So it's been two months since my last update. I honestly couldn't get anything down for a whole month and a half. I don't even think I even had two full pages. But I made this chapter extra long - longest chapter so far - since I've made you wait for so long.

This chapter sums up Jessica's first day and we get to meet some more Autobots! :D

Ok so I have pretty much a rough plan for this story but I'm gonna need some filler chapter in between to get the plot moving so if any of you want to see something happen or have an idea please PM me or leave a review of what you want please! It would help a whole lot cause the more ideas I have the less long you guys have to wait till the next chapter.

On another note, I decided to have both Jazz and Ratchet act like parental figures towards Jessica, for now anyways. Ratchet is gonna need some time before he gets into the fatherly role. There's also a little bit of a surprise/drama in there. ;) It was a random idea but it sure throws Jess off road.

Anyways, I figured this AN is long enough so please enjoy this chapter. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers.

Chapter 9

" You can run but you can't hide forever! " It was dark and I couldn't see anything. Every once in a while I felt a dark presence behind me and I tried running away from it but it seemed that wherever I went it was always around the next corner. Watching me. Waiting for me.

I ran for what seemed like an eternity but could of been minutes. I could feel the blood rushing through my veins and hear my labored breathing as I tried to calm myself.

It got all quiet all of a sudden. I ran even harder and slammed into something hard.

" Told you I'd find you. "

I bolted up in my bed covered in sweat. Maisy woke up from my sudden movement and looked around the room to see what had frightened me. She laid her head in my lap and whined softly. I scratched her ears to calm us both down.

It felt so real. But it couldn't of been, right? It was almost like a memory but it wasn't. I definitively would of remembered it if it were. And that voice. It sounded familiar but that nightmare was so foggy I couldn't put two and two together. I looked at the clock. Five AM. Great.

I got up, took a shower, got dressed and put my hair in a loose ponytail. My first block was at seven so I had... over an hour and a half.

I decided to get some food to wake myself up. I dropped Maisy off outside and headed to the mess hall. I grabbed some food and my beloved coffee and sat down. Not many other soldiers were around so it was pretty quiet. No one was quite awake yet to socialize.

" Hey Jessybear! " Will exclaimed sitting down across from me with his own breakfast. A few others shot us amused looks.

" Can you not call me that in public? " I groaned, almost too tired to argue.

" So meet anyone interesting? Any friends yet? " My uncle asked munching on his oatmeal.

" Yeah a few. The Potter twins, Victoria Parkinson and you already know Nolan. " He probably knew everyone's transcripts by heart.

" Good kids. Little bit troublemakers but harmless. You talk to Ron lately? " Will asked. He definitively knew something.

" Yeah why? What'd you know? "

" Nothing just heard your little argument from a few days ago. " He said nonchalantly.

" You heard about that too? " He chuckled.

" It's my job to know everything. And... that's all anyone's been talking about. "

" Great first day and everyone's already talking about me. "

" It'll blow over by the next week. We don't usually get much excitement around here. "

" Glad to know I'm the front page of Nest magazine. " I replied sarcastically while rolling my eyes. Will chuckled lightly.

" What do you have first? "

" Special Ops with Lieutenant Jazz. "

" Oh you'll love it, everyone does. Jazz is a great instructor too. You'll get along with him great. "

" Yeah I already met him actually. Last night we bumped into each other. " I was thinking of maybe going to see him after all the training was done.

" Good to know you're not completely socially awkward. " He winked at me. I threw a pack of sugar at him missing his face when he ducked and got up.

" Got a meeting with Epps so I'll see you later. " My uncle up and left me to my thoughts.

I finished eating and decided to bring Maisy for a walk. Time really flew by and before I knew it my first training class was in ten minutes.

I dropped Maisy off again and made my way to Special Ops. At least I had met Jazz him prior. He seemed extremely outgoing and caring, which is something I haven't seen in a long time.

Both he and Ron were extremely attractive. And when I say extremely, I mean extremely. Although I didn't see Jazz in that way, I could always appreciate his good looks. But I mean, it's not like I felt about Ron in that way…could you really blame me for ogling him? He was a freaking walking Adonis. If only Anna knew I was thinking about him this way, she'd have a cow by "denying" my feelings for him. Like there was any in the first place. Firstly, he was a tad older than me. Secondly, he was a family friend. Thirdly, he was my superior. And fourthly,…I just didn't see him that way! Again, Anna would say I'm in denial. It's not like it mattered if I liked him anyway, he definitively didn't see me in that way. I was just Will's little niece who just so happened to be working with him.

I finally reached the hangar in which we had to gather. Luckily for me, Victoria and Jace were already there. The new recruits were split in different groups so not everyone had the same schedule.

" Hey. " I greeted them. They greeted me back as the Lieutenant walked in.

" Alright line up alphabetically. " We were fifteen in total and it ended up being that all three of us were beside each other. " You'll group up in teams of three by name. " Jazz said. That meant we were grouped together. " Everyone follow meh. "

We made our way through the base until we reached one of the hangar's entrances.

" I want ten laps around base. " Oh good lord. The entire base? But it was so damn big...

" Is that it? " One of the recruits perked up, I think his name was Cameron. Was he crazy? 'Was that it?' Was he trying to get us to do more laps? Everyone was looking at him incredulously.

" Well it was. Ah was just going to have y'all keep the same pace in ya groups to build some teamwork but if that's too easy for yah then ah sappose ah can get started on next week's schedule. " Jazz grinned. I glared at Cameron. " Alright same thing; ten laps around base. Since this is Special Ops, y'all will not make ah sound. Yah need to wear a bracelet that records your stealth at every monitor placed around base randomly. Yah won't know where they are so ah advise yah to keep quiet. " He looked at all of us from behind his sunglasses. " Ah think that's it. "

Thank god cause I was already glaring daggers at Cameron's big mouth. Jazz all handed us the bracelets and different groups headed off one at a time. One of them had three extremely obnoxious girls; the ones that have high pitched voices and won't shut up. Those kinds of girls so don't know how well they're gonna do.

" You guys have good stamina? " I asked the other two. Jace nodded.

" It's not my best department but I'll manage. I'm still working on it. " Victoria said.

" I can help you whenever I go running at night if you want? " I offered with an easy smile.

" Really? That'd really help, thanks. " She answered back, her mouth quirking upwards. It didn't seem like she smiled much but I didn't mind.

" Alright group 3 you're up. " We made our way to the entrance. Jazz flashed me a smile passing by and we were off.

My own smile vanished when I forgot to ask them their pace. I didn't want to talk in case we were near any monitors. Only one way to ask...I turned to my left and signaled with my hands 'Medium pace okay with you?' to Jace. He clued in and signed back 'Yes'. I turned to Victoria and mouthed her the same question since she looked lost at our conversation. She gave me the same answer as Jace.

Every once in a while, our bracelet would flash indicating we had just passed a monitor. All in all I didn't think we did too bad. We were all focused on running so we weren't really concentrating on stealth. My goal was to finish the ten laps without stopping. We had to slow down a few times for Victoria but we always picked up our pace afterwards.

Now we were at CANINE training. We all paired up into groups and the dog trainer, whom I didn't bother learning his name, told us to walk around base and see how our dogs react to each other and to other solders. I could already tell I was gonna bore of this class quickly. But hey at least Maisy got some training and exercise in.

Ten thirty came and went and we were off to Phys Ed with Ron...oh boy. I swear to god if these Swiper and Sunny are anything like Victoria says they look or are in the same looks department as Ron and Jazz...I don't think I'll be able to handle myself and manage to not get embarrassed. Here goes nothing.

Phys Ed was in the training room, right beside the indoor track. It was connected by a large wall with two big glass doors that occupied it. We had all changed attire beforehand, which was a loose grey shirt with NEST on it and your choice of track pants ( for guys and girls ) or spandex shorts ( only for the girls ). I stuck with my bright green Nikes as everyone else wore their own sneakers. I couldn't pick in between the pants or the shorts so I wore the latter under the former.

" Alright recruits, I won't repeat this a second time so listen up. You will address me as sir, Commander or Commander Ron. Swiper and Sunny will be helping in whenever they can as well. Do I make myself clear? " Ron said in an authoritative voice.

" Sir, yes sir! " We all chorused loudly.

" Alright, start off with five laps around the track. After that you're going to do burpies, push ups, plank tapouts, jumping jacks and crunches. Twenty each, in the inner part of the track. Everytime you've finished it once, you'll be adding five laps and twenty more of each. We will be doing this for an hour. As soon as an hour has passed or the first person to get 25 laps and100 of each done, you may drink some water. " He looked at us before letting us know that the bracelets Jazz gave us should always be worn since it would track our progress. " Start running! " He really didn't joke around.

It started out fairly easy; the running did anyway. But I absolutely HATED push ups. And I wasn't even allowed to do girl push ups either. I had stuck my tongue out at Ron's back after he told me that I had to do them the normal way. I had heard a few snickers from my fellow soldiers at that.

About halfway in was when two people came in rushing into the room.

" Sorry we're late. This slagger kept fussing 'bout his paint job. " The first one complained. The second one just scowled at the other.

I wasn't disappointed in what I saw. They both looked to be in the late teens early twenties. They were obviously twins, except one of them had blonde hair as the other had red. And their eyes! God I could look in them forever. They were the brightest azure blue I had ever seen. Both looked like a mix of Zac Efron and Theo James. Wasn't heaving on the eyes in the best kind of way.

As I made another lap around the track, I noticed more things as I neared them. They looked to be 5'10 easily while the blonde one was just to say a big bigger muscle wise. They both wore camo pants, the only difference being the red head wore a wife beater and the other a regular t shirt that said Nest Autobots.

I ran up to Victoria who was having a hard time.

" You doing alright? " I asked her.

" All this running " pant " is gonna kill me. " She laughed slightly out of breathe. " It's gonna be " pant " even harder to concentrate " pant " with these two here. "

Thirty minutes later I was about ready to pass out. Nobody had finished before the hour was up so we spend the whole time going without any water. I think I gulped down mine in less than 10 seconds.

" Alright now I want you to pair up. You're gonna be practicing punching and knee hits as well as receiving both. " Ron said loudly. I paired up with Victoria and we gathered these arm and hand cushions for when the other was punching or kneeing the other. " You get five minutes for each. If you're on the offense, the goal is the make your opponent back off. Try and find their weakness and make them move. If you're defense, the goal is to keep still. Keep your eyes on your opponent and never put your guard down. "

Victoria started first as offense. She hit and I received.

" So what'd you think about the helpers? " I asked her with a teasing smile. She sent me a round of punches but I didn't waver.

" They really know their stuff. But they're also a bit vain, especially the blonde one. " She said back tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear. " But they're nice to look at. " She smiled back until her eyes widened in horror. I turned around to see what she was looking at to see the twins making their way around, giving tips and helping a few people. And the next group was ours...

I smiled knowingly at her. She was acting like a tween with her first schoolgirl crush. It was cute.

" Better get to it if you want to look like you're actually doing something. " I lightly smirked at her. She looked back at me when she realized she had stopped hitting altogether. She sent me a few hard rounds and I had to take a step back.

" Whoa there tiger. Didn't know you had that in you. And in such a small body too. " The red head approached us with a cocky smirk on his face, his brother right behind him.

" You'd be surprised with what I can do, Swipe. " Victoria grunted after her last punch. It was true, with what she lacked in endurance she redeemed in strength.

" I can see that. " He looked her up good heartedly playing along. He turned to me and smiled charmingly. " Let's see what you can do Lennox. " Wait how did he...oh right. Word goes around fast. From what Ron told me there wasn't many Autobot members and Will works with them so he must have mentioned me.

I passed took off the guards as Victoria picked hers up. I got in the fighting stance I saw her take and threw a few punches. I wasn't very strong to begin with; I'm all legs and no arms. In other words, my hits barely had any impact on her. I probably looked like one of those girls in a 'girl fight' slapping my arms away from my face. Yeah not the greatest first impression...

Swiper or I assumed he was from what Victoria and Ron said, actually laughed at my effort and Sunny looked highly amused.

" Here, let me help you. " Swiper chuckled. He placed himself beside me. " Okay I want you to mimic me alright? " I nodded. He placed himself in the right placement and I tried to imitate it.

" How's this? " I asked. He looked at my body and sighed.

" Well that's not working. Looks like I'll have to show you manually. " Swiper now stood behind me as he placed my body like it was supposed to go. I couldn't concentrate because he kept putting his hands on my sides and hips and I was trying my best not to think about it. Those places were very touchy and if touched right, I'd be on the ground in a laughing mess.

" She can't concentrate when you're groping her. " Sunny said scowling and crossing his arms. I blushed and looked down as Swiper guffawed.

" I wasn't-Sunny it's not like that. " Swiper said grumpily, almost like a whine.

" Get your hands off her while I show you how it's done. " Sunny growled low and took his brother's position. Well kudos to Victoria. Now she got to flirt with her man candy. I winked at her when Swiper neared her. She frowned at me in return.

With steady hands, Sunny placed my hips where they were supposed to go. As he went to place my arms right, a tingling sensation passed through as when our skin touched. It felt like when...Ron and I touched. My eyes snapped up to his to see his surprised yet glaring ones.

" She's all yours. " He lightly growled as he let me go. He paused for a moment to look at his brother like he was talking to him telepathically or something then walking off to help another group.

" Did I do something wrong? " I asked Swiper confused.

" Nawh it's not you Jess. Sunny's just Sunny. " He tried to smile at me but it didn't reach his eyes. I looked at Victoria but she just shrugged her shoulders.

The remaining hour passed relatively quick but I couldn't stop help but think about the incident with Sunny. And to make matters worse, I saw him and his twin talking intensely and when I walked by they quieted down. It was all so confusing. And extremely awkward. First Ron and now Sunny? Did I have some kind of disease that made me 'zap' the male population when I touched them? On the other hand, it couldn't be a coincidence that both of them were Autobots could it? I didn't know, something just wasn't adding up and I had no else to talk to about it. The only people who knew, well of my knowledge, was Sunny, Swiper obviously, Ron and myself.

Who was I supposed to talk to? Epps? Will? Yeah like that would go over well. I'll just walk up to them and explain my dilemma. ' Hey uncle Will? Do you happen to know why I feel all warm and tingly whenever I touch a hot Autobot member? Oh you didn't know? Oh yeah, it's like an electrifying current. Oh but it's okay cause it's not as intense with Sunny! ' Not a chance. He'd probably send me to the closest psychiatric ward. Epps would just laugh thinking it was a joke.

I had a few friends; Rosalie, Jace, Nolan and Victoria. The only thing was that they probably would just look at me like I was crazy. Who knew? Maybe I am. It's not like I could prove it either. Ron denied feeling anything and Sunny looked like he hated my guts. First day in training and already this happens! I think I must have beat a record for messing things up so soon.

At least I didn't see Sunny for the rest of the day. Next was lunch then medical training with the Autobot's CMO Ratchet. I just hope I got on his good side since I remember Ron telling me he threw actual wrenches at others when he got mad. A mad medic is never a good thing, especially when he has a tendency to throw things.

I was in line to get some food with Victoria for lunch after we finished a quick shower. I spotted Nolan sitting at an empty table so we decided to join him.

" Hello ladies. " He smiled warmly at us. " How has your day been so far? " It was nice to see a happy face. After the fiasco early, it was to be around happy people.

" It wasn't too bad. Special Ops was alright until some recruit got cocky and made us do early scheduled plans for next week. I had no idea what I was doing! Espionage is not my thing and we just skipped a whole week worth of training cause of some cocky ass. " Victoria grumbled. I rolled my eyes but I couldn't help agree with her.

" That bad huh? If you have any trouble with anyone else just let me know. " Nolan said seriously but with a hint of mirth.

It was weird having the feeling of having someone look out for me, especially since I just him. I mean sure, I had Sarah, Will, Annabelle and Epps, but that was pretty much it. I never had an actual group of friends in high school. I wasn't part of any clique or group; I just kind of friends with everyone. In other words, I never had any close friends to confide in. My dad was always off on business trips and my mom was too busy with her 'social calendar' to really act like an actual mother. And it's not like I could change anything about it now either.

" Apart from that, how was your morning? "

" CANINE training was easy but boring. Phys Ed was...intense to say the least. I'm pretty sure I've already made someone hate me. " I piped up. I wouldn't reveal everything but I sure as hell couldn't keep it in. It was going to come out either way.

" Rough start. I've got Commander Ron for Phys Ed right after lunch. Any pointers on how to stay alive? " He joked.

" Whatever you do don't touch Sunny! " Wait did I just say that out loud? Oh I was exactly quiet about it either. People turned around to look at me as I turned red as a tomato. Oh my god that sounded to wrong.

Victoria snorted in her drink and ended coughing to not die from suffocation or laughter. I couldn't tell. Nolan just raised an eyebrow amusingly and had the biggest smirk on his face.

" First day and you're already claiming dibs, huh Jess? Don't worry he's all yours. I don't swing that way anyway. " He winked at me to take my embarrassment even more down south.

" Not like that you perv! " That was the only thing I could think to say to defend myself.

" Who's a perv now? " The twins decided now would be the perfect moment to join us. Jace sat beside Victoria who was on my left and Rosalie sat beside Nolan who was directly across from me.

" No one is. " I immediately said. The sooner we stopped talking about this, the sooner my face would return to its normal color. " How was your morning Rose? "

" It was interesting to say the least. I have medical training first thing in the morning and let me tell you Ratchet is not a morning person. I got a scalpel thrown at my head for being so loud. "

" I can attest to that. " Nolan chuckled. " It sure made my morning. It almost hit her too. Just to say missed. Be glad that he didn't use his wrench of doom on you. "

" Did-did you just say his 'wrench of doom'? " Jace asked perplexed.

" Yeah, that's what everyone calls it. "

" That's super. " Victoria said sarcastically stabbing at her food. " That's our next block. "

" At least you won't be alone. Me and Jess will be with you. " Jace said to try and lighten up her mood.

We all finished eating and made our separate ways to our blocks. The med bay was pretty simple but was big in size like the rest of base. Even all of the doors around it were huge. Well not all of them. There were smaller doors and then there were the ones that were humongous. I had no idea what they were for. Military vehicles perhaps?

There were these metal beds throughout the room with all the technical, machinery and tools a medic would need. At the very far end of the room were two other doors that led to who knows where. But all in all the diameter of the med bay was relatively small compared to the rest of base. Almost like it was a sitting room or something.

" Everyone settle down. " A loud grouchy voice came in from the door.

A slim tall man wearing a button up shirt, slacks and a lab coat came in through the smaller door. He had bright blue eyes, medium length dark brown hair and a little bit of a stubble. He stood at 6'0 and looked sort of grumpy.

" Better be better than the last group. " He mumbled under his breath as he passed us. Victoria snorted and I couldn't stop myself from giggling from it until he turned towards us to give us a shut-the-hell-up-or-I'll-throw-a-wrench-at-you look. I coughed to hide my laughter whereas Victoria looked bashful and was blushing like crazy from his look. It took all my control not to interrupt into giggles again.

" My name is Ratchet. I am the Autobots' CMO and your instructor for medical training. I do not like to be called sir or doc, therefore please refrain yourselves from using them. You'll be given a datapad each day to read on your own time. You will be tested on them at the end of each week. There's a room full of them on the other side of that door that you can access at any time. " He said pointing to the door on the left. " Group up. Three per berth. " What the hell was a berth?

I looked around as everyone gathered around the metal tables. Oh... the metal table/beds were berths. Ratchet handed us a datapad each and begun a basic CPR lesson. It was pretty straight forward. A little too simple actually because I dozed off a bit.

" Lennox! " A grouchy loud voice yelled. I jumped out of my stupor frightened.

" Huh..? " I asked drowsy. A few people snickered, including Victoria and Jace. I glowered at them until I looked at Ratchet's glaring face. " I mean uh... yes sir? " I think I just made the whole situation worse. If possible, Ratchet's face looked even more irked.

" I asked you a question. "

" You did? " A few more snickers. I looked to see the medic subconsciously grab the closest thing to him, which was a wrench. Perfect. I immediately ducked before it could hit me. I heard a clang hit the wall right where I used to be standing. I looked up over the berth to see a fuming Ratchet.

" Would anyone else like to answer? " A hand flew straight up. " Yes Thomas? "

" A person can't live after 3 minutes without air. Just like with water, it's 3 days and food it's 3 weeks. "

" Very good. At least someone knows something. " The girl, Courtney Thomas, took in the praise and looked at me smugly. Great just what I needed. One of those know-it-alls. That wasn't the worst part. She blatantly flirted with anything male, especially the Autobot members. It was innerving. I hadn't seen her flirt with Jazz or Ron yet but the twins and Ratchet were a different story.

She had the looks to back it up too. She was around my height with wavy light strawberry blonde hair and big chocolate brown eyes. She had thick lips, a big bust and the slimmest waist that would attract any guy. It made me feel self conscious but I couldn't let her get to me, especially on the first day of training.

Forgetting about Courtney, I focused for the rest of the block until it came time to get to weapons training with Ron. At least I could end my day on a high note. Hopefully.

Weapons training was by far my one of my favorite kinds of training. Ron had us clean all different types of guns until we practiced how to load and unload them. That's what we were doing at the moment. He had us do a little race. Jace and I were racing against each other to see who could load and unload their weapon 5 times first. We weren't actually using real bullets in case we fired a round by accident.

I had three more loads and unloads to do before I was finished when Jace began to laugh in excitement.

" I bet you my dessert that I'll be done first. " He said challengingly. As competitive as I was, I just couldn't back down. "

" You've got a deal. " I said trying to finish first. Two more to go.

I put the gun down as fast as I could back on the table a millisecond before Jace did.

" Booyah! " I gave him beaming smug smile. Jace laughed in return nudging me in the shoulder.

" Good job Jess. " I didn't notice Ron behind me as he lightly touched my lower back and whispered in my ear that left shivers down my body. I looked up at him and slightly smiled in thanks.

" Commander Ron! I'm having some trouble with my gun. " Courtney's incisively whiny voice brought us back from our little bubble. I subconsciously turned to glare at her for ruining our moment to see her 'innocent' looking face. She was playing damsel in distress and Ron was completely falling for it.

" What's the problem? " Ron's gruff voice asked as he turned to her and his hand left me. I already missed his touch on my back. It was warm and...I looked at Jace as he quirked a brow up in question.

" What? " I asked defensively.

" Nothing. " He said amused and winked causing me to look down to hide my blushing face.

The rest of the night passed by in a blur. I teased Jace at supper when he realized Mrs. Norris was making apple pie and couldn't have any. I ran with Victoria after we ate, giving her tips and helping her stamina. After that, I went straight to the Autobots' offices.

I looked at the name plates on the doors until I came by Jazz's. I knocked on the door before the door opened on its own. The doors here on base were automatic with code access only locks. I walked in to see Jazz leaning back in his chair and legs crossed on his desk while reading a datapad. He looked up and smiled in greeting. Maisy ran into the room and began smelling everything she could reach.

" Hiya Jess. Nice oh yah to come by after all. To be honest, ah didn't think you'd show on the first day. "

" I thought that since the recruits are going to be working with the Autobots, it'd be good to get to know you better. "

" Ah like the way yah think. Ask away. " And ask I did. Turns out he's a saboteur - it made sense since he's in Special Ops - and his how did he say it? Oh yeah his... 'sparkmate' was on one of the transportations on their way here but I couldn't remember the name.

It was extremely odd. It was like the Autobots came from a different planet or something. They talked differently like they came from somewhere else. When he first mentioned a 'sparkmate' he paused for a moment shocked like he wasn't supposed to say that. Because of that I didn't ask what a 'sparkmate' was. I just figured it was a lover of some kind.

Apart from that, we talk for a few hours until I fell asleep on his couch in his office. I could feel warm familiar hands lift me up under my knees and shoulders. I automatically cuddled into the warm chest and received a deep chuckle in return. I felt the electrifying current pass between my carrier and I when I laid my head on his shoulder touching his neck.

I vaguely remembered someone taking my boots off and laying me in my bed. Maisy, I assumed she had followed, laid down at my legs.

I tiredly half opened my eyes to see bright blue eyes and a retreating back.

Hope you guys liked it! :) I certainly liked the Sunny/Jess twist. ;) I'd love to hear your theories about why she feels the way she does whenever she touches Ironhide or Sunstreaker.

Don't forget, if you have any ideas don't hesitate to PM me or leave a review! You can always leave a review anyway telling me what you liked or didn't like.