Hello, and welcome back to another chapter. I chose to skip an episode because all it was doing was giving me writer's block and hurting my brain with all the late nights of trying to figure a way to write it.

So yeah.

This chapter is set during 'Metal Attraction' so expect June Darby to pop up at some point. Also, I looked at some of the comments you guys left and used them for this chapter.

This chapter alternates between no one's POV and Silver Sun's POV.

I'm sorry I forgot to include a quote for the last one so - to make up for it - I found one now.

Enjoy!

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's lives."

- Richard Bach.

And for this chapter...

"When you mess with the little sister, there's always an older, slightly-crazy sister next to her who'll despise you and won't mind jail-time."

- Anonymous person who has an older sister.

Chapter Eight : Overprotection and a Confession

"I don't think I heard right," I spoke to Arcee through the computer, "You're what?"

She and Bulkhead had gone on a reconnaissance mission to investigate a spiral of magnetism and...let's just say it had unexpected results.

"Magnetised," my sister repeated, though I still didn't believe it.

"You've been magnetised?" Ratchet questioned, "Together?"

"They're inseparable," Miko muttered over the link.

"Miko? How did you even-?" I looked around, realising she wasn't there before sighing, "Nevermind."

Bulkhead spoke, "The device that did this is on its way to Megatron."

"A polarity gauntlet?" I asked my mentor.

Ratchet turned to Raf, Jack and Jack's Mom, "A deceptively simple but diabolical creation."

Arcee sighed, "Just tell me you can unhitch us."

"It may simply be a residual magnetic charge providing you're current...attraction."

I unknowingly giggled when he said that. He looked at me, confused. I tried to keep a straight face, shrugging apologetically.

"Sorry," I said, though an uncontrollable smile was on my face.

Then Miko's voice came through the base, "THEY'RE NOT ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER!"

I have no idea how I didn't double over laughing. Biting my lower lip, I just kept it all in and tried to think of something sad so I wouldn't burst out into laughter.

"However," Ratchet continued, "Retrieving the polarity gauntlet in our surest bet of reversing its effect. Once Megatron gets his hands on the gauntlet-"

"-He'll use it for a whole lot more than attaching family photos to the fridge," Jack realised.

June spoke up, "Jack, I'm not following."

"Mrs Darby," I began, "We're forged from metal alloy. If Megatron can repel us with the flick of a switch, our chances of winning this war go down the drain."

"Instant force-feild," Raf explained.

"Worse yet, he might use it to meld us all into a scrap pile," Ratchet added while working at the computer, "The good news is the gauntlet hasn't travelled far."

It was kind of worrying knowing that our best chance of getting back the gauntlet were now stuck together.

"I would strongly advise pursuit," Ratchet informed them.

Although after that 'meld' comment the word 'advise' was really 'get that thing back or we'll all die undoubtedly'.

"We can catch up faster on wheels," Bulkhead said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Arcee objected, "And snap me in half?"

"Riiiiight,"

"Sweet! Miko exclaimed, I'll take point."

My sister disagreed, "Not this time, kid."

"What? But you said-!"

"That was recon. This is war. I'm not risking your wellbeing just so you can hit your daily adrenaline quota. Ratchet, Miko needs a bridge."

"Coming up," Ratchet, who had been silently wishing they'd finish the conversation, told her.

An agitated groan came from the other line, "You think Jack's Mom is bad? You sound just like her!"

June looked up at the mention of her before turning to Jack, "Is that such a bad thing?"

"Wh-uh..." He sighed, giving up and walking over to the TV, "I'm...gonna go over here."

Raf obviously wanted to follow, but instead gave June a fake-happy grin. The kid was too polite for his own good.

Then she looked to me, "Well?"

"Um..." What was I supposed to say? "Hey, Ratchet, remember those datapads you told me to get?"

He shook his helm, "Nope."

I glared slightly at him for not helping my case, "W-Well, I do...so...bye."

With that, I spun around and speed-walked out of the room.

Just when I thought I was overcoming my social anxiety.

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I yawned as I looked over the seventh datapad. They were like books, only as tablets, so I guess they were more like...what's the human word again? Oh right, eBooks.

To be honest, I was just trying to stay out of the room for as long as possible. So I just sat on the floor of the storage room as I talked to Bumblebee over the radio.

"So, no one's gonna tell June that she's kinda going totally Mama-Cyberfox on the kids?" He asked.

"Yeah," I replied, "I mean, Ratchet doesn't really mind, Raf is too polite, Jack is scared of his mom, Miko is...well Miko and I'm don't want to offend her."

"She won't be offended if you just tell her the right way," He suggested.

I laughed lightly, "Yeah, and what's the 'right way'? 'Hey, June, I know Jack's your son and all but we're giant robots from an unknown planet so you need to listen to us on how to protect him'? That's way to much stress for one-"

"Silver Sun?" A voice came from the hallway.

Oh scrap, I thought.

"Got to go," I said abruptly to Bumblebee before quickly hanging up the call.

Glancing up, I saw June standing awkwardly waiting for an invitation to be allowed in.

"Hey-hi, Mrs Darby," I greeted, hoping she wouldn't bring up what had happened earlier.

"Ratchet said I'd find you in here."

"He did?"

She nodded, "Yes. I...wanted to talk to you about something."

"Um..." I shrugged as innocently as possible, "S-sure. What is it?"

The human woman inhaled deeply, closing her eyes and then opening them again to look up at me, "Why doesn't your sister like me?"

"Oh boy," I sighed, "You might wanna sit down. That's a complicated question."

June listened, walking over and sitting down on a box opposite me.

I inhaled, "Well. First off, you should know, Arcee doesn't dislike you."

"She doesn't?"

"No. It's just...the thing you gotta understand about my sister is that she doesn't like change. It'll take time, but she will eventually get used to you being here."

"Well...I just worry about Jack. I mean, he was able to keep this thing from me for so long. I don't want him to hide stuff from me and then end up..."

She trailed off, not wanting to finish her sentence. But I knew what she was getting at. Her gaze rested on the floor. The emotion on her face was like regret and fear mixed into one.

I sighed, wondering what I'd done to deserve the role as the serious-talk sister, "Mrs Darby, I can honestly say that there isn't a single Autobot at this base that wouldn't put their life on the line to keep Jack and you safe, or Raf and Miko for that matter. I know it isn't an easy thing, letting someone you love go off and be in situations beyond you're control."

"You sound like you're speaking from experience," June guessed.

"Me? No," I shook my helm, "But my sister knows better than anybody. She...hasn't exactly accpeted that I'm a grown femme now."

She smiled, "I could tell you two are close."

I nodded, "Yeah. Growing up, Arcee was the only one I considered family. Well, her and Ratchet. I could count on her to stick by me, at least until the Exodus of Cybertron." I stared nonchalantly into space, "So many families were separated when that happened."

"Oh, Silver Sun, I'm so sorry," June apologised, "I shouldn't have brought it up."

"I-It's fine, Mrs Darby. Really," I half-smiled, "I guess, what I'm trying to say is that my sister is probably the most protective Autobot you're ever gonna meet. And making her feel like she isn't doing enough to keep someone she cares about safe will offend her, more than she's willing to admit."

June paused fora minute before taking in what I'd said, "I understand. Thank you for this."

I smiled back at her, "No problem."

Just then, I got a call over the radio.

"Silver? You there?" Bumblebee sounded from over the com-link, "We just went underground and I think it cut off the comm."

I could feel myself turn red as I turned away from June, "Uh, hi, Bumblebee. This is kind of not the best time."

"Oh, ok," He replied, "I'll probably see you when we get back then.

"Ok, Bee, see you then," I quickly cut off the link again.

When I looked back, June was smiling.

"I didn't know Cybertronians could blush," She smirked.

My face felt even hotter, "W-Well it's not like it's all that important."

Her smile grew wider, "Was that Bumblebee on the com-link?" I nodded shyly, "And he's the reason you're going redder than a tomato?"

"No!" I denied quickly. Too quickly, "I-I-I mean...He's...and I'm...we're just...friends."

"You have no idea do you?"

"O-Of what?"

"Nevermind," She just laughed lightly, luckily deciding to change the subject, "So, should we get back to the others?"

"Yeah."

In all honesty, I was just glad that we'd gotten past all the awkward topics. Standing up, I carefully put the datapds back on the shelf.

Mrs Darby laughed lightly as we walked out of the room, "You know, I always thought that if aliens existed you would be like they were in Guardians of the Galaxy."

I smiled, "I watched that with Bumblebee on the weekend."

She smirked, "Is that right?"

"I-I mean, not with him but k-kinda in the background, you know?" I corrected myself, "Y-You know how he and Raf are - into Marvel and everything. I mean, I'm not into it, but he loves it. So I'm willing to try watchig the movies a-and Captain America's my favourite and...I'm just gonna stop talking now..."

Her smirk didn't disappear, "Ok."

I sighed, Primus, Why me?

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Meanwhile, at some random place in the middle of nowhere...

Bulkhead determinedly held back Breakdown's hammer just metres from his helm. Arcee was still crushed beneath him, trying to avoid being Airachnid's next victim.

Forcefully, the green mech threw Breakdown into the spider-bot, causing them to fly backwards. They hit the ground with a painful scrape.

Arcee leapt up, stretching her arms as she realised she wasn't stuck to the mech anymore.

She turned to him, "I'm free!"

Glaring at the beaten-down Decepticon, she ran towards the polarity gauntlet, which sat conveniently in front of him. Arcee swiftly dodged a swipe from him, kicking him in the face and pushing the relic towards Bulkhead.

Breakdown smirked as he got up to face her, "Hey, Arcee, I hear that pacifist femme's your little sis. What was her name again? Oh right, Silver Sun."

At the remark, he threw yet another punch in an attempt to catch the blue Autobot. She avoided it yet again hitting him in the back and causing him to fall to the ground.

"Keep her name out of your mouth," She warned.

"Who? Silver?" He taunted as he regained his balance again, "I don't call her that." A smirk formed on his face, "No, I call her 'sweetspark'."

That was it.

The blue femme unsheathed her arm blades, throwing several strong punches at the mech as he tried to dodge, slashing through his armour like it was rubber.

He finally managed to grab one of her arms, "What, she didn't mention me?"

She used her free arm to slice the arm that he was using to stop her. He let go and stepped back in surprise.

"You dare to ever come near my sister, you so much as mention her to anyone again-" Anger laced her voice, "-and you're a dead mech. Autobot or not, I will kill you."

As she was about to hit the mech again, she felt latch onto her arm and draw her away from the him. Her glare landed on Airachnid as she crashed into the purple femme.

"You picked the wrong day to mess with me, Airachnid," She warned.

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Back to Base (Silver Sun's POV)

"Wait," I stopped Raf from explaining as I took it all in, "So...this guy - Arnim Zola - in The First Avenger he was a human, right?"

"Right," Raf confirmed.

"And...somehow in The Winter Soldier, he transfers his consciousness into a computer system from the nineteen-seventies?"

"Yep," He said.

"Huh," I thought, "Marvel is so complicated."

Raf shrugged, "Yeah. But it'll all be worth memorising when Infinity War comes out. Bee and I are going to see it at least three times."

"Yes, yes, very good," Ratchet mumbled from over at the other computer.

A smile came across my face as I resumed typing into the computer.

"We need a bridge back to base," Arcee's voice came through the com-link, but with a little edge in her voice.

As Ratchet activated the ground bridge, I saw Arcee storm through the portal into the base, cautiously followed by Bulkhead, who looked a little wary as well. In her servo she carried the polarity gauntlet.

"Souvenir," Bulkhead explained, "But-"

"-We don't advise indoor use," Arcee completed.

Miko rolled her eyes, "Ew, they even finish each others sentences."

But her guardian was able to distract her with new battle scars.

"Arcee, hey!" Jack greeted only to be stopped by his mom, "Wh-?"

"Lets the adults talk," She interrupted.

I silently hoped that Mrs Darby had actually taken into account what I'd said earlier. My sister turned to face her.

"Arcee," June said, "I think I owe you an apology."

Arcee looked at her in confusion, "You do?"

"I worry. Especially when I feel like I can't control things - which with a teenager is all the time. Jack and I have always been close, especially after his dad left and...I guess it's hard to accept that all that's changing. I mean, I knew it would someday but you're not quite the type of girl I thought Jack would be ditching me for."

My sister just half-smiled, "I think we've all been a little guilty of staying attached to the way things were. Speaking of which-" She turned to me, "-you, follow me. We need to talk."

My entire frame froze when she said those words, "D-Did I do something wrong?"

"More than ever before," She began walking away.

I just sighed and shrugged at the guys, "Well, it was nice knowing you."

By then Arcee had already stormed out of the room. I reluctantly followed, silently dreading whatever she was mad at me for. I followed her into the training room as she shut the door behind me.

"Sit," She ordered, pointing to the huge crates that sat opposite each other.

Slightly scared, I did as I was told. Arcee stayed with her arms folded by the door. Her gaze rested on the floor, like anger mixed with hurt.

"Arcee? What is it?" I asked nervously, "Sis, you're scaring me."

"You know who I was fighting earlier on?"

"Um...Decepticons?" I guessed.

She didn't think it was funny though, "Breakdown."

"Oh." Was all I said, even though inside I was silently praying that he didn't say what I thought he did.

"Why didn't you tell me?" My sister asked.

I opened my mouth to speak, but all that came out was, "I...I didn't...I was trying to..."

"Trying to what, Silver?" Arcee responded, but not in the harsh tone she'd usually use when we were fighting.

"Trying to spare everyone the humiliation," I somehow managed to form a whole sentence.

My sister didn't seem to understand, "Humiliation?"

I sighed, "I'm an Autobot who can't fight, nearly died on her first mission and is basically a freak. I didn't want to add the fact that the first mech to notice me being a Decepticon to the list."

"Silver-"

"A-And you're my sister!" I carried on rambling, as I stood up, "I mean, I have to try and live up to you. I tried so hard in school to be like you, but...I couldn't. And I still can't be as strong as you. I-I mean if you'd been there instead of me when Bumblebee was being mind-controlled, you would've stopped Megatron. All I managed to do was get myself shot."

I finaly stopped, taking a deep breath and closing my optics, "So yeah, I didn't tell you about Breakdown flirting with me. I didn't want to give you another reason to be disappointed in me."

After that outburst, I wasn't really sure what to expect from Arcee. That was the first time I'd admitted to all of that. Honestly, I was expecting judgement, yelling.

I didn't dare open my eyes for fear that I would start crying.

Arcee didn't say anything.

I heard light footsteps on the ground, nearing closer to me. I flinched as I felt Arcee embrace me in a hug. Finally, I exhaled, willingly accepting her attempt to comfort me. Tears streamed down my face like I'd just watched Titanic.

"Silver Sun," Arcee rarely ever used my full name, "Nothing you could ever do will ever make me disappointed in you."

I shook my helm, "I've made so many mistakes."

"So have I. So has everyone in this entire place but that doesn't mean I think any less of you. You're always gonna be my little sister that followed me everywhere I went. Smiled when you saw fireworks outside at the Elite Guard Ceremony. You've grown a lot since then and I'm so proud of you. But that doesn't mean I won't still protect you. From 'Cons and mechs."

Wiping my tears, I looked up at her, "Thank you."

She smiled, "Love you, sis."

My mouth broke into a smile, "Love you too, 'Cee."

My sister then asked, "So, did you have anything to do with June back there?"

I shrugged innocently, "Maybe..."

"What did you say to her?"

"Just that a certain femme knows a thing or two about being overprotective and that's something the two have in common."

Arcee looked away in guilt, "Well, I think the femme is just protective - June is over-protective."

"The femme's sister would disagree," I joked, "Hey, Arcee?"

"Yeah?"

"If I ever did think of anyone at base as more than a friend...would you promise not to hurt them?"

What scared me most was her pause before answering me, like she was actually considering doing it.

"Sure," She agreed, but the way she said it made my spark want to take cover in my abdomen, "Why do you ask?"

Just then a knock conveniently came from the door. Turning towards it, I saw a familiar black and yellow mech standing there.

"Hi, Arcee," He greeted nervously before turning to me, "Hey, Silver."

"Hi, Bee," I replied, noticing my sister smirk out of the corner if my optic, "How was the energon scouting?"

He shrugged, "Found a few cubes but nothing major. Did you finally tell June about the overprotective thing?"

"Yep. You ready?"

He nodded, "You bet."

"Ready for what?" Arcee questioned.

"Movie marathon of all Marvel movies before Avengers: Infinity War comes out," I explained.

"Miko said she'd join in, but it'll probably be Raf, you and me," Bumblebee said.

I stood up, turning one last time to Arcee, who's smirk was impossible to ignore, "See ya later, 'Cee."

"You kids have fun," She joked.

I rolled my optics as I turned to Bumblebee and we headed down towards the main room - where all eighteen of the Marvel movies were waiting. Even I have to admit, that was a weekend well spent.

Author's Note:

Hey, long time no see. This chapter was sooooooooooooo painful to write it was giving me a headache, but I saw it through.

FYI, Silver's telekinesis will return in the next episode.

Until then, Happy start-of-summer Break!!!

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