A/N: I'm back!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers Prime. I only own Xenia.

*Recap*

After they left, Optimus turned to me. 'Uh oh. What'd I do?'

"Xenia. After you get some recharge, please help Ratchet figure out what the picture means."

'Phew.'

"Sure thing, Optimus." Then, I said goodnight to them and went back to my room.

"Please, Lord Megatron! I meant no- AGH" The clang of metal meeting metal sounded throughout the bridge of the Decepticon warship.

The Vehicons in the bridge moved uneasily towards the edge of the room and tried to ignore Starscream's beating.

"I ordered you to await my command!" Megatron bellowed, then back-handing Starscream across the room. "Instead, you mindless agenda resulted in the disabling of my ship and the delay of my plans!"

Starscream cowered before dragging his aft on the ground away from Megatron's menacing form, looming over him.

"My intentions were pure, Master! I only wanted you to be rid of Optimus!"

Megatron slammed his pede onto Starscream's face and Spark Chamber, nearly crushing his intakes. "No one rids me of Optimus Prime but me! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?! DO YOU?!"

"Lo-Lord Megatron, please! I will make things right! I swear! I know how to set your plans back on course!" Starscream pleaded while choking on his constricted intakes.

Megatron removed his pede and grabbed Starscream's face. Megatron brought him up the his own face until Starscream wasn't even on the ground.

"Explain, Starscream. Quickly."

I onlined at about 0500, which is strange because I usually wake up much later. Maybe something was wrong like I had the feeling it was. There was a gap in my spark... And I have no idea why. I mean, there's been a gap there ever since I got separated from Wheeljack. But I think its grown bigger.

Why? What have I lost in the past 24 hours? Well, that's pretty obvious.

Jack Darby, that's who.

In any case, I got up and decided to use the washracks, since I haven't taken a shower(another human term) in a couple centuries.

I walked to the end of the hall and found Bumblebee already inside.

"Good morning, Bumblebee." I greeted.

He jumped and turned around.

"Oh, hi Xenia!" He whistled. "I was just getting out. Sorry if I kept you waiting."

"I just got up, so its no problem." I grabbed a ragged cloth from a shelf and dangled it in front of my face. "This the best you got?"

"Pretty much. Before the humans came, we could only rely on Agent Fowler to get this kind of stuff for us." Bumblebee shrugged.

I grabbed a tube of solvent and squeezed some onto the cloth. "Better than nothing, I guess."

He shrugged. "Well, I'll see you later."

I just waved and scrubbed as hard as I could without scratching my paint.

What? I like being clean.

I'm not obsessed with my finish like my brother or Creator, but I still like being clean and the past 3 centuries without a washrack were torture.

After I finished washing, I went out to the main room. Ratchet was at the console, trying to figure out what it was.

"Let me take a look, too, Ratchet," I moved over to where he was.

There was a triangle on the left, labeled with a couple arrows pointing here and there. On the left side of the screen, there was a sort of vortex. Between the two diagrams was a couple arrows going from the triangle to the vortex. One of the arrows was labeled "power source acquired." Another was labeled "accomplished".

Apparently, Ratchet finally figured it out after a whole night of studying it because he said, "It can't be..."

"What?" I asked him, concerned. "What is it?"

He ignored me and yelled, "Optimus!"

Optimus, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee came into the room a couple second later. "What have you discovered, Ratchet?"

"These are the engineering specs for a space time vortex generator." Ratchet reported.

"Megatron is building a space bridge." I realized.

"If he hasn't already." Optimus corrected.

"The sooner he leaves, the better." Bulkhead snorted. I moved over to him and climbed to his shoulders.

"A space bridge runs in two directions, Bulkhead." Optimus said. "Megatron may not be using it to leave Earth, but to bring through his conquering army."

"The main event Megatron was referring to." Ratchet said.

"But, Optimus. The only place he could possibly 'recruit' that many dead Cybertronians would be..." My optics widened in horror, as did Bumblebee's and Ratchet's. I can only guess that Bulkhead's optics did the same.

"Precisely." Optimus said, gravely. "Cybertron."

Optimus turned to all of us. "We cannot allow Megatron to send Dark Energon through his space bridge. If we fail, the dead of Cybertron will rise, swarm through its vortex, and invade Earth, bending humankind to Megatron's twisted rule."

All we did was look at each other.

"Another thing to worry about..." I muttered.

"...Bulkhead, Bumblebee. It's about time for you to pick up Miko and Rafael." Ratchet told them, turning back to the console.

I rolled my optics and got off Bulkhead's shoulders. "Why is it that every time I get on your shoulders, you need to go pick up the human?"

"Don't get your engine in a knot." Bulkhead snorted. "I'll be right back."

"Fine." I rolled my optics and went over to the console to help Ratchet locate the Decepticon space bridge. And thinking about Jack and Arcee. They were very close, even in the short time they knew each other.

*3rd POV*

Jack Darby rode his 10-speed into the parking lot for his early shift. He parked his bike and locked it in place. After he did that, he stood up slowly and looked at the KO Burger sign. He never thought that 24 hours ago, he would be at a secret government base, surrounded by giant alien robots. He never thought that 36 hours ago he would meet two female alien robots that could turn into a motorcycle and a Lamborghini.

He never thought he would miss those two female alien robots 12 hours later.

"Nice bike," a voice cut through his thoughts.

"Arcee?" Jack blinked, then walked over to her. "Really. Miko already tried. Tell Optimus I respect him big-time. But if you're at war with the Decepticons, there's nothing I can do to help."

"Optimus didn't send me, and no one's asking for your help." Arcee stated bluntly.

"Okay, so, if we both agree I'm not warrior material..."

"Jack, I just lost someone I cared about. Maybe it's the grief talking..." Arcee's voice sounded very strained. "Maybe you're just growing on me. Whatever it is, I'm just not ready to say goodbye."

Jack stared at Arcee, looked at the KO Drive-in sign, then back at Arcee. He exhaled deeply and climbed onto Arcee.

"Besides, I'm sure I'm not the only one who missed you."

*Xenia's POV*

Bulkhead and Bumblebee came back with Miko and Raf about half an hour later. That was around the time Ratchet and I located the space bridge.

"Optimus, we pinpointed the location of Megatron's space bridge." I reported. "High in Earth's orbit."

"Out of our reach." Optimus mused.

"Okay, so you guys don't fly," Miko said. "Can't you just ground-bridge there?"

Ratchet's patience with Miko was already depleting. "The ground-bridge has limited range," he gestured with his servos, like you would do with a sparkling. "Stretched all the way into orbit, it's vortex could snap! And scatter us to the stars."

"Since Megatron is likely already in transit, I'm afraid we must take that risk." Optimus said. "Reaching the space bridge first is our only means of stopping him."

At that moment, a horn went off and a klik later, Arcee came into sight.

With Jack!

He dismounted and said a bit sheepishly, "Hey. Guess who's back?"

Optimus smiled for the briefest bit and then said, "Autobots, prepare for departure."

"Where to?" Arcee asked.

"The final frontier." Miko said dramatically.

Jack got it immediately. "Space? I thought they didn't have any way to get there?"

"They don't," Raf said. "Really..."

Jack looked up at Arcee and said, "Be seeing ya?"

Arcee smirked and walked off. Ratchet set the coordinates for and activateed the space bridge.

"Be careful, Bee?" Raf pleaded to Bumblebee.

"I will."

Miko crossed her arms and said, "I'm so jealous!"

"Don't even think about following me." Bulkhead said.

"Do I have to stay behind?" I whined.

"Optimus, if you leave me on a planet teaming with humans, I will never forgive you." Ratchet griped.

"Until we meet again, old friend." Optimus said and engaged his battlemask. "I'm afraid you should stay behind, Xenia. You are still recovering from the Dark Energon."

I scowled and said, "Alright, then."

"Autobots, transform and roll out!"

And with that, the Battle of the Final Frontier, as Miko put it, began.

A/N: So many chapters! Yay!

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