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"Hey, Ultra Magnus, is this yours?" Daniel asked as he innocently handed Magnus the disk which he had found in the #1 shuttle. It had the Mech's name on it, so the boy figured it was his.

Ultra Magnus leaned down, and let Daniel put it in his hand. He peered at it bemusedly, "Where'd you find this?"

"In the #1 Shuttle, right on the console. Figured it had your name on it – so it must be yours!" Daniel looked up at one of his idols, hoping he'd been right.

Ultra Magnus patted the boy's head, "Thanks for finding it for me, I owe you one!" the boy preened in happiness that he'd helped his big buddy out – then ran to find Grimlock for some childish fun. Ultra Magnus stood up, looking down at the disc in confusion.

"Ultra Magnus, what is it?" the deep voice of Optimus Prime asked from behind him.

"I don't know, this disc has my name on it, but I've never seen it before!" the big blue Mech shrugged.

"Guess you've got a secret admirer or something?" Rodimus joked, he was still the kid inside – even though carrying the matrix for a time had permanently aged his body.

"Well, let's see what's on it! Or is that too personal?" Springer laughed.

They went into central control, everyone seeming to fall in behind – interested in this little mystery involving Ultra Magnus. Spike got the honor of putting the disc into the drive.

They all stepped back in shock, when a dull gray/green Seeker with crimson eyes – looked down at them from the screen. The Decepticon insignia shown brightly on her wings, her airframe was lithe and powerful, her feminim facial features shown of both intelligence and intensity. The background behind her, was the very control room they stood in now! The recording seemed to smile at their shock and horror, as if she'd anticipated it. She began to speak, in a voice that any female news anchor would love to have..

"Greetings Magnus and Optimus, I'm sure you are quite surprised to see me here. Let me introduce myself, I'm Raptor, and by now – I'm quite far away from your city, though I must admit, I thoroughly enjoyed my time visiting you all!" she leaned foreword, drawing them into her message, her ruby orbs, seeming to stare into each of their souls. "By now you've figured out what I am, just not WHY I am, nor why I am here. I can't tell you all of it, for that could easily take days, but let me assure you: I will only punish those of you who were directly involved in taking life from me." She leaned back, and chuckled softly; "and Magnus, one favor I may ask?" her voice was imploring. "Please keep that orange Hothead under control – or he may do something that'll force me to add him to my list.."

The recording ended, and the stunned Autobots looked at each other, in dismay.

"She was in this very room, and we didn't even know it!" Springer blurted in frustration.

"The question is: How'd she know you two so well? And how did she know I would be here?" Optimus mused, quite frankly, impressed with this Decepticon's obvious talents.

Ultra Magnus and Rodimus looked quizzically at each other. "The only time I've lost control recently, was out on the highway, blowing of steam," the orange Mech stuttered in disbelief. "Then two of my tires blew, I rolled, then my radio decided not to work. I kind've totatlly lost it at that point!"

"Then I found him, walking back to base, and his radio WAS working when we checked," his blue friend interjected

Rodimus sighed with disgust at his own actions. "Which just made me blow a fuse again! Took Ultra Magnus a while to calm me down that day.."

"We never could find anymore old screws on the road, which were what blew his tires.." Springer stated, folding his arms and leaning back against the console.

Optimus looked at each one of them, "I'd hazard a guess that this Decepticon was toying with you, seeing how far she could push you until you blew your temper. I doubt those screws were on that road, prior to you leaving the city."

"Very intelligent, very crafty Seeker we've got on our hands. Who has proven she can just waltz into our most secure areas – and shoot a video at her leisure!" the green Mech sighed with exacerbation.

Optimus nodded his agreement. "And I'm also betting that she's the source of all the chaos around here of late. A very crafty 'con indeed."

"But she said she's only after some of us. Whoever supposedly took her life from her – or something?" Rodimus queried.

"But, I'd say she's very much alive – so it's got to be in her past where whatever happened" Kup's old voice observed as he walked up to join them.

"What's your take on her, old friend?" Ultra Magnus asked him.

Kup, reached up and replayed the tape, studying it intensely. "She's deadly serious, and she really believes that some Autobot or Autobots have caused her serious grief in the past. Maybe we have actually done something – and just didn't know it. But whatever the case – it was obviously none of us here at Autobot City."

"Why do you say that, Kup? After all, she caused quite a bit of chaos while she was here." Springer snorted.

Kup, shrugged "She was just showing us that she has the ability to control us – without us even knowin' it! With as much stolen munitions she carrying around in just one of her weapons bays – she could've easily destroyed us AND Metroplex – if she'd wanted to. With the imagining arrays that those new F-22's have, you know that she's beyond just a good shot, along with her many proven talents of stealth and espionage. She doesn't seem to be a Seeker that leaves many things to chance" heads nodded in agreement. "No, she's after very SPECIFIC Autobots – and with her capabilities and obvious intelligence, we'll have a hard time keeping her targets safe!"

"First we've got to find out who her targets are" Magnus observed.

Optimus nodded; "And then find out WHY they are her targets!"

Clues

"I think the thing about Rodimus here, gives us a big clue." Kup said thoughtfully, backing up the recording to that point and playing it again. "And I don't think she left that clue there by accident, either."

He and Optimus sat around for hours throwing ideas around, watching the recording again and again. Discussing the fact that this Seeker must have both cloaking and teleportation abilities – in order to have so easily gotten around undetected. Then Arcee ran in with more bad news, their entire mainframe had been accessed – gone through thoroughly; and all of this happened right beneath their noses.

Eventually Kup left and Ultra Magnus returned. He and Optimus stared long and hard at her still image on the screen. "We can only hope she's not part of Galvatron's army.." Optimus sighed.

"I don't think we'd be able to stop them, if she does join them." Ultra Magnus said in dread.

Optimus slammed his hands down, a rare show of emotion. "We've GOT to find her, and find out just what happened to cause all of this!"

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