Impressions of Miko.

Chapter 1 - Team Prime.

By Czarna Archer

Special thanks to WraithWOrshipper from dA for checking this for me.

Arcee.

Arcee was the first Autobot to meet Miko. And at the very beginning something in the human girl made her uneasy. There was something that made Arcee feel a little awkward. She couldn't tell what that something was, at least for some time.

Now the blue and pink femme was sitting near Cliffjumper's grave and pondering about everything that happened since Optimus returned. She focused on the Asian girl, and suddenly felt strange. Miko was always brave, always first to get into action. And into whole load of trouble. That sounded vaguely familiar. Miko was ready to risk her life for her friends. Sudden realisation hit the femme like a sledgehammer: the reason why she felt so strange about Miko was obvious. They were the same. They both had risked their lives for their friends. Both were seeking revenge when their friends were harmed. They even both had pink accents: Arcee had her crest and Miko had pink strands in her hair. Only Miko learned the hard way that revenge doesn't bring release, that everything stays the same. That pain doesn't go away and wounds don´t get healed in the nick of time.

Arcee vented heavily, she felt better now, knowing why she was so nervous around Miko. A human girl reminded her of herself from before the war. A younger, more carefree self. One that wasn't yet hardened by constant fight and destruction of her home.

Arcee looked at Cliffjumper's grave. "You'd like her, partner."

Bulkhead

The first time Bulkhead met Miko, he felt a little bit intimidated. Yeah, intimidated. He - a heavy weight ´bot, ex-wrecker felt shy of a tiny human girl, one barely bigger than his thumb. How it was even possible? Simple, he was calm, gentle giant. She was a volcano of energy; first thing she did was to shoot him a series of questions. He felt thunder strucked. But as quickly as she appeared in his life, she won him over. In no time it appeared that they had similar tastes in music, sports and pretty much everything else. Bulkhead realised that they made the oddest couple. He - a gigantic mech, bulbous, clumsy and more often than not silly. She - a tiny, organic girl, full of grace, spunk and vigour. And on top of that, a rocking one. Bulkhead regretted that he was no guitarist material, he would love to play in duet with her... and probably cause Ratchet to glitch. The thought made Bulkhead smile. Ratchet could complain all he wanted, but in the end he always managed to put up with them.

One thing was sure for Bulkhead, he loved his little Miko and would always protect her from anything that would threaten her.

He directed his attention to school entrance, where young and loud girl literally ejected herself from the door. Bulkhead smiled, the detention finally was over.

Bumblebee

If someone would ever asked Bumblebee he would never said it out loud... or rather beeped it out loud, but to be honest with himself 'Bee had to admit that he kinda had a crush on Miko. Not some sort obsession, just a (mostly) platonic crush. He was very young for a Cybertronian, not much older than Miko herself. Close to Jack's age. Of course he was soldier already, but in the time of war there was no time for happy childhood. And there was her, with all her bravery, determination and daring. She was like him, and yet not like him. She most definitely was far more rebellious and unbounded.

Bumblebee looked where Miko played video game with Raf. What could he do? He was a young soldier and she was a guerrilla - in a sense - who in his place wouldn't have a tiny crush?

Wheeljack.

Wheeljack was surprised by humans. He was surprised that his old buddy was paired with one. And that it was a female. Femmes weren't Bulk's strong side. He was always a bit shy with the ladies. Of course they adored gentle giant if they got to know him better. The thing was that they rarely gave him chance. So 'Jackie would rather expect his old pal to be teamed with one of the boys instead the girl, and one that looked as the fast and the furious type. Wheeljack's type to put it bluntly. At least that was what 'Jack thought until he actually met the girl. Miko was fast and furious alright. And she was Wheeljack's type, to the point where she preferred the same type company as he did. He also learned that Bulk and Miko preferred rather energetic music, quite to his liking. Only played at the volume that caused his denta to tinkle. He left with knowledge that his buddy is with girl that wrecks like a pro. He had no idea how right he was.

It was some time after his return he received a message from the base. Bulkhead was in very bad shape. Of course he decided to take revenge on the 'con that did it. To his surprise Miko not only wanted the same, but also insisted to take part in it. She insisted so convincingly that he was left without a choice. At this point he already knew that Miko wasn't just a wrecking chick. But when instead of flying back to base on the autopilot, like he instructed, she fired missiles and killed Hardshell, saving his own life in the process, he knew that this kid was a wreckerling: a young, human, wrecker. Wheeljack left knowing that Bulkhead was in good hands. That and he really wasn't in a mood for scolding.

Ratchet.

Ratchet was a seasoned medic, he saw many things. But what Miko and Bulkhead were capable of was nearly too much for him. Those two were able to wreck everything, as long they stayed together. So when Miko started to exercise with Bulkhead after his Synth-en mission, Ratchet knew that if there was a single being capable of helping Bulkhead, it was Miko. And who would've known? He was right.

Smokescreen.

Smokescreen didn't know Miko well. Neither did he know that other kid, what was his name again? Ron? Ralph? Something like that... Raf, that was the name. He hadn't a chance to know them better. But others, namely Bumblebee, told him stories. Smokescreen now knew that Raf was hacker and programist extraordinary. That his virus grated them the Iaconian data base under Soundwave´s very olfactory sensors, no less. But what really intrigued the newest addition to Team Prime was Miko. If back on Cybertron someone would tell him that small organic femmling will mouth to Megatron himself and kill an insecticon, he would leak transmission fluid laughing. But she did just that. She was mad at Megatron for shooting ´Bee and Raf (and to think that the kid survived long enough to receive medical help). And the bug died because he harmed her guardian and was in process of harming their wrecking friend. Smokescreen would love to see old Meg´s ugly mug when he learned what´ve happened. In the end Smokescreen was impressed by the young humans, every one of them. Also he wanted to hang out with Miko for a day or two and test the theory that she attracted adventures.

Optimus Prime.

Ever since children came to the Autobot base Optimus did his best to learn as much as he could about them. He knew the value of being familiar with local (in this case human) customs and beliefs. He also wanted to protect those three from threat that the Decepticons posed. Optimus Prime couldn't help but feel responsible for the children. While they had their respective guardians, and Optimus was more than sure that his Autobots will protect them with their own sparks, he felt personally responsible for them. So, being ex-data clerk, he decided that the best way for him to protect children would be to anticipate what kind of trouble they can get themselves into. With this thought he started to observe them. Jack was fairly easy. The boy was responsible, rather calm, avoiding danger when possible and taking care of his two new friends. Raf was the youngest of the three, and quite a genius. But Miko was a mystery. Perhaps it was because she was a girl? Optimus would be the first to admit that he himself wasn't an expert when it came to femmes and their motives. He possessed the wisdom of Primes, but apparently said knowledge didn't included femmes. And Solus Prime left only equivalent of mischievous smile in regard of her own genre. That left him with Arcee (whom he know mostly as soldier), who gave him blank look. June smiled and said that Miko is simply a girl with strong character and that with time she will grow into strong young woman. All that left Optimus in where he begun. But as the time passed by Optimus was gaining more and more information regarding Miko and in consequence he knew her better.

In his optics there was an image of a fearless young girl with strong opinion of right and wrong. One that wasn't afraid to go on a mission to avenge her fallen guardian (not that he approved, but he understood) and didn't even pretended that she was sorry about doing so. Optimus had to admit that June was right, Miko was strong indeed.

Footnote.

I was thinking about writing this for some time now. But appearance of certain individual caused me to make up my mind and actually do it. You all know him well; he's a lunatic that hates Miko with zeal worth of better case. We all seen his rants, we all know that they made just as much sense as bicycle with square wheels. Well, I want you to know, that since last weekend this thing is personal. In case he would start the subject I hurry to explain what have happened. After another rant that made no sense I grew tired of his hate speech and gave him piece of my mind. Later on I apologised, since it was a bit too much on my side. I also asked him if he was using reversed psychology on us all, if his hate was but a ruse. In respond he made death threats to me. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of some troll that lives on completely different continent, but I don't take that kind of speech lightly. I responded to him, told him that I was not afraid of him, and promised to post this fic. After that I reported him to dA along with others, who weren't amused by his answer to my post. The guy was banned from dA, which resulted in quite a large crowd of happy people. Unfortunately he's still on , so there's more rants to come.

I intend on continuing this little fic in second chapter that will be devoted to Decepticons and their point of view regarding Miss Miko Nakadai. Megs and his merry band will of course praise her in their own, unique way. If only to p!$$ the Corvus Spawn ;)

Disclaimer: Transformers belongs to Hasbro. Story is mine. Miko belongs to Hasbro. That glitch-head's (you know who) aft is mine :-) State of California belongs to USA. Bitchin' combat boots belongs to me. French Guyana belongs to France. I have plush Rottweiler. And everything is clear =D