Author Notes: So I wasn't planning on continuing this story. But I was up all night obsessing about all the things I should have, could have, would have put in my "one shot" and felt I needed to add more. The one major thing about this story that is difficult for me is I don't like writing in the first person. My future stories will not be in the first person. Of course, this story keeps jumping up in my head and preventing me from writing anything else. ack.

Here's another chapter. Hope you like. As always I'm open to whatever you have to say. Thanks to all those who reviewed!

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Jazz's POV

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I had been out scanning an area just east of Seattle for decepticon activity. Red Alert had detected a faint signal, enough to cause concern, and they sent me out to investigate.

Parked in a theatre parking lot, I waited till it was well into the late night earth cycle and the area was deserted, before I transformed to mech mode. Moving to the back of the building while scanning the wooded area behind it, I accidently hit something up high or stepped on a power box down low, sending enough electricity through me to knock me offline.

About a half an hour later I came back online. I didn't get up right away but scanned the area to make sure the coast was still clear. It seemed that it was, but felt there was still some residual damage to my sensors. They could not be trusted completely. I decided to lie still a bit longer allowing my systems more time to repair them selves. That was a smart move on my part. Within a few moments the lights of a vehicle slowly came around the corner of the building.

This isn't good. I thought to myself. Thank Primus it isn't a decepticon. At that close range my sensors would have warned me, even if they weren't performing at their best.

The vehicle stopped for a moment near my feet, and then slowly drove up along side my body. I was front side down with my faced turned in the direction of which it was coming. My visor was up. I could only hoping that who ever these humans are that they would just think they were "seeing things" and drive away. Maybe they wouldn't even notice…I could big a huge pile of metal garbage for all they knew….right?

Once the vehicle reached my face it stopped. And there looking right back at me was a very frightened young femme.

I knew the human was female by her facial features. Being on the earth for a few years now, we mechs have learned to tell the difference quite well. And, although, I don't have all the abilities of Ratchet when it comes to reading humans vitals, I am able to detect the basics, such as heart rate and body temperature. Most of us Autobots have that ability.

She was not only frightened but her heart rate was increasing at an alarming rate. I'm sure it was my optics that may have startled her. My visor is usually not up like that.

There was an older looking human male in the passenger seat looking as equally shocked but not as scared as the female.

So it looks as if cover was blown. Realizing that lying here was pointless, I decided to get up and just explain myself before the female went into shock or both ran to the authorities.

They were both young humans and I didn't want the government to get a hold of them for what they had discovered, due to no fault of their own.

You see the government back then had a very horrible, archaic machine capable of erasing parts of the human mind. With the help of Ratchet they have come a long way since then. But back then it was done by placing electrodes on the temples of the human head and shocking them. Ratchet about blew a gasket when he found out what they were doing. That prompted him to come up with more humane and non-evasive ways of covering our tracks.

The two humans slowly exited the vehicle and stood in front of my face. The young female was of slight build with long light brown hair. The male had darker skin with dark hair along with a tall and stocky build. I tried to move as slowly as possible, figuring slow movement was best. I spoke to them as calmly as possible.

"Do not be afraid. I will not hurt you." They were frozen. "My name is Jazz and as you can see I am a giant robot. I'm going to stand here shortly so do not be alarmed. You will be ok".

I felt like Optimus talking like this. But he seemed to calm humans down quickly with the way he spoke. I figured it would work for me.

I gave them a few moments to absorb what they were seeing. The female's heart rate seemed to be slowing but was still pretty high.

Slowly I stood up to my full height but then knelt down more to their level.

"It'll be important for you two to keep what you have seen here this evening a secret. Otherwise, I might have to get the government involved. And I wouldn't want to do that to you two kids. They can be a ruthless bunch when it comes to keep'n us secret for the sake of national security."

This was proving to be more difficult than I thought. They seemed to have lost the ability to speak at the moment. I could understand their fear but I needed to know I was getting through to them.

"Hello, is anyone home?" I couldn't help myself at that point. They were frustrating me and to top that with the fear of them being taking by their higher authorities forced me to be a little more aggressive in eliciting responses from them.

"uh…. what are you?" the male spoke first.

"As I said early, I'm a giant Robot. But to be more specific, now that I have your attention, I'm an Autobot. We are the good guys." I decided against going into further detail as to what exactly I am.

These humans were still too stunned to really absorb any significant amount of information at the moment. My goal was just to make sure they understood the importance of keeping what they were seeing here tonight to themselves.

I decided it was time to transform. I would have to do it at some point so I might as well get it done now while these were the only two humans in the area to see it. I quickly transformed into my alt mode.

The female spoke up quite suddenly and in a rush of words said, "Can I keep him? I want to keep him". I kept quiet at that comment but chuckled to myself. This little female was funny.

What threw me off was the male responded with "Fine, keep him." And with that he gave me irritated expression.

Do you own me you human male? I think not! I would have to explain later that we are not like their domesticated pets.

Without even asking the young girl ran over to my driver's side door and jumped inside. Oh great. I'm stuck again. How do I get her back out?

"What about your friend? Can't he take'y home?" I asked. "No. He said I could take you home. You don't mind do you?"

No sense in arguing with the girl. I wasn't due back to base anytime soon. I should just get this done with. She home can't be that far from here.

"Look I'll drive'y home but I won't be stay'n," I said. I did not mean to say it so harshly but I didn't want her liking me so much that she wouldn't want to give me up. I felt bad but I had to do what I had to do. Prime wouldn't approve of this type contact since he did not want to put humans in any unnecessary danger.

"What's 'y name l'il lady?" I asked as I pulled out of the parking lot onto one of the main roads.

"May," she said. "So what were you doing in that theatre parking lot, Jazz?" Dang, that girl could get in those questions. She was very inquisitive. Diverting her question I asked, "May, do you have a last name?" She seemed to hesitate which I took note of. She was obviously up to something. "No," she said simply.

"No? You don't have a last name? I thought all humans had last names. Why don't you have one?"

"Well, because I don't feel like telling you what it is. Not till you make a promise to meet up with me again and take me around town." This girl was determined not to let me go. She also seemed to get over her fear of me quickly; her heart rate was only slightly above normal now.

I drove slow taking the side roads instead of the freeway to buy me some time. This was going to take longer than anticipated. "I suppose that means you aren't going to give me your address either?"

"Set up a date, get an address! But I'll give you a hint. Just head east," she said.

This girl was getting braver and feistier by the moment. There was a few seconds of silence before a barrage of questions hit me "So where are you from? How long have you been here? Are there more of you?"

Did she even take a breath when she said all that? I gave simple yet evasive answers to her question. I was not at liberty to provide more information. I found that questioning her about herself and family gave her little opportunity to pry further into who I was. Being a saboteur I was highly trained in asking the right questions to get information on my enemy. She wasn't the enemy but I still needed to get that address.

Suddenly she was quiet. She hadn't stopped talking since she climbed inside me so this alerted me to something possibly being wrong. "Are you ok?" Her heart rate seemed to be climbing slowly again. Now what is the problem?

"I can detect your heart rate increasing. Is something wrong?" I asked again.

"You can read my heart rate?" This time her demeanor had a little less spunk. I could feel her shifting around in the seat uneasily.

"Please tell me if there is anything I can do. Are you hurt? Are you scared again?" I asked. She was hesitating.

"Uh….I have to….um…well…." What was her problem? "Don't be afraid. Tell me what the problem is so I can help you."

"I have to use the bathroom." She said nervously. Ok that explains it. Lucky for her she ran into me and not any of the others.

Only Bumblebee and I are well versed in the ways of humans. Ratchet was getting quite good at fixing them but fell short in other areas of the human culture and behavior.

I've learned that the females are bit more "modest" than their male counterparts. I best tread lightly with this subject. But not before I take full advantage of this situation, to get the information I need, to get May home.

We had been winding our way east this whole time and it was becoming more rural. My navigational systems were not able to locate any places within miles that might contain a place for a human to expel waste. I smiled to myself….perfect.

"I'll stop and let you use the bathroom once you tell me your address." Ah, victory was near. Humans couldn't hold it in forever. I do believe that Ironhide learned that one the hard way.

"You cannot do that to me Jazz. That's not nice you know." She didn't sound so tough anymore.

"I can do that to you, May. So I suggest that unless you want to embarrass yourself you give me your address. I can drive all night, especially since I don't need a recharge for awhile." I said with some self-satisfaction.

She must have had to go for some time because it didn't take long for her to give in. "Fine. I'll give you my address. Now just pull over and let me out, "she said quietly as I pulled over to the side of the road we were on.

A twinge of guilt slid through me. Why did I even feel that? Was this little human getting to me? I have to admit I liked her. She just had something about her that was….well likable.

We were currently pulled over on the side of a dark two lane road, heavily wooded on both sides. "Be careful there. I'll keep watch over you with my night vision. So don't worry about any life forms sneak'n up on you," I said as reassurance. I instantly realized my mistake.But it was too late.

She stopped at the edge of the forest. "You have night vision too?" she turned to look at me.

"Yes I do but I won't use it this time. I won't look. Just go and do what you need to do." I said it quickly trying to convince her I meant it. "You promise?" she asked again. Oh come on already. Does she know that if she was naked I wouldn't care? "Yes I promise. Just hurry it up," I said…again.

She came back a short time later clearly feeling better. "Are you ready to go home now?" I asked.

She sighed deeply. "Yes….fine…just take me home. Obviously you don't want to be my friend. I understand how it is." She was quiet the rest of the way home. Silence amongst others is not something I'm accustom to or really like all that much. But what else could I do. I had finally won and didn't want to say anything that might start this whole ordeal all over again.

I'd have to admit I would miss her though. This whole hid'n thing was cramp'n my style.