... Hi... I'm not dead yet! But all this COVID-19 business left me with to much time, so here's an update finally!

Rosa and Jack walk out of the Sunny Smile preschool and heads over to the gleaming red and blue semi-truck, which is parked near a blue and pink motorcycle.

"Hey Arcee, afternoon Optimus." "Oppy, Cee!" The two siblings greet their alien guardians.

"Greetings Jackson, Rosa," Optimus replies, his headlights lighting up as if to wave. His passenger side door opens as they get close allowing his young charge access to his cab.

"What's up?" Arcee says.

"Up you go," Jack places his sister onto Optimus seat and watches as the seatbelt wraps around and clicks into place. After making sure Rosa was locked in tight, Jack shuts the door and swings his leg over Arcee's seat.

The two bots head to the parking lots exit, before rolling out.

"Be good for Optimus!" Jack warns as they go separate ways.

OPTIMUS AND ROSA

"And then, I drew a picture for Ratchet! So he won't be grumpy anymore!" Rosa grins with pride, pulling out the picture she drew to surprise Ratchet with.

"I am sure he will love it," Optimus assures Rosa, chuckling lightly as they pull into Autobot Outpost Omega One.

Once pulling to a stop, Optimus opens his door allowing Rosa to bolt it over to Ratchet.

"Ratchet! Ratchet! Ratchet!" Rosa yells stopping just before him as he turns around to see her.

"Yes, young one? What is it?" Ratchet watches as she waves around a piece of paper.

"I made something for you!" She holds up the paper.

Ratchet kneels, to be closer to her height, curious at what she could have possibly made him. He blinks surprised at seeing the Autobots and their human charges drawn in crayon on the paper, albeit not an exact copy by any means, but good enough you could see whos who. He gently takes the paper as Rosa pushes it into his hand, before looking down at Rosa.

"Now you don't have to be grumpy anymore!" She says.

"Oh? and why don't I have to be grumpy anymore? Not that I am grumpy, that is something I am not!" Ratchet asks amused, earning laughter from the child in front of him.

"Cause you don't have to be lonely anymore! Cause we are one big family now!" She explains like it was obvious, before turning around and heading off to the human corner.

Ratchet quietly watches her go off and looks down at the drawing, her words going around his processor. He smiles, tucking the drawing into his sub-space keeping it close to his spark before heading back to work.

A WHILE LATER

"Guys! Take a look at this! Jack and Arcee just kicked Vince's butt in a race!" Raf says turning his laptop around to show Miko and Rosa.

They watch the video of the race, which does indeed show Jack and Arcee leaving Vince in the dust before it fades to black. Just in time too as they hear Arcees horn coming from the tunnel.

The three looks at each other before grinning and running down to was Jack was taking his helmet off.

"Vrooooooooooooooooom", "And the winner is!" "Dude, that was awesome!" They all said, skidding to a stop in front of jack... well mostly, Rosa happened to crash into Jack's leg.

"Who told you?" Jack looks around for any signs of the other Autobots.

"Your kidding!" "It's all over the school!" Raf and Miko reply, showing him the video.

Jack pulls the three of them into a huddle, "You gotta keep this on the DL, especially from Optimus!" He pleads.

"Ok/Whatever" "Why?" The three replies.

"I'll buy you a candy bar!" He tries to bribe Rosa.

"What kind?" She asks.

"Any! You choose!" He says.

"Ok!" Rosa agrees to keep quiet, pretending to zip her lips and throw away the key. Rosa skips off to finish her ABC homework, leaving the others behind in a sweat drop.

"That is one smart child," Miko says.

"You have no idea." Jack sighs.

NEXT DAY

Rosa and Raf are up in the human corner, playing Mario Kart with Bumblebee watching intently as both Optimus and Ratchet had to go out for a while. Rosa red shells Raf at the very last second and manages to steal the first place spot away from Raf.

"No!/Yes!" They say, Rosa jumping up to celebrate her win and Rad slumping back onto the couch.

"Jack! I win!" Rosa tells her brother, face full of glee.

He chuckles softly before correcting it, "It's 'I won', Rosie."

"Oo... I won!" She grins, repeating the correction. He rubs her head and looks over to Raf.

"Hey, Raf? Can I borrow Bumblebee for like, an hour?" He asks, ignoring said Autobots beeps.

"I don't think that's a good idea, Jack. You know racing is against the rules." The young boy reminds him.

"Aw, come on Raf! He's gotta get the girl and beat the bully!" Miko encourages Raf to say yes.

"Well..."

NIGHTTIME

"How was I talked into letting you come with me?" Jack asks looking over at Rosa, who is currently sitting in the passenger side seat.

"I told you, I would tell Oppy!" She reminds him happily.

"Right..." Jack pulls up next to Vince's car, lowering the window.

Jack grins, watching Vince's face turn from cocky to shocked.

"Bikes in the shop," Jack says, as to why he's in a car and not the bike.

Rosa tunes everything out, feeling something and looks around. 'Knockout,' she thinks, watching his alt form in Bumblebees mirror.

MEANWHILE

A red and white Aston Martian pulls up behind Bumblebee.

"Hm, the Autobot called Bumblebee..." The car muses, watching as a weaker signal pops up on his scanners. "What is this bot thinking, bringing the sparkling to a street race! Oh well, his stupidity is my gain."

Everyone looks ahead as Serria gets ready to start the race, waiting for the announcer to stop stalling the race and start the countdown...and their off!

WITH BUMBLEBEE

Vince and Jack swerve around each other and the corners, each trying to get ahead of the other not noticing the red and white car moving up right behind them. At least not until Bumblebee pulls ahead, allowing the red and white car to knock Vince off the track.

: We've got a con!:

"What was that Bee? Jack asks, looking around.

: Scrap its Knockout!: Bumblebee tries telling Jack, but all he hears is beeps.

"Wait... I know that car" Bumblebee swerves onto the wall, and Jack watches as Knockout does the same, pulling out his guns.

"Bee says its Knockout! The one who hurt Bulky with the elector stick thingy!" Rosa says, holding on as Bumblebee speeds out of the track and away from the guns.

"Rosie!" Jack, who momentarily forgot about her, screeches. "Mom is so gonna kill me if she finds out about this!... no scratch that Optimus and Ratchet will beat her to it!"

Bumblebee continues to speed down the road, dodging the laser beams.

"Can you lose him, Bee?"

: Of course, I can! Hold onto your sister! and I'm calling base!: Bumblebee beeps, speeding up.

"I hope that means yes because I don't want to have to call base," He frowns, looking backward at the Decepticon then back at his sister.

Rosa looks ready to cry, not liking the whole getting shot at part in this little adventure. She looks to her big brother, hoping he can help make all this stop.

"Oh Rosie, don't worry. I got you, and I'm not gonna let anything happen you," Jack whispers, pulling Rosa close to him, and hiding her face.

Jack watches from the rear-view mirror as Knockout slips and slides on Bumblebee's oil slick, commenting "Slick" as they leave Knockout in the dust.

Bumblebee goes off-road and into a drainage channel, so he could back-up under a bridge to turn off and hide from the Decepticon.

It seems that the oil slick did not deter Knockout for long as he pulls to a stop and shuts down above them. Possible hoping to hear Bumblebees engine, before taking off once more.

Jack sighs in relief as he lets go of Rosa's head to look over her, noticing shes turned a bit green and about to puke. Jack opens the door, allowing Rosa to get out and puke on the ground in front of Bumblebee.

"There, there, let it all out." Jack soothes, rubbing her back before heading back into Bumblebee to grab napkins and water from his bag.

Vince, looking rather pissed pulls up and gets out of his car. He starts demanding Jack to get back onto the road to finish the race, banging Bumblebees hood.

"Listen, Vince, my sister is sick and I have to take her home. You win, so just go!" Jack tries getting him to leave, worried Knockout will circle back any moment.

Jack's fear is proven to be just, as two giant hands come down from the bridge, grabbing Vince and Rosa, before throwing them into the air.

Knockout transformers around them, making sure to wrap up and knockout Vince, as he started to get violent. He takes off, leaving Bumblebee and a distressed older brother.

"ROSIE! NO!" Jack yells, running up to see the Decepticon getting away with his sister... and Vince.

KNOCKOUT

"JACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK! Let me go! Let me go!" Rose, who was still a little woozy from puking, cries kicking Knockouts wheel.

"Settle down before I zap you to Sparkling, I have to make a call!" Knockout demands, pulling out the zappy thing as a warning.

"Breakdown, you'll never guess what I'm packing. Bumblebees Human friend and the Sparkling in Primes care. So, when the little Autobot attempts to stage a rescue for them..." Knockout is radiating glee and pride for his plan.

"He has a breakdown." Breakdown laughs.

Rosa looks down, tears in her eyes. She just wanted to see Jack kick some bully butt. Instead, she gets captured, and she can even transform to escape or risk hurting Vince during her transformation.

"Why..." She whispers.

"Hm? What was that Sparkling?" Knockout asks, feeling hot tears fall onto his seat.

"Why did you take me away from my big brother and Bee? Why did you try to hurt Bee? I just wanna go home." She says, looking at his steering wheel.

"Why? You, my dear, are the best treasure ether side could have hoped for, the last sparkling in existence. As far as I'm concerned those Autobots aren't fit to care for a sparkling such as yourself, if they were, you wouldn't have been at that race. Besides that, Commander Starscream is very interested in you. Even if he's a nutjob, a seeker such as himself wouldn't place a sparkling in harm's way and is thus why I took you... well besides gaining an upper hand on the Autobots of course. As for why I tried to hurt the little Autobot? It's my job." He answers, after all, best be honest with children.

"I wanna go home!" She says.

"We are going home, to the Nemesis. So just settle down and recharge until we get there!" Knockout says, watching as Arcee, Jack, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee drive up behind him.

"Bumblebee brought company," Knockout observes, swerving around the next corner.

Rosa looks behind them, seeing her friends and brother.

"JACKY!" She screams happily, trying to gain his attention before Knockout covers her mouth with the seatbelt, and shutting down.

They watch as Bumblebee and Bulkhead walk into the parking lot, only to be momentarily blinded by Knockouts high beams, which gave Breakdown enough time to break through the wall and start pounding down onto both Autobots.

"Hmm, wheres the two-wheeler," Knockout asks, noticing Arcee is missing, only to find her by getting landed on.

Arcee attacks Knockouts hood, by hitting it as hard as she could.

"Hey, watch the paint!" Knockout growls, driving off in hopes of knocking her off.

"Go Arcee! Show him who's the best!" Rosa cheers, having pulled the seatbelt away from her mouth once Knockout was distracted.

And Arcee does just that, as once she is knocked off, she gets right back on Knockouts tail.

"Give me the children!" Arcee yells, speeding up.

"No, I don't think I will." Knockout leaves Arcee literally in the dust and drives even faster.

"Now whos the best Sparkling?" Knockout ask, feeling proud.

Rosa grins hearing a familiar Horn sound, as a red and blue semi appears from behind some rock formations.

"Not you!" She says, holding on tightly as Optimus knocks Knockout off the road and partly into a ditch. (Fun-Fact: Cops will actually use this maneuver)

They are picked up by the giant Prime, as he rips Knockouts driver side door clean off.

"Oppy! You came to save us!" Rosa transforms into her Cybertronian form after being taken from Knockouts driver seat.

"Of course, I would never let them take you." He says, holding onto Vince as Knockout transforms back to his Bi-pedal form.

"Do you know how hard that is to replace?!" Knockout growls, before taking off as the rest pull up behind the Prime.

"I guess not too hard." Spitfire giggles.

"Optimus, this was all my fault," Jack admits, looking down.

"Explanations can come later, from all of you" Optimus looks at everyone, causing their heads to lower. "But for now, our top priority is to get this boy to safety."

and the rest is history!

Thank you for being so patient, everything from may 2018 to now, March 2020 has been hectic, from starting college and having the full 5 classes each semester, to graduate this May... only for it to be canceled (grr), losing my father last October to getting a job (Yep, this girl got a job) to losing my mother this past October and now this COVID-19 pain in my aft, and my college shutting down for the rest of the semester.

I keep getting so many comments for my stories, and I just can't find time to really sit down and write. But those comments make my day, so thank you for sticking by me after all this time!

Started: August 10th, 2019

Finished: March 25th, 2020