Nova was in her robot mode, jumping out of the way as a giant metal fist came at her, somersaulting as she went. Quickly, She turned back to the threat, preparing herself for their next move. A fist that was at least three times the size of herself came at her this time. Her knees fell forward and she bent her back towards the ground, the wrecking ball missing her by her helm.

She shot up running towards the threat, zig zagging around to avoid the attacks it sent at her. Then, she ran underneath it and away to safety. The ringing of a bell indicated the end of the fight and she collapsed unto the ground, attempting to catch her breath.

"Nice job, Nova. You managed to get passed me for once." Bumblebee's voice rang out. She looked over at the scout, who was just the threat that she had been fighting, and rolled her eyes. She switched off her armor and was reverted back to her human mode.

"Yeah, yeah." She pushed herself back up and walked over to the box where her water bottle was sitting. She took a long drink before setting it back down. "You are fast though. My senses may be dialed to like eleven now, but I'm still working on using that in a fight. I can anticipate your moves, but I have problems with getting that information to the rest of my body so I can move the right way."  

She's been training with Bumblebee for awhile now. It was after they lost another Cybertronian item known as the Forge of Solus Prime which the Decepticon were unable to use it. She's been taking lessons plus the Autobots were actually a pretty great teacher when it comes to learning new skills in Cybertronian way. Fighting with an Autobot was different than fighting with humans. You had to use your brain more. Being creative was important. With their incredible size difference, you needed to be prepared to do things you never had to do with humans.

The first day hadn't been that great. Bee never actually touched her. However, if he had been a Con with the intent to wreck, She have no doubts she would be dead. Now Nova understood why Optimus pushed for her to have training before she went out on missions with them.

She grabbed a towel and wiped some of the sweat from her forehead. Her abilities are begining to adpat. Her strength was something to behold as well. Everyday it seemed like she could lift more and more weight. Right now, She was at a whopping 400 pounds. Ratchet believed that if she kept getting stronger, then one day she might even be strong enough to do some serious damage to the Decepticons. Now that was an interesting thought.

She also had other abilities. She could jump to incredible heights. She'd managed to jump from the first level of the silo, to the second level landing where they had their couch and tv set up at. Running wasn't a problem for her either. Her endurance was insane. Ratchet wanted to see how long she could go one day and she literally ran on a treadmill for six hours at 30 miles per hour without breaking a single sweat. Shink think Ratchet  might've blown a gasket at that.

She was practically inhuman when it came to her new abilities. Ratchet also believes that the Allspark was regenerating new skin cells at an impressive rate. With her healing abilities, he thinks that she could live a very long time since she is the same age as the cybertronians. She had to sit down when he told her that. That would mean she was practically immortal, She would outlive everyone she knew and loved here on Earth.

'Does that mean I can't age? Do I have to watch time goes by while I still remained?' Nova wondered as she shook her head, not wanting to think about it.

Although, She had so many questions that came to her mind. Like why did the Primus himself choose her to be the herald and harness those incredible powers? She hadn't told anyone about her conversation with Primus because she still couldn't wrap her head around his words.' What exactly was it that he had in mind for me? What did my future hold? Could I really do what they needed me to do?' These questions constantly haunted her. 

"Hey Nova Ratchet wants us to clean up the hallway today as part of our 'chores'. We might as well do it now." Bee informed, much to her displeasure. Unfortunately being part of Team Prime meant sharing the responsibilities of keeping the Silo clean. She may be a technorganic but she was still as lazy as she had been before when it came to cleaning.

However, nothing was scarier than an angry Ratchet. "Fine, but I need a shower first. Give me ten minutes." She finally relented. Bee saluted her and she went into the locker room. Since their hideout had once been base for humans, there was a human sized locker room as well as the Autobot sized one. 

After a quick shower and change of clothes, She walked back into the hallway where Bee was already getting to work. She sighed and grabbed a broom, beginning the long process of sweeping up the very large room.

Later, Nova was resting on the couch due to the tiredness of doing chores. Campy was beside her, snoozing on the armrest. Until, The intercom rang with the sound of an incoming message.

"Oh please-" 

"Prime! " She sagged her head to her hands, resting her elbows on her knees gently. Optimus shot Nova an amused glance before he turned to the monitor, Agent Fowler's face showing in the corner. "What in blazers are your people doing out here?! We had an agreement: no collateral damage!"

Nova looked at the screen curiously as Optimus rumbled his response. "I am sorry, Agent Fowler, but all Autobots are present and accounted for."

"Then explain why I'm receiving reports of two jumbo size bots mixing it up 20 miles outside of Omaha?"

"Decepticons." Ratchet assumed.

"There has been plenty of infighting lately..." Arcee added.

"Megatron can't seem to keep his ranks in line," Nova chuckled lightly.

"Well, I'm just arriving on the scene. Have a look."

The screen showed a crashed ship and then zoomed in on the 'Con.

"Hm, I don't know. Put the paintjob aside, but I'm sure that can't be Skyquake. You and Optimus pounded him into the ground." Bulkhead said to Bee and Optimus.

"Before Screamer yanked him out as a zombie," Nova reminded him.

"The question still stands," Arcee called out. "Who's the dance partner?"

  The screen showed the other's ship before it zoomed in on the bot. "By the Allspark, it is one of ours."  

"Wheeljack," Bulkhead observed, before he broke into a pit of laughter. "Jackie's back!" he cheered, clapping Bumblebee on the shoulder.

"I don't care if Abraham Lincoln's back! " Fowler angrily interrupted any more signs of celebration. "We have to contain this situation before we all wind up on the 11:00 news!"

  "Autobots," Optimus called. "Prepare to roll out!"  

Nova watched the Autobots head to the groundbridge before it was deactivated. Minutes later, They came back with Wheeljack with an injury. Nova watched Ratchet tend to Wheeljack. 

"Ow. Easy, doc. I need that arm." Wheeljack said

"Hold still and maybe you'll keep it." Ratchet retorted.

"Look, commander, apologies for the fireworks, won't happen again. But I tracked Dreadwing a hundred lightyears of space."

"I thought you were roaming the galaxy, you know, looking for Autobot refugees."

"I was until I found one. A Wrecker."

"Who?" Bulkhead questioned.

"Seaspray."

"Ha! How is old barnacle but?"

"Not so good Bulk. Blown to bits actually."

"What? No." Bulkhead looked down in sorrow.

"Dreadwing." Optimus said.

  My flyer, Jackhammer, picked up Seaspray's signal a couple lightyears from Madarin." Two ships of the same design, but one was yellow-stripped and one was red-stripped. "We made contact and arranged to rendezvous in the Dromedon system. But Dreadwing must have intercepted the transmission cause he got to Seaspray first." WheelJack spotted a bomb underneath his comrades ship before it exploded, sending his ship flying. "Proximity bomb - supposed to take us both out. Guess I should be glad that Jackhammer could take a punch." A black ship flew past a planet with a ring around it. "I picked up Dreadwing's ion trail tracked him through a dozen solar systems before finally catching up with him." WheelJack fired at Dreadwing's ship and managed to hit his engine, causing him to fall toward Earth. "Then he led me back to this marble. Some coincidence, huh?"  

"I know of this Dreadwing. He was captain of a Seeker armada, and as such, like his twin Skyquake, his fierce loyalty to the Decepticon cause. Dreadwing has no doubt traveled to Earth to lay alliegence to his one true master." OPtimus said

"Well, I hope he's enjoying his visit. It's gonna be his last." WheelJack stated as he stood up from the berth. Ratchet groaned.

"Wheeljack. This planet is heavily inhabited, any strike we make against the decepticons must be carefully measured, as a team." Optimus told him as Nova casually shuffled into the group discussion. "Lest we risk endangering the human population."

"Are you suggesting we sit back and do nothing?" Wheeljack said.

"You! Loose cannon!" 

Nova cringed when they all heard Fowler yelled from across the room. "Your cowboy antics almost blew our cover!"

"Cover?" Wheeljack said confused.

"We're robots in disguise Jackie; you need an earth based vehicle mode outside of here." Bulkhead said tapping Wheeljack's armour.

"That spaceship you shot down - not Earth-based! I had to jump through some big hoops to get it hauled out of plane sight. You need to keep a tighter leash on your people, Prime."

"A tighter leash?" WheelJack repeated before approaching the human. "Let me clarify, tiny."

"Jackie." Bulkhead warned.

"I'm not one of Optimus Prime's people." WheelJack walked away.

"I'll talk to him, e-er with your permission." Bulkhead said turning to his leader.

"Of course." He confirmed.

"Can i tag along?" Nova asked him, getting an oppurtunity in.

"E-r sure, but where did you come from?" Bulkhead asked, standing on one leg to the surprise of hersudden appearance.

"from a little thing called co-existing" She said blankly. 

"o-kay, well just watch what you say to him, his tolerance for humans right now is at an all time low." Bulkhead said wagging a finger at her. "Hey no problem." Nova said as she order Campy to remain in the main room which he let out croon noise. 

Both of them followed wheeljacks trail. "So i guess wheeljack is more of his own rule huh?" Nova asked, breaking the silence.

Bulkhead laughed, "yep, Jackie is a true wrecker." Then he grew serious, "which is a flaw when taking orders, he doesn't follow them."

"So the wreckers weren't part of the usual system then?"

"We were a war unit on our own, and our methods were not that of usual autobot protocol, even against law. We'd do missions others wouldn't do; you could say Ultra Magnus was our team leader as we would actually listen to what he'd say." Bulkhead said with a slight laugh.

"So your kind of like black ops?"

"I'm guessing that's the human version of wreckers? Then yes." He said.

As they made it to up top Wheeljack's ship was in the crack of the rocky side, since wheeljack wasn't outside she guessed he was inside there too, so she followed bulkhead inside.

"Let me do the talking." He motioned to her.

Wheeljack was leaning up against his ship as Bulkhead entered, "Jackie, look even if it weren't for the humans we couldn't take on the cons right now, we're outnumbered." Bulkhead argued.

"Roadbuster, pyro, impactor, rotorstorm, seaspray all dust." Wheeljack said bluntly.

"That's what i'm talking about, wreckers are autobots there just aren't many of us left, but if we get behind Optimus. We have a chance to end this once and for all." Bulkhead said.

"Guys like Optimus, they talk a good game but when you're in the scrap, they don't wanna get their hands dirty." Wheeljack said unconvinced of Ptime's leadership.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, you don't know Optimus like I do, being a wrecker meant everything to me. But i left that behind..."

"Because prime was the real thing blah blah blah." Wheeljack interupted as his gaze fell upon Nova, "and what's that doing here?"

Bulkhead looked to the bottom of his leg, "hey come on, fowlers a jerk but Nova's not." He said defending her.

He then sighed, "Apologies then, but that human got my screws wind tight." He then kneel down to her, "hey, I've seen you before, have I ever threatened you?"

"No, that was the impostor pretending to be you until you smacked down him and blow him up. So what's this I heard about a con named dreadwing?" 

His optics hardened, "he's heading for the pit that's what." he then grinned slightly. "Hey Tiny, wanna see another wrecker in action?" he then said to Nova, calling her a nickname already.  

  "With Dreadwing? I'm not sure....." Nova said unsure.

  "Don't tell me you're on a leash as well?" 

'Me on a leash? Ha....As If!'

"I was never on a leash, I'm a stray."She then said crossing her arms and holding herhead high. "I'm my own self." She said giving a confident nod.  

  "Huh, She's got spunk, I like her." Wheeljack said to bulkhead as he gave a worried look. Wheeljack turned back to Nova, "I think you and I might get along quite well."  

  "But Nova..." Bulkhead started. Then a constant beeping sound came from Wheeljack's ship,

"WheelJack! I know you're out there listening. I have a proposition for you."

"Is that...?" Bulkhead started.

"Dreadwing." Wheeljack confirmed

"Meet me at these coordinates if you have the spark."

"I'll see you there con, just to watch you fry." Wheeljack said.

"Jackie it's a trap." Bulkhead warned.

"I know, but when has that ever stopped me." Wheeljack said sitting at the pilot seat and then pressing a few buttons. "You coming with?" he said to bulkhead.

Bulkhead looked at Nova, "I think you should go back Nova." He told her.

"Nah let her come too, she's safe with us, kid could use some air, if she's been staying with prime." He said mockingly.

"Hm....I've never flown in a ship before. But I could use an air." Nova said. Wheeljack put a hand around her waist unexpectedly and placed her in his lap, much to her surprise.

"This ship can go at light speed; if i were to take off while you were standing you'd be splattered against the walls of this ship." He explained so casually.

"Um...thanks, I think." She said slightly disturbed. 'I'm going to regret this.'

Nova's eyes met with bulkhead as he still had a worried expression for her, "at least let me call for back-up." Bulkhead offered to wheeljack.

"You know wreckers don't call for back up." He stated as they both looked at each other.

"They call for clean up!" they both said as they locked hands firmly.

  Nova sighed deeply and mumbled, "I can see why you two were so reckless all the time."  as Wheeljack took off, the take off made her body press up against wheeljack, as the ship leveled itself out as it became airborne, it felt normal again. 

"So how are you guys going to approach this whole dreadwing thing?" Nova asked.

"A classic game of corner-con." wheeljack said.

"And what are the rules of playing this game?" 

"There are none, I'll just meet dreadwing get in a brawl with him and lead him to bulkhead, the games over when the con is cornered." He grinned

When they got to the said co-ordinates, Wheeljack took Nova alongside him to meet Dreadwing, against bulkhead's wishes as he positioned himself on a different location. Nova doesn't know why but wheeljack gets her so hyped, gives her a high level of self esteem and makes her feel invulnerable.

As she walked alongside him, Her hair glowed a bit as though it sensed danger as she backed up slightly, "what's wrong?" he asked.

"I don't know, getting this close is tugging at my conscience." Nova said.

"I won't let him anywhere near you." He said confidently, as he continued to walk. She followed alongside as they came in view of Dreadwing's back, for a moment she mistook him for Skyquake.

"I wasn't certain, you'd come." Dreadwing somewhat suprised.

"I don't like unfinished business." Wheeljack replied. 

All she could do was watch as Wheeljack confronts Dreadwing by himself. Both determined to finish off each other's unfinished business. They exchange fire, Dreadwing runs, and Wheeljack follows right behind him. Nova ran after them, making sure she's at a safe distance from where the excitement was taking place. The sounds of various explosions were heard and for what she could guess, it was probably pre-placed by Dreadwing himself. She couldn't help but get a bad feeling about this whole situation; how she hated being right. Dreadwing had run into a dead end down at the crevice. Nova silently watched the scene unfold before her. 

"If you're thinking about flying out of here..."

"Think again." Bulkhead finished Wheeljack's sentence as he appeared atop the crevice, holding up his blasters at Dreadwings directions. 

"Something's not right. This is too simple....." 

Diffidently, she notice an unpleasant smirk appear on Dreadwings lips. In fact, she wasn't the only who noticed this, Wheeljack had a look that can only be described as pure shock.

Nova shouted, "Guys it's a trap! Get out of there!"

That's when a proximity bomb went off on the cliff face, right where Bulkhead was. The cliff crumbled beneath his feet and Bulkhead let out a yell as he slid down the now rocky cliff.

Nova's barrier appeared around her as it protected her from the falling pile of rocks. Both wreckers were buried underneath the rubble and she heard Dreadwing flying off, probably to avoid being caught in the pile of rocks. As the smoke cleared away, Nova's barrier dissipated and shook the dirt out, "come to see a smack down with dreadwing he says, it'll be fun he says." She griped as she brushed herself down. 

Nova noticed that she was on the other side as she searched around to find Wheeljack and Bulkhead. As she got there, She couldn't see them instead she saw OPtimus, digging up some of the debris as that was the clear sign of only one thing.

As she ran up to him, the debris shifted and stirred as OPtimus removed more debris, then wheeljack came bursting out of the debris, "what took you so long bulk, don't tell me riding with prime has made you..." he stopped himself as he looked upon the identity of his rescuer, "...soft." he finished.

He took hold of his hand as he heaved him out of the debris, "if you will not take orders from me, that is one thing, but when you place one of my autobots... that is quite another." Optimus scolded

  "With all due respect sir, bulkhead knew the risks, every wrecker does." Wheeljack argued.  

"Taking Nova into a battlezone will be a topic we discuss at a later time... one where I am not acting as a leader,"

She shivered with the graveness of his tone as she tried to avoid eye contact.

 "She wasn't in any danger, she had me with her...look let's just find bulkhead, he's probably just somewhere under this rubble." Wheeljack said turning to the mess before him as Optimus shot a small glare on her way. Nova knew she was in big trouble anyway as she used her Long sense to detect Bulkhead's energy signature which she noticed that he wasn't within radius.

  "Optimus," Ratchet's voice carried through the open comm. "Bulkhead's signal has moved from your current position."  

Hearing this wheeljack instantly headed back in the direction of his ship as she followed him, "you coming with." He said giving a slight turn in Optimus' direction.

As Nova walked in front of wheeljack,Optimus' footsteps were heard following in their direction, She kind of gave him the cold shoulder as she didn't really want to give him the chance to ground bridge her back to base.

As wheeljack set himself up at the pilot seat again, and OPtimus had got himself in the passenger seat...with great difficulty, She hopped herself in Wheeljack's lap again. Nova didn't notice Optimus glancing her way with a slight pout look on his face as he then looked straight ahead when she looked at him with the corner of her eye, She tilted her head in confusion as wheeljack set off to where Bulkhead was.

There was silence as she stared at Optimus, his cramped position was hilarious, he tapped his fingers awkwardly on his knees and his pout face turned into an slightly annoyed face, Nova coughed and put her sleeve to her mouth to stop the urge to laugh.

"You and bulkhead share quite a history, and yet you prefer to work alone." Optimus said breaking the silence.

"The wreckers scattered along time ago, and alone is usually allot less complicated." Wheeljack said. 

'Huh He's so used to being alone, that he probably wasn't used to me being there, still he could've just told me that. Kinda remind me of myself.' Nova thought.

As they began landed to their location was a shipping dock, it was pretty confined space when battling cons. Wheeljack had landed between a row of large crates to avoid being sighted, although the landing wasn't the best but you don't have much to land in. When the ship completely stopped, Nova hopped out of his lap and made her way to the back as the door opened upon approach.

Wheeljack got out a tracking device as it made a series of beeps, Nova made her way down the ramp as wheeljack got a hold of her scruff, "hold on their kiddo, maybe it best if we go first." He told her, his voice sounded different when he said that.

"Fine." She said nodding as she saw Optimus frown slightly at wheeljack. 

"What's wrong with you?" She asked him.

"I ask of you at least five times before you comply with me." He said with a twinge of pout in his voice...which was weird for her. She wonder why his expression was different.

She shrugged it off as she followed behind them both as wheeljack took lead, the signal getting louder every two metres we covered, Optimus then shooed her into the middle with his foot, as he armed himself with two blasters, covering them from behind. Nova frowned slightly, but shrugged he still showed his protectiveness over her but the other expression showed was different, something she could not figured it out.

"We are close to population." he rumbled. "Remember-"

"Blasters and fuel pumps don't mix." Rounding a corner, the beeping from the device in his servo sped up rapidly. "Our boys just up ahead."

Turning a corner, they were met with an awful sight.

"Hey, guys," Bulk called. He was leaning against a storage compartment, his servos held above his head by some kind of purple electricity things. Strapped to his chest was a red, blinking light, like the ones in the trenches.

"Scrap." WheelJack cursed before walking to his partner. "You've really got yourself in a heap of scrap this time, partner."

"Stay back Jackie."

"Better get to work."

"Have you diffused one of these before?" Optimus asked.

Wheeljack didn't answer him, instead he then managed to open up the bomb, "fail safe, dummy leads, booby traps, it's a work of art." Wheeljack said observing the assembly inside.

"Jackie, if you don't abort we're both going to need clean up." Bulkhead said to him, trying to convince him to leave.

"Trying to focus here bulk." Wheeljack said.

The bomb was ticking as we all stood in silence and wheeljack work, if he can figure it out. Then Nova notice Optimus was being surprisingly quiet, as she turned to face him...

"Where Optimus?"Bulkhead said. That's the questioned Nova was wondering.

"It's like what i told ya when the scrap hits the fan blades; the generals are the first to bail." He scoffed lightly, he is really misjudging him...i'm going to find him, Wheeljack's cool and all but...

"No, not Optimus." Bulkhead said in his defence, as she was about to wandered off to find Optimus until her hair glowed a bit, sensing something nearby..... or rather around them. Nova recalled when Dreadwing was an expert in handling explosions. It also reminded of her time when she was on the train where she faced off Mech. FOr some reason she compared the Decepticons to Mech. One thing for sure, she learned the most important tactics from Silas. 'Never leave an enemy with a spoil.'  

Nova took a stepped back away from the two wreckers before going somewhere.On top of a metal detector, Dreadwing notice the Autobots and saw that there  only two of them down there. "Where is the Prime?"

"Dreadwing, if you are anything like Skyquake, I know that you value loyalty and honor." Optimus' voice echoed throughout the boating dock.

"Is there a point to your bluster, Prime?"

"Only that Megatron knows nothing of those principles. He lives only for destruction and conquest, but there is another path. Deactivate the bomb."

Dreadwing grabbed his cannon and fired at a spot he thought the Prime was at. He walked up to the corner and aimed to fire at the Prime, but he wasn't there. While Optimus kept Dreadwing busy, Nova walked around the labyrinth and found a bomb. She knew her suspicion were right as deactivated the bombs. At first, she didn't know which one to pluck, but then she got an idea by using her technopathy to tell which wires to removed. She breathed as she went to pluck the blue one that her power told her. She closed her eyes as she plucked it, and when nothing happened, she opened them.

"Phew." She sighed in relief as she used her Long sense and continued to look for the other ones and deactivate them.

Meanwhile, WheelJack is still trying to deactivate the bomb on Bulkhead's chest.

"Get outta here already." Bulkhead begged.

"I didn't leave ya on Sandican, and I'm not leaving ya here."

"Face it. There's only one bot who can defuse this mess and his name's Dreadwing."

"Blaster fire getting's closer, as if the commander-

Suddenly, Bulkhead punched his friend as he broke free of the cuffs. "Sorry Jackie, it's 'cause I love ya."

Optimus fired at Dreadwing who covered himself. Then, he returned fire but Optimus jumped behind the crates which made the 'Con to follow the Prime. When he turned right, blaster fire came at him, but he dodged as he rolled and looked up to see the Prime on top of the crates now. Dreadwing returned fire which made Optimus to jump on other crates and the 'Con to follow. Optimus fired at him which Dreadwing took without damage and return fire. Prime jumped down and fired then ran just as a blast hit the ground. Dreadwing followed but when he came across paths, he lost the Prime.

Meanwhile, Bulkhead skidded to a stop then turned left then right and ran toward the water. "I'm sorry fishy's."

Just then, WheelJack landed right in front of him. "Bulkhead wait!"

"Outta my way!" Bulkhead warned before shoving his friend toward the water.

"Will you listen to me, Bulk?" WheelJack was pushed all the way to the edge before Bulkhead stopped. "You were right. Dreadwing's the only one who can defuse it. And Optimus knows it, too."

Both mechs looked up and saw the said mech climbing on top of a metal detector. Dreadwing reached the metal detectors and cautiously looked around for the Prime. As he came under one, he suddenly heard a battle cry above him and saw the Prime dropping the detector on him and jumping on the ground. Dreadwing grunted as he tried to get up, but it was no use.

"Dreadwing, defuse the bomb, or fall victim to your own device."

Bulkhead started to get nervous as the count down began to get lower.

"I will gladly sacrifice myself to avenge my brother."

"Then we will, in turn, gladly join the Allspark with our brother."

"And with you." WheelJack crossed his arms. "You'll never shake us."

Bulkhead looked at both mechs as they continued to stare down the 'Con. He became really nervous as the timer came within the final moments. He closed his optics before finally, Dreadwing gave in.

"Very well."

Optimus lifted the detector off Dreadwing so he could stand up and defuse the bomb. Bulkhead closed his optics as Dreadwing plucked the blue wire, causing the timer to stop at the last second.

"Phew." Bulkhead sighed in relief.

"I had it narrowed it down to the blue or the yellow... or the red."

Dreadwing went to activate the other bombs, but nothing happened. Which caused the 'Con to press again. The noise caught the other's attention and saw what he was trying to do but nothing exploded. Suddenly, a casual yawn caught the mechs attention and the four of them looked to see Nova sitting at the crate.

"Nice try, If your going to leave us with a spoil, think again." Nova stated bluntly and held up one of Dreadwing's bomb using her TK power.

"What? How were you able to defuse my bomb?" Dreadwing asked surprised.

"It wasn't that hard to figure out." she answered.

Dreadwing growled before  looking at the bots and making a break for it. He ran toward the water and the three mechs fired at the 'Con who transformed as he pointed at the crate where Nova was.She noticed it before she react, Dreadwing shot the crate which caused her to fell along with the rubble. Then he back to the Nemesis while The Autobots stopped when he was out of range and looked back to the fallen crates. 

Optimus shouted worriedly, "Nova!!!!"

The Autobots went over to find Nova, removing the crates through the rubble. As Optimus lifted the last crate, He found Nova in her robot mode and was protected by a barrier she formed. Nova stood up as her shield dissipated and said, "Woah.....That was way too close."

Optimus and Bulkhead sighed in relief that she was alright however Wheeljack seems to be startled by her appearance. "Uh Bulkhead.....What just happened? Who is she?" He said.

Nova and the two Autobots turned to the clueless wrecker, realizing that he didn't know about her. Bulkhead said sheepishly, "It's a long story...."

Back in the Base

"So let me get this straight, your actually a Technorganic who just happen to be part Cybertronian and was acccidentally scanned by another human which made you." Wheeljack said, trying to understand.

Nova said to him, "You got it."

"Woah that's crazy.....No wonder why you have those crazy abilities."

"You did say If I were a Cybertronian, I'd be a Wrecker for sure."

"Heh, well if this means anything; I would be honored if you would fight alongside me. I have a feeling that you would be a great Wrecker. Actually, you're an honorary Wrecker on my book." Wheeljack comments as he walks towards her and kneels on a knee down as he held out his fist to her. Nova stared at his fist then at Wheeljack for only a moment longer before realizing what he mean. As she curled her hand into a fist and lightly bumped fist with Wheeljack. He smiled at her as Nova retracted her battle mask and smile in return.

"Did you really defuse a bomb?" WheelJack asked.

"Yep. Good thing my technopathy told me which wire to plucked out." Nova explained.

"How did you know there was bombs around the area?"

"Let's just say....I have a way in anticipating their moves when your one step ahead of them." Nova said, placing both hands on her hips.

"Your one smart, kid."

"Thanks Wheeljack." 

"Tiny, we bump fists, call me Jackie." He said.

"Okay then.....Thx Jackie." NOva said with a wink.

Wheeljack nodded before approaching to Optimus. "Listen, commander, I just wanted to say it was an honor watching you work. I, uh... think maybe I had the wrong idea about you." WheelJack admitted.

"And it would seem that you place a greater value on community than you otherwise let on." Optimus stated as he held out his servo.

WheelJack knew what that meant. "Whoa. Let's not jump the gun here."

Bulkhead smacked him in the back playfully. "Come on, Jackie. If you leave, then you'll probably end up comin' right back here."

"All that wasted fuel. And energon is in short supply." Arcee said

"If you stay, we'll have a better chance to take down the 'Cons." Bee stated.

"Then again, we do have limited space." Ratchet said bluntly before turning back to his work place. Wheeljack grinned, "Not sure if i'm ready to give up my freedom just yet, maybe i could some exploring, see if this rock suits me." He said.

"No offence to the jack hammer, but you'll need a earth based vehicle mode." Bulkhead said.

"How about this one? I think it reflects you perfectly." Nova said holding up a hologram image from her watch.

"Slick." Wheeljack said.

 NOva watched wheeljack and bulkhead then went hunting for the said vehicle as the two started wrestling as they walked, Nova was about to sneak back to her room however Optimus called, "Nova."

Nova flinched as he said, "You and I have something to discuss." She sighed deeply as she followed Optimus to the rooftop, she knew she was getting in trouble. As they reached to the top, Optimus Prime turned to looked down at his charge with a disappointed frown. Despite the fact that Nova went with Wheeljack on a dangerous mission without his permission , he had still needed to pull his charge aside for a long talk about safety. 

"Nova, what you did was very foolish and dangerous," he said, taking the hard glare she shot him in stride as he continued to lecture her. The reckless femme needed to understand. "You should not have been so reckless. What if the cybertronian you had discovered was not an Autobot? What if he was a Decepticon? He could have killed you the instant—"   

However, he was cut short when his charge finally reached her breaking point.

"I did it for you!" she exploded, before her blue optics widened, seemingly as shocked at her own outburst as he was. Torn between defiance and embarrassment, the blue-haired femme continued in a more carefully controlled tone, cheeks slowly beginning to redden as she spoke. 

   "I understand that you worry. But understand that I worry, too. You mean a lot to me, Sire. I can't stand being helpless and just watch. I was worried when Wheeljack brought Bulkhead with him, that's why I went with them just to keep an eye on them. 

  As he listened, Optimus' optics began to soften as he gazed down at the truly unique being before him, his spark humming slightly in approval and pride. Gently scooping her up, he brought her to optic-level as she finished speaking, gaze never straying from his. "Your important to me and I just.... don't want anything happen to you and your team...."

"Oh...Nova," he rumbled softly, gently bringing their foreheads together like before. "You are truly one of a kind. And while I appreciate the gesture, I want you to promise me that you will never do something like this again."

Placing one of her small servos on his cheek-plate, the techno actually managed a small but noticeable smile, helm rubbing against his face slightly. "I promise, Sire."He placed her on the shoulder as they stared at the scenery before them. 

"At least, Wheeljack has a better judgement of you now." Nova said cheerfully.

"Indeed." OPtimus replied deeply, when she mentioned Wheeljack. Nova noticed his tone then she recalled back when OPtimus made a strange look he gave her on the ship. Nova called, "Sire..."

"Yes....Nova."

"SOmething bothers me....back in the ship, I notice you made a strange look at me when I'm with Wheeljack."

Optimus' body stiffened when he turned to his charge as she continued, "I'm still learning more about human's expression. From what I experience, your expression shows a sign that is similar to envy."

  "If you are referring to that human saying of jealously, you are misinformed of my current state." He said defensively.  

Nova blinked when he mentioned the word 'jealously'. She knows what that means; it was a feeling or showing envy of someone. It was similar from the one she had when she felt about Jack having a mother, June Darby. It was then a realization hit her and understand what he mean. 'Wait, Could he be....?'

Nova said jokingly, "Sire, Are you Jealous?"

Optimus didn't respond to her as her face spread with a grin and said, "Seriously?! The Great Optimus Prime is jealous....hahaha oh this is priceless." Nova began to laugh while Optimus his optics away with a hint of embarrassment. Nova stopped and said, "Sorry Sire It's just....It's the first time I've seen you jealous before. I never knew you felt that way when I'm with Wheeljack."

"Wheeljack is an very exceptional warrior and I am glad you two seem to have a friendship already...but, his morals on authority and his rough methods i don't particularly favour its influence on you." He said.

"His personality is just so...loud, and he's the kind of guy everyone loves at a party."

"Exactly." He said gravely. 

"Don't worry, from what i witnessed today, wheeljack maybe a capable warrior and all, but he can be a little over confident and careless but i'm sure from today he'll work on that." She said reassuringly.

"Hmm." 

"Look, Wheeljack maybe reckless and amazing at all but...." as she carefully made it over to his neck before spreading her  arms around it in order to give him a hug. Optimus was surprised by her action as she smiled at his reaction. "I think I prefer you instead. Beside you're my guardian and I think your amazing too." Nova said sweetly. Optimus stared at her before he gave a smile as he gently reached over and gave her a rub on the back. 

Nova was glad that she made a friend with Wheeljack, he maybe a cool autobot but she rather prefer his favorite guardian more than ever.