THREE CENTURIES AGO...

A group of Decepticons boarded off a ship after they land on Eukaris, a colony planet where it is home to the Beastformers. They are called the Scavengers and Krok is the leader of the Scavengers. He's a gray, purple, and yellow mech who can transform into a jet. Crankcase, a blue and gray mech with a red visor and a part of his helmet is missing who can transform into a car. Flywheels, a magenta mech who can also transform into a jet. Misfire, a purplish-pink mech who can also transform into a jet and he is as tall as Starscream. Spinister, a purple, pink, black, and blue mech that transforms into a helicopter, and Fulcrum, a cream-colored mech that transforms into a bomb.

They were scavenging anything that they could trade or make some good use for them. Misfire passes through the trees as he spots something.

Misfire: Hey, I found something!

The rest of the Scavengers come to Misfire's side as they see what Misfire found.

Crankcase: A ship?

Fulcrum: Not just any ship, it's a Worldsweeper. Decepticons use these to conquer any planet.

Krok: Well, this one has probably been attacked and abandoned.

Misfire: I'm gonna look. *approaches the Worldsweeper*

Spinster: Misfire!

Flywheels: Oy!

They followed Misfire as they entered the abandoned Worldsweeper and they looked around as they scavenged some items. Misfire entered a room and became shocked as he saw something or...someone.

Misfire: Come over, here! I found something...or someone?

They come to the room where Misfire is in as they saw what Misfire saw. It was a mech whose color scheme is yellow and gray, with a black mask, and he is taller than Optimus Prime as he had an Autobot insignia on his chest. He is in stasis lock in a liquid-filled tube with a Decepticon insignia.

Krok: An Autobot?

Spinster: In the Worldsweeper?

Flywheels: How?

Misfire: Let's ask him. *approaching the tube*

Fulcrum: Are you crazy?!? We don't know how capable he is!?!

Crankcase: We're doomed.

Misfire opens the tube as it releases the imprisoned mech. He wakes up and attacks the Scavengers.

All: Aaaaahhhh!!!!

Fulcrum: I knew this was a bad idea!!!

The mech transforms into a T-Rex and roars, much to the shock of the Scavengers.

Crankcase: What kind of beast mode is that?

Fulcrum: I don't know, it's not in any of Cybertron's knowledge or anything. It probably came from a different planet! A way different planet!

Misfire gets between the Scavengers and the T-Rex.

Misfire: Woah, there fella! Calm down, we're not the 'Cons who prisoned you. Believe me, we just got here. I'm the one who freed you so easy there, mech, easy.

The T-Rex calms down and sniffs Misfire then nudges him as Misfire pets him.

Misfire: There you go, that's a good fella.

The Scavengers join Misfire and the T-Rex.

Misfire: By the way, my name is Misfire. These are the Scavengers as I'm a part of it. This is Krok, he's the leader. This is Crankcase, the dude with the part of his helmet missing. Flywheels, Spinister, and Fulcrum, he's a Decepticon deserter as he is on the list of the Decepticon Justice Division, have you heard of them?

The T-Rex changes into his robot mode and nods his helm.

Misfire: All right, so what's your name?

Mech: Grimlock, me Grimlock.

Krok: So, Grimlock, how did you get captured and board the Worldsweeper?

Grimlock: Me Grimlock with other Dinobots were fighting Decepticons, but Scorponok attacked Grimlock by surprise and Me Grimlock now woke up here, after you freed me.

Fulcrum: Well, Grimlock, you're in Eukaris, one of Cybertron's colony planets, home to the Beastformers.

Grimlock: You Scavengers get me Grimlock back to Cybertron. My team needs me Grimlock.

Krok: We'll get you to Cybertron, but only if you help us scavenge some items.

Grimlock: Fine, but me Grimlock only doing this because him Misfire freed me Grimlock from stasis prison.

Grimlock helps the Scavengers find any items they need as they run into rogue Decepticons, they fight them off together and escape from Eukaris. They dropped off Grimlock to Cybertron as Grimlock and Misfire said their goodbyes.

Grimlock: Me Grimlock say goodbye to you, Misfire and me Grimlock thank you for freeing me.

Misfire: You're welcome, Grim and will we meet again?

Grimlock: Only time will tell.

Misfire went aboard the Scavengers' ship called The Weak Anthropic Principle which is a Decepticon starship as Grimlock waves goodbye.

PRESENT DAY...

Grimlock is sitting in his room thinking back about his Decepticon allies as he hears Sideswipe's voice.

Sideswipe: Hey Grimlock, whatcha doing?

Grimlock: Oh, me Grimlock was thinking back about 3 centuries ago before we took you in and it was about the new allies that me Grimlock have met and me Grimlock helped.

Sideswipe: Oh? So, who were the new allies you've met 3 centuries ago?

Grimlock: Misfire and his fellow bots who call themselves "The Scavengers".

Sideswipe: The Scavengers? I don't think I've ever heard of them.

Grimlock: They were the bots that me Grimlock met in Eukaris, a colony planet where it is home to the Beastformers. A very long time ago, me Grimlock was put in stasis lock in a liquid-filled tube within a Worldsweeper after Scorponok attacked me Grimlock by surprise while the Dinobots and I were fighting against the Decepticons. Misfire freed me Grimlock and we instantly became friends. Misfire was the nicest mech that me Grimlock have ever met and I am in hopes that we would see each other again.

Sideswipe: Were Misfire and the Scavengers Autobots? Or were they Decepticons?

Grimlock: The Scavengers were Decepticons. But they were good Decepticons.

Sideswipe: Good Decepticons?

Grimlock: Yep.

Sideswipe: But how can there be "good" Decepticons?! I thought that all Decepticons are evil!

Grimlock: Me Grimlock thought so too, but there do exist some good Decepticons. But most Decepticons that are good end up on the Decepticon Justice Division's list of traitors.

Sideswipe: The Decepticon Justice Division?

Grimlock: That's right.

Sideswipe couldn't help, but think back when the Dinobots told him about the DJD.

(Flashback)

The Dinobots were teaching Sideswipe about when to engage a fight on Decepticons and not to as they now tell him about the Decepticon Justice Division.

Grimlock: The Decepticon Justice Division are a group of Decepticons that hunt down other Decepticons that betrayed or deserted the Decepticon cause.

Slug: They go by their codenames of the cities that the Decepticons conquered.

Sideswipe: When I see them, I will definitely put their lights.

Grimlock: No!!!

Sideswipe: Why not?

Slash: Sideswipe, the DJD are not like us, they are not like the Vehicons, they are not even like Shockwave or Megatron. You have no idea how capable they are.

Scorn: And how extremely dangerous they really are.

Snarl: Him Helex melts his victims alive when they're inside of him.

Sludge: Him Vos puts his face plate on his victims that is filled with spikes and hooks and speaks old cybertronian.

Swoop: Him Tesarus grinds his victims alive.

Scorn: The Pet is a turbo fox that chews on the sparks of the victims.

Slash: Kaon electrocutes his victims in his chair mode.

Grimlock: But, Him Tarn is the worst, he literally talks his victims to death and has a rare condition, his T-cogs burn out fast whenever he transforms and he needs replacement. He also collects the T-cogs of his victims.

Sideswipe cringed when his Dinobot family explained about them and realized how serious the DJD is.

Sideswipe: What should I do if I encounter them?

Scorn: Run as fast as you can back to the base where it shields our energy signatures because that's how the DJD tracks down the 'Cons who are their list.

Sideswipe: Okay.

(Flashback ends)

Grimlock and Sideswipe were at the old Autobot fortress where the others are.

Sideswipe: I hope we don't ran into them.

Grimlock: Me too, I don't want those monsters taking you hostage.

Sideswipe: I'd rather be held hostage by Shockwave than the DJD.

Scorn: Grimlock! There's a ship heading our way.

Sideswipe and Grimlock approached Scorn, who is sitting at the cannons as they were watching the ship flying. Scorn readies to fire as Grimlock uses his binoculars to study the ship and he immediately recognizes that ship.

Grimlock: Hold your fire! Me Grimlock recognizes that ship!

Sideswipe and the Dinobots allow the ship to land on the fortress as they approached the hangar. The ship door opens as the cybertronians exit out who are Misfire and the Scavengers. Grimlock rushes towards them as he is eager to see them again.

Grimlock: Misfire!!!! *hugs Misfire* Me Grimlock is happy to see you again.

Misfire: *laughs* I'm happy to see you too, Grim!

Grimlock puts Misfire down as the other Dinobots and Sideswipe approached them.

Grimlock: Team, this is Misfire and the Scavengers, the new allies me Grimlock met at Eukaris. This Krok, the leader. Crankcase, Flywheels, Spinister, Fulcrum, and of course Misfire.

Misfire: So this is your team that you told us about.

Grimlock: Yep, allow them to introduce themselves.

Slug: Me Slug.

Sludge: Me Sludge.

Snarl: Me Snarl.

Swoop: Me Swoop.

Scorn: I'm Scorn.

Slash: And I'm Slash.

Spinister: A female Dinobot?

Slash: Yep.

Grimlock: This Sideswipe, he's a new member in our team. We Dinobots found him in the Badlands and took him in as our own.

Sideswipe: You must be the Scavengers, Grimlock had told me about you, especially you Misfire, that you and Grimlock became friends.

Misfire: Yeah, I saved Grimlock by freeing him from his stasis prison and he saved me from those Decepticon rogues.

Scorn: How about we come go inside and have refreshments?

Krok: Sure.

They went inside the fortress and had some energon to drink as the Scavengers and the Dinobots along Sideswipe got along with each other. Grimlock and Misfire were having good conversations, Crankcase and Snarl were talking about weapons, and Krok give Sideswipe blacksmith lessons as he was a blacksmith before the war.
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Shockwave's lab....

Vehicon: Shockwave, a ship had arrived from Cybertron's orbit.

Shockwave: Is it one of the Autobots' or one of ours'?

Vehicon: We're not sure, Shockwave. It landed into the city.

Shockwave: Send in a small squad to investigate and brief me in when you found the passengers.

Vehicon: Yes, sir!

Five vehicons drove towards the city to investigate the ship that landed.

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Polyhex....

Grimlock and Misfire were telling each other of their many adventures they had after they had parted both ways.

Misfire: Wow! You have quite the adventure, Grimlock.

Grimlock: Yeah, me Grimlock sure did.

Misfire: And this Sideswipe, sure did a lot of help with you guys.

Grimlock: Him Sideswipe had built the extra set of bone like armor by himself.

Misfire: Wow!

Grimlock: Yeah.

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Meanwhile...

Sideswipe was in his room of the Dinobots' underground base as he decided to make a weapon after he got blacksmith tips from Krok. He had a drawing of Slash's toe claw, then he drew a shuriken with the blades shape like velociraptor toe claws and that made him to decide to make a shuriken.

Sideswipe heats up four old knives he scavenge as he curves them one outta time to shape like the toe claws, he cools them down. He removes the electricity from the minicon electric collar as he heats is up and flattens it and cools down. He wields the blades and ring together, he buffs the weapon and sharpens it then he spray paint it gold then he waxes it. He holds up the weapon he made and admires the hard work he did. He went outside to test it.

Sideswipe: Okay, let's if this weapon can be of good use.

Sideswipe holds the shuriken between his thumb and index finger in a pinch grip. He had watched a video of how to throw a shuriken. He puts his arm behind next to his audio receptor and straight up as he has his elbow pointing and throws it. The shuriken hits the old building and sticks it in.

Sideswipe: Oh my gosh, it work! *Sideswipe pulls it out* Yes! Yes, I did it! I gotta show the others.

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At the fortress...

Sideswipe demonstrates his weapon again to the Dinobots and Scavengers as he throws it a the target much to their surprise.

Slug: Me Slug can't believe it.

Swoop: Me Swoop neither.

Misfire: Well, look at Krok over there.

Krok was smiling that Sideswipe had made his first weapon they don't see his smile because of the mask, but they could see it through his optics.

Grimlock: Me Grimlock proud of you, Sideswipe.

Sideswipe: Just you wait, for now on I'm gonna make more weapons.

Hours passed as the Scavengers board on The Weak Anthropic Principle as they goodbye to Sideswipe.

Sideswipe: Bye guys, we'll see each other again some day.

Misfire: Maybe, but it's good to see you again, Grimlock.

Grimlock: Me too.

The door closes as the ship takes off and leaves Cybertron.

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Shockwave's lab....

Vehicon: Sir, we came back and that ship is The Weak Anthropic Principle

Shockwave: The Scavengers' ship no doubt.

Vehicon: They have left Cybertron, permission go after them.

Shockwave: That won't be necessary those Scavengers aren't much of a threat. Anything else to report?

Vehicon: One of the group reported that Sideswipe had made a weapon by himself, a shuriken.

Shockwave: Very well, you're dismissed.

The vehicon leaves the lab as Shockwave goes towards his computer.

Shockwave: Sideswipe had yet evolved, but only a matter of time before he'll eventually become a more threat.

Shockwave types out a message and sends it out to any Cybertronian.