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Info: vorn-83 years

It was unusually hot April's day and everyone in Spectra's and Dean's street was outside. Well, almost everyone.

"I'm telling you Spectra I could not locate them anywhere," Thundercracker said. "It's like the Autobots disappeared from the face of the Earth," he said, twirling a coin between his long fingers. "I could not even find Bumblebee's precious human pet. If you ask me something strange is going on here."

"Explain," Spectra said, not taking her eyes off him.

After finding out that her sparkling was actually a clone, Spectra contacted Thundercracker seeking his help in locating Autobots, especially Optimus Prime; Spectra thought that the Autobot leader must have had some knowledge about what was going on, and who might be responsible for kidnapping her sparkling. It was risky, but she had to do it. Two weeks have passed and Spectra had not heard a word from Thundercracker; she tried contacting him, but he did not respond to her calls. Spectra didn't know whether he was online or offline, until one evening he didn't showed up unexpectedly on her doorstep.

"The Autobot base is completely destroyed; half of their human allies are dead and the other half has disappeared without a trace."

"Do you think Decepticons did it?" She asked.

Thundercracker shook his head, before he answered.

"No, I already talked to them and they swear they have nothing to do with it."

"And you trust them?"

"Yes, because I saw what was left of the Autobot base. The damage their base suffered was from some kind of advanced technology; technology that I've never seen before. It turned the Autobot base into the dust, literally."

"Who could possess such kind of technology?" Spectra wondered.

"I don't know," Thundercracker replied, before he turned his face away from Spectra.

"What?" Spectra asked. She could feel that he was hiding something from her.

"There is something else you should know," he started, as he turned his face toward her.

"What?"

"Lockdown is here on Earth."

"WHAT?!" Spectra said, shocked."Are you sure?" She asked, leaning across the table toward him.

"Yes."

"Primus….. "She whispered desperately, shoving her face into her hands. "Now everything makes sense," she whispered.

"What are you talking about?" Thundercracker asked, confused.

Spectra raised her head and looked at Thundercracker, before leaning back into her seat; closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

"Spectra…. ?" Thundercracker's voice made her open her eyes.

"If Lockdown is here on Earth, that means he knows about Sandra," she said, her voice trembling.

"Why would he waste his time with your sparkling?"

"He wouldn't, but the Quintessons would," Spectra said. "The technology I used to create Sandra…. " She started, "I stole it from them."

Thundercracker looked at her with a confused look on his face.

"It was twenty vorns ago," Spectra slowly began as she remembered. "The war was still raging on Cybertron and Skywarp, Thrust, Dirge, Air Warrior and I stole one of Megatron's ships and left Cybertron in search of the planet on which we will be able to spend the rest of our life in peace. Unfortunately, one day our ship fell into the asteroid belt; our ship got damaged and we crashed on the planet named Quintessa. We were immediately captured by the inhabitants of the planet. The inhabitants of the planet called themselves Quintessons and they throw us into the brig. In the brig the Quintessons told us that their original planet was Cybertron. On Cybertron, they created two lines of robots: one was a line of robots designed for domestic duties and labor, and they named them Autobots the other was a line designed for military use; they named them the Decepticons."

Thundercracker stared at Spectra in shock; he could not believe what she was telling him.

"Eventually the first Cybertronians they created, evolve and rebel against them. The Quintessons were forced to leave Cybertron; as their ship was leaving Cybertron atmosphere, they vowed that one day they will destroy their creation. And that day came when they captured us. Skywarp and Air Warrior were the first who offlined. Thrust offlined protecting us when we broke out of the brig, and Dirge offlined when we were in the Quintessons laboratory; when we were in the laboratory I stole part of their technology, thinking it was some kind of weapon. I was wrong. Badly damaged I managed to get to one of their ships and leave the planet. The rest you know."

Thundercracker nodded.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yes."

"Why did you create your sparkling?"

"Simply, I wanted to be a carrier," Spectra said.

"Wasn't it easier just to bond with your mate? You would get the same result only much more stronger, faster, better."

Spectra shook his head before she spoke.

"I couldn't risk it," she said. "As long as the war between the Decepticons and Autobots is going on I cannot bond with Dean. You know very well why."

"I know," Thundercraker said. "But, why are the Quintessons so interested in your sparkling?" he asked. "I mean she is 100 percent human not technorganic."

"That's why they want her. I have succeeded where they fell. I managed to create a human combining Cybertronian CNA and human DNA. She is unique and they would do anything to posses her."

"If we assume that you're right, what are they going to do with her?"

"They will cut her open."