Author's note: This chapter was written by StargazerPrime =D

Alive, Trixie (mentioned) and D.X belong to StargazerPrime =D

"Hello" Human talking.

"Hello" Cybertronian/Magic talking.

A year later, Jade was now a year old and could walk and talk, but she hated the labs as she was hurt everyday by the Decepticons. Whenever her father would try to stop them he was always shocked which would force him into stasis, and then he would be thrown into the brig till they were done with her, but despite this he had taken great care of her. He would treat her wounds, giver her comfort and give her energon when she needed it, she would either share his energon or have low grade on a rare occasion when it was just the two of them. However some days she would have to go without energon as Ironhide couldn't get the chance to get her some without getting caught, and other times he would go without energon and give his energon to her, but that would be when she had either not had any energon for a number of days or was weak after an experiment. She understood that things were difficult and never held a grudge about it.

One day Jade was sat in her cage when she saw two people walk in, she had never seen them before.

The woman looked in her mid-thirties and she had dark blonde hair, her eye colour was blood red and she wore a red sun top with a pair of blue jeans, she also wore a pair of black boots that went up to her knees. Her name was Alive.

The man looked the same age as Alive and his eye colour was blood red too, he wore a red t-shirt with a black lieutenant gothic coat on top and black jeans, he also wore black leather boots. His name was Demon X but everyone called him D.X, he and his Bondmate were known as bad magics.

Alive opened the cage door and grabbed the one year old's hand, she pulled her out "Lord Megatron wants us to 'look after you' for a while" she said bluntly.

Alarm bells rang in Jade's head, she may have only been a year old but she certainly wasn't stupid "What does Ironhide think?" she asked as she knew her father was second-in-command despite him looking after her, plus a lot of the Decepticons feared him because of how scary he was when enraged, but she saw a completely different side to him which was the soft and caring side.

D.X smirked "He doesn't know" he replied.

"What?! He's second-in-command, he has to know!" the one year old exclaimed.

"Oh don't worry, he'll see you again in a year's time" Alive sneered before pulling her out of the experiment room.

Jade was scared, what was going to happen to her? Would she survive?

Not long after Jade had gone, Ironhide was making his way to the experiment room to see his daughter and walked in, he looked around and frowned when he didn't see her anywhere, he knew sometimes she liked to jump out at him as a prank but that didn't happen "Jadey?" he said, but not reply came, he grew worried as his anxiety grew and walked out the experiment room. He spotted Blackout approaching and hid his anxiety.

"Hey Ironhide" the helicopter greeted.

"Blackout, have you seen Jade?" 'Hide asked not even bothering to greet him.

"Jade?" Blackout asked.

Ironhide growled a little "The one Megatron brought in a year ago, the one he dubbed Hybrid" he replied.

The helicopter was hesitant to say anything as his leader had said not to mention where Jade had gone to Ironhide.

'Hide saw his hesitant look and growled "Blackout, tell me where Jade is" he growled.

Blackout gulped, he would rather get his aft beaten by Megatron than deal with an angry Ironhide "A-Alive and D.X took her not too long ago" he replied quietly and actually cowered a little as he waited for the reaction.

"WHAT?!" Ironhide exclaimed before he growled "where did they take her?!"

"I-I don't know, I really don't..." the helicopter replied quietly and he was telling the truth, he walked quickly away.

'Hide snarled and clenched his fists, his optics turned almost blood red from his new level of rage and he stormed towards the throne room.

The other Decepticons were wise to get out of the way of a raging Ironhide, he was scarier than Megatron and that was saying something.

Ironhide stormed into the throne room with a look of thunder on his face.

Megatron did well not to gulp "Ironhide...what's wrong?" he asked.

'Hide growled "I just heard the most interesting thing just now, Jade is with Alive and D.X" he sneered.

The Warlord had hoped that the news of the 'departure' wouldn't reach 'Hide "Yes...that's right" he replied.

"Are you glitched?!" Ironhide snarled.

Megatron got off his throne "Look Ironhide, Hybrid is a magic just like Alive and D.X, and I thought it would be fitting if she stayed with them for a bit" he replied calmly, doing well not to sound nervous "plus they have a daughter named Trixie who's a year older than Hybrid, so she'll have a playmate"

'Hide growled "I don't think you understand Megatron, Alive and D.X are bad magics, Jade is a good magic! And last time I checked, good and bad are the complete opposite!" he snarled.

"Ironhide-"

"Was it your plan to separate Jade and I?" Ironhide sneered.

The Warlord tried to look shocked but failed "No Ironhide, Hybrid is with her own kind and will be just fine" he assured.

'Hide growled "And when will she be back?" he sneered.

Megatron hesitated.

"Answer me!" Ironhide snarled.

"A year from now" the Warlord replied quietly, and waited for the explosion.

And it came "A YEAR?! SHE'S GOING TO BE WITH THEM FOR A YEAR?!" 'Hide snarled as his fists shook a little from his anger, no rage.

"She'll be just fine when she returns Ironhide" Megatron assured.

Ironhide snarled, he didn't trust bad magics or believe anything his leader said "You had better hope so, because if there is even a scratch on that girl when she gets back you're the one I'm coming after!" he snarled before storming out.

The Warlord breathed a quiet sigh of relief, he knew Jade would most likely come back worse than when she left, but that was a year from now so he had nothing to worry about for the moment.

A year later Alive and D.X brought Jade back to the Decepticon base, the now two year old looked petrified and frail as she had been abused, starved of energon and used as a 'play toy' by Trixie. She now had a star-shaped scar in the corner of her left eye that the bad magics 'gave her'.

Alive threw her into her cage and locked it, she and her Bondmate snarled at her before they walked out.

Jade curled up and sniffed as she trembled, she then heard someone come in and curled up more as she squeaked in fear, just like she did when she first arrived at the labs.

Ironhide had to stop himself from marching to the throne room and beating Megatron to a pulp when he saw the state his daughter was in, she looked so traumatised and frail, he knew that she needed him now and hid his anger towards his leader. He walked over and unlocked the cage door, he opened it and knelt down "Jadey" he said softly.

The two year old perked up when she heard her father's voice and uncurled herself immediately, she got up and ran to him, she hugged him tight and cried "Daddy!" she sobbed.

Ironhide held his daughter close as he held back on his emotions, it broke his Spark seeing her so upset "Shh, it's ok Jadey, daddy's got you" he whispered softly and picked her up as he got to his feet, he cradled her and stroked her hair.

Jade snuggled into him and tucked her head under his chin, she sniffed "I've missed you daddy" she whispered and sniffed.

'Hide held her closer to him and kissed her head "I've missed you too Jadey, I've been so worried about you" he whispered softly, it was lucky that she had survived her time with the bad magics, but was this just the start? He knew the experiments were getting worse and worse, like the Decepticons were not caring about the risks of causing major harm to his daughter and that scared him, he feared for her life. He looked out the window as he made a decision, one that would change his daughter's life for the better, when his daughter turned three...he would help her escape the labs.

End of Chapter 3