No P.O.V.

When Arcee and Bulkhead left to get the kids, the rescue bot's questions arose.

"How many kids are there?" Heatwave asked.

"There's three, sadly." Ratchet calls out from the medbay.

"And now, there's even more." Ratchet grumbles to himself while he worked on repairing Bumblebee.

The humans talked to each other, while the rescue bots stood in silence. Until it was broken,

"Would you guys fight in a war, if your life depended on it?" Blades asks.

"Why would you ask that? You know we chose to be Rescue bots." Heatwave says.

"I know, but some of them I think didn't get a choice." Blades replies sadly.

"I know what you're saying Blades, but some of them chose to fight for Cybertron." Boulder says quietly.

"But Cybertron is gone now, don't you feel like we could've done something, anything even. Just to feel like you aren't sitting on the sidelines?" Blades asks. 

"While we couldn't have fought in the war, we are still helping. By protecting this planet from natural disasters so that this planet doesn't lose its life like ours did." Chase replies calmly.

While the Rescue Bots continued their conversation, Ratchet had repaired Bumblebee as much as he could, and finally released him from the med-bay. 

Blades soon approached the yellow and black mech, and the other rescue bots followed him.

"Hey Bumblebee, how are you feeling?" Blades asks gently.

<Better now, though how did you guys get here?> Bumblebee asks.

"Chief Burns told us we would be going to a place called 'The Grand Canyon' but we ended up here." Chase replies.

"Yeah, and then we saw the battle sight, and you and Arcee fighting that bot." Boulder adds.

"Oh yeah, what was that metal piece you tried to keep away from that bot?" Heatwave asks.

<We recently discovered this relic, it's called 'The Spark Divider'  usually cloning a bot takes time, and a lot of it. But with this, a bot could create themselves an army. One which can't be stopped unless the original is killed.> Bumblebee replies.

Cody soon walked up to the Rescue Bots and Bumblebee, having even more questions on his mind.

"So, if this Spark Divider thing is activated, is there anyway to stop it?" The young boy asks.

The Rescue Bots all looked towards the yellow and black mech, hoping for an answer.

The mech silently sighed before replying.

<We don't know that yet. We just need one more fragment so that we can figure out what can stop or destroy it.> Bumblebee replies.

Soon a blue and pink motorcycle, and a green SUV drove in. And three children emerged. The vehicles transform to reveal Arcee, and Bulkhead.

Bulkhead walks a bit closer to the group, while Arcee walks next to Bumblebee.

One of the human children, Miko was the first to notice the new bots.

"Rad! We got new bots! We haven't had any since Wheeljack! What are your names? Do you have superpowers? Why are your symbols different? How did you come on Earth? Did you fight in the war?" Miko asked,

"Miko, you don't just ask where people-or robots come from!" A raven haired boy named Jack says.

"Don't worry, it's fine." Boulder reassures the girl.

"As for your questions, I'm Chase, no we do not have super powers, our symbols are different because we are Rescue Bots, we came from our ship, and we did not fight in the war." Chase answered.

The Burns family walked up to the three children, and a small boy in glasses spoke up.

"Hey! I'm Raf, this is Miko, and that's Jack, what are your names?" Raf asks.

"I'm Chief Burns, this is Kade, Graham, Dani, and Cody." Chief Burns replied.

"And I'm Heatwave, that is Blades, and Boulder, and you have already met Chase." The firetruck says.

"So, what's a Rescue Bot? I mean the bots never talk about them, so." Miko asks.

"Miko, the reason no one talks about Rescue Bots is because they were supposed to be extinct! I don't know how they survived but they did." Ratchet sighs.

"But, how?" Jack asks.

"Erm, I don't really know. Do any of you?" Heatwave asks his team. They all shake their head 'no' until Optimus entered the area.

"Autobots, do you recall the 'Bombing of Kalis'?" Optimus asks.

"The one where Bee and Jazz were sent to find survivors?" Bulkhead asks.

"Yes, Rescue Bots were tending to the wounded, since one of the Medical Facilities were located in the area. The Decepticons took advantage of this, and - bombed the area." Optimus said painfully.

"Except for those four, cause they were where exactly?" Arcee asks.

"A routine patrol, until we landed on Earth." Boulder says.

"Bee, what exactly did you and Jazz find in the area?" Bulkhead asks the yellow and black mech.

Bumblebee narrowed his optics, before answering. And every bot, and human in the room had their attention turned to the scout.

<There, wasn't much left. Kalis had been almost completely destroyed. Deception seekers were patrolling the area. But from the looks of it, no one could've survived that. And no one did, every Rescue Bot unit was there before the bombing, there were too many wounded from the last battle.> Bumblebee whirrs with his optics full of melancholy.

"So, that's how it happened. That could've been us if headquarters hadn't sent us on patrol!" Blades said in a sudden realization.

"Exactly, you four were the youngest Rescue Bot unit, and we couldn't risk losing you." Optimus states.

They nod in understanding but couldn't help but feel bad for all the Rescue Bots who had fallen. Then a somber silence took over the area. 

"O-Optimus, when you told us Cybertron is gone, was it true? Or has it been brought back to life?"Heatwave asks.

"Cybertron, is truly gone. Which is why we cannot let Megatron and the Decepticons take this world as well." Optimus replies.

 "How about we take a step away from all this sad stuff? Hey Graham, why don't you say something nerdy to change the subject?" Kade whispers to his younger brother.

"Um, hey is that a groundbridge? How did you fit one in here?" Graham asks.

"I built it from scratch when we first arrived on Earth about three years ago." Ratchet replies.

"So, can't you just groundbridge us back to Griffin Rock?" Blades asks.

"Well I can, but the Decepticons know of your existence, and until we make sure this threat is neutralized we cannot risk putting any of your lives in danger." Ratchet answers.

Suddenly Ratchet's scanner had found another fragment, two in fact. 

The medic's attention immediately snapped towards the computer.

"Optimus, the first fragment is located in a place called Brooklyn, New York. Another crowded area, but the signal seems to be a bit underground, and the second one is located in a forest, not that crowded." Ratchet states.

Optimus stayed silent, looked towards his team. Before he gave his command.

"Bulkhead, you and I will investigate the second signal." He says. 

Optimus then looks towards Bumblebee. "Bumblebee, how do you think you'll be able to perform on the field?" He asks.

<I think I can perform quite adequately Prime.> Bumblebee replies.

The Prime nods, "Arcee, you and Bumblebee will investigate the first signal." He says.

The four autobots walked in front of the groundbridge, and Ratchet pulled the lever, revealing a swirling portal of green and blue with a tint of purple.

Arcee and Bumblebee go first, they transformed and drove into the portal. 

Ratchet then entered a second set of coordinates, and then Optimus, and Bulkhead also transformed and drove through the portal.

The medic sighed, and walked back to his work area. He then turned towards the Rescue Bots, who were chatting happily with each other, his processor drifted to all the way before the war, when he would chat cheerily, without hesitation to his friends, Red Alert, and First Aid. But they were gone now, the medic didn't want the same thing to happen to anyone else. To lose someone, or something they care about most.  

But soon Chase turned his attention away from his team and walked towards the medic. 

"Ratchet, is something bothering you?" The police bot asks.

"No, you should get back with your team Chase." Ratchet replies.

"I'd rather be with you for some time. Do you think you could tell us about your team?" Chase asks.

"Fine, what do you all want to know?" Ratchet grumbles.

"Um, I've had something I've been wondering." Kade asks.

"Yes, yes what is it?" The medic asks.

"How did Bumblebee actually lose his voice? Blades told us in the line of duty, but I want to know what actually happened." The firefighter asks.

Ratchet narrowed his optics, and started to tell them what the actual story was, until Bulkhead contacted him.

.:Ratchet, the second signal was a trap, me and Prime are fine though, we're gonna need a bridge at our location:. Bulkhead comms.

"Bulkhead I'm sending one at your coordinates now." Ratchet replies pulling the lever.

a swirling portal appeared again, and a green SUV, and red and blue semi truck emerged. They transformed, and Bulkhead walked off, while Optimus walked towards his old friend. 

"Let's hope Arcee and Bumblebee have better luck." Ratchet said to himself.

As if on cue, the femme commed Ratchet for a groundbridge. And Ratchet pulled the lever again, to again reveal a swirling portal of green and blue.

This time a blue and pink motorcycle, and a yellow and black Urbana 500 drove in, and transformed back into bot mode.

Bumblebee walked up to Ratchet, and handed him the metal fragment. Ratchet's frown quickly turned into a grin, and then brought it to his work area. Where another fragment was already placed.

"Wait, how many fragments do you have?" Heatwave asks.

"Only two, but now we can figure out what can actually stop this relic, if it were ever activated." Ratchet smiles.

Soon every bot, and human moved to a different area of the Autobot base, not wanting to disturb the medic. 

And they resumed their chatter. Optimus stayed with Ratchet, Bulkhead was talking with the humans, Bumblebee and Arcee were engaged in a conversation, while the Rescue Bots, and their human partners spoke with it their group. 

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Time passed by, and they were all still awaiting word from Ratchet, Optimus arrived about ten minutes ago. Stating that it wouldn't be too long before Ratchet could confirm accurate results. 

A couple more minutes passed, and soon the medic walked over to the others. 

"Optimus, I have figured out what can stop it, and I will say. We are lucky to have the Rescue Bots." The orange and white mech says.

"Wait a minute, you're saying that-" Blades was cut off by the medic.

"Yes, The Rescue Bots are the only ones to stop this."