Kicker's mind raced. These metal monsters were everywhere. The faster he ran the more he saw. A few small creatures he seemed to recall in his memories were around, mingled in with the monsters. Kicker had actually attacked a few of the metal beings that he came across. One actually pulled a weapon on him long before he'd even had the thought of attacking. He'd taken care of him easily. One shot of energy was all it took. A few of the creatures, that were so familiar to him, had also forced him to attack. It only took a punch or kick to take them down.

Kicker had to rest after a while of running at that speed consistently. He new that he was being searched for long before he actually was spotted.

"There he is!" Cried one of the monsters and pulled out his weapon and fired at will. Kicker dodged the blast and set a ball of energy at the laser happy transformer than ran off.

Optimus had responded to a request for assistance from Rodimus. All he'd been told was that a yellow energon like creature had come from Rodimuse's ship and assaulted several autobots and a few humans. The assaulter had been spotted close to the Autobot's HQ and that where he and several of his men were stationed waiting for any sign of the attacker.

"What do you think the thing is Prime?" Jetfire asked.

"I have no clue, Jetfire, but we mustn't let anyone else be harmed." Optimus admitted. "Its bad enough several Transformers were assaulted, but a few humans as well."

"Yeah. I wonder if this had something to do with the terrorcons and the quints." Pondered the air commander. "I wouldn't put it past them to create a creature of energy."

"Me neither. Whatever it is we need to be prepared to incarcerate it as soon as possible." No sooner did Prime finish his sentence did they hear a few cries from a ways down from their position. "Over there!"

The Autobots headed down the line to where they saw a laser fight going on. All of the Autobots were firing at one spot, but there was so much dust gathered at that spot that whatever they were shooting at was clouded behind a think cloud of smoke.

"Cease fire!" Optimus cried to his soldiers.

Immediately the barraged of laser fire calmed down till there was nothing but silence. The smoke hung thick in the cybertronian air.

Yellow energy erupted from within the smoke screen and hit the ground near the Autobot forces, sending a few to the ground. Optimus readied his weapon till the creature showed itself, but what he saw wasn't at all what he expected. What was left of the smoke began to spin in a cyclone and more yellow energy sparked from within. As the smoke cleared away from the cyclone a ball of energy was in clear view. As was what was in the ball, seemed to be a small creature about the size of a human.

"What's that?" Jetfire asked, his finger resting on his trigger.

"I don't now. And I am not waiting to find out!" Called a rookie next to Jetfire. The young autobot began firing at the yellow ball, but it had no effect. The pellets of laser fire ricoched off the ball and into the gathered ground, hitting an Autobot in the upper arm.

"Cease fire!" Optimus ordered.

The rookie stopped just as a shield of energy appeared around him and lifted him up in the air.

The rookie punched and shot at the shield but in vein, as it held strong.

"Put me down you slag heap!" Cried the rookie desperately.

As he reached eye level with the small creature responsible he looked at it. Behind the helmet visor he saw two eyes.

"A human?" He breathed.

"Xanth!" Someone from below cried.

"It's a human Optimus!" Xanth replied.

"What?" Optimus asked. "Did he say it's a human?"

"That's what I heard." Jetfire replied.

"Put me down little traitor!" Xanth cursed.

"Metal devil…" The human replied in a monotone voice. The shield, around the human, disappeared and he held out is arm. It began to glow blue around the edges. "Die…"

Just as the Human was about to make contact with Xanth's armor strings of light came up from the ground and wrapped around the human.

The human looked horrified as the string of light pulled him into the ground from whence they came.

Optimus knew what that was. There was a chamber under the Autobot HQ that their god, Primus, took refuge.

"Follow me Autobots!" Optimus called as they ran into the HQ.

Kicker felt the strings drag him farther down into the dark and when they finals did stop he found himself in a brightly lit room. The source of the light was from a sphere of blue energy floating in the middle of the room.

"Let me go!" He cried. "I won't be taken again!"

Kicker struggled against the strings of blue light but with no effect.

"No." A deep voice replied. "You won't be taken again, I'll make sure it is so."

Kicker felt his body tense as more strings of light wrapped around him forming a cocoon like structure.

"I will free you." Kicker heard the voice tell him. Than the pain came. It didn't come in waves like before this was constant. He didn't scream, but he heard his heart pounding in his ears like a drum.

Optimus reached the chamber of Primus in time to see a cocoon like structure open up to see the human being lowered down onto the floor.

"Optimus Prime." Primus's voice called out. "Do not fire. He is innocent. The one guilty has been sheded from him."

"Innoccent?" Cried someone behind Optimus in outrage. "He's almost killed 10 guys!"

"Yet he has not." Primus replied. "You cannot blame someone who does not know what he does. Especially if he has no control."

"Kicker!" Optimus turned to see two four humans running down the hall towards them.

It was Dr. Jones, Rad, Carlos, and Misha. When they reached the chamber all four looked at the human under primus in shock. Rad, Carlos, and Dr. Jones stopped near Prime, but Misha ran all the way to Kicker.

"Kicker!" Misha cried as she ran to him. When she reached him she bound him with her arms and began to cry hard into his chest.

"Your alive!" She cried.

"Kicker…" Dr. Jones looked at his son he'd not seen for three years.

He felt his knees give way at the shock, but Carlos and Rad caught him in time.

"Careful Dr. J!" Carlos warned.

Optimus didn't know what to say. The empowered human had just, a few minuets ago, been their enemy and now Misha was smothering him like there was no tomorrow. What was their next move?

Misha felt her heart explode with joy when she'd seen him. He was alive! She'd been right! She didn't want to let go of him ever again. She'd absolutely die of heartache. She felt him tremble and thinking she was hugging too hard she let go.

"Kicker?" She asked. Misha reached up and pulled Kicker's helmet off. His haired grown a bit since she lost saw him, but that's not what caught her attention. He was crying. Large swells of tears poured down his cheeks.

"Misha." Kicker breathed and returned the embrace she'd given him a moment ago. "Your real."

"Yes." She cried as she breathed deep and began to cry again.

As their cry fest ended Kicker caught sight of someone else. His father stood next to Rad and Carlos. Many transformers surrounded them; each had a weapon at their sides. His dad starred at Kicker with tearful eyes.

"Dad…" Kicker breathed and took a step forward. A couple Autobots raised their weapons nervously at him. Kicker stayed motionless as his eyes met the barrels of countless lasers, all pointed at him.

"Stay back!" Called one.