It had been four hours, and Jack was still not back from school. I was pacing back and forth, trying to take my mind off things.

Yeah, pacing wasn't helping.

Okay, so Optimus is currently with the Decepticons because he lost his memory. Jack has the key to Vector Sigma but we have no way to get to Cybertron, except via a space bridge which we know the Decepticons have one, but have no idea where it is...

I groan out loud before hearing a familiar engine coming into base.

It was Arcee!

I sigh in relief when I see Jack with her. "Oh, thank Primus you're here, Jack. Ratchet said Optimus told you to tell me something?"

Jack looks surprised but nods. "Yeah. He told me I should tell no one but you. No one else is to know what he told me to tell you."

I nod before looking at Arcee and Ratchet.

"Looks like I'll be going for a drive", I say, and transform, opening the passenger door.

"Stay safe, Historia. I fear Optimus will need you in the coming times", Ratchet murmurs.

'Why would he need me?'

"Don't let Jack die", Arcee says. I laugh, and Jack hops into my vehicle mode.

"I won't let him die, and I'll stay safe Ratchet."

They both nod and I drive out of base. Once we were a good distance away from base, I spoke.

"So, what did Optimus want you to tell me?"

"He said that you needed to help me protect this, and that you need to go to a spot where an old friend died..." Jack says. "It didn't make much sense to me, and I voiced that, but Optimus assured me you would know."

My spark clenches as I realize what Optimus is talking about. "I know what he meant. I have to go to Cybertron with you. But I won't be going with you to find Vector Sigma. I apparently have my own mission..."

Jack was worried, I could tell. So I tried to comfort him.

"Don't worry too much about it. It... just deals with my personal history", I whisper.

"Do you mind talking to me about it?" Jack asks.

I hesitate. "I think I'd rather not. Let's head back to base."

As soon as we got back to base, I started heading to my berthroom, only stopping when I heard Ratchet getting frustrated that he couldn't find the space bridge.

I look over at him. "Try searching in energon mines. The signal from energon would mask the signal from the space bridge."

Ratchet paused to look at me, but I had already left the room. I quietly slipped into my berthroom, and sat on my berth, head in my hands.

"Why, Optimus, why?" I whisper. "Why do you want me to go to where she died? It makes no sense..."

I fight back my tears, and start to talk to myself again, or rather to a dead person. I doubted she could hear me though...

"Aquablade, why did you have to go?! Why did Megatron have to ruin the both of us?! Why did... why did Soundwave have to pledge his darn allegiance to Megatron...? I haven't seen or heard his voice since that day... I miss both of you..."

I had to stop talking because Ratchet commed me.

"Historia, 'cons are storming a human military base", he says. I sigh, knowing that while Optimus was gone they would need my leadership. What little leadership I could give, even if I was just a historian.

"Clear the humans from the area, and then send the team. I'll be out there shortly", I say. Ratchet relays my command and as I start to head back to main room, Ratchet says something to me.

"We are glad that you are here, Historia. Your guidance is greatly appreciated", he says. I don't reply, I just ignore him and enter the main room, where he glances at me.

"The bridge is locked and loaded, Historia", he says.

"Bridge us out", I order. He nods and opens the ground bridge.

"Let's roll", I say before transforming and driving out. We come out in an empty stretch of plains, the military base to our right. The cons were just making off with the final part for their space bridge. I glower at them, angry that they had stolen Optimus away from us, away from me. They will pay for what they have done; I won't let them escape.

"Drop the power source!" Bulkhead shouts.

Knockout grins at us. "Aren't you missing someone?"

Some vehicons come to attack us, but I let Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee handle them. Knockout looks scared, especially with the glare I was giving him.

"Ready for that bridge", Knockout says. I growl and start charging at him, just as a bridge opens behind Knockout.

"We'll tell the big O, you said hell-o!" Knockout teases. I growled and transformed, driving towards him faster. He and Breakdown run through the bridge. I manage to get through it a split second before it closed and drove past Knockout and Breakdown.

I continued driving until I got to some vehicons, where I transformed. "Where is Optimus?"

None of them answered me, and I transformed my servos into blasters, before glaring at them darkly.

"Where. Is. Optimus?!" I all but shout.

Evidently I scared them, because they pointed down a hallway. I thanked them and quickly shot them. I didn't want to, but I also didn't trust them to not shoot me while my back was turned.

I run down a hallway, transforming as I do so, only to screech to a stop when I see Soundwave standing there. I transform, memories coming to my mind of Aquablade.

"Sound..." I whisper. He stares at me, or I think he was. It's hard to tell with that stupid visor.

"Please just let me know he hasn't been harmed in any way... please... "

Soundwave doesn't say anything.

"Frag you, Sound!" I screech. "Please just tell me if he's okay! I fragging love him! Just like you loved Aquablade!! So please... is he okay? Just tell me that... is he okay?"

Soundwave had taken a step back when I had said Aquablade's name, as if he had been struck in the face. Then he nods slightly. I let out a breath of relief.

"Thank you, Soundwave", I whisper before nodding at him. "You can bridge me out of here now if you would like."

"Soundwave, I heard a commotion", a familiar voice says. I blink as I see Optimus come around the corner, but he didn't recognize me. I knew he wouldn't. We hadn't met until he was Optimus. My spark panged at that. The love of my life had no clue I existed at the moment. He also had no clue I love him.

"Hello", Op- no, Orion Pax says. "Who are you?"

"An Autobot", I whisper. "One that cares very much for you, though I know you have no recollection of me. Just... take care, alright, OP?"

Orion blinks but before he could say anything, Soundwave opened a ground bridge.

I smile sadly. "See ya later, Prime."

I entered the ground bridge and found myself in the desert, with no civilization around. I quickly commed base.

"Hey, I could use a ground bridge", I says softly.

Ratchet only responds by opening a ground bridge.

I enter it, and Ratchet was waiting for me, as well as the rest of the team.

"Well?" Arcee demands. "Did you see him?"

I only nod, not trusting my voice box at the moment.

"Has he been harmed?" Ratchet asks.

"No", I whisper. "Orion Pax is safe. But he may not be for much longer."

"What do you mean?" Ratchet asks,

"I called him Prime. He's going to research into that, and find that indeed, he is Optimus Prime, and Megatron will scrap both me and him for that."

The team was silent and I couldn't bare it so I broke the silence.

"Ratchet, have you located their space bridge yet?"

Ratchet only shook his helm. "I have not."

"Keep searching. Autobots, I fear time is of the essence. Split up the globe, and search for any signs of a space bridge", I say. The team follows my order and I sigh, thinking about my mission.

Soon, it was only me and Ratchet in base. "Ratchet, if and when we find the space bridge, I will travel with Jack to Cybertron, however I have a seperate mission that only me, Jack, and Optimus are to know about."

Ratchet whips around. "What?"

"The private thing Jack had to tell me. It was a mission from Optimus. He gave me as specific location, but nothing else. He also gave me orders to help Jack protect the key."

"Why would he...?"

"I don't know. I've been trying to make sense of it as well, but I have no idea. All I know is that Optimus wants me to and..." I pause before speaking softly. "My spark is telling me to as well."

Ratchet sighs. "When we discover a location for the space bridge, you may go with and complete this separate mission."

I smile. "Good. Because it wasn't up for debate. I was going whether or not you allowed me to."

Ratchet rolls his optics, causing me to laugh. However, I couldn't help but continue to wonder why Optimus wanted me to go to her place of death.

'Optimus, you better have a very good reason for this...'