The Return: (Revised)

Disclaimer: I own no rights to the Transformers series, Hasbro does have that claim. I do however own the plot of this story.

Author Notes:
So I know a lot of you will be wondering why I am reposting this story. Well to put it bluntly I went back and reread how I wrote it the first time and lets just say I am absolutely ashamed of how it was written. I've never seen something so badly written in all my life and I needed to make up for it. At the time I went back through my chapters and started to note all the spelling and grammar mistakes and then the lack of information that was given in it as well

So basically what I did was went back and rewrote everything adding more details to it that made the story have a little more sense to it. Honestly I may be doing this to a few of my other stories as well since they seem to be in the same boat but none are as horrible as this one. Again real ashamed of myself for it.

I hope you will all understand my decision in doing so. I will keep the other one up but know that that one won't be updated anymore as all of my time will now be spent on this one. Again I thank all of you who have stuck by me when I went into a long stasis of not writing for years on end.

So enough rambling and onto the story.

Also a quick note as it has been a while since i've written anything Transformers related, I will be switching back and forth between remembering what years are in Cybertronian and English. So please forgive me while I relearn all there is to know of the transformers verse again! :)

6 Years Later

"CHRISTMAS!"

Alex groaned as she heard the yelling coming from her younger brother just outside her door. The door to her room was thrown open, banging loudly against the wall behind it.

She squinted open one eye to see Cameron in his pajama's standing happily in her doorway a huge grin plastered on his face. Even though he was now in high school, he still seemed to have the energy of a five year old at times. Rolling over Alex brought the blankets back up and over her head blocking out his cheeriness.

"Cam, you know this is the first day I've had off in weeks. Allow me to sleep in," she mumbled into her pillow.

"So what, it's Christmas and that means family time." He spoke back, his footsteps sounding as he headed out the door and over to the next room to wake up his mother.

Alex groaned knowing she wasn't going to get any more sleep, throwing off her bed covers and glaring at the ceiling. Sitting up she placed her feet onto the ground before standing slipping into a pair of cargo pants and green t-shirt. Walking into the bathroom, she splashed water upon her face, getting the last bits of sleep out of her eyes.

Grabbing the towel she dried off her face and then looked up into the mirror and just stared at herself. Ever since leaving the autobot base six years ago, Alex had changed dramatically.

What had once been a happy young girl had now changed into a beautiful, but hard driven young women. Her changed was almost instantaneous after Skyfire had dropped her off. As soon as she was clear of the arm cast she signed up for the military, knowing that her father would have been proud of her for doing so.

Christy, her stepmother was apprehensive of her but knew she couldn't hold the young girl back. But she also noticed the changes to her as she went through extensive training. The young girl would never be the same nor did she think she would ever see her smile again.

Alex was stationed at the base that was run by Colonel Lennox, which was still associated with the autobots even if it wasn't fully around them. There was only one autobot who actually came to the base once a month and that was Skyfire. When he did it was either to bring news or supplies needed for the base.

Continuing to look into the mirror, Alex noticed her once auburn hair had become slightly lighter due to the amount of time spent in the sun everyday. On top of that her skin had gotten darker, but her eyes remained the same blue… though they almost appeared sad when looking into them.

Looking away Alex pushed off from the counter and walked out the door of the bathroom while pulling her hair up into a ponytail. Though she had at one time cut it short into a crop, she had long since grown it back as it just now sat in a ponytail all the time.

Making her way out of her bedroom she began descending the steps when she paused at a sound. As the sound drew louder, a smile came upon her face though it didn't quite reach her eyes. Alex took off down the rest of the stairs and towards the front door of the house.

Throwing open the front door she ran outside and began sprinting towards the airstrip knowing she would find the black SR-71 there.

BEEP BEEP

The sound of a jeep honking made her stop running for a second as she turned and saw Colonel Lennox slow down enough for her to jump in. He then took off again, getting to the strip in next to no time as Alex stood up on the jeep watching as Skyfire gently touched down.

Her commander stopped the car and they both jumped out, Alex already sprinting to the nose of the aircraft.

"Hello Alex," Skyfire spoke just as his holoform appeared in front of her a smile on his face.

Alex gave him a smile back. "Welcome back Skyfire," she greeted giving him a big hug to which he returned. Pulling back she noticed he hadn't changed out of his alt mode. "Supplies?" she asked.

He grinned. "Something along those lines," he spoke, as she looked rather confused by his statement and the two proceeded towards the rear of his alt mode.

The door to the back end was already opened, but it wasn't what was inside that made Alex freeze, it was more of who was in there waiting. The black and white mech stepped carefully out of the plane, flexing his doorwings a bit before looking down at the two below him.

"Hello Alex, long time no see," the mech spoke a soft smile upon his face.

Alex looked at Skyfire who had moved off to speak with a few soldiers that were unloading some cargo, before looking back up at the mech. "Hello Prowl."

The black and white mech leaned down and placed his hand upon the ground in front of her. Instantly, Alex stepped up on it and was raised up off the ground so that she was face to face with him. She watched as he tilted his head to the side slightly analyzing her before his optics.

"Skyfire was right you have grown considerably in the years since I have last seen you. But you have turned into a beautiful women," he praised to which she smile a slight blush appearing upon her face.

"Thank you," mumbled Alex. "You haven't changed one bit though."

He snorted softly. "No, I suppose I haven't, but then again I don't have the ability to grow like you humans do."

She laughed, "No, I suppose not." She looked away and fidgeted slightly on her feet to which he noticed.

"Ask what you like Alex, I will answer your questions."

Biting her lip she looked away slightly. "How is everyone back at the base?"

Prowl regarded her slightly, before answering. "Everyone is doing well, the war still rages on though." She nodded her head having her some stories from Skyfire. "But mostly every autobot is still there, give or take a few extras who have managed to make it to earth in the time you were gone."

Alex smiled. "That's good that more of you have survived, makes for the future to look brighter."

He nodded his head. "That indeed it does, but tell me what of you? I have heard reports from Skyfire of how you are faring, but I would enjoy it if you tell me what has become of you since you left."

Looking away she looked out over the base that now was her home. "Honestly Prowl nothing much has changed other then having grown older by six years." Giving him a smile to which he returned. "Joined the military, just recently got promoted to Lieutenant…"

"I offer you my congratulations on becoming an officer. "

She nodded her head. "Thank you." She let out a sigh. "Other then that there really isn't much to tell. I guess you can call it a sad life."

He shook his head. "No you have accomplished much in these six years Alex, don't ever doubt yourself on it."

Prowl suddenly looked down towards the ground and Alex followed his line of site to see Colonel Lennox below them tapping on the autobots leg. Looking back up Prowl spoke. "I'm afraid Alex I will have to cut our time short for today as I am here on a mission to speak with you commanding officer."

Alex smiled as he began to lower his hand to the ground. "No worries Prowl, I should get going anyways, it is Christmas and I know Cam and the others are waiting for me."

Nodding his head, Prowl stood back up this time with Lennox in his hand. "Very well Alex, I bid you and your family a Merry Christmas and hope to speak with you again before departing."

With that he turned and began walking off, Alex giving a small wave of her hand as she watched the two walked away. A hand was placed on her shoulder and she looked to the person next to her seeing Skyfire had once again joined her.

"Will you two be staying long Skyfire?" she asked watching as he shook his head. "No, we must return in a few days I should think, especially when leaving Jazz in charge at times." He grinned which earned a laugh from Alex.

"Alright, well I hope to see you again before you leave Skyfire, I missed you since we last saw each other." She spoke giving him a hug to which he returned.

With that the two split apart as Alex waved to one of the soldiers who had just finished packing the last of his jeep. She hoped into the other side and they took off, the guy pulling up to her house a few minutes later.

umping out Alex walked up the drive and opened the front door, closing it softly behind her as she leant against it. Closing her eyes she let a sad smile touch her lips as she remembered all the fun times she had had when she was living with the autobots before. She frowned though as certain feelings came up again and briefly wonder what it would have been like if she had stayed.

"Alex?"

Snapping open her eyes she saw Christy her stepmother standing before her in the doorway leading to the family. Beyond that she could see Cam sitting on the floor having already torn open a few of his presents and checking them out. Mark, Christy new husband was sitting on the floor as well building a new bike that Cam had wanted and gotten.

"Everything ok?" Christy asked stepping up next to Alex and tucking a stray hair behind the girls ear.

"Yea," spoke Alex as she pushed off from the door. "Everything's fine, just remembering some old times is all."

Christy didn't look convinced. "What did the other autobot want?" she asked following Alex into the living room.

Alex sat down on the couch with her stepmother sitting next to her. "He had business with the Colonel, but we spoke briefly and all is well." She smiled at her before turning to Cam who had gotten up and placed a gift in her hands.

She saw Christy glance at her for a bit, not at all convinced by what she had said, but was thankful for her letting it go. Alex smiled as Cam started passing out more gifts to everyone not being able to contain his excitement for what everyone got.

It wouldn't be until later that night when the family was sitting down to dinner, that a note would be delivered to her that would change why the two autobots were there in the first place.

Author Notes: Alright so first chapter posted and done with. While the other story was moving along a little bit fast then should have been, I am going to take my time with this one and see how well I can write it out. I welcome and constructive feedback from anyone who is reading the story. Please leave a review of any kind and I will happily get to it and answer any questions you may have alone the way. Thank you for taking the time in reading or rereading the story!