Catherine left the med bay, heading directly for Optimus' office. She paused in the doorway and listened for the sound of anyone else in the room before glancing in and smiling at the sight of the tallest mech on base sitting at his desk. She gently knocked on the doorframe and waved when the Autobot leader glanced down at her. He waved for her to enter and she heard the door slide shut behind her. She quickly climbed the steps leading to the top of his desk, taking two at a time, and reached into her pocket to bring out the still wrapped piece of metal.

"Told you I would give it to you as soon as nobody else could see it." She smiled up at him and offered him the small piece of metal.

"That you did, Catherine." Optimus activated his holoform and gently took the metal from Catherine's bruised hand, which he inspected for a second before sighing and nodding. "I see you did not come out of the battle unscathed."

"Oh, that's from punching Galloway." Catherine laughed as she looked at the bruised knuckles. "I probably shouldn't be proud of it, but you better believe I am."

Optimus chuckled lowly as his holoform walked the now unwrapped shard over to his real body. The moment the leader touched it Catherine had to shield her eyes from a bright light that emitted from his chestplates. Optimus jerked and quickly brought a silver double edged knife looking object out of a small compartment there. The glow seemed to brighten as the two objects reacted to each other. Catherine gasped as a wave of energy washed through her and she felt her body absorb it as the sound of metal blocks sliding together filled the air. Catherine felt the center of her chest warm and her hand flew up to cover the spot in shock.

Kitten? Jazz had been monitoring the exchange quietly, but now he sounded concerned at her reaction.

"What…" Catherine was finally able to raise her eyes as the glow faded abruptly, and they landed on a 1-foot cube that was held in Optimus' hand gently. "I am going to assume that's what the Allspark looked like before Sam shoved it into Megatron's chest…"

"It is." Optimus sounded confused as he studied the reformed sacred object. "It seems that the Matrix of Leadership was able to reform it."

Catherine glanced at the object that had floated out of Optimus' chest and she felt a twinge of familiarity. She looked closer and gasped as she realized that she had seen it before, when she had spoken to the one that called himself Primus.

"In Egypt…" She panted, suddenly winded by her realization. "I was pulled into some sort of… other world. There were six mechs, and one talked to me. He called himself Primus…"

Optimus was suddenly very focused on her, he studied the way she was standing and then replaced the Matrix and gently sat the Allspark on the desk, making sure it wasn't near any electronics.

"You spoke to Primus?" Optimus leaned back in his chair now.

"I… think so?" Catherine looked up at him with wide eyes. "He said that everything was going to be okay. I don't… remember anything else though. Just that I saw Sam talking to them too…"

"I see, then what Sam spoke of was true." Optimus nodded slowly as he mulled the information over.

"I have no idea about that." Catherine smiled weakly before taking another deep breath and straightening. "I really should get home and rest, Ratchet's orders."

"Allow me to take you to your house." Optimus stood and offered her his hand. "You look exhausted, and I would not want you to collapse on your way there."

Catherine gave him a thankful smile now, and gently climbed into his offered hand. She glanced back at the Allspark just as the door closed and couldn't help but feel as if the wave of energy that had entered her had been from it. Once Optimus arrived at her house and sat her down, she thanked him profusely before entering the house and glancing around. She knew that Sam and Mikela were staying with her before heading back to the mainland, and that his parents had been offered a one bedroom furnished house until they returned home as well. She smiled at the sight of Sam and Mikela, passed out on her couch. The two had been nearly inseparable the entire way back to base, and Catherine had heard them speaking more than once. With a quiet chuckle she made her way to her room and shut the door silently. She then stood torn between taking a shower or just going straight to bed. With a grimace she realized that she had sand in places you do not want sand and resigned herself to take a quick shower to wash up. There was no need to get her sheets dirty. Once she finished, she quickly dried off and felt the last of her energy slipping away. She barely managed to pull on pajamas and cover herself before she fell into a deep sleep.

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Catherine's eyes opened and she smiled up at Jazz, who was just watching her calmly. She could see that something was bothering him, and she sighed as she sat down.

"Going to get onto me for running towards the explosions again?" She asked with a playful smirk. "Or is there something else on your mind?"

Before she could register the movement his holoform had appeared, grabbed her hand to pull her into a standing position, and he kissed her. Catherine felt her mind, and her breathing, stop in shock. She stood frozen for a nano second before her eyes slid closed and her arms wrapped around his neck in order to deepen the kiss. After a few seconds they parted and Catherine felt him rest his forehead on hers, his arms once again wrapping around her waist tightly. Just as they had when they had danced.

"What…" Catherine felt her mind reeling, but the feelings she had developed for him were exploding out of her now.

"I just couldn't stop thinking about how you ran towards the danger… and how I…" Jazz's arms tightened around her. "I've been trying for weeks now to figure out how to tell you… I can't lose you, Kitten."

Catherine took a shaking breath before she opened her eyes to look into his. She blinked when she realized that the sunglasses that usually covered them were gone and that she was staring into the red/brown eyes of the holoform. He looked scared, and hopeful. As if he wasn't sure how she was going to react.

"I'm fine, Jazz." She whispered, refusing to look away from him. "I guess I just… I didn't realize how that would affect you. I promise I made sure I wouldn't be seen or get hurt."

"I know you did, but that didn't stop me from worrying about what could have happened." He sighed, eyes sliding closed. "And before that, when you just disappeared…"

"Yeah, that was weird." Catherine bit her lip. "When I was talking to the Primes, I couldn't feel you at all, I was scared but they were doing something to keep my panic away…"

Jazz shook his head slightly before he caught her lips with his again, pouring as much emotion as he could into it. Catherine responded without hesitating this time, she had been wanting this for what seemed like forever. Her heart was pounding, and she felt the same spot on her chest from earlier warm again. Only this time there was a staticky, tingling feeling going along with it. When they pulled apart this time she glanced down and let out a small 'oh' of surprise at the sight of a glowing circle in the center of her chest. Jazz pushed her to an arm's length away and studied the glowing area before turning to look at his own chest, where his spark was glowing brightly.

"Well…" He let out a chuckle. "I guess Prowler wasn't wrong after all…"

"What does this mean?" Catherine looked at his spark before meeting the holoform's eyes once again.

"It means that we really are sparkmates." Jazz laughed as he turned back to her and pressed another kiss to her lips. "As long as you don't mind."

"I definitely don't mind." Catherine smiled brightly, but she could feel a nagging at the back of her mind.

"We should probably tell 'Hatchet about this." He shrugged with a grin. "Poor mech is going to have a spark attack."

"I wonder…" Catherine gently touched the area on her chest, jumping when a arc of energy escaped it. "The Prime that spoke to me… at the end of it all he called me Quicksilver…"

Jazz was studying her closely now, as if trying to discern what she was about to say next.

"I don't… I don't think that Ratchet will be able to stop my spark condensing." Catherine muttered as she met his eyes. "I think it just has to be allowed to do that, to condense fully. The way Primus talked… and what he called me. I think my human body isn't going to be saved, it's going to die."

"Kitten, don't…"

"No, Jazz… He called me Quicksilver and kept referring to me as Youngling. And he said that I was out of the ordinary. A spark stuck in an organic body. I really think…" Catherine took a deep breath to steady her shaking voice, but she felt a sense of peace wash over her. "I really think that I'll be okay, just not as a human."

Jazz looked concerned at her line of thinking, and that he wasn't a fan of the idea.

"I need you to hear what I'm saying." Catherine took his face in her hands and made him meet her eyes. "I will be okay. He said I would be. I just don't know how it's all going to play out, okay?"

Jazz studied her face before closing his eyes and exhaling sharply. His hands came up to cover hers and he nodded slowly before once again leaning his forehead against hers.

"So… is it a good time to admit that I've been hiding feelings for you for months now?" Catherine smiled as she attempted to lift the mood.

"You've been hiding them better than I have." Jazz chuckled, and she could feel his thankfulness for the change in subject. "I've been flirting up a storm with you, Kitten."

"Oh really?" Catherine leaned back and feigned innocence. "I had no idea! Is that what all that was?"

Jazz laughed outright as Catherine grinned at him before he picked her up and started tickling her. She let out a shriek and started trying to wiggle away from him, but he just grinned and pinned her to the couch. She struggled playfully as one of his hands held her wrists so that she couldn't get away, but she was laughing and smiling. Letting him know that she wasn't uncomfortable with his actions in the least. Once she started yelling for him to stop so that she could breathe he let her up, sat on the couch properly, and pulled her into a reclined position against his chest. One arm wrapped around her waist and face pressed into her hair. She sighed happily and pressed tightly against him, just enjoying his company.

"Kitten?"

Catherine gave a questioning hum in response.

"Promise me that you won't put yourself into danger again?" Jazz's arm tightened around her waist.

"I can only promise that I won't knowingly put myself into danger." Catherine laced her fingers with his, a sigh releasing her. "Promise me that you'll stay as safe as possible."

"I can promise that one, Kitten." He pressed a kiss to her hair and relaxed. "I wish I didn't have to say this but it's about time you woke up."

Catherine groaned and sat up, she really didn't want to wake up.

"Yeah, I guess I have to." She sighed, before she turned and pressed a kiss of her own to his lips. "I'll talk to you soon?"

"Of course." Jazz grinned up at her. "I'll always be here for you, Kitten. Always."

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Catherine opened her eyes and realized that she had been smiling in her sleep. Her fingers raised to press against her lips and the smile only widened. Her entire body felt warm, and she knew that the joy she felt was all hers. She stretched with a yawn, before she stood and padded to her bathroom. When she looked in the mirror, she noted how the eye that was blue was glowing dimly, and then she froze as she realized that the spot just below her collarbones was glowing as well.

"Well… shit." She muttered and felt her wrist begin tingling.

Her phone was ringing seconds later, and she answered the device with a sigh.

"What does Jazz mean that your chest is glowing?" Ratchet asked quickly and Catherine could hear the sounds of his transformation.

"He means that there's a circular glowing spot on my chest, just below my collarbones." Catherine replied, her eyes focused on said spot. "And my fingers are a grayish color…"

She raised her hand as she said it, only having just noticed this change. It was strange because they were only tingling slightly, but they looked almost dead.

"Fraggit all to the pit, I'll be there in a few seconds." Ratchet sounded less than pleased as he hung up.

Catherine stared at her reflection, somehow remaining perfectly calm. She was almost used to the weird strange things happening to her now. As if her day wasn't complete without at least something going sideways.

'I have no idea how I'm going to hide this.' She muttered to Jazz, as she tilted her head and examined the spot. 'I don't have a single shirt that could cover it up.'

That's what you're worried about? Jazz asked incredulously. How to cover up what can only be your spark condensing further?

Catherine sighed and shook her head at his reaction. Somewhere deep inside she knew that everything was going to be okay, but that didn't mean that Jazz knew.

'I mean, I can't very well just explain this development.' She stood and began pacing around the bathroom, waiting for Ratchet to arrive. 'I have meetings to go to today, I can't just skip those.'

Meetings, that's what takes priority here?

Catherine rolled her eyes as she heard Sam let Ratchet inside. When he questioned where she was, she shook her head and opened the door to her room in order to walk into the kitchen. Smiling tightly at the medic and giving him a wave.

"What in the frag did you do?" Ratchet rushed over and she could feel the scans as he fired one off after another. "Your spark condensed even further; I can't even begin to tell you how long there is…"

"I'll be fine, Ratchet." Catherine sighed as she took a seat at the kitchen table, watching him calmly. "I mean, there's a bit of an ache now. But it's going to be okay."

"And ache where?" Ratchet was studying her closely, searching for any hint of panic.

"Pretty much everywhere." Catherine smiled up at him tiredly. "In my joints, and its probably caused by the fact that I had that shard pressed against my chest for hours on the way back. And then, when I gave it to Optimus, it released another wave of energy as it reformed when it got close to the Matrix…"

"Shard?" Ratchet had paused in scanning her.

"Yeah, I gave the shard of Allspark to Optimus last night just after we got back, and you did a light scan and visual check." Catherine yawned; she was so tired again. "You mentioned it to Jazz during the scans…"

"I was not aware that you had it against your skin!" Ratchet half shouted. "I noticed that the Allspark radiation was stronger, but I assumed it was because you were carrying the shard on your person."

"Yeah, I tucked it into my bra so I wouldn't lose it." Catherine shrugged, giving Ratchet an almost bored look now. "I wrapped it in a scrap of cloth so it wasn't directly against my skin, but I could feel warmth from it."

"And you absorbed more radiation from it and didn't come see me?" Ratchet's voice became calm, but there was still anger on his face.

"You ordered me to go home and go to bed." Catherine blinked at him, suddenly aware of the malicious compliance she had committed. "So, I did right after that."

"I'm sorry, Allspark shard?" Sam stepped forward, and then glanced as the guest bedroom door opened and a very tired looking young man stepped out.

"Yes, it fell from Megatron during the battle and I grabbed it." Catherine shrugged before nodding to the newcomer. "And he is?"

"Oh, this is Leo Spitz… my roommate from college." Sam looked a little ashamed to have not warned her.

Catherine blinked at the other young man before sighing.

"I'm Catherine." She smiled over at him, chuckling slightly. "The Autobot Liaison."

"You don't look human, are you like that Alice chick?!" Leo was suddenly wide awake and quickly sat across from where Ratchet was still scanning her.

"I have no idea who that is, but I am definitely human." Catherine glanced at Sam. "Well… mostly? How much do you know about the Autobots, Leo?"

"Just what I learned while tagging along with him, oh… and what we gathered from the videos on the site…" Leo looked almost too excited. "So, why are your eyes separate colors, and why is your chest glowing? Are you sure you aren't…"

"Leo!" Mikela stepped forward and shot the boy a glare. "Give her half a second to let Ratchet finished checking her out."

Catherine chuckled again, though she felt Jazz immediately search for information on Leo and his site.

Looks like a normal geek, has a site called 'The Real Effing Deal'. Lot's of videos from bystanders and witnesses of the Autobots and Decepticons… that's not exactly a video I wanted to see… Jazz suddenly sounded a little anxious. Hey look, there's you and I talking…

"You have videos on your site of the first battle on earth?" Catherine was now scrutinizing Leo. "How did you get these videos?"

"People just posted them ma'am." Leo looked suspicious. "And how did you know what videos I had…"

"I'm the woman in the video talking to the top half of a silver robot." Catherine raised her eyebrow.

Well there it is, my spark definitely entered your body just after a wave of Allspark energy… Jazz muttered.

"Jazz says that there's video evidence of his spark entering my body." Catherine turned to Ratchet, who immediately contacted Jazz for the site name so he could look.

"You're the chick that glowed! We all wanted to know what happened to you!" Leo was excited again.

Catherine rolled her eyes as she waited for Ratchet to study the footage. When he turned to her with confusion in his optics, she realized that there was something there he didn't understand.

"When Jazz entered your body his spark energy, the energon, and the Allspark radiation healed your wounds." The medic muttered. "That's why we cannot remove the energon or Allspark radiation from your system. Sam wasn't healed by it, that's why it dissipated from him before I could even scan him."

Catherine nodded slowly as the information sank in. She then let out a half laugh, before motioning to the glowing spot on her chest.

"And why I have a visible spark now?" She shook her head and moved to stand, only to stumble. Causing Ratchet to catch her gently.

"Careful." Ratchet looked even more concerned. "Your spark is condensing. At a fast rate, I have finished the repairs on Jazz's frame, so I needed you to come to the med bay anyway. But now it's absolutely necessary."

Catherine clung to Ratchet as she realized that she could barely stand. She just felt so weak and tired. She nodded quickly to him before looking at the others.

"Feel free to stay and hang out. I'll be back as soon as I can be." She smiled at them hesitantly. "Sam, Mikela, you guys know where everything is. Keep this one out of trouble for me."

Sam nodded as Ratchet supported the human woman out to his alt mode and got her into his passenger seat. She relaxed into the leather and closed her eyes, suddenly feeling the fear at what was happening rise.

'I'll be okay.' She whispered to Jazz as she felt his worry. 'I promise, I'll be okay.'

I trust you, Kitten. Jazz didn't sound convinced, but she felt warmth radiate to her from his corner of her mind.

'You won't lose me, Jazz.' She smiled outwardly, while sending warmth and support to him. 'I promise. Not now that we finally both admitted our feelings.'

Kitten… Jazz sighed, and she knew that he just wanted to hold her at that moment. Just please, do whatever Ratchet says you need to do to help. Okay?

Catherine sent him confirmation; she was turned to hide her chest better. She knew that he was serious, because he hadn't used Ratchet's nickname. As Ratchet entered the med bay, she had a feeling that the medic wouldn't know exactly how fast her spark was going to condense. Especially once Jazz reentered his own body. She wasn't sure how she knew that it would be faster than even the medic could realize. But she knew that she would be okay, the Primes had told her so.

She just hoped that she hadn't placed her trust in the wrong mechs.

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Welp, told you guys that more was coming to further the plot. No worries, Catherine is definitely going to be okay. I can promise that.

By now you guys have probably guessed what's going to happen. Hope the how makes sense.

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