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also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
The drop was difficult for all of them, both human and Autobot found that the storm was making it hard to reach the ground. With a huge thud Optimus landed in a mass of mud that came up to his ankles. The others soon landed near him and in a few minutes they were moving through the pouring rain towards Sam and the others. "I cant believe that this storm got so bad so quickly" said Lennox as he peered out through the window of the Autobot leaders cab. "it seems that even the forces of nature are working against us today" said Optimus as he tried to make his way through weather that would stop any ordinary vehicle. Will looked in the mirror expecting to see one of the others but all he could make out were blurry lights in the pouring rain that seemed to box them in. "are you sure their still following us?" asked the Major "I mean none of you have working coms for some reason and with this storm we could pass right by sam and not see him or any of the others" he added as he looked out into the wall of rain before them. "my scanners though not functioning at their full ability are able to locate the others and sam even under these conditions will, we will find them" replied Optimus as he drove into the darkness. "I know, it's just..." but the Major was cut off when a massive bolt of lighting split the sky above them. This bolt was followed by another and then another as the whole power of the storm seemed directed towards one spot. "it looks like we know.." but again Lennox was cut off as a massive light growing brighter and brighter lit the sky before a shock-wave rushed towards them. The wave of energy passed through them causing the Autobots to swerve on the soaked road. Waiting for a few seconds in case anything else was against him speaking the Major looked towards the point of the shock-wave. As Optimus got back on the road Lennox said cautiously "we really know where they are now, no-one else could be connected with something like that".
The dust washed away in the rain as Unseen held a mass of it in his hand's. The bright blue optics focused solely on the spot where the image had faded from this world forever. Sam placed a hand on the small bots frame as he tried to give comfort to a former enemy. The former Decepticon finally looked at the young Prime as his small frame tensed. Then Unseen lunged at Sam in a sudden unexpected movement that caught the Autobot by surprise. As Sam recovered he found that the former Decepticon was now clinging to him fluid like that which came from Bumblebee's optics when Sam told him that he was leaving for college now pouring from the bright blue optics of the bot in a similar fashion. The small frame shook as the bot broke down in a very human fashion. "why him, why did it have to be him?" asked Unseen to the world around him. The young Prime tried to answer but the small bot refused to remain quite as he said "why not trent or the others?, why not me?, zack was never the brightest of us he just followed trent because that way he didn't get picked on for not being smart, so why him?". There was no answer that Sam could give the small bot, no reason as to why one who didn't spend hours plotting harm to others was the one to suffer for simply following one who did. Again Unseen cried out this time asking "why did he have to come for us, why couldn't he have asked the kkk or someone who's really like him, we were just kids?". Now Bumblebee joined them as he placed a large hand on the back of Unseen who didn't seem to feel the contact as he continued "we were friends,we were all friends and now zack is, zack is, he's gone and they left him after they did this to him, trent promised us that this would make things better, he promised zack, but it just made things worse".
The storm was starting to break and small patches of sunlight were beginning to dance across the rain soaked ground. But none of that mattered to the small bot, all that mattered was the truth that had now hit him like an on rushing train. "I'm not human anymore, their not human any more, they didn't even care about him when they left they just hated him, none of them said that's what a decepticon really was, no-one ever said that we'd loose who we were" cried the small bot. The arms that held on to Sam tightened as Unseen cried out even louder than before "what am I, what have they done to me?". This question the young Prime could at least partly answer "I don't know what they did to you but I can tell you that somehow zack made you an autobot and that means that you aren't alone unseen". "no not that name" spat the small bot, "that's the name of a decepticon and I don't want to be a decepticon, I don't want to be like them, that all cost to much" he added as his small body shook. "ok then al, your safe with us and I'll do what zack asked and make sure that your ok and amongst friends" said Sam as he and Bumblebee tried to comfort the former Decepticon. "why did you help me?, why did you help him?, we attacked you when you were human and now but you helped us?, why?" asked Al his body shaking as his grip finally loosened. "because we felt that it was right in our sparks al and so did you" replied Sam as the small bot fell to the ground his energy reaching a critical level. Bee lifted the small body into his arms as Al entered a deep stasis cycle. Sam walked towards Apache and Simmons who were making their own recovery from the battle. "you two ok?"asked Sam as he offered a hand to Apache who was having trouble finding his feet on the muddy ground. "I've been better kid" said Simmons who shook himself like a dog when it was wet. "I'll be back on my feet soon sir I Just need to get my second wind" said the aerial Autobot as he steadied himself with Sam's help.
"so are you really gonna help him?" asked Simmons as he pointed at the small bot in Bumblebee's arms. Sam looked at the unconscious form and said "the moment he helped us the decepticons considered him a traitor so they'll kill him on sight even if fury/trent is the new leader". The young Prime paused before he continued "besides there's the small matter of the autobot logo now branded on his spark chamber and the fact that he acting more like a human being than he ever did when he was human" "a logo?" asked the former S7 agent as he looked curiously at Al who was draped in Bee's arms. "here" said Sam as he picked the gray haired man up so that he could get a better look. "hey easy there kid I'm not some little pet you can pick up at will" said Simmons as he was lifted into the air and held above the chest of the former Decepticon. The former S7 agent fell silent as he caught sight of the familiar marking that was now a part of the armour that protected the spark chamber of the small bot. Simmons reached out and touched the logo as if making sure that it was real and not some kind of illusion created to deceive them. The metal was warm and solid and beneath the former S7 agent could feel a spark fluttering like a frightened bird. His hand then moved to the scar left from Sam's whip sword and the place where the Decepticon logo used to sit. This spot though marked was smooth and by the feel of things it was healing in some way.
"so can anyone tell me how a bot goes from being a decepticon to an autobot so fast because when grandpa jetfire switched sides he still had the markings of a decepticon not to mention the attitude" asked Simmons as he motioned for Sam to lower him back to the ground. "it's more than just his markings" said Bumblebee as his bonded placed the former S7 agent on the still wet road. "his optics have also changed, their the color of an autobot and that will get him killed on the spot if he goes near a decepticon" continued Bee. "so how exactly did this happen again because I need a score card to work all this out" asked Simmons as he looked at both Sam and Bumblebee for an answer. But before either of them could answer a loud truck horn sounded in the distance and the image of Optimus Primes alt came towards them followed by Ironhide, Ratchet and the twins. Each looked as if they were carrying as many troops as possible and when they got closer Sam saw that only Lennox was riding alone in the Autobot leaders cab.
As soon as they were close enough the soldiers got out and took up a defensive formation around Sam and his team ready for any kind of trouble. The Autobots who had come with them soon transformed into their robot mode all ready for anything. "what has happened here?" asked Optimus as he stepped towards his brother. "this may take a while to explain so you'd all better get comfortable" said Sam as he gestured to the new Autobot in Bumblebee's arms. It took the better part of an hour to retell the highlights of the encounter with Fury and the creature that Zack had become. When Sam got to the part about the bot now resting in Bee's care Ironhide and the twins pointed their weapons and both Primes had to stop them from pulling their collective triggers. After all had been explained roughly Sam said "that basically what happened, somehow he either wasn't a true decepticon like jetfire or maybe it was something to do with being fed on by the creature but when that little spark of energy hit him he changed into one of us". Ratchet who had been inspecting the small bot for some time now let out a "humm" before he said "regardless of anything else he is an autobot now his readings confirm it and I must agree with you that the decepticons will try to destroy him for what he is and what he's done". "even if he is an autobot now it doesn't erase the fact that he was a decepticon not more than a few hours ago we should keep him under guard when we get back to autobot city" said Ironhide as he looked at the small bot cautiously. "that may not be the best course of action in this case ironhide" said Ratchet, "we aren't dealing with a normal decepticon that's decided to defect to to our side this bot was once human and further more he has undergone a profound change due to the loss of his friend and the unknown energy that has fused with his spark" he continued. "so like what do we do with him?" asked Skids as he peered at the former Decepticon, "cause we ain't no baby sitters" added Mudfalp. "it's best not to leave him alone for a while as he's in an unstable state, someone will have to help him through this and the only one's that I can think of are sam and bee" said the Medbot.
The young Prime smiled gently as he looked at Ratchet and said "I was expecting that ratchet, bee and I are the only one's here who've had any experience with this kind of thing and the way he was acting before I'm sure that he's gonna need someone to help him through this". "are you sure?" asked Optimus as he looked towards his brother, "I'm sure" replied Sam as he met the old Primes gaze. The Autobot leader simply nodded before saying "very well, everyone we need to head back to autobot city so we can inform people about what's happened lets transform and roll out". Optimus and the others transformed while Sam and Bumblebee loaded the unconscious form of Al onto the back of the Autobot leaders alt form so they could transport him to the nearest landing strip and rendezvous with one of their transport planes. Once Al was secured the young Prime transformed with his bonded and the convoy set off towards the waiting planes and home. Having no coms the autobots had only their passengers to talk to which meant that Sam was forced to travel in silence with Simmons who was now asleep in his passenger seat. From time to time Sam tried to contact Bumblebee so that they could talk about what had happened but he found that their com systems were still being jammed by some of the residual energy from the thing that Zack had been transformed into. The road seemed to go on forever as Sam followed close behind Optimus so that he could deal with Al if he woke up and panicked about where he was and what was happening.
The sky darkened again but this time it was from the setting of the sun and not a powerful storm. In the distance Sam saw the lights of a small military air strip the looked underused and undermanned. A young private who looked little older than he had been when he was human stood by the gate as the convoy passed through. The frightened look on his face told the young Prime that this guy wasn't used to Autobots showing up out of nowhere. After the last of them cleared the gate Apache made a gentle landing near one of the transport planes that was going to take them back to Autobot city. Many of the young soldiers that were stationed at the backwoods base looked on in awe as the aerial Autobot transformed into his robot form. Will got out of Optimus cab and walked over to a tired old Major who was at least twenty years older and looked like he weighed thirty pounds more than the combat hardened Lennox. They exchanged a few words and the older man saluted his younger counter part before Will returned to Optimus saying "the planes will be fully fueled in a few minutes so we can start boarding now". On hearing the message both Sam and Bee transformed and lifted the motionless form of Al from the back of Optimus alt form so that they could load him on to one of the planes. In a little under fifteen minutes they were all loaded up and ready to leave. Optimus was loaded up in a very large plane with Sam, Bee and Al who still showed no signs of waking. The plane slowly gathered speed and left the runway followed by Apache who was keeping his scanners trained on anything that even looked like a threat. The convoy climbed into the air and turned towards Autobot city while another bot was making his way to a place that he considered home and his twisted genius father Saclpel.
