Child of the Allspark (Transformers Prime)

"Nice bike," I said as I parked in front of Jack's work.

Jack sighed "Pixel, Arcee..."

"Actually, just me," I told him as I parked the motorbike, taking off my helmet "Sometimes I like to go retro to get away from it all,"

"Miko already tried," Jack sighed "Tell Optimus I respect him big time, but if you're at war with the Decepticons, there's nothing I can do to help,"

"Optimus didn't send me, and neither did Arcee. And no one's asking for your help, honestly, I'm jealous of the fact that you get a choice in your lifestyle..." I looked down at the ground "I didn't,"

"Okay, so if we both agree that I'm not warrior material..."

"Jack, I had recently lost two bots I cared about. They were my original guardians, I only let Ratchet take me in as his ward because I didn't want to grow close to another bot and have them to fight a battle and never come back. I nearly lost him again yesterday. It's the reason I'm closed off, but it's also because all I've ever known about this world is through the Cybertronian war here on Earth." I sighed "and I'm getting off topic. I get along with Rafael fine, but he's like me, we only talk with technology, Miko is so off the book...that I will literally tear my hair out or hers...I haven't reached that point to figure out what comes first. Maybe it's the grief talking. Maybe you're growing on me. Whatever it is, I'm just not ready to say goodbye,"

***

I revved the engine as I drove back into the base, Jack holding on behind me.

"Hey," Jack greeted as he got off "Guess who's back,"

I smiled for a second until I noticed Optimus's look.

"Autobots, prepare for departure," Optimus ordered

Jack and I shared a worried look.

"Where to?" I asked

"The final frontier," Miko replied

"Space? I-I thought they didn't have any way to get there," Jack said looking at me.

"We don't, really," I told him

Jack walked up to Arcee "Be seeing you?"

Ratchet started up the ground bridge.

Raf walked up to Bumblebee "Be careful, Bee,"

"I will," Bumblebee buzzed

"I'm so jealous!" Miko complained to Bulkhead

"Don't even think about following me," Bulkhead told her

"Optimus, if you leave me stranded on a planet teeming with humans, I will never forgive you," Ratchet said

"Such a pep talk," I said rolling my eyes before looking up at Optimus "I don't know what to say..."

"What does the Allspark tell you?" Optimus asked

I closed my eyes before looking back up at him "That you'll be back,"

"Then until we meet again. Autobots, roll out."

I walked over to Ratchet and the others as we listened over the comms.

"Maximize overdrive." Optimus ordered "Autobots, transform and gravitize,"

"Oh. Don't look down. Or up. Or left," Bulkhead said

"So, Megatron's packing enough Dark Energon to raise Cybertron's dead?" Arcee asked

"And since we don't possess ready means of disabling the space bridge...nothing gets in or out," Optimus said

"Well, what are they waiting for?" Arcee asked