Another week went by since the Battle with the Decepticons that left a lot of Autobots severely injured, including Ultra Magnus. But for a week there was no Decepticon activity what so ever, but then a couple of days ago the Decepticons had resurfaced and were out and about, and there were times when a Decepticon or two would come near the base, which made all the Autobots on edge because they didn't know if they would attack. So every Autobot was keeping an optic out for any kind of activity, while the remaining injured Autobots were being cleared for active duty from Ratchet and Bella, which made Smokescreen really happy that he finally got to do something after two weeks of doing nothing. When everything was quiet with no activity at all, which wasn't really often lately.

        So Ratchet asked Optimus and Ultra Magnus if Bella could help him out around Med Bay more often since she did a good job with all the injured Autobots the past two weeks. Optimus and Ultra Magnus didn't answer right away, they thought about it and talked to each other about it and then got back to Ratchet and they agreed to it but there were a couple of things they told him, such as, Bella still had to do her duties every once and a while and still had to go on patrol once in a while. Ratchet understood the conditions and told them that he would tell Bella the news himself, the next he saw her and also tell her the conditions that they said, so he sent Bulkhead to go tell Bella that he wanted to see her in Med Bay. 

"Hey Bella! Ratchet wants to see you in Med Bay." Bulkhead said while knocking on her door.

"What for?" Bella asked as she opened her door.

"I don't know. He just told me that he wanted to see you in Med Bay right away." Bulkhead answered.

"Okay. Thanks Bulkhead." Bella replied.

"No problem Bella." Bulkhead responded as he walked back to the hanger part of the base.

"Hmm. I wonder why Ratchet needs me so urgently in Med Bay for. Well I will find out shortly." She said as she walked towards Med Bay and saw Ratchet. "Hey Ratchet, Bulkhead said you needed to see me urgently."

"Yes I did." Ratchet replied.

"What's so urgent?" Bella asked as she stopped a couple feet away from him.

"Well I asked Optimus and Ultra Magnus about you helping me out around Med Bay more often since you were a good help with all the Injured Autobots." Ratchet explained.

"And? What did they say?" Bella asked.

"Well they considered it for a while." Ratchet said seeming to take his time.

"But what did they say?" Bella asked starting to get impatient.

"They said that it would be a good idea for you to help me out." Ratchet said finally.

"Really?" Bella asked with excitement.

"Yeah." Ratchet responded.

"That is awesome." Bella said.

"But." Ratchet said.

"Oh. There's a but? What's the But?" Bella asked.

"They also said that you still need to do your duties and go on patrol every once in a while." Ratchet said.

"Alright. I understand that. The days that you are not so busy will be the days that I will do my duties." Bella responded.

"Good." Ratchet said.

        After Bella was done talking to Ratchet she went to find Smokescreen to tell him the news she was just told, and she thought she should start looking for him outside since she has seen him out there many times. So once she exited the base she saw Smokescreen standing still while staring at something, and Bella thought that it was a good idea to look outside first instead of checking there last. As she approached him she thought nothing could get her out of the mood she was in, until she stopped right beside Smokescreen, who didn't even turn to say hi or anything, he just kept staring. She didn't know what he was staring at until she looked in the direction he was staring and saw a figure standing there about 150 yards away. She immediately recognized the figure, since she has learned to recognize it at any given point. It was a Decepticon, but not just any Decepticon, it was Breakdown, and he was watching them both as Bella and Smokescreen were staring at him.

        Smokescreen was the one who ran inside the base and told Optimus and Ultra Magnus that Breakdown was 150 yards from the base, but was just standing there. So Optimus and Ultra Magnus got some of the Autobots and went outside where Bella was still watching Breakdown, but when Smokescreen ran inside to tell the others, Breakdown moved closer. He was now 130 yards away, and it seemed like he wasn't about to be scared away by the presence of more Autobots. Over comms Optimus told Mirage to get closer and see if anyone else is with Breakdown, and that if he sees any other Decepticons, he is to report back immediately and try not to be seen. It was a while before Mirage showed back up, and from his expression the news wasn't good.

"Mirage what did you see? Where there any other Decepticons with him?" Optimus asked.

"There were others." Mirage said.

"How many others?" Optimus asked.

"It was hard to tell Optimus." Mirage responded. 

"How close did you get?" It was Ultra Magnus who asked the question.

"I go about a couple yards away from them, sir." Mirage said.

"Can you at least guess at how many there were Mirage." Bella asked.

"From what I could see, there was about 20 Decepticons, maybe more." He replied.

"That's more than last time. They are not messing around this time." Optimus said.

"Optimus there is something else though." Mirage said.

"What is it?" Optimus asked.

"They have Predaking, Darksteel, and Skylynx with them." Mirage said.

"Megatron brought along the Predacons!?" It was Bumblebee who spoke up. "They are defiantly not messing around this time." He added.

"Well that's it. We are dead." Smokescreen said while he threw his hands up.

"Smokescreen, we are not going to die just because Megatron brought the Predacons." Bella told him.

"We are all going to die Bella. Don't you get that!?" Smokescreen said panicking.

"Smokescreen snap out of it!" Bella said as she walked over to him and then slapped him. "You do know that we have the Dinobot's right? Or have you forgotten?" She asked.

"Um. No. I have not forgotten." Smokescreen said.

"Now that Smokescreen is under control." Bumblebee said then looked at Optimus. "What should we do?" He asked. "Should we get ready?"

"Yes, but make sure the Decepticons don't suspect anything." Optimus said.

"Sir, may I ask why?" Ultra Magnus asked.

"As long as the Decepticons think that we there is only one of them in are sights, then they think they have the element of surprise." Optimus answered.

"And as long as they think that, they won't know what coming for them when they attack and we are prepared!" Mirage said.

"Correct." Optimus said.

"That is good thinking Optimus." Bella said.

"Now go let everyone else know about this plan and get them to get prepared quietly, while me, Bella, and Bumblebee stay out here to keep an optic on Breakdown, just in case he does something." Optimus said.

"Even Grimlock and the other Dinobot's?" Smokescreen asked.

"Yes." Optimus replied. "Even them."

"Okay." Smokescreen replied as he entered the base.

        So as Optimus, Bella, and Bumblebee stood outside keeping their optics on Breakdown, the rest of the Autobots were inside preparing for another battle, while also trying to make sure that the Decepticons don't suspect anything. But Grimlock and the other Dinobot's did the opposite of what they were told. Well they did prepare but they did not do it quietly because didn't care weather or not the Decepticons heard them or not, since Grimlock just wanted to go out there and fight the Decepticons. While outside Optimus, Bella, and Bumblebee noticed that Breakdown was moving farther away from the base, instead of moving closer, which Optimus thought was odd and was stating to believe that Breakdown was just a distraction so that the Decepticons could get prepared and also be waiting for the rest of the Decepticons to show up.

        Optimus told this to Bella and Bumblebee, and they both thought about it and agreed with Optimus about it since that could be a reason why the Decepticons hadn't attacked yet. So Optimus told Bella to go check it out by transforming into vehicle form and drive towards Breakdown and where the rest of the Decepticons were hiding. Bella did as she was told and transformed into her vehicle form and drove off towards the Decepticons. As she got closer and closer she could see could see that Breakdown wasn't sure what to do since there was a Autobot driving towards him, which he did not suspect would happen. So as she got closer he started to back up more until he turned around and ran towards the other Decepticons, but Bella was faster then he was, so as she caught up with him she rammed his legs which made him him fall down, face first, and then she drove over him, and kept on driving.

        When she reached the top of the hill and saw that the Decepticons were looking in her direction, she started to think that she should have told Optimus how crazy his idea was to send her to do this. She noticed that there were more than 20 Decepticons there and also noticed the three predacons who were transforming into beast mode and started to fly right at her, which made the other Decepticons run at her as well in there vehicle modes. So Bella turned around and sped away as fast as she could back to base where she saw Optimus and Bumblebee standing outside where they have been watching all of it unfold and they immediately sprang into action as Bumblebee went to the entrance of the base and told everyone that the Decepticons were on their way, and they knew by the mass of Decepticons coming their way, that it was going to be a big battle.