Hello There Fanfiction readers! how are things? okay one quick thing: it's been about maybe a week or two in this world since the last CHPTR. okay, that's all i got to say. ENJOY, i hope. :-)

Okay School wasn't turning out as bad as I had thought it would. But I really can't say its going good either. The looks I received when I first came to school were ones of desire and interest but now that I had my normal dark attire they changed to ones of disgust and fear.

The other teens would take one look at me and if I had happened to look their way, they would quickly look away like they were trying to make it look like they weren't looking at all. And if they bumped into me in the halls they would back a few feet away like I had a disease.

It didn't bother me that they treated me like this, I was used to it. I was what one would call a wall flower when it came to being around other people and school was just a big holding place for people.

I would sit in the back of the class, listen, take notes and do my work as quietly as possible. I never raised my hand, I only spoke to the teacher if I absolutely had to and the only other kids I would speak to were Jack, Miko, and Raf.

Jack and Miko never knew about my quiet ways since the only class I shared with them was lunch but Raf knew all too well. Sharing the early morning classes with him, Raf watched as I hid in the back and would burry myself in my jacket's hood.

Speaking of my hoodie, from what Ratchet told me he had told the school that I had an extreme hair condition or something like that and that I was afraid to let my hair out. Thankfully the school understood and allowed me to wear my hoodie.

But going back to the subject of me being a wall flower. Raf noticed right away that I would hold myself back from things and how I only spoke to him during the class times. I could see it bothered him that I wasn't getting out but I just didn't like talking to people.

"Miss Juliana," snapping my head up from the desk I saw that the English teacher, Mrs. Mario, standing next to me a look that showed that she was displeased. "Could you repeat for me what I just told to the class?"

Lifting myself up from the desk, I pushed back a lock of hair that had fallen out and I opened my mouth. "You were talking about how Edgar Allan Poe work was thought by some to be the work of a mad man and how some though what he wrote he had actually done. Is that correct?"

Mrs. Mario looked shocked but nodded. "Correct Miss Juliana, you may sit back down." As she walked away, I slid a small smile on my face. Half the time during class teacher would think I was sleep because I usually had my head down or I was busy drawing or writing something down but I always kept my full attention to the lessons.

"How you manage to surprise Mrs. Mario every day is very impressive Julie." Raf whispered from the seat next to mine. Normally Raf would sit up front but when he began to notice how I would hold myself up in the back, he slowly began to move back towards me every day.

"Thanks Raf. I try." I said as the bell rang for us to leave. "Have a nice day today children. Don't forget to turn in your homework before you go." Mrs. Mario shout as the rush of teens ran passed her to go home. Today was a half day so our classes got switched and many of the teens were heading to a party that was being held at one of their houses.

"Aren't you going to turn your homework Julie?" Raf asked as he turned his in, another A+ I bet.

"I turned my in yesterday. I finished it not too long we got it." I said as I began to walk out the door with Raf who held my hand.

I had noticed that Raf would always hold my hand when we walk to classes, like he was escorting me to them or I was for him. It never bothered me so I just allowed the small boy to do what he wanted.

"Miss Juliana, may I speak with you for a moment?" turning around, I saw a tall man in a suit standing in the hallway waiting. "Sure thing Mr. Powers."

Mr. Powers was the school's Principal and he mostly would stay in his office from what Raf and the others told me and if he was out it usually meant something.

"I'll see you later Raf, tell Ratchet I'll be out in a moment." Raf nodded and continued to walk on, that was until Mr. Powers stopped him. "Actually Raf, I called Mr. Ratchet and told him that she was going to be staying after today."

Raf paused a moment but nodded and turned back to go down the hall at a quick pace. Turning back to Mr. Powers, he held his hand out to the direction of the hall and we began to walk down it.

"Julian, your teachers have informed me that you are not participating in class time. You turn in your work but that is pretty much all they get out of you unless they make you. Is something the matter?"

I shook my head and put my hands in my pocket. "No sir, nothing's wrong." I lied through my teeth. I never enjoyed being around so many people and it always scared me. I was alright with being around Jack, Miko, and Raf but that was mostly it. And the Autobots were already small in numbers so they also never bothered me.

"Well, your teachers are worried and have asked me to talk to you about joining an after school activity. And from what they have told me, I think it might be the best." Mr. Powers and I stopped right in front of the gym doors. "There is an after school group in here that is doing an enrichment program. I have already signed you up and it will be made into your community service hours."

I looked at the doors in horror, Mr. Powers couldn't be serious. "But Mr. Powers I-" but I never got to finish as the doors opened and a short skinny woman with wild blond curly hair stepped out.

"is this Juliana Mr. Powers?" she asked and Mr. Powers nodded. "Juliana, this is Oklahoma Maple. She will be your enrichment leader."

Oklahoma stuck out her hand and I gave it a small shake as she had this wild smile on her face. "It's nice to meet you Juliana." Oklahoma was wearing this ruffled up purple skirt with a gray long sleeved and a large pendant of a dolphin around her neck.

"Same here." I said as I took my hand back. turning to talk to Mr. Powers, I saw that he was gone and I was left alone with Oklahoma.

"Come on, we were just about to start the talking circle." Oklahoma nearly tore off my bad wrist when she pulled me through the gym doors to the small group that was sitting in a circle. As we came closer I noticed that most of the teens here were the troubled ones or the ones who caused the trouble.

"Everyone this is Juliana, she will be joining us from now." Oklahoma said and every one of the kids waved their hands at me.

"Long time no see Pretty Face." Snapping my head to my left, I saw that the boy next to me was none other than Vince. "I see you forgot about our talk than."

I stood there for a moment, not knowing what to do. I had promised Ratchet that I would stay away from Vince but how was I going to stay away from him now?

"okay everyone, today were going to talk about our lives. Juliana you can take the seat next to Vince there." Oklahoma sat me down and I could feel Vince's eyes staring at me.

"Okay than, Abby how about you start?" Oklahoma pointed to a girl in extremely short shorts and a chest only red top. "Sure Miss O. I was born in New York and My Fucked up parents decided to move here about three years ago. About a year after we came they decided to leave me here with my Aunt to go back to New York. I have one little boy living with them and I am only allowed to talk to him over the phone. But when I turn 18, I am going back to get him from those Fucks."

I listened as everyone else began to laugh at Abby's words like it was a normal thing but I stayed quiet. This group scared the Scrap out of me and I didn't want to be here. Everyone here looked like they had done something bad in their lives and they acted as if they were only here for the same reason I was, forced.

"Abby, language please." Oklahoma sounded so calm that I began to wonder if she was on something. "Juliana, how about you say something?"

I jumped a little; she wanted me to talk about my life?! What in the name of Primus was I supposed to say?

"I really don't want to Oklahoma." I said as I lowered my head down and pulled my hood down to cover my eyes.

"Come on Pretty Face, I'm sure you got something to say?" Vince said in a playful tone as he placed a hand on my back and it gave me shivers. 'Maybe if I just say something short they'll leave me alone.' I thought.

"When I was little, I lived with my parents until they died in a fire. Then I lived on the streets for a while until some of my friends took me in." I said quickly but it still made the room fall silent.

Everyone looked at me in shock, like they weren't expecting what I had said.

"T-thank you Juliana. Who wants to go next?" no one raised their hand but they continued to look at me. Now I was starting to wish I hadn't said anything at all.

"Alright than. How about we play a game everyone?" as we stood up, everyone began to whisper things with each other and I could only guess who or what it is was they were talking about.

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As I stepped out of the school, I saw that it was nearly dark out and the parking lot was almost completely empty. Ratchet wasn't anywhere in sight nor were any of the other Autobots.

"See you all next month. And please try to stay out of trouble." Oklahoma shouted as she walked over to her car and drove off.

"Like we'll listen to her." Abby shouted as she and the rest of the group all clambered into a truck and they zoomed off at speeds that even I knew were illegal.

Bringing my Bracelet close to my mouth I pressed it on and spoke. "Ratchet, hello? Is someone there?" but all I got was static. Pulling out my phone I gave Jack, Miko, and Raf a call but just like the Autobots, I didn't get a hold of them.

"Need a ride Pretty face?" turning around I saw Vince stand next to the doors with his arms crossed across his chest.

"No, my friends will be here soon." To be honest, I didn't know if they would be here soon or not but I didn't want to go with Vince.

"I just heard you call them and I know you didn't get to them Pretty Face. The weather is going to get bad soon, so unless you want to walk home in the rain I still hold up my offer."

Vince was right about the weather as I felt a rain drop fall on my nose causing me to look up to see the dark clouds forming.

"Well… I don't know Vince." I said but I was stopped when it quickly started to down pour. Suddenly, I felt someone pull on my wrist, thankfully not my bad one after what Oklahoma did it was probably worse than before, and I was tugged into a car.

As I tried to whip away the water from my eyes and glasses, I turned to see Vince slid into his side and shut his door. "How about that ride now?" he asked jokingly.

I sighed and nodded. "Do you know where Rafael lives?" I asked. Luckily Raf and the others told me where they lived or I would have been stuck here for ages. "I promised to stop by later to study with him."

Vince nodded and started up his car and we drove out of the parking lot.

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As we drove down the road, the both of us were silent and the only noise was the sound of the rain and the window wipers going back and forth.

As I looked out the window, I was screaming inside about how I had broken my promise to Ratchet and I was now in the same vehicle as him. I don't know why, but just the thought of disappointing Ratchet only made me feel bad.

"So, what you said back there at the group. Was that all true?" Vince asked as he made a turn down a road. I nodded but never looked over at him.

"So how long have you lived with your friends? If you don't mind me asking?" I shrugged and I figured it wouldn't do any harm; I wasn't going to tell him that I lived with Alien Robots.

"Only a few weeks. I haven't been here that long. When I lived on the streets I would move from place to place; I never like to stay in one place for too long."

Vince turned down another road but I noticed something, this didn't look like the way to Raf's. "What way are you taking?" I asked a little worried. "Just the back way, the road tends to flood the normal way."

I nodded but I could feel something was off. This road had less and less houses as we drove down it and it seemed as though we were driving farther away from the town.

After a while, I began to really worry. "Okay, Vince where are we? Did you take a wrong turn or something?" I asked as he came to a stop.

"I would go with the 'Something' Pretty Face." Vince said as he pressed a button on his door and a loud CLUCK was heard.

"What are you doing?!" I tried to open my door but it wouldn't budge. "Open this door right now!"

Vince only scooted closed and shook his head. "Sorry Pretty Face, No can do." Suddenly he pulled me close to him and placed his lips on mine. For a second my mind was blank but after it, I began to push Vince away. "Stop it! Cut it out Vince!" but Vince held my wrist and squeezed them, hard.

"Shut up! And hold still!" Vince shouted as he pushed me down on the seat. "If you do as I say, I'll try to make this as pleasant as possible."

But I wasn't listening, I was screaming my head off telling him to let me go and I was trying my best to push him off me. But try as I might, Vince was twice as strong and he was applying more pressure to my sprained wrist. "Stop it! You're hurting AH!"

A loud SNAP was heard and I knew Vince had broken my wrist bone. But it didn't seem to bother him as he continued on with his assault. "How about we take off those wet clothes Pretty Face."

Slowly Vince began to remove my sweatshirt and I could feel my hair flop out onto the seat. Vince paused a moment but shrugged it off, "Nice Hair there Pretty Face. How do you get it so bright?"

I didn't answer him as I continued to scream. Soon he began to move down to my pants and I knew what he was planning. "No! Please Don't" but he didn't listen and I could feel tears falling down my face.

I didn't want to be here, I didn't want this to happen to me, but most of all I wanted to beat the heck out of Vince right now. Suddenly my vision began to go in and out of focus and Vince stopped in his tracks.

"What's up with your eyes!" he shouted and he let go of my wrists. He scooted off me and I could feel my heart racing and soon my vision went completely black and then nothing.

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Ratchet's P.O.V:

We had found an untapped energon deposit and when we had gone to go retrieved it we had been attacked by Knock Out and Starscream with a handful of Vehicons. For some time we had battled them and finally Knock Out and Starscream retreated leaving us with the spoils.

As we brought the energon back, I noticed something was off. It was too quiet. Looking over at the children's' entertainment area, I saw that Juliana wasn't in her normal spot on the couch where she would do her homework.

"Optimus, excuse me a moment. I'm going to go check up on Juliana." Optimus nodded and I left the group to go see if Julian was in her room.

As I made it to her room, I gave it a knock and entered. "Juliana? Are you here?" looking around I saw her nowhere and I began to wonder where she had gone off to. Then it hit me, Juliana's principal had called saying that Juliana was to stay after school for some group meeting or something.

Heading back to the main room, I saw Optimus and Bumblebee standing there with the last bit of energon with them. "Where is Juliana Ratchet?" Optimus asked.

"She's still at the school. I completely forgot that she was staying after today. I'll give her a call and tell her that I'll be on my way." Activating my comm. link to Juliana's Bracelet, I spoke and waited for Juliana to respond but she never did.

"Strange." I said and this got the attention of both Optimus and Bumblebee. "What up Ratchet?" Bumblebee asked me in a worried tone.

"Juliana isn't responding to my comm. call. Optimus, give yours a try. Maybe my signal is scrambled." Optimus nodded and he tried his frequency but just as I, he received no reply. "Bumblebee try your." I said quickly. I knew that Juliana couldn't understand Bumblebee but if he was able to get ahold of her, it would be something.

"Sorry Ratchet. I'm not getting to her." Bumblebee stated. Optimus and I shared concerning looks before I walked over to the computers to look for Juliana's signal.

"What's going on in here?" Bulkhead asked but I didn't turn to answer him, I was trying to pinpoint Juliana.

"Juliana isn't returning our calls Bulkhead. Ratchet is trying to find her signal from her Bracelet we gave her." Optimus explained and if I had to guess, Bulkhead was looking over at me and the computers.

"Have you found her Ratchet?" Arcee asked as she joined in the room with us. As I spread my search, I soon singled out the frequency of Juliana's bracelet.

"There she is. But her signal isn't moving." I said as I studied the image before me. "Optimus, I sense something is wrong." Optimus nodded as he looked at Juliana's signal.

"Ratchet, start up the Ground Bridge. We shall go see if Juliana is alright." Not even having to be asked twice, I started up the Ground Bridge and we went through it.

As we came out the other side, we were in an area that was completely cut off from the town and it was heavily raining. Looking around, I spotted a car with its door open and what looked to be a hand sticking out.

"Optimus, over there." I said as I pointed to the vehicle. As Optimus and I went over to the vehicle, I had this uneasy feeling that something was wrong.

As we reached the vehicle, both Optimus and I were met with a startling image. A human boy lay across the car's seat covered in what was expected to be his own blood and his face looked like it would have two black eyes and a broken nose.

"That is the human boy named Vince." Optimus said as he gently knelt before the boy. "It appears that Juliana is no longer here Ratchet."

"But where is she then? Her signal was coming from right here." I asked a little annoyed not to see Juliana here.

"I believe old friend this is why Juliana's signal hasn't moved." Optimus reached at the boy and pulled from his hand a small black bracelet. The bracelet was almost broken in two and a few wires were popping out.

"But, where is she?" I asked looking around to see if maybe Juliana had just wondered off. But sadly do to the heavy rain it made it impossible to tell. "Juliana, where are you?"

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Juliana's P.O.V:

Every part of my body felt horrible. It was like I had been in a boxing match and I was the loser.

Opening my eyes, I saw nothing but blurriness. Feeling around, I found my glasses lying across my lap. Putting them on, I saw that it was still cloudy out and the rain had turned into a light drizzle.

Trying to sit up, I let out a sharp yelp as my arm was shot with pain. Looking down at it, I saw that it was completely purple and then I remembered what happened.

The group, Vince, and what Vince had tried to accomplish. It scared me to think about what could have happened but then something else came up. What happened after I had blacked out?

Looking around I was confused to see that surrounding me on all sides were tree leaves and branches. Looking down, I saw that I was lying on a large tree branch very high above the ground. Hugging the tree that was behind me, I looked back up, afraid that if I looked back down I would fall.

"Where am I?" I asked myself as I listened to the creepy noises that filled the night. This was not Jasper Nevada, far from it. But as to where this place was I had no clue.

Wow another long CHPTR. But I think it did the story good. Not as good as I wanted but I thought this was the best way to place it for the next one.

Review please and tell me what you think.