Enter Dante, The Rev-9: Book 2: Revelations

Chapter 8: Nemesis Prime

3rd Person POV

Autobot Base

Dante leaned against the wall, a controller in his hand as he raced a miniature Hellcat against the other humans' toy cars. While he would rather be racing with Arcee or in his Hellcat, he had been intrigued by the others' activity and wanted to give it a shot.

Currently, Dante was in second place behind Raf, with Miko riding on his bumper while the Bots cheered for their respective charges.

"You got this, Raf!" Bumblebee beeped.

"Metal to the petal, Miko!" Bulkhead shouted.

"Go, Jack, go!" Elita cheered.

"Kick their afts, Dante!" Arcee yelled.

Smirking as they neared the turn to the finish line, Dante maneuvered his car into a spin, taking out Miko's car and sending her crashing into Jack. Continuing the spin, Dante righted his car and pulled up behind Raf as they raced behind the wall. Raf tried to block him, pinning his car against the wall in an effort to stop him. Dante jerked the controls hard, launching his car in a flip over Raf's that ended up with Dante taking the lead right in time to cross the finish line backwards.

"Yes!" Arcee cheered as the Bots and humans stared at Dante in shock.

"No fair," Miko complained. "He cheated!"

Dante shrugged. "All's fair in love and racing," he said with a grin as he high-fived Arcee.

Before Miko could continue with her complaint, a call came in. "Prime!"

"Does he ever not open with that?" Dante muttered.

"I'm sorry, Agent Fowler," Ratchet replied. "Optimus isn't here at the moment."

"Then I'll take that as a confirmation that he's presently trying to run me off the road!"

Dante raised an eyebrow in surprise. That didn't seem like Optimus.

"Optimus wouldn't do that!" Elita protested.

"Tell that to my burning treads!" Fowler shouted.

Ratchet turned to the others. "Get out there and find out what's going on!"

The Bots nodded and bridged out.

As soon as they left, Dante said, "I'm gonna go hit the restroom."

Ratchet stared at him. "Now?!"

Dante shrugged. "When you gotta go, you gotta go." With that, he walked off. As soon as he was out of sight, he bridged back to his base and changed into his combat appearance before getting into his Hellcat.

Out on the Road

Ace and his Hellcat shot out of the Groundbridge and onto the road. Just up ahead, he saw a rig that looked almost exactly like Optimus trying to push Fowler's car off the bridge. On the opposite side of the bridge, Bulkhead, Arcee, Bumblebee, and Elita shot out of an opening Groundbridge.

Seeing how they wouldn't make it in time, Ace gunned it and shot down the bridge. Turning his car, Ace slid it into 'Optimus,' knocking the rig away. Exiting his car as it skidded away from him, Ace crossed over to Fowler's car just as it slipped over the edge. He grabbed the back of it, stopping it.