The next day at Princeton University, (YN) and Leo were sitting together in wooden desks in the lecture hall. The room was filled with students from the front all the way to the back. They watched their new teacher, Professor Colan, address the whole classroom, walking around as if he owned the place.

(YN): "Look at this guy." He muttered as he and Leo snickered to one another.

Prof. Colan: "Space. Time." He held up a pocket watch, then took a bite of a green apple. "Gravity." Then he dropped the apple as it bounced off his foot and rolled to a female student, who grabbed it.

Female Student: "Thank you." She mouthed.

Prof. Colan: "Finish that for me." He whispered seductively to her. "We're going on a journey together, you and I, today." He continued. "All you eager, noble, young Indy's on the very cusp of adulthood. And I shall be your consortium, your guide, your chaperone, into the heart of darkness. Welcome to Astronomy 101."

As Professor Colan continued with his teachings about any and all about astronomy, (YN) now began to hear a strange high-pitched noise inside his head as he looked at his hand. He could see the same symbols as he saw from when he drew them on the table last night. (YN) then shuddered and twitched as he opened up one of his books he had brought, and the again the symbols appeared. He flip through the book, barely looking at each one, page for page, none of them containing words, pictures, diagrams, only one thing. Even more symbols.

Leo: "Hey, (YN), you okay, bro?" He asked, noticing (YN)'s behavior and started to worry. Then (YN) abruptly finished the book and immediately raised his hand with such speed. "Put your hand down. Put your hand down. Put your hand down." He hissed to (YN) repeatedly, now getting embarrassed.

Prof. Colan: "Young man, there is no questions until I've reached the climax of my lecture." He told (YN) annoyingly. (YN) stood up, his hand still in the air.

(YN): "I just finished you book and there's one problem: Einstein's wrong." He stated abruptly. All the students then laugh at him. He raced up to the podium and takes one of the movable chalkboards, and begin to write. "Energy dose equal mass times the velocity of light squared in this dimension, but what about the OTHER seventeen?" He questioned while continuing write Cybertronian symbols across it. "Clear example. Break down the element components of Energon, assume the constant decay rate and extrapolate each for the-fourteen galactic convergence it took the Sentinel Prime expedition to receive an echo on its signal..."

As (YN) rambled on, Leo and everyone else just watched him in shock and awe. Once he was finished, (YN) held and shook his head, then he was startled to see he was up on the podium.

Prof. Colan: "Young man, I will not be punked in front of the dean." He said with a stern straight face. "No, this is my universe here. Do you understand? I am the Alpha and Omega. Get out of my class!" He ordered.

(YN): "Yeah, you're the Alpha and Omega of delusions." He remarked as he walked out, making the class laugh. Colan pushed the chalkboard away and turned to the classroom.

Prof. Colan: "Anyone else care to have some sort of breakdown." He asked the audience.

Among those that have witnessed this are two NEST troopers disguised as college students that are a young couple that have known one another for years, and they were curious about what happened to (YN). They are Jake Bradwell and Vanessa Laurier.

Jake is about an inch short than (YN) with short wavy black hair with green eyes. He has lean build and has on a black polo shirt, blue pants, and white sneakers.

Vanessa is a tall girl with light brown hair and light brown eyes. She has a slender yet athletic build. Her outfit consists of a light green blouse, skinny tight jeans, and white/brown shoes.

Vanessa: "What just happened?" She wondered.

Jake: "Honestly, seems like something is off with (YN)." He mused. He then took note of the markings and symbols (YN) drew. "And those are Cybertronian. It must definitely be important."

Vanessa: "Come on, let's go." She suggested.

Jake: "But what about the Decepticon." He asked, showing Vanessa his scanner that is picking up an energy source. "It should be here, but it's not."

Vanessa: "We can deal with it after we go check on (YN)." She replied. "Now, come on." The two get up, with her hosting her bag over her shoulder, and left the classroom to try and find (YN) and see if he's alright.

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Meanwhile, Mikaela pulls up to the workshop and now fed Bones. Unbeknownst to her or her dog, the same blue Ford RC truck pulls up, scanning Mikaela. It then detected the shard of the AllSpark in her purse and drives into the garage, undetected.

This Decepticon is known as Wheelie. He transformed into his robot form and hides behind a motorcycle, looking around to try to find the sliver.

Mikaela now heard her phone ring, and she sees the Caller ID. It was (YN) and Mikaela answered the phone.

Mikaela: "Yes, (YN)." He answered.

(YN)[Cellphone]: "Mikaela, before you say anything about last night, I'm really sorry and standing you up on our first web chat date." He apologized frantically. "Something had come up." His voice now sounded scared and worried. Mikaela now looking concerned. "But right now, some crazy weird shit just happened to me that you aren't gonna believe."

Mikaela: "Okay, okay. (YN), slow down." She tried to calm him down. "What happened to you."

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Outside of the University, (YN) was running through the campus, pushing pass some students and running down the stairs.

(YN): "Remember back in highschool, when I talked about my great-great-grandfather, Archibald Witwicky? How he traveled to the Arctic Circle, where Megatron zapped him and he started seeing those symbols?" He recalled, turning to a corner.

Mikaela[Cellphone]: "Yeah, I remember." She replied.

(YN): "Now I'm seeing them! I've just read a 903-page astronomy book in just under 30.2 seconds, and I had a meltdown in the middle of my class! I haven't stopped seeing these symbols ever since..." He trailed off as he came to a stop.

Mikaela[Cellphone]: "Ever since what?" She asked in concern.

(YN): "Ever since I touched that silver of the AllSpark." He muttered in realization. "Please tell me you still have it?" He asked, and hurried back to his dorm.

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Mikaela: "Yeah, I have it." She nodded. "It's locked up in a the shop safe. It's fine."

(YN)[Cellphone]: "Mikaela, under any and all circumstances, do not touch that silver whatsoever." He warned her. "Okay."

Mikaela: "I won't touch it, (YN). It's fine. It's locked away." She reassured him. "No one knows it's here."

Wheelie: "I do." He snickered, emerging from hiding. He had heard everything that Mikaela had said. "You're hot, but you ain't too bright." He searched for something to stand on and found a couple of boxes and picked them up quietly. "There we go. Yeah, it'll work." He tiptoed quietly to the safe, until he stepped on a mouse trap. "Ow!" He cried out in pain. "Son of ops bitch!" He cursed under his breath, trying not not make a sound.

Bones grunted, then looked up at Wheelie. Wheelie hissed in pain then he saw Bones.

Wheelie: "What are you looking at, slobber-puss?" He then took another step and got his wheel caught in some kind of magnetic pad. "What the-? This place is a freakin' house of horrors." He winced as he walked about towards the safe.

Mikaela then started to hear noises and looked to her right at the direction of the noise. Someone was in the garage.

Mikaela: "Hold on a second." She said, putting down the phone and walked off to find the noise.

Wheelie managed to reach the safe, stacking the boxes and stood on top of them. He then started to spin the knob, listening carefully and trying to get the combination right.

Wheelie then looked over and screamed like a little girl when he saw Mikaela with a set of iron pliers in hand and backed up, but Mikaela grabbed him.

Wheelie: "Is that the best you got, huh?!" He sneered. "Is that the best you can do?" Mikaela pinned him to the work table.

Mikaela: "What are you doing here, you little freak?" She growled, before she blow-torching his left eye.

Wheelie: "OWWW!" He yelped out in pain as his eye was burned and crippled. "That's my eye you crazy bitch!" He exclaimed, his eye popped out.

(YN)[Cellphone]: "Mikaela, what's going on?" He asked.

Mikaela: "Are you gonna talk now?" She threatened, holding the torch to take him out on Wheelie again. "Or do you wanna get burned again?"

Wheelie: "I seek knowledge from the Cube." He panted, putting his eye back in place. "The Fallen demands me!"

Mikaela: "The Fallen? What knowledge?" She demanded, lighting the torch again.

Wheelie: "You got the shard, I need the shard. Give me the shard, I need the shard. They're gonna whack me! I'm gonna be dead without that shard!" He pleaded rapidly, but Mikaela shoved him further against the table. "Hey! Easy, warrior goddess! I'm just a little salvage-scrap drone!" He tried to calm Mikaela down. 

Mikaela: "And I am your worst nightmare." She sneered, then she threw Wheelie in a steel box and locked him in it.

(YN)[Cellphone]: "Mikaela, what the hell was that?" He inquired as Mikaela picked up her phone. "I can hear yelling and screaming from the other end."

Mikaela: "Some little Decepticon tried to steal the Cube silver." She answered.

(YN)[Cellphone]: "WHAT?! Mikaela, you need to get out of here now!" He pleaded. "If that Decepitcon found the silver, they will too, and you'll be another target if they find out you have it."

Mikaela: "I know. I'm gonna get on a plane right now, and I'll be at the University by this afternoon." She told (YN). "Just be careful, (YN). I love you." With that, she hangs up her phone, and starts grabbing her things for New Jersey.

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Meanwhile, over at the Air Base in New Jersey, Warpath, Longarm, Jolt, and Sunstreaker were unloading materials off of Stratosphere. Stratosphere's vehicle mode is an amalgamation of different aircrafts - the body of a Lockheed AC-130 Hercules gunship, wings of a C-17 Globmaster III, the cockpit of a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, and the tail of an Antonov An-225 Mriya.

Most of the Autobots are also here to make sure (YN) is safe. Optimus has gotten concerned since his talk with (YN), Arcee, Chromia, Flareup, and Elite One taking note, and Bumblebee explained to them (YN) has not been like himself.

As Warpath was just setting another container down, he noticed something in the distance towards the runway.

Warpath: "Hey, guys. Something is entering the base." He called. Longarm, Jolt, and Sunstreaker stopped what they're doing and looked at the direction.

Then Stratosphere began to transform into his robot mode, and stood up to his height. Stratosphere stood about 50ft tall, his wings along with the jet engines fold upward behind his shoulders with the tail fins folded downward, and has long arms that were painted orange, and has the cockpit and nose serving as his chest, and the windows on top of his head. His legs were digitigrade, and his feet are covered with the planes undersides.

Stratosphere narrowed his eyes, and then they widened once he realized who it was.

Stratosphere: "Optimus - this is Stratosphere. Breakaway is approaching the base, descending at 40,000ft." He reported.

At once, the other Autobots made their way out. They could see Breakaway flying towards the base. As Breakaway flew in closer, he shifted and transformed into his robot mode, and landed before the Autobots and the humans.

Optimus: "Breakaway, report." He ordered.

Breakaway: "Optimus, we got bad news. It about Megatron." He reported, catching everyone's attention. "He has returned with a new body."

Prowl: "He's back?!" He questioned in disbelief.

Chromia: "That's impossible." She added. Just then, Evac and Springer have arrived, transforming into their robot modes.

Springer: "I wish that were, but the Decepticons used the last fragment of the AllSpark to revive Megatron." He clarified. "Me, Breakaway, and Evac saw his return with our own eyes."

Breakaway: "I followed Megatron to an old warship and made a discovery." He added.

Ironhide: "What did you find?" He asked.

Breakaway: "Megatron is planning to attack, but he's not alone." He stated.

Flareup: "What do you mean he is not alone?" She asked.

Breakaway: "He's working with The Fallen." He replied.

Warpath: "The Fallen?" He questioned.

Longarm: "That sounds bad, doesn't it?" He quizzed, worried.

Optimus's eyes seem to show the faintest glint of worry, but nobody could tell especially when Optimus is very good at masking his emotions.

Optimus: "Breakaway, are you certain about this information?" He asked.

Breakaway: "Absolutely, sir." He nodded. "Don't believe me, then take a look at this." He displayed a large holographic screen for everyone to see. It showed Megatron, Starscream, and The Fallen.

Sideswipe: "Who's that on the throne?" He inquired curiously.

Breakaway: "That is The Fallen." He answered. Optimus and the Autobots are in shock.

Evac: "That's The Fallen?" He gasped.

Breakaway: "Yep." He answered simply. "And now they are planning to attack."

Jolt: "But how did they manage to locate the AllSpark shard and Megatron?" He questioned.

The Autobots think for a moment, but then Cliffjumper slowly widened his eyes as he remembered something.

Cliffjumper: "Hey... do you think that...?" He trailed off, turning to Optimus.

Optimus: "It would seemed the Decepticons must have learned the information... from Galloway." He declared. All the Autobots turned to him with shock expressions.

Stratosphere: "Wait. Galloway gave the Decepticons the information?" He asked in disbelief. "How? When?"

Elita One: "It was during the briefing back at Diego Garcia." She answered Stratosphere's question. "They must have been listening when Galloway brought up Megatron's resting place and the Shard's lockup."

Ironhide: "That idiot!" He growled in anger.

Sunstreaker: "Anything else you want to tell us." He quizzed.

Breakaway: "Yeah. Megatron and The Fallen are planning to attack and ambush (YN)." He informed. "He is their target."

Elita One: "(YN) is their target?" She asked in concern.

Ratchet: "What do they want with (YN)?" He added, also in concern.

Breakaway: "The Fallen said the AllSpark had been absorbed by (YN)." He answered. "Saying it lies within his mind. And whatever it is, sounds like he wants it bad."

Ironhide: "Why didn't you tell us that from the start, Breakaway?" He grunted.

Arcee: "It doesn't matter now." She interjected. "We need to get to (YN) before they do."

Bumblebee: "<I agree. We gotta go, and I mean NOW!>" He insisted to Optimus.

Optimus: "Bumblebee is correct. With every second we debate and wait, the more time we give the Decepticons." He stated. "Autobots, let's roll." He announced, all the Autobots, except for Stratosphere, now transforming into their vehicle modes, and they began to drive off, Breakaway, Evac, and Springer shifting into their aircraft modes, and they flew into the skies above them.

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At the same time, back at Diego Garcia, the NEST troopers were now getting information from the Autobots and their S.O.S signals, telling them that something is going down.

Reynolds: "Lennox, incoming SOS from Autobots!" He called out to Lennox.

Lennox: "What's going on?" He demanded.

Bishop: "What's happening?" She added in.

Reynolds: "Multiple Decepticon contacts in motion. Vicinity, eastern United States!" He informed back as Lennox and Bishop looked at one of the screens.

Radio Technician: "The Autobots are on the move, splitting into two teams, sir." He explained to Lennox and Bishop. "They're not answering our calls, and they're heading to New York and Philadelphia."

Lennox: "Alright, full weapons department. Wheels up in 20 minutes!" He announced at once. "Move it!" And almost immediately, everyone began to suit up, arm up, and prepare for mobilization.

Bishop: "Let's go!" She declared.

Little did they know of what was going to happen...

To Be Continued...