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Chapter 2

"He magnetized Sector C? All of it?" Koji asked. He'd been surprised when he received a call from Optimus. The Autobots hated to pay long distance transmission bills even if it was there leader racking them up.

"Yes, all of it" Optimus sighed.

"I bet Jetfire was happy about that" Koji laughed.

"So happy, my audio receptors are still ringing" Optimus said.

"You were the one who said that if he could run an entire army for a couple million years he could take care of a thirteen year old for two months" Koji laughed.

"Raised you, didn't I?" Optimus defended.

"I was older and had different tastes. Rad likes to play practical jokes. I liked to raise hell, get drunk, and run all over Cybertron" Koji reminded him. A week before Optimus had offered to watch Rad for the first two months of summer. The official reason was that Optimus missed his 'grandson' and wanted to spend time with him but most people involved knew the real reason. The statute of limitations (Which was a new pice of legislation Saka's lawyer uncle had had pushed through) was about to run up on the charges against Hao Saka and Koji didn't want Rad on Earth when Saka suddenly had his freedom. Koji would have sent all of his children but the two youngest were in summer school, go figure.

"So how are Sono and Ax doing?" Optimus asked. The look Koji gave him was hilarious.

"They're in summer school, missing a trip to Cybertron. How do you think they're doing?" Koji said.

"We can always have them finish summer school up, here. We have the proper facilities now for school children" Optimus offered.

"No, they're fine here. We were probably overreacting when we sent Rad up, but…"

"Rad knows about Saka. The twins don't. You think Rad will do something like go after Saka once the statute runs up" Optimus finished for the boy.

"Saka's going to come back to Tokyo once the charges against him are no longer valid. His family's been walking around with these smirks for the past week. It just puts me on edge. I know what the guy is capable of, half the stuff I never even told you about" Koji paused to take a breath. "He can't hurt me directly anymore but…"

"He's not stupid enough to go after any of your children. He wouldn't risk it" Optimus left the part about the threat he'd made to Saka while Koji had still been in high school.

"I know that as a manbut I can't convince myself of that as a father" Koji said. "Did that make any sense?"

"To a father, yes it does" Optimus smiled under his mask.


"Rad, this is not only stupid, it's dangerous, risky, and going to get us into so much trouble that you're going to be grounded until you're Optimus' age –which, I'd like to remind you, at last count was thirty million and holding- and I'll be working in Sector C for the rest of my function" Sideswipe ranted.

Rad continued to pack his bag with various items, which included clothes, a laptop with lousy Internet service outside of the Milky Way (hence the library), and a tricked out Lazerbeak. He half listened and half thought about weather he needed to pack an extra pair of jeans or shorts.

"Are you listening? Optimus will have our heads- well my head- on a silver platter if we go through with this. Do you understand how bad this will end?" Sideswipe continued.

Rad looked at him for second. Then went back to packing. "If you're being the voice of reason you should know I never asked you to come" Rad said.

"And let you run all over completely unprotected" Sideswipe looked at him like he was nuts.

"I'll be safe. Uncle Ben's going to be with me," Rad said.

"I feel so much better" Sideswipe deadpanned.

"He knows how to fight. Did you see what he did when that guy accused him of being communist?" Rad asked.

"Ben was a soldier right? That's how he ended up being so close to your grandmother? " Sideswipe asked.

Rad nodded even though he didn't know for sure. He hoped Uncle Ben was a soldier. Half the weapons in Uncle Ben's basement were illegal unless you were military and the other half was illegal no matter what. Some of them Rad didn't even recognize.

"He's this close to being certifiably insane" Sideswipe demonstrated the distance with his index finger and thumb.

"You do know fingers are touching, right?" Rad asked.

"Yes"

"Are you done being the voice of reason?"

"Yes" Sideswipe said.

"Ok here's the plan"


"So Ben is taking you on a road trip?" Optimus questioned. He seemed reluctant to believe anyone would suggest such a thing.

"Yes"

"And Sideswipe is going with you?" Optimus was really the only one who could give permission for Sideswipe to go, but everyone knew he wouldn't deny Rad anything with in reason.

"Yes" Rad nodded again.

"And your parents have agreed to this?" They had given in when Ben had done his helium impression.

"Yes"

"Ok then" Optimus looked concerned but there was really nothing he could do if Koji and T-Ai had already agreed to it. He felt even more concerned when Rad gave his cheeriest smile.


"I can't believe how easy that was", Sideswipe laughed.

"Optimus is like your typical grandparent. A pushover when it comes to something their grandchild wants" Rad explained.

Sideswipe shook his head at this. " So where are we off to?"

"Some place in the US. A small town called High Desert"

AN: This fic will get updated faster than Koji Son II because i have a clear view of where i want this to go right now and don't want to lose it