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Summery: (G1 AU set during season 3) Rodimus, Spike, Daniel, and Ultra Magus goes to this far away planet that care for badly injured Autobots. But while they are there, a discovery was made.

“blah” – Normal human speck
blah – thinking
‘blah’ – Comm. Specking

The Return of the Warriors
by Yami-Yugi

Chapter 4

Back on Earth news of how well Prowl was doing was going around Autobot City. Prowl's close friends and the remaining members of the old gang were very happy and excitedly looking forward to Prowl coming home. "We should throw Prowl a welcome home party when he comes back." suggested Sideswipe.

"Yeah!" said Sunstreaker.

"He would like that very much," smiled Jazz “Just made sure no High Grade is involved.”

"We won't," said Bumblebee "I'll make sure of it."

"Yeah..." said Jazz.

"A party isn't a party with out High Grade." said Sideswipe.

"NO!" all the other bots shouted. The twins sighed.

"When's he coming home?" Bumblebee asked eagerly. Daniel nodded, voicing the same opinion. Everyone looked towards Rodimus for an answer.

"What? It's up to Evac's report. As far as I know it could be a few more days."

"The next time you go to Nabu, can I go?" Daniel asked.

"...Sure. Since he's doing better."

Daniel looked very happy. "Can all of us go to?" asked Bluestreak.

"Maybe close friends and family. We don't want to overwhelm him just yet," said Rodimus. "Three at a time." Everyone agreed with Rodimus.

- - -

So, the next time Rodimus went to Nabu to pick up more Cybertronians Daniel, Bluestreak, and Jazz went with him. Daniel was quite happy he was getting to visit Prowl. Rodimus smiled at the young human's enthusiasm. Bluestreak just couldn't wait to see Prowl again, he was the most upset when they all thought he was dead. Prowl was like an older brother to Bluestreak. "I hope he remembers me okay," he said somewhat sadly.

Jazz gently place a hand on his shoulder. "Who knows, he might." Jazz said with a smile.

"I hope he remembers too. It's been awhile," Daniel said.

"Okay we're nearing Nabu." Rodimus said to them. The others slowly got more excited. It wasn't long until the shuttle landed on the planet. When they exited off the shuttle, they were greeted by Evac.

"I see you brought some friends with you, Rodimus." he said.

"Yes, a few friends eager to see Prowl."

"Ah I see." Evac said.

"Can we see him?!" Daniel asked excitedly.

"What ya should be askin’ is, how's he doin’? He rememberin’ more?"

Evac nods. "It's going slow, but he remembers things he hadn't before." Evac said.

"Are we allowed to see him?"

"I'm sure it won't hurt." Evac said "It could help him out some more."

"So, he's getting better then?" Rodimus asked curiously.

"Yes, we've been having weekly sessions and they're going well." Evac turned and started to lead them into the building. They followed eagerly into the Rec Room. Sitting with some other patients, was Prowl having a small chat with them. The three friends came over as Rodimus and Evac readied the warriors that could go home. Prowl was still talking to some of the mechs at the table he was sitting at.

"...That's how I helped with that battle. It was really a simple matter o-..."

"Prowl...Prowler ol buddy? It's me...Jazz," said mech smiled as he came over to greet his old friend. Prowl slowly looked up at the sound of his name, looking towards Jazz, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Jazz, it's been awhile."

"How ya feeling?" Jazz asked.

"Much better. Evac says my head injury is almost completely healed. I hope I can go home soon. I miss some of the others."

"Prowl...I... I still can't believe it's you, buddy!" smiled Bluestreak. Prowl looked at him, like he was trying to place a name with the face he was seeing.

He closed his optics for a moment. "Blue... Bluestreak, ah yes. You often accompanied me. You talked a lot," he said with a look of annoyance. Bluestreak looked a bit hurt when he saw the look on Prowl's face. "However...sometimes it was nice to have SOMEONE to talk to when the missions were quite lonely," he said as the smile returned to his face. Bluestreak smiled big, holding back the feeling of wanting to run up and give Prowl a hug.

Jazz beat him to it. "Ah man, Prowl. Ya don't know how much we missed ya..."

"I...I believe I have a feeling..." he said as he slowly hugged back. Prowl then noticed Daniel and smiles at him. "Spike..."

Daniel shook his head. "Spike is my father." he said.

"Who...?" Prowl thought for a moment before nodding. "Oh, that's right. Sorry Daniel. You reminded me of him when we first met, I apologize. It's still taking awhile to get some things right." Daniel smiled and hugged Prowl's leg. He smiled, a tear falling.

"We were all worried about ya Prowler." Jazz said "We thought you died that day."

"I'm very sorry..." he said, wiping away the tear. "Oh...I'm getting a little emotional about seeing you all. Where's Optimus? I'm sure he'll be glad to know I'm alive," he smiled. "What?" he asked worriedly as he saw everyone's face fall.

"He...he died that day, Prowler." Jazz said “That's why we have Rodimus Prime now. He was once Hot Rod."

"...H-he... Hot Rod is... Prime...." he sighed sadly, looking away from everyone. Jazz gently place a hand on Prowl's shoulder. Prowl took it and tried to keep new tears from falling. His leader was another one of the few friends he had.

"I'm sorry Prowler." Jazz said.

"...It's...It's not...your fault..." Bluestreak put another hand on his other shoulder. Daniel hugged his leg a little tighter, the loss still fresh with him as well.

"...I...I should have been there...." Prowl said.

"No man... You couldn't have... You were 'killed' on that shuttle and the Decepticons took over from there. You couldn't have done anything. It's okay," Jazz said with a sad smile, moving into a hug.

"There was nothing any of us could have done. It was Prime's fight, not ours," said Bluestreak.

"Ain't that the truth," Rodimus said bitterly as he came over as well. "If it's anyone's fault it's mine for meddling."

"..."

Prowl hid against Jazz as he tried to compose himself. Bluestreak took the hint and took Daniel into his arms. "Come on, let's let him be alone. He needs time to come to grips." Daniel only nodded and they helped Rodimus load the warriors onto the shuttle.

Jazz led Prowl over to one of the couches and sat down with him. He let him rest his head against his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around his best friend. "It's going to be okay Prowler."

"...N-not many...survived...did they...? J-Just me..."

"Well..."

He tried not to cry. "...I...knew it..." He paused, holding back emotions. "...I wish...I could remember...remember more..."

"It's going to take time Prowler, but you will remember." Prowl sighed sadly and let everything out. Jazz just let his friend cry there.

"...I...I failed... I was...so easily defeated...but I survived... I-it's not fair..."

"The humans got a saying that sometimes life's not fair." Jazz said.

"...-sniffle-..."

"Besides...Primus gave you a second chance. You should use it and be thankful."

"...B-But..."

Jazz shook his head. "But nothin. We all missed you a lot, Prowl. We want you back. Prime would want you to be happy."

"..."

"Hey, man. It's okay," Jazz said as he rubbed Prowl's back a little.

"...A-Are you sure, Jazz...?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. Bee's real excited you're okay," he added with a smile.

"...Bee...?"

"You remember Bumblebee, don't ya?"

"...I-I think so..."

"Tough little yellow guy, bit younger than us."

"...So...he's not the tall one that likes to pick fights...?"

Jazz laughed. "N-no... That's Sunstreaker. He's the vain, sometimes plotting twin."

"...Twin...?"

"Yeah, he has a twin brother. His name is Sideswipe. He's the red, ALWAYS scheming twin of the two."

"...Oh the ones that gets the medical officer angry..."

"...Right..." Jazz answered as he laughed out loud. Prowl smiled a bit. Jazz smiled too. "Feel better?"

Prowl nods. "...Yeah...thanks Jazz..."

"Welcome," he smiled.

At that moment, Evac came over. "We are almost done getting the others in the shuttle." he said.

"...Oh..." Jazz said sadly. Prowl looked down at the floor sadly.

Evac put a hand on his shoulder. "You shall see your friends again," he smiled. "In a few more weeks you can go home."

"...Really...?"

"Really. You're making great progress. You're processors are completely healed."

"Isn't that cool Prowler?" Jazz said with a smile. He only nodded, still in shock from the good news. Jazz smiled more.

"Jazz! Come on! We're ready to go!" called Rodimus.

Jazz sighed. "I gotta go now Prowler." he said.

He sighed sadly, but smiled a bit. "Until we meet again."

Jazz stood up and smiled as well. "Later Prowler." Prowl watched the Autobots leave, much happier than before with the hope he would soon be going home. HOME, where he belonged. He got up from where he was sitting and headed back to his room. He smiled to himself, just happy he might be going home soon.

- - -

The next day, everyone went through their daily routine. Prowl was socializing and chatting with the other patients with a smile on his face. Evac was checking on others in his care, watching Prowl from the corner of his optic with a smile on his face as well. He was glad Prowl would be going home. It was where he belonged, not here. He could slightly over hear some of the stories Prowl was telling the other bots. They all listened intently to him. Evac smiled again at this. "So, I shot at Starscream and tackled him while he was off guard."

"Oh," one spoke in aw "What happened next?"

"Well, I had him for awhile, but he fought back and tried to force me off. Jazz and Ironhide stepped in to help." The bots looked on with admiration as he continued. Evac finished with the patients and walked over towards the group.

He listened to Prowl continue on as he checked on the patients there. "Did you nail that whiny-bot?" one asked.

"Well I did take a couple shots at him. But as always Megatron ordered a retreat."

"He never could admit defeat. He always ran away before it happened."

"At least he recognized that evil never wins."

"Yeah...good always prevails, one way or another," agreed another. Evac just couldn't help but smile as he listened.

Prowl smiled too, but quickly looked away sadly. "Unfortunately, there are casualties along the way..."

"You know, he was a good Prime," one said.

"Yeah... I knew him when he was young," one of the older bots said. Prowl still looked a bit sad.

Evac came over. "There was nothing you could do. You were practically dead. You were in stasis lock on your entry to this planet while he was dying. You were too injured to even remember who you were."

"Yes...but still..." Prowl said.

"Yeah!" shouted one of the others.

"You fought great!"

"If it weren't for you, they would have gotten the shuttle sooner!"

"You and my brother protected the others by sacrificing yourselves." Evac added. Prowl sighed sadly.

Evac sighed and went to finished checking the other patients that were in the group. "Hey, you know Prime wouldn't have wanted it any other way," one of the young bots from Cybertron said. "He was the one to protect his men and put himself in the front lines."

"Yeah," agreed another. "It was his job to take on Megatron."

Prowl smiled a bit. "He did die honorably, fighting for peace."

The others smiled at him and agreed. "Tell us another one," said a younger bot.

"Very well." They all awaited eagerly and Evac finished checking on the other patients. He discretely sat down to listen as well. "Well, this one isn't really a spectacular battle, but it is the first time I made my own human friend." Everyone listened as Prowl spoke. "Well...I was fighting the seekers again. They cornered me and knocked me into a wall. My battle computer went out, so I laid there helpless. I called out to try and find help."

"What happened next?"

Others nodded enthusiastically. "Well, my calls reached a young human boy. His name was Chip Chase and he was at his home computer, getting information from a laboratory computer." Evac smiled as the other patients hung on every word.

"Humans are very interesting," one spoke.

"Especially this one," smiled Prowl. "He put unknown trust in me and helped me take out Starscream and his brothers."

"Oh wow."

"Chip was pretty smart." Prowl paused for a moment. "I wonder what he's doing now? If Spike has a son by now..."

"I'm sure you will see him again when you get back." Evac spoke.

"...I...I don't know if I want to go back... Things have changed much since I've been here."

"Yes but your friends are there."

"...I suppose so..." Evac place a hand on Prowl's shoulder. He sighed. "It will be great to go home...but..."

"Having what the humans call "amnesia" is never easy or much fun. However, you will have friends that care about you to fill in the missing pieces. They all missed you terribly." Prowl sighed sadly. "Don't worry. Things will be better once you get back to where you belong. Though... I might be able to help with that. If you could follow me." Prowl blinked a bit confused. Evac just smiled. Prowl excused himself from the table to get up to follow him. Evac smiled at the others as they walked out of the recreational area and into the Medical Bay. Prowl looked a bit surprised. There was familiar looking armor sitting on one of tables. Evac smiled at him. "Before you go home, you should at least look like yourself." The armor sparkled like new, no more dents or burns. Prowl slowly smiled. "Okay should we try them on?" Prowl went over and fingered the doors, glad they would be replacing the old, unpainted temporaries.

"I'm ready." Prowl said. Evac smiled and got a few tools ready. He gestured for Prowl to lie on a berth. Prowl nodded and lied down on a near by berth.

Evac went over and injected a serum to make him sleep. "Just relax and think of your friends back home." Prowl nodded again.

He sighed happily. "...Home..." was all he could get out before he fell into a drugged recharged. He started putting the armor on, beginning with the easily accessible limbs and moving around accordingly.