Bumblebee hesitated to walk through the ground bridge. He knew he would have to face Optimus, and with the words he had said it would be no mystery to him if Optimus didn't want him back. He sighed heavily as he walked through, his shoulders and back hunched as he did. His mind whirling with how he was going to apologize, what he would say, and how he expect Optimus would respond.

He stepped through to the other side, his feet echoing off the concrete. Bumblebee kept his head low, not wanting to look at Optimus just yet.

"Bee!!!"

Bumblebee jerked his head up,

"Raph?!"

He chirped, Raph was sitting on Ratchet examination table he waved to Bumblebee with a broad smile. Bumblebee quickly ran over to him. Picking him up and looking him over.

"Did they hurt you? Who took you? Where are they? Are you okay? What happened?"

Raph laughed,

"Slow down Bee, I am fine… Right Ratchet."

Ratchet nodded with a smile,

"Yes, you are perfectly fine."

Bumblebee sighed in relief.

"I was so worried about you, we looked for you!"

Raph nodded,

"I was sort of out of communications range, a couple leagues under the ocean."

Bumblebee cocked his head,

"under the ocean?"

Raph nodded pointing behind him,

"Poseidon saved me."

Bumblebee turned to see Poseidon sitting on a container, he was leaning forward. A sad expression on his face,

"Couldn't let the little guy drown."

Poseidon joked smiling sadly. Bumblebee smiled walking over to him,

"Thank you, Poseidon for saving him. I owe you a tremendous debt."

Poseidon waved his hand,

"Please, it was the right thing to do. Even if my father didn't think so."

Poseidon mumbled the last part as his eyes fell back down to the floor.

Optimus stood by watching the interactions. Bumblebees body seemed light again as he chirped and tweeted to Raph. His concern was for Poseidon now, the young, chatty mech had barely said two words since they had arrived back to base. He felt sorry for him, though he still did not know the entire story and felt Poseidon was hiding something.

"Bumblebee, please escort Raphael home to his family I am sure they will want to see him as well."

Bumblebee looked up at Optimus, he didn't say anything only nodded.

"It's fine Optimus, I would rather be here anyway. Honestly my parents probably did even realize I was gone."

Optimus smirked slightly, Raph often would joke about his large family.

"Nonetheless I believe you should see your family."

Raph nodded,

"I suppose your right, come on Bee."

Bumblebee transformed, keeping his eye contact minimal with Optimus, as the two headed out of the base.

Optimus sighed looking over to Poseidon.

"Poseidon allow me to show you to your chambers."

Poseidon nodded slowly standing, he had been away from the ocean for a little over 4 hours now and it was torture, he had never been away from water this long. He followed behind Optimus slowly as they entered a room.

"I am afraid it is not much, though we call it home."

Poseidon nodded,

"Thank you, sir, I appreciate your hospitality toward me."

Optimus smiled,

"You may just call me Optimus, Poseidon."

Poseidon's face didn't change he simply nodded.

"As you wish si… Optimus."

Poseidon waited for Optimus to leave and the door to close before he investigated his room. It was small area nearly of the size of his room at home. He ran his hand along the wall, hitting a few keys on the computer that stood in the corner, and pushing on the bed. He sighed heavily walking over to the corner, placing his back on his he slide down the wall and pulled his knees to his chest. In a matter of hours his whole life had been turned upside down, dumped on the ground, and stomped on.

He laid his head on his knees, he wasn't in Atlantis now. He could cry if he wanted to, the tears flowed down over his face and fell to the floor. He wiped a few off his face, he had never actually seen tears before. He pulled his legs tighter to his chest; his body was aching to be back in the ocean.

Optimus closed the door, he remained outside of it for a few more minutes. He wanted to comfort the hurting youngling though at the moment it seemed Poseidon needed to be alone. He turned and walked down the hallway. They had been so busy with Decepticon activity, then Raph missing that Optimus had forgotten about Poseidon, Atlantis, and Atlas. Optimus retreated into his quarters, walking over to the computer which stood in the corner of his room. He pulled up the massive Autobot database, much of which was missing due to the system limitations of earth.

He began the search for Atlas. The computer whined and groaned as it struggled under the load to search through thousands of autobot names. A final push of its systems produced a name. Optimus's eyes went wide with recognition, a pang hit him.

"Dai Atlas!"

………………………………..

Atlas sat on his throne, the moon from the surface cascading beams of light down into the darkened waters. His tail waved slowly in the slight current that flowed through the castle. His eyes closed, furrowed tightly as memories replayed in his mind,

Flashback……….

Atlas dove behind a large boulder; shrapnel flew up all around him as explosions rocked the ground.

"Optimus we are under heavy suppression fire! We need to retreat now!"

Atlas hollered into his com link; his unit had gone out on patrol. It was supposed to be a scraplet shoot. A small unit of Decepticons, easy prey. They were wrong. The small unit turned out to be a battalion, by the time Atlas realized this his unit was deep in enemy territory and running low on ammunition.

"Commander Atlas Sir, we can't move we are pinned do…"

"Tailwind? Tailwind!"

Atlas hollered into his com; his unit was being cut down all around him. Screams echoed out with the gunfire until finally all fell silent. Atlas remained crouched behind the boulder, his shield of protection. He waited listening; smoke arose around him as he stood. His whole unit laid scattered about the ground. Atlas shook his head as he walked in between the dead bodies, Decepticon and Autobot alike. Atlas was angry, his shoulders heaving up and down. He stopped abruptly; he knew he would find him he had just hoped beyond hope that he would still be alive.

Atlas knelt down,

"Tailwind"

His voice whispered into the breeze, Tailwind's eyes were dark, no spark shone in them. A large gaping hole in his chest and large pieces of shrapnel lodged into him were the cause of his death. Atlas pulled Tailwind close to him, his best friend, his brother… gone. Slowly Atlas placed Tailwind on the ground, he stood turning to the north, transforming aggressively and speeding back toward the autobot Tiger Pax encampment.

"This is all your fault Prime!"

End Flashback….

"Atlas?"

Atlas flinched, snapped from his thoughts by his wife. Pleione swam in slowly; it was evident to him she had been crying by the dimness of her eyes.

"What is it my love?"

Pleione swam up to his throne, placing her hands on his arm,

"I beg you to reconsider Poseidon, he's just a boy wh…"

"A foolish boy, one who would have us unite with the land walkers for centuries we have kept ourselves hidden only for him to risk it all by bringing one of them here and interacting with them."

Atlas pushed himself off his throne, swimming over to the large opening that had once been a window, he looked down into Atlantis. Thousands of Atlanteans milling about their lives.

"I swore to protect Atlantis from the same fate that was dealt to Cybertron. To protect her from the war that doomed us, and now…"

Pleione was still floating by the throne, she sighed as she swam up to him. Wrapping her arms around his waist.

"War will not find us here."

Atlas sighed,

"Optimus Prime is here, on this planet."

Pleione gasped slightly swimming to float by his side.

"Optimus prime, here on earth?"

Pleione managed to sound surprised, though she already knew of this. Atlas nodded,

"If Optimus is here, there is no doubt that Megatron has followed. His Decepticons are the reason we fell to these depths so long ago remember?"

Pleione nodded,

"Who could forget that day?"

Atlas grumbled,

"Your son apparently."

He turned his back to the window swimming back to his throne leaving Pleione to look out to the multitudes below.

"He was not yet born Atlas."

Atlas shook his head,

"None the less, if Optimus is here war and death will follow."

Pleione didn't move from the window. For centuries she had kept quiet about Atlas's hatred toward Optimus, she had supported him without knowing way.

"Atlas, my love, for years I have kept quiet on a question that has burned within me."

Atlas turned to her,

"Why do you hate Optimus so, when it was Megatron who started the war?"

Atlas glared at her,

"He killed my brother."

……………………….

Poseidon jolted awake; he hadn't realized he had fallen asleep. Slowly he pushed himself up and walked over to the door. This was the longest he had ever been on his legs, most Atlanteans went their whole life's without ever using their legs. A rap came to his door, he sighed walking over to open it.

"Optimus?"

Optimus smiled,

"Poseidon, are you faring well?"

Poseidon shrugged,

"Except for water withdraw, I am okay."

Optimus smiled slightly,

"Poseidon, I know it is a painful subject, but I must ask you a question of your father."

Poseidon nodded,

"okay."

"Is your fathers full name… Dai Atlas?"

Poseidon looked at him with a shrug.

"I don't know, I have always just known him to be called Atlas."

Optimus nodded slowly,

"How much of your history do you know?"

Poseidon again shrugged,

"Only that we sank into the ocean centuries ago, to adapted the first Atlanteans somehow managed to change their bodies to adapt to the water. No idea how, so much of our history is blocked from us. My father keeps it hidden in his secret hall of records. No one has access expect him. I tried to sneak in there once as a kid… lets just say it didn't end well for me."

Optimus again nodded,

"What would the chances be of me…"

"Slim to none, trust me. My father will not meet with you and I can't go back into the water. If I do, he'll kill me…."

Optimus looked at Poseidon,

"Would your father truly kill his own son?"

Poseidon nodded,

"He killed my brother."