The Spacebridge opened up and Team Prime waited for their human friends to come through.
"Oh man. It's felt like forever! I can't wait to see them!" Bulkhead exclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah, I can't wait for Jack to see Cybertron as it should be. Shining, alive, and prospering." Arcee agreed.
"Oh yeah, and I plan on showing Raf a real race track." Bumblebee said.
"I plan on showing Miko a real Cybertronian lob ball." Wheeljack added.
"You guys think Jack would wanna see an Energon café?" Smokescreen wondered aloud.
His teammates turned to look at him with looks of pure curiosity. Smokescreen shrugged.
"What? He works at a fast food joint on earth, I was just wondering if he'd wanna see our version." Smokescreen explained.
Team Prime nodded at the young Elite Guard member unsurely before turning back towards the Spacebridge.
They waited for a few more moments before four small figures came walking out of the Spacebridge.
It was Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai, and Rafael Esquivel. They walked onto Cybertronian grounds wearing state of the art Earth based space suits.
When she came through, Miko immediately ran towards Bulkhead and Wheeljack.
"Bulkhead! Wheeljack!" Miko exclaimed.
She hugged Bulkhead's pede before turning to hug Wheeljack's.
"Hey Arcee." Jack greeted. "Been a while."
"Hi Bee! You doing okay?" Raf asked.
"Hey everybody! It's so good to see you!" Bumblebee spoke.
"I know! It's been for-EVER!" Miko agreed excitedly.
"Say, where are Agent Fowler and Mrs. Darby?" Smokescreen asked.
"Oh, Fowler had to stay back to watch Unit E. There's been a whole lot of stuff going on there ever since the Cons were defeated. My mom stayed back to...ahem...keep him company." Jack answered.
Arcee smirked and nodded at the information.
"Wow...just, wow." Jack said as he walked forward and into the light of the Cybertronian sun.
His fellow humans followed suit and stared in awe of the sight.
It was New Iacon. While most of the skyscrapers were still damaged and in ruins, no one could deny their beauty with the rising sun coming up behind them. The buildings shone and glittered, it looked as though they were tall jewels.
"It's so much different from the last time we came here." Jack commented.
"Yup. This is how I wanted you to see Cybertron, in all of it's glory." Arcee told him.
"This place is awesome. Hey, does the city have people living in it yet?" Miko spoke.
"Yeah actually. Refugees have been coming back to Cyberton from all over the place. Not to mention all of the new lives that sprung from the Well." Bulkhead replied.
"Oh yeah? Anyone you guys know?" Miko asked.
"Tons." Wheeljack answered. "Oh, that reminds me! Miko, there are a couple of other Wreckers who've come back! Bulk and I wanna introduce you to!"
"Really? Awesome!" Miko exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Wheeljack and Bulkhead agreed.
"Why hello there everyone." Elita greeted as she and Chromia drove up towards them.
"Chromia! Elita! Hey!" Miko greeted enthusiastically.
"Hey there kids. How are you all?" Chromia asked.
"Pretty good. Life has become awfully boring without you guys there." Jack said.
"Hmm. But don't you think that's better than running around from the Decepticons?" Arcee replied.
Jack shrugged. "I dunno. Comparing normal teenage human activities to hanging out with you guys...there isn't much comparison."
"Yeah. Which is why we should stop yapping and get going!" Miko added. "So let's go yo!"
The humans got into their guardians's alt. modes and they drove into the now bustling city.
The kids looked out of their guardian's windows to take in all of the shining and glittering scenery.
"Wow. It's even more impressive up close." Jack commented.
"Yeah...I just wish Optimus was here to see it." Arcee replied.
Jack sighed and sat back down more calmly on Arcee.
"Yeah. At least he went out doing what he does best right?" Jack replied.
"Heh. Yeah I guess you're right." Arcee agreed.
"So where're we going?" Raf wondered.
"To the new council building." Bumblebee answered. "We have to check in with Magnus."
"Oh, why?" Raf asked.
"The council has to be told when anyone wishes to venture outside of the city. Beyond Iacon, Cybertron is still a barren wasteland that has yet to be rebuilt. We have to have the council's permission to go beyond that barrier." Bumblebee explained.
"Is that so? Then where do you plan on taking us?" Fowler asked.
"You'll see." Wheeljack answered cryptically.
So they continued on with their drive to the new council building. They passed by the Optimus Prime memorial statue on their way in.
"Wow. Just when I thought he couldn't get any bigger." Miko muttered as they passed it.
When they were in the foyer, the Autobots let the humans out and then transformed.
"C'mon." Chromia spoke.
The humans followed the Autobots through the wide and tall halls.
"So, Ultra Magnus is the head of the council now huh?" Miko spoke.
Bulkhead nodded. "Yeah, he brought together the rest of the new council personally as well."
"Who are they?" Jack wondered.
Before anyone could answer him, Prowl came walking by the group.
"And what might these small creatures be?" Prowl wondered aloud.
"Oh, hello Commander Prowl." Smokescreen greeted the older Bot. "Guys, this is another high ranking Autobot lieutenant. Prowl. Prowl, these are the humans we talked about from the planet Earth."
Prowl nodded. "Greetings humans. I do hope you enjoy your time here on Cybertron."
The children nodded as he continued walking.
"Not much for talking is he?" Miko commented.
"Not everyone is you Miko." Jack retorted.
Miko shoved him aside as she strutted past him.
"Sheesh." Jack grunted.
It wasn't long before the group met with the next councilman. Red Alert.
"Oh hey Red Alert." Arcee greeted the red and white mech.
"Hello everyone, I hope that the rebuilding of Iacon is going we-what in the holy name of Primus are those?" Red Alert replied glaring down at the humans.
"Er, the humans we told you about Red. The humans we told you were coming." Arcee continued.
Red Alert shook his helm. "Okay but I never imagined that they would be so...be so...insect like."
"Red Alert!" Bumblebee exclaimed. "How could you say that?"
"Well, look at them! Alien life forms bring all of their unknown bacterias and germs and mystery particles when not undergoing the proper sanitation procedures, not to mention if they are to be crushed underfoot-"
"Red, calm down. They won't damage anything." Bumblebee assured the frantic mech.
Red Alert stared at Bumblebee and then turned back towards the humans. He huffed angrily and stormed past the group.
"Woah. What was that all about?" Jack asked.
"That was councilman Red Alert. He's a bit...paranoid." Bumblebee answered.
"A bit?" Raf snorted.
"Yeah. He was the Autobot head of Security during the war. Er, the stress of it might've did a bit to his processor." Elita explained.
"Okay." Raf said.
The group continued on their walk until they reached the main council meeting where Ultra Magnus was sitting with Jetfire.
"Magnus. Jetfire." Elita greeted.
"Oh. Elita, hello." Jetfire replied.
"Welcome back everyone. I trust that the humans made it here safely?" Magnus added.
"Yeah we're here Magnus!" Miko exclaimed happily as she ran forward.
"Oh my." Jetfire spoke. "So these are humans hm?"
"Yeah, uh, hi." Jack greeted.
"Indeed. Children, meet councilman Jetfire." Ultra Magnus said. "Jetfire, these are some of the humans
"Hi." Raf greeted.
"Hey!" Miko added.
"During the war, Jetfire was the commander of the Autobot's air force units." Arcee explained.
"Heh, yes well, now I'm working to rebuild Cybertron to its former glory." Jetfire replied.
Ultra Magnus put his servo on his comrade's shoulder.
"As we all are Jetfire. Now, I am assuming that you all are here for permission to leave the city." Ultra Magnus spoke.
The Autobots of Team Prime nodded.
"Hm, very well then. Just be careful, and don't travel too far into the Predacon's territory." Magnus warned.
Wheeljack gave the commander a casual salute.
"Will do chief. C'mon guys." Wheeljack said happily.
"Are you gonna tell us where we're going yet?" Miko asked.
"Nope. You're just gonna have to wait and see." Bulkhead replied.
Miko groaned disappointedly as she sank back into her seat.
"Don't worry. You guys are gonna love this." Arcee assured them.
They drove through the big city and saw many Cybertronians going about their everyday things, but they also saw many younglings.
"Are they all the lives that sprung from the Well?" Raf wondered.
"No, but most. They're put into groups and given mentors in many of the senior Autobots." Bumblebee explained.
"Hmm." Raf muttered as they passed by one group playing by an Energon fountain.
"They look happy." Raf commented.
"We're all happy, Raf." Bumblebee replied. "We're home."
With that, Team Prime passed the city borders and went out into the world that was still barren.
They drove through the land and up a tall hill. When they were on the top, the Autobots let the humans out and they transformed.
"So, what are doing here?" Jack asked.
"This is the best view of Iacon city on the face of Cybertron." Smokescreen explained.
"And we wanted you all to see our home the way it was meant to be seen." Arcee finished.
The humans walked to the edge of the hill and gasped in awe as they saw the Cybertron capital.
Before, they saw the rising suns coming up behind the buildings and they shone like stars. However, now, at the angle from which they were seeing the sight, it looked as though the building were a vast group of crystals that formed together to make a massive crystallized rainbow.
"That's awesome." Miko whispered.
"Yeah. We call it the Iacon Illusion. From up here the city looks, well, like that." Chromia explained.
"It's incredible." Jack said.
"Yeah, this brings back so many good memories." Elita spoke quietly to herself from the back of the group as she took out the camera she got from her old house.
"Hey Elita. What are you doing?" Arcee asked. "What's that?"
"Hm? Oh, this is an old object of mine that I found in my old dwellings." Elita answered.
"What is it?" Arcee wondered.
"An old recording camera that I carried around as a child. It holds many memories of my childhood." Elita continued.
"Really? Can we some of them?" Miko asked as she appeared from behind Arcee's pede.
"Oh, well, er, I suppose it couldn't do any harm in showing you." Elita decided.
She sat down as the rest of Team Prime gathered around. Elita took out the camera and turned it on.
She looked through the files and let the picture files come up on the holographic screen.
Many of them were of scenery and rather meagre things, while others were of Cybertronian younglings. Some were different from time to time but several remained the same throughout. Elita stopped on a particular picture of all six of those younglings together, smiling at the camera.
There were two unfamiliar younglings in the picture. One was a femme. She wasn't smiling, but she didn't look unhappy. She had a purple helm, leg and arm plates, with maroon stripes along them and a maroon chest.
The other was a mech. His legs and arms were a light orange, while his helm and chassis were blue. He was smiling widely and had his arm around the femme next to him. His bright blue optics shone with fierce mischief.
The youngling femme, she was coloured various shades of blue. She held the smaller pink femme close. Though they were smaller and their faces were slightly different, it was clear to the members of Team Prime that they were the Sisters Chromia and Elita One.
"Woah! Is that you?" Smokescreen exclaimed.
"Indeed. They are us." Elita confirmed.
"Hm, you seem awfully small here Elita." Bulkhead noted.
"Heh, yeah. I was quite the shrimp as they say." Elita agreed.
"Wow. So who are those two?" Bumblebee asked, pointing to the two unknown younglings.
"Oh, that femme is a friend of ours. We called her Sharpshot." Chromia answered. SHe paused before continuing on with the mech. "And that is...Dion."
"And what about the other two?" Wheeljack wondered.
The other two younglings were both mechs. One was a tall, silver, armoured mech. He was far larger than any other youngling in the picture as he towered over the others at the back of the picture. His blue optics shone with a mischief that rivalled that of Dion. He was using his arm to lean on the helm of the last mech in the picture.
That mech was rather short. His helm and legs were navy blue and his arms and chassis were red. He was smiling the widest out of all of the younglings in the picture.
"Oh, them? Haha. Yeah I guess you lot wouldn't recognize them like that huh." Chromia commented.
"Why? Who are they?" Miko wondered.
"Orion Pax and Megatronus." Elita answered. "Optimus Prime and Megatron before...before."
Team Prime looked at the Sisters and then back at the picture. Then back and back again.
"So...wait. Optimus and Megatron. Optimus and Megatron? Them two? Those two? But they look so...so...so..." Smokescreen stammered.
"Young." Bumblebee finished.
"Yes. Indeed they are. Indeed we are. That picture was taken when we were all living together." Elita said.
After a shocked moment of silence the surrounding people all exclaimed together:
"WHEN YOU WHAT?"
"Oh, I suppose that was rather blunt." Elita said.
Before anyone else could say anything, Ultra Magnus contacted them with a comm.
[Team Prime. There was a lone sparkling spotted by a lone youngling at a location only a few clicks from your position. If you would, please bring that sparkling to the city.]
"Of course Magnus." Elita replied. "Now, I think we can postpone the rest of this conversation as we go bring home a new sparkling. Shall we?"
"Yeah, I guess." Arcee said. "You kids coming?"
"Yeah of course." Jack agreed.
"Let's go then." Chromia proclaimed.
Wow, this ended up being so much longer than I intended.
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