Mi-chan: Sorry for the wait everyone! But here ya are~! Enjoy!

Warning: This story is rated M for a reason, future chapters will be more intense with some scenarios.

Chapter Six:

Détente

***The Next Morning, with the Autobots***

Ironhide had helped Emily with a lot lately, that being with various things at her home when her parents weren't around, and even volunteering quite a bit at her workplace.

He had even met up with Bumblebee recently, the young Autobot expecting word back from Optimus Prime no less. Bumblebee had gotten a transmission from the Autobot Leader very recently, Optimus letting Bumblebee know through the transmission that he was on Earth as well, looking for Emily.

They knew it was only a matter of time before Optimus showed up at Emily's residence, so now, it was a waiting game.

The two Autobots recharged peacefully outside as Emily got ready for the day inside.

Emily had planned to start going on morning jogs before each school day, but hadn't gotten the chance to do so until recently. She hooked her iPod into her arm holder, and slipped her earbuds on, heading out to start the jog.

She began a decent pace as she jogged down the street to the beat of the music.

***with the Decepticons***

When Miranda woke up, she got dressed in a tank top and shorts, putting her tenni's on.

She walked past the garage area and wished Barricade a good morning before she headed out toward the Quonset to see Megatron.

Miranda knocked on the outside of the Quonset door "Can I come in?"

Megatron looked over toward the entrance of the Quonset "You may." he said simply.

She walked in a bit shyly, looking up at him, slightly nervous "So... Have you come to a decision?" she asked, sort of dreading the answer.

Megatron gave a sigh "You have made many valid points since I have met you, Miranda... For which, I thank you. I had been blinded by enjoyment of the war... To continue the war here, would be undeniably foolish and suicidal. There is no longer a Cybertron to fight over, nor is there an AllSpark..." he looked toward her, his optics looking tired "I've realized how tired this war has become. When I next encounter Prime, I will offer a tentative truce."

Miranda put a comforting hand on his leg, blushing gently "It's no problem..." she looked up at him in the optics, patting his armor slightly "I know this isn't easy for you... But... Thank you, for thinking about it... And accepting some things..."

Megatron nodded slightly, patting her on the head with a claw "Indeed..."

She smiled at him with a gentle blush still lingering before she casually backed away from him "So, uh... I guess I'll go tell the others about your decision... If uhm, that's okay with you." she said, looking to him curiously.

"Please do, Miranda... I do not need them questioning my decision."

She smiled "Don't worry Megatron... You'd be surprised at how many questions they wouldn't ask you~." she said a bit cheerfully before she ran out of the Quonset, running toward Barricade's garage.

"CADE! BARRICADE~!"

Barricade drove out of his garage before he transformed and walked toward her, meeting her half-way.

"What is it Mi?"

"Megatron is going to make a truce with the Autobots~!" she exclaimed happily.

Barricade stared at her in complete shock "What?! Truly?"

She smiled at him "Yep~! Wouldn't of said it if it wasn't true~."

"Impossible!" Starscream interjected as he walked up to the two "Lord Megatron would never do that... That is... not like him..." the Seeker said thoughtfully before looking toward Miranda with a thoughtful nod "Well done, Miranda... You've done the impossible."

Miranda looked toward Starscream with a slight blush "C'mon Screamer... It wasn't just my doing..."

"You were the only one to truly go up and speak to him about what could happen if we were to fight with the Autobots here... Take the credit when it is given." Starscream said sternly, yet, with a slight gentle tone to his voice.

She smiled "Alright, alright... Fine. You're welcome." she smirked slightly with a gentle blush as she hit Starscream's leg.

"Lord Megatron is very good about keeping his word. It's likely he will actually offer a truce when Prime appears..." Barricade said thoughtfully.

"If he truly does go through with this decision..." Starscream added, still a bit skeptical that Megatron would go through with the truce.

"Well, that's what he said he'd do." Miranda shrugged.

"Perhaps it's time for a... quiet, celebration. Miranda, seeing as you accomplished this yourself... What do you want to do? Would you like to get in contact with the other female? To inform her you're alright?" Barricade suggested.

She nodded, smiling gently "Yeah, that sounds good. Are there any Autobots with Emily? Maybe you could get into contact with them and we can all meet up here..?" she wondered curiously.

"The Weapons Specialist is with the female, and the Scout joined them not too long ago..." Starscream informed her.

Miranda nodded, looking to Barricade "Then get in contact with Ironhide."

Barricade gave a nod before he activated his comlink to an open channel.

:: Decepticon Scout Barricade, contacting Autobot Weapons Specialist Ironhide. ::

Ironhide growled slightly, yet very bedazzled by this sudden transmission.

:: This had better be good Decepticon... ::

:: Lord Megatron has called for a truce, Autobot... And Miranda wishes to be reunited with the female you are guarding. ::

:: Right... And Optimus Prime has decided to become a Decepticon, and I've given up my cannons to a local Earth charity... :: Ironhide stated in sarcastic disdain :: For all I know this could be a trap... ::

:: No trap, Ironhide. There's no point in continuing this war when there isn't a Cybertron or AllSpark to fight over. ::

Ironhide gave a slight sigh before he responded again.

:: I'll send this message to Optimus... He just arrived last night. It's up to him now, not me. :: he stated before the transmission ended.

Barricade focused back toward Starscream and Miranda, before deciding to head to the Quonset "It seems Prime has arrived. Ironhide is sending my message to him as we speak..." he informed them as he headed to the Quonset.

"Alright. We'll just have to see how everything goes then..." Miranda said, before heading inside the farmhouse for some water.

Barricade disappeared inside the Quonset to report the information to Megatron, while Starscream headed back to his part of the farm.

***with the Autobots***

Optimus had talked with Ironhide, and was fairly surprised whenever the Weapon's Specialist told him about the Decepticons wanting a truce. But all in all, he knew Barricade held a valid point... There was no point in fighting, at least, no point for Megatron. All that Megatron had worked so hard to fight for, was now gone, and Optimus could definitely sympathize with his brother in a way.

Optimus would take the truce to spark, but they would definitely go in prepared. It would be foolhardy if they went in with arms wide open, they were, after all, 'Decepticons', for a reason.

Soon enough, Optimus left Emily a text message to meet him nearby her house, where the others were parked about a neighborhood over.

During her jog, Emily checked her phone when it buzzed, reading the text message on its screen. She slowed to a stop and then turned, starting to head to where the meeting place was, sprinting the last of the way when she got closer.

Optimus' holoform waited on the sidewalk, his alt-mode next to him on the street.

His holoform had short dark blue hair, with sky blue eyes, his skin being a fairly normal white-ish peach color. He was very tall, and he looked very strong. Though, he had a gentle allure to him that he always seemed to carry, no matter what form he was in.

When he heard Emily approaching, he looked over toward her, watching as she soon slowed to a stop in front of him, trying to catch her breath.

She removed the headphones from her ears and shut her music off "Hey..." she said a bit breathlessly, wiping the sweat from her forehead with her wrist, her hair a bit messed up.

"The Decepticons are offering a truce." Optimus stated bluntly.

Emily blinked blankly at him for a moment, but then just smirked slightly.

"Miranda works quick I guess..." she took a long drink from her water bottle that had been strapped to her leg holder "I highly doubt Megatron came to that conclusion on his own. Miranda most likely convinced him that he didn't need to fight anymore, seeing as there's not a Cybertron anymore... Nor is there an AllSpark." she told him, taking her hair out of its ponytail.

"If that is the case, then I owe Miranda my thanks. As do all of us." he said in a more gentle tone before he straightened and his tone changed to his normal serious one once again "We need to get going to the coordinates Ironhide traced Barricade's transmission from. Are you ready to go?"

She shrugged "As ready as I'll ever be."

Optimus nodded before his holoform disappeared, his passenger side door popping open for her.

Emily stepped forward and hopped up into his cab "I like this~." she thought in amusement, liking the height of the Semi very much so.

Once she was strapped in, Optimus drove off, the others following after him. Once out of the neighborhood, they went separate routes toward their destination, as to not arouse too much suspicion.

***At the Farmhouse Area, with the Decepticons***

Miranda waited with Megatron, Barricade, and Starsceam, out in the open farm area.

She had heard that Ironhide relayed to Barricade that the Autobots were on their way to the area. So now, it was just a waiting game.

She had begun to pace for awhile, but soon enough, she began to hear movement from the trees from one the forest areas that skirted the property.

Miranda looked up to see none other than Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Emily coming through the trees and stepping onto the property line.

Once Emily got close enough, Mi began to run toward the girl, and eventually embraced her in a hug once they met halfway.

"Oh god... I was was so worried about how you were doing." she said with relief in her tone "And, I missed you..."

Emily hugged the shorter girl tightly and nearly lifted her off of the ground "Worried about me? I was worried about YOU! You were the one that was taken by the 'Cons! I was pretty startled in suddenly finding Ironhide at work looking for me, and asking me for help no less. And I missed you too girlie!"

Miranda smiled and continued to hug Emily for a few more good moments before she let her go. She smiled at Emily widely.

"Meet my new friends~." the shorter teen said, gesturing to the 'Cons as they walked up toward the two girls and the Autobots.

Emily grinned, gesturing behind her "Pleasure to meet yours. Meet mine~."

Megatron walked up a bit toward Optimus before stopping short some ways in front of the him, Starscream and Barricade behind their leader.

"Prime..." Megatron greeted with an ever so slight nod of his helm.

"Megatron..." Optimus greeted in return, still a bit unsure of the Decepticon Leader, feeling Ironhide and Bumblebee tense behind him.

Megatron let out a sigh, clenching one of his servo's into a fist for a moment.

"This is no trap... I truly wish to offer a truce between the Decepticons and the Autobots. What reason is there for this war to continue? Nothing more than petty rivalries... And with Cybertron gone, or never having existed here... I find no use for this war to continue..."

"And I believe you Megatron." the Autobot Leader stated, holding out his hand to the Decepticon Leader "From now on, we will be allies. And this world, our new home." he glanced at the girls "And with the help of new-found friends... We will be taught how to cope more in this world."

Megatron stepped forward and took Optimus' servo in a firm handshake "Indeed... But as Miranda has suggested... Perhaps there could be sparring sessions organized between my Decepticons and your Autobots to keep our skills in top form, in case there is ever to be a threat to us."

Optimus shook Megatron's hand back with a slight nod of his helm, acknowledging the idea for the sparring sessions.

Megatron soon took his hand away from the handshake, as did Optimus. Megatron took a slight step back from the Autobot Leader, silent... This was completely new to him...

Emily looked toward Miranda with a slight smirk and an appreciative "You work fast~" look.

Mi blushed and scratched the back of her head before clearing her throat "So... Uh..." she didn't know exactly what to say at this point "I'm just gonna... Go over here." she said before she quickly walked over to where Megatron was, tapping on his leg to get his attention.

Megatron looked down at her curiously.

"If you wanna go back to the Quonset, I'll hold down the fort for ya here..." she whispered to him "I know you're not used to all this..."

Megatron looked back at his new allies before looking down at Miranda and nodding slightly, moving off back toward the Quonset.

Emily walked a little further into the farmyard and gave a loud facepalm "This is awkward..." she muttered, covering her eyes with a hand.

Miranda watched as the Autobots and Decepticons separated into different groups throughout the farmyard, sighing slightly before walking over toward Emily "Well then, this sucks... Not much has changed it seems... Except for the two factions not wanting to rip each other's sparks out..."

Emily gave her a sidelong glance "Give them awhile, they've been at war for millenia, it's not like they're going to be best friends after a few moments of a truce. And when I said that this was awkward, I more so meant on how I just realized that the Decepticons have been staying on my family's farmland..."

Miranda sighed with a slight smile "Well, that explains the clothes I found in the farmhouse..." she gestured to what she was wearing with a slight chuckle "Hope ya don't mind me borrowing some..."

Emily waved a hand in dismissal "No worries. It's them I'm worrying about," she said, gesturing to the Cybertronians "And how this is my family's farmland... My Mom comes here to do yard work, and she doesn't know about them."

"And there's also the issue of me being here, I can't stay in Canada forever. And..." Mi blushed slightly with a shakey sigh, looking toward the Quonset "It's bad enough I'm majorly crushing on Megatron..."

"Yeah... I know." Emily stated, looking toward the Quonset as well, setting a comforting hand on her shoulder for a moment before putting it down "Though, you better NOT leave me here with all of them, ALONE. If I die from the stress of that, I will come to haunt you for the rest of your life..." she commented, looking to her "And knowing my luck, more of them will appear at some point." she sat down in the grass "You have a good chance with Megatron, much more so than I had expected you would girl. I mean, look at it, you made a truce happen for a war that's been going on for millenia in their dimension."

Miranda sighed slightly with a chuckle "I guess Screamer could always fly me back and forth... But I can't stay in Canada, Em... My Mom would want the police up here to look for me and such. And Mom's always been good at being able to tell when I'm lying... Pretty much almost always. If anything, I would have to take the 'Cons with me." she sighed again and shook her head, looking to Emily "I have sort of a chance, but I don't know if he'll ever get past the friends stage with me... I mean, if we're just going to be friends, then I guess I could look into chasing someone else..."

Emily sighed slightly "Yeah, I know... But where would you hide them though? They kinda aren't that small... Well, Barricade would be easy... But Megatron and Starscream? Not so much..." She smiled slightly at Mi "And you never know what could happen with Megatron. Like I always say, Anything's Possible. And, there's always Cade~" she teased.

Mi blushed slightly "Yeah... Cade's a good mech..." she sighed slightly "We'll just have to figure things out as we go along."

"Mhmm..." she murmured with a nod, leaning back on her hands, and just enjoying the gentle breeze.

Mi suddenly remembered something she had done during her stay with the Decepticons on the farmland and cast an amused and devious smirk toward Emily.

"Ya' know what I did to Starscream~?"

Emily raised an eyebrow and glanced at her "What did you do?"

Miranda told her the full story about how she made Starscream scream, in explicit detail, grinning deviously and laughing every once in awhile during her tale.

Emily, by the end of it, was lying on the ground, laughing, in tears "I... I can't believe... You actually did that!" she said trying to catch her breath, continuing to laugh.

Mi laughed "Hey~ I wanted to see if he would~." she grinned.

Emily gasped and coughed, still laughing "Did you wanna kill me when you told me this?!" she asked her, clutching her sides in slight pain, finally starting to calm down "Ow... Pain... Too funny... But pain..." she grinned, wiping the tears from her eyes.

Mi laughed again "It was too juicy NOT to tell ya~."

Emily grasped her side in slight pain "I'm glad you did, but still... You TRYING to kill me with laughter?"

Mi rolled her eyes with a slight smirk "Yes Emily... it's all an evil scheme. You can't spell 'Slaughter' without 'Laughter'." she said sarcastically with a slight laugh.

Emily smirked and pushed her over "You ARE hangin' with the 'Cons~." she said in a joking manner, chuckling.

She laughed "My heart is broken... I hope your happy now." she said jokingly.

Emily grinned deviously "One broken heart is better than one lost life."

Mi suddenly pretended to cry, running to Starscream, putting on a good show of crying on Starscream's leg when she reached him, actually shedding a few tears.

Starscream looked at her and crouched down before glaring over at Emily, patting Mi's back lightly with a claw in comfort.

Emily rolled over and hid her face in the grass, laughing hysterically.

Mi began to laugh after Starscream had sympathized with her, looking up at him with an evil smirk "Awwh~ How Sweet Screamy~ You do care~." she said tauntingly.

Starscream looked at her and blinked, turning his glare from Emily, to her "Slagging female! You just love to torment me, don't you?" he growled.

Emily only laughed harder.

Miranda kissed his leg and gave him a hug "Don't worry~ It just means I love ya~."

Starscream raised an optical ridge at her, patting her head "Yeah, sure..."

Emily rolled over, on her back, looking up at the sky. She panted, trying to regain her breath "I'm going to die of suffocation soon..." she thought.

Mi looked up at him with eyes of sincerity "You don't believe me?"

The Seeker nodded "I believe you, Miranda..."

Mi smiled and hugged him again before patting him in a friendly manner, running off toward Barricade.

Originally, she just wanted to talk and or bug Barricade for once, but on her way to do so, she had an even better idea...

"Hey Cade~." she greeted him once she was close enough "I want you to scare the shit outta Em~. And I have an idea on how~." she said with an evil smirk.

The Decepticon Scout looked to her with a raised optical ridge, smirking "And how do you say I scare her?"

"I want you to drive toward her at full speed, and then, at the last second, I want you to transform and leap over her. Can you pull it off?" she asked hopeful.

Barricade snorted with a grin "Pull it off? That's a sparkling's trick!" he said, giving an evil grin before he transformed, revving his engine loudly.

Miranda smirked as she watched him tear off past her and toward Emily, his engine roaring as he sped off. At the very last second, he transformed, and flipped over her, sliding to a stop on the other side of her.

Miranda was quite amused by Emily's scream... Until...

Emily scrambled up in a panic before glaring darkly at the Decepticon Scout, holding a hand over her chest "BARRICADE! I'M GOING TO FRAGGING KILL YOU!" she said in utmost unamusement and anger.

Miranda then began to slink away before she ran into the Quonset to hide, not wanting to be on the receiving end of Emily's wrath either... And also, feeling quite guilty at the moment.

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