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"Will you be able to modify our present groundbridge to accommodate the time rift?" Optimus asked Ratchet, who was busy at the computer.
"If I send a groundbridge to the same coordinates as the initial incident, the same anomaly may occur, however there is a chance it could also send Prowl backwards in time to first groundbridge we sent," Ratchet said.
"Okay, stop, I have absolutely no idea the logic behind this," Arcee said.
"Imagine, Arcee, if groundbridges could not tell apart different times," Ratchet said.
"Well, that would mean every time we send a groundbridge to the same spot, one of these time portal things would happen," Arcee replied.
"Precisely. And if more than two groundbridges were sent to the same coordinates, either a time loop would occur, or the destination of the traveler would be completely random among the different times," Ratchet said.
Arcee stared at him. "Okay, you've lost me again..."
Ratchet scoffed frustrated. "I don't know why I'm trying to explain this. I should be trying to solve this and then send Prowl back."
Bulkhead and Bumblebee watched and listened. They didn't even try to wrap their processors around the time travel phenomenon.
Optimus seemed to understand it though. "Would it be possible to alter our groundbridge to match specifically to the spacebridge from 50 years in the future?" he asked Ratchet.
"Now, that's a suggestion!" Ratchet replied and descended into another spiral of wild calculations.
Prowl waited anxiously. He didn't fully understand the time travel theory, but he understood enough to know that they were close to a solution, and he would likely be going home soon.
After a few minutes of Ratchet running simulations, he broke the silence. "Ha! Finished!" he said with an air of accomplishment.
"You found a way for the groundbridge to work as a time portal?" Prowl asked him.
"That I did," Ratchet said, proudly, but the computer lit up with notice of a Decepticon attack. They were hitting a nuclear power plant.
"Of all the times!!" Ratchet yelled angrily.
"They never let up..." Bulkhead said and cracked his knuckles.
"Ratchet, send us there immediately, then alter the groundbridge for the time portal, for Prowl," Optimus said.
"No. I can't modify the groundbridge while you are in the midst of a battle. Once I modify the groundbridge, it will be inoperable for a good while. It must remain functional for emergencies while you are facing the Decepticons!" Ratchet said.
Optimus nodded then turned to Prowl. "I am sorry. You will have to wait a little longer before we can return you home," he said.
"I understand," Prowl replied.
"Ratchet open the groundbridge for us, and await further instruction," Optimus said.
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Transformers Prime/Animated Crossover
FanfictionRatchet sends a groundbridge to Detroit not knowing that somewhere in the distant future there would again be Autobots in that precise spot! Things go wrong and Prowl finds himself in a different time with Autobots he doesn't know. Well I was just w...
