Chapter 2: Things Just Got Weird

Tiberius was in the process of wrapping his head around what was just told to him by Ratchet about his biological makeup, while said medical bot continued to examine him.

"Now, If you would Tiberius, try and assume your Cybertronian form so that I can get a good look at it for my records." Ratchet instructed.

The green eyed boy snapped out of his thoughts before he envisioned whe form he took when he was grabbed by the Decepticon drone. Jack, Raph and Miko stepped back as the same golden glow surrounded him and he grew before transforming into said form. And oddly enough, he seemed to be as tall as Optimus and his armor seemed similar to his in shape, if a tad more bulky. However, it was the mask-like shoulder guards that caught their attention.

"By the Allspark…" Ratchet breathed in awe. "I recognize these masks' designs. It's of Bionicle origin." He stated, catching the attention of Optimus.

"Ratchet, are you certain?" He asked seriously.

"Quite. These are no ordinary masks, they're the masks of Light and Life, which now reside on his left and right shoulders respectively." The medic explained. "Their designs are unmistakable." He added firmly.

"Um, care to fill us in on what race made these two masks and why they're so significant?" Miko asked, Sierra, Jack and Raf nodding in agreement.

"The Bionicle race lived on a planet that neighbored Cybertron, and we had a fairly decent relationship with its indigenous people for many eons." Optimus explained. "However when Cybertron descended into chaos during the war, we unfortunately lost touch with them, and soon found their homeworld to have been abandoned sometime before we arrived at Earth."

"What caused them to abandon their homeworld? Sierra asked.

"After a survey was conducted, it was discovered that an energy leak from the core of the planet had occurred and somehow ejected two moon sized chunks from itself into its orbit, causing the entire planet to become a barren desert." Optimus explained, causing the humans to look down.

"According to Cybertronian records, the Bionicles come from a common ancestor as us, however are much more organic than mechanical. Hence the Bio in the title." Ratchet added, before turning to Tiberius. "Question is, how is it that you became fused to those masks in the first place? And why is it that you have characteristics of both Cybertronians and Bionicles?" He wondered.

"I'm not entirely sure, but something evidently happened and it may have some form of divine intervention involved." Tiberius theorized.

"Whatever the case, those masks are powerful relics of creation that, if they fell into the wrong hands, could wreak catastrophic destruction." Optimus stated. "Additionally we do not yet know the full extent of your abilities, so as such I believe it would be best if you remain under our watch. Including your friends, for your own safety."

"Optimus, in the case of Tiberius when he's like this I can understand, but the others? If they stay here, they'd be at risk of being stepped on and going… Squish." The medic said, trying to find the best word to use while stomping to emphasize his point.

"Then for the time being, Ratchet. We must watch where we step." Optimus told him.

"I don't even need to use my 190 IQ to tell you that one." Tiberius nodded as he transformed back to normal.

[Ya know, we should really give you a good name to use when you're in your Cybertronian form. Ya know so you don't blow your cover.] Bumblebee suggested.

"Like what?" Raf asked, getting a nod from Tiberius.

"Well, he has two important masks that have extremely important functions, so… Creator?" Miko offered. That made everyone else look at her before mulling it over.

Though as soon as Tiberius heard that name, his eyes widened as he saw a flash of blue light and a voice calling him that same name.

"Rise, Creator..." The voice said, causing him to clutch his head with a groan. This immediately got the attention of the others.

"Whoa, you okay?" Miko asked in concern as she went to his side.

"Yeah, it's just that name you suggested triggered a memory to resurface. It was breif but, I think that might be my actual Cybertronian name." The boy told her.

"What, Creator?" Sierra questioned.

"Yeah… Strange, I know, but I think that it's true." He replied before alarms suddenly went off, getting everyone's attention.

"What's going on?" Jack asked.

[Proximity alert] Bumblebee beeped.

"Proximity alert, someone's up top." Raph translated.

Ratchet pulled up the cameras and saw a helicopter landing on the roof of the base. "It's agent Fowler." The medic informed them.

"I thought we were the only ones that met you." Jack said with furrowed eyebrows.

"Agent Fowler is our designated liaison to the outside world. As he only visits when there are 'issues', it would be best if none of you met him at this time." Optimus explained.

"Not even me?" Tiberius asked as he took his Creator form again. "Seems like this'd be important to tell him about." He pointed out, crossing his arms.

"That is kinda true." Arcie admitted.

"I think the problem with this is HOW we'd tell him." Ratchet inputted.

Though before any sort of plan could be deliberated, the kids sans Tiberius, all hid as an African American man with short cut bushy hair walked out of the base's elevator. He was wearing a grey dress suit, tie and a white shirt. He also had a rather pronounced beer belly, which the science wiz found rather hilarious to look at.

"Two wrecks, forty two fender benders, a three hour traffic jam. And on a particular note, reports of a speeding motorcycle of unknown make, and a custom yellow and black muscle car running down a freeway with someone attached to the rear." The man said irritably, not having noticed Creator's presence as he glared up at Optimus. "So, anything you care to get off your tin chest, Prime?"

"Who's the dill weed?" Creator whispered to Bumblebee.

[That's agent Fowler.] The black and yellow bot replied.

"My apologies, agent Fowler. Recently there have been some… developments that have caused events to become hectic." Optimus explained.

"Then let me guess: They're back, aren't they?" Fowler questioned.

"If you're referring to the Decepticon threat, I have doubts that they ever left." The Prime told him. "Your planet is much too valuable."

"Then I guess it's time to wake up the Pentagon." The agent said with slightly narrowed eyes.

"Hear me agent Fowler, revealing this to the world will only result in further catastrophe. Perhaps you may be willing to excuse mass human casualties, I however, cannot." Optimus stated firmly.

"Tsk, typical government types. Always looking out for themselves so they can save face and kiss ass." Tiberius scoffed, which finally drew Fowler's attention towards him, causing Arcie to facepalm.

"And just who are you supposed to be?" He asked.

"Just call me, Creator." The hybridized Cybertronian told him.

"Hey Fowler." Bulkhead said. "Did anyone get splattered on that freeway? Team Prime knows when to use force." He added as he ripped a mechanical arm out of a counter. "And how much to use." He finished as he crushed said equipment.

"Bulkhead, I needed that!" Ratchet complained.

"Just see that you handle this, Prime." Fowler warned as he stepped inside the elevator again. "Or I will." He added before leaving.

"Pretty big bearings, for a human." Bulkhead scoffed.

"Agent Fowler is only concerned for his world, as he should be." Optimus stated.

"What now?" Sierra asked as she and the others came out of their hiding spot and Tiberius turned back to normal.

"In the event that the Decepticons may indeed know of your existence and connection to us, I think it would be best for you to remain here for the time being." The Prime explained.

"Uh, one problem, Optimus." Jack said while holding up his phone. "No bars." He added, noticing he had no reception.

"A safety precaution. The silo's walls isolate all radio waves to prevent us from being discovered and tracked." The large Autobot explained.

"Well if I don't call my mom soon I'm pretty sure the cops will come looking for me." The boy told him.

"Helicopter mom much?" Tiberius stated., causing Jack to look at him indignantly.

"Have you broken a law?" Optimus asked seriously.

"No, but curfew has already passed." Jack sighed.

"Yeah, mine too." Sierra nodded.

"Me three." Raf added.

"Unfortunately." Miko sighed.

"Eh, my parents are used to me being out at night." Tiberius shrugged.

"Ah, human customs. I had not considered those." Optimus noted. Right at that moment, Ratchet decided to start complaining.

"Damn these pesky Earth computers, it's glitching again. It's saying that Cliffjumper's life signal is back online." The ambulance robot stated.

"Who?" Tiberius asked.

[A friend of ours, he was killed by the Decepticons two weeks ago…] Bumblebee said before turning to look at Arcie. [And he was also Arcie's old partner.] He added with a whisper.

"Oh." The hybrid winced. "That can't be good." He mumbled.

"If there's any chance Cliff's alive?" Arcie asked.

Optimus nodded. "Ratchet, prepare sickbay. We may need it." He told the medic.

"What about us?" Jack asked.

"You stay with Ratchet." Arcie told him, causing the humans and medic to groan and Tiberius to shrug. Said medic then activated the base's ground bridge as Optimus faced the others. "Autobots, Roll out!" He called as they transformed and left.

"What was that?" Raf asked.

"That was a ground bridge." Ratchet explained.

"Let me guess: It's basically a teleporter to any given set of coordinates, right? Kinda like in all those Sci-fi films?" Jack guessed.

"Yes, actually." The medic nodded.

"So, if I wanted to just, hop on over to Tokyo to visit my parents, I could?" Miko asked.

"Yes. In fact, why don't I send all of you there right now." The old robot said sarcastically as he leaned toward her.

"Watch it, Ratchet." The Japanese girl said sternly, causing him to back up a bit.

"Um, guys?" Sierra chimed in. "Where's Tiberius?" She asked in concern. Everyone looked around and couldn't see him anywhere.

"Oh no, you don't think…" Miko trailed off in worry.

"Scrap." Ratchet cursed.

(Elsewhere)

The Autobots all drove out the ground bridge portal and unbeknownst to them, Tiberius was crouched on Optimus's roof.

Leaping off, he dashed behind a cluster of raw Energon and assumed his Creator form as they transformed, then started walking beside them without any of them noticing at first.

"An Energon mine." Bulkhead noted as they saw cons mining the material left and right.

"And judging by the look of things, they've been mining here for some time." Optimus nodded.

"Sure is a lot… it'd be useful if we seized it." Creator said as he looked around, causing the others to look at him.

"What the-?! You're not supposed to be here! It's too dangerous for you!" Arcie hissed at him.

"Do you even remotely remember what I was able to do to those cons last time?" The bot stated.

"Yes, but the entire mine is crawling with them! This is different! You won last time because you were able to surprise them! Do you honestly think you can come out on top this time?!" She grilled.

"Only one way to find out." He shrugged before he dashed forward and slid across the ground, slicing the midsections of two cons and then using his chest cannon to shoot another that was atop a drill and then started running forward, right in the line of sight of both Starscream and Megatron.

"What in the- Who is that?!" Starscream barked in irritation at the unknown intruder.

"I care not. Destroy him!" Megatron exclaimed as the rest of the Autobots came into view.

Creator, who was now acting on his instincts again, threw his hands in the face of a Vehicon who was approaching him, and when his hands made contact, the entire top half of the robot blew off in a spray of metal plating and energon.

After this act was done he then touched the ground and, in a flash of green and gold, the ground disassembled and then in another flash, it reassembled into jagged spikes that skewered everything in its way.

"Whoa! Is he acting on instinct?" Bulkhead asked as he flipped a drill charging his way over and destroyed the driver.

"It appears that one of his abilities has manifested." Optimus noted. "More specifically, molecular deconstruction and reconstruction."

Creator marveled at what he had just done, but his thoughts were soon stopped when a giant Decepticon dropped in front of him. It was Megatron.

"Well, you've certainly caught my attention." The Decepticon leader said as he folded his arms.

"Who the hell are you?" The Bioformer asked as he backed up. The eyes of the mask of life and the mask of light glowing on his shoulders.

"It would seem you haven't been entirely informed. I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons." Said leader replied.

"Oh, so you're the douchebag who trashed Cybertron." The golden Autobot said, hand blades ready again. "Well I think I'll enjoy tearing you a new one."

"Hmph. I'd like to see you try." Megatron rebuked before the two charged at each other. The rest of the Autobots looked on in worry as they fought off the other Decepticons.

"Optimus, someone has to get in there and help him! He won't stand a chance on his own against Megatron!" Arcie exclaimed as she shot the head off another drone.

[Uhh, Arcie?] Bee beeped.

"What?!" The two wheeler snapped.

[Look.] he replied as he flipped a Vehicon over his shoulder, causing her to look and see Creator pushing against Megatron as their hands were locked together, and then the golden bot brought out his chest cannon point blank at the Decepticon warlord's Spark chamber.

"SURPRISE BITCH!" He yelled. He then fired a powerful shot at the surprised Megatron, who went flying into the wall with a groan of pain as he clutched his Spark chamber in pain.

"Master!" Starscream yelled in concern. "All forces! Fall back! Get Lord Megatron to the nemesis, now!"

As the cons all started scrambling, Arcie saw a remarkably still intact Cliffjumper on a catwalk, though he was missing an arm.

"Optimus, I see Cliffjumper." She told her superior.

"Go get him! We'll cover you!" Optimus ordered.

"I'll help!" Creator said as he started running towards the downed Autobot. Jumping and flipping onto the surface he saw that Cliff was leaking purple fluid, and for some reason he reflexively felt a need to cleanse it.

"Cliff! Don't worry, I got you!" Arcie exclaimed as she grabbed his hand, but when she saw his face… It wasn't the partner she knew. It was the face of a feral animal. "AH!" Arcie screamed as she recoiled in shock and horror, letting go of him as she did so.

The currently zombified Autobot clattered to the ground with a crash and right about then, Starscream came back with some sort of device in his hands.

"Hello, Autobots. As much as I'd like to stay and talk, I have other things of importance to deal with." He said before activating the device in his hand and threw it down onto some raw Energon crystals. He then jumped and transformed into an F-16 Fighting Falcon and flew off.

"Oh shit! Guys, run!" Creator yelled as he jumped down and ran towards the cluster of energon and grabbed the detonator and then suddenly transformed. But not into his human form, but this time into a plane! More specifically, an ADF-01 Falken stealth fighter jet. Once he finished transforming he blasted out of the mine and launched the bomb off into the distance, causing it to destroy a chunk of forest in the ensuing explosion.

Transforming back to robot mode in mid air, he did a superhero landing and looked at himself. "Did, did I just transform again?!" He gasped in surprise and disbelief.

"You sure did, and into a flight worthy form, too. That's gonna come in handy." Bulkhead nodded as the bots came up behind him off the elevator of the mine.

[It's too bad we weren't able to save Cliffjumper though… But on the bright side, it looks like we got a really good stockpile of energon!] Bumblebee chirped.

"At least there's that." Arcie muttered sadly.

"While your decision to come here was a reckless one, I must applaud your ability to fight and even injure Megatron." Optimus said, his voice full of praise.

"Yeah… But honestly I was just acting on instinct. I still have no idea how I did that molecular deconstruction technique." The Creator said nervously.

"I see. You will require training, then. While fighting on instinct can be an efficient way of combat, it would be of greater benefit if you had true combat training." The Prime said.

"Right. And, sorry for making you guys worry." Tiberius apologized as he transformed back into his human form.

"At least you're learning." The two wheeler femme sighed.

"Ratchet, send a ground bridge, and be sure to mark this location. We've claimed a sizable Energon deposit for our cause." Optimus called to base as the portal appeared seconds later.

(Elsewhere)

Megatron was being led down the hall into the medbay when he forced himself out of the grip of the Vehicons that were helping him.

"Get off me!" He ordered.

"Lord Megatron, please calm yourself. You've been injured significantly, please, you need to rest." Starscream told him.

"No! I need to pay back that wretched Autobot who dared to injure me like this!" Megatron growled angrily, infuriated that some amateur dared to wound him like this.

"But we know nothing about him. If we rush into battle again, he could very well do the same to you again." The jet told him. "Please Master, I implore you, take time to rest and think. Then we can determine the wisest course of action."

Megatron wanted oh so badly to smack Starscream aside, but he knew he was right. If he rushed into combat again without knowing anything, he could get a repeat of what happened today. That was something he wanted to avoid.

"Very well." He sighed before he slowly made his way to a room full of a giant cluster of dark energon. "But first, I must test something to see how well I can understand the depths of the power of Unicron." The Lord said before he took a sliver of the cluster in his hand and aimed it at his chest.

"Megatron, NO! Not your Spark chamber!" The Decepticon seeker yelled in alarm, but he words were ignored as Megatron plunged the crystal right into his Spark chamber and let out a guttural howl.

(Elsewhere)

At the Autobot base, Tiberius hopped out of Optimus and walked in with his head held high, proud about what he just helped accomplish, though not so much that his head was too big for his shoulders.

"Someone looks a little too proud about what he wasn't supposed to do." Jack noted.

"Oh trust me, he definitely wasn't supposed to be there, but damn if he didn't make the best of it." Bulkhead chuckled.

[You should've seen the look on Megatron's face! It was priceless!] Bumblebee laughed.

"Wait, Megatron was there?!" Ratchet asked in alarm.

"Yeah, but Tiberius managed to get the drop on him and shot him right in the Spark chamber, point blank, with that chest cannon of his." Arcie nodded with a slight chuckle. "I'm actually a little impressed." She added.

"And… What about Cliffjumper? Was he okay?" Sierra asked in concern. Arcie immediately looked sad again.

"We found him, but… He wasn't who he was anymore when we did." She replied before falling to her knees with a groan, suddenly feeling dizzy.

[Arcie!] Bumblebee said in panic as he rushed over to her.

"I'm fine! Just, dizzy." She said as she sat down.

"Robots who get dizzy?" Miko asked with a raised eyebrow.

"That have emotions." Raf added.

"That can live." Sierra added.

"And… Die." Jack gulped.

Tiberius climbed up next to Arcie and put a hand on her metallic thigh. "I'm sorry Arcie… I wish there was something I could have done." He told her.

"No… There was nothing you could've done, especially in a moment like that." She sighed. The golden haired boy then noticed something on her left hand.

"Uh, Arcie? What's that on your left hand?" He asked, pointing at said hand.

"I don't know, Cliff was covered in it, leaking it." She said as Ratchet used a scalpel to take a sample.

"Take a decontamination bath, now." He told her.

"What are we supposed to do now?" Jack asked as Ratchet scanned what was on Arcie.

"For now, you will all be sent home. But from now on you will be accompanied by an Autobot." Optimus explained. "Bulkhead, you'll accompany Miko." He told the husky bot.

"Alright! My host parents are gonna freak!" Miko said in excitement.

"But maintain covert surveillance, in vehicle mode." The Prime added.

"Curbside duty, got it." Bulkhead nodded.

"Ratchet-" Optimus started.

"Busy." The medic cut him off.

"Bumblebee, you'll keep an eye on Rafael and Sierra." The leader told his scout.

[Alright!] Bumblebee, Raf and Sierra all cheered happily.

"Arcie, you will go with Jack." He told the femme who was exiting her decontamination bath.

"Phew, still dizzy." She sighed in feign dizziness.

"You're fine, says your physician." Ratchet told her.

"Fine." The two wheeler sighed.

"I will go with Tiberius." Optimus finished.

"I better come up with a cover story." The green eyed boy sighed, Jack nodding in agreement.

(Later)

"Just so we're clear Optimus, since I was apparently a Cybertronian before I became human I'm guessing my parents already know about you guys. So depending on if they catch on we may need to fill them in at some point." Tiberius explained as the Semi truck Autobot drove him home.

"I concur." Optimus agreed. "Though there is a slim chance that they likely don't." He added.

"True." The boy nodded. "Hey Optimus… Since the Cybertronian version of heaven is basically the Allspark, does that mean that you have your own god as well?" He asked.

"Yes. The creator of our race is named Primus." He replied, causing Tiberius to experience another memory flash.

"Primus… I don't know why, but I seem to remember him being the one who named me." The boy told his guardian.

"He was?" The semi truck transformer asked in surprise.

"Yeah… I seem to be experiencing flashbacks of my past. I think I may be able to remember all of it eventually." He sighed as he held his head.

"Let us not rush the process." Optimus told him as they pulled up to the boy's house. Though as the Cybertronian did, he accidentally tapped a statue of sir Issac Newton in the driveway, causing it to tilt.

"Aw not again, that's the fifth time this week." Tiberius groaned.

"I think I'm better off not knowing." The Autobot leader decided.

"Good idea." The boy nodded. He then heard his front door open, and out came his mother.

"Tiberius? Is that you dear?" She called. Currently she was wearing a white robe over a lilac colored nightgown.

"Yeah, it's me, mom." He called back.

"Oh good. What were you-" She started to ask before she noticed the semi behind him. "... How did you get a truck like this?" She wondered with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh, a semi truck owner got a better one for a shockingly cheap price and still had a huge amount of money left over. He ended up giving his old one, the one you're looking at right now, away for free. He was even generous enough to have the tank filled. How could I say no?" The boy asked, giving his cover story to his mom and hoped it was believable.

Optimus couldn't help but feel mildly amused at the boy's story. Serena looked at her son for a moment.

"You're certain he gave it to you and you're not just saying that?" She questioned.

"I'm serious. I sat down and talked to him about it to make sure it wasn't a ruse, too. It's a legitimate deal." The boy replied firmly.

"Ah." The woman nodded. "Well, come inside, it's time for dinner." She said as she turned around and her son let out a silent sigh of relief before following her inside.

(The next day)

The following Saturday, Optimus was quick to wake Tiberius up, much to the Bioformer's chagrin.

"Must you try to assassinate my eardrums in such a way?!" He growled indignantly.

"I'm sorry Tiberius, but unfortunately I must insist we get moving to avoid being detected by the Decepticons." Optimus told him.

"And right when I was having the most alluring dream…" The boy sighed as his romantic dream was shattered by the Autobot's constant honking.

Rudest. Wake up call. Ever. Though that begs the question, just what or who was that dream about?

Dragon Emperor0: In case I forgot to mention last chapter, the version of Dr. ScorpionX's Self MOC 'Scorpion' I used as an inspiration for Creator's design comes from this video here: /VQbgNoSfR0U and I really do love this one in particular.

ThermalsniperN7: Yeah. That one is awesome. It signified his return to his craft. Anyway, if you guys are wondering, yes we decided to make the best jet in Ace Combat history Creator's vehicle form. The reason we didn't describe its appearance is because we honestly didn't know how to.

Dragon Emperor0: Yeah and trying to do so on the fly would have been a huge pain in the tailpipe. But besides that, if you guys haven't already seen, we've decided to have Tiberius pair with Miko. The reason why will become more relevant as their relationship progresses so I won't say anything further. On a completely different note, MAN did Tiberius get the drop on the Cons or what?!

ThermalsniperN7: Damn right he did! And look at what he did to Megatron! He's gonna feel that for a week!

Dragon Emperor0: Definitely. And who knew that the Bionicles knew the Cybertronians… but I wonder how Primus got his hands on those masks? And what exactly are all of Creator's powers?

ThermalsniperN7: We'll find out eventually. Can't wait to see Tiberius in some dogfighting, though. That should be a treat.

Dragon Emperor0: Definitely. Anyway guys, see you all next week!