For anyone who's confused about Goldbug's appearance, he does have a mouthplate but it's retractable like Optimus's mouthplate from the Michael Bay film series. My ideal voice actor for him would've been Dan Gilvezan, the original voice actor for Bumblebee.

And in response to tildawn's review, Minerva is not a spy whatsoever.

Special thanks goes to navimus-prime from Tumblr for being my beta reader for the fic.


Chapter 2: Recon

Somewhere in the vast reaches of space

A lone figure stood on top of an asteroid, looking over what was left behind from the destruction of the space bridge. He was a tall mech with a black and purple paint job and what appeared to be tank threads on his shoulders. On his right arm was a double fusion cannon and his faceplate was covered up by a mask resembling the Decepticon symbol.

"Tarn." A voice cried out, catching his attention. Tarn turned around to see a bot with a red, gold, and white paint job with a generator in place of his chest and twin Tesla coils mounted on his shoulders. What was truly disturbing was that his optics instead of being lit, they were nothing more but pitch black.

"Have you found Megatron Kaon?" Tarn asked.

"No sir, there wasn't anything or any bot we could find out here." Tarn didn't want to believe it, Megatron couldn't have been deactivated by a mere space bridge explosion.

"However we have found the Nemesis not too far from this location but it is badly damaged." Kaon added. Tarn started to feel a sense of hope rising in his spark. "Were there any survivors?"

"Only one and it was none other than Starscream." Kaon replied. The hope Tarn had was immediately replaced with disappointment and loathing.

"I see and what have you learned from him?" Kaon placed a servo on his chin.

"He was quite adamant about being a witness to Megatron trying to retrieve the Allspark from the Autobots before his untimely demise and has also taken it upon himself to be named the new leader of the Decepticons."

"Perhaps I should pay a visit to our new "leader" to see if he's telling the truth for myself." Tarn started to walk but found himself being stopped by Kaon.

"Starscream also had me to inform you that by the time you reach him, he would be long gone in order to honor Megatron's memory by finding the Allspark."

Tarn narrowed his optics. "I hope his search will last another four million solar cycles or more considering the sorry state of the Nemesis. Continue the search Kaon, we must-" A familiar white and gold starship appeared in the distance.

"It would seem that we aren't the only ones in search for answers here." said Tarn. "Kaon, return with the others to the Peaceful Tyranny. I shall remain here for the time being." Tarn ordered.

"If I may say so but are you sure about that? It would be best that I stay here with you in case you are overwhelmed by the Autobots." said Kaon.

"True but you should know by now Kaon that I am very capable of taking on a group of Autobots by myself." Kaon despite with hesitation, went back as Tarn ordered. Tarn transformed into a tank and sped off in the direction of the Autobot ship. He was going to get answers to this even if it meant destroying every last Autobot in existence.


Despite the speed and distance they had achieve from the quantum jump, it was still a long trip for Windblade's crew. "Did Optimus really have to be across the galaxy for us to rescue him?" said Chromia.

"In case you have forgotten, Optimus and the rest were a space bridge repair crew so it is only logical that they were so far away from Cybertron considering how far the Decepticons have conquered during the Great War." Brainstorm explained.

"I appreciate the history lesson Brainstorm but I already have to deal with one teacher back at Cybertron and you are certainly not going to be the next." Chromia barked. Brainstorm raised an optic in response and went back to his station.

"We're coming up to the destination now Windblade." Goldbug announced.

As the Providence stopped itself, they saw broken pieces of what used to be a space bridge and asteroids that look as if they were blown apart by a massive explosion. "Are you sure we're going to be able find them or the Allspark in all of this?" Minerva whispered. Windblade got up from the command chair.

"We have to otherwise Megatron or any of the Decepticons will get their servos on the Allspark. Brainstorm and Minerva, you'll be with me to see if we can find survivors and possibly get an idea of where they went. Chromia, Goldbug, and Nautica will remain here guarding the ship. Anyone have any questions before we get out there?"

For a brief moment, there was nothing but silence on the bridge. "Then it's settled. Autobots, time to rev up and roll out!" Windblade, followed by Brainstorm and Minerva ran out from the bridge while Chromia and Goldbug stayed behind.

"You think they'll be alright out there?" Goldbug asked.

"Trust me, I know Windblade. She is as tough as they can be." Chromia answered confidently but she couldn't help but feel worried for her friend.


Tarn was still in his tank form, still making his way towards the Providence until he saw a ramp opened up from the bottom of the ship. He transformed into his robot form and hid himself behind a rock formation. He peered out seeing that three Autobots had come out, one mech and two femmes. They transformed into their vehicle forms and sped off in another direction. 'Just what are you planning Autobots?' Tarn transformed and followed behind, maintaining a safe distance away so he couldn't alert them of his presence.

He continued to follow them until he veered off and transformed to robot form behind another rock formation. Tarn peered out and saw the Autobots had also transformed and were standing in front of what appeared to be a damaged computer panel.

Turning up his audio sensors, Tarn listened in on the conversation. "Is it possible for you to repair it Brainstorm?" The femme with the gold headdress asked the mech.

"This panel is too heavily damaged for me to repair in the open Windblade. However I can download the information and analyze it back on the ship." The mech called Brainstorm answered.

"Stay here and see what can you can do Brainstorm. Minerva and I will go on ahead and see if we can find Optimus and his crew." Windblade ordered as she transformed and drove off, leaving the medic Minerva and Brainstorm behind.

"You sure you want to be here alone?" Minerva said.

"I am very aware of the risks of being in solitude Minerva. It would be best to follow Windblade's orders now and I will momentarily return to the ship." Brainstorm answered.

Minerva rolled her optics. "So much for being friendly." She mumbled. Minerva transformed and went off in the direction Windblade took. Brainstorm brought out a yellow metal briefcase and opened it revealing it to be a computer. He took out a dock connector and plug it into one of the computer panel's sockets.

Connecting it with the computer in his briefcase, Brainstorm typed down on the keyboard, starting a download process now transferring the information from the space bridge computer to his own. After a few cycles, the download was complete allowing Brainstorm to take out the dock connector from the computer panel and close his briefcase.

'Now's my chance' Tarn got out from his hiding spot and fired his double fusion cannon at the Autobot. The blast missed Brainstorm by a margin exploding from behind causing him to immediately transformed into his vehicle form, a Cybertronian car with his wings at the back. With the briefcase safely in the backseat, Brainstorm quickly hightailed it out of there. Tarn growled in frustration as he transformed and with careful aim, he fired his fusion cannon at Brainstorm.

The blast landed at the back of Brainstorm's vehicle causing him to flip over from the explosion and go back into robot form. Brainstorm fell to the ground hard on his back with the briefcase landing not too far from him. He placed a servo at the side of his helm turning on the radio transmitter. "This is Brainstorm, I'm currently under Decepticon attack. Requesting immediate backup now."

Brainstorm took out a laser pistol and fired at Tarn who then fired back in response at Brainstorm this time taking the full force of the blast, tearing his chassis apart and the Autobot fell backwards, Tarn rolled out to where Brainstorm was and grabbed the briefcase that was nearby. Once he was sure he was far enough from the Autobots, Tarn radioed in to the Peaceful Tyranny. "Gentlemen, I have what we need to find Megatron and the Allspark. Prepare to take-off once I reach the ship."

"Acknowledged Tarn. We'll be ready once you do but what about the Autobot ship you and Kaon saw?" A voice radioed back.

"We can't have the Autobots alerting the Elite Guard to us. Destroy it and leave no survivors." Tarn ordered as he kept driving on.


Windblade and Minerva were still driving ahead, searching for Optimus and his crew when they suddenly heard Brainstorm over the radio. "This is Brainstorm, I'm currently under Decepticon attack. Requesting immediate back up now."

Both femmes heard what sounded like an explosion and the transmission ended there. "The Decepticons are here already!? Oh no what are we going to do!?" Minerva exclaimed.

"Hey, hey we need to keep our processors focused here. Brainstorm needs our help right now judging from that explosion we heard so let's roll!" Windblade and Minerva made a U-turn and accelerated back in the direction they came from.

"I think I see him but-" Minerva stopped in mid sentence. Windblade saw Brainstorm lying on his back with his chassis torn apart and sparks flying around.

"No..." Windblade whispered. They quickly transformed into robot form and ran over to their fallen comrade. "How is bad is it Minerva?" Windblade was holding Brainstorm's helm in her lap.

Minerva scanned over Brainstorm's body. "R-really bad. If I don't enact repairs on him soon, he'll deactivate." Minerva replied.

"Windblade..." Brainstorm groaned despite the damage done to him.

"Save your strength, we're getting you back to the ship." said Windblade.

Brainstorm slowly shook his helm. "You... must... not let my briefcase be exploited by the Decepticons. It contains the coordinates we need to find the Allspark and the missing repair crew. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one. It is only logical that you all leave me here and pursue the Decepticons."

"We're not going to abandon you here Brainstorm and I'll have none of that talk coming from you. Minerva," The femme looked at Windblade when she heard her name. "Return with Brainstorm to the ship and tell everyone to plot a course back to Cybertron."

"What about you Windblade? You're not thinking about trying to get that dumb briefcase back are you?" Minerva at this point transformed into an ambulance type vehicle loading Brainstorm up in the back.

"I have to otherwise the Decepticons will have a huge advantage over us." Windblade responded.

"Look at what happened to Brainstorm. What makes you think you won't end up just the same?"

Windblade turned to her with resolve in her optics. "I'm a Prime Minerva and Primes aren't the type to lose that easily. Now go, you have your orders."

Minerva was hesitant at first but eventually gave in and sped off with Brainstorm. Windblade reached behind her back where a scabbard carrying a strange curved sword was at. Grabbing ahold of the hilt, she took out the sword revealing the blade to be pink and translucent. Windblade looked over it and sheathed it back at its scabbard before transforming into vehicle form. She then spotted tank treads on the ground forming a trail for her to follow.

"Gotcha." Windblade muttered and she drove in the direction where the tank treads led to. She was going to make sure the Decepticons pay for what they did to Brainstorm and get that briefcase back.


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