I woke up with a shock when my door broke down. A pair of shouting forms came storming in. I screamed when they crawled under my blanket and bed.

"Guys, what the fuck?!"

"Don't let 'em hurt us!" Someone crawled over me and shook me. "We're dead! You got to help us! We don't want to die!"

When he stopped shaking me I could finally see who it was. It was Skids all right. People could spot that golden tooth a mile away. He looked like a dork, poor guy. His hair was sticking out everywhere. He did have a pretty young face though. He looked around my age maybe a year younger. I pushed him off of me and took a look at his clothes. How I wanted to face-palm myself. He was wearing a green shirt with Alf on it, baggy jeans and too big sneakers.

"Where are you, you fraggin' slaggers?!" I could hear Ironhide roar in the hallway. "If I ever get my servos on you I am going to make you wish that you were never sparked!"

"What did you do?!" I hissed. "Did you put flowers on his alt mode or something?!"

"Something like that." Mudflap's voice came from under my bed. "It's not as bad as it sounds."

"Get out from under my bed or I will tell Ironhide that you are here." I threatened through clenched teeth and he crawled out from under and stood next to his twin. They were almost the same but Mudflap didn't have a golden tooth, on his t-shirt was SpongeBob instead of Alf and it was orange and he had short curly hair. "If you ever wake me like this when I live at base I'm going to kill you two."

"We won't, we won't!" They said in union and I rolled my eyes before jumping out of bed. "Where are you going?!"

"I'm going to check if the coast is clear and then I'm going to get breakfast." I smiled and walked out my door. No Ironhide in sight so I signed the twins that it was clear and moved down the stairs and to the kitchen to get my breakfast.

I smiled when I heard Thomas laugh. I grabbed a glass of milk and searched for a bowl for my cereal. I almost choked on my milk when I accidently looked out the window. No wonder he was pissed. Ironhide was covered in pink glitter!

Once done coughing I burst out laughing. This was to good to be true!

Forgetting the cereal I wanted, I just grabbed my milk and walked outside to the others.

"Morning guys." I said and took a seat next to Darla at the table standing on the back porch.

"Afternoon sweetie." Darla smiled and moved her hand through my hair. "Did you sleep well? How are you feeling?"

"Well I'm still a little tired since the twins crashed into my room-"

"THEY DID WHAT?!" Ironhide growled and I quickly slammed my hand in front of my mouth as he stood up from his chair. "I'M GOING TO BREAK THEIR HOLOFORMS IN PIECES!"

"Anyways…" I snapped back to my foster parents as Ironhide's holoform stomped away. "I'm still a little tired and I feel like I'm getting a cold but nothing to worry about... So Optimus talked to you about moving to base?"

"He did." Thomas said from across me. "But we only want to do this if you want to do this."

"Well, I don't really have another choice." I frowned a little. "But I don't want to drag you into more mess then I already put you in… You are coming with aren't you? Because I'm not going anywhere without you guys."

"Of course we are coming with you, silly child." Darla smiled and pinched my cheek. "Major Lennox said something about building a house next to the base but we eventually agree that it would be best for you to finish the 11th grade first."

I groaned loudly and slammed my head against the table, which caused everyone to laugh.

"Don't worry dear." She soothed. "You still have to finish your unfinished business at base first."

"What business?" I frowned. "Oh yeah! Hey, when are we going back to base?" I asked Optimus who sat at the end of the table talking to Lennox. "I think Barricade has been locked up for a good amount of time now."

"We will leave as soon as you are ready." He said to me with a look I hadn't seen before. It was happy but wasn't. Maybe I asked too much of them… Maybe wanting Barricade to become one of the good guys was a mistake. Maybe I should just let him go and let him be on his own. Maybe I shouldn't trust him as much as I did. Maybe-

I shook my thought out of my head and smiled. "I'm ready to go now."

XxX

My foster parents had decided to go with me back to base. They didn't like the fact of me talking to a Decepticon. They knew he was my dad, they didn't need to tell me but I could feel it because they kept trying to talk me out of it. I guess they were just a little scared that I was going to choose my real parent over them.

NO FUCKING WAY!

They had done too much for me. And besides, Barricade hadn't even come for me when I was left by my real mom so I guess that makes them even. But I still needed to talk to him. I didn't care how 'dangerous' or 'stupid' it was. I just had to do it, you know?

So finally after hours and hours of flying we were back at base and I was led to the place where they were holding Barricade. And let me tell you; that placed was secured. You don't want to know! It looked like they were holding biggest criminal in there! But it was still better then the cells the Decepticons had put me in.

"Phoebe, are you sure you want to do this?" Darla asked me as we stood in front of the giant door. "Maybe you should take one of the Autobots with you. Who knows what this Decepticon might do to you?"

"I do." I said without a doubt in my voice. "If Barricade would have wanted me dead then he would have killed me already. And why would he save us if he wanted to murder me? I'm also pretty sure that he wouldn't have searched for me in the snow if he didn't care for me. I'm just going to talk to him. I won't go anywhere near him, okay?"

Darla sighed and I looked up at Optimus's bipedal mode and gave him a nod before walking in.

I took a deep breath and looked around. Barricade was resting in his cell or I hope he was resting because his eyes were closed. I took a seat on the table that stood in the middle of the room and waited for Barricade to wake. I didn't want to wake him since I knew that he had a bit of a temper.

"What do you want, squishy?" I jumped slightly at Barricade's deep voice.

"Oh um…" I cleared my throat a little. "I just wanted t-to thank you, I guess, for you know saving me and all that."

"If that is all then you can go again." He said and stood up. I could hear chains moving as he stepped closer to the bars to look down on me. They had tied him up! I couldn't believe them! Why would they tie Barricade up?!

"Well… T-There was this other t-thing that I wanted to talk to you about." I said looking up. "Apparently Optimus aloud me you choose what to do with you."

"I know."

I guess he wasn't the talking type of a bot so I got to the point. "Well I was thinking that- No one seems to think that it is a good idea or agrees with me… But is was actually hoping that you could, you know… s-stay… here?"

"Have you lost your mind, fleshling?" he grumbled but I could see the confusion on his face. "Why would I want to join the Autobots?"

"Well I was um…"

"SPEAK UP!"

"I was hoping that I was good enough for a reason!" I said, trying to stay strong though I could feel tears rising in my eyes. "B-But I guess I'm not good enough for anything…" I looked up and tried to blink the tears of pain away as I sighed softly. "I-I'll just tell Optimus that he can decide w-what to do, since everybody seems to think my idea is a s-stupid one."

"Why would you want me to stay?" Barricade asked before I could walk out the door.

"Well…" I sighed and took a deep breath as I took a seat back on the table. "One; you are my dad or creator or something and - maybe I don't like the idea – b-but I don't want to leave you now that I found you. Two; you saved me twice. And three; Sunstreaker said that you blew up Ratchet's radio because you shouted so loud in the comm. link. I thought that was pretty funny. But I guess the main reason is that I want to prove to everyone that there is something good in you."

"What makes you think that Prime would even let me join?" He asked his eyes narrowing on me. "I take one step out of this cell and 'Hide will blow me up."

"I'll kick his ass if he does." I said. "So what do you say?" I asked and walked closer to the bars before giving Barricade my kicked puppy dogface. "Will you stay with us? Please?" I pouted. "For me?"

"Stop looking at me like that." He said looking away from me but I didn't stop. "Stop it, squishy! I swear to Primus- What's so funny?!"

"Nothing." I laughed. "It just proves that I'm your kid, that's all. I read something about that only parents break under the kicked puppy dogfaces. I guess they were right… So you'll stay?"

"I'll think about it." He huffed.

"Yes!" I cheered in victory. "You suck when it comes to female persuasion."

At that moment I heard a weird rumbling sound but a few seconds later I found out that it was Barricade laughing. Actually laughing! I couldn't believe my ears. I could only smile up at him. I knew he wasn't as bad as the other Decepticons and his laugh was living proof of that.

"What's so funny?" I asked. Because now I thought about it, what I said wasn't that funny.

"Nothing, squishy." He said. "I will tell you another time maybe."

"Don't call me squishy." I growled softly. "I'm not a squishy. Call me that again and I will start naming you cupcake."

"It's Barricade." He growled back.

"And I'm Phoebe." I said and held out my hand. "Welcome to the Autobots, Mr. Cade."

Barricade huffed but crawled down to my level and shook my hand with his finger. There was this weird feeling in my heart. It hurt a little but it was nice. It was like I was being connected to something. Of course someone had to crash through the door breaking the feeling.

"What?!" I snapped at Optimus in the doorway.

"Stop it." Barricade scolded.

"Stop what?!" I growled and he hit me in the head with his finger.

"Stop making your eyes glow." He scolded again and hit me on the head for the second time. "It's a bad habit!"

"Fine." I sighed. I didn't even know that my eyes could glow. Oooooh… So that's why people run from me when I'm mad. Ha! "What do you want, Optimus?" I smiled; suddenly I wasn't that cranky anymore.

"Time is up." He said. "What is your decision, Barricade?"

"I will join you but only on one condition." Barricade said and I winched a little. "I want my weapons back."

"If that is what the sparkling wants." Optimus said and looked at me. I could see that he didn't trust Barricade at all.

"If he shoots you, you can shoot back." I said. "Promise you won't shoot anyone and you can have your weapons back."

"Fine." Barricade said before Optimus opened the cell. "But they better not shoot me first."

"They won't." Optimus huffed. "Welcome back to the team Barricade."

My smile quickly turned into a frown. "Back?" I asked. "What the hell do you mean with 'welcome back'?!"

"A story for another time, Squishy." Barricade said and the two robots looked down on me. Could I become any smaller?

"I. AM NOT. A SQUISHY!" I shouted.

"I think it quite suites you quite well." Optimus chuckled as Barricade lifted me up and placed him on his shoulder.

"Great!" I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest. "If this is going to turn into some sort of nickname thing them I am going to seriously going to think about moving to another family."

I know I'm a little late with updating but I was too tired to do it yesterday ;3
Soooooo? Let me know what you think, will ya?

XxX KneelingAngel