They watched Centercord for a moment. Both femmes were tense and talked back and forth in their strange clicks and whirls.

"What is this about Eclipse?" Prime asked the femme. She turned to him.

"Centercord shouldn't be here. He should be back in that pool that I fought him at. From the description that you gave me, I figured that the 'Con that was at the cavern and placed that jewel was one of Centercord's alive attachments. That in its self confused me but he has apparently grown stronger. How, I don't know.

"You don't stand a chance against me Guardians!" Centercord bellowed. Eclipse turned her attention to the Decepticon mech.

"Leave here Centercord. I won't hesitate to run you off," she yelled back. Firefly shifted next to her.

"Try it femme. You can't even get one of my attachments!" he sneered. Firefly snorted and disappeared.

"Firefly?" Ratchet asked, looking around. There was a couple of shrieks as several of the attachments fell to the ground. Centercord screeched and fired off several shots. Ratchet jumped slightly as something brushed against him. Firefly shimmered into view. She shook her head then shouted something in the Guardians' native language. Centercord snarled.

"You will pay for your arrogance Guardians. Be sure of that," he hissed. One of the attachments climbed onto his shoulder and began to glow. Centercord faded out of sight with his attachments. Eclipse watched until they were gone and didn't move afterwards. Her bond mate walked up to her and looped his arms around her.

"Ya alright?" he asked her. Eclipse sighed as she leaned against him.

"He wasn't supposed to get free. He wasn't supposed to be here," she whispered. Firefly turned to her, worry on her face. She let off some clicks and whirls. Eclipse turned to her, sadness etched in her face. She glanced off to the side and replied back. Firefly turned to look at Ratchet who was talking to Prime. Jazz noticed her look.

"Just show 'im how ya feel Fly," Jazz said. Firefly looked at him. Jazz's chin rested on Eclipse head so she couldn't look at him.

"Ratchet can be stubborn. But he's a good mech, with a good spark. Just listen to ya spark. It'll tell ya if he's da one." Eclipse chuckled.

"Seriously, Ratchet told you he feels the same. That's a good sign. And I think Jazz might know what he is talking about."

" 'Ey now. I know what I'm talkin' about. Ya just hush," he said playfully. Eclipse snorted. But then the sad look returned.

"But I understand your worry. Come on. We need to talk," she said, pulling out of Jazz's grip. She touched Firefly's arm and the medic followed her into the Ark. Jazz watched them head in.

"What are we going to do Eclipse? We can't risk the Autobots," Firefly said, sitting on a crate. She looked to the dragon femme. She was staring at the floor, her wings twitching in thought.

"I'm not sure. But you're right. We can't risk Centercord making the Autobots targets. We have to get rid of him. There is no other way."

"But how? If we aren't careful, Centercord will send his attachments here. Neither of us wants to risk that."

"Agreed. If anything happened to Jazz… And Ratchet to you. No, we can't. I'll round up the other Guardians." Eclipse paused, "But we have to move fast. I'm worried that Centercord will use the Decepticons to distract us. From what, I don't know. But we must stop him before anything happens." Firefly nodded her head in agreements.

"Guardians," a voice boomed. The two femmes leapt to their feet. Above them, a bright light shone.

"Guardians. The Alcratz crystal is at stake. If Centercord gets his hands on it, the Guardians will become his puppets. You must stop him at all costs," Primus said, his voice echoing through their frames. The two femmes looked at each other then looked back up.

"We will," they said together. The light disappeared and two femmes stayed still for a moment.

"We have to go tonight," Eclipse said quietly. Firefly seemed to wilt.

"I'll gather any supplies we need," Firefly said softly. She gave Eclipse another glance before leaving. Eclipse didn't move. The only movement was washer fluid trailing from under her visor.

Long after night fell, Eclipse slipped out of her bond mate's grip. She looked down at him, her visor dimmed. She brought her hands up and removed her visor. Her white optics were soft. She placed the visor next to Jazz and slipped out of the room.

At the other end of the Ark, Firefly slipped into the medbay. She looked around before grabbing a few things. As she went by Ratchet's door, she paused. She glanced behind her then entered the room. She could see Ratchet recharging on his berth. She reached into her subspace and pulled out a small medal. It was a pair of blades crossed at the bottom. They medal was sparkled gold. As she pulled it out, it sparked with a volt of electricity. Firefly set the medal next to the berth.

"I'm sorry Ratchet," she said quietly as she turned and walked out of the room. She left the medbay and met Eclipse in an unmonitored area.

"You ready?" she asked the dragon femme. She turned to her and nodded. The Guardian symbol glowed and another Guardian appeared and all three disappeared.

When Jazz woke the next morning, he couldn't feel Eclipse. He sat up quickly and looked around, trying to sense Eclipse. That was when he noticed her visor. He slowly reached for it and grasped it in his hands.

" 'Clipse," he said. He stood up and rushed out the door. He headed for Firefly's door and knocked but got no response. He headed down to the medbay. When he went through the door, he saw Ratchet standing in front of his quarters. He was holding some sort of medal. He looked up and saw Jazz holding Eclipse's visor.

"D'ere gone," Jazz said to himself, as if he didn't believe it.

"They must have left last night. Several things are gone from my supplies," Ratchet said, looking at the crossed blades. They didn't say anything for a while.

"Why?" they both thought.

Neither femme was heard from all week. Jazz kept up his cool attitude but those close could tell he was hurting. Ratchet was shocked at first then closed off. He went about as usual but Prime and the others often found him holding the crossed blades.

It was nine days later when the Decepticons went on the attack. When they showed up to where the 'Cons were attacking, they found themselves in the middle of an ancient fight.

EH: Yeah! 20th chapter. This makes me happy. Not the best chapter, but still. Never thought that it would get this far. So…yeah! As always, suggestions welcome. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!