A dubious ally

The Prodigal Son

The sun sank below the horizon and night fell on Crown City. The yellow car was driving towards the outskirts of the city, moving towards the area of old warehouses. Bumblebee stopped at the right place and waited for the others. He saw Strongarm with Grimlock on the trailer, who took up her position opposite him. The cadet flashed her headlights at him, indicating her readiness. The leader contacted Knockout:

"We're in position, are you ready?"

"Almost there," the medic replied, "Do we really need to "break in" there? Can't we just take Wildbreak and leave over the earth bridge?"

"We should not miss the chance to arrest other criminals," said the leader, "I understand that you are worried about Wildbreak, but..."

"Wait, I see him!"

"Knockout, no!"

Bee tried to stop him, but the medic passed out. The leader transformed and motioned for Strongarm and Grimlock to follow him. They adopted the bot mode and the three Autobots began to move into the warehouses. At this time, the Knockout came from the other side, following the Wildbreak.

"Wildbreak!"  The red mech called out to his sparkling

"What?" the young bot turned around "Dani? How are you doing here..."

"We'll talk about this later..." the doctor interrupted him "First of all, we have to get out of here"

"Get out? What are you talking about?" Wildbreak was surprised

However, Knockout did not have time to respond, as he heard footsteps behind him. The medic turned around and saw a large black and purple Decepticon coming out of one of the warehouses. The red mech tried to look calm despite the wildly pulsating spark:

"Motomaster! Long time no see!"

"Knockout?" The Motomaster was surprised "How did you get here?"

"Just like that," the medic began, "I drove around, saw Wildbreak and went after him"

"Do you know each other?" The Decepticon turned to the young bot

"Yes, Boss," Wildbreak replied, "He's... he's my creator"

The Motomaster raised his optical comb, looking from the red to the blue Cybertronian. The Decepticon nodded to himself, convinced of the similarity of the two bots. Behind him, two more mechs came out of the same warehouse:

"Is something wrong, Boss?" Gray-purple bot asked

"And who is this little bot?"  The white-red one pointed at the medic

"Be polite to our guest, Slashmark" the Motomaster looked sternly at the second mech "This is a Knockout. Knockout, this is Slashmark and Heatseeker"

"I see you've already recruited a new squad of Stunticons?"  Knockout asked curiously.

"As you can see," the leader replied, "a lot has changed since Breakdown left the squad"

"Wait, was Breakdown in your squad?" Wildbreak was surprised

"How do you know him?" the Motomaster asked "Wait a minute..."

He looked at the doctor questioningly, to which the doctor nodded. The black-purple Decepticon sighed wearily and decided to finish discussing his subordinate's bloodline. Suddenly, a yellow-purple bot came running from the entrance, which turned to its leader:

"Boss, several Autobots have infiltrated us!"

"Dragstrip?" the medic was surprised

"Uh... Hello, Knockout sir..." Dragstrip awkwardly waved at him