Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, I merely borrow the characters to weave my own tales and do not make any profit from this.

Sorry for the long wait. I did try to make the chapter longer. Hopefully I suceeded . . .

Alleycat studdied the assemble for a moment in silence, propped up against a pile of pillows. All of the Autobots and their human companions had crowded into the med bay at her request. Wavelength was curled up next to her, chirping happily as he played with the sleeve of the loose gown she was wearing.

"Scooter-cat will answer questions now." She said at last, looking at Optimus. "Soldiers have many questions."

"Indeed." Optimus said calmly, watching her with an unreadable look in his optics. "How did you know of us?"

"Scooter-cat knows not. Scooter-cat is only knowing of names, faces, and lives, not of how Scooter-cat is knowing these things."

"What do you mean by "lives?" Ratchet demanded.

She didn't look at him-instead, she looked at Bumblebee and Sam. "Creators of Sam, Ron and Judy Witwicky, bought rose designated "American Salute" to celebrate sparkling's birth. Rose is in backyard on left side of shed. Bumblebee recharged in Tygar Pax every cycle until becoming guardian of Sam." He looked toward another face. "Ironhide is scared of breaking Will's sparkling, but wishes to have one of his own with Chromia. Will asked Sarah to bond the day before Will left to fight over sea. Will got on one knee to give diamond ring of promise amongst many trees during long hike. Ratchet's creators wanted Ratchet to be politician on Cybertron. Optimus still grieves for lost brother. Simmons does not hate Autobots. Secretary of Defending America, Keller, was afraid Keller would never see sparklings again during first attack on Planet Dirt. Skids and Mudflap never knew creators and were sparked into war. Scooter-cat knows this and more. Scooter-cat knows lives."

Everyone wore expressions of stunned disbelief.

"Scooter-cat does not lie. Soldiers all know Scooter-cat tell truth." She added after a long silence.

"So . . ." Sideswipe hesitated, slightly sceptical. "What you're saying is, you know everything about-?"

"Sideswipe has brother, yes?"

"Yeah. Sunstreaker." He had a sort of wary hope on his face.

/". . . To any surviving Autobots taking refuge amongst the stars . . . We are here. We are waiting."

He turned towards his companions abruptly. "Well?" He demanded with a sneer. "Are you coming or what?"

"Lead the way."/

/"Prowl, we found Optimus. We're enroute to his location now-these are the coordinates he gave."

"Understood."/

"Two months."

"What?"

"The Ark will reach orbit of Planet Dirt in two months. Now, questions will continue, yes?"

"Alright," Will said at last, once the interrogation had finished. "To sum this up, Alleycat knows everything about us, she has no memories other than ours that she can remember, and she was somehow able to create a sparkling, but there are no traces of Allspark radiation coming from her, and apparently, the Ark is on its way to Earth, ETA two months. Now what?"

"Now Scooter-cat sleep more." She said calmly, settling deeper into her pillows. "Scooter-cat trust soldiers."

"Man, this is going to be a whole lot of paperwork." Epps muttered, shaking his head.

She eyed him with her piercingly blue eyes. "Scooter-cat does not envy Epps work of paper. Paper is most annoying." With that declaration, she closed her eyes, instantly falling asleep.

"You know something?" Sam said into the silence that had fallen, randomly speaking a thought. "She sleeps a lot."

"Alley-cat,"

"Yes?"

"Listen closely. The outcome of the war depends on this."

"Scooter-cat listens."

"To save them you must . . ."

Author's Musings:

So the Ark is en route to Earth, but how is the Government going to handle Alleycat's knowledge?

And who is the mysterious "Them" the voice is talking about? Anyone want to guess? I'll give you a hint-it might not be who you're thinking of.