I run through the woods like Mommy and Daddy had told me too when they saw that mean man showed up at our house. When Daddy saw the mean man he pushed Mommy and I through the back door telling us to run into the woods next to our house, but Mommy told me to hide while she helped Daddy. My legs stopped making me fall over and I crawl in the hole under a tree to wait for Mommy or Daddy like they told me too. Day turned into night and I fell asleep in the hole.
"Ironhide, why did I have to come with you on your little walk through the woods?" my bond mate, Ratchet, asks as we walk through the woods bordering the humans' homes
"Cause yer my bond mate and we finally get some alone time." I say wrapping my arms around his waist and he smiles then turns his head listening to something. He gets out of my arms and starts to walk to a tree a distance away while stopping and listening to something
"Ratchet, what are you-" my mate holds up a servo silencing me
"I hear a youngling crying 'Hide. It's coming from under this tree…..oh my Primus, 'Hide an organic youngling is under here! She looks starved!" I jog up to my mate and see that there was a youngling under the tree and she did look like she hadn't eaten or drank anything for four days. I crouch down and hold a servo out for her to climb on
"C'mon youngin, we won't hurt you." She looks at my servo then at me a few times before crawling out and climbing onto my servo
"Why were you under the tree? Aren't your parents looking for you?" she shakes her head tears rolling down her cheeks
"N-No. Mommy and D-Daddy made me run away from the scary man that got in our house." She says. Ratch and I share a look remembering Sparkplug told us about two humans that were killed four days ago
"Youngling, why don't you stay with us? What is your name?" Ratchet asks
"Charlotte Shreya Gonzalez, but what about mommy and daddy?" she questions
"Sweetspark, I don't think your parents are coming for you."
"Are you my new mommy and daddy?" my mate and I nod and Charlotte latches herself onto my finger clinging tightly. Being careful with my new youngling I walk back to the Ark with my mate. Our lives were really going to change after this.