Inside Job

Misty-blue's POV

"Smokescreen must have been taken aboard the Decepticon warship" Sire Ratchet states. "Tracing his signal through its shielding will be impossible" he tells us.

"We can't give up" I tell him.

"We won't" Optimus assures me. "Continue monitoring all frequencies, Ratchet" he instructs. "Far more than Smokescreen's fate may be at stake" he states.

"I don't get it. How could Smoke be an Omega key?" Bulkhead asks.

"I don't get it either Uncle Bulk" I tell him.

"Perhaps he isn't the key, but its container" Sire Ratchet suggests.

"The other Iacon relics were sent to Earth in pods. Why not this one?" Aunt Arcee asks.

"When the Decepticons stormed Iacon, it may have been too late for Alpha Trion to launch the final Omega key into space at least, by standard means" Optimus tells us.

"So Smokescreen assumed everything went black because he was hit by Decepticons" Aunt Arcee says.

"But Alpha Trion's the one who actually turned out the kid's lights" Bulkhead adds.

"It stands to reason that my mentor did not want Smokescreen to know what he was carrying in the event of capture" Optimus states.

"And with a mobile relic, Alpha Trion couldn't possibly supply fixed coordinates" Aunt Arcee adds.

"So he gave us an image of Smokey instead" I say smiling.

"Yes young one" Optimus says nodding his head.

"The Decepticons got to Smokescreen first, I fear they have decoded the same clue" Sire Ratchet states.

"They won't hurt brother Smokey right?" I ask them.

"I am sure Smokescreen will be able to find his way back to us young one" Optimus assures me.

"He maybe a newbie, but he has guts" Bulkhead states.

"He'll escape those cons" Bee buzzes in agreement. I smile, I hope they are all right. I wonder what's happening to Smokescreen right now?

(Nemesis) Third Persons POV

So the cons had found the final omega key within Smokescreen. Knockout removed it using the phase shifter. He'd taken from Smokescreen. "Tell me the function of these relics" Mgatron orders Smokescreen.

"Doorstops? Shavers? Bling? Beats me" Smokescreen lies.

"A pity this little gadget won't allow me to just reach into his brain pan and pluck out the info" Knockout states.

"Fortunately, we possess a device that can" Megatron smirks. Knockout prepares a cortical physic patch. So that Megatron could infiltrate Smokescreen's mind and discover what the omega keys are.

(Mini time skip)

"Do you hear that sire Ratchet? We get to go home" the sparkling cheers. She hugs the autobot medic. Who agrees. Smokescren smiles and heads over to Optimus. Asking about how the omega keys are supposed to restore Cybertron.

"While I am unfamiliar with the lore of these Omega keys, Alpha Trion knew many secrets, and the ancients possessed technology that has long been lost to what we consider modern science. Whatever their function, this much is certain. We cannot restore Cybertron without all four  Omega keys in our possession. The future of our home world depends on it" Optimus states.

"That's a wrap" Knockout states. He disconnects Smokescreen and Megatron from each other. Megatron gets to his feet.

"The power to remake Cybertron as I see fit. I will pry the other two keys from Optimus Prime's lifeless fingers. Along with autobot medic's sparkling. We must find the exact location of the Autobot base" Megatron states. "Patch in and tear apart Smokescreen's mind, if you must" he orders Knockout.

"Me?" Knockout asks confused.

"Who else?" Megatron demands. "Do you think I would entrust you to see this key safely to the vault containing the other one?" he asks. "Also find out what else you can about that sparkling" he adds. Before leaving with the omega key they had taken from inside Smokescreen. Before invading his mind.

(Mini time skip to Autobot base) Misty-blue's POV

I sigh as I sit on a crate. Still nothing from Smokescreen and it's be hours. At least it feels like it has. But it hasn't even been an hour yet. "We'll find him Misty-blue" Aunt Arcee assures me. I just my head.

"Smokescreen's signal, it's back online!" Sire Ratchet announces. I cheer.

"The kid escaped the warship!" Bulkhead says proudly.

"Smokescreen to base. I could really use a ground bridge" Smokescreen says over the comm-link.

"Setting coordinates" Sire Ratchet say and frowns. "Strange" he mutters.

"What's the problem?" Aunt Arcee asks him. As we all gather around him.

"Smokescreen's telemetry data doesn't make sense. I can't lock onto his position" he states. He starts to work faster to locate the problem. "I've isolated the problem. Smokescreen is in free fall" he tells us. "Smokescreen, I'm opening the ground bridge directly below you" he tells him.

"Brace yourselves. I'm gonna make an entrance" he tells us. As Sire Ratchet opens a ground bridge under him. But something knocked him off course.

"He's off course" sire Ratchet tells us.

"You missed?" Aunt Arcee asks.

"Oh no, Smokey" I cry.

"Open another one fast!" Bulkhead tells Sire Ratchet. Just then we lose Smokescreen's signal. I start to cry.

"Hey, Ratchet. I could still really use that ground bridge" Smokescreen whispers. We all smile and Sire Ratchet sent him a ground bridge. He game through and I hug him tightly. "I missed you too" he tells me and we stop hugging. "Did I tell you? Destiny! Alpha Trion knew I'd keep it safe" he says proudly. Showing us two omega keys.

"Nice work, kid" Aunt Arcee praises him.

"Why only two keys?" Bee asks.

"It was the only key in Megatron's vault" Smokescreen states.

"Then three keys are accounted for" Optimus states picking them up.

"Then the fourth is still somewhere on the Cons' warship" Bulkhead suggests.

"Unless Megatron never had it to begin with" Aunt Arcee states. Just then we receive an encoded message from Starscream.

"I have obtained something of interest to you which seems to be of no practical use to me. Bring medical kit. I only ask for the surgical replacement of my T-Cog in return" the message states.

"Like we're gonna give scream back his wings" Bulkhead states.

"Without the missing key, Cybertron will remain devoid of life" Sire Ratchet reminds him.

"Broken record, I know, but it could be a trick" Aunt Acree states.

"It is possible that Starscream does not yet realize the significance of what he holds" Optimus tells us.

"And we do know that he's been incapable of flight for some time" Sire Ratchet adds.

"I'd hate no being able to fly" I state as I fly up onto Bulkhead's shoulder.

"The stakes are too great for us not to consider Starscream's proposal. However, we will take precautions" Optimus tells us. "Bulkhead, Ratchet, with me" he says. "The rest of you will guard the base" he instructs. I sigh and get off of Bulkhead while Ratchet grabbed his medical kit. We put the keys in the vault and then activated the ground bridge. I stay close to Arcee, who is in charge of the ground bridge controls.

Starscream's POV

I ran into the autobot base undetected. While Optimus Prime, Bulkhead and Ratchet examine the corpse of my clone. It won't fool them long. I must hurry. "It would seem I have the run of the place" I say smirking as the other autobots don't notice me. I then spy Dreadwing's sparkling by the two-wheeler.

I walk over to them. "Oh, how easy it would be to gut you. To gut all of you" I sneer. "But first thing's first. Where does Optimus keep his key ring?" I ask myself. I start to search the base. I found Airachnid locked in a stasis pod, I wondered what had happened to the wench. Anyway, I soon find the three omega keys. I blast the door off it's hinges with one of my rockets.

Misty-blue's POV

 I scream as the base shock. Aunt Arcee steady's me. As the fire system goes off and the sprinlkes activate. "Arcee, close the ground bridge now" Optimus suddenly orders. She does so.

"What happened?" I ask confused.

"I don't know, Smokescreen Bumblebee search the base" Aunt Arcee orders. They nod their helms and leave. Turns out Starscream tricked us and he stole all four omega keys. Now the fate of Cybertron is in his hands.