...i dont know what to say...

I expected the bots around me to freak out because it was a miracle I survived. What wasn't what I was expecting was the pain.

Since I used all the energy inside of me to kill Starscream and give the Auotbots life, I used the energy that healed me. So now there were deep gashes and broken bones. I screamed and cursed, which would have been really funny if I was okay. Ratchet did as much as he can to stop the blood and Melody and Arcee had to hld me down so I would stop writhing in the pain. Oh, the pain. It was unbearable, lke somebdy set me on fire and watched me run around while they laughed about it. I hurt so bad I was practically begging them to kill me. I want to die! Was the only thing going through my head.

I woke up, only having a few memories from after I came back alive. One was Melody changing my clothes so I don't have to look like I been through Freddie and Jason when they both agreed causing me pain was much funner. Somehow, most of my bones healed. Ratchet. Now I only had a brace on my hand. But then again, life can't be so perfect. There is always going to be a complication...

I sprinted down the hallway, my legs aching. I wasn't going fast enough. I turned and started to run again, trying to get to the opening of the ship. I coudn't believe it was only minutes after I heard Ironhide shout and saw humans freeze him. He was being carried away as I ran. I had to get to the opening. Optimus was there, and everybody else. Finally, I saw the light of te opening. I ran through it, stopping right next to Prime. "What the hell is going on?" I asked.

"They want you and Sam, and they took Ironhide to show they mean business. He was trying to stop him, he saw what they did to Bumblebee when your fater was a teenager..." Prime trailed off.

"Then I will go! I don't want them hurting my friends because I wouldn't go. Optimus, I have Spider, who was designed to protect me when I have no big Autobots. I will be fine. And Sam would be there too. Please. I don't want them to harm Ironhide. He died once because of me. I don't want him to get hurt because of me again." I had to beg Optimus.

"Okay, go. Sam, you go too." I noticed Sam on the other side of Prime. He looked at me. I nodded and we stepped out of the crowd and towards the car. The man beside of it smirked and opened the door to us. I spit by his shoes and Sam did the same. Autobots chuckled behind us.

The man got into the car, and his friend drove us away. I looked around. There was no sign of my guardian. "I am Simmons. Agent Simmons. Where did you meet the Autobots?" The man asked us sharply.

"I am going to let Brooke handle the questions..." Sam turned to his window.

I was still looking around for my friend. "Uh...?" I said. Sam snorted, but otherwise kept silent. He was scared of cops. I just liked to annoy them.

"Why are they here?" Simmons asked.

"Why aren't they here?"

"I am the one asking the questions, Ms. Whitwicky."

"Tell me, Simmons, do you have a girlfriend?" I asked, with my poker face on.

"No."

I laid back in my seat. "I thought so..." I snickered.

Simmons must have been tired of this game. "Why. Are. The. Autobots. Here?" He asked.

"So they are on Earth. Can't they have a vacation from their home for a while? I mean, come on!"

After that, Simmons stopped asking me questions. I knew he was going to wait until we were where he felt safe to start asking me questions. I asked for a pen so I can started doodling on my hand. They were just marks that go through my head, just symbols that were on the files I found in my mom's safe. That seemed so long ago from today. Like it was years ago, really it was just months. That made Dad's death seemed like a century ago. I laid my head back, thinking back to the days where it was just my family. No giant robots...no Simmons...that was the life.

After a few hours, the car stopped. I peeked out the window to see Hoover Dam. My parents used to take me and Sam there whenever we could, just to look. They said they always had memories of this place, memories they would never forget. When me and Sam would look down, Mom and Dad would remember these memories. They told us stories that there was a secret place under the dam. When I stepped out of the car and peered over the dam, I wondered if those stories where true.

Simmons grabbed the back of my jacket and the back of Sam's jacket and towed us toward the restricted area. His friend drove away. We walked past the fence and down a few set of stairs until we came to a door. "You two. Inside. Now." Simmons opened the door. Me and Sam walked in, and he closed it.

Lights turned on, and we walked along hallways. Simmons went to a room, placing me and Sam inside of it. "How did you meet the Autobots?" He asked. "And do not give me sassy remarks, young lady. Because this is my turf now."

"Take me to Ironhide, and I will show you who's turf it is," I snapped. Sam gave me a warning look, which made me sigh. He wanted me to tell Simmons everything. "Mom and Dad left them with us. Ironhide became y guardian and Bumblebee is Sam's. We ran off with Bee after a Decepticon attacked our house. We went to a small town in the desert but the Decepicons found us. Sam...he was kidnapped and I was left with a couple of Autbots. Then we went to the crashed ship which is the base for Autobots. After a while I went with some bots to rescue Sam from another Decepticons ship, but he wasn't there. I died but came back to life and we found Sam a few days later."

Simmons looked pleased. "Thank you for helping, both of you. Now, why are the robots here?"

Sam nudged me. He was too frightened to speak to the man. We looked at each other for a couple second before I turned to Simmons. I pulled the All Spark sliver from my pocket. "I found it, and touched it. The piece shocked me, which made all the energy and information it holds come to me. The Decepticons went back to Plan A, which is turn Earth's technology into robots and take over the universe. You guys made a big mistake having me with no guard because it the Decepticons get a hold of me and tortures me, it might as well be the end of the world."

Simmons stopped looking please and started to look mad. He took out his cell phone and dialed a number. "Lennox? Yeah, it is me, Simmons...Yeah long time, no see...I need a favor from you....I know you are retired from the war, but Sam's kid needs help...Brooke, yeah she looks like both of them...No, she touched a piece of the All Spark and uh, the Decepticons want her...She says they went back to Plan A...Mission City...You are coming? Thanks, man...Okay, say hi to Annabelle to me...Bye." He shut his phone and smiled at me. "Lennox was in the Mission City war."

I looked at Sam, unsure. Dad told us about his old friend Lennox, who retired even though he was young. If I did my math correctly, he was still young enough to be in the war. I looked back at Simmons after a reassuring look from my brother. "So is this what all the stories are about? An underground secret place? What is it for?" I asked.

Simmons looked at me. "What would it take to have you bring back somebody, if you can?" Simmons asked.

"First, it depends on who it is. I think I could only bring back dead robots. Second, my record is gone. So is Sam's. I don't want to be on the run anymore. Third, money. Lots of it."

After I said it, I gazed at Simmons steadily. After a minute or two, he stood up. "Jazz. He was one of-"

"The robots in the Mission City war. I know. I will try to bring him back for no charge," I said. "But he has to be in shape. He can't be torn in two or anything."

"Good. After the war, Ratchet let us keep his body to study. Not to rip open or anything, but to observe. He put Jazz back in one piece before handing him off to us. We need him bsck, can you do it?" Simmons asked.

I thought about the chances. Jazz was dead for years, I don't think I could do it. But I nodded and Simmons led me and Sam down rooms and staricases. I heard a familiar sound. Ironhide was near us. I was about to call his name before Simmons pulled me into a room. Nobody was in there except us three. A glass window was on one of the walls next to a door. "I suggest you guys hide out in there..." I trialed off, looking at the small silver bot. He was still, but his paint looked new. Ratchet must have fixed him up good.

After Sam and Simmons were behind the glass, I stepped closer to Jazz's body. The energy whirled inside of me, wanting to unleash itself. I let my hand hover over Jazz's chest, and closed my eyes. The energy jumped around, going through my arm and into my hand. I peeked, seeing a spark going into Jazz. I had to make sure he was alive before stopping. The energy went through his body, his eyes glowing blue. I kept it going, I have to pump enough into him to keep it radiating. Jazz wheezed. "Long time no see," I laughed weakly.

After a minute I stopped. Jazz walked around. "Wow, being alive feels great! Ironhide is here, right?" Jazz asked me. "You do look a ton like your parents."

I silently agreed. My eyes were my mom's, and the texture of my hair was hers too. But the color was my dad's. My lips were my dad's, but my teeth were my mom's. I was gorgeous. Sam looked more like my dad, though. I was just so happy that I could bring bots back to life. "I didn't think I could do it at first, Jazz. Because you died so long ago and I didn't know how bad you were damaged..."

"But you still did it." Jazz patted me on the back.

Simmons grinned when he walked out of the window room with Sam. "Jazz, how are you since you died? Brooke, I bet you want Ironhide right now, huh? Come on. You do something for me, I will do this for you. Go get your guardian. Jazz, can we get the Autobots here? Will and Maggie are on their way. Can you believe how grown up Sam is? I mean his dad showed me a picture of him when we went out for beers with Will, but that was sixteen years ago!"

I looked at Sam. He explained before I could ask. "Simmons had been Dad's friend from before we were bron. They used to hate each other. He was only playing rude when he saw us. We never met him or any of Mom and Dad's friends except for Miles. But I don't think he counts." Sam shrugged. We never counted Miles as a friend of our parents because he was family to us. We were going to live with him when our parents died but Sam was almost eighteen so he was going to take care of me while running a car shop.

We all walked through the door back out into the hallway, people looking at Jazz strangely. The must have seen a giant robot alive at least once, right? Simmons led us into a room where Ironhide laid frozen. People were making him frozen. Simmons made him stop and helped break a few pieces of ice from Hide. Ironhide woke up, alarmed. He aimed his gun in Jazz's face untilhe noticed it was Jazz. "Jazz, I thought you were dead!" Ironhide exlaimed.

I smirked, proud of my handiwork. Hide looked at agent Simmons. "Sorry I froze you, man. I wouldn't have made them hurt you," Simmons apoligized. I rolled my eyes. "Hey, you may have noticed that Jazz came back to life by Brooke. Very good work, I might add." Simmons patted my shoulder.

"Okay Jazz. Time to lay down some rules," I sighed, Jazz picking me up. "That is a new spark, do not overload it. I worked hard on that thing. Take it easy for a bit, save your strength. Again, it is new and I don't know how much power it lacks. So don't use any weapons just yet and stick to the small Decepticons if you run into them. You tried to take on Megatron and he must have broke you in half like a chocolate bar. Don't change into a car, either. I don't know if Ratchet put you back perfectly. And I might have to give you extra energy. I only know so much about a bot, so as soon as Sideways, Wheeljack and Ratchet get here I will have them help. Understand?" I giggled the last word because Jazz held me upside down so Sam can tickle me.

"Oh yeah. Don't do anything exciting until sombody ten times bigger than you gets here, right? Hmm. It feels good to stretch my lims again. Ow, okay. You forgot to mention I might be a bit sore around the stomach arrea." Jazz dangled my by two fingers. I was still giggling like crazy. "I will make Sam stop tickling you if you help."

After I said yes, Sam stopped and Jazz laid down where Ironhide was getting frozen. Ironhide only knew so much about healing bots, but we managed to find out Jazz was still a bit broken. "I need a torch and a pitchfork," I giggled. Really I needed a few welding tools and a pair of gloves. Sam decoded that and gave me what I needed.

The wires in Jazz were big enough so I didn't have to use tweezers, and that was good. I carefully put two together, making Jazz laugh nonstop. "That's not it," I mumbled. Simmons snuck out of the room real fast. Will Lennox arrived.

I carefully welded a few wires together and then put Jazz's armor back on him. He stopped laughing. "Wow, Brooke and Sam grown." A man commented behind us. "Is Brooke doing surgery on Jazz?"

"Yes." That was Simmons.

"Oh. Well, that is nice. On my way here, I saw Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They had a few other with them. I saw Ratchet, Arcee, Sideways, and Skids and Mudflap. The whole gang. Very nice. Maggie is still looking at Hoover Dam up there. She says it reminds her of the time when she saw Megatron."

Ironhide helped Jazz up. "Be careful!" I yelped, making sure Jazz was steady. "I just done the world's best surgery and you are about to mess it up! Jazz, remember those rules or I will take a wrench and smack you in the face with it. I swear I will." I jumped down and went to stand by Sam. Simmons introduced us.

I heard a shout, and instantly memories came into my mind. Years and years ago. When I was a baby I heard the same squeal. Sam must have remembered it too. Maggie walked into the room. I did remember her. She held me when I was one. "Oh, so this is little Brooke and Sam. Well, not so little. Sam and Makayla had some great kids." Maggie placed her hands on her hips. "I see Jazz is alive. Hello, Ironhide. Long time, no see." She looked at Simmons. "What do I have to do today?" She asked pleasantly.

"Well, Brooke here has the power to enslave us all, and we need help. Autobots are coming. You in?" Will could tell they were all good friends.

"I am in if you two are in."

Hours later, I was laying on the edge of Hoover Dam. The stras shone, twinkling. Ever since my mom died, I used stars to replace the sorrow in my heart. I studied them so much that I almost became nocturnal. My dad put me in therapy because he thought I was sulking. Really, I just had to be awake when the stars came out. But since nobody but Sam believed me, I was stuck in a small room with an old guy who thought he was Dr. Phil and asked the same question over and over again. He even said I was numb inside. Really, nothing was freaking wrong with me.

I traced Orion with me finger. The first star I ever loved was the middle star in his belt. I always looked at it and thought it was special, to be in the middle. I laid my hand back down when I heard a vice behind me. "Autobots are going to be here tomorrow night. Are you cold?" Maggie asked.

I finally felt the chill, Maggie laughed softly and handed me my jacket I left below. "Thanks," I said, zipped up the jacket. "Sometimes I forget about everything but the stars."

"I know what you mean. I once spent a whole night with your mother and Arcee, just staring up at the stars. Arcee loved that a galaxy is in Orion. I used to think that it was a dim star, but it is something so much better. Brooke, do you doubt your mother and father?" She asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?"I asked.

"That they are never here, watching you?" Maggie stood beside me.

"Sometimes...yeah. I feel like they left me and Sam too early. But what happened was univitable." Maggie hugged me.

"Well, for your parents wedding, we got them three stars. Yes, you can buy stars. Well, these three were right next to each other, and they were name Makayla, Samuel, and Forever Love. When your mother and father passed, those three stars shone brighter to me than any other star ever did. So...technically...they are up there right now, watching over you while shining brilliantly an giving your life light. That reminds me of a really funny story about a meteor shower." Maggie laughed as she pointed out the three stars for me.

"I like funny stories," I laughed.

"After we bought your parents the three stars, there was a meteor shower. Your parents, me, Will, Simmons, and all the Autobots went to this green hill to watch them with wonder. Before the shower, your mom wanted nothing more than for her star not to fall. So we all hoped it wouldn't, because that would be sad if our present falls and leaves a crater somewhere. Because that crater would be named after your mother. So we just sat down on the grass and goofed around until it started. All of the stars were gorgeous that night, and then a falling star would come and we would make a wish. But then we thought that Sam's star went, and he started to panic. He would claim that now Makayla's star was free, other stars would be attracted to it's beauty. It turns out it was a star right next to Sam's; one that we didn't need. And you parents fell even more in love, if that were possible. But because Sam made that comment about Makayla's star." Maggie ended the story. I laughed. Dad was so funny.

"I bet he was freaking out!" I giggled.

"More than ever. He didn't want to leave Makayla's star alone. Two weeks later, we heard that Maykayla was carrying Sam. We were so happy." Maggie traced a constellation.

"So if that star never fell tha night my brother would have been born?" I asked. Maggie nodded and continued to look at the stars. "There is Libra," I mused, doing the same as Maggie. The night was so clear...

Then Maggia jumped when Spider fell out of my pocket. She sat back down. "I forgot you had Spider. He is so cute...who made him? Sideways?" She asked me. I nodded. Maggie scooped up Spider and pet him. "Adorable. So he is just for you and you only? Wow, that is very nice. And he protects you from danger. How much can he protect you?"

"He knows the bot body inside and out. He would have been helpful with Jazz, but he was asleep. That is what he mostly does. Recharge and play. But I'll have him look over Jazz just to make sure. Do you know that he saved my life? He blew out the spark of a giant Decepticon before he could murder me. I was on the ground, ready to get smashed. But Spider...Spider was being brave and killed the Decepticon." I poked Spider in his side. He made a small sound, meaning he was cold. I put him in my hands and let energy flow into them. I didn't unleash any, just held it in my hands. Spider seemed content.

Maggie touched my hand. "Very warm. Let me guess...All Spark energy? Once I saw it make a Nokia into a deadly beast. But Simmons killed it before it could do any damage." Spider seemed to be fully recharged, because he couldn't stop buzzing and shaking. "Can he sense things?" She asked me quietly.

"Yeah, but only is they are really close. And I mean close. He senses bad things that will happen. I don't know how bad, but bad." I held Spider still. "I never saw him act this way before. Nervous, yes, but this? I think we should go down now. Spider might be quiet if we are with Ironhide and Jazz."

Maggie smiled and we got up and walked though the fence and along Hoover Dam. I opened the door, letting Maggie in first. Before I walked in, I did a fast scan around the dam. Then I closed the door and locked it. Before we had time to breathe, Jazz ran over to us and picked me up. "So where is that little devil Hide keeps talking about? Spider, huh? Come on, let's go deeper down. We were talking to Simmons when Ironhide sensed something was wrong. I was about to come and get you guys."

We went down below, into the old All Spark chamber. I gave Spider to Jazz and told him what Spider can do. So now Jazz was having anther procedure done by a small little bot. I sat with Sam and watched my little friend weave through Jazz's stomach, doing everything he could. I went to helpp him, and we welded and hammered like there was no tomorrow. Spider had a built in blow torch, which he used as a welding tool. I banged Jazz's knee plate with a wrench I found, making him jump annd curse from the pain. "Just checking..." I smiled as I walked back over to his stomach.

After three and a half hours, Spider got out of Jazz and started to chirp tiredly. I placed him in my coat pocket and placed the armor back on Jazz. "If Spider did this right, you can do anything, Jazz, and not get hurt." Ironhide helped him up again. Spider peeked out of my pocket and gave us a reassuring peep. I giggled and touched his tiny head. "I am going to go let him go to sleep."

As I said this, Simmons came running toward us. I watched him smile bigger than anything I seen in my entire life. "Autobots are here. They know Jazzy here is alive." Simmons patted Jazz'z leg, because that was the highest place her could reach. Jazz was smaller than the other bots, bot he was still big to us.

I then heard the voices of Autobots. Melody was there, she ran and hugged her mate and then me. Everything was very happy and light, probably because Jazz was back. They had to go so long without him, and now he is alive and well. Ratchet and I looked over Jazz again and Spider missed a few minor details. Ratchet fixed him up even more, so now he was in mint condition. Streaker grabbed me and hugged me tightly. "You frightened me by going, Brooke! Next time, help me out a little, will you?" He asked. I giggled and nodded.

Sam and Bumblebee started to fool around and play with other Autobots in a corner while I was the new football and thrown about the room. I didn't care really, it was fun. Mudflap climbed a pipe that was bolted to a wall and caught me before I could get hurt. He flung me over to Skids, who lt me down at the goal posts. Simmons, Lennox, and Maggie enjoyed the football games and many Autobots. "Did you call all over them?" I asked while running past them. Jazz and Skids were chasing me, planning on tickling me. All ofthe Autbots found out I was ticklish pretty much everywhere, and they all planned to use it against me.

"Yeah. We have room for more of them," Simmons replied. "Anyway, it is fun to watch how you interact with them. Like they are human."

Skids caught me and Sam helped tickle me. Only he knew that my sides were the most ticklish. "Stop...please!" I begged between giggles.

"You don't sound serious, Brooke. You have to be serious when you ask or else we don't know if you are joking!" Sam chuckled. He tickled me more.

Finally, Sam stopped tickling me. I stumbled into Opimus Prime's waiting hand. I stopped giggling when I noticed Prime's hand was too frozen. He would hand me over straight to me guardian. But...he didn't. I looked around. Everybody was rushing over, so I looked up. Optimus was staring at my red face. "Optimus Prime? Optimus?" I asked in a shaky voice while standing up. He stayed frozen, his metal face showed no emotion. "RATCHET!" I shrieked, freaked out about Prime. I tried to shake his finger. Spider crawled out of my pocket a second ago.

Spider crawled back, sadder than ever. He shook his metallic head when I stared at him desprately. That meant he wasn't on lockdown. Ratchet was at the scene first, tugging me out of Optimus Prime's hand and placed me in Ironhide's instead. Then he and some other Autobots carried Prime away, probably to check on him. I curled up into a ball in Ironhide's warm hand. "What happened?" I whispered, my face turned whiter than a ghost when they placed him in the same room I did surgery on Jazz in.

"I do not know, Brooke. But I will tell you as soon as possible. You should get some sleep, child." Ironhide placed me beside my brother, poking my nose gently. "And don't you cry. Because if I ever tought you anything, it is not to cry. Understand?" Ironhide asked sternly. I laughed weakly and nodded. "Good. Sam, if you don't get her to bed I will blast you out the galaxy. She doesn't get enough sleep."

Even though I knew everybody was just trying to rush me out of the chamber because I was the youngest, I let them. But all I could think about was Optimus's face, frozen. I didn't even see the ancient wisdom that showed in his eyes. That sent chills down my spine because that wisdom always felt comforting. Maggie guided me into a small room and shut the door so it was only me and Sam. There were two beds in the room, and that was pretty much it.

I laid doen on the bed to the right, and Sam just sat on his bed. "Sam?" I asked quietly.

"Yeah?"

"Do you know what happened?" I asked.

"All I know is that it has to do with you."

"How do you know?"

Sam looked at my face for a few seconds. "Well, he was looking at you, wasn't he?"

I turned away from Sam and maybe even the truth. Optimus couldn't have been frozen because of me. Never. It must have been something else. But even as I though this, my gut told me that I did have something to do with it, and we were all going to find out soon. The worst part about it was that I always find out things in the worst possible way ever.

i like this chapter. very long. sorry you guys that my computer was down for a while. i am making a new book after this one. its about bumblebee. i like it.