The man turned around and had a slight grin on his face. One would not be able to tell that these two were related with the exception of their last names. Ayumi approached him confusedly. She had no idea that her father knew the Autobots. She stopped only about a foot away. Another human that stood taller than Dustin, with blond hair and glasses, stopped what he was doing and swiveled his head towards Ayumi and Dustin.

"Man, I feel the tension here." He said.

"What are you doing here?" She asked her father, ignoring the other man's comment but she shot him a look that would kill a man.

"I've been the Autobot liaison to the Humans for some time." Dustin said. "When I was permitted to join the Autobots, I brought Nick along because of his knowledge of technology, and I have been keeping the Autobots in check with Human history as well as why Humans do the things that they do. Not to mention the current events that have been going on in recent years."

"Is that how they found me?" Ayumi asked.

Dustin nodded. "Yeah, I was the one that sent them to North Korea to find you because we knew the Decepticons had sent in the Predacons. They are a deadly bunch and I wanted to do my best to protect you."

"What were they after?" Ayumi asked.

Before Dustin could answer, another voice answered for him. "They were after Galvatron." This voice was louder, full of authority and slightly robotic. Their attention went to the door to see a towering Autobot with the torso of a semi truck. The front end of the truck was the Autobot's torso. He had a blue like helmet on its head and a mouthpiece. Smoke stacks were mounted on the sides of his shoulders.

Dustin stepped toward the Autobot. "Optimus Prime, I'd like you to meet my daughter, Ayumi."

Optimus knelt down and shook Ayumi's hand. He didn't really move his hand at all to shake the soldier's hand, he just lightly grasped it for he didn't want to injure the woman.

"We have heard a lot about you, Ayumi." Optimus said. "You are a very brave soldier for not backing down against the Decepticons."

"Could've been killed." Dustin muttered under his breath.

"I'm not but a lot of my soldiers were." Ayumi said turning her head towards her father. She then turned her head back to Optimus Prime. "Who is this Galvatron? And why do the Decepticons want him so badly?"

"Galvatron was the brother of the Deception leader, Megatron." Prime said. "He had gone missing before the Transformers had arrived on this planet."

"Why did the Transformers come here?" She asked.

"We come from the planet Cybertron. We have been waging a war against the evil Deceptions for many years and our planet was depleted of its resources. Our war had gone into the outer reaches of space. We tried desperately not to bring other beings into our conflict but we have failed. The Decepticons had come across this planet and its rich resources and wanted to drain this planet dry. Our ships were badly damaged and crash landed here on Earth. We've been in hiding ever since, trying hard not to expose ourselves to your kind. However, we've had to show ourselves when the Decepticons attack, which is a lot more often than we would like."

"How long have you been on Earth?" Ayumi asked.

"Ten of your years." Optimus Prime said. Prime noticed the look that Dustin shot him when he said how long they had been on Earth. Prime didn't fully understand why Dustin was looking at him so.

Ayumi then snapped her head towards her father. "Ten years?" She said. "Was this before or after…"

"They arrived just before." Dustin said lowering his head, knowing that Ayumi's steel trap like mind would catch on and quickly figure things out.

"The Decepticons weren't responsible for the nine eleven attacks were they?" Ayumi asked.

Dustin just stared at the floor, knowing the exact look that his daughter was giving him. He could feel the anger emanating from her.

"They were responsible." Prime said. "It was one of their first attacks."

In a flash of anger and rage, and before anyone could react, Ayumi grabbed her father by his shirt and slammed him against a computer terminal. "YOU TOLD ME MY MOTHER WAS KILLED BY TERRORISTS! YOU LIED TO ME! WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AL-QAIDA FOR YEARS BECAUSE OF THESE ATTACKS AND NOW YOU SAY THEY WERE CAUSED BY SOMEONE ELSE!"

Dustin didn't say anything. He just let his daughter release all of her anger upon him, knowing it had been bottled up for some time. Ayumi kept slamming Dustin against the wall.

"YOU LET ME BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY MOTHER'S DEATH! YOU SAID MY MOTHER WAS KILLED BY RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS!" She lowered her head as she still held onto Dustin tightly. She looked back up at him with tears breaking away from her eyes. "Why did you lie to me, Papa?" Her voice trembled now and was a lot softer.

"What did you want me to tell you?" Dustin finally said. "Did you want me to tell you that evil robots from space came in and killed your mother? Ayu, you were twelve years old." At that moment, Ayumi's grip on her father loosened and she slid to her knees. Dustin knelt down along side her and held her close to him.

"You are important to me. You are the only thing I have left from your mother. This is why I began helping the Autobots. I am doing this for you."

"I miss her, Papa." Ayumi said.

"I know you do. I do too." Dustin said as he rubbed her head and kissed the top of her head. Dustin looked up at Optimus Prime, even though Prime's face was hidden, Dustin knew that Prime knew what Dustin was thinking and that was going to pay back the Decepticons for what they have done.

A few hours had gone by as Optimus Prime stood at the control board of Teletran One. Dustin came up and stood beside him. Dustin had been able to throw some items together and create a cot in another room for Ayumi to rest on. Everything she had been through had taken a toll on her physically and emotionally.

"Ayumi finally fell asleep. She's been through a lot." Dustin said.

"She's strong." Prime said. "She takes after her parents."

Dustin nodded. "That's for sure. More from her mother though."

"What happened on that day?" Prime asked.

Dustin stared at the controls of Teletran before answering. "Haruna and I had just moved to New York. I got a job as a firefighter and she had an internship in the North Tower. My company was out checking gas lines when we all heard this loud, thunderous roar. We all looked up to see this blue colored plane ram, the North Tower"

FLASHBACK

Dustin sprinted up the stairs in his full firefighter gear. His adrenaline kept him going. He was way ahead of his fellow firefighters but still close enough to hear their calls to him to hold up and wait for them. There were people coming down the stairs that needed assistance. He ignored them as he knew the other firefighters would help them and probably send them down to the ground floor. In his mind, if they were able to walk then they could get themselves to safety and to some medical attention. There was only one person on his mind that he needed to help and that was his wife."

He reached the door to the ninety-third floor. The floor that was directly below where the plane had hit. He pulled on the fire escape door but it wouldn't budge. He wondered if the wall was warped and jammed the door in place. He rammed the door with his shoulder but it wouldn't budge. One of the other firefighters reached him and joined in on bashing the door. The two of them began kicking the center of the doorway, denting it with each kick. After a good amount of kicks the corners of the door were free of the frame and using their axes, the firefighters were able pull the door open to get inside.

Once the door was open Dustin stood in the doorway assessing the situation and scanned the area for his wife. Dustin kicked out piles of debris as he entered the floor. People stumbled toward them. Dustin then saw the relieved face of his wife as she hurried to him. He reached out to his wife's outstretched left hand. Then she was gone. Not only had the ceiling partly caved in but so did his world.

Dustin's eyes welled up. His mouth opened but no words emanated. His heart sank as he stood their staring at the pile of debris from the floor above that had taken his wife away from him. Her outstretched hand was the only thing visible and he saw blood find its way down her hand and down her fingers to their ends and drip to the floor. He focused on the wedding ring that still shined on her finger.

"COME ON! WE GOTTA GO!" He heard someone yell. That snapped him back to his senses as he moved toward the pile to try and dig his wife out, even though he knew what had become of her. He felt multiple pairs of hands pull him back towards the stairwell.

"LET GO OF ME! WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE HER HERE!" Dustin cried.

"THE BUILDING IS GOING TO GO! WE NEED TO LEAVE!" Another voice yelled.

Dustin fought, trying to wrestle his way free of the grip of his comrades so he could get back to his wife's side. He continued fighting into the stairwell and well after the sight of his wife's hand sticking out from the rubble and the shine of her wedding ring was out of view.

END FLASHBACK

Dustin had streams of tears flowing from his eyes. "I couldn't save her, Prime. She was there, not even a foot away and I couldn't get to her before she was killed." Dustin looked up at Prime. "Prime, I have saved hundreds of people from burning buildings who were further away and this was no different than any of them but I couldn't save her." Dustin looked back at Teletran. "After that , I came home to Ayumi who had been waiting for us all day. She came running to me as soon as I opened the door and just cried in my arms. She knew her mother would never come home."

Optimus Prime stood there as Dustin walked away, presumably back to his daughter. The Autobot leader knew how Dustin felt about losing a mate. He remembered back to when the Ark was launched and the one he would never see again because of the Decepticons.

Suddenly, the room shook causing Prime to slightly stumble. He then heard the sounds of weapons being fired in the corridors.