Okay, I know it's been a while since I updated this story- sorry by the way. But I've been busy. Last week my cousin's Grandfather Ed died from cancer(I was really close to him, his wife (alive) baby sat me before I started school, they were like a third set of grandparents to me) they didn't know he had it until it was too late. My cousins' have been having graduations left and right, I need to start packing to go to NYC Friday, then on a cruise a couple days after that to Canada, I haven't even started packing yet. And I just Plain haven't had it in me to write about this, I've been doing shorter stories instead.

Well, I should stop rambling and let you read the chapter already.

Shadows of Them

Allergy

"Honey, calm down, uh… Lori called me and told me she was staying the night at her friend Samantha's, she just forgot to give me her number…" Robert or Fred as he preferred to be called tried to calm his wife as she frantically asked him where their daughter was, he hated lying to her, but at the same time he wished he had had someone to lie for him when he disappeared because of the Autobots. He just hoped Optimus Prime was being more careful with humans now.

The phone rang, and his wife waved her hand, "Honey, will you get that?"

"Yes dear." He picked up the phone, "Hello?"

"Hey Fred, it's Bill. I was wondering if you'd seen Lori or my boys at all…?"

"No Bill, sorry, I think they're with um… friends." He covered the phone-mouth, "I can't talk about it right now Bill."

A sigh reached his ears from the phone, "Alright then, I'll talk to ya later than Fred. Bye."

"Um… guys? I don't feel so good…" Bud knelt on his knees, holding his stomach in pain, "I feel like I swallowed fire…"

"Bud-dude!" Jolt shouted, worried about his keeled-over friend.

Lori put a hand on his head, "He's running a fever; we need to get him somewhere he can rest…"

"Nonsense, he's probably just hungry." Kamirra didn't sound worried, she actually seemed happy. She pulled a pink and purple fruit from a bag on her hip, "Eat this Bud, it will make you feel better."

"It looks poisonous to me." Lori muttered.

Jolt held out his hand, "Let me scan it please Miss Kamirra."

She clutched it, making green juice drip from it, "That isn't necessary, I've been eating this kind of fruit since I arrived, and it's fresh so there's no way it could be a bad piece of fruit."

Kobe looked at her suspiciously, "What if he's allergic to the fruit on this planet?"

"Don't be silly!" Kamirra knelt next to Bud, she then squeezed the juice into her hand, making a pool of swirling green liquid, "Go on- drink it."

"Kamirra!" A blue, red and white mech approached, clearing his throat, "My scanners show he's having an allergic reaction, stop trying to make him drink more of it."

"But Ultra Magnus-!"

"No buts!" He transformed, opening his door, "Get in kids, he should see Red Alert and Arial Alert."

"You know them?" Lori asked as they climbed into him (the Minicons transforming to follow him), Kamirra looking ashamed.

He laughed as he began to drive, "Of course I do! Arial Alert is my Niece's sparkling."

Kobe blinked, "Are you related to Optimus or Elita?"

"Optimus is my brother- you know him?"

"Yes, we came to this planet with him and his team, we were just trying to track down Red and see if he'd come back… But now I don't know if we should take him back. We don't even know if we'll be able to get back home."

Ultra Magnus drove faster, the Minicons barely keeping up with him. He was silent for a while then whispered, "Knowing my brother- neither hell, nor high water, nor even Megatron will stop him from getting you kids home where you belong. I'm sure of it."

"Thanks Ultra Magnus."

Red Alert looked down at Arial Alert and Code Red, they were curled up in Destiny Prime's lap, beginning to doze off. Red Alert's arms were wrapped around his bondmate, their youngest sparkling Pax in Destiny's arms. Pax's yellow visor was glowing looking at her creators.

Destiny pointed to herself almost cooing to the little sparkling, "Mommy, Pax, can you say Mommy?" the little sparkling smiled and hugged her. Destiny sighed and pointed to Red Alert, "What about Daddy? Can you say Daddy?"

Pax pointed to Destiny, "Mada!" then to Red Alert, "Dama!"

Destiny and Red Alert looked at each other, optics and visor flickering, saying in synchronization, "Mada and Dama?"

"Mada!" Pax chirped, hugging her primary creator again.

Code Red's optics flickered back online, "Ace, isn't that cute? Pax thinks Mommy is Mada and Daddy is Dama."

Ace smirked, "At least Mommy's new nick-name sounds kinda like Mother, Daddy's just sounds weird."

Destiny shook her head, "Oh Ace… you're so like you're Daddy, a rather… dry sense of humor…"

Red Alert shook his head just before his communicator sounded, he groaned, wishing their tender family moment hadn't been interrupted, "Red Alert, what is it?"

Ultra Magnus' voice came through the com, "Red Alert! I need you and Ace at the entrance pronto, I'll be there in about fourty clicks!"

"Why?"

"You're human friend Bud is having a serious allergic reaction to the food here, he needs medical attention."

Ace jumped off the recharge bunk, running over to the door, "Daddy! What are you waiting for?"

Red Alert move swiftly off the bunk, reaching his arm with the communicator up to his mouth, "We'll be there in ten clicks waiting."

Optimus Primewas speaking with Elita-1, DeathScythe and Blurr, they lookied up when they heard two sets of footsteps approaching. Red Alert and Ace ran through, opening the door. Optimus looked at them, "What's going on?"

"Bud had an allergic reaction to the food here, he needs medical attention." Red Alert answered, waiting.

"Is the boy going to be alright?" Blurr asked.

"We'll have to look at him first, if it isn't too bad Ace should be able to fix him."

Optimus raised an optic ridge, "He isn't a robot, how can she fix a human?"

Ace smirked, "Primus' gift Grandpa. It isn't as strong as the other servants gifts, but I can repair things and people, even human people, and they're usually okay."

The kids and Minicons ran in carrying Bud, Ultra Magnus following short behind. Optimus blinked, "Magnus?"

DeathScythe waved her hand, "Hi Demority."

"Hi Sweetheart." He muttered, looking at Red Alert, "I'm worried about him, his temperature has been rising since-"

Ace tapped the side of her helmet and a scanner dropped down over her optics, she looked to Kobe, "I'm assuming 103.547 is a bad temperature for humans?" Kobe shook his head, Ace nodded in understanding, "I should be able to fix him." She seemed to scan his entire body, "The focus point seems to be here." She pointed to his lower stomach.

She placed her hands on his stomach, her hands glowing slightly. Almost immediately he stopped sweating and began breathing more normally. Ace fell backwards, Red Alert catching her in his arms, "Ace?"

"I'll be okay Daddy… this is why I hate fixing humans often though, it kinda hurts."

Red Alert cradled her tenderly, "I know Ace."

Code Red ran over, "Bud and Ace going to be okay Daddy?"

Red Alert nodded, "They just need rest Cody. Where's you're primary?"

Cody shrugged, "I still say you Calling Mommy my Primary is wierd Daddy. Mommy was gonna come, but Pax is throwing a fit, don't know why…"

"It was because she felt Red Alert's concern, like Starr Prime said, she is effected by the emotions of others." Destiny was holding Pax tenderly in the hall entrance, "She is usually right you know."

Pax smiled when she saw Optimus, "Oose!"

"Oose?" Optimus muttered quizzically, "She thinks my name is Oose?"

Red Alert snorted, "It's closer than Dama."

"Dama? She thinks you're name is Dama?" DeathScythe laughed as Red Alert nodded, "That's so cute!" she glanced at Blurr, "Ya know Blur…"

"Don't even think about it, we agreed on one." Blurr grumbled, ignoring her arms wrapped around him, "And don't try the puppy face, that works on me as well as Chaser's puppy-face does."

"Riiiight…"

Elita shook her head, "When is their trial?"

Destiny looked to the floor, "Three hours."

Pax cocked her head sideways in confusion, "Mada?" as if asking what was wrong. At not receiving an expressional answer, she looked at Elita, "Ta-un?"

Elita smiled, "Ta-un was you're first word Destiny…"

Destiny rolled her eyes, "Comility…"

"TURBINE!" They heard Jetfire bellow, his footsteps pounding from the hall, Turbine ran in, smirking and triumphantly holding up his face mask. He ran in after her, his hand over his mouth, "Slaggit Turbine! If you don't give that to me right now I swear to Primus…!"

Turbine dangled it in the air, "What're ya gonna do, take it from me? Ha!"

Several other 'bots had come at the ruckus, including Gaea Prime, "What in the name of Primacron…?" when she saw Turbine holding up Jetfire's facemask, Gaea laughed, "Ah… so, you're keeping you're bondmate in his place…"

If Jetfire's optic ridges could be seen, they would have been set in an angry stare, "Turbine, just hand it over…"

She smirked, "Give me one reason not to smash it."

"Um…" he scratched his head with his free hand, shoulders suddenly slumping, "Uhg… You win."

"Okay Jets." She kissed him on the partially exposed cheek, handing him his mask back, "That's all I wanted to hear."

Jetfire turned his back to the group and re-attached his mask, turning back muttering, "You're nuts."

She got up in his face, "At least I'm not an egotistical-"

"Oh don't get started with me on who has the biggest ego- you know I'll win."

Hotshot blinked, "Whoa… weird…"

Vector Prime put a hand on Hotshot's shoulder, "You'll understand when you're bonded son."

Override shook her head, "Excuse me, but when exactly is it that we'll know when we can go back to earth or not?"

Scattershot nodded in agreement, "That would be nice to know."

Landmine looked at Destiny, "Well Sweetheart? When do we get to find out when we're going home?"

"Don't you mean if Landmine? But… in about three hours."

Pax reached out to Landmine, "And!"

Landmine smiled, "Little cutie isn't she?" He glanced at Red Alert and jokingly said, "Now where in the universe did she get that from?"

"Slag you Landmine." Red Alert said bitterly.

"Ag!" Pax chirped, giggling at the startled looks on the adult's faces.

"Um… Perhaps we should go to see the council a bit early…"

Ultra Magnus nodded, "Agreed sister."(This was said metaphorically, like calling a mother-in-law mother, this is a "sister-in-law" being called sister)

Red Alert nodded, "I think that's the second best idea I've heard all day." Muttering so low under his breath that no one but the daughter in his arms heard him, "The best being spending alone time with my bondmate and sparklings…"

Kamirra interrupted, "I didn't mean to hurt Bud, but no one has ever had such a terrible reaction to the food here on Tolerace, so I just thought…"

"It's okay Kami." Destiny whispered, "He's alright now. Just try to be more careful with newcomers."

Kamirra nodded, "Thanks for the vote of support."

Okay People, I'm done. What'd ya think? RnR if it isn't too much trouble.