Before Optimus could answer the boy's question, Bumblebee had piped up, and Arcee was contacting their leader. "We've got trouble! They've backed us into the tower! These Britannia guys don't seem like their on our side, and definitely not on whoever is in there with you!"<br/><br/>Optimus nodded and thanked Arcee for the information, he turned to Bumblebee, who was still holding the aggressive boy. "I believe we should not be allied with these...Britannia humans. So," Optimus turned to Zero, "We shall ally with you, if that is acceptable."<br/><br/>===<br/>Calares grit his teeth as he saw his men's disabled and harmless Knightmare frames being tossed back out from the tower like trash. "They're not killing them, just leaving them alive....to mock me!"<br/><br/>A series of explosions to his left caught Viceroy Calares off guard. Several of the forces surrounding Babel tower were thrown by the explosion or incinerated. "What in all hell!?" Calares swore as he spotted five more of the apparent unmanned frames, but these seemed to be of the same make, shape, and color of purple and black. Unlike the ones from before, their face-plates had do discernible features.<br/><br/>They also appeared to have no problem in killing, when his troops with their Knightmare frames approached in an effort to stop them, they were blasted apart with lasers or torn apart and smashed.<br/><br/>Calares exploded in anger and attempted to shoot down one of the Vehicons assaulting his troops. This succeeded in only getting the attention of one of them as it pounced and pinned his Knightmare to the ground with its foot planted and slowly crushing the armor around his head.<br/><br/>Just then the Vehicons were given orders via com by none other than Starscream "Do not bother with the pitiful humans! The Autobots are within that tower! Smoke them out, make them feel welcome in lord Megatron's new kingdom!"<br/><br/>Calares felt the weight lift off of his Knightmare, and struggled to lift his head, only to get a fatal blast to it from the Vehicon. The five 'cons took to aerial vehicle form and locked in on both gathering of Autobots.<br/><br/>Arcee and Bulkhead were making their way to the floor where Optimus was, when Arcee stopped in her tracks and looked back down the hall. "What's wrong?" Bulkhead asked.<br/><br/>Arcee's optics picked up two signals, Vehicons, charging toward their floor from the sky. "We've got company!" Arcee and Bulkhead readied their weapons, just as the two Vehicons smashed through the wall and began their attack.<br/><br/>===<br/><br/>Ratchet sighed, "So we're gonna be surrounded by more humans? Greaaaat." He said sarcastically.<br/><br/>Optimus looked into the darkness and turned to Bumblebee still holding the human who had been attacking Zero. "Bumblebee, take our new friends to safety. And try to get them to put their differences aside, at least for the ride." Optimus turned to Ratchet, "I know combat is not your specialty but--"<br/><br/>Ratchet waved a hand, "I'd stick by you even if you didn't ask."<br/><br/>Optimus nodded and finally turned to Zero, "My name is Optimus Prime, this is Bumblebee, and he is Ratchet. There are two more of us that you may come across with Bumblebee. Their names are Arcee and Bulkhead. Further introductions and explanations of who and what we are will have to wait for now. Until then, I ask you to trust us."<br/><br/>Bumblebee chipped and whirred as he let go of Rolo and transformed into a sports car with the passenger and driver's door open before Zero and Rolo.