13sTaLk13: YES! I AM BACK!!! ^-^ First and foremost I'd like to thank all my reviewers for being supportive even when I couldn't write for them.

Second I'd like to acknowledge that this story is written on the request, and is the idea of, Library Drone SAR.

Third the information on the names I got completely from Library Drone SAR, also Mikaela's explanation's final sentence is also belongs to this reviewer.

Last, I'd like to say I could not get this unruly idea to work well without the help of my muses. So I hope you like how it worked out.

Summery: Is in the review given to me. Just go up to the bar and look at it, please.

Warnings: Heavy influences/references to Christianity, light swearing, and OOC

Pairings: reference to Sam/Mikaela

A rose by any other name…wouldn't sound as cool

Samuel James Witwicky, age 17, was not particularly outstanding in looks or grades. He was not a sports star, a bad boy, or even remotely popular. He was, however, dating the hottest girl in his school and his kickass Camaro was a transforming alien robot. His life, such as hum-drum as it was before mission city, had taken a drastic turn towards interesting since the encounter.

That being said, the boy was still adjusting to this new 'normal' in his life. He was friends with giant alien robots and they actually respected him. Him, a total nobody anywhere else! It was a completely surreal experience for him. Especially when the bots asked him questions about human culture, idioms of speech, and other things they didn't understand.

Not to say he was the only one they asked, oh no far from it! They asked many of the humans "in the know" about them. People such as Captain Lennox and his soldiers, or Mikaela, or even the hackers Maggie and Glen got to handle these inquiries.

In fact, just a week before Ironhide had heard Captain Lennox say, "God damn it!" when he'd stubbed his toe and had asked the soldier several questions, which led to him downloading a bunch of information on human religion which he passed to the other Autobots.

However, there was one thing the Autobots never asked about. Sam knew that Cybertronian names all had very accurate meanings for their bearer, and he was pretty sure that the Autobots were want to know what human names meant, considering that they were so different. But the question never came, even though many of the new comers made –rather rude- comments about human's and 'their strange sound-names'.

And to be quite frank, Sam was getting fed up with it. If he had to listen to Sunstreaker make one more comment he was going to snap. Maybe he'd get Will to help him, lord knows the soldier had his fair share of it and he was much better for referencing the bible.

"Sam," The boy turned and saw his guardian standing next to three small…female Autobots. Sam raised a hand in greeting and smiled. The Autobot made a few whirs as he move to wave back. The smaller Autobots mimicked Bumblebee, all while looking at Sam curiously.

"Hey 'Bee, who are your friends?" Sam asked. The three female Autobots shared a look before peering down at Sam with amusement.

"I'm Arcee." They said, all together. Sam blinked, and shook his head.

'Okay…this could get very confusing.' Sam shook his head, but smile at her –them? "I'm Sam." The autobot(s?) paused as she processed his name.

"…What does it mean?" She asked him, after a few minutes. Sam blinked, but smiled in a bit of relief.

'I like her already. Why is she the first to ask?' He focused back on the three Arcees. "Well, the literal translation is 'God has heard'." Bumblebee, who hadn't expected an answer sat up and looked closely at Sam before doing an internet search.

"…" Bumblebee tilted his head in a human gesture he'd adopted and 'blinked' once. "Samuel: "God has heard". It can also be associated with one of the last ruling judges of the Old Testament." Bumblebee paused, apparently looking deeper into the religious meanings before he made a click in surprise. "The first story in the Book of Samuel of the Bible is 'David and Goliath'."

Arcee, with a little confusion as to the Bible reference searched for an online copy and downloaded it. Sam rubbed the back of his neck at Bumblebee's added information, but he could relent that he saw similarities between mission city and David's story.

The Autobots and Sam spent the rest of the day going over Sam's name to a point where Sam was sorry the question had ever been brought up. Sam was unaware that Bumblebee was sending this new information on human names and Sam's to the other Autobots.

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Mikaela was in the med bay with Sideswipe when both he and Ratchet got a message from 'Bee. The two waited a few minutes as they scanned their messages and then they looked at her with clear excited curiosity. "Mikaela," Ratchet began, looking at her and making her shift a little at the close attention the two 'bots were paying her. "What does your name mean?" Mikaela blinked at the abrupt and randomness of the question.

"Um, well, 'Mikaela' is the female derivative of Michel-" She stopped as she heard the tell-tale sounds of an Autobot searching the internet. She shook her head as they looked up information on her name. 'What brought this on all of a sudden?' She wondered as they finished their search.

"Ah. Michel: He who is like God. Also in association with Saint Michel the Archangel patron saint of…warriors and Medics." The two Autobots looked at Mikaela again, and she squirmed.

"How did your creators know?" Ratchet asked after a moment.

Mikaela smiled a little at the easier question. "They didn't. When humans have babies they name them something special, usually after months of considering different names. My dad had been hoping for a boy and already had the name Michel picked out, so when it turned out I was a girl the name had to be changed a little." She tucked a stray strand of black hair behind her ear absently.

"For humans…we name our children not for how they are, but for how we wish them to become. People just tend to grown into their names, usually." The answer satisfied the Autobots and they sent the explanation to the others, returning to their work as if never disrupted.

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"Captain Lennox, I have a question about your name…" Ironhide began, and Will looked over from where he stood on base with Eeps and Fig.