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Thursday: 1200 hours, Autobot Base

"Are you sure we're allowed in here Jade?" MoonForest asked walking behind the Delta's leader.

"Well, it looks unoccupied at the moment, so I would think so." She stated calmly as she walked down the corridor. They had all recently transformed back into their bot modes and were trying to figure out where they were. "I see a light up ahead."

"We're inside something of a building Jade, lights would mean that someone or something was or is here." Shelbi said darting her optics around. Jade stopped just before the entrance into the main area and held her servo out so the other girls would also stop. "We should probably head back out before someone catches us."

"Are you being scared?" Aquanette asked setting her servo's onto her hips and Shelbi scowled.

"I'm not being scared, I'm being logical."

"You read to much."

"Reading makes me smarter, maybe if you did that instead of blowing everything up you'd be too."

"Ah!" Aqua reached for the girl but StarDust held her back.

"You two need to calm down, I know this stress is all getting to us, but we need to work together, not fight." The two girls calmed down and Queenie walked up towards the front. Her optics were a dull blue, but they shone fierce as she stood there taking in information.

"Two are coming towards us, one about our size and another about the size of a human."

"How do you know that?" Aqua inquired.

"I can feel it." Queenie answered with a smug smile and the Texan girl rolled her optics. Jade quieted them down and listened in on the conversation that was coming towards them.

"So what do you say about a ride around the desert?" A feminine voice asked and all the girls thought it sounded familiar.

"That be great, I've been cooped up in this place for forever." A male voice said back, and this time the girls were confused as to who it could be.

"No school or job?"

"Well. . Ya, but it just wasn't the same without seeing you to pick me up."

"Neither was riding a man made motorcycle." A little bit of laughter was heard before one large and one small body turned around the corner into the girls views. "So ride tomorrow, it'll be sunday so we have the whole day to ourselves and I'll be feeling better by then."

"Totally. ." Without giving a look their way the two walked off down another corridor leaving the girls back to themselves. It was quiet for a moment, no one really knew what to say, or even do.

Before any of them could even begin to speak claws trotted their way and they all held their breaths. But their worries were subsided when a metallic dog came from one of the corridors, nothing to much to worry about. It sat down and scratched it's ear for a second before starring blankly at them.

"A dog, aww how cute!" StarLight said running over and starting to pet it. The animal started to smile and plopped over to allow her to pet it some more. "You are the cutest, metal, dog, thing that I have ever seen before."

"You mean it's the first metal, dog, thing, you've seen before." StarShadow said walking up to her sister. The dog was white and had thick metal plating with designs that resembled curly fur.

"Is is just me or does that dog look a little to much like-" StarDust started pointing at the animal and Aqua finished for her.

"Duchess." At the name the dog jerked up from its spot and flopped its ears up to listen in on something.

"Say her name again."

"Duchess." Aqua said in a more calling manner and the dog stood up from her position and walked over to the Texan femme. "Well I'll be, it's Duchess."

"I was wondering if she had gotten left behind." Jade said leaning down and petting the dog under its chin. "I'm glad she had come along, poor thing probably would of been homeless if she didn't get transferred here like us." After a few seconds of Duchess getting absolute attention she perked her ears up and looked around before bolting off in the opposite direction. The girls all looked to each other before fully entering into building. They were hesitant at first, knowing that they would probably be in trouble if immediately found. But

something to them felt like the place was not hostile as they thought.

Ratchet hit the computer repeatedly grumbling lowly so no one could hear him. He could of used Raf at the moment but him and BumbleBee had gone out driving for a while with Raf's remote control car. Jack, well, he wasn't one for computers like Raf and he was already with Arcee helping her move a few things around, and Miko. . Ratchet huffed a snort and shook his head. There was no way he was going to let Miko touch anything that was close to Technology, she had been bored and cooped up for way to long, not even Bulkhead was able to keep her fully under control.

Ratchet would of been in the main hangar but Fowler and his team of government agents had shut down the technology in there and so he was forced to use the backup computers that were in the store room and were way to big to move.

The computer went clear and he let a content smile form on his face, but not long after, signal after signal of virus alerts popped up making him hit the machine again.

"The only way to use this blasted Earth tech is to be an Earthling." He said agitated at everything at the moment.

"You know, if you need help doc, I can fix that for you." The medic turned around to see WheelJack twirling a wrench in his servo and the medic took it back.

"I don't need you blowing up the only working computer here, thank you very much."

"Working!?" A laugh escaped the wreckers vocals and he turned in the doorway.

"Give me a comm when it actually decides to work." WheelJack walked out for and waited a few seconds before.

"WheelJack!" He shook his head with a smile and walked back into the small room. "You can fix it, but you blow it up and this computer won't be the only thing needing extensive repairs." Ratchet said waving a deadly wrench.

"Alright Doc, no need to get angry."

"I told you not to call me that!" The wrecker raised his arms up in a jokingly defensive manner and backed up to the computer. "Get it done, I need it as soon as I can."

"Sure, sure." WheelJack waved a servo off to the medic and he walked out slightly angered. The inventive wrecker worked on the machinery for a few minutes, looking everywhere for a significant problem that he hoped would just pop out at him. After a few more minutes of nothing he typed in a few things and in reply the computer blocked him out and made signs of virus's pop up, which were to many to count. "This computer isn't blasted, it's busted." WheelJack smiled at his own little joke and sighed happily, he was feeling great being back in his own metal armor. . . Except, he felt a little sad that Aquanette had been left behind, he had really grown attached to her.

"WheelJack." The white, red, and green bot turned to see Optimus standing in the doorway.

"Yes sir." He said standing tall.

"Have you seen Ratchet, I have a few things I need to go over with him."

"Last I saw him was about a half-an-hour ago, I took over to try and fix the computer."

"I see. . Did you happen to catch which way he went?"

"Left." The larger mech nodded a thank you and began to walk down the corridor, but many steps weren't taken before him and the wrecker heard a death defying scream come from one of the underground layers. To save time, the two Autobots transformed into their alt-modes and raced down the hallway to be met up with BumbleBee who gave a few questioning beeps.

"I do not know BumbleBee, but whatever or whoever it was, it did not sound good." A few more beeps and the crew went silent, until a blue and gold sports car pulled up next to the group.

"Anyone know what that came from?" SmokeScreen asked driving in sync with the others.

"It sounded like a femme." Arcee said pulling up next to Optimus. "Unless Bulkhead found some other wires that looked like a scraplet." Everything went silent and she could feel them looking at her. "What, have you never heard Miko when she thinks she's alone. . . I've learned some things about human femmes that I shall never forget." Her motorcycle shivered along with her as she tried to forget some of the things she had overheard.

{Ratchet we may need your assistance} Optimus said over the comm. link and there was no vocal reply, instead a emergency vehicle showed up next to the group along with a green armored vehicle and a blue and red semi.

"Wow, the whole Calvary showed up." Bulkhead said using his side mirrors to look around.

"And it is best, we do not know if this noise was a cry for help or a threat." Optimus stated transforming when they reached the elevators. He clicked the button and everyone transformed as well when they doors opened up allowing them access in.

"Does anyone know which level the scream came from?" Arcee asked looking around to see multiple helms shaking.

"I have brought a spark locater, and if my optics aren't going out on me, I think there are eight spark signals down on the sub-level 4. . . and all of them are femme."

"How would eight femme cybertronians get into our base without our knowing?" Arcee asked looking to Optimus, but his answer was beat by smokescreen.

"Maybe they dug a tunnel with spoons underground and found themselves under our base."

"Sure SmokeScreen, when you see a bot digging through eight walls of concrete steel with a spoon you can tell me." Arcee stated sarcastically and he glared at her. No more words were exchanged for the remainder of the time and, even though it was not said, everyone was glad when the elevator doors opened allowing them access to the desolate hallway.

BumbleBee let out some low beeps and whirrs but Ratchet quieted him down.

"Listen." Everyone turned their audio receptors up and listened. Nothing could be heard at the moment, but every second that passed, they could start to make out distant voices, that soon became louder after a few minutes.

"I have to get out of here." One voice said and to Arcee it sounded familiar.

"Me too." Another replied

"Me three." One more said practically mimicking the other two.

"I don't know why, but I feel so clasterphobic in here." The first voice said.

"Will you all be quiet, we're trying to find our way around here." Another familiar voice said with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

"And we had to start at the lowest level." Silence passed around before a deep growl was heard. "Will you stop poking, that hurts!"

"Sorry, I just find it weird that you have these wing type things and we don't." Another familiar voice replied sheepishly. Arcee stepped a pede forward and listened in more carefully. She had a small hunch of who the voices belonged to and she wanted to get confirmation. She stepped another pede forward but was interrupted by Optimus.

"Proceed with upmost caution Arcee." He said in his usual monotone and protective voice, but this time it held a bit of concern. Arcee nodded in compliance and walked a little ways before she and her other team members saw eight pairs of optics walk around the corner and stare straight at them. They couldn't see their forms or colors, but the eyes told them enough that they were femme's and scared. She took another step forward and again Optimus spoke. "Arcee, we must not provoke them."

"Arcee?" A too familiar voice asked back at them and her name then passed around the group of girls. "Is that really you?"

"Yes." She answered a little bit confused. Metallic pede's could be heard running down the corridor and all eight pairs of eyes got close and closer to her, until they were so close they toppled over her and the bodies that were attached to them pinned her to the ground in death grip hugs.

"I thought I would never see you again, I thought we were going to be lost forever!" The hug grew tighter until the other femme's around pulled the last one off.

"I didn't know that you came along with us."

"We didn't know either, until we found ourselves in the desert as one of you. . . Oh, I should've known, that story you told us, I was so freaked out that I forgot it."

"Story?" Optimus asked and Arcee shrugged. A few more hugs and silence went around before the leader of the Autobots spoke up again. "I think it would be best that we get back up to ground level." He pushed the button and the elevator doors glided open.

"OH Thank Goodness!" Three femme's yelled at once running into the open elevator and finding safety in it. SmokeScreen peered in and had to blink twice.

"Jets. . . I didn't think anymore Autobots took that form."

"Excuse me, I take what form I want. . Well, or have." One of the darker themed ones snapped at him while folding her arms and looking away.

"N-no I-." A strong servo rested on his shoulder and he stopped speaking so he wouldn't say anything else.

Team Prime allowed the new comers to go in first before they entered themselves and watched as they went up to their respected floor.

"So. . ." Ratchet started, looking at the femme's "Who's the one that screamed." They looked among each other and their optics all darted to Jade.

"Little miss muffet here saw a spider and thought it best to overreact, even though she's a thousand times bigger than it, and could've killed it in barely one step.

"It was a brown recluse and." The femme shivered getting her point across. "I've always hated spiders and I always will." She finished in a tone that showed hatred. The elevator stopped and they all walked out into the open. The three Jets, when out of the confined space, seemed to relax somewhat at the more open area that they now inhibited. The now large group walked down the hall and to the main area of the silo.

"Dude! Bulk!" A girls voice yelled down on the of the corridors. "What the heck! You left me hangin with the solo, and made me finish myself!" She complained walking in and seeing the new femme's. "Whoah! Where did you come from?" She asked running up the rec. area and leaning over it so far that she almost lost her balance and fell off. "New Recruits. . . Did they come back with you from the other place? Are they evil? What are there names?" She took in a deep breath ready to pan out another set of questions but Ratchet shushed her.

A sky blue optic'd femme with hot pink and white accents as her colors walked up and smiled. Before anyone could speak two other humans ran in and stopped dead in their tracks when they saw the new bodies. The older looking boy slowly made his way of the flight of stairs and the younger one followed close behind him, when they were next to the girl the femme cleared her throat.

"I'm Jade. Leader and sometimes SIC of the Delta team." Three femmes walked up beside her and she pointed to each one. The first femme had green optics with black surrounding them, her color scheme consisted of creamy white, pastel purple, and dark purple and her white colored faceplate accented her colors, and on her forearms something of a gun sat on them ready to be tested and used. "This is Stardust, she is kind of like the leader to her triplet sister group."

"So you guys are a trine?" The older boy asked and Stardust nodded. The humans then turned their gaze to the second sister. She had amber optics and like her sister she had black surrounding them, her color scheme was close to the same design as her sisters but her's was black and dark violet with a few red streaks accenting her body points, her silver faceplate showed up through the dark colors making her more mysterious, and two of the same guns rested on her forearms.

"This is StarShadow." Another girl walked up, she was considerably shorter and thinner than StarShadow and StarDust showing that she was probably the last born, or at the moments thought, last created. Her optics were a hot pink, and like her trine sisters they had black surrounding them. Her color scheme was a dark navy blue, robin egg blue, and white, showing that she seemed more meek and kinder than her other two sisters. Her white faceplate was meek like the rest of her body, but her two guns that were the same as her sister showed that she had a tougher side when she wanted to. "And this is StarLight, the youngest of the three." She waved sheepishly and half smiled, the humans did the same except their smiles were more jubilant than hers. Another femme walked up next to Jade and she slightly smiled. She had bright blue optics that accented her color scheme of orange with blue and silver accents.

"My names Shelbi. . . But you can call me SlipStream."

"I love that name, SlipStream, it sounds like something slick and fast, but furious." Miko said over excitedly and the two other humans rolled their eyes. She turned to a dull blue optic'd femme that had black and green accents as her color scheme. "Why are your optics dull? Is that a color changing bow in the side of your head? What is your name?"

"I'm Queenie. ." She said a bit annoyed. "And my optics are dull because I Am Blind!" She said now more annoyed and her bow changed to a reddish color, she really hadn't wanted to know what her optic color was, at least she was just glad that they weren't grey.

"I think your optics look great Queenie." SmokeScreen said almost glaring at Miko who slunk back a bit, she hadn't known and there was no way she could of. A small smile showed up on Queenie and she bit the inside of her lip. He seemed to be the immature one of the group, but she liked him because he treated her like a person, or bot, and not another causality.

"I'm MoonForest." They looked to see a shorter femme, she had forest green optics, and her color scheme consisted of being black with silver and forest green accents covering her form. She looked like she could be fierce in battle and was not one willing to lose for anything. In a way she resembled Miko a little bit.

"The names Aquanette." Everyone looked to a azure optic'd femme with dark blue, silver sunbursts, and white accents as her color scheme. Her accent was texan and she looked as she had been in a few fights herself. Her hand was tossing something up in the air and catching it every few seconds, when the humans looked closer they saw that it looked much like one of WheelJacks grenades but in a different design. She re-caught it and slipped into a little hilt on her waist. "I'm the fun one of the group." She said in a I'm-the-best tone and the humans swore they saw WheelJack smirk at her playfully, even though no one else noticed. "And this is-" She looked around confused. "Well, she was here a second ago." The humans looked behind Aquanette to see a red colored femme that had blue, yellow and gold flames accenting her around her arms and legs. She set a finger next her mouth making sure no one gave away her position. After a few seconds of silence she pounced and landed on the texan femme's back making her stumble backwards a few steps and cry out in surprise. "Not funny Phoenix!" She cried trying to get the girl off of her back. When she was clawing at the girl with her servos disappeared and were replaced with two weaponry guns. Phoenix screamed and fell off of her friends back.

Ratchet made his way up to a worried Aquanette and helped her calm down so she could re-create her servo's. Once she did every one of the girls looked at her servo's.

"What the heck was that for!?" Phoenix cried getting up off of the ground. "You could've killed me."

"There's nothing to worry about, you all may experience the same thing over the next few days." Ratchet said in his doctor tone. "You are much like sparklings at this time and don't know how to control any of your weapons, the only time they really come out is when you are scared or provoked. . . So I would advise from scarring each other for the next few weeks." The delta team nodded at his advise now knowing the consequences.

\\How about we get you all accommodated. . . You must be tired from today./ Jade looked to a black and yellow bot and she noticed who it was by his familiarity.

"BumbleBee right?" He nodded. "You can speak." He looked away and Optimus walked beside the scout.

"BumbleBee, has had a few complications in the past with his voice and can only speak in beeping and whirring that only a Cybertronian such as yourselves can understand, with the exception of his charge Raf." The girls looked between each other with sorrowful faces.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know."

\\It's fine, there's a lot you don't know at the moment./ BumbleBee said happier. \\Now about those accommodations/. The girls smile and walked off with a different member of the team to be shown where they would now live, at least until everything got figured out and they were brought back home, if they ever did get home.

Chapter Written By: TFPKO Fan Girl

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