I watched the silent video of Optimus making Bumblebee a warrior while trying to get a screaming Orion to sleep. If he was asleep, I would be down there, bestowing upon him the Title of Knight. But that was going to have to wait. June came up with a bottle of energon, thanks to Ratchet showing her how. She offered to watch him and Arreis while I quickly Knighted Bee. I thanked her and ran to the Groundbridge. Earlier I had found a cloak made of silky cybermatter in my subspace, so I clipped it on from my shoulderplates and drew the Primax Blade and the Cosmic Shield. As I walked out the other side of the groundbridge, all of Team Prime knelt. Even Optimus. Why were they doing that.

"Why are you kneeling?" I looked at all of them.

"At a Knighting, all must kneel." Grimlock came up to me in his bipedal form. He kneeled next to me as I approached Bumblebee.

"Bumblebee. Creation of Praxians, Prowl and Jazz. Ever since I arrived in this Dimension, you have shown nothing but bravery, vigilance, and courage during the most trying of times. As have you shown that even in the darkest of moments, there can be joy and laughter." I raised the Primax Blade and gently tapped one of his shoulders. As I tapped the other I smiled at him. "Rise, Bumblebee. Knight of Praxus."

"Way to go, Bee!" Raf cheered.

"I'm not finished." I raised an optic ridge and everyone quieted down.

"There is another among you; though clumsy he may be, he has the biggest spark known to Cybertron. Bulkhead, step forward." the large green mech did as told and knelt next to Bee. "Do not think that you're efforts were the least. Everyone has played an important part. You especially. Bulkhead, creation of Hound and Gamma."

"I was just following orders." he muttered.

"Every time you were given an order, you went above and beyond to fulfil it. Miko being here and a member of the Wreckers is proof of that." I lightly tapped each of his shoulders. "Rise, Bulkhead. Knight of Crystal City."

"Can we cheer now?" Smokescreen asked me. I put my relics away and nodded. Everyone erupted into applause and clapped the two new Knights on the back. The twins pulled out a set of huge confetti poppers and set them off.

"Enjoy your celebration. I'm going to go back to being a mother." I turned on my heel and called for a groundbridge.

"Does anyone notice that Ava looks more worn down and exhausted?" Jack asked, thinking I couldn't here.

"We've all noticed Jack. Her spark is weak after all the times she's offlined." Ratchet replied. I ran a servo over my face and it was then I noticed Jack was right.

"How'd it go?" Fowler asked when I came through the bridge. Arreis was napping in his arms.

"Bee and Bulkhead are now Knights of Cybertron." I stated taking my sleeping daughter from him.

"Great. June put Orion down for a nap in yours and Prime's room." the former agent nodded going to a computer to learn Cybertronian.

"You did great." June smiled when I passed her in the hallway.

"Thanks." I yawned. Ever since Orion was ripped out and I offlined that time, my soul has slowly been fading away into the Allspark. When I entered the shared berthroom of Optimus and I's family, I placed Arreis in her toddler berth, then laid down on the large 'California King' sized berth.

Time Skip...

"Ava... Ava... AVA!" Slamming on the door to the room woke all three of us up. Orion began to scream till I popped a bottle in his mouth and had Arreis hold it for him. Tiredly, I flung open the door to see a freaking out Jack. "We have a problem."

"What kind of problem?" I squinted at the shorter mech before my visor clicked over my optics.

"Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus encountered two new Predacons. Leaving Ultra Magnus badly damaged." the blue mech's optics had fear in them.

"Stay with my kids till your mother arrives to watch over them." I ordered. Jack nodded and entered my room as I left it. Funny enough, my cloak was now nonremovable. When I entered the bridge of the ship, my visor was glowing dangerously. "Smokescreen! What the hell happened out there?"

"It was unexpected. Obviously Shockwave created them." the blue and yellow mech backed away from me slightly. "Ultra Magnus took the brunt of the attack since he didn't have a weapon."

"He has the Forge that Arreis repaired." I growled. From the corner of my optic, I saw said relic in the same spot I had left it when we turned my ship into our HQ. The Nemesis was the prison for now. "He left it behind..."

"With Optimus out looking for the Allspark, and Ultra Magnus down for the count. That leaves you as the only one capable of leading us." Arcee said trying to calm me down.

"Arcee is right. June and Agent Fowler can watch Arreis and Orion while you lead us." Bumblebee agreed.

"They'll be in good hands... uh, servos." the former human agent nodded. June came in with my sparklings, who were both asleep.

"Alright. Bulkhead, Miko, Ironhide. Return to where the new Predacons were and try and find some clues. Bumblebee, Arcee, Grimlock, and Smokescreen. With me. Sunstreaker, Sideswipe. Continue work on the landing zone." I created groups before my group left the Temenos. Grimlock picked me up and placed me on his back as soon as we were on the ground.

"Watch your step." Bee said as we came to a very uneven area. The Knight pulled a pipe out of the ground and I raised an optic ridge.

"Who made him leader? I thought Ava was." Smokescreen scoffed.

"I'm not leading." Bee knelt and dipped his digits in something. "I'm scouting."

"Fair enough. But you know we're no where near were we found those Predacons, right?" the rookie looked at Bee and I.

"We're not looking for those Predacons." I told Smokescreen, sliding off Grimlock's back. My cloak kicked up dust when the hem landed on the ground.

"I followed this energon trail, which means he was wounded." Bee led our group towards a jagged rise. "And I know we aren't the ones who wounded him."

"Woah. You mean we've been tracking..." A large shadow covered us and Predaking landed on the rise. Grimlock got in front of me and growled. "PREDAKING!" I gulped.

Predaking formed fire in his chest while Grimlock prepared the roast the Predacon with his own flame.

"Hold your fire!" Bee and I shouted. I ran around Grimlock and stopped the two from turning this area into a smelting pit.

"Remember this, Predaking?" Bee asked holding up the pipe. What is he doing? The clone ceased what he was doing and glared at the pipe. "You served aboard Megatron's ship. I'm sure you recognize this from his vault. The immobilizer."

Grimlock, Arcee, and Smokescreen all looked at one another confused.

"It causes instant stasis lock. The victim remains fully conscious. A living death." I said walking up next to the Praxian Knight. The two of us knelt and Bee put down the pipe. "But we didn't come here to fight, your Highness."

Predaking transformed.

"They why have you violated my refuge, Autobots?" Predaking growled. Bee and I stood up.

"We need answers." The Knight answered. "Do you know of any other Predacons on Cybertron?"

"Indeed. Legions of them." Predaking gestured to behind him. "Behold, my subjects. A countless multitude, rendered extinct ages ago by the Great Cataclysm. Unearthed by the shifting of plates during our planet's restoration."

"Yeah, we me and Ultra Magnus just about got scrapped by two living Predacons." Smokescreen shouted. "Know anything about them, your Highness?"

I turned and motioned for Grimlock to smack the rookie on the back of the head. The Dinobot nodded and hit Smokescreen with his tail.

"Two? Where?" the Predacon leader asked with urgency.

"We came to ask your help in finding them." I stepped closer to Predaking.

"For revenge?" Predaking growled.

"No. Optimus Prime and Avalon Prime would deem it a tragedy to stain Cybertron's new soil with any fresh spilt energon." Bee looked at me then Predaking.

"So help us do what Megatron was never able to do. And more than one race can peacefully coexist on this planet." I had a hopeful look in my optics and my visor flashed.

"You assumed that because I turned against Megatron, I can forgive the Autobots their role in the destruction of my brethren on Earth?" Predaking snapped. "Leave me be. And dare not trespass here again."

Bee threw the pipe behind him as we all walked away.

     As we left the area, I sent Grimlock back to the Temenos to help the Twins while Bee, Smokescreen, Arcee, and a newly swapped out Bulkhead, and I transformed and drove; or flew in my case since my aerial alt-mode was still activated, towards what looked like Darkmount, Nevada. As night fell we all turned on our lights. Arcee asked about finding Shockwave here and Smokescreen mentioned this placing being the original Darkmount and Megatron's military Headquarters. When we neared the entrance, everyone stopped and transformed. I transformed mid-air and landed lightly. Bee led us inside and I had to suppress a shudder. This place reminded me all too well of Chernobyl. When we got to the top, I stood at the edge and looked out over my new home. It was quiet until someone had to ruin the silence.

"Lord Smokescreen, Emperor of Destruction." he mocked a deep voice.

"How could you sit there? That's some bad mojo." Bulkhead looked at the rookie who was sitting on Megatron's old throne.

"I'll make you Emperor of something. Emperor of mangled limbs." I hissed taking a rock and throwing it at his helm.

"What do you know. Knockout actually shot straight for once." Bee smiled as we all looked at a holographic screen with location markers everywhere.

"What'd you have to do? Buff his finish?" Arcee smirked.

"Close." Bee replied. Bulkhead and I noticed something on the horizon. My Matrix pulsed and I had a nauseous feeling in my tanks.

"Guys, something's coming this way." Bulkhead pointed to the object. Everyone noticed it now.

"Predaking?" Arcee asked.

"Moving too fast." Bee answered.

"Starscream?" Bulk.

"Megatron!" I shouted backing away. "With high quantities of what I'm guessing to be Dark Energon!"

The mech landed and we all moved away while readying our weapons. I had the Primax blade and the Cosmic shield in servo faster than you could say Sweet Sarsaparilla.

"Minions of the Prime! Prepare to be obliterated." Megatron snarled in a wheezy voice. If I wasn't scared as hell right now, I would have laughed.

"Megatron?" Bee.

"You skewered Buckethead with a giant saber and still managed to miss his spark?" Smokescreen ran to our side.

"How are you still alive?" Arcee demanded.

"And where'd you score the upgrades?" Bulkhead growled. One thing I noticed is everyone formed a barrier between me and Megatron.

"Megatron can not answer you at this moment." the mech sneered as his optics landed on me. "Though I can inform you with utmost authority that he owes his new lease on life to me."

"That's not Megatron. We had a similar thing happen back home. He's Galvatron. Brought back by Unicron here, and Quintessa back home." I brought the shield closer to my chestplates as I clenched the Primax blade tightly.

"I can assure you, that I will not be so easy to deliver to oblivion." Galvatron got into a defensive position.

"Hey, Ava. Can't you use your..." Arcee clamped a servo over Smokescreen's mouth to prevent him from revealing to Unicron that I was a Prime.

"Do you want her to be killed, then Optimus possibly exile you?" Arcee hissed to the rookie.

"I already know the larger femme is a Prime, and a Knight." Galvatron sneered.

"Well we're fucked." my voice cracked as Galvatron's servos glowed purple and formed into two larger cannons.

"Can't you use the Cosmic-Rust gun?" Bulkhead asked me after we all barely dodged the Dark Energon blasts.

"Not without a clear shot!" I shouted dusking behind the throne. "I'm calling for Grimlock!"

"Don't it's too dangerous." Bee stopped me as I then decided to use my cover to turn my shield into the Cosmic-Rust gun.

"Fine, then keep him in one spot!" I moved from my hiding spot to higher up.

"We'll try." Arcee replied. I took a calming vent before aiming for one of the cannons and pulling the trigger.

BANG!

We all regrouped behind the throne. The others talked about how we get the hell out of here, while I watched at one cannon turned to rust. Galvatron then reformed his arm and a spear appeared. The dark lord threw the spear at the throne and it began to beep.

"Autobots! Assemble and Roll!" I shouted as we all jumped over the throne and transformed. When we got over the edge, we all returned bipedal and shot through a brittle roof. Well, I stayed in jet mode. The others transformed into bipedal. As we traveled the corridors, everyone was vehicle mode.

"Woah! Stop!" Arcee shouted as the grounders screeched to a halt and transformed and tried not to fall off a broken bridge. I landed and transformed behind them as we all looked over the edge.

"A smelting pit?" Bulkhead gaped.

"Cybertron has been dormant for thousands of years, but that's still burning?" Arcee scoffed.

"Ratchet? We need a groundbridge!" Bee said urgently into the Commlink. We were all thrown to the ground by a purple blast.

"Arcee! Smokescreen!" I shouted seeing them hanging on for dear life from Bulkhead's servo. Jumping to my peds, I transformed and jumped over the edge and hovered under Smokescreen, who landed on me. "Bulkhead, help Arcee up. I have Smokescreen."

     Sounds of fighting came from the bridge we were on. Bulkhead was struggling to help Arcee up and I was losing altitude due to Smokescreen being on my back. Sounds of struggling was all that was heard from me as the two of us slowly neared the smelting pit. The bridge broke and Bulkhead and Arcee began to fall. A chunk hit me and I lost control. Before we were reduced to molten metal, a groundbridge opened beneath us and we fell through. I landed on the floor of the Temenos and skidded harshly into the wall while the others landed no problem. Of course, being hit by a huge chunk of metal would knock anyone silly and prevent them from transforming in time. Smoke rose from random places on my frame as I finally managed to go bipedal and sit against the wall.

"Momma!" Arreis ran over to me, with worry filled optics.

"It's alright Bugaboo. Just a rough landing and slight exposure to Dark Energon." I gave her a hug, that of which she returned.

"Ava. Go get some rest. Being exposed to Dark Energon like in your current spark state, has weakened you greatly." Ratchet pointed towards the berth rooms. Jack and Fowler helped me stand and Arreis stayed in my arms as I was led to my quarters.

"We'll come get you if anything new happens." Fowler assured me after I was laid down.

"Thanks." I muttered. As soon as the lights were off and the door closed, I was out like a light with Arreis curled up next to me and Orion in his crib.