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Ratchet's P.O.V

"Doc, we have a problem."

"How many times do I have to tell you to refrain from calling me that?" Wheeljack threw me a glare before looking around.

"Where are the others?"

"Scavenging for energon. Now what is going one? I am trying to work-"

"Hope ran off." Wheeljack spit out, worry clear on his face. Hope ran away?

"Why?" I hurried over to the screen where my work was held. In an instant, I had the system searching for nearby energy signals.

"I don't know. She came out of school and ran off. What are you doing?" he questioned as I locked in on a unknown energon signals coordinants.

"She now has energon flowing through her system. I have located her."

"I'll get her-"

"I plan on coming also." I snapped. "You could need back up, and with the rest of the team gone I would rather me be with you." Wheeljack didn't argue, but raised an eyebrow as we hurried through the groundbridge I opened.

"Why would I need back up?"

"If we can track her signal, the decepticons can as well. We must hurry, in case they have already picked up on her signal and have captured her."

She cannot go back to the Decepticons. I will not allow that to happen.

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Hope's P.O.V

Ever have that feeling that a two ton weight is on your chest, and if you move even in the slightest then you will be crushed? Yep. That's what a panic attack feels like. A panic attack I am currently having.

I feel drained and weak. Flying for hours with no real destination and a panic attack trying to rip your lungs out to keep you from breathing. Life has its problems. Problems like to dump themselves on others. Others are unfortunate and take the problems like wimps, then die in a hole and others don't even bother to bury you.

Yep. That's how I feel about my life right now.

Sucking in the deepest gulp of air I could, I held my head as a wave of dizziness hit me so hard I folded my wings in slightly, falling at least twenty feet before opening them again and gliding a few more yards.

then I crash landed into the dirt.

Just dig the hole now and bury me already. Oh, wait, no one around to bury me. I'll have to do it myself. I cringed in pain as I rolled my wrist slightly to the left, cradling it with my other hand. My chest tightened and I tried gulping in more air.

Where am I?

I gasped for air as I glanced up, finally noticing the entrance to a cave not too far away. There were rocks surrounding it, and I suddenly realized that I was next to a mountain. "How far did I fly?" I gasped before swallowing throw up threatening to come up.

Gross... Standing up, I shook out my wings before folding them over my clothes, the tips gently raking across the dusty ground. Limping forward, I sucked in more air before suddenly realizing I was hyperventilating.

Why is everything in my life so messed up? Why did I have to react like an idiot and fly away? Wheeljack is probably worried sick... He should be. You don't know where you are.

My vision blurred. I stumbled to the left, blinking a few times before closing them for a few short moments and opening them again. A gasp left my mouth as my vision changed. Everything was black with white outlines showing the shape of nearby objects.

A headache came on and I groaned in both pain and frustration. "What is happening to me?" I muttered angrily, forcing myself to keep balance and walk forward. Suddenly, there seemed to be a violent pull on my body and conscience. There was something inside of this cave.

I could feel a strange power coming through the cave entrance. What are you doing? I scolded myself. But my legs ignored my brain and I followed the strange feeling in my gut, walking to the mouth of the cave. I hadn't even stepped ten feet into the entrance when I saw something glowing.

Which was strange, since all I was seeing was black and white. But a pulsing object nearby caught my attention. I could practically feel the power coming from it. Feeling weak, I stumbled and landed face first onto the hard rocky ground of the cave, two feet away from the object.

I stuck my hand out. Even feeling weak and helpless, I was still curious to what it was. Might as well see what the heck it was since I was right here.

Curiosity killed the cat. My mind chimed in. I cursed mentally before shaking my head.

"To heck with it." I spat suddenly feeling angry. Something always happens to me. My life has literally been a living hell. No matter what I do, no matter how nice I am, or how hard I try to live a normal life, something bad always happens to me. Holding my hand up again, I wondered,

What's the harm of one more problem in my life?

I felt a strange tug and the pulsing object suddenly began to lose its power. I could feel it physically. I blinked a few times before my vision turned to normal. I gaped at the sight before me. The object was energon.

Its energy was depleting and flowing towards me, coming to me in a strange gaseous form and wrapping around my fingers. Slowly, I began to feel stronger. The energon was a smaller piece. It wasn't as large as the others in the cave, which I now noticed.

This piece was the size of me. But it was soon all gone, the crystal it once was now simply.. gone. It reminded me of a melting piece of ice or water evaporating. One moment it was there, and the next, it was gone.

I felt stronger. Standing to my feet with ease, I glanced at my hands, which were still glowing blue, before shaking my head in disbelief. Did I just absorb it? What else can I do? I wondered as I glanced at the rest of the energon sitting untouched inside the cave.

"The Autobots will want to know where this is." I told myself. They were always looking for new energon sources. But Decepticons always had the upper hand when it came to that. Instead of walking out of the cave to tell the Autbots about this little cave, like I had planned out in my mind, I walked further inside of the cave.

Another energy was tugging at me, and I couldn't help but follow it. My fingers tapped against my thigh in nervous habit. This energy felt different. Unwelcoming. But I didn't spot anything.

"Maybe..." I trailed off deep in thought. I could actually try and control this new ability I have, I reasoned with myself. Concentrating, I closed my eyes and waited a few seconds, taking in deep breaths and waiting for the pull of the energy to show me the direction.

"wow." Opening my eyes again, my vision was black and white again. I spotted several pulsing objects. Energon. But I followed the second source, and walked farther. About five minutes later, I spotted yet another small object, about the size of myself, stuck in the ground.

I felt fear in me for some strange reason. This power felt different. Darker. Shaking my head and closing my eyes, I concentrated on returning my eye sight to normal. Fighting the scared feeling, I slowly stuck my hand out towards the strange looking energon.

It pulsed and glowed but my concentration broke when a voice startled me. "I wouldn't do that If I were you." I let out a squeak and twisted around, immediately spotting the prediking standing close by, his arms crossed over his chest.

"Decepticon." I whispered under my breath. My breathing quickened and I took a step back.

"It is a coincidence I have found you here, sparkling. Lord Megatron has yet to find you and is getting quite impatient. His troops are looking everywhere for you." he stated, not bothering to make a grab for me. He stood still, watching me.

"Are the Autobots with you?"

I couldn't get words to form, and was left standing there like an idiot and an open mouth that looked like a fish out of water, gasping for breath. Prediking chuckled.

"I'll take that as a no. Tell me, what brought you here? It couldn't be a coincidence that we both happened to stumble upon dark energon."

"D-dark energon?" I stuttered, looking back at the glowing rock.

"Indeed. Lord Megatron requires it in order to rule over you." I jerked my head towards him.

"He can't rule over me, I'm not his slave. And I don't belong to anyone other than myself." I snapped. I couldn't help it. Expressing my anger felt good. I continued, "And why would it help him rule over me? What's so different about it?"

"More than you know." Prediking answered. I wondered if even he knew. Raising my hand towards the dark energon, I looked away from prediking.

"Well, if he wants it, then I'll just make sure he can't have it." A spit second before I began Absorbing the dark energon, Prediking chuckled.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"Why-" I cried out suddenly, and shook my head. The dark energon pulsed and I stopped Absorbing it before I could take in any more. A throbbing pain covered my entire body as I forced my wobbly knees to stay standing.

"What was that?" I gasped out, suddenly feeling sick.

Prediking ignored my question. "Lord Megatron will be pleased with the fact that I not only brought back the Dark energon as he requested, but you, sparkling." He finally moved and took a step forward. I shook my head.

No way was I going back. I couldn't live through being stuck and prodded again. And working for them? Fighting against my friends, the Autbots, and my guardian, Wheeljack? Not an option. My body was visibly shaking from being weak once again and I cursed, opening my wings as Prediking took a step towards me.

Prediking swiped at the air as I flew by, missing me by a foot. Sighing in relief, I flapped a few times before making my way back to the main cavern where the mouth of the cave sat. Just as I met the entrance, a red arm flew through the air and a hand caught me mid-flight.

I screamed, squirming and flapping one wing in desperation to get away while the other one was folded to my body, being crushed by the pressure being applied to me. Prediking growled once he spotted the Decepticon.

"Knockout." he seethed angrily, "I was ordered to search for the Dark energon alone." Knockout squeezed me tighter as I tried harder to squirm. I yelped and bit my tongue in pain. A smirk was plastered on the Decepticons face.

"I was sent to investigate a Cybertronian escape pod that landed near this area. Didn't find the pod, but I did find you." His smirk got larger.

"What success you had." sarcasm dripped in his words, "You almost let her escape. Lord Megatron will be pleased with the fact that I found the human pet he has been searching for. What rewards shall I receive, I wonder?" He hummed happily.

In his talking, his hold slightly released on me and I let in a large gasp of air. Prediking growled angrily.

"I found her. And the energon. Release her to my hold so I may return her to my master."

"Our Master." Knockout corrected. "And I believe the reward shall be mine. You should get back to retrieving the dark energon. Or should I also take praise for finding that?"

Prediking transformed and let out a loud roar, and Knockout stepped out of the cave, the predicon close behind. He spit fire at the red decepticon, and I was released as Knockout yelped and dodged out of the way.

Predikings attention was automatically set on me and I screamed, dodging out of the way as he spit fire at me. He twisted around and did it a second time. First he wants to capture me and now he's trying to burn me into a crisp...

Another large mass of fire came at me and with no time to dodge, I covered my body with my wings. They folded in front of me, and I waited for impact and for the smell of burning flesh. It never came.

Instead, Predikings voice came to me as I slowly opened my eyes to find my wings completely hardened and pointed.

"You are full of surprised, femme." Each feather was made of a hard metal, and as I slowly raised my hand to stroke one of my end feathers, I winced and pulled back. The tips were razor sharp.

"You will come with me, and Knockout, you will return to my master and tell him ahead of time that I have found what he has asked." Knockout clenched his servo angrily before turning on his heel and stomping away. The fight was over just as quick as it began.

"I still require to search for the escape pod signal, and I will not return to Megatron empty handed."

I unfolded my wings and gasped as the feathers changed back to normal. White, soft, and light. Taking a step back away from Prediking, who was still watching Knockout walk away. But I have never been a stealthy person, and tripped over my own two feet.

"Come with me, child." He reached out to me and I screamed. Before he could touch me, a set of energon blasts came from nowhere, catching Prediking by surprise. I gasped when I saw my guardian and Ratchet running towards us.

"Wheeljack!Ratchet!" I smiled and ran towards them. Wheeljack pulled out his kabanas as he came closer. I felt a servo grab me and I screamed again as prediking dodged a few blasts coming from in front of us, where my two friends came forward in desperate attempts to get to me.

"Let me go!" I screamed. I wanted to do the same as I did to Makeshift, but I felt to weak and in all honesty, I have no clue what the heck I did or how to control it.

Prediking transformed and flapped once, me still in his talons.

"Wheeljack!" I screamed out for my guardian.

"Hope!"

Just as I felt the predicon turn to fly in the opposite direction, a new set of blasts came from out right, the opposite direction from where Ratchet and Wheeljack were standing. It threw Predicon off and he shifted to the side.

This gave Wheelajck enough time to pull out his grenade and aim it for the flying beasts head. He's going to kill us both! My mind screamed as an explosion sounded. I covered myself with my wings, which were back to a hard metal as they had changed before.

They protected me from the blast, but I fell down from the predicon fast; gravity was pulling me back down to earth. I bit my tongue to keep from screaming. I have felt adrenaline rush before from when I was in control of my flying, but this new sense of adrenaline was absolutely terrifying.

Just as I thought I would hit the ground, though, two hands caught me and the sound of grinding metal told me the cybertronian was transforming. But which side? Decepticon or Autbot?

Holding my breath, I felt a seatbelt gently wrap around me as I glanced around the inside of the unfamiliar car. The rear view mirror adjusted so I could be seen in it, and a chuckle came from the car. I let out the breath I was holding.

An autobot symbol sat on the steering wheel.

Another chuckle sounded as the car sped off towards the other Autobots direction.

"That was a close one, now wasn't it?"

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Welp, any thoughts on who the new Autobot is? I figured that someone knew needed to be here. I hope you liked this chapter! Love you all, and sorry it took so long to update!

(So sorry for mistakes. I am planning to edit when I am finished)