Episode 5: Hunted: Part 3

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"Utah,6:00 P.M"

Optimus Prime and Bumblebee walk through a path in the middle of a forest as they carry out a search mission for their missing comrade, Prowl who was in the hands of the Cybertronian bounty hunter, Lockdown. Bumblebee holds his Energon Scanner as he attempts to detect Prowl's signal.

Optimus Prime: How you detected Prowl's signal yet?

Bumblebee: No!

Meanwhile at a nearby riverbank, Jazz deploys his Cybertronian Shades as he scans the surrounding area while Arcee stands guard.

Arcee: Find anything?

Jazz: Nope.

Jazz retracts his shades.

Jazz: This is all my fault.

Arcee: What do you mean?

Jazz: I held back against Lockdown! Had I went all out, chances are that we wouldn't even be in the situation we're in right now!

Jazz sits on rock and lowers his head as he let out a deep sigh.

Jazz: I should've known better to come to this planet! I'm nothing but a fool who's going to get his teammates killed!

Arcee sits next to Jazz.

Arcee: Look! You're not acting like the lieutenant I once knew back on Cybertron! The real Jazz wouldn't let something like this hold him back or slow him down! He's pulled through then and he'll pull through now!

Jazz looks over to Arcee.

Arcee: We'll find Prowl soon and make Lockdown pay! I promise!

Jazz nods.

"6:05 P.M"

Bulkhead and Wheeljack walk through the abandoned sawmill as they casually chat while continuing their search.

Wheeljack: Hey, Bulk!

Bulkhead: Yeah?

Wheeljack: Have you been noticing how Arcee's been giving Jazz the eyes lately?

Bulkhead: The eyes?

Wheeljack: Yeah! You know! The eyes! A sign that a chick's really into you!

Bulkhead: Oh...those eyes!

Wheeljack: Yeah!

Bulkhead: But doesn't Arcee still talk to that bot, Springer?

Wheeljack: Maybe, but who cares! Hopefully he's smelting in The Pitt!

Bulkhead: Whoa! What's your beef with him!

Wheeljack: The guy's a jerk!

Bulkhead: I never knew him! Who did he do?

Wheeljack: He thought it'd be a funny idea to lubricate my morning oil...so I clocked him in the jaw!

Bulkhead laughs.

"Well! Well! Well! What do we have here?"

Bulkhead and Wheeljack stop in their tracks and look up, finding Lockdown standing on a 50ft silo.

Lockdown: Two wreckers! Here at the same place, at the same time!

Lockdown deploys his Shoulder Mounted Missile Launchers.

Lockdown: The two of you will definitely have upgrades worth scoring!

Lockdown launches dozens of missiles towards Bulkhead and Wheeljack, hitting the two Autobots dead on with multiple scattered explosions. With his opponents distracted by the cloud of dust and debris, Lockdown leaps down from the silo and rushes forward.

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