Smokescreen's P.O.V:

I couldn't see how the others were so accepting of that freak. After what she did to Bumblebee and me, I was surprised to even see her here back at the base.

"What did she mean by catching up on lost time Ratchet?" Bulkhead asked and I was wondering that myself. The way Ratchet acted around that freak was like they were best buds.

"I'll explain later Bulkhead; now is neither the time nor my place to say now." Ratchet explained as he turned to the computers to pull up a file with that freaks photo. As Ratchet uploaded something into her file I noticed something odd.

"Why isn't her file completed? She's missing half of her data work." Looking over the file, it showed no names for a sire or carrier or even when she was sparked.

"One cannot complete their data file if they don't know the information need Smokescreen." Optimus said as he also looked over the file. "Why wouldn't that freak know this information?"

Suddenly a wrench came hurtling at me but luckily I ducked out of its way just at the last second. "What was that for Ratchet?!" I asked the medic but he refused to answer me as he quickly turned back to his computers.

"I have to wonder, just like Smokescreen, Optimus. Why doesn't Skylight know this information?" Arcee asked as she gave the file a look over.

"Skylight was abandoned when she was a young Sparkling. She has no recollection as to who her creators are or as to how old she is. But if I had to make an educated guess, I would say she is somewhere between Arcee and Smokescreen's age." Ratchet spoke up as the last bit of information was added to her file.

Continuing on with the file, I noticed something odd when it came to the freaks general information. "Why does it say her optic color is purple? I've never heard of any Cybertronian having that color before."

Ratchet didn't answer and neither did Optimus, everyone in the room fell silent to be exact. "Well?" I asked again.

"The optic color for any Cybertronian is determined by the Sparkling's creators. Autobots will have blue while Decepticons will have red. But if you cross the two together…" Ratchet fell silent as he closed the file down.

"So Skylight's has both Autobot and Decepticon heritage." Bulkhead said more as a statement than a question but Optimus answered anyway. "That is correct Bulkhead. Skylight had both Autobot and Decepticon coding."

"But her optics were blue when I saw them. Why weren't they purple?" Bumblebee asked and I had to agree. Her optics were blue when I looked at them last.

"Her optics were reprogrammed when she was enlisted. It was to help her blend in without having other bots thinking of her as a Decepticon spy." I was starting to wonder how Ratchet knew this stuff about that freak.

"I think it is about time to go pick up the kids. Can't wait to see how Miko will react when she finds out we have another Autobot her with us." Bulkhead said as he and the others Transformed and left to go get the kids.

"Do you think it's safe to have the kids here with that thing here Optimus? What if she hurts them?" I asked Optimus quietly as to not get attack by another wrench.

"I believe Skylight is safe enough to be around the children Smokescreen and I understand your concern but we must remember that Skylight is on our side." Optimus said as he walked over towards Ratchet and whispered something to him.

Shaking my head, I decided to go for a drive to clear my head. As I transformed, I noticed that my light was so cracked that it wouldn't work. "Great." I said to myself as I drove out as fast as I could, not caring that I left a small tire track trail behind me.

Ratchet's P.O.V:

"I believe Smokescreen will have a hard time accepting Skylight Ratchet. I think it might be best if you talk to the both of them and try to find a way to make the transition easier." Optimus spoke softly and I had to agree.

The way Smokescreen was acting towards Skylight did show that he didn't like the idea of having her here. "I'll try Optimus."

Suddenly a load screech rang through the base and on the floor was a small tire track trail leading out of the base. "Younglings always got to be stubborn."

Looking down the hallway where Skylight went, I sighed and turned back to Optimus. "I'm going to go speak with Skylight Optimus. If you'll excuse me." As I walked down the hallway, I couldn't help but wonder how things were going to be handled now that Skylight was here now.

As I came to the room Skylight was given I gave it a few knocks but I received no reply. Pushing the door open, I saw that Skylight wasn't in here. Thinking about it, I had a good idea where she went to.

Walking farther down the hall, I came to a room with the door held open. Looking in I saw Skylight standing by a desk holding a data pad. "Figures I find you here."

Skylight turned around slowly and placed the data pad back down. "Your room looks a lot like the one back on Cybertron. Cluttered and overflown."

I nodded and stepped into the room to where I was standing right next to Skylight. "You think so do you?" I asked and Skylight nodded. "You still leave your door open to. That's how I knew this room was yours."

I nodded; I would leave my door open just in case I needed to get up quickly so I wouldn't have to deal with the door.

"Didn't you like the room down the hall?" I asked and Skylight shook her head. "It's nice Ratchet but it's not the same as to the one I used to have."

I nodded in understanding. Back when Skylight was younger she would share the room with me, because the medical building didn't offer a lot of spare rooms for permanent residents.

"I don't like to be alone; I even shared a room with Cliffjumper back on Cybertron. Cliff was a good friend; I really wish I had the chance to see him before…"

Skylight bowed her head and gave off a quiet sigh. "I can't believe he's gone. Cliff was the only friend I had on our team; he was like a brother to me." I nodded and placed a servo on Skylight's shoulder plating. "We took take of each other and watched each other's back."

"Cliffjumper was a great team member and a true friend, it's good to know he helped take care of you Sky." I said to Skylight and she gave a slow nodded. "Sky, we have some things to discus. We have three humans who are under our protection and they come here often so I have to warn you, they can be a handful."

Skylight looked up and smiled. "How hard can it be to watch three little humans Ratchet? I had to deal with living with a whole town of them plus a group of rude Bikers." I shook my head and took Skylight's servo in mine and we walked out of my room. "Just wait until you meet Miko, maybe than you'll change your mind."

A little short than I would like but this is the best place to stop for now. Next CHPTR we will bring in the kids, wonder how that will turn out?

Dedicated songs are 'Hate Everything about You' by Three Days of Grace and 'Mad World' sung by Alex Parks.

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