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The way to the native world was not close. Even with a hyper jump, the Autobots still had to fly a lot of time on the way. But the brave warriors were ready to withstand all these trials, because now their goal was not survival, but the rebirth of their native planet. On the ship, every passenger had their own duties: every bot was busy. The only one who was still inactive was the person who was still forcibly kept in stasis. There were moments when the guy woke up and started beating in his cell, but every time an Autobot medic turned out to be next to him, who put the person to sleep again and again. There were moments when Bumblebee came into the medical bay and talked affably with his little sleeping friend. The bot was telling Sam how good they would be together on his planet and what exciting adventures they would have together. Autobot hoped to cheer up the guy with his speech and earn his trust again. However, in his own words, the young Autobot only made things worse. Ratchet saw on his scanners every time how the guy's brain impulses jump from anger, pain and resentment: Sam literally HATED Bumblebee and everything he said. At such moments, Ratchet was forced to forcibly remove the young Autobot from the sick bay to try to calm the guy down, because his anger had a very bad effect on his physical health. After a couple of such scans and correlations with past data, Ratchet was forced to admit that the man, their little friend, was getting worse. He may be asleep, but even his dreams hurt him. It's not hard to guess what causes this: Autobots. Sam couldn't stand seeing or hearing about Autobots anymore, or anything related to them. The guy thought they were bad and terrible. He thought they were no better than the Decepticons. Sam thought what a fool he had been to think of them as his friends, to see in them what he usually sees in people. And what is the most offensive: so that's what the guy was right about. Autobots, or Decepticons, are not people, and therefore they cannot be compared equally. There was one truth that Sam didn't know, and that's why everything turned out so sad for him: "It is impossible to humanize those who were not born human." Autobots weren't human. They could only imitate them: take their habits, copy their behavior, repeat their words - but this did not make them human. Cybertronians had their own views on things and actions, which, alas, people do not understand. And if they do, it's too late. Autobots found people cute, interesting, even funny. However, this comparison is no different from the human one when I think about animals. Also cute, funny, interesting, and even in a sense smart. Alas, the Autobots thought the same way. Of course, people were intelligent and advanced, and they helped their guests from outer space more than once, but at the same time the Cybertronians still considered them a backward race, not like them. Just because they didn't have a home, they couldn't say it out loud, and therefore they only said it to themselves. But now everything has changed: the Autobots will soon have their home, they will no longer need to return to an alien planet, and therefore they can freely say what they think about people. People have a very developed herd feeling, and therefore, if one person is considered an enemy of the people, then everyone else will think so. Yes, that was exactly one of the reasons why Optimus and Ratchet gave their permission for Bumblebee to take Sam with him. The guy did not know this yet, but, alas, he would not have a normal life on Earth: thanks to the Decepticons, he lit up the whole world, and therefore he would definitely be persecuted, either for information or for answers to inappropriate questions, or maybe even with the purpose of murder, since aliens were interested in him. Therefore, Prime gave the go-ahead for a person to go with them, because there would be no more normal life on Earth. But that wasn't all. After all, the Autobots also had a selfish goal, even though they denied its existence. People were very interesting and entertaining in terms of their biology, psychology, sociology, and everything else. No normal researcher or archivist would refuse such a rare opportunity to study a new species, and even more so its content in a completely new habitat. And now they had a chance: to take a person with them, and their most loyal and loyal friend, whom they know very well, and therefore they would be able to easily cope with any misunderstandings. And so the first experiment that they were going to put on their man was switching him to a free mode so that his mind and consciousness could be easily controlled, while his own body would be in a protected chamber, protecting the guy from all the negative influences of the outside world. Well, everything was decided and ready with the first stage, and now it's time to move on to the next stage, the most difficult of all. While the man was sleeping, Ratchet managed to take dozens of different blood tests from him, as well as tissue, skin, hair samples, and make multiple scans of his body. And all this was necessary in order to create a new body for the guy perfectly accurately and reliably. Yes, that's right: the Autobots decided to create a human clone whose body will be more suitable for life on their planet - but at the same time all the human characteristics that make the human race so cute and attractive will remain. The new body will not have its own mind, but it can easily take in someone else's mind, from a sleeping guy. And so throughout the flight, while the person is in a stasis capsule, Ratchet, under careful supervision, raises his clone in a special chamber. Thanks to the accelerated course of cell growth, the clone passes the growth stage in the shortest possible time, from a small newborn to an adult sixteen-year-old guy. The Autobots decided to stop at this age, because it was at that age that Sam first met them. At first, Ratchet and Optimus thought that the guy's mind should be transferred to a new body completely, without changes, like a flash drive from one device to another. However, due to recent events and active outbursts of anger in a person, it was decided to completely reconsider this decision. Surprisingly, to solve this problem, all the Autobots that were on the ship were gathered at the council, including the culprit of the whole problem – Bumblebee. A long discussion began on how to deal with this situation. It just so happened that Sam was important to all Autobots, in one form or another, and therefore, when they found out about his stay on the ship, arguments and swearing began. Many turned against Bumblebee for the fact that he, in fact, kidnapped a guy from his house, and therefore it is not surprising that now a person is suffering so much. However, Bee answered everyone that it was the right decision, because the guy would be much better off with him than on Earth, where anything could happen to him. Then there were even more disputes: everyone said that since the scout had started all this mess, then let him sort it out. Yes, the Autobots picked up human expressions. But what was surprising was that Bumblebee just had a solution to this problem. The young autobot turned to Ratchet and asked him if it was right that now the guy's mind is open and you can do whatever you want with him. The medic confirmed this part in surprise, and then asked what Bi was driving at. Then Bumblebee said with a smile that the best solution to this problem would be to completely erase the guy's Autobot–related memories. Everyone present was shocked, but Bee calmly continued to speak. The scout believed that so far the guy knows them all: who they are, where they come from, and who they are - then he will consider them traitors, monsters, enslavers, but not his friends. All of them with Sam went through so many fun and difficult moments together, and therefore the guy will not be able to forgive them for what they did. Yes, Bee had to admit that. However, he believed that if the guy erased all his memories, then it would be possible to start their friendship anew. Of course, it would be difficult at first, but Bumblebee knew Sam very well, and therefore he was sure that he could, as before, gain the guy's trust. Optimus was extremely impressed by the idea of his friend, but after carefully considering everything, the leader of the Autobots was forced to admit that this was probably the only way out of this situation. However, to implement it, Prime issued a new rule: from now on, all Autobots who have visited earth will never say a word in human language again. This rule was due to the fact that when Sam's memory is erased, he should not know that the Autobots are familiar with him. Of course, it was not an easy decision, but let the guy think from this moment that he had never known Autobots before, and those aliens that surround him were just robots that, alas, kidnapped him from his home world. Then, in this case, other problems are solved: you don't have to explain to Sam how he can breathe in their atmosphere, who surrounds him, what awaits him, and that he will never come home again. Then, having vented deeply, Optimus turned to Bumblebee and told him to take special care of the guy from now on, take care of him, give him everything he might need, and provide him with a happy life, which now, thanks to Ratchet's efforts, has stretched not for one century, but for many thousands of years. Bumblebee nodded and gave his word that from now on he would take care of Sam, and that now they would always be together. After that, the general meeting was officially closed.

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Well, now all that remained was to wait for the arrival on Cybertron, and there, in a calmer atmosphere, to carry out all the necessary manipulations with the guy's body. And so, time passed. There were many more moments when Sam woke up and struggled in his imprisonment, but each time Ratchet was next to him and put the guy to sleep. And finally, this moment has come. The Autobots have returned home. Successful boarding and disembarkation Of course, at first the bots were overtaken by sadness at the sight of the wasteland into which their world had turned, but it was all fixable. Thanks to a new artifact, the Matrix of Leadership, and a fragment of the cube, Optimus, the last of the Primes was able to revive his home world from the ashes. In a bright flash of light and an enormous amount of energy, Cybertron blossomed before our eyes. Buildings and cities that were destroyed were restored by themselves from the wreckage. The roads stretched to the horizon. The planet came to life again. Even all the Autobots felt through the spark how the core of Cybertron – the heart of Primus itselfcame to life again. But all this was only the first step on the way to the revival of the native world. Optimus, as the leader, sent a message into space to all the surviving Autobots and other Cybertronians that from now on their world is alive again, the end of the war has come, and it's time for everyone to return home. It remained only to wait for an answer.

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And so, in the new laboratory on Cybertron, Ratchet transgressed to his responsible task. When the clone's body was ready, the medic took it out of the container, dressed it and put it on a special table. Then he began to conjure over the capsule where the man was sleeping. The case was not simple and a couple of buttons could not solve it. Ratchet worked and literally conjured, but as a result he managed to transfer the guy's mind into a new shell, keeping in touch with his real body. Yes, that was the plan: while the guy's real body is in a capsule, which provides him with oxygen and nutrients, and slows down his aging and cell division for many millennia, his own mind will be in a new body in which the guy can freely live and travel on their planet, and even fly in space. Of course, the new body will need special nutrition to stay healthy and alive, but with this Ratchet also solved all the problems. Now the most important thing remains. Ratchet opened the guy's consciousness and the guy's memories loomed on his monitors: his childhood, his youth, and of course his multiple meetings with Autobots. Ratchet even sighed wearily when he saw memories of himself on the screen: how Sam came to him for an examination, how they talked, how they discussed people and their way of life - the medic definitely felt the weight on the spark, realizing that he had to erase it all. But he had no choice, because if this was not done, the guy would simply die from longing and internal burning anger. However, Ratchet decided to do a little differently: by connecting an alien flash drive to the monitors, the medic copied onto it all human memories of the Autobots in order to keep them for himself, just in case. Having finished, Ratchet hid the flash drive in his sick bay, and after returning to the monitors, pressed the fatal button. Right before his eyes, all these joyful and sad memories began to evaporate into nowhere. Moment by moment. Memory after memory. Sam doesn't know what Cybertron is anymore. He doesn't know who the Autobots or Decepticons are. He had never met an alien. They never bought their first car. He had never met Bumblebee. Finally, the device announced the end of the download. That's all. Now Sam is again the sixteen-year-old teenager he once was, before meeting the Autobots. From now on, a different life and fate awaits him, and only time will tell which one.