Hunt for the Omega Keys Begins

Misty-blue's POV

"Optimus, what is Alpha Trion saying?" Sire Ratchet asks him. Optimus does not answer him.

"So you speak to me from across the ages" Optimus states.

"Is he talking to Alpha Trion?" I ask.

"Yes, shush young one" Auntie Arcee tells me. We all continue to watch Optimus, honestly I was little bored of waiting. Eventually though, the star saber stops glowing and he lowers it.

"So, did Alpha try and ask about me?" Smokescreen asks. I roll my optics.

"What was the message?" Bulkhead asks Optimus.

"It is paramount that we recover the final four Iacon relics the Omega keys" Optimus states.

"Keys?" Auntie Arcee asks.

"To what?" Sire Ratchet and I ask.

"To the regeneration of our home planet" Optimus answers.

"Really?!" I ask excitedly. I don't remember Cybertron as I was put into stasis and sent here before I had even full awoken. I've always dreamed of growing up there with sire and carrier.

"Yes, young one" he says with a soft smile.

"Do you hear that sire Ratchet? We get to go home!" I cheer and he laughs happily. As he hugs me.

"We do" he says smiling.

"Pack your gear. We're going back to Cybertron!" Bulkhead cheers.

"I still can't believe it" Bee buzzes.

"Well, believe it now, Bumblebee. Civilization at last" Ratchet tells him. I launch myself at Bee and cling to his back.

"You'll show me around Cybertron, right Brother Bee?" I ask.

"Of course" he beeps and I smile.

"But I just got here" Smokescreen states.

"Remember oil baths?" Arcee asks.

"What's an oil bath?" I ask her curious.

"Oh you'll love it" she tells me smiling. "The first thing you and I do once we arrive back home is soak for an entire solar cycle" she states.

"I can't wait" I tell her happily.

"I can't wait to tell Miko" Bulkhead cheers.

"And Jack" Arcee says in a sober tone.

"And Raf" Bee buzzes.

"They'll be happy for us right?" I ask confused. "I mean, we'll all get to go home" I state.

"Of course they will be, but they won't be able to come with us" Auntie Arcee tells me.

"Oh" I say with a frown. "Will there be other sparklings like me?" I ask them.

"Who knows? Possibly" Bulkhead tells me.

"I feel funny saying this, but I'm not sure I want to go back" Auntie Arcee states.

"Who knew we'd ever get so used to our new home?" Bulkhead asks.

"Or make such good friends" Bee buzzes.

"Yeah. I don't think I'd ever want to leave Miko" Bulkhead states.

"We've made friends here, family" Arcee states. I hug her and she smiles patting my head fondly.

"We could always text them" Sire Ratchet suggests. I see him building something, I wonder what it is? I'll ask him later.

"Besides, been fighting for so long, I don't know if I can do anything else" Bulkhead states.

"You can go back into construction. The power of the ancients may breathe life back into Cybertron's core, but our war-ravaged cities will surely require rebuilding" Ratchet tells him.

"I wouldn't make any travel plans just yet. We still have to locate these Omega keys and secure them before the 'Cons do" Auntie Arcee reminds us.

"Yeah, like that'll be a problem. Optimus has the Star Saber now. Megatron's end is in sight" Smokescreen states. I go over to ire Ratchet.

"What are you making?" I ask him curious.

"A sheath for Optimus, so that he can carry the Star Saber more easily" he states.

"Sire Ratchet, can you please tell me about Cybertron?" I ask him curious. "It's just, I have no memory of it. Only Earth" I tell him.

"Of course I can" he says with a soft smile He starts to tell me about our home planet. While he continues to work. Optimus is busy at work decoding the Iacon database.

(Time skip)

"Autobots, I have decoded the first set of the final four coordinates. Divide into teams in the event that I'm able to decode another before the first team returns" Optimus instructs.

"I'm on team one. Who's with me?" Smokescreen asks. As Sire Ratchet opens a ground bridge to the coordinates Optimus decoded.

"I'll go" Auntie Arcee state heading for the portal.

"After you, sir ma'am commander?" Smokescreen says unsure what to call her. I giggle.

"This should be interesting" Sire Ratchet states. He closes the portal behind them. As Optimus gets back to work decoding the next set of coordinates. Auntie Arcee returns without Smokescreen, I tear up as she tells us what happened to him.

"And then Smokescreen was just gone like he turned to dust" she say sadly.

"Poor kid" Bulkhead says as I hug Auntie Arcee. Crying softly.

"Arcee, do not blame yourself. It could just as easily have been you" Sire Ratchet tells her. I hug her tighter.

"It's ok, I'm ok little one" she assures me.

"I say we go claim a piece of Megatron's miserable, metal hide!" Bulkhead snaps. Bee buzzes in agreement.

"No" Optimus tells them firmly. "We have already lost another one of our own today. I will not risk more lives. Given what Arcee witnessed, it stands to reason that Megatron now possesses might to equal the Star Saber, which means only I have a chance of recovering the Omega key" he tells us.

"The fate of Cybertron rests upon its retrieval" Sire Ratchet states.

"Whether Megatron knows it or not" Bulkhead adds.

"Ratchet activate the ground bridge" Optimus orders as he picks up the star saber. Sire Ratchet does so and Optimus goes through, alone. He returns not long after with the omega key and a broken star saber. But also an alive Smokescreen.

"Brother Smokey!" I cheer and hug him tightly.

"Hey kid" he says chuckling. "Check it out, omega key number one" he says showing it to me. I gasp and look at it curiously.

"But, how?" Aunti Arcee asks Smokescreen shocked. He puts me down and holds up his arm. I see he has the phase shifter.

"I, uh, decided to borrow the Phase shifter" he says sheepishly.

"Again?" Sire Ratchet asks.

"Good thing, too. The wave from the blast hit me like a wrecking ball. The impact must have activated the shifter. I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I made my way back outside, Optimus and Megatron were deep in an epic throw-down. I waited for the right moment to make my move" Smokescreen explains.

"You're learning" Auntie Arcee says with a proud smile.

"So, can I keep it?" Smokescreen asks sire Ratchet. Gesturing to the phase shifter. "I mean, it is really working out for me" he states.

"Fine fine" Sire Ratchet agrees.

"Yes! Signature weapon!" Smokescreen cheers. Then looks at the broken star saber.

"You got yours. Optimus lost his" Bulkhead states.

"The balance of power shifted again" Arcee adds.

"Can't it be fixed?" I ask Sire Ratchet.

"No" he say. "But it does not matter. While he may have wielded the power of the ancients for only one day, Optimus does not require it to be the mightiest of warriors" he tells me. As we all look at Optimus, who was back to decoding the Iacon database.

A/N

Picture above of the omega keys.

Ps, for those of you who are wondering if there will be a sequel based on Robots in Disguise with Misty-blue in it. There will be.