Yay, first of my fanfics in 2013! It's a good, weird fanfic, for starting off the new year.

"Fight!" "Excellent! Khameleon wins!"

"Yes!" Cadence jumped up, dropping the controller on the ground. "Ha-ha! Take that!" She was playing Mortal Kombat Armageddon with Jetstorm. She just beat him; for the fifth time.

"Fight!" "Khameleon wins!" Sixth time.

Miko ran up to them and jumped onto the couch between them. Jetstorm tossed her the controller. "You play. I'm sick of losing." Cadence was just about to start a new game when the telephone rang. They had fixed the grey wall-mounted phone, after bulkhead broke it, so Cadence's mom could call her. Cadence jumped over the couch and grabbed the phone. "Hello? Mom," She pushed the phone into her shirt so her mom couldn't hear her, "Guys quiet, it's my mom! Uh, hey mom. What's up? How's France?" Everyone silently watched her. "Yea, it's awesome here. Uh huh, school is great. Yea. What!?" She yelled it so loud and suddenly that Jetfire jumped and nocked an empty metal shelf over a metal ledge onto the concrete. It shattered with a loud crash. Cadence shot him a glare. "Uh, nothing mom, Cadence just dropped something. I gotta go help her clean it up. Yea, I'll check my e-mail. Okay, I love you too. Bye mom."

She hung the phone up and let out a huge sigh. "So, you'll help me clean this up?' Asked Jetfire.

Cadence smiled, "Nope, you're on your own." Cadence walked over and helped Miko pick up the three music stands and a bunch of sheet music that the shelf had knocked over.

Jetfire grinned and began to clean up the twisted shard of metal. "So, what did your mom want?"

She shrugged. "I don't know. Something to do with my aunt. My mom said she e-mailed me."

"So, check your e-mail." Cadence set the last stack of sheet music on the stand and grabbed her black laptop. The laptop was given to her by her mom before she left for Paris. Cadence had put a huge red Autobot sticker on it and blood red jewels around the edges. She fell back onto the couch beside Jetstorm who was watching his brother try to use a human broom to clean the metal. It was kinda funny to watch. Miko turned on loud music which made Ratchet and Optimus cringed. Cadence turned on her laptop and went to her e-mail.

She had two new things in her inbox. She clicked on the first.

Slash Monkey concert tickets on sale now!

This is an automatic message, do not reply.

She put that message in the trash. She and Miko had already bought their tickets. The next e-mail was from her mom.

Cadence,

I know you're really enjoying it at where you are staying now, but I need you to do something for me. Actually, it's something for you. You remember your Uncle Tony, right? You know how I don't like you around my brother because he is a little… reckless. Well, he had e-mailed me a couple weeks ago, asking for you to come and stay with him for a little while. He said he was working on some really cool project and could use your help if you are interested. He did promise a safe environment for you. And he said he is working with a group of people, so I think it will be a little safer for you then, before. I will leave it up to you to decide. Please e-mail me if you want to go or not. If you do I will send you a link where you can just print out your plane tickets.

Mom

Cadence glanced up and noticed jetfire, Jetstorm, and Miko all leaning over reading the e-mail. She smiled at her annoying friends, and clicked 'reply'. All three pairs of eyes were on her. As well as a few others in the room. Actually, everyone but Ratchet was watching her.

"Uh, my mom wants me to stay with my uncle for a little while. He's working on something with a group of people. My uncle is, pretty cool. And rich. He used to make weapons, but I don't think he does anymore."

Miko slid from the arm of the oversized couch, beside cadence. "So, you are going?"

Cadence nodded. "Yea, I haven't seen my uncle for years. My mom was pretty mad at him. Last time I stayed with him, he forgot me at a military base. His assistant had to come get me cause he was already in another country."

Rafael and jack had come over and were standing in front of them. Jack tried to keep her talking about her uncle. "So, why is he so cool?"

She smiled. "Well, my mom has worked really hard to keep me from knowing anything about him. When I was little, I thought it was because he was a criminal or something, but later I found out more. Not much more. She really didn't want me knowing about him. Which is why I am surprised she wanted me to stay with him."

An alarm went off, signaling an energon source. Optimus, Smokescreen, and the twins went out. Bumblebee had to take Raff to the school because he forgot his laptop in his locker. Jack sat down beside Cadence, but he got a call from work. Someone called in sick and he had to go in to cover their shift. Arcee took him in.

Miko could see worry in her friends eyes. She jumped over the back of the couch and plugged her guitar in and got sheet music set up. Then she grabbed Cadence's mallets and tossed them up to her. One landed right on top of her laptop, the other hit her head then fell on the floor. She couldn't help but smile. Miko started playing, but it didn't sound right. Not without the drums. She followed Miko's path over the couch and sat at her drum set. Ratchet was mumbling something about useless noise and bulkhead sat down to watch them play. Out of the Autobots, Bulkhead, Jetfire, Jetstorm, and Smokescreen all liked the two girls' loud music; Bumblebee and Arcee didn't mind too much. They played four songs before the phone rang again. Cadence jumped up and grabbed it. "Domino's pizza, may I take your order?"

"Hi Cadence. Can you put Miko on the phone?"

"Oh. Hi. Yea, here she is." Cadence handed the phone to Miko. "Host parents."

Miko groaned and put the phone to her ear. "Hello?" Miko sounded overly sweet. That couldn't be good. "Yea, I know… But it was stupid!... I stayed for half of it… fine… okay! I'm going!... yea, yea, bye." She slammed the phone when she hung it up. "I gotta go. I left detention halfway through and the school called home. I'm in a lot of trouble. Bulkhead, can you take me home?"

He sighed and transformed to vehicle mode. Miko unplugged her guitar and tossed it into the case. Within minutes, they were gone. Leaving Cadence alone with Ratchet. He was at his computer, as always. She ran up and climbed over so she was right in front of him, but not in his way.

"So, you didn't finish explaining about your uncle."

Cadence looked at the ground as if it were the most interesting thing in the world. "I don't know much. He was like a scientist, or something like that. He made the best weapons for the military, before he was captured and injured."

Ratchet had a look of compassion, which Cadence had never seen before. "Injured, how?"

She shrugged. "I'm not sure. My mom only told me his was injured. Something with his heart. She had let me visit him occasionally before that. But I haven't seen him at all after."

Ratchet acted like he was going to speak again. But Optimus called in via commlink. "Ratchet. Bridge us back. The Energon deposit wasn't really worth it."

Ratchet sighed. "Keep an open mind about your uncle." He bridged them back. Smokescreen was holding a few energon crystals. Cadence grabbed her laptop and sat back down on the couch. She sent an e-mail to her mom telling her that she would stay with her uncle. Within seconds she got a reply from her mom. All it said was thank you. And be careful. There was a link at the bottom where Cadence printed off her plane tickets. She would leave tomorrow morning, which seemed so soon, but, that was when the tickets said.

Cadence hadn't really been fond of flying. Until, of course, she met… Jetfire and Jetstorm.

Cadence opened a new e-mail.

Mom,

The tickets say they are refundable. Could you just get your money back for them? I had another idea. It would save money. One of my friend's dad is a pilot. He has his own private jet and everything. Would it be alright if he just brought me? That way I could hang out with my friend instead of a bunch of strangers. He is a REALLY good pilot. And I really trust him. Please?

CAY.

Cadence still didn't trust huge airline companies. The only one she trusted was Jetfire and Jetstorm. Plus, if there was something weird with her uncle, she could leave.

Her computer said she had one thing in her inbox. Cadence was about to click on it when a green truck drove into the base and screeched to a stop. Miko jumped out. "I really think they are afraid of me."

Cadence shut her laptop. "Of course they are. Sometimes I am afraid of you."

"So, dinner? Sushi and Ice cream?"

Cadence laughed but reluctantly set the computer on the floor and slid it under the couch. She ran back to her room to grab her money. He mom sent 150$ a month. She grabbed a small stack of money with something cardboard on top. Her concert ticket. Cadence ran out of the room with ten dollars in one hand and the ticket in the other.

"Miko, give this to Jack. You two go to the concert." Miko shrugged and stuffed the ticket in her pocket. The left for sushi. Until they got to town, Bulkhead and Jetfire raced. Jetfire won, as usual. They got California rolls and Shrimp rolls. Then got box of mint ice cream. They ate out in the desert under the stars. This way Bulkhead and Jetfire could be in robot mode. The split the ice cream four ways. Technically, Autobots weren't supposed to eat human food, but they did occasionally.

"You know, Jetstorm will mad that we did not bring him any creamy ice." Said Jetfire, missing what ice cream was.

They headed back after an hour. Cadence grabbed her laptop and said goodbye to Miko, who promised to be there before Cadence left in the morning.

One new inbox.

Fine. Just, be very careful, Cadence. Call me if anything goes wrong. I love you.

Good. She didn't have to be at the airport at four a.m. Now she just had to ask her "friends dad."

Hey Jetfire, Jetstorm, could you guys take me to my uncle's house? My mom was okay with it."

They looked over at Optimus who nodded. "Yes! We can be taking you!"

She smiled. "thanks." Then went to her room to do the horrible task of packing.

She would be gone for two weeks. Cadence would have been able to fit everything in one suitcase, if she hadn't brought eight cd's, her laptop and charger, and a bulletproof vest.

She went to bed early. Even if she didn't have to be at the airport at four, she still had to leave early.