Over the next few days, Charoite gradually found herself able to be enjoy life again. As she regained her strength, she joined in on the Decepticons' play-fights, listened to their favorite battle strategies, danced with them, some of the music coming from Soundwave, and exchanged stories of Iacon City and the High Guard days. Even Starscream was okay once Charoite got to know him. Although they often had little spats, she enjoyed racing him, since they both transformed into types of planes and had a love of competition. Megatron…was mostly a talker, and he was primarily focused on discussing battle and spy plans. While Charoite found the Decepticons to be a bit intense and even scary at times, she believed they had each other's, and her best interests at spark.
Charoite had a thrill challenging Soundwave to guess if different statements she made were true or false. After guessing, he would scan her electrical impulses to reveal the truth. Soon, other Decepticons joined in.
"Okay, okay, my turn again!" Charoite laughed. "I'm a better flyer than Screamy over here!" She gestured towards Starscream with her thumb.
"Quit calling me that!" snapped Starscream.
Charoite narrowed her eyes and smiled. "Whatever you say, Starry!"
Starscream set his teeth and let out a loud grunt.
Soundwave scanned Charoite, circles of light flowing to her. "True."
"She just believes what she's saying is true! I'll prove it!" Starscream shoved Charoite aside. "Soundwave, I'm a better racer than Charoite!"
Soundwave glanced at the surrounding bots. He scanned Starscream. "False."
Charoite and…most of the other bots erupted into laughter.
"What? How dare you!" Starscream pointed a finger in Soundwave's face. "You did that on purpose!
"Hey, Soundwave! I got an idea!"
Everyone fell silent as Megatron approached the scene.
"Everybody say 'yeah!' If you think Charoite is doing a lot better and is ready to start her mission!"
Charoite and the Decepticons all cheered the word, with Starscream adding, "…because she's unfortunately our only option."
Soundwave panned his circles of light over everybody. "You all are telling the truth."
The crowd cheered.
"So, you're sending me today?" Charoite grinned at Megatron.
"Yes. I thought that was clear."
"Thank you!" Charoite squeaked as she leapt up to hug Megatron.
He blocked her in mid-air with his hand to her forehead.
"Not a hugger. Got it!" Charoite flew back down. "So, you sending anything with me?"
"Yes. I want daily updates from you. Here." Megatron handed her a circular device with a lens in the middle. "It's a holographic device. I don't know if you've seen one like this. It's like a pocket version of live transmissions, but they're to communicate bot to bot. I have one just like it. Press the big button on the bottom and it should call me."
Charoite felt a twinge in her spark at "live transmissions." She pressed the button, and a grid-patterned light came from the lens.
"Put it on the ground in front of you."
Charoite obeyed, and a transparent, grid-like version of her was projected on the identical device Megatron held. It was identical to her in size.
"Oh! Cool another me right there! Hello!" Charoite swiped a hand through her projected self, which mirrored her action. Her projected self briefly glitched.
Megatron put his device on the ground in front of himself, then a hologram of himself showed up on Charoite's device.
"Pretty cool, I know." Megatron pressed the button on the bottom of his device, which shut off the call. "I'd prefer communicating with our audials, but unfortunately, we're gonna be too far away for ours to work. At least seeing you will make it harder for you to hide anything. I trust you, but not completely."
Charoite felt jarred at the last statement. She however told herself Megatron didn't know her too well, and he wasn't exactly the friendliest bot. "Huh, don't remember the last time I used my audials for communicating at a distance." Charoite gasped. "Oh! It was when Senti—"
Megatron's eyes flashed, while a few nearby bots tensed up.
"Never mind." Charoite wished she could have brought up the time Sentinel audial communicated with her about a meeting where the other two bots present wouldn't stop arguing, despite his efforts to stop them. He wanted a distraction, so Charoite quickly made some drinks, burst in and advertised herself as Sentinel's newest racer. The two other bots recognized her and gushed over her and how charming and funny she was. Sentinel thanked her profusely once the meeting was over, and he repaid her with the Sentinel decal—and a kiss.
Megatron smiled, bent down to her level, and put his hands on her shoulders. "Make us proud."
Charoite felt some relief. "Like you have to ask!"
Megatron chuckled. "Good to hear. Starscream! You'll lead Charoite back to Iacon. You somewhat managed to lead the High Guard, so I think you got this."
Starscream narrowed his eyes at Megatron and approached Charoite. "I'm older than him, by the way. Come on!" He transformed into his jet mode.
Charoite transformed into her high-performance plane mode and followed Starscream back to Iacon City.