10

"Whoa," said a voice. A man with black hair and blue eyes, wearing a dark suit and carrying a briefcase, came into the room. "I was not expecting more giant robots. I don't know if this bunker can hold much more of you," he joked.

"Who is this?" Heather inquired, ever curious, and poked her head out from behind Sideswipe's leg.

"This is Nicholas Brunt," Optimus answered as Nick gaped at the children.

"Right," he swallowed nervously, "please call me Nick. Optimus Prime, old pal, can I talk to you for a minute?" Optimus nodded and the two walked to the other side of the room. "Prime," Nick hissed through clenched teeth, "what are you thinking bringing children here? I had to pull a lot of strings to get this place for you."

"They are our friends as well, Nicholas," Prime replied. "By me they have permission to be here."

"Ugh," Nick slapped his forehead, "Fine. Just, fine. I am not telling the boss about this, though." He sighed and walked over to mingle with the other Autobots.

Starscream sat in his makeshift throne, waiting for Cruellock, Blitzblade and Bliztwing to get back from their mission. "Where are they?" he sighed. "They were only going to Venus and no farther!" He stood up and started to pace. "Barricade, Soundwave, Sideways, why are you standing around?"

Sideways shrugged, "Why shouldn't we? There's nothing to do."

Starscream groaned, "Fine. When are they coming back?"

Soundwave made a series of electronic noises. "Anytime now you say?" Starscream mused.

Soundwave nodded. "I have picked up their energy signals coming back from Venus. They are nearly here," he droned in a truly robotic voice.

Four more Decepticons trudged in. First was a dark grey con, a dark purple and grey con, a black and purple and silver fem con, and finally came a grey and black and dark blue fem con.

"Blackout! Shockwave! Diamondshard! Wolfstrider! You aren't the ones I was expecting. Where have you been?"

"Patrol," Wolfstrider hissed with venom lacing her voice.

"Did you find any Autobots?"

"Does it look like it?" Shockwave growled as Blackout collapsed on the floor.

"It looks like you got beaten," Sideways snickered.

Diamondshard pointed a missile in his direction, "Just get out of the way so I can patch us up." Wolfstrider collapsed on the floor and Diamondshard went over to her tools. She began to patch up the new arrivals as there was a knock on the door.

"You closed the door?" Starscream screamed as he stood up to open it.

"Paranoia," Wolfstrider replied while Diamondshard worked on her arm.

"You and your processor problems," Starscream muttered, reaching the door.

"At least I don't think Megatron is plodding after me as a ghost," Wolf retorted.

"Megatron!" Starscream yelped.

"Told ya."

Starscream stepped aside as Cruellock, Blitzwing and Blitzblade walked in dragging their fallen leader behind them. "Oh," Wolf shut her mouth and watched as they placed Megatron on Starscream's makeshift throne.

"You found him," Starscream said in nervous fake happiness.

"We need a spark fragment to revive him," Cruellock said simply.

Shockwave, finished being patched up, instantly went over to the computer and began typing in things at lightning speed. Something blinked up on the screen. "Starscream," he cried, "there's a spark signal in the Autobot base."

"How can you tell it's their base?"

"All of their energy signatures are around it."

"Decepticons," Starscream ordered, "transform and get that spark fragment!"

The Decepticons transformed, most of them into flying vehicles, and rolled out of the base, taking to the skies and the ground and heading for the energy signal that called to them like their own leaders orders.