A/N: Hello again, we are back with a new chapter. We now focus on the 'Myriad' as I am calling them(For Now until They and I mean ME Come up with a Different Name) But anyways, lets see how they do in the aftermath of the big reveal, also time skip.

Chapter 21-Goals

Lolita's POV

It has been one month since the confrontation and the dark secret revealed. We had been traveling during this time, fighting off the Red Hand Gang Raiders and a Super Mutant Gang that seems to be tracking us. We've been looking for answers this entire time.

We need to find where Miko and Jack are being held, but at the rate we are going…

We may never find them.

Currently we were camping to the north of Concord, we were careful to avoid Concord as from the intelligence we learned on the Synth bodies, as Fortune was sitting in it.

All of us were haggard from our month of fighting and traveling, we were dirty, beaten and torn up. Our optics and eyes were tired and dull from the long day's journey.

As we sat, I began drawing up plans for a new fuel source for the Cybertronians. With the information I had gathered from them about how it all works and what effects they have on their bodies. I had been studying some other Energon types they have regaled me with, including Dark Energon.

"Knockout, tell me again the effects of the Dark Energon."

He sighed, "It's effects are terrible, it can cause insanity, the power to raise the dead, and it comes at a cost of linking ones Spark with the Destroyer himself."

"Not very good things, but I wonder if it could be...modified." He looked at me with wide optics.

"You can't be serious!? Dark Energon is a mystical property! You can't simple...modify it, it would be unpredictable!" I closed my optics, I knew the risks and challenges but what other option is there?

"But it can only work if...there is any." I vented as I looked to the wastes around me.

Arcee's POV

The group fell silent after Lolita and Knockout's short conversation.

It was crazy, using Dark Energon as a fuel source. But at this point starvation was starting to set in, I swear I'm starting to hear things. No, no, I gotta keep it together for Jack and Miko, they must be so frightened.

I clenched my servos, I was determined to find them.

I WILL kill those rat bastards for taking them away from ME!

"Are you doing alright, Arcee?" Ripley snapped me from my thoughts, I looked to the only human currently in our group.

"What?" I was surprised she was talking to me, she rarely talked to the others.

"You seem distressed, but I suppose we all are." She noted.

"It's hard not to let anger fester in the Spark, I am trying to maintain my composure but with each passing day, I think I am closer to snapping." She nodded.

"I've heard and seen that before, it's something the wasteland is fond of doing to us." She sighed, "But, the Minutemen's motto keeps me going. Protect the people at a minutes notice."

I looked at her questioningly, "How does that keep you going?"

"Because it means no matter what our enemies will always falter, for we will be there when they strike. We will always be there, to kill and slaughter them to protect our people." She looked at me with a small smile, "You wish to protect your people yes? Then I think that motto suits you well as it does me, I am here to protect my family back home after all. Maybe you could join the Minutemen someday."

I smiled at her, "Maybe I will."

Raf's POV

I stared at the fire, not listening to the conversation around me. I looked back down to my lap, looking at the map that held the locations of the R.H.G Raiders camps, including their main base in Concord.

I frowned, we've been wandering around almost aimlessly since we discovered the truth of Miko and Jack. It was pointless, we needed direction and it seems like there is only one option, one that everyone is trying to ignore.

"We need to take the main base of the R.H.G." I blurted out, earning stares from everyone.

"Are you sure? I mean, why would we-" I cut Knockout off.

"I am, the Synths were headed there and it seems like there is a bigger picture we aren't seeing here. Something is behind all of this and it started with Fortune and her gang." There was a pause before Arcee spoke up.

"He's right, it may be our only chance. We are wasting time, tomorrow we move on Concord." Lolita vented.

"I suppose it was an eventuality. Alright, tomorrow we destroy Fortune once and for all and just find out what exactly we are missing in this story."

Everyone agreed and soon we all fell asleep.

But, I couldn't.

My mind raced with infinite possibilities in the coming days, but I knew one thing.

Those who took Miko and Jack from us will pay.

With their very lives…

The Next Morning….

Knockout's POV

We awoke with the sunrise and prepared to enter Concord, but as we got ready I noticed Arcee fiddling with her pistols. I walked up next to her, remember the conversation she had with Ripley last night.

"Hey, 'Cee?" She looked at me, "Were you serious about joining the Minutemen?"

She vented, "Maybe, they seem so much like the Autobots. It would be a reminder of what is back home and give a sense of normalcy." I frowned.

"You're not happy with us? With...me?" I felt stupid for asking but I had to know, she looked at me with surprise.

"I am...happy with you all, including you. Knockout we don't have to be apart...you could join up with me." Arcee almost look hopeful, I felt my Spark race as her blue optics staring into mine.

"Would you be okay with that? I am a Decepticon after all." She smiled and grabbed my servo.

"No Decepticons exist anymore in this world, no Autobots exist in this world. We are merely Cybertronian refugees. And...I think I'd rather like to keep your company, so please, join me?" I could feel my Spark trying to leap out of my chest, I could feel my faceplate heating up, but she was also blushing.

Wait...does this mean…?

"I..I-I think I would love to join you in the Minutemen when all of this is over." I smiled at her, she seemed to beam at the declaration and closed the distance and hugged me.

It had been sometime since I've been embraced...and I have missed it dearly.