Chapter Four: Reunited

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::Long distance::

::Regular com::

"Bee talking."

Rymia couldn't get over Ratchet's death; it felt like it haunts her, she shouldn't have left him. She should've came back to save his life, now there was only one thing that mattered to her. Keeping the others safe. She was flying over the state called Nevada, trying to find a good recharge area, that's when she notices a light that was just east of her. Without thinking about it, she goes towards that light.

As she gotten closer her optics detected five figures around the fire, they were sitting. Survivors? Rymia questioned in her mind. She slows down, maintaining her cover as she came closer. As she came closer, she noticed colors that were there.

Yellow and black, silver, green actually two type of greens, a bright one then a darker one and there was blue and black. She knew those colors, with that she fastens her thrusters and goes into her flying fast state once more. Reaching there she transformed in the dark so they could not see her, she starts walking towards the light.

With the group by the fire…

"Wait, are you serious Bee?" Crosshairs questioned, Bumblebee said that he should be the leader of this group while Crosshairs thought differently.

"We should wait till sensei gets back." Drift said.

"Hate to break it to you but he ain't." Bumblebee beeped.

"We just have to be patient, he is alive." Drift starts to argue.

"Do you want to be leaderless?! Leaderless meant weakness!" Bumblebee argued back.

"Oh yes just kill each other why won't you." Crosshairs smirked at the two that were arguing. While Hound and Sideswipe are just watching them, Hound was puffing on his bullet cigar while Sideswipe was keeping watch.

"Ya know, we are pretty pathetic." Hound said to Sideswipe.

"We're not that bad." Sideswipe says.

"Yeah we are, we're the pathetic dirty five some." Hound said.

Sideswipe just shrugs until they all heard a twig snap. Hound quickly gets his mini gun out while the rest pulled their own weapons out, it was either humans or an organic creature. "Come out where we can see ya!" Hound shouted out in the darkness. With that they see a golden figure stepping up to them.

Rymia…

As she stepped out of the darkness to reveal her golden frame once she sees their weapons she puts her servos on her hips and smiles. "That is no way to treat a friend." She said.

"Rymia?" Hound asked, he didn't believe what his optics were seeing in front of him.

"The one and only." She replied.

"Oh my Primus…You're alive!" Hound exclaimed.

Crosshairs puts his guns away and walks up to her, "Man you're still taller than me."

"Always am, always will Cross." She smiled at him.

"It is good to see you again." Drift said while sheathing his samurai swords.

"Likewise, friend." She nodded at him before she knew it she was being picked up.

It was Sideswipe. "RYMIA!" He exclaimed in excitement.

He was hugging her. "Its…good…to…see…you…too." She manages to say, Sideswipe was squeezing her hard.

"What forgot about me?" Bumblebee teased as she was set down and dusting herself off.

"Do not hug me, Sideswipe. Especially since I just got from a really long trip." Rymia pointed to him, with that he makes a mock surrender before she walked over to Bee to give him a fist bump.

"How can I forget my buddy?" She smiled at him.

"Yeah, I'm her buddy!" Bee said.

'Energy levels at 5 percent. Suggest go into recharge mode. Energon at 10 percent, recharge to refuel about 20 percent up.' Her sensors said out loud which causes everyone to stare at her.

"Wait, you never got your recharge?" Crosshairs asked her.

"Yes, I wanted to find survivors. So since I did, I am just going to like drop dead." She joked as her body went into limp as she just commenced into her recharge mode.

"Very funny, very funny Mia. Might as well give me a spark attack!" Crosshairs scolded at her even if she couldn't hear it.

She was in deep recharge.

"Well, who is she going to lie down with? You saw those bullets in her armor, she could be weak." Sideswipe says.

"I agree with Sideswipe, she can be with me." Drift said.

"I would feel a lot better if she was with me instead." Sideswipe said, everyone just stared at him and Drift.

"Are you inclining that I cannot protect her?" Drift questioned.

"Pretty much, I am a bit more skilled than you are." Sideswipe crossed his arms across his chassis.

"I disagree with that greatly." Drift clenched his servos.

"You wanna prove yourself?" Sideswipe was now glaring at the samurai.

"If that is what you wish." Drift says as he drew his swords.

"I've got a pair myself; you're not the only one who knows how to fight." Sideswipe arms turned into his blades.

Before anyone knew it, Rymia's systems booted back up. She jumped from her limp form unsheathing her blade while her arm turned into her gun. She got between them, the gun was pointing at Drift while the sword was being pointed in Sideswipe direction.

"I can hear things you know, I can still kick both of your backsides if I really wanted too. I am not to be argued over, I am not a prized possession, I am a warrior. Now stop your arguing like sparklings and rest. You never know what is going to happen tomorrow, we need to be at our fullest. Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to recharge up there. Do not argue." She frowned at the mechs before her before putting her away her weapons and transforming.

She reaches on top of the rock and laid down, going into recharge. Tension was all between all the mechs before them also silence. "Well…I vote Mia for leader!" Crosshairs said.

Hound, Drift lets off their helms to nod agreeing with the bright green mech. Sideswipe just sighs, "Alright then, let a femme lead us. Wonderful."

"What you got a problem with the lady?" Bumblebee questioned.

"No, I just never expect all of us would vote for a femme for a leader. Kind of crazy, anyway, we should recharge anyway. Rymia is right; she is always right which is weird." Sideswipe replied.

"Hey, femmes are smarter, their frames are much more shiner and not to mention curvier and they have a kickaft skills. There's a reason why femmes are better than us." Crosshairs patted his back as he heads towards his own recharge area.

"Not all of them have those traits." Sideswipe said.

"I was talking about Mia stupid." Crosshairs groaned.

"Oh." That was all what Sideswipe said as he rolled towards his own little recharge area. Everyone else did the same. With that everyone falls into recharge.

Next Day…

Rymia was the first one to wake up from her recharge mode. Since her energy levels and energon was pretty good she decides to check the perimeter. She transforms and checks the perimeter.

Two Hours later…

Rymia hasn't found anything that was that exciting. Until she sees a red and blue truck driving in this direction. There was only one mech she knew that had those colors. Optimus Prime. Her spark starts to quicken due that he was alive and just too excited that he was here at last. She dives downward wind resistance was pushing her back but she really didn't care, it was Optimus Prime. She decides to com in Hound.

::Hound!::

::What! What are ya injured?! Wait where the scrap are ya?::

::I took a perimeter check but you'll never believe what I am seeing in front of me right here and now.::

::What is it?::

::It's actually a who, Optimus is here!::

::Optimus is here?! I'll wake the others!::

::Alright!::

With Optimus and the Yeager's…

"Wait, does anyone noticed the gold jet coming straight for us?" Cade asks.

It can't be…Optimus thought as he drove on this dirt road.

"It doesn't look like it's going to fire at us." Shane stated.

"Because that is one of the last femme Autobot there is." Optimus answered through the radio.

"Femme?" Tessa repeated.

"Female in your terms." Optimus answered again.

"You guys have females in your race? Wait does that mean she has to be your last reproductive source then?" Cade asked carefully.

"Unfortunately yes, but we do not think that way, we are in a middle of a survival world now." Optimus said.

"Right, anyway what is her name?" Cade asked.

"Her name is Rymia, one of the skilled warriors I have ever met." Optimus replied while having that type of tone that he actually missed her.

"You sound like you guys had a thing." Shane comments.

"No we did not have a "thing" you speak of." Optimus said to him.

They all nod in understanding as they saw the gold jet flying over them. That's when Optimus sent this. "Calling all Autobots. Calling all Autobots." Rymia above does a jet sound saying that she approves this. Off on the distance Hound was running on top of a rock yelling, "Oh yeah! Hell, yeah! He's back! He's alive! Optimus is here!" Hound yelled in excitement as he got out his mini gun and shooting it in the air.

Drift was in between two rocks saying in relief, "At last. There is hope after all." Drift does a backwards flip landing on the rock and sliding down before jumping in the air transforming into his third mode which was a helicopter. While on the other hand the rest of the bots had already arrive there. As Optimus drove up, Crosshairs went running by him laughing.

"Yeah!" He said, "Mr. Leader of the free Galaxy is back! I knew you'd make it. I never doubted you."

Rymia transformed by him saying, "Welcome back Optimus."

Drift came in from transforming saying, "We got your warning. We've been waiting." As he does his ninja bow.

"Heya, Boss Bot." Sideswipe greeted as a genuine smile was on his face.

"Hell, yeah. Boom time. We got the gang back together." Hound said as his mini gun rested on his shoulder.

The humans walked out and Rymia watched them carefully with caution. Her mind was telling her that she should get her sword out and demand what are the humans doing with Optimus. Before she could do so, Optimus starts to transform, during his transformation his fist slammed into the ground before he reaches his full form. Rymia was only to his middle chassis area.

"Humans have asked up to play by their rules. Well, the rules have just changed." Optimus said. Rymia gave a nod at him that she approved of this.

"Human beings, bunch of backstabbing weasels." Hound commented as he walked next to Optimus letting his guns fall off of him.

"Hound, find your inner compass. Loyalty is but a flower in the winds of fear and temptation." The samurai spoke wisdom to the green mech.

"What the hell are you saying?" Hound questions.

"It's a haiku." Drift simply replies.

"Cut the crap before I throw a grenade in your throat." As Hound pulled Drift by the shoulder and in front of him with a grenade in his other servo. Drift pulled out his swords and poked at his belly and head.

"Try it, you'll be dead." Drift warned him.

"Knock it off!" Rymia scolded at them as she pulled them away so they don't kill each other.

"This isn't a time to fight among ourselves! Pull your act together or I will." She firmly said to both of them, they knew she meant it.

"You know what, it'll save us so much time." Bee said.

"Well, raise your hand if you're thoroughly disenchanted with our little pleasant Earth vacation. So who's the stowaways?" Crosshairs was now glaring at the humans with his gun pointed at them. Deciding to do something too, Rymia pulled out her sword and gives the humans a death glare.

"Hey, what's with the gun and the sword?" Cade questions as the rest went behind him.

Hound rolls in front of Optimus pulling out his mini gun; he does the same as Crosshairs and Rymia. "Stop. Hound, the three of you. They've risked their lives for mine. We owe them." Optimus said.

"Yeah well they need to be taught something about Autobots, if you mess with one of us; you mess with all of us." Rymia sneered in the direction of the humans as she stubbornly buts away her sword.

"No more, Rymia." Optimus was ordering her now.

Her servos clenched but she stepped away from the humans to stand by Drift.

Time skip…

"So, there's been no sign of any others?" Optimus asked.

"Nada." Hound replied.

"We are all that's left." Drift added.

"They're picking us off, one by one." Crosshairs stated.

"Even my human partner got killed." Sideswipe said sadly. Rymia puts her servo on her friends shoulder to make him feel reassured.

"We're the pathetic, dirty sixth some and you make seven." Hound pointed at him to prove his point.

Meanwhile Rymia was still glaring at the humans before her, she just waited until they call someone or anything at all to make their location known. Anyone could see she was very tensed and ready to spring into action if needed to. Optimus notices and rests a servo on her shoulder. She jumped but when she sees Optimus she relaxes a bit and gives him a nod to say she was fine. With that he takes his servo off her shoulder, she wishes that his servo would stay on there. Realizing what she just thought, she shakes her helm and plops down by Bumblebee.

"Sensei, with your fate unknown, Bumblebee has held command, despite his complete and total lack of anything resembling warrior discipline." Rymia optics quickly shot to Drift before she could scold at him he speaks again, "He's like a child."

"This child is about to kick your ass." Bumblebee shot up as he walked over to Drift, his door wings were downward to see that he was mad.

"Bee, don't!" Rymia warned him.

"He brings us shame." Drift shook his helm as he leaned on his sword. That's when they started to fight.

"Cage fight." Hound commented as he watched.

I had enough fighting! Rymia thought as she shot up as well and drew out her sword.

"Uh-oh, angry femme, alert!" Sideswipe commented.

And he was right, she was angry. She pulls Drift away from Bumblebee which causes him to fall on his back behind her. Bumblebee stood up as well as Drift. She pointed her sword at Drift. "This was your fault. You pushed his buttons, especially since he is still young. Do not make me hurt you." She said to him, her optics burning into his.

Drift only sighs as he sheathes his blades. "Well, it sure seems like you've been missed." Cade said to Optimus.

"Autobots, Lockdown is hunting us and humans are helping. We need to know why." Optimus stated.

"Well, listen, I don't know why, but I have an idea about who." Cade suggested.

"How can you be any help to us, fleshy?" Rymia snapped at him.

"Rymia, that is enough." Optimus orders her again. Rymia just shakes her helm at the Prime. They watched many Autobot raids with footage that Cade had gotten, there was Dino, Leadfoot, Topspin, Roadbuster but she wasn't ready when she sees herself in the footage. Her optics wide open. Everyone's gaze was on her now, how she felt the pressure right now.

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