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To help:
POV
Voice
/comm. link/
"Thoughts"
"Talk"
Time (basic, still working on it XD):
Nano-click = second
Click = minute
Vorn = hour
Orbit = day
Cycle = week

Phoenix POV

I could see Sideswipe and Optimus Prime talking to me, but they sounded far away, as I tried not to glitch and crash. I failed and started to fall, but Optimus caught me and the last thing I remember was feeling Optimus pick me up, say something to Sideswipe, and start hurrying towards some place. Then the darkness took me once more.

Optimus Prime POV

Phoenix looked young, very young, even though she seemed advanced in battle and Medic training. She also looked like she was about to glitch and crash.

"Phoenix," I asked, concerned, "are you alright?" She didn't answer, and, instead, started to fall. I quickly reached out, caught her, and picked her up. "Sideswipe, find Ratchet. Tell him what happened and that I will meet him in Iacon's Medbay." I ordered. He nodded and quickly left as I went as fast as I could back to Iacon. This battle was already over, so I wasn't needed here anymore.

The trip only took a few clicks, but it felt like vorns. I went straight to the Iacon Medbay and set Phoenix on a berth. Ratchet came in behind me and I stood out of his way.

"What happened?" Ratchet asked, looking Phoenix over.

"Sideswipe brought her over so we could meet. We were introduced to each other and then she just… crashed," I told him. Phoenix was definitely not from around here, as far as I could tell, and it looked like Ratchet was coming to the same conclusion.

"Is Jazz back from the front lines?" Ratchet asked, going to his office, looking for something.

"I'll comm. him," I replied. /Jazz, are you back from your mission?/

/Yeah, just got back./ Jazz replied.

/Good. Ratchet may need your help here in the Medbay./ I told him.

/Got it. Be there soon./ Jazz said then disconnected.

"He is on his way, Ratchet," I told him when he exited with a one-way hub for processer scans. I just stood out of the way and watched. Jazz came in by the time Ratchet had the hub ready and Phoenix connected to it.

"Jazz, I may need your help to get past any firewalls she may have. I need to check her processer in case there is any damage," Ratchet said.

"Got it," Jazz said, walking up and plugging into the hub along with Ratchet. They both sat down and started working.

Ratchet POV

Jazz and I sat down and went to work. As soon as we started, the firewalls came up. They were large and strong.

"Whoa, those are some fire walls," Jazz said. He sounded impressed and in awe. "Prowl has nothing on these."

"Can you get thru them?" I asked, stepping up to them. I was also impressed with the firewalls.

"I can try," Jazz said, already trying different approaches to get thru them. I sighed and leaned against the firewalls while I watched Jazz. Suddenly the firewalls opened, nearly sending me to my aft, and I looked over to Jazz. He shrugged as he walked back over to me. "Or you can just touch it and open it."

"Let's just get this over with," I said, walking forward. I started towards where a crash usually comes from, however, a path lit up to a memory file nearby. I stopped and looked towards Jazz again. He looked at me and shrugged again.

"Guess she is showing you the cause of the crash," He said, looking at the file. I sighed, again, and opened the file so I could see what made her crash. It was a simple picture of a few of the Autobots, mainly Prime, Ironhide, the twins, Prowl and me. However, the surprising thing was that we looked different and we were on a different planet. There was also an emotional tag on the picture. I opened that also and was quite surprised. First, there was the awe, like looking at living legends. Then came surprise, shock, and even a bit of fear. Last was anger, but towards a name then the picture, and the name surprised me even more: Earthquake. I quickly copied the info and closed the file completely. "Done?" Jazz asked, looking at me as I turned to him.

"As done as I can be," I replied with a sigh. "I'll explain more once we get back." He nodded and we left. As soon as we passed the firewalls, they closed up and became whole once more. We left completely and I unplugged myself and the femme.

Optimus Prime POV

I didn't have to wait for long before Ratchet and Jazz both stood up and Ratchet started cleaning up. Jazz came over after unplugging and I took a quick look at him.

"Ratchet said he would explain why the femme crashed in a bit," Jazz told me. I nodded and turned back to Ratchet. He was sitting in his chair with a data pad in hand. He sighed a few times then turned toward us.

"You said you two were introduced to each other, did you get her name?" Ratchet asked me. I thought for a moment before answering.

"Phoenix," I told him. "She said her name was Phoenix." He nodded and then turned toward us.

"I know why she crashed, but I don't understand how," Ratchet explained. "I made a copy of what I found and I am sending it to you two." I received a message ping and opened it. I looked at the picture and 'felt' the emotions, and, once it was over, I closed the file. Both Jazz and I looked confused at Ratchet.

"What does this mean?" I asked Ratchet. "The picture and the name, why are they connected?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but from what has happened from Earthquake first showing up till now, I have a theory to it all," Ratchet said. "But until Phoenix wakes up and can tell us herself, this stays between the three of us." There came a noise from the berth and we looked over to see Phoenix beginning to online. "Let her wake up fully first and let me check her over once more before you two start questioning her." He had that look in his optic again so we just nodded and remained quiet.

Phoenix POV

As I onlined I heard voices and I groaned quietly. I heard a gruff voice talking to somebot, or two, and I instantly thought of Blaze. I wondered if I told him about my crazy dream, would he believe me. I sat up, still have yet to online my optics, and rubbed my helm.

"Feeling better?" Asked the gruff voice. I turned and onlined my optics, then froze again. I was looking at Ratchet, CMO for the Autobots. Nearby was Jazz and Optimus Prime himself.

BANG! Ratchet hits my helm with a wrench. I rub the new dent and look at him.

"Better not crash again," He said, pointing the wrench at me. "Now I need to do a full diagnostic, so sit there and don't move too much." He then picked up a data pad and began scanning my frame.

Told you that you would find help here.

"Oh, not you again!" I thought bitterly. "I already have enough trouble with Earthquake here on the loose. I don't need a weird voice in my head." Prime stepped forward and drew my attention away from my inner turmoil.

"Phoenix, there are certain things that we need to discuss," Prime said. Jazz leaned against the wall and spoke up.

"Like how you know that crazy mech named Earthquake," Jazz had his visor down so I couldn't really tell if the comment was more of a joke or a serious comment. I just stared at the two in a bit of shock. Prime and Ratchet sent their own glares towards him. It took me some time but I finally found my voice.

"How do you know that name?" I asked, worriedly. If he was here, that would mean that he was after something here. But what was he after?

"We meet him a couple of orbits ago," Prime explained. "Though he acted a bit… off… He kept talking about a peaceful Cybertron that will soon be his."

"See? Crazy," Jazz said from his spot on the wall. "C. A. R. Z. Y. Crazy." I rolled my optics and Ratchet stepped back towards me.

"Everything checks out," He said a bit hesitatingly. "However, you are low on Energon, yet you still have plenty of energy. Plus your frame has parts that should be with other frames, not yours." He looked up from the pad with the 'tell-me-or-else' look.

"First, I have an element ability and I can use that element for power," I explained to him. "Second, I have three alt forms, that's why." I went very quiet after I said that. I started to think of my friends and my team, and I began to fear that I would never see them again. I looked towards the floor, wondering about them when Jazz spoke up.

"You're safe here and you look like you need proper rest." Jazz said, looking at Ratchet. "Right doc-bot?" Ratchet just thru the wrench he was holding, but Jazz dodged it as he quickly left.

"He's right, though," Ratchet said, turning towards me. "But we are overcrowded right now, so I don't know where you can stay at."

"Its fine," I said, getting off the berth. "Just point me in the direction Earthquake left and I-" BANG! I staggered a bit from a second blow Ratchet gave me. I glared up at him as I rubbed my second dent. "What was that for?! I can take care of myself just fine."

"No you can't," Ratchet said, wrench in hand. "You are pushing yourself too hard right now and you need to rest. You are still a youngling for Primus' sake!"

"So? Just because I am young doesn't mean I can't take care of myself," I told him. I was trying to keep my temper in check because I know what happens when I don't.

"We don't mean that," Prime said, stepping forward to defuse the situation. "We just want to make sure you are at full working order. Plus I have a spare room Phoenix can stay at." Both Ratchet and I looked at Optimus like he was crazy. "What? Elita agreed with me and she won't be back for a while." We both just shook our helms.

"Guess that part is settled," Ratchet mumbled as he went to his office. I watched him go, a bit shocked and surprised.

"You two can't be serious," I said, looking between the two. I sighed, giving up when neither answered. "Fine, I'll stay. But as soon as I am rested, I am going after Earthquake." Prime was smiling slightly as he turned and led the way to his place.

Well this turned out better than I thought.

"Great, you're back," I thought. "And what do you mean 'better than you thought'?"

You will just have to wait and find out, my friend. Good things come to those who wait.

I followed Optimus and took the time to look at everything and everyone as we went without looking weird. It was still hard to believe that I was walking on Cybertron during the Autobot-Decepticon war, and I was going to be staying with Optimus Prime himself. I shook my head and sighed again.

"This is going to be a long and difficult stay," I thought, dodging a few bots in a big hurry somewhere. "I mean who knows how this will affect the future."

If it affects the future at all. There is the possibility that this was meant to happen. The voice said, and it- or he or she- was making a lot of sense, even if it was weird sense.

"Ratchet's right," I thought with a mental sigh. "I do need some rest and Energon. There is no way I can fight Earthquake like this." I sighed again, and Optimus looked back.

"Everything ok?" He asked. I nodded and he turned forward again. Optimus Prime in person was vastly different then from what I had read about in history class. Maybe I was supposed to go thru time and meet him.

Good things come to those who wait, and certain lessons can only be learned thru experience.

"I just hope the experience doesn't kill me," I thought grimly.

Patience is the key to the lock of knowledge and wisdom.

We soon arrived at Prime's place and he led me inside. It was actually a pretty big place I realized as I looked around. There was a kitchen of sorts off to our left, a basic living room where we were at, and the main room to our right. There was a guest room straight ahead of us, and Optimus walked right for it. I followed, looking at everything as I went.

"This is the guest room," Optimus said, stepping to the side so I could enter it. "I still have work to do so go ahead and make yourself at home here. There is a small Energon dispenser in the kitchen, and a better and bigger one in the Rec-Center down the hall." He started to leave, then stopped. "If you need anything, just ask for Jazz, Ratchet or myself." I nodded and he left. I entered, closing the door behind me and sat on the berth. I laid down thinking that I wouldn't be able to recharge due to all that had happened, but, as soon as I laid down, I was out like a light.

AN: Hey, so my updates will be weird until real life calms down. Hope you all are enjoying this story. :)