Author's Notes: Here is the sequel to "Starscream and Alexis Series" long time waiting. Sorry for the long wait. Thanks for KnucklesRedFury for her ideas and helping me get my a#% in gear to write the sequel. Thank you KnucklesRedFury. This time I'm not making a note of how many chapters I'm making, it will go as long as it needs. My OC Sandy, from the 1st story will be playing a bigger role in this one. Probably other OCs will be added as the story progresses but they will be mentioned when they come in.

Home Coming

Three years had passed since Unicron's defeat and Megatron's death. In that time, the Autobots who remained on Earth had fallen into a nice routine. They would work around the base, being sure the debris of the battle from three years ago would not fall into Earth's orbit. On down time, they would escape to the abandoned island as humans and enjoy a day of relaxation. Sometimes they would transport themselves to a winter land and enjoy the fun of snow. They had learnt to ski and do other winter type sports. In the town they lived in, they would get involved in the town's festivities when the time called for it. They would get their human friends to help them out.

In the three years, they had got short visits from their friends from Cybertron but not once did the Autobots on Earth receive a visit from their Prime leader, Optimus Prime. His life was pretty full with rebuilding their home planet. But he would always give his men vacation time on Earth, where they also got to see the joys of the human's world. There was one Autobot who missed Optimus Prime more than any other and everyone on certain days could see how much she missed him.

She loved him like a daughter to a parent. No Autobot tried to tell her otherwise that it was unwise for her to seek a relationship with him for that kind of reason. But they all knew it was futile as he also thought of her like a daughter. So the feelings between the two were mutual. On those days she specially missed him, she had her lover by her side to help her remember the reasons he could not come 'home' and visit.

On the days she couldn't seek comfort from her lover, she would retreat to an abandoned island, which on one side was nearly destroyed, from a volcano that erupted. The other side was still quite untouched and it was the island all the Autobots would escape to, to get some peace and quiet. It was also the same island she once sought out a Mini-Con with her friends when the Autobots and Decepticons were enemies and were battling on trying to retrieve the Mini-Cons, but since Unicron's destruction, the two factions had signed a treaty and now were working together as allies.

Sitting on the beach, smelling the sea air and just listening to the waves and seagulls over, was just what the doctor ordered. Though the orders didn't come from her doctor, they came from her commander. For the past several weeks she had been feeling less and less like herself and began making terrible mistakes. A couple of those mistakes had just caused some of her friends to land in the medical bay where they had to be fixed. She was so losing herself now, not sure where to go or what to do.

She kept playing the scene over and over of how she hurt her friends. They had been doing a routine maintenance check on the security grid, making sure the system was still working well in case humans came too close to the base. It was security that was done once a week. It was nearly her weekly job, along with her Hoist and Blaster. It was a normal day, the sun was high in the sky, and temperatures were rising as summer break had just started. A perfect day for the check to be looked at. But on this day that was when things went totally wrong.

As she continued to sit on the beach, tears began to make tracks down her face. She was about to burst and she had no idea when it was going to happen or if her friends were going to be in the middle of it. She stared at her hands, taking a moment to enjoy in seeing flesh instead of metal. It still tore her up inside being in this form though she had already learnt to accept it.

Her life had taken a drastic change not long before the attack of Unicron. It was on this day, three years that her life was forced to a new way and it always saddened her on this day. Especially when she couldn't spend it with her adapted father, who was not even on the planet. She missed her 'father' very much and so wished to see him again. Yeah she got to speak with him many times since his departure, but it wasn't the same. Oh sure she had her adapted brothers to keep her company which had grown considerably since her life changed.

She had Hotshot and Sideswipe as her favorite brothers but she had later earned the sibling bond with Powerglide and the Aerial Bots. And of course she had the love of her life always by her side when she was feeling blue, but not this time.

Before she left for the island, she had been told he had been sent out towards the Moon to check out the old Moon Base where the former Decepticons members laid refuge. They stayed up there to keep lookout for any activity. So when she was asked by her commanding officer to take a little break, he was no where to be found so she could take him with her.

Now she was alone on the stranded beach, in the same spot where the whole gang had gotten together the day before the Autobots departed for Cybertron and it was the last time she saw her father.

Unknown to her, a few people came up behind her, both with solemn faces. They felt really bad for her as they knew it would have been tough for her later on.

"Alexandra?"

At the name she perked her head, knowing that gruff voice anywhere. When she turned she was surprised to see two humans. Both humans she recognized. One being her love and the other was Blurr. She loved how the Autobots always looked in human form. Blurr always seemed to have a mystery in his face. Even with his dark skin and dark hair, he always looked mysterious.

The two human Transformers walked over to the young woman and sat down on either side of her. Starscream wrapped his arms around, pulling her against him, feeling her body go willingly. Blurr just watched in silence.

"I don't know what happened?" Alexis quietly answered. "One minute I turned off the grid to allow them access and then the next it activated and Blaster and Hoist were injured. And someone it's my fault."

Blurr reached his hand over and grasped hers, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Everyone knows it was just an accident. Jetfire told us what had happened after we got them to the infirmary. Hoist and Blaster are ok now."

"I feel so bad," she muffled as she buried her head in Starscream's side.

Starscream gently kissed her hair and held her tightly as she silently cried on him. "And it doesn't help for the fact that three years ago today you lost your father."

"Alexis," Blurr said. "You do understand why Jetfire asked you to take a break, don't you." He watched as she tried her best to shake her head 'no' while being huddled against the Transformer she loved. "He had asked you to take a break because he knows you've been really tired lately. And fatigue causes misjudgment."

"But…"

Starscream bent lower so he would whisper in her ear. "Alexandra, it's the truth. Jetfire loves you like everyone else does. We all knew you would make mistakes. Even Megatron liked you and as much as that really bugs me, at least he had good tastes."

Those words caused her to snort in a chuckle.

Blurr heard a noise behind them. He used his senses to figure if what was behind them was friend or foe. When he concluded it was friend, he turned. His mouth went slack jaw as he stared wide eyed at what…who was behind him. He slightly nudged Starscream, trying to get the seeker's attention. Starscream carefully looked to where Blurr pointed. Starscream stared wide eyed for a moment before showing the signs of a bright smile and then looked down at the girl huddled against him.

"Love," he whispered. "I have to get up for a moment."

He moved away forcing Alexis to let go. "Starscream, I don't want you…" she had turned to try and grab his hand but she suddenly stopped when she noticed three people were behind her. She looked up and nearly fell over. What she saw directly behind her rendered her speechless. She stared at the men who stood behind her, slack jaw.

"I take it that this is a nice surprise?" one of the men said, clearly the oldest. He wasn't the tallest but in his stance, one could not ignore his salt and pepper hair, blowing in the slight breeze. The last time she saw that look it was the last day she spent any time with all the Autobots. In his light cotton shirt and casual pants, astonished her.

She had never seen such a beautiful sight since the day the Autobots went swimming. Alexis rubbed her tears away as she slowly turned her body completely around and slowly stood, not once removing her eyes from the older man. The man who stood closest to her gave her a soft smile, which forced her to feel a small smile form over her sadness. She barely paid attention to the other two men who were beside him but at that moment, she didn't care.

She took a slow step towards him, ignoring the sand as it began to track into her sandals. She tried to form words but nothing could form into sounds.

The older man slightly cocked his and then opened his arms. He watched as tears quickly came to her eyes again and her smile brightened. Before he knew it she ran into his waiting arms and hugged him tightly.

"Optimus," she whispered in his cotton shirt.

Optimus wrapped his arms tightly around her and her close. "I told you I would be back someday," he soothed quietly. His fingers found their way to her hair. He took note that her hair was a little longer than when he last saw her and he could see her young teenage features were melting into an adult.

"It's ok Alexis," he continued. "I've already been informed in what happened earlier. It must have been tough."

"Stupid human emotions," she grumbled.

Optimus looked up at his men and nodded. His nod indicated that he wanted to be alone with the woman. The others quickly left the beach, heading off towards the old broken down rollercoaster that the Autobots began fixing up for the past year now. It has been a little tough as getting the materials were tough, but the Autobots enjoyed working on it.

Alexis could hear the four men move away. As she listened, knowing full well Optimus just gave them a silent command for the two to be alone, she thought to earlier in the day when whole problem started.

[Flashback]

Waking to the slight disappointment of her bed partner wasn't in the room; she got out off her stone slab of a bed and did her normal routine of getting her system full of substance of Energon. She loved waking with him by her side in the mornings, but not every morning they were able to see each other. As soon as she had her normal amount of Energon, she made her way towards the command center to inform her commander she was going to disconnect the security grid to do her weekly check. Once she had her commander's ok, she headed off to the grid room. To her surprise, Hoist and Blaster were just outside the room waiting for her.

"I take it you guys are helping me," she quietly said.

"You betcha," Blaster said in his usual cheery voice. "Perhaps later we could catch some waves."

"Work first," she said with a small smile.

She disconnected the grid and allowed her friends to enter so they could check to be sure the circuitry wasn't breaking down. When they were in the room, she suddenly felt lonely. This was the anniversary of the day the Transformer she looked up to had left for Cybertron. It always saddened her on this day and this time she didn't get the comfort from the one she loved to help her through the day.

She felt her body trying to fall to the floor from her sadness but she had to be a Transformer first. She straightened her body up and was about to walk into the room when suddenly she felt a dizzy spell hit her. She leaned against the wall to let it pass. When the spell finally passed, she went to move away from the wall, but her hand had hit the switch to activate the grid.

The sounds of screams caused her to jump from the wall and realize what she had just done. Her spark had leaped her to throat at the shrieks.

"Hoist! Blaster!" she shrieked as sounds started blaring everywhere.

Taking note the grid was turned on, she quickly turned it off and ran into the room. Her body clanked to the floor between her two friends as she saw surge marks all over their armor. When the grid was reactivated, an alarm was sounded throughout the base that something was wrong.

"I'm sorry!" she cried over and over.

It wasn't long before Jetfire and Red Alert quickly came running into the room.

"Alexis!" Jetfire blurted, grabbing a hold of her.

Not long after the medical officer and Vice Commander entered the room, Blurr and Starscream soon ran in as well and saw what happened.

"Starscream. Blurr," he medic commanded. He didn't bother to look at Alexis. Whatever happened he knew it was just an accident. "Help me get them to the Infirmary."

The three bots quickly worked on getting the injured, unconscious, warriors out of the room. Red Alert hefted Hoist into his arms just as Starscream pulled the warrior into his own. He offered out his other arm for Red Alert to drape Blaster over him. When the seeker had both bots, Blurr came up beside him and draped Blaster's other arm over him while Red Alert did the same with Hoist. They quickly disappeared as Alexis continued to cry.

"Alexis," Jetfire tried to get her attention but she kept on crying, sprouting words that she didn't mean to. Jetfire had to grab the sides of her face and force her to look at him.

"Alexis, what happened?" he demanded softly.

"I don't know," she whimpered when she finally realized she was faced with her commanding officer. "I took a dizzy spell and had to lean…" she paused, "against the wall. I guess I must have accidentally reactivated the grid. I didn't mean to."

Jetfire watched as she was falling apart right in front of him. Something was happening to Alexis and she wasn't being completely honest with him. "Alexis," he finally said after several minutes, allowing her the time to calm down. "I want you to take the rest of the day off. Go out and get some air."

"But Jetfire," she pleaded. "I can't take time…"

"That's not a request Alexis, that's an order. Once you've calmed down, we'll discuss on what happened and why."

Alexis looked at him and began crying again. She felt herself being pushed against him. "Alexis," he whispered in her audio receptors. "I wish you would speak to me on what's wrong. Please, why don't you go to the abandoned island. No one will be there to disturb you. We know it was just an accident."

[End Flasback]

When it was just him and Alexis, Optimus pulled her to near arms length before grasping the sides of her face so she would look up at him.

"Alexis your emotions are not stupid," he said. "Though you should have told Jetfire what has been truly bothering you. If he had known, he wouldn't have had you anywhere near the equipment today."

"Optimus. I'm a transformer now. I have responsibilities. I can't let my old emotions and feelings to get in the way. I have learnt to accept what has happened to me. I don't want to be treated like a special case because I was a human."

"You will always be a special 'case' to me," he stated firmly. "You may be part of this team but I don't have to like it. Just like I hate having Elita-1 as leader of the Femme Autobots. And I will treat you the way I feel. You are my daughter."

Fresh tears came to her eyes as she stared at him. She remembered the day he told her she was like a daughter to him, but he didn't openly call her daughter until that moment and brought much happiness to her. Though at the same time, she wondered what her real father was doing. Since becoming a Transformer, she lost all communication with him. She didn't want to speak with him in case he was to find out what happened.

Since her mother moved to Maine, he hadn't even tried contacting her either. Alexis did keep tabs on her father, seeing on where he was staying, only because Jetfire insisted to the point that it was an order. And when he gave orders she had to follow, as he was her commanding officer.

Alexis pulled herself back into his embrace and held him tightly. "I've missed you," she whispered.

Optimus bent a little and lightly kissed her head. When he was on Earth and would watch the Television, he would always pay more attention to the shows that showed much bonding between family members. He enjoyed watching the soaps but watching family oriented shows where everyone would learn a lesson was more his idea.

"I was able to get some time off and came here so I could see you."

She looked up at him. "You mean you're not here to stay?"

Optimus shock his head. "No, I'm afraid. Rebuilding Cybertron is taking longer than expected. Both Shockwave and myself have learnt there have been some of our men who disagree with the treaty and they have left Cybertron. I have been trying to track them down, but have no luck so far."

"You mean not all Autobots are happy about the treaty?" she asked.

"Apparently not. I presumed there would be some Decepticons, but I didn't think any of men would feel that way. I fear something is going to happen but the question is when and where."

"When did this happen?"

"It's been happening slowly since getting to Cybertron. More so in the last six months, which is around the time Jetfire started reporting to me of the mistakes you were making. I knew then I had to find a way to come and see you, to find out what is wrong."

Alexis tried to turn herself away from the man before her, but he wouldn't let her, so she did the only thing she could do, averted her eyes to the sand.

"Alexis, the men look to you for guidance here and the team won't function when their second in command is out of commission."

"Maybe I don't want to lead anymore," she whispered.

Optimus signed. "Alexis, I didn't say being second in command will be easy. I also didn't say getting used to being a Transformer was going to be easy either. I know you still have human emotions and a human life. And I'm sure you would love to be with your friends when they have their achievements. But if you keep this emotions locked up, it will cause harm. And I don't just mean leading your fellow comrades to battle if needed."

"But how? How can I let it out? The ones I really love are out of my reach. My Mom lives in Maine my father has become very ignorant to me since my Mom left. He hasn't even tried to look me up since just before my birthday when you guys all gave me my last human birthday party.

"Starscream is great but sometimes I don't always feel like I could talk to him about everything that I'm feeling. He will always be there for me, but he can't really give me advice and neither can the others. And there is you. The one I really want to talk with but you're not even here on the planet anymore. You're on Planet Cybertron rebuilding the planet and I understand that's important."

"So that's what the problem is," he concluded. "You're family has split up."

Alexis finally managed to turn away from him and took a step towards the ocean. She wrapped her arms around herself. "I don't know what to do, anymore. It hurts to know everyone I love is too far away for me to talk to."

Optimus pulled her back to him and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. "I'm here now," he said soothingly. "Tell me what's wrong?"

"I don't know what to do anymore. I'm a Transformer but at one time I was a human. I'm missing out on the life that I once had. I can't see my old friends other than Rad and the others. And they have begun to have their own lives with their own girlfriends. I'm so lost. But I know I'm a Transformer now and that is what is suppose to matter, but it's killing me. I can't even celebrate my birthday properly anymore. And I miss you too much. I can't speak to you like a daughter to a father. And I want a father right now."

Optimus was quickly stunned as she quickly turned in his arms and buried her head against him and openly cried. He held the girl against him as tight as he could without crushing her as she cried. He had no idea what to say or do about her little dilemma. She was finally being torn, which he suspect would happen but didn't know when, between two lives. He was now glad he took some time to spend with her.

When her tears were all spent, he felt her legs give out. Being careful, he slowly her and himself to the ground. When they were sitting in the sand, he could see Starscream coming towards them. When Starscream was close enough, Optimus could feel Alexis body suddenly became heavy.

"Is she alright?" Starscream asked with concern. When Optimus asked everyone to leave, Starscream decided to take a walk on the beach. He kept the two in his sights but not hearing range. The moment he saw that they were slowly going to the ground, he became very worried and went to them. He ran until he was in hearing range, but slowed to a brisk walk.

Optimus looked at his daughter before looking to the love of her life. "She just cried herself to sleep. She's emotionally drained. Lost between two worlds and it's finally taking a toll on her. I had a feeling it was coming but the question was when."

"So you picked a good time to come back to Earth," the seeker answered quietly.

"Yes but I'm only able to be here for a few days. I have do have some business here, but seeing Alexis was the top of my list."

"I wish I could help her." Starscream knelt and lightly touched Alexis' hair.

"Unfortunately," Optimus said. "You are not able to. What her problem deals with me."

"You? Why you?"

"I'm her father and she needs a father right now."

Starscream nodded in understanding. "She hasn't really had a father since before we even came to Earth."

"On a personal level, has she been feeling distant lately?"

"As a matter of fact I have noticed she has been. Shortly after…" he trailed off.

Optimus raised an eyebrow. "Starscream. Is there something you're not telling me?"

Starscream sighed and lowered his head. "On her 17th birthday, we held a birthday party for her and later we shared something special."

"Something special?" the Autobot leader questioned.

The Autobot leader could see his warrior form a blush. "She and I…are connected…"

"So not only you have mated on a Transformer level but on a human level as well." Optimus caught on to what the seeker was trying to tell him. He saw the seeker's blush brightened. "Starscream you don't need to feel ashamed. I can't really do anything. I knew it was bound to happen."

Starscream looked up. "Sir?"

"You two love each other and I'm happy for the two of you. I can't stop the two of you even if I wanted to."

The two were quiet for a while and soon were joined by their other comrades. Alexis stayed huddled against Optimus until she finally woken up. When she did, she noticed her friends surrounded her. She saw Starscream and Blurr were sitting in front of Optimus as humanized Springer and Powerglide were sitting on either side of their leader. Once she had realized she had cried herself to sleep, Optimus came up with an idea for the five of them to spend the rest of the day, relaxing on the beach and perhaps go for a swim.

Alexis was against the idea until Springer and Starscream came up with the idea of grabbing her from Optimus and threw her in the water. She had squealed in shock and delight at once being thrown in the water. When she emerged from the water, in her shorts and T-shirt, sandals long gone, but on the beach, her friends and father, in the water, surrounded her. She quickly tried to attack her lover and friend for dunking her and Optimus couldn't help but laugh as she ended up being thrown again just as a wave came towards them.