AN – Ok, I know I've been away for a while, and I have no excuse so think of me what you will. But, I've made it up to you. I came up with a new story that's focused on the main characters too. If you want to know where I got the idea, I was watching LXG (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) last night. So read and review! If you like it, I'll continue. Oh, and I'm open to suggestions via PM or review.

Note – I am piecing this episode together from memory, sorry for any mistakes in the canon.

Disclaimer – Transformers is property of Hasbro. I own nothing.

Prologue

Okay, where to begin? I don't actually know how long it's been now, how long I've been stuck like this. I think about a couple of weeks at most, and I've already forgotten for sure. Man, I guess it can drive you crazy.

You have no idea.

Shut up, I'm the one telling the story here.

If you insist.

Ok, I guess I'll have to go back to the beginning. No, no! I mean a couple of weeks ago.

This should be intriguing…

A couple of weeks ago

"Yes! In your face, Jack!" The Japanese teen yelled in my face after "winning" the game we were playing.

"Miko, that was so not fair! You cheated!" I yelled back.

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Would you two keep it down?!" Ratchet. He may claim to dislike us, but I can see through his guise. He cares about us as much as any other autobot. You probably know the autobots, right? If not, there's Optimus Prime, the team leader. He's noble, strong and compassionate to a fault. Sometimes I think of him as the father I never had. Don't tell him I said that! Ahem, next there's Arcee, the second in command and only girl out of the autobots here on earth. She's pretty hard on the battle field, and wasn't very sociable in recent times; she lost her partner, Cliffjumper. Just the other day though I helped her get over her past, and open up more. Heck, she even made me her "junior" partner. Okay, next there's Bulkhead. He's a friendly guy, but you don't want to get on his bad side! He's tough, and likes just about everything Miko does. My ears still hurt from heavy metal. Now we move onto Bumblebee, the scout. He's pretty young even by Cybertronian standards, you youngest bot here. He's seemingly always happy, but he's mute. He talks in beeps and whirrs that only the 'bots or Raf can understand. Raf's his human buddy, they get along better than any of us I think.

Now, you've already met Ratchet, the medic. He's the grumpy grandpa of the family He can be very serious almost all the time. I've never even seen him laugh! Another thing is that he always needs his tools, because he's always busy! Come to think of it, what's he doing now?

"Hey Ratchet, what's up?" I asked the medic.

"I'm busy, Jack." Ugh, told you.

"Yeah, doing what?" I pushed him a little, but not too much.

"If you must know, I'm tracking the Nemesis."

"The what?" Came Miko's voice from my right. Man, she can be quiet when she wants to be, not that that's very often.

"The decepticon warship." He elaborated. Then, I heard Arcee's voice.

"What about it?" She asked, walking over.

"Ugh, why is everyone so nosey today?" Ok, we may have pushed Ratchet too far. He turned around with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Here I am sifting through, scanning frequencies, trying to find the Nemesis, when all of a sudden-"

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! The monitor was obviously signalling something, so Ratchet turned back to it.

"Looks like you've found it, Ratchet." I announced.

"I have? Oh yes, I have!" He seemed almost pleased. Almost. "I knew I would eventually."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go give 'em the pit!" Ok, when did Bulkhead get here? Seriously, how did I miss him?

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "Another signal?" I wondered.

"'Bringing the pit' will have to wait; I've picked up an Autobot distress beacon." Ratchet said, right before Optimus strolled over.

"Then we must answer their call. Ratchet, come with me." He ordered, walking over to a large, circular opening in the wall.

"Bumblebee, you will operate the ground bridge." Was his second order, so the scout went to Ratchet's control consoles, beeping something as he did. He pulled a lever, and in an instant the opening changed. A vortex of swirling energy – a mix of green and blue – erupted in the wall. Optimus and Ratchet walked into it and we watched. Little did I know what would happen at their destination...

About a half-hour later

"Bumblebee, open the ground bridge NOW!" The medic literally yelled over the communications link and the scout obliged, filled with worry as we all were. Had something happened? Were they hurt? Is it decepticons? All these questions filled my mind as I watch Ratchet walk through the ground bridge – supporting the barely walking Optimus.

"What happened?" Everyone asked.

"Optimus has been infected with cybonic plague." Ratchet explained plainly.

"Whoa wait! What in the heck is cybonic plague?!" Miko suddenly interrupted, before I could say a word.

"I can't explain right now, just get my equipment!" I saw the 'bots rush to get all of the necessary tools for treating Optimus. He was soon hooked up to monitoring systems and other tech that I was clueless about. Now I had a chance to speak to Ratchet.

"Alright, Ratchet, spill! What's cybonic plague?" I asked, and he gave a long sigh.

"Cybonic plague is a very dangerous infection that contaminates a cybertronian's energon, and slowly drains them of their strength. When it hits the fatal stage, Optimus won't have a chance."

"But there's got to be a cure, right?" Raf piped up.

"If there is, I know nothing of it. It was created as part of the decepticon's biological warfare program – by Megatron himself." He explained, much to our shock. I looked to the other autobots before asking "Now what?"

"If Megatron were still around I'd beat him to death to force the cure out of him. But seeing as he's not..." Bulkhead half-suggested and everyone lowered their heads. Suddenly Ratchet ran over to the consoles. "'Doc what are you doing?"

"Don't call me that, Bulkhead. I still have the Nemesis on my scanners; if we could get into the decepticon's war records then we might have a chance at finding the cure!" The medic explained, before Miko spoke her two cents.

"Wait, how do we know that bucket head even made a cure?" She asked, and the answer seemed to hit me like a bullet.

"Miko, Megatron's mad but he's not stupid, he's bound to have made a cure. Like, what if he caught the cybonic plague? What would he do then if he hadn't made a cure?" I told her, and she seemed to understand.

"Smart thinking, Jack." I turned to see it was Arcee who said that. She smiled, before going serious again. "So what are we waiting for? Let's go! Bumblebee, come on, Bulkhead, stay here."

"Wait, why do I have to stay here?" The green titan asked.

"Because you're not good at hiding in small corridors; they'd see you coming from a mile away." The two-wheeler explained.

"Good luck 'cee" I wished her as she walked over to the ground bridge, which Ratchet quickly opened.

"Keep your commlink channels open at all times. Now go!" And with that they raced in, and I couldn't help but worry.

"So, Miko, you want to-" I turned to find the girl missing. "How the heck did she get away without me seeing? Where is she anyw-" The answer suddenly occurred to me, and I looked to the ground bridge. "Ah, scrap!" I saw her running toward it high-speed. I gave a glance to Optimus, who I could only pity right now. "He's want me to keep her safe." So I ran after Miko, careful to not let the bots or Raf see me, and got through the ground bridge.

The Nemesis

I came out the ground bridge, fighting back the urge to hurl as normal. Then I looked up just in time to see Miko run around a corridor. "Wait a sec'!" I looked around. Dark hallways, purple highlights. This is definitely the Nemesis. "Oh, yeah. This is happening. I need to find Miko and the 'bots. Now, which way did she go? Oh, that way." I took off, staying close to the shadows in case any 'cons came strolling.

"Miko?!" I half-whispered half-yelled. I hadn't lost her already had I?

Autobot Base – Bulkhead's POV

I can't believe it, Miko's nowhere to be seen for once. Normally she's right here on the verge of playing metal right now, or watching monster truck rallies with me. Not that we would right now given Optimus' condition. "Unless of course she-No! She didn't!" I had looked everywhere, but there was no sign of her. I slowly turned to the ground bridge, filled with grim. "Oh, yes she did." "Ratchet!" I yelled running over to where he was.

"Bulkhead, you're supposed to be watching Optimus!" He protested.

"I was, until I realised that Miko was missing." I argued, trying to keep my voice down.

"How do you know she didn't go to that- uh, what is it? 'Loitel?'" He argued back.

"Loitel? I think you mean 'toilet'. And no she isn't, I called inside and there was no answer. But I think I know where she's gone." I "thrust" my eyes in the direction of the ground bridge for a split second. Ratchet raised a brow at me. I did it again. He looked at the ground bridge, then back to me, then back to the ground bridge, then back to me. Realisation seemed to hit him.

"She's on the Nemesis?!" "Finally! And I thought I was slow!"

"Nah, she took a trip back to Japan. Of course that's where she went!" I confirmed.

"Who... is on... the Nemesis?" That weak voice reminded me of why I was trying to be discreet: Optimus. "Ah scrap."

The Nemesis – Jack's POV

I had found her at last. There she was at the end of the corridor! "No way I'm I losing her again!" "Miko!" I called. At last she heard me! I saw her turn suddenly in shock.

"Jack? Uh, what are you doing here?" She asked as I caught up.

"I was going to ask you the exact same question!" I almost shouted. "What were you thinking?!"

"Hey! I am not going to miss any possibility of seeing a battle of awesomeness!" She yelled at me.

"At the cost of your own life?! Come one we need to find the 'bots!" I had to get her out of here.

"I know where they are!" I raised a brow at her.

"Uh- I mean- I know what direction they went in?" She stammered.

"Then you're leading the way, Miko." I ordered. Well, it was more of an order than a request. So she walked and I followed. Sometimes she would lick her finger and stick it in the air to "check for wind for no apparent reason other than to try and look good. Please. We went on like this for a good few 10 minutes or so before we saw one of the doors opened. I was relieved when Arcee stepped out and looked around.

"Arcee!" I called, getting her attention.

"Jack?" She looked at us. "Miko?! So you were here all along. And Jack, you should know better." She said in a severely disappointed tone. She almost sounded like my mom! Both of you get in here quickly!" We did, not wanting to get on her bad side. What I saw in that room, will give me nightmares forever. It was- it was- He was huge! There was this huge 'con hooked up to some machine. He had a huge hole in his chest, faded silver colours with deep purple highlights, large two-pointed feet and knee guards. His shoulders had huge spiked armour on them, and his face... His face was a deep black, adorned with scars and burns, and his helmet was curved and sharpened to points past his chin.

"Arcee... Is that who I think it is?" I asked, and Miko was all like "No way." Arcee turned to us, and pointed down into a hidden corner. It was Bumblebee! Hooked up to a cable that lead to the enourmous 'con.

"What's going on? Is that really-?"

"Soundwave, let's face it, we require a leader who is conscious, strong and not dying on a table." A new voice met our ears.

"Scrap!" Arcee exclaimed. "Quick, down into here!" We followed her and lay next to where Bumblebee was. The door to the room suddenly opened again, and three 'cons walked in. One was ridiculously slim, had a white and black colour scheme with bits of red, and a crest on his head not too different from Arcee's. Another was all hot rod red and had a strange kick in the way he walked. The third was as tall as the first but was purple and black, and his face was obscured by a pitch black visor. I'm sure he was at that telescope array eariler thus year. The first one appeared to be talking to the third.

"Soundwave, consider this: It would be such an inglorious fate for lord Megatron to remain in such a vegetative state. The best we can do is put him out of his misery." He seemed to be convincing the purple one to take Megatron of the machine. "Wait, Megatron?! Is that really him? But he's supposed to be dead! Isn't he?" The purple one – whom I had identified as Soundwave – pointed to one of the screens. It seemed to be showing some kind of electrical activity. Then the red one spoke up.

"Subconscious brain activity, simply signs of a deep dream from which Megatron may never awaken." He "informed" Soundwave before the other one spoke up again.

"We must consider the fact that Megatron will never recover from his current state, Soundwave." Just who is this guy? He grasped his hand around one of the cables connected to Megatron, prepared to pull it off. "Speak now or forever hold your peace." Soundwave suddenly pointed out the cable attached to the back of Megatron's neck. "Hmm?" The white mech began following it. Arcee suddenly looked over to Bumblebee.

"Hurry 'Bee." She whispered, before turning around and activating her guns, right before the mech found where we were hiding. "Uh oh."

"What the-?!" The 'con exclaimed as Miko yelled out "Busted!" The mech jumped back and activated a gun of his own. A ground bridge suddenly opened up behind us – right as the slim one fired. Everything seemed to go in slow motion at that point. You could catch a fly easily in this "bullet time". The blast hit the cable that was connected to Bumblebee, and a storm of electricity erupted - and I was caught in it. The last thing I remember at that point was reverberating pain. Then, I blacked out.

AN – Okay, like I said I reconstructed most of this. There will be explanations next chapter for you all. If you're wondering what's going to happen, the clue is in the title of the Story. Review and tell me what you think!