This is another version of Survivors

It has the same characters, just a different plotline

I thought of this halfway through writing Survivors :)

enjoy

Introducing Stormfire

The team were extremely upset that they had just lost their leader and best friend. The rock that kept them all sane and together. They all tried comforting each other, but every conversation included their leader at some point. Even the kids were taking it hard. Sure, they were confused at first, but once they were told, they all felt the loss. Especially Jack. Optimus was like the father he never had. June saw that. Arcee caught Ratchet quickly typing something into the computer.

"Ratchet. What are you doing?" she asked, frowning.

"I'm hoping that someone is still out there, alive and well and able to get here." He replied, his optics flickering back and forth from his hands to the screen.

"Who is?" Arcee asked again.

"Optimus's bond-mate." Ratchet just simply replied. "Stormfire was hidden by Optimus because he was afraid she'd get hurt. He told me how to find her in cases like this, where he needed help. I just hope she can get here."

"I didn't know Optimus was bonded!" Bulkhead gasped.

"I bet you didn't know about his son." Ratchet smirked.

"Cool!" Miko shrieked. "Is he as tall as Optimus?"

"I do not know. Unfortunately, his fate wasn't as sealed as Stormfire's was. He ran away and never came back." Ratchet sighed.

"But you've met him?" Fowler questioned. "What if we find him?"

"I doubt it. Axel ran away over 4000 years ago." Ratchet turned to the humans. "He was just turning 1000. Which is about 10 in human years."

June sighed. "That must be hard for both parents. I wouldn't stop looking if I was one of them."

"That's the thing. They didn't stop looking. Stormfire certainly hasn't. It's her way of not staying in the same place long enough to get caught." Ratchet explained. "Even though Optimus may look like he's not trying. Every time I have seen him looking out to space on these scanners, he's always looking for a sign of Axel. The only fear he had was if his signal was changed because he turned to the Decepticons for help."

"That would be terrible." Miko exclaimed. "Imagine going against your own children."

"Ratchet! Long time no speak!"

"Stormfire! Thank Primus I've found you! We need your help and fast." Ratchet said after Stormfire's voice echoed through the base.

"Why? What's going on?"

"It's Optimus. He's . . ."

"He's not dead. I know it!"

"He's not. . . he's lost his memories"

"What? But . . . How?"

"He gave up the Matrix of Leadership to save this planet we are currently on. He's now with Megatron who would probably try to make him think he's a Decepticon."

"What use am I going to be? I didn't meet him until he saved my aft in battle."

"I was think that maybe because your sparks are bonded, it may trigger something within him and make him remember"

"It may work- Oh be quiet- Sorry. Shifter's being annoying."

"Shifter's with you!"

"Of course. She's neutral. Independent. A bloody annoyance! Would you stop pretending to be dead already? Go and blast a decepticon!"

"Will you be able to get here within the next few solar cycles?"

"Possibly. But I'll need Shifter since she knows how to"

"Just get here. Optimus needs you."

"I know."

Then the transmission cut off.

"Shifter?" Fowler questioned. "Who's she?"

"If I remember correctly. She is the only bot to have ever escaped the entire Decepticon army with ease. Her name is what her abilities are. The only bot in history to be able to change her shape just by scanning another." Ratchet replied.

"I know her." Arcee added. "She helped Cliffjumper out of a sticky situation with the 'cons."

"She is known to almost everyone by name. But not by image." Ratchet frowned, turning his back on the screens.

"What do you mean?" Raf asked.

"What I mean is that she has never shows her true form in front of anyone. Whoever has seen it, will only see it once. I don't know of anyone apart from a certain medic who has seen her true form more than once." Ratchet explained further.

"You've seen it?" Bulkhead exclaimed in surprise.

"No." Ratchet shook his head. "Only Knock Out."

"How has he seen her more than once?" June asked frantically.

"It is rumoured that he has managed to 'ground' her. Or as you humans say, fall in love with her and she returns the feeling." Ratchet shrugged. "It's also rumoured that they have had two younglings that were killed by Calibrate."

"I tell you what. Shifter and Stormfire must've had pretty powerful parents if one ended up being one of the best spies in the whole planet." Arcee mused.

"Not really. Shifter's abilities happened by chance." Ratchet smiled.

"Do we know their parents or have at least heard of them?" Jack asked.

"You definitely know their sire or father." Ratchet smirked. "Since he was Megatron's second in command."

"Starscream!" Arcee spluttered. "HE sired them!"

"Yes. However, he never had custody over them. Their mother, who turned to us in order to raise them better, Icestorm had full custody over them." Ratchet added. "Starscream didn't have any control over them."

"I suppose that's a good thing. Since neither are Decepticons." Arcee shrugged.

"They were both born Decepticon though. Shifter shows that side of their family." Ratchet argued. "Or so I've heard from bots that have seen her fight. She is known for murdering bots from both sides of the war."

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Don't get on her bad side then." Bulkhead shrugged.

That was when the ground bridge opened up without Ratchet needing to activate it. It spread a pale blue glow through the base instead of the usual green.