Chapter 13

It was quiet around base as I baby-sitted Annie for Lennox and Sarah as they were going for their anniversary for being married. Dad was in the training rooms training some new Autobots that had arrived two days ago. Optimus was in a meeting after a thorough scan from Ratchet and Elita yelling at him for being reckless which had made me and the two sets of twins laugh. My brother-Bumblebee- was with Sam and Mikaela as the two sets of twins where on patrol with Prowl and the other two Arcee triplets where around.

"Annie time for tea," I said to the six year old that was running around causing mess around mine and dad's apartment.

"K Karen," she said sweetly as I placed her pasta in front of her. "Where are mommy and daddy?"

"At a restaurant for their anniversary," I replied.

"What's an annive-sury?" she asked me.

"It is where they celebrate being together for a year," I replied. "In this case the day they got married."

Annie nodded, still looking confused as I heard the main door open as I saw my boyfriend and his twin walk in.

"Hey guys what's up?" I asked.

"Same old same old," he said as he hugged me. "Hey kiddo."

Annie smiled as Sides started to feed her. I shook my head at them both as I grabbed my own bowl and lead Sunny to the living room.

"Silly kids and immature bots," I said to Sunny that laughed as he pulled me to his lap.

"You okay?" he asked. "Ever since Egypt you've been well… distracted."

"I guess I'm scared of losing my family," I admitted as I ate some of my pasta.

"Karen you know that we will never leave you," he comforted me.

"But Optimus is like the strongest one of the family and he ended up dying," I replied, trying to hide my tears from him. "Sunny I can't lose you guys."

"Karen look at me," he encouraged as my eyes flicked to his graze. "This family that is use isn't going anywhere, no matter what the cons and this human government throw at us; we are family and we will fight to protect what is ours."

I sighed knowing he meant well, when I felt a familiar presence in my mind; the only one that was Solus Prime.

Thought you weren't sticking around, I said to her, feeling happy to hear her calming voice in my mind again.

I have a mission for you, she replied.

Ask away, I replied, eating some of the pasta.

The primes need you to find an old relic of ours, she said.

What is this relic? I asked confused at what she had said

Something that links to your mother, she replied, grasping my attention.

Where is she? I asked. Solus Where is she?

She didn't reply as I looked towards the TV's blank screen as I thought of if she was telling me was true before I heard a smash.

"SIDESWIPES!" I yelled as I ran to the kitchen area. "WHAT IN THE NAME OF PRIMUS ARE YOU DOING!"

"It fell," he whimpered as I glared at him.

"Karen what's wrong?" Sunny asked as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I don't know," I replied. "I just heard a smash and must have lost it."

"Sides take Annabelle to the rec room," Sunny said still looking at me. "Watch a movie or something."

Sides scoped up Annie that looked at me confused as I sat on the counter behind me as I tried to concentrate on Solus who was saying something to the other Primes.

"Karen what is going on?" he asked me.

"I can't tell you that," I replied. "I made a promise to someone not to tell unless I truly have to."

"Karen who told you this?" he asked me. "You haven't been yourself just before Egypt and after you've been distant from me and your father."

I sighed, looking down at my hands that where in my army combat pockets as I fiddled with the shard of the Allspark I had found after Egypt.

"Sunstreaker you have to trust me on this," I told him, as I looked at him.

"Then tell me when I can know," he said. "Because right now I don't know who you are anymore."

"Are you saying that you breaking up with me," I chocked out in shock as I felt the Primes anger.

"I don't know," he replied. "But we need time alone. See you around base Karen."

He turned off his hologram and I stared at the spot in front of me before I pulled my knees to my chest and sobbed onto them, ignoring the insults that the Primes where saying about Sunstreaker.

Solus tell me where she is, I ordered as I went to my bedroom and grabbed a duffle bag from my closet.

The relic will guide you she replied. You sure about this.

I look around me before I picked up my skateboard and tied my duffle bag across my shoulder before I walked to the window that overlooked the old runway of the base that we don't use anymore. Opening my window I hopped down and grabbed onto a pipe that was by my window before sliding down it and landed on my feet.

Looking around me, I nodded to see no one around before I took off sprinting to the gate that I had managed to find two years ago as a result from running away from Sunny for changing his paint from yellow to a bright pink and orange. I looked around me one last time at my home before I climbed over the lose part of the gate and ran into the darkness.