SilverStorm moaned, a cold wet cloth was laid over her head. Her head pounded, her tanks turned, and her neck hurt. She reached up to feel her neck, it was sore though it felt thinner. Cautiously and painfully SilverStorm sat up, her hand on her head.

"Ouch"

She looked around, she appeared to be in a cave or something, though it didn't appear to be Cybertron. SilverStorm stood up though wobbly.

"Ugh, where am I?"

She walked a little way and spotted a Cybertronian StarHopper, the engine was still warm. She looked around; how did she get here?

….

"SideSwipe, Strongarm, and Grim, I am going to Ratchet base for a few hours, I need to speak with him."

Strongarm approached him,

"Sir, may I come with you?"

Bumblebee looked at her,

"Actually, Strongarm I have been meaning to speak with you, something has been bothering you lately and I want to know what…"

Strongarm lowered her head,

"Its along story Sir, I have been trying to understand it."

Bumblebee nodded,

"Then come with me then, we will drive to the base."

…

Ratchet worked on the computer; the others were out exploring earth once again. Ratchet smiled, he had gotten used to the silence he worked in and the arrival of Team Prime had disrupted that silence. Ratchet sighed,

"As much as I have missed them, I miss my silence too."

He mumbled to himself. His silence was soon broken by the sound of Bumblebees and Strongarms engines.

"Ratchet…we need to talk."

…..

Bumblebee waited till they were a good distance from the scrapyard,

"Well Cadet?'

Strongarm drove silently behind him,

"Sir, Wheeljack…he's…. well…"

"Your father, isn't he?"

Strongarm seemed stunned,

"How did you know?"

"The characteristics between the two of you are remarkably similar, with the way you were acting after meeting him I just assumed."

"My mother always told me that my father was…well dead or lost. When I saw him for the first time the other day, I thought he looked familiar, but it wasn't until he told me his name that I knew who he was. I have been struggling with how to handle it…"

Bumblebee sighed,

"Maybe of two of you just need to talk, I'm sure he had a side to the story."

"What about your parents sir?"

Bumblebee rumbled; his engine roaring as they sped down the highway.

"I don't know…I was orphaned as a sparkling…. back to you and Wheeljack. I suggest the two of you spend some time together. "

Bumblebee speed up, with Strongarm following as they eventually reached the base. Bumblebee transformed when he saw Ratchet.

"Ratchet we need to talk."

Ratchet turned to face him,

"And here I was hoping for some peace and quiet."

Strongarm looked around, Jack was sitting up on a balcony his back to her.

"Is Wheeljack around?"

Jack spun his chair,

"He's not here right now but I can take you to him."

Strongarm looked to Bumblebee who nodded his approval for her and Jack to go.

Ratchet sighed as Bumblebee turned his attention back to him, his eyes bore into his.

"I want to know what it is that you are not telling!"

Ratchet sighed as he spun over to the monitor and pulled up everything, they knew on MECH. Bumblebees eyes flew wide open, his hand instinctively went to his side.

"How? I mean I thought Silas was destroyed! Knockout said that Arachnid had killed him!"

Ratchet looked into the eyes of BumbleBee; they were full of panic.

"This is why I didn't want to tell you…why we didn't want to tell you."

Bumblebee looked around the base,

"Who else knows?"

Ratchet looked at Bumblebee he didn't need to say a word, Bumblebee's chest plates heaved angrily as a car horn sounded.

"Rachet, we're back! Bee!"

Raph emerged from the car with his new bride. Bumblebee was almost to angry to speak,

"Did. You. Know. About this?"

Bumblebee pointed to the screen, his chest still heaving as he bent toward Raph. Raphs face dropped,

"Yes, I did Bee. We didn't want to tell you because of…well because of what happened last time you had a run in with them."

Bumblebee was furious, how could they not tell him after what happened with his T-Cog? He should know so he could prepare his team! Bumblebee shook as he walked out of the base, Raph ran behind him.

"Bee listen to me!"

Bumblebee transformed, leaving behind a cloud of white smoke as he quickly sped away. Raph lowered his head and his shoulders dropped. Shauna placed her hand in his and her head on his dropping shoulder.

"Maybe he just needs sometime to cool down."

Raph nodded as they turned and walked back into the base, Ratchet knelt down.

"Are you ok Raphael?"

Raph nodded again,

"I don't remember a time when Bee was ever that mad at me…come to think of it I don't think he has ever been mad at me."

Ratchet lifted the two humans up,

"Its not your fault Raph, we did what we thought was best. Though I believe he is angrier at the fact that a secret was kept from him rather then just being purely mad at you."

…..

Jack leaned against the window as Strongarm drove,

"Their ship is about 5 more clicks west."

Strongarm seemed to speed up slightly,

"What's your rush?"

Jack questioned,

"I need to speak with Wheeljack, its important."

Jack nodded,

"Never pegged Wheeljack for having a family."

Strongarm threw on her break, skidding to a stop.

"Who told you?!"

Jack, unphased by the sudden stop shrugged,

"No one isn't it obvious?"

Strongarm groaned as she moved forward again, the rest of the ride went by in silence till they arrived at the ship. Jack practically leapt out of Strongarms cab and ran for Arcee.

"Arcee, thank Primus."

Arcee knelt down,

"What are you and the kid doing here?"

Jack looked over at Strongarm.

"Bearing witness to a family drama."

Arcee sat down next to him, her one knee up with her arm resting on it.

"I was wondering how long it would be till we saw some action between those two, Bulk!"

Arcee called the green wrecker over to join them as they no so subtle watch Strongarm walk over to Wheeljack.

Strongarm looked to her right, Arcee, Bulkhead, Smokescreen, and the human Jack were all siting there, in a semi-circle. She rolled her eyes; she knew what they were doing.

"Just a little higher."

She heard Wheeljack voice coming from the front of the ship. She was glad that they would be mostly out of everyone sight. She spotted Ultra Magnus holding something up, he was on his knees under the ship with Wheeljack nearby.

"Perfect! Now I just have to wire it in."

Strongarm coughed to get their attention.

"Cadet?"

Ultra Magnus pushed himself off the ground, Strongarm stood at attention.

"Sir, I wish to speak with Wheeljack Sir."

Ultra Magnus nodded, he liked his cadet, she was quite competent, too bad her father was the total opposite.

"Wheeljack, your daughter wishes to speak with you."

Strongarm sighed,

"You too!"

She grumbled as Ultra Magnus seemingly ignored her comment. Wheeljack pushed himself out from under the belly of the ship.

"Strongarm."

He stood up wiping his oil covered hands.

"We need to talk."

Wheeljack nodded,

"I was hoping to speak with you and to apologize for not being there for you."

Strongarm lowered her gaze,

"Why weren't you?"

Wheeljack sighed

"Look kid, it's not that I didn't want to be. I just didn't know about you, not until your mother returned to Cybertron after its restoration."

Strongarm sighed,

"I vaguely remember. I was just a sparkling."

Wheeljack nodded,

"Your mother and me, well we never had anything in common. I met her on Praxius four, she lived in a small Autobot colony there. I stopped in for supplies one day on my way to earth and…well."

Strongarm looked disgusted,

"I get it."

Wheeljack studied her, she resembled MagnoliaRose to a point, her face was all Rose but her body structure that was him.

"When I found out about you, I tried to get close, but your mother kept me away. No one knew about her and me and she wanted to keep it that way."

Strongarms head lowered,

"She disappeared one night, no one heard from her after that. I was placed in an orphanage for a few months till I was old enough to join the police academy, I had hoped by joining I would be able to find her but…"

Wheeljack pulled her into a hug,

"Maybe we can find her together?"

Strongarm smiled,

"Sure…Father."

….

Jack looked up at Arcee,

"I do love a happy ending!"

Arcee rolled her eyes,

"You always were the sappy time."

Jack playfully punched Arcees arm,

"Says the bot who I caught tearing up watching a human film."

Arcee looked mortified,

"Jack don't you dare!"

Jack smirked; his arms crossed across his chest.

"How do you remember that?"

Arcee whispered down to him, Jack shrugged with a playful wink as he whispered back.

"Come on C, you were the most fearless bot I knew., to see you tear up at a human film no less was…touching."

Arcee shook her head with a growl. She had forgotten about that embarrassing moment until now. Smokescreen yawned throwing himself backwards and crashing onto the ground. Jack swayed slightly as the ground rumbled.

"I'm ready for nap!"

Smokescreen stretch out on the grass, the warm sun beating down on his armor with a gentle breeze blowing made the young mech tired. Ultra Magnus stood next to them.

"Have a seat Commander, enjoy the break and the nice weather."

Jack looked up at Ultra Magnus, the commander had become less strict with his command style over the years. He smiled down at Jack as he eased himself onto the soft ground.

…..

Bumblebee had no idea where he was headed, he just needed to drive. All the memories of MECH were still all too real like they had happened yesterday.

"BumbleBee…"

Bumblebee slid to a stop; a voice had called him. He looked around, no one was there.

"Bumblebee come to my voice"

"Optimus?"

Bumblebee ran into the woods, a small pond glistened in the sunlight as Bumblebee looked into the clear water and Optimus appeared.

"Optimus?"

Optimus smiled,

"Bumblebee something is troubling you…"

Bee lowered his head, glancing away from Optimus.

"MECH is back, and the others…. even Raph…tried to hide it from me."

"They are only thinking of you. They know the hurt MECH caused you, no one knows better then Ratchet and Raphael. They stood by your side through everything. Raphael has been a constant source of strength for you and you for him."

Bee closed his eyes, his spark now ached. The look of hurt on Raphs face when he had yelled at him back at their base.

"Optimus what have I done?"

"Nothing that cannot be mended, you will need your allies, old and new with the coming threat. Make amends BumbleBee before it is too late…"

Bumblebee's shoulders dropped as Optimus disappeared again. He plopped down next to the pond, a small trickling stream fed it. Fish swam beneath its waters, as frogs lined the bed croaking their song to the world. Bumblebee sighed,

"What is this coming threat Optimus? Why can't you tell me what it is?"

….

Raph paced the balcony, Shauna had fallen asleep on the sofa. Ratchet had shut down the computer for the night and was sitting near the balcony where Raph was pacing.

"Raphael you are doing my head in!"

Ratchet snipped. Raph sighed, he looked over at Shauna,

"Do you think he will come back?"

Ratchet nodded,

"He will just give him some time."

Raph nodded, his heart hurt that BumbleBee had yelled at him, Bee had never before been so harsh with him. Just as Raph was about to give up and wake Shauna the noise of an engine echoed as BumbleBee pulled into the base and transformed. Ratchet stood up walking to stand in front of Raph.

"Ratchet. Raph. I…I need to apologize for my outburst this afternoon."

Ratchet looked back at Raph whom peered around his arm.

"Raph, I'm sorry I yelled at you like that…I didn't mean to…hurt you. Its been my job to protect you from that."

Raph smiled,

"It's all good Bee."

Bee looked at Ratchet,

"And I am sorry for yelling at you and accusing you, I understand why you did what you did."

Ratchet smiled as he moved his protective stance away from Raph and let Bee through. BumbleBee looked at Ratchet as he walk over. A serious expression on his face as he whispered to him.

"Did you think I came back to hurt him?"

Ratchet shrugged,

"Honestly, I have never seen you that mad. I didn't know what you would do."

Bumblebee proceed toward Raph, who met him with a smile and fist bump.

"Raph I would never intentionally hurt you…you know, that right?"

Raph smiled a warm smile,

"Bee if there is one solid thing, I know in this whole universe its that you will never intentionally hurt me."

Bumblebee smiled in relief.

…..

Arcee had taken Jack home like she did so many years before, the others had gone to bed in the ship while Wheeljack and Strongarm were still getting to know each other outside.

"I best be heading back; the Lieutenant will be worried."

Strongarm transformed, confused as to why after so many hours away Bumblebee hadn't tried to make contact.

Wheeljack watched her drive off into the distance before heading into the ship. Some nights they staid on the ship, others were spent at the base with Ratchet. Something suddenly felt right, the world seemed a little brighter as Wheeljack fell into sleep.

…

"Well rested?"

A voice startled SilverStorm causing her to spin on her heel, the voice sounded familiar…

"Come out whoever you are?"

She stared around the dimly lighted cave.

"I am the one who brought you here."

SilverStorm gasped as the mech appeared from the shadows…

"No way…Megatron!"