"Katherine...it's time to take him back"

"I know, we have to..."

Katherine suddenly stopped talking and moving and everyone knew that meant something was up because she never left her sentences unfinished, combine that with the shocked look on her face and they knew it was something not expected

"It can't be, it just can't be"

"What is it Kerenai?"

"Superman can you guys detect my family's sign of life?"

"No, I can't penetrate their armor"

"Where's Batman?"

"He's in Gotham right now doing his night patrol"

"See if it's safe to call him up here, if it is tell him...tell him I need that equipment my family and I discussed privately with him about"

"Okay but...why?"

"There's something I need to check for myself"

"Okay, in the meantime we'll send Jazz back to earth for..."

"NO!...no don't do that, not yet, not until I confirm my suspicions about something"

Superman calls Batman who is actually able to come to the watchtower immediately with the equipment that Katherine had requested

"What's going on?"

"I'm honestly not sure, but right before we were going to return Jazz to earth Katherine said not to and for you to bring that equipment, she's been on his chest the entire time"

"Get me up there"

And so Batman is soon on Jazz's chest and as soon as he sees Katherine he knows instantly why the equipment had been asked for because what no one but Batman knew was that Katherine was so in tune with the auras of her family that she could tell if they were still alive or not when no other equipment could, and thus with his help they developed equipment that Katherine could charge with her powers to detect even the faintest sign of life, the only catch was that Katherine had to be absolutely as calm as possible for her to sense if someone was actually still alive or not for the equipment to be used. Once the equipment was set up only Batman heard what Katherine said right before she powered up the equipment

"Please let me be right"

She powers up the equipment and then everyone jumps at the unusual sound that they suddenly heard, when that sound was heard though they saw Katherine noticeably perk up and go for her phone

"Katherine here...where's Ratchet or First Aid?...I see...I see...is Hook available?...can you tell him to come to the watchtower?...it's urgent...okay...okay...I'll ask" (Puts a hand over the phone) "can the teleporters handle a Cybertronian Batman?"

"Yes, we should be able to"

"Good...okay they said that it should be possible...send me coordinates...okay talk to you guys soon Rodimus"

Fortunately Batman was proven correct and soon enough Hook was at the watchtower

"What's going...is that...status report Kerenai, now"

"I felt his aura and had Batman bring the special equipment designed just for such an occasion, it's faint and we could still lose him at any moment, especially considering how long he's been without Energon with these injuries but Jazz is alive still Hook"

"Right, everyone stand back, Batman you and Katherine need to get off of his chest"

"Right, Superman, Hawkgirl?"

And so the two are quickly off of Jazz's chest where Hook would get to work and then remain at work for the next three hours, when asked why Jazz had yet to be returned Hook had given various excuses that were almost completely valid all things considered but no where's near the real truth about the fact that Jazz was alive but in critical condition. Finally though Jazz stirred for the first time in a long while and actually spoke, though his voice was noticeably quieter than normal

"What happened?"

"Easy Jazz, don't try and talk right now, you're still in critical condition after being thought dead for over a week, I've gotten you stable enough for transport but I think to do so safely will require you to be in emergency stasis, however your Energon levels..."

"Too low"

"Yeah, that's the problem I have, if I put you into emergency stasis like this we could lose you for real this time"

"Actually...there might be a way"

"Kerenai?"

"I know it sounds crazy and it slightly is but...there might be a way to safely put Jazz into emergency stasis and be able to revive him once back on earth and more repaired than what you can do here Hook"

"How so?"

"Me, there's a theory I have regarding my powers, something I haven't tested because of the risk to both myself and you guys. As you know I can detect your energy fields or aura even if it's so faint most technology can't detect it, I'm wondering if my powers could sustain you guys long enough in emergency stasis for emergency transport where you could be hooked up to machines that would keep you guys alive until you're no longer out of critical condition, but like I said there are risks, very serious risks at that"

"What kind of risks and just how serious are they?"

"The most serious risk is death for both of us, and even if that doesn't happen there could be...well disabilities, permanent disabilities for both sides mental or physical or even possibly both and those disabilities vary in the severity as well, and that's even if it works which it might not I might add, and don't even get me started on my powers because that could take three or four months depending on if I go one by one on the list"

"She's not kidding, it literally takes that long with her powers...Jazz?"

"Do...it"

"Sorry Jazz, can't do that in your condition, Hook, it's your decision as medical officer"

"I concur, do it, I will closely monitor both of you for adverse affects, and the League can transport us directly to where Ratchet is, I can give them the coordinates"

"Good, two minutes between the use and unconsciousness due to previous experience that you're aware of"

"Oh...that incident"

"Yeah, that incident, no one was happy about that incident including me by the way"

"We're lucky no one got hurt as it is"

"No kidding, considering it was a complete accident there could have been injuries to me or you guys"

"What incident are you guys talking about?"

"Later, right now Jazz needs medical attention beyond what the watchtower can provide, I'll use my power on him to try and stabilize him further in emergency stasis once we're on the transporter pad"

Soon the three of them are on the transporter pad and as soon as Hook confirms Jazz is in emergency stasis Katherine uses her powers to keep him alive, falling unconscious fairly quickly. Three minutes later and all of them are at the base First Aid was at due to the fact that Ratchet couldn't take doing Jazz's autopsy on top of dealing with five injured combiners from three different teams

"Hey Hook, I can..can take over the autopsy"

"No, he needs to be hooked up to our version of a life support system immediately"

"What?"

"He's still alive First Aid, still in critical condition and currently in emergency stasis thanks to Kathy, but we can't keep this up for long, we need to separate them as quickly as possible"

"Right, how is she keeping him stable, I'm reading extremely low Energon levels still"

"Her powers, but she herself said it was highly risky doing this"

"Right, let's get them to medbay now"

Eventually Jazz was hooked up to their version of a life support system, which would keep him alive until repairs were completed

"Right, now what?"

"The only way to do this is to physically break their contact, I don't like it but that's the only thing that worked the last time when it was completely accidental"

"The most dangerous method that we have too"

"Unfortunately it's the only option that we've got, she can't tell that he's on life support for whatever reason"

"I think that might be because while she can detect our auras I think they feel the same almost constantly, even if we're near death"

"We'll ask her later, but she is definitely going to be under observation for a bit"

"Her job isn't going to be happy with her, either job, and for one of them she was only granted a week of mourning after his remains were recovered"

"Her other job didn't specify but considering what that job is..."

"Exactly, now then Kathy, we need her off of Jazz's chest to continue the work you did already"

"How do we do this?"

"Just pick her up, she doesn't stir when like this"

And so that's what they do and she instantly wakes up after being disconnected from Jazz

"Hook..."

"It's okay Katherine, he's hooked up to our version of life support and First Aid will be taking over on his care"

(Sighs) "I didn't know, it's good that he's safe"

"By the way you're under watch for a bit of currently undetermined time"

"Oh I knew that was happening when I told Hook that there were potentially extremely serious risks, the fact that we haven't died yet has turned those serious risks into potential serious disabilities but since I have no clue how long between actually doing this and potential consequences happening it might be safest for me to be under observation between three and six months initially"

"Generally you don't like such long term observation"

"I know, however I feel it safest that ways"

"Understood, by the way we really need to figure out a way for you to detect when someone is on life support because I'm worried about this happening yet again either by accident or deliberately"

"I've talked it over with the Primes, Galvatron and the ones I inadvertently gained my powers from and we have no clue how to resolve this issue"

"How often have you guys tried?"

"Since the incident happened when I was ten"

"We never noticed"

"Yeah...we were doing our best to be discreet and secret about it"

"Summer vacation"

"Winter vacation a couple of times too First Aid"

"Oh...why wasn't Ratchet or I involved?"

"That's...that's complicated I'm afraid First Aid, more complicated than you could ever imagine" (thinks) "They don't need to know that it's been determined that if we ever try anything other than physical separation it will kill me within five months to a year depending on their method of choice, because unfortunately the reason I can't tell the difference is deliberate by my powers as some yet undetermined safety feature, you guys trying to medically get me to detect the difference would seriously disable me due to the fact that since I've been around them and their medicine enough times I am slightly immune to adverse effects even with my powers"

"For now though I think Katherine's job needs to know the truth about Jazz...maybe even offer them an exclusive this time, and not simply because of you working for them Kathy, we've been debating this for some time now in regards to the next time something like this happens where one of our own that we believed dead returns to us alive"

"How do you know about this Hook?"

"I have my ways"

"Except for the fact that I know for a fact that all of the newspapers have been invited to Jazz's funeral once held, if it's not held and the other newspapers find out by reading the Daily Planet that Jazz is alive..."

"Good point, in any case we need to tell the Primes and Galvatron about this development now that he's slightly more stable"

"Not yet Hook, I want him even more stable first, he's still in critical condition after all"

"I'm staying until then if that's the case"

"Understood Katherine, you know the drill for doing so"

"Indeed I do"

"Still need to figure out the reporters though"

"Wait...didn't Optimus state that the funeral wouldn't be for at least three days after recovery and the League releasing his body, he thought they might need longer to say goodbye"

"Might have if I hadn't detected his aura, we'll never know though"

"Indeed we'll never know"

It would take another fifteen hours but finally Jazz was stable enough to be taken off of the critical list