"I'm telling you, that thing is staring at me.", Professor Sumdac said, looking at the Headmaster unit. "It's as if its eyes are following me wherever I go.", Professor Sumdac continued.

"It's offline.", Bulkhead reassured him. "That is what I thought about Megatron's head when-", Professor Sumdac started, but stopped when he saw the faces both Harvest and Bulkhead were making.

"Perhaps I should not have mentioned that.", Professor Sumdac continued. "Forget it. We got bigger stuff to worry about.", Bulkhead reassured.

"Like rebuilding the space bridge.", Harvester said, connecting some of the wires to the controls. "Yeah! So we can warn Cybertron that our head of intel is a Decepticon traitor.", Bulkhead added, putting in a pod in one of the controls.

"At least the top of a tower is better than the bottom of a mine.", Professor Sumdac said, as he went over to join the two. "Yeah, what was Megatron thinking, huh? Even a basic bot knows that mineral composites mess us wave transmissions.", Bulkhead laughed.

Harvester couldn't help, but let out her own laugh at that. "Oh, tell me about it. I'm just happy I can finally sleep in my own bed again.", Professor Sumdac laughed.

"Well, your not going to get much sleep if we don't build that plasma dynamic thruster.", Bulkhead pointed out. "Alright, don't rust me. You are worse than working for Megatron.", Professor Sumdac said, annoyed.

Bulkhead and Harvester then shot him a look. "I mean not in an evil, ruthless, threatening my life seance but-", Professor Sumdac continued.

"I know what you meant.", Bulkhead said, stopping the professor from his rant. "Besides, I just spent the past sleepless night overriding the Decepticon signal dampeners I was forced to create. I just hope your friends are able to track them down now.", Professor Sumdac said, finishing his welding.

Harvester then looked sadly at the professor. "I know what it is like to be held by Megatron.", Harvester said.

She then gave a slight shudder. "I can't imagine being there for as long as you were.", Harvester continued.

The professor then looked up at her. "It definitely keeps me up some nights. But, I'm just so happy to be back with Sari. And I have you all to thank for it.", Professor Sumdac said.

Elsewhere that night. "Signal's moving due north but we are closing in fast.", Optimus said to his team.

"It'll be nice to have the element of surprise for a change.", Bumblebee commented. "Signal is slowing down. Now it heading due south.", Optimus pointed out.

"He's heading right for us!", Bumblebee screamed. "So much for the element of surprise.", Prowl said, as they all transformed and prepared for the fight.

"You jinx us, Bumblebee!", Serenity said. She then took her place beside Optimus.

Lugnut then came landing down, hitting his explosive mod on the ground. "These Allspark fragments should give the power core a boost.", Bulkhead said, as he put the fragments in the machine they created.

"Be careful, Bulkhead! We don't want to overload it.", Professor Sumdac warned. "Relax! When it comes to space bridges, I know what I'm doing.", Bulkhead said, leaning on the lift the professor was driving.

This caused the ground underneath it to crack and start to give away. "But, I'm not hot at structural integrity.", Bulkhead added.

The professor, the Headmaster unit, and the machine the professor was driving then started falling down the hole. "I got you, Professor!", Harvester yelled out, as she grabbed the professor and clung onto the edge of the fallen floor.

Bulkhead then helped her and Sumdac up. "Sorry, I guess there are some draws in the tower.", Professor Sumdac said.

Once they were up, the professor started walking away. "That bed I mentioned, I think I need to go lie down now.", Professor Sumdac said.

Bulkhead and Harvester then looked down the hole. "I'm going to need some structural experts to help clean this mess up.", Bulkhead said.

He then looked at Harvester. "...And I know just how to find them.", Bulkhead continued.

Harvester caught on to who he was talking about. "Nononononono! After the last time we saw them, I'm not sure I'm ready to face them.", Harvester said.

Bulkhead put a reassuring servo on her shoulder. "Don't worry! I won't let anything happen to you.", Bulkhead said.

Little did they know that as they left, the Allspark fragments started to create a new robot. "Oh yeah! Nice chassis!", Mix Master called out, as he and Scraper watch an assembly line working with cars.

"Shake those pistons baby!", Scraper called out. "Hey, Mix! Check out the rare companion on that one." Scrapper said, drinking some oil.

"And they said we weren't supervisor material, huh? Clean me another can of grease, Scrap, will ya?", Mix Master said. But, as Scraper reached over, he saw Bulkhead standing there.

Harvester was hiding slightly behind him. "Mix Master and Scraper! Figured I find you two rust buckets in a dump like this.", Bulkhead smiled at them.

Scraper then slammed Bulkhead against the wall, while Mix Master held Harvester down against the ground.

"How did you find us?", Scraper demanded. "Your energy signatures.", Bulkhead wheezed out.

"You ain't taking us down without a fight! You got that?", Mix Master yelled out. "Wait! It's not like that! I just want to offer you a job.", Bulkhead said.

"A big job!", Harvester added. "A job? We don't work for no cranking Autobots anymore! We are Decepticons now!", Scraper explained.

Harvester was saddened at hearing that. "Yeah, didn't you see the stamp on the grill?", Mix Master asked.

"Then how come I don't see your buddies anywhere?", Bulkhead asked. "They didn't... Leave you all, did they?", Harvester asked.

"They'll be back!", Scrapper said, turning to look at Harvester. "Oh, sure they will. SO you're just going to sit here and rust while you wait for them? Good plan!", Bulkhead said, sarcastically.

"Hey, hey! What are you getting at, Bulky?", Mix Master asked. "I got a job for you. It's good honest work. Who's going to know?", Bulkhead said, looking down at Harvester, winking.

"I guess there ain't no rule against moonlighting.", Mix Master said, getting off of Harvester and helping her up. "But, remember this is strictly off the books.", Scraper added, releasing Bulkhead.

"Because if Megatron ever found out, he would blow a head gasket.", Scraper continued. "Right! Because me and Megatron, we talk all the time.", Bulkhead laughed.

Harvester let out a small snicker, as her two brothers looked at her, skeptically. Once they were back at Sumdac tower.

"You weren't kidding! That's a big job.", Scraper said, whistling slightly. Mix Master and Scraper then got to work.

"Should have had triple reinforce steal. This is going to run you some serious overtime, Bulky.", Mix Master said. "Take all the time you need guys.", Bulkhead said.

Harvester looked at Bulkhead, as he nodded for her. "You know, guys. It's never too late to come to the Autobots.", Harvester said.

Scraper and Mix stopped their work and looked at her. At first, Harvester started to panic.

Had she overstepped her boundaries? "Yeah, I guess. Megatron had good oil and all, but his management skills stink.", Mix Master said.

Harvester felt her mouth drop. Had she finally brought her brothers to the light?

Scraper then was struggling to pull something up. "Yo, Scrap! What was that?", Mix Master asked.

"I-I don't know, Mix. But, it's putting up a fight.", Scraper replied. Everyone then rushed to Scraper to help him pull up whatever was down there.

Suddenly, the Sumdac's construction machine came out. "What the slag is that?", Scraper asked.

Then, it transformed into a small robot. "If I had to guess... A forklift, a headmaster unit, an Allspark fragment, and a whole lot of trouble.", Bulkhead said, bringing Harvester behind him.

"What are you cogs looking at? Do you want a piece of me?! Try it and you'll be going scrap and a piece of the box!", the robot snapped, pushing past them. "Well, he's a little bottle of sunshine.", Harvester whispered.

The new bot must have heard her, as he turned around. "Who said that? Whoever did with be scrap metal when I'm done with em.", the robot said.

"Whoa! Someone has a big chip on their engine block.", Bulkhead said, trying to cover Harvester even more. "You ever try working for a living tiny? Taken orders from the man, moving this, move that. Well, forget about it! I'm in charge now!", the robot said.

"Who scald and made him boss?", Scraper laughed/whispered to Mix Master. "That's dirt boss to you! You got a problem with that?", Dirt boss told him.

He then shot a little drill into Scraper's head. The bot then started making Mix Master hit himself.

"You got a problem?", Dirt boss asked, circling Scraper. "Hey, knock it off! Leave my brother alone!", Harvester yelled out, finally coming out from behind Bulkhead and aiming her sonic swords at Dirt Boss.

But, when Dirt boss looked at her, he just smiled with a lovestruck look. "Well, where have you been all my life, Beautiful?~", Dirt boss purred.

Harvester took a step back, disgusted. "Hey, leave her alone-! Wait, brother?", Mix Master said, looking at Harvester.

She looked down, saddened that they still didn't recognize her. Bulkhead then turned on his comm link.

"Um... Prime, I think we got a problem.", Bulkhead said. Elsewhere...

"It can't possibly be as big as the one we got here.", Optimus said, as he was laying on top of Serenity, trying to protect her. Lugnut then shot a bunch of torpedoes at the Autobots.

"Incoming!", Optimus shouted out, as they all ran for cover. But, instead this time, Serenity ended on top of Optimus, both of their faces plates meetings.

"Punny Autobots! What have you done with Megatron?!", Lugnut demanded. "This probably wouldn't be a good time to discuss that fact that you two were kissing and that Megatron is transwarping randomly around the galaxy deal, would it?", Bumblebee whispered to Optimus and Serenity.

"No, it would not.", Serenity answered. "You and Ratchet just keep him low to the ground and distracted. while me, Prowl, and Serenity try to get the status cuffs on him.", Optimus ordered.

"Talk! Now!", Lugnut demanded. "Talk is cheap! How about some action?", Bumblebee shouted out, as he shot at Lugnut.

Bumblebee's shot only managed to cause Lugnut to slightly be disoriented, before he went at Bumblebee again. "Even your battle grade stinger are no match for my-", Lugnut said.

He was cut off, as Ratchet used his magnetic powers to bring Lugnut down. But then, he started dragging Ratchet.

"Prowl, now!", Optimus ordered, as they catapulted themselves over Lugnut, placing the status cuffs on him without the ends meeting. "Fools! You status cuffs are useless unless they are linked!", Lugnut yelled out.

Serenity then used her wand to link them, as Lugnut fell into the pit he created with his explosive gantlet. "Nice teamwork, Autobots!", Optimus praised.

"So, how do we get him out of there?" Bumblebee asked. "Think, Bulkhead. Think! What would Prime do?", Bulkhead said to himself.

Dirt boss finally released Scraper. "Okay! You're the boss, dirt boss.", Scraper said.

"That's better! Anyone else got a cranking problem?", Dirt boss asked. "No, no, no, Sir! No cranking.", Mix said.

"How about you two?", Dirt boss asked, turning to Bulkhead and Harvester. Before anyone could respond.

"Bulkhead, Harvester! What is all this commotion?", Professor Sumdac asked, then he saw the other bots. "What are they doing here? Get them out of here at once!", Professor Sumdac ordered.

Harvester tried to signal him to be quiet. "Yo! Where's did this pipsqueak off to ordering us around? I got half a mind to-", Dirt boss asked, marching towards Sumdac.

Bulkhead then cuts him off. "Wait! I mean, he doesn't order us around. I order him around. Now get cracking in that dynamic thruster before I give you a face full of wrecking ball!", Bulkhead said, trying to keep the professor safe.

But, the professor didn't see it that way. "Bulkhead! Is this some kind of-", Professor Sumdac asked.

"I said move it, human! I want it done by yesterday!", Bulkhead shouted out, winking at the professor trying to get the signal across. "Yes sir!", Professor Sumdac said, quickly running off, still unaware that Bulkhead didn't really mean it.

"I take it back what I said before! You are worse than working for Megatron!", Professor Sumdac continued. Harvester then came over to stand next to Bulkhead.

"At least he's safe now.", Bulkhead whispered to her. Then, he turned to Dirt boss.

"I mean, guess I showed him.", Bulkhead said. "See? Now that's what I'm talking about! Bots like us... We helped build this city... And now we are going to take a piece of it back. With interest?", Dirt Boss said.

"Yeah!", Scraper and Mix Master both said. "But, how?", Scraper asked.

"Think about it! The city runs on energy. Electric, solar, natural gas, and oil.", Dirt Boss replied. "Did he say oil?", Mix Master asked.

"Yeah! And who's going to protect all that oil? We are!", Dirt boss said. "Now you talking.", Scraper said.

"Yeah, protect. That's more like it. I knew you guys would do the right thing.", Bulkhead said, happily. Harvester held back, though.

She wasn't sure about this. Dirt boss then looked at Harvester.

"So, what do you think, Sweet spark?~", Dirt boss purred. He then walked over to her and grabbed her hand, before pulling her down to face him.

"You know, I'm going to need a second boss to help me.~", Dirt boss continued, stroking her hand. "Hey, hey! Let's just leave her out of this. For now, huh?", Scraper said.

Harvester thought it would be Bulkhead to run to her rescue, but to her surprise it was Scraper. Bulkhead then came over and stood between Harvester and Dirt boss.

Dirt boss seemed to ignore him, as he looked at her. "When you get bored of the guard dog, look me up.", Dirt boss said.

Then, everyone headed downtown. An oil truck was heading down the road, until it saw some construction vehicles coming at him.

He then quickly broke them. "Hey! Move it, ya meatheads! I got to get this load to sumoligan.", a guy yelled out.

Dirt boss then transformed. "I got your sumoligan right here!", Dirt boss yelled back.

Mix and Scraper then grabbed the truck, shaking the guy out. "Guys, wait! You can't do that!", Bulkhead said, as he and Harvester drove up.

"Wanna bet?", Mix Master asked. He then through some cement at their feet, pinning them down.

"Guys, wait a minute! Listen to me!", Bulkhead pleaded. Mix Master and Scraper shared one last glance at Harvester, as she looked at them with disappointment.

"Who am I kidding? I should be happy you don't remember I'm a sister with all that you are doing. That I'm not involved with you anymore! Because I'm ashamed of you.", Harvester said. Mix Master and Scraper looked at each other then drove away.

Dirt boss then picked up the human. "Tell you boss there's a new boss in town. Dirt Boss!", Dirt boss said.

Soon, Dirtboss and the Constructicons were in the headlines, taking oil from where ever they could. "We got the description of the perps. Of 40 foot tall, robotic, rude. Friends of yours?", Captain Fanzone asked Bulkhead and Harvester, as she looked down.

"Sorta... But they are good bots, Captain! Just miss programmed.", Bulkhead explained. "Well, if you see your good bots, tell them that I don't take kindly to machines acting up in my town.", Captain Fanzone said.

"Don't worry, I'll tell them. If I ever catch them...", Bulkhead whispered the last part. He then looked at Harvester.

"Are you doing okay?", Bulkhead asked. She looked up at him, as they started walking away.

"In all honesty... No. They put me to shame. I want to believe they may be good, but they have been given every chance to change. They never do. I'm tired of hoping.", Harvester replied. Bulkhead put a servo on her shoulder.

"Never give up hope.", Bulkhead told her. Meanwhile, Optimus, Prowl, and Bumblebee were struggling to pull up Lugnut, while Ratchet and Serenity were trying to hoist them up with their powers.

"You have not defeated me, Autobots! Not as long as my voice synthesizer can still operate the name of Megatron!", Lugnut yelled out. "Talk about a one-track mind.", Serenity said to Ratchet.

Ratchet then looked at her. "Have you heard anything from Harvester yet? I'm starting to worry.", Ratchet asked.

Serenity then smiled, happy to see Ratchet playing the role of a protective Sire. "I'm sure they are fine.", Serenity replied.

"Where's Bulkhead when you need him?", Prowl groaned. "Forget the big guy! Where's a mouth clamp when you need one?" Bumblebee strained.

Then, the cables broke. Serenity ran out of the way in time.

But, Lugnut fell on top of Ratchet. "Hey! Who puts the crude in crude oil!?", Mix Master yelled out.

"Mix Master and Scraper, that's who!", Scraper answered, as they both started drinking. "Yo! What's the matter with you? We didn't steal this oil so you cogs could guzzle the prophet!", Dirt boss yelled out.

Bulkhead then peered through the window, as Harvester climbed up onto his shoulders so she could see. "Thank goodness I found you! You said you wanted it yesterday and that you wanted the lab. But, I didn't want you to get angrier so I figured-", Professor Sumdac said.

Bulkhead then put his digit on the professor's lip to try and quiet him. "Please, don't hurt me! I'm a father!", Professor Sumdac begged.

"Take it easy, Professor! I was just playing along before so those guys wouldn't hurt you.", Bulkhead explained, as Harvester jumped off. "Who are you talking to, big guy?", Dirt boss said from behind Bulkhead.

"I don't want to hear your lame excuses, humans! Now make it right this time and make it snappy!", Bulkhead ordered. "Yes sir!", Professor Sumdac said, as he ran off.

"Humans, what can you do?", Bulkhead said, as he tried to play it off. "What can you do? I'll tell you what you can do! We can squeeze them for every last drop of oil they got!", Dirt boss said.

"We can?", Scraper asked. "The fossil fuel refinery has the biggest oil supply in the city. But if we take them offline, we'll have the biggest supply. The city will have no choice but to come to us for oil. No one can stop us!", Dirt boss laughed.

"No one except me.", Bulkhead blurted out. "No one except us!", Harvester agreed, standing next to Bulkhead and taking out her swords.

"Oh? And how are you going to stop us?", Mix Master asked, shooting some cement at them. Bulkhead dodged and shot his wrecking ball into Mix's gun.

"I don't think so.", Mix Master said, pulling Bulkhead to fall. "Leave him alone!", Harvester said, standing in front of Bulkhead.

"Now think about this, Sweet spark. These two are your brothers. Are you going to betray them to save him?", Dirt boss asked. "So far, Bulkhead has been more like family to me than them.", Harvester said, glaring at the two.

They both looked down... Ashamed? 'No, they don't care about you. Bulkhead needs you.', Harvester thought, prepared to defend him.

"Take her down!", Dirt boss ordered. Both Mix Master and Scraper hesitated.

"Are you sure that's necessary?", Scraper asked. "Who's the boss here?!", Dirt