A/N Here's the next chapter. Thank you all for the reviews/alerts/favorites. Don't forget to tell me what you think. :).

Info: Cybertronian

Three and a half years later...

After Ironhide drove Selena and Sandra home, he headed toward the Autobot base. As he drove down the road and toward the base, he could not believe how much luck he had today. Not only that no one suspected anything about his true identity, but he also got the chance to see his little Annabelle and that was something he did not count on. The last time he saw Annabelle and Theodor was three years ago. He remembers that day like it was yesterday; it was the day Sarah kicked him out of the house and forbade him to come near her house or her sparklings. Her last words to him were: "I will not have a man who attacks a pregnant woman in my home and near my children." And that was it. William tried to reason with her, but to no avail. Primus how he misses them.

Suddenly his internal comm. link beeped, alerting him to an incoming message.

Ironhide opened his internal comm. Link.

"Yes?" He said, over the link.

"Ironhide where are you" Optimus voice came through the link.

"I'm on my way to the base," he said.

"I tried to reach you a couple of times, but you didn't answer. Is everything alright?"

"Yes. I was just busy patrolling the streets," he lied.

"Mhm… " The Autobot leader didn't sound convinced, but said nothing. "Alright, just hurry up and get back to the base."

"I will be there in few minutes," Ironhide said, closing his link.

He hated lying to Optimus, but he knew Optimus would tear him to shreds if he would ever find out about this.

Suddenly and without warning something or someone slammed into his driver side door hard.

"What the…..?" Ironhide muttered as he tried to keep a straight path, but the impact was so fierce; it pushed him off the road sending him tumbling down.

Disoriented, Ironhide transformed; his cannons out and ready for action, but before he could see who or what attacked him, he was punched in the stomach; as he fell down to his knees the Cybertronain who punched him in the stomach grabbed Ironhide's helm in his servos and rammed his knee into his face. Now he was on his servos and knees.

Whoever it is, he is kicking the slag out of me Ironhide thought to himself as he wiped out his mouth plate with his servo; he raised his cannon and fired, hoping he hit the target.

"I should have known it was you," a female voice, growled with rage behind him.

Ironhide's optics went wide.

He recognized the voice immediately.

"Ah scrap," he mumbled under his breath, as he turned his helm toward the femme Cybertronian.

"I can explain," Ironhide quickly said.

"Yeah?" the femme said, in a dark voice as she kicked him in the stomach again making him rolled over in pain. "Go ahead; I'm all audios," she said, walking up to him.

"Spectra...please…. let ….me… explain…." Ironhide begged, as he coughed energon.

"Today is the day you offline," she hissed, grabbing him by the throat lifting him up.

For a femme she is strong Ironhide thought to himself as he grabbed Spectra's servo trying to free himself.

"I will make you curse the day you stepped down from the assemble line," she snarled, in his face as she tightened her grip around his throat.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, but today is not that day," he replied, as he shot her in the shoulder. The wound wasn't lethal, but it bought him some time to free himself from her grip.

"GAAAAAHHHH!" Spectra screamed in pain, making a couple of steps backward, clutching her shoulder.

"Now will you stop and listen to me?" He asked, his cannons pointing at her.

"Never!" Spectra shouted, as she charged at him with her energon sword drawn out.

Ironhide dodged her attack and grabbed her by her throat; spinning around, he slammed her down and stomped on her chest plate to hold her still.

"ENOUGH!" He roared at her. "LISTEN! I LOVE HER, I NEVER STOP LOVING HER! "

"You say you never stop loving her, and yet you hurt her physically and emotionally. And for what? Her only crime was falling in love with you, and now you are lying to her, to Selena. Tell me who is a real Decepticon here? "Spectra said, looking him straight in the optics as she tried to remove his foot from her chest plate.

Ironhide sighed.

"I will not waste my time trying to convince you of my love for her," he started, removing his foot from her chest plate allowing Spectra to stand up. "Because I see there is no purpose," Ironhide said, as he began to walk away. Spectra turned her back to him and began to walk in the opposite direction. "But also, I cannot afford you going to her and telling her everything," he said as he turned and aimed at Spectra who were completely unaware of Ironhide aiming at her. "I wish this could have ended differently," he whispered quietly as he fired.

A/N Bet you didn't see that coming :)