Hey everyone, I'm back. Sorry for not updating this sooner. It took me a while to figure out what the heck I wanted to do for this chapter. I would start writing it and have second thoughts, causing me to start a new page over and over. But, I finally got it figured out lol. Anyway, its not the best chapter I've done, but I hope you still like it.

Transformers Animated: Different Angle

Chapter 22: Getting Answers

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Animated

(Jacy's POV)

Soon as Sari lets me into her room, I sit down on the floor while she sits in a chair.

"Okay," I say, "please start from the beginning when you first met the autobots."

She thinks back on it. "Well, when I first met the bots, it was at my dad's facility when one of his experiments created a giant monster. The bots revealed themselves and saved me. They were able to take the monster down, but Prowl got hurt. Bumblebee secretly brought me back to their ship where I stumbled upon the AllSpark. It did something to my key, and I was able to heal Prowl with it."

"Okay, no changes there," I say, listening very carefully, "what happened next?"

"Well, the autobots soon became Detroit's new heroes and helped a lot of people. They moved into one of my dad's plants which he never used. Later, I decided to have a slumber party with the bots and-"

"Whoa, whoa," I say, stopping her, "you skipped an event."

She gives me a weird look. "No I didn't," she says.

"… But, didn't Starscream attack the bots during your dad's ceremony?" I ask her.

She shook her head, "he came much later."

I think on this. It was because of that event Megatron learned of Starscream's treachery. It makes sense as to why he's still with the cons.

"Okay," I say, looking back at her, "keep going."

She continues on. Most of it is things I already know. It's not until she gets to the part where the cons show up that it changes slightly.

"Starscream was with Blitzwing and Lugnut when they arrived?" I ask.

"According to Bumblebee, he kept trying to boss them around," Sari says.

"Sounds about right," I say.

"Anyway, it was because of their arrival that the autobots almost left earth. Thankfully, we were able to deal with them with the bots' weapon system on their ship. We didn't see them again for sometime later."

I think on this, "Okay, so far the only noticeable change is Starscream's delayed appearance, so something happened before that." I look back at her. "and I assume the next event is when you were captured by Meltdown, right?"

She nods. "He pretty much wanted to turn me into one of his experiments. Prowl, Bulkhead, and Fanzone helped get me out of there and managed to arrest him."

Remembering the time line skipped two events afterward, I ask, "what happened after that?"

She sighs. "That's when things got scary. One day, Bumblebee and I were out for a drive when all of a sudden, we were attacked by Airstrike."

"Was this the first time you saw her?" I ask.

She nods. "She wasn't like the other decepticons. She was… scarier. The bots came to help us just in time, but she managed to take my key and fly off. Optimus then decided they needed reinforcements, which was when Prowl and Bulkhead revealed they hid the dinobots on an island. Let's just say, Optimus was not happy about that."

"Oh, I'm aware of that," I say, remembering that scene.

"Anyway, while those three went to the island, Ratchet went to the ship while Bumblebee and I went to Sumdac Tower. But as soon as we got there, the decepticons showed up. We saw them make their way into my dad's lab with Megatron's body."

"Whoa! Whoa!" I say, stopping her again, "they brought Megatron's body?"

She nods.

Sumdac was suppose to be the one to find Megatron's body. How were the cons able to find it, especially if it was covered in space barnacles? Were they able to detect it maybe?

"What happened next?" I ask.

"Bumblebee called the others before Megatron appeared. I didn't know at the time, but my dad had Megatron's head in his lab. Megatron tricked him into believing he was an autobot, knowing my dad would try and help him. Anyway, Optimus, Prowl, and Bulkhead arrived in time, but the cons were too powerful. Sumdac tower… my home, was destroyed from the battle. We almost didn't make it out of there until Ratchet showed up with the ship. We managed to get away, but the bots were very weak from the fight. Just when they thought there was no hope, the AllSpark lit up, making them go look and see what it was doing. Soon as the bots got there, it shined a light on each of them, healing them. They regained their strength just before the cons attacked and shot down the ship. A new battle started, but while the other decepticons were busy fighting the bots, Aistrike found her way onto the ship. She was about to take the AllSpark when it just shined bright all of a sudden, blinding her. It knew she was a threat. That's when Megatron and Optimus crashed into the room while fighting each other. Megatron got his hands on the AllSpark until Optimus used my key to disperse it. We finally defeated Megatron and his goons, but I ended up losing my dad, not knowing what happened to him. After things calmed down, we thought that was the end of it."

I see the upset look on her face. "What happened?"

"… We went back to the plant, thinking we were okay. Just then, we heard a noise coming from outside. Soon as we went to look, we saw Airstrike coming right at us. We got out of there in time, but the bots' home was destroyed. We barely got away from her."

My spark sinks after hearing that. "I'm… I'm sorry."

"Don't be," she says, "you didn't do it."

I vent. "well, thanks for telling me all of this. You were a big help."

She smiles a little. "Glad I could help," she says. I go to get up until she asks, "does this mean you and Kylie will be staying?"

I stop. Too be honest, I'm still not sure. "I don't know," I tell her, "this is something I still have to talk to Kylie about. Right now, I just feel like I need to know what's going on."

"Well, I think you two should stay," the girl says, "The guys really need help. Plus, you two are my friends now. You can't just leave."

I can't help but smile. "You're my friend too, Sari. And I'm sure Kylie would say the same." I stand up. "And sorry for waking you."

"Don't worry about it," she says, getting up herself. "now we're even."

I chuckle. "At least you didn't get waken up by a whistle."

"Sorry," she says with a grin, "but only assistant trainers get to do that."

"Fine, but don't be surprised if one day your whistle goes missing," I tease before leaving the room.

Soon as I walk out the door, my thoughts start racing. If Starscream didn't show up until later, then that means the changes started happening before that. So what's causing it? Maybe I can ask the bots what happened before they arrived to earth.

"Sumdac, I don't think its such a good idea."

I walk into the main hangar to see Bulkhead and Sumdac arguing.

"It's been too long," Sumdac says with a frown, "I have to get Sumdac Systems back up and running."

"But Megatron still needs you for his space bridge," Bulkhead says, trying to reason with him, "you should be laying low."

"I can't hide here forever," the professor says, "I have a responsibility."

"Look, wait until Prime gets back, okay?" the autobot says, "you both can talk about it later and work something out."

"I agree with Bulkhead," I tell the human as I walk over to them, "your safety comes first."

Sumdac lets out a sigh. "Very well, I can wait."

I look up at Bulkhead, figuring I might as well ask him now. "Hey, can I ask you some questions?"

"Sure," he says, "what do you want to know?"

"What happened before you arrived to earth?"

He looks at me weird. "Why do you want to know that?"

"I'm just trying to figure some stuff out," I tell him.

His weird look stays for a second until he tells me what happened. "well, it all started when the space bridge we were working at activated and sent the AllSpark through. By the time we departed, the decepticons showed up. It wasn't long until Megatron came onboard and made a wreck of the place."

"Was there an explosion?"

He looks at me weird again, "no."

I keep note of this. "What happened?"

"Well, while we were dealing with Megatron, the AllSpark lit up all of a sudden. Bumblebee and I were in a different room with it and couldn't see the whole thing, but apparently the allspark sent us through the space bridge."

"So, what happened to Megatron?"

"Prime finally managed to kick him off the ship through the hatch. It wasn't easy."

I think for a second. So if there wasn't an explosion, then that means Starscream didn't put the bomb on Megatron. What made him not do it?

I look at the green bot. "Thanks Bulkhead."

"Uh, sure," he says, scratching his helm in confusion.

Just then Optimus' voice pops up on the computer. "Bulkhead, come in."

Bulkhead walks over and answers. "Here, boss bot."

"We got a lot of heavy lifting to do over here. We could really use an assist."

"I'll be there soon as I can," the green bot says before the call ends.

"So, no training for me and Kylie today?" I ask him.

"Sorry," he apologizes, "but hey, you've been working hard. Think of it as a day off."

I chuckle. "Well, if you put it like that, why not."

"I'll be back later," he says before transforming and driving off out the door.

After he leaves, Sumdac lets out a sigh as he sits down, looking at the computer. I can't help but feel bad.

Hearing chirping, I look to see a couple of birds flying around outside near the trees. I walk towards the door, wanting to step outside for a while. The sun is out as it shines on the city, giving it a warm glow. I stop a little ways away from the door as I stare at the view.

I think back on what Sari said, about me and Kylie being her friends. I smile at that. We've really grown attached to her and the others. They made us feel welcomed and helped train us. They really are our friends.

And if they need help... maybe I should stay.

I look up at the sky, seeing clouds floating by. Thoughts of staying roaming in my head, I let out a vent as I get into position, deciding it's time to step out of my comfort zone.

Come on, you got this.

Shutting my optics, I focus my attention on my thrusters. Nothing fancy. I just want to try and activate them on my own.

I stand there for a bit, trying to get something to happen.

Don't overthink, I hear Ratchet saying in my mind.

Clearing my mind, I try again. This time, I feel the familiar whirl coming from my pedes.

I smile a little.

"Okay," I say, letting it speed up slightly, "baby steps."

I give it a bit more power.

Whoosh!

I let out a scream as I go shooting upwards too quickly.

"I said baby steps!" I shriek as I end up flying around loop de loop.

After a few more loops, I finally manage to gain some control as I hover up in the air.

"Okay, so far so good," I say a bit shaky, trying so hard not to look down. I stumble a little, waving my arms like a crazy person until I manage to regain my balance. "Though I would like to start off much much lower."

I try getting my thrusters to decrease slightly. I slowly, but surely descend down, still trying to keep my balance.

"Huh, I think I got this," I say…. Only to lose my balance. I let out a shriek as I spiral downwards and into a stacked pile of tires.

Boom!

I let out a groan as tires come raining down around me, my thrusters now fully turned off.

"Ow," I grumble, laying on the ground as a smaller tire hits me on the forehead. Letting out a big vent, I get up and try again.

(Five attempts later)

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

I skid into the ground, face first. I groan as I lay there on my front, lifting my helm up to spit dirt out of my mouth.

"Stupid gravity," I groan.

"Don't give up now."

Startled, I look up to see Kylie, Sari, and Walorf sitting there watching me.

"How long have you been watching me?" I ask.

"The last four falls," Sari says, "you nearly got it that time."

I groan as I get back up, brushing the dirt off of me, "yeah well, that's enough practice for one day."

Kylie gets up and walks over to me. "I thought you were against flying. Why the sudden interest?"

I go to explain, only for Waldorf to start growling, gaining our attention. Following his gaze, we look over to see a cat over at the gateway of the factory. But before we could do anything, Waldorf takes off running, scaring the feline and causing it to run off down the street with the canine right behind it.

"Waldorf!" Kylie shouts as she transforms and chases after him.

"Kylie!" I shout, only to not be heard. I groan. "Not again." I transform as well before looking at Sari. "We'll be right back as soon as we get Waldorf," I tell her before taking off after my friend.

(Third POV)

(Elsewhere in the city)

Bulkhead immediately went to work soon as he joined his fellow bots. While he works, he wonders why Jacy wanted to know about what happened to them before they arrived to Earth.

Maybe she was just curious, he thinks to himself as he picks up a broken piece of cement and throws it off to the side.

"Whoa!" Ratchet shouts as the cement lands close to him. He looks at Bulkhead with a frown. "Hey, watch where you're throwing!"

Bulkhead looks over and realizes what he just did. "Oops! Sorry Ratchet."

Just then a boom goes off not too far away, gaining everyone's attention as smoke appears.

"That wasn't me," Bulkhead says, holding his servos up.

"What was that?" Prowl asks.

"I don't know," Optimus says, "but there could be humans in trouble. Autobots, transform and roll out!"

Dropping what they were doing, the autobots transform and drive off towards the smoke. Once they get there, they stumble upon an open area, seeing two humans in the center with three war bots lined up on one side, and targets on the other. One of the humans is an older man with a mullet and mustache and is wearing a white suit with red trim on it, plus a pair of red glasses. The other human is much younger looking and taller than the other. He has an emo look to him with purple hair and is wearing a white lab coat over a magenta suit. Beside him is something covered in a sheet.

Bumblebee immediately identifies the older human. "It's Powell."

"I wonder who's that with him," Bulkhead says, looking at the other human.

"Let's find out," Optimus says as they make their way over.

Powell looks over and sees the five vehicles approaching. Once the autobots transform, a smug look spreads across the human's face as he greets them.

"Well if it isn't the autobots," Powell says, folding his arms, "how nice of you to drop by."

"What is going on here, Powell?" Optimus asks, looking at the human with a slight frown.

"I'm glad you asked," Powell says, "you see, while you autobots have been tearing up Detroit with your little feud with the Decepticons, we decided it was time for us humans to take charge. We were planning on revealing this in a week's time, but, we might as well show you. Masterson, please tell the autobots what it is you have come up with."

"Check this, noobs," Masterson says with a grin as he pulls away the sheet, revealing what looks like a robotic helm. "I call it... the headmaster unit!"

Optimus and Ratchet look at it in confusion. Bulkhead, Prowl, and Bumblebee however gawk at it, remembering the name from their conversation days ago.

"Did he just say…?" Bulkhead whispers to them.

Optimus looks over at Masterson. "And what exactly does it do?"

"Watch and learn," he says as he removes his lab coat and gets inside the machine. Next thing the bots knew, the robotic head uses thrusters to fly upwards and towards one of the war bots. They watch as a ray shoots out from the machine, removing the war bot's head from its body. Now uncomfortable, they keep watching as the head then places itself on the body, now in control.

"With the headmaster unit, I can bodyjack any robot I want," the human says from inside the head, using the war bot's body to fire a small missile at a target far away. The bots watch as the missile explodes, completely disintegrating the target.

"Total ownage!" Masterson says victoriously, "and if that's not cool enough for you, I could even take over a decepti-lamer's body and use it against his buddies."

Getting over the shock, Optimus looks down at Powell, "you plan to have this up against the decepticons?"

"Of course," Powell says with a smirk, "with all the recent attacks we've been having this past month, which I know you are aware of, we humans need a sure way of protecting ourselves from the alien menace that threatens our city."

They then hear a creaking sound, looking over to see the headmaster unit weighing down the robot body. They cringe when the body falls over, the head popping off of it once it hits the ground.

"I'm okay," Masterson says from the inside.

The prime lets out a vent. "Powell, this won't stop Megatron," he tells the human, "it will take a lot more than-"

"Like what, you?" Powell scoffs with a slight frown, "you autobots haven't exactly got rid of those decepticons, have you? In fact, you took part in most of the destruction done to this city. You had your chance. It's time we humans found our own way of protecting ourselves. Which is why I plan to have Sumdac Systems start making military based robotics."

"What?!" Bumblebee exclaims, "you can't do that! It's Sari's dad's company! He would never agree to that! You don't even have the authority!"

"I'm aware of Isaac Sumdac's safe return," he says, "but he has yet to make any contact with me or the board. So, unless I hear from him, Sumdac Systems will be under my control. And with an invention like the headmaster unit, we will not only defeat the decepticons, but manage to manufacture more to sell off for military uses."

Optimus frowns at him. "So, this is just a tactic of yours to make money."

"I may be a concerned citizen, but I'm still a business man," the human says, pushing his glasses back. "Now if you don't mind, we must make sure its in working condition before we announce it to the public. Good day, Optimus Prime."

Optimus frowns at him before looking at his team. "Autobots, lets go," he orders before they start walking away.

Masterson walks up beside Powell, a smug grin on his face. "Later, noobs!" he shouts at them.

The autobots only transform and drive off, leaving the two humans with their work.

"Cocky old meat sack and good for nothing punk," Ratchet grumbles as they drive down the road.

"I don't like it," Optimus says, "if they go after Megatron with that thing, it will only make things worse."

While they drive, Bumblebee pulls back to talk to Prowl and Bulkhead.

"You bots heard what he called it too, right?" the yellow bot asks.

"Yeah. But how did Jacy know?" Bulkhead asks.

"She must have overheard it," Prowl says, "or perhaps was even spying on them."

"I don't know," Bulkhead says, "You don't think...?"

Bumblebee looks at his friend questionably, "think what?"

"... That Jacy and Kylie might not be crazy?"

Optimus, overhearing most of the conversation, speaks up, "What are you three talking about?"

All five cars stop before transforming, Optimus looking at the three with his optical ridge raised.

"What about Jacy and Kylie?" he asks.

The three glance at one another before Bumblebee speaks up, rubbing the back of his helm. "Well..."

(Jacy's POV)

"How much adrenaline does this dog have?" I say to Kylie as we continue chasing after him, "he should have tired himself out by now."

"Waldorf!" Kylie shouts as we follow him, "leave the cat alone!"

Waldorf doesn't listen as he keeps chasing the cat. Even though we're faster than him, he is hard to catch up to as he jumps through hedges and other obstacles preventing us from keeping up. The two animals then turn down an alley, one I can't fit through.

"Crap, I won't fit," I say.

"I'm small enough," Kylie says, "I'll get him."

"I'll meet you on the other side," I tell her as she drives down the alley. I pull away and go to drive around the corner to the next street over. Just then, something swoops down at me, making me skid to a halt before transforming.

"What the…?" I say, looking around. Just then, I hear the sound of something landing behind me, making me turn around. My optics widen in fear as I take a step back, seeing Airstrike there as she stands up straight.

"Hope you don't mind me dropping in," she says, her optics locking with mine, "but I would like a few words with you."

Uh oh! This could be bad.

Sorry if it felt like there was too much happening. I really want to get this story moving, so I'm trying to add more with each update, but at the same time, I don't want it to seem like its being rushed if that makes sense lol.

Also thank you for the reviews. I'm glad you are still enjoying this. And also thank you for sharing your ideas. It really helps me figure out what to do for future chapters. I find it difficult at times. I mean, I know where I want to go with this story and how it ends, but the problem is filling in the parts in the middle lol. But I'm still having fun writing this.

Anyway, thanks for reading and hopefully it won't take me long to type out the next chapter. Next one I have a pretty good idea on what I want to do. Until next time! God bless!