I decided to skip Convoy, as I was not a huge fan of that episode and I really want to get to Predatory. Which will be the next chapter as I am skipping Speed Metal also. I hope you are all enjoying the story so far and understand why I wish to skip these two episodes. Time for Deus Ex Machina.

Nahko's POV

"Where's Miko?" Bulkhead asks as I get in after school.

"Detention, again" I tell him. "She hasn't done her history report yet" I state.

"Have you?" he asks.

"Yep and I've offered to help her. But she thinks history is boring Well that any form of learning is boring" I tell him. "I just want her to be successful in life and get a good job one day. But she doesn't seem to care" I state. "Mum and dad called the other day, both are disappointed that Miko isn't doing as well as I am academically in school" I tell him.

"I'm sure she will find somethin she is passionate about and then you won't be able to get her to stop researching it" he states.

"I doubt it" I tell him with a chuckle. "She only cares about fun, music and monster truck rallies" I list. "Speaking of music, lets listen to some while we wait" I suggest. He starts up some music. Not long after Miko appears and gets in.

"I love this song!" she cheers.

"Yeah! Miko, I thought you had a history report to do. Did detention end early?" Bulkhead asks her.

"I doubt it" I mutter.

"It did for me" she states.

"Then why is Mrs McDonald heading this way, looking mad?" I ask her.

"Step on it, Bulkhead!" she yells and I roll my eyes.

"Ah Miko" he groans and shots off. "Miko, I'm supposed to be your and Nahko's guardian, not your getaway car. You can't just cut detention. What if your parents found out?" he asks her.

"They live in Tokyo, remember? And don't even worry about our host parents. I think I scare them" she states.

"Miko, they are not scared of you and if you skip detention again. I will tell our parents" I tell her. She just roll her eyes as we near base. "Tonight we are working on your report" I tell her.

"Yeah yeah" she says.

"Miko, listen If you fail high school, you can't go to, Uni-- , it's "keys" -- , "codge" -- Wait, wait. W-what's that word again?" Bulkhead asks as we reach the base.

"College and University" I tell him.

"You sound like our parents" Miko complains as we get out of Bulkhead.

"Well, aren't they Japanese?" he asks her confused.

"They may speak a different language, but you say the same things" she tells him.

"Because we want the best for you. And that means making sure you go to school, not jail" he states.

"I doubt she'd go to jail" I assure him.

"Uh-oh. What'd you do?" Jack asks Miko.

"She skipped detention" I tell him. "And has neglected to do her history report" I add.

"Look, Miko, before I became a warrior, I was a laborer. Construction. I can build stuff. I can break stuff. And that's it" Bulkhead tells her.

"I love breaking stuff" Miko tells him. "I want to be just like you, Bulk" she states.

"Why would you want to be like me when you can be a-a medic like Ratchet?" Bulkhead asks her.

"I'm detecting a fresh energon pulse from the nation called Greece. An ancient city. Quite historic, I believe" Ratchet states.

"Ancient Greece, huh? Oh, field trip" Bulkhead declares. He takes Miko and I with him to Greece. He was scouting for energon while I am to help Miko with her history report.

"You punked me, Bulk? Not cool" Miko complains.

"Oh grow up, now lets see what research we can do" I state. She grumbles and follows me. While Bulkhead starts scouting for energon. "Whoa!" I exclaim running over to an ancient painting. "Check this out Miko, do y have any idea how old this painting is?" I ask her.

"Don't care" she says.

"That's an interesting orb" I add looking at the orb in the painting. Bulkhead looks over.

"That's Cybertronian" he states and I look at him surprised.

"Really? But why would the Greek god Poseidon be holding it?" I ask him.

"Better, question is why would ancient Greeks paint an energon harvester?" he states. That is a good question. Miko takes her phone out, taking a photo of the painting.

"You know what that round thing is? You're smarter than you let on" she teases. Before I could tease her back, we hear another voice behind us.

"But even dumber than he looks" the voice states. We turn to see a decepticon. One I've never meet before, but judging by the look in it's and Bulkhead's eyes, they know each other.

"Breakdown" Bulkhead sneers. As I grab Miko pulling her behind me.

"Miss me?" Breakdown asks him.

"Like rust in my undercarriage" he growls.

"You know this lunkhead?" Miko asks him.

"Shush" I hush her as the con looks at us.

"We have a history" Bulkhead admits.

"And you have two pets" Breakdown says looking at us with an evil glint. He grabs a stone pillar. "Do they play catch? Catch" he says tossing it at us. I tackle Miko away from it glaring at Breakdown. No one threatens my sister.

"Miko, Nahko stay down" Bulkhead tells us. He and Breakdown begin to fight as I cover Miko. We watch the fight and soon Breakdown tosses Bulkhead into the painting. Destroying it.

"Hope the pretty picture wasn't too important" he sneers and leaves. He transformed into a car and drove away. Which was surprising, I thought most cons were fliers.

"Told you I'm good at breaking things" Bulkhead grumbles as he gets to his feet.

"We're just glad you're ok" I tell him.

"Besides we always have your back, Bulk. I got us a picture of the picture" Miko states showing it to him. He called base and we returned by ground bridge. We should the others the painting on the main screen.

"It is indeed an energon harvester. A powerful tool created by the ancients to remove raw energon from any source" Optimus explains.

"Greek gods knew autobots?" Raf asks him.

"No. The ancients often used the art of a given era to conceal messages. This fresco was likely a signpost indicating a harvester's location hidden somewhere on this planet" Optimus explains.

"Optimus, if the harvester removes energon from anything, and you all have energon pumping inside you?" Jack asks. I touch my chest, I have a shard of energon inside me.

"In Decepticon hands, the harvester would be a devastating weapon" Optimus confirms and I shiver.

"See? You were a genius to total that painting" Miko tells Bulkhead.

"Miko's not wrong. How can the 'cons find the harvester without the fresco?" Arcee asks.

"With high-speed Internet. If you do an image search for "Greek God" and "golden orb," this pops up" Raf explains showing us it laptop screen. On it is a Poseidon statue holding an orb. "It's in a museum" he states.

"That the real deal?" Arcee asks Optimus. Who exams the picture closely. He tells Ratchet to contact agent Fowler. But it goes to voice mail.

"You've reached special agent William Fowler. I'm currently on an intensive training retreat and unavailable until Tuesday" the voice mail recording states.

"I hate talking to machines" Ratchet grumbles.

"Without agent Fowler's direct aid, we will have to confiscate the harvester on our own" Optimus states.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Confiscate? As in steal museum property?" Jack asks.

"That sounds illegal" Raf adds.

"Technically it's their property" I tell them nodding to the autobots.

"I do not wish to break human law. But once the Decepticons learn of the harvester's location, they will not hesitate to obtain it by any means necessary. We must act covertly" Optimus states.

"Okay, n-no offense, Optimus, but covertly and giant robots don't really go together. Museums are public. A-and they have guards and security cameras" Jack lists.

"No problem! We're small enough to sneak in. And we are not a government secret" Miko states.

"She makes a good point" I agree and they all looked shocked.

"Miko, I'm not sure that's wise and I am surprised you agree with her Nahko" Bulkhead tells us.

"But it may be our best option, Bulkhead. The longer we debate, the more time we give the Decepticons" Optimus states.

"Great, now didn't we see a sky jack the other day Miko?" I ask her.

"Yep, follow me!" she cheers running down the stairs. I follow and we soon found it. And it still works. I drive it to the main room. Raf and Jack get on and I see the other bots not hear.

"They went to set up a perimeter around the museum. Once Optimus gives the all clear, I will send you four" Ratchet tells us. We nod our heads and get into position. We are soon given the all clear and bridge to the museum. First thing we did, was Miko took a photo and used her phone to cover the camera. So that we wouldn't be seen on it, though we still have to wary of guards or the decepticons showing up.

I move us over to the statue. The over three start to try move to harvester onto the sky jack. When we hear glass break, we look to see the cons have arrived. "We better move fast" I tell them. They nod their heads in agreement. Though we were all worried about Optimus, we just have to trust the others will help him. As they are very close. If only we had a way to contact them, we could warn them and comm Ratchet ourselves.

Suddenly the alarm goes off and I curse. We finally got the harvester onto the sky jack. "Come on, time to make our exit" Miko states pointing to a hallway. I nod and drive the jack that way after lowering it. Miko got off and ran ahead. I wanted to yell at her to wait, but I didn't want to alert any human guards to our presence.

She finds a roller and presses a button. It starts to open. Before we round the corner we hear her get captured by a guard and I curse. "Not good" Jack says.

"You think?" I ask him sarcastically while scratching my left arm. It's been itchy recently. No idea why. We see a pair of legs under the roller door. "Who's that?" I ask the boys.

"Arcee" Jack says excited. But it was revealed not to be Arcee. But Soundwave, instead.

"It's Soundwave" Raf gulps nervously.

"Guys we can't beat him, step aside" I tell them.

"Are you serious?" Jack asks me. I ignore him looking up at Soundwave.

"You can have the harvester, we won't stop you" I tell him. As I pull the boys away from it. I gesture to Soundwave to take it. He does so and leaves.

"Why did you let him take it?" Jack asks.

"I don't have a death wish for one thing" I tell him. "Besides, there's still a chance the autobots can retrieve it. We should tell them about Soundwave and Miko" I state. They agree and we run to the front of the museum to see the other cons are gone. We tell the autobots about Soundwave and Miko. We return to base.

Once at base, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee started going to unminable energon deposits searching for cons. While Bulkhead kept trying to reach Agent Fowler. I decide to do Miko's history report to distract myself. Bulkhead then figured out where the cons would most likely be and went back to Greece alone. Ratchet called the others back and sent them after him. Turns out he was right about the location, though he was drained of a lot of energon before he destroyed the harvester. But he'd make a full recovery and the cons no longer have the harvester.

It wasn't until the next day we finally got through the Agent Fowler. He was annoyed by all the messages, but calmed down once we explained the situation. Bulkhead and I went with him to retrieve Miko. Though Bulkhead and I waited outside while Fowler went into the museum alone. We had a replicated of the harvester put in the museum.

Miko smiled when she saw us, she ran over hopping in. I hug her tightly. "Easier killer" she tells me and I smile letting go. "Good timing, Bulk and Nahko. I was running out of history factoids, stuff I didn't even know I knew!" she cheers.

"Looks like you're smarter than you let on" Bulkhead tells her. I smile, guess she won't need the history report I had written for her, after all.

"Under pressure" she tells him as she buckles up.

"Me too" he agrees.

"I can't wait to finish my history report. I'm gonna write all about how the autobots interacted with ancient civilizations" she states. I just shake my head smiling at her.

"Uh, I'm not so sure that'll get you into college, Miko" Bulkhead tells her sheepishly.

"Who cares, at least she is excited about it and is wanting to do it" I tell him. "I call it a win" I state. He hums in agreement and drives off. He takes us home and Miko does her history report, she didn't get an A. But she got a pass for creativity and for just doing her homework for the first time ever. I think the teacher hopes it'll encourage her to do more of her school work in future. But I doubt it will.

A/N

Picture above of the Energon Harvester.