Jack and Bumblebee had given up trying to knock an ability out of him, it wasn't working at all. Now the two of them were trying to exhaust it out of him, it was Bumblebee's theory that things can happen to preserve your own life. So by exhausting him and then trying to beat the crap out of him should activate the need for self preservation.

A sound theory, but not one that Jack was enjoying.

He was faster than Bumblebee, which did bring a smile to his face as they ran through the Nevada, circling the base repeatedly. This was their forty seventh lap and they were both still going strong, although Jack was starting to feel the exhaustion of so much exercise.

"Keep going Jack, it shouldn't be too much longer" Bumblebee called as Jack slowly but surely started falling behind.

"Easy for you to say, you don't burn through energon at an…accelerated rate" Jack huffed out pressing his now aching limbs to move faster as he regained his previous speed and overtook Bumblebee once more.

"Jack! Look out!" Bumblebee cried and Jack skidded to a halt, but not because he had tried to stop, rather he had skidded to a halt because something large had collided into him and had forced him to stop.

He tumbled and turned for a moment before finally regaining his senses and pulling away from whatever it was that had hit him, what had hit him was currently grinning at him with a rather nasty smile.

"Heeeey Jack" Rosestorm drawled and Jack frowned, she sounded a little more crazy compared to the last time they met.

"Rosestorm, what do you want?" Jack demanded, hearing a buzz in his ears as his newly acquired comm. link was activated and he presumed that Bumblebee was messaging Optimus and the others.

"Want? Want nothing…need, need to talk" She hissed and Jack frowned in concern and slight fear, if Sasha hadn't been lost before, she was well and truly lost now.

"Okay, then talk" Jack said, stalling so that the Autobots could join them, but what he didn't know was that Rosestorm was stalling to, but not for the Autobots.

"You ran away, and you're lying to your friends…because they're not really your friends are they?" She questioned and Jack glared at her.

"They are more than my friends, they are my family" He snarled at her, surprised at how similar they sounded.

"We're connected Jack, were different. Me and you? Were descended from the Primes, in mind and soul…" Rosestorm grinned and Jack allowed his head to tilt to the side, he could hear something, more than one something's in fact.

Scrap, she was stalling to…this is going to be one hell of a fight…

"Jack, the primes are with us"

That snapped Jack's attention to her and she grinned at him, showing off her shinning teeth that, in Jack's opinion, seemed dirtier and sharper than before.

"I don't understand" Was all Jack could say and Rosestorm shook her head.

"Of course not, you haven't spoken with them yet…but I have, they are with us…they will always be with us"

It was a statement that would never leave Jack, but right now he had more important things to worry about.

Like Megatron for instance, who was charging towards Jack at an alarming speed, however before he reached Jack and Rosestorm he veered off to the side and collided with Optimus. When he and the other Autobots had arrived Jack didn't know but he was certainly glad that they were here.

Jack launched a punch at Rosestorm and the target was dead on, but it never hit.

The moment his punch was about to land, Rosestorm vanished, and then something hit him in the back but when he turned no one was there.

Great, she's mastered her ability and I haven't even discovered mine yet.

Another crack, then a whiplash turn and a failing attack. Jack just wasn't quick enough.

Why can't I keep up? Bumblebee said I was fast…I AM fast.

Jack span and managed, but just barely to deflect Rosestorms attack, and she struck again and again and he continued to deflect the onslaught and he realised something as he deflected her attacks.

I'm getting faster.

Optimus found it a sight to behold, everyone, including himself and Megatron had stopped to watch the event. To the untrained eye they were both just blurs, moving faster than anything this world, or even Cybertron, had ever seen.

A crash would resound after every movement, and it was impossible to tell who had landed a hit, who was winning and who was losing. Optimus had never seen anything like it in his entire life.

It became very evident who was winning however when another crash sounded, and the two of them came flying apart. Riptide was panting, covered in dents but Rosestorm was certainly in a worse condition. The femme was bleeding all over, energon pouring out of dents and scratches in her under wiring, places that a large mech like Bulkhead or even himself would not have been able to reach.

Riptide could, and Riptide was exploiting Rosestorms weakness.

"You'll meet them soon, and they will forever be there, whispering in your ear" Rosestorm snarled and her eyes were getting drastically brighter, to the extent where everyone was blinded, when the Autobots regained their vision, the decepticons were gone.

"Riptide, what was that?" Bulkhead asked staring at Riptide, but the young mech seemed far too busy trying to stay upright to reply to Bulkhead's question.

Optimus could see what was happening and darted over to Riptide, catching him just as his legs crumbled beneath him and he went crashing towards the floor.

"Ratchet, we need a ground bridge, and a medic" Optimus called holding the exhausted, battered and broken form of Riptide.

Rosestorm was realised as he floated in his unconscious mind. The primes were with him, he could see them now, walking with him, muttering words he couldn't yet hear. He could hear only two of them clearly and he wasn't sure he wanted to.

"This was always your fate Riptide, to become one of us" The tallest out of all the primes told him in a scratchy voice that worried him and the other nodded.

"You were chosen, we chose you out of every sentient being in the universe to carry on the legacy of the prime" The second, a darker smaller mech told him and Jack shook his head.

"I'm just a kid, I don't understand what's so important about me!" He yelled at them, wanted nothing more than for someone to wake him from what was slowly turning into a horrible nightmare.

"Then we will show you" The taller prime told him and Jack was dragged into thousands of years worth of wars and suffering.

It wasn't a surprise that he woke screaming.

KnockOut'sFanGirl221, I wont make him glitch out too much…maybe just a little…

Yurithefurry, I think Soundwave is creepy as hell but bloody brilliant at the same time…I've always wondered what his real face looks like under the mask though…

Lionfire, that he is, but he's also to write because I can make him so damn EVIL! And Jack can run very fast…however he might not need to (hint read previous chapters hint)

Guest, Yeah, Bumblebee and Jack better run from Prime cause he gonna be piiiiiissssed.

Read and Review guys.

Tulip Out.