Shadowpaw approached Dark Star's quarters.

She knocked on the door "Hello? Anyone home?" There was no reply. "Wait has requested your presence. Didn't you hear the comm system?"

"I am currently occupied" Dark Star replied.

"Look Dark Star, the boss has requested you come along whether you like it or not" Shadowpaw replied impatiently.

There was a momentary pause, and then the door opened. Dark Star exited his quarters and headed for the docking bay. Curious, Shadowpaw tried to peak inside his quarters. Before she could get even a peak, the door slammed shut.

"Darn weirdo" Shadowpaw said as she followed Dark Star to the docking bay.

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In the docking bay

Waitstate was the only team member waiting outside of the shuttle. "Glad you could join us, what took you so long?"

Dark Star just tried to walk past Waitstate to board the shuttle, but Wait stood in his way.

"Not yet" Waitstate said as he turned to Shadowpaw. "You get in the shuttle, I'm going to have a little chat with Dark Star." Waitstate turned back to Dark Star. "Now, what exactly were you doing? When I call you, I expect you to come. The others have learned to trust me, why not you?"

"I was engaged in system maintenance" Dark Star answered.

"If you were in need of repairs or a check up, why not just go to the medical bay? Restore can fix anything" Waitstate replied.

"This ship does not have the proper facilities" Dark Star stated.

"What do you mean? You're a Cybertronian aren't you?" Waitstate asked. "Never mind, we'll deal with this later, just get in the shuttle."

Dark Star entered the shuttle without saying a word, and Waitstate followed. The shuttle's door shut behind them.

Stardrive, just take us to the place Gravix took you to.

"Will do" Stardrive replied.

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On Cybertron

"This looks to be the place" Stardrive verified as he walked about the area where the vortex was once located.

"I don't see anything" Waitstate replied.

"Perhaps it closed up" Drill Master suggested.

"Lets get the heck out of here, Stardrive has gone crazy" Admiral Lilwall replied.

"No, I saw it too, we're bound to find something as long as we keep looking" Drill Master pleaded.

Waitstate looked at him for a moment. "Fine, we'll look for another hour, if we don't find anything, I say we just get out of here. Lil, you go with Shadowpaw, Drill Master, Stardrive, and Lightning. I'll go with the rest of Dark Force.

"I can't believe you're taking this seriously Ole' Gray One. There simply is no such thing as real 'magic'" Admiral complained.

"Admiral, just do it. Either something will happen or this will all be over in an hour" Waitstate ordered.

Waitstate's group left. After about ten minutes of searching, Stardrive went back to where they started.

"Well, energy should be energy no matter if it is magical or scientific" Stardrive said as he pulled out a small computer. "Maybe if we can get a charge powerful enough we can 'jump start' this vortex open sort to speak."

"Oh great, where do I said?" Admiral said sarcastically.

Stardrive just ignored him as he created an energy field around the general area where the portal once was. After a few moments, an energy vortex formed.

"Well, I appears that I was correct Admiral" Stardrive stated as he watched the vortex.

"Isn't that great? I'll give you a medal when we get back to the ship" Admiral responded. "Waitstate, come in, I believe we've found what we've been looking for."

A scrambled reply came over the comm link. "Plea . . . repeat . . . rouble . . ."

"The vortex is interfering with the transmission. We'll have to leave a homing beacon" Stardrive informed the others.