Hey guys!! Yes, I am back. I am so sorry for the LONG delay but there's been a lot of stuff going on in my life...nothing dramatic though!! I was redecorating my room and then my computer had two viruses... . But it's all better now and it's upgraded to 4GB. =] This chapter isn't very long but I wanted to get it out!!

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"Starfire…Bumblebee…" Star and Bee turned to look over at Optimus, who had made his way further into the hangar. He was talking with Lennox and the couple obviously wasn't sure about what. He signaled for them to come over. They walked over to Optimus and Star was the first speak. "Yes, sir?"

"We need you to take Sam and Mikaela to New York. You're going to pick up a man named Simmons." Optimus was speaking more directly to Starfire, since Bumblebee had already met Simmons. "Then you will go find a boy named Leo. He's Sam's age. Unfortunately, he was dragged into the fight Sam's first year of college." Starfire nodded, understanding her new assignment, but only slightly.

"Why are we getting these other people?" Starfire shot Optimus a puzzled look. Optimus let out a heavy sigh, and put a hand to his head. "There's been talk that Megatron is going to try to send some smaller cons to scope out Sam at this school. They are also being sent to Simmons and Leo, since they're now involved in the fight." Again, Starfire nodded. She looked over at Bee, his expression was blank. "They've done it before…during Sam's first year. They sent a smaller femme, who was disguised as a human." Again, Star nodded. She knew that the decepticons weren't stupid and she knew that they were merciless. Just because they wanted Sam, doesn't mean they wouldn't kill a hundred innocent people to get to him.

"Are we going by ourselves?" Starfire figured that Optimus would send one or two reinforcements with them, due to what happened shortly after Decal was picked up. Star thought for a moment, wondering if Optimus would send Decal and Ironhide then she slightly rolled her eyes. She didn't want to have to put up with those two fucking all the time. Granted, Starfire knew what kind of relationship she and Bumblebee shared but she tried to be as professional as she could when she was put on a mission.

"Yes, for now. I feel you two can handle yourselves but if anything happens I will send you aid." Starfire nodded and smiled up at Optimus. She was thankful that Optimus trusted them in their new mission.

Star couldn't shake the feeling that Optimus was leaving some important information out but she never doubted the leadership skills that Optimus possesses. She just had to wonder to herself what he was leaving out or if she was just overreacting. Optimus had walked away but Starfire and Bee stayed behind. Starfire was still, still arguing with herself. Bumblebee looked down at her and saw confusion plastered onto her faceplate. He put his arm around her and she looked up, smiling at him, trying to break out of the war that was raging in her mind.

"I guess we should go then?" She continued to look up at Bee and he just looked down at her and gave her a slight smile. He took his arm from her shoulder and stuck his arm out, gesturing for her to go ahead of him. She smiled as she transformed and drove past him out of the hangar.

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The drive to pick up Simmons was long and exhausting. As a little joke Bee made him sit with Star in her alt. Bee was going to pay for that. Simmons wouldn't shut the hell up. He constantly talked to Starfire about 'Sector 7' and his original theory about the giant alien robots. He also mentioned his first encounter with the Optimus and the other autobots. Star didn't pay too much attention, she caught a few things here and there; she just nodded and agreed at the appropriate moments. "So then…they handcuff me to the pole and start asking me questions about Sector 7 and whatnot. I refused to answer and you're boyfriend took a leak on me…or as Optimus called it…he 'lubricated' on me." Star chuckled a bit when she heard that. Definitely sounds like something Bumblebee would do. He's so classy…isn't he?

'Bee…I hate you.'

'Why?' His voice through the comlink began to laugh. It's nice to see someone having a good time with Star's new found misery.

'He… won't… shut… up….' Starfire spaced out her words, making it clear to Bumblebee that she was irritated. If he knew what was good for him…he'd lay off the jokes.

'I'm sorry babe. It's not too much farther to get Leo. We'll switch off. You can have Mikaela back and I'll take Simmons and Leo.'

'Good.' Starfire was happy that she was going to have her new buddy, Mikaela, back with her. Mikaela was a lot like Starfire, in the sense that she was one tough cookie and she would do anything for who she loves.

Starfire felt eyes on here and she knew that they had to be Simmons because he was the only one in the car with her. She looked over and he began to weave another tale about Sector 7 and conspiracy theories. Star slowly turned her head back to the road. She only wished she could open the door and jump out but being that her body was the car…it would do no good.

Starfire couldn't even turn off her holoform. There were so many cars on the highway; someone was bound to notice a car with no driver and some lunatic talking to himself in the passenger seat.

Thankfully it only took a few hours to get to Leo's house. He was waiting on the porch. There was a surprised look on his face; Optimus must not have told him that Star was coming. "Who…who is that?" He pointed at Star as he slowly descended the porch steps. The boy sounded a bit frantic, a bit nervous. Surely, he's seen the autobots before so why the hell was he so jittery?

"That's Starfire. She's Bee's mate. She's coming with us." Sam spoke to Leo, as he pointed at Starfire. She remained in the car and looked out over at Leo, giving him a polite smile.

"…She's human and she's Bumblebee's mate?"

Sam stared at Leo for a second, not believing how stupid the boy sounded. "…No you dumbass, she's an autobot… She's using a holoform."

"And what the hell is a 'holoform?'" Leo made quotations in the air and took a quick glance over at Star, who gave him a confused wave. Sam sighed and put a hand to his head. It was very clear to Starfire that he did not want to explain all of this right now. He probably wanted to get the damn kid in the car and explain it on the way to their new destination.

Simmons had made his way out of the car. Starfire let out a sigh of relief and then got out herself and walked over to Mikaela. "Look, old man…do not start with me. I've had a very trying day." Leo spoke fast. The kid looked like some lunatic that made a break from the asylum. Something didn't seem right.

Starfire tried to seem a bit calm but she was starting to get worried. She wondered if maybe this is how the kid always acted.

"He's a bit spastic, huh?" Mikaela nodded to Starfire and began to tell her how he acted when she first met him. Star couldn't help but laugh. So, it turns out he was the pathetic college boy that was constantly on the prowl for nookie and any juicy information that he could put onto his website. Truly pathetic.

Starfire asked Mikaela if Leo was always this spastic and she told her he only acted that way when he was scared or stressed out. She wasn't 100% sure but from what she's seen so far, that's what it seemed like to her.

Simmons and Leo were arguing and Mikaela had told Starfire that this was going to happen quite often. She shook her head, she couldn't deal with this crap either but she was going to have to suck it up. "Hey guys! We need to move…like … now!" Star shouted over Simmons and Leo, making herself known, probably all the way down the street. They both turned and stared at her. Leo was the one who broke the silence. "…No need to get all snotty…" Starfire rolled her eyes and walked back over to her car and hopped in.

Mikaela got into the passenger seat and let out a sigh. "I am so happy; you stuck all the boys in there." She pointed at Bee and laughed. Starfire laughed too and nodded. "Yeah … I can't take another minute of that Simmons character talking about 'Sector 7' or any of that other crap." Star recalled part of the conversation with Simmons. He had mentioned what he had done to Bumblebee shortly after he first met the autobots. 'We had him tied down and we started to freeze him. Thought he'd make a good experiment. The guys gave him some electric shocks…tried to figure out how he worked and what not… ' Star was absolutely disgusted by this and wondered why Bee didn't say anything about it to her. He more than likely didn't want to upset her.

Mikaela must have noticed the sudden silence that filled the Jaguar. "…You alright, hun?" Star broke from her trance and quickly glanced over at Mikaela. "…Oh…um…yeah. I was just thinking about something. I'm all good." She gave Mikaela a reassuring smile, not wanting to worry her with petty memories.

Starfire and Mikaela began to talk about random things, such as past relationships and Mikaela's father. Star told Mikaela about her family back on Cybertron and their untimely fate. In the middle of their conversations, Bumblebee interrupted. "Starfire…"

"Yeah, babe?" Star couldn't be sure but she knew that there was something wrong. Bumblebee's voice sounded a bit off to her.

"…Look who's here..." Starfire tried to look around the yellow camaro, trying to see if there was danger in front of her. That's when she saw him…

CLIFFHANGER!! So who do you guys think is there??

Again, sorry for the delay guys!! I promise the next chapter won't take this long!! I love you all!! REVIEW!!!