"Optimus, we need you in the hangar,"

Nova sat up from Optimus' shoulder, stretching her arms up above her head. "Duty calls," Nova stated.

NOva was currently sitting on his left shoulder while he was walking through the hallway. She didn't mind sitting on his shoulder, for some reason it felt comfortable when she's beside him. Optimus' shoulder was big enough to allow her to lie down, so that's what she did. OPtimus glanced at her before heading to the main room. Bulkhead was seated on one of the medical berths, Ratchet welding a rather large gash in his right arm arm back together. Optimus gathered report from Bulkhead while Nova listens. "Engaging the enemy on your own was foolish, Bulkhead," Optimus was scolding, Bumblebee and Arcee nodding in agreement behind him.

"Breakdown jumped me," he defended his actions. "I knew I could take him." He groaned in pain, jerking his arm away from Ratchet.

"Stay still,"He ordered calmly, returning to his weld. Miko ran forward from the catwalk, providing herself eye to eye with the bots. "But we should see the other guy, right Bulk?" she cheered, shooting her guardian a one in a million smile.

"Uh....yeah. About that...."

"You didn't torch him?"

"Not exactly.....I figured you all did. When I came to, Breakdown was just. .... Gone. I remember hearing a copter....Maybe it was Agent Fowler?"

"Not me," a strong masculine voice said from the elevator. "But I have an idea who." the man walked towards them on the catwalk, leaning in closely. "Show me where this con - napping occurred."

Isolating the coordinates from the last ground bridge, Ratchet enhanced it for Agent Fowler to see. "This is where we picked up Bulkhead,"

"The Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia." Fowler stated, bots and kids gathered around to listen. "Much of it was abandoned twenty years ago when its volcano first erupted. My intel reported MECH activity there earlier today."

"MECH?" Miko questioned. "You mean those techy guys?"

"The very ones who know of our existence on your planet," Ratchet explained.

"They must've tracked one of us there," Bulkhead said, rubbing his fresh weld absentmindedly. "But what would they want with Breakdown?" Nova asked, turning back to Ratchet and Optimus. "What's it matter? They can have him," Arcee chidded, brushing dust off her shoulder plate in an incredibly human fashion.

Bumblebee buzzed in agreement.

Bulkhead laughed at the yellow bot, "Yeah, dragged of by humans, ha! Guess I softened him up for them, huh?" He pounded his fists together, wincing as the impact jarred his wound. "Ratchet," Optimus ordered, lifting his hand to Nova as she climbed on. "Reactivate the previous ground bridge coordinates. We will rescue Breakdown."

"What!?" Ratchet protested.

"Optimus," Arcee called. "You can't be serious."

BumbleBee buzzed, shaking his head almost angrily.

"MECH can melt him down for all I care," Bulkhead protested himself. "Let the cons rescue their own."

"It is unlikely that Megatron would bother with an errand of mercy."

"Okay....." Arcee trailed off. "But this is Breakdown we're talking about."

Optimus nodded in understanding, "Sometimes we must rise above ourselves for the greater good."

"Oh, what's that supposed to mean!?" Bulkhead complained. "Breakdown's going to be grateful and go all soft and join the cause?"

"While it is unlikely that any decepticon will choose the path of good, even they posses the potential to change."

Bulkhead grunted angrily. "I knew where this was headed!" he grumbled.

"By 'greater good,' He meant humankind, BUlkhead." Nova said for Optimus while Bulkhead just shook his head. "Mech presents a clear and present danger, to all of us here and not." Optimus stated. Agent Fowler leaned against the rail, "Prime's right two-ton. We know Mech is obsessed with groundbreaking technology

"Which means we cannot allow Cybertronian biology to fall into their hands. Fire up the ground bridge Ratchet, Autobots, roll out." Optimus placed Nova on the catwalk as he turned towards the ground bridge then stopped when he saw Bulkhead didn't follow. "Come on Bulk! You gotta go with." Miko tried to convince her friend to rescue his arch enemy.

"I don't wanna."

"Bulkhead," Optimus called to get his attention.

Bulkhead stood up suddenly, "Optimus, I'm sorry, I just can't do it!"

Optimus nodded, "I support your choice."

"W-w-what?!" Both Bulkhead and Miko exclaimed at the same time, Nova was surprised as well. "Given your history with Breakdown, your judgement may be clouded and thus jeopardize the mission. Besides, the Decepticon may be in more need of a medic than another warrior."

"Locked and loaded Optimus." Ratchet said walking up to him holding a type of multipurpose scanner. "Autobots, roll out!" With that they transformed and disappeared though the ground bridge, it swirling closed behind them. The bridge closed, leaving Miko, Fowler, Bulkhead and Nova in silence.

"Fine. Happy hunting," he growled at the empty tunnel. Miko let out a frustrated groan, Bulkhead turning his attention to the girl. She was leaning against the railing, looking away angrily.

"So uh.... what do you say?" the bot asked. He raised his hands above his head hauntingly. "Creature double feature?"

"Sure," she sighed. Nova followed her towards the couch with Fowler hooting happily behind them.

WITH THE AUTOBOTS

They arrived in a deserted town square of sorts, night defiantly upon them. They all transformed again and brought weapons to bear, "No signs of life, human or Cybertronian." Optimus concluded. Bumblebee pointed out that there some tire tracks on the ground which belong to Mech, going in a direction.

"Forget the tracks Bumblebee, I'm picking up a faint Energon signal three clicks north by northwest." Ratchet stated.

"Breakdown." Optimus didn't sound happy.

Arcee looked at Ratchet confused, "But we shouldn't be getting a reading unless..."

"His Energon's been spilled." Ratchet finished, "This way." They followed the signal carefully, Bee and Arcee checking to make sure the area was clear before Optimus and Ratchet came. They came upon small clearing and was looked to be an old fountain of some kind, "Reading's coming from right....here." Ratchet looks at the fountain and bent down to get a better view, "Breakdown's eye."

Arcee and BumbleBee looked disgusted while Ratchet picked it up and plugged it into his scanner, "What are you doing?" Arcee asked nervously.

"The optic sensor might have retained the final image seen." Ratchet informed. The scanner came to life and showed a drill drilling out the eye. Arcee placed her hands on her hips, "What do you know? Weird science wins again."

As the image ends with the drill filling the screen all the 'bots gasp in horror, the screen suddenly changes to reveal Silas, "Well, well, Optimus Prime. A pleasure to set eyes on you again."

"He's converted the optics to a two-way feed." Ratchet growled."And you must be Silas." Optimus' eyes hardened into a glare.

"In the flesh. But being that our captive is not one of yours, I have to admit I was expecting Megatron." Silas admitted. Optimus growled, "In this circumstance, Autobots and Decepticons share a common foe."

"Mech is anything but common. Our guest is yielding quite a bit of information about your biomechanics, as you can see....although Breakdown himself can't see so well anymore."

"We don't fear you." Ratchet hissed.

"Oh, but you should. Also....How's the experiment doing? I assume it's with you."

They gave a confused look of what he meant, Silas notice the expression they gave as he said, "Oh.....so you didn't know? It would seem she kept you in the dark. No matter I'll get to meet her one day."

Optimus stared at him for a minute then a thought came to him to whom he was referring to. Is he referring to Nova? What does he know about her?

"NOw that I know she is under your protection...But I would strongly urge that you not stand your ground." Silas said with a twisted grin. Optimus looked under the fountain and saw a clock ticking down, "It's a trap!"

"Would this be a 'roll out' kind of trap?" Arcee asked while Optimus was already pulling BumbleBee and Ratchet away.

"Evacuate now!" Optimus ran and transformed, and the others followed. They had just cleared the clearing when the bomb blew, sending the 'bots into the air and transforming to land on their feet. "So, any idea where they're keeping the rest of Breakdown?" Arcee asked sounding out of breath.

BACK AT THE BASE

Not twenty minutes into the movie, Fowler had successfully fallen asleep, and nudged Miko and NOva off the couch onto the floor. Miko sulked to herself, not paying any attention to the movie. "Dinolizard versus five headed ape, you're missing the smackdown!" he laughed bemusingly at her.

"No," she shouted angrily. "You're missing the smackdown!" She crawled to her feet facing the bot. "Which stinks because Breakdown is your archenemy, not Optimus', and definitely not MECH's."

Bulkhead sighed. "Miko, you don't understand," he said softly, almost soothingly. "Breakdown and me? We go way back. You have no idea the things he's done," he turned away, where he met me. I folded my arms, giving him a pointed look. "I'm not rescuing him, okay?" he turned back to Miko. "Not now, not ever!"

"Duh," she chanted nonchalantly. "You don't need to bromance him," she complained. "You just need to beat him!"

"Uh....." I looked between the two of them, lost now. "What?" Bulkhead asked, confirming he was as confused.

"No rescue, no rematch!"

Bulkhead looks towards the bridge thinking on her words. Knowing what he wants to do as he activated the bridge to the coordinates to where the others are. Bulkhead made it to the other side. He look around for a bit and then he notice tire tracks on the ground. He was about to follow then he heard something behind him as he whirl around and aim both his blaster at something. "Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Relax, its me!" As it turns out, Nova followed him.

"Nova!? What are you doing here!?"

"Let's just Miko made me...."

Flashback

"Oh no, I know what your thinking......so No."

She said pleadingly, "C'mon.....You gotta go help him. He might need back up. "

Nova shook her head, "Miko, in case you've forgotten, I'm not allowed to be in any mission beside I already gotten trouble before."

"You don't need to.... You just gotta make sure Bulkhead makes it outta there alive."

"Really? Because that sounds like it involves fighting," Nova said determinedly, "I am not gonna let you rope me into another deadly mission. Not today."

Miko looked at her with a puppy-dog face, "Please, Nova."

"Miko, I literally am not going into battle. I'm sorry but no way is that happening."

End of Flashback

".....After that I had no choice to come, She wouldn't stop pestering me."Nova said with a frown. He sighed as he transformed into his vehicle mode and allowed Nova to go in. They steadily drove through the ruins of the city to the mountain up ahead.

'I said no. How am I even here?' Nova thought, in that moment regretting that she let herself get dragged into stuff like that. Then, she see a pair of headlights begin to come around a corner. "Quick! Hide!"Nova quietly yell to the autobot and lean herself against the building they are next to, as does Bulkhead. Thankfully, the dim light of the moon casts a shadow on the side of the building we are on so despite his size, Bulkhead and Nova are hidden away as the green car used by MECH comes around the corner and goes down another road.

"MECH." Bulkhead mutters as they poke their heads out and spot the car drive off and head into a tunnel going into the mountains nearby. They carefully move in and make sure no one is around to see them as Bulkhead ready his weapons as they move into the tunnel. Bulkhead turned to her, "Your sure your going to be fine?"

Nova revealed her flickered bright blue eyes to him and said, "I can handle myself."

Suddenly we come to a closed tight door. " WHat now?" Nova asked, placing her hood over her head. " Hammer time." Bulkhead replies. He transformers his arm into the wreaking ball and starts pounding the door making it dent in.

"You got this?" Nova asked, placing her hood over her head and her plasma energy formed around her hand to get ready.

"Don't sweat. Ngh! Almost there!" He replies as there are massive depressed dents in the door now. Nova crouch low to the ground and ready myself for a sprint and move just as he gets ready to let loose the last hit. With a massive crash, the doors tear open for us. "Marco!"

"Aah!" Several troopers run and yell as the rampaging Autobot shrugs off their fire and continues to hit them away.

"You're supposed to say 'Polo'!" He accentuates the word by smacking more of them away. While he's recovering, Nova run forward closing myself in against the enemy where she open fire around them, intentionally missing her shots so they are forced to duck or fall under the pretense they are going to get shot. It just means instead that she can move in up close and take them down. She body charge one guy, making him grunt as he goes flying away from her. Another opens fire on her and even though she have a worried moment of getting shot, regardless the bullets deflect off her shield, allowing her to dash forward and kick his gun off his hand. He looks at the weapon before she backhand him away from her and focus on the others.

While Bulkhead pushes on and deals with the bulk of the enemy forces, knocking them off balance with his thunderous steps and attacks near them before pushing them away, Nova move in on the stragglers and knock them out of commission before they can try to do any damage. One of them opens fire on her as closes the distance between them but his bullets don't do anything and when he gets close enough, he tries to melee her with his gun but she simply grab the weapon, smack him in the face with his own weapon before doing a roundhouse kick to his side, sending him sprawling away from her.

Nova take a second to look at the rifle before sulking. "PIty. Was hoping for something new. It's the same." Since the rifle is the exact same as the one she first stole, she throw it with immense power at another recovering solider, knocking him out before he can do anything. Another two of them try to tackle her to the ground since she's much smaller target compared to Bulkhead but all they do is slide her back barely a foot. Nova grab one of them with both arms before spinning and launching him against the wall, making him hit it and crumple to the ground knocked out.

*Smack*

"Arhhhhhh!" The other tries to punch her while she's distracted from the throw but all that does is jerk her head a little to the side and grabbing his hand in pain. While he yells, Nova can't help but shake her head before pushing him away; again like the other, he hits the wall before slumping unconscious. That's basically how it goes as she continue to knock the fight out of the enemy, their bullets bounce off her electric shield, Nova break and destroy their weapons while keeping up with Bulkheads rampage. As soon as they turn another curve, they spot their target: Breakdown strapped down and no longer being operated on, most likely because of their interference.

Bulkhead takes his time as he walks up to the downed bot while Nova trail just behind him, keeping an eye out for anyone getting ready to ambush them. "It must be your lucky day." Bulkhead stated before he begins tearing off the restraints, much to Breakdowns surprise that the fact that an Autobot are helping him, a Decepticon.

"W-w-what are you doing?" Breakdown stammers as he asked. "Getting you out of here. Yeah, I don't believe it either." Bulkhead said and extends a hand to the bot. After a moments hesitation, Breakdown takes the offered hand and lets Bulkhead pull him up. "Can you walk?"

"I-I think so." As soon as he gets to his feet, Breakdown takes a long hard look when he recognize her. "Hey, Aren't you the pet from Greece?"

Nova growled, sparked with lightning on her hand, "Yes we did.....Call me Pet again and I'll have you offline. Consider yourself lucky that we came to save you."

He shuddered by her threat. "Uh, thanks anyway." He nods to her and Nova nod back then turn away her gaze. They may be enemies but at least he can see how they basically saved his life.

An alarm goes off. "Can you run?" Bulkhead asked."Never run when you can fight." Now that he's not anyone's guinea pig anymore, Breakdown is pumped and ready to get some payback as he states and pulls out his hammer. "Just keep that thing pointed away from us, all right?" Bulkhead makes sure he knows that before they begin to move down the tunnel. "Get going you two. I'm gonna see if I can get something off this computer." Nova told them as she walk up to the computer.

"What, seriously? Now!?" Bulkhead asked incredulously at her.

"I am not letting an opportunity to dig into MECH's databanks and research go to waste. Just go out, do some damage and get everyone attention. Besides," Nova look at Breakdown specifically, "If it's possible I might be able to erase the data they got on you Breakdown."

The 'con perks up at that idea and smirks. "I'm good with that. C'mon Bulkhead." He pats the bots shoulder before gesturing down the tunnel. "While she messes with MECH internally, why don't we mess with them physically?" He accentuates that by slamming his fists into each other.

At the offer to wreck their enemies, he smiles and nods before turning back to NOva. "Just hurry then!" He offers one last time before they both begin running out. 'Now that I'm alone with a computer, I get to work.' Nova thought as she placed her hand on the computers where blue tron-lines spreading."Alright then, lets get to it." Nova waste no time in hacking her way in getting what she can. Within her eyes revealed a data filled numbers and codes, even information.

Unfortunately, their wasn't nearly as much as Nova would have liked to get from MECH . The computer wasn't their primary mainframe or their base for that matter. It only had some of the base information for their projects and equipment she could find and any information she could find on Breakdown or stuff relating to Cybertronians in general was already wiped and transferred off-site. Still, she didn't want to leave them with anything so she wiped the rest, initiated a meltdown of the computers hardrive systems so theirs no way they can recover anything from it, even if they get the computer out of there. Now that her work is done, Nova head towards the entrance to make it to the others.

As she make it to the entrance, She notice the fight was over and the Mechs are retreating. "What? Why are they leaving?" Nova questioned as she walk up to Breakdown and Bulkhead but they are stumped too. Before she can ask anymore, she sense something is coming but in group.

"Your backup?" Breakdown asks. From the sound of the jets, Nova don't think so, especially with how fast their moving towards them. Way too fast for cars or ground vehicles to be honest. It becomes apparent who it is as the movers come in over a building, transform in mid-air and land in front of them. "Commander Starscream!"

'Starscream and a small squad of his soldiers.' Nova said mentally.

"Consorting with the enemy, Breakdown?" Starscream asked. "But Bulkhead and the human got me out of there." Breakdown replied. "Hmmmm, a human, ehhh?" Starscream mumbles as he looks down at Nova. She stood beside BUlkhead just to be on the safe side. He didn't believe a human would save an enemy.

"Regardless, many spark-felt thanks, Autobots for the rescue of dear Breakdown. Now destroy them."

Breakdown hesitates at the command as he stares at Bulkhead and Nova. "But you-"

"Do you plan on joining their ranks anytime soon?!" Starscream yells in Breakdowns face, not really liking the hesitance that Breakdown displayed. "No?! Then be done with him already!" He demands yet again for Breakdown to do. Nova narrowed her eyes and mumbled, "What do you know? A backstabber goes behind their back. Great~~"

Bulkhead whispered to her, "Nova.....get back."Nova sighed and replied, "Sure, I'll just stand on the sidelines."Breakdown looks at them and gave an evilly smiled. "Tough break, you two. Maybe in the next life." He said. Without another word, Breakdown pulls out his hammer and charges at them. Nova moved out of the way while Bulkhead and Breakdown began to fight. He tries to hit Bulkhead but his move comes off as slow. Slow enough for Bulk to dodge the attack and hit him right in the back without any effort. Breakdown goes down easily enough.

Starscream lets out a growl at the quick defeat he gave him "Destroy hi- aaah!" Bulkhead smashes the 'con in the face before he can finish, making him go flying back into some of the others. Bulkhead then begins to spin his arch-enemy around above me. "Hammer time!" He yells and throws Breakdown right at the 'cons. Again he knocks them down. "Come on! I'll scrap all of you!" He boasts to the enemy as loud as he can. Suddenly we see shots coming from our left. They look to see their team coming to help. Knowing they were outnumbered Starscream calls for a retreat and they take flight. Bulkhead look towards Breakdown who is still on the ground. He gets up, but just shoves past him and then transforms and drives off. Nova run behind Bulkhead leg while the team walks up to them.

Optimus said," Engaging the enemy alone was even more foolish this time around. But Bulkhead I am honored that you saw fit to rescue your rival. You have truly risen about yourself."

He smiles before turning to where the enemy had retreated towards. "Did you see? I beat Breakdown and bashed them all with his own hammer! I won the rematch!" The wrecker proudly, happily and excitedly announces to us all. Arcee and Bumblebee look at each other before back to him with their own expressions of happiness towards are friends."I'm sure Miko would be proud." Arcee said to the wrecker good heartedly.

As Nova peered from behind his leg, Optimus snapped his head round in her direction and frowned at her. "what are you doing here?" he inquired sternly."Uh.....Keeping an eye on Bulkhead." Nova simply said though it was more like a squeak then a confident statement."You put yourself in possible danger to spite me?" He said in an almost sigh."Yes!" Nova stated proudly.

He sighed again as he shook his head looking to the ground and then walked over to her, he knelt down and attempted to pick her up, Nova started swatting at his hand. "Oh no.....Don't you man handle me." She said annoyed. But in the end he managed to grab hold of her, he then placed her on his shoulder. She took a HUGE breath of air before falling on her stomach."Never. Again."

WITH MECH

"The test subject escaped, but we've managed to sanitize the location and transfer most of the newly acquired data to another facility. The diagnostic scans of the subject's vital components were thorough enough for us to initiate Project Chimera. The power of the living machines will, someday soon, belong to MECH." Silas, the enigmatic leader of MECH, finishes speaking into a recording journal he's been making in their new base. In order to keep his thoughts in check as well as future plans, journal entries only he can check will be what needs to make sure everything will run smoothly.

*Knock*Knock*Knock*

"Enter." Silas commands after he shuts off the record and the door to the room opens, allowing the soldier to walk in carrying a tablet. "What is it, soldier?"

"Sir, before we could sanitize everything and scrub our systems of any trace of us, we had an unauthorized system access just before we retreated."

"What?" Silas mutters confused as he turns around to the soldier. "How? All our systems and access points are locked tight. And by who for their matter?" He asks the soldier, now genuinely curious about this breach.

"Unknown sir. All we could get was this video recording." The soldier says and pulls up the recording feed on the tablet before turning it over to his commanding officer. Silas takes the offered device and plays the video. It starts off at the moment when Silas and his team of engineers make their exit from the operating section of the tunnel they were in. Flashes of light can be seen off screen before two of the mechanized creatures come into view, one the same size as their test subject, the other significantly a human person but moves swiftly as they both save Breakdown. While the other two leave, the hooded person actually stayed behind and heads up to the computer. 'interesting. Why would this one be interested in our computer?' Silas questions as he watches the hooded person removed its hood and placed the hand which revealed a tron line spreading the console as the person go through the computer, easily bypassing their security measures. 'Lets get a closer look at you.' Tapping a few commands, the camera view changes to an angle built into the computer itself. Now he has a clear as day front view of the new user of the computer.

It turned out to be the girl's face he saw at the train as her eyes were glowing as if she was scanning and searching. Once she's done, she inputs some more commands without touching the keyboards and the feed cuts out. Relocating back to the original camera is futile as that camera is down too. Silas looks back up to the soldier. "That's all we could get, sir. She left no traces whatsoever for us to track. Scans and intel also indicates she's not some ordinary human. She took down our men so easily."

More images and capture footage from their own vehicles and body cams reveals while the individual is small, she was no less capable in holding off every one of him and his men. It showed how she made a shield appeared and blasting energy at the weapons. "Hmmm, interesting. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll keep it in mind. Leave me." He states to the soldier, who nods, salutes and walks out of the room. As soon as he hears the door close, Silas stares intently at the tablet before he pulls up a still image of the fighter. Unlike the others, this ones attacks her fearsome and dealt significant damage to each of his men, now that he remembers the reports on their medical teams. He was amazed how her power and her skills improving.

"Soon......we'll have our reunion one day." Staring at the picture of Nova standing on in front of the computer.

Back with Autobot Base

Nova and Miko rode on Bulkhead as they head back home. OPtimus thought about what SIlas meant when he called NOva an experiment. She did mentioned that she had no memories of her past. What was her connection to Mech?

"Prime?!"

OPtimus turned to see Fowler came as he looked around the main room. "WHere's NOva?"He asked. OPtimus told him that NOva went back with Miko, much to Fowler's disappointment. "Is there something you need?"He questioned. Fowler looked up to him and said, "Well...it's regarding about NOva's personal background."

"Do you happen to find anything about Nova?" Optimus asked hopefully.

"No, that's just it. I can't find anything on the files. According to her record, no birth certificate was recorded on that date of her birth. There is also no record of adoptions papers or will and her parents are unknown too." Fowler said. OPtimus was shocked to hear when Fowler mentioned it. "Her name technically don't exist in the systems, I want to know why. To sum it all up it's like she's not even supposed to exist." Fowler added. Optimus gave a thought that her existence doesn't appeared in the system, not even her personal background. So the questioned that comes to his mind....

WHO IS NOVA LOGIN?