What is going on here?

(Peaches POV)

It was a regular date for both of us; my mech-friend Sideways had polished himself as had I and we were walking through a snow covered forest, far from any human civilization. Sure, Optimus Prime and Megatron weren't sure what to think of our relationship but to be honest neither of us cared. We weren't expecting much to happen until the war between Autobots and Decepticons officially ended.

I then heard Sideways screaming "Peaches, come here!"

I swore I felt faster than the fastest thing on Earth, just an orange and red blur (no offense to my friend Tai's deceased guardian). That was when I heard a dog barking as well with my sparkmate saying "Shush."

Then I heard the unmistakable sound of an infant crying and then looked for myself to see if I was really hearing that or hallucinating….

(Sideways POV)

I had never seen a young human up close, not that I had ever wanted to. This one was female and was no more than a few hours old and was wrapped in a pink blanket. She had black hair on the top of her head and was shivering. Next to her was a white dog whose breed was what humans called a "collie" that was still a puppy and was barking trying to get Peaches and I to back off. It, well she since Peaches told me that dog was also female, was shivering as well and trying to cover the human sparkling, more concerned about her "mistress" if one could call the kid that.

"Come on, we have to get them both safe and warm at NEST base. " Peaches said worriedly, picking up the infant much to that canine's barking and jumping up at us in protest.

"Sit!" I commanded the dog. She did so.

I transformed into vehicle mode and Peaches turned into her human form and said "Come!"

The dog jumped into the front passenger's seat and Peaches sat in the driver's seat with the baby and trying to comfort her. I drove as fast as I could and turned on the heater to medium to warm up the small human. I don't know how I got so concerned about those two organic creatures but I was.

"Oh Primus, please keep these two safe if not for my sake then for the sake of them and my sparkmate." I prayed, not really caring that I didn't believe in Primus in the first place…

(25 minutes later)

(Peaches' POV)

We had finally gotten to NEST base and I got out, carrying the baby and calling the puppy to follow me. Sideways transformed into robot mode and followed us.

"What is going on here?" Chromia asked as she let us in.

"Just get Ratchet please! It's an emergency!" I screamed.

I was lucky the CMO heard me and quickly took both the baby and the dog away to evaluate and treat them. I transformed into robot mode and followed Sideways into the main room where a lot of human soldiers were asking us what was going on as were Leo, Miles, Sam, Mikaela and Tai.

"Everyone shut up and we'll explain it!" Sideways and I both shouted. We then took turns explaining everything, with the other Autobots and Barricade coming in to hear the story as well.

"Are you going to take care of them?" Mile asked. "You'll be copying Tai and Jazz if you do."

"No they won't" Tai pointed out. "I have 2 kids and one pet, they'll only have one kid and one pet."

Jazz agreed with Tai. I was wondering if either one of those two life forms that my sparkmate and I had found were even alive after this….

(Sideways' POV)

Lucky for us, Ratchet came in and explained that yes, both the human infant and the puppy would live and that he had found a note with them. Peaches took the note and read it out loud:

To whoever finds these two; I wish I could have taken care of them but financial difficulties and other problems with my ex have prevented me from doing so. The baby's name is Abigail Jean and she does not have a last name. The very loyal puppy is named Snowball. Please take care of them but don't spoil them too much and give them the best life that you can.

"It's only right that you 2 should take care of them." Barricade stated. "If you really wanted to that is, but don't teach that girl to call me 'Uncle Oreo' like Sparrow and Annabelle do."

"Well, Techno is going to call you that too." Tai said smiling evilly. "He hears everyone say it all the time."

Barricade groaned. "Trust me when I say that she's a pain in the aft sometimes." He said to me.

"Sure, whatever" I said.

"Well, what do you think?" Peaches asked.

"I don't know if either of us is ready for this." I answered.

"You 2 have a few more days to think about both as both the girl and her dog need some time to recover." Ratchet said.

At least 2 days later, both Abby and Snowball as we could now call them were released from the medical bay. Peaches and I had officially bonded together so that we could adopt them...possibly. Of course the son of a glitch Galloway was saying that it was not a good idea but everyone else voted against him, including Major Lennox and General Morshower.

I tore off my Decepticon symbol and said "Optimus, I'm declaring myself neutral. I can't stand it anymore, every stupid thing that I've done in the past. I want to prove that I can be a good example to Abby, even though most would think it weird that she would be part of Peaches' and my 'family'."

"Family does not have to be through blood or similar programming." Optimus said reassuringly. "I will give you a chance but don't blow it."

"Yes sir." I replied.

Peaches and I then signed a lot of paperwork. Abby's official last name was Smith, after my sparkmate's human surname. We also got a license for Snowball and would be required to make a trip at least once or twice a year to take her to a veterinarian.

That night, Peaches and I slept in our room on our berth, not too far away from the others besides me who could be called the newest additions to the NEST "family". Abby was in her crib, and Snowball was lying in a basket on the floor.

During the day, Peaches is training to be a full-fledged Autobot leaving me to play with Abby. Snowball is with Tai, who is trying to get the former to be friendly with Psyche. Sometimes, I also watch Sparrow and Techno and on nice days, we go out onto the beach on Diego Garcia. Luckily, someone else watches Skids and Mudflap so that the human, technorganic and Autobot sparkling won't be bothered by them.

At break time, Peaches and I sit with Abby on one of our laps and Snowball lying at our feet. Organics don't' have that long of a life so no matter what anybody else on base is saying about us, Peaches and I will not care. We will make sure that Abby is able to learn everything about humans and Cybertronians and to live her life to the fullest.

As for Snowball, well, she isn't smart enough to learn that but she has loyalty to us, even though she's not able to notice the differences in size between everyone on base. She still occasionally fights with Psyche but not that often….I wonder what Snowball would say if she could actually "speak"….

Author's note: Yeah, this wound up being a bit longer than I thought it would. Hope you liked it.