Now, don't get me wrong I LOVE Johnathan Crane in Batman, Not as much as the Joker yeah im a huge Joker fan ESPECIALLY Heath Ledger's version of the Joke Gahhhh anyway. Enough batman fangirling. Well, more so Batman Villain Fangirling... ANYWAY. Now, I know some of you are upset with Ironhide, BUT I'm not trying to make him a bad guy however, He's very suspicious of Acirah on account of her past. He's worried about her affecting their familial bond they share with the humans they have, worried that she'll ruin everything and from what he knows she abandoned her team which is the most dishonorable thing and left them to die and suffer. To him she's worse than garbage because of doing that and doesn't deserve to be a Soldier. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Ironhide. Him and Barricade are my ALL TIME favorite from Bayverse. I can just... take them and poof away and be happy. However this is a SunstreakerxOCxSideswipe, also my FIRST fanfic with the pair so if I ever get their actions wrong or they seem out of character please forgive me as I'm not accustomed to how they really are. I've mostly just read about them in other fanfics and seen pics. I am trying to watch all the Transformers Cartoons and have watched;

Transformers Armada -however I heard about a certain event with Starscream and I happen to LOVE that version of Starscream and I stopped watching because I dont wanna see it happen lol...

Transformers Prime- I completed everything but the movie because I read about the ending. If I don't watch then it doesn't happen! =(

Transformers RID- I just got into Season 2! =D

Transformers G1- I've only seen a few episodes so far.

Transformers Animated- only a few episodes so far

Transformers moives- All up until AOE because I don't wanna see what happens to Ratchet... I love Ratchet /3 Mostly in Prime verse but still! He's part of my secret Harem Imeanwhat? Who said that?! Anyway...

I've also played 1 Transformers game, fall of Cybertron and Just lemme say OH EM FLIPPING GEE. I love it and Highly recommend it for fellow Transformer lovers. I plan on getting the other one, war of Cybertron, and a few others... yeah Im turning into a hard cor fan... I wanna get a G1 Soundwave hoodie from Amazon cuz omg that would be epic... ah, I'm blabbing now sorry xD I got excited. NOW! On to the story!

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"She didn't do it." Sideswipe growled.

"We have two others saying different!" Ironhide retorted. "Face it, your little friend isn't much of a friend as you thought."

"Your wrong!"

"I'm right and you know it! That femme needs to be taken out, we don't need killers in our base!"

"Enough! Mrs Byrne is detained as we speak and until we can get the story from Mrs Celes and Mr Warner she will remain in custody." Optimus said his piece, frustration coursed through him, things were very stressful for him lately with the new recruits, having to hide their identity until the new recruits were cleared to know, the issues the soldiers had with Mrs Byrne, and the mysterious accidents happening ever since the arrival of Johnathan Crane. He was beginning to think something fishy was going on and so he had Ratchet install a special security system the other day that only he, Ratchet, William and Robert knew about.

"Optimus!" Sideswipe cried, "I beg you to listen to me, I know her and I know she didn't do thi-"

"How do you know her?" Jolt asked, speaking up for the first time in their arguing. "You've hung around her but how do you know it is not an act? How do we know she has not tricked you into thinking these things? I understand you care for the girl but I implore you to face the facts."

"She's a bad seed." William frowned. "Once we get the story and solid evidence from the two victims Acirah will be stripped of her title and sent off to prison. I really had hoped that she wasn't as the rumors said..."

"I'm sorry Will." Chromia spoke up, she too felt disappointed. She wanted more then anything to be wrong about the seemingly nice girl.

Flareup and the Lambo twins stood in silence, They did not agree. They had spent time around the girl, the twins more so, and she didn't have it in her. Flareup was sure that Acirah was innocent and Sideswipe continued to furiously deny her being guilty.

Sunstreaker sat silently, in fact he hadn't spoken much to Acirah since he had held onto her during her melt down, and deep down he hoped she was innocent. He was beginning to tolerate her presence around him and Sideswipe and it would be weird with her gone... That and he liked how she washed him and waxed him getting all the right place-

He turned to see Sideswipe smirking at him when he felt a wave of amused smugness, he had heard what he was thinking.

Sunstreaker scowled, glaring at the ground before walking away.

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"I just wanted to see how the patient was... doing." Johnathan argued with Dr. Chett.

"Ep ep ep! They need rest, not distractions. If you would please, Mr Crane, leave the room and let them rest." He urged Crane out much to his displeasure.

Johnathan glared at the doctor and felt frustration rise. This accursed Autobot in disguise was angering him, he had to get rid of the witness and he had to do it soon or else his cover would be blown.

"ANSWER ME!" Johnathan paused, peering through a door to see Ron shouting at the bound Acirah in a cell.

He felt something stir, there she was before him. Vulnerable and trapped, perfect for the taking when the time was right. Ohhhh yes, he purred in his head, she was in the perfect position for him to get to her. Maybe he could just take her tonight and end it all.

Yes, that sounded good to him.

"I didn't mean for it to happen!" Acirah cried. "I had been covering Leah like she asked, I took out every enemy after her before going to help Reginald who was overwhelmed! Someone shot her when I wasn't looking and it wasn't an enemy. It was Crane!"

"That's a damned lie!" Ron slammed his fist against the bars, staring angrily down at her. "Mr Crane was with Lorean, both give the same story of being together AND of them seeing YOU shoot Leah AND Reginald."

"I'm telling the truth!" She cried, clutching her hands to her chest and curling within herself. "I would never hurt Leah! She's my best friend!"

"HA! That's rich coming from you Byrne. You have no friends, remember? You killed them."

"No I didn't..." She cried harder, why wouldn't they believe her? Leah was like a sister to her now, the only one aside from Sid, Chett, and now Flora who took the time to talk to her despite her past. The only people to care...

"Even if you did have friends, I wouldn't be surprised if you have any at all after today." Ron hissed, his emotions were going hay wire.

Leah was his charge right now, his. He had failed to protect his student, failed to keep her safe and it was weighing heavily on his spark. Ironhide grit his holoforms teeth, he was the one who let Acirah go on the mission without a bots supervision, he had been so distracted with getting to the Cons attacking the mountain town that he just hadn't cared she was going without being watched. All he could think of was the innocence being attacked by those fragging Deceptiscum and he had to help stop them.

He wasn't there for his student like a good teacher was... and he was blaming himself for everything. He was determined to get Byrnes to crack!

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"I'll get you out."

Acirah felt his hands hold hers.

"I promise, I'll find away okay Cirah? I know you didn't do it." Sid promised, staring into her eyes.

"Sid I-"

"No, its okay really."

"No." She murmured as she started crying once more, her emotions were going wild. First her ex-fiance and murderer of her parents shows up, then everything starts going wrong, now Leah's hurt and Sid he was still trying to prove her innocence... "I'm so sorry Sid."

"What?" He blinked. "What for?"

"For how I treat you..."

"I'm fine Cirah."

"No, no your not. I-I treated you horribly, I was scared and all you wanted was to be my friend... please forgive me..."

"Oh Cirah." She felt his hand caress her cheek causing her to look up at him. "I'll always forgive you." He leaned in, with difficulty, and kissed her cheek. "I'll be back, I promise and we'll get you out! I'll find who really did this."

"Thank you..." Acirah murmured before watching him leave, she slid to the floor and felt her lips tremble. "Leah... Please don't die..."

"Look at this."

Acirah looked up out to the shadow's, her gaze catching on a moving object in the dark. It had been hours since Ron stopped interrogating her, angry that he hadn't gotten anything out of her, and she had fallen into fitful sleeping spells when Sid appeared before her, waking her gently.

"Tsk tsk tsk why are you even bothering love? You know your mine, no one else can have you." Johnathan stepped from the shadows. "You. Are. MINE."

"I am not yours!" Acirah spat, "I belong to no one but myself, when will you leave me be John? I don't care for you, I hate you!"

"Oh my dear dear Acirah, I know you don't mean that." He stepped up the bars with a chuckle. "I told you, if I couldn't have you no one could. I told you not to run, that i would find you and punish you. This is your punishment."

"What, Prison?"

"Oh no no, I'm going to kill all your friends." He cooed, "My first victim was Reginald, do you know how hard it is to sneak past those idiotic soldiers? Rigging his things to explode was rather tricky but I did it. Are you impressed?" He gave a sadistic smile. "Then Leah had to be taken out of the picture, she was getting to close for comfort and I knew she would only get in the way. Of course, Reginald had seen me shooting her so I had to get rid of him as well. Now I'm going to kill those twins you seem to hang around all the time, well after your taken away safely to my employers once your... ride gets here."

"What have you done?"

"I've given the Decepticons a little hint to the base and a few interesting trinket's."

Acirah still had no idea what a Decpeticon was, but she knew they were the enemies of NEST and would not hesitate to kill everyone there. "No!"

"Oh yes, and now We're going to go pay dear Reginald a visit before pulling the life support from Leah."

"I wont go with you!"

"You have no choice love."

Acirah felt something hit her and gasped when her vision darkened, her eyes set on Johnathan who turned to a male with slicked back silver hair and red eyes. He was grinning sadistically as he stepped forward with a dart gun in his hands. The two spoke for a moment before her jail door opened and she felt Johnathan dragging her out and handing her to his accomplice before everything went black.

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"He's awake!"

"Hurry, Reginald? Reginald?" Dr Chett called as he flashed a light in the soldiers eyes, "Look at me, are you feeling alright?"

"Thirsty..." He rasped.

"Yes yes, but first how are you feeling? Any pain?"

"A little..."

"I would think so, you almost died Mr Warner, any closer to your heart and you wouldn't be here." Dr Chett gave a chuckle as he handed Reginald some water.

"We have to know now." Rons voice came in as he entered the room with Renaldo trailing behind.

"Mr Ron! I implore you, please, the patient needs re-" Ron slammed the door in Renaldo's face before turning to the patient. "Reginald."

Reginald tiredly looked up. "Yes?"

"I understand you just woke, but it is of utmost importance that you tell me what you remember on the battle field."

Reginald furrowed his eyebrows, his mind drawing a blank. "I-I can't remember anything."

"You must." Ron snapped. "You must remember. Anything? Something!"

"No... I'm sorry I- wait I-I remember something."

"Yes?" Dr Chett leaned in curiously. "What do you remember?" he asked as he checked Reginald's bandaging.

"I-I was surrounded... I called for help when I spotted Acirah... Sh-she just shot down the enemies near Leah Celes and turned to me. Sh-she aimed her gun at me."

Ron tensed, his fist clenched in anticipation.

"-And she shot the enemies around me." Reginald continued. "When I went to run to her I spotted Crane coming up from behind... He had his gun raised and-"

"What? What? What the frag did he do!?"

"Ron! Calm yourself!" Chett snapped angrily, "It's okay Reginald. I know your in pain. You don't need to answer anymor-"

"Like pit he does!"

"I- He... He shot her." Reginald gasped as pain suddenly seared through him, groaning when he moved wrong. "He shot Leah. Acirah heard her cry and ran for her, but Crane he saw me watching an- and he raised his gun to me before all I remember is pain."

"That. That." Ron seethed as he punched the wall. "WHERE IS CRANE!?" Ron roared as he exited the room."

"D-did I do something to upset him?"

"No, Rons just upset because he was wrong about something for once." Dr Chett mused. "And that someone tricked him. Now, get back to sleep. I need to inform the rest about whats gong on."

Neither were aware of Crane watching in anger. His cover was blown.

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"Grah! Get off!"

"Be silent human." The man holding Acirah snapped, shoving her forward and causing her to grunt in pain when her foot landed awkwardly. She glared at the man behind her, his gun pointed at her. "Keep moving!"

Acirah hissed at him but continued forward, her hands were in cuffs still from before and she hoped that someone had heard from Reginald before Johnathan got to him. John wanted her to watch him die but this ally of his said it was urgent to get in and out as quickly as they could without the enemies finding him there. She hoped someone as patrolling the area, but it seemed this man had taken care of that. She cringed as she spotted soldiers dead upon the floor, wincing with every mangled body she found. She tried hard not to get sick at the carnage left behind from this man, and continued on, stepping over the gory remains as the man shoved her multiple times.

That was when they heard the clicking of someones feet against the ground. "By the Allspark!"

There was that weird word again!

"What the pit?" Acirah realized who's voice that was and felt herself freeze in fear for him. The man shoving her along paused with a growl and yanked her back, tossing her to the side before aiming his gun.

"NO!" Dr. Ryan Chett turned to the noise, gasping when he spotted the man with a gun trained upon him. "Chett!" Acirah shouted as she tackled him, causing the male to give a startled yelp when she hit and they crashed into the ground. Gun fire crashed where he used to be and when she stood and helped the startled doctor up she stood in front of him. "Leave him out of this!"

The man that fired laughed hysterics. "What was the point in that?"

"I won't let you hurt him." She growled at him.

"What will you do?" The man laughed. "Your cuffed, no means to defend yourself. I could shoot you right where you stand. But no, I need you for our plans."

Acirah narrowed her eyes at him. What plans?

"What are you doing here Starscream?!" Chett snapped, his hands coming to rest upon Acirah's shoulders.

"None of your business Auto scumb!" The man, Acirah supposed was named Starscream which well suited his shreaky voice, screamed. "Come with me now girl or I'll kill the both of you."

"I won't allow you to hurt my friend." Acirah spoke firmly only to scowl when the man burst into laughter.

"You honestly think they are your friends?" He purred.

Acirah flinched, what was with everyone asking her that question? Of course he was her friend! She glared, Chett was her friend, he'd been there for her and helped her learn more in the medical field, helped her with Rons stupid punishments by keeping it a secret that they enjoyed spending time together. He was a good man, he was her friend.

"They are using you."

She closed her eyes, no. Thats a lie, They weren't using her.

"They are LYING to you."

No! She... she could trust them!

"W-wrong!" She growled. "You're wrong, they are my friends and I trust them."

"Oh but I am very much right" He purred. "The Autobots do not care fo you at all little girl."

She blinked her eyes open, Autobots? "Autobots?"

"Hmhmmhmmm so they have not told you yet? Tsk Tsk Tsk." The man walked back and forth like a caged lion would. "And you call them Friend?"

"A mistake on her part." Johnathan's voice captured her and Chetts attention, both taking a step back in horror to see him covered in blood. "One I'll fix right now."

"No!" Acirah shouted when Johnathan lifted a gun of his own and shot Chett. "You bastard! Chett!"

"Don't. Move." She felt Johnathan move behind her, her own fault for turning her back on him to check on Chett.

Ratchet could only glare from his holoform, hissing from his wound. He was beginning to see Sunstreakers great dislike for this new gadget of his and he would have to mess with it more after this. It made them TOO human for his liking... He yelled again when Starscream shot him again for the fun of it, listening to the fragger laugh as he groaned in pain. He decided he very much didn't like using his own gadget and he very much did not like feeling human.

Acirah felt tears stream down, her gaze looking to Chett as he lay on the floor groaning from his gunshot wound. She felt Johnathan's hands on her neck as his now masked face leaned in. The last time she saw this mask was when he killed her parents...

"That's much better, now nothing is separating us my love."

"I'm not yours!" She cried only to choke when he applied pressure. "Johnathan please."

"Dr Crane isn't here right now." He purred. "But I'll be happy to take a message."

"John..."

"My names Scarecrow now my sweet." She felt the mask move and his tongue run up her cheek causing her to cry.

Chett struggled to get up, cursing the effects of his trinket that he stupidly decided to use today and looked over to Acirah, he felt his spark clenching in pain. No one had believed the poor girl about Johnathan, and now he was seeing the mans true colors, his real intentions; To get to Acirah by any means necessary. When Reginald awoke and told them in his raspy voice what really happened they quickly spread to find the 'run away' Acirah and missing Johnathan. Ron had left first and found Acirah missing from the cell. They had all thought she broke out but when William accessed the security system they watched Johnathan force her out and drag her off and they all left to search. Ratchet was going to return to the med bay for more supplies and that was when he found Acirah and Starscream who was now wearing his updated Holoform.

This was both good and bad for them, the good part being that if the Decepticons had this new upgrade they would be prone to human weaknesses like they were when using it. However, no one could tell they were cybertronian when using it. The only dead give away was the large Decepticon Symbol on Starscreams shirt.

He turned his gaze to the fearful Acirah and he frowned, She had taken a bullet for him... A human was going to sacrifice their life for his. He felt touched at her loyalty to his and her budding friendship, and he was determined to get her out of her situation and so while Starscream was sending the two disgusted looks, Ratchet was quick to Comm Ironhide his location. Now they had to only wait.

"Get up Auto Scum!" Starscream hissed as he kicked Ratchet who was forced to stand. "I must say this gadget was useful, no one knew who I really was! It was so easy to get into your base. You all are lacking in security."

"Not anymore."

Starscream gave a shrill scream as a bullet hit him in the side, causing the man to turn and see Ron, Orion, Mia, Sid, Sean and Flora.

"Damn you Autobots!" He shrieked, knowing very well he was out numbered before quickly running out with the alarm to the base now going off. A few soldiers were quick to run by, shouting orders as they ran.

"Stand down Crane." Orion ordered.

"No!" Crane grabbed Ratchet, putting a gun to his head. "I will have her! She's mine!"

"Like pit she is!" Sean snarled.

"Make your move, alien freaks." Johnathan hissed wildly. "I'll take him with me." He shoved his weapon harsher into Ratchets head.

"No!" Acirah cried. "Please Johnathan, don't I'll go with you just please don't hurt them. I'll go with you I promise. I won't fight."

"No! Acirah!" Sid stepped forward.

"No Sid, stop." She told him. "I have to."

"No." Sean stepped forward next. "You don't. You belong with us Acirah."

"Well I still don't know about that." Ron spoke, causing everyone to look at him. He had used everyone's distraction to his advantage and gotten closer, his weapons now trained on Crane. "But she's better off here then with you." he quickly fired at Cranes hand, causing the gun to go flying and the man to curse, both Acirah and the Autobots. Whatever that was, Acirah thought to herself as Sean caught her.

"Your okay, I got you."

"This isn't over! It will never be over! I will be back for you Acirah. You will be mine!" Johnathan dodged another bullet before taking off into the halls of the base.

"After him." Orion ordered.

"No." Sean spoke when Acirah tried to rise. "You need rest."

"No." She denied him. "I need justice."

"What?"

"I have to stop him! I can't let this happen again." She told him, her face set to a stony expression.

"Sunny come on!"

"Don't call me that!" Sean snapped to Sid before turning to Acirah. "You be careful. The last thing I need is my own personal car wash to die on me."

Acirah smirked at him as she stood. "Right." She then turned to Orion who was making teams.

"Acirah, you go with Ron."

She turned to the infuriated soldier and bit her lip, he hated her but right now she felt safest with him. After all Ron was a very strong soldier and could help her more then anyone on base. She nodded, much to the surprise of Ron. "Understood."

"Fan out!"

"I'm going to end you this time Johnathan." Acirah promised as she and Ron took off into a different direction, he could be anywhere after all.