Chapter One: Mayday

Normal was a word that Griffin Rock apparently had never heard of. There was always something going on. Mr. Pedipaws was scared of a hard light projection, Mr. Harrison's sunlight powered heli-pack was malfunctioning, or maybe Doc Green's latest invention went haywire...those types of things were the "norm".

With stuff like this going on, how could these people survive? How was Griffin Rock so technologically advanced...but still safe?

The Rescue Bots, of course, were there to help! Everyone on the small island off the coast of Maine had heard of them, seen them, and hailed them as heroes.

But what exactly were they? Where did they come from? Almost nobody knew the truth. The only people that knew were the humans that they worked closest with, the Burns's and the Green's.

These "Rescue Bots" were autonomous robotic organisms from the war-torn planet of Cybertron...also known as Autobots. The Autobots fought for peace and freedom while the Decepticons, their enemy, fought for total control over Cybertron and the destruction of anyone or anything that stood in their way.

The Rescue bots were not called to fight, but instead to continue to help the innocent as the war raged around them. They fought fires, healed citizens, applied engineering and architecture to create a safer environment, and enforced the law. As the war progressed, however, the war became everyone's fight and the Rescue bots either became war machines or died trying to flee.

As far as anyone knows, SIGMA 17, the team on Griffin Rock, is the only surviving team of these battle straying heroes.

They have done some pretty weird and dangerous things in their lifetime, most notably during the war and during their time on Earth, but they continue to serve, save, and protect...no matter the cost.

Their time on Earth has presented them with some unique opportunities to get to know the foreign culture and get to know even more about their allies on a personal level. Little did they know...they would be accepting some...guests...and a whole nother case of experiences and adventures.

* Unknown P.O.V: 7.5 light years away from Earth's orbit -Many years ago- *

"WE'VE BEEN HIT, WE'VE BEEN HIT," the pilot of the Cullen shouted frantically. I could barely hear her over the scrapes of the hull, the loud roar of the emergency alarm, and the never-ceasing cry of the computer telling us we need to refuel and set course for Cybertron.

"We're low on energon, the hulls damaged, and the asteroids are only getting closer together! Ricochet, what do we do!" My teammates looked at me in fear. I was silent. We couldn't afford to go back to Cybertron, not with everything going on there. We couldn't afford to land, the amount of energon needed to get back into the stars was far more than we could even fathom finding. But we also couldn't afford to waste any more time in our predicament.

The ship rocked back a forth as my pilot, Skyblaze, continued to weave us through the asteroid field. She was good, but her skills could only do so much. My tanks rumbled as I realized that we were also getting low on energon rations. Primus, why couldn't anything work for us just this once.

"Stargear, see how much damage the hull has taken and fix what you think is necessary, Siren, put all of our remaining energon rations into the ship's tanks, Skyblaze, give us as much time as you can. I'll make sure that all power is rerouted to the thrusters and our debris shield...or what's left of it. When your task is complete, step into your stasis pod and prepare for one long recharge," I decided. My team was too desperate to argue. Siren, our police bot, disappeared to go take care of our energon crisis, Stargear, our engineer, went to take care of the hull, and I dashed to Skyblazes's side.

"Ricochet, there's no way I can make it through this with us still in one piece," She said as she shut off the noise. The absence of it wasn't very reassuring. To me, the silence was an indicator of something about to go horribly wrong.

"You can do this Sky. Just think of it as another one of your simulators," I said as I finished rerouting all of our power to the places we needed it most.

"In my simulators, I'm not about to die!" She shouted as she took a hard left to avoid a rock about the size of our ship.

"I don't know, you've come real close a couple times," I said as she looked at me in annoyance. "Just fly us through as best as you can. We only need a few more-"

"RICOCHET!" Stargear screamed. I turned around and what was left of my energon froze. Had it been in a normal circumstance, I wouldn't have freaked out, but it obviously wasn't one. Her leg was badly crushed and was leaking a ton of energon. I ran to her side and laid her down.

"I fixed the biggest problems, but-" She said as I took out my medical kit and stopped the energon flow. She squeezed my servo in pain, but she didn't cry out.

"Then you did your job. Let's get you to your stasis pod. Quickly," I said as I helped her up. Siren rushed over to my side and helped me carry Star over to her stasis pod. I saw that she also had a few dents in her as well, probably from being tossed around the ship. Sky was doing so many evasive maneuvers, we could barely keep our footing.

"Ricochet...If we don't make it-" Star started to say.

"We'll make it," I said as we walked her into the pod with difficulty. She looked at me with doubt.

Siren, seeing that Star was set, ran over to her pod and waited for me to close her in.

"Sky, now!" I shouted over to her. She weaved one last time around the debris and got into a small clearing before she sprinted over to her pod and waited for me to shut her in. I gave my team one last look before I shut their pods. I ran over to my pod and set it up. I took one last longing look at the now empty Cullen. Sky had done a good job getting us out of that field, but there was still some threats I didn't doubt would cause a problem. I hoped that we would make it out, but there were no guarantees. There was no hope we would make it out completely unscathed.

"We have to have hope," I chanted quietly. "Even when all hope is lost."

I pressed one final button before the stasis pods panel door slid closed. The last thing I saw was darkness.

We have to have hope...even when all hope is lost.

HELLO PEOPLE! Welcome or welcome back to this really strange series. I hope you enjoyed and I just want to say a few things before you go.

1) In a few chapters (this one included), I will be dropping a few random references in the middle of the story. I just thought it would be a fun thing to try and it could (potentially) get a few people that want it a shout out. I know I don't have many fans or followers, but...hey who knows what's gonna happen. I'll give the answer to you guys the next chapter so if you catch it, please comment it or just keep what you think the reference is in your mind. (If you ever think its too specific or really hard to find, let me know. Hint: this one has to do with a very special person to a lot fans around the world)

2) This story is not going to be exactly like the original (if you haven't read the original...please don't) so please don't think that it is...cause...well...it isn't...like at all. Except for the premise and the plot...y-you get the point.

3)I am not our lord and savior, Optimus Prime, so please tell me if I got, did, or said anything wrong.

AAAANNNNDDD AS ALWAYS...have a great day/night ;)