This chapter is a little less action based and more descriptive then the other chapters. If you don't want to read it then you an just skip to the end because something important happens. I wont update next till the 8th.

some references for the armor and mask are on my profile

Carry on

Chapter 14

"Optimus why so glum? This planet," Ratchet paused, "All planets are now free from Megatron's tyranny." Ratchet corrected himself.

"I do not disagree Ratchet, its just, a small part of me hoped to change Megatron's mind, not extinguish his spark." Optimus said in a saddened tone.

"Optimus, his vileness was not slain by your hands, but his own sick twisted arrogant's." Optimus grunted. "I'm sorry, the two of you had quite the history." Ratchet said as he looked to the floor.

"But the Megatron whom I once fought beside perished eons ago, the day he chose to be a Decepticon. The Decepticons may be in disarray however they aren't without leadership. Now starscream is no megatron, but he's far from predictable." Optimus pointed out. A loud explosion broke them from their conversation.

"Decepticons! Were under attack."" Ratchet yelled as they ran towards the explosions believing that there was a Decepticon attack but to their surprise found Raf and Bumblebee near a smoking volcano that was slowly shrinking and flattening.

"Its no attack Ratchet, It's my volcano." Raf said "Was." He corrected himself.

"Bulkhead hold still while I put the red spot on Jupiter." Miko said in the corner. "oopsies." She said sadly as a drop of paint hit the floor.

"What in the Allspark is going on here." Ratchet said restraining his anger as best he could.

"Our projects are due tomorrow." Jack said as Arcee picked up a metal piece.

"Maybe it need's one of these do-hickeys" She suggested.

"You're a motorcycle Arcee, shouldn't you know how to build a motorcycle engine?" Jack inquired

"You're a human Jack, can you build me a small intestine?" Arcee shot back.

"We-well you can't build those in here… you're making a mess." Ratchet came up with an excuse to stop whatever they were doing.

"But the science fair is a big part of our grade." Raf tried to tell Ratchet.

"Yeah, and Bulkheads helping me finish this model of our solar cycle."

"Oh? And what does Bulkhead know of your solar system, or Bumblebee of volcano's, or," Ratchet was cut off in his rant

"Or Arcee of our motorcycles?" Jack guessed at what the medic was going to say.

"Precisely! We're not earthlings, and they're NOT scientists." Ratchet said as he put an extra emphasis on the not scientists part.

"They are their guardians Ratchet. Would it hurt to learn more of earth by helping them with their school work?" Optimus questioned the medics logic.

"Well maybe our young guests should learn more of Cybertron." Ratchet said

Evan PoV

I'd sat off to the side for long enough. The only reason I didn't stop Ratchet before was because I wanted to hear the burn Arcee said to Jack about building a small intestine. I don't know why but I found it hilarious. "Ratchet, stop for a second and think about that. If these three bring in something to due with Cybertron, a non-existing planet to the human public, for a science fair, they'd be called crazy and fail." I tried to rationalize to Ratchet and was met by a grumble which I thought I could hear a bundle of swears in both Cybertronian and English. "And anyway you have a science project of your own you need to work on." Trying to hint towards the suit we were making. Ratchet took the hint and left the others to work while he went to work on our slightly secret project.

"Thanks for the save." Said Jack.

"No problem." I said as I left to follow Ratchet who was going to work on his most recent project. Before we could go very far an alarm sounded. Ratchet went over to the screen to see what was occurring.

"Exposed energon, and its on the move." Ratchet said

Bulkhead moved towards the screen "Since we ain't moving it guess who must be." He said as he clenched his servo.

"Decepticons" Arcee said as she also approached the screen.

"Without megatron?" Questioned Miko.

"Unfortunately Megatron's legacy will live on as others rise to take his place." said the now depressed looking Optimus. "Autobots you have projects to complete, Ratchet I may require your aid."

"Perhaps I may be better suited to stay behind and advise the kids." Ratchet said not really wanting to go into the field.

"Very well. Bumblebee let us see about this energon in transit." Optimus said to the young scout.

Bumblebee and Optimus walked through the ground bridge. I knew what Ratchet was going to do if he had the chance so before he left the screen I had to distract him and get him back on track to making the suit. "Ratchet I've come up with a new feature and I would like your input on it." I said as everyone else went back to their projects. Distraction successful, I thought to myself.

"Let me hear it." Ratchet said as he looked over at me. Great, I have nothing to tell him and he's waiting for an answer. What do I tell him, I thought as my mind raced over possibilities that haven't been added to the list yet.

"What about adding…" I was still thinking on what to say when Miko burst in between the two of us.

"Feature for what?" Miko said. Thank you Miko, for you amazing sense of timing, I thought.

"A project Ratchet and I are working on." I said without telling her that I was getting a battle suit because I knew she would be jealous. Miko shrugged and walked away. "Speaking of which lets get back to work." I told Ratchet as the base became quiet with the occasional chatter. Jack had gone over to Raf every once and a while to check if he needed help, but he waved it off and continued to work. "Hey Ratchet, since it's going to have a visual camouflaging device built in, can I put a design on the body and mask?" I asked hoping that I could because I wanted to personalize the suit.

"I don't see why not. As long as it isn't too bright for regular surroundings." Ratchet said thinking about it as a possibility.

"Why not too bright? Will it affect the camouflage?" I asked

"No it will just look stupid and be hard on the optics." Ratchet said flatly. I almost burst out into laughter. After controlling myself I walked over to Miko and asked If I could use her paint. She was fine with it. Before I started I wanted to finalize a look so I asked Raf for some paper if he had any extra.

"Take as much as you need, I've got lots extra." He told me.

"Thanks" I said as I grabbed 3 or 4 pieces of blank paper. I walked back over to Ratchet looking for my backpack that I brought to the base with all my stuff. I'm so glad I brought my drawing pencils to school the day I jumped dimensions. I started to sketch designs that came to my head as I used the "skeleton" of the suit as a template for what I could draw.

Not wanting it to be silent while we were working I tried to start a conversation with Ratchet. "So… Uhhh… Ratchet, could you explain to me some simple science, when I say that I mean like sparkling simple, like biology or engineering." I said timidly. Ratchet was once again slightly taken back by the interest I showed in Cybertronian sciences.

"Well lets start with some simple engineering." He said as he didn't even look up from his work. We continued on for the rest of the time until Optimus and Bumblebee would returned. As we spoke I played along with 3 different mask designs, but I couldn't decide which to use on the mask of the armor.

"So that's what that machine you hooked Cliff Jumper up to last night was for." I said as I looked up from Ratchet towards the med-bay where Cliff lay in recharge recovering from the recent incident. "Hold on Ratchet, I'll be right back."

I stopped our Ratchets explanation once or twice to ask for input from Miko, Jack and Raf but I told them It was just a personal art project. Miko was by far the most help because she loved to doodle. She had quite the imagination, I thought to myself as she gave her input. Her suggestion was to merge two of the three designs together, by using the colours and some of the format on the second design. She didn't like the third design I made too much as she said it was too "mainstream". She told me to make it as personal as possible, like it was a piece of me. I was surprised at how deep the hyperactive girl could be.

I designed the mask to look like a skull without the jaw, but it had no round edges, thus making it look like a machine. The colour scheme had blue red and white. The outside was a regular blue while the skull was a blood red with a white outline. The center "eyes" as well as the "nose" were black instead of white. Giving it the look of a skull mixed with the colours of Ken Dryden's goalie mask. I moved onto the body's colours soon after finalizing the design for the mask or helmet, whichever you would call it. After 20 or so more minutes of trying to decide on colours, I went with a blood red on the two chest plates and blue on what would be the equivalent of ab's. The rest was basically black or grey, with a few exceptions on the shoulders and sides of the armor.

Optimus and Bumblebee called for a ground bridge back to base after what felt like at least 3 hours. When the came back they brought scrap metal for Ratchet, which I assumed was once a Decepticon. Ratchet left to fix Bumblebee. All the kids were driven home by their respective guardian. I asked to stay the night again but Optimus brought me back to the hotel that I held all my belongings in.

3rd PoV

Ratchet, once done fixing Bumblebee's injuries got back to work, but decided he would take a break by doing something else. He decided to run Evans blood for a test, a proses that usually takes 5 or 6 minutes. As the results showed up on the screen, Ratchet was surprised to see something that didn't belong there.

"What in the Allspark?"

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