Heya people! We're now onto the 'Partners' Episode!

I wasn't sure if I was going to update today since it was a late night and I saw Transformers One at the cinema, and I have to say I LOVED IT!

I won't go into full detail if those of you haven't seen it yet, but it was one of the best Transformers movies I've seen in years. I never liked the Bay movies,and when it comes to the live action ones, I did love the Bumblebee movie!

But enough about me, enjoy this chapter!

Chapter One Hundred and Five

Secrets Unearthed

Up on the Nemesis as it flew through the dark skies, Starscream stood before Soundwave speaking his feelings.

It had been a couple of days since the Cave in episode and Starscream after he had convinced Megatron to free him from holding up the roof of the collapsed mine, the mine Megatron himself had made collapse, Starscream had been reprimanded once again for his actions, though in the seekers mind, he would preferred a painful trouncing rather than be humiliated in front of the other Vehicons.

But he accepted the consequences and now stood humbly before Soundwave, looking into his blank screen as he spoke.

"I have been a fool, made mistakes, monumental ones." he said humbly "I now realize that I was never destined to be a leader or even an equal partner, and I'm at peace with that, I have gained a clear understanding of my place in this universe, of who I am, of who I was always meant to be."

Starscream vented, as much as he didn't want to admit it, he had to for the records, and hopefully to satisfy his Master.

"Starscream, second in command, humble servant to Lord Megatron." he looked at Soundwave's screen and at his reflection.

"Thank you for listening Soundwave." he said to which the silent Decepticon nodded at him and the Seeker walked away to the main control room to find Megatron only to find his Master talking with a black femme with spider legs.

Starscream glared as he saw the femme, none other that Airachnid who had rejoined the Decepticons after the incident with the Polarity Gauntlet.

After Bulkhead, Arcee, the twins and Sonia had escaped, Breakdown had returned empty handed to Megatron which infuriated the Warlord, but his tone soon changed when Breakdown had revealed the rouge Spider Bot attached to his back, courtesy of the Gauntlet.

After getting them separated with the help from Knock Out, Airachnid had decided to rejoin the Decepticons believing that for now she had a better chance of obtaining Megatron's favour and getting back at Arcee.

This didn't please Starscream as he knew how traitorous that Spider Bot was.

"Is this true?" Megatron demanded looking down at the Femme. his tone angry.

"Starscream never mentioned it?" Airachnid asked.

"If he's up to his old tricks." Megatron replied holding up his fist "I shall grind him into powder!"

Starscream then cleared his throat to get their attention and they both turned to face him.

"Starscream." Megatron growled.

"Lord Megatron." Starscream addressed his leader "Please excuse Airachnid's impertinence." he clasped his servos together feigning ignorance.

"Now what was it that I allegedly failed to mention?"

"The Harbinger." Megatron snarled.

Starscream jolted in fear as he heard that, and he soon realized what Megatron was talking about.

"What about it?" he simpered.

Airachnid turned to the screens and started to type.

"Eons ago, a Decepticon Transport crash landed on this planet."

As she spoke, a warship almost similar to the Nemesis came up on the screen.

"Oh please!" Starscream exclaimed "Common knowledge, I scouted the Crash Sight when we first arrived on Earth."

Airachnid turned to the Seeker and frowned.

"Then I presume you recovered the experimental weapon prototype the harbinger had been transporting?" Airachind gestured with her servo.

Starscream gasped yet he didn't answer.

"Where is the Crash sight?" Megatron demanded.

"It was never logged into your ships database." Airachind reported.

"You failed to record the co-ordinates of a Decepticon Transport?!" Megatron growled, his red eyes wide and angry.

"An oversight Master." Starscream simpered "But I noted it's exact location." he added tapping his head.

"Then you can lead Airachnid there." Megatron ordered "So she may retrieve the prototype for me."

"My personal native guide." Airachnid smirked as Megatron turned his back and she looked at Starscream "How delightful!"

Starscream glowered furiously and gritted his teeth.

It was bad enough that Megatron had found out that he had failed to note the location of the crashed Decepticon Ship, but the fact that he had to pair up with Airachnid was just a plain kick in the teeth.

Meanwhile in the hidden Autobot base, the Hamato Clan were gathered along with the Autobots socializing.

Yet they weren't alone, as Tyroth, Sephie and the Geckolings were with them.

The Dragon and Gecko along with the twins had decided to visit via the Ground-Bridge to check in with their friends as well as see if there were any updates or news about MECH and the Foot.

Whilst Tyroth, Sephie, Leonardo, Rapheal, Donatello, Splinter and Monalisa, along with Optimus, Ratchet, and Ironhide were in conference at the raised platform, Pandora, Kemeko and the geckolings were in another part of the main Silo with Bulkhead and Bumblebee, and Michelangelo was there too.

Kemeko was practicing her contortion skills mixed with ballet whilst Pandora was doing some moves on her aerial silks which Bulkhead had set up for her.

The Geckolings at the same time were practising their fore powers which involced making shapes with the flames they created.

Also as they sat together, Michelangelo was telling the Geckolings and Bumblebee about them being trapped in the cave.

"...honestly, I thought we were done for!" Michelangelo told them "Being trapped underground, with only the big guy here holding up the roof!"

"Like Atlas!" Pandora chimed in as she was hanging upside down and wrapped in the silks.

"Wow!" the Geckolings cried as they looked at Bulkhead imagining him holding up the rock ceiling to prevent it from falling down on top of them.

"Yeah, wow!" Bulkhead said "My arms are still sore from all that! I'm still thanking Arcee for her assist, and how she forced Starscream to take my place!"

"Wish I could have seen his face!" Pandora said "That spineless coward!"

"Trust me kid!" Bulkhead said "He was more than just bummed that he found us and not Megatron!"

Just then a alert came from Ratchet's screens and everyone turned to look.

"Ratchet?" Donatello ran to the side of the raised platform.

"Someone's approaching the Silo." Ratchet said bringing up the cameras to show a blue sixth generation Ford Mustang appear outside the entrance of the silo.

"Whose trying to enter via the hidden entrance?" he asked to which he saw the car stop and the window go down to show Culpepper who waved.

"It's that young man!" Sephie said.

"Culpepper!" Raphael exclaimed, is eyes narrowing.

"Culpepper!?" Pandora's excited voice was heard as she sat up from her hanging position in the silks.

Loki turned to look at the hybrid and smirked.

"Culpepper..." he drawled in a teasing voice to which Pandora glared at him and mouthed 'Shut up!'.

"Let him in Ratchet." Optimus said "From what I understand, he is one that Agent Fowler trusts, and anyone Fowler trusts, we should to."

Ratchet sighed.

"Very well." he said and opened the side entrance to the silo and the mustang drove in and before long the sound of an engine was heard and the mustang appeared before slowing to stop, a song on the radio was blaring inside yet no-one had the chance to identify it before the engine was switched off and the door opened revealing Culpepper.

As he got out, everyone was surprised as they saw he wasn't in his military uniform but rather in dark blue jeans and wearing a black tee-shirt with a Spitfire plane printed on it.

Pandora felt her cheeks go pink as she saw him and thought even without his uniform he looked rather dashing.

"Hey guys." Culpepper said with a smile and wave.

"I'm off duty for today from the base but I still felt I should come around, Agent Fowler did give me the duty of checking in, especially on the younger ones." he gestured to Pandora, Kemeko and the twins and his eyes widened as he saw what they were doing.

"Another human in the base." Ratchet muttered under his breath "Oh joy(!)"

"Good day to you young Culpepper." Optimus Prime said looking at the young human man "It is good to see that Agent Fowler has another human he can trust to interact with the younger Earthlings."

"Thank you Prime." Culpepper said with a salute "Well, they are pretty cool to hang with."

He looked over at the twins, Pandora and Kemeko and he blinked a few times as he saw what they were doing.

Kemeko was standing with her leg above her head wearing a white and silver leotard with a diamante studded tutu.

The twins were forming fireballs in their hands and passing them between each other like balls then they shaped them into birds and small Asian dragons as they flew around each other.

Meanwhile he observed Pandora in the silks wearing a black and orange leotard, and then hybrid smiled at him, her eyes sparkling as she straightened her body and rolled down to the ground in the silks her legs forming a windmill shape until she caught herself before she hit the ground and let herself loose of the silks.

"Culpepper!" she said "I'm so happy you came!" she grinned "We got a lot to tell you!"

"Have you?" Culpepper asked as he approached the hybrid still feeling rather amazed at what he had observed the four younger members of the mutants doing together.

"Well, I'd love to hear everything."

A cough was heard before Culpepper could get closer to Pandora and he turned to see Tyroth, Sephie and the Hamato Clan walking down the stairs from the raised platform and Michelangelo had also walked over to join them.

Culpepper saw the Hamato Clan as well as Tyroth and Sephie staring at him with suspicious and observant eyes.

The human man felt a little uneasy as he watched them and he seemed to guess why they were giving him those looks as he had gotten friendly with their kids, especially Pandora, and he was no fool and understood why as this was Pandora's family and they were protective of her.

Raphael and Monalisa were scary enough to face regarding their daughter's welfare, but what really got him worried was Tyroth's eyes, the way they stared down at him, as if they were looking into his very soul.

"Hi." he said his voice a little shaky.

"Good day Master Culpepper." Splinter said walking over to the young human man, his stick making a tapping noise as he walked.

"Good day to you sir." Culpepper said saluting to the rat.

"It is nice to see you come here again." Splinter said giving the human man a smile yet there was a knowing look in his eyes

"Since you have taken a liking to our younger members."

Pandora looked a little appalled yet the twins looked amused.

"They're grilling your friend Pandora." Loki said elbowing the hybrid.

Pandora glared at Loki.

"They're just looking out for us." Kemeko whispered as she watched.

"Yeah!" Freya said "As any parent or guardian would, and daddy's the most protective when it comes to all the adults!"

Pandora snorted in annoyance yet she couldn't help but agree and she looked at Culpepper as he stood before the adults who spoke to him and she could see out of all them, Tyroth and Raphael were the ones giving him the hard eyes, the ones that meant that if he did anything bad, that he would answer to them.

Before he had arrived, Pandora had messaged Culpepper inviting him to the base when he was able to, to tell him the story of her, Donatello, Kemeko, Bulkhead and Arcee being trapped in the mine, as well as hoping to get to know him better as Tyroth and her family had advised.

As the hybrid looked at the Autobots, she noticed they too where watching the adults talking and observing Culpepper, yet she also noticed that Arcee wasn't amongst them.

Before Culpepper arrived she had been deep in conversation with everyone else, but now she wasn't to be seen.

"Hey." she said to Kemeko and the twins, "You seen Arcee recently?"

The other kids looked confused until Bulkhead spoke up.

"She's elsewhere." he reported "Personal stuff." he looked over at Bumblebee who looked sad.

Pandora was a little confused until she realized, along with Kemeko.

"Cliffjumper." they said together then looked upwards to the ceiling...

Meanwhile, Arcee was standing on top of a view point near the hidden silo where she had built a memorial for her late partner Cliffjumper.

Often in the evenings when they weren't patrolling, she would come up to this spot and watch the sunrise or the sunset and feel like she was closer to him again and speak her worries and how things were going since he was lost to them.

"Hey Partner." she said brightly "Heck of a view you got up here, if there's even a small chance your spark is out there listening, well, we could really use you Cliff, it seems like every day another Decepticon arrives on the scene, we're outnumbered and outgunned," she gave a small smile as she thought of how Cliffjumper would react to that news.

"Yeah, I'd know what you'd say, sounds like a fair fight," she sighed sadly "And if that's the world we live in, so be it," she lowered her optics, it was times like this she wished she could cry like the humans did, yet as a cybertronian, she had her own way of showing emotions, and here she felt the need to let it out.

"I just want you to know, I haven't given up." the femme narrowed her eyes in fury.

"I'm gonna find the con who took you from us!"

She clenched her fists.

It was a vow she had taken when she found out Cliffjumper had been off-lined, and she never gave up on it, she wanted to find the con who snuffed out his spark, and make them pay.

She knew Optimus would never approve of it, saying she was no different from those she fought, but she didn't care, she wanted to make Airachnid pay for taking away Tailgate, and she wanted the same when it came to Cliffjumper, make the con regret he ever snuffed out his spark...

Megatron has found out from Airachnid something Starscream failed to record, and at the Autobot base, Culpepper is under the observing eyes of Tyroth and the other elders when it comes to the younger ones.