Mazikeen rubbed at her eyes as she slowly walked to the Medical Bay. Kaitlyn asked her to go there to show her something. Mazikeen sighed as she opened the doors, 

"Amy you better have a good reason to drag me out of training this early-"

She stopped as she saw Vincent there looking through machines,

"What do you think you're doing?"

Vincent looked up at her and sighed, 

"I wanted to look for Athena's records. She won't tell me anything about my kid, and I really want to be useful,"

Mazikeen crossed her arms and walked up to him, 

"Vincent. Do you not know how patient-doctor confidentiality works?"

Vincent sighed, 

"I can't be an exception?"

Mazikeen narrowed her eyes, 

"No. You can not. Now. I suggest you leave before Ratchet, Jolt, and Kaitlyn come back,"

"But they shouldn't be back for another thirty minutes,"

Mazikeen frowned before she slowly turned to him, 

"How do you kn-"

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞

The twins were with Will and Optimus when it happened. They screamed out in pain and clutched their chassis. Optimus immediately put his servos on their shoulders, 

"Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, what's wrong?"

They closed their optics in pain. Will gasped, 

"MYNX!"

Optimus's optics widened at the realization as the twins nodded with grunts. Optimus immediately grabbed Will from the ground and looked at the twins, 

"Where is she?"

They yelled out in pain, and Optimus's optics widened as they fell into recharge, 

"That's not good,"

Will frowned in concern,

"Prime? What's going on?"

Optimus immediately started running, 

"Something very bad,"

Will felt his heart drop, 

"Check the med bay,"

Optimus nodded. He picked up Will and quickly ran to the Medical Bay. They just got there as Ratchet, Jolt, and Kaitlyn were about to go in. Ratchet glanced over at Optimus in concern, 

"Prime? What's going on?"

Optimus shook his head, 

"The twins went into recharge. Where is Mazikeen?"

Ratchet and Jolt shared a look as Kaitlyn frowned in confusion, 

"I told Maze to meet us inside-"

They walked in and immediately saw that Mazikeen wasn't there. Optimus set Will down as Will panicked, 

"Oh, I am so getting the worst kind of deja vu right now,"

Optimus knelt down to Will's level, 

"Will-"

Will shook his head, 

"No, just. I need a second. I need this entire base on lockdown,"

He immediately sounded the alarm and looked at Optimus, 

"You have to get all the Autobots in the hanger, see if any of them know, and also try to get the twi-"

"RATCHET!"

They turned to see Jazz running in with Athena on his servo, 

"IT'S TEX!"

Ratchet immediately took the small Autobot from Athena's arms before Jazz set her down. Ratchet frowned,

"Oh, no,"

They all looked at him as he scanned Tex. He immediately looked at Optimus, 

"Are the twins like this too?"

Optimus nodded, 

"Yes, which is why we came here,"

Ratchet sighed, 

"They are all perfectly healthy...something else has caused them to fall into stasis,"

Athena frowned with Kaitlyn, 

"What?"

Jazz's optics widened, 

"No,"

Jolt sighed and placed a servo on his shoulder, 

"She-"

"No, no, no! That's impossible!"

Jolt winced as he was shoved off, 

"Jazz!"

Jazz shook his head, 

"There is no possible way that the Decepticons could have taken her again! We have trackers all over this fragging place!"

Will expression fell as another epiphany hit him, 

"She...she wasn't taken by the Decepticons,"

That made all of them stop arguing and look at him, 

"She was taken by a human,"

Athena walked up to him, 

"Why...why would someone take her?"

Will looked down and sighed, 

"We have been getting a lot of intel about black market sales on Cybertronian weapons. We have yet to be able to trace it to the source...and I think that Mynx was taken because of her large knowledge on you guys."

Ratchet growled, 

"This is exactly why we did not-"

"I KNOW!" 

Ratchet sighed as Will looked up at him, 

"I know Ratchet! Come on! We have been fighting side by side for years! I have never trusted anyone more quickly than you Autobots. I know the same goes for Mynx, regardless of her own shit she got going on. What I do know is that we need to hunt those people down. Someone took her from inside this Med Bay. We need to find out who the mole is."

Kaitlyn smirked, 

"Lucky for you bastards, I installed cameras!"

Ratchet and Jolt immediately looked at her, 

"YOU WHAT?!"

Kaitlyn waved her hands, 

"Oh, don't get your gears in a twist. I installed them outside looking at the door!"

Jolt nodded, 

"Who has access to them?"

Kaitlyn immediately frowned, 

"Oh,"

They saw her glance at Tex, and they all frowned disheartened. Will nodded and pulled out his phone, 

"I'm calling Eddie,"

Jazz crossed his arms, 

"Why?"

Will patted his foot, 

"Because, Jazz, Eddie is the only one that has that bracelet that can possibly track her. One thing I love about Mynx? She's always prepared,"

Athena sighed, 

"Yeah, always has."

Will frowned as it went straight to voicemail, 

"Come on, Eddie,"

He immediately called the next person who would be able to get a hold of Eddie, 

"This is Robert Nash of the 118. How can I help you?"

"Bobby. Look, you don't know me, but I'm friends with Eddie. I need him to fucking pick up my call!"

"Eddie just left. He said he had something very important to do for a friend. Who is this?"

Will sighed, 

"Will Lennox,"

He heard a chuckle from the other side, 

"Oh, that's easy. Eddie is heading straight to you."

Will frowned, 

"What?"

"Yeah, he told us that he had important military things to attend and that he would be gone for a few days,"

"Oh, okay, yeah thanks, Bobby,"

"Anytime, just watch over him,"

"I will,"

Will hung up and looked at everyone staring at him, 

"Well, Eddie is already on his way, so let's get everyone to the hangar. Aura I am putting you as a temporary Captain, Damion is the temporary Commander as of now. You have to tell him we are under complete lockdown. No one leaves this fucking base unless we know it. Round up everyone and find Damion. He should have already started rounding everyone up."

Athena immediately saluted and glanced at Tex,

"Just let me know when he wakes up,"

Will nodded and patted her shoulder, 

"I will, now go,"

Athena nodded, and she grabbed Kaitlyn's hand, 

"Come on, you too, Amy,"

Kaitlyn sighed, but the two girls left. Will looked up at Optimus, 

"Did you get a hold of all the Autobots?"

Optimus nodded, 

"Yes, they are all going to meet us in our rec room, let's go,"

They immediately ran over and saw the Autobots assembled around the twin's stasis bodies. Arcee was the first to notice them, 

"Optimus! It's Sunstreaker and Sideswipe!"

Optimus sighed and nodded, 

"We know."

Ironhide crossed his arms, 

"Well, what happened to them?"

Ratchet sighed. Jazz showed them Tex in his hands, 

"They all fell into recharge,"

Ironhide's optics widened in realization, and immediately looked around, 

"Where is Maze?"

That caused everyone to look around for their liaison. Will sighed, and Optimus held him up in his servo, 

"Mynx was kidnapped by humans. That is our best guess because Decepticons would not be able to get on this base without us knowing."

Chromia growled, 

"Humans would kidnap each other?"

Will sighed and nodded, 

"Unfortunately...yes...we have been getting intel that some of your weapons have been getting sold on the black market...to who? We don't know. Because Mynx has such a vast knowledge of you guys, she must have been taken because of that. To use her."

They all looked up as they heard a familiar flight sound and gasped as they saw Phoenix flying in, 

"MAZIKEEN!"

Phoenix's helmet came down to show a furious Eddie Diaz, 

"Who the FUCK left Maz unattended?!"

Will frowned, 

"Eddie?"

Eddie nodded at Will as he landed, 

"Yeah. I was doing some chores in the fire station when Phoenix came flying toward me! She told me that Maz was kidnapped by a human, and she couldn't interfere. So, who left her alone?! I thought because she was the Liaison, she shouldn't be left alone!!"

Will immediately put a hand on Eddie's shoulder, 

"Diaz, calm down,"

Eddie shook his head and sighed as Phoenix went back into her device, although she stayed on his chest,

"Lennox. It's Maz we are talking about! This is different from when the Decepticons took her! We know what the Cons wanted from her. We don't know who these people are!"

The Autobots observed the argument as it continued, feeling pangs of guilt hitting their sparks,

"Don't you think I know that?! She is important to me, too! I tried contacting you to see if she activated the bracelet!"

Eddie sighed and raised his arm to show the blank bracelet, 

"She hasn't."

Will frowned, 

"That...that doesn't make any sense,"

Mirage finally made the first move and knelt down near them, 

"What if she is still not awake?"

They all turned to him, and Mirage shrugged, 

"Well, you would have to assume that she was knocked out. Maze always puts up a fight, so maybe she has not woken up yet? I'm not sure why Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, and lil Tex aren't,"

Optimus sighed, 

"I can explain,"

Mirage stood up as all the Autobots looked at Optimus,

"Mazikeen Witwicky has been an ally of ours since Mission City, as you all know. What we have failed to tell some of you is...Mazikeen is the vessel for the All Spark's Power."

That caused Smokescreen, Prowl, Bluestreak, and Mirage to gasp. Smokescreen tilted his head, 

"Why didn't you tell us?"

Ironhide crossed his arms, 

"Cuz, Maze does not like making a big deal about it. She only wanted to keep it on the down-low,"

Ratchet nodded, 

"Especially since she has yet to figure out how to create a full sparkling, Tex is her creation, which is why he prefers to be around her at all times. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe have had a familial bond with her ever since the three met. In fact, we all have a small semblance of a bond with her. She has explained to me that she can see all of the bonds she has, the strongest ones being her brothers and Tex."

Prowl frowned, 

"So...did anyone else feel anything when she was put into recharge?"

Eddie and Will watched them all closely, and Jazz sighed, 

"I felt dread wash over my alloys,"

They all agreed and looked to the two humans. Will sighed, 

"I w-"

They all paused as they heard groans. They immediately looked and saw Sunstreaker and Sideswipe slowly onlining their optics,

"I feel like I was fragging hit by a bus,"

Sunstreaker grumbled, 

"Did we get punched by Ironhide again?"

Arcee chuckled, 

"No,"

Then they immediately shot up, 

"Aero!"

Ratchet glared at them, 

"You two better sit your asses back down! You just woke up!"

Sunstreaker shook his head, 

"Where is she?"

Will sighed, 

"Sunstreaker, Sideswipe,"

The two looked at him, 

"She was taken by humans. We are trying to learn who,"

Sideswipe frowned, 

"Why would she be taken by her own species?"

Eddie sighed, 

"Because...they want her for the knowledge she has of you guys,"

Sunstreaker frowned, 

"What the frag did we miss? When did Eddie get here?"

Jolt smirked, 

"Well, he got here because Phoenix picked him up, so you two sit the frag down so we can figure this out."

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞

Frenzy immediately jumped at the sound, 

"Master! It's Squishy!"

Barricade immediately pulled over, and Frenzy took out the small device, 

"Where?"

Frenzy started calculating, 

"It is far. But it will only take us a day to get there."

"Put it into the GPS. We have to help her,"

"Okay! Let's go save Squishy!"