They eventually exit the forest through a convenient path. "Aren't your modes part of your body? Is it like smooth skin after going to a spa?" Jake asked Ellie. "No, it's more like clothing, but they're a part of your body!" Ellie corrected. "That sounds gross." Jake commented. "If that grosses you out, then think of this: I'm technically naked since my mode are part of my body and aren't clothing!" Ellie joked.
"Jake's already naked, right?" Seamus said. "Nope! I have pants! They're spun from spider webs, by pixies." Jake boasted as he pulled a transparent film from his waist. "Pixies? Like in kids stories?" Chad wondered. "Yeah, I'll take you to see them sometime. Maybe we'll get a spider web shirt spun for ya." Jake offered. "No thank you." Chad denied politely.
They walk further until they see Fallback playing cards with a bear. "We're back!" Finn announced to Fallback. "Hold on, lemme do a flip with this mongrel." Fallback said as he arranged his cards. He slams his cards in front of the bear. "Triad!" he yelled.
"We're playing Go Fish." the bear corrected him. "Aw, bugger me." Fallback bemoaned. "Well, gotta go. Been nice playin." Fallback complimented the bear as the bear walked away. He then notices Ellie with the group. "The Prime? What's she doin 'ere?" Fallback wondered.
"I wanted to take a breather." Ellie replied. "I hear ya. This planet's a beauty, ain't it? There's millions of others like it, but they're all different in their own way." Fallback reminisced. "You wanna hitch a ride?" Finn asked Ellie. "I'm a motorcycle. I can drive myself." Ellie reminded Finn. "Oh yeah, right." Finn realized.
Fallback transforms and opens his for the Voyagers to enter. "I call shotgun!" Jake and Seamus exclaimed. "You sat shotgun on the way here!" Seamus said to Jake. "You know the rules; shotgun is shotgun." Jake rebutted as he entered the driver's seat. "Who wants to ride with me?" Ellie asked the rest of the group before she transformed.
"I do! Beats sitting on the roof." Finn raised his hand. "Do you even know how to ride a motorcycle?" Simon asked Finn. "Yeah, once. Twice if you count Fern stealing Starchy's bike." Finn answered as he mounted Ellie. "When did you learn to ride a motorcycle?" Simon wondered. "I rode a motorcycle that belonged to the legendary hero Billy. It was huge! I had to use giant wrenches to get to the handlebars." Finn explained.
"You got a helmet?" Fallback's voice emanated from his radio. "I think I got one in here…" Finn said as he reached into his backpack. He pulls out a slightly rusted kettle helmet. "Here it is!" Finn exclaimed. He puts on the strap and gives Fallback a thumb up.
Fallback straps everyone inside him for safety before they all drive away from the forest. "Does anyone get the feeling Finn's gonna get with Ellie?" Jake asked the rest of the Voyagers. "What makes you say that?" Simon asked. "Finn jumped in to assist her in fighting Megaempress, was the first to talk to Ellie about herself, and now he's riding her." Jake listed. "If he does get with her, I'll give him a month. He's been dumped countless times, and his relationship with Huntress Wizard went nowhere. She barely talked to him before GOLB's attack." Simon elaborated.
"Yeah, he's horrible with the ladies." Jake added. "Did we miss something?" Chad wondered. They later arrive back at Hub City near sunset. They approach the Hub Dome where Optimus Prime and the generic white soldiers were waiting. "Ellie! Where have you been?!" Optimus Prime scolded Ellie as she pulled up to him. Finn dismounts from her before she transforms into robot mode.
"In the forest! I want to see what Earth is like now! Despite the human's war happening, it's filled with all kinds of life just like mom told me about!" Ellie rebutted. "During this visit, you were not to leave the city limits!" Optimus Prime scolded. "I'm… I'm just relieved you are safe." Optimus Prime said softly. "W-whatever…" Ellie said with an almost embarrassed tone. "Come now, we are late with our meeting with Miss Campbell." Optimus Prime said as he held out his extremely large hand to Ellie.
She grabs onto her finger and walks into the Hub Dome with him. Out of nowhere, Bumblebee approaches the group. "One might think that he's too overprotective and hard on his kid, but that's because he cares about her. I knew someone like that before him. At the end of the day, they're a dad that just wants to protect their children." Bumblebee said to the group. "Well put." Jake commented. "What're you doing here, Bee?" Finn asked Bumblebee.
"I wanted to show you guys something." Bumblebee said. "Follow me." he instructed them. They exit Fallback and enter the Hub Dome. They enter the giant elevator where Bumblebee presses the "3" button. "That's our house. You two can't fit in there." Finn said to Bumblebee and Fallback.
"Your place's been moved up a few floors. This is something new." Bumblebee said as they ascend. They arrive in a giant circular room with the elevator tube in the centre. In front of the elevator doors was a giant computer screen above a Transformer-sized keyboard, and a hologram of the Earth. On its left was a recreational area where Springer was putting down some arcade cabinets alongside bean bag chairs and a gym set. Across the room were a small laboratory and a workshop.
"What is this place?" Finn wondered as they exited the elevator. "This is The Voyagers' base." Bumblebee announced. "Our own base?! Algebraic!" Finn exclaimed. "We got everything prepped for one mission." Bumblebee added. "Alright, tomorrow we head to… where are we going?" Finn asked Bumblebee.
"Save that for tomorrow. You'll be briefed then." Bumblebee informed them. "Jake, what time is it?" Finn asked Jake. "Secret base time!" they both said before they fist-bumped each other.
THE END
