Chapter 9: Mom VS Mom

It was a peaceful Saturday as Arcee and Miko were about to go on a mountain hike until Bumblebee came back from picking up Jack, Raf, and June.

"Hey, Jack," said Miko as she ran over to her boyfriend, happy to see him.

Jack gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Hey, Babe. What's up?" He asked, smiling at her.

"Oh, nothing. Just going on a mountain hike with Mom and then to find some old Cybertronian computer records."

June grew very concerned as Miko said that since that was something that a child shouldn't be going on, so she went up to Arcee. "Are you really serious? You're really going to take your daughter on a dangerous mission? What kind of a mom are you?" She asked.

That statement made Arcee upset since she had history with June about the children's safety before, such as the one time with Jack. "June, I know what I'm doing and besides, I'm bringing Smokescreen with me in case something goes wrong," she said as she was trying not to get mad.

"Look, Arcee, in case you forgot, Miko is not Cybertronian. She's a human being and you're putting your own child in danger," June said.

When this was happening, Smokescreen, Bulkhead, and Wheeljack heard the whole fight between Arcee and June, wisely deciding to stay out of it, but they felt June was perhaps being a big harsh with Arcee.

"You know what? Fine. Miko, you stay put. Come on Smokescreen, let's go while I'm still in a good mood," Arcee said while trying to keep calm as she and Smokescreen went to the Groundbridge.

"Mom, that was wrong and you know it," said Jack, who was also upset. He knew his mom was just concerned, but Arcee had proven time and time again that she put the kids' safety first, especially after they had become partners.

June started thinking about it and realized what she did was wrong. "You're right, Jack. What was I thinking? Arcee is trying to be a great Mom to Miko."

"Speaking of Miko, where is she?" Bulkhead asked, noticing that his young friend was not there anymore.

Meanwhile, Arcee and Smokescreen made it to their destination and started heading out. "In my opinion, you're the best mom for Miko. June don't know what she's talking about," Smokescreen, who was trying to make Arcee feel better, said.

"Thank you, Smokescreen. It's just that June doesn't think that I can take care of my own daughter. I mean I protected Jack way before she knew we existed," Arcee said.

"Yeah, she has no right to question your motives, Mom. She's just jealous because you're a way better and cool Mom," said a familiar voice.

Smokescreen and Arcee both stopped and turned around to see Miko, who was carrying her backpack with water bottles inside, behind them. "Hey, wait a minute, how did you...?" Smokescreen started to ask, but the question died away.

Arcee pushed the button on her comlink. "Ratchet, bridge us back. We have a little stowaway," she said.

"Wait, don't send me back to the base, Mom," Miko pleaded, making Arcee stop and listen. "It's just that she doesn't understand that you're my mom and she's not. What I'm really saying is that I love you, Mom," the teenager said.

That made Arcee smile. "Ratchet, never mind," she said, ending the call and looking at her daughter. "Mama loves you more, pumpkin. Come on."

Smokescreen picked up Miko and put her on his shoulder with a smile. When they reach the top of the mountain, they saw Knockout and a few Cons carrying a big metal box containing a total of four hard drives full of Cybertronian information such as medical ingredients, history, records of Cybertron's prisoners, and blueprints for building a force shield.

"Okay, this is it. Miko, you stay right here, alright?" Smokescreen said as he put Miko down behind some rocks where she'd be safe while he and Arcee went to take care of the Cons. The teenager nodded and stayed put, knowing that if a Con spotted her, she was to call Base for a Groundbridge at once. Ready to do so at a moment's notice, but not wanting to miss the action, she poked her head up a little and grinned as she saw her mother take down a Con with a single punch and Smokescreen was ducking and dodging two others, making the two hit each other instead.

Miko pulled out her phone and began taking pictures of the smackdown, enjoying the fight, as Arcee and Smokescreen did a numbers game on Knockout and dropkicked him, making him let go of the box.

"My paint job! Do you know how hard it is to get every detail on my paint job?! And now I have to try to get the scratches off by buffing it out," the vain 'Con said.

"For a Decepticon, your a real complainer," Smokescreen quipped as he grabbed the box and Arcee grabbed Miko, transforming into her bike mode and driving off with Smokescreen also transforming and following after her.

"Ratchet, groundbridge us," Arcee said as Miko held on. Moments later, the bridge opened up and they were home free.

"Scrap. Megatron is going to have my head for this, unless I blame it on one of the Cons. Yes. that's it. That's what I'll do," Knockout said with a grin.

Meanwhile, back at the base, after Smokescreen handed Ratchet the box, June came up to Arcee. "Arcee, I wanted to say that I'm very sorry. It really wasn't my place to tell you how to take care of your child. It's what a Mom does for her child and they care for their children. It's a maternal instinct, something you clearly have."

Arcee smiled. "Thank you for the apology, June, and you're right about one thing. It's a maternal instinct, which I have all the time with Miko. She's my little sparkling, after all."

"One question, do you mind taking the kids trick or treating next week for Halloween since I have to work that day at the hospital?" June asked.

"No problem. It's going to be my first time going and I'm taking Miko anyway since, sadly, this her very time as well," Arcee said while she and June were looking at Jack and Miko, who were cuddling together and gave each other a quick kiss on the lips so there parents wouldn't see it, but they already had.

"Lovebirds. What can you do, huh?" June asked with a smile.

"Agreed. Are you going to take them to the movies tonight or am I?"

"I'm going to take them. No worries at all. I remember my first time going to the movies with my husband. How about you?" The human nurse asked with a smile.

"For me, my husband and I did something similar, but that's old history," the blue femme as she looked at her daughter with happiness. She was proud to be the mother of the teenage girl.

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