It was a typical day for the Autobots, Prime walked into the main room to see Ratchet working hard on a new circuit board, Prowl was practicing his circuit-su and Bulkhead and Bumblebee were playing twister with Sari spinning. Sari had just spun and the two were trying to reach the colour, Bulkhead was able to reach the colour fairly easily however Bumblebee had to reach for the nearest square which was under Bulkhead. Optimus decided to watch the two play as the next colour was spun and the two moved and squirmed to try and reach the colour, by this time Bulkhead was getting tired and wobbly while Bumblebee was straining himself trying to reach, just then a sudden loud bang echoed across the room scaring everyone and causing Bulkhead to fall on Bumblebee. Instinctively Optimus turned round to see what the cause of the explosion was only to see Ratchet with singe marks and a blown piece of circuitry in his hands, Optimus couldn’t help but grin at what he saw but the grin left just as quick as it had come as he heard a small groan behind him, turning around he saw Bulkhead flat on the ground with Bumblebee under him, Bumblebee was clearly annoyed and was trying to get out from under a still dazed Bulkhead, the sight brought a smile back to Optimus’s face as he couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle, this earned him a playful glare from Bumblebee. Bulkhead got up letting Bumblebee get free and stumble to his feet, being the smallest was always a hazard to Bumblebee and today was definitely proof of that. Ratchet just groaned and wiped the soot off him and started trying to figure out what had caused the new circuit board to overheat and blow up like that, Prowl who was now in a bad mood for being disturbed while balancing on top of a crane grumbled and went into the back room for some peace and quiet. Ratchet sighed and disposed of the now useless equipment,
“That was the last circuit board”
Sari heard him mope on and had an idea,
“If you need more parts my dad can get some for you”
Ratchet nodded in approval and thanked the young girl, she got her phone out and called her dad, after some persuasion she got Ratchet what he needed and the components would be ready for pickup tomorrow, Sari told Ratchet the time and which pickup dock to go to then went to play with bumblebee, however their fun was cut short when the alert went off, there was an attack in downtown Detroit though it’s nature was unknown, all the Autobots assembled, transformed and rolled out for the site of the attack. Optimus lead the way with bumblebee beside him and Ratchet, Prowl and Bulkhead close behind, it didn’t take long to reach the site of the attack, the Police were already there at the entrance and informed the Autobots on the situation, they told the Autobots that the mayor had been taken hostage and that the chief has already gone in about ten minutes ago, however they feel the chief may have also been taken hostage. The Autobots understood the risks involved and went inside the old abandoned multistory warehouse, keeping in the shadows the Autobots took note of their surroundings, the walls were cracked and the building appeared unstable, the Autobots realized they had to be carful and get the hostages out as fast as possible, as they walked down the corridor they noticed a sudden change in surrounding, the walls were just as frail but were covered in metal plates, suddenly a loud noise sounded and the wall at the end of the corridor suddenly shook and spikes emerged before the entire wall shot forwards towards them, as each of them turned to see what was coming their way their eyes went wide as Ratchet shouted,
“Slag! Booby Trap! Run!”
They all ran as the wall came closer, Prowl saw something ahead and ran faster to get a better look, there was a room ahead but something wasn’t right, there was something strange on the floor, above hanging on the ceiling was a long thick chain with a rusty hook on the end, the other Autobots were watching to see what Prowl was going to do as they tried to keep their distance from the ever nearing spikes. Prowl picked up more speed, vaulted off the rail and gracefully grabbed the chain, he then climbed up as high as possible to make room for the others, Bulkhead went next but instead of jumping the rail he ran right through it before jumping for the chain and climbing up till he reached Prowl, Ratchet sighed and picked up speed, he was grateful for Bulkhead making the hole in the rail as it made it easier for him to make the jump, grabbing the chain he too climbed as high as possible, there wasn’t much room left on the chain to grab as they tried to make more room, Optimus went next gathering as much speed as possible in the short distance left before making the jump, he then moved to make as much room as possible for Bumblebee, there was now a very short distance left to gain speed and he just gathered enough by the time he reached the rail, he too was glad Bulkhead made the hole in the rail as he wouldn’t have had enough speed to jump the rail and reach the chain, with all the power he could he jumped and just managed to grip the hook on the end of the chain however he wasn’t out of danger yet, the rusty hook squeaked alarmingly and began to crack at the joint, another crack got everyone’s attention as they saw the hook mere inches from breaking and a wide eyed Bumblebee trying to reach for the chain itself, before anyone could react the hook snapped but before Bumblebee could fall too far Optimus made one last attempt to grab Bumblebee, when Bumblebee opened his Optics he was relieved to see Optimus had grabbed his wrist, a small grin crept onto Bumblebee’s face and Optimus grinned back however the grin quickly left both bots face as they turned their attention to the place where the hook had landed and watched as it was quickly eaten by the strange goop, the group stared in horror realizing that the strange substance was acid. Optimus pulled Bumblebee up and held onto him as they all tried to figure a way out of this, Prowl made an observation of the room and noticed a door on the upper level of the room which was sealed off, that must be where the hostages were being held. Optimus noticed also and while making sure Bumblebee was holding on he let go of Bee and aimed his grapple hook at the far wall where they needed to go, however instead of swinging he held on and pulled the cord tight, Bulkhead was confused by this however Prowl, Ratchet and Bumblebee got the idea,
“Bulkhead you go first”
The others looked at Optimus with a WTF Face but then realized that with the majority here they could support the line, Bulkhead managed to grab the cord and started sliding down to safety, once there he could support the line for the others to slide safely without fear of the grapple unhinging from the wall, just as Ratchet was about to go Prowl noticed the joint holding the chain itself was breaking due to the sudden shift in weight, they had to hurry, Ratchet jumped to the cord and quickly slid down to safety, Prowl noticed another crack form and so did Optimus, he estimated that by the time he went the chain would be hanging on it’s last hinge making it very unstable so the smallest of movements could be very hazardous to say the least, Prowl used his jump jets to minimize movement from the chain to the cord and landed safely at the bottom. Looking up Optimus realized that the chain wouldn’t hold much longer, he retracted the cord and re-aimed it at a higher point on the ceiling, just as he fired it the chain snapped sending Bumblebee and him to the acid below, the cord grabbed on just in time as Optimus held onto Bumblebee and they both swung across barely missing the acid and landed safely with the others on the upper level, letting Bumblebee down he and the others chuckled as they watched Bee fall to the ground in pure relief.