Alright! A new chapter! Sorry for lateness, took a while for inspiration and I was working on re-editing the other chapters.

"In a burst of light that blinded every angel. As if the sky had blown the heaven into stars…"

Iridescent- Linkin Park

~Sari's Recorded Memories~

After the incident with Blackarachnia: It took a few weeks, but eventually both Bots and Cons learned to get used to having a 3rd alt mode (with Blitzwing, a 6th alt…). The first few weeks were spent with them NOT knowing they could Transform BACK into Robots. Megatron was irked a little that Optimus and his team didn't freak out as much. When he asked Optimus why, Optimus explained the whole Soundwave incident on Christmas.

Sari heard it though.

She hardly left their- or Bumblebee's- side.

Much to Megatron's embarrassment, he had Sari help them out in those first confusing weeks while they got used to their new bodies. And since none of them were armed, they ended up meeting on common ground after one incident.

What happened was that they had readings of an Allspark fragment in the mine Bumblebee Sari and Prowl fought the Space Barnacle.

With nothing else to do, they set out.

Sari, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee and Optimus ended up getting trapped in the mine with Sari complained multiple times about it being the hardest maze to crack.

After a while, out of boredom and curiosity, she asked Megatron and Starscream what their life was like before the war. At that question, the two 'Cons stopped in their tracks and looked at her like she grew a second head.

"What? I was just asking. All I ever hear about is the war. I never hear anything about what happened before it!" She huffed. All the bots in the room looked at each other.

"I… have to agree with Sari on this one." Optimus added in shame for never asking himself. Bumblebee agreed with them. Sari continued.

"So, what was your life like before the Decepticons came to be?" She asked. Megatron and Starscream looked at each other, then her.

So, after a LOT of begging and pleading on Sari's part, the two 'Cons relented and told them. After all, no one has ever asked them that before and truthfully… they almost forgotten themselves! That… and Megatron got a kick out of Optimus being out of the loop on something. He wanted to lie and make up some crazy story… But how many Autobots actually WANT to know about what really happened?

Seriously!?

Apparently Starscream used to be a scientist working in the same building (not department) as Ratchet. Starscream was far from Medic material. But he knew about other science related things. Megatron was a gladiator in the pits of Kaon. (Oh yeah, you could imagine Sari and Bumblebee's reaction to that one!) This went on for a few hours with Megatron and Starscream loving the attention and gladly answered any questions they had. They even started laughing at some of the stories Starscream mentioned about all the pranks he pulled on a certain Medic and the ones he was victim of. Even Megatron had to lean against the cave wall for support from laughing so hard! Optimus has never seen him laugh like that before…

All because Sari had the guts to get to know them.

Then they asked about the Autobots. They relented because Megatron and Starscream told. Optimus told about what happened to his friend Elita 1 and the spiders. And Bumblebee told about how he and Bulkhead met.

Needless to say, no one liked Sentinel.

Everyone in the room had a new understanding about their enemy now, but then Sari had to ask the one question they avoided:

"So… why did the war start in the first place?"

Everyone froze at that. Megatron and Starscream were up ahead as they were walking in the cave. Up ahead was the light at the end of the tunnel signaling the exit. Optimus thought the two 'Cons were gonna bolt… but instead, Megatron turned to look at them.

Mainly Sari.

"It all started because of you." He said, not with a glare or a sneer… but with a kind smile of remembrance. Like he was thanking her for something!

The camera showed Bulkhead as the arm wrestling victor. Scrapper paid up to Mix who smirked from winning the bet. Then it turned to see Random and Jazz singing duet. Then Sari noticed her mom leaving the room.

"Where's she going?" Sari asked. Bee faced her confused.

"Huh?" Sari pointed to Sara just as he closed the door behind her.

"Mommy, where's she going?"

"I don't know…" Sari ran off giggling.

"Well lets find out!" Bee just shook his head and followed her.

The tape showed Bee following little Sari up the stairs. When little Sari opened the door, they were met with Sara sitting down and Optimus was leaning against the railing.

"Hey… I remember this…" Sari whispered.

"You do?" Bumblebee asked.

"Yeah… I remember him telling a story. I don't remember what it was about, but I do remember something about a tiny Femme and that she died."

"A tiny Femme?" Optimus asked.

"Yeah… Ugh! Why can't I remember!"

"Well we're about to hear the story again." Prowl pointed out and gestured to the screen.

"You know the pictures in our trailer?" Optimus started.

She nodded. He smiled.

"Do you know their story?"

"Most of it, but what does-?" He held up his hand.

"Just humor me. Just this once, ok?" He asked. Hesitantly she nodded. He closed his eyes with a sigh, lost in his memories. After a moment he opened his eyes and turned to face the city.

"A long time ago, there was another world called Cybertron. It was much like this city but with a considerable lack of humans."

"Are you referring to those robots in the pictures?" She asked. He nodded. Elita took over.

"The robots were called Cybertronians, split into two different faction. Autobot…"

"And Decepticon." BA finished. BA looked away when she said that.

"Didn't they fight each other in a war?" Sara asked.

"Yes, but they weren't always like that." Optimus stated, trying to change a subject. "At one point, before the war, they were friends in an uneasy truce."

"So what happened?" Sara asked.

"I honestly don't know. All I do know is that the warlord himself saw with his own eyes… the event that changed Cybertron forever. An event he saw as a child with his friends."

"What happened?" Sara asked, really wanting to know.

"Why don't you ask him yourself." Came a voice from behind the camera.

Bee turned the camera up and behind him to see Megatron himself. Megatron snickered and opened the door.

"Sari? Bee?" Sara stood up shocked at seeing those two. Sari ran to her mother and Bee subtly set the camera down on a nearby table. Everyone (minus Sari and Sara) knew it was still recording. Elita even waved shyly at the camera.

"Mommy! Can we hear the story too?! PWEASE!" Sari pulled out her infamous Puppy Dog Pout of DOOM.

Resistance is futile!

"Oh alright, but you're going straight to bed after."

"AWWWWW!" She pouted, Bee snickered, she stuck her tongue out at him.

Sara looked at Megatron who merely walked over to Optimus. The two stared each other down before Megatron sighed. He went to Optimus' left, turned to lean against the rail and slid against it until he was sitting. He propped up his right leg and dangled his arm over it.

Megatron reached into his coat and pulled out a very old drawing. He unfolded it and looked at it dazedly for a moment. Hesitantly, he sighed and turned the picture so it faced them (and the camera).

"Hey! What's going on?!" Sari complained as the tape started to skip in and out of static. "Huh?"

"It app…. that Cyb….ron is dying." The familiar voice of Ultra Magnus.

The camera skips to a view of one of Cybertron's cities at night. The camera zooms in to show a tiny Femme jumping from roof top to rooftop and then going underground. From the looks of things, someone is holding the camera and is trying to keep up with the tiny Femme.

"I'm af-d there's n- much ..… can do."

The person following the tiny Femme slowed down when they recognized where they were headed. This whole time the tiny Femme was shrouded in the shadows or was only shown as mere glimpses now and then.

Bee was standing in front of the camera in the same large room he and the others met up in the day before.

Bumblebee stared intently at Bee.

"Bumblebee?" Sari asked. Without looking away:

"I'm waiting for his eyes to change."

"Change?" She asked confused. After a moment, Bumblebee lifted up his servo and pointed to Bee.

"There! See?"

On screen showed a smiling Bee with brown eyes.

He blinked slowly.

His eyes started to change and transform.

From Human brown, to Cybertronian blue Optics.

"Whoa!"

"…" Prowl remained silent.

"Now you know." Megatron sighed as he stood up to leave

"Wait a minute! It skipped over what he said!" Sari whined.

On camera showed Sara sitting there in shock, slowly absorbing what she was told. Little Sari is standing next to her. She clenched her fists and stood up and glared ant the retreating Con.

"Hold on, Megatron." She said through gritted teeth. Said man stopped with his hand on the handle. He turned a little to look at her somewhat.

"Do you all honestly expect me to believe all of this!? Where is the proof?! Huh? How do you expect me to believe you?" She challenged.

Megatron just stood there calmly. Then smirked after getting an idea.

"Proof? Can you even prove you exist?"

"Wait.." Both Optimus, Sari and Bumblebee thought the same thoughts.

Earlier with and Masterson…

Sara started getting furious for no reason. Sure she had amnesia like how the professor told her but there was also something else. A mans voice spoke similar words in her head, whoever he was made her even angrier.

'Maybe we don't feel like take taking orders from some old dude and his daughter!'

'If she even IS his daughter.' She could practically hear how smug Mr. Powell was.

Optimus started catching on to what Megatron was up to. He himself told Megatron that story during the supposed ceasefire several years back.

Everyone started backing away from Sara. Bee subtly angled the camera so they could see this better.

Sara clenched her fists and growled.

"This is…" Sari started. She brought her hands to her face as Optimus looked at her sympathetically.

And with that, Her hands snapped to her side as she took a battle stance. Her hands transformed, her eyes went completely white. Electricity and Energon pulsated and shot around her. Power coursed through her veins for the first time in a few years, glad to be released again.

Around them, the power started to flicker.

(But there was a difference between what happened to present day Sari, and Sara of the 'past'.)

Even without her Key, Sara in her grown up form is more powerful than her 8-year-old self.

Sara started to absorb the nearby power. Any type of power was drawn to her! She started to rise into the air, above her cloudless lightning started to strike around, and then, at her. She absorbed it all.

"No way…" Sari whispered a little scared. Memories of that night coming back with each flash of lightning.

"Is she really that powerful?!" Bulkhead asked incredulously.

Then, just like before, she took all that energy and shot it away from her. Causing a city-wide blackout and the tape stopping.

Everyone stared incredulously at the tape as it automatically stopped and rewound its contents.