Transformers The Hatchling

Final frontier

No POV

Jack had arrived back 48hrs later after quitting the team after Arcee had spoke some sense into the boy. Once Jack had dismounted Arcee's vehicle mode he took off his helmet with a sheepish look on his face. " Hey, guess who's back." He looked around everyone was here except one large member of the team. "Where's Stormchaser?" Everyone looked to Optimus with worry on their faces. "Stormchaser has gone into a deep stasis or what you would call hibernation. When she will wake is unknown but she is fine. Autobots get ready to roll out." Arcee was confused unaware of the previous conversation on ground bridging to the space bridge outside earth orbit. "Where to?" She asked looking to Optimus but Miko answered first. "The final frontier." Arcee didn't understand this earth saying but Jack translated for her. "Space but I thought they didn't have a way to get there." Bumblebee lowered Raf to the ground. "They don't, not really." Raf said a little worried at the danger the autobots were about to put themselves in. "Be seeing you?" Jack said to Arcee who gave him a reassuring smile while stepping towards the ground bridge. 

Ratchet powered up the ground bridge as the kids said their goodbyes to their guardians. Ratchet turned to Optimus "Optimus if you leave me stranded alone on this planet teaming with humans, I will never forgive you." Ratchet said seriously. "Until we meet again old friend. Autobots roll out." The four Autobots transformed into their vehicle mode and drove through the ground bridge. The kids waited for news of their success. 

"They made it to the ground bridge." The kid cheered in relief the Autobots opened a link com system to hear everything being said. "It's appears the Decepticons have sustained serious damage to their interstellar navigation system." Optimus reported to Ratchet. "AH. That's my handy work." He sounded surprised at his own unintentional achievement. "Great job bulkhead. Without the dish, Megatron will be unable to aim the spacebridge at cybertron." Which was a short-lived relief. 

"Don't the Decepticons know where their own planet is?" Raf asked Ratchet who replied "Naturally but cybertron is many light-years away to reach their target, their aim must be astronomically precise." So the question going through everyone's mind was why Megatron was gathering his forces to the space bridge then. "If Megatron went to the trouble to rendezvousing with his space bridge he must have a alternate targeting system. A remote one" Optimus warned. Back at base Ratchet scoffs "From what I know of earth's technology, I doubt there's a single radio-telescope dish on this planet powerful enough to pinpoint cybertron." Raf had an ideaand began to type away at one of the many computers. "What about a whole bunchof linked radio-telescope dishes, like the giant-size array in Texas?" 

Ratchet interupted "This is not child's play." Optimus on the other hand thought is might work. "Good thinking Raf, Ratchet have agent fowler alert the arrey staff to the security hazard." At that point Fowler bolted upright from his medical bed. "You soldier, Your out of uniform! Put on some pants." Then he colapsed back onto the bed. "That maybe a challenge." Ratchet told Optimus. Raf tried to hack into the systems. "I can't get past the array's firewalls, they're too thick." Raf hit the keyboard in frustration. "You actually think you could keep the Decepticons out?" Ratchet said surprised at Raf's effort. "Maybe if I could get in." Raf looked sad at failing everyone but Jack had an idea. "Wait what if we could get you all the way in, like inside the building in?" Raf had a look of determination at the new plan. "I could walk into their internal network on the other side of the firewall." 

Optimus only saw a risk to the child. "The risk is too great. The Decepticons will be there perhaps even on site." Now all three of the kids had a look of determination. "Optimus, with all due respect, you said it yourself. This is bigger than the safety of three humans." Jack reasoned Miko agreed. "Yeah, if we let the Con's win, we're fragged along with everyone else on our planet." Optimus relented. "Raf?" Optimus asked to make sure all of the kids were up to the task. "I want to give it a shot." Optimus sighed "Understood, Ratchet get them into that site and be ready to ground bridge them back." Optimus ordered before the first wave of attack came into view. "Here comes the welcoming committee." Bulkhead said readying his blaster.