Ugh. I cannot believe I got stuck in this cage again! And this time it's with Jack. So much for avoiding him.

"Hey, this isn't like you. Usually you'd be talking your head off. Now you're as quiet as a mouse. What is up with you?" Jack asks. Do I tell him? I don't think so.

"You wouldn't understand," I replied. Who is he to question me?

"Come on," he gestures for me to come near him, "you can tell me anything." As if. But I do go to him, half of me because I like the idea of sitting next to him, hearing his soft breath, the other because he's just trying to be my friend.

"Anything else you would like to talk about?" he asks.

"Not that I do, but..." I start. I ramble on and on, and it feels like it used to be, before I started avoiding Jack. And it feels great to talk to him again. Actually, it feels great just to talk again. Then I stop, because I thought I heard some of the Cons talking.

"Tell Lord Shockwave we have two of the Autobot humans," Con 1 instructed. Con 2 walked off, probably going to do what Con 1 told him to. I know I'm not the only one who heard this, because Jack looks shocked. I mean, who wouldn't be? Lord Shockwave? That's new.

—

Back at base...

"There's something weird going on. Jack and Miko should have been back by now," I mutter. I only sent them to get a few pieces for my invention. Seems like they can't even do that. Humans. But then again... what if someone took them? It is a possibility... if so, I need to track down their signals.

I try to lock on the signals of their phones, but I can't quite find them. It's like they're shielded... Oh no. Only one group knows how to shield their location.

"Decepticons," I state. But why would they be operating if their all-powerful leader is dead? Megatron has been long gone, so this makes no sense. I'd better find out.

Luckily, I could take a few ideas on where they might be. It wouldn't be their ship, because that was turned to scrap a long time a ago. But maybe they went back to the Harbinger. The ship is still fully operating, but it wouldn't be enough to hold so many Cons. Unless they've built an extension to it.

I send a ground bridge straight to where the Harbinger was when we left it. Hopefully it still is there. I walk through, hoping to find what I'm looking for.

—

'Lord' Shockwave is currently examining us while in our glass cage. He seems to be wondering how we, as he might say, operate, as I would probably wonder how Bots and Cons operate. What they're made of.

Miko just sits and stares, and I'm amazed at how cool she is. I'm terrified, even if this isn't the first time the Cons have captured us. But she just sits there, like this is a normal everyday thing for her. Or maybe she's just thinking about something else.

"Your human structure is interesting. I would open this cage and examine further, but that would be most illogical," Shockwave remarked. He and his logic. Always saying something is either logical or illogical. It gets annoying.

Suddenly there's a big bang, and I can hear the Cons firing at someone. Could it be Ratchet? Shockwave takes the cage we're in, as well as some of his other 'precious' experiments, and makes a run for it. Obviously it had to be some kind of threat for the Cons.

"Hey! Let us go!" shouts Miko, who seems like she just got a hold of what was going on. I join in on the protest, hoping that whoever it is can hear us. Let's just hope it's not MECH, although Silas is dead. I wonder what they did once Silas died the second time. At least it he wasn't revived this time.

Ratchet comes from around the corner, and shoots Shockwave. But he shoots back. And it turns into a shoot fest, with laser beams coming from either side. Some time along the way, Shockwave drops the cage, only to free himself of the weight. Ratchet makes a dash for it, grabs our cage, and runs for the exit. He dodges as many beams as he can, and opens a ground bridge back to base. That was close.