Hey guys another chapter! So this takes place in Stronger, Faster but i couldn't for the life of me figure out a way i liked it so i was like "Jemina deserves a break after everything as of late" so here this is, her crazy vacation. Hope you enjoy!

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Cashagon

Yeah, little kids do tend to do that, oh well

Oh my gosh that's so cute XD

AllSpark Princess

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Jayce jumped up and down excitedly on the platform as he kept pulling Jemina's sleeve, "Can we go now?"

"No Jayce." Jemina smiled and shook her head, "We have to wait until Optimus gets back so he doesn't freak, you know how he or any of the 'bots are."

Jayce pouted and Bee walked over :What is Jayce so eager for?:

"Jemina promised to take me to the west coast for a week and she said we'd go today."

"I said no such thing, I said I would clear it with Optimus today."

"Why do you need to clear it with him? He's not our dad."

"No," She shook her head smiling, "But I've gone missing enough that he would think something happened if I just up and left with you."

"Did I hear road trip?" Miko asked jumping over the couch.

"Yes, but you school so…"

Miko stopped her, "School? Over spring break? I'd lead a rebellion if they did."

"I'm sure you would."

"So..?"

Jemina looked confused but she had a bad feeling of where this was headed, "So what? Time to work ahead on stuff."

"Dude no way, I wanna come with!" Miko smiled then looked at Jack and Raf, "It would be nice to have just a human getaway for a few days, no offence Bulk."

"None taken." He waved.

"Uh, well, would your parents be ok with it?"

"My mom would be fine, probably can even watch Aja for you." Jack offered.

Miko was next to answer, "I'm sure my host parents would love to get me off their hands for a bit."

"I don't know…I'll ask but I don't think so." Raf said sadly.

"Ok, well, ask them if you want to, though Miko, no guitars."

"Awe!" She wined.

"We should go, it's getting late."

The kids left as Optimus came in, "Alright, finally he's back so ask him already!"

"Alright Jayce, calm down."

Optimus came over, "Is everything alright?"

"Yeah, I was just wanting to tell you that I will be taking Jayce to the west coast for a week, possibly the others too."

"Oh? Why's that?"

"Well, personally I need a little break, especially with having just gotten back from the past. I haven't really had time to recollect my brains or sanity. And the others just wanted to go. So…"

Optimus nodded, "Alright, but keep you phone handy and call if anything, and I mean anything, seems out of place or wrong to you."

"Alright got ya, no funny business what-so-ever. I can live with that." She smiled and nodded.

They met the others the next day, "My host parents said I could go! When do we leave?" Miko asked enthused.

"We'll leave tomorrow morning."

"Ok, I'll tell my mom tonight. She said she be happy to watched Aja." Jack nodded.

"My mom didn't want me to go, sorry." Raf said.

"It's alright, well make sure we plan something fun for when we get back." Jemina reassured.

Arcee walked over, "I still don't know about this."

:What if something happens?:

"You guys have Raf, he's the human tech expert." Jemina said.

"I don't think that's what Bee meant." Bulkhead replied looking at Jemina.

"Don't even start you guys, I've already told Optimus."

Arcee halfway smiled, "Ok, but how are you going to get there?"

"I'm driving, how else? It's not like I know how to fly a plane, or at least not very good, and I don't even have one anyway so…"

Arcee deflated a bit, "I still don't think this is a good idea, with your luck and all."

"Arcee I swear if you jinx it…" She let the threat die on her lips.

Miko held up her hand, "Wait, wait, wait, you can fly a plane?!"

"Well not really. If I absolutely had to I think I might be able to but…"

"Where did you learn how?" Jack asked also becoming interested.

"At an aero/space museum, they had a flight simulator that I loved to fly when we went. And since we went on days when there weren't many people there because of school and work I had it mostly to myself." She explained shrugging, "I'm defiantly not any good but I could at least keep it stable."

"Whoa, did not see that one coming." Miko said surprised.

"I think I give up on trying to know her." Jack turned to the couch.

They met at Jack's house the next day, "Everyone got their stuff?" Jemina asked. They nodded so she began packing it very neatly, almost like a Tetris game, so that they even had a little extra room if needed.

Optimus activated his holoform and walked over to her, handing her the last bag, "Are you sure that you don't want one of us to go with you."

"Optimus, I'm sure. You guys are low enough on Energon without driving around the country. We'll be fine and I'll have my phone on me the whole time."

Optimus nodded reluctantly, "Just call when you stop tonight."

"Ok OP, will do." She smiled before getting in her car.

"See you mom." Jack called before closing the door.

"Drive safe!" June yelled as they left, "I don't know what scares me more, cars driving themselves or trusting others to drive the car." That earned a laugh from both Bulkhead and Bee.

They had been driving for about half an hour, no one saying much of anything the whole time. Finally Miko couldn't take it anymore, "Someone say something!"

"You just did." Jemina said softly, humming something.

"What are you humming?"

"I'm humming to the music."

"Wait, you have music and you didn't let us listen?!" Miko yelled.

"Ok, rule one in the car, no yelling. It's an enclosed space so noise travels very well. And two yes I was, sorry, you want to listen?"

"Yes!" Miko said more quietly this time.

"Ok." She smiled deviously, though no one saw it. She removed her headphones from the jack in the car and turned up the volume.

Miko smiled and started to rock her head to the music until she stopped suddenly, her face almost paling, "What is this?!"

"Beethoven." She said sweetly.

"Who listens to that? Turn it off, turn it off!" Miko cried holding her ears.

Jemina laughed, "Driver's pick."

"No, no, no! You can't put me through this torture, you've gotta have something else."

"Well sure, I got another disc of Beethoven, some Mozart, or how about a little Paganini?"

Both Jayce and Jack where laughing uncontrollably at Miko's face, "Don't you have anything else besides torture music?"

"Got a harmonica Jack?"

"No, not with me."

"Ok, well I have you covered. There's some Lonestar in the CD wallet, I'll put it in after Beethoven's finished."

"Don't you have any rock, or metal?" Miko almost pleaded.

Jemina smirk, "Nope."

"I'm gonna die."

"Well don't it in my car, I'd rather not clean up the mess it'd cause." Jemina shot back to Miko. The disc finished an hour later, Miko groaning through the entire thing, "Pit stop, everyone who needs to go, go now 'cause the next one isn't for another several hours." Jemina waited until they all exited the car to slip a new disc into the radio.

They all got back in the car after it was done fueling up, "Can we please put something else in?"

"Already did Miko."

"Oh good," It was then that she saw Jemina's smile, the one that you knew had nothing good coming, "Uh-oh."

She pushed play and Miko got tense. It start low, both volume wise and tone wise before a beat was put into and a voice began to talk, "*The grid, a digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. What did they look like? Ships, motorcycles? Were the circuits like freeways? I kept dreaming of a world I thought I'd never see. And then, one day I got in." Both Jayce and Jemina said at the exact same time as the voice.

"Bum, bum, bum, Tron!" Jack finished laughing as the soundtrack continued.

Miko sat back in the seat, "I guess techno's ok, way better than Beethoven."

"Oh chillax Miko, it's not that bad, I find it quite enjoyable compared to your sheik metal."

"Who doesn't like shriek metal?" Miko was answered with three pairs of eyes just staring at her like she was crazy-er.

"Try asking that when your ears stop ringing." Jemina poked.

The car trip was filled with such arguments the entire way over, Jemina refusing to play anything else besides Beethoven, Mozart, or Paganini after the one track was finish. Saying it was payback for Miko running into the Energon mine and quite enjoying watching, or at least listening, the girl squirm from it. They finally reached Salem, Oregon at ten. They stopped at a truck stop just outside the city, "Alright, just fall asleep where ever." Jemina yawned.

"Fall asleep where?" Miko asked, "There's no beds."

"Car seats really aren't that uncomfortable actually. Jack and me can lean our seats back and you have two-thirds of the back seat to lay down on."

"What about showers?" Jack asked.

"Truck stops have 'em. You want one just go tell 'em." Jemina said before laying her seat down most of the way, though leaving Miko plenty of room.

Jayce unbuckled from his car-seat, "Can I sleep with you Jemina? It's really hard."

"Sure." She let him crawl under the blanket and he was out like a light.

It had taken several attempts to try and wake Miko and Jack before they could get moving, Jemina having to block a sadly thrown punch from Miko once. An hour later they were ready to go, "Why are we up so early? It's not even ten." Miko grumbled.

"Now I thought you'd be a morning person."

"You thought wrong." Miko yawned, "How are you up this early?"

"I've gotten used to it from my brother raising a racket at six or seven then my dog joining. I would usually sleep through it but I'd rather the house stay in one piece." Jemina explained as Jack nodded.

"Jemina! The ocean." Jayce cried happily.

"Uh-hu. We're here." Jemina said getting out.

Jack got out then dove back in the car retrieving something, "It's May. How is it so cold?"

"Well, that's the Oregon coast for ya. Told you ya would want a jacket." Jemina smirked. Walking down to the water's edge next to Jayce with nothing but a thin sweatshirt on.

Jayce pulled his coat closer, "The water is freezing!" He then ran to play with a stick in the sand.

Jemina watched the waves roll for a while, while the others messed around, Jack taking in the new scenery. Jemina walked towards them when she saw something in the sand, "Hey Miko! Come here, I found something."

Miko ran over, "Where, what is it?"

Jemina pointed to the ground as Jack and Jayce came over, "There, see?"

She scooted back so the others could see what it was, "What is it?"

"A Gooey Duck." Jemina answered.

"Will it bite us if we touch it?" Jack asked, having never seen anything from the sea before.

Jemina laughed, "It's harmless, it couldn't harm you even if it wanted to."

"Cool," Miko bent down to touch and Jemina took several steps back. Miko touched it and a stream of water was spewed several feet high, scaring all the kids and getting them a bit wet, "What the heck was that?!" Miko shouted.

Jemina fell to the ground laughing at their startled faces, "Haha-haha, oh my gosh, you guys!"

Jack looked ticked, "I thought you said it wouldn't hurt us?"

"It didn't besides scare the pants off you guys."

"Then what did it do!?" Jayce yelled at his sister, probably the maddest of them all.

"Shot a little bit of water at you, and judging by the stream it's a big guy." Jemina concluded.

Seconds later a family walked over, "Are you guys digging for Ducks?"

"Nah," Jemina shook her head, "I was just showing them one. It's all yours if ya want it." She offered.

"Thanks!" A little boy that looked to be Jayce's age said.

They started digging. After about ten minutes of watching Miko asked, "How deep is that thing?"

"They can go pretty deep, especially if they're really big." Jemina explained as the family drug it out of the hole, it was about two and a half feet long, "That's a big one alright."

"What are they going to do with it?" Miko asked, almost scared.

"Probably eat it, I don't think it's that much unlike a clam. Though I never cared for clams and thus have never tried a Gooey Duck. Some people like them though so kudos for them." She shrugged walking to the shore and skipping a rock then showing Jayce how to.

Soon they were all skipping rocks and having a contest, Jack winning, "Not cool, Jack's never skipped rocks before and he won." Miko pouted.

"Oh get over it." Jack teased.

They played around at the shore for the next two days, Jayce and Jemina even going for a swim a few times. Miko watched as they splashed each other in the frigid Pacific water, "How are you guys not popsicles?"

Jayce came out and curled into a towel for a bit, "I think my sister lost most of her senses as a kid, along with her thermometer."

Jack looked at Jayce, his lips were a bit blue and he shook a little but once he warmed up for a bit he went right back into the water. Jemina splashed Miko and Jack, "Come on guys! It isn't that cold."

"I think I saw a penguin on an ice burg." Miko deadpanned.

"What's one ice burg?" Jemina teased, splashing them again and getting them wet this time.

"Hey!" Jack shouted running a few quick steps away from the water's edge, "Not all of us are Eskimos you know."

"Yeah, yer an Arabian, all sand and heat and you wither with the cold."

"Yup, it's better than being a popsicle."

Jemina smirked, "Do my lips even look blue to you? I'm far from being a popsicle."

"I think she's lost all common sense." Miko whispered touching the water. She and Jack walked over to a small ledge where there was no beach, just water butting up against rock.

Jemina smirked as dove down into the water again, "I don't think this is going to end well." Jayce whimpered snuggling into his towel again.

Miko was playing with the water, swirling it around with her figure tips, Jack sitting down and leaning on the rock so his hand was propping him up. Miko flicked a bit of water at him before two hands suddenly short up and dragged Miko and Jack into the water. Miko let out a blood curdling scream as she fell in.

"Who the…?!" Jack yelled swimming to the shore as he heard laughter.

Miko turned towards the sound but as soon as she did there was nothing there. She too began swimming towards the shore before something brushed her leg, something far too large to be a fish, "Jack I swear if you're toying with me…!"

Miko stopped when she saw Jack farther ahead before he too screamed, "Something touched me!"

Jemina resurfaced several yards away, "Aw come on guys, your just swimming."

"Against our will! You…I don't even know…" Jack seethed.

"Where would you even get the bird-brained idea to do something like that?!" Miko shouted at her.

Jack struggled against the small outwards pull of the current as the waves washed back and forth. Jemina shook her head and swam over and helped him to shore, getting there the same time Miko did, "Alright, have a nice swim."

"You're sooo lucky I don't hit girls." Jack frowned.

"I guess it's a good thing I'm a girl then. Come on there's some showering stalls in the bathrooms you guys can use."

To say that Miko and Jack didn't trust Jemina near the shore again was a massive understatement. They drove to Seattle the next day, Jack in awe of just what a major city really looked like, "You idiot!" Jemina yelled as a guy cut her off, not leaving three inches of room as he squeezed in, "I hate city drivers, I think their terrorists in disguise. So glad this isn't their spring break, and don't even get started on the holidays…just give up now."

"That bad?" Jack asked.

Jemina scoffed, "And a million times worse."

"Eh," Jack stuck out his tongue disgusted, "What is that smell?"

"Tacoma-aroma." She turned the recalculate on, "Wind must really be blowing if we can smell it this far away."

"Whoa, the Space Needle." Miko pointed to it.

"You guys wanna go up?"

"Can we?" Miko asked.

"Duh, it's also a fairly clear day…for once." Jemina mumbled the last part as they drove towards it. An hour later they were standing in the top.

"This is so cool." Jayce squeaked, "But maybe a little high."

Jemina held out her hand to which he took, "Just hold tight, you'll be fine."

"You can see the whole city from up here." Jack breathed.

"Mhm," Miko nodded taking a few pictures, "Can't wait to show these to Bulk!"

"You mean like the video I got of you guys and the Gooey Duck?" Jemina thought out loud.

"You recorded that?!" Jack half yelled.

"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't, you'll just have to find out." Jemina said.

That night they stayed in a Motel, Jayce laid on the pullout bed from the couch while Miko sat on the bed. Jemina opened the door as a loud crack was heard, "Decepticons?" Miko shouted.

"Mech?" Jack asked right after her.

Jayce laughed as Jemina answered snickering, "Thunder. Take it you guys didn't see the flash a few seconds before?"

They shook their heads as Jayce ran to the window and threw it open. This time they saw another flash and a crack a few seconds later, the noise of a heavy rain coming soon after, "So cool." Jayce smiled.

"Ha-ha, yup." Jemina and Jayce watched the storm for a while longer before they all drifted to sleep.

They drove to the heart of the city the next day, "Where are we going?" Miko asked for the trillionth time.

"You'll see." Jemina repeated for the trillionth time.

A few seconds later, "Where are we going?"

"Di shutei utomi." Jemina answered annoyed.

"What does that even mean?" Miko shouted.

"Rule one Miko and figure it out."

Miko pouted but didn't say anything past that until they reached their destination, "A museum, really? This is supposed to be a vaca, not school."

"Well for one, I tend to like museums."

"Of course you do, it's all learning."

"Better than out of a text book." Jemina pointed out as they walked to wards the entrance, "And two, it's a music museum."

Miko stopped, "Music? As in they'll have metal?"

"Probably. It's been a while since I was last here but they had pretty much everything."

Miko bolted for the door, "Well what are you waiting for, come on!"

Jack looked dumbfounded, "I'd never thought, that she'd be so eager to go to a, museum."

"Eh, when it's something you really enjoy it tends to be more pleasurable. And thus Miko likes music, so a music museum would probably be more to her liking. Don't worry, there's a country section."

"Haha, very funny." Jack said as they entered.

"Come on guys, I found the metal section on the map."

"Wait, you read a map?! I think I must have died." Jemina said checking her pulse.

"Shut up and come on!" She led them towards the section then started quietly freaking out because Slash Monkey had been mentioned in one of the displays.

Jemina took a picture of Miko actually enjoying the museum, "What are you doing?" Jack asked.

"Sending it to Raf, hey Raf. Took Miko to a museum, she's having a ball. Show this to Ratchet."

"How much you wanna bet Ratchet won't believe you?"

"Umm," She said before Raf texted back, "Just did, he thinks you're kidding." Jemina snickered, "I'm not. I took them to the Seattle music center, Miko's actually enjoying learning."

"Ratchet says he still doesn't believe you."

"Well, oh well, some people just won't believe." Jack shrugged.

"I guess it's a good thing Ratchet isn't a person." Jemina said pocketing her phone. They spent the rest of the day there before heading home the next day. Miko was forced to listen to classical music the entire way back, as Jemina had purposefully not brought anything else.

They drove to the base first before heading home, figuring the 'bots would want to see them, and entered into the end of a discussion, "Testing on machines, not Autobots." Ratchet concluded.

Jemina had a pretty good idea of what just happened, the sinking feeling in her stomach adding to that, "We're back!" Miko shouted.

"Hey guys," Raf waved, "How was the coast?"

"Great." Jayce smiled.

"Yeah, the coast was good, but the car trip was anything but." Miko glared at Jemina.

"What can I say," She shrugged, "I enjoyed listening to the classical music, Jayce didn't mind, and Jack seemed to like it."

"Oh brother." Ratchet grumbled, knowing he was going to be hearing about it for the next few days.

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Zentradie translation:

"Di shutei utomi."-You will see.