A/N: Sorry for the long wait but work swamped me and it was my only focus this week, anyways, enjoy this next chapter, I had fun writing it!

Chapter 2-Odyssey's Beginning Part 2

Maveen's POV

"Optimus you can't be serious!" Ratchet complained as he approached his leader. "The children are more endanger here, they don't have a protective shell and if they get underfoot they'll go squish." He stomped his foot in our direction, the others flinched while I remained steadfast.

"I like you." I quietly purred, no one seemed to noticed but I swore he had a shocked look for a moment, though it was brief.

Optimus then said with a slight tone of humor, "Then we must watch where we step."

The others seemed to talk among themselves but I had no desire about entering there tight little circle.

Suddenly a alarm went off.

"What's that?" Jack asked the room.

Then Bumblebee spoke up, :Proximity alarm, someone's up top.:

Raf translated but I didn't need it, it was strange that I understood him at all, but I shrugged that off to me being a Demon.

"It's Agent Fowler." Ratchet announced.

Jack looked shocked, "I thought we were the only ones who knew you."

"Agent Fowler is our liason to the outside of the world, he tends to visit when there are issues. It's best that you not meet him at this time." We got the message and hid behind a wall before the ding of the elevator sounded and a man began yelling at these Autobots.

But I didn't listen, no, the reason I didn't listen was because the moment I heard that man's voice I could feel like I had heard it before. But from where was a complete mystery to me, I knew it but when I tried to remember it just escaped me.

I knew it from somewhere and the fact I didn't know, irked me.

I was snapped out of my train when the others moved past me, apparently he left and they bolted up to the human area where he was. I walked up slowly and stood where the railing was.

Staring at the Bots who are now dispersed I wondered what would become of this all.

Suddenly, another round of alarms went off. I was seriously thinking of ripping whatever system made that work into a million tiny pieces. Ratchet quickly turned it off and looked at the alien data on the screen before his eyes went wide.

"It can't be…" The others looked on in curiosity.

"What?" Bulkhead asked,

"It's Cliffjumper's signal, it just popped back online!" The Bots in the room froze, I took in there reactions, most it not all were surprised by this news, but one had more.

Arcee, her eyes held hope, desperation and relief.

I wonder who this Cliffjumper was to them, to her? Hm, something to pry out of them later I suppose.

"That's not possible!" Bulkhead exclaimed.

"He's right, it's this system, it's chalk full of bugs." Ratchet grunted in annoyance, but Arcee stepped up.

"Ratchet, if there is even a chance that Cliff's….." She trailed off, looking back and forth at Ratchet then Optimus.

With a look of determination and understanding, the Prime turned to Ratchet, "Open the Groundbridge and prepare the Med Bay."

Ratchet nodded, racing for what I assumed were the controls. I watched him closely as he work, trying to decipher how it work. You never know when you need to make a quick escape.

He pulled the lever down and a green and blue portal opened up, I smiled, not only at its beauty. But the wondrous things I could do with that technology, with that power.

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Raf shutter as he stared at me, guess my smile made me look insane. Good to know for the future.

The Bots transformed into there respected forms, I took a good long look at each before they drove into the portal and disappeared. My smile deepened, oh, this was something I could get used too, that kind of power to travel anywhere, just too good to be true.

The kids began to speak to Ratchet about it, I listened carefully.

"What just happened?" Jack asked.

Ratchet rolled his eyes, "I just Groundbridged them to the set of coordinates."

"What's a Groundbridge?" Raf asked, shifting his glasses slightly.

"A downsized version of Space Bridge technology." He said like all of them knew what it meant, seeing that they weren't getting it I stepped in.

Ratchet's POV

This was now my life, babysitting humans back at Base was something I never thought I would have done. I had just explained what a Groundbridge was to the human youth, hoping it would shut them up. At least for now.

But, then a sinister yet warm voice broke the second long silence.

"What he means is that it is a teleporter, which means you could go anywhere on the Earth. While a Space Bridge as he called it, which is what I assume is meant for Intergalactic travel."

I looked down to the humans to see that this strange, pastel colored human girl had been to one to speak. Her amber eyes seemed bore into you went you locked eyes with her, her strange pink curly hair that was not normal for humans, I think.

Her whole look was not normal, but what caught me attention was her aura. She seemed to radiate power and confidence, but with a sinister and dark undertone. And how the other humans behaved around her, the boys seemed to shrink away from her, almost in fear. While the punk girl looked simply annoyed.

Whatever she was, she was something that caught my interest, but it would have to wait as I waited to received a call from Optimus.

Maeveen's POV

After I had spoken my piece I had noticed that Ratchet seemed almost perturbed when I spoke. It caught me attention momentary before the screen flashed red with error messages and he groaned.

"Why are you using those computers?" Raf asked, walking near where Ratchet stood.

"It isn't by choice, it was handed down to us by the previous tenant." More error boxes appeared and he groaned.

"I think I can fix that." Raf said as he pulled out his laptop and hooked it into the system.

"This isn't child's play, you can't exactly-"

He was cut off, "Now try." Raf prompted.

Pressing a key, the boxes disappeared and the normal display returned. The medic turned to the small boy with a look of surprise written on it. I secretly took a picture of it, that was for the memory books and blackmailing books.

Suddenly, Optimus's voice came through the computer.

"Ratchet, open a Groundbridge at these coordinates, NOW!" With a swift motion the medic opened the Bridge as the bots followed by a exploding blue fire behind them.

He closed the bridge before the blaze could reach us, making a epic entrance you only see in superhero movies.

"Well? Where's Cliffjumper, is he alright?" Ratchet asked, a slight hope in his eyes.

The downcast eyes of the Bots and the utter loss in Arcee's said it all, no words needed.

For the first time in my life, I felt a pang. It was strange, it hurt and was uncomfortable. A feeling of knowing and pain came over me, I didn't understand though. What was this emotion?

Miko broke this emotion and the silence, "What was that explosion? Was there a fight?" She asked excitedly, not seeing the downcasted aliens in front of her, like I said before, self absorbed brat.

Arcee growled, "Listen-" She was cut off by Optimus and Jack working in tandem.

"Hey Miko, let's go see what the bots hide in there sock drawer?" He said as he pulled her away.

"Seriously?" I glared at her before turning back to the bots.

"Arcee, what did you see?" Optimus asked, her anger falling away into despair.

"It wasn't Cliff, at least, not anymore. He was mutated, butchered, like one of those Con experiments back during the war….." She trailed off as she semi collapsed onto a large box, Bee called out.

:Are you alright?: He asked.

She waved him off, "Yeah, just a little dizzy."

"Robots who can get dizzy?" Miko whispered.

"Robots with emotions." Raf said.

"Robots who can die." Jack stated.

"Robots that are like Humans and Demons." I stated quietly to myself, the others to far away to hear.

Ratchet scanned Arcee, his light turned red when landing on her hand. A purple, almost sizzling substance lay on it. Using a scraper he took the substance off of her, musing.

"What is this?"

"Don't know, Cliff was covered in it." Arcee said with melancholy.

He frowned, "Go take a decontamination bath now."

I noticed that Jack was staring at his phone with a frown, he looked up and caught Optimus's attention.

"Hey, uh Optimus, no bars." He showed his phone to the giant.

"A precaution, these walls do not allow radio waves through."

"Well I need to get home, curfew." He said with a worried tone, I heard about his mother and understand. Even I wouldn't stand in her way.

"I hadn't considered, then I will assign you guardians."

No, no, no! This was not happening now! I do not need a guardian!

As I ranted and raved in my head I only heard snippets of the roles assigned, Jack with Arcee, Raf with Bumblebee and Miko with Bulkhead.

Then Miko brought up a good point, "But, me and Maeveen both live together. Does that mean Bulkhead is both of our guardians?"

Optimus gave a thought before staring at me, for some reason his whole thing, his nobility and honor and goodness seemed to give me the shudders. I didn't like him, I respected him as a leader, but not a leader of me.

"I will be her guardian."

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...Someone shoot me...