Guys i got another chapter up! Hope you enjoy.

Shout Outs!:

Cashagon

Yes we are, though sometimes we make wrong choices...just look at Megsy. And yes, i just answered that question ;P Oh come on, you didn't expect me to leave you hanging? I'm know for things like that...and worse with my friends...*snickers evilly* Also...I am currently, actually already did, running for the hills and had a nice bite to eat at the restaurant at the end of the universe, though i'm far from there though at this point.

CalicoKitty402

Me too

AllSpark Princess

Serious as in how? It's not lethal, at least to her, but it defiantly will be a life changer.

Don't judge me I'm a Fangirl

Soo glad, i had someone that wanted to so i wrote this while taking a nice trip through the universe-you would not believe the WI-FI reception on Tatooine! XP Well, if your room exploded then that means you can redesign it right?


"Say what?" Fowler asked dumbly.

June looked ticked, "I thought you said Energon was devastating to humans when they weren't first infected with dark Energon?"

"How is this possible?" Jack asked, "Even for her?"

Ratchet shook his head, "It's not, shouldn't be…but she's still living, it's not hurting her. At least, not yet. How in Cybertron did she hid this from us? Why did she tell me?!"

They all looked at Jayce for answers who just shrugged, "I don't know. She's a good actor I guess. She may be my sister but she still confuses me."

"So what do we do?" June asked.

Ratchet shrugged and ran a few more scans, "I truly don't know, I have never encountered anything like this before. I don't think there's anything we can do besides keep a close watch on her and pray nothing takes a turn for the worse."

Ratchet returned to the computers to try and find Optimus' and the team's life signals while also bringing up the news, "*…And downtown Honolulu is under six inches of snow. Scientists continue to devise theories connecting these unprecedented natural disasters with the planetary alignment which-*" The feed was suddenly cut off, probably from all the storms and interferences. June turned to look at the kids then Ratchet, "What happens if the base loses power?"

Ratchet scoffed, "Highly unlikely, it has its own generator for such occasions. The base is more likely to be ripped from the ground."

"That tears it!" Fowler yelled as he stalked towards the elevator.

June turned towards him, "Where are you going?"

"I can't just sit on my hands while the world spins out of control."

"And what exactly is it that you intend to do?" Ratchet asked.

"Anything. Hook up with my boys at the Pentagon, figure out a way to bury that monster for good."

Ratchet scowled a bit, "In the event that Optimus can't?"

"Don't you mean Optimus and Megatron?" Fowler corrected.

"No one here is thrilled about this arrangement agent Fowler, myself included, but with Optimus and Megatron together again…"

Jack cut him off, "Whoa, whoa, wait. Again?"

"Megatron was an Autobot?" Raf asked.

Miko had the opposite idea, "Optimus was a 'con?"

"No, on either count," Ratchet shook his head, "But there was a time back on Cybertron in the twilight hours of the Golden Age when Optimus and Megatron were not sworn enemies…" Ratchet recalled the events that led up to the creation of Optimus Prime from Orion Pax.

"That's why Jemina called him Orion." Jack mused.

"What?" Ratchet asked, looking very confused at Jack.

Jack explained, "When Optimus first met my mom she didn't know about the 'bot so when Jemina introduced him she called him Orion."

"I remember that." June nodded.

Ratchet's eyes widened a bit, "I'm not sure how she knew, I have never told any of this to anyone…maybe Optimus told her."

The kids shrugged and Miko asked, "So, Optimus got the matrix from Cybertron's core, and now he's gonna give it to Earth's?"

"What's to stop Megatron from just claiming it this time round?" Jack asked.

"Only his greater desire to save this planet so that he may in turn conquer it, as he so compellingly argued. Provided the lord of the Decepticons can ever be fully trusted." He continued scanning and muttered, "Communication links are down, as expected. But we've lost their signal."

"Doesn't that mean…" Raf started.

"Usually, but a more likely explanation would be the sever interference caused by these electromagnetic anomalies."

"So, if we can't track them and they can't contact us…" Raf led on.

"How are we gonna know when their ready for pickup?" Miko asked.

Ratchet heard a tinking of metal on the rail from where Jack stood, "Where did you get that?"

"Optimus," Jack said nonchalantly, "Honestly, I don't know why he gave me the key to the ground bridge power supply."

Jayce came over and looked at it, "Funny looking key."

"Jack, there is no key to the ground bridge"

Jack looked closer at it as did all the other conscious humans, "Well, then, what is this?"

Ratchet also looked closer, "That is the key to Vector Sigma."

"The what?" Jack asked.

Jayce quietly mumbled, "I wish Jemina was awake, she always knew what they were talking about."

"You are holding one of Cybertron's most important relics."

Jack frowned and offered it to Ratchet, "I shouldn't have this."

"Optimus entrusted it to you Jack." Ratchet said shaking his head.

"But that doesn't make any sense. Why?"

Ratchet looked grave as he glanced between Jemina and the other humans gathered, "Because he doesn't plan on coming back." An earthquake then began and Ratchet turned to shield Jemina while the others ran over next to her and under the cover Ratchet provided, "Earthquake! Take cover!"

As the 'quake got stronger Jemina gasped then cringed before falling still again as the 'quake stopped as sudden as it started. The computers came back online as the humans stood up, "There could be aftershocks." June warned then began checking Jemina again.

Ratchet ran a scan, "Nothing new, I have no idea what made her cringe like that though." Then he walked over to the computers.

"Do you think?" Jack asked.

Ratchet nodded, "I do." When five life signals popped back up.

"Yeah!" Miko shouted for joy and jumped.

"Sweet!" Jack cheered.

Fowler hugged June before letting go blushing, "Yes! Uh…"

"*Ratchet…we need a bridge.*" Arcee said, something wasn't right in her voice though.

Ratchet nodded and activated the bridge, three out of the four Autobots came through, "Arcee!" Jack cried relieved.

Miko ran over to her guardian, "I was worried Bulk!"

"You alright Bee?" Raf asked.

Jayce quickly following with, "You hurt?"

Jemina groaned softly as she reawakened, she felt stiff but her eyes immediately wandered over to the 'bots, scanning them…looking for someone. She remembered what had happened up to her passing out and while she had expected to not see Optimus, it still broke her heart knowing he hadn't returned with the 'bots. Ratchet had apparently heard her because he immediately came over, "Don't move too much, how do you feel."

"Fine I guess, Optimus?" She needed confirmation that he was alive.

"Alive," Arcee said looking at the ground.

Bulkhead continued when Arcee couldn't, "But he looked right at us without recognizing us. He didn't even know his own name."

Jemina hugged her knees to her chest as Ratchet ran a scan over her and thought, "Hmm, when Optimus surrendered the matrix of leadership, he lost more than the collected wisdom of the Primes…He lost his own memories."

Arcee looked at Jemina, "So, is she ok?"

"I…don't know."

"What do you mean 'you don't know'?!" Arcee snapped.

"What I mean is, is that I know what the problem is, was, but I have no idea on how to remedy it if it is even possible."

:Well, what's wrong with her then? At least tell us that.:

Ratchet tapped the computer counsel a few times before answering, trying to find the right words as everyone was looking at him, "Her blood…has turned to Energon. How? I do not know."

Every 'bot there just gapped at Ratchet for a second while Jemina just nodded her head in understanding, like she knows something we don't, Arcee thought before Bulkhead spoke up, "Uh, could it be from all the time she's spent around us?"

"I thought of that and scanned the others but they show no signs of Energon absorption, aside from Raf and Jayce. And even they show only signs of dispelling it, not a continual absorption of it."

Arcee looked at Jemina who appeared to be thinking about something, "Ok spill it, you know something about this Jemina."

Jemina didn't look up but frowned a bit, "Uh…well, um, kinda?"

"What does 'kinda' mean?" Bulkhead asked.

Ratchet became very interested then, "Yes, does it have something to do with, I don't know, maybe-you not telling me you kept getting pains in the chest since Megatron kidnapped you?!" Ratchet all but yelled.

"Yes as a matter of fact it does but shouldn't we be trying to find Optimus right now?"

"We will locate him but for now I need to make sure that, this," Ratchet pointed to the screens which showed the Energon in her veins, "Doesn't kill you before Optimus rings my helm!"

"Look, I don't think it's going to hurt me, that's what A-3 said and I trust him so…"

Ratchet cut her off, "Hold it! A-3? As in Alfa Trion? As in he's the reason this is happening?!"

"Yes! I believe I already said that. Can we please focus on finding Optimus, then I will tell you what happened once we got him back. Okay?"

"Very well." Ratchet agreed a bit reluctant though.

"I'm still confused, how did Optimus not even know his own name? You would have to be pretty messed up in the processor to not know that." Bulkhead stated rubbing his helm.

"When Optimus surrendered the matrix of leadership to Earth's core, he lost himself."

"How is that even possible?" Arcee asked.

Jemina looked thoughtful, "Did Megatron call him anything strange?"

:Uh, yeah. He told someone named Orion to run and Optimus went through the ground bridge. Why?:

"I think when Ratchet said he lost himself he meant he lost the Optimus Prime side of him and reverted to Orion Pax." She said rocking a bit on the chair.

"That doesn't follow." Arcee said still confused, "Optimus knew Megatron."

"They were like BFFs." Bulkhead agreed.

"Because Optimus knew Megatron, or Megatrones, as Orion Pax." Jemina attempted to explain.

:I still don't see how he forgot his own name: Bee beeped dejected.

Ratchet sighed, this was getting them nowhere fast, "If Optimus did not know his own name, perhaps it is because the title of Prime hasn't yet been granted to him."

"Huh?" Fowler asked dumbly.

Jack looked just as confused, "What?"

"Say again?" Miko asked.

"With the power of the matrix no longer within him, it would stand to reason that Optimus has reverted to his pre-Prime state, the historical archivist Orion Pax."

"You mean in his mind?" June asked.

"Are you telling me Prime thinks he's some kind of librarian and a Decepticon?!" Fowler shouted.

Jemina looked up from her musings, "If by 'librarian' you mean an archivist yes, but a Decepticon? Nuh-uh. Chances are that he recognized Megatron as Megatrones, his friend before all-out war and before he gained Optimus Prime."

"What do you mean by gained?" June asked.

"It's hard to explain, kinda like a dual personality that works together instead of against each other. But both are virtually the same, one's just more, uh, an archivist while the other is a leader."

Ratchet looked at Jemina curiously, "And how do you know this?"

"Optimus told me." She shrugged.

Ratchet's eyes widened slightly, Optimus had never told anyone that except Ratchet, "Hm, I believe Jemina is correct, being a Decepticon is a choice agent Fowler, one that I have a hard time believing Optimus, or Orion, would make at any point in his life."

"So if he's riding with the 'cons…" Bulkhead started.

Arcee finished, "It's because Megatron's working some kind of voodoo."

Ratchet turned to face the other 'bots, "Orion Pax may not currently be an Autobot up here," He pointed to his mind, "But I must believe he will never stop being one in here." He then pointed to his spark, "We must locate him to know for certain."

"Hold up!" Fowler cried, "I have a chip lodged in my behind that lets Uncle Sam know when I stop for doughnuts. Are you telling me you can't just track Prime?"

"TMI man! Can't un-see that." Jemina cried covering her eyes and falling back onto the couch.

"Optimus' signal has not reappeared since he embarked from Earth's core, but we must get to work finding him if we have any hope of initiating his contingency plan."

"Contingency plan?" Arcee asked.

Bulkhead looked confused, "What contingency?"

"Is that even a word?" Miko asked.

Jack's face shot up in recognition, "The keycard, so what's it do?"

Jemina studied it a bit, it was a little bigger than the key she carried, before Ratchet broke her out of her thoughts again, "It grants access to Vector Sigma, the repository of the wisdom of the Primes."

"Is that some kind of super computer?" Raf asked eagerly.

"So we can just download Optimus' memories back into him?" Jack asked excited, "Great. Which one is the big 'V'? Over here? Somewhere in back?"

Jemina shook her head, if only it was that simple. Ratchet answered, "Vector Sigma is more than just a supercomputer Jack. It is an ancient source of mystical power, on Cybertron."

June became furious, "Jackson Darby you will not be traveling to another planet."

"I'm in." Miko offered.

"What's wrong with Cybertron? I went, would have been nice to have done some sightseeing though in its Golden Age." Jemina mused out loud.

Both June and Fowler just glared at her before June spoke again, "You're not going either Miko, none of you are. Not when one of you can." She finished pointing to the 'bots.

"June's right. Why send a boy to do a 'bots job?" Fowler asked.

"Because only a Prime can access Vector Sigma, or one chosen by a Prime." Ratchet explained, "Optimus gave the keycard to Jack. It is now imprinted with his unique biosignature."

Miko walked over and looked at the key, "So you mean Jack's, like, some kind of honorary Prime?"

Ratchet thought about how to answer her for a second, "Let's just say Jack is the only one who can return Optimus to the Autobot we knew."

"But why would Optimus willfully endanger a human, a child?" June asked.

Jack took some offence, "I'm not a child mom."

"Maybe Optimus believes there's more to Jack than meets the eye." Arcee offered.

Haha, real funny Arcee. Jemina thought then added, "Also the 'cons wouldn't suspect a human, at least not right away."

:What?:

"I mean. Megatron probably knows that we will try and restore Optimus and he probably knows about Vector Sigma right?"

"Indeed," Ratchet nodded.

"Well then, he would probably expect one of the 'bots to go there to try and save Optimus, not a human. Kind of leading him down the wrong road if you will." Jemina explained her theory.

"Well, all of it is moot. The keycard is useless to us without a means of reaching Cybertron, which we at present do not possess." Ratchet huffed.

Miko pointed to the ground bridge, "Dude, what about that?"

Raf tried to explain, "Miko, the ground bridge barely got them into Earth's orbit, remember?"

"Yeah, but Ratchet built it. Can't he just turbocharge the thing?"

Ratchet looked at the bridge thoughtfully, "You do have the space bridge schematics Raf downloaded." Jemina offered.

Ratchet looked at her funny, where did she learn that? "Yes, well…"

She continued, "And if you can't…aren't the 'cons building a space bridge?" Everyone looked at her at that point, "What? I over-heard Raf mumbling something about it."

"I did?" He said confused then shrugged, "Okay, whatever."

Ratchet looked at the time, "It would probably be best if you go home. We will inform you if there has been any change."

The kinds nodded and left with their respected guardians until only Jemina remained, "How are you doing with everything?"

"As well as can be expected I guess." She looked up to see Ratchet staring at the floor ashamed. She walked over and placed her hand on his servo which was lightly resting on a rail then smiled lightly, "We'll get him back or he'll come to us, either way Optimus Prime will return."

Ratchet scowled a bit, "How can you be so sure?!"

She descended the platform walking over to the ground bridge, "I just know."

Jemina and Raf bridge to the base early the next day, Jayce spending much of the morning playing with his Hot Wheels. Shortly after they arrived Ratchet walked over to Jemina, "How come you never told me?"

"About what?" She asked.

"You know what, about the chest pains and, and your blood."

She looked down for a second, "Oh that, well, I told Alpha Trion I wouldn't."

"Why wouldn't he want us to know?" Ratchet asked confused.

"Not entirely sure, maybe he was scared that the Decepticons would somehow find out." Jemina answered shrugging, though inwardly she knew it was much more than that. Ratchet nodded and she left to practice her abilities and was pleased to find that change hadn't affected them. When Jemina re-entered the main room she found Ratchet messing with the ground bridge, she smiled slightly and shook her head.


Optimus, or Orion as he now thought of himself, worked on decoding the Iacon entries for Megatrones. Something kept nagging at him, some memory wanted to reemerge, but he couldn't place what it was. The doors hissed open as Megatrones walked in, "Orion, how fare project Iacon?"

"I am a bit rusty I fear. I've only managed to decode three entries." In his heyday he should have been almost finished with the files, not just three entries in.

"And what do these entries comprise?"

"They were logged by Autobot archivists during the war, after I entered stasis. My only knowledge of their content so far is that they are coordinates targeting locations on this very planet." Orion explained pointing to a holographic globe, "I surmise that they could indicate hiding places for vessels shuttled from Cybertron for safekeeping."

"Such as historical documents or cultural artifacts?" Megatrones seemed to hiss in disappointment.

"My greatest fear would be weapons of mass destruction hidden away for later use." Orion concluded. Orion looked at the holo-globe again as a memory resurfaced.

"I don't care if you are Orion Pax or Optimus Prime!" A girl, a human girl, said sitting in his alt-cab, "I still think it's funny you couldn't talk to Elita, or Ariel, until she talked to you first!" She broke into a fit of laughter.

"You wouldn't understand, you're a femme yourself." Orion heard himself reply.

"Boy, you'll take Megatron on in a blink of an eye yet you're terrified of a female!"

The memory faded as Megatrones finished, "…From Autobot reach. Orion?"

"Hm?" Orion said looking up at Megatrones, "Yes?"

Megatrones walked over and put a servo on Orion's shoulder, "We are fortunate to have you on our side, Orion Pax."

"Lord Megatrones, I am puzzled by one particular finding." He called up the file on Starscream, "I have discovered several historical references to Starscream as your second in command…yet I have not seen him aboard the ship."

Megatrones turned around to answer before leaving, "Sadly, commander Starscream is dead."

Orion nodded then looked down as another memory popped into his processor. He walked over to the girl he saw in his cab earlier then gave her a questioning glance, "Is everything alright?"

"Yes Optimus, I merely wanted to spend a day with my brother." She all but laughed.

"I see, what is so funny?"

She put on a straight face, "Just the thought of you worrying because I wasn't going to be at the base for the day is all."

"I was merely concerned for your wellbeing, with Mech after you…"

"Its fine Optimus really, in all honesty I really just wanted to get away from Ratchet for a day so I decided to spend it with my brother."

"Ah." He said then he began to laugh to. "May I ask what you doing with that?" He asked pointing to the bow in her hand.

The memory continued for a bit, "Nice shot." The girl he learned to be called Jemina appraised.

"I hit it, I did not mean to, it just…" He said horrified, looking at the small creature he had just killed.

"It's fine Optimus, it was just a bird not a human being. Besides, it was the one that flew in the arrow's path…"

The memory faded, "Why did she keep calling me Optimus Prime?" Orion wondered out loud, confused also to who this girl he seemed to know actually was.


Ratchet was still working on tinkering with the ground bridge when Fowler decided to com them, "*Ratchet? You awake? This is an emergency.*"

"Agent Fowler, is it Optimus?" Ratchet asked hopeful.

He shook his head, "*It's 'cons, and they're busting into the same military research lab they hit two months ago.*"

:Their probably trying to finish building their space bridge.:

"Another space bridge?" Bulkhead asked.

Arcee looked back at Fowler, "But for all we know Optimus is riding with them."

"Roll out." Ratchet order.

As the 'bots began to leave Jemina turned to Fowler, "You might want to get all humans evacuated if we don't want to have the gov. on our backs."

"*Will do, though their already engaged, so it could take a bit of convincing.*" Fowler nodded before cutting the transmission.

A few minutes later Bulkhead called for pickup, "Where's Arcee?" Jack asked.

"She went through the Decepticon ground bridge. I have no idea where she is." Bulkhead answered.

Ratchet began scanning for her until she commed him from the Artic. Ratchet bridged her back, "I am done with the Artic and anything else that's negative fifty." Arcee growled.

Ratchet ran a scan over her as he asked, "You weren't able to determine the Decepticons' location or if Optimus was even aboard ship?"

Arcee looked down, "I…couldn't confirm."

Bulkhead grunted and crushed one of Ratchet's tools, "Bulkhead!" Ratchet yelled.

"What? You needed that? The only thing I need is our head honcho back." Bulkhead snapped.

Jemina spoke up, "Actually we can confirm Optimus was on board."

"Oh, how?" Arcee asked very upset.

"They bridge you off of the Nemesis instead of finishing you off. They clearly could have but they didn't. If Optimus did lose his Prime memories than it is very possible that Megatron is trying to use Optimus for something and doesn't what to show him anything that could question what he says. Such as killing an Autobot."

Arcee scoffed, "Even so, if any of us needed rescuing Optimus would have found a way. I didn't, simple as that."

"But you're not Optimus, none of us are." Jemina retorted, "Even Optimus can't always save everyone. He tries his best, and yes, he does tend to find weird loopholes to get us out of sticky situations but even he fails sometimes."

Fowler commed in again, "*Ratchet, what happened out there? Reports indicate at least a dozen wounded even after I ordered the evac. The heat's on me to provide some explanation. You 'bots better get your act together or the Pentagon will make me shut down your base.*"

The transmission ended and Raf looked at them, "But where would you go?"

"Who knows? Maybe they'll ship us out to some island or fire us into space. Wouldn't that be a welcome relief?" Ratchet huffed. Jemina had to hold back a small smile of amusement when Ratchet spoke the last option.

Arcee shook her head in anger, "I don't blame Fowler. Optimus would have evacuated and made sure all humans had left the area before engaging the 'cons."

:Who told Fowler to evacuate the area anyway?:

Ratchet just looked at Jemina for a seconded before turning to the computers to continue scanning. "We don't know what Optimus would have done because he's not here!" Bulkhead shouted.

"He guys!" Jemina shouted at them before he voice became calm, "Chill it would ya?! This isn't going to help us get Optimus back by yelling and arguing with one another."

"Yeah, aren't we overlooking one positive?" Jack asked and Jemina nodded in agreement, "Nobody's talking about what the 'cons just got their claws on."

Ratchet scoffed, "Yes, we've managed to allow them to finally acquire a power source for their space bridge." Both Jack and Jemina sent him a knowing look, "Oh no, you two still aren't entertaining that idea."

"Why not? What can we possibly hope to lose from it?" Jemina asked, "Besides, if they just finished building it shouldn't the guarding of it be down just a little?"

"That way we can commandeer it and use it to send me to Cybertron." Jack finished.

"Whoa, that's a pretty good idea." Miko mused.

"Ho-ho! Well if Miko thinks it's a good idea…" Arcee said sarcastically.

"Nobody's saying it will be easy, but you've seized a space bridge before." Jack argued.

"We blew one up. That's a whole lot different than three of us seizing and holding one." Bulkhead retorted.

Jemina rolled her eyes, "Wasn't it just thirty seconds ago that you were complaining about Optimus not being here? Now we have a half-way reasonable plan and you're trying to shoot it down."

:Where are we even going to start looking for a space bridge?:

Arcee nodded, "Bee's right. We'd have to find the thing first. Arcee agreed.

"Uh, hello? If it's a space bridge isn't it…?" Miko pointed up.

Jemina didn't feel like listening to Ratchet's grouchy argument, "Space bridge refers to distance able to travel not location."

"We'd know if it were there anyway, we've been monitoring the atmosphere and surrounding area since the last one." Ratchet added.

Jack nodded, "So the bridge could be somewhere right here on Earth."

"Like trying to find a servo in a scrapyard." Bulkhead said with utmost enthusiasm.

"Then maybe we'd better start looking." Arcee relented.

Ratchet sighed, "But the fact remains, we do not know what the Decepticons have in store for Optimus or if he's truly safe from harm."

"All the more reason to start searching and find it sooner." Jemina nodded, "Maybe we can sneak aboard the Nemesis after we have the keycard restored."

"We'll see." Ratchet said sending the team to different locations to begin searching.

Jemina took her brother out for a drive since Bee was out searching and he was getting antsy. They returned to Raf walking out of the main room a little upset and sad, "Why don't you go play with Raf for a bit?" Jemina said to Jayce.

"OK." He got out of the car and ran towards Raf.

Jemina pulled into the main room to see Ratchet staring dejected at the computer counsel. He didn't look at her so she just climbed up to the platform. Bulkhead commed a minute later, "*Need a bridge back.*" He drove through then transformed, "No sigh of Energon spikes. Arcee or Bee find a space bridge?"

Ratchet shook his head, "They haven't yet reported back."

"Ratchet, you all right?" Bulkhead asked concerned.

"Hm? Yes. Yes, let's just get you to the next quadrant." Ratchet waved him off before the computers started beeping.

"What is it?" Bulkhead asked.

"A high-frequency signal…with an embedded message, for me?" Ratchet looked confused.

Bulkhead looked hopeful, "Optimus?"

"Starscream! I have obtained information regarding your leader. Bring medical kit. Come alone." Ratchet thought for a second then turned to Bulkhead, "Bulkhead, with me. Jemina man the ground bridge."

She nodded and watched them go through. They came back several minutes later, Ratchet looking slightly happier than before too, "Everything go ok?"

"Yes, and we now know where the space bridge is." He proceeded to bring the other's back before explaining further, "The Decepticon space bridge is located right here, deep within an Energon mine."

Arcee nodded approvingly, "Adjacent to a raw fuel supply, clever. What's our intel?"

Ratchet and Bulkhead looked at each other for a second before answering, "A…reliable source." Arcee just gave him a look, "So, do we have a consensus?"

June spoke asked, "Do we even know if people can breathe your atmosphere?"

Jemina answered for them, "Not anymore we can't. He'll some kind of rebreather at the very least lest."

"I'll hook Jack up." Fowler offered, "Completely state of the art. I still have connections at NASA."

"It's too dangerous." June objected.

Jemina pinched the bridge of her nose then threatened annoyed, "Oh not this again. Mrs. Darby if you don't let Jack go I might just very well drag him through with an energy field."

"Mom I know that this is hard but Optimus risked his life to save our planet, and he's not even human. We owe it to him." Jack tried to console.

Arcee walked over, "Jack maybe the only one who can do this June, but I don't want you to think for one moment that I'll allow him to travel unchaperoned."

"Not everyone is destined for an ordinary life. Optimus Prime was once Orion Pax after all." Ratchet reminded.

June turned to look at Jack, "When you were little, you always wanted to be an astronaut."

"Oh great, here comes the mushy gushy." Jemina said making a disgusted face and making Miko snicker.

Ratchet began explaining the plan while Fowler began working on getting Jack the suit, "We will ground bridge directly into the Energon mine and make our way to the space bridge chamber, neutralizing any Decepticon forces we encounter. Once we secure the space bridge we'll send for Jack. Stealth must be an absolute priority. We will most certainly be out numbered, and if any Decepticon should manage to transmit an alert to their warship…"

"The odds become 400 to 1." Bulkhead gleefully said, not.

"Scrambling communications upon entry will certainly provide an edge in this regard."

"Taking the bridge is the easy part. You three need to hold it long enough for Jack and me to get to Cybertron and back." Arcee put in.

"Rafael climbed to the top of the rope in gym class. We can do this." Ratchet stated causing Raf to smile.

Miko was confused, "What does gym class have to do with anything? And if Ratchet gets to go on a commando raid, I'm going too."

Ratchet shook his head, "Miko, you will help Rafael operate our ground bridge and manage the communications hub."

Miko growled in frustration and stomped away, "Can't go to Cybertron, can't storm the Decepticon space bridge."

"And Nurse Darby will stand by in case of emergency."

Fowler came over, "Son, it's time to suit up."

The 'bots went through the bridge and it closed again. They waited several minutes and Miko had taken to passing while Jemina had taken to creating energy fields into different shapes to entertain Jayce, "*Strike teak to base. Objective secured.*"

Fowler turned to Jack, "That's your cue."

Jack nodded and climbed down, the other's following suit while Jemina swung over the side and landed on the floor perfectly. Raf jumped off the last rung, "Bring me back a souvenir."

"So what happens when you have to go to the bathroom?" Miko asked which Jemina promptly bobbed her head for.

"Safe journey son." Fowler nodded.

June walked a bit closer to him, "Just go already. Optimus needs you."

Jack walked through the ground bridge and they all went back up to the platform to wait, Ratchet's voice came through, "*Arcee, Jack do you copy?*"

"*Rodger, we're on Cybertron.*" Jack answered.

A chorus of cheers rang through the Autobot base, "*Just keep the sightseeing to a minimum huh?*" Bulkhead asked.

"*Indeed. We don't know if your journey ahead is five clicks or five-thousand.*" Ratchet agreed.

Arcee came in, "*Understood, we're out.*"

Then communications went silent for a little while until disaster struck, "*Space bridge control do you read me? Space bridge control, this is Breakdown. Your status report is overdue…Come in space bridge control. Don't make me come down there and dent some engine blocks.*"

No one said anything for a while until Fowler couldn't handle it, "Somebody say something, pronto!"

Ratchet spoke through their com line, "*Rafael, patch in agent Fowler.*"

"*You have one Nano cycle to respond before I…*" Breakdown threatened.

"This is space bridge control, situation normal." Fowler said trying to make something up impromptu.

"*Normal, you sure about that?*" Breakdown asked.

"We were just calibrating the subsystems and we, uh, had a surge, but it's fine now. How are you?" Fowler asked then looked horrified and Jemina had to refrain herself from slugging him.

"*Uh, never better. I know it's thankless down there, keep up the good work huh?*"

"Will do, control out." Fowler ended the com, "Before I do anything else stupid."

"I'll say. And…did Breakdown just compliment a human?" Jemina asked.

The kids had a good snicker at that before they fell into silence again, listening and waiting. Jack came in suddenly and sounding very panicked, "*We're being attacked by some kind of giant bot-beetle.*"

Jemina quivered a bit, yuck, Insecticon. Ratchet answered him, "*An Insecticon!*"

"A what?" June asked.

Raf then asked, "What are Decepticons doing on Cybertron?"

"*A few remained in stasis, sentries should the enemy return.*" Ratchet informed.

"*Jack, go!*" Arcee yelled, forgetting that the comlink was still on.

"Without Arcee? She's his guide." June argued.

"*No Nurse Darby. Arcee is Jack's backup, the keycard is his guide.*"

"*Go!*" Arcee shouted.

"Listen to her Jack. You've made it this far, Optimus is counting on you." June said.

"*Roger that mom.*" The com-lines went silent for a while, "*Hey everyone, I'm in.*"

"Sweet!" Miko cheered while everyone else just shared nervous smiles.

"*Commencing download, I think.*"

"*Soon Optimus.*" Ratchet whispered.

Jemina nodded, "Hurry, please." She whispered.

Jack let out a small huff, "*This is taking a while.*"

"*Of course it is. We are talking about the collective wisdom of the Primes.*" Shouting could be heard from Jack, "*What is it Jack?*"

"*Scraplets!*"

"What's a Scraplet?" June asked, all the kids just paled.

Jemina answered, "Think of a cross between ravenous red fire ants and a really mad spider and you come close to a Scraplet."

"*Why did it have to be Scraplets?*" You could almost see Bulkhead shaking.

"*If they chew through Vector Sigma before the matrix fully loads…*"

"*So, Vector Sigma is more than legend.*" A new voice spoke.

"Is that…?" June asked.

"Megatron." Jemina hissed. They tried to listen further but the transmission seemed to have been lost for the moment. Jemina tapped her foot as she thought then shook her head returning to the screens.

Fowler and June caught her thinking, "What were you thinking, it looked serious."

"Uh, nothing. It was just something really stupid."

Miko looked over, "Like how?"

"Like something you would do."

"Like what?"

"Well…uh, nothing. Really. Ratchet, Optimus and every other Cybertronian would probably kill me if I did it."

Raf turned around, "I can't get a signal through, I think were being blocked by Soundwave."

"Uh…How do we know when they need back?" Miko asked.

"We don't." Jemina deadpanned, "I guess I'll be going through with it anyway. Raf, if I can amplify a transmitter do you think you could receive it?"

"Maybe, if it was strong enough to get through the blockade, but we would still need to find a crack or something in the blockade." Raf answered.

"Then find it and open the ground bridge. I'll go through and see if I can amplify the signal enough so you can at least know when pick up is needed."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Fowler cried, "Megatron is there probably kicking our 'bots tin buts and you want to go there just so we can receive a signal?!"

"You got a better idea? If we can't get a signal from them we won't know when or where it would be safe to bridge them back from and everything that this was for would be for not. Besides, if I stay hidden they'll never know."

"Do you even know if you can amplify the signal?" June asked.

"Don't knock it 'til ya try it." She shrugged and grabbed a long range transmitter then disappeared through the ground bridge.

Miko looked in her as she disappeared, "So who wants to bet that when Ratchet finds out she'll grounded to the base for a month."

"I'm bettin' two months." Raf nodded.

Jemina ran through the bridge and found Arcee just tackling Megatron, "Uo." Jemina cringed then ran behind a rock pillar. She focused on the transmitter to boost its signal, "Raf? Can you hear me?"

"*Y-yes…though you're a…bit static-y.*" Raf answered.

"So are you."

Fowler came in, "*How are things there?*"

"You want me to answer…Optimus." She breathed seeing Jack giving the key, that currently held the matrix, to Optimus.

"Are you, certain I am worthy?" Optimus/Orion asked.

Jack nodded, "You have no idea."

Jemina grinned as she saw Orion becoming Optimus again, "Guys, were getting Optimus back."

She saw Megatron run towards Optimus, "No!" he shouted as he brought his blade down.

Optimus caught like a cartoon ninja would, "Megatron…be gone!" Optimus then proceeded to beat Megatron back before he turned to Ratchet, "Ratchet, how did we arrive here?"

"Long story old friend." Ratchet answered relieved.

"*Base to Jemina, we're reading five Autobot life signals down there. Is Prime with you?*" Fowler asked.

Jemina breathed a sigh of relief, "Yeah, he is. We could really use that ground bridge now." A bridge flared to life a second later and Jemina quickly ran through, stepping out of the hallway just before Arcee and Jack came through.

June saw Jack and ran towards him crying, "Jack!"

Optimus was the last one to come through, "Optimus!" Jemina shouted as she ran over to him.

He knelt down and picked her up, "You look far better than when I left."

"Feel better to." She smiled.

Raf walked over, "Optimus?"

"Hello Rafael."

"The big guy remembers us!" Miko cried.

Optimus looked at Jemina on his shoulder, "I never forgot some of you, but there does seem much that I do not remember." He finished looking at the Decepticon symbol on his arm.

"Optimus, it has truly been our darkest hour, but know this. From every indication, your spark never ceased being that of an Autobot." Ratchet smiled.

Arcee walked over, "Speaking of sparks…" She looked at Jemina who just looked at the floor with a look of 'I'm in trouble.'

"What is wrong Arcee?"

Ratchet answered, "Jemina promised she would tell us what happened once we got you back…he's back and now I expect an explanation."

"Um…" She looked at the ceiling, "Can we forget that that ever happened?"

"No." Ratchet growled, "Explain, now."

"What is going on?" Optimus asked thoroughly confused.

Jemina quickly scaled down Optimus, "Where do you think you're going?!"

"Hey, I promised to explain how it happened, not what happened. I'll leave that to you. And I never said when I would, just that I would after we got Prime back." She said over her shoulder before sprinting out of the room.

Optimus turned to Ratchet, "So…?"

"Uh, how to say this? She's got Energon for blood and a spark, and it isn't killing her."

Optimus looked shocked to say the least, "But, how?"

"It has something to do with Alpha Trion though she has yet to say anything about it." Ratchet looked down the hallway, "Sometimes I swear she's worse than a Decepticon when it comes to getting out of something. She leaves herself many loopholes to exploit."

Optimus gazed in the direction she left, "If it has something to do with Alpha Trion then there may be more than she lets on, something he may not want us to know as of yet."

"But why?" Jack asked, "If it's something that could help you guys then why would she hide it from you?"

Optimus remembered the conversation they had when he was infected with the Cybonic plague, "It may be because the ending is worth keeping the knowledge unknown to us. She will tell us when she's ready."

Ratchet grunted unhappily, "Yippie."


Yeah! So real quick...if you were like me and have, had, no idea what a click(klick) it is a kilometer :P yeah. i watch a lot of military type movies and shows and went "I watch all this and they use that word a lot and i still don't know what it means." So there ya go, hehe. R&R!