Chapter 2: The Reawakening

Deep inside of Tailfin Pass mountain there was silence, a silence so deafening it lasted for millions of years until now. First there was a huge rumbling noise that shook some of the mountain to its core and in its core lay a most astonishing secret.

First there was darkness but as the small earthquake finished it reactivated something. An alien super computer which would've made Earth based super computers look like an 8-bit Atari, stirred to life, its eternal slumber awakened by the seismic activity. The computers name was Teletran-1 and when it came online it sent out a basic droid to look for the ship's crew.

It didn't take long for T-1 to find them, the crew lay all over the floor, broken, twisted and in pieces. After it had found the bodies of all the crew T-1 initiated a repair and reactivation protocol, it beeped and flashed as it commanded several dozen floating droids to help the passengers who could be saved, once they were reactivated it was up to them to rebuild the ones who were too badly damaged for T-1's repair systems.

Several Hours passed as T-1 relocated the metallic corpses to the repair chambers and repaired the ones it could repair painstakingly. When the super computer had finally finished it took command of one of the droids and spoke to the leader of the crew and the ship.

"Optimus Prime" it said to a huge Red, Blue and silver robot. This was Optimus Prime leader of the Autobots, a benevolent and respectful leader whose faction had vowed to protect justice and life from the scourge of the Decepticons wherever it may be.

"Optimus Prime!" said the droid again "do you receive me?" the massive Autobot finally stirred.

"Aaaahhhh…..T-1?"

"Yes Optimus Prime"

"What happened exactly?"

"According to last recorded archive files the Ark was assaulted by Decepticon warship Nemesis. Massive battle ensued but gravitational forces of pre-designated planet caused the Ark to crash, status of Decepticon warship unknown"

"How long have we been in Stasis Lock T-1?"

"Unknown, crash caused operating systems to shut down, have been unable to power back up until now. When systems were reactivated, droids recorded massive Autobot casualties and was only able to save you and a few others."

"Yes T-1 you did an excellent job and I thank you, we'll be able to reactivate the others ourselves, thankfully you were able to bring Ratchet and Wheeljack back online, with their help it shouldn't be too difficult saving the others."

"Any further orders Optimus Prime?"

"Yes T-1 I want you to survey the surrounding area of the Ark and I want to know how long we have been deactivated if you can find out that information." Ordered the big Autobot and the droid T-1 was commanding sped off to fulfill its orders.

Optimus looked to his fellow Autobots. The ones who T-1 was able to save were Prowl, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Sideswipe, Ironhide, Bumblebee & Jazz.

"I see you were no worse for ware than I was" said Optimus. Prowl the Ark's second in command looked to his only superior.

"I am glad to see you and some of us are alive again Prime. But not all of us were so fortunate and how long have we been out for?"

"You will all know in due time Autobots, but for now we have a lot of work ahead of us as you can see." Said Optimus pointing to the Autobots still in Stasis Lock "Wheeljack, Ratchet thankfully you two are active to help us"

"Aw great I'm in Stasis Lock for Primus knows how long and I'm already cerebral circuitry high with repair jobs" despaired the Autobot Medic/Mechanic he got grumpy quite easily when there were a lot of repairs to be done especially all the times he has to repair Sideswipe & Sunstreaker for all the times they bit off more than they could chew.

"Ha Ha relax Ratchet, remember what they say on Cybertron 'a functional Autobot is always better than a functional Decepticon" said Wheeljack the Arks chief scientist on this mission, he saw the brighter side of things when it came to a repair job.

Optimus Prime laughed along with Wheeljack as Ratchet snorted even more. Suddenly T-1 arrived again.

"T-1 that was quick did you find out anything?"

"Affirmative, while I was unable to locate a suitable access to the outside world, scanners indicate that due to the seismic activity we are deep underground, however we are also above surface level so logic circuits indicate that we are likely to be deep inside a mountain. Other than that no other information was recorded"

"Very good T-1, help Ratchet and Wheeljack with the repairs, I will find a way to the outside world myself. Sideswipe front & center on the double!" ordered Optimus Prime. However the red Autobot was attending to the corpse of his twin brother Sunstreaker. While Prime was a little miffed the young warrior still lacked discipline and respect towards a senior officer he understood what must be going through Sideswipe's mind and he reached over to him.

"Don't worry Sideswipe Ratchet, Wheeljack and T-1 will do what they can for Sunstreaker but right now I have an important job for you"

"Are you sure Prime. Do you promise they can help Sunstreaker?" blubbered Sideswipe.

"…..I promise. But please follow me and I will brief you of what needs to be done"

Sideswipe smiled at Prime then whispered to his brother;

"Don't worry 'Streaker Prime says you're going to be alright" and followed his commander to the briefing room.

Back outside the side of the mountain started making noises again, but not hinting that there was going to be another avalanche. Sideswipe was drilling through the mountain with his extremely strong hydraulic powered drills. When he finally reached the outside he was taken back by the light of the Sun but was able to adjust his optics to match the surrounding light, he stepped outside closely followed by Prime, Ironhide, Prowl, Jazz & Bumblebee.

Prime looked around; he sensed that this was not the same planet they landed on years ago.

"How long have we been out for?" he asked out loud.

"Judging by the density of foliage, fresh water, cleaner air and sustainable sunlight this planet is in its prime compared to the planet we originally had recorded on our data banks." replied Prowl in his logical tone.

"So we've been on this planet for well over a dozen millennia, maybe even several millions of years" Prime suddenly realized how long they have left the other Autobots on Cybertron for and worried that there might not even be a home to go back to now.

"What's our next course of action Prime, I wanna get out there and crush Decepticon heads" said Ironhide, the oldest soldier on the Ark and was dying for some action.

"Right now Ironhide we have wounded to tend to. In the mean time I will get T-1 to survey the planet and gain any information on this planet's dominant life form, how technologically advanced they are, how used they are to visitors from other words and if possible the location of the Decpeticons if they are here."

The Autobots went back inside to help Ratchet and Wheeljack while T-1 sent out reconnaissance drones to survey the area and gain intelligence.