The title of this chapter is a play on THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford

Normal POV

After tossing Knockout's holoform far enough away from Isabella, Bordy and Malachi run over to Jason, and the twins hug one another.

"Brody, what are those things?" Malachi asks, pointing towards Fury and the vivix as they walk up.

A few seconds later, Tracy approaches the group and stands in front of them with her morpher ready to fire.

"Sissy, when did you get here?" Isabella asks.

"You were supposed to stay in the car," Brody adds.

"Sorry, Brody, but I couldn't allow those things to get any closer to the kids," Tracy says.

"Yellow Ranger, I'll leave those kids alone. All you have to do is ask the Gold Ranger to give me his energem," Fury says.

Tracy looks over her shoulder and nods when she sees Ivan get out of the car. He quickly morphs and flies over to Malachi.

"Gold Ranger, please take the boy somewhere safe," Tracy says.

Ivan nods and takes Malachi over to Bulkhead's vehicle mode. He tells the boy to stay put before going back over to Jason and Tracy.

Ivan's POV

I see a different holoform standing next to Jason and a little girl standing behind them when I arrive.

"Welcome back, Gold Ranger, now hand over the gold energem," Fury says.

"You will never get it back," I say.

"Cici, I'm scared," the little girl says.

"Don't worry, Izzy, we won't let anything happen to you. Just stay behind us," Tracy says.

I see a ground bridge portal open up. Starscream, Soundwave, and some Troopers walk out of it.

"Wrecker, we are taking your human pet and those smaller ones as well," Starscream says.

Starscream nods, and I see Soundwave's tentacles go over to the car, and the other comes over to us. Tracy tries to jump up, but a Trooper sprints up and grabs before she has a chance to defend herself. Tracy tries to shoot her morpher to stop Soundwave's tentacles from getting closer to the children. She drops it when the Trooper squeezes her. Tracy screams out in pain as the twins shout when they grab them.

"Wrecker, we are taking your human pet and the children that Knockout and Breakdown failed to capture," Soundwave says.

"Starscream, I'm no one's pet," Tracy snarls.

"Let the children go; they won't be any help to you," Bulkhead says.

"Starscream, if you hurt either of them, I know my partner will snuff out your spark," Wheeljack says.

Wheeljack's POV

I feel my spark stop for a second as I look over at Tracy. I see that the Trooper squeezes her hard enough to pop the stitches on her arm as I see blood rolling down it landing on the Trooper's hand.

"Isabella, Malachi, tell mommy and daddy that I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to protect you," Tracy says.

"Sissy, please wake up," Malachi begs through his tears.

"Mommy and daddy won't be mad at you, CiCi, please wake up," Isabella adds with tears streaming down her cheeks.

Ivan is about to shoot the Trooper. I stop him when I see Optimus run up with another bot I've never seen before, a few lengths behind him. Optimus punches Soundwave, and he tosses the kids into the air. The fearless leader catches them in his hand. He comes over to us and sets them down on the ground. The Femee roundhouse kicks the Trooper, and it drops Tracy. She catches her, sprints over to us, and sets Tracy down next to Malachi and Isabella.

"Prime, that Femee may have helped you, but we will capture Wheeljack's pet, and she will tell us the location on your base," Starscream says as he slowly stands up before he and Soundwave escape through another ground bridge.

?'s POV

"Thank you for your assistance, fellow Autobot. What's your name?" Optimus says.

"Yes, thank you for saving Sissy," the little boy says.

"You're welcome, young one. My name is Snowdrift," I say as I transform back into my vehicle, then turn on my holoform.

"Sissy, wake up - your mommy is still alive." the little boy says.

"What do you mean?" I ask the boy as my holoform approaches them.

The young woman I saved starts to wake up and slowly sits up.

"I'm pretty sure I must be seeing things since I've popped a few stitches. That is why my arm is bleeding again. What Malachi means is that your holoform looks just like my Aunt Mary, I mean my mom who died after we got into a motorcycle accident," The woman says, holding her right arm trying to put pressure on the injury.

"That would explain why Alpha Trion told me to come here," I say, as I set the medical bag down on the grass, open it up, and put some gauze on the stitches before rewrapping it," This isn't your first experience with my kind," I ask.

"No, miss Snowdrift, ma'am, and you'll hear someone call me Patricia, but I don't like being called that. Please call me Tracy," Tracy says.

"All right, Tracy, but you need to get your stitches redone as soon as possible," I say.

Normal POV

"Wheeljack, Bulkhead, please escort Snowdrift, Tracy, and the children to the base," Optimus says.

"What about you," Snowdrift asks.

"I will be there shortly with The children's uncle and their parents, as well," Optimus says.

"I'm sure Ratchet won't like this idea," Tracy says.

"True, but you still need medical attention," Snowdrift says.

Ivan holds Tracy by her sides to help her stand up. While she tries not to blush, Tracy turns her head to face him, nods, and he demorphs.

"Wait, is that gold suit similar to my holoform?" Snowdrift asks.

"Kind of, but no one can find out that, my friend, Ivan is a ranger," Tracy says.

"Miss, Snowdrift, I hope I can trust you and Optimus to keep my secret," Ivan says.

"Of course, Ivan, " Snowdrift says.

"Good, Ratchet, we need a bridge," Optimus says.

Bulkhead tuns off his holoform as the group walks back to the parking lot, just as the ground bridge portal opens in front of them.

"It is safe for us to walk through that?" Malachi asks.

"Yes," Bulkhead says as he picks up Malachi, placing the young boy on his shoulder.

"I just hope that no one sees us," Tracy says.

"Relax, partner," Wheeljack says as he puts Tracy and Ivan on his shoulder.

"Yes, I double-checked that it was safe before I contacted Ratchet," Optimus says.

"Miss, Snowdrift, can I ride on your shoulder," Isabella asks.

"Sure, sweetie, but it's just Snowdrift," Snowdrift says as she places the young girl on her shoulder before she enters the portal.