AN: There is going to be a small part of this chapter with the characters from Three More Energems.
Tracy's POV
"Hey guys," I say as I walk up to the command center.
"Tracy, I'm glad you're okay," Bee says.
"Yes, it was an experience I hope we won't have to relive. It was kind of freaky," Sideswipe says.
"Sorry about that everyone. I was hoping while I was here I'd be able to keep my anxiety level in check and not have any panic attacks."
"If you don't mind me asking, how often do you have a panic attack?" Strongarm asks.
"After I turned thirteen and my parents started to force me down the path of becoming a doctor or a nurse. The stress of puberty wasn't helping matters either. I had two or three panic attacks a week. During midterms, I'd have one right before each test."
"Why were you so stressed?" Strongarm asks.
"I also forgot to mention that my parents wanted me to get straights A's. So, if I got a B on a test to them, that was a bad grade. I didn't want to disappoint them,"
"That is a lot of pressure to put on someone," Windblade says.
"Tell me something I don't know, and a month before my eleventh birthday my little brothers Lach and Jordan were born. Which meant school was even harder since on test days I would try to get a good night sleep. The only problem was my little brothers liked to wake up two or three times a night."
"Couldn't you just ignore them?" Sideswipe says.
"I'd love to if my parents did out a baby monitor in my room,"
"So how old are they now?" Bee asks.
"Seven,"
Normal POV
Meanwhile, in Jasper, Matias is at the base with his twin nephews Lach and Jordan. Ratchet walks up. Lach hides behind Matias' legs as Ratchet kneels down in front of the trio.
"Why did you bring these young children here?" Ratchet asks.
"They are my twin nephews and Patrica's little brothers Lach and Jordan." Matias answers.
"Uncle Matias is the orange and white robot your partner?" Jordan asks.
"Yes, and he is my guardian as well," Matias answers.
Optimus walks in the room. Jordan runs over to him. He jumps up and grabs one of his fingers. The first-grader pulls himself up. They watch him climb up onto his shoulder and sit down.
"Jordan, Optimus is not a jungle gym," Matias scolds.
"It's okay Matias, your nephew is adventurous," Optimus says.
"Yes, he is, but it looks like Lach has a different personality from Jordan," Ratchet says.
"Yes, but Lach will warm up to you it takes a little patience," Matias says.
Optimus takes Jordan off his shoulder and puts him down next to Matias.
"So, why are they here?" Optimus asks.
"Patrica's parents flew in to help me out at the hospital since the head nurse went on vacation." Matias answers, "They decided to bring the twins with them. I haven't seen them since Mary's funeral,"
"Where is Patricia?" Lach asks.
"Your sister and Bobby went through the ground bridge back to the museum in Amber Beach," Ratchet answers.
"Did they arrive safely?" Matias asks.
"I'm afraid she and Bobby didn't arrive at the museum, and we are unable to locate the signal from her or Bobby's energems," Ratchet answers.
"I know my niece is safe and is working hard finding out how to get back home," Matias says confidently.
"I hate to interrupt, but I found some footage you might want to see," Knockout says.
Everyone walks over to the computer. Knockout presses the enter key and replays the footage. The group sees Shadeback appear out a ground bridge. Shoot Ashley with the beam from his eyes and drag her back through.
"I've never seen a Decepticon like that before," Optimus says.
"Why did it attack Ashley?" Matias asks.
"I'm not sure, but it may have taken her where Tracy is. Since the scanner can't pick up the signal form her energem," Knockout says.
Jordan walks over to the ladder leading to the computer that controls the ground bridge. Lach follows him and watches his brother climb it.
"Come on little brother, let's go find Patrica and her friends," Jordan whispers waving his hand telling him to come up too.
"How do you know that you're older than me? Uncle Matias told us before we left the house, we needed to behave That means we shouldn't be touch anything without the Autobots permission." Lach whispers back.
"Come on, Lach, you need to break out from your bubble, Uncle Matias will be so proud of us if we come back with them," Jordan says.
Lach reluctantly climbs up the ladder. They walk over to the computer. It takes them two minutes to find the coordinates Ratchet used to send their sister and Bobby back to the museum. Jordan hits the shift key, and the ground bridge turns on. The boys quietly climb down the ladder. Jordan grabs Lach wrist and tells him to be quiet as they sneak off into the portal.
The Autobots turn around as soon as they hear the ground bridge close.
"That's odd, maybe Tracy's energem did cause it to malfunction," Ratchet says.
Matias gets worried when he can't find Lach and Jordan.
"I don't think it was Patricia's Energem caused the Ground Bridge to malfunction. I think the boys may have figured out how to turn it on," Matias says.
"Where do you think they went?" Knockout asks.
Ratchet goes over to the controls, "It appears they used the last coordinates the bridge was set to."
Optimus contacts Kendal and tells her what just happened.
"I'm sorry Optimus, I'm afraid that I didn't see a ground portal open," Kendall says
"Thank you," Optimus says signing off.
"But if the boys never appeared at the Rangers base, do you think they ended up where ever Patricia and Bobby are?" Matias asks.
"We have to believe they did. Since we don't have any way of locating them." Ratchet says.
Bumblebee's POV
A few moments later the alarm goes off. Fixit goes to his post and activates the scanner.
"What going on Fixit?"
"The scanners are picking up another ground bridge portal opening next to the quarry and two Decepticon signals near it as well," Fixit says.
"What exactly is inside the portal?" Tracy asks.
"I'm picking up two human life signals from inside." Fixit says.