"Starscream, you traitor!!" I screamed from the top of the base as insecticons shot as us. I then turned to my fellow teammates.

"Get back into the base. Tell those on the warship to hide it somewhere safe until we can regroup", I say.

I knew Soundwave and Knockout were on the warship, so I did not worry for the safety of those there. But now we had to leave our only base. I growled before leading my teammates back into the base.

"We must split up if we are to survive. I want each of you to take one relic with you unless you have a charge.  So Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee. I will send you guys off first while the others go and get the relics. I nod at the rest of the team and they all go get relics.

I open random coordinates to Bumblebee and Raf and they go through. I open another set of coordinates for Bulkhead and Miko and then Arcee and Jack. I open several different ground bridges for the rest of my team, sending them out one at a time, until it was just me, Ratchet, Optimus and a few vehicons left.

"Your turn, Ratch", I whisper. Ratchet shakes his head. "I won't leave you, Aura."

"You must", I whisper as I stand in front of him, staring into his beautiful optics. I could see the pain in them. I give him one last kiss before shoving him through the ground bridge and closing it before he could come back through.

I could feel his anger over our bond but I only sent love back. And I knew he knew I only did it out of love for him.

"Papa, your turn", I say as I turn to Optimus.

"No. I will stay behind to destroy the ground bridge, so Arachnid does not know where you have gone", Optimus says.

I frown at his reasoning but sigh. I tell Soundwave to open a ground bridge for me to the warship and he does. Me and the few vehicons go through it and it closes.

It was only then that I realized that I could have just sent everyone onto the warship. I groaned before looking at a map that might have someone's signal on it. Nothing. They probably had their signal blockers on. I hum softly before using my bond with Ratchet to speak with him.

'Ratchet, I need you to look for the others. I realized that I might have made a mistake by sending us all to different coordinates. I could have just brought everyone to the warship...'

I feel Ratchet chuckling through the bond. I grumble at him, causing him to chuckle a bit more.

'Don't worry, my love. I will keep a look out for the others.'

I thank Ratchet before attempting to contact my father through our bond.

I felt nothing. And that scared me. Ratchet could feel my fear and he sends a scrap load of comfort through our bond. I tried to hope that Optimus would be okay but I was worried.

Eventually, another ship came up on our radar. It was an Autobot ship. I hummed softly. Who could that be?

I had Soundwave send me to the area in which the ship was, as it had seemed to have landed. As soon as I went through the bridge, I saw the ship as well as someone I had not seen in a long time.

"Ultra Magnus", I say as I approach him, forgetting that he probably would not recognize me. He instantly aims a weapon at me.

"Woah! Calm down. The only enemy you will need to worry about here are insecticons and Arachnid", I say as I lift my hands up. "I mean you no harm. In fact, I come to gain your allegiance."

"I only ally myself with the Autobots", he snarls.

"The Autobots are no more", I say softly.

"Then you must be a Decepticon!" Ultra Magnus yells.

"The Decepticons do not exist anymore as well", I say.

"What? Did I hear you correctly?"

"You did. Autobots and Decepticons are gone, that war is over. Now there is a battle between a group called Hope and a group called Swarm. They have only just recently begun their battle", I say.

"You lie", Magnus says angrily.

"I do not. Tell me, Ultra Magnus. How did you come by this planet?"

"I received a message from someone who sent it to all those who would hear it", he says.

"It was from a femme named AuraStorm, was it not?"

Ultra Magnus freezes. "It was."

"Well, she's dead. Well, not dead, but changed. She's a Prime now. Fitting, seeing as she is the daughter of a Prime. Aura Prime, daughter of Optimus Prime. She's leader of the group called Hope. And she wages her war against Arachnid, leader of the group called Swarm", I say.

"How do you know this?" Ultra Magnus says.

"You never bothered to ask my name, Ultra Magnus. Yet I seem to know yours. Ever wonder why that might be?"

A look of realization came across his face. He lowers his weapon and takes a good look at my form.

"I've never seen you before. Yet you know my name. And... you said AuraStorm had been changed. A-aura? Is that you?" He had whispered that. I smile.

"Hey, Magnus. Good to see you finally caught up", I tease.

"Get over here!" He runs over to me and pulls me into a hug. I chuckle as I hug my other best friend.

"You're a Prime now?" He laughs. I nod my head and he chuckles. "So... did anything ever happen with that mech you were admiring back on Cybertron? Wheeljack, was it?"

"No, not really. Though he did become a good friend of mine. He's somewhere on this planet" I say.

"Oh. Joy. I can't wait to see him again", Magnus says sarcastically. I chuckle.

"Ah, he's not so bad. Sure, he disobeys rules sometimes but it usually turns out for the better. Sometimes..."

"Is there someone special that you love here, Aura? I would hate to see my best friend alone all the time."

"Well... there is my sparkmate." I start blushing as I tell my old friend about my sparkmate.

"Sparkmate?!"

"Yeah." I chuckle at Magnus' reaction.

"Please tell me he's a good mech."

"Well, besides him being grumpy a lot and almost constantly working, he loves me and I love him. And he is a good mech. He's one of the best. And my father approves of him too, so I'm in luck!"

"I bet. With Prime as your father, I bet it was difficult finding someone to love you for who you are and not for your father."

My mind is taken back to one of the darkest times in my life and I chuckle sadly. "Yeah."

"Aura? Did something happen?"

"No, I just... I thought someone loved me and I really did like him but... he was just using me to get to Optimus. But you know, it's okay. He's a good friend of mine now. And he's a good fighter", I say with a grin.

"Oh. Anyway, what's your sparkmates name?"

I chuckled. "You'll never believe me if I told you."

"Tell me. Who is it?"

"My old mentor who also happens to be a medic", I say softly.

"Ratchet?!!" Ultra Magnus was shocked.

"Yeah. He fell in love with me as he taught me. I fell in love with him after he healed me when I was broken down. And it took us a while to admit our feelings for each other because we're both stubborn."

Ultra Magnus chuckled at that. "That you are."

"Come on. I'll put in coordinates to the warship for you", I say with a smile.

Ultra Magnus looked confused for a moment before I reminded him that the war was over. He sighed and I put the coordinates into his ship before calling Soundwave for a ground bridge which appeared quickly. I went through and soon addressed all the troops which were on board.

"Hello, my fellow teammates. Soon, we will have a new teammate join us. He may be a little hostile at first but that is because he is used to the war between Autobots and Decepticons. Be patient with him, is all I ask. That is all", I say before making my way to the flight deck where I knew Magnus would soon be landing.

What I wasn't expecting where the words that I received from Ratchet through our bond.

'I was attacked. I fear I am dying. Hopefully, my signal blocker will be off so you can find me', he says.

I immediately call Sound and tell him to locate Ratchet. I send Ratchet much comfort and peace through our bond as I waited impatiently for Magnus to show up.

Soon he arrived and Soundwave also informed me that Ratchet was now in the medbay.