Jack walked into the base, and saw Arcee sitting on the examination table. Bulkhead was knelt down in front of her, and it looked like he was talking to her stomach, "Uh, Bulkhead?" he asked, walking over. Ratchet shushed him.

"Bulkhead is speaking to the newspark," Ratchet whispered, "It needs to hear a mech's voice as well as its mother's," Jack nodded, and sat down close to Arcee.

"Hey little guy. Your mom is excited for you to arrive," Bulkhead said, as Arcee giggled at him, "We're all excited. I'm going to show you how to be tough," Arcee chuckled at this. Jack smiled, and wondered if he should tell Arcee about Starscream. He had to. Keeping this from her would be like betraying her.

"Arcee, I need to tell you something," Jack said, and Ratchet turned to him, "Alone," Ratchet motioned for Bulkhead to stand, and they left the room. Jack got up, and stood in front of her, "You need to just listen before you say anything," Arcee nodded, and waited. Jack took a deep breath, "Starscream is alive," Arcee looked at him, silent, "I was talking to him."

"He's...he's alive?" she whispered, tears in her optics. Jack nodded.

"Him and Soundwave have been hiding, just in case of the other Decepticons found out he was alive and followed him. He really misses you, and wants to come back really bad," Jack said. Arcee placed a hand over her stomach.

"Your daddy's alive," she whispered, and Jack saw her smile.

Arcee hadn't smiled in four months.

"He's not sure when he'll be back to the base, but he said he would be back."

"Starscream is alive. I was talking to him."

Megatron's optics narrowed, and he growled. Starscream, alive? Impossible. He made sure he shot that traitor in the mine. Unless...

Unless he missed him and hit the wall instead.

Megatron slammed his fist down on the control panel. He ended the microbug that was in the Autobot base, and walked over to his throne. Sitting down, Megatron's hand gripped the ends of the chair. Well, that certainly put a knot in his plan.

Starscream would know he was building a time machine. How many times did he mention it to him? Megatron closed his optics. He had to make sure Starscream never got to the Autobot base. He had to kill him, for real this time. However, he did need his time machine built, and Knock Out was taking his sweet time with it.

"Knock Out!"

The new second-in-command entered the main control room of the Nemesis II, "Yes Lord Megatron?"

"I've changed my mind. I want that time machine ready in five days," Knock Out's optics went wide.

"Five days? You can't be serious!"

Megatron's hand wrapped itself around Knock Out's throat and slammed him into the wall, "Did I ask you if that was ok with you?" he hissed, tightening his grip. Knock Out began to choke, "That is an order," He released the bot and Knock Out fell on the ground, hacking, "I want that time machines in five days, understood?"

"Yes...Lord Megatron," Knock Out said, standing up. He rubbed his throat, and left the main control room. He groaned.

"Breakdown! Get here now!"

His assistant walked over to him, "What?"

"What's that status on the time machine?" Knock Out asked.

"Uh, why?" Breakdown asked, taking a sip of energon.

"Because Megatron wants in it in five days!" Breakdown spat out the energon.

"WHAT?" Breakdown exclaimed, as they made their way towards the lab. They needed to pick up their pace on building it. To be honest, they haven't even started building it and now Megatron wanted one in five days.

Jack walked up to his driveway, and saw the jet parked out in the backward. He walked quickly over to it, "What are you doing here?" he asked, and the jet transformed.

"I'm going back to the base tomorrow."

Sorry it's short!