Anna sighed laying in the back seat of Bee with her art pad on her lap. She was drawing a picture of Bee's alt mode driving through the desert. Bee and Raf were playing a video game on his console they hooked up, Raf sitting in the passenger seat. Anna looked out the window and saw nothing but desert, they had to come out here so no one would bother them or question what they were doing. The view did help with the details of her drawing though.

Anna watched as Bee knocked Raf's car off the road. Raf groaned and threw his head back in defeat. Anna smirked softly watching the two, shaking her head softly.

{I win!}

Raf laughed, "No fair bumblebee, You've been driving a lot longer than I have!"

Anna just laughed softly at them, she of course had her driver's license but she couldn't even beat Bee at a driving game.

Bee started up his engine causing Anna to put her things back in her bag and buckle up. Bee made a whining noise, telling them they had to get back to the base before speeding off. Anna looked out the window once again, thinking back to her stay at the hospital.

~~*Flashback*~~

Amber listened only somewhat to the doctor as he explained to her what the laser would do, how it would remove the mass completely and safely. After a month of chemo and radiation, drugs kicking her ass and making her miserable, this guy shows up with a solution. Amber stopped him and nodded her head quickly, anything to stop this pain. She looked behind the doctors head as her mother talked to the man. The mirror behind him showed her staring into it. Her brown eyes seemed almost lifeless and full of pain. Her once beautiful brown hair was gone and she wore a wrap around her head. She shook her head and took a deep breath. She needed to be strong. For the others in the ward. She wouldn't want them to think they weren't beautiful so she wouldn't think the same of herself.

"When's the earliest you can schedule the surgery?" Amber managed to rasp out, not wincing at how horrible her voice really was. She would be able to fix it now.

~~*End flashback*~~

Anna jumped as Raf shook her shoulder, "We're back." Anna nodded and got out too see all the Autobots standing around them. Bumblebee transformed beside them and she moved closer to him, gently leaning against his leg. Raf grinned up at Bumblebee, "We need to do that again!"

Optimus moved past them all, "Autobots prepare too..."

Arcee put her hand on her hip, "Roll out?"

Optimus shook his head, "Remain here. Ratchet, You'll come with me. Arcee, We'll be outside communications range for some time so I'm putting you in charge."

Anna looked over at Miko as she looked up at Bulkhead, "Dude, you're biggest, you should be the boss!"

Bulkhead shrugged, "Uhh.. he never picks me."

Arcee sighed, "Optimus, with all due respect, playing bodyguard is one thing, babysitting's another. Besides, Ratchet hasn't been in the field since the war!"

Anna huffed and crossed her arms, walking off and sitting down against a wall watching everyone silently. She did not need babysitting, she was sixteen! She did the babysitting, she did all the time!

"My pistons may be rusty but my hearing is sharp as ever." Ratchet snarked at her.

Optimus sighed softly. "For the moment, It's only reconnaissance."

Arcee frowned as she watched them. "Then why do I hear an edge in your voice?"

"Arcee, much has changed in the last twenty-four hours and we all need to adapt. Ratchet, bridge us out."

Anna watched as they both walked through the ground bridge and dissapeared. Anna got up and stood beside Raf as Jack spoke up, "So chief, what's on the activity list?"

Arcee rolled her eyes, "I'm going on patrol."

Bulkhead shook his head, "But Optimus told us to stay."

Arcee looked up at him, "When you're in charge you can call the shots. Bee, with me!"

Bee whined and slumped his shoulders as he walked beside Arcee {Why me?!}

Arcee grinned, "Bulkhead you're in charge." Bee and Arcee transformed into their alt modes before driving off.

They all four looked up at the last bot in the room, "Soo.. What's on the activities list?"

Anna covered her ears as Miko adjusted her amplifiers and speakers, "Hoowww about band practice?!"

Anna rolled her eyes, her arms covering her chest, they weren't a band.

Rafael frowned, "But we're not a band." Sometimes Raf and Anna shared the same brain it seemed like.

Miko laughed, "Why so anti-social, come on Raf, you play anything?"

Raf shrugged slightly before holding up his laptop, "Umm, keyboard?"

Miko nodded, "Laptops, good. Jack?"

Jack rubbed the back of his head, "I sometimes mess around on the harmonica."

Miko frowned, "Do I look like I do country? Just cover yourself in fake blood and jump around screaming, you too Anna!" Anna rolled her eyes at the Japanese girl and watched her as she moved to Bulkhead, "Bulkhead, Percussion!"

"We're a band, you just gotta learn the songs!" She began playing her guitar causing Anna to cover her ears and wince in pain, ugh she had to put up with this every day?

Anna looked up seeing the green light but the alarm wasn't loud enough to overpower Miko's loud strumming.

Bulkhead saw it and frowned, "Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

Miko groaned, stopping, "Come on, You can't handle the raw power?!"

Bulkhead shook his head, "Proximity sensor! Quick hide!"

They all four ran behind Bulkhead's large feet as quickly as they could. As soon as they did the elevator door opened and a black male rushed into the room, "Prime?!"

Bulkhead blinked, "Agent Fowler. Uhh... He's not here. Nobody's here. Except me of course." He laughed a little nervously at the end, causing Anna to worry about if he could lie to the agent.

Fowler sighed, "Well where did he go? Wait, don't tell me, he's out pancaking a mini mall." Anna looked at Raf and pulled him closer to her and away from the edge of Bulkhead's foot so he wouldn't be spotted. "I don't know what language you bots speak on your planet but prime promised he would handle the Decepticons!"

Anna bit her lip as Bulkhead moved slowly. He was trying to keep them hid causing the children to scramble around trying to stay behind him while. The trouble was Miko's guitar was still plugged up and had no more slack.

Fowler frowned at Bulkhead, "Blowing a crater in the middle of Nebraska is not what the word handle means in English!" He heard the noise of the guitar and looked at the ground suspiciously before looking back up at Bulkhead, "So you tell prime -" He looked back down as Miko made more noise by accident. He followed the cord from his foot to an amplifier with Raf's laptop on top of it, "Since when are you bots electric?"

Bulkhead didn't know what to do so Anna pushed Raf out while the other two walked out with her. Jack grinned nervously, "H-hey! How ya doin?"

Fowler frowned, "Contact with civilians! Team prime has really gone off book this time." He shook his head, "Wait, don't tell me, you're running a daycare center?!"

Bulkhead looked down at the kids, "Uhh.. okay.."

Jack shook his head, "Look, we're uhh.. interns!"

The others quickly nodded their heads to help back up Jack. Raf held up his finger, "Student interns!"

Jack nodded, "Earning extra credit in auto shop"

Miko quickly added in, "Robotics!"

Fowler sighed, walking down the steps, "Okay.. Let's move. I'm taking all four of you into federal custody for your own protection!"

He began to move towards them but Bulkhead smashed his large foot down in between them before he could, "We're protecting them!"

Fowler glared up at him, "Is that so?" He turned around and began towards a phone on the side of the staircase, "Well maybe you could explain that to my superiors at the pentagon."

Bulkhead shook his head, "Don't use that phone it's -" He put his finger on the button, "- out of order."

Fowler glared up at him, "This isn't over big foot! Now by a long shot!" He began up the stairs and into the elevator as Miko made fun of him silently. Anna just smirked a little but was worried about what the agent was going to do.

Bulkhead groaned and shook his head, "Ughh..."

Anna looked up seeing/hearing the another alarm and looked up at the screen, is he back for another lecture?

Raf whined, "Ow, my ears!" Anna knelt down and covered his ears with her hands.

Bulkhead looked at the screen, "It's an S.O.S from Fowler!" Bulkhead looked at it nervously as the alarm stopped when he touched the screen.

Raf moved towards him, "Did you trace it?"

Bulkhead sighed, "Location scan was incomplete, oh well!"

Jack stared up at him, "Oh well? Seriously?!"

Bulkhead turned around, "Fowler's a jerk."

Jack frowned, "Wow! Whether you like the guy or not, the Decepticons may have him!"

Raf frowned, "And Agent Fowler knows your location!" Raf suddenly realized something, "O-our location."

Miko nodded, "And did we not just notice how fast he backs down from a bot?! The cons will totally make him squeal!"

Anna frowned, a little annoyed at how she couldn't come up with something witty to say.

Bulkhead frowned, "But we lost the transmission! Fowler could be anywhere!"

Raf and Anna looked at each other as Raf smiled, "We can try to narrow it down."

Anna sat down next to Raf and got out her laptop as they both began working on it, with Raf doing the talking. "About five years ago the army started micro chipping their agents, you know like owners do with pets!" Jack and Miko looked at the two of them as Raf looked up, "What, I saw it on TV!" He shook his head, "Anyway, if we can hack into the the fed's mainframe, we can maybe pinpoint Fowler's coordinates."

Miko looked at the two of them, "You two know how to hack." Anna just rolled her eyes and nodded, not looking up from the computer screen, typing away. Miko frowned, "Raf, you're like two years old, Anna I can see but not you!"

Raf looked up at her and grinned, "Twelve, and a quarter! Anna taught me anyways." After a few minutes Raf listed off the coordinates.

Bulkhead entered them into the computer and activated the space bridge, "Okay, wait here."

Miko whined, "Aww! You can't break up the band!"

Bulkhead turned around, "Uhh, J-jack you're in charge!" Bulkhead ran through the bridge causing Anna to look at Miko and Raf then Jack, great.

Anna saw her run through the portal at the last second and went to get her but was too late. Jack didn't notice yet, "I guess we four got the run of the place.. Miko? Miko!?"

Anna shook her head and pointed to the entrance way when Jack looked at her.

Raf and Jack got back up the platform after Anna went up there, kind of freaking out. Raf frowned looking at the two of them, "What should we do?! Bulkhead may not even realize that she followed him!"

Jack shook his head, "Miko hasn't seen the cons in action like we three have.. She has no idea."

Raf typed away on the computer, "Those are their coordinates, their location is still locked in!"

Jack sighed looking at all three of them, "Umm, Anna, You're in charge!" Anna narrowed her eyes at him and shook her head, making a circle motion for all three of them. Jack sighed but nodded and they all three ran through the ground bridge.

Jack, Anna and Raf jumped out in the middle of a large canyon with Bulkhead and Miko up a bit. Raf looked up at Anna, "Woahh... Are your bones vibrating!?" Anna nodded but made sure Raf was close to her. They looked up and gasped seeing a huge ship floating above ground.

"You there!" They looked up too see three cons pointing their cannons at them. Anna immediately pushed Raf behind her as Jack moved closer to Anna to better protect Raf. They began shooting at them as Anna dodged while pushing Raf away slightly. Raf fell down and Anna narrowed her eyes before picking him up, turning her back to the bots to protect him. She looked up too see Bulkhead in vehicle form.

"Get in now!"

Anna pushed Raf inside and got in after Jack. He sped away, dodging the attacks from the cons as he went. Jack looked back at Bulkhead as Anna got in the backseat, "Thanks Bulkhead!"

"W-what are you doing here!?"

Anna sighed softly, they were here because Miko was being stupid and ran after bulkhead!

Jack sighed, "We were worried about Miko! Have you seen her?!"

Miko popped up from beside Anna causing her to jump and yelp. Miko just grinned, "What's she look like?!"

Bulkhead pulled behind a huge rock, "Everyone out! And this time, please stay here?!"

Anna got out and waited for the others worriedly, Bulkhead couldn't take on all those cons alone. Anna looked around and groaned, where was Miko!? They watched as Bulkhead subdued most of the cons, only too see Miko crawl out of his chest. Anna shook her head and looked down at Raf. Raf looked up at her and raised his hands to show he wasn't ever going to try that with Bee.

They heard more fighting and shooting as Raf spoke up nervously, "Think they forgot about us?" Anna shrugged but heard the familiar sound of bot footsteps. She turned around slowly, gasping as she saw two cons coming towards them.

That would be a no.

She got in front of Raf again, backing up quickly. Only they were too slow and the bots captured the three of them, bringing them on the ship. One of them had Raf in his left hand, Anna in his right while the other con had Jack in his left hand. "Bring them to the brig, commander Starscream is keeping the other human there." Anna's eyes widened, they did have Fowler!

They heard engine's getting closer until Bee drove right into the two bots in his alt mode, throwing them all up in the air. Arcee transformed and caught the three of them, her arms linked together like she was carrying a huge baby. Anna winced softly but grinned knowing Bee was there. Arcee put them down as Bee transformed and moved towards them. Anna quickly ran over and hugged his leg, along with Raf. She was glad he was okay and she was still scared from being captured so him being near reassured her.

Bumblebee leaned down, his hand behind her back before beeping at them, {Are you two okay!?}

Anna nodded softly and smiled at him softly.

Raf grinned, "Now that you're here!"

Arcee bent down to their level, "Thank your for clearing the front door for us but storming the Decepticon warship was not on the activities list." Anna huffed, crossing her arms nodding, she was thinking the same thing.

Jack nodded, putting his arms out to the side, "Tell me about it."

They ran down the corridor only to meet Bulkhead and Miko. Anna quickly moved beside Bee but out of his way so he wouldn't squash her by accident. Arcee put her hands on her hips, "Brought the humans, huh?"

Bulkhead frowned, "You try getting them to stay behind!" He looked down at Miko and Anna threw her hands up in the air, she only came because Miko ran away!

Bee looked down at her before looking at Arcee as she nodded, "We need to find Fowler and get these kids out of here."

Raf and Jack spoke up, "He's in the brig." Anna nodded slightly, while looking around the hallway they were in warily.

Miko got down and they were discussing where the brig was when a bunch of Cons came down the hallway, shooting at them. Anna whined softly before standing in front of Raf. How many Decepticons were there? Bulkhead moved in front of the kids, using his arm to block the attacks before shooting at them causing a minor explosion. Anna looked to the other side to see even more Cons shooting at them. Anna looked at both sides before pulling Raf to her and hugging him close to her, trying to shield him from the attacks and from seeing them.

The Autobots managed to kill the cons so they all began running to the brig once again but Anna now had a tight grip on Raf's hand, hell bent on keeping him safe. The three bots came to a control room and burst in, shooting all the cons while the four humans stayed outside in the hallway, peeking in. Arcee looked around, "Clear!" The four of them walked into the room, glancing up at the large bots before them. Arcee sighed, "Wait in here."

Anna frowned looking at Bumblebee, she didn't want to be left alone on a enemy alien ship!

Bee beeped at Arcee {Alone?}

Arcee shook her head, "They're slowing us down and they're easy targets. They'll be alright in here as long as they stay put." They turned their hands into cannons and ran out of the room, towards the brig.

Anna sighed looking at Miko before looking at a large screen behind them. She frowned recognizing the math involved even though some parts were possibly Cybertronian. Anna slightly registered Jack and Miko fighting about her running off but turned around when Raf spoke up.

"Aghh! Stop it! Both of you!" He ran over to the edge of the platform and sat down, his knees to his chest.

Anna narrowed her eyes at the two of them and sat down beside him, hugging him gently. Jack and Miko quickly ran over and sat down around Raf, "Hey Raf, it's okay.."

Miko nodded, "Yeah, we're going to be fine."

Jack smiled at him, "Our bots will come back for us!"

Miko nodded, "Yeah, they're going to take us home."

Anna gently rubbed his back, kissing the side of his head causing him to sit up and rub his head furiously, "Eww, sis." Anna just smirked slightly, she knew how to cheer him up.

Jack looked up and saw the screen Anna was looking at earlier, "Hey, Raf, Anna what do you make of that?" Anna just looked at Raf as they went down to the next level and stood in front of it.

Raf looked it over, "It's important... Real important.. We need to get this to Optimus."

Miko looked at him, "How do you know it's not just some recipe for space nachos?!"

Anna looked at her and rolled her eyes, it was a huge, complicated math problem for some very intricate and complicated formula, not for nachos!

Raf looked at Anna and nodded, "I know math when I see it, Anna was looking at it when you two were arguing." Anna nodded as she continued mentally working out the math, trying to figure out what it was. Jack and Raf talked about how to get it to Optimus when a con walked in while Raf was getting his flash drive out. Anna heard the sound of his footsteps coming and quickly grabbed Raf's hand, dragging him to a corner of the room. Raf gasped seeing the bot but squirmed out of her grasp, running back to get his bag.

Anna cursed him mentally before running back over to him. The con noticed them this time though. He pointed his gun at Rafael just for Anna to run in front of him, pushing Raf back once again. Miko and Raf really needed to stop getting into trouble! The bot began shooting and chasing them. Anna turned around, pushing Raf while running. She yelped as one of the blast hit her side. She stumbled a little, her hand flying to her side.

Raf looked back, "Anna!" Jack quickly tackled Raf to the side, behind a dead con to hide. Anna managed to slip behind the con as well.

Jack looked at Miko, "Take a picture!"

Anna cursed, feeling blood leaking through the wound. Anna looked up as Miko ran out in front of it, "Hey you!" She held up her phone and took a picture.

Anna winced and narrowed her eyes, she was dense sometimes. Jack shook his head, "Not of that, That!" He pointed to the math formula on the screen while holding Anna up by her arm. Miko quickly turned around and took the picture, with her back to the con, How stupid was she?! They managed to run out of the room and towards where their bots were supposed to be. Jack had his arm over her shoulder and under her other arm as she leaned on him while running away since she couldn't move that fast on her own.

They heard a horn honking before Bulkhead transformed while jumping over their heads and tackling the con. Anna stumbled a little, her hand over the bleeding wound. She was starting to feel dizzy and light headed. Bee and Arcee pulled up next to the kids, "I told you to stay put!"

Miko got on the back of Arcee with Jack while Raf and Anna got in Bee. They began driving down the hallway until they heard Fowler. They looked back as he stuck his head in the front, "I like pie, can we stop for pie!?"

Anna stared at him before wincing, feeling more blood seeping through the wound and past her fingers. Raf gasped, "Anna! Bee, we need to get home, fast!"

She looked at the radio as Bee beeped at them, {What happened! Anna are you okay!?}

Raf frowned, looking at the floor, "She got shot while protecting me." Anna sighed and leaned over and ruffled his hair, her way of saying don't worry about it. Raf then looked back at Fowler and frowned, "At least you found him.."

{If only they weren't both injured.} Bumblebee beeped worriedly because he ran a basic scan over Anna and the wound was bleeding too much. If it wasn't slowed down soon it could become life threatening.