DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own TFP nor its characters! I only own Lunarstreak and Vertigo, when he shows up!

"Lunarstreak's courting with a Decepticon." Arcee's voice was informative as she stood there at attention. She didn't look happy.

My father stood there with an expression of curiosity, turning away from the monitors as the kids became silent with the heavy burden of distress. Bulkhead had smeared the painting he had been working on and Ratchet dropped the wrench he had been using to repair the synthicisor on his foot, causing him to curse under his breath in cybertronian. Bumblebee's optics were widened in shock and his head was turned away from the video game he had been playing with Raph. The humans leaned against the safety rail to get a better viewing angle.

"Are you sure of this, Arcee?" My father had asked her one of those 'I don't believe you' questions. I hated those. They made me feel... trapped...

"I saw it with my own eyes, Optimus." Her voice was low and discrete.

"Is that bad?" Raph's voice popped up and Ratchet turned to him after picking up the wrench. "I mean, shouldn't that be something to be happy about?"

Ratchet put the wrench away after finishing a quick patch job before turning to the human. "It most certainly is not something to be happy about. It's against conduct on both sides of the war. If an Autobot and a Decepticon were to be caught courting, or 'loving' as you humans put it so lightly, it would end in banishment and even offlining depending on the outcome."

"Awe! That's not fair!" Miko's frustrated voice sounded from the safe railed balcony as she stomped her foot down. "That's low even for Autobots!"

"What needs to be done must be done..."

I remember my father's words as he stood by the door the next morning, blocking the way out of my room with his arms crossed. He was pissed. I could feel it. You could never get away when he was. You were a caged bird if you saw this side of him, singing to get a reward and possibly to get out of said cage.

I sat there on my bed with my hands in my lap as he sighed.

"Lunarstreak. You know the consequences-"

"Then what will it be, huh? Death? Banishment? Torture me until I can't walk?" I interrupted him, obviously on my last nerve with this whole, con versus bot war over idiotic and insane reasons. I wanted it all to just end. "Or would you rather just blindfold me and push me through the ground bridge and make me try to wonder home without navigation or energon?"

"What's gotten into you, Lunar? What happened to the sweet sparkling I loved all those years ago?" He was managing to remain calm even if I wasn't. His voice was soothing as he tried to calm me down. "What happened to the Lunarstreak I sent off to Prime traini-"

"Don't you get it! I'm not a sparkling anymore! The Lunarstreak you knew died with my mother when you left us to train your own recruits! You're the one who caused this!" I was pissed. I don't raise my voice often. Last time I did was when Sentinel tried to talk my dad into going with him and I wasn't even a Prime yet.

My father was on his last edge. His face was becoming even more stern than earlier and he sighed in frustration.

"If your mother would've seen you now, she would not be happy with you."

"AGAIN! What the hell is wrong with you! You're just as abusive as Sarscream was when I was interrogated in their ship!"

"Well, sorry that I'm trying to prove a point! I'm only trying to make you think about how your mother would feel!"

"Sorry to disappoint, but I'm still sensitive on that subject! If you haven't figured it out by now then you're not my father at all!" I immediately regretted what I said and threw a hand over my mouth. "I-I'm sorry... I-It just came out..."

"You're punishment is banishment... You will have to leave as soon as you can..." His voice was dark and hurt as he left my room. I could've sworn I saw a tear forming in his optic as he looked back at me.

I wanted Knockout again. I wanted his comfort and his voice with his arms around me like they were last night. A tear escaped my optics as I got up to pack the few things I had, taking the essentials and my mother's necklace with me before I left my room. If I wasn't going to be with my father, I was going to be with Knockout and become a Bot gone Con... That's if Megatron would allow me to...

Vertigo's showing up next chapter! I'm happy! If this chapter seemed a little rushed, I'm so sorry. I try to not make it so weird :/ Anyway, reviews and flames are welcome! Thanks for reading!