Prequel to Alias. Optimus has had more graceful landings, that's for damn sure, but... maybe not better ones. Optimus/OC, Ironhide, Ratchet (grumpy, lovely Ratchet), Jazz, Bumblebee, whoever else talks to me. Snark, science, space, and giant robots-seriously, what could be better? Oh wait, I know-Optimus Prime being confused as all hell. Yeah, that's just fun. (Muirgen79's fault)

Cade and Bumblebee find an injured woman on their way back to base, a former ally of Optimus Prime. But can a human ever fully enter their world? I put all the timelines in a blender and I'm not sorry for the resulting chaos. Prime/OC; established relationship; slow build; SO MUCH PLOT; Optimus is a BAMF; Ratchet, Perceptor, & Wheeljack are brilliant; T for descriptions of torture.