars. She revved the engine of the bike, and she sped away. Sideswipe got back on his feet and began a running charge, but as he halted to convert, nothing happened. He heard his body begin to transform, but then suddenly halt in between.

"What? Come on!"

Sideswipe watched as his arms tried to change shape, but they didn't move a muscle. No changing, no alternating, just still his same body.

"Come on, transform already!"

He looked down to his hooded chest and watched as it had the same malfunction too. The hood was folding itself out to form the front of his sports car mode. No change in shape or appearance. He was still in his standing robot mode.

Rainbow Dash looked behind and saw her partner hadn't caught up. So she turned the bike around and zoomed back in a flash to Sideswipe and converted her motorcycle into its robotic state and her body flew up to form the head unit.

"Sideswipe, come on! Lets go!"

"Uh, Rainbow, I... I can't."

Rainbow gave a puzzled look, "What do you mean, you can't?"

"I can't! I can't change shape! Watch!"

Sideswipe pointed his arms forward and attempted to change his shape again, but no luck. He was still unable to transform. Rainbow gave a look of shock and worry.

"What... What happened to you?"

Rainbow didn't drive back to base for help, but instead she chose to walk with Sideswipe back. Luckily for them it wasn't too long of a walk. The base was only a few miles away, and her suit did most of the walking. She was mostly just worried for the sake of her speeding buddy.

Once they arrived, Sideswipe immediately went to the medical bay for Knockout to analyze him since Ratchet was out on a mission with Optimus and some of the others.

Rainbow stood close next to Sideswipe as Knockout ran a small scanner device up and down on his body. She was scared out of her mind about what was gonna happen.

"He's gonna be okay, is he?"

Knockout grunted, "Sideswipe will live. But his T-cog has been damaged."

"What's a T-cog?"

"Its an organ inside of our bodies that allows us to transform into vehicles," Arcee said.

"And its an essential part we all need for battle as well, I just hope that... oh no..." Knockout grimmaced.

"What? What happened?" Rainbow stammered.

"Sideswipe's T-cog isn't damaged... its missing! Someone plucked it out of him with a clean removal!"

The girls gasped. This wasn't good news they were hearing.

"Wait, what do you mean someone took it out of him cleanly?" Sunset asked.

"I mean whoever took his cog did it professionally, with barely any Energon or fluid leaks. This isn't any criminal we're dealing with...", Knockout said as he finished analyzing.

"But who would... Wait. Hold on," Sunset turned to look at Fixit, "Fixit, are there any Decepticons on that prison ship with advanced medical training? Perhaps even in the fields of science?"

"There is someone who matches that criteria ma'am," Fixit said as he looked at his handheld console. Connecting it to one of the monitors in the room, it began to display a screen. Several images were flashing around a screen, all of them resembling files from the prison manifest. Each figure that appeared on the manifest were covered in shadows, and they kept on flashing around as the files kept moving fast and fast. Eventually, it came to a stop and selected a shadowy figure that with a skinny build Its shadow was cast away revealing its form.

The figure had a snake like form colored in shades of tan, orange, and white, with a snake head, two skinny arms on his side with four talons on each hand, and a skinny tiny hand in the middle of his chest, below the Decepticon insignia.

"A Snaketicon named Vertebreak, a part of Crystal City's Science Council. He studied many different forms of life, and considered himself a brilliant scientist," Fixit began.

"But how did he get on the Alchemor?" Sunset asked.

"He studied many different surgical practices that are considered illegal. But the Council put an end to it when they discovered what his newest experiments were... organics that he kidnapped and had performed illegal experiments on; mutating them into monstrous forms that went on rampages across Cybertron, and even killing civilians in the process. He was expelled for his actions, and he swore revenge. Fortunately he was locked up on the Alchemor before he could continue further, and just before they locked him up, they stole his transformation cog making him unable to convert in ever the case he escaped," Fixit finished.

The girls all had terrified looks on their faces. A revenge crazed mad scientist was now on the loose on Earth.

"Okay... that's bad," Twilight said.

"All the more reason for us to find him and lock him up into a stasis cell," Sunset replied sternly.

"But how? Vertebreak can trig, rig," Fixit smacked his chest, "dig underground! He burrows into the ground, making catching him impossible!"

"I know, but we have to find him," Sunset said.

"Ahem? What about the bot who lost his kidney!?" Sideswipe snapped.

"Sideswipe, you can't be considering going back out to fight. You can't even transform into your vehicular mode," Knockout said.
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"And that icky reptile will scratch your paint if you try to fight!"

"I don't care about my paint job, I care about getting my organ back so I can actually transform again! Please... I just want to fight again," Sideswipe pleaded.

Sunset looked at the other girls, she had to make a decision. What could she do in this scenario? Either let Sideswipe come with them who would be stuck as a robot for a while... or have him stay behind where he'll be safe and won't be hurt. But what would Optimus do in this situation? In any normal situation he would have those wounded stay behind to get healed. And she wouldn't let any of these bots out if they were hurt either. It looked like the choice was clear.

Sunset sighed, "Sideswipe, I'm sorry. But until you get your cog back, you aren't going into the field. I don't want to risk your own health over an organ as vital as what you're missing."

Sideswipe clenched his fists tightly, but he stopped and breathed in and out.

"Okay... But can I at least stay with Rainbow Dash at her place? I'd at least like to have her with me," Sideswipe said.

Sunset looked back to Rainbow Dash who had a smile on her face. While she wasn't happy with his cog being gone, she still wanted his company.

"Very well... but Sideswipe, if you go into a battlefield, you will be going straight back to the Autobot base. I don't like to be strict on you, but seeing how you act out in the field..."

"I promise I'll stay at Rainbow's place. I'll just chill with her, play a game with her, maybe some sports, and even help her with her schoolwork if she needs it," Sideswipe said.

Sunset thought long and hard about her decision. Okay, not a bad idea. At least he wouldn't be out in danger. But wait, Rainbow was gonna need a temporary guardian for the time being. She couldn't just walk to school from the long distance.

"Arcee?" Sunset asked.

The blue fembot approached the group.

"Until Sideswipe gets his cog repaired, I need you to get Rainbow Dash over to school and back home during the school week. And if you can, give her some company if she ever decides to go out alone," Sunset said.

"I'm on it," Arcee said before looking to the rainbow haired girl, "Looks we're sisters kiddo," Arcee chuckled.

"Okay. Now that that problems taken care of, we should--"

"Wait. I'm picking up a Decepticon signal," Fixit said tapping his fingers on the control, "Its over far in a populated area, far off in a city."

The map of the signal appeared on the monitor screen, with a blinking Decepticon signal in sight.

"Canterlot... Maybe its Vertebreak!" Rainbow said.

"Or maybe a cute little wolfie!" Pinkie smiled.

The Autobots just gave awkward stares in confusion.

"What?"

"Um... do we...", Arcee stuttered.

Jazz raised a hand, "Its Pinkie Pie. Don't question it."

The girls and the rest of the group walked on through the portal, ending up to the front of Canterlot High School. Once they were through the gateway, the portal evaporated from its position, closing off from the base.

"Okay, we're clear," Sunset said.

"Well what are we waiting for? Lets wrangle ourselves a reptile," Applejack said.

"We can't just go off without a plan Applejack. First thing's first. We need to split into two groups. Since we've got our power suits, all 7 of us are gonna go together as a group, and the Autobots are gonna go as a group. Arcee, you're in charge of team two. Call us if anything in sight catches your attention. And Sideswipe?" Sunset asked.

Sideswipe was silent, awaiting Sunset's order.

"Try to take it easy. I don't want my teammates hurt, especially since your you-know-what is missing," Sunset said with a stern voice.

"I promise! Do you trust me?"

Sunset sighed, "I do. Just keep yourself safe, and do what Arcee says. Okay?"

Sideswipe gave a small but sincere smile and a salute.

"Okay. Lets split up and find that snake. Lets kick the tires and light the fires!" Sunset called out.

The groups just gave stares to Sunset again, but Sunset had enthusiasm on her face.

"Come on, tell me that's not a good battle cry. It is!"

No reply.

Sunset rolled her eyes, "Party poopers. I'm gonna find one, I know it."

Once the group split into their different directions, the girls walked together briskly and with the upmost optimism. They were confident they were going to get this Decepticon fugitive.

But they did notice something was amiss. Sunset didn't even look back to any of them as they were walking.

"Sunset? Are you alright?" Applejack asked.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Cause you're starting to be super quiet, and you're never this quiet! You're almost as quiet as Fluttershy, well maybe not this quiet, maybe just an ency bit, or maybe just a smidge, or maybe just a centimeter quiet--" Pinkie said before Rainbow tapped her shoulder to get her to stop.

"What Pinkie's saying is, you're not looking okay."

"Oh, well... I don't know. I guess part of me is a bit worried about what this Decepticon may be up to, and another part of me is wondering... did I make the right choice?"

"What choice do you mean darling?" Rarity asked.

"Well... what I told Sideswipe... did I make the right in choice in what I said?"

"I'm... I'm not sure if I can help you darling. But I'm positive you did the right thing," Rarity said.

"Yeah Sunset. Don't get me wrong, Sideswipe's awesome and all, but even I don't think he can go out and fight without being able to transform," Rainbow said patting Sunset's shoulder.

"I... I think you did just fine," Fluttershy quietly said.

Sunset wasn't sure what to think anymore. Without Optimus to help her, there was no way to find this out. But... maybe she could do this. Maybe she needed some more confidence in herself. This was her chance to prove herself as a great leader to make up for her failures with leading before. This was time to shine.

"Okay. You're right. I can do this. I just need to keep my head in the game and focus on our Decepticon," Sunset said.

"There's the spirit darling. You just need to lead the way you would lead, don't try to do everything like Optimus. Especially after last week...", Rarity cringed.

"Yeah... I'm sorry, your attempts to act like Optimus were more erratic than a pill bug wallowing in mud," Applejack said.

"Plus... you sound pretty silly when you try to do his voice," Pinkie giggled.

"My Optimus voice is not silly!" Sunset said.

She turned herself around and puffed her chest up high, with the upper part of her spine leaning back, her arms held back like she was trying to look tough, and she had a serious look on her face which just made the girls giggle.

"There is no time for this foolishness! We've got a galaxy relying on us, and a mission to complete!" Sunset said with a big voice. "Now... by dividing all of our search efforts, we will be more efficient! We must split up to go search for our Snaketicon! But if you should ever find him, please summon your teammates, and keep him distracted, so we may all battle him... together!"

The girls said nothing. For about 5 seconds.

All of them burst out laughing just hearing Sunset's attempt to voice the leader of the Autobots. Her acting was so over the top they couldn't help but laugh.

"Very well... Shimmerous Prime," Pinkie Pie giggled as she rushed off to go on the search. The others began to split as well, leaving Sunset alone to go off on her own. She groaned.

"Why did Optimus have to go off on his own..." Sunset groaned as she began to walk off on her own.

Later that day, Sunset and the girls decided to split up for a few minutes to try and do a search for Vertebreak on their own. Surely he must be around the city.

Sunset moved around the city on her motorcycle, but parked occasionally to get some food or to go use the bathroom. And usually when she would be done with either she'd pace around for a bit with her scanner to see if the Decepticon was around. So far, nothing. No sign, no anything. Where could this snake have gone?

Sunset parked her motorcycle suit on a curb, and she stepped off, and allowed her Headmaster suit to transform back into its rectangular storage case, sitting on her bike. Once she was on her feet, she began walking around for a bit, looking for where the Decepticon was. The signal on the screen kept on blinking and blinking with strong energy. It was close to where she was, but where?

She kept on walking towards it, but came to a stop. It was directly on her right.

The former pony turned herself around and halted when she found herself staring down a dark and dreary alleyway. Vertebreak was hiding here? Sunset gulped and slowly walked forward into the dark alleyway, looking for the Decepticon. Was he even here? She didn't see anything in sight.

She took a few steps forward, hearing her heeled boot step into a puddle of water leaking from a gutter leading to the roof. All around, it was completely dark, with the only sound being the water dripping down the gutter and forming an even bigger puddle than the one she stepped in.

Her eyes tried to look through the dark alleyway, and she shined a small flashlight around the darkness. Was Vertebreak even in here? But when she shined the light around, she flashed over something strange. Something long, metallic, and spiky almost like... a tail. What would something like that be there? But wait... a sliver of glowing red at an end of that strange thing. Some of the Cybertronian aliens she met had a few glows of light around their bodies, signifying they were lively and healthy. If that was a Cybertronian... was that Vertebreak? But wait... this didn't look like it belonged to Vertebreak. He was in bright colors, this thing was... dark. A very dark shade of blue.

But something else caught her attention that almost made her shriek. A pair of scary yellow eyes were staring down her soul and making her shake in her boots. And they weren't snake eyes that belonged to the fugitive they were after. This wasn't Vertebreak.

Sunset backed away slowly. She wasn't wearing her suit, and she didn't know who or what the figure was. She didn't even know what that part was connected to. For all she knew, it was part of something big and scary.

She got out of the alleyway, and got to her bike. She grabbed ahold of the suit converter, and she allowed it to transform itself onto her body, forming her Headmaster unit armor. She was most likely going to need it in case. Once she had it on, she moved back into the alleyway, to look for the strange metallic object she saw before. But when she shined a light again, it was gone. Nowhere to be seen, it had vanished.

"W-Who... who was that?"

Sunset stepped back into the daylight and pulled out her tracker. The signal was going far from her spot, and it was going off into another direction from where she was. She adjusted a knob to take a look where the logo was moving, and she looked at where it was going.

"Okay... far from the city. No matter, I'll find it. But wait... What if the others need help?" Sunset paused. "No... its okay. I can catch them up. But wait... no. I can't just leave them! What if they need help? No. I can't neglect them. Check in with them first, then go and find that signal. Better than leaving them in the dust," Sunset said.

Sunset had no idea who the figure was that she saw in the darkness. She didn't even know who he was. But the figure she had met was going far away from the city. He had found himself a car form to pose as, and he was driving away from the city and going into the wooded area of Canterlot; the Everfree forest.

The vehicle driving down the road was a strange one too. There were some spikes sticking out from the back of the car along with a spoiler, a pair of big wheels on the back sides raising it up a bit like a hot rod, small wheels in the front, and a tiny Decepticon insignia on the grill. And the entire vehicle was colored in shades of black, dark shades of blue, and light shades of gray. And no one seemed to notice the peculiar look of it as it drove down the road on its own to the Everfree.

Once it found the forest, it stood still for a moment, before changing its shape and changing into the Decepticon it had been the entire time. The Decepticon had the front cabin for its chest, the smaller wheels were formed into its heels, while the back wheels and the spoiler stuck out on its back. But the figure had more to him, two Decepticon marks on his shoulders, a swinging blue tail like that of a wolf, black talons, and the Decepticon's head had a wolf-like appearance. Its eyes were yellow, and there were ears pointed out from the sides of his head, along with a little black nose, and sharp fangs in his teeth.

Looking around, he found himself alone. No one in sight, no one to bother him. Not even a human was around to freak out over him.

"Finally... a place to relax, far from that crowded city. Now... lets see about building ourselves a home, shall we?" The Decepticon said as he began walking into the forest.

He walked down further into the woods, looking around him. Everything was so calm and relaxing. The sounds of birds singing filled the air, the little chirping of critters as they scampered about on the ground, and the sounds of the water sploshing around on the lake. Everything was music in the air, and was just so relaxing. This was perfect! This place was so calm, so lively, full of nature, this would make a perfect place to call his home. But now he had to build himself a house.

The Decepticon took a few more steps out of the trees, and found himself an open patch big enough for his size. He looked around, seeing what materials were available to him. Some trees had been cut down in this area, and all of them were stacked on top of another on a truck. Looked like a logging company had shown up to do some work.

"Okay... so the humans apparently like to destroy all of this beauty in sight. But... on the other hand I'm sure they won't mind if I borrow some of their now fallen trees to make myself a new home."

Walking towards the piles of dead tries that were chopped, he went to work. Grabbing the trees off the loading flatbed, he began placing them in piles so he could begin taking them apart for his home.

Little did the Decepticon wolf know there was someone else walking around in the woods. Another Decepticon just like him, only this one was slightly smaller than him. She had on dark black skin, with horns sticking out her head, purple lipstick, heeled legs, and spider legs sticking out of her back. She had been using the spider legs to do her walking for her and she was walking around the woods, looking for something. Something specific.

In her hand was a control console with a blinking Decepticon signal. She had been following the signal out into the woods, trying to locate the source.

"Hm... I wonder who our new Decepticon is. He certainly would make an excellent addition to my pack..."

The female spider-con stopped walking when she saw who the figure was and watched him rip apart some of the dead tries, trying to form a small little home for himself. Why was he out here? What was he doing? Maybe she could get him to join her?

"Decepticon!"

The wolf Decepticon turned around to face her and gave a friendly expression.

"Hello sister. Did you fall out of the sky too? I'm so glad we've found each other," the wolf said.

The female raised a brow, "What do you mean by fall out of the sky?"

"Oh that's right, you're confused. A spacecraft carrying Decepticon prisoners crashed in the sky above, I was in stasis with all of them. Next thing I know, I wake up here on this planet. Who are you?"

Airachnid smirked, "My name's Airachnid. Pleasure to meet another fellow Decepticon. But I must ask... why are you here in these woods?"

"Its quite simple. I've come here to make myself a home," the wolf said gesturing to the pile of logs he stole from the truck, "as I'm sure you are too?"

Airachnid's smirk went away, "No I am not. I came here to find you. Your tracking signal made it easy for me to find you," she said pointing to the Decepticon marks on his shoulders, "I am making a team to try and turn this world into a home for Decepticons. A place we can all rule... these organics are no longer in control. And its time we take their world..."

The wolf's face turned to a look of worry, "But thousands of these earthlings could be injured."

"I know... its absolutely wonderful, isn't it?"

"Stealing their building material is one thing, destroying their homes is going too far!" The wolf said, standing straight. Airachnid could see the Decepticon wolf was even taller than herself.

"What kind of Decepticon refuses to destroy? You're worse than Knockout," Airachnid said readying to attack.

He snarled, "Treachery... how like you Decepticons... well let me show you what treachery I can perform!"

The wolf snarled and made a leaping attack at Airachnid, throwing her onto her back. She didn't stay down for long as she swiped a long talon across his face, making a scratch on his pale skin, right near his eye. His eyebrows furled and he snarled again. Taking another shot, he swung his left claw to her face but missed. Once she got back up on her feet, she readied some more talons to start swinging.

"You will bow down to me!"

"I will not bow down to no one. You are not Megatron!"

The wolf made another strike, pinning her by the neck. Once he had a tight grip, he spun himself around, getting ready to throw her. Once he reached enough momentum, he let go of her, letting her hit her back and her head against the side of a boulder, rendering her unconscious.

Seeing that she was knocked out, he chuckled a bit before walking towards her with his bushy tail wagging side to side. His talons clashed together, creating a clanking noise as he started walking.

"We've got a bit of work to do... but I have something very important I need to do first..."

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Greetings Sister

Author's Note

I don't know, I'm weird and bored! :rainbowwild: Weirdwolf now that I think of it could be nicknamed Werewolf for all I know. :derpytongue2::pinkiecrazy:

Greetings Sister

We now return to the Transformers...

Sunset stood near her motorcycle, pacing back and forth waiting for the girls to pick up. What was taking them so long? This was urgent news that needed to be addressed.

"Come on... come on... if I don't get going soon, that Decepticon will be gone..." Sunset said sounding desperate.

A few seconds went by, and eventually the girls began to pick up.

"Sunset? What's wrong?" Twilight said on the other line.

"Darling, did you find Vertebreak?" Rarity asked.

"No, I didn't. But there's something you should know. Transmit this to the others," Sunset said.

"I've already sending it, continue."

Throughout the city, the girls and the Autobots all stopped what they were doing to listen to Sunset's message.

"I thought I saw Vertebreak down an alleyway but it turns out I was wrong. I think there's a chance I've found another Decepticon fugitive. The only clues I have are yellow eyes, and a long bushy tail like a wolf. I believe this Decepticon has canine-like features. I'm going to check out the signal of where he's gone, tell Fixit to look in the prisoner manifest for any Decepticon with canine features."

"Already on it Sunset. Go on ahead, we'll keep our search up for Vertebreak," Twilight said on the other line.

"Okay. Sunset out," Sunset finished.

Sunset hopped onto her bike and put her helmet on. Holding the handlebars, she revved the engine and she took off down the street, heading for the signal. And she had to move fast, she already wasted time telling the others what was going on, she had to find him now!

Sunset rode on her motorcycle throughout Canterlot City, eventually making her way onto another road leading straight through to the Everfree forest. She never stopped her bike nor herself from going there. She couldn't deviate from her path now, if she wanted to find that fugitive, she had to find him now. For all she knew, he could have been long gone or lost the signal.

Looking ahead, she stopped her motorcycle as it performed a drifting move along the gravel. The Everfree forest was right in front of her. She made it to her destination.

Her motorcycle converted itself into its robotic suit, and she flew up into the air and her suit converted into the head unit, snapping onto the body. Now having control of her suit, she began running into the Everfree forest, looking for the Decepticon. Unsure of where to start, she pulled out a console that could be held in her suit's hands and looked around on the screen. The signal wasn't there anymore. It was gone.

"Wait... how can the signal be gone?"

With no signal, she put the console away and looked down on the ground. There were giant footprints in the ground. Someone was walking here. And these were bigger than her feet.

I've got you now, Sunset thought. She began to follow the footsteps, deeper into the lively forest. So far it just looked the Decepticon kept on walking. It didn't obliterate any of these trees or destroy any of the land. But why? Decepticons despised Earth, why wouldn't he destroy these woods?

She stopped walking when she saw a big truck laying on its side in front of her, with an assortment of chains cut clean from the end of it. There were also several dents made into the side of the truck, along with the tires being blown out and turned into nothing but shredded rubber.

She bent down to take a look at the ruins of the truck, observing how they were taken out. The Decepticon clearly made the attack, but why did he steel some chains?

She stepped back up on her feet again, and continued to walk into the woods searching for the Decepticon.

Airachnid was unconscious for the longest time, completely knocked out. She didn't know what was going on around her, nor knew what that Decepticon hound was planning.

Her eyes slowly opened up, adjusting to the light and groaned in pain. And in her view on his knees was the Decepticon beast that attacked her before. Once her eyes opened up all the way, she was met with a chuckle from him.

"You clearly do not understand my meaning. I'm not here to attack or kill you. In fact, I want to help you sister. I'm sorry I attacked. I didn't know what you were going to do," Weirdwolf said adjusting the way he sat, "Look, yes, its true. I am a Decepticon like you, but I'm not like you. I don't want to take over this world for myself. I want to live here in peace, I've changed."

Airachnid snarled, "Changed into what? An Autobot?"

"I'm no Autobot," the wolverine snarled. "I may not be sided with them, but I still don't want this planet destroyed. And if it means having to restrain you like I've done, then so be it."

Airachnid looked down and saw her body covered in chains, along with her arms behind her back, and around her legs. To make matters worse, she felt pain near her thigh, and saw some blue liquid leaking from her side from a big cut.

"I apologize for my actions. Biting you wasn't my intention, but you gave me no choice," Weirdwolf said with sympathy.

Airachnid only growled some more, "When I get free I'm going to tear you apart!"

Weirdwolf smirked, "I wouldn't advise it sister. I'm much larger than your own size and I'm a lot stronger. Or are you unaware of my previous crimes?"

Airachnid said nothing else, but chose to be silent.

"Now, seeing how you aren't going to be going anywhere, I think now I can go about my own business. Now if I can just find someone else who shares my same views..." Weirdwolf said scratching his chin.

"Another Decepticon. Glad to see there are still some bots who aren't dead", Sunset interrupted.

She stepped from the side of the tree, staying underneath the darkness, her power suit's life blood glowing on the outside, along with her eyes glowing.

Shocked, he turned himself around quickly to see who it was that spoke to him. He stared closely towards Sunset, blinking a few times trying to make sure he wasn't blind. Was his vision off? Was there another Decepticon in his eyes? He turned himself around to get a closer look and saw the Decepticon logo on her chest. Another Decepticon, what a stroke of luck! Maybe this one was more nice than the one that was currently tied up.

"Greetings sister, I'm Weirdwolf. And you are?" Weirdwolf said.

Sunset froze. She hadn't even thought of a fake name, "Oh, I'm... Flame... wheels."

Weirdwolf chuckled, "I'm glad to see you are free, Flamewheels. Please, step into the light and join me. I wish to see who you are."

Sunset wasn't sure how to respond. On one hand, Airachnid could easily pick her out from her real identity, but on the other hand, this Decepticon doesn't even know anything about her yet. She could easily pass herself off as another Decepticon. And who knows, maybe she could get some information from him...

"Don't be shy sister. I'm not going to harm you," Weirdwolf said.

Sunset gulped. Well, no backing down now.

She walked forward slowly, exposing herself in the daylight, revealing her form to the Decepticon canine. Weirdwolf just simply smiled to the 'Decepticon' in front of her.

"Its a pleasure to meet you milady," Weirdwolf said taking a step forward and taking her hand. He took Sunset’s hand and pulled her in, dipping her back slightly and kissing her hand.

"Apologies for the sudden alarm, this is the way I give my greetings to the ladies," Weirdwolf said.

Sunset felt herself blushing inside of the head unit, but luckily it wasn't visible for the Decepticon to see.

"Oh, uh, o-okay..." Sunset stammered. She cleared her throat, "So... what are you doing here? And...", Sunset turned her head to look at the Decepticon logos that were clawed out on his shoulders, "What happened to your marks... brother?"

Weirdwolf tilted his left shoulder in front of him, giving Sunset a good view of his faded emblem.

"I destroyed it. And its tracking mechanism," Weirdwolf began before standing up straight again. "The Autobots mustn't capture me before I can prove to them that I have reformed, and I want to live here on this planet, in peace. As I'm sure you do too?"

Sunset couldn't believe what was coming from this canine.

"Uh, me? No, no, I wouldn't give up being a Decepticon, b-besides, I hate the Autobots. T-They locked me up in the ship in the first place along with you! Am I right?"

Weirdwolf continued to smirk, and he kept his calm composure, "True as that may be... I can't blame them for locking me up in that ship. With the crimes that I have committed and the actions that I've done, I can't blame them for being mad and wanting me locked up. But... despite of being locked up on that ship, I wish to make up for my actions and live a new life here on this world."

Sunset's suit raised a brow, as made from the controls inside of the head unit.

"You would rather live here, than on Cybertron?" Sunset asked.

Weirdwolf sighed, "I suppose it is rather ridiculous. But I can never go back to Cybertron. I'd be locked up again just the way the Autobots jailed me before I can explain any of my actions."

Sunset didn't say a word, but instead listened to what he had to say.

The Decepticon huffed, "Why am I even trying? The Autobots won't listen to me, especially after bailing from the Alchemor. And I wouldn't expect a Decepticon to understand how I feel."

"Actually... I do." Sunset said.

"Really?" Weirdwolf's ear twitched as he listened to Sunset. "Do you even know what its like to be blinded for years, to go down a path of darkness and hatred, only to find yourself having been on the wrong side and wanting to redeem yourself but no one would even give you the dime or the day to do so!?"

Sunset wasn't fazed by Weirdwolf's yell, but instead, her mask flipped down and a small smile was emoted on her head unit's face.

"I know how you feel Weirdwolf. And I know how it feels to want to redeem yourself but no one will give you the chance to do so."

Weirdwolf looked back to Sunset's head unit and offered a weak smile in return. This girl knew how he felt? Maybe there was some hope after all.

"You really do?" Weirdwolf asked.

Sunset nodded, "Well back at, ahem, on Cybertron, I did some really horrible things. Things I was ashamed of. Things I wish I never have done. But one day, someone showed me the light. She offered me a chance of redemption, a chance to make up for everything I've done. And because of her, I've found myself a way to try and make a new life for myself. But... I ended up being locked up on the Alchemor before I could make any apologies to anyone."

Weirdwolf still smiled, and he patted the wheeled shoulder of Sunset's motorcycle suit.

"I didn't know there were other Decepticons who felt the same way," Weirdwolf grinned, "Tell me more about yourself... Flamewheels. How were you captured?"

"How was I... captured?" Sunset drew a blank, she didn't even think of a cover story to tell the Decepticon. "Well I... its kind of embarrassing... I accidentally caused some property damage, and I assaulted an officer who got a little handsy over my body, trying to find weapons on me."

Weirdwolf stifled a chuckle, "Now, now, that isn't anything compared to my crimes. But getting back to the topic at hand, if you want to redeem yourself just like I do, how exactly can we do that? The Autobots won't want to listen to someone who wears this--" Weirdwolf said pointing to his Decepticon logos.

"Well I guess its a good thing you're talking to someone who wears this," Sunset said. Before Weirdwolf could respond, the sound of clanking metal and gears turning was heard as the Decepticon logo on her chest adjusted and flipped itself around, revealing an Autobot logo instead. Weirdwolf's eyes widened as he saw the mark on her chest.

"Y-You're... Y-You..."

Sunset giggled, "Its okay. I'm not going to turn you in. If you want to make up for your actions on Cybertron and live here on Earth in peace, then I'll give you a chance to prove yourself. Everyone's worthy of redemption, and I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt."

Weirdwolf felt a smile creep up on his face and his spark warm up. This was really happening?

"I... I don't know what to say..." Weirdwolf said.

Sunset smiled inside of her head unit and she pulled Weirdwolf in and gave him a hug, catching him by surprise. He had no idea what she was doing.

"Um... what are you doing?"

Sunset pulled back, "You never had a hug before?"

"I'm going to say no, and I don't know what that is."

"Oh. Well, here on this planet, its a custom done by the humans as a way to show some appreciation towards one another, or sometimes whenever someone needs comfort in times of pain," Sunset explained.

Weirdwolf's ears twitched, "I see..."

Sunset smiled, "Come on. I'll take you to my friends. We can all work out a plan to discuss your probation."

Sunset's suit transformed into its motorcycle form, and the head unit flew into the air bending its shape back into her real body covered in the fighting suit. Looking back, she saw Airachnid still struggling to get free.

"Wait... what do we do with Airachnid?" Sunset asked.

"Airachnid won't be able to get out of her restraints. The chains are too strong for her build. Now can we get going? I'm a little interested in meeting your friends."

Sunset smiled in her helmet even though the Decepticon couldn't see it. Simply, she gave a nod, getting the canine to smile.

Weirdwolf's body transformed into the vehicular form that he had scanned not too long ago. When the final piece of his body had folded together into his vehicle form, the two vehicles let out a mighty roar from their engines and they kicked up a cloud of dirt and dust behind them and fled the woods.

Airachnid just sat and watched as they left the woods without leaving a trace behind, except for the skidmarks that were made into the dirt they kicked up. Instead, she just smirked as she watched them leave.

"So there's now another enemy to add to our list. Very well... he won't live along with the rest of the Autobots."

Airachnid's spider legs snapped through the chains, allowing her to get free. She got back up on her feet and used her spider legs to raise her up into the air. Looking down, she saw the cut made on her skin that was still bleeding blue with Energon.

"But... it'll be another day. Another day Weirdwolf... another day."

Airachnid's body folded itself together to transform into her helicopter form, and she flew up into the air, blowing some leaves and dirt all around her in a wave. Having her flight ability accessed, she took off into a separate direction, going straight back to her pack.

The Transformers will return after these messages...

My Lunch With A Wolf

Author's Note

This chapter is finally out! :yay: Including a nod to Shadowmane PX-41. Enjoy!

Also, I am going to be attending my sister's graduation so I'll be offline for a bit. Also I am severely sick, haven't slept and I keep thinking I'm dying. Hopefully none of you have my sickness.:pinkiesick:

My Lunch With A Wolf

We now return to the Transformers...

Back in the city, the girls were now walking together in an attempt to look for Vertebreak. But alas, they were having no luck. Whenever they kept finding a signal belonging to him, they always failed to find him. Where could that snake have gone? But their situation wasn't gaining any good luck.

Whenever a signal blinked for them to go find it, they always went into that direction. But by the time they had arrived to the pinpoint, the signal was gone, and they had to go to another direction after seeing a new signal. What made it even stranger was that he wasn't even in sight. Where could he have gone?

Out of all of the girls in the group, Rainbow Dash was the most impatient. She was too worried for the health of Sideswipe and it was starting to get to her.

"UGH! Can't we just split up into smaller groups!? We can cover more ground from there," Rainbow said.

"Rainbow, Sideswipe was knocked out because he was by himself. We don't even know how strong this 'Vertebreak' is. Better to be in bigger groups than risk the chance we can all get captured," Applejack said.

"But I... I can't... AGH! I can't just let that Con get away with Sideswipe's kidney!"

"Uh, it was a transformation cog," Fluttershy quietly said.

"I still can't just let him get away with it! Sideswipe means everything to me, I'll do anything I can to make sure he gets his cog back."

"As noble as that is Rainbow, we can't just go off into a random direction trying to find him. His signal keeps on dropping and every time he comes back, he's in a different location," Twilight said sighing, "I hope Sunset's having better luck than we are."

"Yeah... although don't you think its weird Sunset just ran off and hasn't called us back yet? She shouldn't be gone that long," Pinkie said, "Unless she's secretly got a cave where she's stored lots of cake!"

"Um... I don't think that would be the case," Fluttershy said.

"Maybe she's on her way back with the Decepticon. For all we know she caught him, or her, depending on who she found," Twilight said.

"Um Twilight? I think she's on her way back... and she has the Decepticon with her..." Pinkie said pointing ahead of them.

The six girls turned around to see Sunset riding on her motorcycle speeding towards them with a blue muscle car driving right behind her. And immediately they began to transform their weapons, ready for action.

Sunset skidded across the concrete road on her bike, trying to halt it as she moved closer to her friends. She moved quickly enough and she slammed the breaks on the bike and slided it across the ground and looked up to her friends.

"Hey girls," Sunset said before taking off her helmet, letting her fiery hair flow, "Did you find Vertebreak yet?"

The blue muscle car slowly pulled up behind her and sat there, waiting for when they would want to know more about him.

"No we didn't. He keeps appearing and disappearing everywhere and every time we try to find him, he's nowhere to be seen," Twilight said before looking at the Decepticon, "Why is there a Decepticon with you?"

Sunset looked to the car behind her and chuckled, "Oh, uh... well..." Sunset cleared her throat, "Girls I'm making a new decision. I met this Decepticon back in the woods. He's one of the escaped prisoners from the Alchemor. Weirdwolf, transform!"

Weirdwolf obeyed and he converted himself into his alternate form, revealing his wolf-like structure.

"Greetings sisters," Weirdwolf said with a bow.

The girls, still wearing their power suits, all snarled at him.

"Sunset. Why is he following you, and why isn't he in stasis cuffs?" Rainbow asked gritting her teeth.

"That's the other thing girls," Sunset said, "He's on probation."

"WHAT!?" All of the girls yelled.

"Sunset, you... you... Let me get this straight. You're letting him just walk out in the open with you without any form of restraint on him?" Twilight said.

"Yes, I am. I'm showing him a sign that I can trust him," Sunset replied, "And I'm keeping my eye on him to make sure he won't do anything. He's under my supervision."

"Sunset, why are you letting him even walk with you?"

Weirdwolf raised a paw to get their attention.

"Your friend Flamewheels, ahem, Sunset... my apologies, is allowing me to be on probation so I can prove to you and your Autobot friends that I am reformed, and want to live here now, peacefully."

They didn't change their facial expressions, and continued to give dirty looks to the canine.

"Girls...", Sunset said.

"Sunset. I really don't think this is a good idea. Also, just looking on the prisoner manifest, I'm not sure if its wise to have him be in probation."

"Why?" Sunset asked.

Twilight's suit converted back into a motorcycle, allowing her to get back on her real feet. She pulled out a handheld console and pulled up the prisoner manifest, revealing his mugshot as it came onto her screen.

"We looked ahead, and we found a few mugshots and profiles that related to Decepticons with canine structures. But this one was the closest one we found matching what you said," Twilight said. "It says that Weirdwolf here, worked for Megatron."

Sunset looked back at Weirdwolf still keeping a friendly look, and looked back at the girls.

"So? Knockout worked for Megatron and he's with us."

"It doesn't end here...", Rainbow said, "We read some more, and he's committed a ton of crimes. Stole weaponry, caused property damage, defied arrest, and the most recent note it says he murdered his teammates when he was sent on a mission to retrieve the Allspark."

The girls looked back from Twilight over to the canine who gave a nervous chuckle, but still stayed with them. Even Sunset gave a nervous look.

Weirdwolf cleared his throat, "Okay... about that last part, I'm going to tell you girls now, I didn't murder my teammates. Yes I did steal things for the Decepticons, and yes I defied arrest from police officers, but I didn't kill any of my comrades in cold blood. That was all of the doing of a very peculiar Decepticon," he said with a snarl.

"Why do you say you didn't kill them when it clearly says so on your profile?" Applejack asked.

"I'll give you my side of the story. But... shouldn't we talk somewhere else? We're in the middle of a street and I'm positive the humans here use this road every day. No point in going on it if there's a giant canine and several Headmasters blocking it."

Sunset looked around, and sure enough he was right. There were some people trying to drive around and they weren't too happy.

"He's right. We should talk somewhere else. And I know where we can talk," Sunset said.

Once they got out of the streets, Sunset led them all to a diner for them to eat some much needed lunch. Luckily for them it was an outdoor place, so Weirdwolf's size was big enough for them to sit with them. Although he did receive many angry stares from the civilians that saw him sit with the girls, especially since he had Decepticon logos on his shoulders.

But the inside of the restaurant was styled with a 1950s style. Red seats, chrome plating on some of the walls and on the countertop, and there was a checkered floor like racing flags. Also around them were several posters of a few bands, some cars, and even a few advertising posters.

On the outside, there were several circular tables with a few umbrella's over them, blocking the sunlight from their eyes. Luckily this wasn't a problem for Weirdwolf.

"Sunset, are you sure its wise to speak here? With all of these humans here, especially since I'm wearing these," he said pointing to his logos, "I'm not sure I'll be welcome here."

"Don't worry, you'll be okay. You're with us," Sunset said.

"Sunset, I have to agree with Mr. Weirdwolf; this doesn't seem like such a good idea," Rarity said, "With all of these people here, it could ruin our image."

"Rarity, once they see how nice of a guy he is, its gonna change his image. Especially if he's hanging out with us," Sunset said.

"Okay...", Rarity said biting her teeth.

Weirdwolf looked around, observing everyone all dining in peace.

"So this place is..."

"Its a diner. Its one of many places we go to so we can refuel and get the energy we need to live. Kind of like how you guys eat Energon."

Weirdwolf nodded, "I see. And I must say this place as a very interesting style of decor."

Sunset looked around, observing the decor.

"Oh that's another thing. Many diners and restaurants in this town have their own style of decoration. This place is decorated with the trends and memories of the1950s, one of the timelines on this planet," Sunset replied.

"But I have to ask, why did you invite me here? Isn't this place only for human consumption?"

"Well here's the other thing. Since the Autobots have been living here, they've begun to open up some of these places for the Bots to eat at. So Energon and anything that you guys call fuel is on the menu for you."

Weirdwolf looked at the menu on the table with the label that read Cybertronian Menu. His eyes went from left to right as he read what they had available, and a smirk came on his face.

"I think I'll order some Energon if you don't mind," Weirdwolf stated.

"Of course," Sunset said, "Lets see... what is on the menu for today?"

As the girls read through their menus, the waitstaff came by to their table.

"Good afternoon, my name is Trayline, I will be your waiter for today," the waiter said holding a notepad in his hand. "May I start you all off with something to drink?"

"Um, sure, I would like the plain milk please," Sunset said.

"Alright," the waiter said taking down the note. But he paused as he looked up to the wolf-con sitting next to Sunset. "Anything for you... sir?"

Weirdwolf shook his head, "No thank you sir."

"Very well," the waiter said unsure.

Once the waiter took all of their orders, he went off to go fill them out to the staff in the kitchen, all the while the group continued to sit together and talk.

"So... Werewolf--" Rainbow began.

"Weirdwolf."

"--Weirdwolf... is sitting with a bunch of humans weird to you?"

"Nope."

Rainbow raised a brow, "You sure?"

The Decepticon chuckled, "I'm positive. I actually thought your friend Sunset here was a human the minute she showed off her Headmaster abilities. The Headmaster bodies are more bulky and blocky, but with the suit your friend had, it had no resemblance to the Headmasters I've seen... also a couple of humans have seen me and I have actually interacted with a few of them. One of which was quite crazy and insisted on taking me in as an alien pet."

"Wait. Did he look old, tinfoil hat?" Applejack asked.

"Disgusting and ragged tank top?" Rarity cringed.

"Yes... you know him?"

"Oh yeah we do. He's my neighbor next door, he's um... interesting."

"And by interesting you mean interestingly crazy!" Pinkie screamed, "He keeps stalking us and claiming we're aliens just because he saw a few videos of our magic!"

Weirdwolf's head tilted and his ears turned a bit, "Magic?"

"Uh, its a long story," Sunset said.

"But if you don't mind, I have a question to ask you. Just how did you get thrown onto the Alchemor in the first place, if you said you didn't commit murder? Care to explain that little detail?" Rainbow said raising a brow.

Weirdwolf just smiled still keeping himself calm.

"I will gladly do so. Now where was that? Oh now I remember. During a mission on Cybertron, I was assigned with two Decepticons to extract the Allspark from the Cybertron Elite Guard. However what I didn't know during this was that the Decepticons had learned I was planning on betraying them and going off on my own to find my own home in peace. But during that mission..."

Weirdwolf walked in an abandoned city on a corner of Cybertron that was lifeless and dead. There were no lights, the ground was dark and gray, and the only bits of life were himself and the two Decepticons that walked with him.

"Okay... Fright Face, Fangs. The Autobot base is just up ahead. Once we sneak in, we can grab the Allspark and get out of this lifeless town," Weirdwolf said.

"Only one thing we need to do first Weirdwolf," Fright Face said.

"And what's that?"

"This."

Looking behind him, the two Decepticons pulled out guns and pointed it to him as the warmed up with energy ready to fire.

"Wait... what is this?"

"Its lights out for you Weirdwolf. Shockwave knows you've been thinking about betraying us," Fangs said.

"No... No, I haven't! I swear to Solus Prime, I haven't been considering the very thought!" Weirdwolf panicked. He slowly backed away with his hands up in surrender.

"There's no point in trying to plead your innocence Weirdwolf. The boss knows you're a defector. And now... you're going to be put down. Bye bye wolfie..."

"Wait a minute!"

"Who's Fright Face and Fangs?" Pinkie asked tilting her head, "They don't even sound like real bots."

Weirdwolf sighed, "They were canine Decepticons like me, can we keep moving?"

"But what kind of names are those? They just sound silly," Pinkie giggled.

"And yet your name is Pinkie Pie, yet I see no signs of the term 'pie' within your look."

Pinkie giggled, "Point taken."

"Just keep going. What happened next?" Twilight asked.

"Well, just as they were getting ready to fry my spark..."

"Bye bye wolfie..."

Weirdwolf backed up some more, bracing himself for when he would be met with several shots going right through his spark and armor.

But before Fright Face could make the shot, a large hammer was thrown to his face, knocking him down to the ground, while the hammer landed behind him. Weirdwolf's eyes slowly opened and he noticed the hammer on the ground. He turned his head and saw a pair of glowing red eyes in the alleyway.

"What the..."

"Relax... I'm not gonna kill you... I'm gonna kill them."

Jumping up into the air, the Decepticon pounded on the other standing Decepticon and Weirdwolf could only stand and watch in horror as the mystery Con slaughtered him to pieces. Wiring was ripped out of his chest, pieces of armored plating was pulled off, and the Con that was pinned to the ground was screaming in agony and pain.

"No... please! Grant me mercy!"

"There is no mercy from me... and tonight you pay for the price of our planet's desecration..."

Weirdwolf could only stand in horror as he watched the mystery machine mutilate his former partners. He had no interest in interfering and trying to save them. They had found him out and they were planning on killing him, so what was the point?

A few minutes had past when the mystery Decepticon emerged from the shadows, claiming his victory. Weirdwolf's former allies that were about to kill him were now dead. Destroyed. Obliterated by another Decepticon. But there was just one thing he needed to know...

"W-Who are you? Why did you save me?"

The Decepticon turned himself around and he stared at Weirdwolf with a pair of menacing red eyes, that illuminated. And staring at his face, he could see a few features on his body. There was a bit scar running down his face, big Decepticon insignias on fins that resembled car doors that stuck out of his back, a vehicular grill on his chest with a few headlights on it, and tires built into his legs.

"I only saved you because I've seen you... you think like me... you want nothing of this war, to have no part of it... and those two carried Energon that I need to live... You've just given me the energy boost I need. And for that, I eternally thank you..."

Weirdwolf only stared with his menacing glowing eyes, "Well then, I humbly thank you for doing so."

The Decepticon just grinned evilly.

"Your welcome... now go. The Cybertronian Police Force will be giving chase, and I know you don't wish to be locked up for your crimes."

Weirdwolf nodded quickly, "Right. Thanks again."

Weirdwolf's body converted into a car mode that hovered in the air, and he zoomed off down the empty road in an attempt to flee the scene, not looking back to see the Decepticon drag the corpses of his former partners...

"... After the police forces found me, I tried to plead my innocence, but they wouldn't hear it. So I wound up locked up on the Alchemor, and from there, I lost all hope to redeem myself... until now."

"But why do you want to live here on this planet?" Fluttershy asked.

"Because on this planet, there is so much life to be discovered, and a divine culture to thrive from. And on this planet, I can begin a new life for myself far from the endless war, in peace. Now is that so wrong?" Weirdwolf asked with puppy-dog eyes.

Fluttershy stared at the wolf-con with an unamused look, both eyebrows furled at him.

"What? Nothing?" Weirdwolf asked.

Fluttershy shook her head.

"Huh. Usually the eyes work on most of the Cybertronians," Weirdwolf shrugged.

"Not all of us," Applejack said.

Far off on another table, an older couple sat and stared at the strange being that sat at the table with the girls. Neither one of them were looking particularly pleased to see that a Decepticon of all people was sitting with them.

"Mmm... a Decepticon, don't you see dearie?"

"Yes, I see it quite clearly. Can't believe a disgusting creature like that is in this facility..."

Weirdwolf's ear twitched and he let out a wolf snarl when he heard who called to him. But he didn't attack. Instead he turned his head halfway to look at the snooty couple and snarled at them, revealing his wolf-ish form which sent chills down their spines.

"Hey!" Sunset snapped.

Weirdwolf stopped and sighed, "I apologize for the snarling, but there was a couple back there saying highly rude things about me and I don't appreciate it. Maybe we shouldn't have come here."

"Its going to be alright, you just need to ignore them. Before I ever became a leader for the Autobots, I was hated by everybody when I stepped into this restaurant. It'll be okay, besides the service here is great."

"Even during a fight!" Pinkie smiled.

Weirdwolf's eyes widened, "Wait, what are you saying? You're saying the service here is still great even during a fight?"

Rainbow chuckled evilly, "Oh yeah... you want to see?"

Weirdwolf shook his head, "I would prefer to eat in peace with you girls as company instead of trying to fight for my food in another endless battle if you don't mind."

"Aw... party pooper," Rainbow groaned.

The wolf just chuckled.

"You seem to like excitement, am I correct?"

"Yeah, I do. It gets so boring when there's nothing to do or no one to save," Rainbow said.

"Well with the amount of Decepticons you girls have faced I'm sure you must receive quite a lot of excitement," Weirdwolf replied.

Rainbow grinned, "Yep."

Weirdwolf just smiled back, but his smile turned back into a growl when he heard the couple behind him, his ears twitching, listening in on their conversation.

"Okay, can someone please hold me back? Those two are starting to really anger me..."

Sunset turned to look at the couple and she groaned.

"Oh those two. Transmit and Transport. They're rich, always look down on people like us, and they'll do anything to make someone look bad. They tried to make me look like I was back to being bad again once, and they even tried to make one of the Autobots look bad."

"Urgh... sounds awfully familiar to something I saw on Cybertron..." Weirdwolf huffed.

"Just ignore them, and they won't bother us. They're just trying to get a rise out of you," Applejack said.

Weirdwolf's ear twitched again and the girls listened to the sound of footsteps. The couple was walking from their table and looked like they were getting ready to leave as shown by the payment that was on the table for their waiter. But before they left the place, they stopped and walked towards the group of girls.

"They're coming this way..." Weirdwolf whispered still growling.

"Just let us handle this. We've dealt with them before," Twilight said.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Sunset Shimmer and her friends. I'm surprised they allowed you seven in this place after all of the destruction you girls keep causing with those on-again off-again battles with those Decepticons."

"We have a right to eat here just as much as anyone else," Rainbow snapped, "So why don't you just go about your business and leave us alone?"

"Oh we will... when we're dead!" Transmit laughed.

The girls looked unamused as they stared at the uptight couple who shared a laugh that didn't even sound like real laughter.

"Those laughs are not right," Pinkie whispered, "They don't even sound like they're laughing!"

Once their laughs died down, they continued to stare at the girls with smug looks.

"Now may I ask why you have a Decepticon in the restaurant? I thought they only served food to those machines you call your friends," Transport said with her nose up in the air.

Sunset scrunched her face with her hand, "I really do not need this today..."

"And what's that? Another Decepticon ready to kill you, or more destruction to those around you?"

"Perhaps you should stand down friend," Weirdwolf interrupted, standing up from the table.

The couple froze when they realized how tall the Decepticon was compared to them. He towered over them with a shadow, and a scary snarl on his face.

"You probably don't know how much hardwork and determination these girls put in to their lives to try and save your planet. They put their real lives on hold just to keep people like you from going into an extinction and you show no appreciation for it. You come in here acting all high and mighty and you have nothing to show for it. So if you think its a good idea to insult them out in the open for their hard work..."

Weirdwolf crouched down and got right up in their faces, his snarling teeth visible to the pale faces of the frightened pair.

"I want to see you two just try to take down a Decepticon. Like me..."

The couple stood for a few seconds, unsure of how to react. Shrug it off? No, they needed to have a good comeback. Run in terror? No that wouldn't look good for their reputation. Luckily, with their minds thinking alike, they came up with a response.

"Well, we're not going to. We have no interest in quarreling with a creature like you."

"Then I strongly suggest you leave now. You mess with them... and you mess with the Autobots... and me," Weirdwolf glared as he kept moving closer to them with his snarling mouth.

They said nothing, but instead turned around and walked away with their noses in the air and a hmmph. The wolf just shook his head and walked away back to his table and sat down with the girls.

"I'm sorry for giving them attitude, but I couldn't stand a thing they were saying to you. They had no right to be rude and I--"

"Weirdwolf. Don't apologize, its okay," Sunset smiled.

"Really?"

"We've barely been able to stand against them since we're so focused on other things, plus we don't even have anything clever to use against them. Except now when we brought in a wolf in the restaurant!" Pinkie squeed.

"Honestly, I'm just glad you didn't go and attack them with your claws," Rarity said.

"Y-You really think so?"

Sunset looked behind and she could see his long tail wagging side to side making her giggle.

"Yes, we do. And I can see someone's happy back there," Sunset giggled.

"Its a reaction I have for when I'm feeling joy. Something I've had with me since my creation," Weirdwolf said, "S-Sorry it looks weird..."

"Its not weird. I think its actually kind of cute," Fluttershy said.

Weirdwolf felt himself blush, "You think it is?"

"Uh huh," Fluttershy said.

"Oh, well, um... thank you."

Sunset and the others just chuckled. At least he was still behaving himself around them, and he didn't attack anyone. This was already starting to look like a good start.

"Okay, so now that that's out of the way, I know what we're gonna do after lunch. After we're done, we're gonna show him just what we do in our downtime," Sunset asked.

"I would love to join you girls in some down time. That is unless you have more important agendas you must attend?" Weirdwolf asked.

"I think we can work our way around it. Lets just focus on what we have going on now, we'll get there when we get there," Sunset finished.

"Um... Sunset?" Twilight whispered, "Vertebreak?"

Sunset nodded, "I haven't forgotten Twilight. Don't worry, I'll work a way around that. I promise we'll get him. Lets just focus on eating our food."

Once Twilight and Sunset finished speaking, the waiter came around with their dishes and he put them out on the table for them. And he even put down a plate with an Energon cube for the Decepticon.

When the waiter finished, he walked off to attend other orders while the girls and the Decepticon began eating their meals. One thing was for sure on the girls minds. This was going great so far. Maybe Weirdwolf wasn't as bad as they think he was. Unless he had some other motive up his claws by being polite to them...

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Old Memories Hurt

Author's Note

Just to let you know, I am throwing something in here. I put in an explanation for how there is all of these primitive Transformers since I didn't think they got a lot of explanation, and I thought there should be some explanation for them in this series since it combines with a few others. World-building is necessary right?

Old Memories Hurt

We now return to the Transformers...

Underground, far below Canterlot City, was a set of subways. Since there was no ground above for train transportation, they built subways underground for people to travel faster. However, much like the subways in Manehattan, these subways were dark, damp, and disgusting. They were barely clean, the walls were covered with graffiti, and disgusting residue leaked from the top of the ceilings.

But in this underground passageways, there was something that no one, not even the humans could pick up on. An unscheduled and unknown train was riding the rails underground. The train was colored in white, with glowing orange neon circles around the wheels and axles, and orange colored streaks on the sides of the passenger cars.

All throughout the subways, it kept on zooming past passengers and other trains, not even taking a second to look around it. This train was on a non-stop schedule bound for its destination.

The subway train zoomed for 10 more minutes before grinding to a halt in one of the passageways on a crossing. Once it stopped, steam puffed from the bottom of the wheels as the transport began to calm down. Soon, it began to convert its shape.

The train began to fold itself together, making it a little smaller than it was before, and near the front, a snake-like head began to form with a pair of yellow deathly eyes. Three arms began to slide out from the front, two on the sides, and one singular claw in the middle with two talons. The figure had changed back into his alternate form ready to move.

He turned his head to a wall, near a crevice that was covered with plywood and boards, sealing the entrance off. He pulled the pieces off, and he slithered inside the entrance, making sure every part of him didn't get caught or run over by another oncoming train. As soon as he made it inside, he sealed the entrance with the boards again.

Slithering along the ground, he entered inside a dark and ominous room. There were a few electrical generators that were sizzling with electricity sparks, chains hung from the ceiling, and all around were tables with science equipment and chemistry sets.

"Now that I'm here... its time to return to my experiments."

Vertebreak slided over to one of his tables and pulled out a few blueprints. Using his hands, he pulled out some other supplies, including a little device displaying holographic screens with pictures of strange creatures who had giant X's over them.

"No... no... no!" Vertebreak screamed, "I can't return to Cybertron with all of these! These are useless! I need a new experiment, something to really get back at all of those bolt brains... But what can I use?"

Vertebreak hit his fingers on the hologram screen, displaying some images from the very planet. And as the images kept on flipping, each one was showing a different form of life.

"This planet has the weirdest life forms... and I thought the lifeforms on Cordax are weird," Vertebreak muttered to himself.

He flipped through more pictures and found a few weird photos. Many of them were of humans taking pictures together, and a bunch of them had the strangest of poses. One in particular showed a teenager at a rock and roll concern with a mohawk, his tongue sticking out and his index finger and pinky finger sticking up while his middle finger and ring finger were tucked away.

Vertebreak tilted his head in confusion and looked at his left hand. Lowering his middle finger, and tucking away his thumb, he extended his index finger and pinky finger out, creating the same pose. Then he squinted his eyes observing the poster again, and stuck his tongue out making the same silly expression.

His tongue slided back in his mouth and his hand slapped his side.

"These organics are weird."

As he kept on flipping through the photos, he stopped when he saw an interesting picture in mind. One with the same Autobot he attacked, and it he was with a cyan-tone colored girl with rainbow colored hair.

"Hm... friends?"

Vertebreak scrolled through more pictures and his curiosity enticed him to keep on looking. The first photos were of these strange humans, but now he was finally getting to the juicy stuff. Pictures of the humans with the Autobots were taken from people's phones were now showing, and a bunch of them were mostly showing the Autobots with their friends.

"It would seem as if the Autobots have taken a new life on this planet. And if they've made friends with these humans... then maybe I can use one of them for my new experiment. The Crystal City Science Council won't even see it coming... Yes, a new hybrid of machine and organic..." Vertebreak let out a maniacal laughter, "Prepare your doom you old bucket of bolts, my revenge will be swift, and painful!!!"

Vertebreak's laughter echoed all throughout his underground lab, and it all stay muffled inside of the enclosed room. No one from the outside could even hear him plan out his plot...

The Autobots over at the base couldn't believe what Sunset had done. Standing in front of them was a Decepticon fugitive, and Sunset was letting it stand next to her freely without any bonds whatsoever. How could she do something that's so utterly stupid and dangerous?

"Sunset, what were you thinking!?" Tracks shrieked, "You can't just let this fugitive wander freely! He's in the top of Cybertron's Most Wanted for spark's sake!"

"Tracks, I know. But if he's in the top most wanted, how come I found him with a chained up Airachnid along with the fact that he's behaved himself the entire time he's been with me and the girls?"

"Ma'am, with all due respect, this Decepticon has manipulation and deception logged into his mugshot. He could be manipulating you this very instant," Strongarm snapped.

"Strongarm--"

"No, for once, Strongarm's correct. This Decepticon is most likely a danger to you and your friends, how can you let him wander without a leash?"

"Tracks--"

"You can't be this trusting Sunset, he should be dismantled, and thrown into a Decepticon junkyard!"

"ENOUGH!" Sunset screamed at the top of her lungs, silencing everyone. "I know you're not thrilled with my decision, but do I need to remind you that I'm in charge right now? Optimus is still away with his away team and he left me in charge. I know what I'm doing, and I'm going to continue doing things the way I would do it. Even though offering a chance of redemption is something Optimus would do, I'm gonna do it too."

Strongarm and Tracks groaned in annoyance as they stomped off.

"20 credits says that monster attacks her," Tracks whispered.

Sunset groaned and stomped away. She may have upset some of the Bots, but she wasn't going to give up her decision. This Con was still behaving fine, they just needed to get to know him some more.

Wandering into the lounge room, she smiled when she saw the same wolf again who was patiently waiting for her and the rest of the girls. And it would seem he was starting to get along with some of the girls. With the shrinking technology, he was shrunken down to human size which gave him opportunity to interact with their everyday technology and life.

"So Sunset, why exactly did you have them shrink me down to your size?"

"Its fun. Plus with the size you are now, you'll be able to experience what we do every day. Its more fun this way," Sunset smiled.

Weirdwolf smiled back. Sunset looked closely and she saw his tail wagging side to side, making her giggle, and apparently everyone else too.

"Weirdwolf, mind if I can ask you a question? For scientific curiousity of course," Twilight hesitated.

"I don't mind. You may feel free to ask me as many questions as you desire, and I'll see if I can do my best to answer them."

"Oh, perfect! I wanted to ask, how come you have this, canine-like appearance? Most of the Cybertronians we know have natural bodies kind of like us humans, but how come you have this primitive form?"

"I will gladly explain. You see, during the war for Cybertron, the Autobots and Decepticons began departing our home and going across the world and scanning different forms of organic life. They believed that possessing different forms other than simple vehicles would provide a bigger advantage and strengths in the war. So they simply went to worlds with organic life, ran a few scans on the many forms of life there, and returned back to Cybertron to use for some of our creations. And most of the organic life they scanned I believe is from your world."

"Like the Dinobots being forged from dinosaurs, and the Predacons formed from predators," Twilight replied.

"Correct. But as for how they come into existence, most of us primitives are forged in our early creation dates."

"So, this means that a majority of the primitive Cybertronians were born with those features," Sunset said.

"Exactly. Just like me. I was born with this primitive style of your Earth wolves, hence why some features of me move like your natural creatures," he said pointing to his twitching ears and wagging tail.

Sunset nodded, "I see... And I guess this would also explain why bots like Pseudo look like an insect--"

Weirdwolf gave a small but acknowledging smile.

"Why you look like a wolf--"

He nodded again.

"Or even why Vertebreak looks like a snake."

Weirdwolf's body froze and his tail jolted in place, and his ears stuck up. A snarl formed in his mouth, and they could hear him growl.

"Who... did you say looked like a snake?"

Sunset froze, "Um... did I say something to offend you?"

Weirdwolf stopped himself for a brief second and took a moment to breathe in and out, "I'm sorry. But I just hoped I wouldn't have to hear that name again."

"Vertebreak?" Pinkie asked.

Weirdwolf snarled again, "Yes... that wretched snake..."

Sunset and Twilight's eyes darted back and forth with concern, both going to the wolf, and to each other, and back to the wolf.

"Weirdwolf, do you have something against Vertebreak?"

Weirdwolf sighed in and out.

"Yes... I do. There's something I never told anyone, but it is in my dossier," he said pointing to the little control pad in Sunset's hand.

Sunset pulled up the control pad again, and she pulled up Weirdwolf's profile.

"Third paragraph below. You'll see what I mean," he said back to his calm composure.

Sunset squinted her eyes and cleared her throat, "Okay I see. It says you used to work for Vertebreak, but you immediately stopped working for him when you finally found out about his experiments."

Weirdwolf nodded, "I saw horrible things. Despicable things. Things that no organic life should ever go through. He mutated them, he turned innocent life forms into monsters... and he... he...took away my brother."

"Huh?", the girls asked.

"Vertebreak... took away my brother..."

"What?"

Weirdwolf growled, "Vertebreak took away my brother!"

Sunset and the girls gasped.

"He... he did what?"

Weirdwolf scrunched his face, "The day I quit working for him... was the day I lost the only family I had. The closest thing I had to a friend was my brother, and he... he took him away..."

Weirdwolf covered his face, unable to look any of them in the eye.

"Hey, hey, come here..." Sunset pulled him in, and patted the little fins sticking out his back. "Its okay... Shhh..."

She rubbed his back and she could hear him calming down, breathing heavily.

Twilight felt her phone vibrating in one of her pockets and she pulled it out, reading a signal.

"Girls. Fugitive is on the move," Twilight said, "I think you know who."

They nodded and slowly backed off from Sunset holding Weirdwolf in a hug.

"Um... Sunset? Are you gonna--" Rainbow asked.

"You girls go on ahead. I'm gonna catch up with you later. Stay together and stay in contact. Okay?" Sunset asked.

"We got it. We'll see you later," Twilight said before she and the others ran out of the room to go leave.

Sunset continued to hold Weirdwolf until he finally backed away from the hug, a few leaks of lubricant visible from his eye. Sunset slowly wiped the tears away and offered a sympathetic look.

"Weirdwolf, I am so sorry..."

"Sunset, its alright. You didn't know, and neither did any of you," he said, breathing in and out.

Sunset thought what could she do. He looked distressed out of his mind. What could she do to cheer him up? Wait... he only crash landed in a part of the desert. Did he even get to see much of their world? Maybe she could show him around?

"Hey, I have an idea. You want to see what this world has to offer?"

Weirdwolf nodded, "I would like to see more of this planet. But, I thought we were going to hang out with your friends?"

"We can catch up with them later. You look upset, I think you need some time to calm down first. You in?"

The wolf paused for a moment and came to a nod.

"Perfect! Follow me, we've got to get you back to your normal size, and I've got to put on my suit."

Sunset walked first, and the ex-Con followed right behind her. What could she possibly have up her sleeve?

Weirdwolf had acquired his full size and strength once again, and Sunset had slipped back into her Phoenix Prime power suit, ready to roll with the wolf. The two of them stood in front of a pathway that was paved, and above them were giant metallic circular rings surrounding the pathways that engulfed the pathway in.

"You two ready?" Ratchet asked.

"Yes Ratchet. We're ready," Sunset replied.

Weirdwolf's body converted into vehicular form, and Sunset's Phoenix Prime suit converted into a big rig but with no trailer. Their engines turned on and they hummed as they sat still waiting for Ratchet to turn on the Groundbridge.

"I'll radio you if your friends need you back," Ratchet said.

"Understood. Now lets get moving!"

The machine powered up with energy, and a green portal spawned at the end of the pathway. The two cars began to drive and they passed on through the portal, entering in on the other side while the back of it closed behind them. It was time for a tour of the world!

I Will Return

We now return to the Transformers...

Later that day, Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the girls including Fixit and Sideswipe were wandering around the streets of Canterlot, still on the search for Vertebreak while Sunset was off with Weirdwolf.

"This is a waste of time. We're never gonna find Vertebreak at this rate!" Rainbow groaned.

"We'll find him Rainbow, but we can't just go wandering around blind like bats. We've got to find out where exactly his signal is comin' from."

Twilight held a little device in her hand, trying to read his life signal. The Decepticon logo kept on flashing on the screen, giving out his location, but as they looked, they felt something was off. Vertebreak was right where they were standing. But that was impossible, he was nowhere to be seen, and he wasn't on the ground level with all of them. Or was he right where they were, but he was... underneath?

The girls looked down on the ground, and back to Twilight's signal.

"You think maybe he's underground?"

"Maybe... I hope not. But where would he be going?"

The girls all paused so they could think for a second, and a light in their heads flickered.

"The subways!"

The group of seven, walked through the subways, just off to the side on the walkways to avoid getting hit by any incoming trains. Needless to say, none of them were thrilled to be walking around in the dark, disgusting, dirty, and damp tunnel systems.

"Ugh, why do we have to go down these dirty tunnels? They're filthy and they smell awful!", Rarity whined.

"Because the signal is coming directly down here, and its the only way we can find him," Twilight sternly replied.

While the girls walked through the tunnels, little Fixit held a console in his tiny hands as his little wheels kept rolling forward. Fixit and Twilight were leading the group, while everyone else walked behind them.

They came across another turn and froze. The subway tunnels split into two, leading to different pathways.

“Where do we go now?”, Pinkie asked.

“I have an idea. Lets split into two groups. Fixit, Sideswipe, and Rainbow Dash will come with me through the tunnel on the right,” Twilight said pointing to the tunnel on the right, “and Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy will take the other tunnel. Sound good?”

“Perfect plan darling,” Rarity agreed.

Rarity led her group away into the left tunnel while Twilight led her group onto the right tunnel. Luckily for them, there were no trains coming down on the tracks, so this meant they had time to walk.

"So Fixit, what do you think of Earth so far?"

"Hmmm...", Fixit tapped his chin, "As far as I've seen, this planet seems to be very spec-spec-spec-spec-spec-spec--" Fixit pounded his chest, to get himself to stop stuttering, "-spectacular! I've never seen these forms of life before, and its absolutely wonderful!"

"That's good to hear. I'm sorry about having all of this dropped on you though. What with being stuck on this planet, no way off, and with dozens of Decepticon fugitives on the run...", Twilight chuckled nervously.

"Its quite alright. I'm just glad to see that Optimus Prime and his team are here on this planet too. Hopefully we'll be able to capture all of the fugitives."

"I'm sure we will. But, do you have anything to round them all up?"

"Well, we do have plenty of stasis cells intact, but I know that Optimus Prime's team has plenty of stasis cuffs and prison cells in their base."

"True. But was there anything else on board that could help us? Anything we could use to help capture them outside of stasis cuffs?"

Fixit tapped his chin, until an idea came to his head.

"There is something I think can help, but I seemed to have forgotten it with me."

"Maybe we can get it later. What is it?"

"Every prison ship from Cybertron carries weapons that are called Decepticon Hunters."

"And what do they do?" Rainbow Dash asked from behind them.

"Decepticon Hunters connect to its user's neural transmissions, so whatever combat device is imagined, the Decepticon Hunter generates... within certain parameters."

"Remind me why we didn't take them with us?" Sideswipe asked.

"Its okay Rainbow. We didn't know this information when we first started this quest, we just have to keep moving forward. How many were on the ship Fixit?"

We had three onboard, but they can be created. However they do require an excellent, excent," Fixit punched himself to stop his stuttering, "excessive amount of materials!

"Understood. But maybe we can use one of those. They could come in handy after all," Twilight said.

Twilight pulled up her cellphone and swiped in the number for who she was going to call. As soon as she hit the right numbers, she held the phone to her ear.

"Twilight. How goes your report? Any sign of Vertebreak?"

"No Ratchet. But I have a request to make. Can you find the Decepticon Hunters and send one through a Groundbridge? We're going to need one for Sideswipe. Oh, and double check how many we have. I want to make sure we have three."

"Understood. Give me a moment..."

Twilight continued to hold the phone to her ear and she listened closely as she could hear Ratchet's footsteps walk on the ground. She waited patiently for a response, until she heard him speak again.

"By the Primes... Twilight. Listen closely. We only have two Decepticon Hunters."

"What!? Fixit, didn't you bring in all three to the base? Weren't they like pipes with a few spikes near the end?"

"I had all three with me! I'm positive I couldn't have lost one," Fixit stammered.

"Alright, alright. Look, we'll find out what happened to it, but right now, lets just all stay calm about this. We know there's still two more in our possession, and we just need one for Sideswipe so he can defend himself. Ratchet, open up the Groundbridge to our coordinates and throw the Decepticon Hunter through."

The group all stopped and waited for a moment, ready for whenever a Groundbridge opened up.

Soon, a Groundbridge generated in front of the girls, glowing bright in their eyes.

"Okay... any moment now, we'll get the Decepticon Hunter."

They waited for a few moments, and as Twilight moved a little closer, she was met with a giant flinging pipe-like device flying over her head, slamming right into Fixit throwing him onto his back.

Fixit wasn't hurt, but the wind was knocked out of him, leaving him moaning in pain.

Twilight's jaw lowered and her eyes were wide with shock. She stared back at the portal with a less than happy face.

"I didn't mean literally throw!"

But the portal closed before Twilight could talk any more. She clamped her face with her hand and shook her head.

"Fixit, are you okay?" Twilight asked as she helped Fixit get back onto his little wheels.

Fixit shook his head violently, and looked back to Twilight.

"I'm alright. Nothing too major that I can't fix," Fixit said as he cranked his arms around.

"Good to hear. Now can we see these Decepticon Hunters up close?"

Sideswipe grabbed the weapon from off the ground, holding it tight in his hand.

"Okay, so I just imagine the weapon in my mind, and it'll magically form?"

"Correct Sideswipe," Fixit replied.

Sideswipe tapped his chin and snapped his fingers.

"Flail!"

The device began to transform in his hand. The end of the pipe exposed a blue neon glowing chain, with a spiked ball attached to the end of the chain.

"Oooh... Okay, uh... Sword!"

The device changed its shape again. The neon flail vanished itself back in the device, and instead a sharp long gray blade folded itself out from the extended staff it had created.

"I love this thing already," Sideswipe grinned.

Rainbow grinned towards her guardian.

"Okay, that's awesome."

Rainbow and Sideswipe shared happy grins... for a few seconds. They listened to the background around them, and there was a peculiar sound coming towards them. It was coming far down the corner of the tunnel, just far in front of them.

"Sideswipe, now would be a good time to use that thing."

Sideswipe grunted and he readied the device in his arm which immediately converted back into a sword, clenched in his black hand.

"Alright I'm ready. Girls?"

Rainbow Dash and Twilight pounded their fists together and stood in fighting positions, ready for any possible Decepticon that could be coming down that tunnel hall. Fixit even stood in a fighting position too, readying his tiny hands for whoever was going to be coming down. Rainbow turned her head to look at Fixit with a raised brow.

"Um... are you sure you can fight Fixit? You don't really look like the type to go out into battle."

"I assure you, I think I will be fine."

The four of them turned their attention back ahead and discovered some strange shapes coming down the hallway. Shapes that looked all the same. Shapes of giants that all had the same exact shape as they walked. All of them with skinny arms and ankles, but with strong upper torsos with glowing neon in a few places.

The group in front of them came to a halt as they stepped into some light. Their forms were becoming more clear to them. They all shared red visors, with different colors on their bodies, and all having Decepticon insignias on their chests.

"Well, well, well. Look who decided to drop in," one of the troopers said.

The four of them moved out of the shadows and entered the light, making themselves visible Twilight's group.

"Vehicons," Twilight muttered to herself, "I knew it..."

"I'm surprised to see you here Sideswipe. Especially since you can't change your shape..."

Sideswipe snarled his teeth together and he held his sword in his hand. He pointed the blade forward, pointed towards the troopers.

"What do you all want?"

"Its quite clear to us... but not to you. Surrender that pet of yours, and we'll return your transformation cog. Our boss demands it."

Sideswipe glared at them, "I'd rather die than give up my friend!"

"So be it!"

The four Vehicons charged forward to the group with loud cries, ready to battle.

"Autobots, attack!", Twilight called.

Twilight and her friends charged forward and leapt up at the Vehicons starting the first attack. Twilight jumped into the air and performed a hard kick to one of the trooper's face, making him wince in pain. He didn't go down, but he did groan.

Rainbow Dash aimed for the legs and used her suits cannons to shoot towards one of their legs, trying to get him to fall down. He didn't flinch, but instead growled and tried to slice at Rainbow with a claw.

"You aren't taking me you piles of junk!", Rainbow cried.

"We'll see about that, human."

The trooper who tried to claw Rainbow responded with a swift kick to her armor, which threw her into the air slamming against a wall. Rainbow's armor dented the wall, and she fell down onto the ground on her chest.

"Rainbow!" Twilight cried.

Twilight snarled and she jumped at the attacker who tossed Rainbow like a wrecking ball. The Vehicon trooper was ready for her pounce, and so he swatted her to the left side, making her hit the wall.

"Ow..."

The Vehicon walked towards Twilight clashing his fingers together creating an ear-piercing scraping sound. His left hand began a transformation, and it slowly converted into a short-range arm cannon that was charging up with energy.

"Bye bye, Earth stink,"

But before he could make the strike, the sound of little wheels rolling caught his attention and watched as Fixit stood in front of Twilight with a determined look.

"I'm going to make this quite clear. Stand down, right now!"

The trooper chuckled, "What can a little wimp like you possibly--"

Fixit just smirked and grabbed the arm cannon with his left hand, using his three little fingers. Then, out of nowhere, he held the cannon tightly, and started slamming the trooper down on the ground. He tossed him to the left, tossed him to the right, and continued slamming the Decepticon in both of those directions simply by throwing his body with his tiny hands.

Twilight moaned as she slowly pulled herself and her eyes bulged to see Fixit... defending himself? This little robot, the size of a human, was beating the living scrap out of a robot that was several inches taller than him.

"Wow, you're stronger than I would have guessed...", Twilight said in disbelief.

Fixit let go of the giant Vehicon who moaned as he hit the ground.

"As per protocal for being a caretaker of a maximum prison ship, I was entrusted and equipped with all of the equipment and person strength required to handle any prisoner who is freed from captivity," Fixit smiled.

With Sideswipe, he was too busy using his new Decepticon Hunter against another Vehicon who was roughly his size.

"Give up now Autobot. You and your friends have no chance against us," the soldier asked.

"Then explain why you all are easily taken out by one stinkin shot!"

Sideswipe punched the trooper's face and threw him to the track to the right of them. Sideswipe then took this chance and he tackled the Vehicon down and started punching him senselessly.

"Why are you here!? Why are you attacking us!?"

"Its simple. Our boss wants the blue Earth germ, and that's it," The trooper spat.

"Why do you want her!? Why does Vertebreak want her!?" Sideswipe yelled.

"Oh... you'll find out soon enough Autobot. Oh wait, you won't. Because you'll be dead before you can even find out," the trooper snapped.

The trooper looked to the left side, staring back into the fight and smirked a devious smirk.

"And I'd highly suggest you surrender now."

"Like I'll surrender to you punks!"

Sideswipe was ready to punch the trooper again until a voice spoke up.

"I thought you cared about your organic pet," a voice from behind spoke.

"I do care--"

Sideswipe looked back and he gasped. Standing before was a the cobra-like figure from the mugshot staring down at them evilly. And in his possession, with his back end wrapped around like a restraint, was Rainbow Dash who struggled to get free.

"No..."

Vertebreak chuckled, "Amazing what you can do when your enemy is offguard."

Sideswipe got back up on his feet and stood with Twilight and Fixit.

"Let her go! She has nothing to do with this!"

"I don't think so Autobot. She's much too valuable. I'm curious about her..."

"About what!?" Sideswipe growled.

"I've found many photographs in the online database. Quite a lot of interesting photos with you and this organic pet. But what is it about this human that makes you act so... gushy, over her?"

"Leave her alone before I snap your neck," Sideswipe snarled.

"I wouldn't think about it if I were you," Vertebreak said. "If you try to attack, I can simply squeeze the life out of this organic. Organics do need oxygen to breathe, don't they?"

Vertebreak's back end wrapped tighter around Rainbow making her groan as she was tightly squeezed, not given any free movement for her limbs.

"Sideswipe.... just go....", Rainbow whimpered.

"No, I'm not leaving you!"

"Yes you are!" Vertebreak hissed.

His body slithered to Sideswipe while still keeping Rainbow Dash tied up in his own slithering body.

"I'm going to make this clear to you Sideswipe. If you attack me, I will kill your friend. But... if you leave now, I'll give you coordinates for you and your friends to meet up with me, and I'll give your human back to you, all in one piece."

"How can we trust you? Your own experiments caused rampages on Cybertron," Twilight snarled.

Vertebreak looked down at Twilight with a smirk.

"If you do what I say, I'll not only give this... 'Rainbow' back, but I'll throw in my transformation cog that you so desperately need... all I'm requesting is for you to give me 4 hours to study this human, see how they function, understand their systems and movements..."

Sideswipe continued to glare at the snake with a cold stare. He didn't want to leave Rainbow behind with someone like him, but at the same time, he couldn't let her friend be hurt. It looked like the choice was clear.

Sideswipe put his weapon away, and he growled.

"You better bring her back in one piece. I find out you did one thing to her, I'm going to make sure you never see the light of day, ever again...", Sideswipe growled with his fists rattling.

Vertebreak stayed calm, and he gave one simple nod.

"I understand. And since we've come to a full agreement, I grant you permission to leave. And don't worry, the coordinates won't be too far off this continent. I'll probably only be a few miles from the prison crash, or out in the desert where you ran into me in the first place. Now go," Vertebreak swatted his tiny black claw at them.

Sideswipe clenched his fists and he looked to Rainbow with a worried face.

"I will be back for you. This I swear...", Sideswipe said to a worried Rainbow.

"I know... just go," Rainbow whimpered.

Sideswipe began to turn around and he walked away, and Twilight and Fixit slowly walked behind him. And as they walked away, the troopers walked off with a slithering Vertebreak down into the dark and damp tunnel. Once they were gone, the group of three halted to look down that same tunnel they disappeared down.

"Come on, lets get them--"

"Sideswipe, no!" Twilight pleaded.

"I can't just let them walk off with Rainbow! She's everything to me, and if something happened to her... I... I don't know what I would do. If something happened to my sister I.... Twilight. I already lost one sibling, I don't need to lose another," Sideswipe said with clear lubricant leaking down his eye.

Twilight moved forward and wiped her finger at the tear on his face.

"I promise we'll get her back. Rainbow's strong, I know she'll be okay. I... I hope. But we can't just go charging at them without hurting her. The best we can do is just call the others and let them know what's going on. Maybe we can get her back without them knowing," Twilight replied.

"But how?" Fixit asked.

Twilight sighed, "I don't know. But we have to do something. Come on, we better get the rest of the girls and let them know what happened."

The group of three sighed and they began to walk off together down the tunnel.

"I hope that snake doesn't hurt Rainbow...", Sideswipe snarled.

"I hope we'll get him back into stasis before he'll do anything else despicable," Fixit said.

"I hope Sunset and Weirdwolf are having more fun than we are," Twilight moaned.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!"

Sunset and Weirdwolf screamed loudly as the two of them were running down a large mountain of hard darkened rock. But this was no mountain. For right behind them, exploding in the air were tiny fireballs that kept on flying at them, and a gush of molten lava that was spewing from the top of the top of the mountain. They weren't on any mountain, they were right on a side of an active volcano, and they were running in terror, trying not to be killed.

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Author's Note

Now things are staring to kick up. So sorry for not continuing this series, I had some motivation problems along with exams. But I'm ready to bring this fic some more life.

I hope you all love this chapter and are ready to continue reading! :twilightsmile:

Tour Of The World

We now return to the Transformers...

"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

"Keep running!" Sunset yelled.

"That's all I can do! AGH!!!!"

Sunset and Weirdwolf continued to scream in unison as they ran down the hill of the active volcano which continued to spit fireballs all around itself, nearly nailing the two life forms. The weather atmosphere was dark and hot, the noises all around them continued to increase more and more, and the sounds of burning fire continued to spew right past their heads.

"We can't just keep running! We aren't getting any further away from our inevitable demise!"

"Then how about instead of running... we drive!"

Sunset's suit jumped into the air and transformed into a truck form and she drove down the mountain. Weirdwolf merely smirked followed by a jump into the air, transforming back into a muscle car. The engine of the muscle car revved up and it rolled down the hill with the orange big rig as the two tried to flee from the oncoming hailstorm of steaming hot rocks.

10 Minutes Later

Weirdwolf and Sunset had gotten far away from the volcano eruption and the two were in perfect condition. Mostly. Weirdwolf was now covered in black ash and dust from the fiery explosion, and Sunset's suit was covered in ash and dust as well. And she was now out of her suit sitting next to the canine with her hair all sticking up in the air with black dust on her face.

Sunset looked up to Weirdwolf and coughed in some of the black dust.

"So... how was that?"

Weirdwolf glared at Sunset.

"I wouldn't call an active volcano a very good start for a tour of the world."

"Aw, come on, this planet's unpredictable! That's part of its charm!"

"Its charm comes from not knowing what possible terror or plague could strike at any moment, to wait for whatever disaster forms naturally and manually?"

Sunset blinked and wiped away more dust from her face.

"Okay, so you do raise a point on that front... but there's still a lot of great things on this planet that's worth you checking out."

Weirdwolf raised a brow.

"Come on, please?" Sunset pleaded.

Weirdwolf sighed and smiled, "Alright. I'm still with you."

"You won't be disappointed, I promise you that!"

"But... if its all the same to you, can we go somewhere, non-lethal? Or at least try to?"

Sunset nodded with a grin. She quickly ran to her power suit disguised as a big truck and started the engine. Weirdwolf smiled and he changed into the muscle car form, pulling up right next to Sunset.

"So where do we go to from here?" Weirdwolf asked.

"I'm entering in a new set of coordinates, just need to send them to Ratchet and..."

A Groundbridge portal opened up in front of them, ready for them to travel to their next destination. Their engines revved up, and they drove on through the portal entering in another part of the world.

This time, they found themselves driving into a beautiful forest. In the sky was the orange sun. The forest on the other hand was just beautiful. The leaves were in shades of orange yellow, the birds were singing in the air, and the little sound of a river right by them flowed down into the creek.

Both cars transformed into the bipedal forms, standing straight. Weirdwolf couldn't help but stand in awe of the sight. Such a beautiful forest.

It was such a sight that Sunset could even see Weirdwolf's tail wagging, making her giggle.

"Sweet Solus Prime... this is beautiful...", Weirdwolf gasped.

"It is isn't it? The trees always looked beautiful during the fall. Fluttershy even comes out to the forest during this time of the year," Sunset replied.

"Um... what is, the fall?"

"Oh, right. Well this planet has some very strange weather changes during its yearly spin around the sun. It starts out with fall, like in this climate here. Then it comes down to winter, spring, and it finishes it off with summer and back to fall again."

Weirdwolf nodded, "I see."

The canine-con looked up and stared at some of the birds that were perched along a branch.

"Such beautiful creatures...", Weirdwolf said.

I'm willing to bet that Fluttershy would love to go on nature walks with him, Sunset thought.

"So, uh... what do you think?"

"Hmm... I'm not too sure Sunset. Its beautiful yes... but it doesn't feel like home to me," Weirdwolf said, gazing down on the path.

"You want to try another spot?"

A Groundbridge portal opened up and it brought the two of them to another location, this time the two found themselves in a suburban area, and the atmosphere was dark at night. The moonlight illuminated the surroundings, and the stars twinkled in the sky.

"Wait... where did we go? We came to a place during the afternoon, and now its nighttime. I don't understand--"

"Weirdwolf. The sun only shines on a certain part of the world during its daily spin. Right now back home its nighttime. We're back in the United States."

"Oh, okay," Weirdwolf said, looking around in vehicular mode. But a strange noise startled him. Loud music was blaring over a speaker on the right of him.

The two of them carefully looked, and both looked to their right. At one of the homes, there was a loud party going on. Big colorful lights were flashing from the windows, there were people outside of the house drinking in plastic cups, and there were people outside dancing to the loud music on one of the boomboxes. The sight of a loud party late at night was frightening enough to the canine, but what scared him more was seeing the liter all around the front lawn.

"Sweet Solus Prime... this is absolutely degrading..."

"Weirdwolf, its okay. Its just a party, parties like these often have some people who don't really clean up after themselves," Sunset replied, "Trust me, I know."

"But all of the garbage on that lawn... do these people have any respect for their environment?"

"Not everyone does," Sunset said.

Weirdwolf snarled and in vehicular mode, he turned himself around to face the people who were busy partying on the lawn.

"Uh... what are you doing?"

Weirdwolf said nothing but instead he swerved his wheels and sped forward, slamming into a table that was set on the lawn, knocking over a sound system that clattered onto the grass.

"Hey!? What's the big deal bub?", one of the teenagers asked.

"Must you leave all of your garbage laying about? I'm positive the authorities wouldn't appreciate the mess," Weirdwolf said, trying to be as polite as possible.

"Get out of here man, you ruined the beat!"

"Can't you at least pick up your garbage and throw it away?"

"I said get out of here ya hippie!"

One of the teenagers grabbed the remains of a broken speaker and he tossed it onto the hood of Weirdwolf which shattered in pieces on top of him.

Weirdwolf remained silent for a moment before letting out a snarl. Without a regret, he revved his engine forward throwing the stereo off of him, and scaring the living daylights out of the guests at the party.

"Let me make this clear. Throw anything at me, I will throw it back. In fact..."

Weirdwolf backed up some more, and pulled right off the lawn and onto the road. In front of them nearby was a little kiddie pool filled with water. Just the payback he needed...

He swerved his tires and sped forward slamming into the kiddie pool, and sending a big splash of water all over the party guests who all groaned in annoyance.

"Okay, I'll admit, I didn't see that coming," Sunset said, speaking through the radio, "and that was kind of funny."

"Maybe... but I'm not too sure about this place. If the neighbors around here are going to have this kind of behavior, then I probably shouldn't be here," Weirdwolf said.

"Don't worry, we've still got a few places to try. Hang on, I'm entering in the next set of coordinates," Sunset said.

The two vehicles quickly drove away from the rowdy party, avoiding being seen. Once they noticed they were far enough from them, another Groundbridge portal opened for them. Turning into bot modes, the two walked on through the portal which sealed behind them.

But as soon as the two of them entered their next location, they noticed something odd about the land they were in. The area was now a barren wasteland. The skies were cloudy, and the atmosphere was dark and somber. And the two of them were standing in a field that had no grass grown, and was mostly covered in mud.

"Um... where did we go?"

"Uh," Sunset stammered, "I don't know..."

Sunset turned her head to the left, and to the right. Nothing. But wait... up ahead. She could hear some angry yelling up ahead. There was a giant fortress, a military one in fact. Up near the towers were flags that had a picture of a giant red cobra on them. This looked like the fotress for an evil supervillain.

But while the top looked like an evil fortress, the bottom was something else. The bottom was now an all out assault. There were tanks and military assault vehicles rolling out, driven by soldiers with blue suits. And on the ground, running with the tanks were several figures running in blue attire. Masks. Helmets. And their suits had the red cobra logos on them too.

Up in the air, were oncoming fighter jets, each of them had the same logo too. This isn't a military group. This was a full on terrorist organization.

"Um... what am I looking at?"

"No... not again..."

Weirdwolf's ears twitched and he looked at her, "What do you mean not again?"

Up from the air, an shrieking voice screamed.

"COBRA! ATTACK!!!!"

"Weirdwolf... transform and run!"

Both Sunset and Weirdwolf violently transformed into vehicular modes and began to run in fear. Now they were being chased. And as if that wasn't bad enough, there were rockets and laser shells shooting at them.

"Who are they!?"

"Uh, well, um... they're some guys that uh... Oh look!"

"YO... JOE!"

Up ahead in front of them was another military assault team running. Only these guys actually looked like army men. Their uniforms were mainly camouflaged, and their vehicles had American flags on some of them.

"Um... who are they?"

"Well to sum it up, those guys are a group called G.I.JOE which is a codename for an American military group who's main purpose is to take down the guys behind us, Cobra; basically a terrorist determined to rule the world."

"The way you told me that sounds weird," Weirdwolf said calmly, still running his engine as hard as possible.

"I know, I'm just trying to remember what Pinkie Pie told me!"

"But maybe we should think about getting out of here!"

"Got it!"

Sunset turned on a switch, and another Groundbridge portal opened up. With fast thinking, the two of them bolted for the portal and didn't look back. As soon as they were out, the portal closed behind them.

Both of them looked at one another with calmed expressions, but eventually came to smile to one another. They were glad to finally escape.

"Okay... that was quite interesting, I'll say. Who was that man who was screaming? He sounded a little like Starscream."

Sunset shrugged, "I don't know."

The two looked around, now getting their minds back on track, and took in some observations from their surroundings. It was still night time, but the land they were in was more of a forest environment. One that had giant footprints into the ground.

"Wait a minute... this is back home. This is where I found you," Sunset said.

"If it is, I'm glad to be back," Weirdwolf said, "NOT that I don't like what you did for me its just..."

Weirdwolf sighed and looked at Sunset with a sad look.

"Sunset, I really appreciate what you've been trying to do for me, I really do, but... I don't think there's any place here on Earth I'll be happy with."

"Well, what about--"

Sunset was then interrupted by her communicator going off in her head.

"Uh, excuse me for a moment."

Sunset raised her suit's finger up to her helmet's ear, accepting the call.

"Hello?"

"Uh, Sunset. We've got ourselves a problem... a big one."

"Applejack? What's wrong?"

"Its Vertebreak. He's got a posse with him, and now he's taken Rainbow!"

Sunset's eyes widened, "WHAT!? What do they want with her!?"

"I don't know! But what we do know is that they're coming to the outside of the Autobot homestead, and he wants to negotiate Rainbow's return for somethin'."

Sunset groaned, "Alright. I'll be on my way."

Sunset looked at Weirdwolf, "I'm sorry, I got to go."

"Wait, is Rainbow in danger?"

"Yes, and I've got to save her."

"Wait, let me come with you. I can help," Weirdwolf said, "And if its all the same to you... Vertebreak has it coming...", Weirdwolf snarled.

Sunset sighed for a moment, and looked at Weirdwolf.

"Alright you can come with me. But first thing's first. I know your only means of attacking are using that tail, your claws, and your teeth, but I want you to have this so you can still keep up the fight."

Sunset pulled a metallic object from behind her back, and handed it to Weirdwolf.

"A Decepticon Hunter. It'll link to your mind and it will come up with the weapon you imagine. Use that against Vertebreak."

Weirdwolf grinned as he looked at the weapon which gleamed from its shininess.

"I think I'm going to like this..."

"Now lets get going."

By command, a new Groundbridge portal opened up for them to jump across. With urgency, they jumped through the portal which led them back to the Nevada desert where the rest of her friends would meet up. Now it was time to negotiate...

The Transformers will return after these messages...

Author's Note

So Weirdwolf has finally met the world and run into a bizarre G.I.JOE cameo. Oops.

I'm so sorry for not updating this story, I've been trying to work on it for a while, but my lack of motivation wasn't aiming really high. Hopefully this more than makes up for it.

Snake Vs Wolf

Author's Note

One more chapter to go, and this fic will be finished :yay:

Snake Vs Wolf

We now return to the Transformers...

Sunset Shimmer and Weirdwolf jumped through a Groundbridge portal and found themselves back in the Nevada desert once again, just hiding behind several rocks. Peeking their heads up to look, they could see the entrance to the mountain base just up ahead, and there were a group of Cybertronians approaching the door. Several of them were Vehicon troopers, and the last one was a giant orange and white snake slithering along the sand, and wrapped up behind it, held in its clutches was Rainbow Dash who looked terrified.

"Rainbow..." Sunset gasped.

Weirdwolf growled. "And there's Vertebreak. What could he possibly gain by holding her for a ransom?"

"I don't know. But we've got to get closer to them and find out. If I recall, he said he was going back to our base to negotiate her return."

"You're not going to give in to any of his demands are you? Vertebreak isn't one to negotiate." Weirdwolf asked.

"Hardly. But we've got to find a way to get Rainbow back without getting her in danger."

"Then I suggest we make haste and stay close." Weirdwolf said, slowly transforming into vehicular mode. Sunset's truck mode transformed as well, and the two of them slowly moved from behind the rocks as they tried to stay close right behind them.

Inside the mountain base, the Autobots and the girls all stood around ready with their weapons out in case Vertebreak decided to make a move. He slithered and hissed as he pulled up onto their metal floor while the Vehicons stood on guard.

"Let her go, now." Applejack huffed.

Vertebreak chuckled. "I'm afraid not. Not until I get something in return..."

"What do you even want?" Sideswipe asked slamming his fists together.

"Its quite simple... you."

Everyone's eyes bulged.

"Him!?"

"Me!?" Sideswipe gasped. "Why!?"

Rainbow struggled to get free. "Don't listen to him Sideswipe, its--AGH!" Rainbow groaned as Vertebreak's grip tightened around her.

"When you and your friends entered that tunnels, I watched as you battled some of my guards. Your human friends all make excellent specimens, but you on the other hand..." Vertebreak hissed. "You're agile, quick, stealthy... everything that an Autobot should be. Compared to you... I'm no one."

Sideswipe snarled. "Get to the point. What do you want?"

Vertebreak chuckled. "Your body."

Sideswipe blinked. "Ooookkay... this is just getting disturbing."

"I'll break it down. My experiments have been going remarkably well, and I need a test subject for a new method of surgery. Specifically... my head on your body."

The Vehicons all raised their guns up while the Autobots raised their own.

"Now, now, lets not get too hasty... My only wish out of this is to further the discoveries of science. Imagine how much good we can do for the benefit of Cybertron. Every Cybertronian who receives decapitation in the war can get a new body like they just came off the assembly line!"

The guns pointed to Sideswipe as Vertebreak hissed.

"So, what's it going to be?" Vertebreak asked.

Sideswipe sneered. "I'll give myself to you... after you give Rainbow back first."

Vertebreak let out another hiss. "Now that wouldn't be fair would it?"

"No, its not. But it wouldn't be fair if you did the same thing." A cold voice spoke.

Vertebreak's eyes widened and his entire head spun around to look behind him. Standing was Sunset Shimmer and Weirdwolf with angry looks. Vertebreak could only let out a maniacal laughter.

"Weirdwolf! After all of these years, I never thought I'd run into you again." The Snaketicon said, turning around.

"I'm only going to say this once. Let the human go, now."

"Why should I? What have these humans ever done for you? You are a Decepticon."

Weirdwolf snarled and his claws sharpened. "These humans have given me a reason to stay on this planet! And if you don't let her go now, I will make you sorry. Especially after the way you treated me when you used my own brother against me..."

"He wasn't even your brother!"

"You don't understand my meaning. He may not have been born from the same forge as I was, but we are brothers in the same species. He was the closest thing I had to a real friend, and you took him away from me!"

Vertebreak snarled. "Very well then!"

Vertebreak turned his entire body around and he began moving like a slithering snake. He was ready to fight. Weirdwolf was too.

Instantly, the wolf's claws sharpened again and he began to move in a circular motion, still keeping his eyes locked on to the snake. Vertebreak moved in a similar motion. Both Decepticons just moved in a circle, facing one another with gritting teeth and hisses.

"Isn't there something we can do?" Sideswipe asked.

"Like what? We can't hurt Rainbow!" Applejack asked.

Vertebreak snarled and attempted a slithering strike by lunging forward, but Weirdwolf jumped out of the way and landed on all fours, snarling and with his tail arched up.

"You know for a Decepticon, your canine structure is absolutely fascinating." Vertebreak spoke as he looked all over Weirdwolf's form. "You'd make one excellent specimen at the science fair."

"I am no one's science experiment!"

Vertebreak made a swing with his tail which knocked the Decepticon Hunter out of Weirdwolf's claw. Weirdwolf snarled, but instead of going for his weapon. He instead began to move around on all fours like a wolf, snarling and growling and with his tail arched up.

Once again, they circled around each other while the Autobots could only stay back and watch. They couldn't interfere with their fight.

Thankfully in the midst of their fight, Weirdwolf finally made some moves. His tail went swinging at Vertebreak's face, slapping him constantly. Weirdwolf kept making turns to the left and right, throwing hard slaps to try and knock him down. But he still wouldn't let go.

Growling, he pounced on Vertebreak and managed to throw the two of them outside in the dark desert where the starry night shinned over the barren desert. Weirdwolf backed up, and performed another jump, body-slamming onto the stomach of Vertebreak making him yell in pain, finally letting go of his grip on Rainbow Dash.

With her free, she quickly ran as far away from the snake as possible but was stopped by a few Vehicons who pointed guns at her. Hearing the cocks of their arm, Weirdwolf's ear twitched and he turned himself and jumped in front of her, using his own body a shield from their lasers.

Once the Vehicons stopped shooting, Weirdwolf turned himself around and swung his tail around throwing all of the Vehicons down on the ground. Rainbow was shocked.

"You just... saved me?"

"Hang on!"

Weirdwolf grabbed her and quickly transformed into vehicle mode, swerving away from the Snaketicon and turned around to watch as he pulled himself back up.

"I'm dropping you off here. You'll be safer far from that wretched madman."

The door opened up and Rainbow Dash was pushed out as she fell on her back, thankfully on soft sand.

"Sorry!"

Weirdwolf sped forward to the down Snaketicon and transformed, performing a jump into the air and tackling him again. Once he was focused, the girls and the Autobots all stepped outside to get a better view on the action. And the girls all rejoiced, holding Rainbow in a warm embrace, happy to see her safe and alive.

"Thank goodness you're alive! That creature didn't hurt you, did he?" Rarity asked.

"No, he didn't. I'm fine. All he did was just constantly running scans on me. I think its a good bet that he probably knows we have magic." Rainbow quivered.

"At least you're alright." Applejack smiled, giving her another hug.

"Uh... is he about to..." Pinkie pointed.

The girls turned around to look. Weirdwolf had raised a claw up with the talons sharpened.

"Wait, no, no, no!"

Weirdwolf's talon shot down right onto the snake body, but none of them could see it. They could only imagine he was digging into Vertebreak's skin, tearing the metal off, trying to find his spark and crush it. All of them could only cringe and hold back shrieks to watch the horror.

They listened carefully, and from what they could hear, Weirdwolf was panting. And he was making any more slices. His hands were in front of himself but the girls couldn't see why. He turned around, and he offered a friendly smile. As his entire body turned around, he revealed what was in his hands.

A small metallic orb covered in gray with a few glows of orange neon. The girls didn't understand what he was holding, but they heard Sideswipe let out a gasp.

"I-Is that..." Sideswipe pointed to the orb in his hands.

Weirdwolf nodded with a friendly smile. The girls quickly caught on.

"You dug out his transformation cog?" Rainbow gasped. "Why?"

"I remember what Sunset told me about the dilemma you had with him earlier today. Said something about a stolen transformation cog. So... I decided to pull it out of him and take it back to its proper owner. I believe it belongs to you?" Weirdwolf held his hands up, offering it to Sideswipe.

"I... You..."

"I don't even know what to say!" Rainbow gasped.

Weirdwolf was about to reply, but instead he was met with Rainbow Dash giving her a surprise hug, trying to wrap her arms around him as best as she could. Weirdwolf was startled at first, but instead he just simply carefully put the cog down and wrapped his arms around her giving her a hug in return. His tail wagged back and forth, makign the others give kind smiles.

"Thank you." Rainbow whispered.

Weirdwolf smiled. "Its not a problem... Rainbow Dash."

The girls all felt a bit of relief. For about 2 seconds.

Behind the hugging embrace was Vertebreak who was snarling in anger, enraged in fact. His teeth grit, his eyes were now daggers and he was moving a lot quicker towards them as best as possible.

"Behind you!" Pinkie cried.

Weirdwolf's ears twitched, hearing the sound of a slithering snake approaching. Carefully turning around and holding Rainbow close so Vertebreak couldn't get his hands or tail on her.

"You were always interfering with my work, destroying my experiments, and making my life difficult! Well, I'm not playing games anymore, I'm ending this here and now!" Vertebreak snapped, raising himself up to be even taller than before.

Weirdwolf held Rainbow Dash closer to him, ready to protect her. He was not about to let Vertebreak hurt a human again.

But before anything could be said or done, the sound of little wheels rolling was creeping up behind the wolf, and they turned around to see the orange Mini-con rolling up and standing in front of the two of them.

"You will have to face me first before you can get to them!" Fixit yelled loud and proud.

"Fixit, what are you doing!? He's going to kill you!" Rainbow panicked.

"Maybe so, but it is my duty as caretaker of the Alchemor to handle the prisoners." Fixit turned his head back with a sneer. Then he raised his tiny hands up like he was ready to fight. "Stand clown, stand brown--" Fixit smacked his chest. "--stand down, right now!"

Vertebreak smirked. "What good can a little Mini-con do to me?"

Fixit sneered again, only this time he was ready. The orange arms suddenly began to transform and change shape, whipping out his tools. Only these weren't any repair tools. His right arm whipped out a three barreled laser gun, and his left arm employed a small cannon. From behind his back, two little rocket launchers slided out, both were armed and ready to shoot.

"Surrender now, or I will shoot!"

Vertebreak only wriggled up some more, until Fixit decided to shoot. Fixit's right arm fired triple the laser rounds at Vertebreak who was thrown back from the blasts, and was showered even more.

Fixit cocked his guns up some more and he smiled at his victory. Everyone else on the other hand were all staring in shock.

"Uh Fixit? How long have you had those things in you?" Rainbow asked.

"Over 200,000 stellar-cycles." Fixit proudly replied.

Vertebreak yelled some more and pulled himself up in anger, starring at his enemies. But his eyes shrunk when he noticed the numbers increase. The other Autobots had all gotten outside with loaded weapons, and they were standing by with Fixit, Rainbow Dash and Weirdwolf. Now everyone was ready to take him on.

The odds were against him, and there was nothing he could do. No guns, wounded body, nothing he could do.

"This isn't over Autobots! I may have a minor setback, but my revenge will be nothing compared to what you will imagine I've set for you Rainbow Dash!"

No other choice, Vertebreak jumped up and dived into the sand, burrowing through, making his escape, with only his tail being the last thing they ever saw of him. The Vehicons on the other hand had no other choice but to transform, and drive away in fear. They weren't gonna stick around for what the Autobots had planned to do to them.

Everyone watched as they left, Weirdwolf giving an angry snarl as they escaped.

"Easy boy, easy..." Sunset calmly said in her exo-suit, scratching the back of his ears calming him down, and making his tail wag again.

"So... you think we'll see them again?" Applejack asked, sneering brow.

Weirdwolf now focused again, gave a serious face as he watched the Vehicons run away.

"I have a feeling he will return up someday. It may not be tonight or tomorrow... but I can tell he will return."

The Transformers will return after these messages...

The End

We now return to the Transformers...

The atmosphere was much calmer the next morning. The girls were recovering from the terrors from the night before, and they were even patching up Rainbow Dash's cuts and scrapes from her time with Vertebreak. Sideswipe was undergoing surgery to have his transformation cog installed again, and Weirdwolf was getting his own little wounds patched up as well with the help from Fixit.

"I appreciate the help Mini-con, but I assure you, I'm fine." Weirdwolf said.

"Nonsense! You need medical attention, and Ratchet is busy putting Sideswipe's transformation cog back into his system. This shouldn't be an issue."

Fixit finished welding another piece of metal together, and once he was done, he gently tapped the piece. "Done!"

Fixit rolled away on his little wheels, all the while Weirdwolf just looked at his patched up wounds.

"You feeling any better buddy?" Rainbow asked.

"I am now, now that you're okay." Weirdwolf's ear twitched.

"Oh come on, do you really think he would actually kill me?" Rainbow asked.

Weirdwolf scowled, raising a brow. He wasn't joking around. And neither were the others.

"Oh. Right.... thanks again." Rainbow said, not even looking.

Weirdwolf's scowl lifted up, letting his friendly smile return.

"So, what are you going to do now?" Twilight asked. "Now that Vertebreak's on the run, I assume you're probably going to still be looking for a new place to live."

"Can you stay with us!?" Fluttershy zoomed right up into Weirdwolf's face with a crazy smile on her face. But she caught herself just in time to notice the wolf Con was flinching. "If, that's alright with you..."

Pinkie let out a large gasp and a big grin crept on her face. "That is the most amazing idea ever! You'd make a great Autobot! Come on, join us!" Pinkie Pie jumped up and down in excitement.

Weirdwolf's ears twitched as he looked at them, and he blinked a few times. But he didn't reply. As nice as their offer was, he didn't want to continue to be part of the never-ending war. Their faces turned from happy to sad and disappointed. Pinkie's own hair went from puffy and lively to flat and limp, and her lips were trembling.

"Girls, I appreciate your offer, I truly do, but I can't defect to the Autobots. I'd be back into the war once again, and I wanted to stay far from the Autobot/Decepticon battle as much as possible." Weirdwolf said standing back up on his feet. "I'm sorry but... I have to say no."

Fluttershy's own eyes started to water up in sadness, and the rest of the girls were sharing very similar responses. Applejack dipped her hat down to cover her own face, and now Pinkie's own eyes were leaking waterfalls of tears.

Weirdwolf's own heart snapped seeing their sad looks. He couldn't just leave them like this. Not after how much they did for him, and not to mention what he could miss out on if he left. Maybe... just maybe...

"Girls. You didn't let me finish." Weirdwolf cleared his throat.

Pinkie and Fluttershy's own crying stopped, and everyone else looked back up at Weirdwolf, still having disappointed faces.

"I said I wanted to stay away from the war... but I didn't say I wanted to stay away from any of you."

"W-What do you mean?" Fluttershy whimpered.

"Wait, you mean..."

"You're gonna stay here with us?" Sunset asked with an excited smile.

"If you mean over in the Canterlot area, then... yes." Weirdwolf smiled, his hands resting on his hips.

Pinkie, upon hearing that response, inflated like a balloon and she was practically beaming with happiness.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Pinkie jumped up and down. "You're gonna stay! OH! I need to make a 'Welcome To Canterlot' party! It'll be amazing!"

While the rest of the girls were all conversing with each other, mainly excited over this new development, Sunset took a moment to finally talk to the canine Decepticon just by herself.

"So... you've finally found a home after all." Sunset smiled.

Weirdwolf smiled. "Apparently so."

"I guess we'll be seeing around town then?" Sunset replied.

Weirdwolf nodded. "I believe so. And should you ever need a friend to talk to, I'm always around. In fact... if there's any kind of emergency, please, don't hesitate to call me."

Sunset smiled and she moved close for a hug. Weirdwolf just picked her up and gave her a big hug. Sunset looked again, and just like before, his tail was slowly moving side to side. She just giggled seeing the sight.

The other Autobots watched as Sunset and Weirdwolf embraced in each other, and Ratchet couldn't help but smile.

"I'm sure Optimus was right here... he would be proud." Ratchet said to himself.

Much later that day, the girls and Weirdwolf, along with a handful of Autobots all decided to help Weirdwolf find a new location to move in. Since his attempt at making a home out of wood wasn't successful, they all chipped in and decided to transfer his home into the caves where Fluttershy found Wasp held captive by Pseudo.

The group all helped create the place and they made it a bit more lively. They managed to install a radar map and screen for him to find incoming signals nearby, along with an internet search provider, a television for him to study a bit of Earth from, several medical equipment for him to use should he need to patch up his wounds, and of course, Energon for him to feed from.

And as an added addition, suggested by Weirdwolf himself, they provided human comforts as well so should Weirdwolf ever invite them to his home, they would feel much more comfortable having things at their height. And Weirdwolf was given access to human medical supplies should ever the emergency arrive.

By the time the day was over, his entire home was finished and looking like a stronger base of operations for himself. He now had a sanctuary, a new set of friends, and everything he could ever want.

"So... shall we see you around then?" Sunset asked, standing with the rest of the girls.

The wolf nodded. "I suppose so. I hope you all continue to stand triumphant in your war with the Decepticons, until the day that we all are one."

Sunset smiled. "I promise you, the war will end eventually. I know so."

"Good luck girls, and... til we meet again." Weirdwolf smiled.

"Bye Weirdwolf!" Pinkie jumped up waving her goodbye.

"We'll see you later buddy!" Rainbow called out.

One by one, all of the girls departed the forest ground where Weirdwolf stood. He stood watching as they left, a smile staying on his face. Turning around, he looked down into the crystal clear water, seeing his own reflection's smile.

"Welcome home, old friend."

As the girls were walking out of the woods where the rest of their friends were waiting, they were busy laughing and giggling in joy. They were now excited for all of the things they could do with their new friend.

"Well isn't this an interesting week? Find a prison ship, meet a friendly Decepticon." Applejack chuckled.

"And a psychopath!" Pinkie nodded.

"So, does this mean we'll see Vertebreak again?" Fluttershy asked.

"I'm sure it does. He may have escaped, but I have a good feeling we'll run into him again." Twilight replied.

"And we'll be ready." Sunset said with a determined grin. "You know... something just hit me. That ship contained a couple of hundreds of Decepticons in there. You think there might be Decepticons like Weirdwolf? There might be more friendly Cons who just want to live in peace."

"Sunset, that ship contained the most dangerous Decepticons in Cybertron's history. Do you really think there might be more out there? I can't even stand to see even one of those brutes!" Rarity asked.

"Well if there are, I think we can help them. If we can make a new friend like Weirdwolf, then I'm sure we can make new friends with some of the fugitives. In fact, lets make this a personal mission. If there are more Decepticons out there who are like him, lets do what we can to help them. Offer them a hand, friendship, kindness, everything that Megatron's associates never had." Sunset boomed.

Applejack and Twilight grinned.

"You know something Sunset? You just might make the perfect second-in-command for Optimus Prime after all." Applejack replied.

"Just as long as you try to do things your own way, and not like his." Twilight smiled.

Sunset scoffed. "Come on, I wasn't always doing things like his way."

"Yeah you were!" Pinkie beamed.

"Oh come on! How was I acting Optimus?"

"That impression and his speech patterns say everything Sunset." Rainbow chuckled.

The girls all just continued talking as they left the forest, all the while a sun was setting down in the sky above them. The end of another beautiful day was here. And it was a wonderful way to end the evening. There may have been several hundred of Decepticons on the run... but they would be ready.

The End

Author's Note

And we have it folks! Wolf In The Fold is complete! I hope you enjoyed it, and please tell me, what do you think worked, what do you think didn't work. I was planning on having the snobbish people get their comeuppance at the end, but I don't think that's necessary right now.

This wasn't great, but there's always room for improvement. :twilightsmile: