Ch.2

"But Orion what's so special?" Ariel asked as he let her go.

"Nothing. It's just a normal day," Orion said, still grinning.

"Well, come on! Dion found something he wanted to show us."

"You go ahead; I'll be there in an astro-second."

"Okay..." She left. Orion looked at the Cybertron he had known. Every building was a shining beacon of purity and even the air seemed cleaner. He was home...but where had he been?

Jazz's dream

Jazz carefully stepped into the old building. It was ready to fall apart at any moment, but it was ignored by the Decepticons. It was therefore the perfect place for bots to hide during the Decepticon raids.

From the looks of it though none of the others had arrived. 'I hope Streamline and Oilslick got their twins out. Those kids shouldn't be out in this no matter how brave they are.' One of the twins in question, he remembered, had run out of the building to get an art kit he dropped.

Jazz tried to comm. them but all he got was static. "Come on guys! Where are ya?" Then he heard something in the back corner. He drew his rifle and carefully stepped over toward it.

In the corner were the twins Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. They were crouching next to what looked to be...

"Oh Primus..." The twins looked up and then ran over and hugged his legs. They were still so little, too little to see this. They had been crouching next to their mother, Streamline, who was now an all too familiar shade of gray.

Ironhide's Dream

A little red and white sparkling ran up to him. "Papa! You're home!" Ironhide scooped her up and gave her a hug.

"Sure am! Have you been a good girl?" he said looking at her.

"Yep! Mama's been keeping me out of trouble."

"Where is your mother?" Ironhide asked as he set her down still grinning.

"She's in recharge."

"We best not wake her then. Come on let's get inside. I'm freezing my diodes off."

Sunstreaker's Dream

Sunstreaker was standing in the street when he heard something run up behind him. Then whatever it was grabbed him and he heard a familiar voice.

"Hey bro! What're you doing in the street? Mom's got something to show us!"

Sunstreaker turned his head and there, giving him a huge smile, was Sideswipe.

"What is it?" he asked eagerly.

"I don't know but we should find out! Come on!" he said grabbing Sunstreaker's arm and pulling. Inside were their two parents smiling, this was a rare sight for the twins. Ever since the Decepticons had started their raids nobody smiled.

Ratchet's Dream

"Ratchet buddy! Wake up!" a voice shouted above him.

Ratchet bolted up sending a data-pad flying as he did. "Huh?" He looked at the speaker and saw, "Wheeljack? What time is it?"

"Time for you to get up. Your final is in a few astro-hours and you need to study."

"I studied last night didn't I?"

"Drinking your weight in oil and passing out on your notes doesn't count as studying Ratchet."

"Fine." He lifted himself and picked up the data-pad. On it was something about diseases that affected the mind, but this data-pad didn't even belong to him. "Wheeljack is this yours?" Wheeljack looked at it carefully.

"Nope. It's not mine. Maybe you picked up someone else's."

"Guess you're right. I'll return it after the final." He picked it up along with his notes and started to leave.

"I thought you were going to study!"

"I am! I'm just going to do so where it's quieter."