Heya Readers, last place we left off, we ended on a cliffhanger as Chicago's mutant superheros got involved!

Chapter Fifty-Two

New Faces

Back at the Autobot Base, everyone was worried as they waited for Leonardo and Optimus to return.

Donatello had succeeded in getting in touch with Fowler and the Agent wasted no time in making sure he got back to make sure everything was sorted out, and Optimus and Leonardo after Ratchet and Donatello had finished making the Replica of the Harvester to return to the Museum.

Also, Bulkhead was resting in the medical area attached to an Energon Drip whilst Pandora watched over him anxiously.

After he had been drained by the Harvester, his teammates had hauled him back to the base and Ratchet set to work making sure he was hooked up to energon but also placed him in temporary stasis so he could heal quicker.

Michelangelo sat with her as well as asked her what had happened when Bulkhead confronted Starscream with the Harvester.

He along with the others had been impressed by what had happened and wished they had been there to witness it.

Ratchet, Splinter and Donatello did express relief that the Harvester was destroyed since there was no danger of it being used in the wrong hands, yet Ratchet did express some regret that it was destroyed.

"Sometimes it is best that the greatest weapon one can possess is destroyed to prevent further casualties." Splinter had stated wisely "As you said before Ratchet, if by some chance you had managed to retrieve the Harvester, there would still be the risk that the Decepticons would continue to try and steal it again."

"That's true Master." Donatello had agreed "As we have observed, Starscream is not one to give up so quickly."

The other Autobots agreed.

"The Rats gotta point there!" Ironhide spoke up "We've been risking our lives trying to keep one step ahead of the cons, and should we have such a powerful weapon such as that Harvester, they'd be on us like darn Scraplets!"

"I would have loved to have seen that huge blue ball of energy explode!" Michelangelo said at a bid to cheer Pandora up "Bet it was better than the fireworks you've seen over the years at Fourth of July!"

The Hybrid nodded with a small smile.

"Yeah, yes it was." She said half heartly.

Michelangelo was concerned as he looked at his niece, as he knew that after something so amazing had taken place, she would be talking his ears off about it as well as demonstrating what had happened, but this time she was seriously worried about Bulkhead as well as for Kemeko who was still stuck in the museum.

Just then a call came through on the screens and Leonardo's face appeared.

"Ratchet, send us a Ground Bridge!"

"Right away Leonardo!" Ratchet replied.

"And we got company!" Leonardo called through.

"What?" Raphael asked.

"Who?" Monalisa questioned.

The other Autobots looked at each other in question wondering who Leonardo had with him apart from Fowler.

It wasn't long before the Ground Bridge roared to life and Optimus's Truck form arrived.

"He's back!" Ironhide cheered.

The Hamato Clan ran to the side of the raised platform and Pandora and Michelangelo looked over from Bulkhead's bedside.

Ratchet turned to Optimus as the Prime opened his doors and Leonardo and Kemeko got out first.

"Kem!" Pandora cried with joy jumping down off the berth and running over to her cousin/Honoured sister.

Bumblebee bleeped and whirred happily seeing Kemeko.

"How did you get away, and where did you hide?" Pandora asked.

"Pandora! Calm down!" Raphael called down then looked at Leonardo who had a serious look on his face.

"Guys!" he said, "It turns out we have another situation!"

"What is it?" Splinter and Ratchet asked together.

"What happened out there?" Arcee questioned.

Leonardo frowned then turned to the open doors of Optimus's truck form.

"Guys! You can come out now!" he called.

At his words, Tyroth, Sephie and Hugh emerged from Optimus's truck form.

Tyroth flew out with Fowler in his arms.

"BIG T!" Raphael and Michelangelo cried in unison.

"Uncle T? Aunt Sephie?" Pandora shouted in surprise.

"Tyroth?" Donatello and Splinter exclaimed.

"Sephie?" Monalisa squeaked running down the steps of the raised platform before anyone could stop her.

The Autobots stared in shock at the two new mutants as well as the new human.

"What in the name of Primus?" Ratchet asked as Optimus transformed into his bipedal form once his passengers had gotten out of his front seats.

"Leonardo?" Splinter asked in seriousness.

"Everyone!" Leonardo said raising his arms "We can explain everything, let's just sit down and talk, okay?"

"That would be wise Leonardo." Optimus said placing his hand on the ground so Leonardo, and Kemeko could climb into it which they did and gestured to Sephie and Hugh to do the same, yet Tyroth used his wings to fly up onto the raised platform and he landed on it before placing the unconscious Fowler on the sofa.

Donatello stared at the dragon then at the Agent.

"Don't tell me..." he said.

"He fainted as soon as he caught eyes on me and Sephie." Tyroth reported.

"Again?" Monalisa asked as she walked back up the stairs to greet Sephie and Hugh.

Pandora meanwhile ran up to Kemeko and hugged her tightly.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" she said.

Kemeko hugged her hybrid cousin back.

"I'm okay!" she said.

"What happened exactly?" Pandora asked.

"Hold it everyone!" Leonardo called out "All will be explained fully, can we just chill out?"

Sephie meanwhile looked around the silo and at the Autobots surrounding her.

"Whoa..." she said "And I thought I had seen it all! Demons...Vampires...oh boy..." she looked over to Monalisa who walked over to her.

"What's been going on all this time?" she asked.

"Just sit down Sephie." Monalisa lead her sister in spirit to an armchair which she sat down at gratefully.

Hugh meanwhile stared at the autobots.

"Whoa!" he said, "And many years ago I was shocked to discover there were mutants, but now I see giant robots..." he blinked a few times "I gotta cut back on the doughnuts, or the coffee, one or the other."

"It's not the coffee Hugh!" Michelangelo said, "Nor the Doughnuts!"

Hugh looked at Michelangelo and pinched the back of his hand a few times.

"Alright Mike." He said, "I'll take your word for it!"

Ironhide looked at Hugh then at Fowler.

"I have to say, you seem to be taking the reality of us pretty well." He said then pointed at Fowler "Ole Fancy pants there fainted a few times when he met the Hamato Clan!"

"Did he now?" Hugh asked intrigued as he looked at Fowler still passed out on the sofa where Monalisa had started fanning him with her metal fans whilst Leonardo was explaining to everyone what had happened with Kemeko explaining what happened to her and how she managed to escape.

"... I took the chance and used my pressure points on the guard," Kemeko reported "Then I ran back into the museum, but you'd gone so I hid in the vents and watched as Hugh appeared on the scene to when Agent Fowler appeared."

"You hid in the tiny vents lass?" Ironhide asked blinking at the young Asian girl who nodded then began to show just how flexible she was by lowering herself to the floor and bringing her legs over her head, so her feet were in front of her as well as folding herself in half.

Bumblebee bleeped and whirred in amazement, even though Kemeko had shown before how skilled she was at contortionism, they hadn't seen just how bendy she was.

"Impressive!" Arcee said to which Kemeko smiled and Pandora winked at her cousin proudly.

"I'm just glad things worked out." Kemeko said "Even though I do wish I didn't have to strike an innocent."

"But it was needed!" Pandora said, "And he wasn't hurt at least!"

Kemeko sighed.

"I guess so yeah," Kemeko agreed "But what happened to the real Harvester?" she asked remembering how Starscream had managed to snag it through the help of Soundwave.

"Oh boy." Pandora said then looked over at Bulkhead who was still laying on the Medical Berth recovering then told Kemeko everything that happened to which the Asian girl listened in shock.

"Oh my Gosh!" she cried "He lasted that long against that weapon, then he destroyed it?"

Pandora nodded.

"It was the best thing." She said, "Grandpa said it was better it be destroyed than be used in the wrong hands!"

"And your grandfather is correct Pandora." Optimus spoke "it is better that something as dangerous as the Harvester was destroyed than be as risk being used by the Decepticons."

Pandora nodded then looked over at Bulkhead.

"And Bulkhead did the right thing." She said, "And I'm sure he knows it!"

"He does." Optimus comforted "His intelligence may not match those of Ratchet, but he knows when his wrecking skills are needed." He added with a small smile to reassure the two girls to which they smiled back at him before looking back at Leonardo who was still talking to Splinter, Monalisa and his brothers as well as Tyroth, Sephie and Hugh.

Fowler hadn't yet woken up from his faint and they could only guess what would happen once he did, and they wondered if he would react the same way he did when they spoke of their stories, and given Tyroth and Sephie's backgrounds, they could only imagine how he would react.

Everyone is back at the base and it looks like stories are going to be told now that Tyroth, Sephie and Hugh are now part of the circle!

Stay tuned to see how things go from here!