It has been a month since being on the Nemesis, the 'cons have welcomed me with open arms. Screamer likes to try and boss me around, but I always make him leave angrier than Megatron. Knockout has taken me to a few street races to give me fresh air and a chance to socialize with my own kind. Breakdown is no longer with us, this M.E.C.H guy Silas now controls him. It hurts me to see Knockout looking at Breakdown and only see the monster who now controls him.

"Hey Knockout, want to go street racing? There's one starting midnight at the abandoned warehouse, it goes through Nevada's streets and finishes near a cliff, great view for us to look at"

Knockout sits his synth-en project down to look over at me on the medical berth. He's been working on the synthetic energon for weeks, using Silas as his guinea pig.

"I've got to finish the synth-en, a vehicon might go racing with you"
"Knockout, I want to go racing with you, what would Breakdown say with you refusing an offer to go racing?"

I hear a soft snort of laughter; Knockout turns around to pick me up and put me on his shoulder.

"It's not like you to not go racing Knockout, heh, his voice still rings in my processor"
"Mine too, so what you say"
"Let's go"

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11:50 pm

We drive into the abandoned warehouse, other cars already waiting for the race to start, their muses sitting on the bonnets while all the guys talk about their rides. Knockout takes an empty spot near the start, I hope out of the passenger seat and lean on his bonnet, Knockout soon standing beside me with his holoform. Everybody stops and stares at us, either at me or Knockout's alt.

"Aren't you a pretty little lady"
"Sorry buddy, not looking for a relationship"
"Really, this guy here looks like your brother"
"My 'brother' here is actually my best friend"

Another guy shows up, he walks closer to me and tries to put his arm on my shoulder.

"You should be with me babe, not these two losers"

Knockout pushes the guy beside me out of the way and opens the door to his alt, I slide past everyone who's now surrounding Knockout and I to get in the car. Knockout walks back over to the driver's side and hops in, he revs his engine, and all the racers and viewers scurry out of the way.

All the racers line up, a flag girl walks between the two centre cars, raising a piece of cloth up before dropping it. the cloth floats to the ground, as it touches down all the cars zoom off to fight for the finish. Nevada in the rear-view and racers on our tailpipe, we soon race into a green area, trees lining either side.

"We're winning KO"
"Not yet Y/n, hold on"

A yellow and black car zooms past, almost knocking into us. Knockout speeds up faster to catch up with the racer, only to ram into them from behind causing them to spin off the road, Knockout follows them into the trees as the cars behind zoom past.