Gwen growled as she looked around the Null Void. That was so stupid of you, Ben, she thought. What are you trying to prove? Gwen was cut from her musings as Grandpa Max's voice cut into her thoughts. "Gwen…the projector's busted! I don't know how long I can keep the portal open! You have to head back NOW!" A spike of fear planted itself in Gwen's chest. Her eyes hardened into a glare as she stared into the expanse of the Galaxy's prison dimension. "…NOT WITHOUT BEN!" Minutes stretched out to seem like hours. Then, a familiar stench overwhelmed Gwen's nose. Stinkfly… Gwen thought, never so happy to be grossed out in her life. Then, Ben collided with her. The two hugged and Ben said, "Am I glad to see you!" Gwen looked ahead and saw Vilgax and Kevin coming fast. Suddenly, Ben powered down the Omnitrix and jumped out of Gwen's arms. "Ben, no!" Ben stared at the monsters coming for him. "I have to keep you safe Gwen…if that means being locked in here forever with my enemies, so be it." Ben whispered softly to himself. Gwen turned back to the boy in sad anger. "I'm not leaving without you, Ben!" Gwen growled. Tendras reelaro! Gwen thought as her hand glowed with blue energy. That same energy surrounded Ben quickly and lifted him off the ground. Gwen then launched Ben toward the portal. As they both began to cross, the portal wavered and fluxed. Then, it vanished completely. The last thing Ben and Gwen heard was Grandpa Max yelling their names before everything went black.

Ben and Gwen groaned as they woke up and felt cold metal underneath them. "Dark, troops all over the place, and…" Ben faintly heard a conversation not far from them. "Your incompetence is staggering, Starscream!" Then, Ben heard a whimpering response, "Y-yes, Lord Megatron." "…a Vilgax wannabe trashing one of his underlings." Ben mumbled. He turned to Gwen. "It looks like we've landed on an alien ship, Gwen. Stay close." Gwen raised an eyebrow at him. "Trust me, Gwen. Priority one is: get off this boat and meet with the Good Guys." Gwen rolled her eyes at him. "Ben, this is not a comic book!" Gwen growled in a whisper as she heard footsteps and pulled Ben back into the shadows. Ben's eyes widened as a massive shadow neared them. Then, Ben saw a giant red and silver robot follow the shadow. The thing's armor was dented and scratched, but the most intriguing thing about the robot is it wore a look of…disgust on its face. "Look what those slagging Autobots did to me!" The machine roared as he stalked angrily over to a large table, picked up a massive buffing wheel. "It will take weeks to get those scratches to polish out!" The robot grumbled. Gwen raised an eyebrow at the robot's anger and guessed the extra words he added were meant to be expletives. In that case, this robot was royally pissed about what amounted to his clothes being ruined. Gwen stifled a laugh as the being continued his tirade. "I'll send that slagging Bumblebee to The Pit myself and enjoy watching his optics fade out under my blade!" The robot's right hand suddenly shifted into a dangerous-looking buzz saw. Ben gulped. If this guy was the lowest in Lord Megatron's forces without counting drones, Ben and Gwen definitely needed to find these "Autobots" and fast.

Gwen looked at Ben. She didn't like the look in Ben's eyes. It reminded her of the time he used Grey Matter to try and get a Gold Sumo Slammer Card. Before she could put a voice to her concerns, Gwen watched Ben grab her hand and run straight for the robot. As Ben touched Knockout, the Omnitrix turned yellow and began sparking with yellow energy. Knockout turned at the touch and looked down. "How did you puny organics get on this ship?!" Ben stared at the robot in anger. "Going Hero!" He said as he slammed down the watch dial. Nothing happened. "Oh, man! Why now?!" Gwen glared at the boy. "You obviously broke it when you touched the nonorganic life form which the Omnitrix attempted to scan." Knockout shook his helm at the two bickering and vented heavily. "Just frag and get it over with already!" Ben had no idea what "frag" meant in the moment, but the boy didn't care for the robot's disrespectful tone. Ben growled as an idea formed in his head. "Gwen, scratch his paint!" Knockout narrowed his optics. "You do and you will die, little human femling!" Ben's eyes narrowed into a deadly glare, and he attacked Knockout. The boy put a few new scratches in Knockout's armor as the Con attempted to shoot Ben with his blaster.

Once Knockout accidentally blasted a hole in the ship, Ben saw his chance. Quickly, he scooped up Gwen and jumped out of the hole to the waiting Earth below. Once they started falling, Gwen glared at the boy. "Do you have any idea how to keep us from going splat now, Ben?!" Ben grumbled under his breath, "Only one." Then, Ben slammed the faceplate of the Omnitrix down. Gwen watched is shock as Ben's new form grew in size. But before she could get a good look at the new alien, the boy closed his servo around Gwen loosely and held her to his chestplate. The next words flowed out of Ben's mouth without much thought, "Scrap, this is going to hurt like The Pit!" The next thing Ben knew, there was a deafening BOOM! as Ben's chassis collided with the ground. After that, everything went dark for the second time that day.

A few miles away, Jack and Arcee were simply enjoying a ride together when Ratchet called on Arcee's comm. "There is a neutral Spark Signature that just…appeared near you." Jack sighed. "Ratchet, are you sure it isn't a glitch in the system?" Arcee asked calmly. "We haven't had a problem from the systems since Raphael repaired them during their first week at Base." Arcee nodded. "We'll check on it, Ratchet." With that, Arcee cut the connection and turned to the coordinates of the new Spark Signature. When they got to the site, Jack got off Arcee. Once the femme transformed, she slowly walked up to the mech. His paint was recently polished and would have shown brightly if it were not for the massive amount of dust that was settled on his armor. The mech had an uncanny resemblance to Bumblebee, but his paint was primarily green with a large black harness-like "X" that ran across his chestplate. Arcee then noted that the mech was holding something in his servo. Fearing it had locked up on impact, Arcee started to pry the mech's servo open. When she felt the mech push against her attempts, Arcee stopped. The mech glared at her. "You better be an Autobot and you might want to stop before I…" Ben trailed off as pain raced through his chassis. Gwen climbed out between Ben's now loose digits and looked at Ben in worry. Arcee and Jack just stared at the girl as Arcee called Ratchet again. "Ratchet, Jack and I need a Bridge and prepare Sickbay."

This is a proof-of-concept Beta Test. PLEASE any and all reviews will be taken into consideration as to whether to continue or not.