Jack stood on the beach; the ocean waves crashed on the beach. The hot summer wind blew by him as the sun warmed his skin. Arcee was walking along the coastline with a scanner in hand.

"Doesn't make sense, the signal came from here."

She murmured to herself, Jack looked over to her.

"What's wrong Arcee?"

Arcee shook her head,

"Its like the signal Ratchet detected was never here. I can't get a trace of it."

Jack sighed, taking his shirt off and laying it on the sand. At the moment he could care less about the signal, he was just enjoying the beach. A place where he had only been once in his life. He could feel the sun starting to bake his skin, as there was not a cloud in the sky.

"Jack? What are you doing?"

Arcee walked over to him, her shadow casting shade over Jack.

"Arcee! You are blocking the sun! I'm trying to get a tan."

Arcee stepped to the side, letting the sun hit Jack once more.

"A tan?"

Jack nodded his eyes remained closed as he spoke,

"The sun causes our human skin to get darker, in all sense it bakes us a little. Gives us a dark look in the summer."

Arcee raised an eye brow, as far as she was concerned this sun was irritating. Her metal was steaming hot, her internal cooling systems working overtime.

"Sounds painful."

Jack chuckled,

"It can be some people get burned pretty bad. Turns them red and they peel and blister."

Arcee shuddered,

"Gross. Well lets head back, whatever signal that was here is gone now."

Jack groaned,

"Oh, come on Cee' enjoy the sun!"

Arcee shook her head,

"You humans may like this hot sun but not me, I think my metal is starting to warp."

Jack sighed siting up, sand coating his sweating back.

"Fine, fine."

He brushed his chest off, using his shirt to brush the sand of his back as Arcee called for a ground bridge. Jack looked out to the rough ocean; the waves were enormous. He smiled at the beauty of it, his eyes catching a glimmer of something. He stared at it, it stared back at him. Jack wanted to call for Arcee but found himself mystified by the creature he saw. Its shining blue eyes smiled at him as it dove back into the water. Jack shook his head; this sun was getting to him.

Jack ran up the stairs to the computer while Arcee reported to Ratchet. Jack quickly typed into the search engine. He had to know what he saw, or what he thought he saw.

"Nothing Ratchet, whatever signal you detected was just gone."

Ratchet furrowed his eyes,

"Well, that doesn't make sense. The signal was strong and steady."

Arcee shrugged her shoulder,

"Don't know what to tell you."

Arcee glanced up at Jack, his skin looked a little red though she had to smirk as Jack was leaning deep into the computer screen much to Arcee's amusement.

"Jack, can you get any closer?"

Raph walked over to him with a chuckle. Jack pulled back not realizing how close he was.

"Sorry I was deep into this story here."

Raph adjusted his glasses as he read.

"The Lost City of Atlantis?"

Jack nodded,

"I mean I have heard about it before but this site here lists all the theories surrounding it. Quite interesting."

Miko was the next to join them,

"History, yuck. Boring!!"

She stood behind Jack as he continued to research.

"What is with this interest?"

Jack sighed,

"I am not sure, I thought I saw something today. Looked like… well…"

He didn't want to say, he knew Miko would make fun of him and who wouldn't, it was just plain crazy."

"I think it was just the sun, my bodies not used to that much sun."

Miko crossed her arms,

"Soo what did you think you saw?"

Jack blushed slightly,

"A mermaid."

He whispered. Miko burst out laughing,

"A MERMAID!"

Her outburst causing all of the bots to look. Jack blushed harder, his face a bright red.

"What's a mermaid?"

Bulkhead asked, Raph hit a button on the keyboard causing the screen to duplicate to the larger monitors.

"Creatures from ancient mythology, said to be half human half fish. Some lore has them connected to the lost city of Atlantis."

Optimus's head cocked at the word Atlantis.

"Gross, that is repulsive."

Ratchet's eyes widen slightly realizing he said spoken out loud. He ignored the looks and turned back to his projects. Optimus approached the children his curiosity growing.

"What is this Atlantis?"

Jack sighed,

"An ancient city said to have comprised of half human half god creatures. It sank into the ocean. Or at least that's how the story goes."

Optimus nodded, something about that name sounded almost familiar.

"Where was this city?"

Jack shook his head, Miko answering before he could.

"No one knows, its lost."

Jack eyed Miko,

"Great explanation."

Miko shrugged, as she walked back over to the sofa. Jack shut the search down. He had come to the conclusion that he had merely been seeing things.

………………………..

Jack couldn't get the image of the creature out of his mind. He had to go back to that beach. Jack enlisted Arcee that afternoon as they returned to the beach, Arcee reluctant. Jack stood on the shoreline staring out to the ocean. Arcee stuck to the wooded tree line, not interested in heating her armor. She sat on the sandy, picking up the sand and letting it flow through her hands. She looked up to Jack his head slowly moving back and forth as he searched for the creature.

Jack sighed as the time went by, he saw nothing. He had hoped what he saw was more then just the sun but now he was beginning to believe that is exactly what it was. He was just about to give up when the sun glistened off something. He took a few steps forward, his feet now in the ocean. Jack called back to Arcee never taking his eyes off the creature who had yet to see him. Arcee looked up to where Jack was pointing, her mouth fell open as the two watched the creature.

It was sitting on a rock that peaked out of the water, Jack couldn't get over how Cybertronian it looked. The creatures legs were non-existent, instead there was a fin, a tail. The creature eventually realized it was being stared at and began to stare back. The three remained transfixed for a few more minutes until the creature dove off the rock and disappeared again. Jack looked at the water, he couldn't speak as a head popped up not far from him.

Jack glanced at Arcee who was also transfixed as the creature swam closer till its upper body was popping out of the water. Jack was astounded, the creature was metallic, its eyes a shining blue like Arcee's. Arcee was now kneeling next to Jack as the creature pulled itself closer. Its tail wagging in the water as it looked at Jack studying him. It seemed unbaffled by Arcee though. The creature crawled a little closer, it was slightly bigger then Jack but smaller then Arcee. It reached out toward Jack as Jack reached toward it.

"A land walker, I have never seen one this close before what is your name?"

Jack cocked his head the language the creature spoke was unfamiliar to him.

"I'm sorry I don't understand."

Jack spoke back, Arcee spoke, no emotion in her voice.

"It wants to know your name."

Jack looked up at Arcee, her eyes never leaving the creature.

"How do you know?"

Arcee looked down at Jack,

"It's speaking Cybertronian."

Jacks eyes flew open wide as Arcee conversed back to the creature.

"His name is Jackson Darby, I am Arcee. How do you know Cybertronian? What are you? Who are you?"

The creature chuckled slightly, Jack assumed it was a male by it voice, and its form.

"Cybertronian? I speak the language of my people, Atlantean. My name is Poseidon, my father is king of Atlantis."

Arcee interpreted for Jack whose mouth fell open,

"Atlantis is real!?"

The creature was now fully sitting on the sand, his tail flapping slowly. Poseidon smiled,

"Watch!"

Jack jumped back as the Atlanteans tail transformed into two functioning legs, allowing the young Atlantean to stand. At full height he was about 8 feet tall.

"Cool right?"

Arcee nodded,

"You exhibit the same features as my people Cybertronians."

Poseidon nodded,

"According to our history that's where we came from."

Arcee was astonished,

"Will you join us; our leader would very much be interested in meeting you."

Poseidon looked back toward the ocean,

"It must be quick; my father does not approve of my adventures to the surface."

Arcee looked down to Jack telling him what was going on. Jack nodded still flabbergasted as they walked through the ground bridge. The others of the team all stood waiting for them to come through. Arcee led Poseidon over to Optimus as Jack walked up the stairs to the children's area.

"Hello, young one."

Poseidon cocked his head looking at Arcee who looked to Optimus,

"He only speaks Cybertronian, or what he called Atlantean."

Miko's head popped up,

"Atlantean?"

She looked over to Jack who nodded,

"It would appear its real."

Miko looked back to Poseidon, her curiosity growing more and more every minute.

Optimus nodded proceeding to speak in Cybertronian much to Miko's annoyance.

"Great now I don't know what they are saying."

Jack just rolled his eyes,

"They'll tell us later."

Ratchet who had been uninterested in the odd being was still over in his med lab, listening to both conversation.

"Optimus is asking him who he is and how he came to be on earth."

The children all looked over to Ratchet who never looked up from his microscope.

"Dude, his hearing freaks me out."

Jack and Raph both snickered to which Ratchet replied,

"I heard that."

They took their attentions back to the conversation at hand. Optimus and Poseidon were conversing back and forth. The three sat listening, though not understanding it was still interesting to listening to another language being spoken.

……………………………….

"What is your name? How did you come to be on earth?"

Poseidon smiled,

"My name is Poseidon, the youngest Prince of Atlantis. My father's name is Atlas. He is the king of Atlantis. As to how we can to be on earth, I am not sure. I guess we have always been here? There are some aspects of our history my father has forbidden from being told. I am only 16, so I don't really know a whole lot about stuff. Our people can live for centuries, take my Dad for example he is like, 6,000 years old."

Optimus nodded, keeping his surprise controlled.

"Did you say your father's name is Atlas?"

Poseidon nodded,

"Hes really strict, if he ever found out I came up on land he would freak. He hates what we call the land walkers."

Optimus nodded, the others listening intently.

"Poseidon, do you think I would be able to get a meeting with your father?"

Poseidon glanced around at everyone,

"Uh, not sure that is a good idea, like I said, my dad is super uh what's a nice word here temperamental, its only gotten worse since he gets older. I am the only son, my father has all daughters, Hesperides, Hyades, Pleiades, Hyas, Calypso, Dione, and Maer. So, there is a lot of pressure on me, I have no interest in my fathers kingdom, if anything I am fascinated with life up here."

Optimus looked at the youngling, his eyes shining with excitement,

"Though I best be heading back now, my father will have his men out searching for me."

Optimus nodded,

"Of course, Arcee escort Poseidon to the shore."

Arcee nodded, as the two-left back through the ground bridge Jack walked over to the railing.

"So, translation."

Bulkhead looked up at him, telling him what had just transpired.

"7 daughters?"

He looked to Optimus who nodded, though confused.

"Is that significant?"

Jack nodded,

"It follows with the legend. Earth has 7 seas, 1 daughter for each sea."

Bulkhead looked at Bumblebee who exchanged an equally confused look as Jack continued.

"Who would have thought that mermaids and mermen were real, well in some compacity. So, was he Cybertronian?"

Optimus nodded, though he need more information before being certain that his feelings were correct.

"Yes, Jack I believe they are, though it would appear after centuries of living here they have abandoned that heritage."

Miko came to stand next to Jack,

"Didn't think you guys could survive underwater."

Bulkhead shook his head,

"We can't"

Miko looked confused,

"But if he's Cybertronian and lives underwater?"

Bulkhead shrugged,

"I have no idea Miko, perhaps they were able to somehow alter their bodies or something."

"Or evolve."

Everyone turned to Ratchet.

"While the lot of you were yapping, I took a scan of our guest."

Ratchet walked over to pull the images on the screen as Arcee reappeared.

"It would appear that unlike our biology Poseidon possess the ability to shift his internal systems depending on his environment. Once on land his body seems to operate much like ours, now since he was not in water it was harder to tell but I believe I figured it out. Did you notice the vents on his neck?"

Everyone nodded slowly,

"These vents appear to activate once he is in the water, they appear to open and close bringing in water and releasing it after extracting the oxygen needed. It would also appear that once submerged, there are seals that close off parts of his internal systems that cannot handle contact with water, creating a vacuum like area."

"Wow that's impressive."

Bulkhead commented,

"Indeed"

Ratchet retorted,

"Especially their transformation ability, as it would appear his T-cog has been modified."

Optimus was even more intrigued now, though he couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity at the name Atlas, the name seemed to ring in his mind.

……………………………….

Poseidon waited till the blue femme had gone, she was quite pretty. He dove back into the ocean, his tail flapping quickly behind him. He had been gone for quite a while, no doubt his father would be furious when he returned home. The wide-open ocean laid out before him, beautiful fish and creature swam amidst him. He enjoyed being here under the ocean but wanted to know more about the world his father hated so much. He swam silently through the still blue water, underneath the waves it seemed as though the ocean calmed. Perhaps he had found his chance to learn more about the surface world, all he had to do was make sure he was sneaky, keep track of his time and make sure no one followed him. He kicked his tail happily as he sped faster through the water as Atlantis came into view, he sighed as expected his father was waiting for him,

"Poseidon, where have you been?"

Poseidon came to a stop.

"Nowhere father."

Atlas eyed his son,

"If I find you have ben to the surface again my wrath will be swift on you, do you understand?"

Poseidon nodded; his gaze down casted to the ocean floor. His sister had never been so chided as he was.

"You mother has been searching for you now go."

Poseidon nodded slowly as he swam by his father, when he was king the first thing he would do would be to open doors that his father held closed so tightly between them and the surface world.