Hey, next chapter! This come after chapter 19 in the other story. So I wrote this one mainly for laughs and to introduce our next avenger. So in case any of you are wondering why the avengers haven't meet the 'bots yet...it's because I have a nice storyline for that specifically but it can't happen till after season 1 of TP or else it wont make much sense. Technically it wouldn't have happened till after season 2 of TP but I thought that was too long of a wait. But whatever...Oh my gosh, this is the longest thing I have ever written for fanfiction! Enjoy! R&R!

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Wicken25

Yup, and it's only going to get more so.

Daughter of Ironman06

Yeah sorry, not quite yet. Oh, I just got an evil idea...I was planning on introducing them all at once, but I could have sooooo much fun if Hawkeye was the first one, ok now it's second but still, to discover them. Oh this is going to be fun.


Clint walked behind Natasha as they entered Fury's office. Natasha was still steaming, somehow a teenage girl had beat them and they had absolutely no idea how. As they walked in they saw Fury sitting at his desk, "So figure anything out?"

"No." Natasha growled, ok scratch steaming she was fuming.

Fury sent them a confused look, "I sent SHIELD's two best spies and you discovered nothing?"

"That about sums it up, except for the fact that a Jemina Archer truly does exist. Though, everything else about her is a complete and utter mystery." Clint answered.

Fury rubbed his head, he too was clearly frustrated, "Uh sir?" Natasha asked.

"Yes, what is it?"

"The girl, Jemina, knew about you and SHIELD. She also mentioned some things that were…interesting."

"Well, would you care to divulge the information Ms. Romanoff?" Fury asked.

"She mentioned someone named Knockout. She also made mention of Decepticons, Mech and Energon. I currently have no knowledge of what any of that means but…"

Fury perked up at the new information, "While most of that sounds like absolute gibberish, I do recognize Mech." Fury paused racking his brains for a moment, "The leader of the organization, Silas, once worked with the government, on a project called Damiclies if I remember correctly."

"So what happened? He go all psycho or something?" Clint asked with the hint of a laugh.

"Not quite psycho but he did have a change in morals, kept talking about bettering humanity and other nonsense like that. Just before he was released he kept talking about alternate dimensions, we deemed him unfit to continue working. Shortly after he gained quite a following and created a group called Mech. He is quite the terrorist, manages to evade us and every other group that tries to find him, and one that has become a silent threat. While he has made no actual move against any country, to those who know of Mech's existence, he is preparing for war."

Natasha thought for a moment, "Are you sure no one has found anything out?"

Fury thought for a moment, "There was one agent, he works with a sub-division of SHIELD, that managed to locate and sneak into a Mech facility."

"Who was it?" Clint asked, now becoming very interested.

"Marley Bowler. Though, he reported his mission a failure and didn't discover anything."

Clint turned to walk out of the room, "Where do you think you're going Barton?" Natasha asked.

"I'm going to see a Marley Bowler. That girl has caused me enough trouble, I want to know what the heck is going on. He may be able to help and he may not, but I'll figure it out."


Raf came running up the platform to where the other kids sat waiting, "I won! I won! I actually won!" Raf shouted the whole way up.

"Whoa there Raf." Jack said, getting up from the couch to meet the younger boy, "Take a breath and tell us what you won."

Raf sucked in a deep breath, "I won the Stark competition at school."

"The what?" Jemina asked, thoroughly confused.

"It was a nerd competition." Miko said blatantly returning to her racing game.

Jemina just arched her brow confused, "It was kind of a competition of smarts. There was a lot of different challenges. Mental stuff like math, science, computer, and a bunch of other stuff. And I won!" Raf explained before crying out again.

"Ok, so what did you win? A scholarship?" Jemina questioned farther.

Raf looked ecstatic, "No…the prize is a week with Tony Stark!"

Jemina's eyes went wide as color left her face, "He actually put that on for high schoolers…and they let him?"

Jack shrugged, "Yeah I guess."

"And the best part is, I get to take one of you!" Raf was now jumping up and down.

"Oh Primus help us." Jemina grumbled.

"What is wrong Raf?" Optimus asked, having heard all of the commotion.

Raf quickly explained it to him, "I already discussed it with my mom and since she, my dad, and all of my siblings are busy with work, school, and stuff she said that I could take either Jemina or Jack in her place."

"Uh…why me or Jack?" Jemina asked.

"Well I'm not sixteen yet so I need to have someone sixteen or older go with me. It's a part of the rules of going.

"Well Jack, have fun." Jemina said giving him a pat on the back before turning around.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What makes you think I'm going?"

"Hm, A, you're a guy and it would probably be better if a guy went with Raf. B, you don't have a six-year-old to take care of. C, Tony's house is, probably, mostly comprised of what…technology? More than likely, and what would happen if I lose control of my powers? That would not be good. And D, his personality will drive me up a wall."

Jack crossed his arms, "Why? He's just as sarcastic as you."

"Yes, I can handle that. But the constant 'I did this…I built that…I'm the first one to have made that.' His entire self-centered thinking…I would rather face Megatron on a bad day!"

"Well what am I supposed to do about school?" Jack asked, he didn't want to go either.

"What is Raf going to do? Take it with you! You get stuck on math or science I'm sure Tony can help you."

"Well, the school is excusing Raf of his work." Jack said.

Optimus decided to then speak up, "Jemina, I believe it best if it were you who escorted Raf on this journey."

"What!?" Jemina yelled, "Optimus no! You can't be serious!"

"Indeed I am. Jack, as he said, has his schooling to attend while you do not. Also, he has a job which he must continue. And thirdly, with the Decepticons constant attacks on you I believe it wise for you to relocate, at least to give yourself a break."

"You want to give me a break? Bridge me to Alaska with some camping gear and we'll call it good. But seriously, what am I supposed to do with Jayce? There is no way on Cybertron I'm letting him near that man, not with his morals and that mouth!"

"He can stay at the base with us. There are some cots and plenty of food in the fridge."

"Why are you trying to make me go!? I could barely take the few hours it took to watch everything that had him in it, he only way I made it though was because of his humor, the pause button and a bar of soap! Please Optimus, for everything that is good and true, don't make me go!" She then made the best puppy face she could muster.

Ratchet looked up from his computer to be greeted with Jemina's face, "What… Jemina, what did you do!"

"Hu?" She asked confused.

Ratchet looked as if he had seen a Scrapple and came running over carrying a scanner, "Your eyes! They're abnormality large, they're going to fall out of your head."

"Oh," Jemina said understandingly, "No its fine, it's actually quite common in human children." Ratchet gave her a look of disbelief.

"It's true Ratchet," Jack interrupted trying to suppress a laugh, "Even I do it sometimes."

Optimus looked at his ward carefully before sighing, "I'm sorry Jemina, but you are the most logical choice."

"Well screw logic to a bolder and throw it out a window in into the Marinara trench!" Jemina turned and walked down the platform.

"Uh, were are you going?" Jack asked.

"To fry a few lightbulbs somewhere." She just needed to let off some steam.

"Jemina, I…we leave tomorrow afternoon." Raf informed just above a squeak. She didn't answer, just grunted and nodded.


Optimus dropped Jemina off at the Jasper airport, "Jemina, are you alright?" She hadn't said a word nearly the whole day.

She looked out the window with a glazed look, "I don't know if I'll ever gain my sanity back."

"If something happens you are always free to call a ground bridge, we will keep the com-link open." Optimus tried to reassure.

"Yeah, ok. Wish me luck."

"For you or for his technology that will feel you're wrath?" Jemina couldn't help but chuckle, "You'll be fine. If all goes well I will pick you up here next week."

"If all goes well. Ok, see ya." She closed his door and grabbed her lone suitcase and back pack and walked towards Raf, "Got enough bags there?"

Raf looked at the half dozen bags he had, "Uh, my mom packed. She got a little excesive."

"Ya think?"

A lady suddenly came walking over to them, "Hello, you must be Rafael Esquivil, our winner. I'm Pepper Pots, I'll be taking you to Mr. Stark."

"Hello ma'am." Raf said politely.

"And you are..?" Pepper asked Jemina.

"Jemina Archer." She said shaking Pepper's hand.

"Well if you two will follow me I'll have one of the men help you with your bags and we'll take off."

"In a plane?" Raf asked, finally realizing they were getting there in a jet not by car.

Pepper laughed, "Yes, in a plane. You didn't think we were driving were you?"

"Well…" He hadn't really thought about it.

"Well up you get." She helped them up into the jet.

'Wow' Raf mouthed, "So when will we be there?"

"In about an hour. Make yourselves comfortable." She went over and sat down.

Jemina took her seat right next to Raf and pulled out another book. She had pack three of them, figuring that was what she was going to be doing most of the time. The plane began moving, though only Jemina noticed it, before it suddenly picked up a lot of speed and they lifted into the air. Jemina continued reading as if it was completely normal, and to her it was as she had spent probably half of her childhood in planes, but Raf suddenly grabbed her arm and refused to let go, "You ok Raf?"

"W-we're really f-far from the g-ground." He said peeking out the window.

"Yep, but that's what the parachutes over there for, in case that happens. Which it won't."

He looked nervously at the parachutes, packed nicely by the hatch, "Do y-you know how to work t-them?"

Jemina laughed, "Everything will be fine Raf, it's better than flying commercial. And I'm sure I could figure it out soon enough." That seemed to appease the terrified child enough that he stopped shaking but he still refused to let go. "Uh, why don't you play your laptop or something?"

He quickly shook his head, "N-no, I'm good." The rest of the flight was spent with Raf clutching Jemina's arm while she tried to read and comfort him. The landing couldn't come soon enough for Raf and nearly jumped out of the jet when they landed.

"Who'da thunk that the kid that went toe to toe with Soundwave would be scared to death of flying?" Jemina said trying, and failing, to suppress a laugh.

"T-that was different." Raf shot back defensively.

She ruffled his hair, "Sure it was."

"Hello." A male voice suddenly spoke up.

"Uh, h-hi." Raf replied.

Jemina turned around to be greeted with the sight of Tony Stark, let the nightmare begin. "You must be Rafael."

"Yeah, but people call me Raf." Jemina snickered at what he said, when he said people call him Raf he literally people, as the 'bots call him Rafael.

"Well alright then Raf, who is this accompanying you? I hope she isn't your mom."

Jemina stood there for a second, why did everyone think she was a mother, how could she be the mother of a ten-year-old! "I'm Jemina Archer and I'm most certainly am not his mother!"

Tony held up his hands in defense, "Ok, sorry Jem."

"Don't call me that."

"What else am I supposed to call you? I make nick-names for all of my friends."

She looked him dead in the eye, "We are most certainly not 'friends.'"

"Well we're have to change that since you're going to be stuck with me for a week."

"You're right on the 'stuck' part." Jemina grumbled.

Tony walked over to a Mustang parked nearby, "Happy, help them with their bags and we'll be going. Take it she didn't want to come?"

"Not really, she was kinda forced into it." Raf answered, letting Happy take all of his bags except his back pack.

Jemina walked over to the car and placed her suitcase in the trunk, "How do you expect to get all of Raf's bags in here organized like this?" Happy shrugged and Jemina began rearranging the trunk. A minute later everything was neat, organized, and wasn't being shoved in.

"You do realize that Happy could have done that?" Tony asked a bit annoyed.

"Yeah but was wasn't gonna be neat like it is now."

Tony went to answer but found nothing to answer with so he turned to Raf in defeat, "She always got that mentality?"

"What? The 'I'll do it myself mentality?'" Raf asked to which Tony quickly nodded, "Yeah, she doesn't like it when other people have to pull her weight, she'd rather pull there's."

"O', one of those." Tony said a bit frustrated, that kind of personality always annoyed him. Mainly because it always reminded him of him, and why his father always seemed so obsessed with him. He had recently come to terms, you could say, with his father once he saved his life but memories.

Jemina got in the car after Pepper, "I heard that."

"What does she have, super hearing?" Tony asked a bit startled, he had said that just under a whisper.

"I think so. It seems like she hears nearly everything." Raf shrugged before getting in the car too.

Tony smiled, he was just going to have to see how well that hearing worked. "Back home Happy."

"Yes sir." He replied quickly before driving off.

Tony and Raf were having a very interesting conversation about something science-y, she was sure and she would catch a few words here and there but didn't pay much attention. Pepper had tried to start a conversation with her, but as their interests and everything else about them were different or opposites-it didn't get far. So Jemina dedicated her time in the car to being a sentinel and keeping an eye out for any Decepticon activity. Thankfully the trip was boring and uneventful, then again that was a two edged sword. "I'll have dinner served in an hour, until then you can get settled in. Here are your rooms." Tony stopped in front of two doors right across from each other.

"Uh, wait. Are you cooking?" Jemina asked nervously.

"Uh…no. That does not go or end well." Tony answered with shudder.

"Good, because I'd be cooking in that case."

Tony eyes widened in surprise, "Wait, you can cook?!"

"M-yeah. For normal people that is a common skill, even if it is just a bit."

Tony nodded, "You learn something new every day."

"Wait, Tony learn something new? Is that even possible?" Jemina asked sarcastically.

"Ha-ha very funny, you use sarcasm often?"

"Nah, only when I'm faced with certain death."

Pepper ran her hand through her hair, "No, no, no, not too!"

"I think you and me will get along just fine." Tony shot at Jemina.

Jemina glared at Tony, "The day I transform into a flying jet is the day I'll get along with you." With that she walked into her room.

Raf winced, "Sorry, she's real nice once you get to know her and you break the outer barriers. But 'till then…"

"It's alright, I'll just have to find some way to break those barriers." Tony left with Pepper.

Jemina set her backpack and suitcase on the bed and began sorting through everything she had brought. Once everything was in its proper place she pulled out a book on cybernetics, ever since the incident with Clint and Natasha's car she decided to look into it. When she looked back up it was nearly time for supper, "Might as well head out."

She left her room and found Raf's room also vacant and the door wide open. She shrugged and walked out to the living room where the kitchen sat also. Tony and Raf were on the couch talking more geeky stuff which didn't interest her. "Ah, Jemina, ready for dinner?"

She nodded, "Mhm," when the door bell rung.

"Jarvis, who is it?" Tony asked.

"It is Natalie Portman sir. Shall I let her in?" Jarvis asked.

"Of course, looks like we'll be having someone else over for dinner too." Tony completely missed Jemina's eyes go wide in surprise and fear.

"Hello Tony, thought I'd come and check on you to make sure you're not dying again." Natalie/Natasha said.

"I'm fine, works great. Hey, I'd like you to meet someone. Natalie this is Rafael Esquivil, or Raf as he likes to be called, and Jemin…where'd she go?"

Jemina had disappeared back into her room, not making a single sound so no one-not ever Raf-noticed her absence immediately. Raf looked around, "Uh, I don't know. Probably forgot something in her room, don't know where else she'd go."

Tony's eye's widened, "She can move that quick that quietly?"

"Oh you'd be surprised." Raf shrugged. Natalie was also becoming interested, this was one of the kids she and Clint had followed for nearly a month and apparently Jemina was here too-and avoiding her.

"Well I'll stay for dinner, I would like to meet this girl."

"Hey Jarvis? Where is Jemina?"

"She is in her room sir." Jarvis replied coolly.

"Any idea what she's doing?"

"Nothing that I can detect."

Tony sighed, "I'll go get her. You know it isn't really nice to run out on house gets…especially when your one of the house guests." He grumbled. "Hey Jemina? There's someone I want you to meet."

"I'm not really hungry, uh, I'll just stay in here." She answered through the door.

Natalie walked up beside Tony, "Look, she really wants to meet you so please come out or I'll come in."

I'm sure she does want to meet me, "Uh, no thanks." She quickly got off the bed and scaled the built in bookshelf then pressed herself into the corner of the wall, her feet just barely on the bookshelf but well above head level.

She could hear Tony grumble something about teenagers becoming even more stubborn before he opened the door, only to be greeted with an empty room. Tony looked around for a second, "What the…" He then saw the widow, wide open. He and Natasha quickly ran to the window and looked out.

Jemina smiled to herself, nice thing about people-they never like to look up. She silently dropped onto the floor and ran down the hallway. "Jemina! Where did you go?" Raf asked, getting up from the couch.

"Raf, hush. Look I don't have time to explain just…dang it!" Tony and Natasha could be heard coming down the hallway. She quickly ran around the corner and into the kitchen, well since I'm here…she quickly made herself a plate of food, spaghetti, then left through the door in the kitchen. She wandered for a bit and found herself at the cliff with several trees, this'll do.

Tony walked back into the living room, "Hey Raf, have you seen Jemina?"

"Yeah, she came running through a minute ago. Don't know where she is now though."

"What is up with that girl?" Tony mused out loud. He couldn't tell if she was scared of Natalie or just really didn't like her, "So who's ready for dinner?"

The meal went by without a hitch, except Jemina had yet to show her face. After the meal Tony decided to show Raf the house and Natalie tagged along, hoping to run into Jemina but no such luck. "Sir, Jemina has just re-entered the house by the kitchen door." Jarvis informed.

Tony took off down the hallway, Natalie ready to bypass him. They reached the kitchen but found no one. On the counter next to the sink was a dirty plate and cup with a sticky note next to them, 'Please tell the cook that the meal was delicious. ~Jemina' "Oh, you got to be kidding me. How does she do this?" He crumpled the note and threw it in the trash.

"I don't think she's going to show and I've got to go. Thank you for the meal, good night." With that Natasha escorted herself out of the house and left, though not without placing a few-well hidden-bugs.

"I think I'll go to sleep, the plane took a lot out of me." Raf said with a yawn, "Night."

Tony watched him go, Raf was a likeable kid and smart too. Though, he couldn't decide on what he thought Jemina was irritating, sarcastic, irritating, secretive, irritating, warry, did he mention irritating? After that stunt she pulled…and irritating was just scratching the top. With a sigh he turned and went into his lab, he knew he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.


Jemina walked out of her room and down the hallway. It was eight in the morning and she still had yet to remove the fog in her mind from sleeping, as she walked into the kitchen she heard a voice coming from the dining room. She snuck a peak and saw Tony jabbering on about something while Raf was falling asleep in his cereal bowl, he most defiantly was not a morning person. She walked back into the kitchen and made herself a bowl of cereal before turning back around and walking into the dining room, "Moring Jemina."

She answered with a week 'eh' before sitting down next to Raf, "Hey sleepy head." She lifted Raf's head and moved the cereal bowl away before setting it down again and gently shaking Raf's shoulders, "Wake up."

Raf mumbled something unintelligible before burying his face in his arms. Jemina thought for a minute then got a wicked looking grin, "I don't like that look." Tony said wordily.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to you…yet." Jemina leaned over to Raf then raised her voice, "Oh my gosh a plane is landing on the roof!"

Raf instantly jumped up, wide eyed and let out a small shriek. As he jumped he threw the cereal bowl, which had only been a few inches away from his hands, across the table…landing on Tony's head and drenching him in milk and cereal. It took Tony a few seconds to realize what had just happened, then he got redder than a tomato, "I thought you said it didn't have anything to do with me, Jemina."

Jemina's face was also becoming red, though for a different reason, "Oh my…Primus! Raf…that was perfect! You…awake…now?" Jemina asked between fits of laughter.

Raf too began laughing, "Yeah I'm…awake. Don't do that again…and why is my face wet? Tony…you look…"

"Don't say anything." Tony growled getting up from the table to take a shower, he had just taken one too. As he got up he failed to see the phone Jemina had just snuck out back under the table.

"I usually don't do this…but Miko would kill me if I didn't."

Raf leaned over to see what she was doing, "You're not…"

"I am." Raf stifled a laugh. Jemina was sending the picture she had just taken of Tony drenched in cereal to Miko and Jack with the caption of, 'Think Tony hates me yet? ;P'

Not two seconds later Miko replied, 'Dude no way! What happened?'

Jack responded right after her, 'Do I want to know?'

'Raf fell asleep in his cereal bowl so I decided to wake him up…' Raf grabbed the phone and added his two cents, 'When she says "wake him up" she means scaring me to Cybertron and back.' Jemina took the phone back, 'Anyway, Raf freaked out and threw his cereal bowl…Tony happened to be in the line of fire.' She sent the message and ate some of her cereal while Raf made himself some more.

A minute later Miko replied, 'This is going on Facebook.'

'Uh, ya sure that's a good idea?' Jemina asked.

'When are my ideas ever good? But it'll be funny. Got to go, school's starting. Yippee.'

Jemina chuckled and continued to eat breakfast, "What's so funny?" Raf asked.

"Miko is going to put the picture on Facebook. How far do you think I'm gonna have to run before Tony will stop chasing me?"

Raf thought for a second, "Well…since he is Iron Man and since he can fly…I thing you'll have to move to Cybertron. Though you could make a close second if you stayed at base, the shielding should protect you from his technological wizardry."

They both had a good laugh, "Until then, I'm hiding in my room."

"Where are you going to practice your powers? You know you can't keep it pent up inside of you for a week."

"Hm…I don't know. I'll have to figure something out though, maybe I'll call Ratchet and have him bridge me back to base for a few hours or something. But your right, I can't keep it pent up inside of me…I'd make one heck of a beacon for the Decepticons."

Tony had just finished with his second shower of the day when Jarvis decided to speak up, "Sir…have found something of, moderate interest."

Tony perked up, "Is it Hammer? I swear if he's trying to steal my tech again I'll…"

"No sir it isn't Hammer."

"Oh, then what is it?" He slip on a black t-shirt when Jarvis brought up a web page-Facebook. Under the user Miko 'con killer, there was a picture. A picture of him soaking wet in cereal, with the caption of 'Early morning Stark.' Tony's eyes went wide as he looked at it, then at how many people had seen it and were spreading it. It was already popping up on other sections of the web. "They are dead, she is dead!" He stormed out of the room and into the dining room, only to find Raf finishing up and Jemina nowhere to be seen, "Where is she?!"

"I don't know. She said something about running for her life."

"She better be!" Tony all but shouted.

"Saw the picture hu?" Raf asked.

Tony went beet red, "Yes, as have over a couple thousand people! And counting!"

"Well don't kill her, she merely sent it to two really good friends of ours. Miko on the other hand…" Raf defended.

"Is she Miko 'con killer?" What kind of user name is that? Tony thought.

"Yeah, she's kinda a loose cannon."

"Hey Raf what did I…oh. I'm going to go take a swim."

"Hold it! You're not going anywhere! We are going to go down to my lab where I can keep an eye on both of you, mainly you." He pointed to Jemina.

She looked at Raf, "I told Optimus that this wasn't a good idea but no, he said I'd be fine. Raf we haven't even been here twenty-four hours and we already have a mutual hate for each other!"

Raf snickered, "Only you Jemina, only you."

"Thanks, I feel the love. How do I do this? Mech, Knockout, the two unnamables, and now Tony. Heck even Fowler for a while!"

Raf sent her a sympathetic look while Tony was just confused, "It's just you and well, maybe a bit of Tony."

"Well come on, I've got other stuff to do." Tony said leading them down to the lab.

Jemina scoffed, "Oh yeah, another day messing around with mock…what ten? Twenty?"

"No, it's the mock eight. I don't have I that many. Here it is, my humble lab."

Jemina looked at him funny, "Do you even know what that word means?"

He just shot her a glare, "Well, I'll take Raf and he can help me with the mock eight."

"Raf run before you die of boredom!" Jemina shouted dramatically, stepping in front of Raf. He just laughed and followed Tony into the lab, "Well, I tried. I'll give Bee you last farewell." Jemina said shrugging before turning around.

"Hold it! You're coming in here too."

"Drat." Jemina hung her head in defeat before going inside. She looked around, it looked exactly the way it did in the movies-which also meant there was absolutely nothing to do. Tony began showing Raf what he had been working on then assigning him different tasks to do.

"Hey Jemina, mind throwing me that wrench over there!" Tony said over his shoulder.

Jemina smiled, picking up the wrench, "Sure, I can throw you the wrench."

"Wait! That's not what I…" Tony ducked quickly as the wrench soared over where his head once was. "Are you trying to kill me!"

"No, but you said, and I repeat, 'mind throwing me that wrench.' I didn't mind throwing it so I was just complying with your orders." Jemina said coolly.

"Well next time I give you an order, do me a favor and ignore it!"

"Is that an order?" Jemina asked slyly.

"Yes!" Tony shouted picking up the wrench.

"Well alright then." She said turning around.

Raf snickered again, "What is so funny?"

"Nothing." He said, she just pulled an angry Ratchet by throwing the wrench.

Jemina was looking through a stack of papers, mostly just different equations, when Tony called out again, "Mind tossing me that screwdriver over there?"

Jemina looked down to the screwdriver sitting next to her, "Sure." So she chucked that towards him too.

Tony ducked, again, "What did I say about the orders I gave you?!"

"To ignore them." Jemina said sweetly.

Tony stood up, "Then why didn't you?!"

"Because you said to ignore all orders you gave me and that was and order. So I am merely doing what I am told, or is that a problem?"

Tony griped the screwdriver, "Yes!"

"Well what do you want me to do?" Jemina asked confused.

"I want you to-to-to…I just want you to stop acting like me!"

"Oh, is that all?"

"Yes!" Tony shouted now not a foot away from her.

She looked him in the eyes, "Is that an order?"

"Yes!"

"Then I shall ignore that too." She said with a smile. Raf burst out laughing, he had fallen into the trap, again!

Tony just stood there for a second before letting out a frustrated grumble, "Just stand there and don't do anything."

"Is that an order?"

"No!" Tony said, finally catching on.

"Then why should I care to comply?" Jemina asked.

"What did I ever do to deserve this?" Tony asked, throwing his hands in the air.

"Would you like me to answer that?"

"No! Just...just…ahh!" He chucked the screwdriver to the other side of the lab.

"Anger management man. You and the Hulk, Gezz." Tony just glared at her and resumed his work with Raf. Jemina turned around and began shifting through the papers again, not like she had anything better to do. She stopped suddenly, looking at one of the equations, "Hey Tony?"

"What?!" He asked frustrated.

"I think you got your math wrong on one of these equations." She answered bringing the paper over.

"That's impossible." He replied standing up.

"Not impossible, only improbable." She replied.

Tony glared at her and took the paper, "Where?"

"Right there," She pointed to one of the equations.

He looked at it, "I don't see anything wrong."

"Unless it's apart of some stupid algebra 2 rule that defies every other rule you once knew…I'm pretty sure twenty time a hundred doesn't equal twenty."

Tony looked at the equation again. He had indeed written twenty. "But, how?"

"Even the best of us make mistakes. You want a pencil to fix it?"

"No," Tony growled grabbing a pen and fixing his mistake. He then set it back on the pile of papers, "Just stand there and not do anything."

"Dude, that's like asking the sun not to rise." She said heading for the door.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Getting my book, if you want me to stay out of trouble I need something to do." With that she went out the door. A minute later she came back with the book she had been reading.

"Cybernetics, want to become an engineer?"

"No, it's to help me understand somethings…that are going on in my life."

"Any idea on what you want to do?" Tony asked, returning to his work at hand.

"I used to know, but recently there were some things that happened…and now, well, I'm not really sure."

"Oh, I'm sorry. What happened?"

Jemina stiffened a bit, "Uh, a lot of things. I lost my parents after it was all done."

Tony looked at her, "How long ago did it happen?"

"A few months." She said without much emotion in her voice.

"A few months? And you act like everything's ok?!"

"I'm fine. We found some good friends that have helped us through it. Besides, I have to be for my brother."

"Wait, wait, wait, you have a brother?"

"Mhm, he's six. Why do you act all surprised? It's not like these things don't happen, well, mine was a case of weird, but still…" She shrugged and walked over to the half completed suit.

"Well, yeah, but…you act like it never happened." Tony said looking at the floor, he still missed his dad even if though he barely saw or knew him. He wondered if her parents were the same way, "Did they, you know, spend time with you?"

"Of course they did," Her voice suddenly becoming soft and caring, "They were always there when I needed them. But that's what makes the separation easier. Knowing that I was close to them and all of the fond memories I made with them. If I let the sadness consume me I would have nothing left to live for, when in reality there is much to live for." They all stood there in silence for a minute, "Well, what do you have planned for dinner?"

Tony jumped at the suddenness of the question, "Uh, nothing yet."

"Well good, 'cause I'm making dinner."

"What? I have a cook you know."

"Yeah, but does he cook anything besides Italian?"

"Well, yeah."

Jemina shrugged, "Well I'm still cooking. I want some lemon chicken, Archer style."

Tony looked at Raf, "Have you ever had it?"

"Not lemon chicken, but she has cooked before and its great!"

"Good enough for me, as long as I don't have to cook." He shrugged and went back to work on the suit.

Several hours later, around five, Jemina came down, "Hey guys, supper is on the table."

"Supper? Who says supper?" Tony mused out loud.

"My mother's side comes from Oklahoma, quite often lunch is dinner and dinner is supper. I use the words interchangeably. Now come on before it get cold."

"Esh, she sounds like Pepper." Tony said walking up the stairs. Tony wasn't really sure what he had been expecting but it certainly wasn't this, what he saw looked like hamburgers and french-fries. "Uh…"

"Come on it isn't going to kill ya." Jemina said sitting down.

"Tony, are you here I…" Pepper walked into the dining room. "Oh, hello. What are you eating?"

Tony shrugged, "Its lemon chicken with homemade fries." Jemina answered.

"Wait, homemade fries? I haven't had those since my grandma died." Tony said, suddenly becoming very interested in the fries. He took one and popped it into his mouth, "So…good. They don't make these as good at McDonalds."

"Of course they don't, that's why they're called 'homemade' fries." Jemina retorted. She saw Pepper looking at the food, "You want a plate too?"

"Uh, no it's fine. I'll just grab something…"

Jemina cut her off, "There's more out there."

"Oh, in that case sure." Pepper quickly went into the kitchen and made herself a plate. When she came back she found Tony guarding his french-fries from Raf.

"Back away from the fries you fiend."

"Those are mine and always will be! You thief!" Raf tried to grab his plate which Toy had stolen. "Jemina a little help!"

"Hm, let me sleep on it." She laughed taking another bit of the lemon chicken sandwich.

"Well I'll help you." Pepper said grabbing the plate from Tony and handing it back to Raf.

"Traitor!" Tony growled. The meal was finished rather quickly and Tony was eyeballing the few fries Raf had left.

"Don't even think about it." Raf warned moving farther away, "Mine." He quickly ate the few remaining fries.

It was then that Tony noticed that Pepper and Jemina had a large stack of fries sitting between them that had not previously been there. "Where did you get those?" Tony asked interrupting their conversation.

"What, these?" Jemina asked pointing to the fries.

"Yes, those." Tony answered.

"I made them, comes with the power of being a cook." Jemina answered slyly.

"Hand them over and no one gets hurt." Tony said darkly.

"Hm, think not. Hey Raf, you want some?" Raf quickly nodded his head and she gave him most of the fries, she and Pepper quickly ate the remaining few.

"No!" Tony cried grasping for Raf's plate. Raf quickly grabbed the plate and ran away. "Give me those fries!"

Raf ran out of the dinning room, "No! They're mine." Raf ran into the living room and around the couch. They stopped for a second, Raf on one end, Tony on another. Raf made a quick show of eating more and Tony burst.

"My house my fries!" Tony shouted vaulting over the couch.

Raf ducked and ran away, circling the couch once again. A few minutes later there was only one French-fry left. Raf held it up tauntingly then ate it, he had learned some things from Miko, "Opps, looks like I ate them all."

"No!" Tony shouted falling to the floor.

Jemina burst out laughing, "Maybe I shouldn't tell them."

"Maybe you're right." Pepper answered, also laughing.

"Tell us what?" Tony asked cautiously.

"That there's still another batch out in the kitchen." Jemina said sweetly.

Tony's eyes went wide, "You mean you just watched us fight, for what we thought was the last french-fry when there's still more out there?!"

"Uh, yeah?" Jemina said grinning.

Tony and Raf looked at each other then darted towards the kitchen. Tony took the lead with his larger strides but Raf quickly caught up and went between his legs when he reached the kitchen door. Once inside they began terrorizing the kitchen, searching for the last batch of homemade french-fries. "Where are they? Where are they? I must have them!" Tony shouted. Jemina and Pepper stood in the door of the kitchen watching the events unfold. "You! What have you done with those fries!?" He shouted from across the kitchen pointing at Jemina.

"I didn't do anything to them. All I said was that there's another batch out here, I never said that they were peeled, cut, and deep fried."

"What?" Tony said. Raf just looked like a lost puppy at the mention of no more fries.

"You heard me. If you want more you'll have to make them yourself." Jemina said grinning.

"No! I can't cook! You must make more!" Tony all but begged.

"Sorry." Jemina said walking out of the kitchen. Tony glared at Raf and he took off towards Jemina.

"You better run French-fry thief!" Tony yelled taking off after Raf.

"Jemina! Save me! I'm being chase by Megatron in human skin!" Raf shouted as he rounded the corner and hung onto Jemina.

Tony soon came running through and stood glaring at the teen and tween, "Raf, I'd say now is a good time to turn in for the night. Night Tony, Pepper." With that she grabbed Raf's hand and they began walking towards their bedrooms. Raf looked over his shoulder to see Tony glaring at him and he smiled cheekily. Jemina playfully bobbed him on the head and they disappeared around the corner.

"Good night Tony." Pepper said as she walked out the door. Tony stood there alone thinking of the many ways he'd get back at the two.


Jemina and Raf walked into the kitchen the next morning. They grabbed some pancakes that were still warm and Raf then went over to the fruit basket. Raf reached for an orange when Jemina suddenly stopped him, "What wrong?"

"I want that orange." Raf have her a bewildered look and she motioned for him to be silent and play along.

"Ok, I'll just have a banana then." They set their plates down and Jemina began inspecting the basket. A second later she found a string, tiny cable, leading out of the basket. She and Raf followed it to the cupboard and slowly opened the doors, what they found inside was humorous. There was a sack of flour and sparkles loaded into some kind of cannon that would fire if the pressure point on the orange was removed, and right behind the cannon was a phone ready to capture the moment.

Jemina grabbed a sticky-note and a pen that was laying nearby and wrote a message to Raf, 'Think you can disarm it?'

Raf sent her a look of 'really?' before he wrote back, 'Yeah, but why aren't we talking?'

'I don't know if Tony can hear us…disarm it and well re-rig his little surprise.'

'He isn't going to like it. How did you know it was there anyway?'

'I felt an electronic pulse coming from under the orange. And I know, but this is payback for him trying to prank us.'

'Ok, I can live with that.'

'Good. Now disarm it and we'll re-rig it to the sink.'

'Are you sure you're not related to Megatron or at lest Miko?' That earned him a Gibbs to which he quickly sent an apologizing look. He quickly disarmed it and they re-rigged it to the sink, then hiding the wire it looked as if it wasn't even there. For the last part they set their phones next to Tony's and wired them to go off went right after the cannon. With that done they grabbed their plates, Raf made sure to grabbed the orange, and they went out to the dining room where they saw Tony sitting.

He looked at them expectantly and they continued to sit down, both hid their emotions rather well. Tony didn't suspect anything, "Morning."

"Morning," Raf said cheerfully.

"Enjoying your orange?" Tony asked with the slight sign of a grin.

"Yup, it's delicious."

Tony's face suddenly fell, "Oh, excuse me." He got up and left the table. Once in the kitchen he went over to the fruit basket to see where his payback plan had failed. He almost reached the basket when he realized that his hands were sticky from the syrup on the pancakes. He walked over to the sink to rinse his hands off quickly but failed to suspect anything. As he turned the handle of the sink the cupboards suddenly flew open and he heard a poove! As the cannon fired. As second later he was covered in floor and sparkles and he heard the camera in his phone go off.

Jemina and Raf were watching from the kitchen door and were now busting a gut Raf was turning red and blue, red from laughing so hard and blue from laughing so hard he was having troubles getting a breath. Jemina quickly walked over to the cupboard and grabbed their phones, "Oh that was priceless." She gave Tony and Raf their phones.

Raf continued laughing while Tony just scowled, "How did you know? And…how?"

"I have my ways, but when you play with fire you're bound to get burned." Jemina messed with her phone for a second before putting it away and walking back to the dining room to finish her breakfast.

"What did she just do?" Tony asked cautiously.

"She just sent it to Jack and Miko." Raf shrugged walking back to finish his breakfast also. Tony grumbled and walked back to his room to take a shower, this was becoming a regular occurrence.

As Tony finished up with his shower Jarvis spoke up, "Sir, Agent Coulson is at the door."

"Oh great, let him in. I'll be out in a sec." Tony slipped on his shirt and walked out to the front door.

Agent Coulson was standing in the living room waiting for Tony. As Tony got closer his eyes widened a bit, "Uh, good morning?"

"What is it?" Tony asked annoyed.

"Do you realize that you're…uh, sparkly?"

Tony just glared at the agent, "Yes I do realize that but that's none of your business. What do you want?"

"I heard that you had two kids here for the week."

"Yeah," Tony dragged on, "Their here."

"Is the kid really that bad? I would have thought if he won the contest he would be a bit more…well behaved."

Tony just sighed, "It's mainly the kid he brought with him."

"Is he the reason for the cereal bowl incident yesterday?" Coulson asked.

"That was a combined effort on both of their parts."

"And the sparkles?" Coulson was a bit humored, Tony was finally getting something he deserved-a worthy opponent for his wit.

"A failed payback prank. Look, do you want to stand here all day and talk about this or do you want to get to the point?"

"Ok, well I was assigned to…" He stopped when he heard voices coming around the corner.

"Oh that was amazing. I never knew Tony could get so red." A young boy's voice said.

"I don't know, he was pretty red last night with the French-fry incident." An older female voice said.

"French-fry incident?" Coulson asked. A glare from Tony told him to drop it.

"Well, we should probably clean up Tony's mess, save his cook the trouble." The female spoke again.

"Yeah, for the cook at least. Actually, you might be cooking tonight." The boy said.

"Why's that?" She asked.

They heard the boy chuckle, "Because Tony seemed pretty desperate to get more french-fries."

"Oh yeah, because what I need right now is to have him break out the mock eight and start world war four for some stupid french-fries." The girl scoffed.

"Well the battle at Troy was fought over a single woman, why not french-fries."

"If world war four is started because of some dumb fries I might go and join the Decepticons to help eliminate human kind." They both laughed at that.

Coulson nodded, the girl was here, "Well, most of it's cleaned. What are going to do today?"

"I don't know, I might call base and have them bridge me back. It's been almost three days since the last time I really used them, even just messing with the lights right now would help. But I've been reading some stuff and I think I might have discovered something new, I want to try it out at base first though-in case something goes wrong." Both Tony's and Coulson's eyes widened at that, in case something goes wrong? That doesn't sound good.

"Yeah, probably a good idea. And with your luck with Murphy's Law you would blow up Tony's entire house." Tony just about jumped out of his skin, what was she going to do?!

At that moment the two kids came out of the kitchen and found the two adults standing there talking. Then the one who had his back to them turn around, Agent Coulson! Jemina thought, "Hello I'm Coulson."

"Hi, I'm Raf and this is Jemina." Raf said introducing the two of them.

"Hi, I need to go and…I've got something I need to do." Jemina said quickly while turning around and walking away.

"Hey wait I…" He started to walk after her when she bolted, "Get back here!"

"What's wrong with her?" Tony asked confused.

"She doesn't really do well with government people." Tony merely nodded.

Jemina sprinted down the hallway and bursted through the doors leading to the outdoors. She could hear Coulson running a little ways behind her. She quickly grabbed her phone and dialed Ratchet, "Hello, Jemina?"

"Ratchet! I need a bridge!" Jemina shouted as she ran.

"Alright, give me a second, there." A ground bridge opened up a few feet in front of her and she jumped through. As she exited she did a tuck and roll.

Ratchet and Optimus came over to her looking concerned, "Where is Rafael?" Optimus asked.

"He's safe with Tony." She answered standing up.

"Are you alright?" Optimus asked.

"No, no I'm not." She panted.

"Why not? What's wrong?"

"Everything! He is driving me up a wall! Granted there are some funny moments but I won't last the week! And-and, the government seems to be really interested in Tony this week as we've had two, two!, SHIELD agents come already! What happened to, 'everything's going to be ok?!'" Jemina shouted walking up the platform, oh how her nerves were frayed, "Hello Fowler."

He jumped, "How is it that you can scare everyone in here by sitting here and not saying anything, but when I do it all you say is hi Fowler?!" He asked a little annoyed.

"I don't know, but I saw you sitting there so I wasn't really startled."

"You mentioned some government agents not leaving you alone?" Fowler asked.

"Yeah, Natasha Romanoff, again, and Phil Coulson."

"What happened?"

"Nothing much. The first night we were there Natasha or Natalie decided to pay Tony a visit to make sure he wasn't dying again."

"Dying again?!" Fowler, Miko, and Jack shouted.

"Yeah, but anyway, I spent that night, er evening hiding from her. Then this morning Coulson decided to drop by for Primus knows what. Once Raf introduced me he jumped so I took off running and called for a bridge. I need to use my powers anyway." She shrugged, "I'll be in the training room." With that she grabbed a table lamp and walked away.

"Dude, what are you doing with that?" Miko asked.

"I have a hunch about something but I would rather test it out on a lamp than Ratchet's computers."

Ratchet looked grateful, "Thank you."

She walked down the platform and down the hallway, Optimus following. Once in the training room she set the lamp down and plugged it in, she wasn't here to practice transferring energy. Once it was set up she extended her hands out towards the lamp, it helped her concentrate until she mastered that particular power and it just helped to guide the energy better, and closed her eyes in concentration. A few seconds later the lamp was on then flick back off, this happened a few more times until Optimus spoke, "Jemina, I do not mean to be interruptive but…what is it that you are doing?"

She turned the lamp off again, "Well as my powers began expanding I realized that since they were energy powers I should be able to control anything electrical." Optimus looked confused, "Ok, computers, and minds, work by sending electrical pulsed to tell the system what it is supposed to do right?"

"Correct," Optimus nodded.

"Well since they are electrical pulses I should be able to control them. So watch the lamp, currently it's off. But if I send an electrical pulse telling it turn on, it," The lamp flicked on, "Turns on."

"Incredible," Optimus mused.

She them set her phone next to the lamp, again she extended her arms but this time her eyes stayed open. They brightened a bit and her phone turned on, she smiled, "Ok, now for the real test." Without touching it or saying anything the phone went to the contacts and called Raf, "Yes!"

Raf picked up a second later, "Jemina?"

"Hey Raf," She said happily.

"Where are you?! Coulson is freaking out!" She could tell he was trying to suppress a laugh.

"I'm at base, and my hunch on those new powers were correct."

There was a pause, "Cool, look Tony is scanning the ground looking for you, he's actually freaking out."

"Why? It's not like we hate each other or anything."

"I don't know, he just keeps mumbling something about strange phenomenon's."

"Oh, how desperate is he?" She asked.

"Jemina!" Optimus scolded, "You should go back."

"What? Back to a billionaire who hates me and a government agent from SHIELD who wants to do who knows what with me?"

"He sounds pretty desperate, has every system Jarvis can get ahold of looking for you. You're little stunt with Coulson scared the pants off him."

"Opps, well to tell you the truth I was terrified of him. So ya know…"

"Well Coulson is heading back to, somewhere, to continue the search. I say it's safe for you to come back now."

"Yeah, just as safe as Knockout's medical bay."

"I got to go, Tony is literally making every available person on the premises look, even his cook."

Jemina chuckled, "Ok, I'll bridge back. Now that I have a way to secretly release some pent up energy I should be ok. Be back in a few minutes."

"Ok, see you then." Raf then ended the call.

She looked up at Optimus as he looked at her, "I am sooo busted."

He raised an eyebrow and nodded, "Though it will not be from me."

She quivered, death by boredom, never thought it end like this, "Ok, see ya guys in the afterlife." She said as she walked through the bridge and ended up right where she had left, time to face the music.

Tony was scanning every computer and every camera he had on premise and surrounding his premise, "Sir, another energy influx has just dissipated." Jarvis informed.

"Where did it dissipate?" Tony asked frantic. He would never admit it but he actually cared for the girl, she was smart and could hold her own against his sarcasm and wit, which most people could not. And when he heard that she had lost her parents and was still caring for a younger brother…well, he wasn't going to let anything happen to her. But as Agent Coulson was chasing her a massive energy influx had surrounded her and she had disappeared.

"Where the last one occurred, and I detect her coming out of it." Stark sighed in relief then jumped up from his computer and ran to where the influxes occurred. On his way there he ran into Raf, who was walking with Jemina.

They were chitchatting about nothing in particular acting as if nothing was wrong, "Jemina!" He shouted in relief and frustration, "What happened!?"

She look absolutely fine but her eyes widened a bit, "Uh, well, would you believe I took a trip through a magical portal?"

"No, no I would not. Magic doesn't exist. There is a scientific and logical answer for everything." Jemina looked a bit upset.

"Well, I tried. So, what's happening for the rest of the day?"

"House arrest." Tony growled.

"Well that's fun. How about you count to ten and I'll hide." Jemina joked.

"How about no, you hide to well. Pepper is going to kill me when she finds out."

"Find out what?"

He glared at her, "That I lost you for two hours! Where did you go to?! What was that thing, the massive energy influx?!"

"If I told ya I would have to kill ya," She joked, "I already told you, I took a trip through a magical portal."

Tony looked her, it was obvious that she wasn't going to say anything on the subject, "Fine, but I need to call Coulson and tell him I found you."

"Do we have to do that?" She asked a bit warry.

"You don't like the gov. much, do you?"

She shook her head, "Not really, I mean I'm glad for what they do-sometimes-but, well, they really need to just leave me alone."

He looked at her then something clicked, "Your parents, the government, did they?" He didn't know how to ask this.

Thankfully she knew what he was trying to ask, "Sort of, not really. Ugh, it's complicated and I don't really want to talk about it. It's more concern for my brother and my friends, I don't want to get them dragged into anything because of me." With that she ran into the house leaving Tony and Raf alone.

"I didn't mean to…" Tony started.

"It's a touchy subject, but she's really protective of us since, well that's not important." Raf said before following Jemina. The remainder of the day was uneventful, though Tony did have one heck of a time trying to keep SHIELD away to try and give Jemina a break from whatever was plaguing her. Eventually they relented and said they'd keep away for the week, this made Tony sigh in relief. Jemina didn't say much of anything the rest of the day, and spent most of it in her room.

The next morning she had reverted back to her usual self, though Tony made sure to not mention the topic of her parents. They spent the entire day down in Tony's lab working on the mock eight and made tremendous progress, it would be ready to test out soon.

On the fifth day Tony decided they needed to get out of the house, "Guys, grab a coat, we're going for a drive."

"Tony, you realize that it's like, seventy and sunny in southern California?"

"Yeah, and we're going to go out in a convertible. It'll get cold."

Jemina shrugged, "Whatever, I'll be fine in a sweater." They went down to the garage and Tony pulled out one of his many cars.

"In you get." Tony said motioning to the car.

Raf and Jemina got into the back seat when Raf asked, "Where are we going?"

"Getting some Pizza." Tony said engaging the engine.

Raf looked at Jemina who shrugged, "But it's nine o'clock."

"And by the time we get there it'll be twelve." Tony said as they exited the garage.

"He must really like their pizza." Jemina whispered. Tony turned up the radio and they began talking about everything, everything a normal-or slightly smarter-person would know about. It wasn't until an hour-an-a-half later that anything interesting happened. Tony and Raf were talking about the mock eight, what needed to be improved and whatnot, while Jemina was simply enjoying the scenery. That was until something caught her eye, a fast, red 'n white, something, "Uuuuhhhh, Tony?"

"Yeah?" He shouted back.

"Is there, uh, a, uh-uh-uh. Um, we need to get off the freeway. Like now!" Jemina yelled.

"What do you mean, where not there yet and…what the..!" He shouted some profanities as the car suddenly seemed to have grown a mind of its own, he then heard the distinct roar of a high speed engine behind them. He turned around to look, as he wasn't really driving the car anymore, and saw a sports car racing towards them. Their car swerved suddenly as they pulled off the freeway but didn't decrease their speed, "What is going on?!" He shouted.

"Knockout." Jemina said simply, moving her hands and causing the car to turn.

"What are you doing?!" He gripped the steering and tried to stomp on the brakes, but nothing was responding.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank you for driving a car that has a computer that controls everything." Jemina said as they pulled onto a side road and turned onto a dirt path. Tony was wide eyed as he tried to contact Jarvis to have him send one of his suits but he couldn't get a grip on his phone and he nothing else to communicate to his AI system with. "Hang on!" Jemina shouted as they pulled a one-eighty and shot pasted the sports car, "Raf, contact the 'bots!"

"But what about Tony?" He shouted hanging onto the armrests for dear life.

Jemina answered without taking eyes off the road, "I don't care about it right now! Raf contact the 'bots before he kills us all!"

By this point Tony was terrified, someone was trying to kill him-again-even if it wasn't him directly and he had no control over his own car! He tried to find words to speak with but, for once, there was none. He looked back to see the car gaining and, pull out some wicked looking Gatling guns, "What is going on, I want answers!"

"Not the time!" Jemina shouted as the car began dodging the shots, "Keep your heads down!"

Raf couldn't get his phone out soon enough to call the 'bots but once he had a hold of it he speed dialed Bee, "Bee, this is Raf. Get Ratchet to find our coordinates, we've got a Knockout on our tail!" Bee didn't know quite how to respond.

:Alright.:

Jemina began to turn the car again but Knockout decided he had had enough, one of the shots finally found their mark and blew out the back right tire. The force from the shot sent the car spinning for a minute before it finally stopped, "Raf, Tony stay here." Jemina said picking herself up.

"What? Are you crazy?" Tony asked reaching to pull her back into the car.

"So I've been told." She jumped out his reach and ran away a few feet.

"She's going to get herself killed!" Tony jumped out of the car only to be met with an unseen force a foot away, effectively keeping him from following. He watched Jemina run across the field and the car turn to follow her, but what happened next he never would have seen coming, not in a million years. The car suddenly transformed and in two quick strides caught up her and picked her up. Tony banged his hand against the shield but it didn't budge. "If only I had my suit and blasters I could get out of this."

"Forget it Tony, you still wouldn't be able to get through that without supper strength." Raf said coming up next to him. They then watched in horror as Knockout came over to them, "But he might be able to break through."

He knelt down next to their terrified forms, "Hm, Bumblebee's pet human. Lord Megatron will be very please."

"Leave them alone! You've got me, I'm the one you want, not them!" Jemina shouted trying to squirm out of his hand, it wasn't working well.

He looked at her, "Yes, but the more hostages we have to use against the Autobots the better." He smiled wickedly, it actually made Tony's heart stop beating for a second, and reached out towards them. He suddenly recoiled back when his hand was meet with a brick wall and a rather nasty shock.

"Like my improvements?" Jemina asked sweetly. Knockout looked ready to kill when he suddenly jerked, light danced crossed his body, and he dropped Jemina. She landed it and prepared another electrical bolt, 'cons were not immune to them-a great thing to know.

"No you don't you little she-devil," He pointed his blaster at Raf and Tony, "You fire at me I'll fire at them."

Jemina smirked, Tony knew now that he dreaded that look, and she fired upon Knockout as fire at Tony and Raf. The blast sent him sprawling across the field and she heard a high pitched squeal. She turned her head to see Tony holding his hands up to protect head and Raf laughing. Tony looked around then felt himself, "I'm alive, I'm alive!" He shouted, realization sinking in.

"Was that you who screamed Tony?" Jemina asked.

"No." Tony said quickly.

Raf scowled, "Yes."

"I believe Raf." Jemina said. There was some groaning and it snapped Jemina back to the present as she took a defensive stance.

"Why you little…" Knockout mumbled as he stood up, "No mercy."

He was about to charge her when they heard the familiar sound of a ground bridge. Jemina put her back against the shield so as to keep an eye on both potential enemies. She was relieve to find that the people, er 'bots, that came through the bridge were indeed the Autobots. Knockout looked between them and Jemina for a second before transforming and speeding away. Jemina sighed as the 'bots came closer and dropped the shield protecting Tony and Raf.

Tony put his hand out carefully, feeling for the shield but felt nothing. He heard a slight snicker as he watched Raf walk away from him and over to Jemina, gathering his courage he also walked over to Jemina, "Ok, .happened?!"

Jemina looked at him like he was crazy and just shook her head. A second later she dropped to the ground, passing out, "Jemina!" Nearly everyone there cried out. Tony instantly ran to her side feeling for a heart rate, now he wasn't any doctor but he knew how to make sure that there was a pulse.

"Give her to me." The largest mech there said with a gentle yet firm tone. Tony did so without question and they walked through the swirling/glowing blue and green vortex thing.

"Come one, Optimus will want to talk to you." Raf said walking though the vortex to.

Tony took a hesitant step forward but then he too step foot through the vortex. When he reached the other side he felt ready to hurl but managed to keep it down. He walked out of the hallway to find…chaos. There was a white and orange, or was it red-he couldn't quite tell, mech scurrying around a table while the large blue and red mech was standing there, glancing between the white and orange mech and something on the table, with worried eyes. There was a large green mech, reminding him of the hulk, pacing the floor with a girl on his shoulders; a bright yellow mech chirping and whirring quickly to Raf, who answered back; and a blue mech, who looked female, standing in the far corner talking to another boy.

Tony was still taking it all in when the giant green mech burst out, "When I next see Knockout I'm going to wring his next with my bare hands."

The tall blue and red mech looked up, "Bulkhead calm down. I'm sure she's fine, she's done this before." Before? She's done this before?! Tony thought.

"I know Optimus, but still, he was going to kill her!"

"I believe he would not kill her, not with the value she possess to use and potentially to them." Optimus answered.

:But he almost got Raf!: To Tony this just sounded like a bunch of beeps, clicks, and chirps.

"Bee, Bulkhead, calm down. This is not helping Jemina at all." Optimus said, voice as steady as ever.

"How are you not upset in the least Optimus? She's your ward after all!" The blue female looking mech said, very agitated.

The white and orange mech ran a kind of scanner over something on the table, Jemina Tony presumed. He heard a sigh of relief, "She is merely exhausted, she will be fine with the proper rest. Rafael, please come here, I wish to scan you too." Raf walked over to, what Tony presumed to be, the medic. He scanned him too, "You're clear."

Tony just stood there, quiet as a mouse for once, taking in everything he was seeing and hearing. Optimus finally seemed to remember him and walked over, kneeling down to try and seem less imposing. Though in reality it was more imposing, "I assume you are Tony Stark?"

"Uh…y-yes, I am. And you are..?"

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots."

Tony looked around, "I don't mean to be rude, but, what are you?"

"We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron."

"Aliens?" Tony half asked and half stated.

Optimus nodded, "Indeed."

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you here? On Earth I mean."

Bulkhead set Miko down on the floor as Optimus answered, "We are fighting a war. A long time ago there was one I considered a brother…" Optimus went on to tell of the history of the war.

After Optimus finished Tony mulled it over, "So the transforming car Jemina was fighting, that was a Decepticon?" He asked.

Surprisingly it was the medic Ratchet that answered him, "Yes. Knockout, their medic to be more precise."

"Why was he after us?"

"He was after Jemina, the two have an…interesting history, not a good one I might add." Tony shot Ratchet a confused look.

Optimus answered for him, "When she first learned of our existence Knockout was trying to eradicate her, she took defensive measures and shot him in the eye. He now holds a personal vendetta against her. It does not help that a short while ago she also caught the attention of Megatron who now also wants her."

"Shot him with what? I don't think she'd carry a missile launcher with her, and I doubt a little hand gun, or even a machine gun, would harm you guys." Tony said disbelieving.

"Contrary to your beliefs Stark, if you know the right locations to shot they can do great damage. But you are right she was not carrying a missile launcher, merely a hand gun. Which she carries even now, though she does not like to use it unless the situation is absolutely dire."

Tony's eyes grew wide, "She has it with her now, as in, she's had it the entire time she was in my house?!"

Raf answered this time, "Yup, ever since she's become a part of the war I haven't known her to leave the house without it."

"Then why didn't she use it back there?" Tony asked, absently mindedly pointing to the ground bridge.

"Like Optimus said, she doesn't like to use it. Unlike some people, not all of us like war." A raven haired teen said.

"Look kid, things have happened and I've changed so has Stark industries." Tony said coolly.

"Yeah, it only took getting shrapnel thrown into your chest and you nearly dying, twice!" Jack said walking up the platform to where the other children were, except Jayce who sat with his sister.

Tony's face darkened, "Hey, I have to live with those consequences every day of my life, for the rest of my life! Now, I don't know what you have against me but I'm not the man I once was."

They heard a groan coming from the table, all their shouting had brought Jemina back to the world of the living, "Why is everyone screaming?" She asked holding her head.

"Jemina, how do you feel?" Ratchet asked.

"Like Megatron just shot me and I somehow survived." She joked.

"Yup, she's fine. Though I am recommending strict rest."

"Ok," she said getting up to leave the berth.

Ratchet looked at her funny, something wasn't right, "I take that back, I'm ordering strict rest."

"Dang it, can you have Tony say that instead?" She asked, though nobody understood why except Tony and Raf.

"Where do you think you're going?" Ratchet asked, holding her to keep her from leaving the berth.

"I'm getting down."

"What part of 'strict rest' did you not understand?! You passed out from using you're powers, namely you're new power, too fast and too soon without properly honing it in and learning how to use it!" Ratchet shot back.

"It was either that or we all die at the hand of Knockout, I personally would want to take the former and not the later. Now, since you're so adamant about me not doing anything strenuous, can you please set me down on the floor so I can walk." She said crossing her arms

Tony looked up at the two, that was something he had forgotten in the craziness of this whole thing, what exactly had Jemina done? "Uh, excuse me? But what do you mean powers?"

Jemina, Ratchet, and Optimus all looked at each other before Jemina shrugged, "Jemina has a unique ability to manipulate energy. We are not exactly sure why or how she has it but it has been growing at a rapid pace." Optimus answered.

"Oh, I know exactly how I have it, I just don't know how my mom had it." Jemina said after Ratchet placed her on the platform and gave her a firm warning not to do anything.

"Wait, you're mom had it?" Tony asked baffled as he climbed the stairs to the platform.

"Yeah, though hers was/is a lot weaker than mine apparently." Jemina's face grew hard for a second before returning to its usual calm.

"What do you mean apparently?" Tony asked becoming very interested.

Jemina looked at the ceiling in deep thought for a second before answering, "I'm not from this world…"

"Jemina, are you sure that this is wise?" Ratchet asked concerned.

"Since he knows about everything else he might as well know this," She turned her attention back to Tony, "What I mean is I'm, my brother and I, aren't from the dimension. The long of the short of it is a terrorist group, Mech, was looking for some kind of energy source that would give them the upper hand in a war. They built a device that could scan through alternate dimensions and they found my mother and I as that source. They then built a machine that could teleport one of these people, they chose me as I was the stronger of the two sources. However when they teleported me I was also holding onto my brother and it over taxed the machine and it blew up into a thousand pieces. The materials used to make the machine are/were so rare that they only had enough to make it once so me and my brother are effectively stuck here in this dimension, though it isn't that bad. Anyhow, ever since I came here the powers began to show and grow."

Tony looked at her, "And when did this happen?"

"A few months ago."

"The same time you lost your parents." He said putting two and two together to get four.

"Yes, while they are not actually dead, they are essentially dead to my brother and I as the chances of us seeing them again while we are still living are slim to none."

Tony only nodded his head, that was worse than actually having your parents die, "Who is you're brother anyway?"

A small boy stepped out from behind Jemina, "Hi," He squeaked, "I'm Jayce."

Tony remembered that she said he was only six but, well, it had apparently hadn't clicked until now, dang he was getting slow, "Uh, hi."

"Well, are we going?" Jemina asked.

"What? Going where?" He asked.

"Back to your house dummy. I really don't think you want to live here." Jemina said.

"Ep, ep, ep. You're not going anywhere missy. Not until you've fully recovered." Ratchet interjected.

"Come on Hatchet! I'm not going to be doing much of anything, he won't let me anyway." Jemina said motioning to Tony, "Besides the beds are better at his place than here and Raf still has a few days left with him."

"Are you actually wanting to go back?" Tony asked shocked.

"You have no idea what it's like to be under the care of Hatchet over there. Last time I did this I spent a week practically laying in bed." She scoffed.

"Yes, and I had to strap you to it a few times." Ratchet said remembering that week and dreading the one coming.

"Please, just let me finish up with Raf, besides, I'll be able to sleep better there and get better faster." She knew how to pull his strings.

"Hm, well, alright, just don't…" He didn't get to finish as Jemina had already jumped over the railing, landing on the ground bridge controls and putting in the location of Tony's house, jumping on the lever to activate the ground bridge, then running towards it, "I said nothing strenuous!" Ratchet shouted after Jemina just before she disappeared through the bridge. Ratchet turned to Tony, "Make sure she rests, or else you'll answer to me."

Tony went white, "Don't worry, I'll make sure." With that both he and Raf went through the bridge. When Tony stepped out they exited onto his back lawn, "Ok, that's a bit creepy." He mumbled as the bridge closed.

At that moment Pepper came running out of the house, "Tony! Oh my gosh, you're alive, and ok!" She ran and gave him a kiss before slapping him, "What the heck happened?! The authorities found your car in a mess but nether you or kids were found!"

Tony chuckled nervously, "Yeah, we had some car troubles and the phones, kinda broke." He fibbed, "Ended up hiking half of the way back until we found a bus stop."

They entered the house he saw Jemina standing there waiting for them, "So, what's going on?"

"You're going to sit down and rest. I'm not going to have his wrath rain down upon me because you failed to listen to orders." Tony commanded.

"Is that an order?" She asked.

"It's one from your doctor, not me, so follow it and sit down." She plopped down on the couch and sent a playful glare at Tony, "Yeah, yeah, glare at me all you want but it isn't going to change anything."

"I think I'd better go," Pepper said, "The news is all over this and now that you're ok I have to deal with it." With that she left.

"It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't have wanted pizza so badly."

"Well if you hadn't have shot his eye out this whole thing would have been avoided."

"Whatever," She then sent a very serious glare at Tony, "You aren't going to tell anyone about this are you? Neither me nor the 'bots?"

"No, I know when to keep my mouth shut about certain things."

Her glare only hardened, "I'll believe that when I hear it."

He nodded, "How are you supposed to hear it if I don't tell about it."

Jemina nodded, "That also includes SHIELD."

Tony's eyes went wide, "And what? Spoil a perfectly good secret to them? You must be kidding! I finally have the chance to know something they don't! I'm not telling them." He said with a firm resolution.

"Good, in that case you might want to get rid of these." She said holding up a small plastic bag of crushed bugs.

Tony took the bag and asked, "Where did you find these?"

"All over, curtesy of Natasha, er Natalie I guess."

"Why that little…how did you know she had planted them?"

She let out a half-hearted laugh, "She and someone else follow Jack, Miko, and Raf for a good month or so. They tried to follow me to but it didn't go well, she even bugged me once but I found it. When you know what to look for and you're able to feel it near it isn't hard."

Something then dawned on Tony, "That's how you were able to figure out that prank I had set. You used your powers."

"Bingo, like your trigger devise the bugs also let out small electrical pulses which I can sense." She explained.

Tony looked at his watch, "Hm, well its bed time. We were out longer than I thought, and you are going to be resting so I don't lose my head to that crazy medic."

"Wow, he's known Ratchet for less than a day and he already knows he's crazy." Jemina said happily as she walked towards her room.

"Don't tell him I said that." Tony warned, "I don't need to be on his bad side."

"Believe me, everyone is on his bad side. The only difference is how far on that meter you are, you're probably not too far." With that she disappeared into her room.

The next day Jemina found Tony and Raf working on the mock eight, "Hey dummy, get me my coffee." Tony shouted to his robotic arm thing.

Jemina stayed concealed and took control of the robot. As it reached for the mug she made it grab the water cup sitting nearby, it grabbed it and wheeled back over to Tony. He reached his hard out expectantly but didn't look at the robot, she then made it get closer then dump the water over his head, "Hey, what the?! You dummy!" Tony continued yelling and threatening to sell it on e-bay when he heard an all too familiar laugh, "Jemina!"

She walked out from behind the corner grinning, "Yes?"

"What did you do?"

"What makes you think I did anything?"

Tony glared at her, "I'm not stupid."

"But you're slow."

Tony growled, "You want to see how slow I am?"

She grinned, "Sure."

"Alright then. Jarvis, bring out the mock seven."

There was a second of silence then, "I'm sorry sir, but the mock seven has insufficient power."

Tony looked confused, "Ok, then bring out the mock six."

"That too has insufficient power."

Tony stood there flabbergasted for a minute then, "Jemina! What are you doing?"

"I want to see how slow you are without you supper suit." She smiled.

"You think you can out run me?"

Her grin widened, "Easily."

Raf cut in before Tony had a chance to say anything, "Uh Tony? She's been running from Knockout for a couple of months now, while he's a car. She's pretty fast and can go for quite a while."

Tony just stood there then ginned, "Well I guess I can't race a person whose supposed to be resting from over taxing themselves, now can I?"

"Hey! I'm perfectly fine!"

"You may say that but I'll be the one with his head on the chopping block."

"No, I'd be there too." Jemina said with a shiver, an angry Ratchet was a terrifying Ratchet.

"Good, we see eye to eye. Now sit down and rest."

"But I…" Jemina started.

"No buts. Now sit." Jemina begrudgingly sat down. Tony turned around to continue working when he ran into a wall, "Jemina! Resting means no powers!"

"You know using tem take just as much out of you as running does when you're recuperating." Raf said in a scolding tone.

She sent him a half-hearted glare, "Do I look like I care?"

"No, but I do!" Both Raf and Tony said at the same time.

"Esh, ok." Jemina said, holding her hands up in surrender. She then brought out a book and began reading.

The last few days went by rather quickly and they were now on the plane on their way back. As much as Jemina hated to admit it, she didn't want to leave, because as soon as she got back she was going to be under base arrest by Ratchet. It had been three days since the incident and Ratchet had called her, Raf and Tony every day, three times a day! Tony suddenly broke her out of her thoughts, "So Jemina, what are you going to do when you get back?"

"Hide from Ratchet." She stated dully.

"Ah, I can see the smarts in that, and the dumbness. I guess if you're willing to take the risk." He shrugged.

"I think I'd rather face the Hulk than Ratchet, especially if you're the one needing the medical care. He's a great medic, but he tends to worry too much."

Tony looked at Jemina, "He needs to when watching you 'cause you're dumb enough not to do it yourself."

She shrugged, "I don't like sitting around all day doing nothing, surely you of all people would understand that."

"That I do." Tony said nodding his head. The plane landed shortly and Raf nearly tackled everyone trying to get out. Once out Tony saw a yellow Camaro, which Raf eagerly ran to, and a red and blue semi. "Are they..?"

"Yup," Jemina said, "The Camaro is Bumblebee, and the semi is Optimus."

"Dang, you'd never know if you didn't…"

"That's the point. See ya." She grabbed her two bags and entered into the semi's cab. A minute late both vehicles disappeared into the town.


A month later Pepper walked into Stark's Malabo house, "Tony, where are you?"

She heard a yelp then, "I'm in the kitchen."

She walked into the kitchen to find it an utter mess, it looked as if a nuclear bomb had gone off, a tornado had hit, and an earthquake had rolled through, "Good gosh Tony, what happened?"

He looked down at his feet, his face beet red, "I tried to make french-fries as my cook can't seem to make them right, but it isn't going well."

Pepper had to resist a laugh, "Oh."

"Stark, are you in there?!" A voice called out. A second later Fowler walked in, Fury following him.

"What happened?" Fury asked.

"He's trying to make french-fries." Pepper said nonchalantly.

"I feel sorry for the fries." Fowler said handing something to Pepper, "Oh, here's the D.N.G.S. schematics you wanted back."

"Thanks." Tony nodded.

Fury looked around the sad kitchen, "Can I ask why you wanted them back?"

"Reasons. Now, are you guys done here or are you going to continue to tell me how bad my cooking skills are?" Tony asked.

Fowler leaned over to Pepper, "Why is he so desperate for french-fries? There is a McDonalds a few minutes away."

"They aren't the same!" Tony said exasperated.

"I'll show you what he means." She pulled out her phone then brought something up on the screen.

"What are you doing Pepper?"

"Showing them the french-fry fiasco from last month."

Tony's eye's widened, "How?"

"Jemina recorded it and I had her send it to me." Pepper said pressing play. The four of them stood there watching it, Tony turning redder than a strawberry.

"So that's the french-fry incident that Jemina and Raf joke about sometimes." Fowler said in a barely audible whisper.

"Well Tony," Fury said fighting desperately to show no emotions, though a small smile broke through, "I'll leave you to your french-fries." With that the two government agents walked away.


So, I don't hate iron man, he's down right hysterical at times...I just hate his language and all of the I talk, main reason why Jemina was so apposed to going. Also, I have no idea where the French-fry thing came from but it happened and turned out great. This will be a topic of future chapters. *Grins evilly.*

Just, ok, I didn't plan for Tony meeting the 'bot (or 'cons) it just happened and rather suddenly.