A/N: Hope you all have been enjoying the story so far, and this chapter is a real game changer, so lets begin!
Chapter 16-Revelation
The Autobot's all stood in a storage room in their Base, all expect Optimus Prime, their leader. They all knew why they had gathered here, it was to discuss their missing leader and his behavior as of late. The first to speak out was Arcee.
"Something isn't adding up." She stated, looking to her fellow comrades, "The Groundbridges he uses have no coordinate data, it's all been erased."
"But why? Why would he cover his tracks if unless…" Cliffjumper couldn't finish the sentence but Ratchet did.
"If he was hiding something from us, but why?" Bulkhead huffed.
"Well we need to figure out the 'why' part, I'm tired of being left in the dark!"
Bumblebee then asked, 'What if he's trying to protect us from something?'
"Or," Arcee countered, "He's trying to protect someone or thing from us?"
"Whatever it is, one things clear, he is hiding something big." Ratchet sighed, "So, how do we go about finding out what it is?"
"We can't ask him, he'll deny it for sure." Bulkhead grunted in frustration.
"Wait," Cliffjumper's optics lit up with an idea, "What if we monitor the Groundbridge, like have something record the data to a seperate drive so that when he erases it we have a copy of what he's erased!"
"Actually, that's not a bad idea, Cliffjumper." Ratchet said as he began running calculations. "I think I can build such a device in one earth week's time and then all we have to do is wait for when he makes his move."
'And then, we'll have answers.' Bee said with a hardened look.
"I don't believe it!" Starscream shouted to the small room of High Command Decepticons.
"Are you sure Soundwave?" Knockout asked again the silent mech who simply nodded and showing camera's of Megatron leaving the ship again.
"Well, it looks like he couldn't stay here, I mean, what in the pits is drawing his attention away like this!?" Breakdown said, looking to Knockout with a questioning look.
Starscream sighed, "I've had it to here, Soundwave, is there anyway of tracking his location?"
He showed that nothing could track their master, unless they used the device he kept taking from the Vault.
"Wait, what device might that be?" The other Cons were confused until Soundwave showed a picture of the Crown of Changing.
"Why would he need such a device?" Knockout pondered.
"It doesn't matter, we'll track the location of that device's unique signature and we'll have our answers, Soundwave, how long till you have pinpointed it?" Starscream asked.
Soundwave showed it would take about an earth week to do so since the signature was being messed with by the so close to Megatron.
"Fine," The seeker said, "When it is done, alert us and we'll head out and finally get some answers."
One earth week passed and the Autobots had finally managed to gather the location data they needed to find out what was going on with their leader and with that said they used the Groundbridge and went through, even Ratchet who had a remote control of the Groundbridge in hand.
They arrived in a wooded area where a large clearing lay, it was dotted with blue flowers and a sunny sky.
"Hey, I remember this place, it was the same one with that strange signal and Megatron." Cliffjumper remarked.
"More questions than." Ratchet commented before they headed deeper into the wood.
They walked for quite a bit before they saw another clearing ahead, as well they heard voices talking, taking the stealth approach they slowly inched closer till the could see into the clearing without being spotted, they saw a single human settlement with a barn in the back and the same blue flowers in the field surrounding it all.
The voices were coming from behind the house but both sounded male, they got louder and then the male voices rounded the corner. There stood two human males about the same height, the right one had amber eyes, silver hair pushed back and he wore cargo pants, combat boots and a plain grey shirt. The other had blue eyes, black hair with a red jacket, black shirt, jeans and combat boots but what struck the Autobots was the symbols they carried, of Autobot and Decepticon origin.
"So, you think there's a chance?" The Decepticon asked, the voice familiar to them all.
"I believe so, if Primus says that you and Eleanor are fated for this then how can I argue?" The voice of their leader spoke through the human, they didn't believe it, Optimus and Megatron were having a civil conversation but as...humans?!
Megatron sighed, "I can only hope he is right about that, but, I know that with you by our side we won't lose our way that much…" He smirked playfully as Optimus punched him in the shoulder laughing.
"What are you two laughing about?" A female voice called, they looked to see a human female coming out of the barn, she had red hair and green eyes, freckled skin and wore a brown dress with an apron wrapped around her, her black boots and gloves being adjusted as she walked up to them.
"Nothing really, just enjoying my brother's sarcasm." Optimus said with a smirk.
"Right, well it's good to see you two getting along so well. I was kinda afraid it was a facade or something." She said with downcast eyes.
"Don't fret my love, I think of anyone in the universe you will bring us back down to our roots and remind us both just what we really are fighting for." She blushed and punched him in the shoulder.
"Oh, stop it." Megatron rubbed his shoulders with a slight scowl.
"Is this what it's going to be like now, because that one hurt." Both the Prime and the girl laughed at the warlord's misfortunes before continuing to walk towards the house and out of earshot of the stunned Autobots.
Not to mention the stunned Decepticons that watched from across the field.