Chapter 4

Years ago….

Back on Cybertron ….

Rodimus and Arcee go for a walk after a fun day at Crystal City. They are laughing about the times they had over there. Then they sat down after their exhausting date. "I had a great time today." Arcee said to Rodimus.

"So did I." Rodimus said to her.

Then they started to look at each other. Rodimus puts his hand upon her face. Then they begin to close their eyes as they moved closer to each other. Then their lips touched and they begin to kiss. It was magnificent for them.

They stopped for a moment. Then they did it again.

After that, Rodimus walks her home. Before she goes inside, they looked at each other and held each other's hands. "So," Rodimus said slowly. "See you tomorrow?"

"I'll be happy to." Arcee answered. Then they both kissed and Arcee goes inside her place. Rodimus then walks to the entryway, and with joy, Rodimus yells with glee and jumps in the air, transforming and heading home high speed.

Present Day.

Rodimus' eyes are still closed and yet he ears voices around him. He starts to hear an old man and a woman having a conversation. Eye opens his eyes and his vision was blurry, but sees colorful shapes. He sees the white shape and the blue shape. Then his vision starts to clear. The shapes begin to form into people. Then they change into people they know. One mech and one femme talking to each other. Ratchet and Arcee.

Rodimus sees them in the same room talking to each other about Rodimus' condition. The other two see Rodimus waking up. Arcee is happy and Ratchet is still his usual self. "Rodimus!" she said helping him up from the table.

"Arcee…." Rodimus responded. "augh! My head! What happened."

"we found you lying on the ground in Brazil after a battle. The decepticons were gone before we got there."

Rodimus was about to tell him that it wasn't the Decepticons, but telling them about the humans would only confuse them. "guess they knocked me out. Left me for dead. What happened to my ship?"

"cleaned out before we got there." Arcee said. "everything is gone."

" they took everything?" Rodimus asked with anger, knowing in his head it was Bishop and his men that took his supplies. " those thieves. Augh."

Rodimus feels the pain in his head and Arcee helps him sit down. "you need to relax, Rodimus." Arcee said to him. "we'll get them back. In the meantime, HE wants to meet you."

Rodimus knew who wants to meet him. Ratchet calls him on the communicator. "sir, he's awake." Ratchet said.

"Open the ground bridge." He spoke over the screen. "I'm coming in."

Ratchet activates the ground bridge and the portal opens. Coming through the portal is Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. "Greetings Rodimus." He said to Rodimus. "It's been a long time."

"Hello, sir." Rodimus greeted back. "It has been a long time."

"Welcome to Earth." Optimus puts out his hand for Rodimus to shake. Rodimus grabs his hand and they both shook hands.

Astoria wakes up, not knowing what had happened. She sees a light over her, blinding her a little. Then she feels straps tied to the wrists of her hands and feet. She tries to break free but it was no use. Then, out of the darkness, Andrew Bishop approaches her. "Hello, my dear." He greeted Astoria.

"Bishop!" she said in spite. "Where am I?"

"Why, you are in the main building of the science department, young one." Bishop answered. "Just at New York City."

"What do you want with me, you creep." Astoria questioned him.

"Nothing, just want to make an offer," Bishop said. " you see, you have something that we have not have in a long time. Your father had worked on it for years and it then became a success. Success for medical and mechanical purposes. Many people have been very astonished by the wonderful results. All because of you. And you have never been so beautiful in a whole life time.

"what are you talking about, you creep." Astoria questioned him in spite.

"you mean your father haven't told you?" Bishop asked. "about your accident? Well let me tell you."

Bishop then whispered into her ear, then Astoria had never been so mad at him about what he said. "No! I don't believe you!"

"Believe what you want, miss Carlton-Ritz." He said to her. " it's the truth."

Bishop left her there and into the darkness. Then scientists came out of the darkness in sugeon clothes and masks. She try to break out of the straps, but the scientists already knocked her out with gas. Suddenly, she black out unconscious.

Nevada

Arcee gives Rodimus the tour of the base. She now shows him where they keep the relics. "and this is where we keep the important stuff. Dangerous weapons, tools, and even the Iacon Relics."

"wait?" Rodimus stopped with a question. "so you have the relics from iacon here? On Earth?"

"yes."

"how?" he asked.

"who knows?" Arcee answered.

"if they are here and…." Then Rodimus sped-walk through the hall looking for a familiar relic. Then he found it. The Star Saber. Just in the room undisturbed.

"happy to see that in one piece?" asked Arcee.

"never better." Rodimus answered. "it helped through tons of battles and we became successful and alive. I'm grateful that it's safe."

"good." Said Arcee. "When you're done gawking at your friend, maybe I'll show you to your room."

"oh, okay." Rodimus said, then he followed her to his room.

Arcee opens the doors to his new room, with a bed and everything he has left and not stolen from the crash site. "my old tools."

"yeah. I'm surprised that you kept them after soon long."

"never left home without them." Rodimus replied.

"and we manage to find somethings that are not stolen by the Decepticons." Arcee said. "sorry."

"don't worry." Rodimus said to her. " I'll find them and get them back."

Rodimus then sits on his bed. Arcee sat after him.

"so, what your travel like outside of earth." Arcee asked.

"you know." Rodimus spoke. "I've been to places that I never been before. I even met some autobots on the way."

"like who?"

"Springer."

"how's he?"

"always his usual goofy self, no matter the situation. I don't know why they even made him the commander of the wreckers anyway?"

"how about my sister."

"Chromia? She's fine!" Rodimus said. "better even. In fact she's starting to grow up just like you."

"don't suck up to me like that." Arcee said to him. "you already got my attention when you came here."

Then, Rodimus looks at Arcee's eyes. Then, Rodimus turns away out of nervous feelings. "did I forget to tell you about the world's I been to?" Rodimus says to change the subject. "I've been to huge ones, Small ones, cold ones, dark ones, Beautiful ones."

" how beautiful?" Acree asked him.

" well, they remind me of you." Rodimus said to her.

Then, just as they are about to kiss, a voice popped up in Rodimus' com-link. "Rodimus! Rodimus, do you copy?"

"Rodimus? What's wrong?" Arcee asked not knowing the voice in his com-link.

"s-sorry, sweets." Rodimus said. "but I have to go."

Rodimus leaves the room, leaving Arcee confused and suspicious.

"sweets?"

Rodimus manages to go outside where no one is around. Then he communicates back to the professor. "I'm here, doc." Rodimus said.

"Rodimus! Where have you been. I haven't seen you and Astoria since yesterday. What happened?" the professor asked.

"something terrible has happened." Rodimus answered. "they have taken Astoria when they knocked me out."

"this is bad. This is really bad!" the professor said.

"I'm sorry, sir." Rodimus apologized to him. "but I will get her back."

"Rodimus." The professor said. "first, I need to tell you something about Astoria. It is very important."

"RODIMUS!"

"I gotta go."

"Rodimus, wai-"

Rodimus shuts down his com-link and turns to see Bulkhead and Bumblebee. Bulkhead walks up to him and gives him a big huge. "it's been too long man. How have you been?"

"alive until you crush me." Rodimus said, gasping for air.

Bulkhead puts him down. "thanks." Rodimus said to him. "and it's good to see you too, boss."

Bumblebee walks up to him with his hand out. " and it's good to see you too, Bee." Rodimus shakes his hand.

"where is he?" a voice came from behind Bulkhead. Then, Miko, Jack, and Raf came to see the new Autobot. "awesome! The new guy has flames!" said Miko.

"Whoa!" Rodimus was shocked at what he saw. "I thought the humans didn't know about us?"

"they know. The rest don't." Bulkhead answered. "this is Miko, Jack and Raf."

"so what can you do, Rod!" Miko asked with excitement. "can you conjure fire? How fast can you go? Are you a ninja?"

"hey, slow down." Rodimus told her. "you are as active as –"

Suddenly, Rodimus paused for a second and a thought popped in his head. "Wreck-Gar!"

"Wreck-Gar?"

"yeah, some loony robot I met on my travels. I'll tell you later." Rodimus answered.

That Night

Rodimus opens the door to the room where the star saber is. Rodimus then grabbed it and put it on his back. "alright." Rodimus starts talking to the sword. "after tonight, we are going our separate ways."

Rodimus then grabs his tools and makes his way to the ground bridge controls. He turns them on and sets the coordinates to New York. The portal opens and Rodimus looks back, seeing if he waks anybody up. Then he continues through and the portal closes.

End of Chapter 4