Primus do I feel guilty, so, so sorry for the delay,

Here's the next chapter.

XXI

Chaos.

I onlined my optics as I looked around and sat up on my berth. I rubbed my helm and then stretched and stood up. I thought yesterday was a dream but the realization hit me and I smiled as it was no dream. Ratchet agreed to keep our relationship a secret until all this prophecy was over. I walked out of my quarters and looked up and down the hall. I shrugged it off and walked to the main room.

In the room was the twins who were pestering Ratchet as normal. I snickered when one of them got whacked on the helm by his wrench. Sideswipe yelped and clutched his helm as I approached the trio.

"Serves you right." I said and then shook my helm.

"You wound me Jup." Sideswipe said in mock pain.

I said nothing and rolled my optics and then crossed my arms. The twins bolted and down the hall as I sighed and shook my helm.

"Sometimes I wonder how you cope with the twins." I said

Ratchet gave me an amused look as I smiled and looked to the computer screen as there was a map, for some odd reason, I understood Cybertronian since I turned, is Jazz right? Was I really a bot to begin with? It's kinda hard to remember. I rubbed my helm and then shook it.

"You alright?"

I looked to Ratchet who had a concerned look. I gave him an assured smile.

"Fine, just thinking." I explained.

Luckily he shrugged it off and went back to the screen as I also looked at the screen. I looked around and then frowned as I went to walk off and down the hall. I have a feeling Jazz knew of our relationship but he won't tell anyone, because he knows I will kill him if he lets even a tiny hint out that Ratchet is courting me.

I said nothing and continued to walk down the hall until I came to a stop outside a door, which was the library. I entered and then twitched my wings, there was still some dents which Ratchet couldn't get out. I guess Megatron did more damage than I originally thought, luckily the dents are not visible but it still hurts to move my wing time to time.

I shook my helm and sat down as I began to think, I wish I can remember my past life if I was Cybertronian, because I just don't understand the language straight away, and why does Megatron keep on calling me little femme? It's getting annoying. I sighed and crossed my arms.

No matter what, that prophecy is still bothering me, and I hate that it is bothering me. I sighed and looked to the ceiling of the silo and I smiled to myself as I then stretched and then slumped in my seat I was sitting on.

~O~

I had no idea how long I was sitting in the library but I left it and headed back to the main room. I frowned to see it was empty. I approached Ratchet and looked around.

"Where's everyone?" I asked.

"On a mission." Ratchet told me.

I spotted Jack and Miko playing games, I frowned, Primus do I miss playing games. I looked around and crossed my arms, and I missed the chance to go on a mission? Damn! Oh well, at least I was back up just in case they needed one.

Ratchet! Came Optimus' voice, it sounded urgent. Bridge us back! Now!

"Must be a bot down." Ratchet said as I looked on in concern.

Dread hit me. Jack and Miko went to the railing as they left their game behind. I twitched my doorwings out of pure nervousness, I was nervous as hell, who was hurt? And how badly. Ratchet activated the ground bridge and I tapped my arm, when I was always nervous I would tap my arm. Ratchet must of noticed and I looked at him.

"S-sorry, habit." I said and then smiled.

Two Autobots finally made it through, it was Arcee and Bumblebee, the femme held Raf who was unconsious.

"Raf!" Jack exclaimed.

"No." Miko gasped.

"What happened?" Ratchet asked.

"Megatron." Arcee answered venomously.

"Quick! To my laboratory!"

We all rushed to the med bay and Arcee set Raf on the bed that Fowler was on, the last thing I wanted to see was Raf on this bed, my spark ached.

"I'm calling mom." Jack announced.

"Your mother may be a nurse, but does she know anything about the effects of Energon on the human body?" Ratchet asked.

"How much do you know of the human body? Enough to be certain you can help Raf?" Jack asked.

I looked between the two and then to Ratchet as he looked to the ground. I said nothing and hugged myself. Jack went to call my aunt and he walked off as I looked at Ratchet. I placed my servo onto his and we both looked at each other.

Arcee and Bumblebee were talking while Ratchet and June were arguing but I didn't pay attention as I looked on. June was checking on him and I frowned and watched, I'm not sure if Jack and I are even related. I sighed and shook my helm.

~O~

Ratchet looked at Bumblebee as his spark went out to the scout, he then looked to his possibly future sparkmate as she looked on sadly as she hugged herself, he could tell she was feeling helpless and useless at this point.

:Ratchet, how is Rafael?:Optimus asked through the comlink.

:It is too soon to tell.: Ratchet replied to his leader as he glanced to Jupiter.

:He is in good hands.:

:Not mine, Optimus, Curse my Cybertronian pride. We accepted these humans into our lives yet I bothered to learn so little of their science…or medicine.:

:You managed well then Jupiter was human.:

Ratchet said nothing and looked to the femme once more as she still looked at Raf.

:Pull yourself together, Ratchet, Rafael needs you.:

:And I have grown to need him.: Ratchet said as he looked to Raf, he couldn't forget Jupiter either.

:Have faith, We need a Ground Bridge. Lock onto my coordinates and activate it.:

:Right.:

~O~

I looked, I wanted to hurt Megatron so badly, but I remained where I was and looked at Bumblebee as I frowned, if only I was there and then I could of done something to help. Ratchet and June argued once more and sighed, I was alarmed when she announced she was going to take Raf to the hospital.

"Ms. Darby." Ratchet protested. "Your human doctors won't be able to comprehend what's afflicting him. Not without a decade of study."

"I don't have time to argue Ratchet!" June said angrily.

"Regardless! Your doctors won't be able to help him." Ratchet said, turning to the computer. "The effects of an Energon blast on an Autobot is bad enough, but for a human…" he paused. "…but I'm not getting any readings. How could I not have seen this? Rafael is being plagued by Dark Energon."

"How?" Miko asked.

"Simple." I said as she looked at me. "Megatron has dark energon in his system and he must of used his cannon and hit Bee which transferred into Raf."

"We must expel it, the only way I know how." Ratchet said. "I need Energon!"

"Wait, but you said Energon was poison to humans." June said.

"Ordinarily, yes." Ratchet said. "But I'm counting on the Dark Energon already invading his body to meet it, head on. Thereby expelling both forms of the substance."

Bee volunteered and I looked on. I shook my helm as they took Raf and I looked to the groundbridge so I didn't see what was going on, I didn't want to so I kept on looking at the wall, I never noticed Bulkhead enter the groundbridge because I was so busy worrying. I turned around to see Raf stirred and I walked over and knelt down as Miko hugged him. I gave a smile as Bumblebee beeped happily that his charge was alive and well. I simply watched and sighed in relief.

"You let Optimus face Megatron by himself!" Arcee's angry voice interrupted.

"It's not like he gave me a choice." Bulkhead defended himself.

"Regardless, we must find him." Ratchet said.

They entered the main room as I was already in the room as I crossed my arms.

"How is this possible?" Ratchet wondered out loud.

"What? What is it?" I asked.

"We need to get Optimus out of there! Now!" Ratchet said as he activated the groundbridge.

I was the first one through as I was met with a shocking sight, a volcano was spewing dark energon as I blinked. Arcee was next to me as she said something but I didn't pay attention as I formed my gun and began to fire at Megatron so he wouldn't get near, it stunned him. Bulkhead drove through and knocked him away. I retracted my gun and was at Optimus' side so quickly I think Arcee jumped a mile.

"Hurry up! Arcee called to Bulkhead.

We went through and on the other side as we helped our leader sit down.

"Easy Optimus." Ratchet said as we helped him to a spot he could sit down. "From the looks of it, you've been exposed to a massive amount of Dark Energon."

"I am not the only one." Optimus said, glancing at where Raf was recovering from his own encounter.

Ratchet and I moved Optimus to a medical berth as everyone gathered in the room. It hit me, when I was with Ratchet and Optimus during when I was human. Megatron fired at me and he had dark energon in his system, but I didn't get hit, guilt overwhelmed me, it should have been me, not Raf.

"He's lucky to be alive." June said, clearly agitated, I must of missed a conversation.

"Megatron found more of the dark stuff?" Jack asked as he walked down the steps, Miko right behind him.

"A whole volcano full." Arcee said.

"The question is how?" Bulkhead asked.

"No, the question is what?" Ratchet said. "As in, what in the world is the blood of Unicron doing here, on Earth?"

"The Con killed a Unicorn?" Miko asked.

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe began to laugh as I slapped a servo to my forehead. I heard the sound of collision and assumed Ironhide had knocked their helms together and both fell onto the floor with a almighty crash.

"Make believe horse with a horn on its head." Miko explained. "Prances around all sparkly."

I let out a snort and shook my helm, mental image.

"Not unicorn! Unicron!" I said.

"An ancient evil." Optimus explained.

"Whose fossilized blood comprises the substance we know as Dark Energon." Ratchet further elaborated. "As legend would have it."

"You're telling me, this Unicron is some sort of boogie man?" June asked.

"Make believe creepy guy who hides in your closet." Miko explained.

"No." Ratchet said. "No, Ms. Darby. Unicron is very real. That is, while I believe that Unicron once existed, I just don't subscribe to the theory that his primordial life fluid is the substance which…harmed Raf."

"I've heard enough." June said, sounding as fed up as she was saying she was. "Jack, help me get Raf into the car, I'm taking him to the hospital."

"But Mom, I thought you said he was getting better." Jack protested.

"Raf needs to be seen by a real doctor." June said.

Ratchet looked away and I frowned, I felt for the poor mech. I placed a servo on his shoulder.

"Raf's family needs to know what happened." June declared, still wheeling Raf away as Jack tried to convince her not to. "His real family."

"But bringing more humans in will only make things worse for us and easier targets for the cons!" I protested.

"Mom, Raf's family can't protect him." Jack said, trying again to stop her. "Not like they can." He motioned to the group of Bots.

"June,." Optimus chose to address the woman now. He stood and took a few steps toward her. "It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I assure you that I will do everything in my power to be sure no further harm comes to our human friends, or any human, ever again."

I felt bad for him. Optimus did the best he can, being leader must be tough for him.

June stopped and looked up at the large mech. "Optimus, they're only children." she said. "They should be worried about grades, prom dates, pimples! Not their own survival."

"Mom, Dark Energon is pouring out of the Earth, it doesn't do that." Jack said. "This could be about everyone's survival, not just ours."

"You're coming with me." June demanded. "All three of you. And they will not be coming back."

"I understand." Optimus said as Bee and I whirred unhappily. "Ratchet activate the Ground Bridge."

"No need!" June said. "I'll see myself out, thank-you."

"That's it?" Miko demanded, looking up at the large red and blue mech. "Just goodbye. What about our freedom to choose?"

"That may fly on their planet, Miko but not here." June called. "Get in the car."

"You're not my mother." Miko said, crossing her arms and staying right where she was.

"Miko." Bulkhead said.

"Neither are you!" Miko said.

"Well I am yours." June said, looking at Jack.

"She is your mother." Arcee said.

Jack looked back at us and then at his mom. He looked to the floor. "I'm staying." he said. "I'm sorry."

"I am too." June said, glaring harshly at her son. She shut the back door, shutting Raf inside and then got into the driver's seat.

I watched as she drove off with Raf looking on sadly. I dropped my wings as Bumblebee whirred sadly.

"That's not fair." Jack said.

"Life's not fair." I said to Jack. "Sometimes life is cruel."

I shook my helm and walked off and down the hall, not noticing the concerned glances I had off the others, mainly Ratchet and Optimus. I continued to walk down the hall and entered my quarters.

~O~

I jolted out of my trance a while later as Ratchet entered my quarters. I stood up and then sighed.

"June and Raf are back." Ratchet told me.

"Really?"

He gave me a nod but I said nothing else and gave a small nod.

"Ah."

"The weather is going crazy."

I blinked. "Huh?"

Ratchet frowned. "Are you alright?"

"Just a little stressed." I admitted.

I felt arms wrap around my waist and I looked at him.

"Hopefully this will all be over." He told me.

We both leaned in for a kiss.

And I'm done...

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