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I growled to myself as I stood by the kids platform at the base. Why was I so mad? Well, just a few moments ago, an ancient Autobot signal had popped up on radar, but the signal itself had been sort of spaced out so Optimus said that we would be splitting up into teams to do this. I didn't care that we would be splitting up but I had been excited to go out and have some fun. Ever since Optimus came back from the Decepticons, I had only been out of the base once, and that was just because my claustrophobia, which wasn't usually so bad, had actually built up because of all the excitement around base that I had taken it out on Bulkhead during one of our training sessions, which caused the green mech to have to get some welds in so I had been allowed out to calm myself down.

While I had been excited, that excitement soon ended when Optimus had told me, and just me, to stay at base. When I asked why I and not Ratchet, who usually liked to stay in the base instead of being out in the field with the possibility of a battle, had to stay behind, he had said because the combination of my size, speed, and lack of fighting experience would be a hindrance in case of the possibility of an attack from the Decepticons in the confines of the canyon.

Right then and there, I had wanted to argue with the Prime but, since I knew that the next few episodes were going to be hard enough on the Prime's processor, I resigned to simply sending him a quick glare before walking over to the ground bridge controls. Shadow had shot me a look of sympathy as she ran through the bridge next to Cliff and that had caused me to send her a small smile before she disappeared.

But, it had now been an hour already and I was getting irritated. I hadn't heard a word from anyone about how this mission was going and I couldn't remember if we were quite on the part where Bumblebee lost his t-cog or if that was still a little later.

I probably would have known if I hadn't come into the room late due to having a strange recharge dream and recharging longer than my alarm clock. I had run into the room and any talking that might have happened before the signal had appeared had already happened.

"Pandimala, are you alright?"

I glanced to my right and saw the kids walk into the room from one of the adjacent hallways. They had come to base after school, according to what Shadow had time to tell me when I had got to the room, and they were curious about where Shadow and I slept so I told them how to get to my room, since Shadow would have offlined me if I had let them into her room without her permission, and told them to have a look around, but to be careful.

Smiling at Raf, who had asked that, I smiled and nodded before saying, "Yeah Raf, I'm alright. I just wish I was out there with them."

"Yeah!" Miko nodded enthusiastically. "I bet you could wipe the floor with all of those Decepticreeps!"

And that was another thing. While I wanted to go out, I was much less inclined to actually want to fight the Decepticons...and I wasn't one hundred percent sure as to why that was. Before the whole mess with Unicron, I didn't mind fighting them because, even though I was a fan, I had never actually seen any true compassion or kindness in any of them besides Knockout, and that was at the very end of the last episode. But, with everything that happened during the Unicron incident, all my talks with Megatron and, the major crux, him saving me, I found myself torn between my loyalty to the bots and my true fan loyalty to the Decepticons.

But, I couldn't let the kids...or anybot else, worry about that at the moment so I put on my best smile and held up a fist before saying, "You bet I could!" We all then laughed at that.

Our fun was short lived, however, when the base comm system went off. "Pandimala, we need a ground bridge now!" Optimus yelled.

Thinking that they were injured and in trouble, I ran to the controls and quickly locked onto their position before activating it. Soon, the rest of the bots made their way into the base and I let out a sigh of relief that Shadow as alright. I was always worried when we weren't out on a mission together, like I knew she did for me. Which was going to make our new assignment from Alpha Trion that much harder to accomplish.

When I saw Optimus set down the Spark Extractor and Ratchet start to scan it, I realized what was coming up. Hopefully, I would be able to help out this time.

"Man, you all should have seen the look on bucket head's faceplate when I took this from him. I don't think he could hear me when I did a loopty loop before grabbing it!" Jazz laughed as he explained to the kids what happened. Great. This wasn't good. If Bumblebee didn't get the spark extractor away from Megatron, then would he still be the one who MECH got?

"Loop-de-loop huh?" Shadow questioned with a smile. Of course, they wouldn't have known what happened.

Jazz smirked like the happy bot he was and said, "You bet. This all has been a lot better than sentry duty, that's for sure." He then let out a laugh at that.

While the others around laughed at that, I simply let off a smile. While I liked Jazz, he was another Autobot that I liked though I liked Wheeljack a lot better, I still didn't feel right about celebrating an Autobot victory like this. Plus, with the uncertainty of the episode now looming over my helm, I knew that everything was going to be touch and go. "You have some brass bearings Jazz, facing Megatron alone like that." I stated to the mech with a small smile on my face. While I was glad that he was happy, something didn't feel right about outright rejoicing the matter.

"Optimus," Ratchet started, causing us all to make our way over to the bots. As we walked, Ratchet pointed to one of the screens and continued. " here. The source of the ancient frequency we detected."

Optimus gave a slight nod before saying, "An Iacon homing beacon."

"What's an Autobot locator doing on that?" Shadow asked. I knew that she knew the answer but I figured that she just wanted to say it.

Optimus turned to us all before saying, "The Class-A Decepticon weapons confiscated during the war, were sealed within the vaults below Iacon."

"Where you used to work as an archivist, right?" I questioned. While I knew where the weapons had been buried and that Optimus had been an archivist, I wasn't one hundred percent sure that he had worked in that specific building. I didn't pay attention to the boring details since I was a Decepticon fan.

Optimus seemed to stand slightly more rigidly than he was, if that was even possible, before saying, "Iacon was both a cultural center and a stronghold, which Megatron raided when Autobot troops were at their nadir. It stands to reason that in anticipation of Iacon being overrun by enemy forces, these weapons were jettisoned off-world to keep them far from Decepticon reach."

Ratchet nodded in affirmation of that before saying, "Clearly, the beacon was added as a safety measure should the weapons ever be found by the undesired party."

I jumped when Bulk let out a laugh at that before patting Jazz on the back. "Well, thanks to our hotshot stunt driver, this one's going in our vault."

I smiled at that but, it seemed like that little spot of happiness was too much to ask for. "Do you think this is the only intel you supplied to Megatron?" Arcee asked seriously.

We all glanced at Optimus as he answered her. "Arcee, you are right to ask, and i am afraid I do not remember."

My spark twinged slightly at that. Optimus was having such a hard time with his forgotten memories of being on the Decepticon warship and it looked like it was eating him alive. "Optimus," Cliff started. "Megatron clearly took advantage of your memory loss. But, you know what, for all we know this spark extractor thing is the only thing he got from you." He then smiled at the end of that.

Jazz nodded and said, "Yeah OP, maybe Megatron said that to just mess with your helm?"

Optimus smiled slightly at that and said, "Thank you. All of you." Everybot then went their separate ways.

I shook my helm. I really had to get out of here and take a nap. This wasn't one of my favorite episodes and this was probably going to be the only time that I was happy to not be going out because of my alt modes that would stand out. But, as I just turned to leave, I felt a servo tap my shoulder. Turning, I saw Jazz staring up at me. What did he want? "Yeah?" I asked him to get him starting on whatever he was about to say.

"Pandimala, how did you and Shadow join Optimus?" Jazz asked and I could see the curiosity in his visor.

Shadow, who must have heard his question, walked over with Cliffjumper as I answered. "Jazz, believe it or not, Shadowstalker and I have not always been Cybertronian, but we used to be humans. A few months ago, we were attacked and, due to an energon accident, we were changed into Cybertronians."

I was pretty sure that Jazz's jaw was going to hit the floor with how low it dropped. He pointed to me and Shadow before he turned to her and asked, "You two were humans?"

What? He didn't believe me? Shadow smiled and nodded before saying, "You bet we were. While I sometimes miss being human, I wouldn't give this up for anything in all the galaxies." She said that last part as she turned to Cliffjumper and the two of them kissed again.

Shuddering at that, I shook my helm and turned toward the hallway of my room before saying, "Well, I'm going to hit the berth early tonight. I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a long solar cycle and I want to try and get some recharge." I then turned and walked down the hall.

But, just as I got to my room, Shadow ran up to me. "'Mala, you do know that they are about to send Bumblebee and Bulkhead out on patrol and you know what happens during that, right?"

I frowned at that and nodded before saying, "I know Shadow. But, I don't like this episode. I don't like how MECH takes his t-cog so easily or how much Ratchet beats himself up over not being able to fix Bumblebee and I don't want to be there for that. If you could, could you watch what happens here? I really didn't get a lot of recharge last night and my systems are practically screaming at me to get some rest."

Her optic ridges furrowed in concern before she asked, "Why didn't you get a good recharge last night? Did you have a nightmare?"

While I wanted to lie to her and say that I didn't, I knew that I couldn't do that to my best friend so I nodded and said, "Yeah. But, I don't remember anything about it. You know that I never could remember my dreams or nightmares...unless they were influenced by Alpha Trion."

She stared at me for the longest time before sighing and placing her right servo to her helm. "Fine. Just remember that you owe me 'Mala."

Gratitude rushed through my systems before I nodded and smiled softly and said, "Thanks Shadow." She smiled back at me before nodding at walking back toward the main room. This episode always bothered me and I didn't want to be anywhere near it. While Ratchet wasn't my favorite character, I did appreciate him and I knew that the Autobots here on Earth would have been doomed a long time ago if it hadn't been for the old mech. Plus, I knew that he always put his full effort into everything he did. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep myself together with my lack of recharge. I would be better off doing it tomorrow when I would hopefully have a full recharge.

Walking into my room, I folded my wings into my back and laid down on my back before starting my recharging procedures. Since I was starting them earlier than normal, I knew that it was going to take longer for me to actually fall into recharge. So, as I waited, I thought about what was going to happen tomorrow. Bumblebee was going to try and go on a mission, after getting into some trouble with Ratchet, and he was going to fall off of that cliff when chasing Knockout. While I knew that I wouldn't be able to help them, I did know that it was going to be a stressful time for us all.

Finally, I started to feel tired. It was going to be a crazy solar cycle tomorrow and I knew that I had to get my rest. I was going to need it with having to worry about Bumblebee and his t-cog. Finally, I laid my helm down and started to go into recharge. It didn't take long before I was deep into recharge.

The Next Day

"What?" I yelled at Shadow in shock. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had just stepped out of my door when Shadow bolted out of her room and came up to me. She just told me something that I wasn't sure I heard right.

But, Shadow nodded and said, "Yeah, Bumblebee didn't go on the mission last night! He was going to go when Jazz said that he would like to go out and stretch his wheels a bit. Before I could say anything, Optimus agreed!"

I faceplate palmed at this new development. Our messing around here had changed this episode and now I wasn't sure what was going to happen. There were so many things that had hinged on Bumblebee getting his t-cog taken that I wasn't sure that it was going to go right. "This is what I get for actually getting a good recharge." And I had. My whole recharge had been peaceful and I was sure that I hadn't had a nightmare or dream at all. It had been strange, but it had been nice.

"Well, let's get to the main room and see what's going on." Shadow suggested.

I nodded and followed Shadow to the main room. Once we got to the main room, I saw Jazz standing next to Ratchet. If I was right, which I usually tried to be, then this was right when he would start to get bored.

"Hey Ratch, have you heard from Bulkhead, Bumblebee, or Optimus?" Jazz asked the medic as he looked over Ratchet's shoulder.

Ratchet shook his helm before saying, "Optimus, Bumblebee and Bulkhead have not reported in yet."

Jazz frowned at that before hugging Ratchet's shoulders. "Ratchet, have you heard anything about anything?"

Ratchet sighed. "Jazz! I'll let you know the moment I hear something."

There were a few seconds of silence. Of course, that didn't last long. "Ratchet," Jazz stated as he started to tap the medic's helm. "I'm bored."

Honestly, I was about to burst out laughing. If there was one good thing about all of this, it was that Jazz took this to a high level of funny.

However, Ratchet did not seem to enjoy it as much. "Will someone keep him occupied so I can get some work done?"

I laughed at that. Couldn't help it really. This was way too funny even for me. Thankfully, we didn't have to answer as Raf called Jazz over. "Hey Jazz, want to play a video game?"

Jazz shrugged with a smile and started to walk over to the kids. Shadow and I shot each other looks that said that this was going to be entertaining to watch so the two of us walked over and arrived at the same time as Jazz. The revving of engines could be heard on the game and I shook my helm when I saw that they were playing that racing game.

The second in command frowned at that before saying, "Really guys?"

"Oh, bad call." I stated with a wince. I felt sorry for Jazz. I wouldn't know how I would react if I couldn't fly anymore.

Raf and Miko looked up at Jazz before Raf apologized. "Sorry."

Before Jazz could say anything though, Miko cut in. "Hey, no big deal! That game's lame." She then threw her controller before grabbing the remote and saying, "What do you say we watch some T.V.?" She then held up the remote and, before anyone could stop her, she turned it on.

Uh-oh. I knew that this was just going to make it that much worse as the car commercial started. 'The new Urbanna 500. It won't just rock your world; it will transform it.'

Crickets. I would swear until my offlining day that I heard crickets for about a second after the commentator stopped speaking. We were all staring at the television with looks of horror on our faces and faceplates and I knew that this was really not helping Jazz handle this any easier.

"Come on really?" Jazz yelled at the T.V.

"Whoops. Forgot about that." Shadow leaned over and whispered to me.

Nodding, I motioned to Jazz, who was walking away, before saying, "Yeah, taking the 'Auto' out of an Autobot is definitely not a good thing." Then, deciding to try and cheer Jazz up, I walked up to him. "Hey, come on Jazz." He turned to me as I continued. "You're even more amazing without wheels than with them. I mean, I transform into a tank. I should know that speed definitely isn't everything."

He turned to me with the starting of a smile and, for that quick moment, I thought that I had cheered him up. But, as Shadow walked next to me, Cliffjumper and Arcee came racing in, Jack racing on Arcee, and the two skidded to a halt pretty close to us.

Jack quickly jumped off of Arcee. "Personal best Arcee! You hit one twenty easy!"

We all frowned at Jack and it took the three of them a second to realize what they said. "Uh-oh." I heard Cliffjumper mutter. From the look that Shadow was giving him, I had a feeling that he was going to be getting a long talking too when this was done with. It almost made me wish that I would be there for that yelling at. But, I didn't like listening to lovers quarrels, as I knew how those usually ended.

Jazz glared at the two of them before shaking his helm and walking away. "I'm going." He stated angrily. I guess he didn't handle being without his wheels very well. Of course, if I wouldn't have been able to fly, then I would be tearing the base apart right now. Guess there was some good in it being him, at least it wasn't me.

"Jazz!" Ratchet yelled after the mech. "Where do you think you are going?"

"For a walk." Jazz muttered to the medic. It was really strange seeing Jazz act this way. He was usually the party go happy kind of mech and now he seemed to be almost sulking. Definitely not a good thing.

At his answer, Ratchet walked up next to Jazz and said, "You just can't go for a walk! We are robots in disguise Jazz! Leaving the base in this form puts you at risk of being seen and of us being discovered!" Ratchet then turned Jazz around before continuing, "You'll just have to remain in the silo, until,"

Jazz pulled his arm away from Ratchet's servo before saying, "Yeah I know doc! Until you can fix me!" Jazz then walked out of the room.

I glanced over at Ratchet as he sighed. "Yes Jazz, until I can fix you."

I shook my helm and had a urge to go after the mech. But, instead, I walked up to Ratchet as the others went down the hall that led to the training area. Guess they were going to get some practice in and Shadow was going to be yelling at Cliffjumper, definitely not a good thing to witness. So, I walked up to Ratchet instead and said, "Hey, everything is going to be alright. Trust me on this one." I then smiled at the end. It felt weird trying to cheer Ratchet up, since he was not exactly my favorite Autobot, though not my least favorite by far, and I hoped that this worked because I wasn't sure how much more help I could be.

Thankfully, Ratchet nodded and said, "I know Pandimala. But it is difficult to see Jazz like this, since I could not help Bumblebee when he was in the same position with his voice-box."

Nodding, I continued to encourage him. "I know that Ratchet. But remember, while events have changed in this time line, I know that, no matter what the Autobots do, they always give one hundred and fifty percent effort towards what they do."

He looked confused at my saying that for a click and I wondered why until he answered. "It is statistically impossible for a being to give one hundred and fifty percent because that would outstretch the limits of their abilities to,"

Before the medic could continue, I helmed slapped him and smiled before saying, "Just take the compliment Ratchet. I don't give them out that much." Then, noticing the time and that Bumblebee was still with Bulkhead and Optimus, I motioned toward the silo doors before saying, "Hey Ratchet, why don't you pick up Raf from school? I bet he has some questions that only you could answer."

Ratchet frowned at me for a nano-click and I thought that I was going to either get one of his wrenches or he was just going to lecture me but, after that nano-click, he sighed and transformed before saying, "I will be back soon. Tell Bulkhead that he is on watch duty when he returns." The medic then drove out of the base.

Perfect, I was able to help the episode along some and I got to hit Ratchet without getting in trouble. Best day ever!

"Hey, I could use a ground bridge. Bumblebee and Optimus are going to scout a little more but I was sent back to base." Bulkhead communicated through the system.

Locking onto his coordinates and sending the bridge, I said, "Coming right up Bulkhead."

I then stood there and waited for Bulkhead to come through. Once he did, the ex-wrecker turned around before saying, "Where's Ratchet? I figured he would be here."

Smiling, I simply said, "He had something to do." What? I could be vague if I wanted to. Then, I remembered what Ratchet told me and said, "Oh, and Ratchet said that you are on watch duty until he gets back." Turning and walking toward the training rooms, I waved before saying, "Have fun!"

"Aw!" I heard Bulkhead complain and that caused me to chuckle. I wasn't sure if it was fate or just pure dumb luck that had placed Bulkhead as Miko's guardian but I could see that they were so much alike that it wasn't even funny.

I made it to the training room in no time and smiled as I watched Arcee and Shadow face off against each other. They both looked like they were really going at it and I realized that this was probably going to be an epic fight. Both femmes were close to the same stats and I had a feeling that we were going to see some sweet looking moves being clash.

When the two finally started to fight again, I was not disappointed as the two of them traded blows and kicks while, at the same time, trying to back each other into corners. It was actually kind of funny to watch them. It was almost like watching a circus act more than a training routine.

When a timer went off, I realized that they were doing timed fights, probably to lower damage to each other, and I smiled and waved when Shadow turned to me and did the same. "Just in time 'Mala! I'm about to have some fun with Cliff!"

I frowned immediately at that. I had a feeling that they were going to be throwing words back and forth between each other and I wasn't quite in the mood to listen to that so I shook my helm and said, "And I think that's my cue to head back to the other room." Then, before she could stop me, I walked out of the room. Maybe I would keep Bulkhead company until Ratchet came back. The poor mech was probably bored out of his processor.

My spark stopped when I walked into the main room. "Frag!" I hissed to myself as I ran up to the ground bridge controls. I forgot that, in the original version of this, Bumblebee had convinced Bulkhead to let him go and help him get the relic. Now, I had a really bad feeling that Jazz had convinced Bulkhead to do the same thing.

Checking the ground bridge log, I cursed to myself when I saw that the bridge had just been used a few clicks ago. Frag this was not going good. If something changed and Jazz got seriously hurt, then the whole time line would be ten times as screwed up as it already was and we couldn't let that happen. Of course, as I turned on the bridge to their coordinates, I reminded myself that this one was Bulkhead's fault. "I swear, you are such a door mat Bulkhead." I muttered to myself before taking out one of my broadswords and running though. I didn't know what sort of trouble I would find.

The sounds of clashing metal had me running through the trees and I soon found Bulkhead facing off against Breakdown. Once there was a pause in the fighting, I ran next to Bulkhead. "Pandimala!" Bulkhead yelped in surprise. Guess he didn't hear the bridge.

Glaring at Bulkhead, I shook my helm before saying, "What were you thinking bringing Jazz? And where is he?" Well, I yelled at the mech but he deserved it.

The green mech was about to answer when Breakdown suddenly charged and knocked Bulkhead to the side. "Focus Bulkhead!" Breakdown taunted.

Growling, I formed my free servo into a fist before slamming it into Breakdown, sending him flying. "I was talking!" I screamed at the mech before running up to Bulkhead and helping him up before saying, "Which way did Jazz go?"

Once the big mech got his bearings, he pointed down the road and so I nodded and said, "Alright. Take care of Breakdown. I'm going to get Jazz. Once I get him, we are going to back to base. Understood?"

Bulkhead nodded at that so I turned away and ran in the direction Jazz went for a few steps before jumping into the air and transforming before blasting off. The fastest way that I was going to find Jazz was to fly around in the direction that he chased Knockout in until I found him. Hopefully, he wouldn't be hurt when I found him.

After following the road for a click, I finally spotted Knockout and Jazz turning the sharp bend that would eventually, "Scrap!" I yelled as Jazz lost control of the truck he was using as wheels and went over the side of the cliff. I couldn't let the idiot get hurt so I quickly went into a nosedive toward him and, once I was close enough to him, transformed before grabbing him. "Hang on Jazz!"

"Pandimala!" Jazz asked with wide optic shock.

But, I knew we didn't have time for that so I placed myself between Jazz and the ground. From school, yeah who thought you could learn anything there, I learned that making yourself spread out would help lower the force of your fall. I wasn't thrilled with what I was about to do but I felt like I didn't have a choice. So, I spread my wings out to their full length, keeping myself between Jazz and the ground, before closing my optics. A nano-click later, I hit the ground and my world went dark.

And here is the next chapter of Revelations of a Different Future! I wanted to get this done earlier but the ten hour work day I had the other day stopped that in its tracks. But, now it is done and I hope you all like it! Next chapter will be written and posted by Shadow!

Shadow: Well, you made a scene.

Me: *smiles* What? I can't help it.

Shadow: *shakes head* What am I supposed to do with you?

Both of us: This is Shadow Katakura and DragonScouter signing off (for now) and wishing you well!