What about the Humans?
Jack stared at his computer screen, rubbing his eyes he leaned back in his chair. Working alongside his step-father, Agent Fowler in the military was no walk in the park, though it did have its rewards. Jack heard his door creaked as light spilled into the darkened room. "Daddy are finished working yet?" Jack turned around to see his little five year old, red haired daughter, Linda staring at him. "Yes dear I'm almost done, go tell mommy I'll be out for dinner in one moment." Linda happily skipped out of the room, Jack could hear her yell "Mommy! Daddys done soon! Im hungry!" Jack smiled, he had a great life, a great job, loving, beautiful wife, two daughters with a son on the way what more could a man ask for. Just as Jack stood up to walk out of the room something fell from the desk, picking it up Jack saw it to be a picture of him, Miko, and Raf with the Autobots. Sighing Jack the picture into a drawer, "A life time ago." "COME ON DADDY!" Linda screamed from the kitchen, Jack laughed. "Coming dear". Jacks mind was still on the Autobots when he entered the kitchen, "Well hello stranger." Sierra leaned over and kissed Jack, both Linda and her three year old sister Christy looked at each other a giggled, "eww that's gross." They whispered. "Lot on your mind?" Sierra asked as they sat down, again Jack sighed, "No not really just found an old picture of me and some friends." "Oh?" Sierra questioned, "Yah, they were from a long time ago haven't talked to them in a while. They moved and well never kept in contacted like promised. Only one of them did." Sierra nodded while she ate, "Have you tried contacting them?" Jack shook his head, "Can't they moved, really far away with no way of contacting them." Sierra looked at Jack with a serious look. "You mean like Outer Space far?" Jack looked up in shock, "umm well."
Rafael paced back and forth on the dock, "breathe Raf, breathe" he kept telling himself. He was trying to calm down before Shauna arrived. He was gonna do it, he was going to pop the question. He felt his blood pressure rising, "what if she says no? ah she wont..right?"
"Raf?"
"Shauna!" Raf jumped and screeched. Shauna laughed, "Are you okay you seem kind of nervous or something." Raf took a deep breath, "Shauna I need to talk to you." Shaunas face dropped from a smile to a worried frown. "um ok what is it." Raf walked toward her, and grabbed her hands. Shauna was confused until he got down on one knee. "Shauna will you marry me?" Shauna put her hand over her mouth as tears freely flowed down her face, "of Course Raf YES!" Raf breathed a sigh of realief as he slipped the ring on her finger. Shauna stared at it for but a minute before jumping into Rafs arms. "Lets go tell our parents!" She whispered.
Miko held the papers in her hand, sitting across the table from her husband Dennis. "Are you sure we want to do this?" Miko sighed, "No I don't but its clear we cant live with each other any longer." Dennys head dropped, "Miko please let's just…how bout I go away for a while and you stay here. We can let each other have some space then come back to this." Miko looked at the divorce papers again. "Fine I will put these away for now." She stood up and walked toward a desk in the next room, "What about Russell?" Denny whispered. Miko stopped dead, "What about him?"
"I mean who is he going to be with."
"I don't feel like fighting tonight Denny, but I think he should remain with me until you get settled. My next job that requires me to travel isn't for another three months. When your settled he can come to stay with you." Denny nodded, "Agreed." Miko placed the papers in the desk and came back to the kitchen table. "So where do you think you are going?" Denny smiled a little, "You know that Salvage Depot I own?" Miko nodded. "Well I figure I could live there, I have an RV I could live out of for a while." Miko didn't look shocked. "Why do I even ask?" she just shrugged and walked toward the stairs. "Goodnight Denny. And I suggest we not make this any harder on any of us. You best leave tomorrow. Russell's already having a hard time with this." Denny nodded and waited until he heard Miko's room door close, laying his head on his arms on the table he could feel the tears stinging his eyes. At least he had bought some time to try and prove that he still loved her.
Miko closed the roomed door, curling up on her bed she let the tears flow freely, "What had changed" she thought, "why was there no love between them anymore?" Miko hugged her knees, she was glad that Denny had suggested separation for a time it gave her time to try and find that love again.
Russell could her both of his parents, he hated that they were both so sad and he could do nothing. He somehow felt that his was his fault. Both of his parents had told him over and over that it wasn't his fault but he still felt it was. Russell rolled over, pulling the blankets up. He would try and just sleep it off and hope things were better in the morning.
Russell stood waving as his father drove down the road, he held himself from crying in front of his mom. He had to be strong for her, after all he was the man of the house now. "Rusty?" Miko grabbed her sons shoulder lightly, "I need to head into the office, and you need to get inside and do your school work." Russell nodded, "Sure mom." Miko watched her son sadly walk into the house, it was going to take time for Rusty to adjust. Miko looked up to the sky, "Life was so much simpler 14 years ago, all she had to worry about was Decepticons." Shrugging she walked back into the house, "that life was but a memory now, a sad but fond memory."
Jack kissed Sierra goodbye as he left the house. Sierra gave Jack the same looked from the night before. "What aren't you telling me?" She asked. Jack cocked his head, "What do you…"
"I know when your hiding something Jack! I have just been too afraid to ask for years but I found something that I need to know about." Sierra turned and walked toward the den, Jacks heart skipped a beat. Sierra handed Jack a picture, Jack slowly turned it over. It was the same picture from the desk, Jack looked up with his eyes wide. "Umm this is just an old…um Photoshop…edit that me and some friend did a long time ago. We were really into robots." Sierra raised her eyebrows, "Really? Cause this seems like way too good of a photoshop to not be real."
"They can do some pretty cool things with it."
"Look Jack, I have seen plenty of weird stuff in Jasper to know that there was something fishy going on. And You act...different when you are around certain vehicles." Jack looked down to the ground in deep thought. "Your right love. I think its time you know the truth of it all. Can you call Raf and Shauna to come watch the kids?" Sierra smiled, "Give me five minutes." Jack smiled pulling out his cell phone. "Ratchet? I'm bringing my wife, she needs to know the truth… She found an old photo of us… Thanks Ratchet." Sierra came back to the door way," Raf said they will be right over."
Lightyears away on Cybertron a young Lieutenant of the Kaon City Police, looks through a list of Cadets from the academy looking for stations to begin their service.