Bumblebee immediately activates his holoform.

"Will its okay! hey its okay." Bumblebee soothes, walking towards them. Will charges at them, eyes a bright red, and reaches for Sam, but Bumblebee is faster. he swoops his young charge out of the way as Will grasps at the air where Sam had previously been, before immediately teleporting away.

"Will? Will!" Ratchet shouts, looking around. "oh slag." Ratchet mutters. Bumblebee and Sam look over.

"Ratchet?" Sam asks hesitantly.

"he took Ironhide." Ratchet says softly. Bumblebee leaned around Ratchet and, sure enough, the berth the mech had been laying on was empty.

"oh shit." Sam mutters. Wheeljack bursts in quickly.

"Ratchet! I figured out what Ironhide was- where's Ironhide?" Wheeljack ask, his tone dropping into a dangerous one.

"Will lost his mind, tried to grab Sam and when he missed, he just... poofed and took Ironhide with him." Bumblebee explains.

"oh. no no no no! he's gone!? no!" Wheeljack shouts.

"Jack, what was Ironhide saying?" Ratchet ask.

"h-he was rambling in an ancient Cybertronian tongue that took forever to decipher, but I eventually-" Wheeljack starts. Ratchet grabs his shoulders.

"what did he say!?" Ratchet snaps. Wheeljack goes quiet a moment.

"it was ancient Cybertronian for danger. I don't know exactly whats happening. all I could decipher was someones name I've never heard of and then danger. something about a plan and a vision." Wheeljack said.

"what name?" Sam ask.

"some Prime I've never heard of." Wheeljack said. Ratchet shakes him by his shoulders.

"name Jack! name!" Ratchet snaps. Wheeljack flinches back slightly.

"i-it roughly translates to either Phoenix o-or like All Prime. something like that. it doesn't really translate properly." Wheeljack yelps.

"Will." Ratchet says, letting go. he turns and runs out of the medbay. "Optimus! we've got a problem!" Ratchet shouts, heading for the Primes office.

"Ratchet? whats going on? are you alright?"

Ratchet slams into the Primes office, making him jump.

"Ratchet-" Optimus starts.

"earlier you said you recognized the word Prime in Ironhides ramblings, I believe he was talking about Will. Will was going on and on about something to Sam, got angry when the kid didn't listen and tried to attack him. when Bumblebee stopped him, he tried to grab Sam and teleport away, but Bumblebee got in the way again. Wills eyes got all red and he was pissed Prime, he teleported from the medbay and he took Ironhide with him. Wheeljack translated enough from the ancient Cybertronian to understand Wills Cybertronian Prime name and that Ironhide was trying to warn us of danger. whatever Will saw, he's effecting Ironhide and now they're gone." Ratchet explains in a rush. Optimus is up in a second.

"can you track him?" Optimus ask.

"I haven't found anything. I did an intense scan on the way over to your office and I can't pick up anything." Ratchet said.

"our first plan is to find them. now. track Ironhide's spark signal if you have to, but we must find them now. with them out there, who knows where, we can't risk the Decepticons finding them first." Optimus says. Ratchet pauses in thought, mumbling the ancient Cybertronian on his glossia softly, before his optics widen.

"thats what he wants." Ratchet says, turning to head for the medbay quickly. Optimus looks confused and follows him quickly.

"what do you mean Ratchet?" Optimus ask.

"before he teleported out of the base, Will was putting off a Decepticon signal. he's trying to attract Decepticons, whether its him or its the Allspark. it translates roughly, but one of the words Ironhide was saying was trap. he said something about a trap and a vision. Will saw a vision. all of those little bots did too. I bet they're gone as well. he's unintentionally using Ironhide as bait. we won't be able to track Will, we have to track Ironhide. we'll never track Will he's gone fraggin' nuts. we have to track Ironhide." Ratchet explains.

"tracking Ironhide? Ratchet if you're correct we could be walking into the trap he's set for the Decepticons." Optimus explains.

"I'm not sure about anything Prime, I'm really not. for once, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I know if we leave them out there, something bads going to happen." Ratchet admits, slamming the medbay doors open. Wheeljack jumps.

"Ratch?" Wheeljack asks, hesitantly.

"can you track-" Ratchet starts.

"can't find Will." Wheeljack says quickly.

"Ironhide! track Ironhide!" Ratchet snaps. "and do it quickly. scan as far as you can." Ratchet said quickly. Wheeljack nods quickly and starts scanning.

"I got... Ratch I got him!" Wheeljack grins. he downloads the location of Ironhides spark signature.

"Autobots, roll out, but be careful." Optimus orders.

it had taken hours for them to hunt the two down, leaving the desert and entering a forrest. it quiet, the small team of 6 Ratchet, Optimus, Wheeljack, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker, all being careful to be quiet.

"Prime."

"Sunstreaker?"

"I've got optics on Ironhide."

"everyone relax, remain calm." Optimus says quietly. they edge carefully into a clearing, scanning the area. Will had to be around somewhere. Ironhide was laying either unconscious or in forced stasis, with strange markings carved into the dirt in a circle around the black mech. "Ratchet, check on Ironhide. Bumblebee, Wheeljack, go that way and search for Will. be careful. watch for traps. Sunstreaker, SIdeswipe, you two go this way. I'll stand here on sentry duty." Optimus says. "watch out for Will, something isn't right with him, he may attack you on accident, but do not hurt him." Optimus says.

"hurting Will would be hard, stay out of his reach, he might hurt you." Ratchet warns. he walks over to Ironhide, but the moment he tries to step past the symbols on the ground, a large blue glowing protective shield. "shit." Ratchet mutters, stepping back. "no one move." Ratchet orders. everyone freezes on the spot.

"Ratchet?" Optimus ask. Ratchet holds up a servo to keep him still.

"Ironhides bait, but he's protected by some sort of energy I've ever seen before. Wills watching. stay still. don't move." Ratchet says, firmly. "we need to find a way to wake Ironhide. if we can get to him and get him up, he might be able to tell us what Will saw. watch out for all the little bots as well. they could be out here hiding." Ratchet murmurs.

"this is a bunch of fraggin' nonsense. just break the old fragger out." Sunstreaker growls, aiming a gun at the shield.

"Sunstreaker no!" Ratchet shouts. its too late. the moment Sunstreakers gun fires up, a ring of glowing blue energy wraps around his foot. he's immediately yanked from his standing position and flung aside. "Will stop! wait! its us!" Ratchet yelps, jumping away from Ironhides body when a tree comes flying his way.

"Autobots, spread out! be careful!" Optimus shouts, dodging out of the way. "Ratchet see if you can't find Will and sedate him!" Optimus calls.

"I don't want him unconscious. we need to get Ironhide awake!" Ratchet snaps. "Wheeljack! I need answers on that shield and those symbols!" Ratchet shouts.

"its the same shield used to protect the Allspark! I recognize it from my research before the war! we used it to keep others off of it before the Decepticons went astray!" Wheeljack calls. he yelps when he's thrown into the air.

"Jack!" Ratchet shouts. "damn it! Prime you should recognise this! how to we disable it!?" Ratchet shouts, watching his bondmate disappear into the sky.

"I never got to see it! I was a youngling at the time Ratchet." Optimus reminds him. he grunts when Bumblebee is thrown into his back.

"s-sorry Prime." Bumblebee winces. he rolls off Optimus and gets up, the Prime slowly getting up behind him.

"incoming!" Sideswipe shouts, looking up.

"fraggin' pits!" Wheeljack yelps, landing hard beside Ironhide. "oh that hurt." Wheeljack winces. he makes no attempt to get up.

"Jack! how do we get Ironhide out?" Ratchet asks.

"we've gotta destroy the shield, or get a hit on Will! if we can activate his protoform, get the Allspark to understand he's outnumbered, it'll wake Ironhide! but its a long shot! there's a chance if we wake Ironhide, then he'll be in battle mode and then we're all fragged!" Wheeljack yelps.

"he's just an old man! we can take him!" Sunstreak snaps.

"he's not the weapons specialist for nothing Sunstreaker! Ironhide has more than just his cannons or a couple of guns!" Optimus warns, rolling out of the way. "if Ironhide gets controlled like Will, they we could I be in serious danger." he reminds them.

"the chances of us getting the shield down, are little to none Prime!" Wheeljack calls.

"then I guess its time for a wake up call!" Bumblebee shouts. he uses his pulse cannon to blast energy up under the shield, in an attempt to wake the older mech. the shield flickers slightly, but Ironhide remains motionless.

"Bumblebee!" Ratchet glares.

"hey! weak spot!" Sideswipe grins.

"forget Will, Autobots, throw everything you can at that spot!" Optimus shouts. Wheeljack slowly gets up of the ground wincing.

"is no one else worried about the fact that Ironhide could kill us all!?" Ratchet shouts. his only answer is the small team firing at the weak point of the shield. "alright, well frag me I guess." Ratchet says, aiming his gun at the shield.

"come on you grumpy old tailpipe, we're counting on you here." Sunstreaker mutters.

"watch out!" Bumblebee yelps, hitting the ground as a ball of energy comes flying their way.

"take out the shield, I'll handle Will." Ratchet grunts, getting up. "alright Will, come on now." Ratchet mutters, activating his emp in an attempt to cast a small shield over his friends.

there's a loud roar of anger and Ratch whips around. Ironhides sitting up on the ground, looking utterly lost and confused. if he didn't know the mech any better, he'd also have said the mech looked almost scared. he was looking around wildly, before feeling himself over.

"holy Primus. what the hell just happened?" Ironhide ask, looking around.

"Ironhide! somethings wrong with Will! what did you see!?" Ratchet ask. Ironhides optics flicker slightly, staring at Ratchet lost. he looks utterly horrified.

"where is he?" Ironhide asks, getting up slowly. Optimus helps him up carefully.

"we don't know. we can't find him. he's attacking us from all angles!" Bumblebee shouts. Ironhide winces a little.

"Will?" Ironhide shouts. "William! hey! you gotta stop this!" Ironhide shouts, looking around. he's scanning everything for his bonded.

"we can't find him-" Wheeljack starts. Ironhide turns abruptly.

"I can. can't hide from your bondmate." Ironhide mutters. he stares into the trees. "Will, hey, I know you saw. I know thats... that was a lot! but you're okay, you gotta stop this." Ironhide says. he's trying to pick his words carefully.

"Ironhide whats going on?" Optimus demanded. Ironhide frowns a little.

"Will.... he had some sort of vision. it was intense. its why all the little bots froze up, its why I froze up. he's not in control something else is. its not Will. he's.. he's there but he's not in control. we've gotta wake him up." Ironhide mutters. "Will I know you know its me." Ironhide says, carefully inching towards where he could sense Will was. the other mechs are still.

"Ironhide how do we help?" Bumblebee ask.

"just stay still." Ironhide says firmly. he takes a slow step forward. "Will, hey, hey, no its alright. its just our friends." Ironhide frowns, motioning towards the others. "William David Lennox, don't you- don't point that at me." Ironhide warns.

"whats happening?" Wheeljack asks.

"no idea." Ratchet mumbles.

"don't. move." Ironhide says firmly. "if I'm correct... he, he has one of my grenades. one of those ones you gave me a couple weeks ago Jack. one of the big ones. no one move. I can talk him down, but you all have to stay still or he'll kill us all." Ironhide warns.

"Wheeljack was the range on said grenades?" Optimus asks, hesitantly. Wheeljack gives a hesitant chuckle.

"uh, they're untested... but theoretically, it could erase the entire state of Arizona...." Wheeljack says nervously. "I-I made them because Will wanted to see what his shields could with hold and this was the next step..." Wheeljack adds.

"oh thats great. absolutely great. so some crazed maniac with the power to destroy the Autobot base, now has a grenade he can use to destroy an entire state, nice job Wheeljack." Sunstreaker snapped. "you fucking idiot." he growls.

"woah, woah. easy. you know Sunstreakers a hot head. lets take it easy Will." Ironhide says quickly, putting his servos out towards the direction Will is in. he's hoping Will might recognize him as a non-threat. "easy. everyone back up. slowly. just inch back. we've got him cornered and he doesn't like it." Ironhide says. everyone inches back carefully. "Will?" Ironhide ask. he receives an inhuman screech of Cybertronian telling him thats not his name.

"not his name... Wheeljack, what was it earlier?" Ratchet ask.

"I dunno. I couldn't tell. it was like Phoenix or All or something." Wheeljack said. Ratchet frowned desperately searching his memory banks.

"other words he was saying... fire, saviour, Phoenix, Allspark, Orion, Pax... Paxton." Ratchet says, looking over at Ironhide.

"what?" Ironhide ask.

"Paxton Prime. rough translation of old Cybertronian-" Wheeljack tries.

"its his Prime name." Ratchet snaps. Ironhide nods a little.

"uh, Paxton?" Ironhide asks. there's a screech of old Cybertronian and Ironhide straightens. "Praxon. okay. Praxon." Ironhide mutters. "Praxon, you've got to calm down. you need to relax." Ironhide says inching forward. another screech of the ancient language. "I know you won't. we both do. if you kill me, you'd kill you two. I'm your bonded." Ironhide frowns.

"I can't believe it. Ironhide understands this?" Wheeljack ask.

"I wasn't always a weapons specialist Jack. I studied the ancient languages for thousands of years before the war." Ironhide mutters. "its okay." Ironhide says, walking closer. the other mechs watched Ironhide slowly disappear into the forest.

"how long are we supposed to wait here?" Sunstreaker huffs.

"until Ironhide gives us the all clear." Ratchet snaps. "we're lucky he didn't wake up and try to kill us." Ratchet glared. he turns his attention to Wheeljack. "hey Jack, you took a pretty hard hit, you alright?" he asks.

"I'm fine. honestly, he was pretty gentle when he dropped me." Wheeljack mutters, rubbing his back a little.

"probably Will attempting to gain control." Ratchet ponders.

they all go silent for a few minutes, until they can feel Ironhide coming closer.

"Autobots, stand down." Optimus murmurs. Ironhide comes out of the woods slowly. Wills cradled in his palm, unconscious, naked, and completely covered in Allspark markings from head to toe.

"Ironhide?" Bumblebee asks hesitantly.

"lets go. we better get out of here now. Wills unconscious and Decepticons are on the way." Ironhide says.

"you heard him, lets get back to the base, quickly. Ironhide, pass Will to-" Optimus starts.

"he's riding with me, but nice try Prime." Ironhide warns. there's something dangerous in his voice that Optimus doesn't entirely trust, but he nods to show he understands.

"alright." Optimus agrees. Ironhide nods and transforms carefully around Will.