Nahko's POV

We haven't heard anything from Optimus or the others since they left. I guess they are to deep under ground and to close to Unicron to get a comm signal. We are watching the news on the main screen, while we wait. "More than sixty volcanoes are erupting worldwide, and downtown Honolulu is under six inches of snow! Scientists continue to devise there is connectings between unprecedented natural disasters with the planetary alignment which" it stops as the signal is cut because of the storm.

"So who wants to play a game?" Nurse Darby asks. None of us say anything. As we are not in a gaming mood.

"That tears it!" Fowler exclaims heading for the elevator.

"Where are you going?" Nurse Darby asks him.

"I can't just sit on my hands when the world spins out of control" he states.

"And what exactly is that that you intend to do?" Ratchet asks him.

"Anything!" Fowler exclaims. "Hook up with my boys at the Pentagon, figure out a way to bury that monster for good" he states.

"In the event Optimus can't?" Ratchet asks.

"Don't you mean Optimus and Megatron?" Fowler retorts.

"No one here is thrilled about this arrangement, agent Fowler, myself included. But with Optimus and Megatron together again" Ratchet starts to say.

"Wow, wait, again?" Jack asks.

 "Megatron was an Autobot?" Raf asks.

"Optimus was a 'Con?" Miko asks.

"No, on either count. But, there was a time, back on Cybertron, in the twilight hours of the Golden age, when Optimus and Megatron were not sworn enemies. Do you recall when I mentioned that Optimus wasn't always a Prime? And he wasn't always Optimus, either. He was once a clerk, in the Iacon Hall of Records, named Orion Pax" Ratchet explains. I had heard a little about this from Jazz. Though it is nice to hear more of the story.

"What happened next?" I ask him.

"As he learned more about Cybertron's past, he grew increasingly concerned about the present corruption in high places, an inequality among the masses. Orion became inspired by the words
and ideas of a gladiator. One who had named himself after one of the thirteen original Primes, Megatronus. Megatronus vowed to challenge Cyberton's leadership and demand that all Cybertronians be treated as equals. This gladiator turned revolutionary rapidly to gather loyal following. Soundwave chief among them" Ratchet explains. I understand wanting everyone to be treated equally, but how did Megatronus become the Megatron we know today?

"Orion began corresponding with Megatronus who came to be something of the mentor to him. As Megatronus left the gladiatorial arena for the political, he saw fit to shorten his name. Before long, Megatron appeared before the High Council to propose his vision for a just society. And it was here that he began to reveal his true colours" Ratchet tells us. "Proclaiming the need to overthrow the old Guard with force and arrogantly demanding to be named the next Prime" he states. I already knew that part of the story thanks to Jazz, I hope he and the others are ok.

"But Orion did not believe in violence as a means of achieving justice. The sparks and minds of the Council were moved by Orion's words. Here, for the first time since Cybertron's Golden age,
stood someone worthy of being a Prime" Ratchet tells us proudly. "But that honour could
only truly be achieved by earning the legendary Matrix of Leadership" he states.

"What happened to Megatron?" I ask him curious.

"His ambitions thwarted, Megatron spitefully severed all ties with Orion and the Council,
and came to wage war on all who opposed him. Through his growing army of followers
which he named "Decepticons". He vowed to claim the Matrix for himself, wherever it might lie.
In time, warfare consumed Cybertron, poisoning the planet to its core. Orion journeyed there,
hoping to reverse the ill effects and found himself before the very Spark of our life-giver Primus himself. The ailing Primus sensed the innate nobility within Orion and bestowed the Matrix upon him. It was thus that the surprised and humbled Orion Pax came to be Optimus, the last of the Primes" Ratchet explains.

"Until my sister came along" Miko states.

"I'm not a Prime yet and I don't want to be" I remind her.

"So, Optimus got the Matrix from Cybertron's core, and now he's gonna give it to Earth's?" Miko asks Ratchet.

"What's to stop Megatron from just claiming the Matrix for himself this time around?" Jack asks.

"Only his greater desire to save this planet so that he may in turn conquer it! As he so compellingly argued" Ratchet states. "Provided the Lord of the Decepticons can ever be fully trusted" he adds.

"Well while we are all waiting for news, I want to know why I was not told about Nahko?" Fowler demands.

"Because my health is not your concern" I state.

"What's to stop this from happening to someone else? We need to be prepared" he states. "If MECH found out about this" he adds.

"Well they won't" I snap.

"Nahko's condition is unique and can't be replicated" Ratchet states. "At least not by humans" he adds.

"What do you mean by that?" Nurse Darby asks.

"Shockwave, a decepticon scientist was always messing with nature. He found techno-organics facinating" Ratchet states. "Luckily he perished on Cybertron, according to Arcee" he adds.

"What's this about her being a future Prime?" Fowler asks.

"I've had dreams, one was about Solus Prime. She was one of the original thirteen and the reason I am alive & changing into a techno-organic. The last one was about Primus and he deems me worthy of the title. But I don't see why" I state.

"Maybe he wants equality too" Raf states. We all look at him confused. "It was because of inequality that lead to war on Cybertron and maybe this is his way of showing us that all species are equal" he suggests.

"That actually sounds logical" Ratchet admits.

"It does" I agree with a small smile. If me becoming a Prime can help end the war and show that all forms of Cybertronian are equals. Maybe it isn't such a bad thing after-all. "But lets not focus on this right now, we need to try contact the others. Can you boost the signal Ratchet?" I ask.

"I can try" he states. He goes to the computer and Raf goes to help him. Miko hugs me and I hug her back.

"I love you" she tells me.

"I love you to Miko" I tell her. "I hope our parents are ok" I add.

"They are probably in the bunker" she states. I nod my head in agreement. I hope our host parents are ok too. And I hope Unicron is more focused on the others then looking for me. Otherwise we could all be in danger.

(Time skip)

"Communication links are down as expected. But we've lost their signal" Ratchet states.

"Doesn't that mean..." Raf stops talking.

"Usually. But the more likely explanation would be the severe interference caused by these electromagnetic anomalies" Ratchet explains.

"So, if we can't track them and they can't contact us" Raf says.

"How are we gonna know they are ready for pickup?" Miko and I ask together. Just then we all hear a tapping. We turn to see Jack playing with the key Optimus had given us.

"Jack be careful with that" I tell him.

"Where did you get that?" Ratchet asks.

"Optimus gave it to us" I tell him.

"Honestly, I don't know why he gave us the key to the ground-bridge power supply" Jack adds.

"Jack there is not key to the ground bridge" I tell him.

"What, then... What is this?" he asks looking at the key.

"That is the key to Vector Sigma" Ratchet states. I knew it.

"The what?" Jack asks.

"You are holding one of Cybertron's most important relics" Ratchet tells him.

"I shouldn't have this" Jack states offering it to Ratchet. Who refuses to take it.

"Optimus entrusted it to you, Jack. And Nahko" Ratchet tells him as I hold my hand out. Jack hands me the key and it glows faintly again. I ignore it and pocket it.

"But that doesn't make any sense, why?" Jack asks confused.

"Because he doesn't plan on coming back" Ratchet states. I go over to him and signal him to pick me up. He does so and places me on his shoulder.

"Don't worry Ratchet, Primus told me this might happened. He gave me a mission to get Optimus back if he doesn't return" I assure him in a whisper. He gives me a small smile and turns back to the computer. Leaving me on his shoulder as he works.

(Time skip)

There was an earth quake and Ratchet shielded us all. It stopped and the teams signals reappeared on screen. We all cheered, they had done it. They had put Unicron back to sleep, Earth is safe. Miko and I hugged while Agent Fowler hugged Nurse Darby. Awkward.

Ratchet sends them a ground bridge. But only Arcee, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and an unconscious Jazz return. No Optimus. We greeted the others happily. "Where's Optimus?" I ask them.

"Is he?" Ratchet asks.

"Dead, no" Arcee answers.

"But he looked right at us without recognizing us. Didn't even know his own name" Bulkhead explains.

"When Optimus surrendered the Matrix of Leadership, he lost more than the collective wisdom of the Primes. He lost his own memories" Ratchet states. "What's wrong with Jazz?" he asks as he scans him.

"He got hit hard, became unconscious" Arcee states. Bulkhead takes Jazz to the medical bay. Where Ratchet tends to him and he is soon awake again. He wished he could of talked to Optimus, he'd known him at Orion Pax. So maybe Optimus would of recognized him. But we can't do anything about that now. We have to find Optimus and Vector Sigma. So that we can restore his memories.

A/N

The end of season one Transformers Prime. See you all in the next chapter where season two begins. I hope you all are enjoying the story so far.