"This is not good..."

Both Rachet and Optimus run towards where Mirage was. Eventually they run into the others and all were running towards Mirage's location.

Illusion was kicking StarScream, as she was still being held on. "Let go!!!" StarScream ignored her cries, as he continues heading towards the Decepticon's base. Illusion sees Mirage still following behind them. "|This is embarrassing....|" Illusion thought silently. Suddenly, gun fires could be heard coming towards them. Illusion sees the other Autobots catch up to them, Bumblebee trying to shoot StarScream down. "Looks like your friends came..." StarScream sent 3 missiles towards them. They all got out of the way, avoiding the missiles's fire. Mirage continued running towards them. "|They're not gonna give up until they have me back!|" StarScream thought for a moment 'till he smiled. "You're right, let's give you back to them..." Illusion didn't understand what he meant until a blade went through her stomach, as a smaller blade ripped out the radio in her chest, leaving her to not be able to speak anymore. He drops her before flying off. Mirage runs quickly, as he held his hand out to catch her. He successfully caught her in his arms. "Illusion!" Optimus runs up next to Mirage. Rachet soon catches up to them and immediately orders Mirage to lay her down. Rachet did a quick scan and observe for any permanent damage. "She will be fine, just needs to rest. But won't be able to speak anymore..." Bumblebee looks down at Illusion, seeing her frail state and empty hole where her radio was. "|I know how to get her voice back.|"

A loud knock was heard in front of Charlie's house. "I'll get it!" Charlie runs towards the door. She opens the door and sees Bumblebee and the other Autobots behind him. He was holding Illusion in his arms. "Bumblebee!" She whisper shouted. "Who is it?" Charlie's mom was heard from the kitchen. "There's no one at the door. I think it was some prank or something." She pointed towards her garage to Bumblebee. Bumblebee and the others quietly walk towards the garage door, waiting for Charlie to open it. Soon enough, the garage door was opening slowly. As it fully opened, Bumblebee slowly puts Illusion down on the ground as he stands next to her. "what happened!?" Bumblebee explained to Charlie what happened earlier and was asking Charlie if she can fix Illusion's radio. "Fine, but I better head out now with one of your Autobot friends to find a radio for her." Mirage volunteered first to help Charlie find a radio. They both left, as the others stayed behind and checked on Illusion to make sure she's still alive.

"It's all my fault." As soon as Mirage transformed and left Charlie's house with Charlie, he's been talking about what happened earlier and was blaming himself for what happened to Illusion. "It should of been me you know. Not Illusion..." Charlie sighed, as she gave him a small pat on his side. "You didn't know that was gonna happen to her anyway. What matters is that she's still alive." Mirage and Charlie continued to drive silently as they make it to a pawn shop. Charlie entered and Mirage stayed outside, waiting for her to come back. After a few minutes, Charlie came back with a radio in her hands. "I got it. It still works so it should help Illusion to get her voice back." Mirage couldn't contain his excitement. He started driving quickly back to Charlie's house, ignoring the street signs. After making it back to the house, Charlie runs into her garage with Mirage behind her. She grabs her tools and started working on Illusion. Illusion stayed still as Charlie started connecting the cables and putting the radio back into her.  Her hands were shaking slightly, as Charlie accidentally electrocute her. Optimus holds her hand, pressing it into his. After an hour passed by, Charlie finished installing the radio. "See if it works..." Illusion was sitting, trying to choose a radio to talk through. "At this point, she's just checking out her new radio." Illusion glares at Mirage, as she beeps him a response through her radio. "|Shut it Mirage!|" Everyone does a small cheer, each one thanking Charlie for helping them and getting Illusion's voice back. "Just promise me Illusion that you'll take better care of this radio." Illusion nods as she slowly starts getting out of the garage along with everyone else. "|Why'd you have to use your new radio on Mirage?|" Bumblebee asked. "|Says the mech that was sleeping on top of my brother.|" Bumblebee felt a blush slowly creeping on his face plate, as he looks away from Illusion. Everyone transforms, slowly driving away from Charlie's house as she waved at them. Everyone was following Optimus as Bumblebee stayed behind. Mirage started to drive slowly until he was next to Bumblebee. "Something wrong Bumblebee? You're usually ahead of us and next to Optimus?" Bumblebee ignored him, as he started driving a bit faster. Mirage kept pestering him, asking the same question. The more he kept asking the same question, the faster Bumblebee drove until he bumps into Illusion's bumper. "|Watch it Bee! I just got this paint a few days ago!|" Bumblebee apologizes, until he heard Mirage's voice next to him. "I would feel bad if you scratched her paint Bumblebee. It looks great on her." Illusion continues driving next to UltraMagnus, as they both were behind Optimus. "|Is there any sign of a decepticon nearby?|" UltraMagnus was about to say no until he noticed a car was slowly following them. It had the Decepticon's symbol on it. "Optimus! We're being followed!" Everyone started to accelerate, as a few more Decepticons followed them. "|Head to the woods! We don't want them to destroy the city!|" Optimus lead the others towards the woods. As everyone made it far into the woods, they all transformed to their bot form and pulled out their weapons. The Decepticons transformed as well, as StarScream landed in front of them. "Why hello there....."

"Autobots...."