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Just a note; Private Marcus Bradley is the African-American soldier that said "I'll find my own ride home sir" in the scene where the NEST forces board the Ospreys in the DOTM movie. He also blinded Shockwave with his parachute if I'm not mistaken and I thought he deserved a little character. And I did put the Twins in the previous chapter, but they don't have much importance in the story.

Chapter 4: The newbies get a taste of Mrs. Lennox

"She WHATTT?" Private Bradley screamed. He had just returned from the bathroom while Ironhide had finished all the paperwork and they just found out that Air Raid took the Colonel's daughter and then took off. Marcus could not believe it; He had completed all the training sessions last week, and passed it with scores matched only by Colonel Lennox, thus earning him his respect and hope that he would make a good leader someday. But it seemed that it would all now go to waste.

"She went with Air Raid and is…..3000ft somewhere in the air" Silverbolt meekly replied. Breakaway didn't say anything. Skyhammer just stood there, mouth open in disbelief.

"Even more weird is that he knows he's done for once he comes back" Knock Out stated, slapping his head with his hand.

Ironhide sighed and shook his head. Air Raid was one of the younger bots, eager for action although not reckless as far as he knew. But he didn't realize the young flyer would go that far.

But before the veteran could question the newbies any further, Mudflap came into the room. And from his facial expression, he was terrified. And what he said next explained it; "Colonel Lennox's wife is here". And as if on cue, Mrs. Sarah Lennox walked into the room.

"Boys" she asked, looking around. "Where's Annabelle?"

Everyone stood silent.

"I'll ask again" Sarah said, walking closer to them, making everyone all shudder in fear. "Where. Is. Annabelle?"

"Air Raid is-a dead." Mirage muttered.

"Correction, Mirage. We are ALL dead." Skids told him. "And trust me; we're not coming out alive." Then the green Twin closed his eyes and waited for the shouting to begin.

Air Raid looked at the five-year-old giggling wildly in his cockpit. The NEST pilots that were previously in there rarely showed any emotion; they only gave out orders, progress reports and so on. But Annabelle here was clearly overjoyed out of her mind. Even with the air mask strapped to her face, he could still hear her laughing.

"Are you enjoying this so far?" he asked the girl.

Still laughing, she yelled "YEP!"

Then all of a sudden, her laughter stopped.

"What's wrong, Annabelle?" Air Raid asked.

"You…you're going to be melted when you go back. My mom's going to kill you"

That comment made Air Raid sweat-drop if he could in vehicle mode; he did know that he was in trouble when they returned to the base, but he was unsure what WOULD happen.

"Look on the bright side, kiddo. At least it's a good view up here" he replied, trying to stay cool.

On que, Annabelle looked out the cockpit and saw a bird's eye-view of the state below; cars had become little rectangles moving up and down the lines that were roads. Rivers and lakes had become blue ovals and curvy lines.

"It's beautiful" she replied in awe.

Suddenly come up with an idea, Air Raid said "Hold on tight, Annabelle"

Before she could ask the Aerialbot what he meant, she then felt a rush as he did a outside loop followed by a roll.

"WEE!" She screamed out loud in joy.

Meanwhile…..

"So she's not driving…..but FLYING!" Sarah Lennox screamed.

Bradley, not wanting to speak and lose his mouth, meekly nodded. The Autobots stayed mute, too frightened and…..guilty to speak either.

"Well, who's the one flying her? Please tell me it's Silverbolt" She said, hoping it was at least the oldest flyer that was with her daughter.

"I'm Silverbolt" the grayish-brown Autobot said. "Annabelle is with Air Raid, our youngest member"

"You let my daughter go with the YOUNGEST of you? You of all people should know that the youngest always goes RECKLESS!" She screamed toward the Aerialbot Commander. Knowing her statement more than anyone, Silverbolt simply stayed silent.

Even more dissapointed and shocked, Sarah sighed; she had, in complete honesty expected the older Autobots like Silverbolt and Skyhammer to be at least a LITTLE more responsible than the others but she now knew the rule: NO Autobot can be a reliable babysitter.

Turning her head toward Bradley, she said, in a calm but still irritated voice "If Annabelle is hurt even in the slightest way, you can be sure it won't be her or that Autobot that's going to be flying."

Resisting the urge to say "No, really?", Bradley nodded again. He could only hope that Air Raid hadn't caused too much trouble for the five-year old. And now he understood why the Twins would make jokes that if the woman in front of him was on Cybertron, the war would be over before it even began.

So yeah. Mrs. Lennox has given the newbies a piece of her mind.

A Shout-Out to CyberAngelAlexis: Thank you for the words of comfort. It well…..convinced me enough to move on. Thank you.

Review please.

This is TKDrift, signing off.