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Chapter One: Mourning

Smokescreen grabbed onto Miko's shoulder as Wheeljack moved to scan the fallen Mischief. He was silent for a moment before shaking his head. No one could speak as Mischief's mother moved forward and sat in front of her daughter. The litter joined her as they all sat in silence. A glow appeared behind them as the Autobots regained their Cybertronian form. Miko began to sob and Smokescreen held her close, no one knowing what to say. Optimus moved forward and gently picked up the fallen kitten saying. "We should not leave her here. She deserves to be put to rest."

The group moved outside of the base, no one saying a word. The cats followed behind making sure to keep out from under pede.

-Miko's POV-

I had hoped that this wasn't going to happen, that after all we went through she was still going to be alive. I didn't even… I didn't even get to say a word. Why? Why? The realization hit me like a ton of bricks. Soundwave, he did this. If it wasn't… no, I can't. Revenge won't bring her back, it won't make me better than the Decepticons. I need it though, her death was caused by them and I will not go back to….

"Do you want to say something?" Jack asked and I startle noticing that they were standing in front of a hole. Taking a deep breath I move forward my servos clenching into a fist.

"The day I first saw Mischief, I wanted to help her." I say thinking back to that stormy day. "I think the reason why was that I didn't help much on missions and I realized that. I just wanted to help and seeing her there I realized that I could change one life even if it was a kitten. I don't think I would change anything even given the chance. I swear Mischief, I will protect this world."

Rafael moved forward ready to make his speech.

-Raf's POV-

"I never got to thank you for being by my side after I was hit by Dark Energon. Despite your fears and instincts you chose to stay…" I don't think I can say anything else as I began to choke on the memories. Jack rests his servos on my shoulder saying. "She will be missed by all of us, despite all of the good and the bad. She may have been a kitten but she was also a resident of the Earth. Nothing here is perfect, but our imperfections make us stronger."

I look up at him seeing tear streaks down his face plates. My head bows knowing that this was going to hurt for the longest of time.

After the funeral we all head back, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe rubbing their heads. Ratachet had hit them over the head after some snide comments from the yellow grounder. Jack and Ironhide had to hold Miko back from blasting them. She was dragged off by the weapons officer. I just hope there is a room that wouldn't get blasted apart by her cannons.

-Miko's POV-

How dare they! Mischief just died and the first thing out of their mouths was that they hoped her siblings weren't like her! I try to get out of Ironhide's grasp but he manages to get some stasis cuffs on me. Great, now I can't move, he sits me down on a berth saying. ""We can't have you attacking Autobots because they run their mouths of. Maybe you could have when you were human but right now you can cause serious harm. So for now, you're staying here."

With that he turns and leaves shutting the door behind him. Growling under my breath I try to move but find myself unable to do anything. So this is what they feel like, I've only heard stories. So he wants me calm down huh? Guess I can find something to do in my free time. Wait, I can log into the internet, guess I can check to see what is going on.

… nothing new, guess that was a waste of time. Huh, there's a new game on Steam, could try it out. Cheap game, puzzles, and battling monsters. Guess I could try it out, I still have that Steam gift card that my host parents bought me. I wonder how Cybertronians play video games, do they see how things go or do they go by how the game is set up. Wait, when did this game come out? Eh, I'll check it later, for now I just need to release all of this stress. Alright, logging in, my name? Does it really matter, I don't really feel about putting in my actual name. I don't want to be Miko right now, how about Charact… nope only six characters. Let's just shorten that down and huh, the true name. I wonder what's that all about. Offlining my optics I just lean back and start the game.

-Unknown POV-

"You let her access a game from the future?" I ask looking over at a figure garbed in black, the time user looked at me saying. "It is a good way for her to realize that revenge is never the answer. Plus she will not be getting out of those cuffs anytime soon. A question for you, will you turn them back?"

"Only if they want to be human again, right now they do not." I answer looking forward before moving of the room. "They were not given a choice to turn into their new form, but I will not force them to stay or go back. It is up to them."

The cloaked figure hummed under their breath before snapping, vanishing in an instance.

-On the Nemesis-

Steelfrost was silent in the halls cleaning as she listened to the commotion going on. She had already been caught up in a few fights with the Vehicons, shot at by Megatron, was injured by said shot, and now had to do some cleaning.

"Hello there!" a chipper voice speaks up and she looks up to see a tall silver and white Seeker walking up to her. She nods her head saying. "Silverwing, how may I help you sir?"

"I was wondering if you saw my brother?" he asks and I frown thinking about Windstreak. "I believe he may be slacking again."

"I haven't seen him sir, I will let you know if I do." I reply keeping my head low, he frowns and I know he is staring at my arm. He grabs my cleaning utensil for me and begins to sweep saying. "You should probably get that checked out. You will not be able to do your best for the Decepticons with one arm."

"I'm doing it with one optic aren't I?" I laugh only for him to give me a confused look. "Nevermind."

He reaches forward and pulls off my visor before I could stop him. He's still frowning as he touches the optical patch asking. "When did this happen?"

"A while ago. Don't worry about it." What could I have told him, that Lord Megatron had pulled it out because it was blue? No, I can't do that, Silverwing would be conflicted with his loyalty and he would be saddened. When Silverwing is sad his brother would go after the one who made him sad. I do not want to be the….

"What are you doing?" I yelp as I am lifted off of the grounds. I look down at the silver and white mech who is carrying me away. My processors are getting light and I know my body is about to go into stasis to conserve it.

"I am taking you to Knock Out." he tells me and I manage to shake my head. "Do you want to go to Eclipse instead?"

Scrap, neither sound good, Knock Out was more likely to fix up warriors and would reject me on the spot. Eclipse, he rubbed me the wrong way there was just something eerie about him.

"Knock Out sounds good." I manage before feeling myself go into stasis.

Thank you for reading this fanfic. This is just one of the paths leading from Transformers Prime: Kitten Love. If you wish to read the other it is called, Transformers Prime: A Life that is Given.