"You look so much like your mother," Tarn purred as he shoved her up against a tree. Leaning in his mask smashed against her lips as if he was kissing her. He held her arms above her helm as he pinned her to the tree, "I'm going to enjoy this."

"LET ME GO!!!" She yells as she starts squirming trying to fight him off her, "I already have a mate!"

"Does it look like I care?" He growled as he started removing her interface panel.

"No, don't!"

"Your mother begged for me to stop, saying that her mate would come for her. When he did she was already laying in a pool of her own Energon," he whispered into her audio receptor as he removed his interface panel, "And no one is going to save you."

Steeljaw seemingly came out of nowhere punching Tarn away from his mate, "KEEP YOUR FILTHY SERVOS OFF MY MATE!!!" The force of his punch sent the mech to the ground.

Tarn looked up at him, "You're quick, I'll give you that," he chuckled, "I'm going to enjoy toying with you," he grinned, each word aiming for his spark. "You can feel it already, your spark's slowing down."

Steeljaw could feel his spark slowing down but the wave of love being sent to him from his mate helped it get back to normal, "Not gonna work."

"I was hoping to save this for the finale," Tarn whispered as he tackled Steeljaw, sending him to the ground. Steeljaw slashes him on the back then turns over putting him on his back and raises a servo to strike him. Tarn grunted in pain as he grabbed Steeljaw's wrist, his tight grip crushing the Wolf-Con's wrist causing Steeljaw to howl in pain when Magnus ran up to them and punched Tarn really hard on his helm.

Tarn cried out from the punch before looking up with a chuckle, "Well, isn't this a lovely reunion."

"Release my daughter."

"And what will you do if I don't?" He asked as he got up off the ground while focusing on the Wrecker's spark pulse, making it race.

Magnus launched at him, "I'm gonna tear you apart!"

Tarn quickly pulled Strongarm in front of him, using her as a shield. Magnus quickly came to a halt not wanting to hit his daughter.

Tarn threw his helm back as he laughed, "You Autobots are too easy. Now why don't you two get comfortable as I -"

Tarn was interrupted when Steeljaw grabbed Strongarm and pulled her away giving Magnus an opening to throw a punch at Tarn. Tarn's mask cracked under the force as he backed away from the commander. Steeljaw helps Strongarm get her interface panel back on while Magnus has another round with Tarn.

Tarn caught Magnus' servo crushing it under his grip, "It will take a lot more than that, Ultra Magnus."

Before he could tear his arm off he felt something dripping down his chest. Looking down he saw a servo, with pained groans he turned his helm only to see Tesarus, "What are you doing?" He asked the mech.

"You will not... harm my family," he spoke in a voice that was not his own. Magnus' optics widened, he knew who it was. But how?

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Drift screamed in pain when he felt Kaon's servo digging into his stomach. He deserved this pain, after all of the lives he had stolen, this was his punishment and he was going to take it. As his vision started to grow dark he thought he heard a roar. Please someone help me.

Then suddenly the servo was removed from his stomach as Grimlock came running over and punched the mech. Holding his servo on his wound, Drift picked up his sword, slashing it across Kaon's neck. With a garbled scream, the mech tried to stop the leaking with little success.

"Hang on, Drift. We'll get you to Med Bay," Bumblebee tells him.

"When did you guys get here? How did you know we were in trouble?"

"Ultra Magnus called us. Also, Fixit spotted some strange signals."

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Arcee fell to the ground as Wheeljack continued his fight with Helex. Every time she tried to help her mate Helex would push her aside. She brings out one of her blades and slices him in the back.

Grunting from the pain he grabbed her whole arm, lifting her off the ground, "If you had a death wish then I will grant it," he slowly started breaking her arm. Her other servo transforms into a blaster and she shoots him in the chest before kicking him back and getting out of his grasp. Holding his chest he reached for her only to feel something slash across his back.

Quickly turning around he stopped Wheeljack's blade from impaling him as he headbutts the smaller mech. Wheeljack falls back with his helm reeling. Arcee shoots at the mech, trying to get him away from her mate, and Bulkhead comes running over while transforming his servo into his wrecking ball, and he slams his wrecking ball into the mech's face.

Helex stumbles back but quickly regains his composure, "Three against one, sounds like fun," he says before he feels Wheeljack's sword piercing through his spark chamber. Helex falls to the ground as his spark ceases.

Arcee fell to her knees while transforming her servos, Wheeljack ran over to her, "You okay, babe?" He asked as he held her. She didn't respond, just held him.

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Metalsound backed away as Vos took off his face trying to force it on her. Thunderhoof rams him from behind throwing him a few paces.

"You guys aren't playing fair," he complained.

"What do you know about fairness?" Thunderhoof asks him.

"At least we always fight one-on-one," he growled as Metalsound bit his arm. Then a sword comes raking across his chest. He grabs his chest screaming in pain as he looks up at the red mech who had just arrived.

"Thanks for the help, kid," Thunderhoof tells Sideswipe.

"It was no problem, that's what teammates are for," Sideswipe says with a grin.

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Steeljaw holds Strongarm tightly, "Are you alright my love?" Strongarm couldn't say anything, her body was shaking with fear of what could have happened if Steeljaw hadn't arrived in time. "Don't worry, there's no way I would allow another mech to touch you or harm you in any way."

She buried her face into his chest as she started crying. He caressed her helm as he sent a big wave of love to her through their bond.

Tesarus watched them in silence, having removed his hand from Tarn's body, "She.. is.. in.. good.. hands," he replied.

Steeljaw looks at him, "Who are you?"

The large mech knelt beside Steeljaw, just barely touching Strongarm's helm. Steeljaw pulled Strongarm out of the mech's reach as he growled at him.

"Take... care... of...them," he told Steeljaw as he fell to the ground. Steeljaw just looked confused, he wasn't sure what to make of that. What did he mean by them?

Bumblebee comes running over to them, "Are you guys okay?"

"Bumblebee, we need to get everyone to Med Bay," Magnus tells him before running off to see the others. Bumblebee calls Soundwave for a Ground Bridge.

Magnus runs over to Drift's side to stop the Energon from seeping from his body. Metalsound, Thunderhoof, and Sideswipe had managed to take Vos down. "Is everyone alright?" Magnus asked as Metalsound slowly fell to the ground.

"Do we look like we're alright?" Arcee snaps.

Thunderhoof carefully picked up his mate as he glared down at Vos. Ultra Magnus growled as he tried to tend to Drift's wound. He wasn't a medic. A Ground Bridge opens up and Bumblebee, Grimlock, Sideswipe, and Bulkhead help them all get back to the scrapyard.

"What on Cybertron happened?" Fixit asked as they all returned.

"The D.J.D happened," Magnus replies and he and Grimlock help Drift walk to his ship and Med Bay.

"Is anyone else injured?" Fixit asks looking around.

"Only Drift, Steeljaw, and Arcee. Wheeljack got his helm banged up a bit," Bumblebee replied.

"Oh dear, it's going to be a long night," Fixit replied as he led them to Med Bay. Fixit fixes up and bandages them all, "I wished there was more of me," he stated softly while he worked on Steeljaw's wrist.