They soon arrive at the base. Sabrina sees Miko and Jack get off of Arcee before then seeing Rafael gets out of Bumblebee.
"Arcee, you said there were two boys." Ratchet says.
"Miko, probably just eavesdropped on a conversation and saw Arcee." Sabrina says.
"Wow Sabrina, you're good." Arcee says.
"Thanks. So is Optimus going to give us the rundown on why you guys are here? I need to practice my violin so I can prove to Priscilla Collins that I am a better musician than she is." Sabrina says.
"Who is this Priscilla Collins person?" Cliffjumper asks.
The group turns around when Optimus walks in the room.
"Cliffjumper, you will have to wait a few minutes before Sabrina can answer your question." The leader speaks.
"So what planet are you robots from?" Sabrina asks.
"Cybertron." Cliffjumper answers.
"Is Cybertron made of metal and has a building where little tiny robots play like Earth daycare?" Sabrina asks.
"Yes it is. How did you know that?" Cliffjumper asks.
"I've been having weird dreams lately that's all." Sabrina replies.
"Why are you and the others here on Earth, Optimus?" Rafael asks.
"Cybertron does not have the means to support life after centuries of war." Optimus answers. "And we are also here to protect your planet from the Decepticons."
"I take it the Decepticons are those purple cars that tried to blast Brandon and I yesterday." Sabrina says.
"Yes. Where is your little brother?" Optimus asks, not seeing the child with Sabrina.
"Dad is watching him. I only babysit Brandon when dad is working late." Sabrina says. "Besides I can tell by Ratchet's response when Jack and the others arrived. He wouldn't like having another human in the base that is younger than we are. Not to mention extremely energetic and incredibly annoying," Sabrina adds.
"Come on Sabrina, the kid can't be all that bad." Cliffjumper says.
"What caused the war to break out on your planet? What were you fighting over?" Raphael asks.
"Over our planet's supply of energon." Optimus answers.
"I take it energon is your version of blood. If you don't have it flowing inside your body, you can't function." Sabrina says.
"Exactly, Sabrina. Wow you are smart." Cliffjumper compliments, gaining a smile from Sabrina..
Optimus continues to explain what had happened during the war on Cybertron. Miko starts to get bored and asks if there is going to be a quiz after he finishes his lecture. Sabrina gives her a friendly shove before she asks the most important question of all.
"Why did you bring us here? We didn't do anything wrong, except for Miko, the rest of us were in the wrong place at the wrong time." She asks Optimus.
"I fear that Megatron may return to seek revenge. If he does, your planet could become like Cybertron, barren and unable to support life." Optimus says.
"I'd be okay if Megatron could erase all little brothers in the world." Sabrina mumbles under her breath.
"Sabrina, as much to your and Ratchet's dismay, I believe that Brandon should be here as well so we can protect him and the rest of you until we can figure out what the Decepticons are planning." Optimus says.
"Optimus, not to sound ungrateful or anything, but bringing a four-year old here is not a good idea. He would just get hurt and I'd have to take the heat since I'd be in charge of him." Sabrina says.
"Sabrina is correct, Optimus. If these human children get caught underneath our feet." Ratchet starts to say.
"You could squish us." Sabrina finishes.
"We will be careful where we walk." Optimus says in a reassuring tone.
A few seconds later, an alarm goes off. Honestly to Sabrina, it's much less annoying than her alarm clock in the morning - well the mornings her dad lets her sleep in, that is.
"I thought that they would have deactivated all the security measures on this missile silo. Considering the Army abandoned it several years ago." Rafael says.
"We reactivated them when we moved in." Cliffjumper says.
Ratchet pulls up the image from the camera.
"It's Agent Fowler along with Agent Tucker and his wife." He says.
"Agent Tucker?" Miko asks.
"Sabrina, your last name is Tucker, right?" Jack asks.
"Yes, but my parents aren't cool enough to be secret agents." Sabrina answers.
"Optimus, I thought me, my friends, and Brandon were the only humans that knew you existed." Jack says.
"Agent Fowler and his teammates were assigned to be our liaison to the outside world." Optimus explains. "They only come if there are issues."
"I guess you want us to hide." Sabrina sighs.
Optimus nods. They run away and hide underneath a fleet of stairs close to where Arcee and Bumblebee are standing. They lean against the wall before Sabrina pokes her head out when she hears the elevator door slide open. She quietly gasps as her mom and dad exit right behind Agent Fowler as he walks out.
"Prime, what are you 'Bots doing out there?" Mr. Tucker snaps.
"I had complaints from my superiors about a three-hour traffic jam." Agent Fowler adds.
"Not to mention the seven accidents and thirty-four fender benders. Also reports of a speeding motorcycle of unknown make." Mr. Tucker continues.
"You forgot about them mentioning a custom black-and-yellow muscle car." Agent Fowler says, finishing Mr. Tucker's rant.
"Calm down you two, no one got hurt. I'm sure Optimus has everything under control." Mrs. Tucker says.
Sabrina quickly leans back against that wall as she attempts to wrap her brain around the fact that her mom never went to fight overseas. She and her dad have been keeping it a secret that they are working for the government as secret agents.
'I guess their lesson that secrets and safety don't go together was a lie.' Sabrina thinks.
Sabrina sets the violin case down in between her and Miko before Miko accidentally kicks it away from the wall with her right foot.
"Miko, way to blow our cover." Sabrina whispers.
"Sorry." Miko whispers back.
A few seconds later, the teenagers and Raf hear the universal signal that kids know you're in trouble when they hear Sabrina's mom shout, "Sabrina Lilah Tucker, get out here right now!"
Sabrina slowly walks over to her violin and picks it up. Then goes over to the stairs and stands in front of them looking down at her feet. She is anxious and scared of what she is about to hear.
"Agent Fowler, we have to talk with our daughter." Mr. Tucker says.
"I understand. Prime, please do all of us a huge favor and handle this under the radar before we resort to using the military." Agent Fowler says.
After he leaves, Sabrina's parents turn their attention back to their daughter.
"Sabrina, how did you get involved in this?" Mr. Tucker asks.
"Yesterday, when you told me to pick up Brandon. When we were walking home, we got attacked by Decepticons. Cliffjumper showed up and saved us." Sabrina answers.
"Thank you, Cliffjumper, for saving my family." Mrs. Tucker says.
"You're welcome, ma'am." Cliffjumper says.
"Dad, did you hire a babysitter to watch Brandon?" Sabrina asks.
"Yes, I did." Mr. Tucker answers.
"I guess I have to say goodbye to everyone, don't I?" Sabrina asks.
"No, Sabrina. I believe that Optimus is right. The Autobots are more capable of protecting you from the Decepticons than your father and I can." Mr. Tucker says.
"Thank you, Mom." Sabrina says.
"You're welcome, but remember I want you home before 10:15 tonight." Mrs. Tucker says.
"I will be home on time, I promise." Sabrina says.
After her parents leave to meet up with Agent Fowler, Sabrina walks back down the stairs to join the others and sees a shocked expression on their faces.
"What's wrong?" Sabrina asks.
"I can't believe you have a 10:15 curfew on a school night." Jack says.
"Why is that so unbelievable?" Sabrina asks.
"Because my curfew is 10 pm." Jack answers.
"My parents are slightly less overprotective than your mom, I guess." Sabrina says.
Sabrina walks over to the area where the TV is and sets her things down and takes the sheet music out of her book bag as Miko walks up.
"Sabrina, have you noticed that you don't look like your parents?" she asks
"Yes, I have Miko." Sabrina snaps quickly as she turns around. "It's bad enough that Vince said the same thing a few days ago. I don't need to hear it from you too, Miko. That I'm adopted, and I was left at a orphanage because my birth parents didn't love me and threw me away." Sabrina adds as her emotions suddenly takes a 180 and she run away crying.
