I was happy that Lennox wanted to adopt me. Don't get me wrong. But I still felt like I was replacing my parents and that I wasn't ready to move on. I still missed them. After Lennox had asked me, he went to get the necessary papers for adopting me. I had to sign a lot of them. After many phone calls, there was only one thing left to do: getting a judge to finalize it. Lennox was able to get one that was a friend of his and within a few hours of waiting, the judge arrived and sat us down in Lennox's office. All the while, my mind couldn't grasp what was actually happening. I was getting adopted, by Lennox! My heart was nearly bursting with sadness and joy.

"Emily?" Lennox's voice made me snap to attention. I blinked at jerked my head at him. Lennox had a small smile as he said gently

"You okay?" I mutely nodded. The judge, who had been sitting across from us handed us a single piece of paper as he told us

"You are all good. Young lady, you will be doing fine."
I smiled, turned to Lennox and hugged him tightly. I started to cry a little. I was going to have a family. After 2 years having no one, I wasn't going to be alone. Lennox embraced me and we stood there for what seemed like forever. A mix of emotions bottled up inside me. Joy, happiness and then sadness hit me like a truck. I had only a few months left. My life was going to be cut too early before I could enjoy my new life.

I am sorry, child. Primus's voice rung inside my head. I mentally glared at Primus, tears threatening to fall.

You didn't even bother telling me what was going to happen to me if I was going to bring back Cybertron. Was that your plan this whole time? To use me and then get rid of me like a rag doll?

You do not fully understand-

I inwardly screamed in anger and blocked Primus out before he could reply back. I didn't want to deal with the god. I was beyond peeved with him. I released my hug and asked Lennox

"So what will happen to me now? Am I going to live with you? Do I still call you Lennox?"

He chuckled as he held up a hand to stop me from bombarding him with more questions.

"For now, we're going to start with finding a cure for you. I don't care how long it takes me. You keep fighting it. No matter what. Keeping fighting for me, Jazz and Optimus, ok? I just got you and I don't want to lose you." He said with a tear escaping his eye as he knelt a little to look at me in the eye.

"Second, I don't care what you call me. I won't force you to call me anything. Just don't call me Dada. That's Annabelle's title for me." He said with a wink and I giggled softly.

"Who is Annabelle?"

"She's my other daughter she's five."

He has a younger daughter? Will she like me? Was she nice? Will his wife like me? What if they don't?

"Will your family like me?" I whispered, afraid of what was to come. Lennox answered, reassuring me

"I think they'll love you."

Weird Time Skip!

There were a few things that I had to do afterwards. Ironhide practically dragged me to the training room, telling me that my training with him was long overdue. Jazz and Ratchet were to supervise the session, just in case something happened. I recalled E also was going to watch, so that she could figure out how to synthesize my suit to my powers. So, as we got to the training room, Ironhide had me do some hand-to-hand combat. He used his holoform, which I had never seen before. His holoform looked a little older than Lennox. His hair was black with graying sideburns and he had a scar across his right eye. He wore army pants, boots, and a black t-shirt.

We started, and I soon got the hang of it. Ironhide went a bit slow for me, allowing me to catch my breath if my leg was acting up. I learned the basics, punches, kicks and defensive maneuvers. All in all, I was proud of myself for being able to do it and so was Ironhide.

"Not bad, youngling." Was all he said and we moved on to the next lesson, which was practicing with my powers. At this point, I noticed Edna had entered the room and stood to the side with her hands behind her back.

"Now darling, just demonstrate one at a time." She said and I nodded. I turned to Ironhide for his orders.

"Alright, Em. Pretend that I am a Decepticon. I'm trying to find you. This is when your stealth comes in. Even though you can turn invisible doesn't mean you are invisible. 'Cons have sharp sight and hearing. Make little to no sound when trying to hide from them." I nodded in understanding.

"Ok. We're going to do a little hide-and-seek, as you humans call it. If I find you, you're 'dead'. Got it?" he instructed me.

"Yes sir!" I responded and he grinned. I didn't want to disrespect Ironhide if I didn't say that. I mean, he was my instructor. The last thing I wanted to do was anger him. With that said, I ran off, turning invisible and sprinting off amid the various obstacles in the room. I heard the clunking of Ironhide's boots as he walked around me. When he moved, I moved. When he stopped, I stopped and I tried to ease my breathing so that I didn't give myself away. We were at it for a few minutes before I ducked behind another obstacle and my prosthetic made a squeaking sound. I mentally cursed.

Fragglehopper! Seriously?!

I looked up and saw that the weapon's specialist had glanced in my direction. Remaining cloaked, I stood there unmoving. Footsteps came from my right and I held my breath. Suddenly,

"You're dead." Ironhide's voice spoke to me. I sighed in defeat and uncloaked. Ironhide looked me over.

"Your prosthetic needs to be repaired, if you want to remain unseen." He told me.

"Yessir. How did I do, otherwise?" I asked.

"Not bad. But you still need a lot more training." he finished and I frowned. Ironhide then had me do some exercises using teleportation and force fields. Finally, the last thing was to test out my energon manipulation via music. It was at this point that Jazz was sent in to help me. He looked at me with a small smile and handed me my phone.

Jazz was very emotional to say the least when he was told of my condition. When he had punched the wall back in the med bay, it reminded me that he was emotionally attached to me. He was my guardian and yet, he still felt that it was his fault that I was this way. I loved Jazz as my best friend, along with Lacie, and realizing that he would do anything to keep me safe made me feel like I mattered. I had only known the Autobots for a short amount of time and yet, it felt like I had known them for a long time. Once Jazz had walked into the training room, his face appeared solemn but he tried his best to hide it.

"Do ya know what you're doin', lil' lady?" Jazz asked me as he handed me the phone. I nodded.

"Yeah." I fiddled with my phone for a minute. Jazz knelt down in front of me and stared at me.

"Em, Ah wish there was somethin' Ah could do to change things. You an' Ah both don' want this to happen'. Ah just don' wanna lose you." he said softly. He reached a clawed digit out and gently stroked my face. I felt myself start to cry a little as I grasped tightly onto his finger.

"Jazz, I-I don't blame you for any of this. I-Its not y-your fault." I whispered.

"But-"

"Stop. This is all on me. Right now, I-I just want to focus on the p-p-positive, ok?" I told him and Jazz mutely nodded. His face bore a slightly pained expression. He stood back up and gave me some space to start. Edna, who was still on the further side of the room, nodded to me. I glanced down at my phone and chose a song. Pressing play, I placed it on the floor beside me and waited. The music started and I began to tap my foot to the beat.

Looking up

There's always sky

Rest your head

I'll take you high

We won't fade into darkness

Won't let you fade into darkness

As I continued, I felt a sudden surge of energy build up inside of me. I looked down and saw that my body was glowing a bluish-purple tinge. It felt almost as if my body was vibrating, pulsing to the beat of the song.

Why worry now

You'll be safe

Hold my hand

Just in case

And we won't fade into darkness

Fade into darkness

No we won't fade into darkness

Fade into darkness

All of a sudden, energon was shot outwards from my body and flew in all directions. The music unexpectedly stopped. I gasped in shock as the wave of energon almost knocked Jazz back a little, causing a loud screeching of metal to be heard throughout the room as he fell over with a thud. I ran over to him and placed a hand on his foot.

"Jazz? Are you alright? I'm so sorry about that!" I apologized profusely but to my surprise, Jazz grinned at me. I quirked an eyebrow in confusion.

"Ah'm fine, Em. But Ah gotta say, that was amazin'!" he said to me. Jazz slowly got up from the floor and was careful not to step on me. His feet danced around me as he stood up and looked down at me.

"I could have hurt you." I told him with a frown.

"But ya didn't." he argued.

I didn't say anything as I turned to Edna only to find out that she had mysteriously disappeared. I frowned. I guess she had seen everything she wanted to see so she left. I sighed and faced Jazz again. Leaning against his foot, I looked up at him.

"That was an experience." I commented, referring back to what I had just done. Jazz chuckled and nodded.

"Yeah. You ah'right though?" he asked.

"I don't know. It felt like my body was vibrating and it still is a little. At least I didn't shatter the lights this time. Honestly, I didn't think my body would be able to handle it." I grumbled.

"Are ya sure you're ah'right? Ya look a bit worn out." my guardian asked worriedly.

I nodded my head and Jazz held out his hand for me to climb on. I got on and we left the room to meet Ratchet and Ironhide outside. The CMO were waiting for us, Ironhide was nowhere in sight. Ratchet stepped towards us. I felt the familiar tingle of his scanner going over me.

"No changes..." he was muttering and I shared a glance at Jazz.

"Ratch', is she good to go?" Jazz impatiently inquired and that earned him a glare from the yellow Autobot.

"For now, yes. But I want daily updates on her. I don't want anything happening that's severe." he answered. Jazz dipped his helm in acknowledgement and we departed from him. Jazz's thunderous steps echoed throughout the halls. With me in his hand, I had a good view of, well, everything. We continued walking until I realized I had no idea where he was taking me.

"Dare I ask where we're going?" I asked him.

"Ah thought we could just chill for a bit. Ya just had training and ya look tired." he replied. My mouth made a silent 'Oh' and I remained quiet. It wasn't long until we arrived at an empty room for some peace and quiet. Jazz set me down on the floor and we both sat down.

"Hey Jazz?" I suddenly asked. He turned and looked down at me.

"What's up, Em?"

"Can you promise me something?"

"Anything fo' you."

"Promise me that you'll never leave me, even if it's only for the next few months." I requested, my voice cracked as I said it. Jazz didn't say anything right away and I thought that what I said wasn't something he wanted to hear, especially now. However, I felt one of his fingers slowly lift my chin up, forcing me to look at Jazz. His visor dimmed a little and his face contorted into a small smile.

"Ah'm not leavin' ya, Em. Ah'm your guardian and friend. Ah promise Ah'll stay. Ya don't deserve to be alone. We're here for ya. Never forget that."

Jazz's words made my heart swell with pure joy. I rested my head against his hand and said

"Thanks Jazz."

"You're welcome, lil' lady. Get some rest. Ah'll be here." he told me. I obliged and closed my eyes, letting the thrum of Jazz's spark lull me to sleep. Before I did fall asleep, I heard Jazz say

"You'll be safe. Ah won't let ya fade into darkness."