Ratchet's P.O.V:
"Where did they go?" Miko asked but none of us answered. Nothing was left of them, not even the green portal. "W-what just happened Ratchet?" Bulkhead asked me but I was speechless. I had no idea what I had just seen. Then another swirling sound came and we began to look around the room. "Whoa!" turning to Bulkhead there was a green portal above him with Rafael's voice coming out of it. Then Rafael and Juliana popped out of it and landed on Bulkhead. Rafael landed next to Miko while Juliana slid off. "I gotcha!" Bulkhead shout as he reached out for Juliana and caught her in his hands. "Are you two alright?" I asked as I stepped closer to them. "yeah but what just happened?" Rafael asked as Bumblebee took him off Bulkhead. "I, I don't know. Juliana?" but I received no reply. Looking down at Bulkhead's hand, I saw Juliana laying there motionless. "Juliana." Bulkhead gave his hand a shake but she still didn't move. "Something's wrong. let me see her." Bulkhead gently passed me Juliana and I moved her hair out of her face. She was breathing, that was good, too be honest she just looked to be sleeping. "Is she alright Ratchet?" Miko asked leaning over Bulkhead's shoulder. "I believe so." Then slowly Juliana moved in my hands, "She's waking up." Slowly Juliana's brown eyes opened and she sat up. "what happened?" she asked rubbing her eyes. "we were hoping you could tell us." Bulkhead said. "I don't have the slightest clue … Miko!" Juliana quickly shot up and turned to Miko. "I want my clothes back now!" Miko was about to disagree but Bulkhead lifted her over to my hand. "Miko, I think you've messed with her enough for one day." Bulkhead said as he plopped her next to Juliana. "Fine." Miko handed Juliana's clothes and I lowered them back to the ground. "Thank you." And Juliana rushed off to put her normal clothes on. "that was really quick. One minute she's tired and the next she's as angry as Megatron." Bumblebee said and he placed Rafael down next to Miko. "She sure has a problem." Miko said. "Miko, be nice." Bulkhead said as he pushed her towards the hallway. "now go say sorry." Miko was about to protest but I pointed my hand to where Juliana went off into. Miko growled and left mumbling angry words. "I better go with her. We don't need a fight between them happening." Rafael said as he rushed off to join Miko. "What do you think that was about Ratchet?" Bulkhead asked me. "I don't know but I will find out."
Juliana's P.O.V: I knew Miko was only trying to be nice but I just don't like pink for gosh shakes! Once had my old clothes, I ran back to the bathrooms to get out of this clown outfit. Once I finally put them on, I smiled but it quickly disappeared. I knew I shouldn't have yelled at Miko, I kind of felt bad now that I thought about. I knew I had to keep my emotion in check or it was just going to end up like my old home. "Hey Juliana. Are you in there?" it was Miko. Giving a sigh, I walked out to see Miko and Raf waiting for me. "Hey Miko, I have something to say." "I do as well." I smiled and patted her shoulder. "You go first." Miko nodded and continued. "Look, I'm sorry about switch your clothes on you. I didn't mean to upset you." I nodded and I continued, "and I'm sorry as well. I didn't mean to snap at you like that." Miko looked up from the floor and smiled. "Great! Now that we have that over with, come with us." As Raf and Miko took my hands, I watched as they lead me down the hallway. "where are you guys taking me?" I asked but they didn't answer me. Soon we came to a large open door, and they pulled me in. "Since you're going to stay with the bots a while, we figured we could make you a better place to sleep then the couch." Miko said as she flipped on the lights. The room was big, big enough for the Autobots to come in and in it was a few things. There was a lamp, a few books, and other everyday things. "We couldn't get everything but I thought we could go and get the rest today." I smiled and nodded. "That sounds nice. Thank you." Miko and Raf smiled. Then a loud nock came from the door and I saw that the door we came through wasn't the only door. The little door was just attached to an even bigger one. Slowly the door slid open and we saw Ratchet standing there. "I see you found her a place to stay." He asked. "yup, but were not done yet. We still have to get a bed and some other things before we're completely done." Raf said as he fixed his glasses. "I see. Could the three of you come here for a minute?" Ratchet asked and he walked away. "Guess we have to." I said as we walked off to find Ratchet.
We soon found Ratchet with Bumblebee and Bulkhead by the computers. "So what is it you needed us for Ratchet?" I asked as we walked up the steps. "I wanted to figure out how that portal came. And I think some of its energy is still attached to you and Rafael." Raf and I looked at ourselves and then back at Ratchet. "I'll need some samples from each of you to test. Just a few strands of your hairs should do it." Raf and I shared glances and shrugged. Placing our hands in our hair and gave a few tugs and we each had about three or four hair strands. "Okay, now I need you two to place them on that scanner over there." Near one of the computers was a large scanner. Taking our hairs we placed it on the scanner and a thin glass covered it. "It should take a day for the scan to finish running through them." Ratchet said as the scanner continued to scan. "so do you have any idea as to what happened?" I asked. "it looked very similar to our ground bridge but it was smaller." "So what you're saying is that Raf and I were transported by a portal of some sorts?" I asked and Ratchet nodded. "Something like that." The Autobots had yet told me what their ground bridge was but I didn't care about that at the moment. "So now what do we do?" Raf asked. "We go shopping again, that's what we do Raf." Miko said as a smile grew on her face. "Bulkhead, could you take us to the mall please?" Miko asked with the best puppy dog face I had ever seen. "I don't know Miko," Bulkhead said but you could see that he was only looking for Ratchet's approval. "Go ahead and take them Bulkhead. Juliana needs a place to sleep and the couch isn't the proper choice." Bulkhead nodded and transformed into his green jeep. "Come on then." As Raf and Miko scrambled in get in, I looked over at Ratchet and waved goodbye. "See you later Ratchet." Ratchet smiled and waved back as we drove off. "So, where to first you guys?" Bulkhead asked over the radio. "Well, with the money I get from my parents we can go anywhere we like. Juliana what do you want to look for? This is your room to begin with." Miko said as she leaned back in Bulkhead's passenger seat. "I know this one place I like to go visit in the mall. That's a good place to start." I said as I placed my hands on Bulkhead's steering wheel, to make it look like I was in control instead of a giant robot.
"I have to say Miko that was actually really fun. Especially when You and Raf went through that wind machine. (have you guys ever seen those glass tubes in malls that create winds that are equal to tornado winds? that's what that is) " I said as we walked out of the mall with the things for my room. "Yeah, that was to cool! Raf, you looked like you were about to lose your glasses in there." Miko laughed as we watched Raf fixed his hair; it had been blown up in all directions from the wind machine. "I nearly did. I sure wish you would have joined us Julie. You would have liked it." I nodded, I really wanted to but I didn't want people to see my hair. I had my hood up and only a few strands on my forehead were visible. Soon we reached Bulkhead, and loaded our stuff. "How did it go you guys?" Bulkhead asked. "we got a lot of cool things. Julie's bed is so cool." If Bulkhead's face was visible I would bet he had his eye brow raised. "Bed? I didn't see you guys bring a bed with you. Where is it?" we all began to giggle and I shook my head. "just wait until we get back to base Bulkhead. Then you can see it." Placing my hands back on the wheel, Bulkhead drove us off. "What else did you kids get? You have enough in the back to cover the whole base." Bulkhead asked and Raf pulled one of the bags out to 'show' him. "Julie picked out this cool looking … what did you call it Julie?" Raf asked as he handed me the item. "It's called a bonsai tree Raf. They don't need a lot of sun light and just a little bit of water. Perfect for the base, just as long as no certain alien robot giants come in and step on it." I joked handing the plant back to Raf. "Don't worry, having someone on base permanently will help me in remembering where I step." I laughed "Yeah, I really don't want to go 'Squish' thank you." Soon everybody was laughing and we were all making squish sound effects. By the time we got back to base, Arcee and Jack were there and so was Optimus. "hey guys. Where did you go off to?" Jack asked as we hopped out of Bulkhead. "Just went shopping for something. Just drive into my room Bulk' we'll be there in a minute to unload." Bulkhead honked and drove off to my room. "Did you find what you were looking for Juliana?" Ratchet asked. "yeah and we found other stuff I like also." I turned to Miko and smiled, "Thanks again Miko. You didn't really need to buy me all that stuff." Miko shrugged and placed an arm around my shoulder. "It was nothing. My parents always send me way too much money. So I blow it off all the time." I rolled my eyes, only Miko would blow off her parent's money like that. "Do you guys need any help putting things together?" Jack asked. "Sure." As we began to walk off, I heard someone call my name. "Juliana, could we speak with you?" I turned to see that it was Optimus who spoke. "Alright. Go on guys, I'll ketch up later." They nodded and rushed off to my room. "What is it Optimus? what do you want to talk about?" I asked as I walked up the steps towards the computers. "Ratchet and Bumblebee have told about what happened before you left with Bulkhead." I nodded, maybe they found something out about that. "Yeah, did Ratchet find anything about that yet?" Ratchet shook his head. "Rafael didn't have anything on him but your sample is taking a lot longer to analyze." I nodded. "From what Ratchet told me, you and Rafael disappeared in something like a ground bridge. Is that correct?" I shrugged, I still didn't know what a ground bridge was. "I don't honestly know Optimus. I haven't seen the ground bridge before." Optimus nodded and looked over at Ratchet. "Activate it." Ratchet nodded and punched a few buttons and pulled down a lever. A familiar swirling noise came around and a green portal appeared in the hole in the wall. "Is that what you saw?" Optimus asked and I nodded. "Sure looks like it." Ratchet spoke and turned off the ground bridge. "it was just like it but smaller Optimus." I told Optimus who nodded and turned back to me. "Do you have any idea as to how this could happen Juliana?" "No Optimus not-" I was stop dead in my tracks when a booming voice came over the computer screen. "Prime! Where are you!" turning to the computers, I saw an image of a man, and he looked extremely pissed off. "Who's the grumpy old man?" I asked as Ratchet picked me up and placed me on the ground. "Agent Fowler. What is the meaning of your call?" Optimus asked blocking me from the screens. "I think it's best if you stay in your room Juliana. Agent Fowler isn't a pleasant human." Ratchet said as he nudged me to leave. "My boys at the Pentagon have a video of one of those 'Cons shooting at something down near your place! Do you have anything to do with this?!" This time the booming voice of the agent was louder and I could tell that he was now in the room with us. Not waiting for Ratchet to say anything, I ducked behind his leg and hid. "I assure you Agent Fowler, we had nothing to do with Megatron's attack a few nights ago but we handled it." Optimus was speaking a little bit faster than normal and I figured that he was trying to get rid of the Agent. "If you handled it then you can answer a few questions. Like what in the world is this!" I could hear the computer screens buzzing and I figured that something had popped up on it. "who is that running from the 'Con?!" as I thought about it in my head, I figured that the Agent had pulled up a picture of Megatron shooting at me and when Ratchet looked down at me with worried eyes it only confirmed it. "I can also assure you it is not Jack, Miko, or Rafael Agent Fowler." Uh oh, my nose began to itch. "Well then who is it then? Are the kids here, maybe they know him?" I groaned in my head, I didn't look that much like a boy from behind. With my hair down anyway. "they are in another room helping Bulkhead with something." Arcee joined in stepping next to Ratchet, helping him block me from view. "Well go get them! if he has to do anything with the 'Cons we need to question him." My nose began to itch even harder, No not now. I held my hands to my nose hoping to stop the itching sensation I was feeling. "Agent Fowler I-" ACHOO! The room fell silent to the sound of my extremely loud sneeze. "Whose there!" in the words of the Autobots "Scrap!" Arcee and Ratchet stepped aside to show my back to the Agent. "You had him here the whole time Prime!" the Agent shout even louder than before. "Like I previously said Agent Fowler, we had it under control." Optimus said but I knew he was shaking his head in disappointment. "Well why didn't you bring him to me in the beginning?! He could-" "For one sir I'm a girl!" I hissed as I turned around to show my face. The Agent stopped shouting and paused as he looked at me. "Either way kid, you coming with me for questioning." As the Agent began to walk down the stairs, Ratchet swiftly picked me up and held me close to his chest. "We have already questioned her Agent Fowler. And we all have agreed that she has no connections to the Decepticons." Optimus said as I heard a scoff coming from behind and I could tell it was Arcee. "You guys might believe that but I don't. Hand her down to me and we'll take our leave." The Agent asked as he finally reach Ratchet. Ratchet didn't do what he was asked but he just held me closer. Leaning into Ratchet, I found safety and comfort in his act of protection. "Agent Fowler, she is just a child. She doesn't need to be interrogated by your people. We are taking care of the situation surrounding Juliana." The Agent raised an eyebrow when Ratchet said my name but it quickly disappeared. "And just what do you mean when you say taking care of?" Everyone fell silent, not wanting to answer the Agent. "I'm staying with them." I spoke but I still had an angry tone in it. "Oh no you're not! Now you're defiantly coming with me now." I shuffled closer to Ratchet, afraid that the Agent meant what he said. "Agent Fowler, the child is to stay with us until we know why Megatron went after her. We can keep her protected more than you people can." Optimus said as he joined next to Ratchet and me. "Why can't she go home and have one of you guys stay with her?" the Agent's tone was getting more annoyed and I knew he was on his last strings. "She has no permanent residence Agent Fowler. That is one of the reasons she is staying with us." Ratchet said as he rubbed his thumb across my back in a comforting way. The Agent paused for a moment then looked up at me with shock. "You're homeless kid?" he asked in a nicer tone. I nodded pushing a few strands of my hair into the back of my hood. For a few minutes, the Agent didn't speak but he was think that much was certain. "Once you figure out what the 'Con wants with her will you allow me to find a place for her?" Optimus nodded but he didn't smile. Giving off a sigh the Agent raised a hand to me. "Put her in school at least for me, so I don't have to worry about her getting squished will you?" Optimus nodded and I groaned. This earned me a smile from both Ratchet and Optimus. "Don't even try to wiggle out of it kid. As long as I know your here, you're going to school." And with that the Agent left, after saying a few heated words to Optimus. "I think it's best if you go and help the others with your room Juliana." Ratchet said and I nodded. AS he placed me down on the ground I began to walk away but stopped to turn around quickly. "Thank you guys … You know, for everything." Optimus and Ratchet nodded with a smile and I continued on my trip to my room. I couldn't help but Update early. I just had to post this now. Review please.