When Steeljaw wakes up he has a killer helm ache, as well as a sharp pain in his spark chamber and a painful burning sensation throughout his body. He slowly sits up wondering why he's in so much pain, all he remembers is getting into an argument with Strongarm and the two going to opposite sides of the cell, he laid down and went into recharge. He puts his claws over his chest as the pain in his spark chamber intensifies. What could be the cause? The last time he had this pain was when he woke up to find Strongarm gone, he had this pain and felt empty. 

He noticed the empty feeling returning along with the pain, maybe from sleeping away from his mate. He starts to get an uneasy feeling, "Strongarm," he mumbles out as he turns his helm to the side of the cell Strongarm had gone to. She's not there. 

Steeljaw is filled with something he never thought he'd ever feel, worry. He was hit with a tidal wave of worry and panic as he jumped to his feet, forgetting about the pain he was in. He got a groggy memory of waking up before this to find the humans in their cell before getting hit with an electricity bolt and being knocked out. They must have taken Strongarm.

Usually, Steeljaw wouldn't care as long as it wasn't him in the situation, he never really cared for any bot. Sure he would protect his pack but not to where it meant sacrificing himself, he would never do that for any bot no matter who they were. But at this moment all that had been thrown away, his feeling of protection for his new mate starting to take over. He's gonna do everything in his power to protect her. 

Steeljaw runs at the bars of the cell to ram it and try to break it down, only to get hit with the electricity force and knocked back like before. Yes, he did remember that but he doesn't care right now, he wants to get to Strongarm and that's all that matters to him. 

He's starting to see he no longer wants her, wanting is not the term anymore. He NEEDS her. He NEEDS her by his side. He NEEDS her in his arms. He'll stop at nothing to get her. To protect her. To ensure she's with him for eternity. 

He crouches down into an attack position and then launches himself at the cell bars, trying again to break them but with no success. He continues ramming the bars, again and again, not caring about the damage it's doing to his body.

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Strongarm wakes up to find herself strapped down to a table with the humans surrounding her. There were all sorts of machines and tools around her, she recognized them from her research logs. She always loved doing research about Earth and everything that happened while the Autobots were on the planet during the war and she recalls one bit she read that talked about a human group called M.E.C.H. 

The group was always going after the Autobots and Decepticons trying to do research on them and learn more about them. She recognizes this equipment as the tools they used on whatever 'Bot or 'Con they caught. But how did these people get the tools? How do they even know about their existence? 

She couldn't dwell on the thoughts for too long as she felt a jolt of pain going from the bite on her neck down through her frame. The excruciating pain returned along with the sick feeling. She hisses in pain as some liquid starts leaking from her optics. She tries her best to handle it so she doesn't appear weak in front of her new enemies, but is finding it very hard to do.

The leader was standing by watching with amusement, his lips curling into a smirk, "So, your kind can feel pain, and you can cry as well."

Strongarm looks to where his voice came from, "What do you want with us? What did we ever do to you to make you want revenge?"

"You wouldn't know as you weren't here at the time, but your Lieutenant would. He was here when it all happened."

"When what happened?"

"Sir, they're at the point," one of the soldiers spoke up.

"Good. Have they made contact?"

"Not yet..."

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Arcee and Wheeljack follow the tracks through the woods, followed by the others. Even Thunderhoof, Fracture, and Underbite were following which came as a surprise. "I'm guessing you three are trying to get your leader back," Bumblebee says as he keeps a close watch on them.

"Not really, we're just curious to see what happened to him. If we get him back then so be it," Fracture responds.

"He is our leader after all," Underbite added.

"We don't need him to lead us, I could be the leader myself," Thunderhoof added with a sneer. He never liked the thought of following some other bots' lead, he always was the leader himself.

"Well, you do you. We're getting a family member back," Bumblebee says as the group comes across a group of humans in soldier uniforms with weapons at the ready. But not ordinary weapons humans use in wars against each other, weapons specialized to take down a Cybertronian. Weapons Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee knew too well as these same weapons were used on them by M.E.C.H.

"Eyo, what's this?"

"We have a message for the one known as Bumblebee!" The guy in charge of the group spoke up.

Bumblebee raised an optic ridge as he stepped forward, "That would be me. What message do you have for me?"

The guy just pointed to the top of one of the vehicles where Bumblebee and the others saw a datapad, sitting upright on top of the vehicle. They all wondered how they were able to get it up there like that, all except Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee who had seen what M.E.C.H was capable of. They knew since these people got their equipment then they would know how to handle Cybertronian stuff as M.E.C.H did.

The datapad turns on to show the leader of the group. A muscular man with brownish-black hair and a scar under his left eye. The man looked at them with a devilish smirk, "Hello, Autobots, and Decepticons as well."

"Who are you? How do you know about us?" Bumblebee asks with much curiosity.

The man let out a dark chuckle, "I learned a lot about you Cybertronians through the research of my uncle."

"Who exactly is your uncle?" Arcee asks.

"Silas."

Arcee's, Bulkhead's, and Bumblebee's optics widen in shock and their Energon run cold as they remember the human and what he did. If this guy is that monster's nephew then no doubt he's as ruthless and dangerous as he was.

"Isn't Silas the guy you were telling us about?" Grimlock asks.

Bumblebee nods, "Yeah, that's him. We didn't know he had any family."

"Of course you didn't know. Why would he tell you about his personal life? I was all he had left and he was all I had left until you damn Cybertronians took him from me!"

"The Decepticons were the ones that killed him," Bumblebee says trying to reason with him.

"It doesn't matter, all of you are at fault! I sure as hell will get my revenge!" He says as he steps back to show Strongarm strapped to the table.

"Strongarm!" All the Autobots said in sync. The three 'Cons just stood back and watched with amusement, they were actually entertained with what was unfolding in front of them.

"When we find you I'll make you flatter than a pancake!" Wheeljack threatens with a growl.

The guy lets out a dark chuckle from his throat as he signals to his man who is standing by one of the tools. It was a laser tool that could cut through any armor. The tool was aimed at her chest as the guy powered it up. The tool turned on and a laser beam shot out and went right into her chest. He moved the laser downward across her chest, going over her Autobot symbol. The laser didn't cut deep as this was just an example to show to the bots, but it was still cutting through her armor and it still hurt like hell. Strongarm screamed in pain, wishing for it to stop soon.

The 'Bots just watched on in horror as Strongarm was cut by the laser. Arcee and Wheeljack clenched their servos as they felt their Energon boil at the sight of their daughter being tortured like this. All of the Autobots could feel the same rage they were feeling, they all were ready to stomp this guy into the ground.

The laser stopped, leaving a burning cut on Strongarm's chest. The guy looked at the bots, "That was just an example of what I can do. But there's really not much I need to do to her since she's already in pain from being separated from that male. It appears all I need to do is separate the two and they both will be in pain."

The 'Bots glared at him with their dentures grinding, "What do you want from us?" Bumblebee asks in a venomous tone.

"Come find me and find out," the man responds before cutting off the feed. The other humans get back into the vehicles and leave, all heading in different directions so the bots won't know which is the right way to their base.

The bots watch them leave and look at all the directions they went in. There were four directions in total, "Seems we'll have to split up," Magnus says as he looks at the others. They all nod in agreement.

"Good idea. Smokescreen, Ultra Magnus, and Fracture will take the far left. Bulkhead and Thunderhoof will come with me to the far right. Arcee and Wheeljack will take the path leading straight. And Grimlock and Underbite will take the straight left path," Bumblebee says in a commanding tone, which doesn't settle well with Ultra Magnus but he knows that Bumblebee is the leader so he keeps quiet and just goes with it.

"Whoa, whoa, hold up a minute. Who says we're going with?" Thunderhoof butts in.

"You guys wanted to follow and want to know what happened to your leader, so I assumed you would be going all the way. But if you're too scared--" Bumblebee says before getting cut off.

"Scared!?" The 'Cons all shout in unison.

"I'm not scared of anything! Certainly not any humans!" Fracture says all defensive.

"Neither am I!" Thunderhoof adds.

"Just give me some metal and I'll let Thundercruncher and Boltsmasher handle them!" Underbite says as he flexes.

"Well, being criminals neither one of you is going alone. We're keeping our optics on you all," Bumblebee says as he crosses his arms.

The three 'Cons just grunted and let out small mumbles but they knew he was right. They all then set off in their set groups in the directions they were told to go.

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I thought it would be awesome if Hasbro had put in RID a person that was related to Silas in some way and they tried to seek revenge on the bots for Silas' death. They never did anything of the sort but I kept the idea in mind and decided to put it into a story. I couldn't see Silas having a wife and kid so I decided to make it a nephew instead.