Meanwhile in Jasper, Nevada, the sun was shining very brightly. Everyone was outside enjoying the nice sunny weather. It was hot out, so people were finding ways to keep cool. Children were outside playing in pools or water parks while their parents watched. Some people went to the park to enjoy the nice scenery. Everyone was looking forward to a nice sunny day today.

In an alleyway, Nikita stepped out of her portal and looked around to make sure no one saw her. She walked out of the alley and traveled down a road straight out of town. She wanted to meet up with her other friends and see how they were doing. In this universe, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons led to the destruction of Cybertron. This forced both sides to flee their homeworld and took their war to other planets.

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, traveled across different galaxies searching for a new home. But the Decepticons, led by Megatron, would always find them and they ended up destroying many worlds with their never-ending battles. This caused the Autobots to keep on retreating and fleeing from their enemies in the process. They eventually brought their conflict to Earth, where the Autobots allied with some humans to help save their planet from Decepticon interference.

Once she made it to the edge of town, Nikita sprouted her wings and began to fly to the Autobots base in the desert. She heard that they were having some sort of problem with their groundbridge and were working on trying to fix it. She soon spotted Arcee and Bumblebee in their vehicle modes heading in the same direction.

"Hey, Arcee! Bumblebee!" Nikita shouted. "Hello, Nikki. What brings you back here?" Arcee asked. "I heard the groundbridge was having problems, so I wanted to go check it out." Nikita said. "{Yeah. The groundbridge was acting up lately.}" Bumblebee beeped. "You could say that again." Arcee said.

Once the trio reached the base, the entrance opened to allow them inside. Ratchet and the kids were the only ones there since Optimus, Ultra Magnus, and the others were out on patrol. Jack was helping Miko with schoolwork while Raf was watching Ratchet work on the groundbridge. Nikita landed on the ground while Arcee and Bumblebee transformed into robot mode. Miko took a break from her homework to greet the trio with Jack and Raf following behind.

"Nikki! You're back!" Miko shouted. "Yup. Glad to be back." Nikita said. "How was your trip? Did you see your other friends?" Raf asked. "Yes I have. They're doing just fine." Nikita said. "I hope we get to meet them pretty soon." Jack said. "Oh I'm sure you will." Nikita said.

She walked up the stairs and went over to Ratchet to see what he was working on. He was finishing repairs on the groundbridge after it received some unknown error in its program. Nikita took a good look at the schematics for the groundbridge on the computers.

"Hey, Ratchet! What are you working on?" She asked. "Hello, Nikki. I'm just finishing up some repairs on the groundbridge." Ratchet said. "I heard that you were having some problems with it lately." Nikita said. "True, there were some technical difficulties. But I think I've managed to fix most of them." Ratchet said. "Well that's great news." Nikita said.

Jack and Raf went over to greet their Autobot guardians Arcee and Bumblebee respectfully. Miko felt a little jealous that she couldn't go with Bulkhead on patrol. But he felt that she would be safer at the base than with him and Wheeljack. Optimus and Ultra Magnus decided to take Smokescreen with them to show him what the Wreckers were all about.

"I miss Bulkhead. When is he coming back?" Miko asked. "Optimus should be contacting us very soon, Miko." Ratchet said. "When was the last time you contacted him?" Nikita asked. "A few hours ago." Ratchet answered.

Miko climbed up the stairs and went back to the game corner. She turned on a racing game and started playing. Jack went over to collect their homework for the day. Bumblebee picked up Raf and placed him next to Ratchet so he could watch him finish his work. Nikita walked over and sat next to him. She grew fond of the young boy ever since she first met him and the others not too long ago.

"{Do you think any Scraplets might've damaged the groundbridge, like last time?}" Bumblebee beeped. "I don't think so. We got rid of every single one of them, remember?" Raf tells him. "Besides, there's no sign of any known damage in the circuits." Ratchet said. "You must be a very special kid, being able to understand Bumblebee and all." Nikita said. "Yeah. I don't know how or why, but I can understand him." Raf said.

Even after all this time, Nikita was still amazed at how a young human like Raf is able to understand the electronic beeps of a giant robot. Bumblebee was also amazed that Raf could make out what he was saying. All the other humans have a hard time understanding him, even Nikita couldn't make out what he said. But Raf didn't have a hard time, in fact, he sometimes acted as a translator for Bumblebee at times when he needed to talk to other humans.

Suddenly, there was a beeping noise coming from the computers. It was Optimus Prime calling base with his comm link. He and the others must be done with their patrol for the day. Ratchet turned on the comm link to make contact with the Autobot leader.

"Calling home base, this is Optimus Prime speaking. We need a bridge back to base immediately." He said. "Roger, opening the groundbridge at once." Ratchet said.

He activated the groundbridge to reach the location of Optimus and the others. Once the bridge opened, Optimus and the rest of the team arrived. As the groundbridge began to close, the Autobots transformed into robot modes.

"Greetings, everyone." Optimus said. "It's good to have you back." Arcee said. "Bulk! You're back!" Miko shouted excitedly. "Good to see you too, Miko." Bulkhead said.

Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack, and Smokescreen stood to the side. Nikita flew onto the ground and saluted the three bots.

"At ease, young one." Ultra Magnus said. "Yes, sir." Nikita said.

Even after this long hard war, Optimus still hoped for some kind of peace between his fellow Autobots and the Decepticons. But the others had many doubts. Even their human allies became concerned that the war would never end.

Optimus walked over to where Ratchet was standing. He stood side by side with his trusty medic. Ratchet was looking over the groundbridge schematics and making sure there weren't any more problems.

"What's the status of the groundbridge?" Optimus asked. "Well, there appears to be no physical damage. But I'm detecting a technical disturbance in the circuitry." Ratchet said. "Will this cause any future problems with our missions?" Optimus asked. "I'm afraid I'm not so sure of myself." Ratchet said. "We'll just have to wait and see."

Nikita looked at them with a worried look on her face. The same thing happened to the space bridge in the other world. She began to wonder if her dimension hopping had anything to do with this. She hoped that her magic didn't have anything to do with the two bridges malfunctioning. But she couldn't shake that feeling from her mind. Nikita hoped that the two Ratchets would find a way to fix the technical problems. If anyone could solve these types of problems, it's them.