A/N I apologize for not updating for few days now, but I have good reason for that. I went to the doctor a few days ago and he found out that I have very high blood pressure 180/130 (the doctor measured my blood pressure three times), and now I'm spending days walking from one doctor to another in order to perform the necessary analysis. So you will have to be patient until I'm done with all of these analyzes. But I will try to update more often. P.S Thanks everyone for the reviews/ alerts/ favorites. I need them to cheer me up :)

"Ugh," I groaned, as I stretched my arms across the soft mattress, touching the bed sheets with my fingers. I turned my head to look at the alarm clock on my nightstand.

11:00 am.

My God, I couldn't remember the last time I slept this well and long. I thought to myself, as I rolled onto my stomach and buried my face in my pillow ready to fall asleep again. Suddenly Ironhide's face flashed back into my head.

"IRONHIDE!" I shouted, as I tried to get the sheets off me, but as I struggle to get them off, the bed sheets wrapped around me like a cocoon until I finally fell out of bed. I quickly threw them off and stumbled out the door and down the hallway. I started to run toward the med bay as a mix of questions went through my head.

Is Ironhide alright? Who took me to my bedroom? Why Ratchet didn't wake me up?

I opened the door and barged into the med bay; I looked to my right and saw that the medic berth was empty.

"No," I whispered, stumbling back a step as my heart began beating uncontrollably and fear went through me.

I have to find Ratchet I thought, turning around and running through the door. I run through the base searching for Ratchet, but I couldn't find him anywhere. I grow more and more panicked as I frantically searched for him. Where can he be? I searched the entire base up and down, but found no trace of him. The only place I haven't looked yet was shooting range, so I went there. And I was right, he was there with…. IRONHIDE!

Feelings of fear and panic were gone and instead of them the feeling of happiness swept over me. My lips stretched into a wide smile when I saw him; he was alright. I was about to walk up to him, when I saw Chromia approaching him from behind; she patted him on the shoulder and he turned. I could see by his expression that he was happy to see her. She leaned toward him and whispered something into his ear before she walked away. What was I thinking I thought to myself lowering my head, he still loves her.

"Are you going to hug me or just stand there?" Ironhide's husky voice said, startling me.

I raised my head and saw his hologram standing in front of me.

"Well?" he said, opening his arms.

I smiled and hugged him.

"I'm glad you are alright," I whispered, hugging him.

"Well, I had a good medic" he said, as he hugged me back. "Ratchet told me everything."

"Really?" I said, as I stopped hugging him and making a few steps back.

"Yes, and I have to say I'm impressed. I didn't know you had it in you."

I did not know what to say to that, so I smiled.

"Ironhide," a fruity voice came behind me. I turned my head and saw Optimus approaching us.

"Yes, Prime?" Ironhide said.

"I need you and Ratchet to go to Egypt; the N.E.S.T team found something in the desert and I need you two to investigate it," he said.

Is he for real? Ironhide just woke up from stasis lock, he should be in berth not on missions. I had to say something.

"Consider it done Prime," Ironhide said.

Optimus nodded.

"With all due respect Optimus, but do not you think it's too early for Ironhide to go back on missions; he just woke up from a stasis lock," I said.

"Miss. Jones I understand your concern, but we are at war and we need every advantage over the Decepticons if we want to win this war," Optimus said, and walked away leaving me stunned.

"Are you going or what?" Ironhide asked me.

"Where?" I asked, confused.

"To Egypt of course," he said, looking at me. "In case I need a medic."

"You have Ratchet."

"I would rather have you than him for a medic" he said smiling.

000

We arrived in Egypt at nine o'clock in the morning; as we drove to the location that Optimus gave us I wondered to myself what was so important that he had to send Ironhide and not someone else. After four hours of driving we have finally arrived at the location. Ironhide parked and cut his engine; he opened the driver's door so that I could get out. As I stepped out from his alt mode, I felt the heat on my face from the warm desert air. The desert sun beat down relentlessly making it hard to see and breath.

"Come on," Ironhide said, as he and Ratchet began walking.

A couple of meters away, we were greeted by one of the nest soldiers who was standing next to a large hole in the sand.

"Finally, you are here," the young soldier with black hair said.

"Did you go inside?" Ratchet asked.

The soldier shook his head before answering.

"No, we were waiting for you."

Ratchet nodded.

"Alright, let's see what is down there," he said, as he transformed one of his arms into a machine gun and went in. As we entered, I saw large stone stairs; we began slowly to descend down. The stairs lead into a dimly little stone room.

"Be careful where you step," Ratchet warned us as we entered the room.

"Can you find the switch?" Ironhide asked.

"I'm searching" Ratchet said. "Ah, here it is" he said hitting a switch. The lights illuminated the room, revealing the destroyed tables, glass containers and broken chairs. And the whole floor was covered with the bodies of dead children. Cybertronian children. Some of them were partially covered in rust, some completly and some have turned into the dust.

"Primus," Ratchet and Ironhide said at the same time.

"What is this place?" I asked.

"Reproduction chamber," Ratchet said, shocked.

"Repro-what?"

"Reproduction chamber," Ratchet repeated.

"But I thought it was just a legend, a myth," Ironhide said.

"Apparently not," Ratchet said, as he carefully walked around trying not to step on the bodies.

"What's a reproduction chamber?" I asked.

"Reproduction chamber is exactly what its name says. A chamber built for reproduction of Cybertronians."

"I don't understand; why would someone built something like that."

"To win the war," Ratchet said, as he looked around.

"You lost me."

"Alright, let me put it another way. Do you remember when I told you about bonding."

"Yes."

"Well, this chamber is a shortcut; you see that computer on your left?" he asked, pointing with his finger at the giant computer.

"Yes."

"This computer is connected to the scanner; the Decepticons would bring here Cybertronian mech and femmes and scan them looking for potential sparkmates, and when they would found them... well, you see the results everywhere," he said.

"They would force them to bond."

"Yes."

"That's horrible."

"Is the computer still functional?" Ironhide asked, looking at the computer screen.

"Only one way to find out," Ratchet said, as he grabbed the cord from the floor and put it in the socket.

The computer began to beep as Cybertronian symbols started flashing up on the screen. Suddenly we heard a strange sound coming from above us. We raised our heads and saw big metallic scanner descending from the ceiling.

"Don't move," Ratchet ordered.

The scanner went around us and scanned us from head to toe.

"Is he…?" I began.

"Yes," Ratchet said. "He is searching for sparkmates."

"Can you shut it down?" Ironhide asked.

"No, he has first to finish scanning," Ratchet said.

After a couple of minutes the scanner stopped scanning Ratchet and Ironhide and returned again to scan me.

"Why is he scanning me so much?" I asked.

"Because you're confusing him," Ratchet replied.

"What…?!"

"His scanners indicate that there is a femme in this room, but he can not find her."

"Great, I'm invisible to the scanner."

"Just be patient," Ratchet said.

The scanner went around me, scanning me back and forth.

Finally, after five minutes he stopped scanning and returned to its original position. I looked at the computer screen and saw three figures.

"What is he doing now?" I asked, turning to Ratchet.

"He is comparing the results, searching for a match."

"Come on lets go; there's nothing here that we need" Ironhide said, walking away.

"We will wait you outside," I said, to Ratchet before I went out.

"Alright, I'll be with you in a minute just to turn off the computer."

Ratchet was about to pull out the cord from the socket, when suddenly the computer started beeping; he looked at the screen and what he saw astonished him.

Match found: Unidentified femme organism and Cybertronian mech:

Chances for producing sparkling: 96,9 % "

"Miss. Jones and Ironhide match?" Ratchet said, almost laughing, "This is going to be interesting," he said, pulling the cord out of the socket and walking out.