Bah, this and another chapter have been sitting in my files for many months now and only now am I getting to publishing them. I got caught up with work and moving that I've been neglecting all of my stories. And that includes just updating them because most of my stories have a lot already typed out. For college, I decided to live off-campus and I'm finally getting use to living in my new apartment. It took me a month to get myself accustomed to my new living space just so I could update this story. I can't forget to mention that I am also procrastinating a rather big essay due in about a week. WHOOPS.

So what do you guys think? Will Jackie warm up to the twins and what they really are? Or will she no longer trust them and maybe disown them as her 'friends'?

I could only sit there in silence and take in every bit of information that he told me. My voice was caught in my throat and at the moment, I didn't have anything to say.

"And that's it…again, I'm sorry you had to find out this way…we didn't mean to scare you." He shifted in his seat on the ground and waited for a response but received nothing. "Well…? Say something…" It was more of a plead rather than a question.

"I-I…I don't know what to say…"

"I see…well…at least let me take you back to Ratchet's. I'm sure they're worried about you." With that said, he placed his giant hand in front of me and I stared at it before looking back at him with a questionable look. "Get on, it'll be faster than hobbling around." I gave him a terrified look and he responded with a sigh. "I promise I won't drop you, if that's what you're worrying about." I looked back down at the hand and took one nervous gulp before carefully climbing on. Once I was fully on board, he brought up his second hand and cupped it around the hand I was already in. He stood up and began to walk down the empty halls. No wonder these halls were so big…

"You've never been this quiet before." The sudden sound of Sunstreaker's voice caused me to flinch – seeing that it was louder than what I was use to.

"…I've never seen giant robots before." I countered with a slightly hushed tone.

"Point made." I heard him sigh behind me as I continued to focus my attention towards where we were going. At that moment, the pressure in my lower abdomen area had returned and I shifted uncomfortably within Sunstreaker's hands.

"I still didn't find a single bathroom during this mess…" I tried sitting in different positions to ease the feeling but it didn't seem to be working. I must've caught Sunstreaker's attention as he gave me a questionable look.

"What's wrong? Something hurt?" He stopped in the middle of the hallway to bring his hands, and myself, closer to his face. I could feel my face grow hot from embarrassment. I don't want to tell a giant robot that I'm close to using his hand as a toilet if I don't find a restroom fast.

"I…I need to use the restroom." I stated quietly. This caused him to frown and his robotic eyebrows to furrow.

"Ah…" Was all he said before looking around and walking in another direction. "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that's why you were wandering outside of the medbay in the first place?"

"Y-Yeah, pretty much…" My cheeks grew red from slight embarrassment.

"No one was watching over you during that time?" He asked as he knelt down and lowered me in front of a single door. I shook my head "no" in response and he sighed. "Alright then. Well, here's what you were looking for. I'll be out here." He simply stated before standing up to his full height. I quickly nodded and entered the restroom.

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"She's scared of us…" Sunstreaker said quietly to himself as he leaned up against one of the walls. Now, she's quiet and her face doesn't show those usually cheery expressions that he has grown fond of. At this point, she may ask to return home and want nothing else to do with the Autobots.

"I can't believe I lost her!" A loud, distressed voice called out. Sunstreaker looked over to see his twin slowly making his way over to where he was standing. His shoulders were slumped and he was practically dragging his stabilizing servos against the ground. "Idiot! I'm an idiot!" He slammed the palm of his servo straight to his forehead.

"Took you this long to finally realize that?" Sunstreaker called out to his brother, who didn't seem to notice his presence. Sideswipe quickly turned his attention towards his yellow counterpart in surprise.

"Sunny? What are you doing out here?" Sideswipe asked his brother as he strolled over to his position by the wall. "Have you seen Jackie? I was with Optimus and Ratchet when she – " And just like that, Sideswipe was in a frantic state again with his hands planted firmly on Sunstreaker's shoulders.

"I know, I know. Would you calm down?" Sunstreaker interrupted his twin before he could further explain his situation. "She's in there." He jerked a metal thumb towards the single door placed near his position. Sideswipe immediately released his brother and was about to get on his knees to check the room. "Would you stay still for a minute? She's fine." Sunstreaker knocked his twin over with a simple nudge of his foot before Sideswipe could try to open the door. "That's the human's restroom by the way. She's in there for a reason and I don't think she'd appreciate you trying to interrogate her."

"O-Oh." Sideswipe just sat there on the floor, looking over at the sign that was labeled "women's restroom". He placed a servo on the back of his neck and just sighed. "So she told you what happened then?"

"No. Just an educated guess, really." Sunstreaker shrugged his shoulders. "I heard you running somewhere in the base yelling for Jackie. Then she ran into our bunker, as if she were being pursued by a maniac." He sighed. "To be honest, she hasn't really spoken to me since the incident. I think we really spooked her."

"Slag." Sideswipe groaned loudly and placed his face into the palm of his servo, shaking his head.

"I even explained our situation to her but like I said, she hasn't really said anything."

"We didn't mean to…I probably made it worse by trying to chase after her…" Sideswipe continued to shake his head in disappointment.

"Most likely. But more importantly, I don't know if she trusts us anymore. This was a big secret we kept from her. Her having to find out on her own just escalated things." Sunstreaker's gaze was focused on the wall opposite from him. It dawned on him that the subject of their conversation, Jackie, was taking a rather long time in the restroom. "Surely she should be done by now…Perhaps she's looking for means of escape. Or, maybe, just maybe she's eavesdropping on our conversation. Let's see if I can take control of this situation."

"We were just planning on telling her too, I swear! That's why I was talking to Optimus and Ratchet." Sideswipe threw his arms in the air.

"I understand Sides. We didn't want to lie to her." Sunstreaker looked at his twin but leaving the restroom door within his peripherals.

"Of course not! I mean…we had to at first! But once I got to know her…I wanted nothing more than to tell her. You believe me, don't you Sunny?" Sideswipe looked at his twin.

"I do. I would know better than anyone else. If only Jackie understood though." Sunstreaker gave a side glance towards the restroom door.

"Yeah…but it doesn't seem that way…" Sideswipe just continued to sit on the ground with a sad look in his optics. Sunstreaker didn't look away from the door until minutes passed and nothing happened. Maybe he was wrong. With a loud sigh, he shook his head and looked away. Another quiet minute passed by before the door slowly opened and Jackie walked out with a guilty look on her face.