Powerful Alliance

Sidelined

Bumblebee onlined his optics as he regained consciousness. He was still in the process of being transported to Order of Gray's base and was in the back of a trailer restrained by some very strong chains.

The last thing he remembered was seeing Knock Out get shot and then the red mech's body laying on the ground. That missile had been intended for him but Knock Out had taken the bullet. (Or in this case missile.) And Bumblebee now felt terrible Order of Gray had killed one of his friends with a shot that had been meant for him.

And now he couldn't get the image of Knock Out's body on the ground out of his processor. He wanted to find a way to escape so he could stop Order of Gray once and for all. But how?

Suddenly he heard a boom and the trailer he was in was knocked on to it's side and suddenly the back was blasted off and a bulky looking burnt orange colored mech came in and broke the chains that were holding Bumblebee. And the two of them ran off into a forest that was nearby to hide till they could think of a plan.

Because Bumblebee's com-link had been damaged when he was captured so he couldn't call for a ground bridge. They were several miles from the scrap yard and could drive there but it would take awhile.

Thanks for the save." Bumblebee told the other bot. "I'm Bumblebee what's your name?"

"It's Sideline and your welcome." Sideline told him. "I pick up a cybertronian life signal from the back of that van and knew something was wrong."

"So how did you end up on earth I don't remember hearing about you in the war?" Bumblebee asked Sideline.

"I never joined the Autobot case but my brother joined the Decepticons after I found out I didn't want to have to face him in battle so I took a ship and left Cybertron in the early days of the war and traveled through space till I crashed my ship here just yesterday." Sideline explained. "I'm sorry I'm a deserter but I just couldn't bare the thought of fighting my brother."

"It's OK I understand it would be hard to fight part of your family." Bumblebee told him. "You just got here yesterday so do you have an Earth base vehicle mode yet?"

"No." Sideline answered him.

"Then we need to get you one because we can't let any humans see us we have to be robots in disguise while we're on this planet." Bumblebee explained.

"Good thing I haven't encountered any humans yet." Sideline told him.

Then they went to a spot near the road and stayed hidden so Sideline could scan a vehicle mode. He finally scanned a Honda Element for his vehicle mode then transformed and he and Bumblebee started heading for the scrapyard.
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Meanwhile the others were at the scrapyard trying to figure out how to save Bumblebee while Ratchet and Fixit were both working to save Knock Out and Arcee. Optimus had already gone to look for Order of Gray to save the yellow Autobot.

While Starscream stayed next to the med bay worried about Knock Out and Arcee. Then Ratchet came out and said Arcee had taken a lot of damage but would make a full recovery. And that Knock Out had taken a lot more damage but would also be fine and make a full recovery. Which everyone was glad to hear.

And a little while later they were both up and around after being repaired. They had both asked if the other was OK upon waking up and were both glad to hear that the other was fine. And now Knock Out was fixing his paint job. When Arcee came over.

"Thanks for saving me." Arcee told Knock Out. "Ratchet said that you had treated my wounds after the cave in and told them I was in there."

"Your welcome." Knock Out replied. "I know you'd do the same for me."

Then Arcee give him a peck on the cheek and they both heard a camera click and looked down and saw Blake and Miko standing there and Miko had just snapped their picture on her phone.

"Oh scrap." Both transformers said at once knowing they weren't going to live this down. But neither of them could keep from chuckling. Just then Bumblebee and Sideline arrived at the scrapyard.

"Bumblebee!" Everyone said glad to see their friend was back and safe. And Bumblebee was glad to see Knock Out alive and in one piece after thinking he was dead.

"Who your friend?" Asked Raf.

"This is Sideline he helped me escape from Order of Gray and want to join the team." Bumblebee explained. Then Sideline told them how he had left Cybertron and gotten to Earth.

"Well welcome to the group Sideline." Ratchet told him. "And thank you for helping Bumblebee."

"Thanks and anytime." Sideline said to him. "I feel bad for running out on everyone during the war and want to make up for it." "I think I've been on the sidelines long enough."

"So Sideline were you a Wrecker?" Asked Miko. "Because you look like you could be a Wrecker."

"I was just starting out as a Wrecker with my brother before he became a Decepticon and I left because I didn't want to have to face him in battle." Sideline explained. "But I've decided if I encounter him I'm going to try to talk him into becoming an Autobot."

"Well me and Starscream used to be Decepticons and switched sides so I'm sure he can too." Said Knock Out. "What's your brother's name?"

"Breakdown." Sideline told him. Then he noticed a sad look appear on Knock Out's face. "Do you know him?" Sideline then asked.

"Yes Breakdown was my best friend during the war." "I'm sorry Sideline he was killed by Arachnid." Knock Out told him sadly. "But Arcee and I killed her awhile back."

"I can't believe he's gone." Sideline said as a coolant tear rolled down his cheek. Then Knock Out ran off and came back with something.

"Sideline I think Breakdown would want you to have this." Knock Out told Sideline as he handed him Breakdown's hammer. "You were his brother so maybe you and I can talk about him sometime."

"That would be great." Sideline agreed. "And thanks for being my brother's friend."

"I'm glad to have known him." Knock Out explained. "We'll be good friends too." Then they shook hands.

Then Starscream walked over with a concerned look on his face.

"What is it Starscream?" Asked Shayna.

"I just tried to call Optimus on my com-link to tell him Bumblebee is back and safe but I can't get a hold of him it's nothing but static." Starscream explained.

"That's not good we better go look for him something could be wrong." Said Ratchet.

Then they activated the ground bridge to his last location and went through it hoping the Prime was OK. And that nothing had happened to him.

To Be continued.

How you like my OC Sideline he's actually the first male cybertronian OC I've made. Here's a picture of his vehicle mode below.