Chapter 1

"Was that really necessary?" asked a 16 year old boy as he zoomed down the street on his blue motorcycle.

"I thought it was" replied a feminine voice.

"Arcee, all he was going to do was check out your motorcycle form. You didn't have to cover him in smoke and zoom off", the boy chuckled.

"Oh come on Jack, he's not going to die from the smoke. Besides, I didn't want his greasy hands touching me", answered Arcee.

The two shared a laugh. A man had seen Jack's motorcycle and had asked if he could take a look. Jack didn't have a problem with it but Arcee had different thoughts.

"Hey I'm trying to have a good public image" Jack stated, "It looks weird when you zoom off like that."

"You mean weird as in owning a talking motorcycle and spending all your free time with giant alien robots from another planet in an old missile silo?" Arcee said as if mocking him. "If you think that's normal, I'd love to see weird."

Arcee's statement made Jack smile. She was right; his life is definitely not normal. Ever since he met the Arcee and the rest of Team Prime, nothing surprises him now. In fact, just a couple weeks ago, he traveled to the planet Cybertron in order to restore Optimus' memories using an ancient key he was entrusted with.

Jack thought back to when he first saw Arcee in the parking lot of KO Burger. If it hadn't been for that fateful day, he would have been just a normal teenager living a normal life. Instead, he made new friends and has become really close with Arcee. She was his guardian, best friend, partner, and maybe something else but he kept that to himself.

The pair rode off the road and straight into a mountain. Except instead of crashing, a secret door shifted and revealed the base entrance. They kept going until they reached the command center where everyone was located.

First there was Bulkhead; Team Prime's "big man" who has a specialty in breaking things. He is known as a wrecker and transforms into an HUV. Next to him stood a Japanese girl, rocking it out on her guitar. Miko was never able to sit still and was the loudest of the group. Playing video games sat Raf, a 12 year old genius who was quiet most of the time. Behind him was Bumblebee cheering him on. Bumblebee was the team scout and had a personality that resembled a child. He turns into a yellow and black Urbana 500. Working on the control panel was the team medic, Ratchet. Not the happiest guy around but secretly he cared for everyone, he just didn't show it.

"Miko would you turn that thing off!" yelled Ratchet, "its destroying my audio processors!"

Miko gave him a glare. "Fine! But only because I'm tired."

Optimus Prime stood watching everyone. He was the team leader and the last of the Primes. He turns into a red and blue truck and with the Matrix of Leadership restored back to him; Optimus is a force to be reckoned with.

"Hello Jack. How are you today?" he asked when they rode in.

"I'm fine Optimus. Better than fine actually, without the decepticons and MECH to ruin our day, life is finally looking up" replied Jack as he got off Arcee letting her transform to her Autobot form. She was the smallest of Team Prime but was nowhere near the weakest. Her speed, agility, stealth, and determination earned her the rightful place as second-in-command.

"Jack's right, things have been really quiet with MECH. I feel as though they're up to something" stated the two-wheeler. She smiled down to Jack. "Then again, I'm not complaining."

Just then, an alarm went off in the base. "Prime!" yelled agent Fowler's voice. Agent Fowler is a trusted ally who serves as the team's liaison with the government. "Reports indicate a government bade being attacked by MECH."

"You guys had to jinx it" Bulkhead said.

"Agent Fowler, evacuate all personal immediately and Ratchet, set co-ordinates for the base. Autobots roll out!" With that, Optimus, followed by Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee transformed and drove into the swirling green vortex.

Arriving on the scene, the Autobots noticed the MECH helicopters firing missiles towards the base. There was fire everywhere and blown up vehicles littering the ground as soldiers ran for cover.

"Autobots, protect the soldiers. We will not allow any casualties" Optimus commanded as Team Prime shot back at the helicopters.

Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead picked up stragglers while Optimus provided cover fire. Suddenly a missile hit one of the watch towers, destroying its support and causing it to fall towards a dozen soldiers taking cover.

"Bulkhead!" yelled Optimus, motioning towards the falling tower.

"On it boss!" replied Bulkhead as he caught the tower just before it crushed the soldiers. Apparently the tower was heavier than it looked and put a lot of strain on Bulkhead's arms.

Optimus quickly grabbed the soldiers and rolled out of the way as Bulkhead was forced to drop the tower. When the dust cleared, the Autobots looked up to see MECH flying away. There had been no casualties but MECH had gotten what they wanted.

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"Sir, extraction was a success" yelled a MECH officer into his radio. "The Autobots had arrived but team 2 was able to retrieve the substance."

On the other end was Silas, watching a group of MECH scientist working in the lab. The MECH leader smirked after hearing the message. "Good" he said, "return back to base so we can move onto Phase 2 of operation 000."

"Yes sir! Over and out!" the officer replied.

Silas turned back to the window overlooking the scientists. "Operation 000 will be a success" Silas said to himself. "All we need is our test subject." The MECH leader couldn't help but grin at what he was planning for the future.