Author's Notes:

As an added on plus in this chapter, a few Rescue Bot song renditions in here. Hope you enjoy them! They're Transformer songs after all, and this story is partially filled with musicals. Why not?

Rarity and Rainbow Dash were astounded to see that the girl lying down on that bed was their own Sunset Shimmer. And she looked worse for wear too!

"What happened to her?" Rainbow gasped.

"I don't know. I pulled her out, and she hasn't woken up since. I checked her vitals, she's alive, but she's unconscious." Weirdwolf nodded.

Rarity and Rainbow moved to opposite sides of the bed and held her hands. They could feel the warmth from her palms.

"Oh Sunset..." Rarity whimpered. "I can't believe Galvatron put you into this state..."

"She's still alive Rarity. That's the important thing here." Rainbow said. "But I swear, if I find Galvatron I... I... I don't know!"

The two of them were silence while her heart rate on the monitor kept on beeping in a good rhythm, showing her liveliness. But then suddenly, they saw the monitor go up a little faster. It was beeping a little faster, showing much more rapidness.

"Wait... is that supposed to happen?"

Both girls looked up to her face and they could see her eyes twitching. Soon, they slowly began to open up and reveal the teal color underneath her eyes. Sunset's vision slowly started to come back and the first shapes she could make out were the figures with indigo hair and rainbow hair.

"R-Rarity? Rainbow?" Sunset gasped.

Both of them gave big grins.

"You're okay!" Rarity squeed. "Its so good to see you're alright!"

"Y-Yeah, me too..." Sunset coughed. "W-Where am I?"

"You're in my hideout Sunset. I found you falling from the sky... from a Groundbridge. How you ended up here, I don't understand."

Sunset wearily blinked. "I... I think I remember. Its all coming back to me... Galvatron and the Decepticons were all closing in on us... they had... they had our friends captive. I said I'd come with them... but then Galvatron shot me. I remember... falling into the lava pit with the Matrix, but... I used my suit's Groundbridge mechanism to escape just in time. Then I'm waking up here... I don't even know what else has happened."

Rarity felt the top of her forehead, checking her temperature. No fever.

"Well, we can certainly tell you what's happened with us. But I think its better if he be the one to tell you." Rarity turned to look at Steamer.

Sunset slowly turned her gaze up and she noticed the Renegade standing there with an empathetic look on his face.

"Wait... is that... Steamer?"

Steamer nodded.

"W-What are you doing here?"

"I came here to help. That is if--"

Steamer was interrupted by a big claw swiping against the Decepticon logo that was branded on his chest, leaving behind big claw marks.

"--AGH OW! What was that for?"

Weirdwolf gave a sly smile. "Sorry about the pain. Its temporary, but you'll understand... necessary. But please, continue."

Steamer sneered. "Anyways... What I was saying was, I'm here to help. I'm done with the Decepticons. What we're doing is wrong, and I have a bad feeling there's a little something bigger going on than we thought."

"Why's that?" Sunset asked.

"Those Shadowcons have been twisting Galvatron's mind around, and now he's been turning his back on his most loyal Decepticons. Onslaught, Strika, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Shockwave, even Soundwave! His most loyal Decepticon that he has is now no longer being trusted."

"But why?"

"I don't know! But this much I do know. Those Autobots that they've been capturing have traces of magic within them. They want their magic. And now, they've got two Autobots, a Guardian, and a human as hostages."

Rainbow's eyes bulged. "Wait, say that again."

"They have two Autobots--"

"I mean the human part. Who is the human?"

"Yes. From what I understand, her name is Sour Sweet."

Sunset and the girls gasped.

"They took one of the Shadowbolts!?" Rainbow snapped.

"Yes, they did."

Rarity's hands went on her hips and she huffed. "You knew she was captured and you didn't think maybe we should have helped her!?"

"Scorponok sees everything on that ship. If I tried to set her free, he would have let everyone know I was a turncoat, and then none of us would be leaving." Steamer barked.

"That is enough!" Weirdwolf interrupted.

Sunset carefully pulled herself up and looked to the canine.

"Thank you. Look, it doesn't matter who's at fault here. What matters is we need to find a way to get off Earth and rescue them. I don't care what they want with them, we have to stop them. And since the Matrix is still in my hands and not destroyed..." Sunset showed the Matrix. "I think I'll resume leadership."

"Sunset? You're not well enough to move, how can you get back into the field in your condition?" Rarity asked.

Sunset stopped. She didn't think about that factor.

"That's a good point..." Sunset laid back down.

"And not to mention your beautiful hair! Half of it is gone! That bald spot is truly... outrageous!"

Sunset let out a weary chuckle. "I think I can live with it Rarity. That's not my main concern."

"But how are we going to get you back into action? You can't just stay in limbo!"

Sunset scratched her chin. How could she get back? She couldn't just get her power suit summoned all the way over. It was smashed to pieces and... wait a minute.

Sunset's fingers snapped. "Weirdwolf. Did you by any chance collect spare Allspark fragments that might have scattered all over the city?"

Weirdwolf smiled. "I did manage to collect a few in my journey. Why?"

Sunset grinned. "I'm going to need to borrow one."

Much later, Weirdwolf disconnected the wires that were hooked into Sunset and wrap bandages over her wounds. Then once she had tons of open space outside, Weirdwolf held a crystal out to her for her to grab.

"Are you sure this is a necessary risk of action?"

"Its the only way I can help. The only way." Sunset nodded. She held her palm out open, ready for the next event.

Weirdwolf held the fragment above her hand, ready to drop it into her palm.

"I hope I don't regret this." Weirdwolf countered.

His claws opened up and the quartz fell from his grasp and it landed right into Sunset's palm. Once it landed, she clutched her hand around it, and watched as the crystal began to glow.

"You might want to stand back."

Weirdwolf, Steamer, Sunstreaker, Rarity and Rainbow Dash did as asked and they all stepped away from Sunset. Who knew how big this was going to be, she would need a lot of room.

Sunset closed her eyes as a big bright glow of blue engulfed her whole body, and creating a bright hot beaming flash of light in everyone's eyes. Everyone covered their eyes from the shining glow and listened to a high powered burst of energy sound off. It was only noisy for a few seconds and then it stopped. They removed their hands away and gasped.

The crystal had transformed Sunset into a new figure, free from injuries or wounds. She was now taller than before, a walking metallic robot with a stronger figure. She was roughly around the size to Weirdwolf, but a little bulkier. Her chest now bared her cutie mark with an orange Autobot elite guard symbol in the middle of the sun. Her arms had three pipes on each connected together like a bunch of tailpipes. On her back, they could see a spiked up spoiler that stood out. Her head was now forged with a small pair of horns at the top of her head similar to their friend Bluestreak's, and her eyes were now the simple shade of turquoise.

All of them let out 'oohs' and 'aws' of amazement. Sunset Shimmer was now good as new, and she was in much better shape.

"Sunset, you look stunning!" Rarity gasped.

Sunset could feel her cheeks blushing. "Thanks Rarity."

"Seriously Sunset, you look 20% cooler than you were in that Phoenix Prime suit." Rainbow beamed.

"Well, looks aren't everything. Now, how about we Groundbridge back to Nevada and meet up with the others?"

The group all grunted in agreement. Except for one individual.

"Weirdwolf? You coming with us?"

Weirdwolf sighed. "Sunset, I'd love to help but you know how I feel about the war. I don't want any part of it."

"Come on, I need your help! Please! I don't know how well we're standing against them, and I need all the help I can get. Please? As a friend? I'm... I'm begging you here."

Weirdwolf mumbled to himself as he thought, and he gave a warm smile. "I suppose since you're asking me as a friend, I will accompany you all and help you in your time of need."

"Sweet!"

"Awesome!"

"Marvelous!"

"Well then." Sunset smirked. "Weirdwolf, can you do the honors and open up a Groundbridge portal for us?"

The wolf nodded and he raised up a small control device in his hand that had a blinking radar screen. His nails tapped on the screen, and he swiped up and down on the buttons. But the device didn't respond. No portal, no nothing. Not even a signal.

The wolf let out a small growl and his fist started shaking. And within moments, the device was crushed under the strength and weight of his own hand.

"It would seems as though my own equipment is not up to date. I thought if I could open the Groundbridge with the keypad it would work this time, but it would seems my Groundbridge portal is inoperable. Automatically, and manually." The wolf calmly replied.

Everyone almost yelled in frustration. Now they couldn't just simply jump all the way back to Nevada. Sunset however, was still standing with a smile on her face, not showing any signs of frustration.

"That's alright. We can still make it back. However, before we leave, I kind of need one more thing..." Sunset asked. "If I'm going to get back into the field, I'm going to need a new vehicle form. Anyone have any suggestions?"

Everyone held their chins as they thought. What could be a good car for her to scan? There were so many cars that they could pick. But what to chose? They needed something fast, something slick, something strong, powerful, just SOMETHING!

Rainbow snapped her fingers. "I think I have an idea!"

The girls and the Bots took a trip back to the city and were now standing outside of a huge parking lot, waiting for Sunset Shimmer. They found several sports cars in a big lot they thought she'd like, and now it was just waiting for her to come back with her new mold.

She walked back to them with a grin on her face.

"So, what did you choose?"

Sunset smirked and she began to transform. Her head tucked into her body, the front of her chest flipped up to form the hood of the car. Her arms straightened and connected to form the sides with the tailpipes sticking out the back. Her legs connected to form the back end, and the spoiler flipped itself around to stick out the back end above the bumper.

She was now a slick hot rod vehicle with flames on the front hood, pipes all around the sides, a big spoiler on the back, and a turbo engine sticking out of the middle of the hood.

"Oooh... quite a sexy looking hot rod." Rainbow smirked.

"Hehe, thanks." Sunset replied. If they could see her blushing, they could.

"Not a bad lookin' car Sunset." Sunstreaker grinned. "If I didn't know any better, I'd mistake you for a real Cybertronian."

"Easy there hot stuff." Rainbow talked back. "Before any of us go anywhere, maybe we should give you a new name. For your Cybertronian form."

"Not important Rainbow. I think its more paramount that we depart at once." Weirdwolf replied.

"Agreed. Autobots... lets rock and roll to the rescue!"

Sunset's engine hummed, and she rolled out onto the street ready to leave. Weirdwolf transformed as well, following her from behind. Then Steamer who Rarity climbed on, and then Sunstreaker who Rainbow Dash climbed inside of. The group of six were now ready to leave and set off on their quest! Determined to succeed, stronger together, feeling united and undivided, there was nothing that could stop them now!

They had each other's side, they felt stronger, a burst of inspiration gave them such great joy now that they were together once again. Sunset Shimmer had risen up once again, ready to lead them all to victory, and they felt they could take on the whole universe.

And as the group began to roll down the road, Sunstreaker opened up his windows and began to play a rock and roll song as they drove together down the road. And all of them sang in harmony.

Transform, transform and roll out (Bots!)
Transform, transform and roll out

Steamer sang in for the next part, followed by Weirdwolf.

I'm here to defect!
He's got all my respect, we're--

--Bots!

Transform, transform and roll out!

Rainbow Dash then sung the next verse.

We've got to round up all our friends to help us win this war
Filch and the defected Cons should be right near the next door!

Thanks Rainbow!

The four cars came around a bend, zooming past an open garage. And several vehicles came flying out of the garage, following right behind them. One was a police car, a rusted old hippie van, a green tow truck, a black long police van, a motorcycle with a hologram of a driver riding on top, and an armed military jet which hovered above them. But they weren't alone. Another Cybertronian joined Sunset Shimmer and her squad as they swept down the road, in the form of a giant blue magpie which squawked above them.

"You know guys, I'm feeling inspired right now! Rainbow, how about finding that top of the charts song?" Sunset asked.

"You got it!" Rainbow replied.

The jet lowered itself down to Sunset still keeping distance between her.

"Sunset! Is that you? What happened to you?"

"Long story Nitro! I'll explain everything on the way, but I need all of your help! And that goes for your crew as well!"

"You've got it! Lets roll for it boys!" Nitro yelled as he went back up into the air with the magpie.

The music on the radio changed again, this time providing a heavier beat and melody. Rainbow found herself bobbing her head to the beat, and Rarity couldn't help but dance a little to the theme. One by one, each of them began to sing as one, a speeding marching band was what they had become.

Dare! Dare to believe you can survive!
You hold the future in your hands!

The group sped up faster, and now they were rolling out of Canterlot City and onto the open road.

Dare! Dare to keep all your dreams alive!
The power is there at your command!

Dare! Dare to keep all your love alive!
Dare to be all that you can be!

Dare! There is a place where dreams survive!
And it's calling you on to victory!

"Autobot Headquarters... here we come."