"Exactly what plan do you have that could possibly involve me?" Arcee asked with a glare.

Starscream kept the devilish grin on his face as he responded, "You'll find out real soon."

"Starscream, look out! There's a Terrorcon behind you!" Knockout yells and Starscream screams as he turns around to shoot the Terrorcon, but there's none there.

Arcee jumps on top of him to knock him down to the ground before punching him to knock him out. Once she's sure he's unconscious she runs off with Knockout towards the ground bridge control room. They ran into a few Terrorcons here and there but Arcee made quick work of them.

They manage to get to the ground bridge control room without any more interferences, it was a good idea to make the escape while the outbreak of Terrorcons was happening. All of the Decepticons on the warship are too focused on them to pay any attention to the two of them escaping. Arcee puts in some coordinates to a location that she knows the Autobots will see her signal pop up and she runs through the ground bridge with Knockout right behind her.

After they get through and the ground bridge closes Arcee immediately calls out to Wheeljack through the bond. Wheeljack, I made it off the ship with Knockout's help. Can you see my signal?

Arcee! Yes, it just popped up. We're on our way to get you.

Not long after he told her that a ground bridge opened up. She looks at the ground bridge and sees Wheeljack run through the fastest she's ever seen him move. He runs over to her and picks her up to give her a tight hug, "I'm so happy you're okay. He's never getting you ever again."

While he's hugging Arcee the other Autobots surround Knockout with their guns pointed at him, "What are you doing with her? What are you plotting?" Bulkhead asked.

Knockout puts up his servos to show that he doesn't want to fight, "I want to join your team."

Wheeljack looks over at him as he puts Arcee down, "You're the one who took Arcee to hand her over to Buckethead. Why would you help her escape afterward?"

"As I told her, I only took her so I could talk to her and get her to help me get onto the team. I no longer want to be with the Decepticons."

"And why do you want to change sides all of a sudden?" Smokescreen asked.

Knockout looked at Smokescreen and the pulse of his spark quickened, he wasn't lying when he told Arcee he was getting feelings for this mech, "I used to think the Decepticon way of life was the right way, but when I met Arcee and started becoming friends with her the last time she was taken, my perspectives suddenly started changing. I now see that the Decepticon cause is one I no longer want to be part of."

"I've gotten to know him in the time that I was being held by the Decepticons, last time and this time, and I believe he really does want to change," Arcee adds in, "Now can we get back to the base before the Decepticons show up to try to take me back?"

"Alright, you may come with us," Optimus says to Knockout, "But you will be treated as a prisoner of war until we're sure we can trust you."

"I already expected as much."

They all walk through the ground bridge back to base and Arcee is greeted with a warm welcome by the kids who are overjoyed to see her come back safely, especially Jack who was worried it was gonna be just like how it was last time where they would be close to getting her and she would get yanked out of their reach. Thankfully, they were able to get her so quickly this time.

"Why is he here?" Ratchet asks as he glares at Knockout.

"He helped Arcee escape because he wants to switch sides," Optimus informs him.

"I don't trust him. It could be a trick."

"We all think that," Magnus speaks up, "Which is why he will be under full supervision."

"At least until he can prove that we can trust him," Optimus adds.

"Well, he can start by spilling everything he knows about the Decepticons," Bulkhead says as he moves closer to Knockout, "If you really want to switch you will tell us everything," he says as he pokes the mech's chest.

Knockout has to fight really hard not to freak out about this wrecker touching his paint job, he's trying to get on their good side after all. He tells himself that he'll just have to deal with any small scratches later, right now he needs to cooperate with them. He starts telling them everything he knows about the Decepticons.

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"YOU LET THEM ESCAPE!?" Megatron yells as he punches Starscream. They had gotten the whole Terrorcon outbreak under control and Megatron was gonna go check on Arcee when he found Starscream lying unconscious in the corridor, when Starscream woke up and told him that Knockout had helped Arcee escape he was furious, "You had better do everything you can to get her back!"

"I will my liege, and if I might also say, I have a plan that you could use -"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PLANS!! GET ARCEE!!"

"It could help you control Arcee, my lord!" Starscream shouts as he puts his arms in front of his face. 

Megatron was about to punch him again but he paused when he heard what he said, "Go on."

Starscream looks up at him, "It's as Knockout and I was saying earlier about the Dark Energon being able to let you control any being that has it. It didn't work with the Terrorcon Breakdown but it gave me an idea, if we could inject Dark Energon into Arcee you could control her and make her do whatever you want. It could also kill the sparkling that she carries."

Megatron thought about what he said and smirked, "For once you have a good idea. Capture Arcee and inject her with the Dark Energon. We will go with that plan, don't disappoint me," he says as he walks off.

"Yes, my liege," Starscream says as he gets up off the ground. He will make it work.