I went out for a drive the next morning and when I came back Ratchet and Optimus were just about to leave.

"Uh... Where are you going?", I ask, curiousity filling my voice.

Optimus doesn't answer but he signals for me to go with him. I frown in confusion but follow him and Ratchet through the bridge. We walk for a few miles and during that time, they filled me in on what happened. Soon, we came across a large battlefield of cybertronian dead.

"For the first time in my life, Optimus I had hoped that you were wrong", Ratchet murmured. I look on in horror at the sight.

A second later, Megatron flew overhead and landed on a stalagmite formation. "Optimus! Been well?" he mocked. "I see you brought your trusty watchdog. I was certain he'd be convalescing in a scrapyard by now."

"Why don't you invite him down here for a chat?", Ratchet growls, moving forward slightly.

"What, nothing to say about me Megatron? I'm surprised. You seem to like insulting Autobots", I smirk at him.

Megatron looked surprised to see me again so soon but he soon recollected himself.

Optimus then spoke up. "I know why you're here, Megatron."

Megatron laughed. "Hardly a surprise, Optimus. After all, you and I have been at this for a long time. And your time has come to an end." He threw a shard of dark energon into the ground. "Rise, my army!"

Ratchet exclaims something but I don't hear him over the sound of the undead rising. Megatron then shouted something but I was only looking at him in horror, I couldn't a thing over the sound of my own spark beating.

Optimus said something but I wasn't paying attention. I had never fought this many at a time, let alone fighting an undead army. I was always farther back, helping the wounded.

"Optimus, if our combatants are already deceased, how can we possibly defeat them?", Ratchet says.

"I agree with Ratchet!", I say, fear laced throughout my voice. Optimus looked at me, sympathy laced in his optics.

"Ratchet, AuraStorm! Bridge yourself back to base!", Optimus commands as he starts shooting at the zombies.

"No, We shall stand with you, Optimus. You may require a medic when this is over with", Ratchet says. He leads forward into the fray, slicing them with his blade. "I recommend dissection. The smaller the pieces, the better."

"Sound advice, old friend", Optimus says and switches his guns for his swords. I watch for a little bit before looking up at Megatron, fear laced in my optics. His eyes soften for a second and he says something that Optimus and Ratchet didn't seem to hear. I heard it clearly, though.

"Leave the femme alone", he had said. I blink and nod at him in thanks and in return, I get a smile. Not one of his evil smiles. An actual genuine smile. I then pull out my daggers and attack the zombies, knowing that they won't hurt me. I could feel someone gaze upon me as I spun around and attacked the zombies but I didn't bother looking because I knew that if I didn't attack them, Optimus and Ratchet would notice. 

Close to the end of the battle, I hear a jet and I feel Megatron grab me and fly me up to his ledge.

"What are you doing?", I hiss at him. 

"They're going to notice if you don't have a single scratch on you", he whispers. Optimus finished off the last of them and started climbing up the side of the ledge.

"Let her go, Megatron", Optimus wheezed. 

"How about I don't?", Megatron sneered as Optimus got closer. "And bravo, Optimus. Though this is but a prelude. You may wish to save your strength for the main event."

He turned and gave me and an apologetic look before cutting my arm again. "A little something to remember me by", he snarled when Optimus got a little closer. I look at him in fear because I was afraid of him. This side of him. I had seen a different side of him that I don't know what to think of it.

"You will not prevail, Megatron", Optimus growls. "Not while energon still runs through my veins."

Megatron leans down towards Optimus, "Fitting. For it is dark energon that runs through mine." He then flew away but not before giving me one last look. The look he gave me startled me. It looked like he was intrigued by me. I quickly hide my surprise and help Optimus onto the ledge. He then helps Ratchet up. We call for a ground bridge and as soon as we get through, Optimus grabs the tools to fix my arm. He then also created a cast for Ratchet's broken arm. As soon as the healing was down, I went to my room, thinking over what happened recently. When I went back out again, no one was there. 

I blink and go back to my room and grab a tool that I had created for when I needed to escape from base and no one was there to know I was gone. A ground bridge opener. Ratchet didn't know I had managed to create it. He knew I had thought about making it. I sigh and set the coordinates of the forest but before leaving I also activated another tool I had made. A signal blocker.  I didn't want anyone to know where I was. I started a video and started speaking.

"Optimus... I'm sorry. A lot of stuff has happened recently... Not just with the stuff with Megatron but I'm losing sight of who I am. I need time to be by myself to find out who I am again. I will be erasing the coordinates of where I go and I have managed to create a signal blocker so you won't be able to find me unless if I turn it off or I am seriously injured. I have programmed it to turn off when I am injured. I also have created a mobile ground bridge device like I thought of, Ratchet. The blueprints are in my room in case you need them. That is all you're going to find. I'm so glad to have you as my mentor but I need to figure things out. Arcee, I wish you told my brother. I would've been glad to welcome you into the family", I smiled softly and held back some tears. "I consider you my sister anyway. Bulkhead, don't stop breaking stuff. On accident I mean. Don't break things on purpose. Ratchet kinda needs the things you break on purpose... Bumblebee. I'm sorry I can't understand you but I'm glad I know you. Guys, I promise you I'll be back but I can't tell you when. I'll be back and I will contact you from time to time. My com-link will always be open but I can't say that I'll respond. Goodbye, my friends." I end the video and leave it open so I know Ratchet will find it. 

I open the bridge, delete the coordinates and walk through, the bridge closing behind me. I immediately knew Megatron was there.

"You're here again", I say faintly. I'm surprised he even heard me.

"The only time I won't come here is if I'm dead. Or busy. One of the two", he says from behind me. I turn around and immediately ask him a question.

"Why don't you attack me? Why do you keep me from harm?", I ask. Megatron looks away and when he looks back, his gaze is full of menace. "Don't ask me questions."

I shrink away and turn my gaze to the ground. Megatron immediately realizes he scared me.

"You're not like the others... Why is that?", he asks softly. I feel anger bubble up inside me.

I look at him, this time my gaze full of menace. "Don't ask me questions", I mock. Megatron immediately realizes what he did.

He turns his gaze to the ground and answers my question. "You intrigue me."

"That's it? I intrigue you? Why?", I growl.

"I gave you my answer. You're not like the other Autobots", he says quietly.

I blink before asking sarcastically, "What gave that away? The red eyes or the darker colors?"

"I wasn't looking at your appearance. You don't seem afraid of me, like the other bots. Or even like my followers. You didn't fight against me when I grabbed you earlier today with my undead warriors", he says.

"You're right. I'm not afraid of you. Sort of. There are parts of you that scare me. But I don't see just the side that that the Autobots see or the side that your troops see. I know that there is another side to you and that is the side you show to me. And I am also intrigued by you", I say as I gaze up into his optics.

"May I ask why you are intrigued by me?", he asks.

"I may as well considering you told me why you're intrigued by me", I sigh. I think for a moment. "You know I actually don't know. I guess most of it is curiousity over why you do most of the things you do."

Megatron looks at me, obviously intrigued even more. Before he can say anything, I get a call from Ratchet.

He doesn't say anything for a while. Then he speaks. "Aura, I hope you come back to us soon." I don't respond, I just look at the ground. Megatron then speaks.

"What did he say?", he asks gently. I shake my head, saying that I didn't want to answer. Megatron goes silent before he raises my head to look at him.

"I must go now. I will try to be here tomorrow night", he says softly. I nod once and watch him as he transforms and flies off. I walk into the trees slightly and just in time as a ground bridge opened and Optimus and Arcee came through.

"AuraStorm. If you're here, please come out", Arcee yells. I dim my eyes and duck back into the shadows a little more. Optimus looks around before telling Arcee to scout the surrounding area. He then looks straight at me as soon as Arcee moves off in the opposite direction. I gasp slightly, and I knew immediately that my eyes had gone back to the brighter red.

"Aura...", he whispers as he comes closer to me. I look away from my father and sigh, knowing he found me. "I understand that you need to find who you are. But can't you do that back at base?"

I shake my head. "Optimus, I have to be alone for a while. I don't know when I'll come back but I know that I will come back. Hopefully sometime soon. But maybe not. I don't really know..."

Optimus calls to Arcee and they leave. I sigh before looking around and seeing a mountain in the distance. I start walking toward the mountain knowing there might be a cave there that I could stay in for a while. After a while and a lot of exploring, I find a cave suitable for me. I sigh before laying down and falling asleep.

When I wake up, it's late afternoon and I realize that I slept most of the day. Soon, I hear from Optimus. He doesn't say anything for a little bit but then he speaks, his voice heavy with sorrow.

"Megatron is dead."

At those words, I freeze. He's dead. He's not going to be at our meeting place anymore. I'm not going to be able to learn about him more... I respond to my father.

"I'm sorry, Optimus. I know you hoped to change his mind", I whisper before turning my com-link off. I felt tears fall down my face and I shake my head. Why am I crying over someone I barely even knew?? The leader of the Decepticons even??

I shook my head a second time and went back to sleep. Evidently I was not thinking straight and I needed to sleep.