A/N: This story will have slash in it. There will also be spoilers in this story. On another note, I have some of the pairings made, they will be; Carly/Spike, Rad(Naruto)/Skyfire, Kira/Skywarp, Alexis/Carlos. More pairings will be decided as the story progresses, but these are the definetes.

"Japanese"

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

'Demon speaking.'

Memory/Flashback

Hold structure,
Don't let life pass,
Let yourself be free.
Cause you're much more,
Forget the past,
I'm your enemy.

And change is coming my way,
But I still feel the same, I still feel the same.
And change is coming my way,
But I still feel the same, I still feel the same.

It's quiet (it's quiet)
It's calm now (it's calm now)
No waiting (I'm waiting)
To fall down (to fall down)
You showed me (you showed me)
That I need hope (that I need hope)
That I need change (that I need change)


9. World Turns

While things had gotten interesting outside the cave, the real Rad was looking at an assortment of giant robots. He distinctly noticed though that some of the robots had red decals on them, while others had purple decals on them.

He saw a machine that looked like a giant computer had unreable infomation runing across the screen and unbeknowst to Rad, it had launched a Sky Spy, and a second later, the screen showed the events outside happening. "Aw, kuso!" he cursed and accidentally set the language for the computer.

"Teletraan-1 online." What came out of the computer was perfect Japanese. "Reconfiguration of the planets transportation crafts initiated." A light shot out out at a black and purple robot with wings and a purple decal. It was matched with a flying aircraft.

As the purple and black robot let out a mechanical groan, Rad his behind a conviently placed box. "I'm alive?"


Back outside, Atticus and Machiko had pulled the two preteens and one clone off to the side as the two robotic giants had their brawl.

"We have to get out of here!" Alexis said urgently.

"We can't leave Rad-kun here!" Machiko rebuked.

"What are you talking about? Rad's right here!" Carlos retorted.

"Uh, about that..." Atticus said slowly.

The clone noticed two more purple portals behind them. "Not more of them!"

Out of the portals came a beige and red robot with green optics, one being more narrow than the other. The other robot being red and white with wings and orange optics.

Megatron, who was now trading blows with the red and blue bot, looked over at the newcomers. "Demolishor, Starscream, the yellow organic knows where the Minicon is, get 'em!"

Demolishor looked between Machiko and the Rad clone, who were both blond. "Which one is he talking about?"

"Just grab them both!" Starscream growled.

"Not so fast Decepticreeps!" Another male, metallic voice cut in and a yellow and red blur tackled the beige robot. Before Starscream had time to react, he was taken down by a blue, gray, and white blur.

Taking the chance to escape, the clone pointed to the cave entrance. "To the cave, now!"

Not thinking twice, the four humans followed the clone to the cavern entrance, but were halted when a purple and black robot with wings appeared in mid-air. The robot's appearance seemed to shock all the robots as they ahd stopped fighting.

"Sk-Skywarp?" Starscream looked like he'd seen a ghost. "You're alive?"

"Alive and still as awesome as ever." The black and purple robot smirked. It vanished the next second. "This is the Ark. We have to leave, the Autobots are waking up!"

Megatron cursed violently. "All Decepticons are to be warped out now!"

The Rad clone blinked as the 4 Decepticons disappeared. "Wow, that was anti-climactic."

"Yeah, now what was it you were saying about Rad?" Alexis questioned.

"He's not Rad." Atticus said almost bluntly. "Er, the real one anyway."

"It's true." The clone said simply before dispersing himself, much to the shock of everyone present.

"Who...how...uh..." Both preteens couldn't string together a coherent sentence.

The yellow and red robot crossed his arms. "I can't believe we were just showed up by a disappearing organic."

"Technically, it was a clone." The real Rad said coming out of the cave, the green panel in his arms. "Nothing beats the original after all."

"Okay dude, how did you do that?" Carlos asked still looking shocked.

"I'll tell you later." Rad said and took his pack off to show the two panels inside and the one in his hand. "what I want to know is what these are and why that gray robot wanted them."

"Three?" The blue, white, and gray robot asked incredulously. "You found three?"

"Yes, but what are they?" Rad questioned more forcefully.

"Those are the Minicon panels." The red and blue robot explained. "Long ago, we sent the Minicons into space, but we came here after we recieved a beacon that they had become active on this planet."

"You mean just because I touched this green panel, I caused an earthquake that not only woke up a bunch of robots in there," Rad's head jerked back to the cave entrance, "but brought a bunch of robots here." he nodded at the ones in front of him. He shook his head ruefully. "Ani always said I got into the strangest situations."

Machiko and Atticus shared a significant glance at that.

"Anyway, what about the robots I saw waking up?" Rad asked.

"Ah, the Ark was a ship that was sent off our home world to looke for resources to restore our home planet." The red and blue robot explained.

"But I'm guessing that something went wrong?" Rad questioned.

"You are correct." A monotonus voice called from behind Rad. The five humans turned to see two black and white robots, one had blue optics, and was wearing a blank but stern expression.

The other one looked far more expressive despite there being a blue visor over his optics. "Yeah, those 'Cons attacked da ship and caused us to crash here." he looked at Rad with gratitude. "Owe ya one fer wakin' us all up."

Rad smiled nervously. "You don't owe me anything, I was just there..." he trailed off.

"Jazz." The more cheerful looking robot answered. "Autobot Third-in-Command."

"'Jazz?' Like the music?" Alexis asked after getting over her shock.

The TIC's visor dimmed before brightening and he smirked. "Ma name's a music style here? Cool, Blaster's gonna be so jealous." he chuckled.

"Um, what's your name?" Rad asked the sterner-looking robot.

"My designation is Prowl; Autobot Second-in-Command." The bot answered. He looked over at the other three bots. "Optimus sir, it is good to see you."

"And it is good to see you Prowl, Jazz. How are the other Autobots?" Optimus asked.

"They are online and functioning; Ratchet is checking them over." Prowl answered.

"Perhaps I could be of some assistance?" The blue, gray, and white mech offered.

Jazz looked at him with some surprise. "Red Alert? Dat really you?" The blue robot nodded. "Well I'll be!" he looked over at the yellow and red robot. "And who are you?"

The yellow robot smirked. "I'm Hotshot!"

Atticus snorted softly. "It shows."

Prowl regarded the yellow mech coolly. "Indeed." he said in what appeared to be an agree ment with Atticus' statement. He looked back at Red Alert. "Your assistance would be much appreciated, Red Alert."

The blue mech nodded and made his way into thecave while Hotshot looked at the panels Rad currently had. "Uh, kid, the panels."

Rad blinked down at the green panels he was in possession of. "Oh, right-" he was interrupted by the green panel's glow. He had to drop it because it began to take on a bigger shape and when the glow died down, a small blue and gray robot stood where the panel had previously been. The little robot's optics glowed as it scanned the bike Rad had left by the cave entrance. Which had unfortunately been crushed in the giant robot fight. "First my phone gets busted up and now my bike?" he yelled.

"Um, sochi-kun?" Machiko called.

Rad looked back, only to find an exact replic of his bike, though it was better somehow. "Whoa." he said in awe.

"Thank you, sochi-kun." The bike replied. "I am Highwire."

Rad snickered. "My name's not 'Sochi.'"

"Wait, you can understand it?" Alexis asked surprised.

"Him." Rad corrected absently."And yes I can understand him. He said his name's Highwire."

"And you have yet to tell me your name." Highwire replied.

Rad blinked again. "Where are my manners?" he asked shaking his head, the other humans trying not to face-fault. Rad didn't have manners, the most polite he had ever been was when he was trying to get out of something. "My name's Rad." he said ina slightly louder voice for all the robot's benefit. He subtly glanced at the rest of the human group and his parents caught on first.

"My name is Machiko." The blond woman said politely.

"And I'm Atticus." The dark-haired man said. "We're Rad's parents."

"I'm Carlos." The dark-haired boy said.

"And I'm Alexis." The brown-haired girl finished.

"I must thank you for finding the Minicons, Rad." Optimus said gratefully.

"Hey, you never said how you managed to disappear and walked right out of the cave after that." Hotshot accused.

"Oh, that was a Shadow Clone." Rad replied nonchalantly. "I can make them and they disperse themselves when their done their jobs. And that one's job was to get Carlos out of the cave." he shrugged. "So when it dispersed, I got all it's memories."

There was a pause before Carlos asked cautiously, "Rad, are you human?"

Both Atticus and Machiko sucked in a shocked breath as Rad stared at his friend with wide rage-filled eyes. "Of course I'm human!" he snapped, his defensive tone implied that this was a subject not to be prodded at lightly.

Kira's words rang in his head. "You're not a demon or a freak; not like me. You're human."

Atticus chose that time to look at his watch. "Oh, look at the time!" he said loudly. "I apologize, but we need to get these kids home."

The bike transformed back into a robot. "I wish to go with you." he told Rad.

Rad looked at the blue robot strangely. "Really?" Highwire nodded. "Um, Highwire said he wants to go with me." he told the red and blue bot.

"If that is what Highwire wants, then I don't see why not." Optimus replied.

"Thank you sir!" Highwire beeped.

"He said thank you." Rad relayed.

Highwire pulled the pack from from Rad and began running into the forest. Rad looked incredulously after him. "Hey!" he yelled and ran after the Minicon, not noticing as his busted cell phone fell out of his pocket and clattered to the ground.

Machiko shook her head as she ran after them. "Slow down!" she yelled and the other two preteens looked at each other for a moment before running after them.

Only Atticus remained as he looked up at Optimus. " Hey, if you ever need help or anything, just ask." he jerked a thumb in the direction that the small group left in. "I know for a fact that those kids are probably coming back here soon." he said before departing at a much more leisurely pace as he left the Autobot to mull over his words.


A/N: Is Atticus psychic or something? Anywho...

'Kuso' is a swear that means 'damn.' Since Machiko can speak Japanese it would probably be hard for Rad to curse without getting caught.

'Ani' is short for 'Aniki,' which means 'elder brother.'

The reason Jazz and Prowl didn't have anymore lines more toward the end was because you can just imagine Prowl's logic chips frying at the explanation Rad gives about the Shadow Clone Jutsu, and Jazz would have been the one to carry him back into the cave.

Wonder how there going to take Teletraan-1 speaking Japanese when it tries to alert them of something.