A/N: Took me a bit, here it is ^^ Do enjoy!

"Sam! No!" cried Ratchet.

Optimus and Ironhide both startled at the cry and immediately bolted for Ratchet's building. When they got there, the place was glowing fiercely as if someone had put a star in there with them. Shielding their optics from the intensity, they barely saw what appeared to be Ratchet kneeling on the ground. Trying to see what they could, they also made out a small human and Soundwave, whose body was sparking from head to toe. Sam was suspended in the air with arms and legs dangling. Bumblebee was back against the wall apparently confused and petrified.

"Optimus," Ironhide said, mystified.

"Sam!" Mikaela cried when she saw everything for herself. She began running toward him but was snapped back by an arc of the energy. It didn't knock her out, only back and out of the way. She stared while she now sat on the floor, stunned. Suddenly feeling herself literally scooped up and of the floor, Mikaela's eyes went over the large hands, following the even larger body that was behind them. It was Optimus.

Meanwhile, in the brightness, Ratchet went to grab Sam to get him out of the way, only to get the shock of his life from the powerful light that surrounded both him and the Decepticon. As much as he wanted to, he thought twice about touching Sam again. He could only watch, petrified as arcs of energy went from Sam's fragile body almost all towards the Decepticon before him.

"What's happening?" Ironhide nearly yelled, stopping just behind Optimus, "Ratchet!"

"Get back!" Ratchet warned with a wave of his hand. He was worried about his comrades getting hurt from this and not knowing what could happen next made it that much more difficult. He adjusted his optics to see that Sam's clothes were shredded in some places, fried in others, yet his body looked to be in perfect shape.

In the confusion, all looked toward Soundwave – where the arcs were concentrating. The parts of the Decepticon that had been on the floor now levitated around him by some force they weren't sure of. Within seconds of contact with Sam, all of those parts seemed to take on their own life and gravitated to Soundwave in an instant, slamming onto the Decepticon in their proper places with sparks flying, repairing him. The Decepticon glowed as arcs of energy went all over his body, causing him to twitch and vibrate. Even Soundwave was unaware of what happening, being that he was still offline.

"Ratchet…" Optimus went to speak, but the rest of his sentence wouldn't come because he was too mesmerized by the glowing child and Decepticon.

The Autobots were simply amazed as Soundwave's body was quickly recovering. The kid was obviously out cold, sparks were still fleeing from his body, the ones that did not hit Soundwave, shattered what little lights were left and any live electrical circuits.

Ratchet shied from the monitors around as they exploded and he ducked from any debris. He watched more arcs go from the teen's body and then suddenly it all simply stopped. Sam dropped unceremoniously to the ground.

Bumblebee was the one who ran to Sam and quickly picked him up and away, getting him out of any danger the teen might be in after the arcs stopped. Ratchet was nearly on top of him, checking Sam – finding him in perfect health which was a surprise all unto itself. Optimus and Ironhide both moved closer, concerned for the boy. All had forgotten about the newly rejuvenated Soundwave whose optics slowly lit up.

Suddenly, the priest's optics grew bright and he jerked. It took him a moment before he actually moved, also wondering what had happened. He was surprised to find that he no longer had errors, he no longer hurt. Slowly lifting his hand and looking at it, he flexed the servos and gyros that made it function. He was fixed and somehow he was no longer under Megatron's command. Had Megatron been killed?

Ratchet knew immediately that Soundwave's weapons were now all online and he saw an opportunity to disable them, and took it. Soundwave was still on the berth and the medic used that moment to disable all of those deemed dangerous. "Your weapons have been disabled. You cannot restore power to them without my say so,"

Soundwave knew what he had done immediately, for he had used it many times himself. It was one of his favorite ways of disarming captors. A nod was his only reply to that.

As he thought about what had happened, he remembered something about a familiar feeling a few times in between his stasis moments and when he was asleep while Ratchet was working on him. He clearly thought he'd felt the Allspark, and he wondered how the Autobots manage to get it. He also wondered where Megatron was, and Starscream. His mood grew bitter at the thought of the both of them. The medic stared at him as he sat up slowly for the first time. He could see the confusion and fear in their faces, but instead of addressing that he asked, "Where is it?"

Still dumbfounded, Ratchet didn't reply right away while he stared in awe like the rest of them, "W-what? Where's what?"

His optics were hidden under a fixed visor and he looked around his field of vision until they fell on a human in Bumblebee's arms, "The Allspark. I know it's around here, I can sense it." About that time he realized what he was looking at was the Allspark… only it was clearly in human shape. The mech stared in thought at the boy. "What is his designation?"

"Why do you want to know?" Ironhide asked offensively.

Soundwave's optics shot to the questioner, his visor becoming transparent. "I think I have a right to know the name of the human that saved my life."

"His name is Samuel Witwicky,"

He knew that voice. Soundwave's optics gazed upon none other than Optimus Prime. He knew he was around, but he'd chosen not to look at him until now. "I see,"

"Wait a minute! What's going on? What about the Allspark?" Ironhide asked, wishing to know, now, more than ever, after Soundwave mentioned about the cube being around here.

They all thought he was talking about the shard that Optimus had in subspace in his left arm, but how would he know? Perhaps it was because he was a priest that he could sense it, but then again, that shard wasn't giving of any energy as far as Ratchet had said.

…Something wasn't right here…

"I am…" Soundwave started.

"What?" asked an also fascinated Ratchet, more Autobots coming and Ironhide ready to strike the first chance he got at Soundwave.

"Earlier than the Great War. Before Megatron got his hands on me…" Soundwave replied, unsure what words to use quite yet as this was all still new to him, "Before I was… reformed,"

The room fell eerily silent as they all stared at him and each other with questioning gazes, wondering if Soundwave had fried something. He sure was acting weird.

Wait… Where were his symbiots? Why weren't they with him? "Where is my team?" Searching for a life sign from them, trying to sense them, his optics naturally followed his senses which led him where they all laid. They were in stasis, which made him anxious. Further analysis revealed that they were all in not so good health.

"Unstable, I am afraid," Ratchet said softly, as not to antagonize the mech.

Given what Ratchet had available, Soundwave was impressed. "Your supplies are limited. Assistance: Appreciated."

Sam wasn't sure what happened. The last thing he remembered was looking at his wound and then something else. Was he dead? No… that couldn't be it. It was too… well, blank. There was no light source, but it was bright and there were no shadows or anything standing around to give a clue that there was ground beneath him. Where the hell was he? "Hello?"

"He is the last of his kind; that much is certain." An echoing voice stated. "Therefore he is needed very badly. I could not let him die."

Sam's eyes darted around for the source of the voice but he found no one. He was still so confused. "What? What's going on? Where am I?" He asked with rising panic.

"I know you dreamed of them… I'm the one who showed you, Sam."

Confused by everything and not really getting what the voice was saying, he asked, "Of what? What do you mean? Who are you?"

The voice suddenly changed to a more regal one, confusing the teen even more, "He's a priest – the last one of my priests. Through you we were able to save him."

"What the hell are you going on about? What the hell is this? I'm so confused!"

"Let me tell you a little secret you must never repeat…"

For the humans, they were merely spectators. They didn't say a thing. They didn't know what to say even if they could plus things were still so new with their visitors, that they didn't even know if speaking right now would get someone killed. Mikaela, who had been set down by now, was in shambles while Will and Rob both looked between her and each other wondering what the hell was going on. Whatever it was, it was certainly something big.

How had the Allspark managed to find itself inside of a young human male? There were only few things that could happen to cause the Allspark to jump. "Where is Megatron?" Soundwave asked. Since his communications had been disabled along with his weapons, he could not tell if he was around or not.

Optimus furrowed his optic ridges in worry. If he was asking about him, perhaps he wanted to continue his work for him? "He's been destroyed,"

"I see." Soundwave looked to the limp body of Sam, who was still in a semi-deep sleep. Nodding toward him, he said, "He was the last to use the Allspark and he destroyed it, didn't he?"

"Yes. He killed Megatron with it." Optimus admitted.

Soundwave moved faster than anyone could stop him and almost forcefully took Sam from the Autobots and held him against him, almost fatherly like. "Prime!" Ratchet called, but Soundwave was already in a position that if they moved wrong, he could crush the boy. The rest of the Autobots gave each other a look, backing up slightly; fearful of what Soundwave would do after they'd told him what Sam had done.

Almost instantly, Sam roused from his slumber after being taken into the hands of the Decepticon. He knew he was in the hands of someone unfamiliar, yet familiar. Meeting the gaze of the Decepticon, he showed no fear. "So… uh, you're Soundwave, huh?" He wasn't sure what had happened before, but he knew now. "That explains a few things…"

Confusion still rattled the Autobots. Sam was now talking as if he knew Soundwave. What was going on?

"Affirmative," was the even reply.

He tongued his cheek. "So… if you're not gonna kill me, what are you gonna do with me?"

There was a long pause and then Soundwave said the last thing that anyone thought they would ever hear him say, "Protecting you is what I will do for the rest of my life. I no longer follow orders from anyone. I will always be a Decepticon, however, do not fear me, and do not fear my team," as he liked to call them, "You have given me back what Megatron took. I owe you my life."

Mouths dropped around the room. Optimus only wondered why the sudden change of spark. This day couldn't get any weirder!

It seemed as though Sam was good at getting Cybertronians to feel the need to owe him. "Nah," the teen shrugged, "you don't owe me anything, besides, I was just a conduit."

"Can you help my team, Allspark?" The Autobots were looking strange at him now, Allspark? Why was he calling Sam the Allspark? Why was he suddenly so changed? Why was he cradling the child, when he would have otherwise ripped him to shreds by now and let his symbiots follow suit afterwards.

The Decepticon watched intently as Sam seemed to change on the spot. No one else noticed but the priest and he knew his request would be done. He set Sam down when they boy nodded.

"Rumble," Sam's voice was no different like before, and his eyes glowed a slight bit with white as he spoke. Starting as if it were some oddity from a science-fiction movie, a spark jumped from him to the small body, and it started to move with life. With Ratchet's work, Rumble moved again as he woke completely. He was confused and suddenly frightened to find himself in a room filled to the brim with Autobots.

"Boss!" He cried, shying back. He looked around frantically. Spotting the large Decepticon, he ran, knocking things here and there as he did so, making Ratchet angry almost instantly. Soundwave was still as Rumble leapt to him, which was nearly across the room, letting him latch onto whatever part of him he needed.

Anyone who was not watching Rumble, stared at Sam in awe. Next he pointed to Laserbeak, calling his name as another spark jumped from him much like it had to Rumble, only it was larger and the body fixed itself with small arcs of energy moving over it, waking it from its near death. "Ravage,"

Ratchet stared as what was taking him hours took Sam seconds. He really must be the new Allspark. There was no other explanation. "Optimus… Could it be?"

"I think so…" the Autobot leader replied, already having accepted what Ratchet was most likely thinking. "A priest would recognize it anywhere or in anyone…"

All of the other symbiots jumped up and looked to their leader, as if they were asking if they should fight for their lives. Soundwave shook his head, after a few words passed from the priest to them. They all simultaneously turned their heads to look at Sam and then bowed to him.

Well that made Sam feel uncomfortable as all hell. "Uh… okay, you can all stop, ya know, it's getting a little uh, weird."

Optimus Prime pushed by the other Autobots who moved out of his way quickly as he got closer to the giant who was as tall as himself. All of the symbiots attention went from Sam to the Prime in front of them. "Aw shit," Rumble moved onto Soundwave's back all the while giving Optimus the evil eye.

It was time for questions, and Optimus had a lot of them. "Soundwave, why are you here?"

"I crashed. Starscream and the others knew what happened." Remembering the time in the cave, he also thought about Frenzy. The pain jolted the Decepticon and it washed over him like he had never felt, and he balled his free hand up into a tight fist. Everyone but Sam was unsure how to take this suddenly changed Decepticon. This was highly strange, especially from one of Megatron's top notch followers. They weren't sure if he was lying or faking, but Sam looked at them all, knowing the priest was for sure not faking.

"Bind him and the symbiots."

Everyone looked to Optimus in surprise, especially Sam. He wasn't sure exactly what he felt at that moment, but it sure felt like betrayal of some sort, even though the Decepticon was an enemy. "But Optimus, you-you can't!"

"I am sorry, Sam," His apology was genuine for the boy.

"But, you don't understand! I need him free!" Okay, why? Suddenly he stopped. Now that was a damn good question. Maybe it was because of Soundwave's decree, but he was still confused and frightened to really absorb it all. That damned spirit would not have been so adamant about Soundwave for nothing. In fact… it acted as if he was some prized jewel.

Optimus also seemed to be struck by thought. It was strange how this boy wanted to protect Soundwave, even though he was an enemy of the Autobots. Finally his optics settled on Sam and he shook his head, "As of right now there is no absolute way to believe his every word. It is for the best interest of my men and you for now,"

The priest gave no resistance. He needed to be near the Allspark and if that meant being bound, then he would be, rather than be cast out or possibly killed… for now.

"Since I hold the Matrix, it will decide if you are a good enough warrior to protect such a person," the Prime's words weren't cold, but harsh. He meant his every word.

'You gotta be sh…!' Sam stared in silent, staggered wonder. 'It can't be!' So it was Optimus who had the Matrix? The spirit neglected to tell him that!

Soundwave stared at Optimus in shock through a now non-transparent visor. That was only a rumor until now. The priest had refused to believe such a thing even under Megatron until he'd heard it firsthand. What a twist… and real big mess.

Hopefully that was worth the wait :)

Yeah, this might seem like a run of the mill Sam being the Allspark, but I assure you, It's not... there's gonna be twists and turns all over the place :)