"Are you absolutely sure we're twins?"

"I'm positive we are. You are able to feel my presence in the bond we share. That's how I know we're twins."

"Tell me more about this bond that we supposedly share?" Then I noticed someone walking into the firehouse. I stood behind Heatwave and asked what they were.

"Those are Humans. This is their planet. We are on Earth."

"Earth? I thought I was still on Cybertron. How did I end up on Earth?"

"Long story. Why don't we go down below in our bunker and talk. I'll explain everything."

"I sure hope so. I'm very confused."
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The Rescue Bots bunker below the firehouse. "Please explain how I ended up on Earth?"

Heatwave explained everything to me and I was still confused. More so now than I was before he explained everything.

"I hope that helped."

"No, not really. I'm even more confused. Who were the other mechs with us. I don't know them."

"I can have them come down here so you can meet them."

"That would be great. The cop mech reminds me of Prowl. They would probably get along great."

"Maybe. That was Chase you were talking about."

"Is that his name?"

"Yep. I'll have all 3 come down." Then he called them on his comm.

"Can I ask why, Heatwave?"

"Blue doesn't remember you guys. Would you mind?"

"We'll be right down." Then Chase ended the call.

"They'll be down shortly."

"You called me Blue. I haven't gone by that nickname in a long time. Select few call me that."

"I was one of the few to call you that."

"Who was the yellow mech that you asked for a ground bridge?"

"That was Bumblebee. He leads a team in Crown City, where you were at before you came here to Griffin Rock."

"I thought Optimus was leader? I didn't see him around before I left."

"There's a reason for that. I can call Bumblebee and he can explain everything to you or you can wait 'til you go back to the scrapyard."

"I was in a scrapyard? More like junkyard to me."

"Heh, don't tell the Human that runs the place you said that."

"But its true. It is junk."

The other Rescue Bots had come down to the bunker while Heatwave and I were talking. They walked up to us and tapped Heatwave on the shoulder.

He turned around and greeted them. "Chase, Boulder, Blades, meet Bluesteel. Blue, this is Chase, Boulder and Blades. My team."

I shook each of their hands. "Nice to meet you all. I hope to get to help with whatever you do. What do you all do, anyway?"

"We do rescues. I put out fires. Chase is our police. Blades is air support and Boulder is construction. We also have Human partners."

"You let them ride with you?"

"Of course. Kade rides with me. Chief Charlie Burns rides with Chase. Dani rides with Blades and Graham rides with Boulder. We are all a family of heroes."

"Heroes, huh? Who was the sparkling in the bomber jacket?"

"That's Cody. He's the youngest of the Burns family. He gives us our assignments, if you will. He monitors everything on the island. Any emergency that comes up, we go."

Just then, the alarms went off. I looked around. "What is that? Are we under attack?"

"No. This island is Decepticon free. None here. That's why we were stationed here. We're not built for war. Just rescues."

"Sounds boring. I love tussling with Decepticons on the daily. Great exercise. Especially getting to use the infamous Jet Judo with Sunny and Sides. We have a blast."

"That's what we've heard. Never seen it in action, though."

"Too bad. Without the seekers here, I can't show you. There's been a few times where I've been down and they go without me. They always forget about Screamer though when going after 'Warp and TC."

"TC? 'Warp? As in Thundercracker and Skywarp?"

"Yep. Prime didn't know this and in fact, no one does. Don't say a word to anyone about this. They're my friends. Their commander is NOT my friend and will never be."

"You called him Screamer. That is Starscream, correct?"

"Yep."

"I couldn't help but notice that you're a warrior class."

"Yes, I am. All my life. I love to fight. Ever known a femme who didn't?"

"Yes, actually."

"Who?"

"Her name is Quickshadow. She's also a Rescue Bot."

"I think I saw her the other day. She would fit in with Jazz's team."
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Later that day, we got back from the rescue. I was surprised I was allowed to go. That was not a rescue I was use to.

"That was different. Not what I'm use to. Are explosions normal on this island?"

"Only at Doc Greene's lab."

"Him and Wheeljack would get along great. They both like to blow things up."

"Its not intentional with Doc Greene."

"Its not intentional with Wheeljack either, but it happens. And poor Ratchet has to put him back together. Maybe being here with a beautiful change of scenery is what I need. Maybe I'll join your team permanently."

"I think you'd miss bashing Decepticon heads too much."

"Maybe. Is there a place I can recharge? I'm not feeling well and I have one hell of a headache."

"Yeah. Chase can show you. Rest well."

I nodded and followed Chase to where I can recharge and get rid of this blasted headache.
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Early evening came around and Heatwave came to check on me. He wanted to make sure I was ok. He walked in and noticed I was still in recharge.

"I hope she's ok. She's been in recharge all afternoon since we got back." He decided to go call Ratchet and have him come and check on his sister.

"Is everything ok, Heatwave? You wouldn't be calling me if there wasn't something wrong."

"I'm concerned about my sister. She's been recharge since early this afternoon. She even mentioned having a headache."

"Hmm. I'll come check her out. I'll be there soon."

"Thanks Ratchet. I'll be waiting." Then he shut the computer down. He stood there for a few mins. before heading back into the Rec. Room with the rest of his team.
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Heatwave walked into the Rec. Room for him and his team. They all noticed something wasn't sitting right with their leader and friend.

"Everything ok, Heatwave?"

"Huh? What?"

"Boulder asked if everything was ok. You look worried."

"You could say that. I'm worried about my sister. She hasn't emerged from recharge. I'm having Ratchet come check on her."

"Think it could have something to do with the fight with the Stunticon the other day?"

"I think so, Chase. She did complain of a headache after we all got back this afternoon."

Just then, the ground bridge opened and not only Ratchet but Bee and Jazz came with him.

"I wasn't expecting you to bring Bee and Jazz with you."

"Better than Sunstreaker and Sideswipe."

"Point made. Don't need problems and the chief come see what is going on. I'm trying to keep this isolated as much as possible."

"I understand. Where is she?"

I just had walked out when someone mentioned me. "What did I miss? I heard someone mention me."

Everyone looked my way. Ratchet walked up to me. "How are you feeling?"

"Still tired and still have that blasted headache."

"Come over and sit down. I'll run my scanner over you. It is odd that you would still have a headache." I walked over and sat down. Ratchet ran his scanner over me then checked it.

"Hmm."

Bee and Jazz walked over and saw the same results Ratchet did. "If I'm reading that right, that doesn't look good, Ratchet."

"Its not, Bumblebee. There is something wrong with her. I can't do anything here, though. I may have to take her to Cybertron to get her properly looked at."

I looked at Ratchet funny. "You're talking about me and I'm right here. What's wrong with me that I need to go back to Cybertron?"

Jazz walked over and sat down next to me. He took a hold of my hand and lightly squeezed it.

"Do you remember when you were captured by the Decepticons back home?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Your head was literally messed with. They did something to you that wipes your memory of anything recent. Recharging may have made it worse. You need to go back to Cybertron and get looked at, babe. I'm really worried about you."

I put my hand on the side of his face and stroked his cheek. I smiled and kissed him. "I'll be fine, J-Dawg. I'm tough. You know that."

"I do know that. That's what attracted me to you, beautiful."

Bee couldn't stand there and listen to the conversation. It upset him cause he may never get Blue back. Blades noticed and went after Bee.
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"Are you ok, Bee?"

Bee looked at Blades and shook his head no. "I'm sorry she doesn't remember you. You deserve to be happy with her."

Bee smiled a bit. "Thanks Blades. Even if she doesn't remember me the way I'd like, she's still my commanding officer."

"Does she know that she's Autobot leader?"

"Probably not. I better go find out."

"I'll come with you."

"Thanks. Maybe after, you could show me around more. I may take some time off myself."

"Having my best friend would be great."

They walked back into the bots' Rec. Room to talk to Blue.
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When they walked back in, Bee didn't like he saw. He turned around and left. Blades saw the same thing and went after Bee.

"Bumblebee, wait up!"

Bee stopped and turned around. "I need to be alone, Blades. Please."

"You shouldn't be alone. I know what happened when you were left alone. I won't let it happen again."

"I give you my word, I won't do that again. I really need my space right now."

"Call me if you want company."

Bee smiled and nodded.
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Everyone in the Rec. Room had left us alone when I started getting more intimate with Jazz. Bee had walked in on us and then left.

I had broke from the kiss and sat up. "Are you ok, Blue?"

"He didn't look happy."

"He's been conflicted lately. He lost his mate a couple of weeks ago."

"I didn't know. Think if I went after him and tried to talk to him, it would help?"

"Maybe. If you want company, call me. Maybe I'll be able to help explain."

"Thanks Jazzman. I love you."

"I love you too, Blue." Then I left and went looking for Bee.
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I found him sitting outside. "Bumblebee, is it? Are you ok?"

He looked my way and wiped his face. "Yeah, just reminiscing."

"Jazz told me you lost your mate. I'm so sorry."

"Thanks. What can I do for you?"

"I came out here to see if I could help you in some way."

"I'll be fine. I just need to move on. I have good memories of my time with her."

"Can I ask what her name was?"

"Sarianna. Sari for short."

"What a beautiful name."

"Thank you. You remind me of her. You would have liked her. Enough about my past. I shouldn't dwell too much on it."

"Nonsense. Who told you that?"

"The former Autobot leader."

"Optimus told you that? He's wrong. There's nothing wrong with remembering the past, no matter what it is. If we didn't do that, then what good is it?"

Bee smiled. "Thanks Blue. You're wise beyond your years. Like a true leader. In fact, do you remember getting the Matrix and it being given to you?"

"Kinda. Why are you asking?"

"Cause you are the new Autobot leader. You took the Matrix from Ratchet when he brought it to you."

"Then what did I do with it?"

"You put it in your chest. If I may?" I nodded then he opened my chest and showed me where the Matrix is. I looked and it was there.

"Well, hell. I know nothing about being a leader."

"I can help you and so will Heatwave."

"Really?"

"Of course. Everyone on my team will give you some pointers on proper leadership. Those that have proper leadership skills to teach you."

"I can ask Drift."

"If he doesn't chew you out for your behavior the other day."

I lowered my head in shame. I remember him being ashamed of how I reacted.

"I wasn't the best that day. Not my finest moment, that's for sure."

"You weren't yourself. You're allowed to be upset, Blue. That's a normal reaction to being attacked."

"Drift probably thinks badly of me now. Doubt he'll wanna have a civil conversation with me."

"Why don't we go find out. I would also like to get to know you more, if that's ok?"

I smiled and nodded. "I'd like that. I could use a 2IC. I was gonna nominate Jazz, but with my relationship with him, it would be a conflict of interest."

"Smart thinking. Give me the day to think about it, that's if you're asking me to be your 2IC?"

"I am asking."

"Again, can I have the day to think about it?"

"Of course. I don't expect an answer right away. Just let me know when you're ready."

Bee nodded then we went looking for Drift. I needed to talk to him and to apologize for my behavior.
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We had taken the groundbridge to the scrapyard to talk to Drift. Hopefully, anyway.

We found Drift and his mincons practicing Metallicado. One of the best martial arts you can study on Cybertron. That's what I studied.

I cautiously approached him and his minicons. Drift heard me walk up and stopped me dead in my tracks.

"You do not need to come any further, Bluesteel. I am very disappointed in your actions. How can you be a role model to my minicons when you have disgraced me and my teachings. Bumblebee, please take her out of my sight. I do not want to see her here again. She is no longer my student."

I stood there and let him berate me. He was right. I had disgraced him. I felt ashamed. I turned around and left. Bumblebee watched me leave in defeat, then turned back towards Drift.

"She came to talk to you about her actions. She wanted to apologize for how she reacted. She was attacked and that is the normal response."

Drift turned towards Bumblebee. "That is not how I trained her, Bumblebee. She should have not killed that Decepticon, no matter how mad she got."

"Are you telling me that you wouldn't have reacted the same way if you were in her position? I find that hard to believe that you would have stayed calm and collect. At least go talk to her. Let her explain before you write her off as your student."

Jetstorm and Slipstream stopped practicing and looked at their teacher. They didn't say a word. They knew it wasn't their place to intervene, but knew that their teacher was too stubborn not to listen to reason.

"Master Drift, Bumblebee has a point."

Drift looked at Jetstorm and sighed. "You are right, Jetstorm." Then he looked at Bumblebee and sighed again.

"I will listen to her explanation. Perhaps her reasoning is valid. Has she regained her memories of your relationship with her yet?"

"No. I don't know if she ever will, Drift. I miss her. She sees me as a stranger, not her mate."

"May I try something with her that might help with regaining her memories?"

"Primus yes! Anything! I don't care if you have to beat her senseless to get her to remember."

"Bumblebee, be reasonable. I do not want to hurt her. Just try hypnotism. It may or may not work on her."

"If it don't, then I'll have Ratchet shut her down and comb through her memory banks and see what the problem is."

"I understand your frustration, Bumblebee. Do you know where she went?"

"Sorry, I don't. I can get Fixit to scan the surrounding area. She can't be far."
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Later in the day, I had come back to the scrapyard. I felt a little better, but was still in shock that Drift would denounce me as his student. He was right, though.

"Ah, there you are, Bluesteel. May I speak with you?"

"You mean belittle me, don't you, Drift?"

"I admit I was hasty in dismissing you as my student. Bumblebee had a valid point. I should have let you explain. I am sorry I did not."

"We all make mistakes, Drift. Its part of who we are. Either Cybertronian or Human, we're not perfect. Optimus never claimed to be, even though he acted like he was."

"He tried to be the perfect leader for us, Bluesteel."

"I understand that. He didn't like when I questioned his plans or his orders when I was on his team. That's why he asked Jazz to put me on his team. He didn't want to deal with my insubordination."

"You were right to question his orders and his plans. They were very risky and could have gotten us all killed."

"He wasn't thinking clearly, apparently. I don't know what his problem was when it came to trying to get us all killed."

"Ratchet does not even know that. I would like to hear your explanation as to why you reacted the way you did after killing that Decepticon."

"I did what now?"

"You do not remember killing Slashmark?"

"No. I really did that?"

"Yes. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe watched you do it. Then you had a strange look on your face like you did not know anyone other than who is on Jazz's team."

"Are you absolutely sure about all this, Drift? I don't remember anything before the fight. All I remember is fighting against the Stunticons and Jazz being worried about me."

"Bumblebee has also been worried about you. You are his mate."

"Ok, now that's crazy. Jazz is my mate. I just met Bumblebee. I know nothing about him and you say he's my mate?"

"I am absolutely sure that Bumblebee is your mate. Why do you think otherwise?"

"I would never cheat on Jazz, Drift. You are insinuating that I am."

"I meant no disrespect, my student. I am trying to help you regain your memories. Your memories were wiped clean after your fight with the Stunticons. According to Jazz, when you were captured, your head was, as he put it, messed with. Anytime you went against the Stunticons, your memory would get wiped clean of the recent mission. You would revert back to when you first started on Jazz's team and you being his mate. Along with everyone that is on his team."

"Some of it is starting to sound familiar. I do remember getting captured by the Decepticons and them doing something to my head, but that's it."

"That is a start. Perhaps you should go see Ratchet. Jazz said that you may need to be shut down in order to find out what is wrong with your memory banks."

"Perhaps I should. If what you're saying is true and Bumblebee really is my mate, then I need to find out why I can't remember that. Thank you, Drift."

"Thank me after you regain your full memory, my pupil. I want you to be well and happy."

I smiled and bowed. Drift bowed back and watched me leave.
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Griffin Rock Firehouse. The Rescue Bots bunker. Heatwave was patiently waiting for any update on his sister. Patiently may not be the proper word when it comes to Heatwave. He had been pacing back and forth. He was worried.

Blades walked up to Chase, who was watching his leader and friend. "How long has he been doing that?"

"Since she left. He is worried about Bluesteel."

"Can you blame him?"

"No. We can not exactly put ourselves in his place."

"Of course we can. What would you do if the Chief was hurt and you were helpless to help?"

Chase thought about that for a few moments. "You have a point, Blades. I guess we can put ourselves in his place."

"Heatwave feels helpless right now. I don't think there's gonna be a thing to keep him distracted until he gets a response from Ratchet."

Heatwave had been hearing them and knew they were right. He walked over to Blades and Chase.

"I heard you talking about my dilemma."

"We're concerned about you, Heatwave. Wee may not know what its like to have a twin, but we do know what it means to be there for you, if you need us. We wanna help in some way."

Heatwave smiled. "Thank you, Blades. You and Chase are good friends." Then he put his hand over his spark.

"Anything on her end?"

"No. Blades, could you call Bumblebee and see if Ratchet is having any luck?"

"Of course, Heatwave. What are you going to do?"

"I have the laser gun Sunstreaker gave me. I can go practice my shooting. It might help distract me."

"Guess you heard me say that, huh?"

"Heh, yeah. Your spark is in the right place, guys. This little talk has helped a bit. Thanks."

"That is what we are here for, Heatwave. We will let you know what Bumblebee gives us."

Heatwave nodded and headed outside to practice his shooting. Blades and Chase went to go contact Bumblebee at the scrapyard outside of Crown City.