Firefly's (POV)

When I woke up I had a strange feeling, at first I thought I was sick but I brushed it off and headed to the Alchemor to see everybody. It's been so crazy these last few days, I felt like I time traveled into the future or something. It was weird.

I arrived at the Alchemor and saw everybody there, bright and early. I slept for awhile it seems because Bumblebee and his team were already there giving a briefing on recon missions apparently. Then that strange feeling came back again and the same moment an alarm started to blare, that made me flinch.

"Lieutenant, I'm picking up an Autobot distress signal!" Fixit informed.

"Where is the ship's landing site?" Bumblebee asked.

"Four miles from here."

An Autobot signal? Four miles? I feel something in my spark. Something familiar... No i-it can't be... He's...

"Alright. Sideswipe, Strongarm, you're with me. Let's re-!"

"Wait," I interjected "I know this will sound weird, but I think I know who's on that ship."

"Who?" Strongarm asked.

"I don't know, but I have a strange feeling like I do. Please, let me come along." I insisted.

Bumblebee looked at me for a moment then agreed. "Alright then, let's rev up and roll out!"

We all transformed and drove out of the scrapyard to see who sent out a distress signal.

We drove four miles away from Crown City into a lush green forest, which wasn't really new for me since there was one outside the scrapyard. The deeper we drove into the forest, the more thoughts were starting to build up in me; like why do I have this strange feeling in my spark? In my spark I know who it is but my mind is telling me it's impossible because he's... dead.

"We're near the coordinates, sir." Strongarm said, interrupting my thoughts.

When we reached the coordinates, we transformed and walked over to what looked like an Autobot ship. It was small, white and had blue detailing. It seemed to have crashed because the trees surrounding the ship were either broken apart and lying on the ground, or broken halfway but they were still rooted beneath the earth.

We walked towards the ship following the trail it left in the dirt when it crashed. As we neared the ship we heard a sudden noise coming from the inside. We quickly drew our weapons and slowly walked up to the entrance hatch. Suddenly, the hatch started to open. Everyone aimed at it. And what I saw was someone I never, ever thought I'd see again...

My brother.

As he walked down, I released the tension in my bow and lowered it. I can't believe it... He's alive!

Everyone still had their weapons on the mech. When he saw this he shot his servos up in surrender. "Whoah, it's okay I'm an Autobot too."

Bumblebee was going to question him, but I didn't let him finish because I was too happy right now to stop myself. "Ryme!"

I ran to him and put my arms around his neck, hugging tightly in my arms. I buried my face in his neck, crying solftly. "I thought you were gone." I whispered.

Ryme sighed and hugged me back tightly. "I missed you so much sis." He said softly in my audio.

"Me too Ryme, me too." I said as I hugged him tighter.

"Firefly, you can let go now." Ryme strained out.

I laughed and let go of him. "Sorry. Oh yeah, I need to introduce to everyone." I said as I turned to face everybody. I moved to my brother's side so they can get a clear view of him. His frame was a bit boxy, he almost had the same colours as mine but with a lighter grey, he was the same height as me, and he still had that stupid black visor. Apparently, he found them when we were evacuating people from a building, he said it made him look 'mysterious'. Pffft! As if! Also he had what the humans would say a British accent.

(Ryme's POV)

"Hi, my name is Ryme and I'm Firefly's brother. It's nice to meet you." I extended my servo in greeting.

"Welcome to Earth Ryme. My name is Bumblebee, and this is my team, there are more at the base you can meet later when we get there." Bumblebee introduced himself.

I smiled and nodded to all of them.

"I'm Cadet Strongarm, it's nice to meet." The blue and white cadet said.

"And I'm Sideswipe, the most awesome one on this team." The red mech boasted with a smirk on his face, I chuckled at that.

"If by 'awesome' you mean annoying." Strongarm grumbled.

"Hey! I am awesome!" Sideswipe retorted.

"Oh, really? If I recall your awesome prank left me pink, for a whole week!"

"It was funny!"

"No it wasn't!"

Bumblebee only sighed as Sideswipe and Strongarm continued to bicker. I wonder if they were together. "Hey, sis are those two together?" I whispered, not taking my optics off them bickering.

"No." She whispered back, also not taking her optics of them. To be honest I was a bit relieved, because the red mech was kind of handsome. I heard Bumblebee deeply ex-vent and broke those two apart. We then all transformed into our vehicle modes mine was a grey Aston Martin One-77. As we were driving in single file, Sideswipe slowed down a little since I was at the back, and drove next to me. I got a bit nervous and shy.

"Nice car choice, suits you." He said smoothly, I blushed even though he couldn't see it but I think he felt it.

"Umm," I cleared my throat "Thank you," I said shyly. "Yours too, a mech like you doesn't need to look hard for a vehicle, since you'll good in anything."

Sideswipe chuckled, "Thanks." Now I felt him blushing which made me smile a little. There was a pause "You're gonna like the others at base, they're super fun, well except Drift, I swear he doesn't know the meaning of fun." Sideswipe complained.

For the entire drive Sideswipe talked about the bots at base, I listened patiently for him to finish, which proved to be a challenge since he likes talking so much. But I think that's what is drawing me to him. He has such a beautiful (and chatty) voice. It's so refreshing. It could lull me to recharge.

When we arrived at the scrapyard, I met the Autobots Sideswipe was talking about, and yes I did listen to his beautiful chatter. Once I was introduced to them I mostly hung around Firefly who noticed me crushing on Sideswipe already. She teased me for the entire day until it was time to recharge. I slept in her room temporarily until I got my own. I laid beside Firefly and she smiled, "I'm happy that your back." And then she fell to sleep.

I smiled too, "Good to be back." I whispered. I felt myself getting tired, my optics closed and my body became lighter as sleep overthrew me.

End of Chapter 7