Not sure where this is going. This was just something that I had to get of my mind. Hope you enjoy it!

"NOVASPARK," I cried out to her through our bond.

No response, frag. I felt my spark's pulse quicken with fear inside its chamber and fought to control its erratic behavior.

I started running through the halls of the command base… surely she wouldn't have gone too far? I reached out to her with my spark again, no response. Frag it!

Calm down, Avie, I told myself. Now was not the time to panic. After all... if the worst came to pass, I could always call Bumblebee.

I felt my face warm with embarrassment. How stupid I would feel if I had to tell my beloved bonded sparkmate that I had lost our little sparkling.

NO! I couldn't tell him. I couldn't face the embarrassment that would come with that. Him…my love…the look of total disappointment on his face... it would be too much to bear.

Not only that but if anything happened to my little Novaspark I would die. Die knowing that it was my fault for losing my little sparkling.

NO! I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!

I calmed myself down and started to think. Novaspark was small and had many hiding places around the base. A few of them I knew of, so I started looking through them all.

Bumblebee

I walked through the hall towards the briefing room. It had been almost about six orns, which would be six years to humans, since the Decepticons had been defeated at Mission City.

Since then I had matured into a grown mech and met Avalon Nova, who is now my bonded sparkmate, and we have a beautiful daughter who is a perfect blend between us. A smile appeared on my face as I thought this... Yes, it was no secret that those two meant the world to me.

But when I entered the briefing room and saw the grave expressions on my comrades' faces, my smile faded. I immediately focused my mind on what I was about to hear and took my seat.

"Now that we have all arrived we can continue," began Optimus. "As you all know, it was only a matter of time before the Decepticons reared their ugly heads again. Today we got our answer as to when they would. They attacked and destroyed one of our bases in the mid-west."

Everyone fell silent when they heard the news. I mean, we all knew the Decepticons would come out of hiding, but after six orns of peace it was hard to think that the fighting was just beginning. I sat there in my seat thinking of my little sparkling. She was only five orns and growing up to be one Primus of a femme. Just like her mother. If anything happened to her it would be as if my own spark would die.

Then my worst fears were realized when I heard my bond mate communicate with me through our bond.

'Bumblebee, I can't find Novaspark!' she cried. 'I've tried calling to her through our bond, but she isn't responding - and I searched all her hiding places!'

'Calm down, Avie,' I cooed to her through the bond, sending her all my love to calm her. It worked. I felt her pulse slow down and become steady. 'Don't worry... I'm coming,' I told her as I rose from my seat.

"I'm sorry, Optimus," I began. "But my daughter seems to be missing."

He nodded in understanding and made no comment as I left.

Novaspark

My optic nerves flickered on and off and I cursed myself for recharging in the most critical moment of the Autobots meeting. Then a smile crossed my face... I did it!

Bladestrike had said it couldn't be done, but I'd done it. I had found a secret passage that led to the briefing room! The best part was that only I knew about it and could use it.

My father was right! Being small did have its advantages. I looked out across the large table and saw that my father was gone. My optics widened in surprise, for I knew that he should be in the briefing room.

I checked my internal chronometer had saw that it was about a quarter past six. My spark did a leap in its chamber as I realized the reason why my father had left the meeting.

Stupid, stupid, stupid. I crawled out of my hiding place, cursing myself for making my father put his duty as an Autobot on hold as he helped my mother find me. I was ashamed that I was the reason he abandoned his duties.

I was so embarrassed, and deserved any kind of punishment that my mother had in store for me.