Chapter 15

As the car stopped me and Prima as well as the other Primes scrambled out of the car.

"Solus you are banned from driving," Prima said. "No wonder Karen feared for her life with you driving."

"Now you realise," I said before looking towards the statue of liberty. "Still, don't understand how this is a relic."

"Everyone has their views on what is true and what isn't Katherine," Nexus said making me glare at him as he had said my full first name. "You parents named you that not me."

I sighed before I felt a strange ancient power running through the statue making me reach out to touch it before Alpha Trion stopped me; he looked at the building before his optics went the deepest blue I had ever seen as the other Primes gathered around us, stopping me from touching the statue.

"What is that?" I asked confused.

"This statue is made of parts from a weapon known as the Star Saber," Prima said. "Be careful all of you."

My hand curled in Vector's who made sure I was in between him and Solus as we started to walk to the centre at the front of the statue. People moved out of our way as we walked; properly due to Nexus and Liego Maximo being built like a bunch of wrestlers that where glaring at people as we walked towards the centre.

"Stop that," Solus scowled as Nexus as he glared a group of men that where staring at her and me.

"They are staring at our femmes do you honestly think we will let them?" Liego challenged. "Karen make sure you stay close to one of us; Decepticons are in the area."

I nodded as I clutched tighter to Vector who pulled me closer to his side as we entered the centre. There was people walking around and I pulled Solus and Vector away from the group to look at some of the displays that where showing around the centre with the Statue of Liberty build on top of it.

"Nice place," Nexus said as he joined us. "You all okay?"

"We're fine Nexus," Solus replied. "I really don't like humans staring at us through."

"It's how it is, Solus," Prima said. "Karen you okay there?"

I nodded as we waited for Liego to get our tickets so that we could get into the main area of the Statue of Liberty and not have people asking us for a pass.

"Karen be alert," Vector said as we walked up the stairs.

"No problem," I said as a started to run up the stairs with Liego and Nexus following me.

I was half out of breath when we reached the top of the statue and gave a grasp at the view that we was looking at.

"Nice view" Nexus said. "You okay Karen?"

"I'm okay," I replied. "Now what are we looking for?"

"A shape of the first Prime weapon," Solus said as she started to investigate the walls around us.

"How does she know that?" I asked Liego.

"Solus is our weaponsmith," he replied. "The best in the business to be completely honest. You father couldn't beat her at making weapons."

I looked at the ground sadly at the mention of my father before Nexus and Vector called us other to them.

"What is it guys?" I asked as I looked at what they were pointing out. "What is that?"

"That symbol in is one of the Primes," Prima replied as Solus frowned at it. "Solus?"

"This symbol means that the relic is located two miles away from here," she replied. "In the Atlantic Ocean."

"Gee what fun," I said as Liego and Nexus nodded along with me.

"Karen we don't have much of a choice," Prima said. "We have got to find this relic."

"I want to go home," I protested. "To fix things up with Sunny and make sure my dad is still alive every time he comes back from a mission and that I can get into the college I want t in three years' time not going in circles for a relic that has nothing to do with me."

"You are a servant of the Primes," Vector said as he grabbed my hand. "Karen this is your life."

"No my life isn't this," I said, moving away from them. "Good Bye."

I turned on my heel and walked away and quickly made my down the stairs. I could feel the Primes optics on me as I left the building from one of the windows before I froze. In front of me stood the only one of the thirteen primes that hadn't spoken a word to me from the moment they came to into my mind and live. He was the one that even without speaking calmed me down when I was angry and seemed to have something the Primes didn't realise he had.

"Karen we do need your help on this," Alchemist said as he rested a servo on to my shoulder. "We wouldn't have asked you of this if we didn't believe you couldn't hand it. Your family will understand. Trust me."

I sighed looking down at my feet before he lifted my head to look at him.

"Karen this isn't about you no more," he continued. "This world will be destroyed if we can't find that relic okay. I know it's hard for you but we need you as we can't figure it out by ourselves."

"I'm acting like a spoilt brat aren't I?" I asked as he drew me into a hug.

"Come on we have a job to do kiddo," he said as we went to join the other Primes again. "Right let's get this done then."

Ironhide's POV

Stupid punkass Decepticons. They are causing trouble in Haiti when I have more important measures like finding my daughter and getting her to talk to me without her hiding whatever it is that she has been hiding from me just before Egypt two months ago.

"Prime we should divide up the team," Prowl said. "You take our best shooters and combat bots and I will take a small group of us to find Karen. Even without her necklace we can still track her by her small spark signature that she sends out and the fact that she can't close the bond against Ironhide."

My eyes flicked to the SIC that gave a curt nod to me as I looked at Prime for his response for it.

"Very well Prowl," Optimus replied. "Ironhide will come with you as this is only a scouting mission."

"But you will need him," Galloway said making me wish for that rule not to exist. "The cons are destroying the place, you can't tell me that millions of people's lives are worth one child's that left on her own accord?"

I gave an un-audioable growl that the human wouldn't hear, but the bots did and looked at me in attempting to calm down.

"I'll go with Prowl," Sunstreaker said. "She will listen to me."

Sunstreaker pull yourself together, I told him over the intercom. She still loves you. My daughter, from what I have learnt over the three years, is that she does things for a reason and you are her best friend and her boyfriend no matter how many times you two have argued. Now be the soldier that you have trained to be.

Some of the bots chuckled as the humans looked at us confused as Sunstreaker nodded at me before we looked at Prime that too had slight smile on his face plates before he went out giving the orders and the teams we would be in for the mission. One thing was clear in my mind; Karen was coming home this week and we would have the child that we cared for the last fifteen years.

Karen's POV

My glance went to Prima that nodded at me as I put the scuba mask over my face and we all nodded as we entered the freezing water of the Atlantic Ocean. I looked at the different coloured coral reef and the fish as we swam. Prima, Vector and Nexus were ahead with Liego and Solus keeping me in the centre as Alchemist took the rear as we swam. The seven other Primes where above and below looking with Liego watching them- one in particular that didn't look to happy being here. I looked at Alchemist that nodded at my question I was asking him through my eyes as we reached an old abandoned ship wreck. The mast of the ship was in ruins as we descended towards it. I swam closer to Solus, who took hold of my hand as I looked at her unsure as we waited for Prima to give us the orders of the ship and what to do. Prima nodded to me as I swam around the ship trying to feel the energy source we were supposed to be feeling before Solus stopped and looked upwards. I followed her graze as Nexus pulled me close to him as we saw three robots with their headlights on heading towards us.

Nexus what's going on? I asked him.

Looks like your friends found us, he replied. Moreover, not your nice ones either.

I nodded realising it was the cons as Liego did something to the water around us so that the cons could not see us. Solus frowned slightly as she looked towards Prima that nodded as some of the Prime's disappeared and only the ones I really knew stayed where they were.

Prima what do we do? Solus asked as she took me from Nexus. The cons will find the relic as well as Karen that they can use against the autobots.

If it's here than were would it be? I asked. Prima I'll find it and you guys distract them.

Okay, Prime replied. You guys hear her. Keep those cons distracted and keep an eye of Karen. Understood?

As Prima was saying this I swam towards a hole in the side of the ship and swam through keeping in contact with the Primes as I looked around me.

What this relic look like? I asked.

It should be right in front of you, came the Fallen's voice. Oh be quiet child I did learn my lesson.

I gave a shake of my head as I looked ahead and found something. It had a button in the middle and looked like a small old-fashioned portable radio and I reached out my hand to touch it. The moment I did, it felt like I was electrified before I crashed into a pavement.

Twenty Minutes or so later

My eyes flickered open slowly at my pain before I got to my feet slowly and looked around me. I gave a gasp at the person that stood next to me.

"Wondering when you would wake up," Sunny said.

"How long you been there?" I asked.

"Five minutes," he replied. "Nice place Karen."

I looked around me and saw that I was in the warehouse from before.

"Sunstreaker, why are you here?" I asked.

"Looking for you," he replied. "Don't you have any idea how worried we have been?2

"Properly not much for you," I said.

"Why would you say that?" he asked.

"Remember you said that it would be best for us not to date anymore?" I asked, turning away from him. "If not I can clear your memory for you."

I heard him sigh before I was pulled into a warm chest that I knew.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I thought I was losing you and that I thought that it would be for the best so that you could do what you had to do."

I looked at him, before giving a smile and kissed his cheek. He gave a smile before he pressed his lips against my forehead as we heard car engines approaching us.

"Katherine Hide get out her right now!" my father called making me give a small smile to hear his voice.

I sighed as Sunny gave a quick kiss on my cheek before his hologram disappeared as I made my way outside. Some of the bots where here and in the front was my father that looked happy to see me but also pissed off which I couldn't blame before he took me into a tight hug as the other bots joined in with me squashed in the middle of them all.

"Don't you ever scare us like that again," Optimus said in my ear from where he hugged me. "It wasn't a pretty sight."

I nodded, glad that they did not question what I had in my pocket.

Unknown Location in the Milky Way

Footsteps echoed across the ship as a figure dressed in black entered the stockade and looked at the thirty four year old in a cell that glared at the person in front of them.

"I have a job for you," the person said. "It involves your daughter."

"What's in it for me?" the woman asked.

"You get to see your family again but they can never know ," the person replied. "Think wisely Agent Schocls."

The woman looked down at her feet before raising to her feet and took out a photo from her pocket and looked at the one year old that she hadn't seen since than.

"Karen I will find you."