Hi, this is my first story so please be gentle with your comments, I would love that you tell me how I did, I know I am not the best, so any thoughts would be great. I tried my best for the body parts of a Transformer (if I got any wrong please correct me).

This is a back story of my OC Lifeline, I will have many other OC's in here, sorry if you don't see your favourite character in here, but in the future chapters, there will be some.

(So, I have fixed this up and put more work into it, because it needed work done on it and I am going to fix up a few other chapters as well)

Prologue

"It is said that a long time ago the people of Cybertron once lived in peace. No war or anything, but not for very long as our world was not as peaceful as we thought.

There was three different classes, one were the noble and rich kind, another the middle class, not poor and not rich, lived a decent life, but the last class was the poorest, so many bad things happen in that class. The poor class were treated like slaves and some die from health problems they couldn't fix. So two mechs, one from the poor side and the other from the middle class started a war. They agreed to the same things, but they thought their way to finish the war was right.

This split the people of Cybertron in half, creating two sides, the Autobots and the Decipticons. Some though stayed neutral, not picking a side.

In the beginning of the war, a femme, named Lifeline was a medic much like her Brother Ratchet, she and her children Elixa and Tonic with Ratchet lived in this little clinic near the out skirts' of Kaon, Treating any whom come, Autobots and Decepticons as well, even though that the two fractions sometimes fight on who gets healed first, Ratchet made sure to clean that up quick.

After a few years, Autobots and Decepticons alike came and started pressuring them to join their side even though they decided when the war started that they stay neutral. A year later a fight broke out between Ratchet and Lifeline, it was about how Ratchet chose his side, the Autobots. That caused Ratchet to leave and Lifeline to stay, and they did not see each other for a long time, until they met again"

Chapter 1: Split Apart

Lifeline sighed. Her little patient wiggled on the berth yet again, she was known to do this every time she had her check-up. Was it really so hard to just sit there and do an a check up once in a while" Elixa, if you keep moving I will never get this done."

Elixa looked at her mother with big blue optics, she didn't want to do a check up, they were boring and some times a little painful, when her mother did not look at her; she turned away and wiggled again with discomfort. Lifeline shook her helm and rubbed a red servo across her youngling's helm. She then returned to fixing the broken wire in her silver and purple leg.

Lifeline sighed again. If only her daughter would sit still she would be done already. She turned to the sound of someone at the door, it was her son and Elixa's Twin brother Tonic, his light green and silver paint job covered in dirt like he rolled in it.

"Tonic, what did you do to yourself." sighed lifeline. Dear Primus was this the third time she sighed. She must be getting old, even if she is young for a transformer. Her son has just walked in a mess, and now was getting it all over the floor too, the nice white floor now had little brown foot prints on them. The mother of the children sighed, she had to clean that up now.

"I was only playing in the dirt and dust outside, it won't hurt me," replied Tonic, he pointed behind him, at the door he just entered, then he asked worried "It won't hurt me, right mother?"

"No it won't," Tonic relaxed; relieved that the dirt wouldn't hurt him "When I am done with Elixa, both of you will get cleaned up before we have some energon and then off to the berth with you two."

"Ok mother!" Tonic and Elixa replied together.

After a while of wiggling and scolding Lifeline was done, she went to clean up her tools before her brother came back and have fit about his med bay being unclean.

When she was done Lifeline walked out the med bay doors and into the waiting room that has a few rows of chairs each row holding at least 6 chairs, on the left is a door that leads to the supplies room and on the right is a door that leads to the home that Lifeline, her children and brother live, in front is the door that leads out of the clinic and far down a road where a little town sits.

Lifeline casually strolled towards the door on the right which lead to the attached home she shared with her family. Once inside, the red femme eyed the simplistic furnishing with a smile. The home is not very big with three doors that lead to only a wash area and two berthrooms, the former occupied by her children, but it was home and she admired it. Lifeline found her favourite sitting spot, at the centre of the living room on a couch, and proceeded to it with her equally favourite crime novel: The Madmech of Polyhex.

At only halfway through the first chapter, even though she had read it many times when the voice of one of her children called. Lifeline ingnored it and continued on reading, she really wanted to finish this. Another call and she sighed "Alright! I'm coming." she mumbled the last part to herself.

The red and white medic almost dragged herself into the wash rack She arrived to see Elixa sitting under the hot, steaming water, her helm down, letting the water run down her helm, back neck and sides. Lifeline's optics moved to Tonic, who was scrubbing very hard at his plating to try and get the dirt off. Lifeline shook her helm and smiled "here, let me help."

Tonic nodded his little green helm and gave his mother the washer so she could get at the parts of his plating he couldn't get. After about 5 minutes, she was done. A nod of approval, Lifeline looked to Elixa, who was still sitting there under the water. The medic tilted her helm in confusion and walked over to her daughter. She nudged her shoulder, waiting for a reaction, when nothing happened, Lifeline lifted her helm.

Only to see that her daughter was already in recharge, she must have been tied from paying with her friends earlier. Lifeline lifted Elixa into her arms and looked to Tonic "Go Tonic, and make the berths so you and Elixa can recharge."

Tonic nodded and ran out the wash racks to Elixa and his room. Lifeline slowly walked to her children's room, careful not to knock anything. As she reached the door, her son opened it for her, giving him a smile in thanks. The lights in the room bright and giving a yellow glow in the room, the medic walked to Elixa's berth. A purple blanket on top with a few soft toys that were imported from other planets.

The red femme placed her daughter on the berth and kissed her helm goodnight, she then tucked and kissed Tonic goodnight. She walked to the door and switched the lights off, the room now left in blackness and a last goodnight, Lifeline left the room.

She quickly walked back to the couch and picked her book pad up, continuing the story until someone walks in the door; Lifeline turns to face the door and sees a red and white mech standing there.

"Hello Ratchet, did you get enough supplies in town." asked Lifeline, if Ratchet was not so busy buying supplies this earlier, she would of had him do the check ups for Elixa.

Ratchet scoffs and puts the supplies he got onto the floor near the table in the kitchen "Of course I did, what made you think I would forget anything."

Lifeline chuckles"Of course not Ratchet, it was silly of me to assume otherwise."

"Yes, yes it was," Ratchet grumbled and sat down next to lifeline " And tomorrow we are going to put all the supplies away and maybe clean and organize this clinic up a bit."

"Sure, but after I'm taking the children to town."

"Ok, and now that you mentioned, where are the children?" questioned Ratchet, he looked around to see where they were.

"Umm... they are recharging now," Lifeline looked at Ratchet with worry "Why, what's wrong?"

"I have something important to discus with you and I don't want the children to hear."

"OK, what is it?" Lifeline was starting to get really worried now, was the clinic going to get shutdown, did someone get killed, she sure hope not.

"I have chosen a side."

Wow, that was blunt... wait what! What does he mean he picked a side, he said that we would never pick a side, how dare he! Her brother is going to fight in a war he promised not to join, he could get killed! Lifeline glared at Ratchet

Ratchet watched quietly as he saw emotions flicker across Lifelines face plate. He waited for Lifeline to say something as the room he was in was deathly quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"What do you mean you have chosen a side?" Lifeline questioned, she breathed in, trying to be calm, but anger clearly was seen in her optics.

"I am no longer going to stay neutral; the war has started and people are getting killed, I am not going to sit here anymore when a war is going on, if we don't pick a side, we will die!" Ratchet argued and glared at Lifeline.

"Ratchet we chose to stay out of this war so we don't get killed!"

"Lifeline, please listen to me, if we don't leave, you and the children will..." Ratchet did not want to finish the sentence.

"No, we are staying here; we are not going to join the war to..." Lifeline vented and looked down, trying to find something to say "...to die, and leave the children alone, I don't want that."

"But we can't stay."

"Yes we can and we will." LIfeline crossed her arms.

"Fine, you stay, but I'm leaving!" Ratchet then made a sharp turn and stomped away.

"Ratchet, come on, please don't do this!"

Ratchet paused. He shook his helm and said "I joined the Autobots... just so you know." Then continued walking to the door.

"Fine!" Lifeline yelled, then added in warning "But if you walk out that door, don't you dare come back!"

Ratchet stoped for a moment, and then kept walking and slammed the door shut on the way out; he didn't even stop to the sounds of Lifeline's sobs.

Lifeline was on her knees sobbing, hoping that her brother will be safe, and that they will see each other again. She wished he didn't go, she has heard plenty of stories of those that joined the war and never came back. The medic could only wonder who convinced her brother to join.

She stopped crying at the sound of shuffling feet; Lifeline looked over to the right where the door to her children's room is. Breathing in to calm herself she got up and walked over to the door, she opened it and peeked in.

Elixa and Tonic was standing at the door from spying on the argument; staring at her with sad optics. Ratchet and her augment must have woken both of them up. "Is Uncle Ratchet really never coming back, is he going to join the war?" Tonic asked.

Lifeline sighed and answered his question "Uncle Ratchet had to leave, he is going to help stop the war." She only wished that he didn't go to help the Autobots fight in the war.

"Great, so that means were going to see him again!" the hopeful look on Tonics face made her feel terrible, she had to tell them that they might not see Ratchet again.

"Maybe Tonic, maybe," Lifeline then said "Now what are you to doing up I told you to go to recharge after having your energon, did I not!"

Elixa and Tonic grinned sheepishly and then ran to their berths to lie down and recharge they both said at the same time "Goodnight Mum" and turned off their optics.

Lifeline watched for a few seconds more making sure they were recharging and closed the door quietly. She walked over to the couch and sat down for a moment to think. Ratchet was gone and she might never see hi again, What is she going to tell her children when they get a letter saying Ratchet didn't make it through the war or if he was MIA.

She then got up and rushed over to the door while mumbling "Time to visit Upbeat, I'm sure he can cheer me up a bit."

She closed the door and locked it, then walked out of the clinic and locked the door to make sure no one gets in and then set up an alarm to warn her if someone tried to break in. When finished she sighed and looked to the sky, the stars were out and shinning brightly. She knew it was late, but not that late that her lover wouldn't be awake. Lifeline then transformed into her emergency vehicle and drove to town.

I hope you liked it and I did try to fix it up a bit, sorry, I kinda rushed it in the end, but if I never finished this chapter, it would of never got out. The next chapter will be so much better, (I hope) and longer too!

Thanks for reading! :D