Mikaela is concerned for her decepticon friend.
At first she'd attributed his mopey behaviour to Bee's health condition, but now she starts to wonder if something is wrong with him as well. He arrived two days ago, after a date with Bee, and he is parked in front of her house since then, answering to her question with monosyllabic grunts.
But today, this evening, in the dark of the night, with no one awake in the neighbourhood, she is going to get answer.
"Cade, what's going on? Are you sick?" she asks him gently.
Whatever answer he could have had, is lost in the thunder of a black Topkick's motor approaching.
And then this sound is replaced by the sound of transforming gears, followed by the rumble of Ironhide voice "We need to speak, decepticon!"

Barricade transforms in his bipedal form as well, and get his weapon ready for a fight.
Mikaela wonders what she could do to prevent the fight and whom is going to win if she fails in doing so.
But then Barricade sways, and his legs give up.
"Oh, Primus" she hears Hide mumble as he grabs the other black mech from the waist and help him standing.
"Cade?" she asks concerned.
"He'll be fine, once that I'll take him to Ratchet and even more, to Bumblebee… come on, son, let's roll out" he ends softly as he pushes the decepticon toward the street.
Barricade complies, and transforms back into his alt mode.
And then, in a parallel of what happened in the past after the double date, Mikaela runs to Cade's boot, and uses the cable from there to connect Barricade to Hide.

Hide then tows a willing and subdued Cade towards the NEST HQ. Again Mikaela rides on the leading car, and meanwhile she wonders if she should call Sam. But to say what? Does she have any idea of what's going on? No, so there is no point in waking him up… but then again, they are going to NEST, maybe he should ask him to join them, but with which car?
She is so lost in her thought that, when the Autobot starts to speak, she jumps.

"I didn't believe in what Ratchet was telling me… I mean, he is a decepticon, I was sure he was just playing with my youngling. When I adopted Bee he was so small… I guess that a part of me will always see him like that little newsparked that fitted in one of my hands… And now, he found is sparkmate, and I almost broke his spark not acknowledging that…"

"What's a sparkmate?" she asks abruptly.
"a single spark, divided between two mech. They need to be together to survives… this link of spark, or souls to use the human term, even if it's the strongest, is not the only link that can generate between two bots.
Bee's spark is trying to pull towards his other half, the decepticon one, even if was still linked to our family bond, and that almost kill our little Bee…
Oh, Primus, I was so sure that that was only adolescent angst, and an unhealthy fixation for the only bot on this planet that Bee didn't have a familiar bond to…. and this is killing him, them… If Cade is sick as well, is only because his other half is dying … Oh, Primus, I'm killing my youngling…"
Mikaela is speechless for a minute, her mind is running to process and understand all this new information. But after recollecting her thoughts, she's fast in reassuring the distressed father "I'm sure Bee will not hold a grudge against you. You are doing the right thing now, and that is all what is matter"
The rest of the travel pass quietly, as both the girl and the bot think on what just happened and what will happen next.

When they arrive to NEST, Ironhide transforms and waves to the soldier guarding the gates, and them let them in, even if their scanners can read the presence of an enemy.

Cade is slower to transform, and Hide have to drag him halfway through the door and into the medbay. But when he sees Bee, lying on a berth, crowded by machines to monitor him, Cade stands straighter and rushes to the berth side, grabbing his lover hand as it was a lifeline.
As Mikaela watches the decepticon shoulders falling, she realizes that this little sprint drained all his energy reserves. Fortunately, Ratchet is there, and help the black mech to lie down next to his sparkmate.
The decepticon then gently cups Bee cheek-plate, but the yellow bot doesn't acknowledge his presence. "It's too late?" Cade asks in a whisper that almost breaks Mikaela hearth. She wishes she called Sam, because if really Bee is going to die tonight, Sam should have the right of saying goodbye. And she really could use a hug now.

But then Ratchet surprises her, and Cade as well, she supposes, patting his ex-enemy helm. "don't worry, son, here, open your chest plate"
Then Ratchet manhandle Bee to face the decepticon, and manually forces open the yellow plates on the youngling chest. It's the first time she'd ever seen a spark, and to be fair, she cannot stare at it without her eyes start to tears, and thinking about it, that's the real soul of her friend, she should not stare, probably. But then Ratchet is gently pressing Bee's chest against Cade's one, and the two sparks start to move and interlace, and looks to her like they are dancing around each other. Bee's one is smaller, and slower, but as the other one starts to poke and to round it, it grows stronger ad brighter.

Then Bee starts to twitch and stir, and then one of his hands is grabbing Cades one, that was still lying on the yellow bot's cheek.

"Hey, Bad Boy, fancy to meet you here…" he whispers.

Then the reality seems to hit him, and Mikaela assists in awe how he stirs to meet his friends' eyes, starting from Optimus and ending with Hide, fear and hope both on his face.

Mikaela feels her eyes fill with tears, as the weapon specialist runs to the berth and hugs the smaller mech, apologizing for his behaviour.
It's six in the morning when she finally gives up and grabs her phone.
"It's me… yeah, I know that very late, actually is early in the morning… It's just… no, I'm no in trouble, I just... I wanna say that I love you, dad…
yes… see you at home"