HA! Here ya go! I have taken the liberty of conjoining this story's title to SOTAK which is what it shall be referred to from now on.

DISCLAIMER/ I DON'T OWN TRANSFORMERS. Wish I did….

Thank you! And have a fabulous time reading!

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The light of the base made it abundantly clear to the trio of kids who the voice who had spoken to them belonged to.

As RedAlert walked up behind them, their minds registered of the beings in front of them. HotShot and SideSwipe. Once their brains reloaded, Rad grinned and responded "Whoa! It's true, you guys are back!"

"Yea, it's great to see you guys again!" Carlos added

The very air of the base was filled with a positive energy. An elder voice chimed in when both of the soldiers didn't respond to the kids: "It's good to see you too, my old friends. I see you three haven't changed much." The trio stood in awe, He stepped out. But, was it possible? They had been in Unicron when they saw it happen! Well, they didn't see it happen, but they knew it did. Yet here he was, standing as proud as he did so long ago.

Optimus Prime: leader of the Autobots.

"Optimus! You're-you're alive!!" Rad said, grinning from ear to ear.

The elder nodded, "Quite alive, Rad."

Alexis suddenly remembered, "I don't mean to ruin the moment, but what are you all doing here?" she pondered

The room fell silent for a moment, before HotShot spoke in an unusually serious voice, "Well, believe it or not, the Mini-Cons weren't the only items of value hidden on Earth."

Computer-like chimes were heard by the kids as three little robots peeked from behind HotShot.

"Well speak of the devil." SideSwipe laughed.

Rad, Alexis and Carlos immediately recognized their old friends.

"High Wire!"

"Sureshock!"

"Grindor!"

The little bots were just as ecstatic as their human partners as they ran to them.

"He-he, we missed you! How've you been?" Alexis asked her little orange bot.

Beeps were all she could hear. She sighed, "I still have no idea what you're saying, I need a dictionary or something."

Rad suddenly remembered what the Autobots had been saying. "So what was so important left on Earth?" He had such a bad feeling about this.

Optimus hesitated before replying with an "It's a long story."

HotShot started for him, "See, a really long time ago, there was this really awesome city known as Entaria. And that city's greatest treasure turned out to be this weapon known as the Twilight Sword."

"A sword?" Carlos asked.

"Yes," Optimus spoke, "It had incredible power, and it could morph into any weapon the wielder chose. The Twilight Sword belonged to the Queen on the Entarian Empire, so she needed somebody to protect them both."

"She gathered 17 followers who were very powerful to guard over them, but when a neighboring country started to invade, The Queen had no choice but to seal the Sword with keys. According to legend, both the guardians and the Queen perished." Sideswipe explained as his tone took a serious note.

Carlos was awestruck. "And the sword?"

SideSwipe shook his head. "Never found."

The information given to the kids registered.

"So these keys, how can we find them?" Rad asked.

RedAlert smiled faintly "They give off a signal, like the mini-cons. They activate as they please, unfortunately."

Alexis still was confused, "So has one activated? Is that why you're here now? And the Decepticons too?"

"Decepticons? You saw them Alexis?"

The brunette confirmed grimly "I did." She them informed them of what she had seen on the hillside.

HotShot growled after Alexis told them, "So that creep Megatron is still alive? He must know about the keys if he's on Earth."

Optimus nodded. "Yes, which mean we should move out, on the double!"

The trio couldn't help but smile at the familiar command, so the gang was really back together. Remembering the response, they all answered with an eager:

"Yes, Sir!"

OOOOOooooooooOOOOO

From the coordinates the Autobots had, the first key had activated somewhere in a deserted rock quarry that wasn't too far away. The kids hadn't bothered to change, since the key had been activated some time ago, they needed to move fast. Another familiar sight happened before the kids eyes as all four of the Cybertronian's switched to vehicle mode. Knowing it was better if the split up, Rad went with HotShot, Alexis with RedAlert, and Carlos climbed into SideSwipe.

Another familiar the kids would rather forget was the nauseous feeling the warps made them feel.

"Launch!" Optimus engaged.

All of them were thinned, and then sucked into the screen as if it were a black hole.

And having no experience like that for a long while, Alexis, Rad, and Carlos all felt like puking their guts out.

As the four automobiles roared their engines and started to move in a definite direction, the three humans were alive with questions. "So how did you guys find out about the keys?"

RedAlert responded with an ever so professional voice, "We received a strange signal back home, after that we just cross-checked it with our data-base archives. The keys are known as the 'Arcyria 1(1) keys"

Meanwhile, Rad's memory caught up with him, "Hm. Keys to unlock a sword. I think I heard of that story a long time ago, when I was a kid."

"Really, Rad? Do you know anything else about them?" Carlos spoke over the speaker.

Rad sighed "No, I can't remember much about the story."

Leaning on his hand, the teen's eyes wandered into the distance, focused on a darker spot on the horizon. At first, he noticed it had an odd shape to it, he waved it off. But the feeling of uneasiness never left him. It was only after gazing at the spot for a moment did cold blooded dread run through him.

The sun glared brightly off of metal plating, the echoing thunder of a helicopter roared through the September air, and the blood of a human dripped as a ear-splitting scream was torn from a throat.

There, standing on a higher elevated platform of stone, Megatron stood. StarScream snickered, Demolisher had his lasers aimed, Cyclonus laughed manically. Immediately, the Autobots stopped, staring in horror at the trembling mass Megatron was electrocuting.

A limp, bloody, and sobbing Terra Miller was being held roughly by her arms 50 feet off the ground.

Optimus was the first to transform, and the other followed his lead once the children had gotten out.

"Megatron!" Optimus shouted, catching the sinister transformer off guard,

But poor Terra was frightened out of her mind. As more tears fell, she gazed upon the four gigantic robots looming in the late afternoon sun. Smaller figures caught her eye, and she painfully turned her head to see Rad, Alexis, and Carlos standing determined next to the yellow robot.

Carlos was the one who recognized the body in the evil leader's hand. "Uh, HEY! That's Terra!!!" he shouted to his friends.

"No Way!" Rad gasped.

HotShot turned from the humans to look at the girl. For a moment, they locked eyes with each other. "You guys know her?" He asked, without taking his gaze away.

Alexis nodded, "She's a classmate of ours. And she looks like she's in some major trouble."

At this, Optimus growled. "Release that girl now, Megatron!"

All the Decepticons did was laugh; "Sorry, Prime, but this human knows where the first Arcyria key is, and I intend to get it!" he spoke as Megatron once again shocked her. Pain filled screams left Terra as her body just remained limp.

The rest was a blur. A yellow streak rushed up to the side of the antlered 'bot, slamming into him and catching Terra as the hand that had held her loosened, only to have this new one tighten. With a quick leap, HotShot landed back near his comrades. Amber eyes drifted towards blue ones, confusion evident. HotShot grinned at her, "You okay?"

The scarlet-haired girl blinked a few times, and then nodded.

"Nice work, HotShot!" Optimus called to the soldier, snapping him out of it.

The Autobot stretched and placed Terra high-up on a mining crane, probably used to bring large boulders onto trucks, above where Rad and the others were. "Stay here, ok?" HotShot told her, "You'll be safe here, we'll protect you."

Before the girl could react, the Autobot turned his back to her and faced his enemies.

As Megatron stood up once more, he growled angrily "Curse you Autobot! There is no place you can hide that human that I cannot find! I will posses the Sword and bring you accursed Autobots down!"

"Bring it on!" Optimus shouted, aiming his lasers at his mortal enemy.

As the kids ducked for cover, the sky was painted with a brilliant showing of lights.

All three of them hugged the rock closely, determination masking panic.

Rad closed his eyes, remembering the many missions where they had been in the line of fire. "Rad!" the boy's eyes popped open to look at Carlos.

"We need to find that key!" Rad hesitated, and then nodded.

"Yeah, but where are we going to find it?" he asked "It could be anywhere out here!"

Alexis moved closer to the two boys, adrenaline pumping into her eyes "you guys, Megatron said Terra knew where it was! We just have to keep her safe, and she can tell us where the keys are!"

Rad and Carlos nodded, but out of the blue, Carlos screamed "we might be too late!"

All three of them looked up to see StarScream being backed up by HotShot into the crane. They watched helplessly as the crane swerved to hang over a working drill that had been accidentally turned on. Terra swayed as the crane jolted to movement, in the trio's horror, she fell back. She barely caught the crane's edge and tried to no avail to pull herself up. StarScream snickered as he aimed his lasers at the area on the metal tower where the girl hung.

"NO!" the three shouted, But they couldn't stop the jet from shooting at Terra with merciless strength.

Pounding steps came behind the jet and arms hooked under his shoulders. HotShot's head popped out from behind StarScream.

"You'll pay for that!!" the Autobot spat as he slammed the red Decepticon into the ground.

He was already too late, though. Terra fell with screams ripping from her throat. The kids held their breath as HotShot Ran a few steps towards the drill, then lunging himself over it, catching the Amber-eyed girl in his hands and taking her to the other side.

His calculations were off as a sharp pain radiated from his leg. HotShot crouched, lowering Terra onto a small plateau of rock, before he examined his wound.

The metal skin protecting his inner workings had been shredded along with a few wires which were sparking profusely.

Meanwhile, Megatron and Optimus had dealt it out and both were thinking about the key. But even in the mightiest of earthquakes, one side has to give in. As Optimus pushed the Decepticon leader away, said leader took the time to look at the fights his men were in; SideSwipe had Cyclonus grounded and beaten up, StarScream was just now getting up, and RedAlert and Demolisher were currently having a laser battle, firing at each other from behind the safety of sturdy rocks. Now Megatron was a lot of things, but he could tell when it was time to formulate a new plan.

"Decepticons, Fall back!"

The helicopter pushed its captor away, Demolisher ceased firing, and StarScream growled, irritated.

In a blur, the four robots disappeared. Once a few moments passed, the kids emerged and the Autobots circled their leader with HotShot leaning on SideSwipe.

"Are you ok, sir?" RedAlert asked.

Optimus stood and surveyed the surroundings, "Im fine. But we need to find the key. Knowing Megatron, He'll come back to try and find it."

A skidding sound drew their attention, and they saw Terra slowly sitting herself down on the rock and hugging her book bag close to her, carefully and a little nervously she examined them. She wasn't afraid, not of them at least. Her fear had left her after HotShot had saved her from Megatraon's electrocution. But the amber-eyed girl stayed her distance as she contemplated whether they were of any threat. Alexis walked up to her, wiping the dirt on her cheek with her red jacket. "Terra, are you alright?"

At the sound of her name, amber eyes looked into disoriented blue ones, and nodded. "Wha-what are you doing here, Alexis? What is going on? And," she looked up towards the Autobots, "Who…or what, are they?"

Alexis looked back at the others, then back at the poor girl. Unsure if the truth might be too much right now."W-well, um…. they're basiclly, um…aliens...giant, robotic aliens."

Terra looked from her, to them, then back at Alexis "Oh." She said. Her eyes then lolled to the back of her head, and she fainted.

"Nice one Alexis, you really got a way with words." Carlos jeered from behind her.

Temper got the best of the brunette "Oh shut up!" she shouted, pulling Terra's arm around her neck and lifted the girl up off the ground.

"Hey, is she going to be ok?" Hot Shot asked.

Alexis examined her, "Yeah, she'll be alright."

"But what do we do with her now?"

Optimus Sighed, "She knows where the key is, we'll have to bring her with us."

Alexis nodded and the Autobot's transformed back into vehicle mode.

Once she got Terra into HotShot, Alexis saw Terra's bag had been left. As, she hurried to retrieve it, a strong wind blew past her.

A shiver raced down her spine.

'Something bad is at work.' Alexis thought morbidly, picking up the forgotten messenger bag. 'I just hope it doesn't involve us.'

The brunette was quick to get back to her friends, who were eager to go find the key.

Dizziness was the first thing she felt before everything that had happened came back to her. Robots…Pain….More robots…and, her classmates. They had been there too. Why?

With a moan, she realized she was moving. Well she was inside something that was moving.

"Aha! So you're awake at last, eh girl?" a voice echoed.

Terra bolted upright at the voice, looking around. She was in a car, by herself, with no one driving. And yet here the car was speeding along, in a rocky valley. Who had spoken to her?

"Who's there?" she asked, "am I going crazy or am I dreaming?"

Once again, the voice came from nowhere. "Ha-ha! No you're not dreaming and as far as I know you're not crazy."

The car... The car had spoken to her. Ok……I am going crazy, Terra thought. She sighed and looked out the window. A semi-truck, an ambulance, and another sports car were driving too. She squinted and made out 3 figures in the Semi. Alexis, Rad, and Carlos were all talking inside the cab of the truck.

"Helllooo? Girl! Are you alive or not?" came the impatient voice.

Terra finally burst, talking cars was pushing it to the limit, "Who's talking to me?!" she hollered, eyes dejectedly looking at the radio, sighing.

"I remember being out in the quarry, and then those giants showed up; asking me about a key. The next thing I knew, some more giants came, and a yellow one, I remember it saved me…twice…"

Chuckling could be heard, and the girl pinpointed it to the radio. "That would be me."

Terra sat there in disbelief. Had the robot turned into this car? Sure it was the right color, but the whole thing was already hard to believe, and now…The amber-eyed girl suddenly felt a headache coming on.

"So, you are that big robotic thing I saw, huh?"

"Yup. Name's HotShot. And you're uh….." the voice drifted off.

"Terra." She finished.

"So you know where the key is? Cuz' we need it before those 'other giants' come back. They're not somebody you wanna deal with again." HotShot spoke

The poor girl groaned in response, "I have no idea what this key you guys are talking about even is! I don't know what you're looking for!"

"Ok, Ok! Calm down. Hang on." Terra looked at the radio, confused. She then heard the sound of HotShot's voice calling to someone else.

"Hey Optimus, The girls awake." He spoke kind of bored like.

A wise, elder-like voice drifted back with natural authority embedded into it, "That's good, does she know-"

"Where the key is? No sorry, I don't have any idea what it is." Terra answered for HotShot. The girl about had a heart attack when she heard Rad, Alexis, and Carlos all shouting at her at once.

"Hey Terra, girl are you ok?"

"Oh, I hope you're not hurt!"

"You don't know what or where the key is?"

Terra looked out the window into the truck, seeing all three of the teens in the window looking at her with different expressions. She waved to ease them.

"So you have no idea where it is?" RedAlert asked like many others had.

Terra sighed; perhaps she hadn't told them enough. "No, sorry but I don't."

Rad looked at her a little disappointed, "Hm, you haven't found anything strange looking lately?" he pondered.

Terra was about to answer with a definite 'no', but then stopped, reconsidered, and gasped in surprise.

"Maybe I do."

The four Autobots slowed to a halt, and the trio got out, Terra following suite. She was digging around in her bag for something, as the Robots transformed.

After a few seconds, Terra brought out a large, skillet-sized disk. It was thick and metallic white, with a bronze color inside. It was strange, indeed.

"So that's the key? Doesn't even look like one!" Carlos jeered.

A strange spark caught everyone's attention. It had come from the key, but why? Terra held it closer to her face for a better look and paid for it. A blinding light erupted from the small object; causing Terra to drop it and everyone else to shield their eyes from the pain of looking at an intense illumination that was like the suns.

'This is insane!! What the heck is happening?' Rad screamed in his head.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the light seceded and the group was left looking at a slumped Terra.

"Terra!" the trio of humans called.

"Are you all alright?" Optimus asked.

Alexis nodded, "Yeah we're just fine, but something happened to Terra."

"I'm ok, I guess..." the girl spoke up finally, panting a little "and the Stone key is ok too."

The group looked confused.

"What did you call that thing?" SideSwipe asked her, watching as the girls face was just as surprised as his.

"I-I guess I called it the stone key. That's what it is to me…the Yurasu Stone Key. It can control stone and rock." She spoke in monotone, like a zombie.

"Terra how do you know all this?" Carlos asked her.

Terra looked confused and a little shocked. She looked down at the thing in her hands like it was going to come out and eat her."Uh, I don't really know, I just touched the thing and it's like I know all about it."

Optimus hesitated, and then spoke "I think it might be because you were the one who activated it, Terra, maybe it gave you a special ability to read their powers."

"Oh, hm." Was the only thing that she could manage to express.

"And in that case, we need you to help us." He said, "My name is Optimus Prime."

He motioned to RedAlert, "This is our medic; RedAlert, and this is SideSwipe." The leader motioned to the bot, who saluted with his free hand and a smile.

"You already know HotShot."

The yellow Autobot nodded, but then an idea popped into his mind, "Uh sir, isn't it dangerous for her to help us, she might get hurt. The Decepticons will definitely come after her and the keys."

Optimus stayed silent for a moment before looking at the soldier.

"True, but if she does possess the power of the keys, I think they will protect her enough."

Apparently, that wasn't a good enough answer for him. "Yeah, still though…" a pause followed and everything was silent until the leader spoke once more.

"Alright then, HotShot, you can be her guardian."

Chappie 2 up! I am happy I'm revising this, last time the first two chapters weren't so good…

Pronunciation

(1) Arcyria/ R-Seer-EE-uh