Mi-chan: This would've been posted a lot sooner would it have not been for me feeling under the weather. Stupid freakin' body interfering with my plans... Hmph. Well, here it is~! Hope you guys enjoy this one too :)

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

Chapter Eight:

Enemy Sighting

Emily leaned back, sitting on the steps of the porch.

She glanced at her watch with a sigh "Well... I'm gonna need to get going soon... Need to be back home in time for supper..."

"Feeling better?" Ironhide asked, walking up toward her.

Emily smiled at him slightly "Yeah, was able to clear my head. You calm down too?"

Ironhide looked toward Barricade with a slight huff "Still a bit pissed... But better, nonetheless..."

She glanced at Barricade "Indeed... Probably going to have a grudge on him for quite awhile..." she murmured, leaning back on the stairs, propping herself up on her elbows.

Ironhide crossed his arms over chest before looking back toward Emily.

"You're going to need a ride home... I'll give you one." he offered.

Emily cast him a greatful smile "Thanks Ironhide, gonna need to leave soon anyway, so I'm home for supper. I don't need to raise any of my parents' suspicions..." she sighed slightly "I swear my Mom's an underground conspiracy theorist at the worst times..."

He chuckled with a slight smirk "I don't think I even want to know... Just let me know when you want to leave..." he looked toward Miranda "Now that we know Miranda is safe... I'm thinking we should bring her with us..."

She crossed her arms over her chest "Honestly? It's her choice... The Decepticons haven't exactly hurt her at all... As shocking as that sounds... And she's actually been enjoying herself here."

"There actually isn't that much of a choice for her... Right now she's on the FBI's list of Missing Persons... We need to bring her back and confirm with the FBI and others that she's alright. I can only imagine how worried her family is if word has gotten back to them." Ironhide stated.

She sighed heavily "Yeah... I know..."

"If the Decepticons like her as much as she likes them... They'll find a way to her somehow. They have holoforms like the Autobots do... It shouldn't be too hard, except maybe for the part of hiding their alt-modes..."

"True enough. Especially seeing as she's going to have to go home soon... She can't just live here the rest of the time... She has life back in Oklahoma."

"Then I suggest you go and talk with her. I'll be waiting, for whenever you two are ready to leave." he said, walking off toward Optimus, to tell him what would be happening next.

Emily sighed and pushed herself to her feet, walking off the stairs before heading over toward Starscream, Barricade, and Miranda.

"Miranda!" she called up to her friend when she was close enough "Can I talk to you, privately, for a moment?" she wondered.

The Decepticon human looked to Starscream, who soon got the message, and let her down off of his shoulder.

She nodded at her with a smile "Sure~."

"Come on, we'll talk in the house." Emily stated, before turning and heading back toward the farmhouse.

Miranda cast her a bit of a concerned look before following after her.

Once they walked into the farmhouse, Mi walked into the kitchen and retrieved some leftover Dominos Pizza from the fridge. She didn't bother to heat it up, just eating it cold as she sat at the table, looking to Emily expectantly as the Autobot human sat at the table.

"You're going to have to come back with me." Emily stated bluntly.

"Duh." Mi said after she had swallowed her food "Can't stay here... And all my stuff is at your house. It's awesome here, but it's not meant to be forever. I'm sure Megatron will find a way to see me along with the others... They're smart, they'll figure it out."

Emily cast her a slightly relieved look "I'm glad you understand... Seeing as you're currently on the National Missing Persons List in both Canada, and the USA. It's likely your family have already found out and are worried sick."

Miranda smiled evilly "Wonder just how many people actually cared when I thought they didn't~." she said before taking a bite of her pizza, soon noticing the incredulous look on Emily's face "What? Too soon?"

Emily rolled her eyes with a blatant "Ya think?"

Mi looked around innocently for a moment before eating the rest of her pizza and drinking the rest of her water.

She threw her trash away before looking to Emily "Gonna go let Megs know~ I'll go meet up with you soon, so we can head back." she said before walking out of the farmhouse, headed toward the Quonset.

"'Kay." Emily responded, before tidying the house a little to kill some time before she walked out to Ironhide, letting him know that they were going to be ready to head out as soon as Miranda said her goodbyes.

Miranda took her time walking to the Quonset, not really wanting to say goodbye. While she knew that she would see Megatron and the others again, it still weighed a bit heavy on her heart. If there was one thing she hated doing, no matter if it was temporary or not, it was saying goodbye...

As if knowing something was up, Megatron had already brought up his holoform inside the Quonset, just as she walked in.

She gave a slight sigh "Hey, Megatron... I have to go now... Gotta let the world know I'm not dead in someone's backyard."

"I figured as such. I take it you will likely be heading back to your residence in Oklahoma soon?"

"I still have at least two more weeks here in Canada. But then, I'll be back in Oklahoma... Yeah." she walked up to his holoform shyly with a blush, rubbing her arm slightly "So... When am I gonna get to see you again?"

"You will see me when you see me." Megatron told her before leaning down toward her, pressing his lips to hers for a moment, Mi relishing in the kiss before he pulled away.

He put a comforting hand on her shoulder "Go. Emily and the Weapons Specialist are waiting."

Mi blushed with a gentle nod, giving him a hug before she walked out of the Quonset with a slight wave.

Megatron allowed his holoform to disintegrate, walking out of the Quonset in his robot form, standing near the entrance, watching as she walked away.

Mi waved to him one more time once she got closer toward Ironhide and Emily "Damn you Megatron... Damn you and your Decepticons! I'm just going to miss you more now!" She had a depressed look on her face once she turned back toward the Weapons Specialist and her Best Friend.

Emily saw the depressed look on Miranda's face as she approached them, shaking her head slightly with a sigh, allowing Ironhide to transform before she climbed inside his cab.

Mi got inside Ironhide's cab, buckling herself in. Once Ironhide began to drive away, she looked out of the back window, watching Megatron as they drove away, a depressed look still lingering on her face.

"You'll see him again, Mi... Don't be so damn depressed..." she told her, glancing at her Best Friend in the back seat.

Miranda turned around in her seat, sighing slightly before she let out a slight whimper, squishing her face and hand against the window "I can't help it..." she said, sounding as if she was going to cry.

Emily sighed, looking at the scenery as they headed back toward her house.

Soon enough, they arrived in Emily's neighborhood. Ironhide came to a stop, and popped his cab doors open so that the girls could get out, and walk the rest of way to the house.

Mi and Emily got out of Ironhide's alt-mode, walking the rest of the way toward the Desa household.

As soon as Emily's house was in sight, Mi began to get her actress face on. She began to think of the saddest thing she could think of, and built that on the sadness from saying goodbye to Megatron earlier.

Tears began to fall from her eyes "Okay... Gotta make it look like I've been through a lot and I escaped..." she said to herself, before going over to a nearby yard and rolling around in the grass and dirt for a moment, getting up and wiping some of the dirt on her face, tearing at the shirt she had on for a moment so that there was some rips in the fabric.

Emily wrapped an arm around her to make it seem like she had just found her as they continued toward her house.

Once they were close enough, they walked a bit faster and Emily ran toward the door of her house, Miranda following close behind.

Emily threw open the door to her home since her parents had only just recently arrived.

"Mom! Dad!"

***Later***

It was fairly late into the evening, and Miranda and Emily were eating a feast fit for the gods. Well... A pizza feast fit for the two teens that is. Three different types of pizza and soda, some bread sticks, cheese sticks, cinnamon sticks, and even some chocolate lava cake was provided oh so generously by Emily's parents. All of it being bought out of pure and utter pity for Miranda being "kidnapped".

"The lifeblood of us Americans~ Pizza~." Miranda smirked, before she took another bite of her pizza.

Emily rolled her eyes "You and your Pizza... The life blood of Canadians is Poutine~."

"You're still gonna have ta' let me try some of that either this week or next week~." Miranda said with a grin.

Emily laughed "Oh definitely!"

"Fucking War for CYBERTRON TIME BETCHES~!" she said with great enthusiasm, picking up a game controller with half of her pizza hanging out of her mouth.

Emily cackled "YOSH~!" she said before sticking a bread stick in her mouth, picking up a game controller as well.

Miranda and Emily played video games, watched movies, and just talked the rest of the night.

Later into the night, Emily decided to call it night for the both of them, especially since Miranda seemed rather wound and unable to feel the least bit tired.

When Miranda was forced to go to bed, she found she couldn't go to sleep, no matter how hard she tried to settle down.

She eventually resorted to taking various pillows from a closet and hugging as many of them to her body as she could, trying to feel as cozy and warm as possible so she would be lulled to sleep.

Though, she found she still couldn't manage sleep... And it was all because she couldn't get her mind to stop wandering to Megatron...

She sighed heavily, hugging one of the pillows tightly to her as she shut her eyes, trying to go to sleep.

Though, a familiar holoform was brought up inside the house, as to not wake the people who actually were asleep. The holoformed man slipped inside the room where Miranda was. He couldn't help but smirk when he noticed the restless look about her, knowing she wasn't asleep, but trying to be.

He silently stepped over toward her, and placed a hand over her mouth, leaning close to her, waiting for the moment she would open her eyes.

Miranda's eyes shot open in a delayed reaction whenever she finally registered the hand over her mouth, looking a bit alarmed. But she soon calmed whenever she saw it was none other than Megatron, standing over her. She relaxed and blushed deeply, a feeling of relief washing over her.

Megatron smirked at her sexily, removing his hand once she relaxed.

"Hello, my dear..." he said softly, as to not wake anyone.

She continued to blush deeply "H-Hi..." she managed, in a gentle tone.

Megatron caressed her cheek gently "Are you shocked that I'm here? I told you that you would see me when you saw me... and that time is now..." he whispered gently.

She made a soft sigh in contentment "Shocked... Yeah. Super glad you're here... Definitely." she whispered with a fond smile, blushing softly.

Megatron chuckled softly, sitting on the bed beside her before he leaned down and kissed her gently on the lips.

She pulled him by his shirt so that he fell on her slightly, kissing him back lovingly.

Megatron smirked into the kiss, using his tongue to open up her lips, and taste her fully once again.

Miranda made a slight mewl within the kiss when he began to play with her tongue, surrendering utterly and completely within the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.

He rumbled within his chest at her mewl, caressing her cheek as he continued to kiss her.

He soon broke it off however, so she could breathe for a moment, grinning at her smugly.

She panted slightly, blushing deeply and pressing her forehead to his, her eyes shut.

"Damn you can kiss..." Miranda said breathlessly "You'd put anyone to shame..."

Megatron chuckled "I'm glad you enjoy it so..."

Mi then scooted over and patted the now empty space next to her on the bed.

Megatron laid down next to her, wrapping his arms around her, and pulling her close to him.

She snuggled closer to him and pulled the covers over them, yawning slightly before she closed her eyes, feeling her body settle more now that she was in his arms.

"You gonna be here when I wake up..?" she wondered softly.

"As much as I want to... No. As much as your friend approves of our relationship, I do not want her to see us."

Miranda snuggled even closer to him "Okay..." she said in a soft disappointed tone, now trying her hardest not to go to sleep.

"Rest, Miranda. I will not be far away..." he told her, caressing her hair gently.

After a bit of reluctance, she began to fully relax once again, being lulled into a very comfortable sleep.

Megatron waited until she had been asleep for awhile before he allowed his holoform to disintegrate, disappearing from the area.

Quite early in the morning however, Starscream decided to pay Miranda a visit.

The Seeker hovered high in the sky above the Desa house, his holoform materializing inside the house, making his way into the room where Miranda slept.

Starscream's holoform held a devious smirk, his red eyes seeming to glow in the darkness around him as he observed her sleeping form.

He held two hand-fulls of markers in a rainbow of colors.

Crouching by her bed, with a devious smirk still visible on his face, he began to start writing stupid messages all over her face, neck, hands, and even her arms.

On the back of her neck, he spelled out the message "Starscream was here~." with a "D" emoticon and a small Decepticon Insignia off to the side.

He stood up and put his hands on his hips with a dark and evil amused smirk, admiring his work for a moment. After he was finished mentally patting himself on the back, he let his holoform disappear from the house, lying in wait above the clouds...

Much later into the morning, when Miranda awoke, she stretched with a lazy smile. She opened her eyes gently, and looked out toward the window at the beautiful day that lied ahead.

But... Something felt off...

She got up and soon noticed writings all over her hands and arms, starting to freak out a little.

Miranda quickly grabbed her glasses on the nightstand and put them on, practically leaping out of the bed as she rushed toward the bathroom.

"Who could've DONE this?!" she said in absolute horror before examining the back of her neck as well and checking to see if anything was written there.

When she read the three words on the back of her neck, her blood began to boil.

"STAAAAARRRSCREEEEEEAAAAAMM!" Miranda yelled in an angered growl-like shout, before tossing her clothes off in a quickened, fairly peeved, fashion. She ripped the shower curtain aside, grabbed a portable mirror, and stepped inside the shower, trying to scrub off as much of the marker markings from her skin as possible "I am going to make that slagger PAY!" she muttered through clenched teeth, this probably being the most angry she had been in a long time.

Starscream had heard everything, laughing evilly from his place above the clouds.

"Payback's a glitch fleshy!" the Seeker thought in amusement before he flew off toward the farmyard.

Earlier, Megatron had tracked Starscream's location out of curiosity to see what his Second-in-Command was doing away from the farmyard. Soon enough, he watched the Seeker's alt speed past him after he heard Miranda yell Starscream's name in an angered growl-like shout.

Megatron let his holoform materialize inside the bathroom, curious as to what the Seeker had done to make her so angry.

"Miranda?" Megatron asked from outside the shower "What the FRAG is your problem?"

Mi continued to angrily scrub at all the marker spots where Starscream had drawn on her. Soon enough, she poked her head out from behind the shower curtain, with a very peeved frown, marker residue dripping off of her face.

"STARSCREAM IS MY PROBLEM!" she said angrily before ducking her head back inside the shower "Oooo... When I get my get my hands on that Seeker he'll wish he never messed with me..." she threatened darkly.

Megatron couldn't help but chuckle "You have to admit, you deserved it female... For the pranks you've pulled on him." he smirked.

Mi poked her head out from behind the shower curtain once again, still looking quite peeved "MEGATRON... No ONE... Pranks me... and gets away with it... Even my own family knows that..." she said darkly before ducking her head back inside the shower once again "Bitching fucking fraggin'... FUCK!" she mumbled irritably.

Megatron shook his head "You should not dish out what you cannot take, Miranda." he stated, letting his holoform disintegrate away.

"SAYS THE ONE WHO WOULD GET PISSED TOO IF HE WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION AND DID THE SAME AS ME!" Miranda shouted in protest, continuing to scrub away at the leftover marker residue.

"Emotional female... I would not even prank in the first place." He thought, his alt-mode flying off back toward the farmyard, leaving Mi to fume.

Eventually, Miranda scrubbed all of what marker residue she could, and got out of the shower. She growled the entire time as she got ready for the day.

Once she done getting ready, she began to play War for Cybertron on Emily's PlayStation3. On the game, she beat the slag out of Starscream, over, and over again, just to make herself feel better. She even played Starscream's character on the game, just so she could commit suicide with him in the worst ways she could possibly think up.

It was some time later when Emily finally came jogging back into the house from a jog she completed to get exercise and pass the time when Miranda was asleep.

She hopped down the stairs, panting slightly "Hey Mi." she greeted before looking over at her and raising an eyebrow "Uhm... What's with the marker residue?"

Miranda growled "Starscream... That's what. I scrubbed it all off... Mostly... But the afthole just HAD to go and create death wish for himself..." she said irritably, before her frown of disdain turned into an evil smirk, destroying Starscream yet again in the game.

Emily rolled her eyes "Yeah... Whatever..." she looked to the television screen as Mi continued to commit suicide with Starscream's character, shaking her head before taking a swig from her water bottle "I'll be in the shower..." she stated, turning and heading for the bathroom.

Mi continued to play War for Cybertron for awhile before she put the game controller down with a slight huff, pouting as she looked out the window.

She froze suddenly... Seeing a black Semi-truck with navy blue flames as it drove by the house. She got up as quickly as she was able to and ran outside.

Once outside, she scanned the street toward the right, where the Semi should have still been driving down the road. But was nowhere to be seen...

She checked toward the left as well, but not seeing the Semi in that direction either...

She took a shuddered breathe, running a hand through her hair slightly before she walked inside.

"What the frag is going going on with me? First I think I see Nemesis Prime in a forest area near the farmyard... And now I'm seeing his alt-mode..?"

Mi sat on the bed, running a hand through her hair once again "Wish there was a way I could get in touch with any of the 'Bots or 'Cons... See if they've seen anything in the area..." she thought aloud.

Emily stepped out of the bathroom, twisting her hair up into a bun, and clipping it into place "Seen what? What's makin' you so paranoid?" she questioned, bobby-pinning her bangs back out of her eyes.

"I don't know..." she sighed a bit shakily "I think I'm losing it a bit to be honest..." she said looking toward Emily, concern in her tone and facial expression.

Emily sat down beside her "Why? What makes you think that?" she asked, looking worried.

"This is gonna sound totally paranoid and skitzo... But... I've been seeing Nemesis Prime... It's only been twice... But twice is enough to freak me out."

"Maybe he somehow got transferred into our dimension too... Hmm... That's worrying... I'm gonna need to talk to Optimus..." she said, soon getting up and looking around the room "Where the hell did I put my phone?" she murmured to herself, soon going to her room to look her phone.

Mi sighed heavily, rubbing her arms a bit in nervousness "I honestly hope to God I'm going crazy..."

"Indeed... I pray he isn't actually here... I already have a big enough headache with the six of them..." she commented, still looking around for her phone inside her room.

Soon enough, Emily found her phone, starting it up, and searching her contacts list for Optimus' comlink number. She had saved his comm number when he contacted her the morning before.

Optimus was woken from a slight doze whenever his comlink beeped for him to answer it.

:: This is Optimus Prime. :: he answered.

:: Optimus, it's Emily. Hope I didn't wake you from recharge... But I've got two questions for you. Do you know of Nemesis Prime? And if you do... Is it possible he could've transferred over to this universe as well and tracked Mi and I down? ::

:: I've never heard of him before until now... Why? ::

Emily sighed and sat down on her bed :: He's basically an evil, and I mean more evil than even Megatron, and violent, copy of you. He looks nearly identical to you... And Mi thinks she's seen him twice now... ::

:: I will have Bumblebee and Ironhide keep a closer watch on your residence. I will contact Megatron and let him know of this information. Optimus out. :: he stated before hanging up the comlink call with Emily.

Emily hung up her phone and covered her eyes with a hand, sighing.

:: Megatron, this is Optimus Prime. Please respond. :: Optimus hailed the Decepticon Leader's comlink frequency.

Megatron raised an optical ridge before he answered the call :: What is it Prime? ::

:: Emily has contacted me, and has told me that Miranda has been seeing a mech called Nemesis Prime. Supposedly, he is usually more of a threat than you are, and has more violent tendencies. She has also said he is like my evil clone or twin... Have you seen anyone like this recently? ::

Megatron hmmed for a moment, frowning :: Not that I've noticed, no. And for her to say that he is usually more of a threat than myself, seeing as she knows what I've done... This is concerning... ::

:: My thoughts exactly. :: Optimus responded, seeming to nod.

:: Barricade will join your two Autobots in watching from the ground. Starscream and I will do regular patrols of the area. If he is a clone of you, it is likely his alt-mode is the same as yours. ::

:: We'll keep in touch. :: Optimus stated, before he ended the comlink transmission.

:: Very well... :: Megatron said before the transmission was cut.

Megatron relayed the information to Barricade and Starscream, Barricade driving off to join Ironhide and Bumblebee in ground patrol of the area as soon as he was able to do so. Starscream headed off into the air to do a patrol from the sky, looking down upon the vast area, trying to scan for an alt-mode that was exactly like, or similar to, Prime's.

Miranda watched Emily walk out of her room "You don't look so encouraged... What'd he say?"

"Optimus hasn't heard of him, but he's gonna get in contact with Megatron about it. Ironhide and Bumblebee are going to keep a closer optic on us, and my residence. I bet Barricade will be joining them on the ground, while Megatron and Starscream will likely be covering sky patrol."

"Well, that makes feel a little bit better at least..." Mi said, falling back onto the bed.

Emily nodded "Yeah, I know... Helps calm you down a little bit knowing they'll be keeping a closer optic on us."

Mi sighed shakily before looking back to Emily "So, anything you wanna do today? Anything in particular?"

"Unfortunately, I'm gonna need to get my school shopping done soon, seeing as I'm going back in a week and a half... Grade 12, Fun..." she commented the last part sarcastically with a grumble "But, besides that, I don't really have anything specific planned."

Miranda sat up "I can go and help you get your school shopping done and over with if you like." she offered.

Emily shrugged "Sure, might as well get it done..."

***During Shopping...

Mi helped carry Emily's school supplies out to the car "Well... No Nemesis thus far... Guess I'm just losing it a bit..."

Emily shrugged "You never know where he could be hiding." she told her matter-of-factly, putting her school supplies in the trunk of her car, and then getting into her Mustang and starting it up.

Mi looked at her with a slight sweatdrop, stuffing Emily's school supplies in her trunk, shutting the trunk hatch, and getting in on the front passenger side "That really doesn't really help ease my worries you know..." she said as she fastened her seat belt.

"Sorry, but I gotta tell it how it likely is..." Emily murmured, pulling out of the parking lot, heading for the city.

Miranda sighed with a slight huff, watching the scenery pass by. The sound waves of a Linkin Park song track, resonating through her ears.

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