If you like this story, read my story "Of Hope and Destruction" which is set during the Prime series!

This story is going to be a set of one-shots from my character Everon Prime's childhood. Unlike my other story, I don't plan on having any of these in Everon's viewpoint. They will be in most of the other characters' point of views. Also, if you have any character requests, just ask me.

And please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Transformers: Prime characters, just Everon.

I was fragged. Destined for the scrap-heap. I have made many mistakes over the years, but this one tops all the others.

It was simple: just watch Everon. Make sure she is occupied while everyone is out on patrol. Simple, right? I was ecstatic that the boss had left me in charge. Now, I wish it had been anyone but me. What, you may ask, did I, Bulkhead, the giant Con-smashing Wrecker do to cause me to be this freaked out? Well, it's simple really. I took my eyes off my boss' four-year-old daughter for a few minutes. Just a few.

In those few minutes, she managed to figure out how to work the ground bridge controls.

And she sent herself to Guatemala.

I didn't even know anything about Guatemala!

Now, here I am, trying to figure out how to turn the ground bridge back on at the coordinates she sent herself to. Panic was gripping my brain. My little sister could be being kidnapped, eaten by wild animals…

Turning my attention back to the ground bridge controls, I quickly finished selecting the last location the bridge opened at. Then, I ran through the vortex. Just as the bridge closed, I realized something.

I had no way of getting back since no one was at the base to bridge me back.

"Today is just not my day…" I mutter as I bury my face into my hand. Quickly, I decide to radio Bumblebee. He was closest to the base, and the most likely to not blab to Optimus. "Hey, Bee, I need a huge favor."

Okay, what did you break? Bee bleeped over the comm link.

"Nothing! I just… may have lost Ev…"

What?!

"I'm looking for her! She somehow ground bridged herself to Guatemala." I finally began to look at my surroundings. The area was really hilly, with mountains to my left and desert off in the distance to my right.

You're in Mexico! How are you planning to bridge back?

"That's why I called. Can you head back to base and wait for me? Once I get her, you bridge us back to base, that way Optimus won't find out. Please?"

You owe me, Bulk. Primus, we are so dead…

"Just hurry, I should find her soon." With that, I cut the comm link. As I turn to pick a direction to search though, I somehow slip and end up rolling down the cliff side. If anyone had seen me, I never would have heard the end of it. I screamed worse than a little girl. By the time I managed to stop, I was covered head to toe in mud.

"Well, this is perfect," I mutter as I try to sling the mud off of my hand. It must have rained recently because the heat should have dried this up by now. As I stand back up, I see no signs of Everon being in this area, so that means that I was going to have to climb back up the cliff.

Which is not easy for a two-ton mech with as much girth as me.

Finally, after sliding back down the cliff side a few more times, I make it back to the top and shift into my vehicle mode. Luckily, my military jeep mode could hold it's own on this terrain. As I drive, I soon see little footprints in the dirt that looked to be about Ev's size. "Well, that's a start."

Following the footprints, I soon see them join up with several others, and it looks as if she followed them. "Scrap." I could only hope that they don't hurt her. I drive a little more quickly, and I soon find a village. I drive up onto a ridge a good distance away in order to get a better view.

The village was very quaint, just a few houses and a barn or two. Down in the courtyard, I could see several children playing while the adults talked off to the side. In the center of the playing children was a very familiar, ivory skinned girl with brown hair and silver eyes.

I sighed in relief. Ev was safe. Now came the interesting part: getting her away from the other humans without gaining too much attention. I couldn't just walk in and grab her. I have to maintain my cover.

While I mused on the best way to rescue my little sister, I felt something land on me. A brown and tan chicken just sat there, staring at my windshield. "Shoo!" It cocked it's head to the side, then pecked at my windshield. "Seriously?"

I decided to ignore the bird, but then another chicken land next to it. Before I knew what was happening, I was covered in dozens of the birds, all of them lightly cooing or squawking. "What the frag is going on?!" Then, I felt a sharp kick in my side. "OW!" I turn my mirrors to see a bull standing right next to me, pawing the ground. "Oh scrap…"

I find myself driving down the roadside, covered in feathers and chicken poop, getting chased by a bull and the flock of chickens. "What did I do!?"

The villagers all turn to see me, including Everon who starts giggling up a storm. "Bulkhead!" she squeals.

I pull along side her, pop open my passenger door, and yell, "Ev, c'mon!" Still giggling, she complied, running over and jumping into the seat while the village just stared.

As I pulled away, she began to talk excitedly. "Bulkie, I had so much fun! I figured out how to work the uh… glowie thing that Ratchet uses to send you guys places and I came here and I met some nice people and I played tag with the other kids. They all talked funny. They didn't speak English so I tried Cybertronian…"

She continued talking like that, me giving the occasional interjection though I really had no idea what she was saying. My mind was focused on getting away from that bull. And wondering how hard it was going to be to get the drying and cracking mud out of my undercarriage.

Eventually, once I was sure that the bull wasn't behind us, I pulled over and decided to interrupt her. "Ev, you can't do this. The ground bridge is not a toy, and while I think it's amazing that you figured out how to work it, you should never try without permission. You could get hurt."

Her silver doe eyes grew wide and her lip began to quiver as she turned her gaze to her lap. "I'm sorry, Bulkhead. I didn't mean to make you mad, I swear…"

I sigh. I've always been a sucker when it comes to her. "I'm not mad, just relieved that you weren't hurt. Now, let's get back to base before the others realize you're gone."

She immediately perks up. "Okay! But I had a lot of fun today."

I chuckle. "Well I'm glad. Hey Bee, can you open the ground bridge?" No reply, but the bridge does open in front of us soon after the message is sent. As I drive through, I shift so that Ev is in my hand. "Alright kid, now remember: you can't tell anyone. Bee knows, but we can't let the others find out. Especially…" I look up and see everyone standing in front of the ground bridge exit, Bee shrugging in the back and a very pissed looking Dad Bot in the front. "…Optimus."

Ev is completely oblivious to how upset her dad is at the moment. "Hi Daddy! Bulkhead and I were… hanging out!"

"Really?" Arcee asks, smirking. "What did you do that would lead to that?" She then gestures to me, and I look down to see what she meant. I could only groan.

I was still covered in layers of both dried and wet mud, chicken feathers and poop, plus I had a huge dent in one of my chest plates from the bull. I just sigh.

Cliffjumper steps forward and takes Everon from my hand. "Maybe we should all just agree that babysitting Ev is at least a two Bot job."

Looking at Everon, who had begun to giggle again as she looked at me, I replied, "You have no idea."