HEY EVERYBODY! Just wanted to push this out before the weekend! I will talk a little bit more about an update schedule later, but not before this very very long chapter. Also, if you guessed the reference was the name of the ship (the Cullen) you are 100% correct-o. For the few of you that do not know, Peter Cullen is the voice actor of Optimus Prime (the original...and best). All that aside, please...enjoy :)

Chapter Two: Crash Landing


* Heatwave's P.O.V: Griffin Rock, Earth -Present- *

It was 13 to 10. Cody, Graham, and Chief Burns versus Kade, Frankie, and Dani. Sweat glistened off of both teams foreheads as they continued to try and outmaneuver each other to score another point. We were all cheering on our partners. Or well, my team was. I was cheering on Cody. I didn't need my partner to get an even bigger ego.

"Sooo...what is the point of this game...again?" Blades asked as he continued to watch the "basketball" game besides me.

There was no point. Kade already showed us it wasn't a team exercise whenever he would hog the ball and I didn't really see how the humans could call this fun.

"In this game, a human must throw the orange sphere into one of the hoops. You can get a range of points depending on how far you throw it. Cody said it was for entertainment and team building purposes," Chase explained.

"Come on Kade! Pass it! Your not the only one on this team!" Dani shouted at her ball hogging brother.

"I know, but no one on this 'team' can shoot like I can!" He said as he shot from the furthest line and made it in with a swoosh despite the fact that Cody had been open the whole time he was messing with Graham. "Or look this good while doing it."

I rolled my optics at the thick-headedness of my partner. The two siblings continued to bicker at each other, but after they got a glare from their father, they stopped and continued to play the game.

"Despite the amount of time we already have spent here, the humans still continue to surprise me with their...inventions," Chase said. I nodded my head in agreement.

A little bit more into the game, Kade was just about to steal the ball away from Graham when Graham looked up and stopped dribbling the ball. Kade looked at his brother in confusion.

"W-w-what's that?" He shouted as he pointed to the sky.

"I'm not falling for that," Kade said, ready to pounce at the ball.

"Again?" I asked as I crossed my arms over my chassis. Kade just gave me a look and I shrugged.

"Am I seeing things, or does that look like a meteor?" Dani said as she also looked at the sky and saw what Graham was talking about. I looked at the spot he had been pointing to and saw a small orange streak. I enhanced my vision and saw that it was indeed...a ball of fire. Useful.

"It's headed for Wayward Island," Chief said. Then under his breath said: "Good thing it's uninhabited."

Kade didn't seem to notice or care. He stole the ball from the unsuspecting Graham, making him lose his footing, and proceeded to shoot another three points.

We all looked at him in annoyance.

"What?" He asked innocently.

I looked at Boulder and Chase. Based on the look they had on their faceplates, they were thinking the exact same thing I was. What if that's not a meteor, but instead a spaceship? Or an escape pod? We would need to be there to help or to report another threat to Optimus Prime.

Blades looked at us in confusion before we came to a silent agreement. We needed to see what it was.

"We need to check it out," I spoke out loud. Before I could continue, Kade started to protest.

"Oh come on! It's a rock! We can look at it later. Besides, I have a game to win!" He complained.

"Look, we can finish the game later, but right now we need to see what that thing is. It could be nothing, probably is, but we need to be sure. The last thing we need is more threats falling out of the sky," I said before I turned to Chief Burns. He seemed to understand without needing further explaining. He nodded before we transformed.

"Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!"

* Third Person P.O.V: Wayward Island, Earth *

Once the Burnses and the Bots reached the island, Blades and Dani took to the sky to see if they could find the crash site. Heatwave ordered the rest of the humans to remain inside the bots in case there was any danger present.

After about 15 minutes of Kade's complaining, Blades commed his position.

"GUYS! You aren't going to believe this!" He shouted as well. Heatwave seemed a little worried at first but realized that there was more excitement in his voice then fear. The Bots made their way through the thick forest and came to the crash site. The crash site, unknown to them, of the only other rescue team left in the universe.

* Heatwave's P.O.V *

The moment we came to the crash site, I knew nothing would be the same again. It was what we all had hoped/feared. A spaceship.

"Whoa!" everyone said collectively. I looked for the insignia, but couldn't find it...not until I got closer. It was covered in dirt and rock, but I brushed it away. A wave of relief and hope washed over me as I recognized the red Autobot insignia. The longer I looked at it, the more excited and hopeful I got.

"Boulder, I am in need of your assistance," Chase said on the other side of the scarlet red and jet black ship. The build was similar to the Sigma, but it was a little larger and had a few more upgrades. It also had a lot more damage to the hull. As I made my way around to the entrance of the ship, I saw some hastily made weld jobs to keep the ship in one piece.

"On three. One...two...THREE!" Boulder exclaimed, making a few nearby birds fly away. The entrance was sealed shut pretty good, but they were able to pry it open. The moment the ramp hit the ground, white steam came pouring out. I signaled my team to stay put just in case there were any Decepticon stranglers. I cautiously stepped in, keeping in mind that I also had a human inside my chassis, so I should only engage in fighting if absolutely necessary.

I continued in and saw that it was almost exactly like the Sigma on the inside as well. There was a center council, a couple of stasis pods, and a lot of rescue gear hanging on the wall, ready to be used. I approached the council and tried to look at the ship's log, but there was no power. I looked at the fuel meter and saw there wasn't a drop of energon left. All of it had been used to get here.

I started to wonder if someone had called them to Earth, just like Optimus did for us, but if anyone did, there was no sign of life other than the beings in the stasis pods.

I looked at the pods and found 4 of the 5 were occupied...by a femme rescue team.

"Whoa," Kade said as we looked at the crew.

"All clear guys. Blades, you've got some work to do," I said as I approached the red pod. Inside was a femme with medic colors, red and white. She was obviously built big enough to take on anyone that tried to get in her way and even in stasis, she looked tough. I looked at the other members and concluded that there was a police bot, an engineer, and an emergency responder. But no firefighter. I found that a little odd, but I knew it wasn't uncommon for a rescue team to be one profession short. They could have been caught, killed, or (and this thought disgusted me) they could have changed sides.

"Whoa!" All the humans said as my team entered the ship. My team looked around in shock too, but for different reasons.

"Looks like we're not the only ones after all," Boulder said as he approached the council. "Must have run out of energon."

He tried to activate the ship's log, but there was nothing. He transferred the data to his monitor somehow and played it. There was no picture only sound.

"This is Eta-si-een-ast-field-low on energon-requesting emergency Autobot assistance," the high pitched voice said frantically, fizzing out at some parts. There wasn't much, but it was enough to know what had happened. The ship had gotten into an asteroid field, which explained the damage to the hull, and to save their limited energon, the crew went into stasis.

Eta-16

They were one of the more well-known rescue teams, also one of the more desired teams. They were said to have one of the best medics and one of the best firefighters on the planet, but they didn't want to get involved in the war for obvious reasons. Once the war got more serious, no one knew what had happened to them. Some bots said that they were still fighting fires and helping citizens, while others said that they had started to fight in the war.

"There are girl Rescue Bots?" Frankie asked excitedly.

"Looks like Blades isn't the only one," Dani said, giggling

"Hey!" Blades wined.

"We call them femmes" Boulder explained as he shut off the recording. "I wonder how they got here."

"Should we wake them up?" Cody asked.

"Chase, go see if there is any emergency energon on this ship. Blades, wake up the medic first. She might be able to help you," I said as I stepped out of his way. He looked at the control panel on the side of the pod, pushed a few buttons, and slowly, white steam started to escape from the pod with a hiss.

* Ricochet's P.O.V *

I felt myself come back online. The moment I did there were a thousand alerts in my processor saying that I was low on energon and another thousand giving me a damage report. I felt week, my body and helm hurt so much, I almost whimpered. Once I onlined fully, my memories of what had happened returned at full force. The asteroids.

My team!

My optics snapped open and was blinded with white light. My optics quickly adjusted to see three mechs standing in front of me. I panicked. Never again Cons!

I somehow lunged forward and tackled the biggest Con. His optics widened before I crashed into him. There were more than three startled gasps as I pinned him and held him down. He, not being weak from long-term stasis, quickly turned and pinned me instead. I struggled against his grip, but it lead to nothing.

"I'm not here to hurt you," He said as he loosened his grip on me a little bit. Once I saw the Autobot insignia on his chest, I stopped struggling. I then opened my servos in surrender as he got off of me. He held his servo out, but I go up without his help. He may be a Bot, but he wasn't getting anything but questions out of me.

"Identify yourselves," I ordered a lot stronger then I felt. The bots seemed to look at each other before the one that looked like a firefighter held out his servo...again. He was the one I tackled.

"I'm Heatwave. Leader of Sigma-17." He looked at me and I could tell he didn't know what to think of me. I didn't know what to think of him either.

"Ricochet. Leader of Eta-16," I said as I shook his servo and examined him. He was bright red with the standard firefighter equipment and he had orange optics that seemed to be examining me as well.

"So we aren't the last ones," I said as I let go of his servo. I knew it was an obvious statement, but it was kind of a relief that we weren't the only Rescue Bots left. A wave of pain and nausea seemed to kick me in the tanks as I doubled over onto my knees. My vision almost seemed to flicker and my body felt like it had lava flowing through it. In short, I was going to get a virus if I didn't refuel and fix myself up.

"Blades! I have acquired three energon cubes," A blue bot said as he rushed into my view. He seemed surprised that I was there, but he quickly got over it and rushed to my side.

"No...take care of the others first," I ordered. Not wanting to argue he and an orange mech went to Stargear's pod. It opened with a hiss and white steam came spilling out. She was about to fall when a green mech caught her. She whimpered in pain, largely because of her leg.

I tried to go over and help, but I felt a strong servo on my shoulder. I looked up at the Bot it belonged to.

"My team can handle it. Just stay still so you don't waste your energon," Heatwave said. I was about to protest when I heard another hiss. I looked back at the others and saw that Star was already taken care of for the most part. Just this once, listen I told myself.

I moved my body so I was in a more comfortable position. My back was against the council and my body was facing my team. I examined the other mechs as they worked on getting my team to at least be able to mobilize.

The green one was obviously an engineer bot. He seemed like the kind of mech that was built big and tough but was actually a softy. He was helping the orange bot fix Stars leg. The orange mech was probably the only one on the team with proper medical training, but by the way he was doing everything, he wasn't an actual medic. Then I looked at the blue bot. He was helping Siren and Sky with their energon. He was a police bot, or at least looked like it. He also seemed to be very patient, especially with Sky, who was just talking non stop about how she 'fearlessly got us through a quantum asteroid field'.

"Sooooooo...I think introductions are in order!" Sky shouted enthusiastically before she threw her empty cube behind her. "I'm Skyblaze, but you can call me Sky!"

She looked expectantly at Siren. With a monotone voice, she responded "Siren."

"Stargear...But you can call me Star," She said as she took another swig of energon from her cube. My tanks rumbled quietly as I watched her refuel.

"My name is Blades, but Blades for short!" The orange mech said loudly. Heatwave looked like he wanted to facepalm so bad.

"Boulder," The green mech said as he gave a small smile.

"Chase," the police bot said in a monotone voice.

"And I'm Heatwave," the fire-bot said as he folded his arms.

An entire rescue team...that was a first. Ever since Cybertron went dark, we Rescue teams have been fighting to stay together, but it was getting increasingly difficult by the cycle. Teams turned on teams, friends turned on friends, and family turned on family. Any team that stayed together were forced by Cybertron HQ to go out and "explore" when in reality, it was the Autobots last ditch effort to save any Bot they could. These Bots must have been very lucky.

Cause we sure weren't...

"Yawn, when are we going home?" a muffled voice said coming from Heatwave's direction. My team looked around, startled at the new source of sound.

"What was that?" Sky asked curiously and with a hint of fear in her voice. Heatwave growled in annoyance and opened his chassis, revealing...something...inside him. He brought his servo to it and it climbed onto it. Judging by its looks and size alone, I could tell that it was an organic.

I looked at Heatwave in confusion as he set it down. I looked at the other bots and saw that they also had the organics in their chassis.

"Organics?" Star asked.

"Hello. My name is Chief Charlie Burns and this is my family. I am the human Chief of Police on Griffin Rock, Earth." The native said as he approached me. I was right.

"Humans huh. I've heard nothing but bad things about your kind," I said as I recalled learning about the organics and how the Autobots were going to great lengths to protect them from the Cons.

How I knew about their history was a little bit...weird to explain. It felt like data that was planted in my processor and I was just supposed to roll with it. Maybe the Cullen scanned the area and linked our processors to Cybertron HQ's database on humans. I didn't know, but knowing how I learned stuff I didn't know about before wasn't a big priority at the moment. What I did know was, based on the history they had, they were a very primitive and violent race.

"We have our bad moments, but we are so much more than what our reputation may lead you to believe," Chief said as he continued to approach me. He stopped just a few feet in front of me. I shifted my self so that I was kneeling in front of him. I could see that he was being honest, but he was also afraid (for some unfathomable reason).

"I'll keep that in mind," I said. For the first time in for what felt like forever, a smile formed on my faceplates.

"Sooo...where are you stationed?" Siren asked as she stood to her full height.

"In a firehouse on an Island called Griffin Rock. You guys will love it there!" A small dark-skinned female called out excitedly. I wasn't too sure about it, but my mentor always said to keep an open mind.

"Before we do anything, we need to get you an Earth-based vehicle mode. Humans aren't exactly all knowing about aliens on their planet." Heatwave said. I looked at the humans and realized what that meant. We would have to use Earth technology. Be Earth technology. I had to stop myself from groaning out loud.

"We will also need to tell Optimus about your arrival," Chase said. My optics widened. They knew him?!

"Op-Optimus Prime?!" Skyblaze said, excitement obvious in her voice. I looked at Heatwave and I could tell that we were going to have one loooong visit here on this planet. On Earth.


I'm thunking of getting out a chapter every Friday. I will try to keep to this "schedule" but I can't make any definite promises (especially because of school) Anyway, thank you for your time (you can't make me give it back...it-IT'S MINE) and I will see you all later. Have a great day/night! Peace :)