Chapter 3: Secrets revealed

After escaping the decepticon warship a second time the group figured out megatrons plan and they sent Jack Miko and Raf to a satellite array to intercept them still not knowing of Jack's powers. "So what happens when the cons realize they're being punked?" Jack asked.

"Relax jack it's like online gaming." Raf said.

"Their locking onto cybertron. I'll just have to undo that again. Raf said. Jack looked behind himself and saw a tentacle. He grabled it and snapped it in half or a piece off anyway. "Stay here." Jack said. He ran into the room and saw soundwave. Jack converted his arm into a cybertronian one and shot soundwaves wing when he tried to take off.

Jack stood on his teachers chassis still having his arm in cybertronian form but it was scaled down to his size. Jack pointed the weapon at Soundwaves viser and was pissed. "Where is megatron?" Jack asked. Getting impatient he shot Soundwave's chest nearly killing Lazerbeak. "Tell me or your pet is scrap!" Jack shouted.

In a rush of fear for his friend Soundwave showed his student the exact location. "Rachet tell the others to bridge out. I'm going to destroy the spacebridge." Jack said.

Using his cybertronian strength he jumped into the air and turned into a predacon immediately after transformed into a rocket like formation with dragon wings that don't move. He flyed into the air leaving a disabled Soundwave in the ground.

"How will he destroy the spacebridge?" Miko asked. Rachet used his camera and spotted a predacon in the sky. "By the allspark. THe predacons are extinct how is this one still alive?" Ratchet asked.

Jack watched as the bots were slowly getting overwhelmed by decepticon forces. He wished he could help but he was not able to reach them in time. THen he saw them retiring into a ground bridge. "I hope you know what you're doing Jack." Arcee said.

As soon as they were through Jack rammed the bridges energy regulator causing an instantaneous explosion.

A proximity sensors went off mavak at mack it was to everyone's shocked face June darby.

"Oh boy jacks going to get it now." Bulked whispered.

"Hello can anyone open the door. Optimas where is Jack?" June asked

The bots were shocked the woman didn't only know where they were she knew how they were.

When she entered she saw all of the robots and guessed their names correctly particularly saying that Arcee was beautiful just as Jack Described

"I'm jack's mom Where is he? I saw him flying in predacon rocket mode?" June asked. THe others were speechless and June covered her mouth. "Oh dear." June said.

Optimus drove in with a predacon in robot form in toe. THe predacon became a human in a flash of light and it was jack.

"Set him down here." June said and flower ran in and Grabbed Jack. "Do you have any rooms so that I could fix him up?" Asked June, pointing at erh son thinking that he didn't want people to know about his scars.

"No" Said Ratchet.

Seeing no other choice, June took her sons shirt so she could get the shrapnel out of his body. As she pulled it up over his head. Gasps was the reply of everyone in the room.

"By the allspark!" Ratchet whimpered in horror. Bulkhead and bumblebee had the largest eyes anyone had ever seen. Miko and Raf bursted into tears, as they saw their friends scarred body. Arcee had a wide eyes and her mouth covered in shock, tears flowed from her optics. Optimus had wide eyes, far too stunned to speak. Fowler looked like he was going to puke up the lunch he had back in flight school.

Raf walked up to jack's beside with Teary eyes. "What happened to him?" He whispered to june.

"I would like to know that as well." Optimus said walking up to the other side of June

"Yeah and how does he have cybertronian powers, and where did he learn to use them against that decepticon?" Arcee asked with curiosity.

"Yeah where did he get those powers? Can I have some?" Miko asked.

The bots and fowler just gave Arcee curious looks. "Oh yeah you guys weren't there." Arcee said innocently trying to keep Jack's secret.

By the time all the stories were told and the questions were asked looking at June for explanations. Sigh "Fine, I can tell you what Jack told me, but if you want anything more you're going to have to ask him. Alright?" SHe asked as everyone nodded. "Well it all started 13 years ago. He was outside and I was in the house in the kitchen cooking dinner checking on him every two minutes. I looked out and I saw a giant robot with a visor for a face with my son in hand. I ran out but he used a sonic blast to push me back. Jack screamed for me and I couldn't do anything. THe impact broke a couple of my ribs and I was almost unconscious. I looked up and I saw the robot with my son jump into the air transform into a drone with my son tied to the bottom of his hull. He took off and I could do anything." June said as tears were running down her face and she held Jack's hand.

The others could tell that this was hard on June. And this was just the beginning of the story, They wondered if the rest of the story was going to be this way. Arcee and Miko moved in to comfort her. "Thank you." Sniffs

"I'm ok now where was I….oh yeah that robot took off with jack. Believe it or not Jack became friends with a decepticon. His name was Knockout. Knockout protested against experimenting on him when they could be learning without harming him, Starscream forced Knockout to conduct the experiments on Jack while he was awake at gunpoint. He kept saying that if he was going to be merciful to the flesh that he might as well join the autobots. Knockout helped jack Learn how to control his powers and he was the only friend Jack had, he also helped engineer Jack's escape. Knockout started a fire and let Delta as they called Jack free. After that he went into beast mode and blasted his way out. Before he escaped they sent him into space many times under the influence of mind control to assassinate traitors and autobots. A predacon named Predaking found out about the control and permanently relieved him from it. Predaking treated Jack like he was his own son. He taught Jack how to fight their peoples fighting style and how to fly at a more advanced level. They called it Rocket mode." June said. Optimus caught on.

"So when he returned he was punished and given those scars in human form for not assassinating Predaking?" Optimus asked. June nodded.

"Half of the scars were from training from soundwave half of them were punishments." June clarified.

"He feels like he was at war with himself. His predacon side wanted to kill a kid named Vince today but tamed his predacon side thanks to Predaking." June said.

June finished her story talking about the time Knockout spent repairing Jack when no one else did. Knockout was also the only one that called Jack by his actual name.

Looking at Arcee she saw angry eyes and energon tears running down her face.

"Arcee, are you ok?" June asked.

"Why didn't he tell us?" She whispered.

"What?"

"WHY DIDN'T HE TELL US THE TRUTH!?" Arcee yelled.

"BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED!" June shouted shocking everyone.

Arcee's anger faded right away. "What?...He was afraid of us?"

"No, He was afraid for you." June said getting the others even more confused. "He was afraid that if you all found out about his past….what he is that you would try to capture or even kill him. He was afraid that he would have to fight you and kill you because of the instinct Soundwave drilled into him." A groan soon came from the bed and everyone looked at Jack. Jack realized that his shirt was off so he turned his arm into a cybertronian and morphed his hand into a cannon aiming it at the bots with fear, his cannon clearly shaking.

"Jack….Jack, it's ok….they know." June said Jack in a flash of light turned his cybertronian arm into a human one. He swung his feet over the bed and his muscles were as tight as stone. Optimus could tell that Jack was fearful of what the other boys would think of him now that they knew who he was….what he was and what he did.

"Jack we have heard of your past and we hold no resentment for you not telling us about it." Optimus said. Jack smiled and looked at Bulkhead and Miko. Seeing them nod their heads with smiles on their faces, Jack smiled back and turned to Bumblebee and Raf. Bumblebee gave a thumbs up and his friend hugged his leg. "You're my friend Jack….I don't betray my friends." Raf said.

Jack looked at Arcee, the one person he wanted to accept him smiled. She kneeled down and shook his hand. "Your one tough nut….partner." Arcee said. Jack tried to stand but he collapsed to his knees with a sudden scream. Everyone and I mean everyone moved in to help him but he raised his hand and stood. "It's ok….I'm ok." Jack said. His rib started to glow and the bleeding stopped and the holes in his skin close like magic. "Having a predacon healing factor helps." Jack said. Everyone smiled at him. "There is still one thing I need to do." Jack said. He turned into a predacon and transformed into a dragon. He then marched down the way of they exit and flew into the sky. Following his instinct that one of his friends were in trouble.

When he landed on a cliff he saw Starscream and Knockout bellow. Starscream had his missile aimed at Knockouts head. Jack screamed in dragon form and landed at the bottom of the ravine.

"Not a single move." Starscream threatened with his gun at Knockouts head. Jack just cocked his dragon head slightly then bit starscream throwing him around repeatedly. He literally bit starscream's leg off.

"Delta Please!" Starscream shouted. Jack just spat the leg out of his mouth and transformed into robot mode.

"It took a cataclysm to destroy my half people. You never stood a chance against me Starscream." Delta said turning his right hand into a cannon aiming it at starscream. Knockout put his hand on the cannon and Jack looked at him in confusion.

"It's not worth it." Knockout said.

"Besides it's not a very autobot thing to do." A voice said beside them. It was breakdown. "Have you come to save him?" Delta asked. Breakdown smiled. "I'm not interested in saving Starscream….however he is still my leader. Leave." Breakdown said. A ground bridge opened beside Delta and autobots came rushing out with their guns primed.

"I'll let you go, and bring this worthless pile of slag so Soundwave so he can take command. Until then good luck Knockout." Breakdown said retreating into his own bridge with Starscream unconscious over his shoulder.

Optimus lowered his battle mask and looked at Knockout. "I presume that you are Knockout?" Optimus asked. Knockout nodded. "Welcome to the autobots and for standing up for Jackson when you could." Optimus said.

"You're welcome big rig." Knockout said walking into the autobot bridge.

Jack looked to the stars as if he was sensing an old enemy. His predatory instincts were telling him an enemy is coming. It will be an interesting next couple of months.