Hi Hi to all the fanfiction people who read my story. Yes, another CHPTR is up and ready to read. this one is mostly in my opinion a filler CHPTR but if you think it's not than ok. On with the story.

Autumn's P.O.V:

The orange Autobot told me to sit down on a medical table so he could begin the test. I did as he requested, all the while Starshadow had yet to let go of my back side. Even though he was almost as tall as I was, he was as light as can be and I was used to it. Starshadow had grown up crawling all over me and I didn't mind it in the least. Having him on my back made me feel happy knowing he was so close to me and I knew that it made the little one feel safe. So as we sat on the table waiting for whatever the Autobot had to go get, I couldn't help but be appreciative that Starshadow was with me. To be honest, I was much more terrified what the Autobot would do to Starshadow then what he would do to me.

As some time went by, I began to wonder where the Autobot went to. Soon I began to think he was just stalling time as to keep us here. "So … what's your name?" snapping out of my thoughts, I turned to see that the teen boy had spoken to me and he had the girl and little boy with him. "Or can't you because Starscream told you not to?!" the girl asked and I frowned.

"Starscream would never make me do that. He isn't controlling over me. But to answer your question, my name is Autumn." I stuck out my hand to them but they acted as if I had a sickness. "What's wrong? It's only a hand; it's not going to pull out a blaster or anything." I joked with a smiled.

After a few seconds, the small boy took my hand and gave it a shake. "My name's Rafael but you can call me Raf." I nodded, he had this cute little smile on his face that reminded me of my little brother and it warmed my heart.

"Name's Jack." Jack stepped forward and took my hand in his own. "Nice to meet you Jack." Looking over his shoulder I saw the girl still standing there with wondering eyes. "and what would your name be?" I asked. "Miko." I nodded, "You have a nice name Miko. It's original." Miko didn't smile at my compliment and stepped closer but stayed well behind Jack.

"Would you all mind telling me where we are? The last thing I remember is being shot out into the air in the desert." Taking a look around, I saw that the whole place looked like it was carved out of rock and that on the floor was a symbol I hadn't seen before. "This is the Autobot base. I guess before you were shot out, Starscream sent a letter to us asking for our help." I nodded and looked at the large computers that had many odd things on them.

"So you're Starscream's prisoner uh?" Miko asked from behind Jack. "No, where would you get an idea like that?" I asked a little confused by this. "Because it's Starscream! Knowing him, I'm surprised your still alive." I was shocked, what did Starscream do while I was out.

Hearing a whimper from my back, I could feel Starshadow's claws clench around my chest tightly. "It's okay Starshadow. Starscream wouldn't hurt me." I said placing my hand over his. "so he thinks you're his Sire?" Raf asked as he looked over at Starshadow who only tried to hide behind my back. "I am his Sire. I have been the one to help raise him and be there for him; just because we're not related by blood or spark energy doesn't mean anything." I said pulling Starshadow out more.

I could understand why he was afraid, he had never been this close to another human before and he didn't know how they would react to him. "it's okay Starshadow. Say hello." Starshadow paused a minute before he sent out his hand to Raf. "H-hello." He said and Raf gently took his hand. "Nice to meet you Starshadow." Raf said with a smile.

I could feel Starshadow's grip loosen on my chest and I was glad to see my Sparkling acting so well with others. "Why don't you go play with Raf Starshadow?" I asked but just as I did Starshadow tightened his grip on my chest. "Carrier said to stay with you. Keep you safe Sire." I sighed and shook my head. "You'll have to forgive him. You're the first people he's ever interacted with and he's a little shy." Raf nodded but Jack and Miko just looked plain bugged out. "is something bothering you two?" I asked.

"Just the thought of Starscream having kids is a little shocking. I never would have guessed someone to like him that way." Jack said with a slight laugh. I frowned and looked down at the floor. "It's not like that Jack. Starshadow came around by … Starscream being over powered." I choose my words as best as I could considering that Raf was here and Starshadow didn't know what happened to his Carrier yet.

"You mean Starscream was," Jack started but I finished for him with a nodded. "gosh. Even someone like him doesn't need to go through that." Jack now kind of looked both sorry and sickened by the information given but I still could sense that there was still some hatred in him.

"Yeah, but we now have a little Sparkling to help us go one with life." I said, taking Starshadow's hands in my own. "Starscream and I both have pasts we wish to forget and Starshadow here helps us with that." The looks on their faces told me that I had said too much. "what do you mean by that?" Miko asked finally stepping out from behind Jack.

Luckily for me, the orange and white Autobot came back with his things. "Sorry to keep you waiting. The scanner needed charging." I nodded, "It's alright." As he pulled out the scanner, he stopped and pointed to Starshadow. "I'll need him away from you while I do this. His Spark energy with corrupt with the scan."

I nodded and began to pry Starshadow's claws away from my chest. "Just for a little bit Starshadow. I promise ." Finally getting his claws off my chest, I placed Starshadow down on the floor next to Raf. "I need you to hold as still as possible while I do this." I nodded and he began to scan my body in a blue light. It kind of felt odd but I ignored it.

After he was finished with that he pulled out a wire with a suction cup on the end of it. "I need to attack this to your chest. You need to remove your jacket for that." I nodded again and pulled off my jacket. After it was off, he placed the wire in the middle of my chest and pressed a button and a buzzing sound came out. "What is this doing?" I asked. But he didn't reply. After the buzzing stopped he pulled off the wire and plugged it into the computer. Instantly an image of my body was on the computer, my skeleton was there along with my heart beats.

"You have nothing broke and your heart rate is good." He said but he paused when he looked at something. Pressing a few buttons he zoomed in on my middle and words in some other language popped up.

"What's that say?" I asked. "When was the last time you had something to eat?" he asked instead of answering my question. "I don't know. Why, what's this about?" "your scans show that your body hasn't had been given anything to sustain it in a long time." I shrugged, I felt fine and nothing hurt. "I thought you said earlier Ratchet that she was healthy? That her body was working right?" Raf asked. "That was just a quick scan. This one is a full duty scan. And even though it says she is indeed healthy, it also says she hasn't been eating on a normal basis." They all looked at me in shock. "I'm fine really. So I don't eat every day, that's not going to hurt me." Ratchet shook his head. "Your scans show you haven't eaten in at least three weeks."

That stopped me cold, had it been that long since I had eaten? And if it was, it most likely was from Starscream forcing me to. "Are you starving yourself?" Jack asked and I shook my head. "No, it's just that … I don't really know why I don't eat." I said shocking myself, why didn't I eat? "You need to eat something before your body gives out on you. Do either of you three have anything for her now?" Jack and Miko shook their head but Raf dug in his pocket. "I have a fruit bar in here." Raf handed me the bar but I shook my head. "I'm not hungry." This shocked everyone, even me a little. "I just told you that you haven't eaten for three weeks and your telling me that you're not hungry? I highly think that's not true." Ratchet said as Raf took my hand and placed the bar in it. "Just eat it and he'll leave you alone." He said with a smile.

Giving in, I opened the wrapper and ate the small fruit bar. It didn't really taste like anything and I had it gone in four quick chews. "Happy now?" I asked with a smile. "A little bit. But one Fruit bar isn't going to help much." Ratchet returned to the computers and began to read something else. "How old are you?" he asked suddenly. "What does that have to do with anything?" I asked, a little annoyed. "you should never ask a girl their age Ratchet. They don't like it. She looks to be the same age as me so leave it as that." Jack said and Miko nodded. "Our age is our own business." Miko said with a playful smile. But I started to wonder something.

"How are you Jack?" I asked. "17." I smiled and shook my head. "I'm sorry but I'm not that age. I haven't for a while." This got everyone's attention. "Then how old are you?" Raf asked me and answered it with a groan. "20. Like I said, I haven't been 17 in years." Ratchet's mouth gapped open and he turned from his computers to me many times. "That's not possible." He said in shock. "Why's that?" I asked, now a little nervous. "Your skeletal structure is that of a 16-17 year old." I tilted my head to the side, "You calling me short Autobot?" I asked annoyed. "No it's not that. What I'm saying is that your-" Ratchet was stopped when a beeping sound came from the computers.

Looking over to them, I saw something that worried me. Attached to a file was a missing persons photo and that photo was of … me. "Missing persons?" Ratchet asked, looking over at Raf and the others. "Missing persons is a data base that holds all the names of people who have gone missing. Some get kidnapped, some run away." Raf explained to Ratchet and I noticed how his face showed that he finally got why my face was on it.

"Why is that up there?" I asked worryingly. "As I scan your body I also sent out the information to pin point just who you are." Ratchet said as he read through the file. I was now very worried, hopping off the table I walked by Starshadow and held out my arm "Starshadow, I think it's our time to leave." Starshadow didn't even hesitate as he jumped onto my back and we began to walk over to the stairs.

"Hold it right there." Ratchet said as he used his hand to block the stairs. "Explain this. Why is you face on that data base?" I shook my head angrily and frowned. "I don't have to explain myself to you." For the longest time Ratchet and I held angry eye contact with each other until someone spoke up.

"Ratchet, what is going on here?" breaking away from my gaze, Ratchet looked over to see Optimus standing a few feet away. "This human here isn't telling us why her photo is on a missing person's data base!" he shouted and pointed his finger at me like he was accusing me of committing a crime. "Why should I tell you anything? All I said was that I would let you guys run your test that was it. I said nothing about telling you about my past!" I was beginning to lose my patience with this Autobot; he was a real pain in the rear end.

"Ratchet, could you go and retrieve some energon for the Sparkling?" I could see that Optimus was trying to get rid of Ratchet and I wasn't in no way going to stop him. "Optimus, I really don't think we should leave her alone with the children. From what I have seen, she cannot be trusted." Ratchet said looking directly at me.

"I shall stay with them Ratchet." The way Optimus spoke, showed that he was finished talking. Ratchet groaned and left the room mumbling something in an angry tone. Looking up at Optimus, I gave a friendly smile. Optimus returned it but it disappeared when he saw my photo on the computer screen. "Is what this says true?" Optimus asked not looking away from the photo. "what, about the young girl who went missing and was last seen at her father's house? You mean that little kid?" I asked with a bit of sarcasm, shocking everyone from the looks of it.

"I thought you just said that you weren't going to say anything about your past?" Miko asked confused. "I said that to the pain in the rear Autobot. I never said I wouldn't explain to Optimus." Optimus looked a little angered that I had called Ratchet a pain in the rear but that was what he was. "But besides that, is that what you were asking Optimus?" Optimus nodded and I turned to the photo.

It was an older one but it still showed who I was. I was wearing a bright purple turtleneck, my crooked glasses, my brown hair was up in a pony-tail and I had the oddest smile on my face. Looking at this picture anyone who saw me now would think it was just my twin or a very good knock off.

"Well, I'm sorry to say it but that stupid, sweet, naïve, little girl is gone. She grew some backbone and showed the world who she really is." I said in voice that showed I really give didn't care. "she also found someone who actually understands and listens to her." I said with a smile when the image of Starscream popped in my mind. "How can that 'Con understand you?! He's a 'Con and all they want is power. They could care less for us." Miko shouted out in anger.

"Who are you to judge Starscream?! What has he ever done to you?!" I really wished I hadn't said that. Miko's face lit up like a red cherry and she looked ready to blow. "Look here Miko; I know Starscream has done some bad things in that past but-" I spoke calmly, trying to fix what I had just said but it was too late.

"Bad things! He's done things far worse than 'Bad'. He's done Horrible things, Monstrous and even Murderous!" I sighed and rubbed the side of my head, I didn't want to shout when I had a massive headache. Plus, Starshadow was still in the room and he didn't need to hear these things. "Let me Finish!" I shouted and Miko finally shut her mouth. Thank Primus.

"I know he has done some bad things in the past and you're probably right on some of those things, but he has changed. People change when they have someone to look after." I turned slightly to show everyone Starshadow, who looked completely terrified and was shaking violently. "But I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't speak of Starscream's past with my Sparkling in the same room." Miko's face quickly turned back to her normal color and her expression softened.

Looking over at Optimus, I smiled and stepped closer to him. "I know all you're trying to do is keep us safe but I can honestly tell you that Starscream would never harm his Sparkling and he wouldn't even think about doing anything to me." Optimus' face was blank while he nodded. "And I already can tell that you really don't want us to leave yet so how about we make a deal? You allow Starscream to walk around under my watch and we shall stay a little while longer." Optimus thought about it for a minute but in the end he nodded.

"He will be permitted out only when we are present with you." I smiled, "Sounds like we have a deal." Looking over at the three, I stepped over to them and sighed. "Looks like we're going to be stay here to bug you guys." Raf and Jack nodded but Miko just crossed her arms. "Hope it's not too long." I shrugged; I could tell that Miko was only acting this way because Starscream would be here. "Optimus, would it be alright if Starshadow and I go see Starscream?" Optimus nodded and I left them to go find Starscream.

I knew a couple of things now as I walked on, 1) the Autobots do not trust Starscream, 2) from the way things acted they didn't have a high trust for me either, 3) Starscream wasn't going to like the idea of staying here, and 4) if the Autobots knew who I was from that photo they most likely will send me back to my old family. All of these didn't bold well for my little family and I knew that even though I had made a promise to Optimus, Starscream and I would have to leave and soon.

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