I gave a short huff of a laugh, crossing my arms while doing so. "We are not funny."

"Oh yes you are! That's the best laugh I've had in a while." Bee had a grin on his face.

I grumbled and turned away from him. Alex put an arm over my shoulders, "What's wrong, K?"

"Absolutely nothing.. They're just wrong."

Optimus overheard my little remark and spoke up. "And what makes us wrong?"

I turned on my heel and looked at him. "Do you believe that everyone is good? Everyone is born with a heart of greatness and goodness? That is where you are wrong.. Not everyone. I was born with a hatred of the good. I learned to trust few and sometimes, not even then."

"But, were you treated badly?"

I shook my head. "You don't get it.. It doesn't matter if I was hurt or not. I have a heart of black as most people would say. I'm seen as corrupt in my world. Corrupt. Such a word doesn't belong to me, I'm innocent. Honestly, I am. I have a right and reason for things I do, while others do it blindly."

One of his optic ridges perked up, "Is that really what you think about your species?"

"It's what I know."

I heard clapping in the distance and turned to look. "Sounds like she just got done with one of her mini-Megatron rants. I must say, you're improving. You still can't get me to join though."

I ran to hug her and nearly knocked us both over. "Miranda!"

"Nice to see you, too. Now, get off me." I got off her only for her to fall back down. "Its.. its.. ohmygod." She fell back and hit the floor.

I cringed and heard Alex laugh. "It's a shame she didn't get majorly injured." I slapped him. "Ow! What's that for?"

"Being a dumbass.." I sat down on Miranda's stomach, she made a small huff noise. I snickered, "Lil bitty botty, don't you know that you can't outrun the fever that consumes us all?" I poked her nose and she woke up.

"Get the frag off me, Micky!" She pushed me off her onto the floor. I grabbed her and pushed her back down.

"Good Morning, Princess." I gave a smirk and got off her. She got up and kicked me in the shin. "Son of a bitch!" I grabbed my shin and hopped over to a wall.

"I win and I'm not a princess."

"This isn't over." I leaned against the wall and rubbed my shin. Slowly touching it to the ground til it didn't hurt.

"Yes it is." She was looking at Optimus.

"It never is." Optimus and Bee were looking between the two of us. I shook my head and yawned. "So, how's Krypton and Paxton?"

Miranda finally broke her staring from Optimus, he didn't seem to notice. "They had baby rats. I named them. Wanna hear the names?" I shrugged and she went on. "Prima, Radon, and Spark."

My eyebrows raised, "Huh, I thought you'd pick goofy names.. Nice work."

She gave me a smile. I started to walk around her, looking at her. "You've gotten a little taller.. though, I'm still taller." She glared at me and I smiled. I observed her form, she was leaning to one side. It caused me to laugh, but I didn't mention it.

"What? Taking notes on me?" I nodded. "Again?" I nodded again. "Why?"

"You ask all the questions, while I silently observe. It's quite obnoxious, like I could tell you right now.. that Alex is giving you a death glare as we speak, but I'm not looking at him. I don't have to."

Miranda looked over at him, sure enough he was. "How'd you know that?"

"I know him and how he acts. You find out a lot without words."

Bee was glancing between the three of us. "You all are strange. You know that? One of you is an Autobot, the other a Con.. but you aren't at eachother's throats trying to kill each other. Why?"

Miranda sighed, "We're sisters. We have to tolerate each other, even if we don't want to."

"Aww! You really do love me!" I hugged her and she pushed me off her. I snickered, "We fight, but the worst we've done is a couple of bruises to each other.. and I hadn't meant to do that."

Miranda grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled my hair, causing me to wince. "As I was saying, Micky. We don't get alo-" I grabbed her hair and pulled it back. "Let go of my hair!"

"You let go of mine!" She bit my arm. I growled and pulled harder, "Let go of my hair!"

"Fine!" She let go and stopped biting me. I let go of hers, wiping her saliva off on my jeans. "You're disgusting."

"You're the one who bit me."

Optimus sighed, "Would you two stop?!" We both shut up and looked at him. "Thank you."

A thought popped into my head, "Aren't you going to call the authorities now?"

"I thought you would want to talk to your family?" His optic ridges furrowed, giving me a confused look.

I bowed my head. "I did, Optimus.."

"Uhm.. alright." He clicked a button and a dial tone went through the room.

"Hello. How may I help you?"

"I have Michaela Devetrix here." He looked at me out of the side of his optic.

"Where are you, sir?"

"I'm at High Grove Court 862."

"That old abandoned house? We'll be there in a moment, sir. May I ask your name?"

"Pax. That's what I go by." He hung up. I gave him double pistols and a wink then ran away. I heard him over the intercom a second later. "There's a girl in the base that bears the Decepticon symbol around her neck. Put her upstairs." He was quiet for a moment then came back on. "Don't let the human boy out of the base."

Two bots I didn't recognize grabbed me and threw me out of the base. "And stay out, Deceptiscum!"

I growled and ran up stairs to find a shootout between five masked men and three cops. I got hit in the crossfire. I screamed, blood oozing from in between my fingers. My hand covered the bullet wound. "Grab her, she's coming with us!" Three of the guys picked me up. Two grabbed my arms and the other got my feet. I noticed only one thing, they all had Decepticon insignias tattooed on their arms.

The gunfire stopped, three cops were dead. I heard someone move downstairs, then a scream. "Michaela?! Where are you?!" Alex. He'd come to find me and I wasn't there. "Michaela!"

"Ale-", they put a hand over my mouth.

"Hush, he's with them. Not us."