Hey, I decided to update this one nest. Read my other stories, I feel I'm nearing the end of them all. Or, in the case of 'Lies, or just not the whole truth' I'm nearing the end of RoTF part and moving on to my own creations. Hope you like it.

I suddenly came out of recharge at sensing distress on the other side of the link. I looked down at the youngling lying above my spark. He was shivering though I made sure he wasn't cold. I carefully brought him out, all the while trying to calm him via link.

When his systems were all back online, he stared at me with relief and buried his head in my hands, which were over him keeping his warm. I gently stroked his back, trying to comfort him.

"What troubles you youngling?" I asked as soon as he stopped shaking.

"I had another flashback. It was just after the first. Everything was good, I met you, but I was afraid at first because you weren't able to explain anything. Your vocal processers were damaged. I met everyone and we had to get something from my house. Everything was going fine until some organics took me and a girl. You came to save us and Optimus took us away, but we fell and you caught us. Then the organics came back and the tried you down and started to try and freeze you. I couldn't help, but I tried." He sounded so sad.

I held him close to my spark, I sure hope the rest of his first life wasn't like that. After a moment, his systems powered down again and I thought. What could have happened? From what it sounds like, we were desperate to get something from the sparkling because I know Optimus wouldn't have brought anyone into the war if it wasn't needed. I sure hope there are going to be good moments too; I don't want the sparkling to have to learn when we were all taken that that was the end.

But I knew I couldn't do a thing. I just had to wait and be there for him. Until this was over, I was going to be there for him at all times.

(Hey, it is now years later and Sam knows all of everything in the first movie. His flashbacks are in the middle of the two years between the movies.)

"SAM!" I shouted. I hadn't lost him again, he ran away. I searched the surrounding area. He had been under Sideswipes watch because I had gone to visit Arcee and her class that was about to graduate to being able to fend for themselves, Sam's age, and he had been grounded from going there. I'm not even going to tell you, all you have to know is, he had been showing them his cannons in action.

But back to now. "Samuel?" I was actually getting worried. He had been missing for hours. We were all searching. Where is he?

I cycled my vents and sat down, I couldn't believe he was gone. How could Sideswipe lose the sparkling so thoroughly? I know for a fact Sam wouldn't run away on his own, he liked us. He would never do this to me.

I suddenly picked up on something on the edge of my scans. My head snapped toward the foreign object and I stood. I walked cautiously toward it, then, when I recognized Sam's spark signal, I started to run. I was mere meters away before I realized it was a trap. There was a Decepticon that had been disguising his spark signal. I came to a stop in front of him, the Decepticon, and seen Sam practically off lined in his hands.

"What do you think you're doing?" I growled. He glared at me.

"I'm disappointed. I expected someone that would have been able to at least try and fight for the youngling. Hoping for Prime." My optics dimmed at his voice.

"I'll ask once, give back my sparkling." I prepared to fight.

"Your? So I have the parent. No, you two seem to have a link. I have the guardian? I guess there will be a fight." He smirked. I growled, he better give Sam back, or I will off line him. I'm going to off line him any way, but he better give him back.

I prepared my cannons. "I asked politely. Now-"

"I'm afraid you didn't ask. But I'm all for a fight. Bring it on." He gripped the sparkling harder. I flinched. "But, I could easily destroy you like this, couldn't I?" I spotted a flash of blue and red behind him.

"You'd be wise to give the youngling up." He span surprised to see Optimus. As soon as he started to turn, I lunged forward and kicked him to the ground, which loosened his grip so I could pull Sam away. "Go, Bee. I'll take care of this." I nodded and fled, trusting our leader's judgment. Sam needed to see Ratchet.

I just entered the base and Ratchet had already stuck his hands out for the sparkling. I frowned, but handed him over. Ratchet began scans immediately and walked to the med. bay. He turned to me just outside.

"Bee, I think it best if you stay out here for now." I glared at him, it was worthy to match his own. After a moment he cycled his vents and allowed me entrance, Sam needed repairs and it would take too long to convince me not to follow.

I stood nearby, anxious and worried for almost an hour. Finally, he turned to me, not picking him up again.

"There's nothing else I can do. He will survive, but there is still damage. His internal repair system will continue to repair what I can't, but he will stay in recharge until his systems can handle what happened."

"He's in status lock?" I asked, inching toward the sparkling in question.

"No. merely shock. His systems shut down due to something surprising. I suspect he was off lined," I flinched at the double meaning of the word, though I knew he didn't mean permanently, "Then his systems shut down in shock. He had to have had another flashback." I nodded, staring helplessly at my sparkling. I glanced back up at Ratchet and he nodded. I quickly scooped him up and held him to my spark. I promised myself I would be there for him, and I would be.

I walked back to our quarters, I didn't care if anyone wanted me to draft into a mission, I wouldn't. I was staying with Sam.

The next day, I was still up as he came out of recharge.

"Sam, are you alright?" I asked, pulling him closer as I sat up.

"I'm fine. I'm alright. I just, wait. Did you get the Decepticon?" He sounded worried.

"Optimus took care of him. Don't worry youngling. I'm not going to leave you with Sideswipe again anytime soon." I said the last part more as a threat to said mech. "Don't blame him. I ran off. I had another flashback and wanted to try out this game I had learned the organics play."

"Next time, warn someone. I was so worried about you." I pulled him away and opened up my hand so he could sit on top. His door wings, I was still proud to know I played a part in that. Optimus had said that he would have taken on traits on his Cybertronian body that had been on those he admired. He was mostly all his own except the wings and the top of his head held the same 'spikes' Optimus's did. But he was golden, and we decided there were many reasons behind that.

"I had another flashback after that." He looked down.

"What was it?"

"I know you guys would take me in if I weren't your charge, because we're still friends and everything. But in my past life, I was some random organic and I only knew you all for a year. I even then only really knew you because you chose to stay with me." We had all learned how the All Spark was destroyed and I wanted to stay with him. "But in my last flashback, I realized I was the only organic that visited you all that did it without government purpose behind it. I was shocked by that, but mostly by how you all became a large part of my life. As I said, I didn't know you all very well and totally weren't ready when I learned Ratchet had requested to be my prime medic. And how welcoming you all were to me staying with you all at the base while my parents went on vacation."

"Well, we had to have taken a liking to you quickly. I don't see how we wouldn't have." I frowned.

"Now I'm your charge and have to stay, even if you all despised me. But you don't and have gotten to know me. Then, you didn't." He explained.

"Sam, I was, or will be, your guardian still. I didn't have to stay it, but I did because I liked you." I knew this from his past flash backs. "You're going to have to deal with the fact we all like you, no matter what life you're in. Speaking of which, they want to see you. I just got a comm. link from Ironhide threatening my life." I smiled and stood up.

So I have learned there were good parts. I liked these parts. But I knew there were more bad to come. I had to not only keep an optic on him for this now, but the Decepticons have started to really fight. I had a feeling this war would go full scale in no tie, and Sam was still a sparkling. And they knew we all cared for him greatly.

R&R, I have to hurry. Two more stories to update before midnight!