Faria grinned as Dahlia placed her backpack in Smokescreen's back seat. Two weeks later, and she was completely healed up. She was still a bit weak, but she was definitely getting her strength back. Faria climbed into Smokescreen's passenger seat, and they drove out of base. Smokescreen made sure she had fun on the way to school by listening a bunch of upbeat music from the remake of the movie Aladdin. Her favorite song was definitely Friend Like Me.

Faria was quick to hop out of the car when Smokescreen finally rolled to a stop outside her school. She grabbed her backpack from the backseat, and bid Smokescreen adieu. She rushed up the stairs into the school, and quickly found her first hour class to turn in the homework she had been given by Jack and Miko a couple days ago. Her teacher was surprised to see her.

"Faria?" the teacher said. "You're here?"

Faria nodded. "Yep!"

"But your guardian said that you had been severely injured and probably wouldn't be back for a while."

Faria laughed. "She said that a while ago. I've been healing for the past several months."

Her teacher tilted her head in confusion. "Oh... Well, it's good to have you back, Faria. Let's just hope you don't get up to your old habits again."

Faria smiled softly, remembering all the times she would point out a mistake the teacher would make, somewhat embarrassing the teacher. Faria took the seat the teacher directed to her to and waited for the bell to ring.

Faria was in her final period of the day, and was watching out the window for the bots, but none of them showed up, confusing her. The bell rang soon after, and she hurried outside, meeting up with Jack, Miko, and Raf outside.

They sat outside for a while, just talking about random stuff, until they noticed that an hour had passed. Jack called Ratchet, seeing as he was the one most likely to pick up. Faria listened intently, but was unable to hear what he was saying.

"What's he saying?" Miko asked.

"The bots are busy", Jack responded. Faria sighed, and took the phone, ignoring the other three. She walked away a bit and spoke to him.

"Ratchet, it's Faria", she paused for a second, holding back her tears. She hadn't talked to him for two weeks. He had been avoiding her. "Does this have anything to do with the Omega Keys?"

Ratchet was silent for a moment, and Faria knew that she was right. "They're... they're on Cybertron, aren't they?"

"Yes", Ratchet responded softly. "I may have to go help them... and if I do, I just want you to know..."

Faria's breath caught in her throat at his next four words.

"Faria, I love you."

Anger rose up in her, and she yelled at him. "You can't just tell me that now! I waited for months for you to tell me that, and now when lives are at risk, you're finally telling me? How am I even supposed to believe you?!" Faria scoffed. "How am I supposed to believe you when you told me something different when I first confessed to you?" Faria didn't give him a chance to answer. "Whatever. I'm giving the phone back to Jack seeing as I don't want to talk to you."

She handed the phone back to Jack, and glared at the ground, fighting back tears. Jack snapped the phone shut in exasperation.

"He hung up", he said.

"Good for him", Faria growled.

"What crawled up his tailpipe and died? And why is Faria so angry all of the sudden?"

Raf blinked at her. "Did you not here her yelling at Ratchet? He said something that she's been waiting to hear for months, and now he's only telling her when lives are at risk."

Miko's mouth opened in an 'o' shape and she looked at Faria. "Did he finally confess his love for you?"

Faria scoffed. "Yeah, it was weak. And unbelievable. And what do you mean, by 'finally'?"

"Dude! He's been helm over pedes for you for a while! He was just scared of what the others would think and how weird it would seem to us. It took Optimus and Dahlia lots of convincing him that he needed to tell you!"

Faria rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything, though it was implied that she was thinking, 'yeah right'.

Raf jumped in. "Did Ratchet tell you what's going on?"

Jack shook his head. "No. They seem to be keeping us in the dark a lot lately."

Faria laughed sarcastically. "Hahaha, not me! Kinda hard to keep things from me when I'm stuck in the same place everyday with nothing better to do. I know a lot of stuff that I'm not supposed to tell you."

The three kids looked at her in surprise and she shrugged. Faria looked up into the sky only to have her eyes widen at the sight of several familiar jets. "Get down!" she exclaimed. The three didn't listen to her and instead looked up, and their eyes also widened at the sigh of the jets. Several vehicons transformed around them, and they stared wide eyed, terror coursing through the bodies, especially Faria's, as she knew what it was like to be kidnapped by them. She backed up, but it did nothing, due to the fact that they were surrounded. She was gripped by one of the drones clawed hands, and she watched as the other drones picked up the other kids. A ground bridge opened and they walked through.  Faria watched in fear as they dropped the other three kids in large glass tubes before screwing the lid on tight. She was placed in a glass tube after the other three, and she was quick to get up and press her palms against the side of the tube.

"Are you guys okay?" Faria asked, worry shining in her eyes. Raf gulped and nodded, fear evident in his body language. Jack was tense, but he responded with words and not just actions.

"I'm okay", he muttered. "But I'll be better when we're out of these tubes." 

Miko was not paying attention and was instead yelling at the 'cons until one tapped the glass. Faria recognized him as Starscream. She brought his attention away from the screaming Miko by a few simple words.

"Scream", she said. "Been a while."

Starscream glared at her. "Not long enough, in my opinion."

Faria laughed loudly. "Sure, sure. I must say, though, I'm glad to see you."

Starscream had a shocked look on his face, and she heard several surprised exclamations from the other humans.

"You are?" Starscream asked, his voice wary. "Why?"

"Can't a girl be glad to see someone?" Faria smirked before adding another sentence. "Can't I be glad that I get to annoy you some more?"

Starscream growled as Miko snorted. "Got 'em." Faria gave her an amused smile. Starscream was about to speak, but Megatron's voice cut him off. Faria didn't listen, but she gasped as the containers were grabbed and a space bridge was opened. She pressed her hands to the sides of the tube to keep herself from falling over, and injuring herself more than she already was. She was carried by Starscream, who also carried Jack. She gave everyone looks of reassurance, trying to tell them that the bots would save them. She watched as the scenery changed from the warship, to a metal planet that she assumed was Cybertron. She saw the surprised looks on the bots faces, and knew that this was definitely unexpected. Silently, she cursed Ratchet for not sending them a ground bridge at least. 

"So that I may hand over the humans", Megatron sneers with a grin. Faria instantly knew that Megatron was trying to get the Autobots to hand over the keys. Faria watches and listens intently, not wanting to miss a single thing.

"And if we refuse?" Optimus asks cautiously, trying to find every possible route this scenario could find. He would be a good roleplayer, Faria couldn't help but think.

"Then I will have no choice but to open the pods, exposing your pets to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere", Megatron growled as Knockout bent down to tap Miko's glass pod. "And then we can all watch them instantly perish. Together."

Starscream sets Jack's pod down while he lifts mine up and smirks evilly at me. He puts me back to where I was and picks up the pod Jack was in again. Miko kicks her pod, creating a clanking sound. Faria heard her speak but couldn't make out what she said. 

"Starscream", Megatron said. Starscream moved forward and handed the pod I was in to Megatron before tapping on Jack's pod. 

"Ja-ack", Starscream sang. "It's time to come out and play." He scraped his sharp digits down the side of the pod, reminding Faria of the sound of nails on a chalkboard, and she winced.

"Go ahead", Jack said bravely. "The Autobots were prepared to sacrifice themselves for my planet. I'll do the same for theirs."

"Me too", Miko said as she looked at Knockout. "Creepy." Raf just gulped and nodded. Megatron looked at Faria, but she was silent as she began to sit cross-legged. She closed her eyes, and leaned against the side of the pod.

"Well, aren't you gonna say anything, fleshy?" Megatron sneered. Faria looked at him with no expression on her face except boredom, even though inside, she was terrified of what would happen to her.

"I'm sorry, this human doesn't respond to fleshy. Call her by her real name and she might actually give you the response you want", Faria said before turning back around and facing the Autobots who were staring at her in shock. She gave them a small smile, before her face went back to boredom.

Megatron growled. "And what is the response that I want?" Faria didn't answer, waiting to hear her name. Megatron growled even louder, this time sending vibrations through the pod.

"Fine, Achelois, the one who washes away pain, what response do I want?"

Achelois stood up, and stared at Megatron, before flashing him a smile. "You want me to scream, and shout, and let it all out", she sang before chuckling softly. "Sorry, I express my fear through singing, not screaming. Besides, I'm kinda wondering when this stupid war is gonna end. I mean, you started a war just because you didn't get what you want. Wow, you're such a big baby. Thanks for using my name, though. How did you know my real name anyway?"

Megatron turned to Soundwave, who played a video of her parents in the Decepticon brig, who told the 'cons her real identity. She watched as Megatron raised his cannon, and shot her parents into some sort of weird clear liquid stuff. She watched the video in disdain, though horror filled her guts. Sure, she wished for their deaths multiple times, but she hadn't expected it to be like that. 

"Well, thank goodness, they're gone", Achelois said, putting up an act, though it wasn't too much of an act. "I've been wishing they would die since I was little girl."

Megatron's optics widened slightly but he doesn't say anything, and instead turns to the bots. "Perhaps, we should oblige the wishes of the humans. They seem to want to save our planet more than they want to save themselves."

"If my decision dooms the future of the Autobot cause on Cybertron, so be it", Optimus said. "But I will never forsake our human allies." Achelois and the others watched as he plunged his sword deep into the ground, then stepping back. A few moments later, the other bots followed his lead, and Achelois watched in horror, as she knew that they would be traded for the keys and then held prisoner upon the Decepticon warship. 

"Now, if you please", Megatron said as he held out the servo that didn't hold Achelois' pod. "The Omega Keys. One at a time."

Achelois caught a glimpse in the corner of her as Knockout came forward with Miko. "You first, big boy." Bulkhead walked forward with the key after he got permission from Optimus, and started to hand it to Knockout. "If I don't get the girl, I'll make you eat this key." He slammed the key down into Knockout's hand and Knockout handed the pod over to Bulkhead, who took it gently.

"You're welcome", Knockout purrs. Bulkhead only growled. Miko snarled at Knockout.

"Get scrapped", she snapped. Achelois chuckled softly at Miko's comment. Next up was Raf, Soundwave and Bumblebee. The trade was mostly silent except for Bumblebee's angry buzzing. Then it was Jack, Starscream and Arcee.

The trade was mostly peaceful except for Arcee glaring at Starscream's grinning face during the entire exchange. Next, was Achelois, Smokescreen, and Megatron.

"And now for the medic's pet", Megatron growled.

"I am no one's pet", Achelois snarled before looking at Smokescreen who was approaching. She looked at him with caution before placing her hand right about her almost, but not quite completely healed gunshot wound. She could still feel a way to... she didn't want to quite think about that just yet, because she was getting queasy.

"Don't do this, Smokes", Achelois whispers. Smokescreen looks at her.

"I have to, Faria", he murmurs. Achelois smiles softly.

"My name is Achelois", she announced loudly. "And I refuse to let the Autobots loose their home they have worked so hard to get back." With that, she dug her hand deep into her wound, letting out a cry of pain, as she felt her own hand inside her body. She pulled it out a suddenly felt very woozy. It didn't surprise her. However, she stayed focused and looked up at Smokescreen. 

"Keep the key. Fight for your home. And tell... tell Ratch that I love him", Achelois whispered before her vision went black.