I wandered around aimlessly while Sunstreaker was taking a power nap. I guess spark-bonding can take a lot out of you. I stifled a yawn, feeling a little tired myself, as I entered the rec. room. To my surprise, there were more people and mechs here today than the last couple of days. I guess they returned from their missions. I felt slight relief knowing no one got hurt. As I walked in the room, I received various 'hellos' and what-not. I stopped walking, though, when I saw Sideswipe looking at me strangely. It didn't look like he was angry or, but he wasn't happy either. He seemed, I don't know, indifferent. I don't quite know how to explain it, but it was not a pleasant look for the happy-go-lucky twin.

"Hey, Sideswipe." I said uneasily. He didn't reply, and his composure remained the same. I tried to avoid eye contact and bit my lower lip nervously, wringing my hands behind my back. 'Is he mad at me? Does he know about me and Sunny?' There's no way he could know about that yet, no of us told him.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when Sideswipe quietly stormed over to me, so as not to make a scene, and in a single movement, scooped me up and walked out of the room without anyone noticing. When we reached the hanger, we passed Barricade, who only looked after us questionably.

"Sideswipe, where are we going?" I asked. He didn't answer, but I could feel something off about him. I put my hand to my chest, confused. Why do I feel like this? Sideswipe noticed this and transformed, putting me in the passenger seat, strapping the seatbelt a little too tightly, and sped out of base.

'What is going on with him?' I wondered. I began to get a little more worried as we drove farther and farther away from base.

'He's upset.' a familiar voice said in my head. I nearly jumped had it not been for the seatbelt.

'Sunstreaker? Is that you? But how?'

I heard him chuckle. 'We are bonded, remember? I am communicating with you through it. It'll put me more at ease knowing that I can contact you and you can contact me if you are in trouble. Which, unfortunately for me, happens to be a lot.'

I decided to let that little comment slide for now. 'So why's Sideswipe so upset? He's never been this rough with me.' I unconsciously tugged the seatbelt, but tightened more. The last statement was not supposed to be heard by Sunstreaker, but getting used to this bond-talking thing was going to take some time. I felt anger through the bond added on to the upsetting feelings I've already felt.

'He's hurting you?' he almost shouted. I tensed, feeling a little afraid, and I think it went through the bond, because a second later, I felt calm.

'I'm sure it's just because he's confused right now. Maybe after we talk, he'll feel better.' I tried to reason. Truth was, I had no idea how to react. I'm still trying to figure out this whole bond thing between me and Sunstreaker. I have no idea how this would effect Sideswipe.

Well, alright, but contact me if he does anything out of line.' he stated.

'I will.' I said half-heartedly. He knew I'd never want to cause any problems between him and his brother, so he stressed it.

'I'm serious, Sam. If anything happens, reach for me through the bond and I'll be right over.'

'I'll be fine, don't worry.' After our little conversation, I turned my attention back to the rapidly passing world. I haven't been paying attention, so I had no idea where we were. It was when we arrived in an open pasture that he finally stopped. The seatbelt snaked off and the door opened. I climbed out and he proceeded to transform.

I had no idea how upset he was until after he transformed and slammed his fists into the ground in front of me, causing me to stumble back and fall. I stared up at him, wide-eyed, and terrified. My breathing became frantic, but I tried to calm dow, I didn't want to tip anything of to Sunstreaker.

He paused, his face was completely unreadable, but it was almost like his expression didn't match his body gestures. It was strange.

"Sideswipe, what the hell are you doing?" I finally snapped. Yeah, living with alien robots pretty much your whole life will give you ball bearings. It didn't bother me so much that I was yelling at him, but I was still worried because of his attitude.

He removed his hands from the ground and stood up, still looking down at me as I started to get up.

"I was testing something." he simply said, his tone gave off no indication that he was angry. The weird feeling I had when we left the base was completely gone. My mouth dropped open and Sideswipe laughed at my expression.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I shouted at him. He was still laughing at me so I walked over and gave him a big kick to the leg. There was a big 'clang' followed by be yelping in pain and grabbing my foot and falling on my butt. Sideswipe stopped laughing, transformed, and activated his holoform. I started to back away when he grabbed the arm that was holding my leg and scooted closer to me. I gave him a wary look as he inspected my leg. I slightly blushed when I remembered I was still in my denim skirt. Sideswipe chuckled.

"Okay, asshole, what were you talking about when you said you were testing something?" I asked, still pissed.

"Probably not a good idea to cuss out a seventeen foot robot that has you alone where no one can find you, don't you think?" he smirked.

"Yeah, like you would do anything that would risk Ratchet welding your aft to the ceiling and let Sunstreaker use you as a pinata, dipshit." I retorted. I must've won because he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Okay." he looked back up at me. "You know how me and Sunny are twins." I nodded. "And how we have a special kind of bond?"

"You're twin bond, yea?"

"Well," he paused, looking unsure how to say the next thing. He took in a deep breath. "Apparently, when you bonded to my brother, you also bonded to me."

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"Huh?" I asked incredulously. Wait, so I was also bonded with Sideswipe?

"Wait, I'm bonded to you too?"

"That's what I just said." he said, a little worried at how I was reacting. Well, what dd he expect? I'm just getting use to being bonded with Sunstreaker, only to find out the next day that now I'm also bonded with his brother?

"No, I know what you said. It's just that…" I sighed, putting my hand to my forehead to soothe a sudden headache. "And that feeling I had when we left the base, was you?"

"Pretty much." he shrugged. I buried my face in my knees and let out a whiny groan. This was too much for me to handle all in one day.

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Barricade stared outside, wondering what the heck just happened a few minutes ago. He was passed by and angry Sideswipe with a worried, and almost scared, Sam in his servo. He knew Sideswipe would never do anything to hurt her, she was, after all, his and his brother's charge, and there was no doubting the feelings the twins, especially Sunstreaker, felt for her.

'So why should I worry about her. She isn't even my charge. As far as I'm concerned, she's just a liability.' he thought, trying to convince himself. It wasn't working.

Since he rescued her from Sideways, he's had this sudden urge to follow her wherever she went, knowing that she would get snatched again. He coulees still remember the look of determination when she said she wouldn't abandon him during their battle. She knew Sideways would've killed her had the Autobots not shown up, yet she still stayed. But why? Normally, any other human in that situation would've run away the moment Sideswipe tackled him, but not Sam. She wanted to help him even though she had noting to protect either of them with.

Optimus had been gracious enough, after discovering what had happened, to let Barricade remain at the base until it was safe enough to live life as a neutral. But of course, he would have to live by their rules and respect their ways until then. In turn, the humans and the Autobots would not harass him. Everything was going as well as to be expected, better than he thought it would be, but he still received dirty looks and an occasional cold shoulder when he was around. He hadn't seen much of Sam since their return and knew it was because she was still recovering from her injuries. Humans were just so damn weak, but she just didn't care. It seemed that she could care less about what happens to her, and this puzzled him. Why would she be so reckless? Surely someone must know. He was completely clueless as to what happened in Sam's past, but he knew who to ask.

Walking up to the med bay doors, he knocked. He's learned to never just walk in on the medic unless one wished to have a wrench lodged in their processors.

"What is it?" came a muffled gruff reply.

"It's Barricade, I need to speak with you." There was silence.

"Go away, I'm busy." Barricade decided to try something he knew would work.

"It's about Samantha." he heard footsteps approaching the door, followed by the door opening.

"What about her?" he asked. Ratchet was blocking the entry so he couldn't get in.

"I need to talk to you in private."

Ratchet just stared at him, as if looking through him to see any form of trickery. Finally, he stepped aside.

"Fine, but make it quick." Barricade walked in as Ratchet shut and locked the door. The room was in complete disarray: datapads and medical charts were everywhere, papers scattered over the desk, and medical tools and wires scattered every which way.

"And I thought Scalpel was bad at organizing." Barricade mumbled, leaving it unheard to Ratchet.

"What is it you want, Barricade?" Barricade turned back to Ratchet, who stood there with his arms crossed, looking impatient.

"I need to know about Sam." Ratchet raised an optic ridge.

"What about? And why the sudden interest?" he asked suspiciously.

"I just need to know if there is a reason as to why she acts so recklessly. She tried to stand up to Sideways when he tried to kill me off."

Ratchet lowered him head, looking thoughtful. He let out a sigh.

"I assumed you would've already known, knowing how much that mech likes to brag. I'm surprised that the whole Decepticon armada doesn't already know about that."

"Well, as you're already aware, Sideways isn't on speaking terms with the Decepticons, and neither am I. He does things his own way." Barricade replied.

"Well, I know that if I don't tell you, you'll just ask around until you get an answer." he took in a deep breath, preparing for the pain that was about to come. "About ten years, Sam and her mother, Nina, were on their way home. It was dark and it was raining. I've pleaded with Nina to stay the night here and head home in the morning, but she was too stubborn."

Now Barricade understood where Sam got her stubbornness. It always seemed to be a femme thing.

"Not too long after she left, we received news that a Decepticon was in the area Nina always drove through to get home. Had we known that it was Sideways and that he was waiting for them, I would've found some way to make them stay. Unfortunately, fate doesn't work that way. He hit their car dead on, killing Nina," he paused, "and almost succeeded in killing Sam."

Barricade was silent, shock flooded his systems. He never thought that Sideways would do something that seemed so random, but Barricade knew better. For as long as he's known Sideways, it was one thing: he never did anything without a reason. So what was the real reason in killing Nina, and his obsession with Sam?

"Ratchet."

"What is it Barricade?" he asked, his voice was still pained.

Barricade had repay her back somehow, human or not, it's just who he was.

"If I gained permission from Optimus, and from you, would it be possible for me to become a guardian?"

Ratchet was floored by this question. He never suspected someone like Barricade to ask to have a charge.

"Well, it would be up to Optimus, but why are you asking me?" Barricade was silent for a moment. Barricade knew that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe won't always be around to protect her.

"I wish to become Sam's guardian."

He's the only one who could protect her from Sideways.

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Starscream flew over the city, keeping his scrambler on so he wouldn't draw any unwanted attention. Unfortunately, he couldn't keep hidden from everyone.

"Well, well, if it isn't my old commander, Starscream." A very creepy, and very familiar voice greeted over the comm. link.

"Sideways, how did you get this frequency?" Starscream demanded. There was a deep chuckle on the other end.

"I still remember it. Just had to be sure it was you flying over head." Starscream growled, if there was ever a mech he hated more than Megatron, it was Sideways.

"What do you want?"

"I have a little proposition for you. If you're willing to work for me, we can both get what we want."

"How dare you even suggest that I, the great Starscream, should I consider working for you? I work for no one!" he shouted.

"Including Megatron?"

"Especially Megatron."

"What if I say it'll give you a certain Decepticon who switched sides to guard a human femme?"

"Barricade?" Starscream asked incredulously.

"Uh-huh." Startscream pondered this new information with careful consideration. He never truly believed that his most loyal and skilled scout would betray them for such a pathetic cause.

"Fine, I will partner up with you, but only if I'm in charge."

"Whatever you say, Lord Starscream."He could hear a certain smirk in his voice, but chose to ignore it. If it meant he would be in charge, he couldn't care less.

There you folks have it! Just letting everyone know, I'm leaving for college this week, so it might be a few weeks before I can upload again.

Also, I'm starting a web series on YouTube for fun. Check out my channel! The username is soulsight3. Thanks everyone!