The next day the team arrived on Aquatron the planet was beautiful there were bridges so the transformers with land base alt modes could get around ok. And several shops were set up and there were a lot of foutines around the place.

The first one to great them was a Quintessiont name Alpha Q who was accompanied by the Sharkicons and their leaders Tyrannicon and Gnaw.

"Welcome to Aquatron." Said Alpha Q.

"Thanks for inviting us." Ultra Magnus answered him. As they all started to walk into the main building where the bots would be staying.

Just then they heard a scream and saw that Smokescreen had fallen into the water and was being dragged down by a rip current and without thinking Knock Out dived in after him.

Knock Out managed to get to Smokescreen but now both mechs were stuck in the rip current being pulled deeper and deeper under water.

They didn't have to worry about drowning since cybertronians don't breathe oxygen. But the pressure of the rip current was going to crush them. If they didn't get out of it soon and the deeper it dragged them the worse it was getting.

Knock Out was now struggling not to go unconscious and he could tell Smokescreen was dazed. And he could feel the pressure that was threatening to crush them both.

The red medic continued to clang to his friend and was trying desperately to figure out a way to get them both out of this. When suddenly Smokescreen slipped out of his grip.

"No!" He thought.

Just when it seemed hopeless he saw Tyrannicon zip through the rip current like it was nothing and grab Smokescreen while Gnaw got him and the next thing Knock Out knew was he and Smokescreen were both tossed back to dry land.

It took both mechs a second to come back to their senses. And they thanked both Sharkicons for saving them.

Then Arcee went over and slapped Knock Out.

"Hey what was that for?" He asked feeling confused as to why he had just been smacked across the faceplates.

"What were you thinking we already had one team mate in danger did you really have to make it two!" Arcee yelled at him.

"I was just trying to help Smokescreen." Knock Out explained. Arcee just walked away from him.

Then Knock Out and Smokescreen went to the medbay so Ratchet could look them over and make sure they hadn't received any serious damage from their unexpected swim.
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After Ratchet finished checking them both over he was glad to report they were both A-OK.

"Don't let Arcee get to you." Smokescreen told Knock Out who he noticed looking down. "Thanks for trying to save me back there."

"Anytime." Knock Out replied. "Just be more careful not to fall off the bridge next time."

"I didn't fall off the bridge I'm pretty sure Gnaw pushed me." Smokescreen explained.

"He did I saw the whole thing." Ratchet added. "But they didn't know I did."

"But he was one of the ones who saved us." Said Knock Out. "Why would one of the Sharkicons push Smokescreen in just so he and their other leader could save us?"

"Because I think they wanted us to be grateful so they can gain our trust with a rescue." Ratchet told them.

"Makes since." Knock Out said and as he and Smokescreen agreed.

"So what do we do?" Asked Smokescreen.

"If their trying to gain our trust it means their up to something right?" Added Knock Out.

"I think the best plan would be to look around and try to figure out what their up too." Ratchet suggested.

Then he went to tell Ultra Magnus and Arcee their plan and what they had just figured out.
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Later that night Knock Out was on his way to the room he was staying in when he accidentally overheard a conversation Arcee and Ultra Magnus were having.

"I don't think we can trust Knock Out I mean he just became an Autobot because it was in his favor to at the time." He heard Arcee say. "I think he'd just do anything to save his own finish."

"I tend to agree I think the only reason he tried to save Smokescreen earlier was to prove himself." Ultra Magnus added. "He'll probably just turn on us if he's offered something better or when the situation suits him."

"He's a liability." Said Arcee. "We need find a way to keep him out of the loop."

Knock Out Started to walk away when he saw Ratchet standing there having heard the conversation as well.

Knock Out just pretended to be unaffected and went inside his room but once the door was closed and no one could see him he started sobbing coolant tears.

Ratchet started to go talk to Arcee and Ultra Magnus but they had already left with a Quintessiont who was showing them around. He felt bad for Knock Out he was trying to change for the better and those two wouldn't give him a chance.

Then Ratchet knock on the door of Knock Out's room. And the cherry colored mech answered the door and acted like nothing had happened.

Ratchet knew he'd been crying but didn't say anything.

"I think we should get Smokescreen and look around for clues to what the Quintessionts and Sharkicons are up too." Ratchet told Knock Out hoping this might get his mind off things.

"Ok I'm in." Knock Out replied.

Then the two went and got Smokescreen and the three of them and told him their plan to poke around and he agreed to help as well.

They decided to split up to cover more ground. But none of them could have guessed or foreseen the awful surprise they would find or what their excursion would lead too.

Or the high price it might cost them.

To Be Continued.

Well that's all for this chapter. I left you with a cliffhanger. XD Hope your enjoying this story so far. It was a nightmare to come up with. The Quintessionts and Sharkicons are very hard to write so I hope it's turning out ok. I'll try to update this and my other stories soon but for some reason all the ideas I keep getting are for this one. But I will try to update soon. In the meantime feel free to send feedback.