Chapter two: We're so going to paint-bomb Wheeljack when we get back…oh look! Another wasp-bot!

Tallen shook her head, "What's wrong with you? If you're not Powers then you should at LEST heard of us, practically everyone has by now..."

Rhinox examined her for a moment. "What time are you from?" He asked.

"Ahh..." she blinked, thinking, "Forgot the date, date. But we're from the Fourth Great War, the War of Power; it was right after the Third Grate War. Well it started IN that war but turned into another war. Why?"

Rhinox sat down. Hard. He stared at her, mouth agape.

"What'd I say?"

"But...the fourth Great War...that was five wars ago!"

Both Powercons gave him blank looks. "...was not." Tallen said at last optic/goggles flashing in confusion.

"Hate ta burst yer pretty liddle bubble, sweetheart, but the last great war was the Ninth Great War, the Last War of the Autobots." Rattrap frowned.

"...There isn't 'Ninth Grate War' though." Tallen looked at Simmer, "Right?"

Simmer gave her a "I got here this morning what do you think?" look, blinking. She shrugged.

"What's the last thing you can remember?" Rhinox asked.

"Wheeljack's new toy went 'boom'." the wasp said watching as Optimus Primal came back in with Dinobot and Silverbolt, "I tried to shield us with energy but something went wrong and the next thing I know she," Tallen jerked her thumb over her shoulder at Simmer, "Is crashing on top of me. Then the...monkey-snowboard guy shoots at us." she made a face under her guard.

Optimus glared at her, while Rhinox nodded thoughtfully. "The energy and explosion might have made a time warp portal that locked onto our signal and brought you back here." He nodded to himself. He got blank looks from the two new bots, giving him a '...what?' look.

He sighed, "You time traveled."

THUD!

"WHAT!" Tallen yelped, got back to her feet and stared at the old Maximal then looked back at her fellow Powercon, "We're so going to have to get 'Jack back for this..."

Simmer stared at Tallen, blinking her large eyes, Whhhhhhhy did I end up with her? Why? Unknown to Simmer, it was because the two evil authors writing this had decided on it.

"Who are these ladies?" Silverbolt asks, seeing how everyone had fallen silent, "Guests?"

Simmer watched him, blinking. Ladies? Where?

Tallen sniffed, her wings buzzing, "I have never been accused of being a 'lady' pleaseandthankyou. And we can't stay here!" the wasp danced in place with nervous energy.

Simmer nipped at her heels to keep her still and gave her a 'why the heck not?' look.

"You don't get it yet Simmer, you're not Bound to anyone. I am!" Tallen whimpered, "I don't want to be away from Sunny and Sides, there my Autobots." her wings dropped and she fidgeted at the thought of losing the two she'd given her life to.

"Don't worry," Cheetor smiled, ever the optimist. "We'll figure out a way to get you two back."

Wide silver optics looked back at him with both hope and doubt. It really was shocking how alike Tallen was to Waspinator... Simmer, seeing her friends worried look, gently nuzzled her head against her friend's leg. The insect type Powercon scratched her friend's head, remembering that Dragger like his head scratched too for some reason before looking back up, "So...now what?"

"Why don't we set up quarters for you two so you can rest?" Rhinox suggested. "We have an extra room near the med bay."

Both filched at the term 'med bay.' They were use to Ratchet's rule of "If you're not hurt GET OUT!" as he was working on someone. Though it never really stopped a worried Power from sneaking in to his or her bot if their where hurt. One wouldn't believe how many times Ratchet had kicked Powercons out of his med bay.

Simmer frowned and brushed her throat with her tail; she didn't want any medic near her vocalizer. Ever. She looked up at Tallen and shrugged; what else could they do? Rhinox smiled.

"Good! Follow me."

"Ookaay.." Tallen hopped into the air, a habit born of living with Autobots (it was much easer to fly after Bots then run after them) and fallowed. She squished past a very large and very scary looking Dinobot before bolting after the rhino-bot. Simmer sprinted after her, stretching out her stiff paw. She followed Tallen down the hall, smiling as her paw held her weight. Tallen buzzed and looked everywhere but where she was going, not use to being in a small ship, so she ran smack into Rhinox when he stopped and turned around.

"...ow..."

Rhinox chuckled. "Are you alright?"

Standing behind Tallen, Simmer snickered.

"I'm okay!' The Powercon bounced back to her feet, "That happenz all the time, I'm uze to it." she looked away, flushing some under her guard before giving Simmer a raspberry.

Simmer stuck her tongue out at the wasp, enjoying herself.

Rhinox chuckled and opened the door to their new quarters. Two beds and a desk were the only furniture. A pile of blankets and skins were in the corner. Simmer bound across the room and into the pile of comfortable things. She curled up on top and squeaked in satisfaction.

Tallen walked in, looked around and zeroed in on the first thing that shined and horded it before really looking around.

Rhinox chuckled and left the two to their own devices while he went to work in the med bay.

The wasp sat on her bunk for a minute, glancing over at Simmer before getting up and checking the door. her wings drop down and she looks around the room tell she finds what she's looking for.

Simmer watched her quietly with large amber eyes as she settled her nose in-between her paws and got ready for a nap.

Tallen's wings come alive with mad buzzing as she flies up to a small camera they didn't see at first. the Powercon puts her hands on her hips and glares at it, "It'z very rude to lock zzome one up when they didn't' do anything to you!" she shorted the camorra with a tiny pulse of energy and sat back on her buck.

Simmer gave her a "how rude" look and shut her eyes.

"Oh slag a chevy." Tallen curled up herself, wishing she was with one or both of the twins.

Simmer gave her a soft smile and fell into a deep sleep.

An hour later Tallen poked Simmer softly, "Hey, you awake?" Simmer glared at her. Now I am...

"...can I," the wasp buzzed and looked away, then back, "is it okay if I buck with you? I'm not use to being by my self. I don't like it anymore since I'm always with the twins..."

She grinned and moved over on the pile of blankets and skins, tucking herself into a small ball, she curled up against Tallen's side. The wasp curls back up and the two doze off, that's how Rhinox fines then later: conked out.

Rhinox chuckled to himself and moved one of the blankets over them. He quietly left; they needed the rest.

"Zzzzzzz(buzz)zzzz..." The bug buzzed softly in her sleep as the rhino left. He chuckled; she really could be Waspinator's sister. If he though too much on it he would have found that thought scary...

A few hours later, Simmer woke up tangled with Tallen's limbs. She bit the very tip of her friend's antenna to wake her up.

The bug yelped and jumped into the air, arms pin-wheeling to get balance before...

THUD!

...too late.

Tallen winces and got up off her thorax rubbing it, "Ow..."

Simmer yelped too as her friend landed on her tail. She growled at the wasp bot in a dangerously low voice.

"You bit my antenna!" Tallen said getting up and away, "You have no idea how sensitive they are..."

Simmer snorted and stretched, looking around. Sometimes it was very tempting to risk the operation to have her vocalizer fixed...but if anyone could do it, it would be Ratchet and he wasn't here. Shaking her head, she ran towards the door and tried to jump up to the button. It was locked, from the outside. Simmer whimpered and looked back to Tallen.

"Okay, okay, okay." Tallen clapped her hand together and grinned, the twins' influence coming out once more, "Outta the way!"

She quickly ran out of the way, hiding behind one of the berths.

"BOOOOOOOMB'S EYE!"

Foom!

"Hey look! A way outside! Cool!"

Simmer shook her head and followed her friend through the half-demolished door.

They both got out side of the ship and away from it before the shields came up to trap them. Standing on a large rock Tallen made a faces at the Maximals. She wasn't completely sure but she though that a few of them new what she and Simmer were, and that was a bad thing.

"Come on let's find that spot where we came from, Spellbinder will look for us there first!" The wasp said, putting full faith in their leader finding them. For it wouldn't be the first time the striped griffin had to save one or two of her charges from the most...bizarre situations. Simmer nodded and followed her as they ran across the large plain towards the forest, or flew in Tallen's case.

They quickly reached the forest and fairly threw themselves into it just as Optimus and Cheetor flew past over head.

Tallen sighed, "That was close. Hey look, flowers!" the wasp, having rarely getting the chance to see let alone be IN a bunch of them, she hoped into the flower patch with all the glee of a wasp fining sweet stuffs. Which was all to true really.

Simmer blinked at her friend and shook her head; she was buzzing so loud...

Waitaminute.

There were TWO different buzzing tones in there...

Simmer crouched down in the flowers beside Tallen, back arched, hissing. Tallen stopped picking flowers as she came face-to-faceguard with another over-sized wasp. Both stared at the other for a few minutes before the beast moded Waspinator slowly touched his antenna to the others'. He was surprised to find another wasp-bot, a female wasp-bot at that.

Well, this was new.

Simmer stayed where she was, watching them interact.

"Uhhhh...hi?"

"Hi?"

Simmer stuck her head up out of the flowers, startling the new wasp.

"Eek! Why new-bot scare Wazzpinator?" the green wasp yelped.

She yelped herself and hid behind Tallen, fur on end.

"It's okay Simmer, he said he wouldn't hurt us."

Simmer hissed but relaxed, sitting back on her haunches and swinging her tail back and forth.

Waspinator, blinking at the two tilted his head, "Where'd new she-bots come from?" he asked when sure they weren't interested in hurting him.

Simmer shrugged and jerked her head into the forest behind them.

Tallen shrugged, "We're...not from around here."

"Wazzzzzpinator not from here eizzzzer." He buzzed happily.

"Where are you from?" Tallen asked sitting in the flowers.

"Zyyyybertron." He sat across from her.

"!" Tallen grinned, her antenna lifting up, "So are we! But not from you're time...we kind of want to go back home."

"Wazzzzpinator zure zzzzzzpider bot can helpzzz you!"

The silver and blue wasp 'eeped' and hid in the tall flowers, "I don't like zpiderz." she said, there were two spider based Powercons in the Decepticon ranks that loved to...'bother' every other Powercon. One of them had scared the living daylights out of her.

"Not want to go home?" Waspinator asked.

"No we do, just no spiderz pleaze..."

He tapped his chin. "Wazzzzzzpinator not know what elzze to do?"

Tallen sighed, her wings falling flat on her back as she looked at the other Powercon. Simmer shrugged, and then held her paws up and made a spider figure. The blue wasp whimpered.

Waspinator tilted his head and tapped his antenna on the smaller females in a comforting way he knew thanks to his beast mode. Then he sat back and thought hard. Well, maybe there was a way to help this new, not to mention cute wasp. Ooohhh! He buzzed and transformed, kneeling in front of the two smaller females.

"Maybe Wazzpinator can help new zzhe-botz!" he said, puffing up as they both looked up at him with wide optics. He'd forgotten that it was a nice feeling to have females Those who weren't trying to kill him that is around.

Simmer sat closer to Tallen as Waspinator transformed.

"Hey! You look like me!" She said pointing.

Waspinator shook his head. "You lookzzzz like Wazzpinator."

Tallen grinned, "We look like each other." The other wasp tilted his head then shrugged, that was okay.

Queen's quick note: Don't you just love the way Wasps and other colony bugs 'talk' through tuching/tapping antenna? Always that that was cool.