In this story, you can expect...

Mentions of slash between Cybertronians.

At least one important OC.

Cursing.

General teenage themes.

A Gothic girl who is violent, can be a total bitch, and something like mutant abilities, but isn't mutant abilities.

Possible OOC-ness, but I will try to keep that to a minimum.

Is that all? I think so. If you don't like any of the things mentioned above, kindly click the back button. Consider yourself warned.

Things you need to know... [Blah] is Bumblebee's speech.

Disclaimer-I don't own Transformers Prime

Danger is My Middle Name

Chapter 6

Lae couldn't help but be grateful that her family had not been home when she slithered in through the basement window. Had they been there, that would not have been a pleasant meeting.

Although, considering the past few days, and the fact that she had been missing, her mother and her step-father probably thought she was dead anyway. Not that it mattered to her either way; she had never cared for the people who dared call themselves her family and they had never treated her like she was part of said family.

Lae threw her stuff into the back seat and sat down in the front of Smokescreen, placing her hands lightly on the steering wheel to pretend she was driving. She was slightly disturbed to think that she was sitting inside him. He drove down the road, and there was awkward silence for a small amount of time.

Finally, Smokescreen spoke, "So, uh...what is there...about you? Uh...okay, that was awkward. Maybe I should rephrase that. How do you rephrase something like that? Let me try again. Uh..."

Lae wanted to slam her head against something. Great. Just her luck. She was stuck with the rookie who was socially awkward as her guardian. With a sigh, Lae stated, "You're asking about my life. Do you really want to know? Do I really have to tell you, because I really don't want to talk about it."

"Look just...tell me what it's like, being a Freak," Smokescreen finally said. Once again, Lae was silent. Then, she spoke again, "I don't want to talk about it."

"Aw come on. It can't be all bad. There's got to be something about being a Freak that you like, something that you want to actually talk about."

Lae felt something inside her...snap. "You wanna know? You really wanna know? Fine! I'll tell you! I was born a Freak, kept under close observation, kicked out of my homeland when I was three because my ability developed and I murdered someone, moved to America, taken away for four years and kept with others of my kind as a government experiment, and I've faced racial prejudice ever since! Which leads me to the fact that humans are heartless," Lae almost shouted, all the hate and anger she felt pouring out with the words.

Her anger was boiling over, and she quickly gave up the pretense of driving, crossing her arms across her chest and glaring into the distance. Smokescreen wisely fell silent for the rest of the drive, and when they pulled back up at the base,Lae was all too happy to get out of the car, which allowed Smokescreen to transform. "Lae! Come here, you've got to see this!" Miko called from over by the TV at the human lounge area.

Lae walked over, and Miko gestured for her to sit down. She did so, and Miko hit play on the TV. A news report came on, going straight to a live news feed in DC.

"Nicole Mear, you are found guilty of being a Freak behind the scenes, pulling strings and giving orders to your fellow Freaks. Your deeds against humanity have the penalty of death. Do you have any last words or confessions?"

Nicole, the Leader of the Freaks, looked right at the camera, and said, "I have committed no crimes against the human race. Every choice I ever made, every order I ever gave, was for the good of my people. I realize now the error of my ways. My time has come to an end, but the master of strings will succeed me. No Freak will be left undefended, and we will see the downfall of the human race. The master of the strings will take my place. We will not be stopped."

There was silence, and then the reporter went on to say how Nicole was to be shot. Lae and Miko watched with horror as a man lined up a gun with Nicole's heart, and Lae looked away when the trigger was pulled. The bang from the TV echoed in the large room, and she winced.

The news report ended after that, and Miko turned to Lae,saying, "I wonder who she meant would be the new leader. Do you have any idea who she might have been talking about?" Her eyes shone, so full of hope and curiosity. Lae slowly nodded.

"Master of strings is another way of saying master of puppets, which means Puppetmaster. I am to be the next leader. Nicole wants me to lead our people to war."

This is a shorter chapter, but the next one will be longer. This chapter just didn't want to be written, either. Well, review please!