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Barricade and Bumblebee were driving through a town that had been destroyed by their forces. It wasn't unusual to find a stray animal like a dog or a cat wandering here and there. Barricade really disliked animals. They had the tendency to drive him up the wall by coming around his tires and lubricating on them. Barricade always wondered how Bumblebee could stand these animals! His engine growled at the thought.

"Barricade? What's wrong?" Bumblebee asked concerned.

"Animals!"

"What?" Bumblebee asked. "What animals? My sensors only detect a feral dog." Bumblebee added, "You know humans used to have dogs, cats, and other animals before Prime decided it'd be best to take over."

"Pets?"

"Yes. Chances are, that feral dog over there had a family. Some dogs are faithful and remained with their owners while other dogs fled out of fear."

"Does your human, Sam have a dog?"

"Yes. His name was Mojo." Bumblebee said.

"What happened to it?"

"Sam said he died of natural causes."

"Oh."

"But he's got another dog." Bumblebee said. "Frank's his name."

Barricade thought it odd to have a human name for a dog. "Humans and their dog names." Barricade growled.

"Well, at least you didn't have to name Frank. Frank was named by Judy Witwicky."

"Oh. That woman never ceases to amaze me." Barricade mused. "One time, she went after me with a baseball bat claiming that I should not have chased her Sammy."

"Yeah. She does that to all the Mechs who are friendly with Sam."

Barricade vented air. "So, did Judy Witwicky do that to you, too?"

"No. She had a fit over 'aliens' and 'robots' in her house. Then said something about a Jacuzzi tub in her back yard."

Bumblebee received a ping from Prowl. When he opened the message from Prowl, he sounded urgent. "Bumblebee. Return to base. Your charge is distraught." Bumblebee could hear crying and screaming in the background. He wondered what happened to cause his charge to act so upset.

"Barricade. I'll see you later. Prowl just called me back to base."

"What's wrong?"

"I think my charge just found out something terrible." Bumblebee answered, feeling dread as he turned around and headed back to base.

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During the scouting trip

Prowl summoned me to his office. When I saw the look in his optics, I knew something was wrong. It made me think something bad happened to my Mom and Dad. "What's wrong?" I asked, not sure if I wanted to know.

"We received bad news from our scouting teams located across the human cities and human habitation places."

I frowned because we lived there and wasn't Bumblebee on a scouting mission now? I must have looked upset because Prowl cleared his 'throat'. I looked up at Prowl then.

"Joyce. Our scouts have picked up a numerous amount of rebels breaking into houses."

"That doesn't make any sense!" I retorted. "Why would rebels break into people's homes?"

"Theft and crimes have arisen since our take over."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"Your house, according to Hound, was broken into last night. We cannot find any signs of your parents."

My parents? They were gone? "I don't understand." I said.

"Your parents are missing. Their non-sentient car is not in the area and your neighbors are not being much help."

"So you want me to help you find my missing parents?" I asked.

"Yes."

"Why?" I asked. "I wouldn't know anything about their whereabouts. I've been held here against my will for who knows how long? And no. I ain't helpin' none."

Prowl stared at me as I crossed my arms. "I ain't helpin' you." I said firmly.

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Things just got a little difficult! I'm sorry it took so long to write. Don't forget to review. :)