A/N: Once again, I give you another chapter! Thanks for the reviews. Before we begin, I'm still open to suggestions. Now sit back and enjoy the show!

Chapter 8

June gazed at the figure before her, the figure that was her son, Jack. "This can't be happening," She thought, frantically trying to make sense of the events that had just unfolded, "This can't be Jack." Just two days ago, June had sent her sixteen year old son off to be bed, with complaints, and went to work. After dropping Miko and Raf off at the Autobot base, she went to find Jack herself, not wanting to burden the 'Bots with if Jack had just gotten lost or was the victim of some kind of prank. Despite her hopes, Jack had been kidnapped by MECH and being held captive.

After gaining information from Tom Andrews (She was certain Agent Fowler had been wanting to talk to her about what she had done to make him so compliant,) she and the others were forced to wait while some team of soldiers were supposed to rescue Jack, but they hadn't even located him due to running into a force Lt. Ramirez described as "ninja." Any normal person would just called her crazy, but June's life is far from normal. Now, she was in the middle of an artic terrorist facility, freezing her ass off. No sooner than after they'd entered the base were they confronted by the aforementioned ninja, "Gray Fox." Gray Fox quickly proved to be a challenge, even for the Autobots.

What he lacked in size, he more than made up for in agility, strength, and cruelty. The artic was a fitting place for this super-soldier; he felt no pity, no remorse, no mercy. He quickly displayed this by kidnapping Raf and dragging him deeper into the snow storm. When Bumblebee attempted a rescue, he paid the price with arm. When Bulkhead went after him, he too was struck down.

It seemed Gray Fox didn't have much interest in Ratchet's skills, as he only left him with a gash in his neck. When he faced Optimus and Arcee, he quickly went after the smaller of the two, crippling Arcee by taking out one of her knees. He was about to deliver the final blow when Agent Fowler tossed a grenade between the two of them. Gray Fox was sent flying a few feet away. Luckily, Arcee had only been grazed by the explosion (no doubt thanks to her armor.)

But now Gray Fox stood before them, his faceplate forced open by the explosion. And June was frozen in shock of whose face lie underneath it. "Jack," she whispered, her breath flowing like smoke from a smokestack. She didn't want to believe it, but it was true. Gray Fox was her son: Jackson Darby.

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Deep within the facility, Silas watch the scene unfolding before him in glee. "What will you do now my mechanical friends?" he was grinning like a Cheshire cat, "Will kill Gray Fox before he kills you?" "Or will Mr. Darby remember who he is?" "Either way, someone won't leave here alive."

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Everyone stood in awe before Gray Fox, "What's the matter? Stunned by my good looks?" "Jack," Arcee whispered, "What are you doing?" "Jack?" The name sounded familiar, but he didn't have the time right now, "Sorry, doesn't ring a bell." Fox's faceplates slid back into place, once again covering his face as he raised his sword to attack. "Jack! Stop! You don't know what you're doing!" Arcee cried.

"Stop calling me that!" Gray Fox barked, "My name isn't Jack and I know exactly what I'm doing. It's what I was made for!" Without warning, the ninja was back on the move, dashing towards Optimus, "Looks like it's just you and me Prime!" Optimus deactivated his weapons and stood down. Gray Fox stopped in his tracks, "What are you doing? Bring your blasters out and fight me!" "I will not," he rumbled.

"What? Have you forgotten what I did to your men? Just look at them," Fox pointed to Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Ratchet, who had treated the latter and was now working on the former. "I have not forgotten, but I will not fight you," the Prime stated firmly. Gray Fox looked at the titan before him in disbelief, "Where was all that anger a second ago?" Mere moments ago, the Prime was ready to kill him, but now, after seeing his face, he was standing down? "Why? Don't I can handle it because I'm human?"

That had to be the reason. Turns out all aliens thought the same thing about humanity. Compared them and their "advanced technology", they were nothing but bags of meat. "It has nothing to do with you being human," the Prime stirred Gray Fox from his bitter thoughts, "I cannot bring myself raise my weapon against someone who fighting isn't fighting of their own free will." "Do I look like I'm being forced to you?" Gray Fox glared at him.

"You may not believe it, but you are Jack Darby, one our most trusted allies on this planet." "You're wrong!" Fox bellowed, "I'm not Jack Darby! I am Gray Fox! I was designed to destroy you!" "That's not true!" June entered the conversation, "You are Jack! You are my son!" "She's right," Miko chimed in, "You're not some cold hearted killer, you're one of my best friends!" "Please Jack," Raf cried, "You can't forget about us. We won't let you!"

Ramirez didn't know what to make of this. Jack Darby: the kid she and her team were supposed to rescue was Gray Fox, the man who slaughtered them. He'd even tried to kill the Autobots, who were supposedly his friends. Now, they were trying to reason with him, and from the looks of it, something was getting through. Gray Fox placed his hands against his head, trying to block out their lies.

"Don't listen to them," Fox assured himself, "They're lying, just trying to buy time so they can catch you off guard again." But why were images suddenly flooding his mind? Images of the Autobots, of the woman who claimed he was her son, Agent Folwer, those two kids. Why were they pouring into his head? "Jack," Arcee's voice pierced his thoughts, "You know we're telling the truth. Only person lying to you is you."

Gray Fox gripped his head tighter as these images started overloading his mind, screaming in agony. It pained June to see Jack like this, but she knew it had to be done in order for him to remember. The memories flooded Fox's mind like a water in a drain. Memories of his first encounter with Airachnid, when Optimus fell ill with the Cybonic plague. More memories; when he, Miko, and Raf were trapped in the shadowzone with a Decepticon zombie, when MECH kidnapped his mother.

He remembered MECH capturing him, going under the knife, and waking up a new person. In just one day, MECH trained him to be the ultimate Cybertronian destroyer. The dreaded memory came back of him slaughtering the soldier who'd probably been sent in to rescue him. He remembered the sickening glee he felt as heard the bones crunch against his blade. He remembered the glee he felt when he ripped Bee's arm off and slashed Bulkhead.

Worst of all he remembered he'd just been moments away from killing Arcee, his partner, the woman he loved. "AGHHHH!" Gray Fox cried as he realized he was Jack Darby. "What have I done?"

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A/N: His memories are restored. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next time: Jack has regained his memories, but now he must deal with MECH. What contingency does Silas have planned now the Gray Fox has remembered who he is?