Its been years since Cybertron fell and all of the Autobots went to Earth before going into hiding due to a human-led organization called Cemetery Wind, which is hunting them down and Optimus then Optimus meet Cade who had saved and fixed Optimus up since he was injured and hiding in plain sight and after that Optimus was now on the move in his truck form with Cade in him and was now calling for all Autobots which brought Bumblebee, Hound, Crosshairs, and you and of course when you guys got the message you all immediately started to get to him and Hound was very excited when he saw Optimus and shooting his bullets up into the air as Bumblebee, Hound, and Crosshairs where the first to make it to the meeting spot when Optimus transformed out of his alt mod with Drift being the first to greet Optimus
Drift: bows his head to Optimus At last, there is hope after all its good to see you Sensei.
Hound: clearly very excited to see Optimus again Boom time! We got the gang back together!
Crosshairs: rolls his optics at Hound great your still this loud after all this time.
Bumblebee: expresses his joy and relief at seeing Optimus again through electronic beeps and whirs
Optimus: chuckles happy to see everyone again but notices how smaller their numbers are and sees that your not here making him think the worse Its good to see you all as well even if our numbers are smaller now...