Plot
The Autobots are under attack by Decepticons in their scrapyard base...except they aren't....Bumblebee is testing his team with a Decepticon drill, and gets annoyed when Drift and his pupils don't even turn up. Drift turns up afterwards and comments on how the team can't work well together, and how he doesn't need one, as he has lasted for a long time on his own (ignoring his Mini-Cons). All of a sudden, Fixit alerts the team to a REAL Decepticon alert, and they go to get the information on it.
The Decepticon is under Crown City, so Grimlock has to stay behind, and Drift volunteers to remain as well after learning who the Decepticon is (Forager, one of the Ronin). The Autobots quickly and easily manage to defeat Forager, and capture him, however when they return to the base, Forager reveals he was just faking being knocked out, and tries to escape...however he is again quickly put back to the stasis pod, but not before noticing Drift, and recognizing him as an old friend, leaving Drift to leave again, so as not to reveal his past to the team.
The next morning, the Autobots are trying to interrogate the Mini-Cons to find out Drift's secret, but they won't reveal anything. Russell takes over from the interrogation, by playing "tag" with the Mini-Cons and Sideswipe, making them a bit more relaxed, and they admit to not knowing his full history, but do reveal that he used to be named Deadlock, and was once a Decepticon before changing sides.
Bumblebee appears from behind them, outraged to learn this secret, he and Strongarm begin speculating that Drift might be a Decepticon spy, planning to work with Strongarm for his big plans, though Sideswipe points out that maybe Drift's Decepticon past is just in the past, like with Grimlock. Bee agrees to look into it further before making any judgements on his team-mate. Fixit then announces that multiple Decepticon signals have appeared.
Fixit can't identify the Decepticon signals as they appear to have scrambled their signals, but has located Drift driving towards them. The team are undecided on whether this means Drift is rendezvousing with his Decepticon allies, or heading to an ambush, so they go after him, they do however leave the Mini-Cons behind, just in case Drift is up to no good.
The Humans keep the Mini-Cons occupied whilst the Autobots race off to deal with Drift, one way or another when they find no Decepticons in the area they were detected, but some signal transmitters instead, giving fake signals, luring the team away from the base. Nearby however, two Decepticons have been watching the Autobots, and have collected images on them, which they use to create hologram disguises for themselves to use.
Soon, the fake Bumblebee and Grimlock return to the base, where they quickly capture Denny and Slipsteam and put them in a cage. Jetstorm and Russell manage to sneak away out of the scrapyard, and head the direction the Autobots went earlier, to try and intercept them.
Once gone, Fixit is forced to start releasing the Ronin captives, aka, just Forager, and he reveals that he saw Deadlock with the Autobots earlier when he was being frozen, despite him appearing to die back when they last saw him, they then decide to use an old holo image of Deadlock to their advantage later, in case the Autobots return.
The Autobots soon arrive, and fall for the Drift holograms, making them believe that Drift is in fact aligned with the Ronin still, and they are trapped inside some empty Stasis Cells.
In the woods, Jetstorm and Russell run into Drift, who they don't trust any more. Drift explains to them his back-story, where he was recruited by Megatron into the Decepticons when it was just a revolutionary, non-violent group, but it soon changed into a terrorist group. He was later badly injured in battle, but rescued by the Circle of Light. When the war reached the Circle as well. Drift became as Ronin, a group of Bounty Hunters, however on their last mission together, Foxtrot wanted to cause an explosion that would have killed the local lifeforms in the system, so Drift faked an explosion, and his death to save them. He then later joined the Autobots as Drift.
Drift suggests that the only way for them to rescue the others is to deceive the Ronin....
Drift, Jetstorm and Russell return to the scrapyard, where they meet with a fake Grimlock, whom Drift quickly identifies as Stilts. After a quick exchange, Drift "betrays" his comrades and captures them, taking them further into the base with Stilts, and puts them in the cage with Denny and Slipstream.
Foxtrot and the others are reluctant to trust Drift at first, but soon decide it's great to have the team all back together, and Foxtrot reveals his plan is to sell the Decepticon prisoners to the Autobots, and vice-versa to make a major profit. Drift and the Ronin leave to collect some Energon to help them power the locators, whilst the Mini-Cons and Humans begin to wonder if Drift is actually on their side or not...
The Ronin and Drift arrive at a factory in Crown City where they find a pile of Energon, left by the previous Decepticon occupants. Whilst there, a human security guard appears, and Drift pretends to kill him by causing a roof cave-in, but he purposely makes sure it misses the human.
The Ronin return to the base, and plan to "recycle" the Mini-Cons and Humans, when Drift starts to torment them by throwing a shuriken at the captives. However, unknown to the Ronin, Drift placed a message on the shuriken and slashed the bars, allowing them to escape, they head to the Stasis Cells, and release the Autobots.
The Autobots are ready to turn on Drift for his betrayal, but the Humans and Mini-Cons stop them, and explain what's happened. very soon, the Autobots attack the Ronin, and Drift reveals his true colours and turns on the Ronin as well, helping the Autobots to capture them all. Bumblebee and the others apologize for not trusting Drift, and he apologizes for not trusting them with his secret earlier, and everyone is happy...until no doubt someone else's dark past is uncovered...who bets Strongarm is a Predacon in disguise or something?
Characters
Autobot
Bumblebee - Sports Car
Drift - Race Car
Sideswipe - Sports Car
Strongarm - Police SUV
Grimlock - Tyrannosaurus Rex
Slipstream - Pod
Jetstorm - Pod
Fixit
Optimus Prime - Truck (Mentioned)
Decepticon
Forager - Dirt Buggy Captured by Autobots
Foxtrot - Sports Car Captured by Autobots
Stilts - Jet Plane Captured by Autobots
Deadlock (Mentioned) Now Drift
Steeljaw - Van (Mentioned)
Megatron - Jet (Mentioned)
Human
Denny Clay
Russell Clay
Officer Wong
Other
The Circle of Light (Mentioned)
Notes
- Drift's back-story and old name are based on his IDW counterpart.
- Though unlike his IDW counterpart, THIS Drift was never really evil, or a killer...just confused at a younger age...
- This story appears to be set just after Drift's joining of the team in the TV series
- The Grimlock impression makes Stilts sound like G1 Grimlock rather than RID.
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