Thanks for the ideas! I didn't get any on Moonracer much, and I decided not to include her as much as I thought I was going to, so she'll be in here briefly. xD

I may not get to everybody's idea, (If you gave me one) but I'll definitely use what I can!


The Sun was beginning to peak above the horizon, making it just bright enough to move around outside without the use of a flashlight or other light source. Further away from the motel, where nobody was sure to see them, Ratchet and Moonracer both lay on the ground in bipedal mode.

Moonracer had a soft smile on her mouth plates as she rolled on her stomach and placed an arm over Ratchet. "I've almost forgotten how powerful you are." She giggled softly as she stroked sensitive cables. Ratchet sighed heavily from the contentment he was receiving from her touch. He smiled down at her, but said nothing in return. She continued to play with his cables and wires gently, "I have a proposal."

This caught his attention and made his spark skip a pulse. "What is that?"

She tried to hide her smile as she spoke, but it was useless. "Well, I would really like to make things work, and I was wondering.. hoping, actually, if you'd be willing to-" She paused. "Bond."

"Moonracer," He could admit he was shocked, and it was clear all over his face and before he could say something else, she had already begun to climb over him.

"Shh," She purred. He could feel her already opened spark chamber getting closer to his. He could see the lights almost coming in contact with one another and if he let this happen, it would be forever.

Forever?

A sudden panic overwhelmed his entire system. Not thinking twice he crawled out quickly from underneath her, making her fall to the ground. "Moonracer, I can't do this." Closing his chamber, he frantically stood up.

She did the same and stood up, glaring. "Why not?" She folded her arms. "Because of that stupid Human? Forget about her," She growled. "She's worthless and crippled."

Suddenly he did remember Janice. She had said she may go home and she had left last night. She would already be at base by now, no doubt. Probably already on a flight back home. He compared her to Moonracer and discovered something. With a glare that would even scare Megatron, Ratchet unfolded his arms. "Don't take this personally," He began sourly as he transformed into his alternate mode. Before he sped off down the dusty road, he finished. "But I would rather bond with a Human than a ruthless Cybertronian femme."

With wide, offended and shocked optics, she watched him disappear around the corner.


When Sideswipe had finally gotten Janice back to base, he was running extremely low on energon from lack of recharge, but she slept the full ten to twelve hours like a baby. It must've been around seven or eight in the morning by the time the hangars outlined the horizon.

As Sideswipe pulled in, exhausted, he shut his alternate mode down and turned his body to face Janice. Taking his hand, he gently tapped her shoulder. "Janice, wake up."

Her eyes fluttered open and she squinted from the now arising Sun. "We're here?" She asked, her voice muffled from tiredness.

He smiled. "Yup, we're here." Then his smile faded into a look that had no emotion. "Are you sure you wanna do this?"

She took in a deep breath before nodding. "I'm sure," She smiled meekly at him. "I just need to go home and be away for a while. I'm sure I'll be able to visit sometime."

He nodded with a grin. "Yeah," Unfortunately, he couldn't hold the grin and he frowned. "Just.. uh.. just contact me somehow and I'll get you back here whenever." Then he laughed. "And maybe Ratchet will be less of an ass."

She looked away with a smile before opening the door and getting out. "So, how am I getting home?" She laughed.

"Stratosphere," Sideswipe said.

Janice looked confused. "What?"

Then he nodded his head in the direction of a large cargo plane. "That's Stratosphere. You haven't gotten the opportunity to meet him yet because he was on a mission when you first came in."

Janice swallowed hard. "He's nice, right?" Surely something as big as him would have to be intimidating somehow.

Sideswipe laughed. "Nice? He's the biggest gentle giant I've ever met. He'll probably talk to you the whole fraggin' ride back to the States." Then he placed a hand on her back and urged her on. "Come on, I'll introduce you." As they got closer, Sideswipe patted a hand against the massive plane's side. "Strato! You awake?"

Janice nearly jumped from the booming voice. "I'm awake. This must be Janice. The girl I'm taking back home."

Janice nodded. "That's me. It's nice to meet you, Stratosphere."

She jumped when the loud booming voice was now softer behind her. Turning around, she saw a man, or, she guessed to be Stratosphere's holoform. He held a hand out to her with a gentle smile. "Pleasure's all mine, Miss."

She took it for a smooth, gentle shake. "I guess we should head out now while it's still early."

He nodded in agreement and Sideswipe looked away. "Sure thing, Miss. I'll start myself up and I'll meet you at the cockpit." She nodded as his holoform disappeared and the engine of the plane was now able to be heard.

As she turned around to say goodbye to Sideswipe, he had already pulled her in for a friendly hug. "I'm gonna miss you, Jan'."

She wrapped her arms around him. "I'll miss you too, Sides. I'll try and contact as often as I can, okay?" She pulled away and smiled.

He gave her a friendly peck on the cheek. "Alright. Sounds good to me." As he helped her make her way to the entrance of Stratosphere, they locked eyes one final time before she turned her back and headed inside. As the entry door slowly closed and locked, that was the last Sideswipe saw of her.

She made her way to the cockpit and sat down in one of the chairs. Stratosphere's holoform was already in one of the seats. "Just sit back and relax," He smiled at her. "I'll get you back home in no time."

"Thank you," She replied, setting two bags she had brought with her on the floor next to her.

As Stratosphere prepared for takeoff, Sideswipe stood nearby, watching the entire scene until the massive 'Bot was no longer visible.


It would've been nice and peaceful in the small town near the Qatar base if the loud, obnoxious sounds of sirens and horns hadn't disturbed it. Ratchet could hardly believe he had made it to base in just eight hours worth of travel. He was hoping and praying that she was still on the base, and that what she had said yesterday about going home was just a lie.

As he rushed through the hangars, completely exhausted with energon levels low, he scanned the entire base, but did not see her. His spark seemed to pound faster when he caught sight of Sideswipe, who was cruising slowly.

Transforming into his bipedal mode, Ratchet ran over to the silver mech and Sideswipe had to transform as well and nearly duck for cover when he thought the medic was going to step on him. "Woah! Ratchet! Watch it, man. The paint!"

Ratchet grabbed Sideswipe by the shoulder plates, not caring if he was making a scene and everybody else was staring. "Where is Janice?"

Sideswipe pointed in the air. "With Stratosphere. He took her back home. They left like eight or nine hours ago." Then he shoved Ratchet off of him. "And it's about fragging time you came to your senses, you moron."

"Where is he dropping her off?" Ratchet asked, clearly ignoring the last part Sideswipe had to say.

Sideswipe shrugged. "I dunno. The same place you guys were picked up at?" Then Sideswipe figured he deserved more of a sarcastic remark. "Unless he plans to air-drop her on top of her house." He shrugged.

Ratchet glared daggers at the cocky mech before him. Instead of attacking him verbally, the medic spun around. "I need a lift to the US right away!" He hadn't directed the demand at anybody in particular, but he looked around, hoping to see a C-17 pilot or at least somebody who flew a plane big enough to carry him. When nobody responded to him, he growled. "Slaggit! I need a lift! Can anybody fly a fragging airplane around here?"

"We'll take you," Ratchet spun to the voice. He recognized the female and the male as they stood side by side. "We're pilots to that there C-17." The man pointed to the colossal Globemaster III.

"Wonderful!" Nodding, Ratchet transformed and followed the two humans as they ran to their plane.

Sideswipe shook his head as he transformed and rolled away. "Glitch.."


Seven hours had passed and finally, Janice was at the airport she had been picked up at back when Ratchet was still taking care of her. "You sure you can handle the rest on your own?" Stratosphere asked as she stood up to exit.

She nodded with a smile. "Yes, Strato. Thank you again for the flight. I appreciate it."

He grinned. "Anytime. If you ever want a lift back for a visit, just contact base and I'll get'cha there."

"I appreciate that," She told him before waving. "See you."

After she got out of him, she took a look around. The temperature wasn't nearly as hot, and she had to admit it felt good to be home. Her heart sank when she realized she had no way of transportation back to her house, so she thought it would be wise to hail a cab.

As she got in a taxi, she told the man that she would need to run up to her house first to get the money and then pay. He only nodded in acknowledgement. She couldn't have been happier to see all the familiar buildings and streets that she had been away from for weeks.

And then her heart raced when she saw her house in the distance. When they pulled up to her house, she got out of the taxi, ran up to her front porch, lifted up the rug and pulled out the hidden key. Unlocking her door, she marched in, tossed her bags on the couch and headed upstairs to get her wallet.

After that, she had paid the taxi driver and was relaxing on her couch, watching television and checking mail. Completely exhausted from all the travel, she couldn't help but fall asleep.

When she woke up, she had checked the time only to find out that she had spent about six hours sleeping. Feeling light-headed, she stood up and reached for the remote to shut the television off. After that she decided that maybe she should take an Advil or two because her light-headedness had quickly turned into a headache.

As she entered the kitchen, she reached her hand out to grab the pills, but something unusual happened.

As she reached for the bottle, she had just barely managed to grab it when both of her legs had somehow felt as if they had lost feeling again, and she stumbled forward, hit her head off of the counter and blacked out.


Three hours later and finally Ratchet had made it to the same airport Janice had been dropped off at. As soon as the cargo hold door opened, Ratchet found himself backing out of it frantically. He almost forgot to activate his holoform, which would've been bad if anybody saw him.

Remembering her address from the files he had recovered back when they first met, he activated his sirens and sped off down the road.

He loved the power his sirens gave him as every car on the road pulled over to let him pass, making him get to her house in half the time.

Finally he had reached the correct street and after turning his sirens off, he began to examine each house. Sure enough, he found the right one and pulled up on the sidewalk as much as he could. After getting out of his alternate mode, his holoform dashed up the steps. He knocked on the door loudly. "Janice?" After waiting a few seconds without a response, he tried knocking louder. "Janice!" Walking over to the window on the porch, he was able to see that a light was on despite the curtains blocking most of his view. She was definitely home.

Walking back to the door, he reached for the door handle and twisted. He was surprised to find the door was unlocked and he dashed in. He noticed there was mail sitting on the coffee table in front of the television, and he examined the name on each envelope. Janice Gearing. He was definitely at the right place.

"Janice!" Calling her name again, he did not get a response. Then his spark began to race. What if something had happened to her? Dashing into the dining room, he saw nothing, and then as he entered the kitchen, his spark nearly failed. "Oh, sweet Primus!"

Dashing over to where she lay, he fell to his knees and grabbed her. She was still fully functional, but he noticed the blood coming from her head and he picked her up bridal style. His scans picked up that both her legs were no longer functional, and that this was likely the cause of the fall.

Dashing back into the living room, he rested her on a couch and headed down to his alternate mode to get any medical tools he would need.


D: Cliffy?

This chapter was annoying to type because I had to switch scenes so quickly. D: I tried to add a lot of detail rather than just dialogue so it didn't seem too boring.

Thanks for the reviews! And thank you to keacdragon for giving me the idea of Ratchet going to find Janice after she arrived at the US! And thank you to Roc2Roll for the idea of Janice's legs acting up again! :)

(And If I missed anybody by accident, thank you for your ideas as well!) :))