Disclaimer: I don't own transformers

A/N: Sorry this has taken forever to write. this chapter was a pain to me.

Anyway I must tell you that I have been given permission by 2 awesome authors, by the names of Coaxial Creature and Futurecag, to use thier human names for the Autobots in my story. Thanks so much guys.

Bumblebee- Bradley
Sunstreaker- Sean
Sideswipe- Sydney

Starscream sat in his compound brooding again. He hated this insignificant organic planet and he hated the fact that he was stuck here. He had brought his crew here in hopes of finding the Allspark. His plan had been to get to the Allspark and kill Megatron while he was in stasis but he soon realized getting to the Allspark was easier said than done. He knew the Autobots had come to this planet also and then the race was on to find it before they did. Oh the fact that perfect plan had gone so wrong was bad enough but to know that that puny insect Sam Witwicky had not only killed Megatron but had taken away the Allspark too just burned in his spark until it filled his CPU completely. He had thought having the opportunity to kill Sam would make life here a little more bearable but as it turned out it had been too easy of a kill. He should have made him suffer much like He now had to suffer on this Primus forsaken planet. His life was miserable now. Raiding power plants and nuclear facilities only served to divert his suffering for a little while. So he sat brooding again wishing for things to be different. Something had to change. Then a thought came into his CPU a thought that actually made him smile. It was nasty and it may take time but hey time was all he had right now and if he could get what he wanted he was sure his life could be less miserable.

Bumblebee sat on the hood of his car with Dani in his lap. It was their last night together in the morning he had to take Dani to the DCF office. They were going to be joined by Sunstreaker and Sideswipe as soon as their shift was done which by Bee's calculations should be about 5 kliks. Dani had brought her colored pencils with her because she had wanted to draw a picture of her "family" but once they got to the top of the lookout she just crawled up in Bee's lap and just sat. She never said a word but she was snuggled so tightly into his arm that he was sure she would become fused to his body. He would have gladly allowed that to happen just so she would not have to leave but no matter how badly he desired her to stay tomorrow was coming all too quickly.

The quiet moment was shattered as 2 Lamborghini's came roaring around the bend. The red one slid into a 180 ending up facing the Camaro while the yellow one transformed mid slide coming to stand right in front of Dani. "Who won that time?" Sideswipe yelled in excitement. "Both," declared Dani as she sat up taller on Bee's lap.

"Oh come on Dani you can't have two winners," pouted Sunstreaker.

"Yes I can and I said so," she said confidently. "Anyway I want a ride now, Sunny"

Sunny returned to his alt form and his passenger door swung open, "Get in Little Lady"

Dani jumped in and a seatbelt wrapped snuggly around her. The engines revved and he was about to tear off when he heard Bee holler, "Take it easy Sunny she is only six."

"Trust me!"

"That is what I am afraid of" Bumblebee mumbled.

Sunny tore across the dessert as Dani screamed in delight which only made Sunny go faster. When they were far away from anywhere Bee or Sides could see them Dani asked Sunny to stop. Sunny let her out and transformed. She crawled up onto his hand and proceeded to climb up until she reached his shoulder. Dani laid her hand on his check plates and started to cry. Sunstreaker wrapped his hand around her and moved to where a large rock was standing off the side of the road. He sat and leaned against the rock letting her cry.

Dani was not crying because she was sad though she was crying because she was angry. She was angry at everything right now and she had to let it out. "Why did mommy and daddy leave me? Why does Optimus hate me? Why do I have to go away? I don't want to go away. I want to draw with you. I want to run with Sides and I want to sleep in my bed with Bumblebee always. Everything goes away. Why?"

Sunny took her in hand and pulled her around to look at him optic to eyes. Her big brown eyes swimming with tears as most followed the same track the last one just left. He had no answers for her and he hated that more than anything. He did have one answer though. "Optimus likes you Danielle."

"No he doesn't," She interrupted almost as soon as the words came out his mouth. "He would let me stay if he liked me. Daddy would not send me away he loved me. Bee is not sending me away he loves me too. Optimus is sending me away he does not like me."

Boy how do you argue with a six year old brain? It makes sense to her but I know Optimus is not happy about this. I saw his optics as he was telling us what was going to happen. It was almost as bad as when he found out Sam and Mikaela were dead. He thought.

Out loud he said, "Dani do you trust me?"

She looked at him quizzically. "Yes," she said.

"Do you trust me not to lie to you?"

"Oh it is very bad to lie," she replied.

"Yes it is and you should not do it. So you trust me, right?"

"I already said yes," she said sarcastically.

He ignored the tone and said; "Good then trust me when I say Optimus did everything he could to keep you with Bee. He is good leader and I have never seen him decide to do something without taking a lot of thought before deciding. He won't even fight unless there is no other way to solve a problem. He cared a lot about your dad and mom and he still cares about you. There are laws that have to be followed. You know how every night Bee tells you to go to bed at 9. You have to obey him even if you don't want to. He has to make you obey."

She nods and whispers, "Sometimes I just pretend I am asleep."

He laughs and says, "I know. Anyway law are rules for grown ups. People can make you obey them even when you don't want to. I know Optimus doesn't want to obey this law but he has to. Can you understand?"

She looked at him trustingly and nodded. "But I still don't want to go. What about you and me painting? And my birthday camp out and I won't get to see Bee ever again."

"We can do all those things remember. Just because we are not around all the time anymore doesn't mean we won't see each other. We get come visit whenever we want. You can spend Saturday and Sunday back here with us. Remember we talked about that?"

"Yes."

"So why didn't you talk to Bee about this stuff?"

"He is too sad to talk. I said it to him but he just sat there with his optics off."

At that moment Sunny's Com link beeped and Bumblebee's voice came over the speaker. "Sunny get your aft back here. I need my girl back."

"Oh have some patience little Bumblebee before I have to give you a new paint job."

"Just try it you overgrown sparkling."

Sunny growled and put Dani down transforming back to his car. He raced off and was back in 5 kliks for what should have been a 10 klik drive. When she jump out of Sunstreaker Dani's cheeks were red from laughing so hard and she jumped right into Bee's arms. "That was fun," she declared.

Sunstreaker pulled out his holo form and came over and poked Bee on the arm. "You are so lucky she is here or I would pound you right now LITTLE BEE."

Bumblebee had known calling Sunny a sparkling would make him mad but he did not care. "You would try," he answered confidently. "I may be little but I pack a punch just ask Barricade."

Sunny just stalked off his eyes smoldering.

Everyone ignored him for a while and once Dani had eaten Sunny was back to normal. Dani wanted to play hide and seek, tag and once that was done she settled down with her drawing book and colored pencils. She snuggled down between Bee and Sunny on the blanket while Sides lie on his back in front of her. She drew the picture of her family. The picture was of Bee, Sunny, Sides and Dani. She then drew Sam and Mikaela in the clouds looking down at them. Dani just stared at the picture for a while but said nothing. In her heart she wished nothing would be different but tomorrow everything was going to change. No one said a word and soon the stars were coming out. Dani loved looking at the stars and Bumblebee had been telling her a little bit about the names of some of the stars she was seeing.

Even though she did not want to, Dani fell asleep. She had hoped that if she stayed up all night that tomorrow would not come, but she did fall asleep and she never even felt when Bee picked her up and put her in the car. He got to base and carried her to their room and instead of putting her down he lay in her bed all night with her curled into him. Bee did not recharge until the wee hours of the morning. He finally fell into a troubled recharge with dreams of Dani being pulled from his arms and he never saw her again. He woke with a start as he heard her screaming his name to come a rescue her from… something. Only he found she was not screaming his name but she was patting his face and saying his name. Well the day had finally come. So he put on his soldier face and got out of bed. He had to face this day much like he had to face a battle. He did not like it but it was here and there was no getting around it.

Dani was all packed and everything was loaded in the Camaro. There was a big crowd of mechs and people alike who were gathered to say bye. DanI said her goodbyes but when she got to Optimus she asked if he would pick her up. He complied and she climbed up his arm and sat on his shoulder. She whispered in his audios, "Don't worry Optimus. I don't hate you anymore. Sunny told me you had to obey. Bee makes me obey all the time even if I don't want to."

Optimus picked her off his shoulder and brought her so he could look her optic to eyes and said honestly, "Dani, I would never have made you go. I care about and you and if you need me just call."

Bumblebee watched the exchange and as he saw Optimus put Dani back down on the ground he caught the look in his optic and knew that this was just as hard on his leader as it was on him. The Anger he had been holding toward Optimus started to slowly recede at this realization.

Craig and Kimber stood at the door of their home when a Yellow Camaro drove up in front of their home. Out stepped a young man of about twenty. His pure blonde hair was tousled and he wore a white tee shirt with jeans. Two more men came out of the car before a little girl. The men were also in their 20's only they were older and taller than the driver. They were obviously twins even though one was blonde and the other had strawberry blonde hair. All three of the men had striking blue eyes and it seemed to Craig and Kimber that they were brothers. The little girl with them was exactly the opposite of the men. Her brown curly hair, dark brown eyes, and tan colored skin stood out when she stood beside these men. Dani was the name of the little Girl and she stood slightly behind the youngest man quietly taking his hand while she looked over Craig and Kimber.

The man holding her hand assessed them also and slowly came up to them extending his hand but never letting go of the Dani's.

"Hi!" he said confidently. "My name is Bradley. I am the family friend who will coming to see Dani on the weekends."

Craig took the offered hand and shook it with a friendly smile. "Craig and this is my wife Kimber." Then he turned to Dani and said, "You must be Dani."

Dani shook her head quietly but she did reach her hand out to shake Craig's. When he took it and smiled, she smiled back at him.

The twins, who had left their Lamborghini's on another street so as not to draw attention to themselves, then stepped forward introducing themselves. The Blonde was first and though he had a smile on his face as he extended his hand there was a slight contempt in his eyes as he assessed Craig. "My name is Sean and I love this girl." Craig gulped slightly as he shook the hand.

The strawberry blonde then walked up with a winning smile and introduced himself. "Hi! Names Sydney." Then he whispered, "Don't worry about him he is just a little protective." Craig and Kimber liked this twin immediately but they decided to not wave judgment just yet on the other.

Kimber took over then as she turned to Dani and asked her, "So would you like to see your new room." Dani stepped behind Bradley. Kimber looked at Bradley and the twins and said, "Oh they can come too." So they all moved to the room.

Dani walked into her room and was amazed at how pretty it was. Cinderella wall stickers were on the wall with a Cinderella bed ensemble. Her furniture was white with pink knobs and her bed was 4-poster bed. It was a little girls dream room and Dani liked it very much. She smiled at Craig and Kimber as she shyly looked around the room touching everything. Craig and Kimber smiled as they watched her. Once Dani got used to them they would be just fine Kimber knew this in her heart. They may even get to adopt her and make her own but she could not get herself excited over that yet. Foster Parenting would have to do for now.

"So how about we let you 4 alone awhile. We can have lunch on the patio when it is time." She walked away pulling Craig along with her. She was not sure why but she somehow knew she could trust these guys.

Once they left, all 4 flopped down on the bed or floor, wherever there was room, and just observed the room. Bradley was the first one to say something, "Jeez, our room looks like a bomb shelter compared to this."

Dani threw her arms around Bee and whimpered just a little as she said, "I'd rather go back with you."

Bee hugged her close said, "Hey remember no tears today."

"No tears," Dani mimicked.

"Hey I know. We need to go get your stuff," Sydney said as he jumped off the end of the bed.

Everyone got up and went down the stairs and each grabbed something to take to the room. Craig asked if he could help but all her stuff was already in someone's hand so he was just elected to be doorkeeper. Once Dani was unpacked, Sean pulled a present from the suitcase he was working on and gave it to Dani. Dani was shocked but she excitedly ripped open the package and inside was three stuffed "animals". One was a bumblebee, one was the sun and one was a soft red car. So much for no tears on this day, because as soon as Dani saw them she launched herself into Sunny's arms and just cried. Craig was passing by as this happened and he stood across the hall just watching as the four gathered into one big group hug and all 4 were shedding their own tears. All his fears of Sean melted away because he knew Sean was good to Dani and this was really all that mattered.

They spent the morning together and most of the afternoon but once it were time for dinner the three said it was time for them to go. Bradley and Sydney again shook Craig and Kimber's hand but before Bradley let go of their hands he warned them, "Only the 5 of us are allowed to pick up Dani from school or take her anywhere. You understand this right?"

Craig and Kimber both nodded. The foster agency has said that Dani's parents had been murdered and the killer has not yet been found. Sean practically glared at them right before he turned to go but no one took offence to this as they had come to realize that he was just naturally grumpy. The three were off. Dani watched the Camaro leave and never took her eyes off it until she could not see it anymore. Then she turned on her heel and ran straight to her room and closed the door. Kimber went to follow her but Craig held her back and said, "Let her go she has lost a lot today. She will be fine though I am sure."

Dani held her 3 stuffed toys that she had gotten today and cried so that she was sure her heart would break. Nothing would be right again she was sure.

A/N 2: Ok I know tecnically that DCF brings the kids to the homes and the parents usually have limited information about the kids they get but this was a totally different reason for having to give up Dani than normal kids have to be given up. I decided since they have permission to have weekends with her they should get to bring her to the home and meet the parents.