On Earth, in its beautiful night sky, Starsong drifted above the clouds, fortunately unable to be seen by Earthian eyes. The ship shimmered with an otherworldly glow.

Gregory steering the ship, humming softly. He leaned against the wheel and sighed deeply. Paige walked up beside him.

"You're up late," she said. The Irilian chuckled softly, "well... you know me, Paige. Can't really sleep with an occupied mind."

Paige hummed softly and she looked at the moon. "What's on your mind?" She asked. Gregory shrugged, "a lot of things honestly. It's... just too quiet here. Like I want something to happen. Something big."

Paige chuckled slightly, "what could possibly be bigger than our own crazy, dangerous adventures?"

Gregory shrugged playfully.

Paige's wolf ear twitched and she looked around. Gregory looked at her before they noticed a shadow flying overhead and the two slowly looked up to see a very large ship. The other Protectors stepped out.

"Please tell me that's the Nightmare," Natalia squeaked out.

"No, this one is... um... a thousand times more scary," Demetrius said nervously.

***

"Sir, the unknown spacecraft is underneath us," A Vehicon announced.

"Shoot it out of the sky," Megatron ordered.
The Vehicon didn't nod, but got to work, aiming one of the cannons and fired at the ship below, blasting through any shields.

The teens yelled in fear and shock as the blasts hit Starsong, causing the ship to shake violently and it started falling. "Everyone, hang on!" Gregory shouted over the roaring wind.

The others quickly held onto whatever part of the ship they could grab as Starsong fell towards the trees.

***

At the Autobot base, the monitors were going off. "Optimus, I'm getting a signal. It's unknown," Ratchet said. "Maybe it's Autobots?" Smokescreen said. "Try not to get your hopes up, Smokey," Bumblebee piped up.

"Let's go see then," Cliffjumper said with a smile.

Ultra Magnus looked at Optimus.

"Ratchet, activate the ground bridge," the Prime said, "Arcee, Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, you will come with me."

Ratchet nodded and he typed in the coordinates. Smokescreen pouted and Elita One chuckled as she patted her friend's shoulder.

***

In a large and dense forest, there was a trench in the ground, some trees having been knocked down or crushed by the impact of Starsong's crash.

The Universal Protectors groaned as they lay on the ground.

Harry coughed as he pushed himself up on his hands and knees. "Everybody in one piece?" He called out.

"We're good over here," Charlotte groaned as she and Marley laid on a tree branch.

Demetrius stumbled out of the bushes and gives a dazed smile, "it's all goods in the woods." He fell over on the ground.

Gregory got up and brushed the dirt off his clothes before he looked at the sky with a frown. Paige walked up beside the Irilian, "well, you got your wish when you said you wanted something big to happen."

"Well, I didn't think the 'something big' would be a giant ship attacking us," he huffed, "how's Starsong?"

"Down and out," Shiloh sighed, "she won't be able to get us back in the air for a while."

Natalia held her hands out and bright pink flames, stars and mist surrounded the ship before it turned as small as a cube. The Dolvadian picked up the ship and put it in her pocket. "Safe and sound," she said, amusement lacing her voice as she patted her pocket.

"Well... now what?" Thomas frowned. The Heroes looked up at the sky nervously.

Osiris looked at the trees with a deep frown. He looked at Harry. Then there was the familiar sound of a portal opening.

"Wha-?" Charlotte started to ask.

"Hide!" Gregory exclaimed before the Transcendants ran into the trees. Demetrius lifted his hand and shadows covered the group.

Optimus, Ultra Magnus, Cliffjumper, Arcee, Bumblebee and Wheeljack stepped out of the ground bridge and they looked around.

"Yikes," Cliffjumper said, "whole place looks like it was torn apart by the Predacon."

Arcee looked around. "It... really does," she hummed. "Be on your guard," Optimus warned as he started walking forward.

Demetrius watched them.

"What do you see, Pops?" Anastasia asked, keeping her voice quiet.

"They look like... automatons," the Dolrionian replied, his eyes narrowing, "like the jaegars that Albert has in his lab on Cirilia. But they're more... alive."

"What do we do?" Brenda asked Gregory. The Irilian was silent for a moment, his eyes narrowing for a moment.

"Let's see if they're good or not," he said, "let the curtain down, Pops."

Demetrius gave a hesitant nod before he waved his hand and the shadows slowly flickered away. Gregory stepped out of the trees and he cleared his throat.

Cliffjumper and Bumblebee jumped and they turned to the Transcendant. "A human??"

"Not exactly," Brenda chuckled as she and the others stepped out of the trees next to their friend.

"What are you guys doing out here?" Arcee asked, furrowing her optic ridges.

"Well...," Shiloh murmured, rubbing the back of his head, "our ship got shot down by a much bigger vessel and it crashed here. So we're pretty much stuck."

"You guys have a ship?" Cliffjumper repeated, confused. He looked at the trench in the dirt.

"The other vessel must have been the Decepticons," Ultra Magnus said, looking at the sky.

Natalia waved her hands, "hold on a minute! Decepticons? What the heck are those?" "They are our enemies," Optimus explained, "they are led by Megatron. Someone who wants to destroy us and rule this planet."

The Transcendants widened their eyes and they looked at each other.

Could this be what the Universe wanted them to do? To help these... robots in battling against this Megatron?

A ground bridge opened and they looked at it. Arcee looked at them.

"It's okay. It won't hurt you. It may feel weird for humans though," she said reassuringly as Cliffjumper, Bumblebee, Optimus and Ultra Magnus walked through the ground bridge.

Gregory walked to the ground bridge before he exhaled sharply and he stepped into it. Slowly, his friends followed after him and Arcee walked after them.

The ground bridge closed.