Chapter 23: Cindy's New Car

After a great birthday and having her bad memories removed from her mind, Miko was a whole new girl. She was very hyped and more happy than Arcee and the others could ever hope for as she loved her family and gifts, and loved every second of her birthday. She was currently in the library doing study time with Cindy as she didn't mind studying with her best friend.

"I'm getting a new car! I'm very excited about, Miko!" Cindy told her with a big smile, remembering to keep her voice down so that they didn't disturb the others.

"I'm happy for you, Cindy. Your Mom and Dad have finally going to take you to get your very own car." Miko said, also keeping her voice low while reading her science book, happy for her friend.

Cindy explained a little bit more to Miko about going to the used car lot and buying a car that her eyes lay upon as it would be her dream car. After studying for the day and saying goodbye along with hearing the school bell rang, Miko rode with Raf in Bumblebee, who had his voice back thanks to Miko's Spark Key.

"Man, I completely forgot how I sound after so many solar cycles," Bumblebee spoke happily while driving down the road.

"Yeah, now we can understand what you say. This key is the best present for my birthday ever," the Japanese girl said, playing with her key. Her family told her that the Spark Key was not something to play around with as they told her that the relic that she has in her hands, is the same power as the Allspark and it would bring life to any machine. She had promised to be careful and so left it alone when seeing they were back home. They entered the base to find everyone standing around and looking worried.

"Tell me something, Miko, have you seen Evac? I sent him on a survey hunt around the area and haven't return. That's strange," Hot Rod said, worried about the rookie.

"Sorry, no," she said. "But I'm sure that he's alright. I mean, he's probably just gone out for a drive that's all." With an apologetic shrug, she walked to her room to get ready for the weekend.

It was two days after the weekend, a Monday, and Arcee was in the main part of the base looking at Miko's baby pictures that Agent Fowler had found and forgotten to give to her earlier, so he had delivered them with an apology, to which she forgave him as it had been crazy for a bit and thanked him for delivering the precious memories to her. The baby pictures were the most cutest things that her optics had ever laid eyes on. Her eyes looked up from her daughter's baby pictures at hearing a familiar engine hum, seeing Evac in his future car form just before he transformed and had a worried look on his face.

"Where were you, rookie? Ultra Magnus was about to send a search party for you," Arcee told him, closing the book in her hands.

"Well um, you see Arcee, I had fallen into a quick power nap and next thing I know, I was in a human's house parking lot. I...I was sold to a girl sparkling," Evac said, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Really? A human had thought you were a vacant car and towed you to a car sales lot and a young girl bought you? Oh, boy," Arcee said, rubbing her face as she sighed.

Windblade walked in and was surprised to see Evac here after he had been missing for just two days. "Commander Magnus is going to punish you for not responding back to base," Windblade told him with her hands on her hips.

"Here, check out the girl that bought me. You'll be surprised," Evac said, pushing his button on his arm and showed a recorded hologram video of the whole thing.

"Oh, Mommy and Daddy, I want this one! It's brand new and it's so high tech!" Cindy said happily while putting her fingers on the hood as her eyes shone.
"Oh, you like this one? Well my employer had found it just parked on the side of the road and so he brought it here. So I can charge you about say...five hundred dollars and I'll throw in a free car wash," said the owner of the used car lot.

"Very well, it's a deal. Now you can drive your boyfriend to anywhere your heart desires, honey bun," Cindy's mother said while her husband paid the man.

Cindy went over to her brand new car. "You're going to be my best friend for a lifetime. We're going to have so much fun as partners!" She said excitedly.

The video ended as Evac saw a shocked look on Windblade's face as she knows who that girl was all too well and now it looked like it was going to be a family meeting now. "Scrap!" She yelled before going to take a fly around the area.

It didn't took long for everyone to have the meeting since Optimus had gained information from Jazz and now had to decide on what to do.

"Another human at the base? Pfft, oh please, we have enough of them as it is," Ratchet said, being a grumpy bot as he is while working on a new tool that he had been working on for quite a while.

"Just the same, that is the situation. Evac, you're responsible for that sparkling, same as the others," Optimus told him before crossing his arms.

"So does that mean I have to bring her here?" Evac asked, already ready to take responsibility, though he had been 'forced' since Cindy had bought him, not knowing he was an Autobot, but he also knew that Cindy was Raf's girlfriend, so he was prepared to keep her safe.

"Yeah, why not? Cindy needs to know sooner or later, especially if Raf is going to marry her later on," Miko said before going back to reading her book.

"Well if my daughter agrees, then I have the same vote as her. Cindy might as well know about our existence," Arcee said in agreement before remembering that she had cookies baking in the oven and had to get them before they got burnt again.

Evac didn't completely like the idea of being a guardian for a sparkling and though prepared to do so, he didn't know if it would work out, but he had no choice but to accept it since they all knew that now Cindy was in danger if the Decepticons go a hold of her. He sighed. "I'll do my best to keep her safe," he said.

Optimus placed a hand on his shoulder. "It is a big responsibility, Evac," he said. "But I have faith in you."

"Thank you, Sir," the bot said.

Raf, who was also surprised, composed himself and smiled. "Well, I didn't expect it to happen so soon, but...maybe it's for the best," he said. "Just...promise me you won't let anything happen to her, Evac?"

Evac nodded. "You have my word, Raf," he said.

The next day...

Cindy was excited to drive her car again as she loved the vehicle so much. She got in and started the engine, driving off the school lot and heading for somewhere to eat. But that was when suddenly the wheel started to move by itself to her shock, as she haven't seen the car do that before, which made her assume it to be a highly intelligent car. "Man, I brought myself a nice smart car," Cindy commented, but didn't expect for the car to respond back.

"I'm more than a car, Cindy. I'm something else," Evac said, smiling to himself.

"AAAAAHHH!" Cindy shrieked in surprise. "Who said that?!"

"I did," the Autobot said. "I'm the car you're in, Cindy."

She began to look scared now. "W-Where are you taking me?" She asked as she began shaking.

"Someplace safe," he said. "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."

His calmness helped her to calm down a little. "Are you...taking me to your leader?" She asked.

A snort of laughter escaped him. "Yeah, but not for whatever reason you're thinking," he said, making the driver's seat vibrate like a massage chair. "Just relax. Nothing bad's going to happen."

He saw that they were out of human sight and sped up to head to the Autobot base and let Optimus explain everything to her, so she could be up to speed. They got inside and Evac let the girl get out before turning back to his real form and smiling at her, relieved when she smiled back in response. She adjusted her glasses and noticed Miko there looking at her with a warm smile on her face.

"You knew?" Cindy asked in shock, seeing Miko walk down the stairs.

"Always," she repsonded. "Plus, I want you to meet my mom, Arcee," she continued before Cindy heard big footsteps behind her and turned around to see a tall blue femme.

Arcee smiled, holding a plate of cookies in her hand. "It's so nice to meet you for the very first time, Cindy. I'm Miko's mother," she said, offering the plate to the girl.

Cindy nodded. "Thank you," she said, about to grab herself a sugar cookie when she heard another pair of feet behind her, and saw another femme who had her hands on her hips and was obviously dying to meet the girl that had stolen Raf's heart.

"My name is Windblade. I'm Miko's aunt and Raf's guardian mother," Windblade told her straight up and didn't want to let this opportunity slip away from her again. Plus she wanted to see Cindy's reaction.

"Oh, um, well it's an honor to meet you, ma'am. So this is where Raf and Jack goes when school is out," Cindy said while getting to know every single Bot with great interest. To everyone's relief and surprise, Cindy took everything rather well and Evac told them that he had revealed himself to her while they were driving. He left out the part where Cindy had freaked out because he didn't want to embarrass her, something she noticed and gave him a grateful look.

Meanwhile, Miko and Arcee were in their room looking over fun places to go for the summer, since they had one more month until school was out until the fall.

"I want to go to Rome, Italy, and Germany," Miko pointed out at the pictures in the travel.

"Alright, that sounds good, pumpkin pie. And we can go to New Orleans, Louisiana and Canada," Arcee said, typing it down on the computer that was Brains, pleased that her daughter had picked historic places to visit.

Miko smiled with so much zeal as well Arcee had the same feeling too. She loved the new changes in her daughter and was so happy to take those painful memories away from her mind and finally be free. Now the only thing was to now figure out is to think how she could make her daughter to live on Cybertron. She tried thinking of way, but couldn't find a solution for it and she only hoped that the Allspark would do something about it while also thinking about how they were going to end Megatron and bring the Allspark back to their dead planet, and live a normal life for herself and for her sweet daughter. But there was time to worry about that later. Right now, she just wanted to enjoy these moments with her daughter.

"Mom? Can I have some ice cream before dinner? Please?" Miko asked sweetly.

Arcee gave her a knowing look. "And spoil your dinner? I don't think so, young lady," she said, playfully poking Miko's side and making her giggle. "You can have a big bowl of ice cream after dinner, okay? In fact, I'll put all your favorite toppings on it too, but you have to have dinner first."

Miko smiled. "As much as I love ice cream, I wouldn't pass up a chance to eat what you cook, Mom," she admitted.

The blue femme chuckled as peace settled over the base once more.

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