Hello dear readers, I have returned to you with chapter five. Sorry for the long wait, but now that school has started up again, I doubt I'll be able to update often. I'll probably lucky if I can get two chapters out a month. I signed up for a class that's much harder than I thought it would be, but it's only hard because of all the assignments and projects. Add that to all the other assignments from the rest of my classes, and you have one busy sophomore. *Sigh* That's what I get for being smart.

Now, this chapter will reveal a little more about Soulsong's human life, just so y'all know. Also, it'll hint about the relationship Soulsong and Megsie will have later. There will be all kinds of drama later on in the story, I promise you all that.

Anyway, here are the current results for the poll.

Ironhide: 7 votes
Jetfire: 6 votes
Mirage (AKA Dino): 3 votes
Grimlock (and possibly other Dinobots): 1 vote
Que: 0 votes (Man, you guys do not like Que, do you?)

Please, please, please vote if you haven't already. The poll is on my profile.

Also, the contest is still going on, and I haven't gotten any pictures yet. Don't know how long it takes to draw - since I suck at it - but I really hope to get some entries soon. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, the details are in the Author's Note in Chapter 4.

And now, review replies:

11guest11: Glad you like the hairstyle. You'll get a better image of it after this chapter, I think. Yup, now shes trapped with Buckethead. Hee hee hee. Enjoy the chappie.

Jaki822: Soulsong is trapped in Bee's head for the same reason Megatron is.

San child of the Wolves: Yup, Sunny and Sides are on their way. But it looks like Mirage won't becoming, as you can see from the poll. My favorite 'Bots are Optimus for first, Bumblebee and Grimlock tied for second, and Jetfire (Bayverse and Cybertron) for third. Enjoy Chapter 5

Pokemonjkl: Nope, not good at all. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Legend:

"Normal Speech"

"Megatron/Soulsong/Bumblebee Speech"

Thoughts

And now, without further ado, Chapter 5

Chapter 5

This is bad. This is very bad. This is oh-dear-god-what-the-hell-am-I-going-to-do bad.

I'm stuck inside Bumblebee's head with the leader of the Decepticons. I seriously don't know what to do. I could try to stop Megatron from reanimating his body, but then Bumblebee would be stuck with both of us in his mind and Unicron would destroy Earth and everyone on it. Plus, Optimus would be crushed under Unicron's giant pede, since Megatron wouldn't be able to blast him in the face. So, I'll probably have to either help Megatron take control of Bumblebee or just... uh... float here... or something, and let Megatron do as he will. Bumblebee will be really pissed if I help Megatron, so I think I'll go with the latter.

"That would suit my needs just fine. So, do stay out of my way, child." said a familiar, deep, somewhat gravely baritone. Not smooth like Optimus's.

I gasped - mentally, of course - before directing my attention to the voice. I didn't bother with the cliché 'who's there?' since I was well aware of who it was.

"How much did you hear, Megatron?" I asked suspiciously, hoping he would not detect my worry. I should have known the barriers separating speech and thought would be virtually none existent while I'm in this state of being. It would be just fan-frickin-tastic if he were to learn of Unicron before it all happens. I really don't want to know what he would do with that knowledge.

"Only that you would allow me to reclaim my body. For the sake of the scout, I assume?" He asked. I mentally sighed, relieved that he had not heard anything he shouldn't have.

"My reasons are my own, Mega-butt." He growled at the name. "But I will make sure you don't hurt my family."

"Oh, is that so, child?" he sneered.

"Yes, it is so." I replied as I glared at him. "Besides, you know as well as I that if you were to hurt someone, the others would grow suspicious. It wouldn't be long before Bumblebee is restrained to insure he doesn't hurt anyone else, and it would only be a little longer before they discover our presence, destroying any chance you have at reclaiming your body."

He narrowed his eyes in contemplation before replying. "You make a valid case. Very well, I will not harm any of the other Autobots while I am trapped within the scout's mind, if only to insure I return to my rightful body. In return, you will not interfere with my plans."

"Deal." I nodded before turning away.

"Now, there is only the question of what to do about you."

I turned back to him, my eyes wide with dread. "What?"

He was smirking that evil smirk of his. "Did you really think I had forgotten that you are the Allspark?"

If this were anime, I would have sweat-dropped. "Maybe?"

He chuckled. "It should not be hard to capture you. I already have your conscious just within my grasp. It is only a matter of retrieving your body, which should not be overly difficult."

I looked through Bumblebee's optics to my body. I still appeared to be sleeping, but in the time it took Megatron and I to have our little exchange, all eyes and optics had turned to me as I lay in the nook of Ratchet's arm. He was trying to wake me up.

"Soulsong, it is time to awaken." My Dad was saying to me in that singsong voice every parent has. It wasn't working. "Soulsong? Little one, wake up." Nothing.

"Is she okay?" Arcee asked, concerned.

"Physically, but it is likely her little excursion into Megatron's mind was a bit too draining mentally." he replied. "I still don't understand how it is even possible."

"The powers of the Allspark are a force we are not meant to understand, old friend." Optimus said.

"You are right, Optimus. I will keep her here in the medical bay so I can monitor her." Ratchet stated. "And I would prefer if you stayed as well, Optimus."

Optimus nodded. "Understood."

"Hey Bulk!" Miko shouted, gaining her guardian's attention. "Come with us to the main hanger. We want to teach you a game we humans like to play."

"Sure." The green giant obliged as he and the rest of the guardians followed their charges out.

An Hour Later

Ratchet had just finished giving Optimus a check-up, giving him a clean bill of health. All the while I had daydreamt about various things, as had Megatron.

"Lucky for us Megatron was still alive." I heard Arcee saying.

"Did you actually-?" Bumblebee said.

"Yeah, I actually said that."

Ratchet spoke up. "What matters is that you are on the mend Optimus, while Megatron-"

"Should be pushing up lugnuts by now." Bumblebee said, interrupting Ratchet.

"Bee's right. Did my best to finish Megatron's story." That was all I heard as Megatron led us away.

"It is a matter of time before Optimus discovers all is not right with you, scout." Megatron was saying. Did he forget I was here?

An image of Megatron's rusted frame hooked up to a bunch of cables flashed through Bee's mind, before Megatron continued. "I must reclaim my body. Which means taking complete and total control of yours." He growled out.

I rolled my eyes. An image of myself as a human helping my human mom with her daycare flashed through Bee's mind before I reminded the warlord of my presence. "Would you please stop talking to yourself? It's frickin creepy."

He growled before snapping "I will do as I please, sparkling. Megatron is commanded by no one."

I rolled my eyes again. "Whatever. 'Imma have Bumblebee play with the kids."

Thankfully, Megatron was quiet for a few moments, before breaking the silence. "Tell me, child. Why is it you have memories of a human female youth caring for human sparklings alongside an older human femme?" he inquired.

Shit! There was no way I was telling him I used to be human. "That's for me to know and for you to never find out." I said, unable to think of a good lie.

"Oh, I will find out, sparkling. Mark my words, I will find out." I shivered at the dark promise, but I don't think he noticed.

I suppose no real harm would come of him learning that I was human. I am all but certain my human family doesn't exist in this world, so it's not like he can kill them or capture them to use them as leverage. But, he is Megatron, so he will probably find some way of using my past life against me, or maybe the Autobots. Best to keep it to myself for as long as possible.

"We'll see about that." I replied. "And stop calling me sparkling and child. I have a name, use it."

He narrowed his eyes at me, glaring for several moments, before smirking. "I will use your name when I see fit, child."

I growled internally. The fragger was actually trying to spite me! Oh, he will get his, this I vow.

In the mean time, I ignored him and tuned into Miko explaining basketball to Bulkhead and Bumblebee. She was right in the middle of the rules, and Megatron and I just listened for a few minutes. Then Megatron broke the silence again.

"Such a pointless game." he muttered.

"Oh, like the gladiatorial Pits of Kaon and Slaughter City were full of so much purpose. At least in basketball the object is not to severely injure or kill your opponents." I rebuked. He was about to retort but stopped himself. He seemed to contemplate my words, but I could be wrong. I do not know what goes on in that 'Con's mind, and I have no interest in finding out.

We were both pulled out of our thoughts as Miko blew her whistle, signaling that the game had begun. I must admit, it was interesting to watch Autobots play basketball. That is, until Megatron ruined it by making Bumblebee stop before he could dunk the ball. Images of Megatron punching Optimus, the Terracons, and the space bridge explosion filled Bee's mind before he threw the ball at Bulk.

"Hey!" I yelled at Megatron.

He gave me a smug look. "What? I am merely strengthening my influence over the scout. How else am I to reclaim my body if I cannot even manipulate him into leaving this base?"

I really wanted to retort, but I couldn't. He had a point, though I loathed admitting it. But, I did manage to think of something to say.

"You promised you wouldn't hurt any of the 'Bots."

"I missed, did I not?" he replied.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh yeah, I'm so sure that was you're intention. How dense do you think I am?" I narrowed my optics at him in a glare.

He studied me for a moment. "Sparklings do tend to be quite naïve, though I suppose the incarnation of the Allspark would, as the humans say, be a different story."

I smirked. "Got that right."

The next day, I did my best to try and convince Megatron to let Bee pick up Raf for school, but he wasn't having it.

"I have more important things to concern myself with than a human child." he had sneered.

I knew it would be fruitless to argue any further. So, all I could really do was wait for Megatron to make his move. Bee was walking around the base when Megatron took over again. He walked over to a table by a monitor and picked up a Cybertronian flashlight.

"Yes, go on scout. Obey my will." Megatron said before he made Bee crush the flashlight before I could stop him.

"That was my Dad's!" I shouted at him lividly.

Megatron was about to inquire about my Dad's identity, but Ratchet answered his unasked question before he could get it out.

"Bumblebee!" Ratchet exclaimed from behind us. Bee turned around to face Ratchet. "I needed that!"

"So, the medic is your sire, is he?" Megatron asked.

"Adoptive sire." I corrected. The warlord hummed in acknowledgment.

"You're seeing Megatron's face?" Ratchet was saying as we tuned in.

"Yeah, and I'm also seeing a human girl, around Miko's age, taking care of a bunch of human children." Bumblebee said.

Ratchet raised an optic ridge. "Given that you were inside his mind, I can understand your seeing Megatron, but a human female you have never even seen before?"

"I know, but that's what I'm seeing."

Ratchet hummed in thought, raising a hand to his jaw. "What does this human look like?"

Bumblebee thought for a moment. "She has tanned skin, lots of curly brown hair, and brown eyes."

Ratchet's optics widened. "That... That is how Soulsong looked when she was human."

My own optics widened. Shit! Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!

"Ah, so that is what you were hiding." Megatron mused, a somewhat triumphant expression on his visage. "Let me guess, the older human female was you carrier."

I sighed in resignation. "The term is mother, but yes, and the children we were taking care of were that of her clients. She ran a daycare slash preschool. The closest cybertronian equivalent would probably be a sparkling center, and even that isn't a very accurate comparison. Parents would drop off their infants and toddlers at our house so they could go to work and my Mom and Dad would take care of them. That's how our family made a living." I explained. "I would help out a lot when I wasn't in school." I added, a nostalgic smile on my face. I had loved those kids, and they had loved me. It saddened me to think of how I would likely never see any of them ever again.

"A fitting life for the life giver of the cybertronian race." Megatron mused.

"Yeah." I agreed. Then, I turned and gave him a hard look. "If you're thinking of tracking down my human family to use them as bargaining chips or whatever, don't bother. I lived in a different dimension from this one when I was human. My family doesn't exist here."

Megatron said nothing. He simply left me to my own thoughts for once.

The rest of the morning was spent observing Ratchet as he examined Bumblebee. Bulkhead went to pick up Raf and Miko from school - Jack was at work. He came back with only Raf since, apparently, Miko had detention. What else was new? By then, Ratchet had concluded that Bumblebee needed an induced power-down. Oh, if only he knew what that would entail.

After Ratchet knocked Bee out, I was shrouded in darkness. After awhile, the darkness did not leave, but instead of what seemed like dark oblivion, it was just a dark space. I looked around and found Megatron and Bumblebee. Bee was trying to shoot Megatron but the shots just went right through him, as if he were a ghost. In a certain light, I guess he was.

I ran over to Bumblebee's side. "Bee, stop. It's not going to work. Not here." I told him. He looked at me and his optics widened in surprised recognition.

"Soulsong? What are you doing in my head?" he asked in his true voice.

"Bee... your voice." I said.

"My voi-? My voice!" he exclaimed.

I hummed. "Makes sense. We're in your subconscious, and since you're still fairly attached to your original voice, it follows that you would have access to it here."

Bee blinked. "Huh. Well what's up with you? You look like a full-grown femme."

I looked down at myself. I really did look like an adult. I was almost a foot taller than Bumblebee. My wings were fully grown, my curly hair-like wires had increased in number by quite a bit and were super poufy - almost exactly like the girl who played modern black Annie - and draped down about half a foot below my shoulder plates, and I had seeker claws. My figure was slender, though not as thin as Arcee. I maintained my midnight blue coloring with streaks of color here and there. My wings seemed to be a vibrant sapphire blue to match my optics, but they also seemed to have an iridescent quality to them. It was hard to tell, though, since there was no light in this place.

"Huh. Guess this is what I'll look like in several months." I said.

I turned my gaze from Bumblebee to look at Megatron, and I did not like the way he was looking at me. He seemed to be trying to keep his visage neutral, but I could still see the lust in his eyes as he eyed my frame up and down.

I raised an optic ridge at him when his blood red optics locked with my sapphire ones.

"See something you like?" I asked cheekily before my processor caught up to my mouth. Gah! No, no, no. You love Optimus, not Megatron. Do not pay attention to his physique. His chiseled... sculpted... gorgeous... Ugh! Stop it!

He smirked, but kept his optics on mine rather than moving south. "I will admit, I find it difficult not to appreciate your adult frame." he said.

Bumblebee immediately positioned himself in front of me, taking on a protective stance. "You are never going to lay a claw on her, Megatron. Not here, not in the real world, not ever. None of us will allow it." he declared. Aw, sweet 'Bot. I thought to myself as I smiled.

Megatron let out a bellowing laugh. "Really, scout? And how will you stop me once I have taken control of your body and use it to regain my own, among other things?" he said, locking optics with me on the last part.

"Simple. We won't let you take control of me, will we 'Song?" Bee said. I remained silent. "Soulsong?"

"I... Uh... I'm afraid I can't help you with that." I told him.

"What? Why not?!" he exclaimed as he turned to face me.

I rubbed my right arm sheepishly, refusing to meet his optics. "I kind of made a deal with Megatron. I don't try to stop him and he doesn't use your body to hurt the others."

Bumblebee opened his mouth to say something, but closed it when nothing came out. This went on for several moments - Bee looking like a fish all the while - before Megatron, once again, broke the silence.

"I believe the time has come to bring my plan into fruition." he said before disappearing along with Bumblebee and the dark space.

I was thrown back to the place where I could see what Bumblebee was doing - or more accurately, what Megatron was doing.

"Tell me, sparkling." Megatron got my attention. "Will you allow me to deal with any Autobots who get in my way?"

I shook my head. "You won't have to deal with anyone other than my father. Everyone else went on a mission. Starscream is trying to melt a glacier up in the Arctic to get to an energon deposit buried beneath it. If he succeeds, it will raise sea levels and demolish coastal cities in the process."

He raised and optic ridge. "And how is it you know this?"

"I know lots of things." I replied.

He looked like he wanted to press further on the subject, but decided against it for now at least. Instead he reactivated Bumblebee's body and went for the ground bridge, thankfully overstepping Rafael. He typed in the coordinates for the location where Optimus and my father had to battle Megatron's terracons. As he went through the portal I heard Raf call out to Bumblebee and Ratchet's footsteps before we were transported to our destination. Once through, Megatron began searching for the dark energon shard he used to bring his terracons to life. I looked around at all the lifeless terracons pieces. I felt a chill go through at the sight.

"Can you please make this quick? This place is awful." I pleaded.

"Where is it? Where?" he rambled to himself, ignoring me. An image of Megatron throwing the dark energon to the ground sprung up, and Megatron finally founf what he had been searching for. He grabbed it and a minute later the ground bridge reopened. We went through and Ratchet was waiting for us.

"Bumblebee? What have you been doing?" he asked. Megatron would have gone right passed him if Ratchet hadn't grabbed his arm to see what he had.

"Dark energon?" he said, confused as to why Bumblebee would have that. Before Ratchet could probe further, Megatron punched Ratchet in the face.

"Hey! You promised!" I shouted in horror and anger.

"Sometimes, there is no choice, child. He should not have stood in my way." he replied.

"Bee, what are you doing?" Raf asked as Megatron went for him.

"No! I won't let you hurt Raf." I exclaimed, determination flaring through me. I took control the best I could and managed to keep Megatron from hurting him. Instead, I had him drop Raf onto fan grate. Megatron was about to yell at me for interfering when I cut him off.

"If you don't have to keep your promise, I don't have to keep mine."

He growled but went on with his plan. He went toward the berth where my body was lay, seemingly asleep still. He picked me up and then set the ground bridge to the coordinates of the Nemesis and ran through. We arrived in a hallway with a bunch of vehicons around. Megatron took them all out in a matter of minutes before making our way to Knockout's med-bay. He placed me in the back of the room, out of sight from anyone else who might show up, and prepared the cortical psychic patch before connecting it with Megatron's helm. Just as he connected the other end to Bee's helm, Raf's voice echoed throughout the bay.

"Ratchet, don't hurt Bumblebee!"

"That's not Bumblebee." he replied before trying to punch us. Megatron had Bumblebee dodge each hit before landing his own.

"Daddy!" I exclaimed before snarling at Megatron. He turned toward his body before turning his attention to Raf.

"Bumblebee, no!" he shouted at him. "Remember who you are! Remember me! I know you always listen to me no matter what."

I could feel Bumblebee's own consciousness rising to the surface, pushing Megatron away for a short time. "Raf? Is that you?" he asked.

Raf's expression turned hopeful. "That's right Bee. It's me." he said.

Megatron was infuriated. "Unbelievable!" he roared.

He and Bee fought for control, causing Bee's body to collapse from the stress. In the end, Megatron won. He pushed Raf away, sending Raf airborne.

"Raf! I swear to Primus, I will make you pay for what you're doing to him and Ratchet." I growled. Megatron just smirked before turning his attention to Ratchet, who had his hands on the life support cable connected to Megatron's spark.

"Farewell, Megatron." he said before pulling the cable loose. Megatron ran for him and tried to punch him. When he missed, he threw Ratchet at the wall.

"No!" I screamed. I turned to the warlord with a snarl. "That does it!"

I don't know how, but I managed to do that thing Unicron did to Megatron in Predacon's Rising. I shot energy beams out of my eyes at Megatron. I wasn't able to do it for long - probably because I was still only a youngling - and when I had to stop, Megatron attacked my conscious until I fell unconscious.

When I awoke, the first thing I realized was that I was in my own body again. I looked at my little, undeveloped seeker claws and my midnight blue paint job with little streaks of other colors here and there, and I let out a relieved sigh. It felt good to be me again.

I sat up and took in my surroundings. I was in the Decepticon med-bay, but I seemed to be alone. I was on a medical berth, which I climbed off of. Once I was on the floor, I turned around and began walking toward the door. I had only taken a single step before the door opened to reveal Knockout.

"Ah, you're finally awake. It's about time." he said with a small smile. Oddly enough, there was nothing sadistic or even remotely evil about that smile. nevertheless, I quickly ran to the other side of the berth to hide. Never trust a Decepticon. I told myself.

"Now, now, it's alright. I won't hurt you, sparkling. I may be a Decpeticon, but we do have one rule about sparklings. We never harm them under any circumstances." he said in a soothing tone.

I peered around the berth just enough to be able to see him. He was kneeling on one knee with a with a smile equally as soothing as his voice. I'd always liked his voice...

"How about you come on out so I can be sure you're in working condition, hm?" he asked.

Not sensing any ill intent, I obliged. I slowly came out from behind the berth, and just as slowly walked over to him. When I was foot away from him, he scanned me.

He hummed at the results. "Good, you're in perfect working order. You do, however, require energon." he said before standing up. He walked over to a counter that had an energon dispenser. He pulled the lever and a cube popped out. He turned back to me and walked back to where I he'd let me.

"Now, I'm afraid you're too small to be able to feed yourself with a cube this size. May I?" I knew he was asking if he could feed me. I didn't want to say yes, but I did need energon. So, I nodded and raised my arms. He picked me up and brought the cube to my mouth, and I began to sip.

"I must say, for a sparkling, you finish is stunning. But, what can you expect from the incarnation of the Allspark?" he said. I halted my feeding to stare at him with wide optics.

"Yes, Lord Megatron told myself and Breakdown all about you after he finished beating Starscream. I never realized the Allspark was even capable of taking on a from such as this." He mused. I sighed and continued to sip.

A few minutes of silence later, the doors to the med-bay opened again to reveal Breakdown. He halted at the scene in front of him, then chuckled. "Never thought I'd see the day when you were taking care of a sparkling, K.O."

Knockout hummed before replying, never taking his eyes off me. "Nor did I, Brekadown. But, Megatron has commissioned me with her care. I can't say I mind, though."

This surprised Breakdown. "Really?"

Knockout nodded. "Really. While Starscream is a seeker, I doubt he could ever be the parenting type."

"Got a point there. Is that why you volunteered to be her caretaker?"

Knockout nodded again. "That, and something in my spark simply told me that I should be the one to care for her while she is in Decepticon hands."

Breakdown hummed again. "Are you gonna bond with her?"

Knockout shook his head. "No. While she does have room for one more paternal bond, I cannot bond with her unless she allows it. What Megatron does not seem to understand is that you can't force a bond on a sparkling. It must be mutual. She does not trust me yet, but should that ever change, I will be glad to bond with her."

His words brought me comfort, and so I smiled at him. He smiled back, and I knew in my spark that he would make my stay on the Nemesis a pleasant one. I wasn't a prisoner here, or at least with him. Granted, I did not know what exactly I was, but I did know Knockout would take good care of me.

Yay! Chapter 5 is done! What did you all think? I NEEDS TO KNOW!