Hey guys. so here's another instalment ;P I hope it's better written than the last chapter. Sorry it took so long to get out, i can't really write during the week 'cause i got a but-load of school work every night then i was trying a slightly different writing style for this, which took longer, and i got the bug that was/is going around. but its up HURAH! Enjoy!

Shout Outs!:

bf

I think it was more of Miko, and walking to the base is a bit far, but yeah.

Alice Gone Madd

:):D

Cashagon

Sorry about that, i worked on that this chapter and hope its better...If that's the truth than I've needed help since I was two...this is nothing new, though its always nice to threaten the person in the mirror because you can't actually do anything to them :)

Cilla

I'm glad

Adby1

Don't die slowly-that's painful, though you felt better after the other chapter in AWNW :)

Tayla

Thank you.


Steve finally opened his eyes, expecting to see rubble everywhere and him pinned underneath, but found none of that, just darkness. He moved his shield down from above his head and stretched out his hands to try and find out where he was. As it turned out he was trapped beneath something and couldn't even stand above a crouch. He contemplated on his next move until light suddenly seeped into his prison and he squinted up at his liberator, Optimus Prime and Smokescreen. Optimus held Jemina and looked at him, "What are you doing here?"

Smokescreen interjected and picked up Steve, "We should ask questions once we get to cover. Going underground would be best, that way the 'cons can't track our signals?"

Optimus nodded, "You know how to work the phase shifter better than I, instruct me on what to do."

The group phased through several layers of rock before they finally found a cave. Smokescreen maneuvered to the front and looked in, "It looks good Opitmus."

Optimus stepped in then carefully laid Jemina down and propped her up slightly with a few boulders. She groaned quietly and halfway opened her optics, "Jemina?" Optimus asked, "You will be alright." Her face scrunched a bit in pain, "Don't try anything, just power down for a while." She drifted off and he turned to Smoky, "Why you two here?"

Smokescreen walked over after setting Steve down, "I-I'm sorry. When we were evacuating the base, just as the 'cons began to open fire, it was our turn to bridge away. I debated with myself whether to turn back or not, apparently Jemina had the same debate because just before we reached the end of the bridge she turned back and ran for the base. I-I wasn't able to stop her in time before the bridge closed behind us and I lost her when she used her abilities. But that's when the blast hit, and the whole joint came tumbling down. Then when I found you, and you know the rest…"

Optimus sighed and Smokescreen continued, "I'm sorry I defied your orders, but we're safe here. Like I said we're down so deep no one can pick up our signals. I'll have to scout above ground if we wanna have any hope of finding Ratchet."

"There is very little hope left." Optimus clenched his optics as he held her servo, "Please hurry Smokescreen." Smokescreen left and Optimus sat there next to Jemina before he asked, "Why did you follow them back Steve?"

He looked at the floor, a half-century of memories flooding his mind in an instant, "Because last time I let a team member go back alone, he…"

Optimus nodded in understanding when Steve couldn't finish, an Energon tear streaked down his face plating, Jemina's ragged intakes were the only thing disturbing the silence. Jemina looked at him when he wasn't looking, "Why, why are you…crying?" She managed to croak.

Steve jumped and Opitmus' helm snapped up from the suddenness of the question, "You're supposed to be in power down, to reserve your strength." She just looked at him quizzically until he sighed and answered, "I've already lost one love to Megatron, I do not wish to make it two. Why-why did you come back?"

"They need you-f-far more, than they-need me."

"But I need you." Optimus objected.

"If, anything happened to-to you, they would fall apart…they don't need, a seeker that-bad." She sighed as she exhausted herself.

Optimus gripped her servo a bit and she could only offer a faint smile before she fell back into power down and Optimus sighed, "Elita smiled like that just before she too…"

Steve watched the exchange in curiosity and in sorrow, this seemed far too much like when he crashed into the ice…only the roles were reversed this time.


Jayce and Raf sat in Bee's backseat while Clint and Tony sat in his front, the latter of which was gripping Bee's steering wheel in a death grip as a Vehicon flyer passed overhead. They all breathed a nervous breath once it passed and Bee pulled off the road and drove a bit until they found a grove of trees where he could transform in and not be spotted. They climbed out and Raf looked around, "Clear!"

Bee transformed and peeked out of the trees :That was too close, he almost detected us.:

"But he didn't Bee." Jayce pointed out.

"Your paint job did the trick." Raf added.

"What's he saying?" Clint asked but the kids where too focused on Bee to hear Clint's question.

:Bee to base, does anyone read? Still nothing.:

"The 'coms uplink is still down. Bee, I realize Optimus sent us all to different locations to make us harder for the 'cons to find, but if we don't know where in the world anyone else went how are we gonna find 'em?" Raf asked.

:We just keep heading towards the base and hope the others do the same.:

"Right, just keep heading toward Jasper."

Tony asked, "Wait, why are we heading back towards the place where Megatron tried to kill us?"

"Standard procedure according to Bee, that's probably what the other's will do so it's the best move we've got." Raf explained.

Jayce looked at the ground, "Do you think Jemina's alright?"

Clint shifted awkwardly before he laid a ginger hand on Jayce's shoulder, "She'll be fine, if she can handle Loki for a bit I'm sure she could handle Smokescreen."

:Opitmus would've made sure she had gotten out before anything happened.:

"I know, but I still feel like something's wrong." He muttered.

Bee ruffled his hair and made him squeak :We'll find out soon enough, come on.:


Miko sighed from boredom in the backseat of Bulkhead, "I never there were so many Rockies."

Bruce rolled his eyes at her impatience when Bulkhead suddenly slammed on the brakes and caused all three occupants to yelp in surprise, "Miko! No cell phone! You know the rules." Bulkhead reprimanded.

"Is that what this abrupt stop was for? Even Mjolnir halts with more grace." Thor growled.

Miko snapped back, showing him her phone, "Dude, I wasn't calling anyone. Just playing a video game I already downloaded."

"Sorry, I guess I'm a little on edge." Bulkhead apologized.

Bruce still looked unhappy, "A little warning next time would be appreciated, unless you want the other guys blowing our cover."

Miko asked, "Where are we headed anyway Bulk? You got some sort of plan?"

"We're following standard Wrecker protocol." Bulkhead said.

"And that would be?" Thor asked for everyone.

"An emergency plan we followed during the war, in case any Wrecker got stranded or separated from the unit. We would always rendezvous at the exact same set of coordinates. If Jackie's still alive, he'll be there."

Bruce asked, "Who is 'Jackie?'"

Miko answered happily, "He's an old Wrecker pal, remember the one who helped to give us cover so we could escape from the base?" He nodded, "That was him."

"Oh." Both Thor and Bruce said in confirmation.


Jack, Natasha and Arcee pulled into a storage facility of some kind so Arcee could stretch, Jack however was rambling away his worry, "What if Jasper wasn't evacuated in time? She could have been hurt or taken by the 'cons."

"Jack." Arcee tried to say but Jack didn't hear her.

"And even if she did get out, she's gotta be worried out of her mind, not knowing where I am."

"Jack, calm down. We'll get back to Jasper, find a way to reach your mother and the rest of the team." Arcee said looking off to the distance in thought.

Natasha watched the two, wondering if that was what it was like to actually have a mother who cared for you. If it was, she wasn't entirely sure she wanted it, too much worrying involved. They heard a helicopter nearby and Arcee turned to the humans before transforming, "Stay here, could be a 'con on our tail."

Jack sighed and pulled out his phone to look at a picture of his mom, "Sorry mom, I'd call if I could…"

Natasha saw his gears turning, "Don't even think about it, we're in enough trouble without drawing the Decepticons to us."

Jack sighed again and nodded as Arcee returned, "It was a civilian, but we should get moving anyway."

The two climbed on and they left, driving for several hours until another town came into view, "Hey, you hungry? There's a town up ahead." Arcee asked.

Jack shook his head, "We better not, I'm running low on cash."

"Least you don't have to buy gasoline." Arcee joked to try and perk up Jack, "I'm pulling over anyway, need to stretch my legs." The humans quickly climbed off and she transformed, you could hear her joints squeak, "Oh, yeah."

"Arcee, Team Prime is scattered to the winds. For all we know, we could be the only ones left." Jack said.

Arcee knelt down beside him, "I don't believe that Jack, and I know you don't either."

Natasha nodded, "The Avengers have been through a lot, they'll make sure the others are ok."

"Maybe, but the Decepticons outnumber us 100-1. Aren't there any more Autobots out there who could help?" Jack asked.

Arcee looked pained before she answered, "The war for Cybertron took a heavy toll. But there were others who escaped on the Ark."

"Where are they?" Natasha asked.

Arcee scraped up some dirt and let if loose in the soft wind, "Scattered to the winds. So let's focus on getting back to Jasper, on getting Team Prime back together."


Bee's engine hummed as they continued to drive seemingly without an end. Raf had pulled out his laptop a while ago and was searching for anything that could be a 'bot. :Have you found anything yet?:

Raf shook his head, "Nada Bee. Just the same old rubber masks and bad CG. But the usual conspiracy websites might be our only chance to-"

Jayce suddenly leaned over and cried, "Ratchet!"

"Whoa! Nice Jayce. Yup, defiantly Ratchet. I'll just save this to my computer then scrub it, the Decepticons are probably looking too."

:Let's just hope Soundwave hasn't seen it yet, what are the coordinates?:

"Where's he at? I'm bored of driving and I can't use any tech without the Decepticons knowing where we're at!" Tony said quickly.

:I just asked where he was at!:

Clint groaned, "You've been talking nonstop the last three hours about your little bot gismo thingy's and you're bored!?"

"It's called Nanite Technology, and I was talking to Raf about that, not you."

"But I had to listen to it!" Jayce shouted.

"See! Jayce agrees with me." Clint cheered.

:If they don't shut up I'm gonna throw them out of the car and make 'em walk!: Bee beeped annoyed.

"Guys, you might want to stop arguing before Bee does something drastic." Clint and Tony shut up so Raf continued, "It was taken yesterday…in a junkyard outside Woodland Park. Replacing Ratchet with Tap-dancing-monkey." Raf finished with a small smile.

They reached the junkyard by sundown and wandered through it, Raf mumbled, "He's gotta be here."

"He'd better be." Clint huffed.

They looked around until Bee suddenly stopped, catching them by surprise. They looked up and saw the ambulance and climbed out, "Ratchet! Ratchet! It's us!"

"Ratchet?" Jayce asked when the ambulance did nothing.

Ratchet answered gruffly, "Go away."

:Ratchet, we need to go to find the others.:

"You're interrupting my power down." He replied.

:Ratchet?:

Raf urged, "Come one Ratchet, we need your help to find the others!"

:So that we can retaliate against Megatron.:

"We can't stop Megatron, not anymore. The war is over, and we've lost."

Jayce frowned, "It's only over if we just give up!"

"We can't give up!" Raf cried.

"I did not just drive half-way across the country listening to Tony the whole time just to have the first 'bot we found give up!" Clint shouted in pure annoyance.

Ratchet transformed and looked down at them, "Then tell me what we can do! Without communications, without a ground bridge, without a base of operations or resources of any kind."

"We'll figure it out as we go! But we need to start by getting the team together. We really can't do anything without that." Jayce shot back.

:Well, Starscream had a ground bridge when he was rouge.:

"Bee's right, we know Starscream had access to a ground bridge while he was operating solo." Raf argued.

Ratchet scoffed, "Yes, yes, he'd clearly been using the derelict Decepticon ship the Harbinger. What does that have to do with anything?"

"It gives us the tech that you were saying we didn't have." Tony deadpanned.

"Exactly, and it's probably abandoned again now that Starscream's back with the 'cons."

"Well, resources won't be of much use, not without someone to-lead us." Ratchet finished defeated.

"It's a start!" All the humans yelled at Ratchet.

"Then you'll have to start without me." Ratchet growled, "This is someone else's fight now."

"There is no one else Ratchet! Just us, just the team!" Raf tried again.

"I thought you 'bots fought for Earth, well Earth needs you now. So what if you don't have someone to lead you at this exact point in time, lead yourself! I'm not saying go solo but you don't always need someone to tell you what to do." Tony huffed.

Ratchet turned around, "Please, just let me, rust in peace."

Raf turned to Bee defeated, "Come on Bee." He transformed and they climbed in before he drove off.


The humans, and Asgardian, lay sleeping against Bulkhead's peed until he stood abruptly and they all fell and jumped awake, "Wake up." Bulkhead said cautiously.

"Why?" Miko asked through a yawn.

Bulkhead activated his weapons, "Someone's coming.

Thor stood and grabbed Mjolnir while Miko and Bruce gathered behind the two. "Do you know who it is that is coming?" Thor asked.

The engine noise came closer and Bulkhead deactivated his weapons, "I'd know the hum of that engine anywhere." He took off running down the hill and cried out as the car on the road transformed, "Ha-ha, Jackie! Where ya been buddy?"

Bulkhead gave him a bear hug as Wheeljack answered a bit strained, "Catching up with a few old dance partners." Miko took a picture and the other two came closer, "Good to see ya kid, but who are the others?"

Miko smiled and pointed to Thor, "Well he's probably one of the best human wrecker, besides me, there is. And he's here because Opitmus told him to come with." She finished pointing to Bruce, "So what are we waiting for? Let's do some damage."

Bulkhead turned to Wheeljack, "What's our next move Jackie, circle back to base?"

"There is no base, 'cons blasted it to dust." Wheeljack answered with a sigh then motioned to be quiet. He pulled a small device out from under his plating and deposited it in a log with a grenade before he motioned for the others to follow. He placed it in a stream before he transformed and they drove to a higher embankment to watch. Soon enough the 'cons arrived and Wheeljack smiled, readying the trigger.

"Targets in range." Bulkhead said as Miko peeked over smiling.

"And boom." Wheeljack grinned simply.

The area went up in blue fire and smoke and Thor looked mesmerized, "That was one of the largest explosions I've ever seen from a grenade."

Bruce nodded, "And coming from a guy who's around Tony a lot, that's saying something."

Wheeljack beamed, "That's what happens when the grenade is 50% Energon, gives it a nice 'boom.'"

Miko turned to Wheeljack, "How'd you know the 'cons planted a tracker on you?"

"I figured the 'cons were up to something, so I did a little poking around under my hood."

Bulkhead laughed, "That's my Jackie!"

"So, what's our next move?" Miko asked.

"I salvaged some munitions from the Jackhammer on my way out." Wheeljack transformed, "You thought that made a loud noise? Just wait."

Miko and Thor looked like excited school children and Bruce just groaned as they climbed back into Bulkhead before following Wheeljack.


The Harbinger lay lifeless in the ground as it had for several years, groaning a bit when Bee stepped in. They made their way to a portion that could have been the bridge and proceeded to try and activate the ship. Bee plugged in a tube that would give the systems Energon :Ready Raf.:

"Hold it right there Bee." Raf said as he jumped on a few controls, "And, powering up!"

They looked around as the ship's lights blinked on for a second before it all fell in darkness again, "We could really use Jemina." Jayce sighed.

Bee hung his head and his door-wings fell, "Keep trying, we'll figure it out." Raf said.

"Let me take a crack at it." Tony climbed up and looked at the controls before turning to Raf, "Would you mind translating, I'm afraid I haven't learned Cybertronian yet…though its going to be on the top of my to-do list once we beat the 'cons tailpipes."

Raf told him what a few of the controls meant and they tried again, the lights staying active for a few more seconds before powering down again. Clint climbed up, "How hard is it to turn on a few lights in this place?"

"Have you made sure you not choking the system?" Jayce asked.

"What does that mean?" Clint barked.

Tony sighed, "It means we're mis-calibrating the Energon intake."

"It's just a bunch of gibberish." Clint argued.

"It's not a bunch of gibberish, we just have to figure out the right Energon mix to-" Jayce was cut off by a new voice.

"Yip, yip, ip!"

Bee ran forward :Ratchet? Is that you?!:

"You're mis-calibrating the Energon transducer." Ratchet said as he walked towards the console, "Now step out of my way so I can work." Raf and Jayce smiled at each other before looking up and seeing Ratchet smiling lightly down at them.

Tony turned to Clint, "See, we told you."

"How did a sever-year-old figure that out!" Clint said in disbelief.

Jayce shrugged and Raf answered, "You just pick things up when you've been hanging out with the 'bots long enough."


Steve and Optimus sat in silence for a while before Steve gave up to sleep Opitmus falling into recharge a few times also. Smokescreen returned, "I'm back. I combed through every square micron of our old base, I couldn't find Ratchet's medical kit. Not even a bandage."

"I think she'd need a lot more than a bandage…" Steve thought out loud as he woke up.

Both mechs looked grieved before Optimus looked at Jemina thoughtfully. She had onlined a short while before Smokescreen arrived and saw his gears turning, "Optimus, no. Use it-to restore Cy-Cybertron sooner."

Smokescreen and Steve looked at Optimus confused, Smokescreen asking, "What does she mean?"

"Can you get the Forge of Solace Prime?"

"No," Jemina objected again, "Opti-mus, restore Cybertron with, it…please."

Optimus ground his denta together, "Smokescreen, please secure it."

"Can you restore her with the Forge?" Smokey asked.

"It holds the power of the Primes." Optimus confirmed.

Jemina glared as best she could, "But it's, already drained…you know that as, well as-I do. Only, enough to…restore the-Lock."

"Power down Jemina, reserve your strength." Optimus said firmly but with care. She didn't have the strength to argue so let herself slip into oblivion.

Smokescreen looked at Optimus, "What do you want me to do? She seems adamant that you use it to restore the Omega Lock."

"I don't want to seem selfish here, but if it can save her life isn't that more important that restoring a dead world. I mean, other Cybertronians have probably already figured out an alternate way of life by now after it being dead for so long-what's a little longer?" Steve asked.

Opitmus sighed, "I don't know if I even could, there might just be enough power left to restore her but rebuilding the Omega Lock? And I cannot lose another one to Megatron, I don't know if I would be able to survive this time."

"This time?" Smokescreen asked.

Optimus nodded, "When Elita offlined she and I were to be bonded soon, but we weren't yet…she offlined before we could."

"Opitmus, I-I'm sorry, but what do you mean this time?"

"I was able to continue to function because we had not yet been bonded, but I was miserable. Those first few months on the Ark I was practically dead, only the Matrix of Leadership acting as my voice, and that was before we were bonded…but this is different."

Smokescreen looked confused, "How?"

"She and I, we are already bonded."

Steve just looked downright confused while Smokescreen looked gob-smacked, "What? How?! I mean, does Ratchet even know?!"

Optimus shook his head, "She does not even realize this. Even I just learned that we had bonded."

"When?" Was all Smokescreen could choke out, still wide optict.

"Shortly after she escaped from the Nemesis badly wounded I believe. I don't think either of us truly realized that we had completely accepted each other's sparks as our own though."

Smokescreen stood, "What about the Omega Lock though? If she wants it restored?"

Optimus frowned slightly, "She is cryptic but I have learned to read between her words. Cybertron will be restored, maybe Alpha Trion knew of another way, I don't know…but it will be restored.

Smokescreen nodded and saluted quickly before running through the wall, "I'm on it."

"Hurry Smokescreen." Optimus said quietly as he held Jemina close and she hummed quietly in her light recharge.

Steve took a second to collect his wits, "Question, what is 'bonding?' And why did Smokescreen freak out over it?"

Optimus took a second to answer, "The easiest explanation of it is a Cybertronian marriage."

"Wait, so you two are married and neither of you realized it?" Steve asked dumbfounded.

"That is correct." Optimus affirmed.

"And I find myself surprised yet again…the world was so much simpler fifty years ago." Steve muttered as he tried to comprehend the new information.


Jack sat on Arcee with Natasha sitting behind his as they drove through the country, "The last time things looked this bleak Optimus slipped me that keycard, something we could hang our hopes on."

"I know you're feeling helpless Jack but this doesn't need to be your burden." Arcee reassured.

Natasha yelled up, "We've got a bogie on our six and comin' up fast!"

A large ship suddenly past overhead and Arcee squealed to stop as it circled back around and landed in front of them. Arcee transformed, "Stay behind me."

Natasha positioned herself between Jack and Arcee so Jack was the farthest as she readied the electrical shocker darts on her wrists. A platform descended and Arcee raised her blasters only to lower them a second later, "Jack, I don't think we're gonna need that keycard. Meet Ultra Magnus."


Bulkhead, Wheeljack and the others observed a mine. They climbed up to the rocky incline and Miko looked at them, "Guys, you know I'm all for blowing the scrap outta stuff, but what does flattening a Decepticon mine have to do with getting the band back together and taking down Megatron?"

Wheeljack answered, "Simple, when we light up this place, the blast'll be big and unmistakable."

"Any Autobot within 500 klicks will see the sky glowin' with Energon and come runnin'." Bulkhead answered.

"Then bring the rain." Miko said.

"Fire your detonation devises, I may have matured since my exile and restoration but everyone loves a good boom!" Thor egged on.


Ratchet got the ship operational and Raf and Tony scurried around the controls as Ratchet tended to the other controls, "Mainframe's up and running, but I'll need help hacking the operating codes." Raf called over.

Ratchet looked them over, "Even if the ground bridge proves functional, it will be next to worthless without a means of pinpointing the current locations of our compatriots."

"Can't you just convert the mainframe to track Autobot signals?" Jayce asked.

"I may be able to reconfigure these Decepticon frequencies, at the very least we could access their comlink." Ratchet said, thinking out loud.

Tony asked, "Is there anywhere I could download Jarvis into the system? If so he could help to speed up the reprogramming two-fold."

"Hm, there is no direct link though I should be able to crack the firewalls to download it manually." Ratchet said thinking out loud.


Arcee walked over to Ultra Magnus and the humans followed, "No one's seen or hear from you since Cybertron went dark. How did you find your way to Earth?"

Ultra Magnus looked at Arcee with a stern face, "Soldier, we may not be on Cybertron, but military protocol remains."

Arcee straightened, "My apologies, sir."

"Sir?" Jack asked.

Ultra Magnus held a look that was close to a scowl, "Advise the native life-form to watch its tone as well." Natasha studied Magnus and decided he was much like Fury in many ways.

Jack broke her thoughts, "What? Who is this guy?"

Arcee turned to Jack and answered in a half-whispered kind of way, almost as if she was, in a way-afraid of him, "Ultra Magnus was Optimus' key lieutenant during the war back on Cybertron. Very 'by the book.' Just go with it."

Natasha nodded, now it made sense. High ups almost always seemed to have a specific kind of ora around them that made those under them jump at their command. Ultra Magnus spoke again, "As for your broader question, my story is that of all Autobots since the exodus. I wandered the space ways in search of others, reuniting with some, often only to see them fall at the hands of the Decepticons."

Arcee nodded, "Until you detected the Omega beam and followed it here."

"If you are referring to the massive energy burst originating from Cybertron, that would be affirmative. Upon my arrival, it became evident that this planet had been invaded. My scanners also detected Autobot life signals, yours being in closest proximity to my position."

Jack and Natasha looked up as Jack asked, "Signals? As in plural?...Sir."

"Five total." Magnus answered.

"Out of eight." Jack sighed.

Natasha walked over, "Or seven, it depends for Jemina."

Arcee nodded, "Jack, that doesn't necessarily mean what you're thinking. Autobot signals can't be detected when they're shielded."


Wheeljack, Bulkhead, and Thor ran out of the Decepticon mine after having planted all but a few of Wheeljack's explosives. Bulkhead crouched over the humans to protect them from the coming explosion, "Munitions planted."

"Let's get this party started." Wheeljack said holding up the detonator.

A roar was hear and Miko pointed, "Company."

"Megatron?" Wheeljack asked.

Bulkhead shook his head, "Nah, bigger." The figure pulled up and twirled in the air before heading towards them faster, "And I don't remember seeing that move in Buckhead's repertoire."

The thing stopped not far from them before it fired a massive fire ball. Bulkhead grabbed the humans and leapt out of the way as Wheeljack dove in the opposite direction. Miko looked at it stunned, "A dragon? Where did the 'cons get a dragon?!"

Bulkhead and Wheeljack looked at each other confused before asking at the same time, "What's a dragon?"

"Giant, flying, fire-breathing lizard." Miko spouted off quickly as she pointed to it.

Thor looked giddy, "It had been centuries since I last fought a dragon."

It fired again and the 'bots transformed and drove out of its fore ball again. It turned and flew after Wheeljack. He fired at it and it with most of his shots but had little effect. The dragon swung its tail and knocked Wheeljack several yards back and stunned him momentarily. It charged and Bulkhead swung at it, knocking it away from Wheeljack. It charged up another blast as Thor came in and hit it with Mjolnir, "You shall not harm my friend foul beast!"

The dragon, momentarily distracted, took off after Thor and forgot about his primary target as Thor kept hitting it. The fight between the two carried on for several minutes, Thor getting in several hits, before the dragon managed hit him away. Wheeljack stood and called out, "You looking for me beast? I'm right here."

A grenade exploded right under the dragon, but it nothing more than anger him and leave a cloud of smoke. Bulkhead yelled over, "We're gonna need more firepower!"

Wheeljack looked at the cave before answering, "Good thing I know just where to find some!"

Thor flew back to the group as Wheeljack drove back out of the cave, "And the walls came tumblin' down."

The mine exploded in a blue, fiery inferno, the rock that had housed the mine still glowing blue from the explosion. Miko cheered, "Yes! Snuff the tragic dragon!"

Wheeljack, Bulkhead, and Thor all looked at her curiously while Bruce stifled a laugh until rock started to fall away from the mound and the dragon came back out. It roared and Miko's enthusiasm fell, "We're toast."

The 'bots fell into a fighting stance as the dragon charged, only to be repelled by a ship that fired at it and sent it sprawling. Bulkhead looked at it, "One of ours?"

"Does it matter?" Wheeljack and Bruce asked.

The ship flew back towards them and dropped a platform for them to get on. Thor whirled Mjolnir, "I shall hold off this beast."

"Thor no!" Bulkhead shouted but Thor was already gone.

Thor flew and began pounding on the dragon until it changed course and chased after him, "Ha-ha! Now we shall see who is the better."

Bulkhead entered the ship and Miko cried, "Jack!"

He set them down and she ran to Jack and gave him a bear hug, which Bulkhead was also giving Arcee. Jack coughed, "Miko, can't breathe."

She punched him in the stomach, "Weakling."

Natasha walked over to Bruce, "Where's Thor?"

"Decided to hold of the dragon."

"Dragon?" Natasha asked disbelieving.

"Yup, I wouldn't have believed it either if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes." Bruce confirmed.

"Well figure out how to deal with it once we get to the last set of Autobot life-signals." Natasha said.

A new voice broke in, "Soldiers."

"You?" Wheeljack spat.

Bulkhead looked surprised, "Ultra Magnus? It's an honor."

"It's an honor, sir." Magnus corrected.

Bruce looked confused and Miko said, "He sounds like an old stick in the mud."

Jack spoke quietly, "He's really uptight on military procedure, just go with it…it's a lot less hassle."

"Guess blowing that mine made us pretty easy to spot." Wheeljack said.

Arcee explained, "Ultra Magnus already had a bead on your signals, and ours. Care to tell us what exactly's nipping at our tailpipes?"

They looked out the window and saw Thor duking it out with the dragon, neither gaining nor losing ground as they dodged and weaved through the other's attacks. "We think it's a robot dragon." Miko said.

Bruce rubbed his chin, "I don't know, now that I have a better look at it…it looks Cybertronian."

Magnus suddenly called out, "Brace yourselves!"

The humans stumbled until Arcee and Bulkhead grabbed them. A crash was heard along with some Asgardian cursing. Bruce called out, "Thor keep it away from the ship!" He took in a labored breath, "I'm feeling a bit green."

Miko squeaked, "Hey, don't heave on me!"

"That isn't what he means by feeling green." Natasha called back, "Ultra Magnus…sir, if you could fly any steadier it would save you a hole in your hull, and us the trouble of tracking the Other Guy."

"I do not know to what you are inferring but we must execute some evasive manures if we want to survive this." Magnus called back.

"Someone get Thor, we need to get Bruce out of here before he loses it!" Natasha yelled.

Arcee set Jack and Natasha down and grabbed Bruce, also lowering the platform, "Thor! Natasha said you need to take Bruce out of here before he loses it! Whatever that means." She shouted, mumbling the last part to herself.

Thor looked back with his eyes wide, "Understood Arcee, I have him."

He grabbed Bruce and flew off, landing as soon as he could then giving Bruce some breathing room. They remained like that for several minutes before Bruce nodded, "I'll be ok, go help the others."

"Will do, I will come back for you once this dragon is disposed of." With that he took off for the others and Bruce watched him go.

By the time Thor had reached the others in the ship the dragon was already buried under rock. He came aboard the ship and told Ultra Magnus where he had left Bruce. Natasha sighed, "That was too close."


An hour passed before Ratchet managed to reconfigure the frequencies, "There, that should do it, I will contact agent Fowler first."

They all waited in anticipation as they heard his phone ring, "*What is it now lord Megatron?*" Fowler sounded anything but amused.

"Agent Fowler, it's Ratchet!"

"*Ratchet? Where's Jack? Is he with you?*" June asked.

Ratchet shook his head, not that they could see that, "No, he is not. Listen, we don't have much time, I have taken a tremendous, yet calculated, risk in contacting you. Hopefully the Decepticons are not monitoring their own frequencies as closely as they no doubt do the humans. I am sending you our coordinates."

:Ratchet! There's a ship coming our way!:

"What?" Ratchet cried before ending the call.

"Is it 'cons?" Tony asked following

They all ran outside before Bee stopped them :Stay here in case it's Decepticons.:

They looked on as it landed and Ratchet said with relief and disbelief, "It's one of ours!"

"Well that's good, I'm not sure how well arrows are against a 'con." Clint said.

A platform descended and Jayce saw Miko run out shouting, "Raf, Jayce!"

Natasha, Thor, and Bruce and followed suit, greeting their teammates, "How you doing Point Break?" Tony asked.

Thor glared, "I still do not understand what that means."

Raf and Jayce smiled and ran towards Miko and Jack, she enveloping them in a death hug, "Girl's got a grip, doesn't she?" Jack asked smiling before giving them a hug also.

"You're alive!" Ratchet breathed.

The other 'bots stepped down and Jayce looked confused, "Optimus does not look like Optimus."

Tony laughed at that, "If that's Optimus then I'm Capcicle."

Clint glared, "You're nothing like Opitmus or Cap."

"I lead this team don't I?"

Natasha just gave a blank look, "I think that's a combined effort."

Tony scoffed but said nothing as they watched the others reunite. Ratchet looked wide optict, "Ultra Magnus?"

"Doctor." He acknowledged.

Bulkhead walked over to Bee, "New paint job looks good Bee."

"At least you had something to work with. If I reversed m colors, I'd be pink." Arcee commented.

:I don't think it would be that bad.:

"The communications link needs further calibration to be compatible with Autobot frequencies. The ground bridge however is fully operational." Ratchet informed.

"That would've come in handy when robo-dragon was trying to eat us for breakfast." Miko pointed out.

"Dragon? You sure it wasn't just a large bird?" Tony asked skeptically.

Thor laughed, "It was defiantly a dragon, and a mighty one at that, friend Tony."

Tony still looked skeptical until Bruce nodded, "I saw it to Tony, it looked like a Cybertronian version of a dragon. It tried to eat us to, mainly Wheeljack."

Ultra Magnus looked unamused, "The indigenous population of this planet, do they all display the same disregard for authority?"

"No, mostly just Miko…and Jemina when it comes to medical affairs." Ratchet reassured.

A jet could then be heard and Ultra Magnus activated his weapons, "No!" Bulkhead shouted.

"Don't shoot!" Arcee yelled.

Bulkhead explained, "It's Fowler, he's with us!"

The jet landed and Mrs. Darby climbed out and ran to Jack crying. Jack pulled away after a minute, "It's ok mom, I'm fine."

He then shoved the other kids to her and she hugged them all. She looked at Miko and Raf, "You're families are safe. Agent Fowler saw to it that Jasper was evacuated in time but now that the 'cons have gone people are starting to go back." She turned to the 'bots and the Avengers, "Thank you for keeping them safe."

"Where's Prime?" Fowler asked.

"The only signals Ultra Magnus was able to isolate are standing right here." Arcee informed.

Jayce looked at the ground, swallowing a lump, "Where's Jemina?"

"Maybe his scanner's faulty." Wheeljack suggested.

"That's a negative soldier." Ultra Magus said.

Jack put an arm around Jayce, "Maybe she's just in her human form, she doesn't have an Autobot life signal like that."

"Then what about Smokescreen?" He asked.

:She might have shielded his signal?:

"She can do that?" Bulkhead asked.

Ratchet scoffed, "Wouldn't surprise me."

"Well that still leave Steve unaccounted for also." Natasha added.

Tony shrugged, "Cap can handle himself."

Ratchet sighed, "Optimus remained behind, to destroy the ground bridge. To ensure that everyone else made it to safety."

"I-watched the base go down. No one or thing walked out of there." Fowler sighed.

June added, "Not that we could see."

"Even if Prime survived, I'm not sure we can afford to wait for him to show up. Not with Megatron holding our planet hostage from his high and mighty perch at Darkmount." Fowler returned.

Ultra Magnus stepped forward, "I would be inclined to agree with the native life-form. We must stop Megatron, with or without Optimus Prime. We must do everything within our power to ensure Megatron's downfall, but we will need to be smart about it."

"Whoa, who put shoulder-pads in command?" Wheeljack asked.

"Temporary command." Jack reassured.

"Ultra Magnus is the only logical choice. He was trained by Optimus and served as his commanding officer throughout the war for Cybertron." Ratchet explained.

Tony glared, "I don't like taking commands, from anyone."

Clint walked over and shoved and arrow in front of his face, "Unless you have one of your suits with you, you're going to be."

"I would have several if someone would let me get them!" Tony shouted at Ratchet.

He scoffed, "It is far too risky for you to retrieve them. And it is in all likeliness that the Decepticons can track them"

"Now," Ultra Magnus said gathering their attention again, "Unless there is any further objection, soldier, please follow me."

"Aye, aye, cap'n." Wheeljack grumbled.

The kids watched them go into the ship and Jayce looked at the ground again, tears staining his cheeks, "Where's Jemina?"

"She's probably with Smoky, she'll be fine." Miko said happily before looking at Jack and quietly adding, "I hope."

Tony came over, "That girl is a good Houdini, I'm sure she and the others are perfectly fine. Actually it wouldn't surprise me if she was doing all this just to pull my leg."

That made Jayce perk up a bit and smile again, "Mh, maybe."

He walked off to be with Miko who was telling Raf, and now Jayce, what went down with 'robo-dragon' and how Thor and Ultra Magnus kicked its metal butt. Natasha walked over, "You have a soft spot for that kid don't you."

"I have a soft spot for most kids, so long as they're not total jerks, I can't stand those." Tony answered, "Beside, if anything happened to him I'd have a transforming, power-crazed girl lighting up my suits for the rest of my life."

"So…she'd make your life a living nightmare?" Bruce asked, not really knowing Jemina in the slightest.

Tony quivered, "And she'd take a sick delight in it too."

"I'd pay to see that." Clint grinned.

"Of course you would." Tony growled.

The others came out within minutes, each armed with new tech and they made their way into the Harbinger. "Autobots, we remain vastly outnumbered and, despite our munitions, do not currently possess the firepower necessary to compromise the Decepticon citadel." Ultra Magnus said to the gathered group.

Fowler spoke up, "Uncle Sam's military does. I just can't let them make a move as long as Megatron's ray guns are pointed at Washington."

"Then we must infiltrate Darkmount in order to nullify its fusion cannons." Ultra Magnus stated.

Ratchet interjected, "Unfortunately, it seems the fortress is heavily shielded against unauthorized ground bridges. Even those originating from Decepticon technology."

"Guess we'll have to sneak past enemy lines, wrecker-style." Wheeljack smiled and pounded his fists together.

Ultra Magnus frowned, "I couldn't deal with 'wrecker-style' on Cybertron, and I refuse to deal with it here." Wheeljack pouted, "Now, we require a means of thinning the Decepticon ranks to even the odds, if we're to have any hope of completing this mission. Or of surviving it."

"We can handle that." Natasha said.

"What is your plan?" Ultra Magnus asked.

Tony answered, "Since the Decepticons are no doubt monitoring Earth communicates the best option would to just call someone." Tony grabbed his phone, "Anyone else have their phone?"

"I do!" Miko pipped up.

Tony looked at the Avengers, "Seriously, no one grabbed a phone but me? I can understand Capcicle but…seriously? Alright Miko and I will call each other, that should draw the 'cons."

Ratchet opened a bridge and Miko called Tony, both instantly gaining several Vehicon troopers to their positions. Ratchet bridged them back before turning to Jack, "I've tapped into the Decepticon communications network. Are you ready Jack?"

Jack cleared his throat then said in a deeper voice, "Decepticon command, do you read me?"

"I remained unconvinced." Ultra Magnus said flatly.

"I will enhance your performance with static." Ratchet said typing into the computer.

Jack nodded the spoke up, "Decepticon command, do you read? We are under Autobot attack!"

"Do you think that worked?" Thor asked.

Ratchet nodded, "When it comes to their mines the Decepticons are very protective, it worked."

Ultra Magnus nodded once they saw a large convergence of Decepticons leaving, "Autobots, lock and load!"

"We're coming with." Natasha said flatly, "This is our planet to and we can slip in places you can't."

"You'll be squished in a matter of microns." Magnus rejected.

"Then we'll watch where we go." Clint said.

Tony nodded, "I'll stay here to monitor your progress with Ratchet, since someone won't let me get my suit!"

"I'll stay here also." Bruce added quickly.

All the 'bots grabbed their chosen weapon as they got ready and left through the ground bridge with the three Avengers, the Avengers braking off and went with the stealth team as they separated into three groups.

Ratchet and the others waited at the command console as they waited for news as they tracked the life signals of both Autobots and Decepticons, Ultra Magnus then came in over the radio, "*Ratchet, now!*"

Ratchet opened a ground bridge just in front of Ultra Magnus' signal and he veered out of the way as the Decepticon one went through and disappeared, "You think they'll be alright?" Jack asked.

"I don't actually know." Ratchet replied sadly.

Thor easily took down another Vehicon out of the several dozen that blocked their path and Clint shot another explosive arrow at one of their joints, taking off its arm. "Ultra Magnus to Stealth Team. Status report."

"Having a little trouble reaching the objective." Arcee shot another 'con, "Security is tighter than anticipated, sir."

Thor grunted as he hit another Vehicon, "I do not like fighting in confined spaces because I have no way to gather lightning!"

"Eh, well your hammer is making up for that." Clint said as he shot another arrow, "And I'm running low on ammo…do these thing never stop coming!? They as bad as the Chitarie, at least they were human size!"

Arcee quickly ran over to the outcropping where Bee was taking refuge before Natasha yelled, "We've got company from behind!"

"Scrap." Arcee said flatly before she and Bee raised their hands in surrender. They lead them, humans included, outside to where they held Bulkhead and Wheeljack.


Smokescreen returned shortly, dragging the hammer in, "Optimus! I have the Forge."

Optimus looked up as Jemina groaned, her helm beginning to lull, "Hurry Smokescreen!" Smokescreen quickly drug it over to Optimus and he held it. It began to whir with energy as he focused it on Jemina and she was enveloped with a blinding blue/white light as a pulse of pure energy swept throughout the cave and threw Smokescreen and Steve against the wall. Seconds later it dissipated and Jemina's optics flickered back online and she met Optimus' gaze, "What?" She asked, slightly disoriented.

"You're alive!" Optimus cried, in a momentary lack of any emotional control as a single tear of joy making its way down his face, and held her in a close embrace which she returned full heartedly.

She then lightly bobbed him over the helm, "I told you to use the Forge to restore the Omega Lock."

"We will find another way." Optimus replied.

"Well, are we going to go join the others or what?" Smokescreen asked coming over.

"Roll out." Optimus ordered as Smokescreen activated the phase shifter and they left the cave.

Arriving above ground Jemina looked around, "Do you have any idea where the others might be?"

Smokescreen shook his helm, "Haven't got a clue."

Jemina frowned and looked up, "I think I might have an idea, but I can't carry both of you."

"Take Optimus, he's a better fighter." Smokescreen said, "I'll take the Cap and we'll head for Darkmount…where is that by the way?"

Opitmus looked at her, "Where do you think they might be?"

"They might have tried to retaliate against Megatron, if so they'll be at Death Valley."

"I'll put my engines into over drive!" Smokescreen shouted before he transformed and allowed Steve to get in before taking off.


Ratchet saw the blip on the computers and tapped it confused, "It can't be."

"What?" Dang near every person there asked.

Ratchet checked the computers again, "Two Autobot life signals, but they're, airborne."

"It's Jemina!" Tony cried out.

Jack and Miko looked confused before Bruce asked, "But who's the other one? I though you guys only had one that could fly."

Raf looked at the signals again, "I think it's either Opitmus or Smokescreen. Whoever it is I think she's carrying them."


Bee looked up :What is that?:

They all looked up at it confused before Clint asked, "Is that Jemina?"

The jet passed quickly overhead and straight towards Darkmount as they took advantage of the confusion and retaliated, the Vehicons going down easily, "*All units…Optimus Prime has returned.*"

In the Harbinger cheers rang out, "Yes!" Jack shouted.

"Sweet." Raf breathed.

Miko pounded her feet for a second before crying out, "Awesome!"

Ratchet sighed relieved, "Thank the Allspark."

"*I repeat, Prime is alive and quite well.*"

Bruce and Tony just sighed in relief.

Back at Darkmount the teams showed their joy be desecrating the enemy forces that were on the ground. The two Wreckers going after Shockwave and Thor joining in. Clint pulled out a small, wrist mounted crossbow and began his attacks again, clearing many Vehicons. "*Autobots, clear the area.*" The 'bots transformed and the Avengers climbed on to whichever one was in closest proximity.

Smokescreen was on the highway when he transformed and Jemina landed next to him. He looked at the collapsing citadel in disappointment, "Aw, I missed it!"

Steve held his stomach after being set down, "That's sickening."

She patted Smokescreen on the back, "That's ok, it wasn't that much fun anyway." Looking down at Steve she asked, "Will you be alright?"

He nodded, "I've been through a lot, but transforming like that, I don't know if I could ever get used to it." Jemina laughed.

Ultra Magnus' ship landed a few yards away and he and Optimus came out, "Thank Primus you're alright."

"You don't think I'm going to almost die twice in forty-eight hours do you?"

Optimus just looked at her, unable to form any actual words so brought her into an embrace, "You really must stop trying to give me a spark attack."

"And here I wasn't even trying." She smiled.

Fowler came in over the come unit, "*Hey Prime, if you can spare a second bridge over to these coordinates.*"

"Will do agent Fowler." Optimus acknowledged, "Ratchet?"

"*Coming up.*"

They walked through and met the others in a military hanger, Fowler walking in, "Whoa, got here fast."

"Is there something you wanted agent Fowler?" Optimus asked.

"Yes as a matter of fact there is." He cleared his throat, "On behalf of the President and the Joint Chiefs, I thank you all for your selfless heroism in defense of this planet. I'm only sorry that the world can't know of your undying dedication, because I, for one, owe you my life, my liberty, and my future." When he finished he saluted.

"Here I thought he was going to say life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness." Jemina mumbled.

Tony looked at with a grin, "Still got a sense of humor I see."

"Wouldn't lose it over one little incident." She smiled.

"And I was just beginning to like not having my tech fry when I'm around you." He pouted.

Ultra Magnus spoke walked over to Optimus, "Sir, I am honored to relinquish command of the Autobots to you."

Optimus smiled, "Welcome to Earth Ultra Magnus, and to Team Prime."

He turned to look at them as Miko came running over, "Ok, someone's gotta say it, what happened to Jemina?!"

"Huh?" Jemina looked confused, was there something wrong with her?

"Oh come on, you can't seriously say there's nothing's different about you." Miko argued.

Steve sighed slightly remembering the he had a major bodily change, "Oh boy."

"Uh, well I really haven't had any time to look at myself, am I different somehow?" She asked.

Ratchet groaned, "This'll be interesting."

"What?!" Jemina asked again, she was getting really annoyed now.

"I believe you should look into a mirror." Optimus suggested and walked over to a screen with Jemina when she gasped. In all the confusion she had completely forgotten that the Forge might have, well, done more than just restore her.

She looked at her reflection in bewilderment, the 'bot in the reflection was much taller, at least a good a good meter or so. The colors and general body shape were the same but also more, muscular wasn't the right word, she was still very lean but had more tone. By looks alone you could see her speed had increased. "What?" She asked, not quite believing it.

"Are you alright?" Opitmus asked.

She nodded, "I think so, it just, a lot to take in."

He nodded when Ultra Magnus looked over, "I meant to asked, why is there a seeker here?"

Jemina sent a glared that rivaled Optimus', "I did not just nearly die for that to be someone's first words to me!"

Ultra Magnus looked slightly shocked as Smokescreen came over, "That's alright, I made that mistake too."

"We all have." Natasha said, making sure to not look at the Prime.

Small feet could then be heard, "Jemina!" Jayce cried out.

Jemina turned and smiled broadly before switching forms, running over to him and giving him a hug, "Jayce, you ok?"

"I am now, I don't like it when you scare me like that." Jayce pouted after giving her a hug.

If Ultra Magnus hadn't been shock before he was now. He stood there with his optics glued to Jemina, "Did she just…how did she…?" He stammered.

Opitmus chuckled, "She is a techno-organic."

"But, I thought those were just myths."

Clint said, "And we thought dragons are, were? Ah, this is stupid."

"Not to the ancients, that's probably where they came from. Then Alpha Trion replicated their work and gave it to her." Ratchet explained.

"She's a great asset, especially in the air." Smokescreen nodded, "Unfortunately she beats me in speed."

Ratchet walked over to Optimus who was setting the Forge down by a wall after having unloaded it from Ultra Magnus' ship, "Is it true the Forge has been drained of its power?" Optimus nodded, "Then any hope of rebuilding the Omega Lock has truly been lost. But what I would like to know is how Jemina ended up so badly hurt." He finished and glared at Jemina.

Optimus, Smokescreen, and Steve retold what happened then Jemina received an earful from Ratchet, mainly about her disregard for any personal safety, "…Though I guess it is a good thing you went back, we really would have lost Optimus then."

"What's done is done, we now must move ahead with the present course." Optimus said, bringing the discussion to a close.

They began to disperse a bit, the kids climbing up to the new platform and talking with each other while the Avenger reunited and began talking. Jemina getting used to her new body, even as a human she had grown taller and more tone. Smokescreen walked over to Optimus and nudged him forwards, "You gotta tell her." He whispered.

The Prime blushed a deep blue before he walked over, "Jemina, I must speak with you."

She looked up, "Huh, sure, what about?"

Optimus looked slightly uncomfortable, "Alone?"

She smiled and switched her forms before they left around the corner. Ratchet took a step forward, completely confused, "What was that about?" He then turned to Smokescreen, "Alright, what happened down there between those two, spill it before I get my wrench."

Smokescreen backed away warily, "You know what, I just realized that I have patrol, I gotta go!"

He transformed and sped away quickly before anyone could follow, "Something's up." Arcee said flatly.

They looked at Steve, "What?" He asked dumbly.

June then looked curiously towards the hallway, "You don't think that he might be...?"

Arcee's faceplates suddenly fell before she smiled and Miko said, "It's taken him long enough."

:Does someone want to explain!: Bee shouted for everyone who wasn't a femme. Everyone clearly understanding its meaning whether or not they could actually understand him or not.

Arcee, June and Miko all looked at each other before they turned, "Nah."

Optimus and Jemina walked back into the main hanger after a short while. Jemina went over to the platform and started talking with the kids as Ratchet walked over to Optimus and jabbed his digit at him, "Alright, what's going on that made Smokescreen ditch us for patrol, patrol that isn't even necessary, and has Arcee, June, and Miko giggling like a bunch school femmes?!"

"I was just clearing something up with Jemina that had been discussed earlier in the caves."

Ratchet didn't look convinced but knew we wasn't going to get anything more from the Prime, for now. They all talked for a bit a relaxed and refueled from some stores Ultra Magnus had until Smokescreen came back. He stepped in and looked at Optimus, "Is it safe?"

He nodded, "Of course Smokescreen."

"Oh good." He then saw Ratchet glaring at him, "I thought you said it was safe?!"

Optimus got up and laid hand on Smokescreen's shoulder before moving over to the platform where Jemina jumped down and switched her forms, "Autobots, there is something you should know."

They all looked at him expectantly. The girls held a knowing look, while all the guys were clueless, except for Ratchet who had a growing suspicion. :Please tell us! You're going to drive me crazier than when I didn't have my wheels!: Bee cried.

Jemina laughed quietly as Optimus spoke, "Jemina and I are bonded."

There were crickets, from the humans because they hadn't the slightest idea of what he meant, and from the 'bots-just from the sheer shock...aside from Smokescreen and Steve of course-who just smiled smugly. What finally snapped them out was Ratchet crashed to the floor, his logic circuits shorting out and causing him to glitch. Tony looked over and laughed, "He didn't kick the bucket did he?"

Optimus shook his head, "No, he merely glitched." That only caused Tony to laugh more and drag the others in on it too.

June spoke up, "Is that like marriage?"

"Indeed, though we intend to perform the human version also as we really didn't know when we bonded."

Miko suddenly cried, "It took you two long enough!"

Jemina and Optimus blushed blue at Miko's comment when they heard Ratchet stirring again, "I thing I must've hit my helm somewhere. I could have sworn Optimus say he was bonded."

"You didn't hear wrong doc." Wheeljack said.

Ratchet stared, "But, how? It took you years to even get the nerve to ask Elita, yet you do it unknowingly with Jemina!?"

Optimus was still quite blue, "She taught me what not to do, don't wait."

Ultra Magnus just baffled, "This is not what I was expecting when I came to Earth."

Jemina smiled, "Well, welcome to Earth, planet of the unexpected."

Thor scoffed, "That is very true."

Tony then smiled broadly, "Alright, if you two are getting married then I'm planning the wedding."

"Uh…" Jemina said.

"I'm not taking no for an answer Jem. I better go call Pepper-"

Jemina cut him off, "Uh Tony, she doesn't know about us."

"Just use your hologram things and she'll think your human, it'll be fine!" Tony said waving her off and walking away while talking excitedly.

Jemina looked at Optimus, "I don't think there's any detouring him."

Clint shook his head, "I feel for ya, I really do."


Ha, so that's that, until the next chapter, review and tell me your thoughts