Jack stared at his computer screen, rubbing his eyes he leaned back in his chair, swaying it back and forth slightly. Jack enjoyed working alongside his step-father, Agent Fowler in the military though it was no walk in the park, it did have its rewards. Jack smiled to himself, a picture of his mother and Agent Flowers wedding day sat on his desk. June looked so happy, a sparkle back in her eyes. Jack tilted his head to the side as he heard his door creak and light spilled into the darkened room.
"Daddy are finished working yet?"
Jack turned around to see his little five year old, red haired daughter, Linda, staring at him. Her bright eyes shining, reflecting the computer light.
"Yes dear I'm almost done, go tell mommy I'll be out for dinner in one moment."
Linda happily skipped out of the room, Jack could hear her yell
"Mommy! Daddys done soon! Im hungry!"
Jack smiled, he had a great life, a great job, loving, beautiful wife, two daughters with a son on the way what more could a man ask for. Just as Jack stood up to walk out of the room something fell from the desk, picking it up Jack saw it to be a picture of him, Miko, and Raf with the Autobots. Sighing Jack the picture into a drawer,
"A life time ago."
He whispered as he placed the picture back into the drawer, his heart still ached when he thought of Optimus.
"COME ON DADDY!"
Linda screamed from the kitchen, Jack laughed.
"Coming".
Jacks mind was still on the Autobots when he entered the kitchen,
"Well hello stranger."
Sierra sat down taking Jacks hands in hers, Jack sighed,
"Are you alright dear?"
"No not really just found an old picture of me and some friends."
"Oh?"
Sierra questioned,
"Yah, they were from a long time ago, i haven't talked to them in a while. They moved and well never kept in contact like promised. Only one of them did."
Sierra nodded while she ate,
"Have you tried contacting them?"
Jack shook his head,
"Can't they moved, really far away with no way of contacting them."
Sierra looked at Jack with a serious look.
"You mean like Outer Space far?"
Jack looked up in shock,
"What?"
Sierra pulled a picture out of her pocket and slid it over to Jack.
"I found this in your wallet when I was getting gas money the other day."
Jack stared at the picture, him and Arcee.
"That old motorcycle, i always knew something was off."
Jack smirked,
"I have a lot to tell you..."
...
Rafael paced back and forth on the dock,
"breathe Raf, breathe"
He kept telling himself. He was trying to calm down before Shauna arrived. He was gonna do it, he was going to pop the question. He felt his blood pressure rising,
"what if she says no? ah she wont..right?"
"Raf?"
"Shauna!"
Raf jumped and screeched. Shauna laughed,
"Are you okay you seem kind of nervous or something."
Raf took a deep breath,
"Shauna I need to talk to you."
Shaunas face dropped from a smile to a worried frown.
"um ok what is it."
Raf walked toward her, and grabbed her hands. Shauna was confused until he got down on one knee.
"Shauna will you marry me?"
Shauna put her hand over her mouth as tears freely flowed down her face,
"of Course Raf YES!"
Raf breathed a sigh of relief as he slipped the ring on her finger. Shauna stared at it for but a minute before jumping into Rafs arms.
"Lets go tell our parents!" She whispered.
...
Miko held the papers in her hand, sitting across the table from her husband Dennis.
"Are you sure we want to do this?"
Miko sighed,
"No I don't but its clear we cant live with each other any longer."
Denny's head dropped,
"Miko please let's just…how bout I go away for a while and you stay here. We can let each other have some space then come back to this."
Miko looked at the divorce papers again.
"Fine I will put these away for now."
She stood up and walked toward a desk in the next room,
"What about Russell?"
Denny whispered. Miko stopped dead,
"What about him?"
"I mean who is he going to be with."
"I don't feel like fighting tonight Denny, but I think he should remain with me until you get settled. My next job that requires me to travel isn't for another three months. When your settled he can come to stay with you."
Denny nodded,
"Agreed."
Miko placed the papers in the desk and came back to the kitchen table.
"So where do you think you are going?"
Denny smiled a little,
"You know that Salvage Depot I own?"
Miko nodded.
"Well I figure I could live there, I have an RV I could live out of for a while."
Miko didn't look shocked.
"Why do I even ask?"
She just shrugged and walked toward the stairs.
"Goodnight Denny. And I suggest we not make this any harder on any of us. You best leave tomorrow. Russell's already having a hard time with this."
Denny nodded and waited until he heard Miko's room door close, laying his head on his arms on the table he could feel the tears stinging his eyes. At least he had bought some time to try and prove that he still loved her.
Miko closed the roomed door, curling up on her bed she let the tears flow freely, "What had changed" she thought, "why was there no love between them anymore?" Miko hugged her knees, she was glad that Denny had suggested separation for a time it gave her time to try and find that love again.
...
Russell could her both of his parents, he hated that they were both so sad and he could do nothing. He somehow felt that his was his fault. Both of his parents had told him over and over that it wasn't his fault but he still felt it was. Russell rolled over, pulling the blankets up. He would try and just sleep it off and hope things were better in the morning.
...
Russell stood waving as his father drove down the road, he held himself from crying in front of his mom. He had to be strong for her, after all he was the man of the house now.
"Rusty?"
Miko grabbed her sons shoulder lightly,
"I need to head into the office, and you need to get inside and do your school work."
Russell nodded,
"Sure mom."
Miko watched her son sadly walk into the house, it was going to take time for Rusty to adjust. Miko looked up to the sky,
"Life was so much simpler 14 years ago, all she had to worry about was Decepticons." Shrugging she walked back into the house, "No point in looking back, they abandoned her...Jack, Raph, even Ratchet." Her mind was like a whirlwind of emotions as she remembered days gone by, fury rising within her as she grabbed her car keys.
...
Jack grabbed his car keys, how life had changed from once cruising around on a motorcycle to now driving a Tahoe. Sierra gently grabbed his shoulder spinning him around to face her.
"I called Raph and Shauna, I asked them to baby sit the girls tonight. I think its high time I met this Ratchet."
Jack smiled, he had spilled everything to Sierra the previous night, and frankly he was relieved. It was a lot easier to keep the secret with just Ratchet to worry about though he still felt bad for lying to Sierra. Jack stretched out his hand to grasp hers,
"As soon as Raph and Shauna get here we will go."
...
A few hundred thousand miles away within the Kaon City Police department sat BumbleBee. He looked through the list of Cadets looking for a station to serve with to finish out their training. BumbleBee sighed sitting up right and rubbing his face, since the new Councils reign of power BumbleBee and his fellow Autobots had been...shunned. Treated like outlaws because of their direct support and involvement with Optimus. The only job he could get was as a street cop, though he had the rank of lieutenant it was more for show then anything. BumbleBee looked at his arms, he and the others had been forbidden from using their weapons systems, the council ruling them military grade weapons and were not permitted for use in an era of piece, inside BumbleBee was issued a sidearm when he join the department. He sat back with a sigh when a name caught his eye on the screen, "StrongArm" he clicked on her bio. He smirked when he saw her picture and read through her description. He wrote her name down to take it to his superior, she would be a good fit.