IceCReaMloVeRx: Hello my peeps! Before I can say anything else, I AM EXTREMELY SORRY FOR THE SUPER LATE UPDATE! I haven't updated since September of 2012. Senior year was tough so you know what that means. College applications and financial aid. Tough stuff. So that kept me busy and now that I've finally graduated (woohoo!) and it's summer, more typing during the summer! (Hopefully...)

I want to thank all of you who continue to follow and favorite the story. I opened up my email and I see all these notices. I'm very happy that you guys are still supporting the story. And thank you for coping with me. Thanks guys! :)

Since it's been 10 freaking months since I've written a chapter for this story, my grammar errors and typos may have increased lol. No surprise right there. Also it's been awhile since I've checked in with Transformers so I'll need to look into that again.

Onto some review replies here:

moonwhiteangel- Yeah he kinda is isn't he? Sideswipe you player you :P

darkpoisonivy- Hmm maybe Luka just might be that "something" to screw with his spark, we'll find out soon enough :)

So without further ado, onto the story! :D Be sure to review, favorite, and follow! (I like reviews though, tell me what you think!)

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. Transformers belong to its rightful owners. I only own the OCs, Luka Bucaneve, Zack Morshower, and Suri Morshower.

-Story Start-

"It's Barricade!" Bumblebee immediately recognize who the foot belonged to. Luka stared as a giant robot towered above them and wobbled as the ground shook when the giant moved around. So this was one of their enemies? A Decepticon?

"Luka, get the kids inside Bumblebee!" Sideswipe ordered. The yellow Camaro's doors swung open as the children stood frozen in fear, staring up at the large robotic being. Around them, people screamed in terror and ran in a frenzy. "Now!"

"Get inside!" Luka swiftly turned around and ushered the kids into Bumblebee. The children scrambled inside, shutting the doors behind them. When Luka was about to turn around, she was stopped by Sideswipe.

"You can't fight him, not when your job is to protect the children and make sure they're safe," the platinum blonde shook his head at the assassin. Before she could retort he continued, "Get inside Bumblebee, he'll take you back to the base. I'll hold him off."

The ground shook again and this time Luka ducked her head down as a car was thrown over them. The enemy was searching for something. Before she could argue with Sideswipe, the blonde pushed her inside the Camaro. Luka sat up as she noticed that Bumblebee—the holoform—was gone. She blinked as a seat belt strapped itself in and the car began to drive off. Then she remembered that Bumblebee was an Autobot, thus he was really the car itself. She heaved a light sigh as she glanced at the children from the corner of her eye.

True enough, Zack and Suri were trembling in fear. Luka assumed that they were never attacked before or had never encountered a Decepticon attack. Zack gripped the seat belt with one hand while his other hand held Suri's. The poor girl was trembling in fear and Luka was sure that she would break down crying in a matter of minutes.

"Don't cry...Everything will be alright..." the radio crackled. Luka raised an eyebrow at it. Was that Bumblebee speaking through the radio? It didn't sound like him though. All Luka heard were just clips from radio stations and songs. Zack caught the nanny's puzzled expression.

"Bee can't talk normally when he's in his real form or car form," Zack explained, scratching his arm a bit as he looked at Luka. "Ratchet said that his vocal processors were damaged before coming here so he uses the radio to talk to us."

Luka nodded her head slowly, processing the new information. Now she could understand why the blonde was so silent when she first met him—when he played part into that test in kidnapping Suri and Zack. Then it didn't surprise her when he was able to speak in his holoform, well, Ratchet had already provided her information about that. She already knew his vocal processors were damaged—courtesy of Ratchet—but not the part where he used the radio to talk.

"I hope Sideswipe is okay..." Suri sniffled and rubbed her eyes. Luka continued to stay silent as the Camaro sped its way down the high way to get back to base.

"C'mon Suri! This is Sideswipe we're talking about! He's super fast and super strong, he'll be fine," Zack reassured his sister, tightening his hold on her hand. However Luka could see the uncertainty in the boy's eyes. She wasn't surprised. He was still a young boy around the age of 10 to 12, he was still a minor so of course he would be scared. As he tried to calm his younger sibling down, Luka knew that it was typical for a girl around the age of 6 to 9 to be frightened.

"But...but..." Suri sniffled and hiccuped. She really was on the verge of tears at this moment.

"...Sarà bene..." Luka spoke softly as Suri looked up at the nanny. Luka's lavender eyes were trained onto the young girl as Suri nodded slowly. There was something about Luka's eyes that calmed Suri. Despite the madness happening around them, the assassin remained calm. It amazed Suri how tranquil Luka was, but to Luka, she was trained to stay calm no matter how dire the situation is.

Suddenly Bumblee swerved to the next lane as a police car attempted to ram into him. The children yelped at the sudden move as Luka looked out the window. The police car had no driver which confirmed Luka's suspicions. There was just no way how an officer would ram into a car. The nanny looked at the rearview mirror to see the Corvette behind the police car.

"Hang on tight, this is gonna be a bumpy ride!" a cowboy's shout blared through the radio as the Camaro sped up even more, swerbing and cutting other cars off as it tried to lose the police car.

"Whoa!" Zack gasped and was pushed to the side due to a sharp turn.

"Questo sta diventando fastidioso..." Luka muttered under her breath as she held onto the seat. There wasn't much for her to do in this situation. In fact, she couldn't do anything at all. She couldn't go out, she couldn't fight. All she could do was comfort the children. She couldn't even call—Luka paused and dug inside her pocket, pulling out the iPhone Will gave her. She quickly went to her contacts and scrolled through them, spotting Will's number.

"Luka? What are you doing?" Zack asked in a panicked, yet curious tone. "I don't think this is the time to listen to music or play on your apps..." The assassin ignored the child as she dialed the major's number. She continued to look outside as she waited for Will to pick up his phone.

"...Luka?" Will's voice picked up after a couple of rings. "Luka, do you have any idea what time it is!?" The major barked, his tone sharp. "It's late at night and it's dark out—"

"...Mi prendi in giro..." Luka muttered under her breath as Will continued to chew her out through the phone. "Instead of yelling at me," she spoke up, cutting the major off in his rant, "You should know that we have encountered...an enemy of yours."

"...What!? A Decepticon? Are the kids safe?" in a moment Will had already forgotten the time and demanded to know whether or not the children were safe.

"The children are fine and are with me," Luka answered. This was actually the first time she spoke this much, but then again, it was reporting back to her superior about the mission.

"Okay good. Are you guys heading back to the base now?" Will asked. Luka sighed through her nose. So many questions and so many answers; she was starting to wonder if she should have really stayed as a prisoner instead of a nanny. This job required her to talk more than usual and she didn't like talking.

"Affirmative," was the one word answer Will needed to hear. After a few moments, Luka could tell that the major was issuing orders and most likely reporting what was going on to Optimus. Within three minutes, Will returned to the phone. "Alright, Sideswipe had already reported to Optimus. It seems like he can handle it. Your job is to bring the children back to base safely."

"Understood."

"Lennox out." The phone call was over.

"So is everything going to be okay?" Suri hiccuped. Luka pocketed the phone and turned her head to the young girl. She gave a nod as Suri rubbed her eyes. "O-Okay..."

"Everything will be okay..." the radio crackled once again. Then it began to play a lullaby. The children who were tired from playing and worry soon felt tired. Zack yawned as Suri's eyelids grew heavy. Luka watched as the kids were lulled to sleep. Now her job was easier.

Back at the N.E.S.T base, General Morshower paced around, worried about his niece and nephew. He was only informed a few hours ago that his niece and nephew had left the base to go out and have some fun. Now he was informed how they were getting chased by a Decepticon. The general sighed and rubbed his face, worried for the children. He continued to pace around and occassionally he would ask a random soldier from time to time if they had seen any sign of the children yet. They all gave him the same answer; no.

"I'm getting too old for this..." he muttered to himself and sighed. Just as he was about to turn around and walk off to talk to Will, the sound of engines came into his hearing. General Morshower whipped around to see the yellow Camaro and silver Corvette stop at the hangar. The doors to the Camaro swung open and two children ran towards him. Immediately recognizing the children, General Morshower opened his arms wide and enveloped the children in an embrace.

"Uncle!" They cried out, clutching onto the General tightly. Zack trembled while Suri sniffled and hiccupped.

"Barricade managed to escape," he heard Sideswipe report as the leader of the Autobots walked over and came into view. The tall giant nodded and glanced down at the children, relieved that they weren't harmed.

"What is important is that the children arrived back safe," Optimus nodded towards the silver mech. "Good job Sideswipe, Bumblebee." After Luka stepped out of the car, the yellow Camaro transformed into its bi-pedal form and clicked in happiness.

"Luka," Will walked over to the assassin after he heard the arrival of Bumblebee and Sideswipe. The assassin turned and nodded at Will, acknowledging his presence. "I was hoping that you wouldn't have to encounter a Decepticon this way, but better now than never."

"...I see..." Luka replied only to straighten out her clothes. During the car ride back to the base, Luka had thought about her mission. Until the children leave the base to go back home, her mission is to become their nanny and watch over them. So how exactly was she supposed to watch over Zack and Suri if the general worry are the Decepticons—who were giant robots. She began to think of all the different possible ways to avoid contact, but the only logical way was to keep the children at the base at all times...which isn't likely to happen. Upon her past few days at the base, Zack and Suri could not sit still.

"Luka? Hey Luka...Luka!" a voice called out as Luka's eyes traveled to Will. She didn't turn around to face him, but her eyes were trained on him and she made a noise of acknowledgement, telling the major that she was listening. "Hey, you going to be okay? Not too freaked out about the Decepticon are you?" the major asked.

"...No," Luka finally answered, giving Will a word rather than another noise of some sort. Will raised an eyebrow at this.

"No? Really? You're not freaked out?" He didn't really seem to believe her. Most people would be freaked out when they encounter a Decepticon; look at Sam. He completely flipped when he encountered Barricade for the first time.

Luka only gave the man a dead look. She was an assassin, a high ranked, top level assassin. Did this man really think that she would freak out at the sight of the Decepticon? She had already met the Autobots in their bi-pedal modes, so Barricade was pretty much the same only he was just on the opposing side. Besides, if she were to scream and flip out, that would just make assassins—or rather, the assassins from her organization—look bad.

Will taking note of her look, laughed sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck. Oh, right. She was a highly skilled silent killer. Of course she wouldn't be scared of the sudden sight of Barricade and the whole car chase thing. "Err...right. My bad."

Luka glanced at the children who continued to cling onto their uncle. The children were shivering and trembling in fear still, the entire encounter clearly shook them. She turned her attention back to Will before letting out a quiet sigh. "It's best if you took the children to their rooms to let them sleep this off."

"Good point," Will nodded before walking over to the kids. "Zack, Suri, let's get you two to bed. You can shower in the morning."

"O-Okay..." Suri sniffled and wiped her eyes as she pulled away from the general.

"Sounds like a plan..." Zack muttered as he pulled away from General Morshower and took hold of his sister's hand. The boy then looked up at the giant mechs before waving at them with his free hand. "Thanks for the save Bee, Sideswipe. I'll see ya tomorrow. Night."

"Good...Night..." Bee's radio crackled as the yellow giant waved at the children.

"Night Zack, Suri," Sideswipe waved them off and watched the children head up to their rooms.

"Luka," the assassin turned around to see the general facing her. "When it comes to Deceptacons, you probably stand no chance against them." This caused the young woman to scowl. Was he looking down at her and her abilities? Before she could open her mouth to retort, General Morshower held up his hand and continued, "With all due respect, think about it. I know you are capable of fighting, but when it comes to Deceptacons, it's best to leave it to the Autobots to fight them"

"Hn..." Luka made a slight sound of annoyance as she listened. While he did have a point, she could always experiment to see what she could do to a giant robot. After all, wasn't the N.E.S.T team compiled of humans as well? And all the soldiers have were guns and military weapons. She was sure her katana could do much more damage than bullets; at least she could sever some wires than shoot bullets at their chest plates.

"With that being said, just learn to depend on the Autobots," the general gave her a stern look before walking away. Luka could feel a sudden spike of pride inside the room as she glanced from the corner of her eye to look at the silver mech.

"It's not that bad to depend on us y'know?" Sideswipe snickered as he transformed into his alt form. "Come on babe, ease up."

"Ti rovinare il vostro lavoro di vernice," Luka said monotonously before heading up to her bedroom.

Optimus only watched in amusement as Sideswipe backed up instantly after Luka had said that, his tires squealing. Bumblebee made a few clicks and whirls of laughter as he watched Sideswipe back up. Leave it to Sideswipe to worry about his alt form's design.

"What did she just say?" Will blinked and looked up at Optimus who in return, shrugged in confusion.

"Something clearly in her native tongue," Optimus answered as Dino drove by.

"She said she'll mess up his paint job," the red ferrari clarified through the radio. Will instantly howled in laughter while the tall leader only looked even more amused.

"Hey! It's not funny!" Sideswipe defended.

"Whatever you say Sides, whatever you say," Will shook his head and rolled his eyes.

Upstairs in the assassin's room, Luka quickly took a shower and changed into her pajamas. She stood in front of her desk where her weapons were laid out in front of her. After today's events, she wondered if being a nanny to the children was really worth it. Should she actually risk her life to watch and protect the children? If she were stupid enough, she could have been crushed like a bug today. Her brow furrowed as she thought about the pros and cons of staying in this job.

On the bright side, she wouldn't have to sit in prison and she has the freedom to walk around despite being caught. If she hadn't taken up the offer, she could be sitting in a cell, freezing, starving, and who knows what. However on the negative side, headquarters are probably wondering where she is since they do not know that she had been captured and had aborted her mission. If they were to find out, the organization would surely send someone to finish her off or to bail her out of captivity. Another down point would be the possibility of being killed by a Deceptacon.

"Questo è fastidioso..." she muttered quietly under her breath as she turned away from the table with her weapons laid on top of it. The woman then turned to her bed and slipped inside before giving her weapons one last glance before turning off the lamp on her nightstand. She'll worry about staying at N.E.S.T later on, just not now.

-Chapter End-

GAAAAHH! I'm so sorry for the super long hiatus! I know some of you guys might have given up on the story already ;_; But it's finally summer here meaning more writing should be done meaning more chapters! :D This chapter was also kinda short since it's an action...car chase...scene. Lol I don't know, but hopefully it was okay in your guys' eyes!

Anyways, send me some ideas! :) Any suggestions would be nice too!

Err...there's bound to be many grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Maybe typos as well. Please forgive me! -bows down-

Now then...on with the translations!

Sarà bene...- 'It'll be alright...'

Questo sta diventando fastidioso...- 'This is getting annoying...'

Mi prendi in giro...- 'Are you kidding me...'

Ti rovinare il vostro lavoro di vernice- 'I'll mess up your paint job'

Questo è fastidioso...- 'This is troublesome...'

So there you have it. Once again, I apologize for the 10 month hiatus. Since senior year came in, college applications, financial aid, college anxiety month, then graduation...everything was tough. You would think senior year would be easy, but I guess not. However, now it's summer and I can now update! :)

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