Hey y'all; so first things first, thank you all for commenting and following this story. Shout out to those who have stayed from the beginning. Secondly, I apologize for not updating; but I have been busy with college and work and the only days I have off is the weekend. Now with college coming to a close next month, I have more free time to update but I will still have work. Secondly; during my free time that I had when I didn't have anything to do with college or work, I was doing research about writing stories and have decided to re-write this story. Don't worry, this will be the final revision of this story as it will have a lot more detail and character building and such. I have added a few chapters of my own to each season to add the build up to season 3 - which I know y'all probably can't wait for. Lastly, I am working on a one-shot that has my OC paired with another character that is dealing with a similar situation she is, so be on the look out for that. Of course, this will be my first time writing a one-shot, so be nice in the comments and give advise on what I should improve on.

Anyway, enough rambling. I will update chapter 2 when I can. Let me know what you thought of this chapter.

Disclaimer: Transformers Prime belongs to its rightful owners. I only own my OC's.

Summary: In the beginning of the war, Optimus and Elita-1 sparked a child that is not Cybertronian, instead a rare species they call techno-organic. They did their best to keep their daughter a secret, but rumors spread like wildlife and reached Megatron's audio's. Megatron saw this child as a way to finally claim victory for the Decepticons and to gain knowledge of a rare species. Because of this, Optimus and Elita-1 made a difficult decision to send their daughter off-world at a point in the war where the Decepticons seemed unstoppable.

Eons past and the war is brought to an unknown planet called Earth. Here is where the war intensifies as Megatron brings Optimus' daughter into the war when he captures her after he returns from his interstellar travels. Reunited with his daughter again, Optimus is determined to do everything in his power to keep her safe from the Decepticons. However, he knows that he cannot keep her away from her fate as long as she is his daughter.

A dark and ominous ship flew through the sky of the planet called Earth. In this ship were the enemies of the Autobots called Decepticons. The command center is filled with identical troops called Vehicons. These Vehicons were stationed at a terminal doing their duties on the lower level in the command center. At the head of the ship on the walkway above the Vehicons that were on the lower level, is a dark blue, tall and slender mech endlessly searching on the main terminal of the ship. This mech is known as Soundwave. The Decepticons most loyal follower to Megatron, third in command, Communications Officer and spy.

One might be wondering what he was doing if he were new. However; if one knows who the infamous Decepticon spy well enough, then one is not fooled by the silent mech for he is currently working on searching for the long lost daughter of Optimus Prime while his master is absent as he is away in space also searching - though for something completely different and very destructive. For a master hacker like him, it doesn't really take long to hack into the mainframe and search for whatever he desired. However, because the planets inhabitants are in the billions, its taking longer than anticipated. He wants to find her before Megatron returns from his three years absence to give him something to look forward to after being gone so long. There's just so much important and non-important information on this planets communication grid that he's wasting time.

He growls in irritation. She could be anywhere on this mud ball of a planet. Or not at all. No, she is just like these organics called humans. She could just be blending in with the human species. He knows what she looks like and her name, so why can't he...?

A small ping indicated that he found a match. Finally.

He brought up the image of her and confirmed it was her. Her image conveyed her appearance perfectly. Elegant and innocent. However, her optics expressed that fire of determination she inherited from her Creators. He can also detect the spark of a warrior that is buried deep within her. He wonders what Megatron will do with her when she is in his possession. One thing he's certain is that he is going to want her be examined, thoroughly. He might bring the warrior out and possibly manipulate her into becoming a Decepticon. Who knows? Whatever his master has in store for her is not good. That he's certain of.

Contacting his leader via PHF (Personal Hailing Frequencies), Soundwave waited for him to respond before answering.

What is it, Soundwave?

I have located Optimus' daughter.

Excellent, Soundwave. Send me her coordinates and I will retrieve her when I return from my mission. Have the Autobots located her yet?

Negative. They are on patrol.

Good. Tell Starscream to keep them distracted from her. I don't want any interference during our little excursion.

Affirmative.

When Megatron cut the conversation, Soundwave did as told and went to find the seeker to tell him Megatron's orders.

Somewhere out in the country, a red Dodge Challenger drove up the hill and into the scene as he was telling his partner what happened to him.

"So there I am on a look out, when out of nowhere, these high-beams light up my rear view. And then it hits me. I'm illegally parked."

"Another parking ticket?" His partner teased.

"Better - the boot." he corrected.

"Big metal tire clamp, impossible to remove."

"Bingo! So, the local police did there thing, and I let them get all the down the block, that's when I kicked off my new shiny shoes and bang!"

"New York's finest soiled themselves."

"You know me Arcee, if you miss with Cliffjumper-

"And you get the horns." Cliffjumper laughs as Arcee added. "Not sure how that complies to Autobot rule number one - keep a low profile."

"What can I say? Patrolling for energon out in Dullsville gets lonesome. Almost makes me miss the Decepticons."

"Like Jasper, Nevada's a party?" Arcee retorted. "We're alone wherever we travel on this rock, Cliff."

Suddenly, the red Autobot warrior's scanners detected an energy signature nearby. "I'm getting a signal."

"Need back up?"

"Do I ever need back up?" Cliff retorted before turning his wheel sharp and drove a couple feet until stopping when he came upon a crater of energon. "I just found a whole lot of energon." He reported to the femme. Then above him, the all-familiar ominous ship casted a shadow over him. "Decepticons." he recognized while transforming into bipedal mode.

Then he saw a satellite turret began to move toward him at the bottom of the ship and fired. The red Autobot grunted as he was blasted into the crater and landed near the energon crystals. A hatch begins to open while Cliff gets to his pedes and Vehicons began to fall from the bottom of the ship.

Seeing that he got outnumbered real quick, Cliffjumper reconsidered his earlier statement as he said, "Arcee about that back up." The Autobot warrior and the Vehicons stared down at each other as the tensity began to build up. Cliff decided to break the silence as he stated as a warning, "Fair warning boys - I'll put a few dings in ya."

With that, he transformed into his vehicle mode and drove up the ramp. While in mid-air, he transformed back to his bipedal and pulled back his arm as he got ready to punch.

:Arcee to Optimus. The 'Cons are back. Cliff might be neck-deep in scrap.:

"Understood. Ratchet, do you have Cliffjumper's coordinates?" Optimus asked through the open comm-link.

"I'm locked on his signal, Optimus. But our team is scattered across time zones."

"Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, rendezvous back at base and prepare to ground bridge."

Cliffjumper grunts as he was smacked around by the Vehicons. One of them smacked him off the cliff, knocking off one of his horns in the process. The Autobot landed on the ground, creating a pile of dust before landing on his pedes. The troops jumped down to ground level the Autobot was on.

"You want the horns?" Cliff asked the 'Cons before equipping dual blasters. "You got 'em." he added before firing at them, killing one in the process.

This caused the troops to automatically fire back at the Autobot; however, they weren't wise enough to watch where they shoot as they exploded the energon crystals. Cliffjumper got caught in the blast and became a prisoner as he was badly damaged to fight back.

On the Nemesis, Starscream saw the whole thing. "The energon. It's worthless to me now." he sighs angrily. The sounds of doors opening captured his attention and he turned around to face the captured Autobot who was forced to his knees.

"Scream. It's been a while." Cliff coughs out energon. "So, where's your master?"

"Never mind him! I am my own master." Starscream plunged his claws into the Autobot's chest. "Any more questions?" he asked as Cliff glanced at the wound before the seeker pulled his claws out. A few drips of energon fell to the floor just as the now empty husk of the Autobot warrior fell with a thud. "Clean that up." Starscream ordered.

Just as the warship left the area, a Ground bridge appeared and five more Autobots arrived to the energon crater a little too late. The one on the far right was the medic of the team... Ratchet. His color scheme is red and white. His alternate mode was appropriately chosen as an ambulance Ford E-350. He's a veteran medic. The one next him is a green mech named Bulkhead. He's the wrecker of the team. His chosen vehicle mode is a dark green SUV Lamborghini LM002.

The one next to him is a female -or femme- Autobot named Arcee. She's the smallest of the team. Her chosen vehicle is a blue motorcycle Kawasaki Nuja 250R. The one next to her is a yellow and black Autobot scout named Bumblebee. Arcee and Bee both have wings on their backs which are the most sensitive, give signs of their behavior and act as extra sensors. Bumblebee's chosen vehicle is a yellow and black sports car Urbana 500 Chevrolet Camaro. He's the youngest member of the team because he was part of the last sparks to be sparked from the All Spark.

Last but not least; Optimus Prime. The leader of the Autobots, the thirteenth Prime, former archivist and visionary, student of Alpha Trion, Matrix Bearer, nemesis to Megatron - the tyrannical leader of the Decepticons. His color scheme is red and blue - his pedes and helm blue, his chassis red. Optimus' chosen vehicle is a red and blue long nose Peterbit 379 semi truck. He transformed into his alternate mode and landed in front of his Autobots with his battle mask and blaster equipped as he scanned the area.

"An untapped energon deposit." Optimus observed, lowering his blaster.

"What's left of it." Bulkhead added.

"This has been the first Decepticon activity in three years." Ratchet stated.

"That we know of." Optimus said, removing his battle mask. "If they're scouting for energon, they may be preparing for his return."

The Autobots scattered to search for any signs of their comrade. Optimus stood at the top of the cliff while the others searched in the crater to look out for any danger that might come. Arcee hopped down to the ground and searched the area for her partner. She gasped in horror when she found a horn laying on the ground and bent over to pick it up. She then showed it to Optimus and Ratchet who were now standing next to her.

"Ratchet, can you track his position?" The Prime asked.

The medic nodded and opened a hatch on his arm to track down their comrade. To his horror, Cliffjumper's signal faded. "No." he rasped. "Cliffjumper's life signal just went offline."

On the Nemesis, Soundwave approached the seeker who sensed his EM field.

"Soundwave, what is it?" The seeker asked dryly.

"Like Jasper, Nevada's a party? We're alone wherever we travel on this rock, Cliff." Soundwave replayed Arcee's voice on his visor.

"Ah, the one called Arcee." Starscream remembered her from the past. "Why slay just one Autobot when we still have the advantage of surprise?" he thought aloud.

Then Soundwave reminded him of his order from Megatron. "Keep the Autobots distracted from searching Prime's daughter. This could be our only chance of claiming victory."

Starscream growled at the reminder. He doesn't know why Megatron wants to wait and capture her himself when he could do it for him. Oh well. More fun for him. He will keep the Autobots distracted long enough for Megatron to capture Prime's daughter. Heh. The Autobots won't know what hit them until it's too late. The foolish Prime. He thought he was protecting his daughter by sending her off-world. Little did he know that would be his undoing. His daughter would bring the Autobots defeat and claim the Decepticons as victors.

The remaining Autobots were now gathered around to give Cliffjumper a proper burial on the top of their base.

"We must not allow our anger over the loss of Cliffjumper to impair our judgement. As of today, only we five Autobots remain on this Earth. We owe it to ourselves, to the memory of Cybertronian, to any Autobot in any galaxy seeking safe harbor, to humankind. And we owe to our fallen comrades to survive." Optimus spoke words of wisdom.

Arcee stepped forward to place Cliff's horn on the ground before straightening up and faced the town .

"Arcee?" Optimus asked for her condition.

"If Cliff's gone, standing around here sulking won't bring him back." The femme responded, voice a little shaky. "So, unless anyone mind's, I think I'll get back to protecting humankind." Arcee transformed into her vehicle mode and drove toward the town.

Then Ratchet stepped up to his leader and friend. "Optimus, helping humans will only result in more tragedy." he stated.

"Your opinion is noted." Optimus said before going back inside the base and into his quarters to have some privacy while he thinks.

All this grief is making him think of his missing daughter. Optimus lifted his head up off his desk and pulled out a holocube and turned it on. It displayed of him and Elita holding their daughter in their estate. He pushed a button to switch the picture and this one displayed him playing with his daughter. Memories of them playing together flooded his processor. A sad smile curled to his lips, missing his daughter greatly.

He wishes she could be here with him. She would blend in with the humans more than she did with Cybertronians. But she would still have to keep her true self a secret from the public if she doesn't want to become an experiment. He couldn't bear the thought of her going through that much pain, especially if she was in Shockwave's servos. Primus knows what he would do to her. And he would do it just to gain knowledge of the species, he wouldn't care if he caused pain or not to get it. He just hopes that wherever she might be, she's happy and far away from the war.

Four states over to the east in the little town of Belton, Missouri and in a private school; students were piling out because it was the end of school day. Some stayed for multiple reasons. However, for three teenage girls, their reason for staying is because it's volleyball season - so they had practice to attend before going home. The athletes that played either volleyball or soccer got dressed in the appropriate clothes for playing sports.

For one particular athlete, the figure has curves of a female and has been a 13 year old for eight months. Her hair was black with cyan highlights and the length of her hair went down below her shoulder blades. Her shirt is a purple, sleeveless tank top. Her shorts were up to her thighs. The primary color is also purple but with other colors that compliments the color. She was putting on her socks before putting on her shoes that were blue, orange and white. Once she finished dressing, she put her hair in a ponytail before standing up from where she was sitting and grabs her bag then walked out of the bathroom.

She walked past vending machines and into the gym. She glanced around the gym and found some of her teammates were already doing their exercises before practice starts at 3:30. A smile spread to her lips when she spotted her two friends, Athena and Tempest, already peppering to each other.

After placing her bag on the bleachers, she turned around, glancing up to the upper level and caught a glimpse of a man standing still as a statue. She raised an eyebrow as she observed the strange man. His face expressed a straight face, revealing no emotions. He wore a dark blue jacket over a purple shirt that had a strange symbol in the middle. His sillohette is slender, but tall - probably around 6.4. He appeared to be staring at her, which kind of creeped her out since she is just a teenager.

"Ava, heads up!" Tempest warned her, snapping the teenager from the staring contest with the strange man.

Reflexes kicked in and Ava bumped the ball back to Athena who set it to Tempest and the trio began peppering.

"Who were you looking at?" Athena asked Ava.

She glanced back up to the upper level and found the man gone. He must have left while I wasn't looking. she assumed. Ava turned her attention back to her friends. "Nothing that shouldn't be too concerning about." she assured them. Yet. she thought.

Back in Jasper, Nevada; a sixteen year old teenage boy appeared in a drive-through window, taking someone's order.

"Hello and welcome to K.O. drive-in where every patty's a knockout. May I take your order?" he recited.

"Yeah; I'll have two number two's, couple of fries." The customer ordered his food through the speaker.

"Okay, two two's and fries, anything else?"

"Yeah, some advice; how do I get an awesome job like yours?" The customer teased before laughing with his friends.

The teenage boy's expression turned into an annoyance as he knew that these customers were bullies. "So, that's two 'we're not as funny as we think we are with a side of bite me.'" he snappily retorted as he placed the order bags on the ledge.

"Heh, what'd you say?"

"$5:59, sir. At the window." he spat into the mic and turned his back.

The car pulled up to the window and laughter was heard behind the teenager before he realized that they were speeding off without paying.

"Hey!" The boy shouted as he rushed to the window. "I have to pay for that." he mumbled to himself in a whiny tone, pounding his fist on the metal ledge.

Arcee just pulled into the town and activated her hologram. She drove past a gas station and two identical vehicles that pulled on to the road and followed the motorcycle. The femme sensed someone following her and checked behind her through the side mirrors to see two 'Cons following her.

"Twins."

She turned into a parking lot, the 'Cons driving by, and parked in a spot watching the Vehicons through the mirror until they were out of sight. Once she made certain they were out of sight, Arcee deactivated her hologram.

"Take five Sadie."

Just then, the teenage boy exited the restaurant as it was the end of his shift and immediately his phone rang. He reached in the pocket the phone was in with his hand and opened it. "Hey, mom. I just got off."..."No, I'm not going to the dance. Experience suggests I should never cut on a rug - unless I'm installing carpet."..."Be careful? Seriously? This is Jasper."

Suddenly, his eyes widen and his mouth dropped in awe when he spotted his dream 'car' sitting just a couple feet from him. "I love you." he rasped out loud, forgetting that he was still on the phone with his mom. "Uh, y-yeah I-I love you too mom. I gotta run." he ended the call "Hello beautiful." he said as he walked over to the motorcycle, not thinking that it might be somebody else's and not knowing that it was a female sentient being. "Where have you been all my life?" He ran his fingers over the slick leather seat. "Nice." He threw one of his legs over and sat down. "It may take a few K.O. pay checks, but I am going to own a ride like you someday."

"Are you talking to your motorcycle?" a feminine voice teased before laughing with her sister.

The boy looked up and recognized the two girls that were laughing at him, causing him to become embarrassed. "My motorcycle? No I-I'm not talk... Well, to you I-I am. How's things, Sierra? Take you for a spin sometime?"

Arcee glanced behind her and saw the two Vehicons slowly approaching her. "Come on smooth operator. Wrap it up." she prompted, her voice low enough that the humans couldn't hear.

"You know my name?" Sierra asked as if she was surprised.

"We're in homeroom together." The boy explained. "I'm Jack. Jack Darby."

Suddenly, blinding headlights were turned on their target, interrupting the humans conversation.

"Scrap." Arcee cursed just as the Vehicons started driving toward her, causing Sierra and that other femme to scream and run away from the danger.

Unfortunately for Jack, he had to grip on the handles when the vehicle started driving on its own and to his horror, toward the two bad vehicles. "Whoa!" he shouted, closing his eyes to brace himself for the impact.

However, it never came as he watched the two-wheeler squeeze between them, creating an awful sound. He looked back to seeing the cars turn around to continue chasing after him or whoever they want at the moment.

He gasped in surprise when a sudden voice that sounded feminine like advised, "Do not let go!"

"Who said that?!" he demanded but didn't get a reply as the motorcycle turned right.

One of the Vehicons contacted their superior. "Commander Starscream; target located, accompanied by a human youth."

:Destroy them both.: the seeker ordered without hesitation.

Arcee pulled into an alley way and stopped.

Jack immediately got off and shakily asked. "What... are you?"

Arcee readjusted herself to face the human male and responded with a threat. "I don't exist. Tell anyone about me and I will hunt you down."

She strolled forward which caused him to run away. She drove another way just when the two Vehicons caught up with her. The femme expected both of them to follow her, however she saw one of them turned to where she saw the human boy ran.

"Scrap." she cursed before sharply u-turning and driving toward the 'Con that was following her. She jumped onto his hood and drove over him.

Jack looked back and saw one of the cars following him. He let out a breath before shouting, "I don't even know her!"

The Vehicon didn't listen to his little attempt at reasoning with him and continued following him. Suddenly, from behind him, the Autobot femme jumped over him and landed in front of him.

She pulled up to the human and said, "Hop on!"

The human did as told and the Autobot drove out of the alleyways, the human boy screaming. His partner caught up with him and the two Vehicons soon caught up with the Autobot.

Jack looked back at the cars and saw some sort of gun popping out of the hoods. He widen his eyes when the drivers started shooting at them, causing him to duck his head, waiting for one of the bullets to hit him but none of them did, thankfully.

"Why are those guys shooting at us?" he demanded.

"There's no us, kid. And they're no guys." Arcee explained briefly as she maneuvered through the traffic with ease.

Then, a yellow and black Camaro came into the scene and easily caught up with the Decepticons. He pulled up to the back side of one of them and maneuvered in a way that his front hit the side of the bumper, causing him to swerve out of control.

"Friend of yours?" Jack asked.

"Family." Arcee assured him.

The Vehicons caught up with the Autobot scout and blocked him in before one of them does the same move Bumblebee did.

Down under the highway bridge was a boy with brown spiky hair and wore glasses playing with his race car when his phone rang. He reached into his pocket and answered it. "Hey mama."..."Racing right at the street."..."Kay. Just five more minutes." He ended the call and pocketed his phone before going back to playing with his toy car.

Back on the bridge, Arcee continued to drive forward while Jack looked back to see if the cars are following, but when he looked back forward, his grip tightened on the handles as his eyes widen with terror when he saw the end of the bridge. Then, the motorcycle did something that no human cars could do. It jumped! Over the railing and landing on a slanted hill, picking up more momentum of speed before jumping off it and landing on the ground, swerving to a stop, finally giving Jack time to rest as he tries to steady his breathing.

When he looked up, he heard another male voice gasp in awe and excitement. "Whoa."

The older teenage boy glanced at him just in time to see him drop his remote control for a toy car. "You have no idea." Jack rasped out before getting off the bike as the young boy walked up to him.

Suddenly, his blood ran cold when Jack heard the familiar sound of tires screeching before looking up at the hill and saw the two ominous cars that were chasing them. The young boy looked to where Jack was looking. Then, both of the cars drove down the hill and, to both the boys horror, the cars transformed into robots, equipped with blasters. Both boys got out of the way when more transforming sounds was sounded behind them.

Unlike the other two robots, this robot appeared to have more of a female built to it as it had the curves of a female. When the robot spoke, it confirmed that it was a female robot. "This ends here' Cons!" Arcee charged the Decepticon twins as they fired at her. She jumped in the air and kicked the one on the left before punching the other one.

As the femme Autobot fought the Vehicons, Jack and the little boy watch from a distance in confusion and excitement at the same time.

"W-What are they?" The little boy asked shakily and confused.

"Talking cars that turn into robots. Or the other way around." Jack guessed, as he was confused as well.

Arcee gave a series of punches as she said, "This... is... for... Cliff!"

The Vehicon peered back at the Autobot femme who's expression is glaring back at him. Then he fired at the femme who backflipped, dodging his blasts, but one hit her in the stomach, earning a grunt from the femme as she was blasted into the ground. Then, another familiar sound of transformation from above was heard as both of the Vehicons looked up and saw the Autobot scout jumping off the highway. Bumblebee kicked the Vehicon that Arcee punched and fired at her before punching the other one in the face.

Arcee groans in pain as she held her hand to her forehead and recovers from the blast while Bee steps on one them. But, when he lifted up his pede off him and onto the ground, he heard a crunching noise underneath his pede so he looked down. Instantly, regret filled his spark as he apologized to one of the human boys in a series of whirls and beeps. "I'm sorry for crushing your toy."

He listened as the younger boy said back, "No problem. Really."

Suddenly, his optics widen when he saw the Vehicons firing at him a little too late as he was blasted in his chassis and landed on his stomach. He flipped over to lay on his back just in time to see the Vehicons aiming their blasters at him.

Just before the Vehicons could fire, Bee heard the young human boy shout out. "Leave him alone!" That alone caught the Decepticons as they both looked in that direction and saw the two humans. "Please?"

The older boy crouched down to the younger boy and that's when Bee got more concerned as one of the Vehicons started moving toward the humans. "Bad call." he stated before both of them ran, the Vehicon following after.

Jack and the young boy ran to a sewer tunnel and climbed into it. They continued to run while the Vehicon reached in to grab them. However, they stopped when suddenly the arm was pulled out of the tunnel. They had a brief moment to catch their breath just as the yellow robot's face popped out of nowhere, causing Jack to flinch.

"It's all right little one's, your safe now." Jack couldn't understand what he was saying but he seemed to be trying to be comforting.

He heard the young boy say, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." To his relief, the robot left.

"Don't look back." Jack advised.

"What did we just see?"

"No idea and I'm not sure I want to find out." Jack answered as he and ushered the boy to leave through the sewer.

Arcee and Bee were having trouble fighting the Decepticon twins until Bulkhead showed up. He transformed into his vehicle mode and stood behind his teammates. "Who's ready to rumble?" he asked.

Knowing they were outnumbered, both Vehicons transformed into their alt modes and drove off. Finally able to rest, Bee slouched his shoulders as Arcee asked Bulkhead, "What took you?"

"Traffic." The Wrecker answered groaning.

Bee gave him a look.

The Autobots returned to base and Arcee and Bee are now reporting to Optimus what happened.

"And the 'Cons would have been scrap metal if I haven't been distracted by the human." Arcee finished explaining.

This caused Optimus to flinch a little as he was just remembering his daughter. A little fear crept into his spark as he repeated in a calmly manner. "Human?"

This time, Bee answered as he held up two digits. "Two human boys."

Relief filled his spark as he knows that his daughter is safe from the war.

Arcee continued to add. "I guess the second one caught us an action, I don't know. Was a little busy at the time."

"If the Decepticons are targeting us, anyone perceived as our ally, will be at grave risk." Optimus stated.

He prayed to Primus that he would keep his daughter safe far from the war. He turned to Ratchet and announced that he was going to turn in for the night and walked into his quarters. He laid himself down on his berth and slowly allowed recharge to take over.

Optimus awoke with a start when he heard his daughter call out to him. The first thing he noticed that he was surrounded by white. Confusion peaked at his spark as he stood off his berth and started aimlessly wander. As he wandered, he began to think of how his daughter sounded. First he could hear the desperation in her voice. He also heard the whimper, which only caused more confusion. She wouldn't be that desperate unless someone is attacking her or causing her pain at this moment and calls him for comfort.

However, as he continues to wander, his surroundings started changing and the scene before him caused his optics to widen and his pace to slow to a stop. He couldn't believe his optics. Earth is a barren waste land. The only thing that littered the ground was abandoned buildings, scattered debris. He caught glimpses of smaller creatures roaming around. So far, he's found no human in sight.

He was about to call his daughter when a deep familiar voice call his name instead. "Optimus Prime."

The Prime turned around and his optics widen when he saw his mentor. "Alpha Trion?" He glanced to his surroundings then back at the Prime. "What happened here?"

"This, my old friend, is what happens when Megatron captures your daughter."

"What?" Optimus asked in disbelief. "Elita and I sent her off-world just for that reason. I made certain that the Decepticons could not track her pod's signal."

"Indeed you did. However; you and I both know that Megatron will do everything in his power to claim victory for the Decepticons by using your daughter against you. In fact, this dream is a vision of the future if Megatron succeeds in his plans."

"What are you saying?"

"Megatron has found your daughter on this planet."

Optimus sat up when he awoke from his dream. He couldn't believe it. His daughter is here on this planet? No wonder he feels a pull in his spark. Now it all makes sense. Megatron must have ordered Starscream to distract them from finding out his real plan. He wants to warn her, but he can't do that because they haven't reconnected their bond in eons. He also couldn't send her a warning message the same way he contacts Cybertronians. All he can do is hope that she will sense the danger before it's too late.

The next day, Jack was walking down the steps until he caught a glimpse of the young boy waving at him by a tree. He smiled and walked over to him.

"Raf, hey. Look, let's just, keep this between us and forget anything happened." Jack stated.

The boy named Raf gasped in excitement when he saw the familiar yellow car. "Jack."

"Oh not again." Jack groaned when he saw the yellow car pull up next to them and opens the passenger door.

"Don't worry little one; I am not here to harm you only to bring you to our base so my leader can explain what happened yesterday. Your friend has to go with Arcee the motorcycle." Bee instructed.

"It-It wants us to get in." Jack guessed.

"No, just me." Raf corrected.

"Wha... how do you know that?"

"It said so."

"What?"

"Yours is over there." Raf pointed behind them toward the blue motorcycle.

Jack stared at the motorcycle for a minute before trying to suggest not to get involved. "Raf, I really don't think..."

But the young boy just ignored him as he asked the robot. "How's it going?"

"Wait, stop!" Jack shouted at his new friend as the Camaro took off with him. He glanced back to the motorcycle with a glare before walking in the direction the car went.

Arcee didn't follow him immediately as she was trying to wait on this female human to get distracted. This girl sat on a wall beside the stairs with a leg rested on her other as she drew the blue motorcycle in her sketchbook.

"Coolest bike ever." she rasped before hearing her phone ringing. She pulled out her phone and opened it to see the caller. "Host parents?" she questioned herself as she debated on whether or not to answer. "Ignore." She closed her phone and pocketed it back in her pocket before getting back to drawing. However, when she looked up, she noticed the bike was gone which caused her to groan. But then, she caught a glimpse of blue driving by and decided to follow.

As Jack was walking down in the alleyways, the motorcycle caught up with him as she swerved to a stop in front of him.

"Relax. I just want to talk to you." Arcee assured him.

"Don't you mean you and your new friend?" Jack retorted angrily.

"Kid, there's a lot you don't understand." Arcee retorted as she deactivated her hologram.

"No, I-I get it. The first rule of robot fight club is you don't talk about robot fight club. What you need to understand is that I don't want a bunch of crazy talking vehicles following me around, trying to get me killed!"

Arcee had transformed while he was ranting. "Look. 'Jack' is it? Your personal safety is exactly why Optimus Prime has requested your presence."

"Wait. Optimus-who?"

"You may be in danger because you are one of the few, one of the only who have ever seen us."

"Dude! What are you waiting for?!" a sudden feminine voice interrupted. Arcee looked to the source and found another human peaking around the corner. "Go with!"

"Scrap." the femme cursed.

Moments later, Bee and Arcee were driving back toward base with one more human to their list. Miko and Jack were riding Arcee while Raf road in Bumblebee.

"Whoa hoo! Whoo!"

"And why exactly are we taking her?" Jack asked annoyed.

"Rules." Arcee answered.

Bumblebee and Arcee continued to drive off the road and toward this big boulder/mountain which caused Jack to freak out a little. "Hey, wha - whoa!"

Suddenly, the rock began to split up into an entrance and they continued to drive until they reached the command center. Miko and Jack both got off Arcee so she could transform.

"I thought there were two." Ratchet thought.

"Haven't you heard? Humans multiply." Arcee retorted.

"I'm Raf."

"I'm Miko." The girl introduced as she ran up to the green robot. "Who are you?"

"Bulkhead."

Miko gasps, "Are you a car? I bet you're a truck. A monster truck! Do you like heavy metal? How much do you weigh? Ever use a wrecking ball for a punching bag?"

"So, if you guys are robots, who made you?" Raf asked.

Ratchet scoffed, "Puh-lease."

Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard behind the humans and Jack looked up to see the tallest robot here.

"We are autonomous robotic organism from the planet Cybertron, also known as Autobots."

Jack stepped forward and asked. "Why are you here?"

"To protect your planet from the Decepticons." Optimus clenched his fists.

"The jokers who tried to bump us off last night." Arcee clarified.

"Okay. Why are they here?"

Optimus knelt down to be eye level. "A fair question, Jack. In part, they are here because our planet is uninhabitable ravaged by centuries of civil war."

"Why were you fighting a war?" Raf asked.

"Foremost, over control of our world's supply of energon, the fuel and lifeblood of all Autobots and Decepticons alike. The combat was fierce and endured for centuries. In the beginning, I fought alongside whom I considered a brother. But in war, ideals can be corrupted. And it was thus... that Megatron lost his way."

Miko yawns in boredom. "Is there gonna be a quiz?

Jack gave her a sideways glare for being rude. He looked back up at the robot and asked. "So, what does Megatron or any of this... have to do with us?"

"Megatron has not been seen nor heard from in some time. But if his return is imminent, as I fear, it could be catastrophic."

On the Nemesis, Soundwave approached the seeker with a recording.

Starscream lifted his helmet when he recognized the pattern of the recording. "Those transmissions are eminating from deep space." The seeker faced the silent mech. "I would hate to waste the energon . . . unless you are absolutely certain."

Soundwave nodded without hesitance. Knowing full well of what his leader intends to do, the Communications Officer sent the coordinates where Prime's daughter resides to him.

Starscream sighs reluctantly. He knew he shouldn't keep his leader waiting, but he really doesn't want his master back because he likes being the one in charge - instead of the one getting beaten for his failures. Turning his helmet to the lower level, he ordered a drone. "Lock on transmissions coordinates and activate the space bridge."

Outside of Earth's orbit, a circular Cybertronian structure floated in space as a swirling, green and blue vortex appears in the center as a sign for its activation. Then, a silver jet exited the portal and flew towards the planet below as he doesn't want to waste anymore precious for the Autobots to catch on and interfere with his plans. The silver jet hovered in the sky as he waited for his scanners to locate Prime's daughter.

A beeping sounded as his scanners detected her. "There you are." he rasped.

Megatron's engine boosted him through the sky toward his prize. He got there in no time as he slowed his speed to see if he could spot her while he's in the air. Unfortunately, the organic trees were too close together for him to see anything beyond the tree line. He flew around the forest to see if there is a big enough opening for him to transform and there was one just up ahead. As he drew closer to the clearing, he mentally frowned when he spotted civilization nearby. In fact, there was civilization on both sides of the forest.

Hmm, should he wait for her to go to her home and capture her there? Or, should he wait for her to go out into the open and then make his move? Well, his scanner doesn't detect any Autobot signatures nearby so he has time, but he also doesn't want to let this opportunity slip. Hmm, surprise her then introduce himself after she wakes up in a cell. Or, introduce himself first then surprise her by capturing her and seeing her reaction. After a few minutes of thinking, Megatron decided on the former and prepared himself to wait as he scanned the forest for her unique signature. Once he confirmed her location, he decided to play with her like a hawk would with its prey and started flying around her in circles.

Below the tree-line, Ava, Athena, and Tempest were walking through the forest on the hiking trail toward their favorite hangout spot. Ava listened to Tempest telling a story about the school until she heard the sound of an engine jet flying over head. She narrowed her eyes in suspicion as she watched the flight pattern. It seems that the pilot is circuling around this particular spot and way too close for comfort. Was it a military jet? No. Military doesn't go near any civilization unless it's for military purposes or emergency situations. Perhaps an enemy jet scouting for some place to set up base or looking for hostages?

She was brought back to reality when something impacted her face. "Ow." she exclaimed, rubbing the sore spot on her face. She gave her friends a glare but softened when she saw their concern expressions.

"You all right, Ava?" Athena asked, breaking the silence with concern. "You've been acting weird."

Tempest nodded in agreement. "Yeah, first it was at volleyball practice and then now. Is there something on your mind that has you distracted?"

"...I don't know. Maybe I am not getting enough sleep and that's making me paranoid."

"What exactly did you see that made you paranoid?" Athena asked.

Ava glanced at them before averting her gaze to the ground. "I... yesterday at practice, I saw a strange man standing on the upper level of the gym and he appeared to be . . . starring at me."

"Creeper." Tempest commented before receiving a punch in the shoulder by Athena who glared at her. "Ow." she exclaimed, rubbing the spot on her shoulder that Athena punched.

"That's what I thought." Ava agreed. She observed her surroundings to see if any humans were near by before looking back to her friends. "Have either of you noticed the jet flying over head?"

Both of them looked up and caught a glimpse of the jet that Ava mentioned. It appeared to be circling like a hawk and way too close if it was a military jet.

Athena looked back to her friend. "What about it?" she asked.

"You're not . . . suspicious of its flight pattern?" Ava asked instead.

"Now that you mention it, it does seem to be flying too close for it to be any military jets." Athena stated. "But what does that have to do with the 'creeper'?"

"That's the thing . . . he might be the pilot of the jet and could be scouting for hostages or for some place to set up base."

Tempest formed a teasing smile. "You've been watching too much action."

"I'm serious, Tempest. I don't know why, but I have this feeling that something bad is gonna happen and it has to do with me."

"Okay, okay; breathe Ava . . . breathe." Athena instructed her friend who took a deep breath and exhaled as a way to calm herself. "Now remember: flow like the water. Act when the moment is happening, but decided by doing the right thing." she advised.

Ava nodded in contentment.

"Now, how about we play some music to soothe us from panicking further." Athena suggested.

"And play volleyball." Tempest added with excitement, holding up the ball.

Athena rolled her eyes playfully. "Yes, we play volleyball as we are listening to music."

Megatron frowned mentally. He was smiling as he watched Prime's daughter freaking out. But he frowned when that red-hair human successfully calmed her down. Though he has to admit, she has the potential of being a leader. However, she is not his target.

Ava. he thought. So that's her name.

Rolls off the tongue nicely. Smart, observant - just like her Sire - only he keeps his emotions in check like a good leader does. He could use that to his advantage when he manipulates her. She won't have the comfort of her friends to make reasonable decisions. However, the question remains: does she still remember who she is and where she came from? Well, only one way to find out.

It was getting dark, so the three of them decided to head home and turn in for the night. Ava walked with her friends until it was time for them to separate. Ava gave goodbye hugs to Athena and Tempest and watched them walk to their houses up the hill. Once they walked into the door, Ava turned to her right before stopping dead in her tracks, gasping in disbelief as her eyes widen a bit. There on top of the hill, was a giant robot with bloody red eyes that seem to glow bright in the surrounding darkness. It wore a toothy grin, showing its sharp teeth. She felt like an ant next to the skyscraper, silver-armored robot. In the middle of its chest was a purple symbol that she for some reason felt like she's seen that before but can't place it. The robot looked like it comes from a nightmare, and she would like to say she was dreaming, but she is more aware of her surroundings than most people and when she knows something's off.

As if to add to the nightmare and to her horror, the robot started to make its approach toward her, the ground shaking every time it stepped. She glanced right and left as she thought of running, but quickly downed that thought as she knew that would only indicate fear and give it the opportunity to 'play' with her. She did her best to control her breathing as she craned her head upward to meet the robot's hellish gaze when it stopped its approach in front of her. She tried not to scramble away as the robot maneuvered its body into a kneeling position. She didn't have time to pull her head away from its claw-like fingers when it lifted her chin with one of its finger to make eye contact with her.

"Do you remember me, child?" It asked with a booming deep voice.

Should she answer? "I . . . I might if I knew your name - that is, if you have one."

She got the sinking feeling that she might have said the wrong after noticing its lips curling into an amused smile.

"I am Megatron, leader of the Decepticons and I have come to save you from my enemies, the Autobots." he cursed the word.

Ava raised an eyebrow. "Save me? From what?"

"From being experimented on and being used against me." Megatron half-lied.

"What?" she exclaimed in disbelief. "I don't even know you, so why would your enemies use me against you - unless they wish to conquer Earth and the only way to do that is to get rid of their enemy by using us humans as hostages against the good guys." she rambled on. She glanced up at him and saw amusement written across his face. "Sorry, I have tendencies to ramble about battle strategies." she apologized to the enemy without knowing he was the enemy.

Megatron smirked in amusement. And yet another sign that she is Prime's daughter.

Suddenly, a horn blared as headlights shined on them. Megatron glared at the intrusion before grabbing Ava fast as lightning and jumping into the air, transforming into his jet mode mid-air and hovered above the ground. Ava's eyes were wide with fright as she heaved in air after witnessing something unbelievable. As if to add to her fright, she cringed slightly when she heard his booming voice around her.

"Apologies Ava for that unexpected intrusion." Megatron apologized unapologetically.

"Oh no it's . . . fine. " Ava assured him, breathing heavily. "I've seen this happen all the time . . . no freaking out here." she explained a half-lie.

"If you don't mind, I have a place where I could explain everything without any interruptions." Megatron asked, even though he would just go there if she doesn't comply.

"Wherever you think its safe to talk without any eavesdroppers."

Ava yelped and covered her ears when Megatron suddenly blasted himself out into the dark night.