They say never judge a book by it's cover. Well, you'd be more than dead if you tried to judge me by my appearance. I maybe small, but I pack a mean punch if you mess with me and my team... Oh, I'm sorry. That was rude... hey there! I'm Windswept! And boy, have I got a story to tell you. Well, what are you waiting for?! Get over here and get ready for my adventures on Team Prime!

Well, aren't you readers lucky? Two chapters in about five or six days. I guess you could say that I've decided to kick myself into gear and since you readers are continuing to show your loyalty to me by viewing this story, then another chapter should be your reward.

Thank you to StormSpark for favouriting this story.

Now, let's get underway with the fifth and final part of the Darkness Rising saga.

- Transformers Prime does not belong to me. All rights go to the people and brands who were able to create this show.
- Windswept, Carly Esquivel and Rebecca Rose belong to me.

(Windswept's P.O.V after recap)

* Show an army of undead Cybertronians charge towards Optimus, Ratchet and Windswept. *

Previously on Transformers Prime…

* Show Megatron at the top of the cliff with Slipstream standing behind him. *

Megatron: "Bravo, Optimus! You may wish to save your strength for the main event."

* Show Arcee battling Decepticon drones in a Decepticon computer room. *

Arcee: "We need to find Fowler and get them out of there."

* Show Bulkhead and Bumblebee entering the room and shooting the remaining Decepticons. *

* Show the four humans watching the trio of Autobots race out of the computer room, the door locking behind them. *

Jack: "It's your fault that we're stuck in this intensity!"

* Show Jack yelling at Miko with a frightened Raf and a silent Carly watching between them. *

Jack: "What were you thinking, Miko?"

* Show a computer screen filled with a math equation only Cybertronians can understand. *

Raf: "Carly and I know math when I see it. And that is one serious equation."

* Show the humans back at Autobot base with Agent Fowler on a stretcher behind them. *

Jack: "If this was just an average day with the Autobots, then I don't want to be a part of it!"

* Show Jack walking and disappearing through the Groundbridge. *

* Show Megatron slapping Starscream around while an amused Slipstream and Rebecca watch. *

Megatron: "Your mindless agenda resulted in the disabling of my ship! And the delay of my plans!"

* Show Starscream shouting in pain as Megatron stands on him. *

* Show an unimpressed Slipstream looking at Rebecca. *

Rebecca: "You went off to go raise some army of undead Cybertronians! Which only ended up being destroyed by Optimus and Windswept!"

* Show Optimus Prime when Rebecca says 'Optimus'. *

* Show Windswept when Rebecca says 'Windswept. *

Optimus Prime: "Megatron is building a Space Bridge to bring through his conquering army."

* Show the camera flying throughout space. *

Ratchet: "But the only place where Megatron could recruit that many fallen warriors."

* Show what's left of the planet Cybertron. *

Optimus Prime: "Cybertron."

"We cannot allow Megatron to send Dark Energon through his Spacebridge. If we fail, the dead of Cybertron will rise, swarm through his vortex and invade Earth, bending humankind to Megatron's twisted rule."

It was like a movie playing in my mind when Optimus explained what would happen to Earth if Megatron got his way. I could see Dark Energon flying through space, into the Spacebridge, plunging into the ground of what was our home planet. Arms of the undead rose up from the ground, reaching out through the Spacebridge. The image shifted, moving to multiple towns on Earth. Terracons reigned supreme, destroying anything in sight. Humans were screaming, trying to find cover. One appeared in my view and shot me, bringing me back to the real world once more.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

The sun was breaking through to start the brand new day. And a brand new start for Jack Darby.

After a few days learning about a team of Autonomous Robotic Organisms, also known as the Autobots, taking shelter at an abandoned military silo outside of Jasper Nevada, and seeing the true war between them and their enemies the Decepticons, the sixteen year old boy chopped all ties connecting him to Autobots, wanting no part in their war.

He didn't just leave behind them, he also left behind his recently acquired blue motorcycle, who happened to transform into his former guardian Arcee. Now without a motorcycle, Jack raced on his fixed-up bike at double speed to try and arrive on time for his shift at the KO Drive-In.

Parking his bike up on the bike stand and flipping its' stand down, the boy got off the bike and looked up at the sign of his workplace with a sigh. He wasn't going to lie; just because he had left the Autobots, as well as the trio of classmates he got closer with, didn't mean that he didn't miss them.

The words Carly said to him the night before keep playing in his mind. Maybe she was right. Maybe he wasn't meant to be normal. Maybe he was meant to do something more with his life. Just maybe...

No... it was too late. He had severed his ties and he wasn't going back...

"Nice bike."

With a jump, the boy turned to find the blue motorcycle form of Arcee watching him in the parking lot.

"Arcee, really, Carly already tried," Jack automatically told his former guardian, walking up the two-wheeler, "Tell Optimus I respect him big time. But if you're at war with the Decepticons, there's nothing I can do to help,."

"Optimus didn't send me and no one's asking for your help," Arcee began.

"Okay, so if we both agree that I'm not warrior material..."

"Jack, I just lost someone I cared about. Maybe it's the grief talking. Maybe you're growing on me. Whatever it is, I'm just not ready to say goodbye."

The sixteen year old teenager looked at the motorcycle from in surprise. She wasn't ready to say goodbye? He was starting to grow on her?

Recalling those words from Carly last night, he was starting to regret the snap decision he made. Maybe the frustration of nearly getting killed took over his mind and lead him to that decision. Maybe it was the rush of the fight that got to him.

Maybe he didn't want to see anyone get hurt because of a possible mistake made by him.

Was leaving the Autobots, and his new found, well two of them new found, friends a good idea?

Poor Jack Darby didn't think so any more.

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

While Ratchet was busy pinpointing the location of the space bridge Megatron was planning to use for his plans, I sat on the crate I was resting on last night and watched him. I knew my way around Cybertronian tech, having been taught by the best of the best back on Cybertron. Well...maybe he wasn't the best best, but in my opinion, he was.

I sighed. I missed Alpha Trion. I missed all of my friends that I made at Iacon. Some of them were dead, most... I had no idea where they were. Whether they had escaped Cybertron and were now just floating around in space... or stuck on our former home world, alive or dead... Maybe one day I'll find the answers.

"Optimus!" I jumped out of my thoughts when I heard a beeping sound coming from the computers. Ratchet turned to Optimus, "I have managed to pinpoint the location of Megatron's Space Bridge. High in Earth's orbit."

"Out of our reach," Optimus noted.

"Okay, so you guys don't fly. But can't you just Groundbridge there?" Miko suggested from her position on the ground with Bulkhead.

Raf was on Bumblebee's shoulder with Carly next to them... I may have snuck out early and surprised my new friend by picking her up and forcing her to hide out until Bumblebee and Raf arrived... Shhhhh, don't tell Ratchet.

"The Groundbridge has limited range. Stretched all the way into the orbit, it's vortex could snap and scatter us to the stars."

That made Miko's eyes widened in horror and her jaw just about drop to the ground. Carly had to sneak up beside her friend to pick it up for her.

"Since Megatron is likely already in transit, I'm afraid we must take that risk," Optimus decided, taking Miko's idea into serious consideration as he faced the Groundbridge tunnel, "Reaching the Spacebridge first is our only means of stopping him."

The sound of an engine and horn got our attentions before Optimus decided our next move. We looked at the entry/exit of our base, seeing the motorcycle form of Arcee come racing in. And she wasn't alone. Getting off Arcee's vehicle form and taking off his helmet, was revealed to be none other than... Jack Darby?

"Hey."

"Well, well, well," Carly smirked, walking up to the teenage, "Guess who's back?"

Jack only shrugged with a small smirk, "What can I say? Arcee was pretty convincing."

Carly's shoulders noticeably slumped in what I could only presume was disappointment. But before she could say anything, Jack placed his free hand that wasn't holding his helmet on her shoulder, "But you were also pretty convincing too."

Carly brightened up. Hmmm, interesting...

"Autobots prepare for departure," Optimus instructed, interrupting the scene.

Having not been here while the recent discussion was happening, Arcee looked at our leader with a confused look, "Where to?"

"The final frontier!" Miko answered in a mysterious manner.

"Wha? Space?" Jack whispered in disbelief, "I-I thought they didn't have a way to get there."

"They don't, really," Raf answered while Bumblebee placed him on the ground beside his sister.

"The Groundbridge is their only choice," Carly shrugged, looking over at Miko, "Despite the risks Ratchet told us about."

Miko's eyes widened again at the thought. But this time, her jaw didn't drop.

Nervously, Jack looked up at his guardian, "Be seeing you."

Arcee only smiled confidently in response, not wanting to worry her charge. Behind us, Ratchet activated the Groundbridge, the swirls of green and blue appearing in the tunnel.

"Be careful, Bee," Raf begged to his guardian.

Bumblebee whirred back that he would be before proceeding to stand to full height beside Arcee.

Hands on hips, Miko looked up to Bulkhead with a pout, "I'm so jealous!"

"Don't even think about following me," Bulkhead warned his friend, walking over to join his team.

I finally looked down at Carly to hear what she had to say.

She smirked at me, "Go get 'em, 'Swept!"

I smiled at her at the use of my nickname. Giving her a thumbs up, I nodded at her and stood beside Arcee. We exchanged a nod.

"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on the planet teaming with humans, I will never forgive you," Ratchet threatened.

"Until we meet again, old friend," Optimus reassured him, sliding on his battle mask.

I must admit, the thought of Ratchet being left behind and surrounded by humans was an... interesting thought.

Optimus looked around at us, his optics resting on the Groundbridge, "Autobots, roll out!"

At the sound of his command, we all proceeded to transform into our vehicle forms. Switching on our headlights, I twitched my rear-view mirror around to see Carly with the rest of the humans watching and waiting for us to head off to the battle.

I was not going to put it lightly: this was a dangerous mission. We were risking a lot for the planet that has become our only safe harbour during this war. If this were the last time I would see someone that was becoming a close friend to me, I wanted my last sight of her to be a good one. Seeing her smiling with her friends was a good enough one for me.

Optimus rolled out first, along with Bulkhead and Arcee behind him. I followed after Bumblebee. As we continued driving further and further into the Groundbridge, our leader yelled out another command ahead of us.

"Maximum overdrive!"

Before we knew it, we were driving into space. Stars twinkled around us brightly as if they were wishing us the best for the upcoming battle. In my rear-view mirror, I could see Earth, now nothing but a small round ball with patches of blues and greens.

"Autobots, transform and gravitize!"

We transformed behind Optimus, floating down towards the Decepticon Spacebridge. As we landed, I could feel the electricity from the Spacebridge cackle below my feet before I touched down upon the surface. Thanks to the gravitational stabiliser every Cybertronian had on our feet, everyone around me managed to land gracefully.

Well mostly everyone.

Bulkhead stumbled upon landing so I reached out and grabbed his servo to pull him forwards and back on both feet.

"Don't look down. Or up. Or left," Bulkhead instructed himself quietly.

I squeezed his servo comfortingly with both of mine before letting go. The sounds of engines stopped us from doing anything more. We looked behind, finding the Decepticon Warship flying towards us, marking its presence.

I wasn't going to show it, but I was worried that our attempts wouldn't be enough to stop Megatron and Slipstream's plan from succeeding. Maybe Slipstream's warning was more than correct; maybe the Decepticons were stronger than they were before. Now with Dark Energon in their corner, what could go wrong for them now?

I could only think of one thing.

And it involved Dark Energon getting the better of Megatron.

"So Megatron's packing enough Dark Energon to raise Cybertron's dead?" Arcee summarised.

"And since we don't possess ready means of disabling the Spacebridge, nothing gets in or out!" Optimus proclaimed, activating his blasters.

We followed suit, activating our weapons and standing in a stance ahead of Optimus, waiting for the Decepticons to play their next move.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

Megatron chuckled inside the Nemesis, looking at his enemies from the computer screen. Slipstream smirked beside him.

Surely the small team of Autobots below couldn't be so stupid to think that were able to stop the rise of the army Megatron planned to bring forth via the Spacebridge?!

But... this was Optimus' team they were talking about. They would do anything to keep their newfound home safe.

Such selfish Autobots, Slipstream thought to herself.

"Optimus Prime and Windswept never disappoint," Megatron remarked before looking of his shoulder in disappointment, "Unlike you, Starscream!"

Said Decepticon stood behind them with a nervous laugh, "No need for concern, master. Soundwave is locking onto Cybertron's coordinates. Per my instructions."

Megatron only looked away and back at the scanners, choosing to keep more of a watchful eye on his enemies than the pathetic silver Decepticon behind him.

Slipstream just rolled her eyes at her twin before looking around in realisation, "Wait a minute... Where is Rebecca Rose?!"

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

Nobody moved. Nothing happened. We all just stood in our stance with our weapons for minutes. Even when we thought that nothing would occurred, we still stayed in position.

"Well, what are they waiting for?" Arcee asked impatiently when no move was made.

Optimus held down his weapons and zoomed in on the Nemesis. He must have noticed something as he suddenly spoke, "It appears the Decepticons have sustained serious damage to their interstellar navigation system."

"Huh. That's my handy work," Bulkhead recalled the events from the day before.

"Nice one," I complimented, turning to Bulkhead and exchanging a fist bump with the green mech.

"Great job Bulkhead. Without the dish, Megatron will be unable to aim the Space Bridge at Cybertron."

"Don't the Decepticons know where their own planet is?" Raf asked over the comms.

"Naturally," Ratchet scoffed, "But Cybertron is many light years away. To reach their target, their aim must be astronomically precise."

"If Megatron went to the trouble of rendezvousing with his Spacebridge, he must have an alternate targeting system. A remote one."

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"Hmph. From what I know of Earth's technology, I doubt there'd exist a single radio-telescope dish on this planet powerful enough to pinpoint Cybertron," Ratchet explained in disbelief.

"What about a whole bunch of LINKED radio-telescope dishes?" Behind Jack, Miko and Ratchet, Raf and Carly were eyeing the human sized computer screens ahead of them. The small boy was typing in various commands as if he was searching for something.

"Like the giant sized array in Texas!" Carly realised when the image of the ray appeared on the screen.

Ratchet babbled in disbelief, bending down to meet eye to eye with the Esquivel siblings. Carly stood to protect her brother behind her.

"This is not child's play!"

"Good thinking, Raf and Carly." Carly grinned proudly of her brother when Ratchet's jaw dropped to the floor at the compliment given to them by Optimus, "Ratchet, have Agent Fowler alert the array staff to the security hazard."

"You! Soldier! You're out of uniform! Put on some pants!" The sole Autobot and the four humans looked at the Agent before he passed out on his stretcher once more.

"That may be a challenge," Ratchet replied after the sudden outburst.

Raf turned back to the computer behind him, typing in commands once more. He even allowed Carly to briefly get a hold of the keyboard, also typing in commands. She handed the reins back over to her little brother, who began to get frustrated.

"I can't get past the array's firewalls. They're too thick!" He slammed his fists on the bench around the keyboard and shaking his head.

"You actually think you can actually keep the Decepticons out?" Ratchet scoffed.

"Maybe. IF we can get in," Carly answered.

"Wait, wait, wait. Carly!" Jack walked up to the siblings, "What if we can get you all the way in? Like inside-the-building in?"

"We could try to log into their internal networking from the other side of the firewall," Carly answered, giving some thought into his suggestion.

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

Were they seriously considering bridging out to wherever that sized array was and attempting to not allow the Decepticons to pinpoint Cybertron?! Were they really?!

I was ready to give my charge and her little brother a piece of my mind.

"The risk is too great. The Decepticons will be there. Perhaps even on-sight," Optimus declined. At least someone was thinking the same thing as me.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"Optimus, with all due respect, you said it yourself. This is bigger than the safety of four humans." Jack started, attempting to reason with the Prime.

"Yeah!" Miko agreed, "If we let the 'Cons win, we're fragged along with everyone else on our planet!"

Carly nodded in agreement, looking at her close friend and her schoolmate with a smile. She knew Jack was born for more than just being normal. And her instincts were proving her right.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

They were right. Scrap it, they were right! If we don't stop the Decepticons, which is still a strong possibility, then we allow them to take control of Earth and possibly more planets across the galaxy. Maybe even the galaxy itself!

Optimus and I exchanged a glance. Defeated, I spoke to him, "I think this one's out of our hands."

My leader looked away from me and at the Decepticon Warship, "Raf? Carly?"

NO ONE'S P.O.V

Raf and Carly looked at their friends before exchanging a look. Their eyes spoke rather than their mouths. They knew what had to be done - for the sake their new friends, their planet and everyone who called it their home.

"We wanna give it a shot."

The Autobots weren't the only ones knowing that something was going on. A few certain Decepticons inside the Nemesis were well aware of it. And if they weren't aware of it before...well... they were about to now.

"Surely, Lord Megatron. The Autobots are up to something."

"Really, Starscream?" Megatron gasped sarcastically, turning to get up close and personal with Starscream, their faces only inches away from each other.

Starscream only shrugged his shoulders and let out a little laugh at the response.

Slipstream rolled her eyes at the staring contest the two Decepticons were sharing. Looking down, she slammed a button in the middle of the control pad, "CRUSH THEM!"

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

Just as I thought the Decepticons weren't going to make their move, purple jets began flying out from the Nemesis and towards us. They continued flying out to the point that we knew straight away we were going to be vastly out-numbered.

But we're Team Prime. We can handle anything those Decepticons can chuck at us. We've individually survived worse during the war for Cybertron. We're the living proof of surviving worse.

"Here comes the welcoming committee," Bulkhead remarked.

Optimus and I exchanged the same look and nodded.

Let's party.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

As the battle in space began, the battle on the ground was just beginning.

Blue skies with white clouds - the perfect weather for the state known as Texas. It seemed as if it was going to be one of those days where nothing ever occurred.

Swirls of green and blue appeared out of nowhere, forming into a circle shape known as the Groundbridge. Four humans by the names of Jack, Carly, Miko and Raf leaped out of it, landing gingerly on their feet before the swirling portal disappeared behind them.

Each one of them slumped over at first, catching their breathes and feeling slightly unwell from the trip. It wasn't the first time they had used the portal, in fact, it was only their second time. But they hadn't used it for very long so the effects of it were becoming quite clear as each one rubbed their heads in discontent.

"That'll take some getting used to," Jack remarked as he shook his head so he could stop seeing double.

"You do not have to say that again," Carly nodded, grabbing Raf's shoulder to stabilise herself.

"Whoa!" Miko gasped as she took in the site they had arrived at.

Before them were rows and rows of satellite dishes, each one activated and ready to point at whatever they were meant to be pointed at.

With determined looks, and now feeling much better, the four began sprinting to the dishes. They had no time to waste. If they had any hope of stopping the Decepticons, now had to be the time to stop them.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

As the Decepticon jets swarmed in on us, blaster fire began pouring down on us. Spread out, we instantly fired back, shooting at them double time to stop.

A couple of the jets transformed and landed right in front of me. Quickly, I had to back flip out of their way before they got an easy advantage over me. I pointed my twin blasters at one of them that continued shooting at me, easily taking him out. The other one decided to slowly stalk me, ready to jump at me with a surprise attack since I looked so distracted by his friend.

Ha, nice try.

Optics locking on to his, all I saw was panic and fear as I swapped in my blasters for my fists, rapidly approaching the Con and punching him senseless. When he could just barely stand on his two feet, I leaped up, twisting in mid air and kicking him in the torso, knocking him over to his other unconscious, or probably dead, friend.

I looked around me briefly - Optimus was throwing a couple of 'Cons around, Bulkhead was swinging his wrecking ball around, Bumblebee was using blasters and Arcee was going for hand to hand combat with her wrist blades.

Another pair of drones started coming up towards me. I smirked.

'Cons, time to meet your doom...

NO ONE'S P.O.V

Meanwhile, in the control room that controlled the satellite dishes outside of the building in Texas, Miko looked down both sides of the corridor, checking to make sure there was no one around. Comfortable with the fact that both sides were clear, she closed the door.

"Security sure is lacks in this place," Miko remarked, walking up to the trio working at the computers.

"We're in!" Raf announced with a smile before a frustrated look came over his face, "...and so are the Decepticons."

"What?" Jack gasped, leaning on the chair Carly was sitting on.

"How can you tell?" Miko wanted to know.

"Schematics," was Carly's reply. "With the same equations and details we saw on their ship yesterday. But this time..."

"We can download it!" Raf finished as his sister plugged in his USB into the computer.

"It's gotta be the Space Bridge," Miko believed.

"The Decepticons are syncing it to the dishes," Raf noticed, "But we can sync to them."

"Will they know?" Jack asked nervously.

"Even if the Decepticons see that we're in their system, they'll have no idea we're in the house," Raf reassured them.

Reassured, the humans decided not to worry about the threat of Decepticons for the moment, continuing to focus on Raf and Carly's progress.

In a few rooms away, what they didn't realise was the fact the Decepticons were also in the house. Two of them to be exact.

The eyes and the ears of the Decepticons, otherwise known as Soundwave, had tentacles connecting from himself to the wires where all the lines controlling the dishes were. But that's not all he was doing.

Beside him, Rebecca smirked with glee. Using her newly acquired hoverboard, she floated up onto the roof that Soundwave destroyed to get into the building, and smiled as the satellite dishes started directing themselves up to the skies where the Spacebridge was...

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

Punching the drone that arrived before, knocking him out and down onto the ground with the group of Decepticon drones that had been killed, I took a step back to regain my energy.

Suddenly, the Spacebridge started moving below our feet.

"Whoa!" Bulkhead murmured as he regained his footing.

"What just happened?" Arcee asked Optimus with a shaky tone.

"The Decepticons are locking on to Cybertron."

Scrap.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"Lord Megatron, the Space Bridge is ready for activation," Starscream announced, turning to face his master and SIC behind him.

"Finally," Megatron growled, looking down the silver Decepticon with an 'it's about time' look.

Starscream only slumped his shoulders at the reaction.

On the computer screens, something began flashing red on the screen. Carly's eyes narrowed.

"They're locked on to Cybertron," Raf observed as he and everyone else looked at the satellite dishes displayed on the computer screen.

"But not for long," Carly promised.

Raf worked onto moving the dishes away from Cybertron while Miko and Jack shared a hopeful look behind him. Once the young boy had finished typing in his commands, the dishes which were once pointed up to space returned to their normal position towards the desert and beyond.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

The Spacebridge started to still suddenly, freezing underneath our feet.

"Raf and Carly did it!" Bumblebee cheered, throwing his hands in the air.

"Yes!" I cheered with him, leaping up to high five him, "That's our humans!"

"Indeed, Bumblebee and Windswept. This can only be Raf and Carly's doing," Optimus agreed after knocking out a drone.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

No one was pleased with the dishes had changing their course...

"Starscream, what is happening?" Megatron demanded.

Slipstream's eyes went a dark red at her twin angrily. Why did her brother always have to go and stuff everything up when it was going oh so right?

Nervously, Starscream repeated the same question into the com-link, "Soundwave, Rebecca; what is happening?"

At the words, Rebecca gasped in anger. She snapped her fingers at Soundwave, "Bring up the security footage!"

Soundwave did as he was told, searching through the video feed coming from every camera in the facility. Reaching one of the control rooms, he paused at the sight. Rebecca looked at the frame, studying it.

"And just what do we have here?" She asked to herself, an evil smirk tugging at the corner of her lips.

On the frame were four humans.

Four humans that thought they could outsmart the Decepticons.

"Fools," Rebecca only muttered, looking up at Soundwave, "I reckon it's about time we let our presence known.

"The dishes are heading back towards Cybertron. I'll just undo that again," Raf sighed.

"Here, let me have a turn," Carly suggested as she pulled the keyboard over to her, "We'll see what happens when the mess with the one and only Carlotta Esquivel!"

"Carlotta's your full name?!" The brown haired girl thinned her lips when Miko heard the name, "You never told me your full name!"

"Whoopsie..."

"What happens when the 'Cons realize they're being punked?" Jack asked nervously, keeping close by Carly.

"It's only virtual combat," the girl answered, "Ever tried online gaming?"

"Yeah, Jack. What are the 'Cons gonna do? They're probably like a thousand miles away," Miko scoffed.

"Or they could be right behind you."

The four humans looked over their shoulders, yelling in fright when they spotted a female wearing nothing but red and black standing at the doorway with what looked to be a Cybertronian claw waiting behind her.

"And who the hell are you?" Carly asked bravely, standing in front her brother when he went back to pressing commands on the keyboard.

"Oh, the Autobots haven't told you about me?" Rebecca pouted, placing a hand on her chest, "I'm a little bit disappointed."

"Guess you're not be worth talking about," Miko snarled, joining her friend.

Rebecca laughed, "Oh you two are so adorable. Well, I suppose I better introduce myself. The name's Rebecca Rose." She paused for a moment, looking over her sharp nails proudly, "Since we'll be getting to see a bit more of each other in the future, I suppose an introduction out of you four is in order."

Miko sneered, "You're gonna wish you never meet us in the future."

"Seriously, you girls are cute," Rebecca complimented with a smirk, "But time's a wasting." Snapping her fingers, the tentacle behind her charged towards the humans.

Carly ducked, but Miko and Jack unfortunately didn't and were caught by the claw of the tentacle. The two screamed as the tentacle flew around the room while the brown haired girl stood from the ground and looked for a way to help her friends.

"Aww, you're smart too?" Gritting her teeth, Carly spun around and faced the brownish-red haired girl. She looked beside her and grabbed the swirly chair she was just sitting on, throwing it at Rebecca's direction.

The girl just smirked, jumping to the right of the doorway as the chair slammed the wall outside of the room.

Carly stormed to the doorway the girl had disappeared from, looking to the right.

"I'm smarter." The girl caught Carly by surprise, gripping her shoulders and throwing her back into the room. With the brown-haired girl collecting herself on the ground, Rebecca began stalking her way to her new target at the computers, who was typing furiously to stop the Decepticons from gaining the advantage.

"I won't let them lock on again," The boy whispered to himself, typing desperately to make sure the satellite dishes wouldn't be redirected back to Cybertron.

Carly saw this and growled, "Oh I don't think so."

Rebecca never saw her coming as she was suddenly tackled to the ground, slamming against the floor. She looked up, finding the brown-haired girl with an angry look on her face.

"Stay away from my brother."

Rebecca laughed once more as realisation began to dawn upon her, "You remind me a lot of someone."

Carly went to shove the girl further into the floor when the tentacle threw Jack and later Miko into the opposite wall, both falling to the floor.

She watched as the claw began making its' way towards her little brother again. Her hand found something resting on pale-skinned girl's hip, pulling it off and discovering it was a boomerang.

Smirking she chucked it at the tentacle, who was distracted by the flying object. This gave Raf the opportunity climb onto the table, unplugging his USB containing the data from the computer. He managed to leap off the table just in time as the tentacle came back to destroy the computer he was just working at it.

The boomerang came flying back towards Carly. Reaching up, she managed to grab it from the air and found the end tips of it to be sharp.

So sharp that blood was quick to start pouring from her finger tips.

She stabbed the boomerang into the ground, trapping Rebecca's wrists between the floor and the boomerang.

"I think we have the same IQ," Carly growled as she ran to her brother and helped him duck from the claw, joining her friends on their side of the room.

Miko took the opportunity to provide cover for her friends, finding an axe resting on hooks against the wall. With a battle cry, she ran forward and took a swing at Soundwave's tentacle. But he dodged the attack and threw her against the wall again, landing on the ground again. Carly and Jack glanced at her worriedly before they and Raf noticed the claw holding the weapon Miko previously wielded.

"You handed in an axe?!" Jack asked Miko in fright.

"Not good," Raf and Carly remarked.

The tentacle swung at them, ready for the kill when suddenly, it pulled back out of the room.

Looking down at the floor where she had pinned Rebecca down with the boomerang, Carly was both surprised and not so surprised to find the girl had gone with the boomerang, a small puddle of red liquid in her place.

"Oh no."

Now locking the satellite dishes permanently, Soundwave retracted his tentacle back to the room he was in, dropping Rebecca off beside him.

"Why thank you Soundwave," the girl thanked, glancing at her blood-covered hands. She only shrugged and wiped her hands clean with a hand towel nearby. Upon another glance, she quickly found no marks were left behind on her hands. It was like she was never in a fight to begin with.

A fight with a human girl who thought that she could win the battle over a girl who was much stronger, faster and more pain-tolerant than her. Rebecca snorted. Thought.

With the axe still in its' grip, the tentacle used the weapon to destroy one of the thick cables in the room.

"Success," Rebecca smirked, jumping up to the roof and preparing to leave.

A bang behind her made her turn to find the four humans barging into the main control room.

Miko pulled out her phone from her pocket, snapping a picture of Soundwave and Rebecca. Only minutes later, Soundwave copied her move, taking a picture of the four humans. Transforming, he waited as Rebecca climbed in the drivers seat.

She looked down at the four once more and smirked, "Until we meet again, humans." Secure in the cockpit of the silent Decepticon's jet form, they took off, fleeing from the scene of the crime they just committed.

"Why are they leaving?" Miko asked suspiciously.

"They cut the hard line," Carly sighed, looking over at the axe that had broken the main cable.

"The dishes are locked onto Cybertron," Raf exclaimed, bending down to look at the destroyed cable before proclaiming in defeat, "For good."

Now with the satellite dishes firmly locked in place, the Decepticons knew it was time to make a move.

"Now, Starscream?" Megatron asked impatiently.

"Now," The Decepticon nodded as he pressed the button gently.

Ahead of them, they watched as the Spacebridge swirled to life.

"It's about time," Slipstream muttered, choosing that moment to give a death look at her brother, who only chuckled nervously.

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

As we destroyed the last wave of Decepticon drones, the sounds of an opening portal ventured its way into our audio processors. Looking behind me, the Spacebridge was coming to life. I groaned inwardly.

I thought Raf and Carly stopped the dishes.

Perhaps not...

NO ONE'S P.O.V

On the roof of the Decepticon Warship, Megatron appeared with the entire supply of Dark Energon he had been keeping in its' holding compartment.

"At last!" Megatron cheered in relief.

Using all of his strength, the Leader of the Decepticons threw his supply of the Blood of Unicron towards the green and blue swirling portal with a grunt, relieved of his plans finally going his way.

WINDSWEPT'S P.O.V

I punched down one of the last remaining drones just as something high above caught me optic. I spotted a massive chunk of what I presumed was Dark Energon flying towards the Spacebridge. I could only presume it was thrown by the Cybertronian currently having Dark Energon running in his veins.

Optimus must have spotted the flying object too 'cause he activated his blaster and shot at it to no avail. Even if he did hit the flying mass at least once, what good would that have done? It could've split the chunk of Dark Energon in half, but some part of it would've still gone into the 'Bridge.

Speaking of, we as the mass disappeared through the Spacebridge. Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee and I ran to our leader's side with full knowledge of what was going to happen.

The Dark Energon would fly like a meteor through our home world before splashing down onto the ground, infusing the Energon into the entire planet.

"ARISE, MY LEGION!" Megatron commanded in a battle cry behind us.

I could see it happening like before - the once dead Cybertronian warriors, would begin to come to life because of the Dark Energon. They would groan and screech as they lifted themselves, getting ready to meet the demands of the Leader of the Decepticons.

"So, how do we beat a whole planet of the undead?" Bulkhead asked nervously, sharing a look with Optimus.

"Optimus!" Oh Ratchet, how good it is to hear your voice.

Like I'll ever say that again any time soon.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"I'm registering a rapidly expanding mass in their Space Bridge vortex! One with a peculiar energy signature!" Ratchet announced.

On the computer screens above, the orange and white medic watched with the humans, now being joined by a slightly dazed Agent Fowler, as the Spacebridge became surround with purple dots which could only mean the Dark Energon was starting to take massive effect. Every time the screen flashed, more purple dots continued to appear.

"Dark Energon." Optimus realised over the comms, "Ratchet, we must destroy the Space Bridge."

At the announcement, Ratchet's jaw nearly dropped.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

"There's enough live Energon coursing through it to achieve detonation," Optimus explained.

Destroying the Spacebridge? Are you serious Optimus? I mean, I trust you're judgement and all, but there's many problems with this plan. Including the fact that we would have to remain here to ensure its destruction.

I had to ask him something to be sure, "Optimus, I'm not sure we have enough fire power to ignite it...do we?"

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"If I knew how the Spacebridge was engineered, I might find a tactical way of accomplishing that defeat," Ratchet replied.

"Um, would schematics help?" The medic looked down to see the Esquivel siblings looking up him with a hopeful expression beside Agent Fowler.

In Raf's hand was the USB that contained a lot of Cybertronian data.

"Optimus, I must say. The Space Bridge is our sole hope of ever returning to Cybertron. Are you certain its destruction is the only option?"

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

I looked up at Optimus when Ratchet asked that question.

The look on his face said it all.

"I am afraid so," he answered gravely.

"Then by all means, let us light our darkest hour!" Ratchet proclaimed, choosing to stand with our leader's decision.

There wasn't another option. We had to do this despite the outcome...

"Autobots, take your positions and follow Ratchet's lead," Optimus instructed, watching Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead take off. He then turned to the glowing figure of Megatron flying towards us, "While I make my stand."

I went to follow the others when I spotted Slipstream's jet form flying in our direction. I know I should follow Optimus' orders. But when Slipstream's form began nearing closer and closer, the decision was too easy to make.

"I shall stand with Optimus," I announced,, standing next to him, "And help you defeat our enemies together."

He only nodded beside me, "Do not let revenge cloud your judgement, Windswept. Fight for what you believe in."

"Fight for family and our new friends," I agreed.

Megatron and Slipstream transformed and landed a few feet away from us.

"Your fellow Autobots are wise, Optimus. They know when to retreat," Megatron remarked.

"I hold no illusions about engaging your army, Megatron. But I might derail its objective…by removing its head," Optimus warned as he unfolded his blade from his arm.

Megatron laughed, "Highly unlikely, Optimus. As I am infused with their very might!"

"One shall stand!" Optimus began, "One shall fall!"

With lightning cackling around us, the battle between Optimus and Megatron began, charging at each other and getting into the sword fight.

My attentions turned to Slipstream, who had a hand on her hip as if she was waiting for me to say something, and I was about to until she beat me to it, "We've been at this too many times, Windswept. It's time to finish this."

I nodded with a scowl, "I agree."

I transformed my servo into my sword and charged at Slipstream. She stood there for a moment, probably thinking about what she should do. When I got close enough, I swung my sword at her, but she dodged the swipe, and the swipe that followed, with her bare wrists.

I jumped back and as she recovered from my attacks, I slashed her torso, creating a mark beside a scar that she's had above her stomach all the way up to her spark chamber for many, many years.

That was when she snapped, transforming her hand into her own sword and charging at me violently. I could see the anger in her optics, the same ones I was probably filled with... He was coming into view, his lifeless frame on the ground, the gaping hole in his chest...

My sword clashed loudly with Slipstream's.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

The computer screen showing the purple dots surrounding the Spacebridge were moving closer and closer, the screen flashing more and more movement from the dots every second.

"These things are getting closer! That's bad, right?" Fowler asked, still slightly affected from the torture that was inflicted upon him only a day ago.

"Ratchet, we're in position."

"Arcee," Ratchet nodded, looking over at the small computer screens that Raf had up in front of him. With his keyboards sitting before him, he typed away furiously, determined to stop the Decepticons. "Pay close attention."

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

The fight between Slipstream and I continued to grow more and more personal. We traded in a swords ages ago and it quickly became a fist fight. Punches between us, with the odd kick involved, went flying back and forth.

My energy was becoming depleted the more our battle raged on. I was not going to give in. I was not going to let Slipstream get the better of me again. Not now, not ever.

I had more of a reason to fight now than I ever had to before. And it was in the shape of a small sixteen year old human by the name of Carly Esquivel.

A punch in the face brought me back to the real world, sending me flying to the ground. I must've gotten distracted my thoughts of Carly. I proceeded to climb onto my knees, albeit with a dizzy feeling in my helm. I could see Slipstream taking the moment to refocus and regain some of her own strength.

I stood back onto my feet, rubbing my helm in discomfort. She sound of something whizzing past my audio receptors soon caught my attention. I looked behind me and found part of Optimus' handheld sword with the tip cut deeply into the surface of the Spacebridge a few feet away.

I went to look back at Slipstream only to find her gone. I gasped when something touched my shoulder and spun around quickly only to find...

Nothing.

What?

I was knocked over by a weakened Optimus Prime suddenly. Together, we flew across the surface of the Spacebridge, making heavy contact with ground. bouncing onto our servos and knees. While they had us distracted and weakened, Megatron and Slipstream must have taken advantage together.

With our frames sparking, I looked up to our enemies. They came up to stand in front of us. With their swords in servo, they raised them high to kill us...

"Master?"

"Starscream!" Slipstream yelled in anger.

"What is it?" Megatron demanded in annoyance.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"We do not wish to question your all-seen wisdom, Lord Megatron," Rebecca began, looking at the monitor.

"But we believe the Autobots are up to something again. Beneath your bridge this time," Starscream warned.

On the monitor, a trio of Autobots stood at the main controlling systems of the Spacebridge. Two of them were on guard, blasters activated and ready to strike at anything. The third one stood before the Spacebridge system as if she was going to do something to it. The computer screens scanned the figures, revealing the guarding Autobots to be Bulkhead and Bumblebee while the one about to tamper with the systems was Arcee.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

"Ah, misdirection, Optimus," Slipstream sneered.

"You and Windswept would have made fine Decepticons," Megatron complimented before he and Slipstream raised their blades at us, ready to strike the final blow for the second time.

Optimus and I blocked their attack to stop their second attempt at killing us.

"I chose my side!" Optimus retorted.

"I ran to the right side years ago," I growled, looking up at my enemy with anger.

Managing to defect the blow, we threw in our swords for our blasters, shooting at Megatron and Slipstream. Our shots pushed the 'Cons back, their stabilisers on their feet losing grip.

Now back to our full strengths, we continued firing at the Decepticons. They must have known we had the advantage now 'cause they transformed into their jet forms and flew away from us. I watched Slipstream fly towards the Nemesis while Megatron flew closer to the Spacebridge.

His army must be getting closer and closer to reaching the surface...

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"Starscream, my army approaches. Rendezvous with the Spacebridge for pickup."

"Be careful, Lord Megatron," Slipstream warned en route to the Warship.

"Do not warn me to be careful, Slipstream. I can sense my army. They will not bring harm to any of us," Megatron told her before ending the comm-link.

Slipstream did not believe that the army of Terracons about to burst through the Spacebridge was the issue she was warning her leader about...

"Now follow the line from the flow insulator to the Energon pump. There should be a valve."

Per Ratchet's instructions, Arcee followed the line to the Energon pump, spotting it and quickly telling the medic, "I see it." She pressed a button, activating the valve.

"Good. To turn all that power against itself, all you need do is reverse the current."

Grabbing a hold of the valve and grunting with all her might, she managed to turn the valve, reversing the current. It took most of the small Autobot's strength and ability to complete the task, but it didn't matter. She would do anything to stop the Decepticons from winning this fight.

Letting go of the valve, blue electricity cackled from the wiring of the Spacebridge, searching for stable ground to cling onto. Arcee took a step back, knowing she had done all she could for now.

"Current reversed."

Miko and Raf high-fived while Jack and Carly, most of her fingers on one hand bandaged from her battle with Rebecca, fist-bumped. And in between them, Agent Fowler cheered with excitement.

"YES!" Then the still-dazed Agent looked down at the youngest human member of the team nervously, "Right?"

While Miko and Jack shrugged at each behind the dark-skinned man, Carly clasped the man's shoulder, "Agent Fowler, the Autobots have saved our planet! You have a right to be excited!"

Jack smiled an almost dreamy-like smile at the girl. But before anyone had a chance to see, Miko pointed at the boy before drawing a love heart and pointing at her best friend with a smirk on the other side of the Agent. The smile on Jack's face disappeared quickly, crossing him arms and shaking his head immediately while the girl only nodded with her smirk still in place.

"I'll ready the Groundbridge," Ratchet responded, heading over to the controls.

Even though the Spacebridge controls had been tampered with in a good way, that didn't mean that the battle was over. Having seen the trio of Autobots fiddle with his Spacebridge, Megatron quickly set course on them, firing his Dark Energon powered blaster shots at them.

Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead saw the Decepticon coming, immediately firing blasters shots at the Warlord. But the powerful mech was too smart, flying around and dodging each shot they fired. Taking his chance at the small gap, Megatron charged forward at the trio. With a battle cry, he fired. His attacks missed Bumblebee and Bulkhead, but they managed to hit Arcee.

The blue Autobot slammed on the ground hard as a result of the hit, bouncing back up into the air and floating into space, having been knocked out from the Dark Energon powered-shot.

Happy with the result, Megatron flew to his Spacebridge where his army was coming.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee must have been successful when they mucked around with the Spacebridge. Purple electricity was cackling through the ground around Optimus and I. Suddenly, the surface we were standing on started coming apart, tearing pieces of itself away from one another as it headed our way.

Blocking some of the stray pieces for a moment, Optimus and I exchanged a knowing look.

It was time to go.

We spun around and started racing away to seek safe harbour.

NO ONE'S P.O.V

While the Decepticon Spacebridge started to explode around him, Megatron took no notice, flying closer to the opening where his Dark Energon powered army were appearing. The Warlord dodged the splitting surface below him and transformed, floating closer to the swirling blues and greens before him. On the other side, he could see his army flying closer to him.

His army was so close!

Looking over his shoulder briefly, Megatron spotted something that should've been waiting for him.

"STARSCREAM! WHERE IS MY SHIP?"

Having returned to Warship after her fight with her enemies, Slipstream watched the monitor, seeing the Spacebridge getting smaller and smaller from view in horror. Beside her, the floating Rebecca watched the scene with interest.

Surely, Lord Megatron wouldn't risk his life for this pathetic army? If Optimus, one of his warrirors and that lapdog could destroy the original army, then how long could the new army last if the whole of Team Prime were fighting it?

"We would never make it, Lord Megatron!" Starscream argued, gripping the monitor, "Don't be a fool!"

"Megatron, take flight and get back to the Warship!" Slipstream begged helplessly.

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

The surface of the Spacebridge continued to blow apart behind us, quicker than we were running. The surface suddenly was blowing apart right beside us - it was making me worry that tiny bit more that wouldn't make it home.

"Optimus! The Groundbridge is ready and waiting!"

This was the second time today that would I say something like this...

Thank goodness for our dear medic!

"Autobots, jump!" Optimus instructed.

My leader and I leaped off the Spacebridge, flying down into the Groundbridge below. My only hope was the rest of our team were following us in on their own accord...

NO ONE'S P.O.V

As the last two Autobots, one of them carrying the injured and unconscious Arcee, jumped into the Groundbridge, the portal swirled closed behind them.

Now alone, Megatron got a good look at his Dark Energon-fueled army ahead of him. They would do well, he decided. If only he could get them to safety once they came through.

Stupid Starscream.

"My legion," Megatron observed in a whisper.

As one Terracon reached its' hand out for the leader of the Decepticons, an exploding noise widened Megatron's optics. He noticed the Spacebridge starting to self-destruct around him. He should retreat. He knew he had to!

But he was so close! He wasn't going to back down from retrieving his army.

"NO!" the Warlord gasped, reaching his servo into the portal and barely making contact with the Terracon reaching his hand out.

But it was too late. Before Megatron could do a single thing about his army, the Spacebridge exploded in a ball of bright blue light. An explosion that sent waves and waves of blue mist throughout the solar system.

The Spacebridge was destroyed. The Terracon soldiers Megatron worked so hard for were destroyed with it.

And the leader of the Decepticons himself...

"Decepticons, it is with deep sorrow that I note for the log that Megatron's spark has been extinguished," Starscream announced, shaking his head in disbelief.

"All hail Starscream-" With an elbow to the side, Starscream knew he wasn't finished, "And Slipstream!"

Rebecca smirked at the attention the Decepticon twins were earning with a smug look. She knew that the power of Dark Energon would become too much of Megatron. She knew all too well.

The blue and green Groundbridge swirled before the five humans who waiting for their Autobots to come through and announce their victory.

But the longer they waited, the more they worried.

"Do you...think they're…?" Raf asked nervously.

Ratchet looked at his wrist, "Five life signals." One caught his attention. "One very faint."

The four children looked back at the Groundbridge.

Which one of their Autobots was in trouble?

WINDSWEPT P.O.V

Optimus was the first to walk out from the Groundbridge, the scarred frame of our leader standing strong and proud, hopefully signalling out to the humans and Ratchet that the plan went successfully.

I followed him, also walking in with battle wounds, but otherwise in good condition. I walked to the humans waiting with baited breathe.

Except for one.

Carly raced down the steps, jumping down the last four and racing towards me. I bent down, mirroring the massive grin on her face.

Lightly punching the armour around my ankle, the brown-haired girl looked up and asked me, "So how's the leg?"

My optics widened. I forgot about my leg!

Looking down, I observed the patch around my lower leg, looking a little second-hand but other wise still in good condition. Small tears at the corners meant that there were some small patches of blue pooling at the sides.

"Intact," I answered with a smile, looking up at Ratchet, "But I reckon it could use a new patch on it."

Ratchet, surprisingly, smiled at me softly, "I would be glad too."

"Bulkhead!" Miko squealed in delight as she saw her new friend become the next Autobot to break through the Groundbridge.

The girl didn't waste any time, also racing down the steps. As she did so, Bulkhead bent down and held out his hand towards the girl. The latter hugged the side of his hand and lower wrist, grateful for her guardian's return.

Jack and Raf walked down the steps in worry, looking towards the Groundbridge. Carly and Miko also looked at the Groundbridge with the same facial expressions.

Something was wrong. And whatever it was, it involved either Bumblebee or Arcee.

Both who had become part huge parts in my life for the last few years that we've been on Earth.

Bumblebee was the last Autobot to race through the Groundbridge. Because unconscious in his arms was Arcee.

No...!

Bumblebee bent down slightly, allowing all of us to get a look at our unconscious friend and teammate while the Groundbridge closed behind him

"Arcee!" I went to race to her side with Bumblebee, but Bulkhead put his arm in my way. I allowed it, hugging his arm tightly.

Jack quickly ran to Arcee, looking up at her to see if he could find any sort of life out of herCarly stood on one side of him, squeezing his hand in support while Raf stood with, looking up at Arcee. Miko stood on the other side of Jack, holding his shoulder and wrist comfortingly.

"We lost one this week. By the All Spark, don't let it be two," Ratchet begged.

I snivelled, trying to not allow the tears to fall down my cheeks. That was a sign of weakness.

Windswept is not weak.

Jack moved away from his schoolmates and placed a hand on his guardians metallic one. Maybe he was hoping that it will bring our friend back to life in some sort of way.

Arcee slowly awoke in Bumblebee's arms from the touch of Jack's hand, looking at him with soft optics.

"Arcee?" Jack's voice cracked from emotion.

"Jack, really? There are other motorcycles in the world," Arcee smirked weakly.

"But you're my first," The boy retorted with a sad smile. A smile that Arcee returned in a spark-beat.

"And Megatron?" Ratchet inquired. He looked much more relieved to know Arcee was alright.

"Not even he could have survived Ground Zero," Optimus answered in a dismissing manner.

"Prime!" Agent Fowler called out. He looked much better than he did when we left, "I didn't get to thank you bots for the save. I owe you one." He wandered into the elevator, pressing a button and looking at us, "We all do." The doors closed without another word.

Bumblebee helped Arcee to her feet as she smiled down at the humans. I removed my grip on Bulkhead and walked over to her slowly, observing her slightly. I wanted to make sure she was alright. When I felt that she was okay, I pulled her in for a hug.

"You gave me quite the scare," I whispered to her through the private link.

"I'm not leaving just yet, 'Swept. Gotta find Cliff's killer first."

"And she's back," I quietly chuckled as we let go of each other.

A questioning look came over Miko, walking over to Optimus. "Is this the part where you say goodbye and tell us we need to forget we ever saw you?" She asked nervously as we all looked up to Optimus.

He only looked at the humans with thought...

NO ONE'S P.O.V

"Without a means of leaving this world, we Autobots take strengths in the bonds we have forged with our three young friends.

Miko and Carly sat on the steps, giggling as the former wrote something in her book. Spotting something over her friend's shoulder, the Japanese exchange student waved at the figure. Carly looked and found her brother running up the steps to greet them. Gathering up their things, the brown-haired siblings greeted each other with a hug.

Jack appeared from the inside the school, carrying his bag in his hand. Greeting the girls and Raf with a smile, the four humans looked at the sight before them.

"True warriors.

Their guardians were parked up in the parking lot in front of the school, waiting for the human friends.

"If not in body...

Bulkhead and Bumblebee opened their doors for Miko and Raf. Arcee and Windswept flashed their headlights at Jack and Carly. With big smiles, the four humans raced down the stairs with one another to see who could get to their guardians first.

"...Then in spirit.

As the sun slowly began to set on what was another normal school day, four vehicles drove down the road to what everyone thought would be their second home.

"My name is Optimus Prime. And I send this message. Though we did not choose to be of Earth, it would seem that we are here to stay.

Bumblebee and Rafael were ahead of the pack of small Autobots, their eager and young personalities just urging the scout to be in the lead of what he determined was a race to the Autobot base. Arcee and Windswept trailed after him with Jack and Carly, choosing to race each other rather than race the speedy Autobot ahead of them. Besides, they had a tie to settle. And at the back of the pack was Bulkhead, who was probably rocking out to the music Miko was no doubt likely playing in his vehicle.

"If you approach this planet with hostile intent, know this…

That week was a week that had forever changed the lives of both the Autobots and their newfound friends. It was the start of a new adventure for the two groups. No one else would be able to experience the exciting and scary challenges they were going to face ahead of them. No one would understand because no one would know except for them.

"We will defend ourselves. We will defend humanity.

But it didn't matter what would occur in future. Because whatever they would face, they would face them together. They would stick together like glue. The Decepticons may bring them harm, but they will dodge them, even fight them if they had no choice. It didn't matter. As long as they had each other, they would be able to get through anything.

"We will defend our home."

And they wouldn't have it any other way.

I probably will not get another chapter of this story out until about a week and a half from now when my holidays start.

At the end of the last chapter, I raised the idea about the original chapters that are important to this story. I can confirm that the next chapter for this will be an original chapter so I may end up not being able to post it until the holidays anyway if I get a case of writer's block. Almost very likely that I will. So don't expect a chapter from me right away, but don't be too alarmed as it is just an original chapter. Nothing special. ;)

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(Last edited: 11/07/2019)