Author's Notes:

Action! Drama! All for the price of one!

The Shadowbolts had to move their wounded Bots to a safer location far from the highway, but trying to help them move was a difficult task. Their wounds were so huge they could barely move. The only way they could even get there was just through vehicular mode but that was a difficult task all on its own.

The group had moved themselves down over to a beach-side where no one was around, completely safe. Hound and Outback were now in stasis-lock, in vehicular form so the girls could attempt to fix them. Sugarcoat however was sitting far from the group, trying to recover from her emotional wound. Applejack stayed by her side the entire time to give her comment.

"It'll be alright sugarcube." Applejack said, holding her in a hug.

"I... I can't believe he's gone..." Sugarcoat sobbed. "The only person who understood me is gone..."

"Shh..." Applejack whispered as she rubbed her back. Sugarcoat's cheeks were puffy, her eyes were bloodshot, and she had tear stains running down her cheeks and on Applejack's back.

The other girls couldn't bear to see her like this.

"What do we do now?" Sunny asked.

"I'll tell you what we aren't going to do. We're not gonna let those Decepticons run off with Sour and Smallfoot. We've got to get back out onto the road, and find a way to chase them." Indigo said with determination.

"How?" Pinkie asked. "We don't exactly have any uh... active, Autobots."

Indigo looked back towards Hound who was still in jeep mode, unmoved and unconscious.

"Hound and Outback may not be awake... but there's no saying we can operate them like real cars." Indigo smirked.

Sugarcoat sniffled and wiped her eyes off.

"M-May we take Highbrow with us?"

Indigo looked down on the ground, looking at the blackened husk of what was once the Headmaster.

"I guess we could try. But we're gonna need something to help pull him with. Anyone know where we can get some trailers?" Indigo asked.

"Uh, Indigo? I don't think we'll have time for that..." Fluttershy pointed to the roads behind the beach.

Just coming down on a pathway were two seperate cars. One was a mini-car that looked as if it could only fit two people, while the other was just a sports car. But one thing was plain to see. Both of them had golden and purple Decepticon logos for them to see.

"They're back again." Sugarcoat said, standing back on her own two feet and wiping away more tears.

"Oh, sad are we now? Is someone leaking because of a loss of a friend? Phooey." Hypermind mocked.

Sugarcoat felt a snap in her heart. "Don't start with me..."

"I thought you were the logical one in this group. Completely void of emotion, only giving advice without the heart... you wouldn't even show signs to your friends that you love them."

Sugarcoat's fists clenched and her teeth gritted. "Shut up."

"Angry, are we? Well lets finish this then, shall we?"

"I agree, I've wanted some action for a while now." Rush spoke from the side.

Sugarcoat stood straight and ready. And off to the sides, Indigo Zap and Sunny Flare rushed up and stood by her side. They were ready to fight.

"You three, against all of us?" Rush asked, transforming into bipedal form.

Hypermind transformed as well, and they smirked looking up to the sky. Landing down beside them was the Shadowcon Surge who was smirking with them.

"Surprise!" Surge cheered.

Indigo's face drooped.

"Uh oh..."

"Girls. I've got a plan. Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie. Can I ask you three to protect Hound and Outback?"

The three of them nodded.

"Good. Then I guess its us three to fight them. Indigo! Sunny! Do not let any of them come near our friends!" Sugarcoat said with a strong voice. "Today... we fight!"

The Shadowcons all let out a yell and then they began to charge. The girls began to yell back as well, and then they charged towards their Decepticon double with determination, bravery, and courage.

Sugarcoat jumped high into the air using her suit and she managed to tackle Hypermind onto the ground while her compatriots continued to run towards their doubles.

"Two against two. Seems like a fair fight." Rush smiled. "But I don't play fair!"

Rush transformed into vehicular mode and rammed straight for Sunny Flare who had to jump out of the way. As soon as she had jumped from impact, she got back up and watched as her double spun around kicking up sand and ran straight back to her. Like before, she was ready to jump only this time, she waited for the right moment to jump. She got closer and closer and when the time was right, she performed a jump into the air, jumping over the car and back on the sand.

The car turned around again this time, growls were humming from the engine.

"That's it. Time to play dirty."

A Groundbridge opened behind her, and an additional Decepticon jumped through the portal; Stinger.

"Stinger. I called you here to give us additional support. Kill the humans. And don't worry, those Autobots won't do anything to you. In fact, slice them up!" Rush laughed.

Stinger could only nod and turn his attention to the Autobots that were parked near a set of rocks. Soon his entire body split into several spirals of tiny cubes that were all connected, and in seconds he formed into vehicular mode, and ran right past the girls.

Indigo Zap smirked as she looked at her counterpart, and then her suit transformed around her into a mini-gun that was mounted on the ground. Then the nozzle began to rotate, ready to shoot.

Surge's eyes widened, and her body was pelted with the laser beam's heat. She fell down onto the ground while Indigo kept on shooting. Eventually, she turned herself around and shot at Stinger's back bumper as he raced towards the two Autobots.

"Girls! Stinger's coming!" Indigo cried.

Thankfully the three Rainbooms saw him coming and they were ready. Holding their guns, they shot rounds into the front of Stinger, but he was unaffected from the blast. His parts began to turn into spirals as they flew all around the Rainbooms in the air, and then all spiraled back together forming the body.

Applejack and Fluttershy stood ready, but Pinkie Pie had other ideas. She rushed over to Hound, and pressed a few buttons in the jeep mode. Raising up behind her was a small rocket launcher that he always kept on his shoulder, which was now directly aimed at Stinger.

"Stand back, now!" Pinkie said. "I've got a rocket, and I'm not afraid to use it!"

Pinkie Pie pulled the handle which fired the rocket. Stinger instead ran the other direction and the rocket shot right into his heart, blowing him up into pieces. Unfortunately... that didn't work.

He exploded into pieces, but once again the pieces all flew around adn reconnected back together, this time going back into a car which drove away from them. The car then swerved past Sunny Flare kicking sand at her and it drove right throguh an open Groundbridge going back to where he came from.

"So much for help, huh?" Sunny smirked, twirling her gun around.

Sugarcoat however was locked on to a fight with her Decepticon counterpart. She held a sword in her hand and the other held a dagger. Sugarcoat blocked every swing Hypermind tried to throw, but she was too quick and stealthy.

"You're weak Sugarcoat, you always were. You may be logical, but you always let the feelings of your own friends get to you."

"The only thing that's logical is helping a friend in need!" Sugarcoat yelled back as she blocked her blade. "And you know what else is logical? Killing you for what you did to my partner!"

Sugarcoat punched her face with her metal glove and then kicked her in the stomach pushing her away.

"I don't care that half of me is blunt and mean, but there's one thing I do care about. I care about my friends and my family more than anything else in this world, and I'm not about to let people like you try to hurt them!"

Sugarcoat pulled out her blaster and fired a few shots onto Hypermind's body. But dents in her body weren't doing anything. What could wound her? She shot her again, only she shot part of her face right into the right side of her visor which made her scream in agony.

The shot into her face wounded her... she could be hurt after all. This was her chance.

She shot some more and more laser beams into her face which only made her more angry and scream louder. The pain was getting to her. The lasers were melting her armor off and she couldn't take the pain.

Right around the corner, Applejack rushed up in Outback's vehicle form. On the top, the gun was mounted and it was rotating back and forth.

"Want to use a bigger gun?"

Sugarcoat nodded. She jumped onto the top of the land rover car and adjusted the gun, holding onto the handles to pull the trigger. Her time to finish that double was now.

"Hey!"

Hypermind carefully looked back up and was met with Sugarcoat's blunt face.

"You wouldn't dare..." Hypermind gasped.

Sugarcoat blinked and spoke with a deadpan voice. "Its only logical."

She held her fingers on the triggers, and a burst of laser beams fired towards Hypermind's head and shot right through her metallic skull. Eventually it hit her enough that there was a gaping hole in the top of her head and partially in her face.

All life signs were drooping to low. Hypermind was now flickering into the next life. Her head sunk into her shoulders, and her body fell backwards, now filled with several holes. And soon, her entire skin began to fade to lifeless gray. Hypermind, was dead.

Rush and Surge gasped when they saw their ally take off into the next life, which only made them angrier. They slammed their feet into the ground and heavy artilery was unleashed from their bodies as they were ready to take vengeance for their fallen friend.

"Oh, its on now! You're all going to be nothing but rotting corpses by the time we're done with you!"

The Shadowcons were ready to shoot them, but the girls weren't paying attention to them.

"Girls? Do any of you even care what I'm about to say?" Rush asked.

Up in the clouds, a giant orange, red, and gray ship emerged which was hovering above the open ocean right across the beach. It was moving slow, but it was moving. Then, it stopped right in front of the beach, just hovering in place.

"Didn't we shoot down that vessel?" Rush asked.

"Apparently not." Surge replied.

The feedback of a microphone was heard over a speaker, and then a voice of a young teenager called out.

"Attention idiots! I am in currently holding a horde of Dinobots on this ship, and my ultimate weapon!" Lemon yelled through the speakers. "I wanted to show up in a song number, but it was taking me too long to think of something! If you do not surrender in 10 seconds, I am going to unleash my ultimate weapon! And I am not afraid to use it!"

The girls were all smiling at this point. Was it true? Was she alive?

"I never thought I'd hear that excited voice from her again..." Sugarcoat stated with a proud smile.

"Oh who cares?" Rush shrugged.

"Bring it on, human!" Surge slammed her fists together. "We're not afraid of you!"

Lemon huffed. "That's it. She called for it. Blaster... its time."

"Alright Big Daddy, lets rock and roll." Blaster pulled on a lever with a grin.

The ship began to rumble and shake, causing a wide tremor. Soon the ship's hull began to change its shape. The back thrusters began to change form as they linked to the sides where they once were. The cockpit began to slide back to the center, while the front parts began to fold out and create a giant pair of legs. The thrusters that were unfolded began to slide out arms, each holding weaponry. Lastly, a head pulled out from the top with a cannon hanging off the back. Its face was covered by a giant red visor, hiding an orange face with blue eyes.

Its feet slammed into the water, creating a giant tremor as he stood facing them all.

"I am... OMEGA SUPREME!"

The Shadowbolts couldn't believe what they were seeing in front of their eyes. They were riding inside of that giant, and they never realized it was an Autobot on its own.

Omega Supreme took two giant steps forward and he raised his right arm up which contained a single barrel sticking out. It began to light up as he locked on target. Then with a large BOOM, a singular giant laser fired from within the gun. The laser itself was fired onto the Shadowcon Rush.

Rush however didn't move in time to avoid the laser. And so, the laser blasted her entire body and when they made impact, her entire body blew up into nothing but spare pieces and parts that flew all over the place, including her head which landed on the ground, keeping a terrified expression.

"Alright big guy, while we wait for that to charge up, lets get closer to them!" Lemon said, working the controls.

"Thanks, Lemon Zest."

Surge was now petrified. All alone, two of her allies were dead, and she was outnumbered.

"I'll be back! Only next time, I'll bring an army!" Surge stammered before taking off into the sky, flying away from the group. Omega's eyes locked on as she fled.

"Should we follow her?"

"We'll get her next time big guy. But for now, I want you to meet some of our new friends."

The girls all gathered close together with big grins, even Sugarcoat was happy.

"Lemon? Is that you up there?" Sugarcoat yelled.

"Its me Sugarcoat! I'm not dead! And I'm glad to see you guys are... wait. Where's Sour?"

"We'll explain on the way! Can you give us a lift?"

"Sure thing! Omega Supreme, transform!"

As Omega began to change shape into its large shuttle mode, everyone started to gather up their supplies and what remained of their materials so they could depart. And Sugarcoat felt her pain decomposing. She may have lost a partner, but she at least put a stop to the one who killed him, and she felt relief that not everyone was dead.

There might be some hope after all...

"You failed to kill them!?" Galvatron yelled.

Surge sunk. She had been getting yelled at by Galvatron ever since she returned back to the ship.

"We didn't comprehend a Titan rising up for battle sir!" Surge pleaded.

"You all claim to be the elite warriors that Unicron demanded I lead to kill Sunset Shimmer, and you are getting beaten by squishy humans!?"

Surge for once, felt terrified for what Galvatron was going to do. She didn't know what he would do next.

"You know what happens to those who fail me..." Galvatron stepped up from his throne and he pulled out his arm cannon.

"No, sir! Please! Please! We can still find Sunset, please!"

Galvatron was about to shoot his arm cannon, but instead he aimed it to his left and fired three large shots to the unlucky victims: the Dazzling look-alikes. Nano-seconds later, all three of them reduced to ashes.

Surge stood still as Galvatron finished making his statement, and he turned to look at Surge.

"Fail me again... and you'll end up like those three."

Surge could only nod quickly and run out of the room before Galvatron changed his mind. Once she had escaped the room, she felt her armor shaking. Galvatron was now starting to go insane, and they had to make their move quickly.

Galvatron just growled in anger as he sat back down in his throne and clenched his fists.

"Unicron, I swear, you will die by- AGH!!!"

Galvatron felt a high pitching sound hit his ears and ring right into his head. He collapsed onto the ground in agony just hearing the tone. His hands clamped his head as he screamed in pain.

The ringing went on for a few more moments and then it stopped in dead silence. From the corners of the room, Scourge and Cyclonus made themselves visible in the light and they helped Galvatron back on his feet.

"We are to follow our one master, Galvatron." Scourge spoke. "We do everything under his command."

"But here, you follow my command." Galvatron snarled as he stood back up to look at them both. "Unicron may be running the show, but you two are under my command along with those Shadowcons. So you will play along long enough for all of those Shadowcons off my back for good. Understood? Or do you two have more loyalty to Unicron?" Galvatron sneered raising his arm cannon.

Cyclonus and Scourge didn't flinch, but instead they simply bow their heads.

"We were born from Unicron... but our loyalty only goes to you, Lord Galvatron." Cyclonus said.

"Good. Now go. I have some matters to attend to. But keep an eye on them should they cause any trouble for our warriors..." Galvatron said, shooing them away.

Surge opened up a door leading to a separate room veiled in darkness. She slowly walked forward as the door shut behind her, and with only her neon colors on her body giving some form of light. leaning against a wall, she could see the shadow of Tremors who looked a little mad, and Earpierce who stood still watching her like a hawk.

As she made it into the center of the room, Jet walked into the center light revealing herself.

"I can't help but notice you came back by yourself. Did you finish off those Bolts?" Jet asked.

Surge sighed. "No, Jet. Those girls are getting stronger. They managed to fight against Rush and Hypermind, and now they're dead. Their hollow shells have become their personal armored suits like we were before. And Galvatron's slowly becoming impatient." Surge snapped her hands.

Jet just smirked and walked up towards the Indigo Zap look alike and patted her shoulder.

"Don't worry my friend. I have a plan in mind. We just need to talk to our master..."

Surge closed the door, and all four of them gathered close together and took a knee down, and bowed their heads. In front of them, a glowing purple aura of a shadow, with only a pair of green eyes visible spoke.

"My master, we've called you for help. We are more than halfway to all of the magic we need to dispose of them. But we don't know where they're located." Jet spoke.

"Their location... is not too far. They are located on the small island... of Hawaii. The last Autobot with magic, the Matrix of Leadership... and Sunset Shimmer are all located there."

All four of them smirked.

"Excellent master. But... what if we can't get her to over to us? If she escapes with the Matrix, we'll have lost her again."

Unicron was silent before looking at all of them.

"There is no hiding from me, my heralds. But in the event that she is still alive when you depart for Earth... bring Optimus Prime to me. He will be the only thing left to kill her once for all... And Galvatron will be severely punished."

All of the Shadowcons laughed maniacally.

"This is going to be excellent..."

"Now go. Destroy the Matrix... destroy Sunset Shimmer... for good."

After summoning their master, the Shadowcons left to go about their business and Surge left to go get some new weapons.

"Alright, now what I can use to take them down? What can I... ooh..." Surge picked up a small blaster with a long barrel.

Out of nowhere, the doors slammed shut, sealing her in the room.

She turned around and looked to the door. She looked to the keypad and noticed it had been shut down. She pressed her fingers against the buttons, but the door didn't open.

"Scorponok, open the door!" Surge yelled. "Scorponok?"

Scorponok cannot hear you now....

Surge shivered when she heard that slimy voice. It couldn't have been... it couldn't have been... him.

Surge was about to react when she felt whatever lungs she had closing up. She felt herself choking. And then she felt someone grab her arms and stretch them out wide, and a force raising her up into the air. Something was elevating her up in the air like a ghostly spirit.

Then like a bag of flour she dropped to the ground and blacked out.

For about five seconds.

Her hands dug into the floor, and she pulled herself back up. She looked into the mirror in front of her and gave an evil grin. Her eyes no longer presented magenta, but now they were in the color of blood red. A laugh escaped her voice, but it wasn't female.

"Its nice to have a body again! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHHAAA!!!"