"Where's Miko?" Bulkhead called out to Raf from the top of the Decepticon ship. It was then that he and Bumblebee heard an echoing knock from inside his subspace. He opened the top part. Miko popped her head out, breathing heavily.
"Miko?!" Bulkhead's optics widened, at the fact he hadn't known she was still in him.
"I heaved on your FLOOR MATS," She moaned. "Sorry," Bulkhead let her out and on to the ground. "Remind me, never to do that again."
(Do you think she'd listen to you?) Bumblebee asked him.
"Not really." Bulk answered. It was then that two 'Cons jumped both Bulkhead and Bumblebee.
'Did the 'Cons forget about me?' Raf watched as Bulkhead and Bumblebee entered the Decepticon's ship. Suddenly he saw a shadow behind him. He turned and gulped. Two Decepticon's stood above him. "Oh, no." He made his wings burst from his back; his wings were white with black tips on the ends. He took off, planning on escaping into the sky. However the closet 'Con grabbed his leg pulling him back down again.
"Arcee," Jade called his name over Cliffjumper's comlink as they drove to the base. "You said you knew what I was. Could you tell now?"
Arcee seemed to pause for a second. "You're a Guardian, Jade. The Guardians were the second race on Cybertron; they were a gift to us from Primus, our god. And gifts from Primus were always treasured. Their voices had healing powers and depending on the wing colour, they would have a power of their own."
"They also live in packs, the pack leader is chosen by their actions and what kind of pack they lead." Cliffjumper added.
"How many Guardians are there?" Jade asked.
"Optimus told us that only four survived, one boy, three girls. Do you have any ideas on who the others are?" Arcee added.
Jade answered instantly, "My Mum," They then just pulled into the base. Jade climbed out of Cliffjumper, so they could transform. As they started the ground-bridge up, Jade finished up what she was saying. "Her name was June Darby."
Suddenly Arcee and Cliffjumper froze. They whipped back around to face her. "Who?"
Jade jumped a little at their raised voices, before repeating. "June Darby." If Arcee was human, Jade was sure he would have gone pale. "What's wrong?"
Arcee hesitated. "Nothing," The Ground-Bridge the activated. "Let's go, now."
Raf struggled to free himself from the Decepticon's grip. But he soon got placed in a large cage.
"Let me out!" He yelled at them.
The Cons ignored him and walked out of the room.
"Don't bother, they won't listen." A voice from behind him.
Raf turned to find a boy around Jade's age sitting at the back of the cage. He had white hair and ice-blue eyes, with ice-blue coloured wings on his back. But he looked pale, like he hadn't been outside in months, he was also thin, it was like he hadn't been feed.
"Who are you?" Raf asked, his voice a little hollow.
"Diamond," He answered. Diamond narrowed his eyes, as if he couldn't see.
"Are you BLIND?"
"No," He smiled. "Not fully, my glasses broke. They are in here somewhere, so watch, yourself."
"Right," Raf muttered he sat down and pulled his legs up to his chest. "There has to be a way out of here. Don't you have any ideas?"
Diamond raised an eyebrow. "Are there any guards in here?" He stood up, leaning against the cage's bars for support.
Raf looked around the room, the only thing in it were cages. "No, there isn't anyone in here, but us."
"Good," Diamond stuck out his hand and ice shot out of it, freezing the bars. He then lifted his foot and kicked the frozen bars.
They broke on contacted with his foot.
"That was so cool." Raf muttered, shocked and awed by the fact, the guy could freeze things. "Why haven't you tried that before?"
"I don't have my glasses, so I can't see five feet in front of me." Diamond breathed in and out deeply, a little weak from the powers he had used. "Could you give a hand?"
Raf reached out and grabbed hold of Diamond arm, "I'll help you."
Miko, Bumblebee and Bulkhead were currently walking down the hallway towards the brig. Bulkhead and Bumblebee had interrogated one of the Cons' to find out where Fowler was.
Bulkhead made a halting motion with his hand. He pointed his cannon done the next hallway, only to be greeted by another, Cliffjumper's.
"Friendly." Arcee smirked from beside Cliff.
"Hello~!" Bulkhead retorted in a sarcastic sing along voice.
Miko giggled. She then spotted Jade. "Hey Jade."
"Where's Raf?" She asked.
"He's outside the ship. Good to see you too!"
"We were just out there. He must be in here." Jade walked ahead of the others. "This way."
Cliffjumper raised an eyebrow. "How do you know?"
"Habit," Jade pecked around the corner. She saw him. "Raf!" She ran over to him. She then froze. Raf had wings, like hers. The only differences were the fact they were smaller and they had black tip. Beside him was a boy, who seemed to be holding onto Raf for support.
Raf's head snapped up, he smiled. "Jade!" He grinned. He then saw the others round the corner.
"Who's there?" The boy hanging on to Raf looked up at Jade and the others.
"Just some friends," Raf chirped, happily. "I was hoping to run into you guys. This is Diamond."
"Jade, Raf, duck!" Cliffjumper barked. He jumped in front them, firing his cannon at a group of 'Cons, who spotted them.
It soon turned into a full on fight. With Jade trying to keep herself and the others from being squashed. She remembered: wings. "Raf, Diamond, can you two fly?" She yelled over the battle noise. In answer both boys spread their wings and shot up to the roof. Jade turned to Miko. "Miko, come here." Her own wings shot out of her back.
Miko looked at Jade's wings before a pair of her own, burst from her back, they were jet black. She then faced one of the 'Cons, she left off a high-pitched sonic scream, causing the 'con to clutch his head, giving Bulkhead time to knock him out.
Jade grabbed Miko by her waist and yacked her away from a 'con, who fell to the ground via Bumblebee's cannon blast.
"Come on," Jade pulled her, her shock gone from the trick she'd seen Miko pull.
"I can't fly! I never learned." Miko snapped.
Jade then saw a 'Con's head come flying at them. "Move," She barked, she ran, dragging Miko with her.
For the rest of the battle Jade and Miko ducked and weaved to not get crushed by the 'Bots or 'Cons.
It was soon silent, the battle over and all the 'Bots were alive as well as the kids.
"Let's keep moving," Arcee ordered. "We'll talk about this new development later." He and Cliffjumper told the front of the group
"Development?" Raf asked as he and Diamond landed back on the ground and started to slowly walk with the group.
"I can't explain at the moment, but I will later." Jade promised them. "Come on," She grabbed Diamond's other side and started to help Raf guide him, so they could go a little faster.
Miko followed behind, with Bulkhead and Bumblebee at the back.
"Miko," Bulkhead held out a hand to her, which she took. After she sat in it, he put her up to his shoulder, where she sat. "I had heard you yell at Jade, why can't you fly?"
"I lived in Tokyo almost all my life. I couldn't try to fly without someone seeing me." Miko's answer was a little sarcastic, but honest. "And Mum and Dad always told me to not bring them out."
"Any reason why not?"
"They said, they'd lose me," She then quickly added. "And before you ask, I don't know why. They just said 'she'd come back'."
"Crazy," Bulkhead smiled.
"You're telling me."
Soon the Autobots stormed one of the rooms while Cliffjumper stood outside with Miko and the others.
"Clear," Arcee called out. The kids walked in with Cliffjumper behind them. "Stay here," Arcee ordered.
Bumblebee protested with upset sounding bleeps.
"They are slowing us down," Arcee pointed out. "They'll be fine, as long as the stay put." He directed the last bit Miko.
After the 'Bots left Miko turned to the others. "Well that was rude." She noted.
Jade glared at her. "Well, maybe you should have stayed put, otherwise Arcee might not have snapped at you!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, but maybe Arcee shouldn't have stormed out of the base where Optimus put him on, (BABYSITTING) as he liked to call it."
"Don't blame others for stuff you do, Miko!"
"Well, don't act like a mother hen!"
"Stop it!" Raf yelled at the pair of them. "Both of you!" He ran to the other side of the room.
"Where did Raf go?" Diamond asked.
Miko grabbed his arm and helped lead him over to Raf, while Jade sat with Raf helping calm him down.
"Hey, Raf, I'm sorry I was yelling. I know you hate it." She muttered.
"Will we ever get out of here?"
"Of course we will." Diamond smiled, he sat down with Miko beside him. "I've been here too long to not leave here today."
"The Autobots will come back for us, Raf." Miko added, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"How do you know?" He asked, upset.
Miko bit her lip and looked at Jade for an answer.
Jade sighed before placing her hand on Raf's other shoulder. "Cause we believe in them, as should you." She then looked around the room, before spotting a Decepticon monitor, "What do you make of that, Raf?"
Raf looked up at what Jade was pointing at. He stood up and walked a little closer to it. "It important," He answered, his eyes not leaving the screen.
"How can you tell?" Miko asked.
"It's math, I don't know how I know but-" He struggled for a moment. "But we gotta get it to Optimus."
"Can you download it?" Jade.
Raf placed his backpack on the and pulled out a FLASH DRIVE. "I don't think I can plug my flash drive in anywhere. This stuff is way alien."
"Hence, 'Robotic beings from another plant'." Diamond joked.
It was then that the door to the room opened, a Decepticon entered the room.
It hadn't spotted them, so Miko quickly grabbed Diamond and ran to the side of the room to hide, while Jade pulled Raf to the side of the room.
Raf however ran back for his bag. Only to get seen by the 'Con. "Oh no," He muttered, a canon being pointed right at his face.
