Chapter 19: Suspended

After getting the Allspark back from S7 and bringing two new members of the family back to the base, Miko was suspended from school for leaving detention and had to be out of school for the whole month, which was somewhat of a bummer for the girl as she hated being suspended for something that was really Sierra's fault. Arcee and the rest of the Autobots didn't mind the principal for doing such a thing since he was doing his job, but they knew who really deserved to be suspended. Despite that, the Autobots were joyful to have the opportunity to educate the girl with their history, agriculture, science, and their language. Even Ultra Magnus had took his part on teaching Miko about military command and teaching her how to serve her commanding officer in any situation. The Japanese girl took to the teachings like a fish to water, no doubt because it was her family teaching her.

She was currently sitting down at the table studying the Cybertronian language since her mom was about to give her test to see if she could say them while Arcee was reading her mom magazine that June had recommended for her and Windblade to read the same literature as her. "This is hurting my brain. And here I thought learning Spanish is difficult," Miko said, scrolling down her new computer that was actually Brains, who took the form of a laptop since he wanted to stay with her at all times when she returned to school.

"It's not so hard to understand it, sweetie. You just have to like it," Arcee said encouragingly, flipping the page from her magazine. Miko rested her head on her hand in tiredness since just this once she would rather be in school than to be learning something that literally out of this world. "Ready for your test?" Arcee asked, taking her eyes off of her book to look at her sparkling.

"Somewhat," the girl replied before seeing her screen changed into a test mode, which didn't amuse her in the slightest. "You're something else, Brains," she said seriously.

"I know. Now begin testing," he told her before feeling the mouse being moved by the girl to answer the questions.

It didn't take long for Miko to pass her test with ease and earn herself a whole day off from studying, much to her relief and she headed out of the room to go hang with Brains in the main room to wait until her boyfriend and best friend/cousin got back from school. Brains sat down comfortably with an oil can in hand while watching TV with the girl after he had finished downloading information for the Autobots on the remaining relic that would benefit Optimus big time since this particular weapon was made for him. Miko took eyes off the TV screen to see Bumblebee pulling up into the base after picking up both Jack and Raf and got up to hear the exciting news of school from the boys.

"How's school, you guys?" She asked before kissing Jack on the lips.

"Oh, it was find and all. Oh, and here's your homework for the day," said Raf, pulling his book bag off and unzipping it open and gave the packet to his cousin.

"Thanks," Miko said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"Hey, babe, I wouldn't mind staying home for a month. You could call yourself lucky," Jack pointed out before taking his girlfriend's hand and guiding her back to the TV.

The teenager sighed and looked at him. "I guess," she said before smiling and snuggling into his side. "At least you're here now."

Raf went to where his adoptive mom was, as she was currently taking it easy after a long day of sneaking into Megatron's warship and bringing back the hammer of Solus Prime without being spotted since she had been specially trained to move unnoticed and without being sighted as she had also mastered the skill of being absolutely quiet and deadly at the same time. Raf snuck in and see Windblade sitting down on her and Bulkhead's bed, polishing her blade sword with a hum and a smile on her face. "Hi, Mom," Raf said, getting her attention.

"Oh, hi sweetie, how was school?" She asked before putting her weapon down up against the wall. Raf came over to her and got lifted up for a hug and a kiss from his Cyberton mom, and loved ever second of her affection whenever he saw the female Autobot.

"It was great. Cindy is one awesome girl to date," he said before seeing his mom flinch at the name Cindy.

He should have seen something like this coming since telling his mom that he was dating Cindy now, thanks to Miko and ever since was now distrusting the girl and now Raf knew how Miko felt. "Anything else besides her?" Windblade asked, hoping the answer was a no.

"Uh, no. No that is all, Mom. Can you please put me down?" He asked her before being put down and heading out the room with relief.

Seeing her son was out of sight, she got mad at the girl as she didn't like anything about her, knowing very well what pretty young girls want from a boy. "I need to talk to Arcee about this," Windblade said to herself, heading out to see her best friend.

Arcee was still in her room, looking over the plans that she had planned for both herself and her daughter, unable to wait any longer to put them into play before hearing a knock on her door and going over to slide it open, finding Windblade on the other side.

"Arcee, I need to have a mom to mom talk about my Raf's Cindy," the other femme said, going up to her best friend.

"Oh? You're experiencing the same thing that I'm dealing with. I have a feeling that Jack is up to something and wanted things planned out before putting it to play on my Miko," Arcee, who was being paranoid about that again, said.

"Yes, now I know. Cindy is up to something too, but I can't figure it out right now. I really truly hate that," Windblade said, grabbing a near by oil can and drinking it down.

"Same here with Jack. I know his trying his best to get into my daughters pants, but he better not," the blue femme said before getting up to make dinner.

Windblade nodded in agreement as she too was now finally experiencing what being a mom was and so glad to have the opportunity to enjoy it. "So how should I keep an eye on Raf and Cindy?" She asked.

"Easy. Hack their phones and listen in on what they're saying. That is how I do it with Jack and Miko," her friend said, turning the oven on and taking out already-seasoned chicken from the fridge.

The two talked for a good while until Optimus returned back from acquiring the relic that turns out to be one of the Primes greatest weapon, the Star Saber. He had been test running his sword to see if the story was true and had no doubts about it, and couldn't help but smile to see that things were going their way for once. "Now let's see what the future may bring us," he told himself when heading to his quarters and rest for the day since there was no need to go Energon hunting anymore now that Ratchet could make Synthetic Energon, plus having the Allspark in their possession and currently locked up in the storage unit. Now the only thing that concerned Optimus Prime was figuring out what Megatron was up to this time, and to be ready to take on whatever his former brother had in store for him, his Autobots, and Earth.

"I miss my wife and child. Every single day. And I know his misses his wife and child as well. And the blame of their deaths falls all on him," the leader said to himself, remembering that painful day back on Cyberton in his mind.

He was furious about that day as that was the most painful thing to witness during the fight on Cyberton, the day that changed Megatron into the way he was and cursed him for causing his family to die in that explosion while the families were evacuating.

Optimus still held that painful memory dear to him and knew that his brother had the same feeling as well. He could see it in the red eyes that used to be blue, filled with kindness and generosity.

But now he only saw anger and hatred in those red eyes. "When will you see the destruction that you created, Megatron? When?" The leader of the Autobots asked to no one in particular.

Unfortunately, if Megatron ever did see it, it was too late to restore the lives lost. Even though the Allspark could help the Autobots repopulate their race, it couldn't bring back the countless, innocent lives lost in the destruction of Cybertron.

Optimus vowed that he would find a way to end the war and prevent the same tragedy that had stolen his family away from happening ever again.

He wouldn't let Earth suffer Cybertron's demise.

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