The Power Within - Transformers Prime (2)

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Episode 25 - Regeneration

[Amanda]

  "You know, I might not be the first human on Cybertron," Miko said from her perch on Bulkhead's shoulder. "But I can still be the first human exchange student!"

  "Why didn't you tell us about the Omega Keys before?" Jack asked.

  Having just come back from the school wide camping trip, Miko, Jack, and Raf had come home right in the middle of our crisis. I couldn't tell them about what was going on while they were gone, for security reasons and all, so they were just finding out about the Omega Keys and the whole reviving Cybertron biz right now. Needless to say, there was a lot to fill them in with.

  "You weren't around," Arcee replied. "And things have been kind of intense around here lately."

  "So," There was no mistaking the sadness in Raf's tone. It mirrored my own. "You guys could really be going home soon, huh?"

  Bumblebee looked like he wanted to reply, but Miko jumped in.

  "Don't worry, Raf!" She said. "You'll come visit. Once we get our place set up, he can bunk with us, right Bulk?"

  A sad look crossed the wrecker's face. "Uh, Miko-"

  "You are taking me with you," Miko looked stricken. "Right?"

  To spare him from replying, I jumped in. "There's still a lot to be done, Miko."

  "Amanda's right," Ratchet said. "Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves here? Not only do we lack any actual method of reaching Cybertron, but Starscream now controls the sole means of our planet's restoration."

  "As far as we know," Optimus said grimly. Truth be told, I was worried about the Prime. Bulkhead had told me about what happened on their side of the ground bridge when Starscream got away with the Omega Keys, and ever since then, Optimus had been more reserved than usual, even around me. I used to be able to see what he was feeling, but now he was being extra careful to hide all of his emotions.

  "You think Starscream's rejoined the Cons?" Smokescreen asked.

  Arcee nodded. "He might've used the Omega Keys to buy back Megatron's favor."

  Ratchet snorted. "Without first trying to sell them to the highest bidder? It wouldn't surprise me if he had the nerve to contact us and-"

  A beep from the computers cut him off, causing him to turn to see what it was.

  "Okay, that's weird," Bulkhead commented.

  "Is it Starscream?" I asked.

  "No..." Ratchet's eyes darted across the screen. "It's Dreadwing. And he wants to meet."

  I groaned. "Not this again."

~~

  It was this again. Ratchet opened the ground bridge, and Optimus, Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Smokescreen went through. But this time, we closed the ground bridge behind them.

  "I don't like this," I said to no one in particular.

  Ratchet nodded. "Neither do I, but these are precarious times. We can't afford to overlook this."

  "So they really might be leaving?" Miko's concerns drifted from the living area to me, causing me to join her, Jack, and Raf there.

  "I don't want them to," Raf sniffed. "I mean, I know it's their home but-"