Hello. Here it is. So long awaited by the people. But, alas, the writer is neglectful . Sighing sadly fixes little. There are some thanks in order for this finally being typed. Fubeck is the central reason. Another thanks to my editor. The greatest thanks goes to those who wrote comments, which upon viewing, made me embarrassed to not have updated and slightly proud. Thanks to one and all. If anyone has ideas, yell them out. It was fun including them into the story before and helps with the writing.

Raf sits quietly inside of Bumblebees platform . Weariness from the excitement of the day drifts through him. Memories of the strange events of the day twirl through his mind, increasing his tiredness. It had been an odd day indeed. Hiding from a government agent, learning about alien tech., helping aliens with human tech., and trying to make new friends often tires a person. Raf leans back, relaxing slowly into the seat. His eyelids hover uncertainly, wanting to close, but desperately fighting to stay open. They finally slip closed. Yawning quietly, Raf presses his head against the seat belt. The hum of the engine and the sound of the road beneath the tires slowly fade out. When Raf regains consciousness, he finds that Bumblebee has parked a block from where he had told the cybertronian his house is. The alien robot lets out a series of beeps, none of which mean anything. Taking this as a signal to get up, Raf stretches, letting his joints pop.

"Thanks for the ride Bee."

"You're welcome."

The yellow car beeps happily back.

"See you tomorrow Raf."

"Bye Bumblebee!"

Raf jumps out of the car, smiling and waving. He starts walking towards his house, thinking of a decent explanation for his extreme tardiness. Raf frowns at the idea of having to lie to his mother about this. As much as he hates it, he loves her too much to get her or the rest of the family involved. Thinking silently, he approaches his house. What is he going to tell Hack? Raf could not tell him about his new friends, well not about them being giant alien robots. Explanations spin through his mind, swirling in with tons of regret and worry and worry. Lying and hiding information is definitely not his forte. A small rhyme twirls in, dancing carefully past all other thoughts and flutter to the front of his mind.

A wild wicked web we weave

When those held close are now deceived

Restless nights spent in bed

When thoughts of discovery dance through the head

Though sometimes the secret held is just

We lose so much of sacred trust

So please think first before every lie

Because something will happen, no matter what you try.

A feeling of queasiness drips into Raf's stomach as he readies his lie. Raf enters the house and is immediately snatched up by his mother. She scolds him in English and Spanish and tightens her hold on him. Later she loosens her deathly grip on him, and pushes him away from him.

"Where were you Raf? I was so worried! I tried calling Hack, but he said that you were not with him and that he had no idea where you were!"

"I was a club meeting that ran late. I'm sorry I forgot to tell you. My phone had ran out of battery and I didn't realise you couldn't get in touch with me. I'm sorry momma."

"It's alright. Just tell me next time."

"I will momma. They are meeting again tomorrow. May I go?"

"Yes. Why don't you ask Hack to join your group?"

"Maybe. I'm not sure if I can, it's kind of a school only club. I'll check."

"Do that honey. Now go talk to Hack, I'm sure he is wondering where you have been for so long."

"Okay momma."

Raf walks off to his room, a single tear sliding down his face. Shame of how easily the lies roll off his tongue, making him wish that he could run back and blurt out the whole truth to his mother. But he really doesn't want to involve her, especially since there is a large danger element involved. After reminding himself of his reasons for lying, Raf sits down in front of his computer. Knowing Hack, the other boy is likely to be waiting on their private network for him. Raf logs into the system, quickly entering the several passwords required. His computer beeps, informing him that Hack is also on, just as he had expected.

-Sorry about not talking to you. I had a club meeting and I forgot to tell anyone.-

- Is that what you ment when you said you felt like something would happen?-

-Yeah, I guess. It's a computer club, though we mostly play games.-

-Make any friends?-

-I think so.-

-I assume that you will be spending a lot of time after school with this club.-

-Yes, but we are still going to hang out. What kind of friend would I be if abandoned you just because some other people popped up.-

-Not a very good one I suppose.-

-Right. So I'm not going to do that. Why would I abandon a great friend like you anyway?-

-I guess I'm guess I'm stuck with you, Raf.-

-Yes. Yes you are Hack.-

Soundwave is pleased to find that his friend wants to stay with him. Not that he really feared that Raf would leave completely him for others on a whim. The human child did not seem to operate that way. Silently Soundwave hopes to be able to meet these new friends of Rafs soon, to check that they would not harm his friend in any way. If they did, well, Soundwave s wrath is not legendary for no reason. He had been in the gladiator pit of Cybertron after all. Before talking to Raf, Soundwave;s day had been rather stressful. With Megatron back, all of the Decepticon army seemed to be going haywire. Never had such a complete mess had been made of the systems before now, and for the love of Primus, Soundwave hopped it would never happen again. Every Con was trying to inform all the other Cons of its same rank exactly what was going on. The stress it put on the communications system had almost been too much. It would have been too much if he had not stood at his post for so long. It almost fell to ruin when Soundwave was forced to report to Megatron on what exactly had gone on while he was in deep space. Since Soundwave was effective and straight to the facts the meeting was short, ending with the obligatory statement for Soundwave to keep watching and listening, Megatron had also requested that he arrange for a trip to the largest energon mine on the next human day. When it was all said and done Soundwave was glad to be able to relax and talk to his friend.

Breaking from his thoughts, he returns to his conversation with Raf.

-Hey Hack, I almost forgot that it is Friday.-

-Hacking Challenge?-

-Definitely. Give me a few minutes to pick a place and set up.-

Minutes tick by slowly as Soundwaves processor starts buzzing with excitement. Raf had been getting better and better at defending against Soundwave's hacking. The game of attack and defend had grown to be quite thrilling way to end the week when they were not physically hanging out.

Worries and lies from both parties slowly faded from the forefront of their minds as the two delved into their game. Deep in the recesses of both minds, the two beings hope that if the hope that if the truth is ever unsheathed that the other would not hate them for it. The night dances on with a chilling wind that whispers quietly of carefully spun webs of lies and the mornings rebirth of fears tucked away for now.