A/N: All right, the next chapter is ready! I would have had it in earlier, but I've been completely drained all week (Not to mention the fact that Microsoft word kept freezing on me every three seconds) and pretty busy. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Happy Black Friday as well (Crazy day at Wal-mart lol!).

Anyways, I've been considering separating the chapters (meaning making a whole chapter for Abby and the Decepticons instead of grouping it with Oneshot and the Autobots). I might start the next chapter or chapter after, but I have yet to decide.

So this chapter is a bit of a filler at first, but the second part is not. Hope you enjoy this week's chapter! Don't forget to review and give me feedback! I appreciate it!

Autobot-Bre: Haha you rhymed indeed! I'm not going to fully explain the "incident" yet, but it will come eventually!

Luna636: Oh yeah she would. Starscream (And Barricade) are going to find out the hard way about Abby's temper lol!

MissShelz: oh yeah she will indeed lol! (Though maybe not all the time…) Ironhide has been keeping something, but I'm not revealing it yet ;)

CatGirlFireflare: THANK YOU! :)

Chocomadsandirish: I'm glad you like it (And Oneshot)

wolf-shadow666: Yeah, all sparklings are cute when they're young in my opinion. But then they're raised by the wrong people and then they look scary/ugly (Take Starscream's face for example *cough*)

Glad you enjoyed the chapter! I'm not going to reveal the "incident" yet, but I will soon enough. (I'm making you guys wait in anticipation lol)


"It's your fault! If you had a brain in that metal head of yours then this wouldn't have happened" Abby snapped, currently held over the edge by Ravage. In her hands was none other than the sparkling, who she had recently named Redeyes. Redeyes was wailing his head off, clinging to her arms in a desperate attempt to keep his self from falling. His clawed hands dug in to her arm, causing her to wince. If it had not been someone as young a shim digging in to her skin, she probably would have snapped.

"You told me to let him go, so I did! Make up your fragging mind!" Barricade snarled, looking equally as irritated as she was. He had carelessly dropped Redeyes a couple inches away from the table, letting him fall to the ground. If Abby had not literally thrown herself off the table to catch him, he would have smacked on to the hard floor below. Her stunt, however, had caused even more alarm. Ravage had barely managed to catch her by the leg before she began plummeting down to the floor as well.

"ARE YOU AN IDIOT? WHY THE HELL WOULD I TELL YOU TO DROP HIM ON THE FLOOR? YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SET HIM DOWN GENTLY ON THE TABLE" Abby snapped loudly once more, only a few seconds away from completely snapping. However, the moment she raised her voice, Redeyes started to cry even more. Abby bit her lip, now focusing her attention on calming down the panicking sparkling. Unlike Oneshot, he appeared to be more sensitive when it came to yelling. Then again, Abby had never really been in a situation that required her to yell with Oneshot around.

"Maybe you should have thought before you spoke human. Most of us don't understand your primitive speech pattern" Starscream sneered, having watched the whole scene unfold. He too would have done the same thing as Barricade, dropping the sparkling without a second thought.

"Well maybe you should have used your BRAIN? Or are most Decepticons born without one?" Abby said in a strained voice, trying to calm herself down so that she could calm Redeyes down. She earned a snarl from both of them in response, though she chose to ignore it as she was finally yanked up on to the cool metal table. Almost immediately, she began to cradle Redeyes in her arms. She whispered to the sparkling in a low voice, sounding peaceful. After a few seconds of this Redeyes ceased wailing, opting instead to wrap his arms around her neck to support himself. He let out what seemed to be a squeal of delight, obviously pleased. With this, she set him down on the ground so that she could address the two now angry Decepticons.

"Now I hope you FINALLY understand how fragile sparklings are…." Abby's voice trailed off in to silence as the sounds from just outside the room peaked her interest. She ignored Starscream and Barricade as she attempted to listen and comprehend what was being said outside.

"….At this rate, they'll find us in no more than a week Soundwave! Shouldn't we prepare to relocate?" the voice of a random Decepticon reached her ears, causing her to frown. She was absolutely certain that the Decepticons were referring to the Autobots as the ones getting closer to finding them. If they were to relocate now, there could be a chance that she would never be rescued. That meant she would most likely never see Oneshot again.

"No, we will remain here. The Autobots may be in this general area, but it is quite obvious they do not know where we are. Their chances of finding this place are very slim." Soundwave's voice came through the door this time, attracting the attention of Ravage now. The red eyed Decepticat noticed the distracted look on Abby's face and growled, knowing that she was eavesdropping on his master. Abby almost immediately returned her attention to Barricade and Starscream as soon as she heard Ravage's warning growl.

"Yes, yes. We're aware of how fragile both insects and sparklings are. Get on with it" Barricade growled in annoyance, noticing that she was distracted. He was displeased by her obvious lack of interest in them and what they were doing, wanting to get done with this as fast as possible. If she was unwilling to focus on her assigned task, it would only drag out this long and painful process of learning. Starscream seemed to be thinking the same thing, though he did not voice it. He had a similar annoyed expression on his face as he watched Abby turn her attention back on to the two of them.

"Sorry, sorry. Like I was saying, I think you need to learn how to treat sparklings and how to calm them down. Obviously this might take a while since you two aren't the nicest Decepticons out there" Abby said, picking up the currently calm sparklings. Redeyes seemed delighted to be held by her, making a series of happy clicks and whirs.

"That sounds simple enough. Taking care of a sparkling doesn't seem hard at all" Starscream commented in a cocky manner, causing Abby to snort.

"If it were that simple then you wouldn't be standing here learning from a HUMAN now would you?" Abby said with a roll of her eyes, irritating Starscream. Barricade snickered beside him but said nothing, knowing how badly his superior would react. It was well known among the Decepticons that Starscream was easy to irritate and easy to snap. Ravage, also aware of this, perked up just in case Starscream decided to blast Abby.

"Anyways, I'm going to hand Redeyes back over to you two again. But I swear if you hurt even one inch on him I'm going to bring out the frying pan. And if I have to bring that out, you'll wish you were never born" Abby hissed, narrowing her eyes. The two Decepticons missed the main joke, but were still intimidated by her nevertheless. Abby reluctantly handed Redeyes over to Barricade, standing by the edge just in case he decided to drop Redeyes once more. Ravage picked himself up and moved beside her, causing her to shiver. She would never get over how freaky that cat was.

"What the frag do I do now?" Barricade asked, watching as Redeyes explored his large hand. The sparkling crawled over every inch of it, inspecting the metal. After a few seconds, he gave a delighted chirp before moving towards Barricade's arm. As soon as he did this, however, Barricade jerked in surprise and shoved Redeyes back roughly. The moment Redeyes felt the rough handling, he started to wail.

"What are you doing? You don't shove him like that" Abby snapped, though she did not intervene. She wanted to see how Barricade would react and handle the situation before jumping in. There was a slim chance that he could actually do something right for a change. She had learned that Barricade had no experience whatsoever with sparklings at all. Starscream did not either, though he was strangely more willing to adapt to different situations then Barricade.

"I'll silence that loud beast" Starscream snarled, arming his weapons. Abby nearly blew her top when she saw him doing this, her irritation skyrocketing. There was no way she would let Starscream blast poor Redeyes.

"STOP IT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Abby snapped, causing Starscream to jerk slightly. This small movement caused him to nearly blast Barricade in the face, whirring past the Decepticon's head and ricocheting around the room. Abby was yanked down by Ravage as it nearly hit her, bouncing off the walls a few more times before finally hitting its target. Starscream stumbled backwards as soon as he was hit, caught off guard. The moment Starscream shrieked in pain, Redeyes stopped wailing and stared at him in wonder. Redeyes began to chirp in delight, obviously pleased with what happened.

"Well now, it seems we've found the perfect source of entertainment" Abby hissed, a smile creeping on to her face. She had been irritated at the start of the day before, though now it had increased dramatically. She had never before been this angry. She really hated the Decepticons.


Ironhide had adjusted to his new duty rather quickly, carrying Oneshot with him almost everywhere. Oneshot was almost always either perched up on Ironhide's shoulder or trailing behind him in his alt form. The only problem with their relationship was that Oneshot always wanted to go with Ironhide everywhere. Even if it meant putting his self in danger.

"Primus Oneshot, I said no! You've can't be out there with me when I'm in an area where Decepticons have been seen lurking around! It's fragging dangerous!" Ironhide exclaimed, mentally hitting himself when he cursed once again in front of the sparkling. He had tried to keep the swearing to a minimum around Oneshot, but sometimes the words just slipped out.

"But Ironhide, I can help! I'm small and they don't know I'm an Autobot! They don't even know I exist! I won't be caught! Please?" Oneshot begged, looking up at his newly appointed guardian with his best face. He knew he was young and inexperienced, but he still wanted to be out there to help find his mom. Ironhide was a good substitute and a mech he admired, but he needed his mother's affection. Ironhide's so-called "affection" was just not the same.

"Aw come on Ironhide? If he's going to be like you, he needs to get a head start. I'll keep him safe" Sideswipe said, cutting in to the conversation. The speedster had taken a liking to Oneshot, offering to watch him whenever needed. Everyone, however, knew this was an excuse for him to teach Oneshot about the art of pranking.

"If he's going to be like me, then he'll be a good sparkling and stay put. I know for sure I was well behaved when I was young" Ironhide said in annoyance, the situation slowly slipping out of his control. Hus annoyance only grew when Ratchet decided to intervene as well.

"Well-behaved? I know for a fact that as soon as you could walk you were smashing your creator's belongings and pretending like you had cannons" Ratchet snorted, causing Sideswipe to snicker. Oneshot laughed as well, causing Ironhide to sigh. Everyone had seemed to be against him lately when it came to making decisions involving Oneshot.

"Fine, fine. You can come. But you better not get out of my sight! Make sure your comm. link is working too, just in case" Ironhide said, finally admitting defeat. Oneshot cheered along with Sideswipe, excited to be tagging along with them. Along with Ironhide and Sideswipe, Arcee would be accompanying them as well. She was just as excited as Sideswipe to finally spend a little time with the sparkling, having been unable to talk to him for more then a few minutes at a time.

"So this is just another scouting mission right? Since we haven't managed to obtain any more leads" Arcee asked as she approached the group of mechs. She smiled when Oneshot waved at her from below, returning the gesture.

"Yeah, and as I know you've heard, Oneshot's coming with us. Everyone seemed to be against me when I said no" Ironhide said, sounding a little annoyed as Sideswipe and Oneshot transformed.

"Well you know, once you bond with a sparkling the way you have, everyone changings their opinion. It looks like you have a soft spot for him." Arcee said, causing Ironhide to frown and shake his head.

"Everyone already knew I had a soft spot for sparklings. Their just being a pain in the aft because they know I won't blast them in front of the sparkling" Ironhide snorted, watching as Oneshot and Sideswipe raced around the front of the hanger.

"….You know she would be proud of you, taking care of a sparkling while his mother is absent" Arcee said, watching Oneshot and Sideswipe as well.

"Maybe so, but I don't think she'd forgive me. After all, it's my fault-"Ironhide was surprised when Arcee cut him off before he could finish, his optics widening.

"Ironhide, you don't know that he's dead. Don't focus on the past. He could very well still be alive. I don't think she'd forgive you for not forgiving yourself. Now let's go before those two mechs over there leave us behind" Arcee said, transforming in to her alt form. Ironhide transformed as well, still shocked. The two joined up with Oneshot and Sideswipe before taking off down the road, heading towards their destination as quickly a human laws allowed.


"Could have gotten here faster if we had sped up a little…" Sideswipe spoke through the comm. link to the other three as they stopped inside a parking lot. Ironhide "accidently" bumped in to him from behind, causing the Autobot to nearly jump. Oneshot laughed, though he ended up bumping in to one of Ironhide's tires while not paying attention.

"Knock it off you three, we're on a mission" Arcee said, scolding the three mechs. She began to scan the area, searching for any signs of Decepticons.

"Hey, isn't that one of them? I don't recognize the spark signature, but I'm sure it's a Decepticon" Sideswipe suddenly said, his attention focused on a car parked at the end of the parking lot. As soon as he spoke up, it's headlights turned on and it began to drive off. Before any of the older Autobots could do anything, Oneshot took off after the Decepticon. He wanted to prove that he could be useful by following the Decepticon, well aware that his existence was unknown to the enemy. As soon as he did this, however, the other three began to panic.

"ONESHOT! GET BACK HERE NOW" Ironhide growled, obviously concerned for the sparkling's safety as he took off after him. The black Autobot sped after Oneshot, unfortunately alerting the Decepticon to his presence. The Decepticon cut through traffic as quickly as possible, trying only to lose Ironhide. He was unaware of the sparkling currently following him, weaving in and out of traffic. His small form allowed him to move without interference, unlike Ironhide and the others.

"No, I can do this! He knows who you are, but he doesn't know me! I can follow him! I'll stay safe!" Oneshot responded before shutting off his comm. link completely, unsure of whether or not the Decepticon could pick it up. He continued trailing the Decepticon, his only motivation being the safe rescue of his mother. He would do anything to be reunited with her again.


A/N: Oneshot to the rescue! Wish him luck! Haha, anyways now we know that Starscream adapts to situations in a negative way and Barricade has no common sense whatsoever! Arcee is back again (and this time she knows something about the "incident").

Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Don't forget to review and give me feedback! I appreciate it!