Knockout's P.O.V.

Elyon shuttered her optics and a small pulse of dark energon could be felt. "He's going to be missing his helm when I find him."

"Agreed. However now that he knows Knockout is not on his side, getting Aura and Eve back is going to a lot more tougher." said Bumblebee.

"I won't stop. I almost lost my daughter once, I am not losing her again!" I declared. "Alright then. The others are still recovering from the attack, so we'll get a head start with Magnus." said Bumblebee.

Elyon nodded, then recalled something. "... He doesn't know about me and Avis having our telekinesis."

"We can use that to our advantage." I said. "Then it's settled." replied Bumblebee. "We'll begin the search for the girls indefinitely."

Avis and Elyon nodded in agreement.

*********

Aura's P.O.V.

Once we arrived at the other side of the space bridge, Shockwave grabbed my arm and dragged me down the hall of a strange building. I had no idea where I was so I was debating whether to try and make a break for it. As we walked through the hallway, I spotted a certain Velocitronian walking towards us. "Ransack." I growled.

"LEMME GO!!! LEMME GO!!! JUST YOU WAIT MY MOMMY'S GONNA KICK YOUR AFT!!!" A small, copper-and-red femling was in his grasp, kicking and squealing.

"Who is she?" asked Shockwave. "I don't recall a small sparkling being part of the plan." "Turns out I was being played, so I took something from him." replied Ransack. Him? Wait a minute! "You son of a scrap metal! You kidnapped Knockout's daughter?!" I yelled.

"Once I figured it out, I realized that perhaps you other Autobots had the same idea. Turns out I was right since I discovered you were in the safe house." said Ransack. "How would you-- wait, you were in my dream. You went inside my head?!" I said in shock. "That courtical pyshic can do wonders when upgraded." he replied with a smirk.

I just gave a death glare as he smiled and motioned Shockwave to follow him. "This way." he said. The Deceptions led me and Knockout's daughter to a room at the end of the hall. Inside was a fancy palace like bedroom with energon for food and a berth. "What? No prison cell?" mocked the daughter. "I may be a villian, but I'm a civilized one." he replied.

But nonetheless she was thrown in and locked up. She screamed and banged on the door. "LEMME OUT!!! LEMME OUT!!!" As they turned to leave... "LET ME OUT!" The door dented! Shockwave turned swiftly around, and for once... fear was in his optic. "That is illogical. But yet...." His servo clenched.

"You boys are in trouble. She'll break out eventually." I said. "That is highly illogical." replied Shockwave. We walked to a room next door, similar to the one the daughter was in, and I was tossed into the room.

No sooner had they did when the denting increased, as if something was about to break through the door!

"Oh no she doesn't!" said Ransack. He slammed a button on the wall, and fully charged lasers shot out if the floor and doorway of Knockout's daughters room. If she touched it, she could be fried. "That will hold her." "Leave her alone! She has nothing to do with this, she's just a kid!" I begged.

"Sorry, no can do." replied Ransack. He walked over to the doors of my room and closed them shut, locking them.

I could hear sounds of something thumping and banging, then a small scream from outside. Then... 'You're Princess Aura, aren't you?' A voice whispered in my head!

"Wait, who said that?" I asked. I looked around the room but saw nothing. Then something came to mind. I closed my eyes and thought of a sentence in my mind. 'Yes that's me. Are you the girl?'

'Yes... My name's Eve. You're Princess Aura! I thought you lived inna palace! At least that's what my mommy and daddy said.'

'No, they're right. I do live in a palace.'

'So why are you here?'

'Lets just say someone wants to take our home for himself. And to do that, he needed to get me.'

'If I didn't need to touch something, I could get us outta here using my powers!'

'Same. If I tried to bust through the doors in my room, he might activate that same security system. I have a feeling we may be here for a while.'

'Just he wait! My mommy and Aunty are the daughters of Unicron!' There was a pause. '.... Oops.'

'Whoa, whoa, whoa, did you just say Unicron? As in the Chaos Bringer?'

*********

Ratchet's P.O.V.

"Cole, Rafael, stay here." I said. I packed up my medical kit and walked towards the bridge. "But--" pleaded Cole. "Stay here Cole. I know you want to see your sister, but right now isn't the time." I replied. "I'll be back shortly."

Cole sighed and looked down at the floor, evidently disappointed. I made my way through the ground bridge to find Ultra Magnus and Blitzstorm awaiting me.

"Where's the patients?" I asked. "Right this way." answered Blitzstorm. The two of them led me down the hallway and in to the med-bay. Smokescreen, Arcee, and Firestar each layed down on a med-bed while Wheeljack and Bulkhead sat on a bench. They all has scorch marks, bruises and cuts.

"By the AllSpark what happened to you lot?" I asked, moving to examine Firestar who was closest. "Shockwave and a bunch of Velocitronians thats what happened!" answered Wheeljack.

Firestar groaned a little as I started work on one of the more damaged parts of her body. "Velocitronians?" I repeated. "What were they here for?"

I didn't miss the looks that were exchanged between everyone in the room. Smokescreen then choked out, "Aura. They came for Aura."

"What? Why?" I asked. "Ransack wants to become King of Cybertron." answered Arcee. "He formed a partnership with Shockwave and the mad scientist showed up and kidnapped her." added Bulkhead.

"No..." I whispered. "This is all to do with the marriage law, I presume."

"Yes," Bumblebee said heavily.

"By the matrix. I first heard of that law all those years ago when Aura was just a sparkling, I had a worried feeling someone might try and take advantage." I explained. "But I never imaged it would be like this."

Once I finished with Firestar, I moved on with Smokescreen while Redalert and Fixit worked on Bulkhead and Wheeljack. "Smokescreen, how are you holding up?" I asked.

The mech shrugged. "Alright, I guess," he mumbled.

I patched up some most of the cuts and refuelled him with some energon. "They're all set." said Fixit. "Excellent. Take them to the wait room for some rest." I commanded. The two medics nodded as they helped the others out of the room.

Once they left, I faced Smokescreen. "You care about her? Don't you?"

He looked fairly shocked, but still nodded. "Yeah. I care for her, a lot." He looked down and sighed.

"Don't feel ashamed Smokescreen." I said with a smile. I patted him on his good shoulder while getting and walked over to a computer. "I had a feeling you'd develop feelings for her just a while after we found you on Earth." "Even if technically she was with Optimus?" Smokescreen spoke up.

"Y-yes." I choked up a little, hearing the name of my oldest friend.

I let out a sigh, making sure to keep my emotions in check. "But, sometimes things happen in life. Thus, people have to learn to move on. For example, when Aura was human she lost her father, but she moved on with Agent Fowler. Now that Optimus is no longer with us, Aura has learned to move on. And I think she's choosen you." I explained as I faced him.

Smokescreen sighed. "I guess you're right, Ratchet."

"Yes, yes. And truthfully, I don't think she could've chosen anyone better for her."

His optics widened. "But I couldn't stop them taking her."

"Everyone has set backs Smokescreen. You still have a chance." I assured.

"I'm going to get her back," he said determinedly, "no matter what."

I chuckled under my breath. "Now that's the Smokescreen I know."

***********

Aura's P.O.V.

'Uh oh... Daddy's not gonna be happy.' There was another pause. 'Y-yeah... See, he was imprisoned in earth's core, and during a star alignment his spirit was able to come into human form and daddy told me he created my mommy and Aunt Avis. They were human, and so was I, but we were all turned into Cybertronians when Cybertron came back to life. We have Dark Energon in our bodies instead of regular energon 'an we have telekinesis. Though mommy says I'm unique 'cause I also have telepathy.'

'Yes, I'm aware of the alignment. You know Eve, you and I have something in common.'

'Really? What is it?'

'We were both human.'

There was a pause. I could tell she was taken by surprise from this statement, so its only best if I explained myself.

'You see, a long time ago in the final hours of the invasion, I was killed while sacrificing myself to save Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. My body was cast out into space and it crash landed on Earth. A chain reaction with the organic DNA caused me to turn human. But I also lost my memory. So I grew up, became a special agent of the Pentagon, and I was known as Madalyn Romanoff. Not too long after the alignment, the power of the matrix brought me back to life.'

'Mommy had me on the Nemesis. I got really sick because I couldn't handle the dark energon in my body, and I was so sick I went to sleep, a coma for a really long time. Daddy says if Cybertron hadn't been restored and I wasn't there, he could've lost me.'

'That's pretty serious.'

I could almost feel Eve nodding her head. 'Do you like being a princess?'

'Yes I do actually. It has its moments.'

'I wish I was one sometimes. But daddy says people will hate me, mommy and Aunt Avis if we show them our powers, because everyone hates the Decepticons, and even worse Unicron.'

'Don't say that sweetie. Sure at first they didn't get along, but the war is over. Times have changed. Plus, I think you'd make a great Princess. And don't worry about your powers, they are what make you and your family special.'

'Daddy just doesn't want us all hurt. Neither does Uncle Bee. He loves Aunt Avis so much.'

'Yeah I heard those two were together. Your a good kid Eve. Don't forgot that.'

'Thank you Aura.' Aura. She called me just plain Aura.

'Your welcome Eve. Come on, its late we should get some sleep.'

'Okay... Nighty night.'

'Goodnight.' I could feel her presence leave my mind. I walked over to the bed and layed down, slowly closing my eyes and falling asleep.