So I've learned that I don't have much time for writing so far. So I'll probably be doing most of my writing on weekends. But not having time during the week just makes me want to write all that much more. So there's that.

Also, season three is so short and the episodes are a lot different than the first two seasons. The past three chapters I've done have been around eight pages, instead of my usual ten or more. I don't want to crowd too much into one chapter so they're going to be shorter for a while.

This also means that I'm quickly approaching the ending.

TFPLoverrrr: Thank you so much!

JJ: I'm excited for RID too, but not what happens between. You'll be getting a lot of AnnBee moments up until then though!

Gry20: It's a really great idea. You should definitely write a story for it! I don't think that would fit for what I have planned for Anna and Bee, but I still really love the idea.

Raf worked with the controls for the control pad. "Mainframe's up and running."

Anna looked over at Ratchet, while she was sitting on Bee's shoulder, "I hacked the operating codes already... It was easy?"

Ratchet huffed at her, "Strange..." He then turned back to Raf. "Even if the ground bridge proves functional, it will be next to worthless without a means of pinpointing the current locations of our compatriots."

{Did Starscream have something we can use?}

Ratchet turned to him, "Use your head, Bumblebee! If the Decepticons had the ability to track Autobot signals, we'd have all been at Megatron's mercy here on Earth a long time ago."

Anna shrugged as the look Bee gave her. She patted his shoulder as she looked down at Raf. "So that's a no."

Raf slumped his shoulders. "Back where we started."

Ratchet saw his posture and turned back to the screen. "But not if I can reconfigure these Decepticon frequencies. At the very least, we may be able to access their comm-link."

Anna pointed to the control pad, Bumblebee replacing Anna with Raf. Anna quickly got to work. "I already see how to do that."

Ratchet looked over at the other two males, tilting his helm. "Since when?"

Bumblebee shrugged, being careful with Raf on his shoulder. {Since we got back. She's been really helpful getting this running.}

Ratchet hummed as he watched the femme working on the computer. "Interesting.."

Bumblebee tilted his helm, looking down at Raf. {What?}

Raf connected the dots, whispering. "She can work with Cybertronian technology, easily. Ever since we got back from Cybertron..."

Bumblebee looked down at Anna, raising his eye ridges. {So she was changed, again.}

Ratchet nodded. "Yes. She's become much more Cybertronian than before."

Anna turned around and huffed. "Guys. Please? Trying to work here."

Bumblebee held up his hands. {Okay, okay. Love you!} He quickly backed out of the room. Ratchet laughed softly as he watched the scout, shaking his helm.

{X}

Anna stepped back when the computer beeped at her, several different coms playing on the screen. "Ratchet!" She turned back and waited on the others to show up. A few seconds later they ran in the room. She grinned at them. "I got it."

Bumblebee grinned at her, picking her up in his hand and kissing her. {You're amazing, you know that?!}

Ratchet rolled his eyes, setting Raf down on the control pad. "Thank you, Anna. This is a great help." He looked over at everyone and raised an eye ridge. "I have an idea on who to call first." He typed in the number and pressed the call button. A few seconds later the person answered.

Fowler's voice rang over the com. "What is it now, lord Megatron?"

"Agent Fowler, it's Ratchet!"

June Darby's voice was then heard. "Ratchet? Where's Jack? Is he with you?"

"No, he is not. Listen, we don't have much time. I have taken a tremendous, yet calculated, risk in contacting you. Hopefully, the Decepticons are not monitoring their own frequencies as closely as they no doubt are those of the humans. I am transmitting our current coordinates."

Bumblebee came back in the room, having left before to check on something. {There's a ship approaching!}

Ratchet turned to him in shock, "What?"

"What? Ratchet, have you heard from anyone else? What about Prime?"

Ratchet ended the call, rushing after Bee. "Who is it?"

Anna saw Raf rushing after them, groaning before running after him too. Bumblebee saw him and kneeled down, holding out his hand to him. {No! Raf, stay here. They could be Decepticons.}

Anna gently rubbed his shoulder, pulling him back a little. "I got him." Bumblebee turned and ran to where Ratchet was, trusting his girlfriend to keep them both safe. Anna stepped beside a rock formation, peering around the side at the landing ship. "I think it's an Autobot ship though, Raf.."

Raf peered around her, nodding. "Yeah.. They didn't try and attack either."

Together they watched as familiar faces were lowered to the ground. Miko saw them and grinned, running right to them. "Raf, Anna!"

Raf ran up to her, laughing as Miko picked him up, spinning him around. "Miko!'

Miko set him down before death squeezing Anna. "Anna!"

Anna groaned in pain before patting her on the back. "I'm so glad you're okay."

Jack walked up to them, grinning. "Girl's got a grip, doesn't she?" He then hugged the siblings happily.

Ratchet looked up at his teammates and friends, "You're alive." He then spotted the new one behind them. "Ultra Magnus?"

Ultra Magnus nodded slightly. "Doctor."

Anna looked over when Bulkhead looked Bee over, "New paint job looks good, Bee."

Anna smirked, raising her hand. "My idea. I agree though."

Arcee rolled her optics. "At least you had something to work with. If I reversed my colors, I'd be pink."

{I can't see you in pink, honestly.}

Ratchet was talking to Ultra Magnus. "The communications link needs further calibration to be compatible with Autobot frequencies. The ground bridge, however, is fully operational."

Miko crossed her arms. "That would've come in handy when robo-dragon was trying to eat us for breakfast." The other three humans looked uncomfortable with her being sassy in front of the new 'bot.

Ultra Magnus looked over at Ratchet. "The indigenous population of this planet, do they all display the same disregard for authority?"

Ratchet held up his hands, "No. Mostly just Miko." He then looked down at them, though fondly.

They all turned when they head and saw a plane approaching them. Bumblebee quickly jogged over, standing in front of his two charges. The others got ready as well. Bumblebee relaxed when he recognized who it was.

Bulkhead and Arcee ran in front of Ultra Magnus, yelling at him to stop. Arcee looked up at him, "It's Fowler."

Bulkhead nodded, "He's with us!"

When the plane landed, Fowler helped June down first. When June saw Jack she sprinted to her son, crying. Jack held her hands, smiling. "It's okay, mom. I'm fine."

June then hugged the others, Anna letting her hug her too. June looked them all over, smiling. "Your families are safe. Agent Fowler saw to it that Jasper was evacuated in time."

Anna relaxed, looking down at Raf. She smiled softly when she saw how happy he looked. She pulled him in for a quick hug, looking back at the 'bots.

Arcee looked up at the others. "The only signals Ultra Magnus was able to isolate are standing right here."

Wheeljack shrugged, "Maybe his scanner's faulty."

Bulkhead frowned, "So the kid's unaccounted for."

Ratchet looked up, "Smokescreen bridged out unaccompanied. Only Optimus knows where. And Optimus remained behind, to destroy the ground bridge, to ensure that everyone else made it to safety."

Fowler frowned up at them. "I watched the base go down. No one or thing walked out of there."

June walked up, "Not that we could see."

Fowler looked back up at the 'bots. "Even if Prime survived, I'm not sure we can afford to wait for him to show up. Not with Megatron holding our planet hostage from his high and mighty perch at Darkmount."

Ultra Magnus walked up to them, nodding. "I would be inclined to agree with the native life-form. We must stop Megatron, with or without Optimus Prime. We must do everything in our power to ensure Megatron's downfall, but we will need to be smart about it."

Wheeljack looked up at him, "Whoa, who put shoulder-pads in command?"

Jack looked up, "Temporary command."

Ratchet looked down at him and then to the others. "Ultra Magnus is the only logical choice. He was trained by Optimus and served as his commanding officer throughout the war for Cybertron."

Ultra Magnus looked over everyone. "Now, unless there is any further objection, soldier, please, follow me." He then turned, walking back towards his ship.

Wheeljack followed, venting. "Aye aye, Cap'n."

Anna watched them all board the ship, looking over at her friends. Jack was being doted on by his mother, Miko also falling victim to June's affections. Raf was watching them, laughing softly. Fowler was talking on his radio, looking back at his ship.

Anna sighed softly and looked up at the ship, rubbing her arm. Something just felt terribly wrong to her.

{X}

Anna stood with the other humans, leaning against Miko's side. The 'bots were all scattered around, waiting on Ultra Magnus to direct them. Fowler was waiting as well, wanting to know what the plan was.

Ultra Magnus looked everyone over. "Autobots. We remain vastly outnumbered, and, despite our munitions, do not currently possess the firepower necessary to compromise the Decepticon citadel."

Fowler looked up at him, "Uncle Sam's military does. I just can't let them make a move as long as Megatron's ray guns are pointed at Washington."

Ultra Magnus nodded. "Then we must infiltrate Darkmount in order to nullify its fusion cannons."

Ratchet spoke up, finding a fault with the statement. "Unfortunately, it seems the fortress is heavily shielded against unauthorized groundbridges. Even those originating from Decepticon technology."

Wheeljack motioned to the others, "Guess we'll have to sneak past enemy lines." He punched his fists together, "Wrecker-style."

Ultra Magnus looked down at him. "I couldn't deal with "Wrecker-style" on Cybertron, and I refuse to deal with it here." He ignored the look Wheeljack made. "Now, we require a means of thinning the Decepticon ranks to even the odds, If we're to have any hope of completing this mission... Or of surviving it."

Anna slowly looked up, realizing what happened with Jack. She quickly jogged over to her boyfriend, patting his leg. "Bee."

Bumblebee kneeled down to listen to her. {What is it, Anna?}

Anna leaned closer to him. "Jack, Miko, Raf and I can all use our phones. They tracked down Jack when he sent one text. They'll do it again."

Bumblebee grinned at her before standing back up. He turned to Ultra Magnus, nodding at him. {Sir. Anna had a great idea.}

Ultra Magnus looked down at the human before tilting his helm. "What is this plan of yours, human femme?"

Anna held out her phone, smiling. "Since the Decepticons are obviously monitoring all of our forms of communication, they'll easily pick up on cell phone signals. The others and I can all be sent to different areas and use our phones. They'll send reinforcements after us, making it easier for your team to infiltrate Darkmount."

Ultra Magnus slowly nodded. "That sounds like a solid plan, young human." He turned to Ratchet. "Doctor, prepare the ground bridge."

{X}

Anna looked at the map, a blimp of Jack's signal on the screen. "Got him."

Raf nodded, "I have five bogeys converging right on top of Jack."

Ratchet typed in the coordinates Jack was at, opening another ground bridge for him. "Not anymore." He looked down at Raf and smiled softly.

Jack jumped through the ground bridge before it closed behind him, putting his phone away. He gave a thumbs up to Ratchet, getting one back.

Ratchet touched his audial, contacting Miko. "Okay Miko, your turn."

After a little bit Miko jumped back through her own ground bridge, huffing. "I really could have used that pizza."

Anna finished typing, looking back up at Ratchet and her boyfriend. "Finished."

Ultra Magnus looked over at her, frowning. "Finished with what, young femme?"

Anna looked back at the screen, motioning to it. "I hacked into the Decepticon's communication network."

Bumblebee grinned down at her, rubbing her back. {I knew you could do it.}

Ratchet nodded, looking down at Jack. "Are you ready?"

Jack nodded, clearing his throat. "Decepticon command, do you read me?"

Ultra Magnus remained stoic. "I remain unconvinced."

Ratchet turned to the controls and working around the siblings. "I'll further enhance the audio and add static."

Jack waited for his signal before delivering the line again. "Decepticon command, do you read? We are under Autobot attack!"

Ultra Magnus activated his blaster, going into warrior mode. "Autobots, lock and load!"

Anna watched as Bumblebee activated his cannon, leaning against Ratchet's arm. He was so hot, but she didn't feel comfortable being affectionate with Ultra Magnus there. She waved slightly as the team went through the ground bridge, quickly turning to the control panel afterwards.

{X}

Anna looked up when she heard Ultra Magnus over the com system.

"Ratchet, now!"

Ratchet quickly opened the ground bridge, the dragon 'con being sent right through to the arctic.

"The Decepticon is gone, Ratchet."

Anna grinned over at Ratchet. "Well, some good came of the scraplet nightmare."

Ratchet chuckled lowly, shaking his helm. "It seems so."

Miko smirked, "Now it's a dragosicle." Jack rolled his eyes with Raf, shaking their heads.

Anna sighed as she watched the teams life signs on the screen, frowning. "They haven't reported in.."

Ratchet looked down at her, venting softly. "They are most likely still in combat, Anna, no need to worry just yet."

Anna rubbed her arm, shrugging. "I guess." She saw a notification pop up and opened it. "Ratchet!"

Ratchet read the message, the Autobot signal being traced as it was headed right for Darkmount. "How is that possible?"

Jack looked up at them, crossing his arms. "What is it?"

Ratchet looked shocked as he read the info on the signal. "An Autobot signal, but it's airborne."

"All units, Optimus Prime has returned."

Jack thrust his arms in the air, jumping. "Yes!"

Miko grinned, dancing. "Awesome!"

Raf hugged Anna tightly, "Awesome!"

Anna laughed, hugging her brother back. "It's amazing!"

Ratchet grinned, motioning wildly. "Thank the Allspark!"

"I repeat, Prime is alive and quite well."

{X}

Anna stood beside the humans, listening to Fowler honor Team Prime. After Darkmount was lost, the team was escorted to a human military base near Jasper.

"On behalf of the President and the joint chiefs, I thank you all for your selfless heroism in defense of this planet. I'm only sorry the world can't know of your undying dedication, because I, for one, owe you my life, my liberty, and my future." Fowler then saluted all of Team Prime.

Ultra Magnus looked up at Optimus. "Sir, I am honored to relinquish command of the Autobots to you."

Optimus smiled softly at him. "Welcome to Earth, Ultra Magnus. And to team Prime."

Miko jogged up to Optimus, "Okay, someone's gotta say it. Optimus 2.0 is rad!" She gave him the horns before turning to Ratchet, "Imagine what the forge could do for your bod."

Ratchet seemed flustered before scoffing. He then looked down at the forge, "Is it true that the Forge has been drained of its power?" He took the saddened glances and silence to mean yes. "Then any hope of rebuilding the Omega lock has truly been lost."

Smokescreen didn't look up as he answered. "I did what I felt was right."

Ratchet smiled at him, patting him on the shoulder. "And your instincts have again proven to be quite sound."

Anna was watching the others celebrating, smiling to herself. That was until she was picked up suddenly. "Whoa!" She turned to see Bumblebee had picked her up, grinning at her. She huffed at him. "Bee."

Bee shrugged, holding her closer so they were the same height. He then gently kissed her, rubbing her back gently. {I wanted to kiss you!}

Anna hummed against him as she kissed back, blushing softly. "Bee.."

Bumblebee chuckled softly, kissing the top of her head. {No one cares, Anna. We're all too happy right now.}

Anna smiled and pulled him back in for another kiss. "Good. Because I've missed this."

{Me too, Me too.}