*Clair can you now explain how Pierre's Canadian relatives managed to keep that country out of the bid for you to live there?*
*Since they are probably going to be sending Pierre here at times to allow him a chance to be a kid or for his own safety at times yes I can tell you. His uncle is actually a member of the security forces for the government of Canada and when foreign delegates are in country, basically you can compare him to a member of the United States Secret Service with some small differences, his aunt is also a government worker, she works as a firefighter and as such she isn't quite as high a security risk or danger as his uncle, however her firefighter job can also be high profile since she mostly does arson investigation with actual shifts every month and that can make her a target as well, though not as much as his uncle, their kids are all still in school minus the oldest and he's actually studying to be a nurse while another one is thinking about becoming a veterinarian, though they haven't actually decided yet. As for the cousin, he himself is also a security danger but not as much since his primary job within the government is as a social worker, but he has been targeted for that exact reason before, thus the reason why he might be sent here on occasion for his own safety*
*Hopefully Canada gives him to the cousin with the least security risk in regards to danger*
*Most likely, but it's ultimately up to Canada to decide where he'll end up, but at least he's going to be with family*
*Yes, that is indeed the most important part...um he does know the aunt, uncle, and his father's cousin right?*
*Yes, he even knows his aunt and uncle's kids too, how to invite them in without being rude or riling them up further*
*So how did those jobs play into keeping Canada out of the bid for you to live there?*
*The uncle mainly through whispering into the right ears that maybe me staying in Japan was the best thing for me since I escaped the terrorist group there and I trusted Winspector since I sent information to you guys, he said that if I trusted you guys that much to try and end things in Japan maybe it was best that I stay put until I was more stable emotionally at the very least and let my family make the decisions once I was at the point where we could discuss if I should move or not*
*Okay, oh, who identified them?*
*The French relatives identified them, originally it was supposed to be the Canadian relatives but, well, the Canadian had their reasons to let the French relatives identify them*
*So when and where are they going to pick him up?*
*At least three days from now at the EDC base, if only for security reasons in regards to reporters, the three days is so that the family can arrange emergency leave from their jobs, it shouldn't be too hard but they need to make that request and make sure that the kids are taken care of before coming over to Japan since Canada is currently having school right now*
*Okay then, how about you let Pierre know the plan and we'll get some food to feed him and then have a private memorial since I am sure we've missed the funeral*
*Yes, we will remember his family respectfully this ways, and he does need the chance to mourn before going to Canada, or at least the chance to begin the mourning period*
*Clair, do you need a fight afterwords?*
*Yes, I could do with a spar, but not against training robots, or regular officers, Bikel, I am challenging you to a spar after Pierre is gone, so that means before I live on my own, or at least try to*
A few days later Bikel and Clair had their spar and it was intense, once the spar was over Clair tried to live on her own but only managed a month before she ultimately couldn't handle it anymore and went back to living with Masaki like before
"Clair what happened? I thought you were ready to live on your own"
"So did I Ryoma, turns out that I'm not quite as ready as we thought I was, and I already know the issue too"
"So what's the problem this time?"
"Turns out that I still have a bit of a problem being by myself after being forced to live with the terrorists for seven years, it has to do with the fact that I have PTSD. I sometimes had trouble sleeping and do you guys remember the store next to my apartment?"
"The one that had the gas leak?"
"Yep, the explosion set me off and it took the fire department two hours to calm me down enough to go back into said apartment, and that was with their own doctors helping them"
"So will you ever be able to live by yourself?"
"That I don't know, I might be able to eventually but as of now that is not a possibility"
"What about the person in charge of the apartment?"
"He already knew we were on a month by month lease until told otherwise so there were no problems in regards to me leaving after only a month"
"So two months before you're legally an adult huh?"
"Yep" (thinks) "soon Masaki-san, soon you will learn the full truth that my family and I have been working on for several months now"
Months earlier
"Prowl, do you think things will go well with this?"
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"Well it's just...it's just that I'm wondering what my birth parents would think about these petitions I am putting forth"
"Clair, did you know that if you had been forced to leave for you own safety, the people who would have become your legal guardians also would have filed for adoption after a time?"
"No I didn't"
"Well that would have been the case, and they would have done so with our blessing, and that includes the name change, Clair, you will always be known as Clair Kerenai, or Clair of Cybertron, but if both petitions go through you will also be considered as part of another family, and if you were younger it would have been expected that your name would be legally changed, if only for your protection depending on how young you were"
"However, this is a choice he has to make himself, and he's only going to know the first part initially, the second part he's going to find out through the courts"
"True, but since you are going to legally be an adult that's to be expected"
"And you're sure this is all legal?"
"Yes, we made sure it was internationally legal when you were still a baby since we've always known about the possibility of you having to leave us for your own safety, even when you got old enough to understand, we still made sure it was legal so that you would have a choice as well depending on your age at the time"
"What about when I...I did what I did at age ten?"
"Even then since we figured something was up the Primes made sure it would remain legal, and once the truth was discovered all lawmakers also made sure that what almost happened when you joined the terrorists would never actually happen"
"Now it's up to him to decide once I turn eighteen"
"Exactly"
Present
*Clair, are you listening?*
*Sorry Masaki, I wasn't, what were you saying?*
*That there are some firefighters who want to talk to you about the incident a few weeks ago*
*Again?*
*Yes, but they don't mind us being with you if you want*
*Yes, I do want Winspector involved, I think...I think there might be something going on that they are only just figuring out and need my help with, and if it gets into police matters I want you guys already with me and fully debriefed*
Five minutes later almost everyone looked like they were going to be sick, the only exceptions were naturally Bikel, Walter and Demitasse, and surprisingly Clair was also handling the video file pretty well, she looked upset at what the video was showing but otherwise seemed fine
*I'm sorry everyone, we didn't get a chance to fully watch the video, as soon as we realized it was in connection to the fire a few weeks ago we figured Clair should watch this to probably help us figure things out since she's helped in arson investigations before*
*It's fine, I've actually seen worse all things considered, but that pattern...I think I know that pattern however...*
Clair didn't finish her sentence provoking one of the investigators to speak up
*What is it Kerenai?*
(Sighs) *I need to make a call and a copy of the video file to confirm something, if it's what I think it is...well it's not good to say the least*
Two hours later Clair comes back from her errand and everyone could tell that she wasn't too happy about whatever it was she had dealt with
*Inspectors I'm afraid you're officially off the case for safety reasons, Masaki, you and Winspector aren't going to fare much better, but you can do more good then them considering you're my legal guardian for another two months and besides that we need your police credentials for this*
*What's going on Clair?*
Clair though deliberately switches to English, despite a rule that had been placed on her for a very, very long time stating that if there were other officials from either another police station or another organization that didn't speak English she was to speak Japanese until they left, however there was one exception to the rule that had never come into play until then and that exception was security reasons
"Terrorists, however there are two problems at the moment, the first off is that this specific group is based in France and as of yet have not branched out to other countries, the other problem is that I thought I saw Koronians which makes this an EDC matter, especially because of what I know about Koronians when I was last around them at age nine"
"Fine, we'll get started on this later, for now we have to finish what little of the investigation we can for these fire investigators"
"Right"
Fortunately it only took about another five minutes before the fire investigators were ready to hand things off to Winspector officially, the only reason they even backed off was that once the group switched back to Japanese Masaki had told them that due to some new information they were being given everything was considered a police matter and as such didn't involve them which was partially the truth but not all of it, and Winspector knew better than to think they would ever be told all of it
"Well, actually I might make an exception"
"Oh?"
"Yeah, lately my Cybertronian family has been discussing what would happen if a terrorist group like I was with for seven years ever started doing these attacks and the police investigating these arson's were killed, now then nothing officially has been decided yet but there might be a new division within both the fire department and the EDC involving both groups being a liaison to each other, but in the meantime I have certain authority to authorize anyone finding out information I deem necessary for a mission or safety, and if something goes wrong I am considering making an exception and allowing those investigators to know the truth about the fire next to the apartment I was living in for a month"
"We'll have to take a wait and see approach I guess, for now though, you need to eat and then get some sleep, or did you think I haven't noticed your sleeping pattern recently?"
"Okay, I won't even fight you on this for two reasons, first off you're right, I am down right exhausted, and the second reason is because quite frankly I know exactly what you can do to make me get sleep"
"Yes you do"
Two weeks later things still weren't resolved in regards to the fire investigation, but little did they know they were about to get a big clue as to why the Koronians were involved, because after Clair had gotten sleep she had explained her confusing statement about Koronians. The Koronians were a relatively peaceful race that had trading agreements with her family and thus the EDC, the only time they were dangerous was if they were attacked and since everyone is dangerous when attacked in order to defend themselves it's only natural that the race is no longer peaceful until their planet is safe once more. Clair knew that trade agreements were still good between the Koronians and her family since she had checked with her family before making her report to Winspector and as such everyone was confused as to what was going on and the silence of the planet they were from only made the confusion worse and also some worry was added in regards to the EDC
*Clair, you and Walter need to go to the store, there's some stuff at the house we need that are not perishables and also do you remember the officer I told you about soon after you were initially released from the hospital?*
*Yes, they had gone missing and were getting close to the time of being presumed dead, but since that day I haven't heard anything since you've been keeping me out of those information circles so that I could focus on my own recovery*
*Turns out they were alive, hurt badly enough to wind up in a coma and when they came to they had amnesia, they've been spending the last six months regaining their skills, strength and memories and have just been cleared to return to duty last week and today is their first day of duty since they went missing and as such...*
*There's a welcome back party being held and we've been asked to supply some of the food and drinks*
*Exactly*
*Do they know about me?*
*Only the basic things that all police officers are cleared to know about you*
*OK just making sure we aren't confusing him with my presence*
*Clair are you okay with being forced to go with Walter?*
*I'm fine Ryoma, not only are we currently dealing with the rule of two ever since it was established that there are terrorists involved, but I need the extra hands anyways to get everything back to the station, actually can Hisako also come with?*
*Sure*
An hour later they were heading back to the station when suddenly they heard a commotion and with two of the group police officers and one an EDC kid they instantly decided to check it out and Clair instantly noticed actual EDC officers and they were the ones giving instructions naturally in Japanese
*Everyone keep back, officers get those civilians away from here*
"I'm Clair Kerenai and this is Walter and Koyama Hisako, we can help"
"Kerenai we've got Koronians, as I'm sure you're aware they've been acting weird lately"
"Oh yeah I'm aware"
"Turns out they're under someone else's control"
"You sure?"
"Positive, red eyes and one officer managed to get close enough to detect an earpiece and you know what those two combined mean"
"Trouble, because the red eyes indicate that they've been drugged and the earpiece means they're being given orders while under the influence of said drugs"
"Exactly, which means they're not to blame in regards to their part in the fire a month and a half ago"
"Right, for now though...back me up because I'm going in"
Clair's eye's turn hazel and she suddenly has a knife in her right hand naturally with a reverse grip
"And for the record, Winspector all know English so if need be Walter and Koyama-san both will understand any orders given, and while they understand that EDC is in charge in these situations make sure that they actually understand any orders given in regards to what you want them to do because they do not know EDC tactics"
Clair then runs towards the enemy and fifteen minutes later the battle was over with, the end result being that Clair was injured slightly and definitely very dirty while the Koronians were also looking quite a bit roughed up and also definitely no longer under enemy control
"So what caused you guys to attack us anyways? I know you were under enemy control but who exactly managed to do that and is the whole planet under enemy control?"
"Quintessons were the ones who had us under there control, and no the whole planet is not under Quintesson control but at the same time they have to remain silent because of threats from the Quintessons"
"Understood, I'll pass that on to the EDC for you guys, in the meantime I would seek temporary refuge in another country with the EDC, while the EDC here would do their best to protect you from any Japanese wanting retaliation I don't want the Quintessons to find out that you're free and leaving Japan would do that the best because I'm sure you guys have orders from them"
"Yes we do, the terrorist group was only under Quintesson control for that one mission by the way so that we could do damage alongside them without any disguises needed"
"Okay, now then get to the EDC base and they'll get you to another safe location soon"
"Right"
Clair goes over to where Walter and Hisako currently were