Jack was sleeping at home, twitching. Both June and Mark could hear him, and saw the partial transformations he was going through. An arm. A leg. His head. His eye. His body. All these parts kept flickering between the form of a Cybertronian and a human. And as Jack slept, they could hear him mumbling, "Primus. Prima. Solus Prime. Alpha Trion. Alchemist Prime. Amalgamous Prime. Liege Maximo. Megatronus. Micronus. Nexus Prime. Onyx. Quintus Prime. Vector Prime. Zeta Prime. Sentinel Prime. Optimus Prime."

"God, Mark, those are the names of all the previous primes. No one has ever told him of them, right?"

"Yes. I had forgotten about Onyx and Micronus, the first mini-con. Hmm, I believe he is very close to awakening," said Mark, scaring June.

Jack walked through the Nemesis. As he walked, he saw an open room. In that room, there was Optimus, standing at a computer and decoding. "Optimus!" yelled Jack. Optimus didn't respond. "Come on Optimus, respond! Orion Pax, answer me!" Still, Optimus did not respond.

"You are wasting your breath, young one," said the Cybertronian that plagued Jack's dreams.

"Orionsson? Why are you here?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet? I am you."

"That's impossible," protested Jack. "I'm human, not Cybertronian."

"For now. For now. But first, you must rescue your leader. You must journey to Vector Sigma. Locate Starscream. He will have the location of the space bridge."

Jack snapped forward, releasing himself from his sleep. The bright glow of the key card began to fade and dimmed down. 'What was that?' thought Jack. 'I am a Cybertronian, or will be? That's impossible, right?'

"Jack are you okay?"

Jack turned to see his mom and Uncle Mark looking at him with sorry. Jack nodded. "Just a bad dream."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"It was just…I saw Optimus. But he had the insignia of a Decepticon. He looked confused, but he was still doing what Megatron was telling him to do."

"It's okay, Jack," said June, "Optimus will be back. Go back to bed, Jack. You still have school."

"Mom, could, sing the song that you and Dad always sing to me when I was still unborn? It helps me sleep."

"Of course I can," said June, smiling. June closed her eyes and breathed in and out before she started.

Far over the misty mountains cold

To Dungeons Deep and caverns old

We must away ere break of day

To seek the pale enchanted Gold

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells

While hammers fell like ringing bells

In places deep, where dark things sleep.

In hollow halls beneath the fells

For ancient king and elvish lord

There many a gleaming golden hoard

They shaped and wrought and light they caught

To hide in gems on hilt of sword

On silver necklaces they strung

The flowering stars, on crowns they hung

The dragon fire, in twisted wire

They meshed the light of the moon and sun

Far over the misty mountains cold

To dungeons deep, and caversn old

We must away ere break of day

To see the pale and enchanted Gold

June smiled as she touched Jack's face ash he peacefully slept. Her hand brushed against the Vector Sigma Key, and suddenly, her hand was back to being a servo. She pulled away from the key, and it reverted back to human. June shook her head before going to bed. Jack blinked as he woke up again. After looking at the bedside clock, Jack got out of bed and decided to go for a run to cool down his head. As he ran, he saw Arcee driving next to him.

"Hey Partner," said Arcee. "What's on your mind?"

"Just a bad dream. I've been getting them ever since Optimus gave me the key card. But this time, I saw Optimus."

"You-you did?" asked Arcee.

"Yeah. It was on the Nemesis. I saw Optimus decoding entries at a computer for the Decepticons. He also had the Decepticon insignia instead of the Autobot insignia," replied Jack, as he ran. "I also saw a weird Cybertronian that had the sign of the primes on his left shoulder."

"The human sign for pi or omega?"

"Pi," replied Jack.

"Well, according to Sunset and Optimus, that only means that the Cybertronian has the potential to become a prime," informed Arcee. "Anything else this Cybertronian said?"

"Uh, Starscream might know where the Spacebridge is?" said/asked Jack.

"That's a good idea. He probably was commander when the Space Bridge was started. When I go to base, I'll suggest it," said Arcee. After a few hours, Jack went to school.

|At School|
"Jack," whispered Miko, "Ratchet just sent me a text. We're going to base right after school, so no dilly dallying talking to Sierra."

"Do you have something against Sierra?" asked Jack.

"No, she just reminds me of the stereotype perfect girl."

"Ms. Nakadai and Mr. Darby, no talking during class, or that's a detention, understand?"

"Yes sir!" said Miko and Jack, before they burst into giggles. After three more hours of dreadful school, the three Autobot interns left school for the base.

|Next Day|
Since it was the weekend, Jack, Raf, and Miko were just hanging around at the base. The ground bridge opened, and Sunset walked through it in her human form, her appearance very disheveled. Jack ran over and helped her up into the chair.

"You okay?" asked Jack.

"No," groaned Sunset as she shook her head. "Nothing. I found nothing. I guess the next thing to do is get to the next set of coordinates." However, she heard some very excited talking nearby and turned her head to see Ratchet and Bulkhead. "Ratch, what's wrong? Why are you happy?"

"We found the Spacebridge!" cried Ratchet, "We're getting our leader back!" Sunset's eyes widened and her eyes grew brighter, as well as her complexion.

"Let's go!"

"Wait, we need to tell the other," said Ironheart. Soon enough the ground bridge opened again letting Arcee, Bumblebee, and Ironhide through.

"Nothing," muttered Ironhide.

"That's okay," said Sunset, grinning brightly, "We've located the Spacebridge!"

"WOOHOO!" yelled Ironhide, jumping up and spreading his arms out.

"Thank Primus," cried Arcee. "Thank Primus!" 'Bee made an excited jumble of beeps, whirrs, and other sounds.

"So where is it Ratch?" asked Ironhide.

"Alright everyone, gather around," said Ratchet. "We have new info. We have found the Decepticon Space Bridge." Ratchet pointed to a Decepticon insignia on a map. "It is located deep within an energon mine."

"Adjacent to a raw fuel supply. Clever," muttered Arcee.

"Who is the source?" asked Ironhide.

"Uh, a reliable source," said Ratchet, preventing any further questions about where the Intel came from. Ironheart turned to June. Sunset narrowed her eyes, and when Jack looked at her, he could see why she was a Prime.

"Do we have a consensus?" Jack nodded his agreement.

"Do we know if humans can even breathe on your planet?" asked June, knowing humans couldn't.

"I'll hook Jack up," said Fowler. June glared at him. "Completely state-of-the-art. I still have connections at NASA." Jack looked away from his mom for a second before looking back into her eyes.

"It's too dangerous," protested June. Jack put his arms on June's shoulders.

"Mom, I know this is hard, but Optimus risked his life to save our planet, and he's not even human. We owe it to him."

"Neither are we," whispered June, so no could hear her.

"Jack may be the only one who can do it, June," said Arcee. "But I don't want you thinking for one moment that I'll allow him to travel without a chaperone."

"Neither will I," said Sunset. "That's twice the protection. Besides, this is the one I see as a father that we're going to save. Plus, Jack has grown on me like a little brother. There's no way I'm letting him go in there without extra protection. You don't have to worry about a thing, Mrs. Darby."

"Not everyone is destined for an ordinary life," said Ironheart.

"Optimus Prime was once Orion Pax, afterall."

"When you were little, you wanted to be an astronaut, now you get to do it," said June, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Alright," said Sunset, transforming into her prime mode, "Ratchet, here's the proposed plan. We bridge into the adjacent energon mine, and take out the guards. Then, we go to the spacebridge and take out those guards, send Arcee, Jack, and me to Cybertron. Jack will be bridged to us after we secure the spacebridge. Then you, Bulkhead, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Lightwave will have to hold the fort. If there are any transmissions from the Nemesis, patch through to Fowler, so that he can respond."

"Agreed. Just remember, stealth must be an absolute priority," said Ratchet. "We will be seriously outnumbered. And should any Decepticon transmit an alert to the warship…"

"The odds become 400 to 1," finished Bulkhead.

"We could, scramble communications, providing an edge," suggested Ironheart.

"Taking it would be the easy part. You guys need to hold it for us to get to Cybertron and back."

"Rafael can climb to the top of the rope in gym class, so we can do this," said Ratchet, smiling at Raf, who smiled back.

"What does gym class have to do with this? And if Ratchet gets to go on a commandeer raid, then I'm going too," said Miko.

"Miko, you will help manage the ground bridge and communications hub," said Sunset. Miko screamed in rage and threw up her arms as she walked away.

"Argh! Can't go to Cybertron, can't storm the Decepticon Space Bridge," grumbled Miko.

"And June will stand by in case of emergency," said Sunset. June nodded in understanding, knowing what her job would be.

"Son," said Fowler, making Jack turn his head to Fowler. Fowler gave Jack a comforting squeeze on the shoulder. Jack nodded and knew what he had to do. "It's time to suit up." As Jack left the room to get changed, the autobots walked through the ground bridge and right into enemy territory.

|5 minutes later|

"Strike team to base," said Ratchet, "Objective secured."

"That's your cue," said Fowler. Jack nodded and climbed down the ladder and walked towards the ground bridge. Before he entered, Jack turned back to everyone at base.

"Bring me back a souveneir," requested Raf.

"What happens when you have to go to the bathroom?" asked Miko.

"Safe journeys, son," said Fowler.

"Just, go already," said June, hugging her son, "Optimus needs you." 'And I need him,' thought June. Jack backed away and saluted. Fowler saluted back, before Jack walked through the ground bridge. When he got there, Jack heard Ratchet say, "Locking onto Cybertron."

"Jack," said Ratchet, "I will be leaving the space bridge open so that there will be no communication lag and so it will be easier to locate."

"Wait, you can't just bridge us there?"

"Jack, Vector Sigma's location is shrouded in mystery and myth. It is said that the path of the primes will lead you there. We will have to count on Optimus to lead you."

"Don't worry," said Arcee, "Space Bridging is just like ground bridging." The green portal that was the spacebridge opened.

"Yeah," said Sunset, in her prime mode, "Just a little bit more intense." Jack, Arcee, and Sunset walked through the portal, coming out in a barren wasteland, a war-torn, ashy grey landscape.

'Why does this feel, I don't know, like I've been here before?' thought Jack.

"This is amazing," said Jack, amazed. "I'm actually on another planet. Arcee? Arcee?"

"This isn't how I wanted you two to see our home," said Arcee, crestfallen.

"I'm sorry," said Jack, realizing how much this affected her.

"Well, this is much better than Clyronia," said Sunset, observing the planet. "Clyronia doesn't even exist anymore."

"In the fog of war it's hard to see beyond the next leg of the mission, or the next punch in the fight. We did everything to save Cybertron…but when the fog finally lifted, there wasn't much to save," said Arcee in a grave tone.

"Arcee, Sunset, Jack, do you copy," said Ratchet over the intercom.

"Roger," said Jack, "We are on Cybertron.

"Just keep the sight seeing to minimum," said Bulkhead.

"Indeed," said Ratchet. "We don't know if Vector Sigma is 5 clicks or 5000 clicks from your location."

"Understood. We're out. Sunset, if you wouldn't mind being our eyes in the sky?"

"Okay, Ratchet said the key would guide us," said Jack, "But I don't see how-" said Jack, before the key started glowing brightly. He moved it from side to side, until it was glowing super bright.

"There you go," said Arcee, transforming into her motorcycle form, while Sunset transformed into a jet. Jack got onto Arcee and they rode off. After about 10 minutes of riding, Jack took out the key again, and pointed in a direction

"That way," said Jack.