"Die Optimus Prime." Megatron yelled as he fired his cannon at the badly injured Optimus Prime. Knowing the shot should finish his most hated enemy, but then a young female Autobot with red eyes took the hit for her commander.

Optimus was surprised by this. He couldn't believe how brave this young female was protecting him. "You stupid little wench! You will die alongside him!" Megatron yelled as he continued to shoot the young female.

The female said nothing and just kept taking the beating. She was a civilian Autobot, but she knew if Optimus died, there would be no more hope. "You have to get out of here." Optimus said while trying to stand, but then fell.

"I know what I'm doing. So shut up and wait for the medical team to come aid you." The female ordered.

Optimus was surprised by the way female giving him orders. Then one of Megatron's cannon shots hit right at her feet, sending her flying backwards onto Optimus. She laid across his stomach.

"Are you alright?" Optimus asked while holding her to him.

She groaned in response Optimus was ready to protect the young female with his own body, but then some members of his team began to show up and chase off Megatron.

"She's hurt badly." Optimus said to Ratchet, Red Alert, and First Aide. Ratchet nodded and began to stabilize her, while First Aide took care of Optimus.

When the young female woke up, she was alone in some strange room. She sat up and saw some strange mech sitting at a desk working on something. "Take it easy you still aren't fully healed." He said without turning towards her.

"Where am I?" She asked while remaining sitting up.

"You are in the medical area of Autobot base Alpha Iacon. Will you please tell me your name?" He asked

"I don't have a name, unless you consider everyone calling me stubborn wench." The female said.

Ratchet was surprised by the young female. "Then I will give you a more proper name. How about Rose?" Ratchet asked.

"What's a rose?" She asked curiosity filling her face.

"A rose is the most beautiful flower on Earth, but it has a lot of thorns." He said with a smile, as the female's face turned beat red. "You will be Crimson Rose, but Rose for short." Ratchet added.

The female nodded shyly. No one has called her beautiful before. "What's wrong?" Ratchet asked.

"No one has complemented me before." She said shyly.

"Really? A fem like you should be showered in complements." Ratchet said with a smile.

She ducked her head. "You see my father raped my mother and after she gave birth to me she committed suicide. I was then put in an orphanage and they would beat me, because I'm part Decepticon." She said while keeping her head ducked down.

Ratchet then got a pissed off look. "You have anywhere to stay?" He asked. He hated it when anyone would lay a hand on a sparkling for no good reason, especially because she was part Decepticon.

She ducked her head even more. "N-no." She said. She was scared that he was going to beat her.

"You are going to stay here. I will talk it over with Optimus and Prowl, but you will be under our protection and live here among Autobots. You'll be treated better than you would be anywhere else." Ratchet said.

"Are you sure?" She asked shyly. He nodded.

"You are a beautiful young fem, and you could have died. You should be living your life freely and happily. Besides Prowl always wanted an assistant and I'm sure after some training you will be prefect for the job. Now rest and I'll be back with some energon for you." Ratchet said.

"Alright? Thank you." She said shyly. For once in her young life she felt pretty and happy. She usually was angry all the time, but with the way that medic said how her life should be and how pretty she was. She laid back down and went back into recharge mode.

She was awaken by the medic bringing in the energon, and he had two other mechs with him. She sat up and took the energon that Ratchet offered her.

"Rose this is Prowl and Optimus." Ratchet said.

"Hi." Rose said shyly.

"We owe you a lot and we will take you in, you just may have to sleep here in the med bay for a while, until we can get you a decent room and roommate." Prowl said.

"Prowl she can stay with me. It's the least I can do since she did save my life." Optimus said. Prowl sighed. Him and Optimus had been arguing about how that would look. The leader having the only female in the all the Autobot military staying with him, but Optimus didn't care how it would look. She saved his life, so he was going to repay her in any way possible.

"Prowl, Optimus is the only other mech that wouldn't try to take advantage of her while she recharges." Ratchet said. Prowl sighed again.

"Who all can we trust?" Prowl asked.

"You, Jazz, Optimus, First Aide, Red Alert, and me." Ratchet said

"And you can't take her in because you are roommates with Ratchet, Jazz has a roommate Blaster and Red Alert and First Aide have roommates as well." Optimus said.

"Um… what do you mean by 'taking advantage of'?" Rose asked. Ratchet then looked at her kind of shocked.

"They would force you into interfacing with them." Ratchet said. The young fem got a little scared of the mechs.

"Don't worry we won't hurt you, or do that to you, and we will protect you." Prowl said.

"You will stay in my room. You will be safe in there." Optimus said. The young fem looked at him and smiled.

"Thank you." She said with a shy smile.

"You saved my life. It's the least I can do to repay you." He said.

"You can repay me by winning this war and bring peace to Cybertron once and for all. Till all are one." She said with a smile. Optimus, Prowl and Ratchet smiled.

"Spoken like a true Autobot." Prowl said.

"She does have the spirit and courage of an Autobot." Optimus said very pleased with the young female.

"Yes she does." Ratchet said as he gave Rose a proud smile. She smiled back at him.

"Once you finish your energon you can go with Optimus to his room." Prowl said while giving in to Optimus' order.

"Okay. Thank you, Prowl." She said with a smile.

"You're welcome. Now once you are at 100% come see me and I will give you a job." Prowl said.

She nodded. "Alright." She said as she killed off the energon cube. "Okay let's go." She said while getting off the berth.

"Alright." Optimus said while holding the door open for her. "Ladies first." Optimus added with a happy look to his eyes.

She smiled then went through the door. Optimus followed her and then lead the way to his room. "You can sleep on the berth; I'll sleep on the floor." He said

"Are you sure?" She asked kind of surprised.

"Yes because I have to work late a lot. We will have another berth installed as soon as possible." Optimus said while helping her onto his berth. She then pulled him down and kissed his cheek.

"Thank you." She said shyly.

Optimus blushed and then gave her a soft and slightly loving look in his optics. "You are welcome. Now get some rest. You have a big day tomorrow." He said softly.

She nodded and laid down on his berth, and went to sleep. During the next day Optimus took her to Prowl's office. "I'll come by later and take you to the cafeteria." He said.

She nodded, "Thank you, Optimus." She said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Optimus said with a smile, then left to go tend to his morning work.

"Crimson Rose reporting in for duty." Rose said to Prowl. He smiled at the young fem.

"Good you are here early. I'll teach you how to sort the reports and show you where to take certain places and certain people." Prowl said with a smile.