A/N I got nothing much to say today...other than I hate Mondays...

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Ch. 8- Inner Strength

Mikaela woke up, and stretched, trying not to wake up Sam, who was fast asleep next to her. She got up, and left the room, walking down the hallway to check on Sari. She opened the door to Sari's room, and found the bed empty. Her eyes widened, and she ran through the house, checking every room, not wanting to wake up Sam if she had just sleep-walked or something.

She opened the door to the garage to ask Bumblebee if he'd seen her, when she saw Sari curled up on his front seat, fast asleep. Her heart slowed, and she breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled at how cute the scene was.

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Sari gobbled down pancake after pancake, and Mikaela smiled, "I guess you like pancakes, huh?"

"I haven't had a home-cooked meal since Dad died." said Sari, smiling. "I sort of live on snacks and fast-food, which the guys pay for. They don't really cook. I don't think they know what a stove is. But they all pitch in on big holidays to buy me big fancy meals, and Fanzone takes me out on my birthday."

"You've got the metabolism of a hummingbird, sweetheart." said Mikaela, ruffling Sari's hair affectionately.

"The guys, they've been great since Dad died." Sari said. "I don't want for anything."

"How did your dad die?" asked Sam curiously.

Sari looked down at her plate. "Well, Dad was a big inventor, which you guys know. His last invention he was working on was a machine that could restore dead cells. Human cells. In other words, regeneration, and eventually, immortality. He would be able to bring people back from the dead." said Sari. "I told him he shouldn't mess with that sort of thing, but he didn't listen..."

"Dad, it's just a bad idea." Sari said desperately as her father fiddled with his new machine.

"Nonsense. I know what I am doing. Go with your friends to your baseball game. I will see you later." said Isaac Sumdac, not looking up from his machine.

"Okay." sighed Sari, knowing she'd have to take up the battle again later. She turned to walk out, and turned to call back, "I love you, Dad."

Isaac Sumdac pushed up his goggles, and looked at Sari. "I love you too, Sari."

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"So then Bulkhead, being the glitch-head he is, told Prime that the conveyor belt had knocked it all over!" said Bumblebee through the comm of his alt mode.

Sari laughed as Bulkhead's voice chimed in on the comm. "Bumblebee, don't tell that story!"

Sari smiled, "Thanks for taking me out, guys. I had so much fun!"

"Of course!" said Bee. "We're the three amigos! Three for one..."

"And one for all." laughed Sari and Bulkhead. It was then that Sari glanced up and saw the smoke in the sky.

"What's that?" she asked, pointing. "It looks like it's coming from around the tower!"

Bumblebee said nothing, but sped up, and Sari thought to herself desperately, "Please not the tower."

But as they turned round the corner, Sari gasped as she saw a huge hole blown in the side of the tower. Bumblebee hadn't even stopped before she was out of the car, running frantically, screaming, "Daddy! Daddy!"

Captain Fanzone grabbed her, pulling her back. "He's gone, Sari! He's gone!"

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"Annabelle, how about you and I go visit Mikaela and Sari today?" asked Sarah Lennox, glancing over at her daughter, who was drawing while sitting at the table.

"Alright." said Annabelle, nodding, then glancing out the window, to where the Black Topkick sat. "Hide gonna take us?"

Sarah nodded. She finished texting Mikaela, saying yes, she and Annabelle would love to come over.

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Listen girl, gotta know it's true
In the end all you've got is you

Inner Strength-Hilary Duff

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