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This is not the world Jack thought he knew. It was a honestly terrifying realization. He had awoken in a strange, unfamiliar place, surrounded by Cybertronians he’d never met. Except, he was pretty sure he’d seen them before, the names his mom called them ringing a bell. The slim blue and pink one hovering over him, Arcee. But he’d met Arcee before, she was deranged, a hunter with no mercy for the unfortunate souls that were her prey. She was the second in command of the Autobots, though she was ruthless in battle. And now she was hovering over him, within a few reaches of his arm.

He was terrified, to say the least. His mom seemed fine, so he highly doubted that they’d been kidnapped, not to mention he was pretty sure Arcee didn’t look like that. Still, he was nearly froze to his spot, stuttering out a “What?” that sounded far more confident than he felt.

“Is something wrong, Jack?” Arcee asked with a worried tone. Jack found his voice left him for a moment, because she knew who he was and said his name with familiarity.

Jack quickly found his voice, “Who are you?”

Arcee frowned and so did his mom, “Jack, you know me. We’re partners.”

His mom spoke next, “Did you hit your head after that explosion?”

“What? No!” Jack looked to June with a shocked expression, “I didn’t hit my head! Why are we here?”

“This is the Autobot base,” June said in response, “We’re here so the Bots can protect us from the Decepticons.”

Protect? From the Decepticons? Either the Autobots learned brainwashing and fed his mom lies, or something wasn’t quite right here. Jack honestly found himself thinking it was the latter.

“No...” He mumbled, “This is wrong. All of it’s wrong. The Autobots?”

June placed her hands on Jack’s shoulder, “What’s wrong?”

“All of this.”

Before Jack could elaborate, thundering footsteps cut him off. A large Cybertronian walked into view, red and blue and as tall as Megatronus. As tall as a Prime. That had to mean something. The Cybertronian reminded Jack of Orion, the leader of the Autobots, but while Orion was tall, this Bot was slightly taller, really more equal to Megatronus than Orion himself.

“How is Jack?” He asked, a voice that Jack nearly jumped at. By Primus, that was Orion! They shared the same voice! Jack was looking at the leader of the Autobots, And Jack was pretty sure his shock - and a certain degree of horror - was apparent on his face.

“Is something wrong?” The strange version of Orion asked, clear concern in his voice.

“I’m not so sure, Optimus,” June said, “He keeps saying that ‘everything’s wrong’. I’m worried.”

Orion, er, Optimus, looked to Jack, “What do you mean by that?”

Jack once again found himself unsure of what to say, “Uh, well, uh... You see...” There was an overwhelming urge to book it and run away, but that would probably make them question his sanity more than what he’s about to say would.

“I don’t think I’m your Jack.” He quickly blurted out.

The three around him looked at him in shock and confusion. “What’s that supposed to mean?” Arcee asked, sceptic.

“I think I’m from another dimension, a parallel universe.”

Optimus spoke next, “Why do you say that?”

“Because in the world I know, the Autobots aren’t very keen on humans.”

“What do you mean by that?” June asked clearly concerned.

“While the government might be on their side, they have caused the deaths of countless humans. They want to turn the planet like Cybertron.” The three around him listened in horror and morbid fascination as he spoke.

“One moment,” Optimus said, then called for Ratchet. He asked Jack to repeat what he told them to Ratchet, “Could such a thing be possible?”

“Since we know the Shadowzone exists,” Ratchet began, though still thinking, “It wouldn’t be surprising if it were.”

“Then what of the Decepticons?” Ratchet then asked Jack, “Are they the good guys?” The way he said the last part made it clear he was skeptical of such a possibility.

“Actually, yeah.” Ratchet looked at Jack like he was crazy, “Megatronus leads the Decepticons, who generally try to keep the Autobots from destroying he planet.”

“Megatronus?” Asked Optimus, an unfamiliar curiosity in his voice. It was a tone that Megatronus would say that Jack always had. Maybe that was part of why he always compared Jack to Orion Pax, back when he was a data clerk. “He still goes by Megatronus?”

“Yeah, I guess he never changed it after he became Prime...”

Arcee was the one who spoke now, clearly shocked, “Megatron became Prime?”

Jack looked to her with the very curiosity he often looked to the Decepticons with, the curiosity he always had when the Cons would talk about Cybertron and their lives before the war. “Yeah, why do you seem so surprised?”

“Because it was I who became Prime in this world,” Optimus replied, clearing up several details.

“Oh,” Jack found himself saying, “That would explain the name change.” At the curious looks of the Bots, Jack continued, “In my world, the Autobot leader is just Orion. I guess he dropped the Pax part once the war started.”

After a while longer of back and forth, Jack answering the other four’s questions and vice versa, they soon were all caught up. Jack found that these Autobots are far better than the Autobots in his world. He found Miko and Raf were here too, with Autobots of their own for guardians. All the talk did make Jack feel sad, it made him miss the Decepticons of his world. Starscream, with all his esteem issues, Megatronus, with his wise words, always knowing what to say, Soundwave, with how he always could help Raf just right, Breakdown, with how much he cared about Miko, Knockout, with how he cared for the human’s safety, despite knowing little of how humans worked. He even missed Skyquake, who he hadn’t known very long, and Shockwave, who’s inventions had a habit of not always working quite right.

That also made him think of another small detail, “What about MECH?” Jack asked, catching the others off guard.

“MECH want to use Cybertronians to create a human and Cybertronian hybrid. Monsters,” Ratchet scoffed, “What? Were they heroes in your world?”

“Not exactly.” Jack groaned, “More like an occasionally insufferable human resistance. Sometimes they helped, sometimes they made everything worse.”

June checks her watch, “It’s about time we head home,”

Optimus spoke to Jack before he got into his mom’s car. He was stilled a bit uncomfortable riding Arcee, since he’d never touched a motorcycle before. “Jack, I hope you will feel welcomed here.”

“You’ve all been really nice, I’m sure it will be fine.”

“Still, you are stuck here until we can find a way to make things right and send you back and bring our Jack here.”

“I know you all will do you’re best, if you’re anything like the Con’s of my world,”