Since I love you guys so much, I thought I'd sneak this chapter in before I go. Well…that and I'm bored on a sick day. I love AND hate this virus! Love it because it got me off of school and hate it because my throat's on fire…among other things that I'm not gonna share so I don't gross you guys out. Hopefully, I'm better before Friday.

VOTE TIME! Oh! I'm removing Scrapheap from the options because we're past that now.

Shadowzone: six votes
Orion Pax: four votes
One Shall Rise: three votes
Sick Mind/Out of His Head: one vote
Rock Bottom: one vote

Heads up. Remember when I said next chapter would be interesting? Well…I lied. It's not gonna be interesting. It's gonna be as boring as hell.

REVIEW REPLIES!

LadyAmazon: Whoo-hoo kisses!

And there's more to come! Now I wonder how everyone else will find out… Thanks for the review!

Lady Minuialwen: LOL

Haha! Thanks!

Optimus' girl: OMP! I just LOVED this chapter! Bulkhead screamed like a little girl! Optimus is NOT going to be happy if he finds out that Ratchet had kissed Talida! Miko will must likely to tell on Ratchet and Talida IF they can find a way to hide the fact that they are a couple.

I could NEVER get into a college without a G.E.D. to get it one. *sighs* I did take a G.E.D class in Texas a few years ago. I'll be waiting for the next chapter.

This just happens to be my favourite episode on TF:Prime! All those Scraplets on the base! I am sure that you can come up with a name for Smokescreen's soul-mate. I just can't wait to find what is going to happen in the next chapter

I just LOVE reading al of your AWESOME stories! Keep up the AWESOME work with all of your stories!

What's a G.E.D? Remember. I'm from Australia. I'm lucky I know what the SATs are…at least I think I do. Let me get back to you on that one. Thanks for the review!

Guest: Princess of Dreams

Interesting. I hope you have fun on your trip and good luck with school. If Arcee finds out what Ratch did, I get the feeling that he is so dead! She'll probably go on a protective rampage. I need to beef up security in the Dream World, because the footprint was indentified as a decipticon print! I better find out who it was. Please update when you can. We'll miss you. Have fun and good luck!

Thanks! Words cannot describe how fun this will be! Thanks for the review!

IHeartTFs94: Great chapter for scrapheap. Cant wait for con job!

Who said I was doing that this chapter? ;) Thanks for the review.

ALL OUT TOMBOY: AW! RATCHET AND TALIDA are just so CUTE! Can't wait for the next chapter!

Well…you're right about one thing. Ratchet and Talida make a cute couple. I wish this happened in the actual show. Thanks for the review!

haloangel21: I remember laughing at Bulkhead's girlish shriek. XD Best thing ever. And he is NOT FAT! He is HAPPILY PLUMP XD Oh, I have good news.

About Deep, I just started writing the sequel. So…expect it to come in a few days. C:

WHOO HOO! Can't wait to read it! Thanks for the review!

OK. Who wants me to put an Optimus/Arcee smut in here sometime soon? Because to be honest, I'm eager to put one in. But I just don't know where.

Transformers: Prime rightfully belongs to Hasbro and The Hub.

© Talida and other OCs rightfully belong to me unless I say otherwise.

Love Song rightfully belongs to Sara Bareilles and her respective record label.

Oh! If you could choose any song to be Talida and Ratchet's song, what would it be?

ENJOY!


Jack was walking past Talida's room when he heard the familiar sound of music. Piano music to be exact. Always enjoying listening to his sister make music, Jack leant on the doorframe and took in the familiar sights of her bedroom.

Very much like his, her bedroom was simple. Her walls were blue unlike his, which were white. A king single bed with a blue quilt set was situated in the corner against the wall underneath the window. Next to her bed was a simple bedside table with a matching chest of drawers against the wall opposite the window. A study desk stood next to the bedside table littered with homework and assignments as well as family photos. Against the opposite wall of the bed was a keyboard where Talida sat playing chords to a familiar song that both of them knew very well.

Talida: Head underwater. And they tell me,
To breathe easy for a while.
The breathing gets harder. Even I know that…

Made room for me. It's too soon to see,
If I'm happy in your hands.
I'm unusually hard to hold on to…

Blank stares at blank pages.
No easy way to say this.
You mean well.
But you make this hard on me…

I'm not gonna write you a love song!
'Cause you ask for it.
'Cause you need one. You see…

I'm not gonna write you a love song.
'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this.
If you're on your way…

I'm not gonna write you to stay.
All you have is leaving.
I'm gon' need a better reason,
To write you a love song… Today…
Today…

"Hey, don't stop," Jack said when she noticed his presence and stopped

"I don't usually like an audience," Talida reminded him.

"That didn't stop you performing for Optimus," Jack retorted.

"It's different. It feels like… I don't know how to describe it. It's strange…," Talida trailed off, "Never mind. Forget I said anything."

"What's been up with you lately?" Jack suddenly asked as he sat on her bed, "I mean, since the whole thing with the Scraplets a few days ago, you've been acting strange. Especially whenever we mention Ratchet."

At the mention of his name, Talida immediately bit her lower lip nervously as a familiar warmth spread across her cheeks, dusting them a light shade of pink. Butterflies swarmed in her stomach and her heart hammered against her rib cage. She knew that she was in love with Ratchet. There was no denying that. But she couldn't help but feel that he was sending her mixed messages. Since their kiss, they were…awkward around each other. Ratchet's still nicer to her than he is to Jack, Miko and Raf. However, there was some sort of tension between them.

"You love him, don't you?" Jack sighed knowingly.

"But it's wrong," Talida moaned as she sat on her bed next to Jack, "I'm human. He's Cybertronian. We can never be."

"You may never know. It could work," Jack smirked.

"I don't see how!" Talida snapped in frustration, waving her hands in the air to prove her point.

However, the both of them froze in horror as they stared at Talida's arms. Her hand and biceps have been replaced with blasters that resembled Optimus' blasters.

"God, I hope they don't fire," Jack remarked…which turned out to be jinxed as they suddenly fired and shattered her window, "Arcee! Get in here!"

They heard the sounds of hurried footsteps approaching the bedroom. Arcee had activated her holoform the moment she heard the window smash and took off running when she heard Jack's cries. She gasped in horror at the sight of the broken glass staining the floor, the looks of horror and fear on their faces and the fact that Talida's lower arms have been replaced with blasters that resembled her spark mate's.

"Ratchet, get here NOW!" Arcee requested into the commlink that was hidden in her watch.

"I'm busy, Arcee!"

"This takes precedence! It's Talida!" Arcee retorted.

She heard the sound of Ratchet dropping whatever he was holding – presumably a wrench – and race to the GroundBridge.

"What's happening?"

"You'll have to see it to believe it," was all Arcee said before disconnecting the transmission.

They heard the familiar sound of a GroundBridge opening and closing outside. Then the sound of a doorbell ringing. Jack ran out and came back five minutes later with Ratchet. Like Arcee, he gasped in horror at the sight before him.

"When did this happen?" Ratchet demanded as he gently took Talida's right arm into his hands to examine the blasters. Optimus is going to have a fit when he finds out!

"Five minutes ago. I'm the reason the window's destroyed," Talida confessed sheepishly.

"Both of you. Out. NOW!" Ratchet barked, causing Arcee and Jack to scurry out of the room, "Talida, you have no clues as to the identity of your parents, right?"

"All I have is a letter and this necklace. But the letter was never signed," Talida answered.

"Talida, what I'm about to tell you can never be repeated, alright?" Ratchet began, earning a nod from Talida, "You are what we would call a techno-organic. This is where an offspring is half-human and half-Cybertronian."

"So one of my parents is Cybertronian?" Talida surmised.

"I'm afraid that's not the case. A few months before your conception, there was a widespread complication among the Autobots. Numerous Autobots were transformed into human for a year by a Decepticon-invented weapon. They were still human during the conception, pregnancy and birth. When you were two weeks old, they realized the dangers you would find yourself in if you stayed on Cybertron. So…they left you here," Ratchet recalled the story.

That was a little white lie. The Decepticon-invented weapon was the cause of Optimus and Arcee turning human during a battle. However, they were the only ones affected. But Talida didn't need to know that. Not yet. And especially not from him. Optimus and Arcee should be the ones to tell her themselves.

"So…my parents are Cybertronian?" Talida said, earning a nod from Ratchet, "Do you know who they are?"

"I believe that knowledge is something you will find out in time," Ratchet answered before changing the topic, "Now, to revert the blasters, just concentrate."

Talida closed her eyes and did so. She concentrated long and hard. She then heard the familiar sound she'd hear whenever one of the Autobots retracted their blasters. She looked down at her hands and saw the blasters were gone. Unable to hide her happiness, she jumped on Ratchet and kissed him happily. Ratchet didn't hesitate to respond, wrapping his arms around her small body to hold her close and keep her at his height. Talida was the average height for a 14-year-old girl at around 5"2. But Ratchet was at least 6"4…give or take a few inches. So compared to her, even when using his holoform, he was a giant.

Talida's eyes widened as she realized what she was doing and pulled away.

"Oh god! Ratchet, I'm so-!" Talida began to apologize.

"Don't speak," Ratchet growled as he kissed her again.

She inhaled sharply when she felt her body gently collide with the wall. Ratchet gently cradled her face in his hands as he pushed himself closer, craving for her touch. Fireworks exploded between them as their lips melded perfectly with each other. It was as if they were made for each other.

Ratchet's eyes were wild as they finally broke the kiss. Both of them were breathless. He got a good look at the girl that was trapped between the wall and his body. Her hair was slightly wild due to his hands running through them (god, he enjoyed feeling the silky strands between his fingers). Her piercing blue eyes were slightly darker than normal. Her cheeks were a darker shade of pink and her pink glossy lips were swollen.

"We never speak of this?" Talida guessed.

"Our little secret," Ratchet winked as he kissed her again.

"You know Jack and Arcee are waiting outside, right?" Talida reminded him, gasping when Ratchet gave into the urge to taste the skin on her neck.

"Let them wait five minutes," Ratchet smirked as their lips met for another furious round.

And thus, a beautiful relationship began to blossom.


YES! I SNUCK THIS IN BEFORE I LEFT! For a while, I was afraid I wouldn't get it up in time. But I am VICTORIOUS! …OK. That hurt my throat. I'm gonna go while I can still talk

See ya.