Misty-Blue's POV

I'm still grounded. The kids are visiting and they got me a remote control race car. Right now we're all racing. While Bee, Arcee and Bulk cheer us on. "Yes! Go! Go! Go!" Arcee cheers Jack on.

"Metal to the pedal, Miko" Bulk cheers.

"Go, Jack go" Arcee says.

"No way! Raf's scorching us with Misty!" Miko complains. I giggle as my pink car gains ground on Raf's yellow car.

"Prime? Do you read me?!" Fowler demands over the com-link. Startling us all. I even drop my remote. I fly to sire and cling to him. I don't like Fowler, he's scary.

"I'm sorry, Agent Fowler. Optimus isn't here at the moment" Ratchet says calmly. As he strokes my helm.

"Then I'll take that as a confirmation that he's presently trying to run me off the road!" Fowler says loudly. I frown in confusion, Optimus would never hurt any human. Especially one we have an alliance with.

"Agent Fowler, that hardly seems likely" sire tells him.

"Tell that to my burning treads!" Fowler snaps. Sire gets Fowler's coordinates from the transmission. Then sends Arcee, Bee and Bulk to go help him. They saved Fowler, but the truck who tried run him off the road got away and Arcee was hurt.

I sit on Sire's shoulder as Arcee starts to come too. "Yes Arcee, follow the light" I say smiling as Sire checks her optics.

"Wait what?" she asks as she wakes fully. She longs around the room as Bee helps her out of the examination chamber. "Not the best choice of words, Misty" she tells me and I frown in confusion.

"Why?" I ask.

"You'll find out some day" Sire tells me.

"Arcee, are you alright?" Jack asks her concerned.

"Sure. Except for being blindsided by Optimus" she states.

"Didn't I tell you?" Fowler demands.

"Impossible" Sire states.

"Optimus would never hurt any of us" I state.

"I'm only reporting what I saw" Arcee states.

"Then maybe Sire needs to check your eyes again" I tell her.

"Enough Misty" Sire tells me and I pout.

"Why would Optimus try to knock off Agent Fowler?" Jack asks.

"Maybe Optimus believes he's a Decepticon all over again" Raf suggests.

"Or he's been faking being a good guy all this time" Miko states.

"If Prime has gone off the rails for any reason, we have a serious problem" Fowler states.

"This is absurd" Sire states heading for the computers. "A quick check for Optimus' signal will reveal that he's nowhere near the location of tonight's incident" he states scanning for Optimus. "In fact, he's just returning now" he announces. We all look at the door to see Optimus return.

As soon as he transforms I fly into his arms. "Misty-blue" he says warmly hugging me. While the others tense up. "Is something wrong?" he asks the others. "Why is Misty-blue upset?" he asks as I try not to cry.

"We were just... wondering where you've been" Arcee tells him.

"We haven't been able to reach you" Bulkhead adds.

"I have been outside of our communication range" he states. He grabs some energon and the others power their weapons. "In a subterranean energon dis-posit" he states.

"Come on. It's our guy. Can't you tell?" Jack asks them. "Misty can" he states.

"We're sorry" Arcee says.

"Don't blame them, Prime" Fowler says. "I was attacked earlier tonight out on the open highway by a big rig. One that bore a striking resemblance to you" he states.

"I told them you'd never hurt any of us" I state.

"It's ok Misty-blue" he assures me. Suddenly Fowler's phone rings and he answers it. We listen to him telling the person on the phone it's not him. Before hanging up and he turns to face us.

"Alden military base is under attack... by Optimus Prime" he tells us. Optimus hands me back to my sire.

"The truck?" Jack asks.

"The bot" Fowler states. Optimus gives the order to roll out. Sire opened the ground bridge. Letting Optimus, Arcee, Bee and Bulk go through before closing it. But not long after they called for a ground bridge back. Fowler then gets a call from his superior.

"So, what's the damage?" Jack asks.

"All military personnel are under strict orders to destroy any and all 'Bots on sight" Fowler answers. I hold onto sire tightly scared. He strokes my back reassuringly.

"Are you kidding?" Jack demands.

"But th-they're innocent" Raf stammers.

"Optimus was framed!" Miko exclaims.

"Though unfortunate, the military order changes nothing. Our imposter clearly poses a grave threat to humanity" Optimus states.

"A 30-foot-tall transforming imposter" Fowler says.

"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code" Sire says shocked.

"Who?" I ask confused.

"M.E.C.H" Optimus says.

"I'll explain later" sire assures me and I nod my head. "M.E.C.H. abducted Breakdown... and by all indications, deconstructed him from cranial chamber to heel strut" Sire tells us.

"I was there" Bulkhead says.

"And we know that, more recently, they obtained Starscream's T-cog" Optimus states.

"Which they evidently installed in a knockoff of you" Arcee adds.

"Which, in turn, scanned an appropriate vehicle form" Sire says.

"Fill the tank with Energon" Jack says.

"And say hello to Nemesis Prime" Miko finishes.

"So, where do we start? M.E.C.H.'s base could be anywhere" Fowler states.

"Not necessarily. While M.E.C.H. may have learned much of our biology" Optimus says.

"They haven't necessarily absorbed our technology" Sire states heading over to the computers. "Without access to a ground bridge, Nemesis Prime would rely solely on its vehicle mode for transportation" he explains.

"Chances are the M.E.C.H. base is within driving distance of both incidents" Arcee states.

"What are we waiting for?

"Let's get out there and mash M.E.C.H's little science project" Fowler states.

"Agent Fowler, I do not think it advisable to put yourself in harm's way of M.E.C.H's robot again" Optimus tells him.

"Well, I'm not sure it's advisable for 'Bots to be running recon with the military out there gunning for you" Fowler states.

"We will maintain vehicular cover until absolutely necessary" Optimus assures him. So it was decided they'd go out alone in separate areas to scout in vehicle mode. I wish I had one so that I could help. Bee soon finds something and Optimus told him to proceed with causation. That he and the others would join him shortly.

While sire tries to hack into whatever is controlling fake Optimus. "If I can isolate the control frequency of the remote link Silas is employing, I should be able to pinpoint his exact position" he states.

"Remote link?" Raf asks.

"You didn't think M.E.C.H. possessed the ability to build a living robot, did you?" I ask him.

"She means a completely autonomous robot" Sire states.

"I was hoping Silas would be operating the 'Bot from inside because one punch from Bulkhead, and booyah!" Miko cheers. I giggle, she's so weird.

"Aha! Frequency isolated" sire declares happily.

"Then reopen that bridge" Fowler tells him.

"Agent Fowler, did you not hear Optimus advise against your involvement? It's for your own safety" Sire reminds him.

"Look, doc, I don't plan on dancing with any 'Bots, but there's a human element in play here, and in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly trained, government-grade... human" Fowler states.

"Yeah. Plus, Silas tried to run him off the road. It's personal" Miko states. Fowler went and they defeated fake Optimus, MECH and Silas. Sire patched everyone up. "So, how weird was it to see someone who looked exactly like Optimus kicking the scrap out of you?" Miko asks.

"It's a sight I won't soon forget" Arcee states.

"The question remains whether M.E.C.H. will continue to function as we know it... without its leader?" Optimus asks.

"Well, here's the kicker. We sifted through the wreckage with a fine-tooth comb... and couldn't find any trace of Silas" Fowler states over the comm-link. I guess the fight's not ever yet. I just hope I never meet him.

A/N

Picture above of Nemesis Prime vehicle mode and picture on the external link of his robot mode.