Auther's noters

Hey everyone! I got a new story for everyone. I actualy wanted to wait until I was finnished with Autmn or futher with Autmn before I published this one but I have writers block and can't come up with any new ideas, so I'll give you this one instead. Just so it's clear, this takes place in the G1 verse and popped into my head when I saw one of the kids in my school carrying a poster on Child abuse. So a little warning, this chapter has abuse in it. enjoy and for the love of Primus and Unicorn combined, please Review.

Kelly threw her hands up to protect herself as the punch connected to the side of her face, the momentum tossing her to the floor carelessly. She blinked as her tears started to blind her sight and her hands cradled her jaw where her attacker had struck. She whimpered when a boot harshly connected with her ribs and again when it stomped down onto her leg.

"GET UP YOU WHINY LITTLE BRAT!" her tormenter yelled pronouncing each word with a lick to Kelly's ribs as she curled up helplessly on the floor, trying to back away from the large hand as it neared her and roughly grabbed her by the hair. The attacker picked her up and shook her aggressively, causing her senses to spin in an unpleasant manner which granted her mere seconds relief from the pain she felt before her head cleared and she collapsed under the second punch that the monster holding her threw. Her near lifeless body fell to the floor agonizingly and with a last kick from her attacker, she was finally left alone in the dark room where her tears was observed by the silence as consciousness left her.

Kelly blinked tiredly as best as she could as the sunlight bathed over her battered form. With a sigh which carried both pain and exhaustion, she gingerly rolled onto her front and pushed herself off the floor with a small limp. Forcing herself to move, Kelly gathered what little clothes she owned from a drawer and slowly moved over to the door, her old and battered school rucksack hanging from her shoulder, as she picked the lock on the door with two pins she always kept hidden in the floor boards. Freezing when she heard the door unlock, Kelly held her breath and listened to the sounds of the house before she eased the old firewood door open. Fearfully, she looked around, took a deep breath and stepped quietly out of the room and made her way to the bathroom at the end of the dark Hallway. Looking in the mirror as the shower ran to warm up, Kelly sighed. Her left eye was swollen shut and her jaw was an ugly dark blue from where her attacker had hit her. Angry red hand prints circled her neck, arms and thighs. Her short, choppy, reddish hair stood on end and Kelly sighed again before she got off from where she stood leaning against the dirty basin and climbed into the shower. The water felt wonderful across her skin and Kelly let out a grateful sigh at the simple fact that she had somewhat warm water for once. As her painful muscles slowly relaxed, she closed her eyes and let her tears fall once more. She knew that she didn't deserve what her tormenter had done to her day after day. She felt trapped. She wanted to scream. To get away. To be free, but each time the dark voice of her tormenter whispered into her ear and her dreams were sent shattering into a dark a bliss, never to be freed again… but Kelly knew, she'd always known, that someday she would be free from her tormenter, the horrible monster that always kept her in place, trapped and underfoot and fist.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Kelly shivered and quickly shut off the water as it ran cold and dried herself off. She changed into a pair of worn out trousers and a thin hoodie and sneakers before she wrapped a scarf around her neck and snuck out of the room, back pack in hand. She stepped slowly down the stairs and sighed in relief when she saw that the bedroom next to the kitchen was empty. He must have left already Kelly thought to herself. Ignoring the way her stomach complained for food, Kelly left the house quickly and jogged towards the school knowing that she was late. Again. Stopping at the bus stop, she sat down to allow her burning muscles a few minutes of relief, and looked around, eyes narrowing in curiosity when she spotted something out the corner of her vision. Pushing the dark sunglasses she had nicked on her way out of the house, up her nose further, she gingerly stood and crossed the street to where the strange object laid across the floor. She kneeled and slowly picked up the glowing rock which was about the size of her palm and weighed about the same as a thick book. Curling her fingers around it, she was surprised to find the glowing substance to become mushy, like mud, and shrieked in horror when it suddenly dissolved into her skin. Falling onto her rear, she stared in shock at the broken bricks of pavement where the rock had once resided on. Blinking as the shock slowly wore off, she looked at her right hand, noticing what looked like a face begin to appear beneath her thin skin. Snapping into attention, she pulled out and old pair of fingerless gloves that she always kept in her backpack and put them on, before she got to her feet, rubbing her rear from where she had fallen on it. Had anyone seen that? She thought looking around, only to realize that she was the only one on the street save for a couple a couple who were walking down the pavement, too far away to have witnessed the strange occurrence. A dog barked in a nearby house and birds flew overhead none the wiser.

Sighing once more Kelly walked back to the bus stop with her hands in her pockets and paid the driver when her lift arrived. As the bus pulled away, Kelly's eyes widened behind her shades when two Lamborghinis, a red one and a yellow one, pulled into the street where the rock had been laying, before her eyes narrowed.

Was it just her or was there eyes staring at her from the bush?

Sunstreaker grumbled to himself as he waited for the bus filled with humans to leave before he transformed, Sideswipe following his lead.

"I don't get it," Sideswipe said pulling a scanner from subspace as she gazed around, "Teletran said that this was the place. The scanner's not picking up anything."

"Maybe the slagging computer is glitching again," the golden twin grumbled flicking some 'dust' off of his shoulder armor, "Primus, I hate this slagging planet!"

"I don't know Sunny, this place is pretty cool, better than the cast system back on Cybertron," the red bot looked down at the scanner again, "Energy beacons don't just disappear."

"Whatever you say Sides," Sunstreaker grouched leaning down to inspect a small crater in the ground, "And don't call me Sunny!"

Sideswipe smirked and opened his mouth to fire a retort at his twin brother when a call on his com. Link interrupted him.

:: Optimus Prime to Sideswipe and Sunstreaker::

:: Sideswipe and Sunstreaker reporting :: The red front liner handed the scanner over to Sunstreaker as he answered the report.

:: Sideswipe what is your status? ::

:: We're at the crash site now but there's nothing here and the scanners aren't picking up anything save for some residue left over from the crash. Whatever Victor Sima shot out grew legs and took a hike::

:: Decepticons or humans? ::

:: Don't know Optimus prime sir :: Sideswipe shook his head quietly and rose to his feet from where he had crouched next to his yellow twin, ::But whatever Vector Sima shot out is small enough for a human to carry, so it could be either::

::Very well. Return to base. Optimus Prime out ::

As the connection went dead, Sideswipe resubspaced the scanner and transformed along with Sunstreaker before the two Lamborghinis tore down the road back to base.