Thank you, Maus! Guys, come on. Over 300 reads and only comments from two people?

Well, landin' in the middle of nowhere was a start. At least we were off The Nemesis.

After finally discovering that we had landed in a small town called Jasper, Nevada, I quickly went to the one little mall the town had. Knock Out was in the parking lot in vehicle mode. I bought a few changes of clothes and left, thankful that I still had my credit card.

I walked towards the Ex-Deceipticon, noticing the two boys and one girl staring at me in curiosity and... Shock? Fear?

"Electra. Buckle up." Knock Out sounded tense. I did as he requested, and he floored it.

"W-whoa! Hold yah horses, Knocks! What's goin' on?"

Knock Out turned sharply onto the main road. Two cars and a motorcycle were hot on our tails. "Autobots. They don't know that I've defected yet."

We sped into the desert. No other cars were in sight. The Autobots had vanished.

"I think we lost-" My sentence was cut off as we were smashed towards a large rock feature. I shrieked in terror as Knock Out transformed and tossed me onto a sand dune nearby. The red Cybertronian slammed into the rocks with a pained groan.

The Autobots quickly transformed, weapons ready to eliminate Knock Out. My legs wouldn't obey my frantic commands. My voice still worked, though.

"Leave Knock Out alone!" I screamed in desperation.

I saw the three kids from before as I tried to stand. They stayed a safe distance away from the one-sided fight.

The blue motorcycle aimed her weapon at Knock Out's Sparkchamber. I finally gained control of my legs and raced inbetween her and my friend.

"Yah. Will. Not. Hurt. Him." I growled loudly.

"Move aside, human," The blue femme ordered. "I don't want to hurt you."

I pressed myself against the red mech's chassis. "Hear me out! Knock Out is not a Deceipticon anymore! He helped me escape!"

The Autobots lowered their weapons in confusion.

"I was captured by Breakdown and experimented on by Megatron's orders."

The blue femme jerke her head to Knock Out. "Bulk, Bee, grab the medic." She looked at me. "We'll see what Optimus has to say about your tale."

"And that's mah story." I finished, praying that it would be enough to get Knock Out off the hook.

Optimus Prime gazed at my tiny figure with concern. "You said that you were experimented on, yet I see nothing that separates you from any other human."

I sighed. My hands rested on my opal as I softly chanted, becoming a Cybertronian once again.

I heard the Autobots gasp. Knock Out struggled into a sitting position, now awake. "Now do you believe her?"

"Knocks," I kneeled beside him. "How ah ya feelin'?"

"I feel like slag, but I'll be okay." He put a servo on my shoulder plate.

I smiled at him before turning to Optimus. "Do y'all happen to have a spare room? We don't take up much space."

"You may stay here so long as you do your part. Everybody pulls their own weight here." Optimus consented.

A thought popped into my CPU as I stood. "Optimus, do yah happen to have a phone? I need to call mah Sensei. He'll be worried sick by now."

"Trust me, Master Shiro. I'm in good hands. Mah friend Knocks' got mah back everywhere I go." I reassured the elderly Sensei. "I'll be home soon."

Master Shiro quietly sighed. "Very well, Electra. I know you will come home safely. Lee and I both miss you."

"I miss yah too, Father. I love yah! Sayanora!" I hung up the phone with a smile. Master Shiro never stopped worrying about me.

A ping filled the main room as an elevator opened to reveal a tall man in a suit. "Prime! Why in the name of God is there a Deceipticon here?!"

I tensed at his angry voice. This stranger meant business if he was able to talk to the giant mech like that.

"Agent Fowler, we-"

"I don't want excuses, Prime! I want him outta here before he can send his location to his buddies on The Nemesis!" Fowler snarled.

I calmly walked up the stairs to the platform. "Calm yahself down before yah have a cow! If yah happen to be referrin' to Knock Out, he's on the Autobots' side."

"And exactly who do you think you are to speak to me like that?!" His face turned red.

My tessen was at his throat in a heartbeat. "Look, the 'Bots might have signed some contract or whatevah to not hurt yah, but I haven't. Yah so much as look at Knocks the wrong way, and yah'll be out before yah can say 'oops', got it?"

Fowler gulped, nodding slightly. I sheathed my tessen and turned to walk away.

"Electra." Optimus stopped me. "That is not how we handle situations here."

I looked him dead in the optic. "Optimus, I was raised under the Japanese Bushido code. One part of the code says to defend mah allies' honor even at the cost of mah own. I religiously follow that code. Yah can't expect me not to protect mah friends in situations like that. It's immoral to me."

"Be that as it may, you could have defended Knock Out in a calmer manner."

"Dear, dear Prime. Yah will soon learn that that's simply not how I do things." I smirked at his surprised face and headed for the quarters Knock Out and I shared.

So, didja like it? Review even if you didn't! Tell me what I need to fix.

Oh, and I'm not going to use all those America references Fowler uses in the show. While it may be funny to some, it downright annoys me.

Later!