All the bots, Denny and Russel were looking through the scrapyard for Fix-it, but they couldn't find him anywhere. Paige was missing as well. They tracked Fix-it's signal on the computer and Sideswipe and the mini-cons went out in search of him.

Paige had seen Fix-it leaving the scrapyard earlier and followed behind. He seemed to be stuck in a vocal rut since he kept repeating the word escape. He was definitely glitching. She figured she'd simply knock some sense into him with a rock or something, but the little bugger was fast on his wheels for a bot traveling in the wilderness. Paige was only slightly taller than Denny's knees now so she still couldn't cover much distance very quickly. She knew Fix-it would eventually stop so she merely kept track of him even as he pulled further and further ahead. Finally he stopped and Paige searched around for a piece of wood or a rock. It wasn't that easy to climb up Fix-it because he didn't have that many grooves so it would be easier to simply throw something at his head. She finally found a decent sized rock and aimed it at his head. She misjudged the distance because of her size and she missed the next three times much to her embarrassment. She went to try again when she heard something rustle in the brush behind her and she turned to see the brown fur of a bear. She had remembered Fix-it glitching and she had remembered everyone searching for him, but she hadn't remembered the bear. If she recalled correctly, brown bears were likely to attack anything that disturbed them especially if there was a cub nearby. She quickly moved around Fix-it using him as a shield. At her size, she'd make a quick snack for that bear if it saw her. The bear lumbered nearby obviously disturbed by Fix-it repeating the word escape over and over. Paige could completely understand. She was beyond annoyed by it as well. Agitated, the bear finally reared up threateningly and came in their direction. Paige couldn't help it and she let out a terrified piercing shriek. The scream apparently was more effective than a hit to the head as Fix-it started to come out of his glitch. The bear reared up again growling and Paige shrieked again, but before it could attack Sideswipe stepped in its path and then led it away. The mini-cons quickly followed after him.

While they were distracting the bear, Paige informed Fix-it that he'd glitched even though he tried to deny it and convinced him to return to the scrapyard. The mini-cons and Sideswipe returned to join them and naturally Paige started to fall behind because of her size. That didn't escape Sideswipe's notice however and he stopped so she could catch up. He was relieved to notice that she wasn't limping anymore, but he still wanted to scold her for leaving by herself because his energon had nearly frozen when he heard her screams. He held his complaints solely because he felt that he'd slightly redeemed himself just now for saving her and Fix-it from the bear. Hopefully this would make up for the Vertebreak incident. Sideswipe wasn't a patient bot, but he wasn't going to push her to keep up with them. However, Slipstream solved that problem by asking Paige if he could carry her and Paige consented.

"I've never held a human child before," said Slipstream carefully cradling her in one arm and Paige laughed in response.

"I'm tiny, but I'm not a child," she said. The mini-cons hadn't taken an interest in her till now so she was sure the other bots hadn't told them about her situation so she started to explain her odd circumstances. Both Slipstream and Jetstorm were highly interested in what was happening to her. Even Fix-it and Sideswipe got to hear a new story about the end of the war that they didn't know.

"There weren't any statues of you on Cybertron," said Sideswipe frowning suddenly. "Not even small ones."

"It's hardly surprising," said Paige pragmatically. "The humans were only a small part of the war even at the end. Even if they did help, Bumblebee was the one that took down Megatron personally, but it was Optimus' whole team that made it happen. No offense, but most of your kind looks down on humans and I don't mean from a height perspective. Considering that the bots that are now in control probably didn't have much to do with the war, they most likely omitted our involvement."

"That's not right," said Sideswipe shaking his head.

"Most of the humans that were involved are probably gone now," said Paige shrugging. "I don't think they mind and neither do I. The planet was saved and that was all that mattered. Besides, there are millions of humans that never knew about the Autobots in the first place so it's only fair."

When they returned to the scrapyard, Bumblebee told Fix-it that he needed to get repaired and Fix-it surprisingly asked Denny to do it. Denny protested at first, but then agreed after saying he needed to do some research.

Paige knew how this was going to turn out. She was small enough that her fingers might be useful in helping repair him, but she had no knowledge nor the confidence that she could help. She asked Slipstream to put her down and walked toward the trailer. It was still intact after this episode so she'd be safe in there. As she passed by Bumblebee, she said, "We need Ratchet."

"I wish," responded Bumblebee looking down at her. "Things would be so much easier."

"I miss the grumpy bot," added Paige as Bumblebee chuckled in response.

"He's still on Cybertron," he said.

Paige frowned. "No, he isn't," she said shaking her head. Bumblebee looked at her in confusion. "I guess you didn't know," she said. "You'll see him again and he'll tell you why himself. I don't know when that will be though. I didn't pay as much attention to these stories as I did to the ones during the war. I apologize for that." She bit her lip in regret and headed off to the trailer while Drift stepped over to Bumblebee.

"How is it that the human knows what is occurring on Cybertron?" asked Drift bluntly.

Bumblebee blinked his optics in surprise. It was the first time Drift had been even slightly interested in a human. Denny liked to stay out of his way and Russel butted heads with him, but he mostly ignored Paige and she'd done so in return. She might have caught his attention when Slipstream came in carrying her. Slipstream seemed to be the more level headed of the mini-cons. "Well when we first met," said Bumblebee starting on the story. He had just finished telling Drift about her mysterious appearance here when Denny entered the tent to try and fix Fix-it.

"So she claims to see the future," said Drift glancing at the trailer where she was currently staying.

Bumblebee laughed surprising Drift. "Actually she says she knows the past," said Bumblebee. "She's from the future and she says she only knows old stories about the past. She's organic though so she can't remember every detail. That's why she only offers advice. We can choose to follow it or ignore it. If it's something extremely important, she'll get involved and try to change it herself. That was how she got injured earlier."

"That is commendable of her," said Drift.

Bumblebee raised his eye ridge at the unexpected compliment. He'd bet a hundred credits that Drift wouldn't tell her that in person though.

Denny suddenly exited the tent saying Fix-it was awake. Unfortunately Fix-it had switched from Caretaker to Guard mode and all his missiles and armaments came out. He identified all the bots in his sight as possible Decepticon captives and the chase started. All the ship's defense blasters that had been randomly stored throughout the scrapyard activated as well, targeting the bots. During the chaos, Chop Shop escaped his stasis pod, but was hunted down by the other bots and a still malfunctioning Fix-it. Eventually they managed to corral both the Con and Fix-it. Denny tinkered a bit more and Fix-it ended up still glitched, but slightly more repaired as his stutter disappeared.

Drift frowned as he looked back at the trailer now that things had calmed down. "She should have warned us."

"She may not have known," said Bumblebee in her defense.

"And yet despite the noise, she did not step one foot out that door," said Drift.

Bumblebee couldn't say anything to refute that. He knew that Paige had a reason for everything she did, but that didn't mean he had to agree with it.

"All that insanity and he's right back where he started," said Denny sighing as he watched Fix-it run into something.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," said Bumblebee in relief. Having Fix-it in Caretaker mode was probably the best for everyone's safety.

"If we cannot repair Fix-it," said Drift. "It would behoove us to access and repair the defense systems he created."

"See what you can do," said Bumblebee in agreement.