Kinetica POV

I reached out and quickly caught Autumn as she fell. Even though she has been fueling quite frequently, she didn't really have enough energy for me to do this yet. I had no choice… it has to be now! I sat up and cradled her gently while I reattached her chest armor. I would not leave her helpless in the presence of others, or at all really.

"Okay… just who the hell are you, and what the hell are you doing to Autumn?"

I turned my head to see that it was the young human girl who had spoken. I gave her a light smile before I placed Autumn back on her berth. As I laid her frame down, she woke up.

"Mami?" She asked me with a desperate hope in her optics.

"Not entirely Autumn. I'm not your human mother. She's gone and I can't give her back to you, but I am your mother in that I was the one who changed you from a human into a bot. So yes, in a way, I am your mother." I answered calmly.

"Go to sleep now. I'll be right here when you wake up." I told her.

The sweet little femme did as she was instructed and dropped into recharge immediately.

"You didn't answer my question… who are you and what are you doing to Autumn?" Mikaela demanded as she got angry.

I smiled over at her as I stepped over to the cabinet containing the energon and grabbed five cubes of high grade. I tore the top off of one and instantly drained it. That would give me enough power to operate for a few minutes until I had a bit more time to consume the rest.

"Relax Mikaela." I could see the surprise on her face as I called her by name. "Yes I know who you are, just as I know who all the bots are! I also know the names and faces of everyone Autumn has come into contact with after finding my remains."

I could see that my answer only confused her even more. Now not only was she getting angrier, but Ratchet and Arcee were also starting to become annoyed.

"To answer both questions at once. I am… or rather, I was… the All Spark."

"Primus!" Arcee whispered in shock.

"You! You were the one who was building that frame the whole time! That why it has some much memory space… isn't it?" Ratchet demanded.

"Yes Ratchet, it is. I would have waited several more days, so that Autumn could continue getting extra fuel, but she is worse than you know. That is why I had no choice but to do this now. The legs of this frame are not up to the standards of the rest of it and right now I am extremely low on power, but again… I had no choice. Autumn is desperate." I said as I tried to explain.

"I know." Arcee said softly.

"What do you mean? How can you know Autumn's condition?" I asked curiously.

"Chromia both saw and heard her last night as she begged her offlined mother for help." Arcee answered seriously. "If you really are the All Spark, then you'll be able to help her… won't you?"

"Of course I can… and I will!" I answered firmly.

"Even though I shielded and protected her from more than ninety nine percent of the pain, changing her was still thesingle most agonizing thing she's ever been through! Had there been more left of my original form, or if I'd had more power, I might have been able to shelter her from more of it. I can not change what has happened to her already, but I can, and will help her to shape her future." I lamented sadly.

I was about to say more when the door to the med bay slid open and Prowl burst in with a surprisingly angry expression.

"What has occurred that I am now unable to sense Autumn through our bond?" Prowl demanded while looking straight at Ratchet.

"I dissolved the bond you had with Autumn, because I now have a Creator Bond with her." I told him.

"Who are you to decide who Autumn has a bond with?" Prowl demanded sternly.

"Considering that I am the one who actually created her… or rather changed her from human to bot, I have more right to a Creator Bond with Autumn than anyone else." I answered as I towered over him.

There was a loud 'pop', and Prowl started to fall over. I didn't allow that to happen. I caught the mech and laid him down on the berth I had occupied. Ratchet started over to work on Prowl.

"No," I said holding up my right hand. "If you force his systems to reboot, he'll have a severe processor ache as a result. If you leave him be, he'll reboot in a few minutes and be fine afterwards."

"How exactly can you know that?" Ratchet asked irritably.

"I may not have been the one to create his spark, but I know the sparks of all Cybertronians!" I answered.

I turned my attention to one of the cubes of high grade and after opening it, I quickly drained it. Neither Arcee nor Ratchet seemed to be pleased with the speed I used in consuming the fuel. The critical power level warnings in my HUD were to be expected, but they were a bother at the moment.

"If you really are the All Spark then you'd know not to refuel that fast!" Ratchet snarled as he tried to harangue me.

"Right now, more than a fourth of my systems are shut down because of critically low power levels. I am forced to override emergency stasis lock every few seconds or so. The only way to stop that is to refuel as promptly as possible." I replied.

"How can your systems be that low if you were just sparked?" Arcee asked in a tone of near horror.

"Arcee..." I began gently. "Do you honestly believe that Autumn could retain enough power in her frame to sustain her and power me?"

"Her tanks aren't nearly large enough." Ratchet protested firmly.

"I know. I wasn't about to jeopardize Autumn by providing this frame with any more power than was absolutely vital! I can, and will divert whatever power is needed from other systems so that I can remain online and help her. As it is, she will need a pair of cubes when she wakes up." I said simply.

"How do I know you aren't just feeding us a load of Bull? Autumn went through absolute hell before she got here, and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit back while she goes through more!" Mikaela said angrily.

I tore open the third cube and drained it. Setting down the empty container next to Prowl, I reached out and took her gently from Arcee's hand.

"You and I are in full agreement on that Mikaela! Since Soundwave killed her father..."

"What?" Ratchet bellowed in shock. "What do you mean Soundwave killed her father? I saw that broadcast, and that rotten slagger killed himself!"

"That waste of minerals only killed himself because he was completely under Soundwave's control... as were the reporters. Soundwave arranged all of it... including making sure that Autumn saw that broadcast." I answered calmly.

"I've never met this 'Soundwave'... who is he?" Mikaela asked as she looked up at me.

"Soundwave is a bot that is also a telepath of impressive power. Controlling that many humans could not have been easy, even for him, because he also had to control those in charge of allowing that live broadcast to be aired. While Ravage does consider him to be her Pridemaster and therefore her leader, she actually shares a symbiotic relationship with him, so that their health is reliant upon that of the other as well." I began to explain.

"Wait! Does that mean that when Frenzy and Rumble were killed that all of them were affected?" Arcee asked.

"Yes, Arcee it does. They were all rendered nonfunctional for more than a month after each death. Soundwave is truly concerned about Autumn because he believes that she is the last bot I will ever create. While that is not the case, he won't give up his self appointed task very easily. He will protect Autumn from Unicron himself if it comes down to it." I said looking at Arcee.

"He wouldn't succeed if that became the case." Ratchet said heavily.

"Do not underestimate Soundwave's resolve, Ratchet. If Unicron is aware of a weakness within himself, Soundwave would learn it, and use it." I lectured.

"Well he couldn't get a reading on you!" Ratchet retorted.

"That is because his spark is tied to my own... as are the sparks of all Cybertronians! He might as well have been trying to read himself." I answered.

"That makes sense." Mikaela said simply.

"I'm glad you think so. Now as I was saying... since Soundwave killed Autumn's father, there is only one individual who holds any animosity towards Autumn, and giving voice to that hostility in my presence will become a very serious mistake on his part." I finished firmly.

"I can't allow you to kill Director Galloway." Arcee said seriously.

"I have no intention of doing anything to him... I plan to have his superiors do it for me." I said with a smile.

Mikaela POV

I was sitting in the right hand of that over sized bot calling herself Kinetica. I have to say, she might not be painted or anything, but she cuts a nice figure, that's for sure! She had the same face that Autumn said was her mother, and the voice… wow! It was soft, very feminine, musical… almost angelic somehow! It was the kind of voice you wanted to hear as a scared little kid when someone said everything would be okay.

I'd had a few long talks with Optimus, so I knew what Sam destroyed when he shoved the All Spark into Megatron's chest. The All Spark was not just life for their world… it had been life for them! The All Spark was the mother of their entire race! Now there was this bot… this bot who was claiming to actually be the All Spark! I wanted to believe that… God how I wanted to believe it! For some reason… I did.

I was only wearing a T-shirt and panties, but this bot who was holding me, some how made me feel just fine about that. I think I could be stark naked in her hand and feel completely comfortable with it no matter who saw me. I didn't really know her, but something told me I could trust her with no problems. It was weird, because I could feel that no matter what, I would be completely safe with her.

I watched Kinetica reach down and poke a hole in the tops of the other two cubes of energon she'd grabbed. She picked up one and slugged it down like someone taking a dose of medicine that they really hated. Then she picked up the other one and did the same.

As soon as Kinetica put the empty cube down, the door to the med bay slid open. I looked up to see who had come in, and just knew that a fight was about to go down!

Optimus had come in, followed by Ironhide, Bluestreak, Jazz, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe. I knew about the 'Terror Twins' as they were called, because Bumblebee had told Sam and I all about them. They were great at pulling off practical jokes, made some awesome high grade, and were the best at close quarters fighting since they had been Gladiators.

"Ratchet… what happened? I can't sense Autumn through Prowl's Bond with her anymore!" Bluestreak exclaimed frantically.

That's when all of them started looking at Kinetica.

"Why… why do you have the face of Autumn's human mother?" Bluestreak asked in apparent horror.

"The answer to both of your questions is simple Bluestreak. You may call me Kinetica. I am the one who caused Autumn to change from a human into a bot. Because of that, I dissolved your brother's Bond with Autumn and formed my own Creation Bond with her. She is my creation and I know that you care for her very much, so you need to understand that she is safe. Right now, she'll be in recharge for a short while longer." Kinetica said easily.

"Ratchet, have you scanned her yet?" Optimus asked heavily.

"No." Ratchet said in a growl.

"I think you should." Optimus answered quietly.

"Primus!" Ratchet whispered a second later. "She… she really is the All Spark!" He said in a shocked tone of awe.

Kinetica chuckled musically as she looked over at the electric green medic. "I did tell you, didn't I?"

"Well dat xsplains ah lot!" Jazz laughed.

"Exactly how does it explain anything?" Ratchet retorted angrily.

"Dat's why she knew those strikes. Ah ain't showed nobody those hits, an she knew em! She coulda killed meh, if she'd a wanted ta, but nah! She didn' do dat. Autumn woulda never knew those hits or how ta use em, but she did. Means, it was her tha whole time." Jazz countered with a grin aimed at Kinetica.

"Very astute observation Jazz, and don't worry. Your secret is safe with me." Kinetica said with a nod.

Jazz started laughing hard while the other bots looked puzzled.

Kinetica smiled closed her hand around me into a fist that didn't crush me or even make me uncomfortable. Before I could say anything about it, I was being moved away from her body and there was a squealed shout.

"Mami!"

The next thing I know Autumn is curled against her left side and being held with one arm like a small child. If I had understood everything right, that's exactly what she was.

"Careful Little One, you almost injured your friend." Kinetica chided with a smile.

Autumn looked over at me and I could see the hurt on her face. "I… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to."

"I didn't get hurt, so don't worry about it. Besides, she's looking out for me." I shot back with a nod towards Kinetica.

That's when Autumn looked up at Kinetica, and the smile she gave could have lit up the whole island.