A moment later he pulled back, away from his newly resurrected brother, acting as if he had done nothing. "So… uh… how do we all get home? I can fly, so can Zephyr, but how about you? There's a couple continents and a whole ocean between us and our base!" Taking a moment to think, Optimus came to a decision. "Much as I dislike the very idea of doing something so blatantly and obviously illegal, we are going to head to a port city and hitch a ride on a heavy freight carrier because I really have no better ideas on what to do. But as for Sam… it would be harder for him to hide. He could easily be caught, and then he'd be in deep trouble. Zephyr, would either you or Megatron be willing to…" Sam gave a loud shout, waving his arms wildly. "Hey! Hey! Hold it! Don't I get a say in this?" They all looked down at him. "I'd much rather stay with Bumblebee, thank you, increased risk or not. No offense to either of you, Zephyr and Megatron, but I'd much rather not fly with somebody I don't know all that well." Stepping a little closer to Sam, Bumblebee weighed in as well. "Keeping him hidden from humans can't be nearly as hard as keeping him hidden from Decepticons, and you know it! And besides, it doesn't seem like a good idea for us to split up for any reason, especially with those new Decepticons out there…" They all had to admit that he made a good point. Zephyr spoke up next. "And I think it'll probably be a while before it'll be safe for me to switch back to being Sarah. The imposter knows about me in both forms. I had to transform where he could see me in order to protect Sam. Of course, I turned out to not really be much of a help in the end…" Sam shook his head at that. "Oh, come on. From what I heard, you're the reason he didn't turn my butt into a pile of charcoal! That's got to be worth something, doesn't it? I kind of like having a butt!" Optimus silenced the argument before it could really start, turning to Zephyr in shock. "Wait a minute, you transformed where the imposter could see you?" She nodded. "Sure did. It was the only thing I could do to keep him from getting Sam." Exasperation filled him. "Great! You could have told me earlier… Before I let it slip that the All Spark's power is the only thing that could possibly give him back his jet mode!" Zephyr shrugged at that. "It isn't as though he wouldn't be coming after me anyway!"

Before they left, before anything else happened, they worked together to turn the truck trailer that had previously served as the Autobot leader's tomb into a receptacle for the fragmented remains of Jetfire. Shifting into truck form, Optimus would haul it himself. That would be how they would bring him back to their base. Once they got there, they would use the space bridge to take him back to the world he had never really gotten to experience properly, to be laid to rest with all honors, just as a hero of his stature deserved. "What a shame he never saw his homeland during peacetime," Zephyr sighed.

And thus began the journey home.