the group looked at each other, and came forward, one by one Gunlock, then beacon, then Cable and Cap, and finally Driveby. The device gave off a low hum as they did, as though recognising each of them.

Indy's jaw dropped. She concentrated harder on the device.

Jade came over and put her hand on the device. "Just concentrate on being human, That little spark of electricity inside you..."

There was a flash, and they were human.

Gunlock had become a medium-built man of about 29, with ear-length nutmeg brown hair, and green eyes, wearing all black.

Beacon was a short light-brown haired gut of about 25 with blue eyes, a grey t-shirt and cargos, Cap was an average-height man of about 21 with military-cut hair and fatigues, and Cable was a shorter, blue-eyed guy of about 20 or so with short brown hair that kept falling into his face, wearing blue jeans, and a white tee..

And Driveby was a femme with ice blue eyes and just-over-her-ears platimum blonde hair, with white pants, a blue tanktop, and a white jacket over it.

There was a scream from Hammetread's quarters. He rushed inside.

"Oh no."

he came out carrying a wavy-haired blonde of about 17 with brown eyes, wearing bluejeans and a white tee, with a red jacket.

and a very suprised look.

"Oh frag..." THe twins blinked. "That's not good."

"No duh." Alpha's copy, who was also human now, said.

Alpha facepalmed. "Great. My copy's human"

"Not the problem at hand, sis." Omega sighed.

"Right. Now Indy's human...perfect..." Alpha sighed.

Jade looked at the teenager and shook her head. "Anyone have any idea what to do with her?" she asked.

HT grinned.

"Not you, ht." Jade deadpanned.

The tank mock-pouted.

Indy gaped.

"What...What did you do to me"

"Nothing. the device did it. Now you know the other reason why Klutch has been after me." Jade walked over and looked up at the two.

"This device has been fought over.. It's abilities, it's powers... No one has ever figured them out completely. The original Kintari had it before the war, but Megatron tried to get his hands on it then, too.

It was lost in the catacombs under Cybertron, until someone found it. And Prime gave it to my husband, my fiance' at the time, for safekeeping. Have you guys ever heard of HighRoad? He's a mimic of Prime."

"Nope. Never heard of him." The twins shook their heads. "Course we've been to so many realities, we could have...or we could have forgotten...anywho, we didn't do this to you...did we"

"No." The copy sighed. "While you two suplied the power, the machine did the rest"

"Oh. Okay"

The copy facepalmed

"Well..." Jade looked at the blonde thoughtfully. "I don't know if she can become a transformer again by herself, but even then, she'll know who we are. We might as well take her with us"

Alpha and Omega nodded. "Okay"

The copy sighed. "Can I go back to being a hologram now"

"No. I think we could use you..." Alpha smirked.

"How?"

"Easy. We need a distraction, Anger is the best one"

"I heard that"

"Shut it, anger"

Anger, the copy, who had red streaks in her brunette hair, and a skull-pendant choker-necklace growled. "Fine, but I'm not dieing"

"Hopefully, you won't have too."

Snow glanced up, having fixed the mask on. She whimpered and tried to back further into the wall.

Orcus leaned against the wall. "I've got to get her out of here..." He thought, memories flashing through his mind. "I will get her out...she'll be the only survivior when I finish here"

Snow curled her wings around herself, hiding her face from Orcus.

Orcus looked at Snow. He growled and then glared at Forceblock. He muttered a spell, knocking the mech's voice box out of commision.

Forceblock took a step back in surprise and his hand flew up to his throat.

Orcus growled and shoved Forceblock against the wall. He glared at the mech.

"Let the femme go. NOW! Release her from whatever hold you have over her and then we'll see if you get your voice back...but...if you don't"

Orcus grabbed his arm and started to pull it off, "Well, you may not remain in one piece"

The grey mech grabbed his shoulder in pain, but nodded.

Orcus let him go, but kept a firm grip on his arm. He led the mech over to Snow's cell.

"Now." He snarled.

"Let her go from whatever you have over her and unlock her cell.

Forceblock scowled, but took out a small remote and keyed in the code, disabling the restraint chip. The he unlocked the cell.

Orcus smirked and shoved Forceblock against the wall. He released his hold on the mech's voice box.

"Answer me this, how many of your creations have you condemed to this horrible life of pain and death?" He asked, getting in the mech's face.

"Tell me or I shall do to you what I have done to others"

Forceblock narrowed his optics.

"Nine. She's the tenth"
"Then that's how many pieces you shall be found in." Orcus growled, tearing the mech's arm off as he silenced his vocal cords again.

"One." He smirked then moved onto the other arm. "Two." Once he was finished, Forceblock's body was scattered on the ground, into ten different pieces. The mech growled and licked the energon and mech fluid off his hands. He walked over to Snow and bent down.

"No need to be frightened. Let's get out of here before the gaurds come. We've only got two cycles to escape..." He said everything in a soft voice, it kind of frightened her.

Snow stared at him for a moment then at the energon and fluid on his hands."No need to be frightened...?" she thought.

"Please, let's hurry." Orcus said gently, "The gaurds or whoever your creator called could be here any moment...I personally, don't want to see either you or me become test subjects...would you"

Snow nodded and started to get up, keeping as far away from Orcus as she could.
Orcus helped the femme up, knowing full well she didn't want to be near him. His ears twitched. "Oh dear." He muttered, "Hold on, my dear." He said, throwing snow over his shoulder.

The mech zoomed out of the room and then saw gaurds shooting at him. He snarled and turned, running in another direction. He dodged most of the shots and held snow so she didn't get hit by any of them. By the time he was out of the base, he was bleeding badly, but ignored it as he continued to run.

He got to his cave and then gently placed Snow down. "Now...to deal with these..." He removed her mask and put a spell on Snow so she couldn't fight him. orcus touched her cheeks and when he pulled his hands away, revealed that her scars were gone.

"There." He handed her her mask back.

"Your scars are gone, but keep that if you..."

"Search! Find them!" A voice barked.

Orcus went quiet. He held up his hand and the lights went out. He looked at snow, optics shining. "Stay quiet. They're right outside"

Snow stared at him, clutching her mask and trying to get away from him without actually moving.

Orcus's optics flashed as a mech walked past, but continued going. He let out a sigh and then started to clean off the energon that was going down his body. His own energon. Strange...he had never had to clean himself before...he had, but it had never been his own energon he had to clean off his body. The mech flicked a wrist and the lights came back on. "They're gone." He said softly, licking himself. He was in beast mode.

Snow stared at him for a moment, then curled up, huddling away from him.
orcus looked at the femme. "Easy, I'm not going to hurt you." He said softly as he stopped licking himself. The mech transformed and bent down next to the frightenend femme. "Don't be afraid"

Snow whimpered and flicked her wings.

Orcus looked at the frightened femme and sighed. "you need some rest." He said softly. "Don't be frightened. Like I said, I shall not harm you."

Shaking her head, Snow attempted not to look in need of recharge.

"You need it." Orcus said, picking the femme up. "Don't worry, no one shall harm you. I promise." He said, laying her down on a table.

The one across the cave from it was bloody, but the one she was lying on was clean as a whistle. Orcus smiled a little and then walked away. He got onto the blood covered one and sighed.

"Rest"

Almost immediatly, she shut down, one wing over her side.
Orcus smiled a bit at the femme and then leaned back. He wrapped his tail around him and then closed his optics, but did not go into recharge. Not yet.

Orcus opened one optic. He spotted Snow and then leaned back again, but didn't shut his optics off.

Later, the femme shifted and activated her optics.

Orcus looked up. "Awake now, I see." He said, sitting up. "Rest well?"

Snow jerked when she heard his voice and rolled over to face him.

Orcus smiled. "Hello. Mornin' little one"

The femme's optics swept the cave, calculating the distance to the entrance.

"What do you want?" she asked, one she'd discovered the he could easily catch her. "Why are you being nice?"

"Just wanted to help you." Orcus shrugged. "After all, I know how it feels to be tested on, little one." He said, brushing something off his shoulder.

The mech reached up and grabbed a baby bat from the cave roof. He petted it.

"I know how the pain feels and I would perfer if someone as innocent as you not go through that"

Snow shivered. "It's a little late for that..." she murmured. "I'm not as young as I look"
"Doesn't mean anything." Orcus said, placing the baby bat in front of him. He watched it stare at the two and chuckled.

"I'm as old the the war itself, my dear..." He looked at Snow.

"It's never too late to start a new life. To forget the pain." His voice was no higher than a whisper, "Never to late to put your past behind you and start anew."

Snow shook her head.

"It's- it's not that easy"

"That's what you think." Orcus whispered as he took the baby over to Snow.

"Look at it. think about it." He placed the small bat in Snow's hand, showing her the baby's torn wings and scarred body. It smiled up at them.

"You're the baby bat. Hurt. Injured. Need to start anew. You can do it as easily as it can. Just forget everything." He said, petting the bat's head.

"Put your self in its place"

Smow stared at it for a moment.

"What happened to it"

"It was attacked by its brothers and sisters for being the runt and then abandoned by its parents." Orcus answered as he walked over to a cabinet. He got out something and walked over to the bat.

"Here girl." He clicked his tongue.

The bat turned and held out its wings as Orcus rubbed some paste-like stuff over the wounds on its wings as he continued to explain. "After all that, she was barely alive when I found her. Poor thing, really..." He finished and subspaced the container. "I helped her heal"

The femme stared at the bat.

"Why?" she asked wretchedly. "It'll die anyway, so why bother?"