Chapter 20: Miko's Birthday-Part 1

In there room having dinner time together, Miko was eating her steak and cheese broccoli while Arcee was looking at her with a big smile on her face, waiting for her baby girl to ask about the too-happy face of hers. Her hopes were correct as Miko noticed and was curious.

"Mom why are so happy about?" she asked before picking up her cup of water and taking a drink.

"Well pumpkin pie, next week is your big special day. And I for one am totally ready for your birthday. Whatever you want on your birthday, it's your wish," Arcee said, smiling widely.

The one thing that blue femme didn't expected was her daughter not showing even the slightest emotion of happiness about her birthday. Instead, she just shrugged her shoulders and resumed back to cutting her steak, put a piece in her mouth to chew and swallow before replying.

"I don't want to celebrate my birthday, Mom. To me, it's just a plain old day and a waste of time and money," she said softly.

Hearing that from her daughter, Arcee's smile dropped and she had an upset look on her face, feeling so hurt to hear that from her own child. "But pumpkin, it's your special day next week. And you don't want to celebrate your precious life? Why not?" She asked, having a strong feeling that it had to do something with her former foster parents.

"Because I've never had a birthday party for years while I had to watch others celebrate their birth, and frankly, I came to realize that me being born doesn't matter. And I was told by Mr. and Mrs. Owens and I believed them," Miko said plainly, without showing a tear on her face.

Arcee was completely angry again about Miko's foster parents once more, and no matter how she, Jack, Windblade, and the rest have told her that it was in the past and she should let it go for good, unfortunately the harsh memories of those former foster parents still had a strong hold on the girl's mind and it was getting very irritating to Arcee, as she had killed many Cons doing her solo missions and still could relieve her anger about the situation. Heck, she even wished she could see and fight Arachnid again, but all of that would come to a permanent end since she requested Windblade to tell Jazz to install that special equipment for her daughter since every Bot agreed to allow the machine to be build just for her, and allow her to use it for her special day. "If that's what you want then, sweetie...okay," the blue femme said before getting up to go grab herself a can of mixed oil, drinking it down before leaving the room.

Miko just ignored her mother's disappointment and focused on eating her juicy steak, and later taking her bath before going to bed, sighing softly. She hadn't been lying about not wanting to celebrate her birthday. Years of abuse had taught her to not look forward to something like that and she used to get jealous of others having birthdays, but decided that it just wasn't worth it and if she wasn't looking forward to it and ignored her day of birth completely, then she wouldn't be let down when her birthday actually came. Christmas had been a big surprise, one that she hadn't been completely expecting, but the teenager still didn't get her hopes up, though she was glad to be in a good home for her birthday. Deciding that was actually the best gift to receive, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

In the rec room...

"She said that?" Grimlock, who was currently beating Evac and Ironhide both in an arm wrestling match, asked in shock.

"Yes, and I don't care if she doesn't want to celebrate her birthday. She's going to get one if she like it or not," Arcee, who was so upset about the situation, said.

"We should start setting up for her birthday next week. I mean, what kind of kid doesn't want to have their very own birthday party?" Wheeljack asked, determined to help Arcee make Miko's birthday one the young girl would always remember.

"I agree. Miko deserves a special party just for her. No excuses or exception," Ultra Magnus, who was sitting down watching the rematch between Evac and Grimlock, said in a sure voice.

"Say the word, Miss Arcee, and we'll help in any way we can," Evac said. Despite having only met the child not that long ago when they had gone to get Brains and the Allspark, the young mech had a huge soft spot for the Japanese girl who was not only spunky, but brave too.

Arcee nodded in agreement, determined to give the child a party and make sure that it was going to be great. She decided to make it a surprise party for Miko and so called Jack to come pick Miko up the next week and let her spend four days at his and June's home, since her birthday was on Friday. "She's going to love her birthday and that special gift that I have requested," she said, absolutely determined to make it happen for the teenager who deserved to have a fantastic party.

Next day...

"Are you sure that your mom is okay with me spending four days at your house?" Miko asked her boyfriend while they were eating lunch at school.

"Uh, yeah, she doesn't mind at all. And during those four days, we're going to have fun," Jack said as both he and Raf had things taken care of to distract Miko from knowing what was really going on.

"Well okay then, Jack Rabbit. I'll come stay at your place," she said, smiling brightly.

In her mind, she was wondering what the two were up to and couldn't help but feel that her mother had something to do with it, but she couldn't figure out what but also didn't like it one bit. She couldn't wait for it to be Friday of the next week. Perhaps she and Jack would go to the movies? Or she would just play some games at home. Her train of thought was interrupted when Cindy came up to them and sat beside her with a big smile on her face and taking a bite of her chicken tenders.

"Hi Cindy. Ready for science class after lunch?" Raf asked his girlfriend with happiness.

"Oh, yeah, I am, Raf Cakes. We're going to learn about atoms and how they work. That sounds cool, right?" Cindy asked, looking at Miko.

"Uh, yeah, that sounds exciting, Cindy," Miko said absentmindedly, before thinking back on what her mother was up to that was so important that she wanted for her to hang with Jack at his house for four days of next week, especially considering how protective the blue femme was.

Back at The Base...

"And I also want the big bouncy house and the fun obstacle course bouncy house as well. Oh, and I also want those cute mini cupcakes for an appetizer," Arcee told Fowler, who was writing down the big list and was looking forward for the girl's birthday too, especially seeing how the blue femme wanted to make it a good party for her daughter.

"Alright, Arcee, I'll get these sent here next week on Thursday," the agent promised before heading out to get the things that were on the list, smiling as he knew Miko would be surprised.

Arcee and Windblade were currently setting up a table that was decorated in light confetti and a table cloth that had a nice touch of pink to it as the two couldn't wait for the party. After setting it up, the blue femme gave Bulkhead Miko's duffle bag filled with clothes and shoes, as the green Autobot was going to pick up the kids in the next two hours, and he headed out early to go get them.

The rest of the Autobots were making their gifts for the sparkling and made sure that it would all be excellent, since Miko deserved nothing more than the absolute best gifts that they could make. "Miko is surely going to love her surprise birthday party, Arcee. I just know it," Windblade said in excitement since it had been so many years since she remembered the last time that she saw a sparkling's face light up when it was his or her birthday and now she couldn't wait to see it again, and this time it was her niece, which made it all the more exciting.

"I feel the same way too, Windblade. Plus, I can't wait to use that machine that we have finished test running," Arcee, who was getting ready to head to her room to plan the favorite cake that Miko would hopefully love, said.

Darby household...

"Are you sure my mom isn't up to something?" Miko, who was in Jack's room, asked her boyfriend.

Jack stopped watching TV and looked at his girlfriend and future wife with a playful eye roll. "Yes, Miko, I'm sure that your mom isn't up to something," he said plainly.

"You're sure?" She asked before deciding to finally let it go.

"Yes I'm sure. Now, how about a nice foot massage?" The young man asked, pulling both of Miko's feet to his lap and taking off her shoes and socks, noticing the girl's feet smelled a little.

"Sorry, Jack Rabbit. My feet get like that when I either play at the gym or when I get nervous at times," Miko explained in embarrassment.

"Are you kidding, babe? I love it and it's your feet that I'm smelling," Jack said, bending down to take a good strong sniff of her stinky feet, making the Japanese girl laugh.

"Ewwww, Jack! I didn't know you have a thing for feet fetish. Especially my feet," she said while groaning in appreciation as he began rubbing her feet.

"Only for your feet, babe. Only yours," he said, planting kisses on both of her sweet, sweaty, and smelly soles.

Miko just giggled and completely forgot about what her mother was planning and just enjoyed the sweet attention from her sweet lovable boyfriend, and could only see the bright side of the whole thing and just enjoy the attention, while Jack was enjoying it like it was absolutely pleasurable. Since his present was special for her since he couldn't wait to give it to her on her birthday, he had only told Raf about the gift idea that he had come up with for them.

Raf was in the same position as Jack, only the bespectacled boy had offered to massage Cindy's feet. As it was her biggest dream of having her rubbed, she agreed and enjoyed every moment of it.

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