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(Chapter 5)

Jacqueline and Raf walked through the ground bridge and came out to the other side. The two wizards jumped to the ground while holding their stomachs and were left shivering. Jacqueline covered her mouth as she went pale, "Oh~my magic… ugh!" The ground bridge made the magic in her body feel distorted. Raf stood back as Jacqueline threw up a hoard of colorful butterflies. "I'm sorry, but that ground bridge is making my magic act all fuzzy."

Raf held his head, "My head hurts. I don't think I'm a fan of the ground bridge." He clenched his eyes shut as the ringing in his head grew louder. Holding his head, the mountainside next to them started to crack, causing several large boulders to come tumbling to the ground. Unfortunately, this gained the attention of two Decepticon scouts.

Jacqueline looked around, "Where are Miko and Bulkhead?" She froze upon seeing the massive warship, "Wow!" It looked like something out of a comic book, 'That thing is massive! How has nobody seen it?'

Jacqueline and Raf were so focused on the ship they failed to notice the two Decepticons approach them with their blaster's active, "Don't move, Earthlings." The Decepticon scout watched as Jacqueline pushed Raf behind her.

The other Decepticon elbowed his partner, "She has a sparkling," He whispered while keeping his weapon focused on the two. "What do we do?" If Megatron ever found out they harmed a sparkling, they'd be publicly executed.

The Decepticon motioned his blaster, "Both of you, start moving." Jacqueline and Raf were cautious but did as instructed. Though Jacqueline had a firm grasp on Raf.

The two cons escorted the humans towards the Nemesis, "Do we alert Starscream?"

"J~just let me think!" The Decepticon scout didn't know what to do. He wasn't about to bring a sparkling to Starscream. Who knows what the mech might do.

Jacqueline felt the blaster pushed into her back, "If you're gonna keep pushing that into my back, can you at least tell me who you two are?"

The Decepticon scout pushed her again, "Keep walking. Don't even think about running."

Jacqueline kept walking as they approached the warship. "I just asked for your name. No need to be rude." She noticed the con attempt to take hold of Raf, "Hey!" She spun around and kept Raf behind her, "Don't lay a finger on him." She held no fear about the blaster pointing right at her chest.

The two Decepticons looked at each other and started whispering. "Is she his creator?"

The other scout shrugged, "I'm not certain." He frowned behind his helmet, "Keep walking." The Decepticons forced the humans onto the warship and started leading them towards the brig.

Jacqueline held Raf's hand, 'If they take us directly to Fowler, I can apparate us out of here... maybe. That ground bridge is still making my magic feel sluggish' As they walked through the ship, Jacqueline was mesmerized by the interior. 'How do they even know where they're going. All these hallways look the same.' They passed by a few Decepticons in the hallway, who were in large transformers like the Autobots; however, they were purple with red visors. Each mech they passed would stop and stare at them. 'Why are they staring at us?' Turning a corner, Jacqueline looked back, "Do either of you have names?"

The Decepticon that had been the most aggressive with her looked at his partner, "D-15558756."

Jacqueline raised a brow, "I'm sorry?"

"My designation is D-15558756. Now stop talking."

"Um… I'm not going to remember that." She briefly looked at the Decepticon, "Can I just call you Steve?"

The Decepticon tilted his head, "Steve?" The femme was giving him a human designation? Granted, he didn't have a proper designation since he was a Decepticon minor. Beside him, the other Decepticon started laughing.

"Haha! How's it going, Steve." He wasn't going to let him live this name down.

Steve frowned behind his helmet, "My designation is D-15558756!"

Jacqueline and Raf were a tad surprised to hear the other Decepticon tease his friend. She looked at the other con, "Fine, then I'll call you Gary." The Decepticon stopped laughing and looked at the human.

It was now Steve's turn to laugh, "What's the matter, Gary? Not enjoying your human name?" The two Decepticons stopped walking and began shouting at one another, but they were speaking cybertronian.

Raf and Jacqueline turned around and watched the two cons argue. Jacqueline looked around, 'This is our chance.' She grabbed Raf's hand and pulled him down the hall as they casually walked away. 'If I run, they'll notice right away.' Getting to the end of the hall, they hid behind a wall and peaked back at the Decepticons.

When they realized the two humans were gone, Steve and Gary stopped their arguing, "Where did they go!?" Steve looked at both ends of the hallway. "Look what you did! Now we lost them!" How could they possibly allow the humans to escape from their sights?

Gary crossed his arms, "How is this my fault!? You were the one escorting them!" The two Decepticons split up and started searching the hallways. They needed to find these humans before they ran into anyone. Primus forbid they run into Starscream.

Jacqueline and Raf backed up, and the door behind them opened. Glancing back, they saw a large empty room. Jacqueline noticed a bridge leading down to a terminal and a large screen, taking up the front of the room, 'Is this the command center? I think it's called a bridge.' A part of her was geeking out by the sight of everything. Jacqueline, growing up, would sit with her father reading comic books, and she'd always wanted to see an actual spaceship. Just not in this fashion with her life on the line.

Raf pulled her arm, "Where are Miko and Bulkhead? W~what are we going to do!? This is bad. We should have just stayed at the base." He held the sides of his head. He didn't believe himself to be brave enough for this and felt like crying.

Jaclyn kneeled down, "Hey, hey, It's okay." She brushed her hand through his hair, "Don't worry, we'll find the others and get out. It's alright to feel scared."

Raf dropped his hands, "A~aren't you?"

She nodded slowly, "A little. But I don't let that fear cloud my judgment." Jacqueline wasn't someone who was easily scared when it came to protecting people she cared about. "I wasn't sorted into Gryffindor because of my brains, now was I?" She gave Raf a playful smirk despite their situation.

Raf looked around the room, "Where do we go now?"

Jacqueline held Raf's shoulders, "Raf, I need you to listen to me. What I'm going to tell you might scare you, but I need you to stay here." Already she could see the protest in his eyes, "I'm not abandoning you. But I can't find Fowler while watching both of our backs."

"W~what do I do if you don't come back? What if they start the ship and take off with me still inside?!"

Jacqueline smirked, "Raf, what does this room look like to you?"

He spun around and studied the abnormally large room, "It kinda looks like the main bridge."

"I need you to stay hidden, okay? Can you do that while I look for Fowler?"

"What if someone comes in?" He asked while peering at the door.

Jacqueline slid her wand from her sleeve, "Leave the door to me. I'll make sure nobody comes in. But just in case, make sure you hide."

Raf took a deep breath, "Alright." He attempted to psych himself up, "Maybe while I'm here, I can disconnect some of these terminals." He could see wires protruding out of some terminals and a few access ports.

"See! That's the spirit."

Walking out of the bridge, Jacqueline pointed her wand at the door. Twirling her wand, a yellow mist with golden flakes floated towards the door. The heavy door leading to the bridge trembled before coming to a rest. 'I don't think anyone is getting in there anytime soon.' Jacqueline looked around the hallway, 'Fowler must be close.' The Decepticons that had brought them on the ship were guiding them for a long time.


(10 Minutes Later)

Jacqueline stood in front of another heavy door. She'd peeked into five other rooms and still hadn't found Fowler. Only a stockpile of energon and spare parts for the warship. "Maybe he's in here." Approaching the door near the end of the hall, it refused to open. Most of the doors opened automatically when you walk in front of it. "Okay, so it's locked. That must be a good sign, right?" It would make sense to keep their prisoner locked up. Glancing around, she turned her wand, "Alohomora." Yellow sparks jumped from the sides of the door before it thrust open. It was pitch black in the next room. "William? Are you in here?" She whispered out.

She stepped inside and could barely see. 'Why is it so dark in here?' The door behind her closed and pressurized. The lights in the room slowly turned on; however, it was still fairly dark. The natural dark interior of the warship made most rooms appear gloomy. "This is not a prison." She was in someone's bedroom. Jacqueline studied the room and was surprised by the bed, "Who sleeps in a bed this big?" The bed was black and took up a large amount of space. However, the entire room was huge. She stepped forward and looked around the room. Jacqueline knew she should leave but couldn't deny her curiosity.

Approaching the side of the room, a few terminals and strange-looking pads were placed on a metal table. What caught her eye was the vast array of weapons mounted on the walls. "Who's room is this anyway?" She backed up and bumped into the wall. The wall behind her opened to reveal a wardrobe with clothing inside. All the clothes were the same. However, there was a single coat floating above the other articles of clothing. "That's a big coat… not even Bulkhead could wear that." It was too big. "Uh~close." The panel for the closet hadn't closed. "Is it automatic? Please let it close automatically." She stepped back, and the wardrobe closed.

As she studied the bedroom, Jacqueline noticed another door at the other end of the room, though it was a bit smaller than the entrance. She kept a firm grasp on her wand, "Homenum Revelio." Her wand vibrated softly, and she slowly started to panic. 'Someone's in there. And they're coming towards the door!' She could sense the presence approaching from the adjacent room. 'I need to hide!' Peering at her wand, the young witch sighed, 'Please don't mess up the spell.' She prayed to herself. Jacqueline moved to the wall and arched her wand across her chest while reciting the incantation, "Invisibilia." It was a difficult spell to master, but slowly, Jacqueline's body disappeared. It didn't take long for her entire body to seemingly fade from existence, but she was still there.

Just as she finished the incantation, the door at the other end of the room opened, and Jacqueline nearly dropped her wand as her jaw fell open. 'H~holy crap.' She bit her tongue and attempted to remain silent as her cheeks burned.

At the end of the room, Megatron stepped out of his private bathroom. A single white towel was wrapped around his waist while he used another towel to dry his beard. He was soaked in dark energon, and already he could feel a surge of power coursing through his body. 'I feel Unicron's strength coursing through my body.' Walking into his private chambers, Megatron stretched his servos.

Jacqueline covered her mouth as her face continued to burn, 'Who is he!?' She couldn't help but ogle the massive cybertronian. No human could achieve such a perfect physique. With only a single towel wrapped around his waist, she was staring blindly at his chest and face. Jacqueline's heart started to pulsate as she became flustered by this man's appearance. His body was littered with scars, but that didn't bother her. Megatron approached the table beside her and was typing into the terminal. 'For Merlin's sake… don't look, don't look!' Jacqueline was staring at his face and couldn't deny how attractive she found the massive man. She trembled and felt her body heat up as she studied the mountain of muscles that littered his body.

Megatron froze as a unique scent hit his nose, "What is that?" He sniffed the air again and suppressed a pleasant groan.

Jacqueline felt fear travel down her spine, 'He smells my perfume.' Meanwhile, another part of her mind was shocked to hear how powerful his voice was.

Megatron looked to his right and saw nothing out of the ordinary, "Hmmm." Sadly for Megatron, his short moment of peace ended when one of the Decepticon minors appeared on his terminal.

"Lord Megatron." Jacqueline realized it was the voice of the man who had been escorting her to the brig.

Megatron frowned as he looked at the monitor, "What is it?" His voice radiated authority and put fear into the Decepticon on the other end.

"Two humans were spotted outside the Nemesis. We were bringing them towards the brig, but they escaped."

"What!?" Megatron looked furious, "Have you found them?"

"Not yet, Lord Megatron. One is a human femme, and she was accompanied by a sparkling."

Megatron was slightly surprised, "A sparkling? Find them, you fools!" Before the con could hang up, Megatron leaned close, and his voice was deeper, "If one of you so much as harms the sparkling, I will have your helms severed by my own hands. As for the femme… bring her to me." Stepping away from the terminal, Megatron grumbled under his breath. 'A sparkling lost on my ship?' Despite his unforgiving nature and brutal tactics, he refused to harm a sparkling. Be it human or cybertronian. As a former gladiator of Kaon, what honor would he have to hurt an innocent and defenseless sparkling? Megatron wasn't entirely certain on what he was going to do with these two humans. 'I'll keep them in the brig for now. I do not need them snooping around my ship.'

Jacqueline watched as Megatron went towards the closet embedded into the wall. 'I'll wait till he leaves before I~ah!' She covered her mouth when he dropped the small towel from his waist. She had a perfect view of Megatron's naked form. 'A~at least that answers the question if they have genitalia like us.' Unfortunately for Jacqueline, she'd made a slight noise causing the former gladiator to freeze.

Megatron stood back and looked at the room with a critical eye, "Is someone there?" His voice did not sound welcoming to any intruder. Walking towards the wall, he grabbed an ion blaster and started looking around the room. "I know you're there. If you come out now, I might be willing to forgive you." How they got past the security on his door was a question he would be delighted to ask as he breaks their arms. Sniffing the air, Megatron smirked, "I smell you… human." The scent was foreign to his nose. Megatron found himself licking his lips at the delightful aroma, "Come out, little human. I won't bite… much." He laughed maniacally as her scent burned his nose.

Jacqueline was trembling, 'He's getting closer.' The closer he got, the easier it was to view his impressive manhood. 'What do I do?' Hearing his sexual comments made her feel strange.

"You have quite a scent, human. If you come out now, I might just devour your scent right on my own berth." Megatron smirked as the fragrance got stronger the closer he walked towards the edge of the room. "Where are you?" The dark energon that lightly dripped off his body started to glow as his red optics turned purple. Approaching the edge of the room, he looked around, "Hmmm… playing hard to get, are we? Hehehe~come out and play." He kneeled down to peer under the table. Surprisingly, he couldn't find the human… but he knew she was there. Her sweet scent was making his mouth water. In all his cycles, Megatron had never smelled something so exquisite.

Jacqueline was flushed straight against the wall as she looked down at Megatron. He was right next to her. 'For Merlin's sake, put on some clothes!' His comments were making her feel funny, and a powerful sensation was building between her legs. 'What is wrong with me!? C'mon, Darby, pull yourself together! I need to focus on escaping, not having this hunk ravage you on his bed.' Jacqueline had never acted like this before. However, it is difficult to be calm and calculated when a muscular man stands before you without clothing.

Megatron stood up and smiled as he sniffed the air. His spike was starting to harden against his will. His earlier comments were just to mock the human for seeing him naked… however… he was beginning to have second thoughts about interfacing. "I know you're still there, femme. Do you see what your scent has done to me?" His throat went dry as his lust rose beyond his control, "Where are you?" He inhaled and chuckled, "Primus… you probably have little comprehension on how delicious your scent is." Soon enough, he stood in front of the wall. Megatron leaned close and sniffed. He couldn't stop himself from licking his lips in delight. "And what do we have lurking here?" Reaching out, his massive hands grasped what felt like a tiny waist. "What cloaking technology is this?" If it weren't for her scent, he likely never would have seen her.

"Crap!" Jacqueline gave a little shout as she was lifted up. Megatron had a powerful grasp on her waist as he pulled her forward. She lost concentration, and the enchantment slowly faded away, revealing herself.

Megatron was surprised to see the human appear before him. "There you are." He said with a lustful smirk. He studied the human struggling to escape his grasp. The femme was petite and had luscious ebony hair that reached her shoulders. Megatron, for the first time in ages, was shocked to see such a beautiful femme. Her sides fit perfectly in his monstrous hands. Megatron's optics were purple as lustful fantasies filled his processor… this femme was far more attractive than he could have imagined. "Hehehe~Who knew a human could have such compelling features." The longer Megatron looked over the femme, the more he found himself admiring her figure.

Jacqueline grasped her wand and pointed it at his face, "Petrificus totalus." A clear mist shot from her wand, and Megatron's body flashed light blue for a moment.

Megatron felt his entire body lock up the moment this femme pointed that stick at his face, 'What has she done to me?' He was as stiff as a board. Only his eyes were free to move, unlike the rest of his body.

Jacqueline's face was beet red as she struggled to escape Megatron's firm grip. "Accio," She flourished her wand, and the towel that Megatron had been using wrapped around his waist. After a bit of struggling, she was eventually able to wiggle her way out of Megatron's hands. "I need to find Fowler." She said to herself in a panicked voice. Jacqueline wasted no time in escaping from Megatron as he stood there frozen. The warlord merely watched as the human ran out of the room.

Megatron's fingers twitched as he fought whatever the femme had done to him. 'So she was looking for Agent Fowler?' He slowly started to regain control of his body after a few minutes. "Grr!" With all his strength, he broke free from the spell and was left shaking in anger. As Megatron regained his composure, he was shaking. The energon in his body was tingling, and his processor had gone numb with pleasure.


(Meanwhile)

Jacqueline rushed back towards the bridge, "Crap! Ugh~I forgot to obliviate him." She was so focused on getting away from that creep it skipped her mind. Jacqueline stopped running when she spotted Miko sliding across the hallway.

"Whooohooo!" She slid between two Decepticons inside their transformers. It was Bulkhead who appeared from the corner and pounded the Decepticons. Miko got up and noticed Jacqueline running towards her. "Man, you missed all the fun. You should've~Ow!" Miko held her cheek when Jacqueline slapped her across the face.

Jacqueline was giving Miko a powerful frown, "Have you lost your mind!?" She grabbed Miko's arm and pulled her towards the wall as Bulkhead fought the cons. "What is wrong with you, Miko!? Running into the ground bridge? Please tell me you haven't cast any magic."

Miko rolled her eyes, "No, Mom. Where is your sense of adventure? What happened to you anyway? Bulk and I saw you and Raf get taken. Wait~where is he?"

Jacqueline kicked the door behind them, the spell on the door faded. The massive door opened to reveal Raf holding his backpack, "Is it safe?" He jumped when he saw Bulkhead pick a con up and throw him down the hall.

There was a revving sound from down the hall which caught the human's attention. Jacqueline groaned, 'Not him.' Arcee and Bumblebee were speeding down the hall and transformed.

"Why didn't you stay at base!?" Arcee shouted as he clenched his fists.

Jacqueline looked up at Arcee's transformer, "Good question. Miko?"

The young woman shrugged, "What? I didn't ask you to follow me."

The giant mech slammed his servo to his face and growled, "Just stay here while we find Fowler." He kneeled down and pushed them into the bridge with Raf. Jacqueline and Miko watched the Autobots take off towards the brig, the opposite direction Jacqueline went the first time.

With the three humans alone, Jacqueline turned to Miko, "What were you thinking? Do you realize how dangerous this is?"

"Hey, I just said I didn't ask you to follow me." She barked back. "Why are you angry? We could totally take these guys on." Miko slid her wand out to emphasize her point.

"Miko, we can't use magic. Why is that so hard for you to understand? Do you even know any combative spells?"

Miko huffed, "A few, I guess. This is so unfair! Why do they get to have a fun adventure while we are stuck acting like dead weights? If you would just stop being a Fowler~" It didn't take long for the two women to start shouting at each other.

Raf held his head and tried to block out the shouting, "Just stop it!" Raf shouted. Unexpectedly the monitors and computers within the room exploded as he lost control of his magic. The three huddled down as fragments of glass flew towards them.

Jacqueline lifted her head and looked at the room. It was utterly destroyed. "R~raf," She made a calming motion with her hands, "Calm down. It's going to be okay."

Miko was also attempting to console him, "Ya, it'll be alright. We didn't mean to make you scared." She looked around the room and whistled, "I do not envy the guys who have to clean this up." The Bridge was a wreck and would likely take the Decepticons weeks, if not months, to fix.

Jacqueline did her best to comfort Raf, who was obviously scared. "I'm sorry you had to hear that. It won't happen again." Jacqueline felt somewhat ashamed that she allowed her anger to get the best of her, but Miko's idiotic stunt was causing them quite a bit of trouble. She turned to Miko and frowned but spoke in a calm voice, "We'll talk about this later."

Miko glanced at Raf and sighed. "Alright… can we just leave now?" Her sense of adventure was slowly starting to fade, but not because of Jacqueline. If anything, she was just as concerned about getting Raf off this ship. She just wasn't good at expressing her feelings.

It didn't take long before the Autobots returned with Agent Fowler. The man was passed out in the back of Bumblebee's transformer. Miko and Raf got into the car with Bumblebee; however, Jacqueline got into Bulkhead's truck. There wasn't enough room in the back of Bumblebee's transformer, and Arcee clearly didn't want her anywhere near him. It didn't take long before the Autobots and humans were driving out of the Nemesis and going through the canyon.

Bulkhead sighed as they drove down the road, "Man, that was crazy. Are you alright?" He looked at Jacqueline, who was sitting in the seat beside him.

Jacqueline looked forward and stared at Arcee's back as he drove ahead of Bulkhead. She nodded, "I'm fine. Though I am not looking forward to the conversation we're going to be having back at your guys' base."

Bulkhead sighed and looked just as upset as her, "Ya… Optimus is probably gonna chew my neck cables out for you guys running in after me."

"I was running after Miko." She explained, "I didn't notice she'd run into the ground bridge. I was hoping to just grab her and keep her away from whatever you were going to do. I'm sorry we got mixed up in all of this."

Bulkhead attempted to lighten the mood, "Aw~C'mon now, don't act so sad. At least you all got front row seats to see us bash some cons."

Bulkhead was a little upset to see he wasn't able to lighten Jacqueline's mood, "Ugh~I can't believe Miko would do something so stupid." Jacqueline hated being a nuisance to someone else, and Miko's actions were not making them have the best first impression.


(Timeskip)

After a long drive back to base, the Autobots found Optimus and Ratchet waiting for them. Ratchet was wearing a metal brace on his arm and hooked up to an energon pump. During their survey of the land, Ratchet ended up having a bolder tumble down a hill and almost crushed him when he was outside his transformer. Were it not for Optimus, he would have been trapped under the heavy boulder.

As for the rest of the Autobots and humans… none of them were excited to tell Optimus about the wild goose chase they went through to get Agent Fowler back. Jacqueline was quick to explain the situation to Optimus, "Miko went into the ground bridge, and I followed in after her to get her out of the way. Bulkhead had no idea we were there."

Optimus looked over at Bulkhead, "I suppose… I can understand the reason for rushing in after Miko. Nevertheless, it was dangerous for Bulkhead to allow Raf and you to be captured by the Decepticons."

To everyone's surprise, Miko quickly interjected, "But it's not Bulkheads fault… I was the one who decided to run in." Miko felt uncomfortable with everyone staring at her, "Look, I did something stupid, okay? I mean, c'mon, it wasn't a total loss. They got Fowler back," Miko pointed her thumb to the unconscious agent on the couch, "And we destroyed the bridge." Miko looked proud as everyone stared at her.

Ratchet leaned forward, "What are you talking about?"

Miko reached into her pocket and pulled out her flip phone. Before leaving, she took a picture of the destroyed Decepticon bridge, "See. So it wasn't a total loss. Chances are they aren't taking off anytime soon."

Optimus grabbed the phone and studied the photo, "How were you three able to do this?" He has been on the bridge of the Decepticon warship, and the damage in the photo was intense.

Miko shrugged, "What? We have ways of breaking things." She had a smug look on her face, "You're welcome." Miko gasped as Jacqueline grabbed her hair and pulled her away.

"Miko, can I have a word with you? Now." Jacqueline clearly looked irritated with her human friend. Meanwhile, the rest of the Autobots were attempting to look at the photo of the destroyed control room. It would take the Decepticons weeks to fix their bridge.

Optimus looked up and silently watched Jacqueline speak with Miko. They were too far away, so he couldn't hear them. "Ratchet, what do you make of the damage?" He handed the phone to Ratchet, who looked perplexed.

"Primus! What did they do there?" He glanced at Bulkhead and Arcee for an answer, "It is a bit hard to tell from this phone… but I'd say they won't be able to get the Nemesis into orbit for at least a week."

Bulkhead slammed his fists together, "Alright! And we know exactly where they are. Let's strike them while we have the chance!"

"No," Optimus said, "The Decepticons will likely anticipate this and increase security across the Nemesis."

Bulkhead looked angry, "So we're going to do nothing!? They're grounded; this might be our only chance to attack."

Optimus nodded slightly, "Which is exactly the reason why we cannot attack. The Decepticons are expecting us to return. We may be strong, but they vastly outnumber us." It would be suicide for any of them to approach the Nemesis. "However, we should be able to use this setback to our advantage." The Autobots were looking at their leader for an explanation. "Megatron will likely order his forces to increase patrol around the Nemesis."

Arcee started to smirk, "And that means fewer scouts looking for energon." There were a few deposits they had long wanted to search here on Earth, but the energy signals were too powerful. Traveling to an energon deposit always laid down the possibility of an ambush.

Ratchet crossed his arms, "The ground bridge on the warship isn't powerful enough to travel across the planet like ours." Given how vast the Nemesis was, they needed to maintain energon usage. Ratchet had designed the ground bridge they were using to minimize the consumption of energon. The medic looked at the photo again and tried to make sense of the damage these humans inflicted, "How is this possible? Did you give them any sort of weapon?"

Arcee frowned, "Frag if I know. Look, I just told them to stay put, Ratchet." Though he shared Ratchet's concern about the damage, they made. 'We were only gone for ten minutes… how the scrap did they do all that?' Arcee looked at Optimus, "I'd imagine the cons left some weapons in the bridge that they got their hands on."

"Perhaps," Optimus said, "Arcee, where were you and Bumblebee?"

Arcee scratched the back of his head and looked away, "I~uh… went on patrol. I didn't know they go running through the ground bridge, give me a break." If there was anyone Arcee was mad at, it was Miko. The entire situation spiraled out of control because she decided to join Bulkhead. Jacqueline and Raf were just trying to stop her and keep her out of their way.

Optimus gave Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee a stern expression, "Arcee, I understand you are not content with the changes happening, but I expect you to follow my orders." Prime looked over at Agent Fowler, who was still unconscious, "I will speak with Agent Fowler when he awakens." Optimus turned and left his men. Even though Optimus was calm, they could tell he was slightly irritated at the situation at hand.

Meanwhile, Ratchet was rolling his eyes, "Humans… what a bother."

Bulkhead felt slightly nervous, 'That could've gone better.' He watched as Optimus approached Fowler, who was slowly starting to wake up. Bulkhead was tempted to tell Optimus about the strange encounter he had when Fowler showed up at base, but he remembers how desperate the three humans were. They clearly didn't want him to tell Optimus that they already knew Fowler. Bulkhead looked towards Jacqueline and saw her silently begging him not to say anything. 'Alright, I'll keep my mouth shut.' He did sort of owe them since they got Optimus off his back by taking the blame. Bulkhead made a zipping motion with his hand over his mouth and gave the humans a thumbs up.

Jacqueline sighed and gave Bulkhead a silent thank you. She wouldn't forget this.


(Two Hours Later)

Agent Fowler had his arms crossed as he spoke with Optimus. They were speaking one-on-one in Optimus's chambers. "Listen here, Prime, I'm taking these three under federal custody. You've had your chance and blew it."

"Agent Fowler, it is imperative that the humans remain under our watch." Optimus spoke, "Now that the Decepticons have seen them with us, they will likely be targeted."

Fowler sighed, "And just whose fault is it that you've exposed yourselves?" It was a rhetorical question since Optimus told him about Jacqueline's encounter with Arcee. Fowler clenched his teeth and took a deep breath, "Okay… I'll let this slide since big green saved my ass. But let me make this clear, Prime. This is the last favor you'll get from me personally."

Optimus felt a weight lift off his shoulders, "I understand, Agent Fowler." Just before Fowler stormed out of the room, Optimus lifted a small photo from his suit and gave it to Fowler, "I believe this is yours." It was the picture of Jacqueline that Fowler dropped a few days ago.

William grabbed the photo, "Where did you get that?"

"You had dropped it during one of your previous visits." Optimus looked at the photo, "I believe it is safe to assume that you know who Jacqueline is already?" Why else would William have a photo of her?

William had a deadly glare plastered onto his face. "You don't know a damn thing about our planet or who those three are." It took all his strength to keep his tongue in line, "This is your last chance, Prime. Next time… I'm getting MACUSA involved." William's cryptic message left Optimus confused as he left. Optimus was expecting an answer on how William knew Jacqueline, but he just stormed out.

Optimus pinched the bridge of his nose and gave an exhausted sigh, "Primus, give me strength."