Chapter summary: After finding out more information about Earth, the Autobots make some adjustments to themselves.
"Hello" Normal talk.
"Hello" Talking through the bond.
"Hello" Com-link/Private Com-link.
"Hello" Thoughts.
"That should do it" Ratchet said as he walked out of Omega's airlock after spending the last hour repairing his engine "if your previous injuries are healed you'll be able to transform"
Omega did an internal diagnostic scan on himself before responding "My previous injuries are healed, probably from being in stasis for so long"
Ome, who was hovering near Ratchet's shoulder, smiled "Do you want to try and transform?" she asked.
"I'll try, my joints do feel stiff but it should go away" Omega replied "where are the others?"
"They'll probably be back soon, they've been having a look around this island we're on" Ratchet replied "now, this'll be the ultimate test, see if you can transform"
"Alright" Omega said as his airlock closed.
Ome waited with baited breath.
Omega started to transform into his bipedal mode, it was a little slower than usual from the stiff joints, but overall it was successful.
"It worked!" Ome cheered.
Omega gave himself a stretch to loosen up taut muscle cables and shook the stiffness out of his joints, he did feel some soreness from his repaired engine but he had felt worse pain than mere soreness, so it didn't bother him.
"How's it feel?" Ratchet asked.
"It feels good" Omega replied.
Ratchet grinned a little and nodded "Good" he replied.
Ome smiled and flew up to sit on her Sire's right shoulder as the other Autobots returned.
Bumblebee had leaves on his armour.
Ratchet looked unimpressed "We've barely woken up from stasis and already you've got some of the planet's foliage on you" he said.
"Hey it's not my fault! There was a ditch" Bumblebee protested.
Ome giggled a little.
"Alright, before we go any further, Omega, Ome, is there anything beyond this island?" Optimus asked as he looked up at the two.
"I can see a city in the distance" Omega replied before checking his navigation system "Detroit"
"Detroit? What kind of name is that for a city?" Bumblebee retorted "the cities on Cybertron had way better names"
"But this is Earth" Prowl reminded before looking to the others "we may need to blend in, since I doubt the humans have seen Cybertronians before"
"Hey check out the vehicles this planet has!" Bumblebee said as he looked online "there's so many"
"Well I suppose that solves one problem, we can scan an alt mode as a disguise" Optimus replied.
"Uh…what about me? I'm too small" Ome replied.
Optimus put a hand to his chin in thought "You could create some kind of holoform so you look human, you are the right size" he said.
"I…guess I can try" Ome replied.
"Then that just leaves me" Omega said "I've looked at Earth's space crafts and none of them come close to the specification I require"
"Too small?" Ome asked.
"That, and none of them are capable of interstellar travel" Omega replied.
"Hmm, if that is the case, do you think that the humans have not explored much of space?" Prowl asked.
"I believe so, looking at the specs of their space crafts they haven't explored beyond their own Solar System, except with space probes and even that took a long time" Omega replied before he frowned "in fact it can take them a certain amount of years to reach the outer planets of their Solar System with the engine capacity of their space crafts"
"Years? A journey like that would only take a few hours for you" Ome replied.
Omega nodded "I know, which makes me think that they are a young race, which is why their technology isn't as advanced as ours" he said.
"Interesting" Prowl mused.
"In that case, you may have to remain here Omega" Optimus said "at least until we have a base of operations"
Omega nodded "I don't mind" he replied.
"Even if we do find a base old friend, it's unlikely you would fit in it" Ratchet said "which means you would have to recharge outside in your alt mode"
"I have recharged in my alt mode before, just not as often, but I would be fine either way" Omega replied.
"Can't a base be built on this island if no humans come here?" Ome suggested.
"That's…not a bad idea Ome" Optimus said "but I don't think anyone on Cybertron know we're even alive"
"Actually, Sigma does, and it's likely Ultra Magnus does as well" Omega replied.
"How?" Bumblebee asked.
Omega didn't see a point in keeping it a secret any longer, it would have come out eventually anyway "Because Ome and I have a family bond with Sigma" he replied.
"But I thought you said Guardians weren't allowed to create bonds between one another?" Optimus asked, more curious than anything else.
"We aren't, or I should say weren't allowed" Omega replied "but after the Battle of Iacon Sigma wanted to have a family bond with Ome and I, he wanted to feel a bond with us wherever we are in the universe, and the fact there are only three of us left of our original family"
"So Sigma did not want to feel alone" Prowl summarised.
Omega nodded "Exactly, and I wasn't going to deny him a bond over some rule that was made before the war" he replied "things are different now"
No one could really argue with him on that, since he did make a valid point "I can understand that old friend" Ratchet assured.
"Alright, what we will do then is once we've found a base of operations, we can get in touch with the Elite Guard about helping to build a base for you on this island" Optimus said.
Omega nodded "I can help, since I do have some prior experience" he replied, which was true, he did help to build Crystal City back in the Golden Age "I know Sigma would assist if I asked him"
Optimus nodded "Alright" he replied "and I assume you will stay with Omega Ome?"
"When Sire's base is built then yeah I'll stay with him" Ome said with a smile.
Optimus smiled and nodded "That's fine" he replied "alright, Omega you remain here for now, the rest of us are going to head into the city to see where a suitable base of operations will be"
Omega nodded before he gently took his daughter off his right shoulder and placed her on the ground.
"Autobots! Transform!" Optimus said before he transformed into his new alt mode, which was a red and blue fire truck.
Ratchet's alt mode was, to the amusement of Omega because of the irony, a red and white ambulance.
Bulkhead's alt mode was a green swat van.
Bumblebee's alt mode was a yellow hatchback with black racing stripes.
And lastly, Prowl's alt mode was a black and gold police motorcycle.
Ome was able to create a human holoform that was able to disguise her true form, now she looked like a woman in her early 30s and her eye colour was crystal blue, she still had the scar on the right side of her face so the skin on that side was slightly lighter and a slightly rougher texture because of it. Her hair was long and reached her tailbone, it was coloured black and the ends dip-dyed electric blue, it was also swept back and she wore a blue headband that kept her hair out of her face. She wore a blue and black jacket with a pair of black combat jeans with a blue belt, she also wore a pair of black and blue trainers.
"You look great Ome" Omega said and smiled.
Ome smiled before she got into Ratchet's alt mode.
"Roll out!" Optimus said before the group drove away from Omega, off the island and towards the city of Detroit.