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This was going to be awesome! Miko thought as she bounced up and down in her seat eagerly. Her worries from today felt like they where flying away since Bulkhead had picked her up. Now she was eagerly doing something that she had though of as soon as she laid eyes on the bots. "Ready!... Set!" she exclaimed happy as she prepared for the drop. The strap around her chest suddenly pulled her back against the seat, restraining her movement. She struggled uselessly and felt quite annoyed as her results proved to be useless. Finally she gave up, crossed her arms in defiance. Not only could she barely move but now she couldn't even see the view out the windshield! "Bulkhead~!" She growled.

She felt the car shift as Bulkhead shuffled his wheals nervously, backing away from the edge slightly in the proses "Miko, I'm supposed to be protecting you...Not throwing you off a cliff!" He protested.

Her annoyance faded a bit casing her to smile slightly "Bulkhead, I'm strapped tight inside ten tones of metal muscle!" She patted his doorframe while smirking "I'm protected! Besides you aren't throwing me off a cliff. Its just a small slope, if anything its going to be like a slide when we go down."

She almost thought that he hadn't bought it when Bulkhead didn't respond but then he shifted gears and began rolling forward much to her delight. Grinning widely she griped onto the seat when they tipped over the edge. For a brief second Miko had second thoughts about this. Her eyes went wide and heart began beating quickly when she saw just how steep the side of the cliff really was! The car began to shacked and bump her up and down as Bulkhead gained speed, running over small random rocks that where in the way. "Whoa-Oh-oh-oh!" She laughed as she was jostled around in her seat.

The excitement was over way to soon as they slid to a stop. Excitedly she fidgeted in her seat "That was awesome! Can we do it again?!" Bulkhead groaned and she swear she could see him rolling his eyes in her imagination. Unbuckling her seatbelt she quickly opened the door and hoped out.

"Miko! Where are you going?!" Bulkhead exclaimed.

Miko closed the door and turned around. Bulkhead was covered in desert dust just like she expected, she couldn't help but giggle. Patting his side she replied "Relax, I just want to get a picture. Ya know, ta commemorate the moment and all." She walked a good distance away from him until he fit in the frame. Holding a thumbs up she took a selfie with Bulkhead's car form in the background. "Awesome! This one is defiantly going on the wall." She said to herself.

Bulkhead opened his door when she ran back to him. She looked at the new picture with a smile. "I hope you got my good side." Bulkhead teased. Miko laughed, she was about to sit down but paused when her eyes glanced to the back. Both her guitar case and book bag where wide open leaving everything scattered around the floor messily. "Aww man!" Climbing over the seats to back she began putting the junk away.

Bulkheads radio suddenly blared out static making her jump and drop what she had in her hands. The radio screeched a few more seconds, Miko covered her ears as Bulkhead messed with it until it finally cleared up. Optimus's voice came though "Bulkhead, have you retrieved Miko from the School yet?"

"Yeah Prime, I got her in my backseat right now." He responded.

"Good, return to base as soon as possible." Optimus ordered "Our sensors have detected two Decepticons a couple miles away from your position. They haven't noticed you yet but I would rather not take any unnecessary risks while your charge is with you."

"You got it Prime." Bulkhead answered. He clicked the radio off and said to her "All right Miko, pack it up. I would rather not be caught out in the open while your around."

"Awww but we just started?" She sighed in disappointment. She was hoping for at least a couple more runs before returning to base.

Bulkhead's revved his engine "You herd Prime, this isn't a time to be fooling around." With a sigh she quickly shoved the rest of her things back into the bag and hoped back into the front seat.

Bulkhead buckled her in and they took off. Miko stared out the window in boredom, the smaller hills she had been planning for them to slide down fading away in the distance as the desert became more treacherous.

After awhile she noticed two blips on the screen, one yellow and one blue. Curiously she pointed at the dots that seemed to be moving in the same direction that they where "What are those?"

"That's Bee's and Arcee's location." He replied.

Miko narrowed her eyes, they weren't that far behind them...If they sped up they might be able to beat them back to base... Her eyes sparkled and a mischievous grin came across her face. Maybe they could have some more fun after all. "Hay~ Bulkhead~!"

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Bulkhead raced into the silo, his engine revving loudly, as Arcee and Bumblebee drove ahead of him. Miko laughed as she felt gravity trying to pull her out of her seat as Bulkhead made a sharp turn around the corner into the main hanger. When they entered the hanger at top speed Bulkhead swerved to avoid hitting the others. She was jerked in her seat, the seatbelt dug into her shoulder blade. She her gasp in pain, as they came to sudden spinning stop.

Bulkheads seatbelt instantly loosened to a point that it was barely touching her, "Miko, are you all right?! I didn't hurt you did I?! Both Ratchet and Optimus will have my aff if anything happened..." He sounded almost distressed as he questioned her.

Miko retched as she rubbed her shoulder with a grimace "I'm fine, its nothing to worry about. There's been worse thing that's happened to me than this." She laughed it off, "Anyway that was some race hu?! I don't think anyone's tried those moves before! Even though we didn't win it was awesome!"

He didn't seemed quite convinced, "...Are you sure?" He said sounding concerned, "It sounded like you where in pain."

Miko rolled her eyes "I'm fine Bulk look." She moved her arm around, it stung a bit and she bet there would be a bruise later, "See! Perfectly fine! Now, open the door so I can get out." He hesitantly did as she requested and she hopped out with a smile.

Both Jack and Raff where laughing and exclaiming how cool the race was as they got off/out of they're bots. Miko quickly grabbed her bag so that Bulkhead could transform. She took a few steps back and watched in fascination as he changed back to his normal form.

A strange noise came from above her, making her look up at Bulkhead again, "Uh...." He opened up a compartment in his chest and pulled out her guitar case.

"Oops! Sorry! Must have left that in the backseat." She said as he handed her her guitar case. Feeling a bit concerned, she looked it over to make sure it wasn't damaged when Bulkhead transformed. When she saw it was perfectly fine that got her thinking, how did it survive? "Hay Bulkhead, why wasn't my guitar smashed to pieces when you changed to robot mode?"

Raff and Jack perked up at her question and they all looked at Bulkhead expectantly for the answer.

"Uhhh well~ you see....Ratchet?!" Bulkhead looked over to said bot.

Ratchet turned to look at Bulkhead with a unamused expression. Bulkhead looked at him with a begging look. Ratchet roll his eyes, "During transformation, when our mechanical parts are shifting and sliding into place our systems looks for foreign objects. When it detect something that shouldn't be in our frames, it automatically readjusts itself around the object so that said item doesn't harm us or stop us from reverting back to our natural form. We can expel the item or as you just saw, it can go to our chasses where a storage chamber is usually located."

"Cool!" Miko exclaimed. She looked over to see the other twos reaction. Raff looked impressed, he smiled as he readjusted his glasses and Jack just smirked. She herd him mumble something about his mom would have been fascinated.

Miko would have asked another question but Optimus walked in front of the bots with a serious expression on his face "Autobots! Prepare to-...." He glanced down at the three of them and paused. "Roll out?" Arcee provided.

Optimus held up his hand "Remain here." He seemed to make a decision as he glanced away from Arcee "Ratchet, you'll come with me. Arcee, we'll be outside communications range for some time, so I'm putting you in charge."

Arcee?! Really?! She didn't seam vary thrilled and wanted nothing more than to leave the room they where in. Miko glanced up at Bulkhead "Dude, your biggest. You should be the boss."

Bulkhead shifted uncomfortably as he replied, "Um, he never picks me."

Arcee walked passed them, cutting of their conversation, and went up to Optimus. "Optimus with all due respect, playing bodyguard is one thing, baby sitting's another!" Jack scoffed angrily and walked away while Raff just frowned, looking a little upset.

Miko on the other hand was about to blow a fuse. Baby sitting?! Ohhhh she was going to teach that girl a lesion. She began to stomp over to Arcee but Bulkhead nudged her back with his foot. She glared up at him as he looked down at her with an almost pleading expression. For a few moments Miko held his gaze until she gave in. She turned away and followed after Jack angary.

"Besides, Ratchet hasn't been in the field since the war!" Arcee continued.

Annoyed, Ratchet looked away from the monitor he was working to look at Arcee "My pistons may be rusty, but my hearing is as sharp as ever!" At least someone was getting on Arcee's case, Miko thought.

"For the moment, it's only reconnaissance." Optimus responded firmly.

Arcee didn't look convinced "Then why do I hear an edge in your voice?"

Optimus looked annoyed "Arcee, much has changed in the last twenty-four hours and we all need to adapt." Arcee looked like she was about to protest but Optimus turned away, ignoring her "Ratchet, bridge us out." Optimus ordered.

Ratchet started up the ground bridge and they walked into it. Optimus and Ratchet disappeared in a golden white flash leaving the machine to turn itself off. Arcee stood there with malice at the two bots who where no longer there. There where a few moments of silence until Jack spoke up trying to brake the awkward silence "Okay, chief. So, uh what's on the activates list?"

Arcee scoffed and walked away from them "I'm going on patrol."

"But Optimus told us to stay." Bulkhead tried to reason. Arcee wiped towards Bulkhead causing him to flinch. "When you're in change, you can call the shots." She snapped. "Bee, with me!"

Bumblebee who was standing next to them slumped in disappointment. "Bulkhead your in charge." Arcee ordered as transformed and raced away. Bumblebee beeped something sounding disappoint, he looked let down as he followed after her. Before he left he glanced back at them a few times then finally changed forms. His tires squealed as he raced after Arcee.

Bulkhead cringed, slowly he turned towards them and looked down "So, uh, what's on the activates list?" His eyes widened when he realized Miko was missing "Where's Miko?!" Before anyone could answer, there was a loud screeching noise that split the air and caused everyone to cringe. Jack, Raff, and Bulkhead turned towards the noise finding Miko in a corner by some amplifiers with her guitar hooked up to them.

"Oops sorry." Miko laughed as she readjusted the amplifier she had found. "How about....Band practice?!" She grinned as she strummed her guitar.

They all walked over to her looking skeptical "But we're not a band." Raff replied.

Miko put her hand on her hip and raised an eyebrow "Come on, Raff. I'm suppose to be the antisocial one not you. Give it a try. D you play anything?"

"Um..." He pulled his laptop out of his backpack "Keyboard?"

Miko blink...Ok not what she was expecting but she should have know better "Laptops and Samples. Good. Jack?" She said turning to him.

He looked surprise, quickly he responded looking a bit embarrassed "I sometimes mess around on the harmonica." He replied and rubbed his head while his cheeks flushed.

Unamused Miko marched over to him with a scowl on her face "Do I look like I do country?...We'll get a cd player and you can pretend like your the one sinning." He looked a little lost as she walked away.

"Bulkhead!" Miko looked up at him "Percussion! We'll go for a big industrial sound!" She smirked "D.I.Y. We're a band!" She looked at Raff and Jack and pointed at them "You just got to learn the songs. This ones a ballad 'My fist, your face." She played a few notes but the amplifier began screeching once more. Frowning she tried a second time only to get the same result. Kicking the amplifier did no good either "Huh, must be broken. No wonder it was left behind here."

When she glanced up Bulkhead was holding where his ears would be if he was human, "Oh come on, you can't handle raw power?" Green lights started flashing and alarms started blaring making all the humans look around.

Bulkhead looked at them franticly "Proximity sensor. Quick, hide!" They all ran to the only place that would hide them in time, behind Bulkheads foot. He held perfectly still and they heard a door open. "Prime!" A vary loud male voice shouted. Miko frowned why was she getting a since of familiarity?

"Agent Fowler! Uh, he's not here." Bulkhead nervously replied "Nobody's here!...Except me, of course!...." He laughed weakly. They all cringed and Miko felt like face palming.

"Well, where did he go?" They heard Agent Fowler demand. "Wait! Don't tell me, he's out pancaking a mini mall!" Miko scowled, what did this guy have against the bots?! If anything he should be thanking them!

Fowler must have moved because Bulkhead suddenly shuffled over to the left, accidentally bumping them in the process. Miko's guitar went off and the cord pulled tight. Jack and Raff's eyes widened as they shushed her. They all listened, luckily the man didn't notice and kept on yelling.

"Now, I don't know what language you bots speak on your planet, but Prime promised he would handle the Decepticons." Agent Fowler was ranting. They quickly readjusted themselves so that they where once again hidden but then Bulkhead moved again, this time taking a larger step away. Panicked they all quickly raced over to his foot once more, bumping into each other in their haste.

"And blowing a crater in the middle of Nebraska is NOT what the word 'Handle' means in English!" Fowler was saying. "So you tell Prime..." Miko's guitar cord pulled taunt and she jerked on it a few times trying to get it to stretch further. All the while it was making a ton of noise.

"Since when are you bots electric?" Agent Fowler suddenly asked. Everyone froze. Bulkhead looked down at them and Jack shrugged. Miko looked at them apologetically before they all walked out around there hiding place. Miko's eyes widened as she recognized the man. She shuffled behind Jack and Raff trying not to get noticed.

Jack raised his eyebrow in confusion but she waved him off. He looked back towards Fowler and waved his hand trying to seem like everything was fine "Hay, how's it hanging?" He asked.

Agent Fowlers eyes widened "Contact with civilians!" He slammed his hands down on the railing as he yelled at Bulkhead, "Team Prime really has gone off the book this time! Wait, don't tell me!" He though his hands up in the air "Your running a daycare center!"

Miko cringed, well it was pretty obvious that he would be mad but he almost seemed down right furious. Bulkhead shifted nervously besides her not knowing how to respond. Fowler fumed a few seconds before looking down at them. They flinched back but then Fowlers and Miko's eyes met.

"You!" Fowler cried and pointed a finger at her.

She grimaced while waving a hand nervously "Hi again..."

Bulkhead looked between the two "You guys know each other?" He blinked.

Agent Fowler quickly hid his shocked exertion before straitening up and adjusting his tie, "Yeah the little pipsqueak latterly ran into me this morning, spilled soda all over me. Even Mr. Clean wouldn't be able to wash those stains out easily."

"Hay, it was an accident!" She protested.

Agent Fowler shook his head in exasperation "Tell that to my suit." He began walking down the stairs and pointed at them, "Okay, lets move. I'm taking all three of you into federal custody. It's for your own protection." They all cringed and took a step away from Fowler when he got down the stairs and he headed towards them.

Miko tensed and clutched her guitar tightly. No way! No way was she going to leave the bots! This was the first place that others didn't know about her condition and she didn't have to worry about what the others thought about her. Nothing could get her to leave!

Miko bit her lip, But wouldn't the bots agree with Fowler? Why should they watch out of a couple of kids like them. Surly the government could handle it and maybe they didn't really want them around. Ratchet sure didn't. Bumblebee obviously did but Arcee, Optimus, and Bulkhead she waste to sure about. They kinda acted like they liked them but did they really? Bulkhead had given her his number in case she needed to talk.

Either way Fowler was getting closer, if she had to make a choice she would stand her ground and fight him off. They had just meet the bots and she certainly wasn't ready to leave Bulkhead. Just when she was about to protest Bulkheads foot slammed down between them and Agent Fowler, making the floor shake. All the of them gasped and quickly back peddled in shock.

"We're protecting them." Bulkhead sternly said. Miko looked up at him in surprise before smiling in relief. Jack and Raff sighed and relaxed too. Guess they where all thinking the same thing too. Maybe the bots did actually like them all after all.

Agent Fowler narrowed his eyes and starred up at Bulkhead challengingly "Is that so?" Fowler turned around began walking towards a phone booth, making them tense once more, as he threatening to crumble their new found world. "Well, maybe you could explain that to my superiors at the pentagon!"

Bulkheads eyes widened "Don't use that pone! It's-" He quickly leaned forward and crushed it with his finger as Fowler held the receiver. "out of order..."

Miko's, Jack's, and Raff's eyes all widen. They all had to scuffle their chuckles as Fowler threw the phone down, which just ended up swinging back and forth from the cord instead of slamming on the floor. "This isn't over, big butt! Not by a long shot!" He yelled at Bulkhead, storming up the steps in a huff. The three of them looked at each other unamusingly after he got into the elevator and left.

Bulkhead groaned and shook his head in exasperation, "Prime's not going to be happy about this..." He sighed.

Miko offered him a sympathetic smile as Bulkhead glanced down at her, "Hay don't worry about it. I'm sure boss bot will understand."

"...Sure he will" He replied as he tried to return her smile but it turned out to be more of a grimace than anything.

She walked up to him and patted his foot, "Cheer up Bulk, I'm sure it wont be so bad...I know! Why don't you and me go explore the base some more. There's lots of places that I didn't get to see for obvious reasons and you can easily help me reach the places that are to high up for me!"

Bulkheads eyes widened, "Uhhh no no that's ok! I think I'll be fine Miko, thanks for the offer." He glanced around quickly before his eyes landed on the monitors. "I should be monitoring the others, can never tell when they might need help! You guys can uhh~ well do whatever it is you humans usually do." Bulkhead quickly backed away and left them to themselves.

Miko stared after him, felling dejected. "So uh...band practice?" Jack tried to brake the awkward silence.

She sighed and turned to Jack, "Na, I don't feel like it anymore...Besides one of my strings broke" She held the guitar up showing them. Jack sighed and began trying to come up with ideas with Raff as to what they should do. Miko paid little attention to the conversation and couldn't help but wonder why Bulkheads mood had changed so suddenly. She founded as a though entered her mind, Was he really that upset about them getting found out?

Her attention was drawn back to the two boys when she herd Raff shyly say "Well~ we could watch an episode of this series I downloaded"

Jack surged "Sure Raff, I'll watch an episode with you. What's it called?"

Raffs cheeks turned light pink, "GoBots".

She sighed feeling depressed, "Yeah sure why not...There's nothing else to do anyway."

Raff seemed to sag as he looked away from her back to Jack "I found it a few days ago before we meet the bots a-and I thought it might be appropriate to watch seeing our situation and all"

Jack smiled softly and laid a hand on Raffs shoulder, "Sounds like a great idea Raff. Why don't you go and set it up." he replied as he nudged Raff in the direction of the catwalk. Raff seemed to perk up at that, he smiled and raced up the steps with his laptop to get things ready for them.

Miko gasped in surprise as Jack bumped into her shoulder on purpose when he was walked past her to get to the stairs. The force sent her stumbling back a few steps. "Hay!" She snapped, "What was that for?!"

Jack glared at her "You know the reason...I don't want you coming near Raff, all you do is upset him. He's just a kid and doesn't need that kind of negativity around him all the time!"

Miko gasped in shock! She clinched her fists as the rage boiled up inside her. Before she could yell at Jack, he quickly walked up the steps to the catwalk to get away from her. She was left fuming in rage at the bottom of the steps. I cant believe him! She thought, What gives him the right to act that way! All I did was agree to watch the stupid movie! I didn't do anything to Raff! She was about to grab onto the railing and go after him and give him a piece of her mind but then she stopped, Raff was up their too. If she yelled at Jack, Raff would be in the middle and she knew how it was to be caught between two people yelling at each other. Not a pleasant experience....

With a sigh she walked away, she could do something about it later. When her eyes caught a large green object as she rounded the corner her mood perked up. Maybe she could find out what was bugging Bulkhead! Quickly she ran over to him and yelled up at him, "What's the news Bulk?!"

Bulkhead jumped in surprise, he looked down at her with big wide eyes and a shocked expression. The look on his face made her giggle. "Miko! Don't do that!" He scolded her, worry clearly evident in his tone.

She smirked mischievously up at him "Didn't know you where such a scaredy cat Bulkhead"

He scoffed "I'm no such creature....Whatever a cat is anyway." He turned back to the monitor and began typing.

Miko laughed "Its an expression Bulkhead. I'm not really calling you a cat...Maybe a hamster though, if a hamster could be thirty feet tall that is." He hummed in response not really paying attention to her. Miko raised her eyebrow as she frowned. For a few seconds she stood there broadly before beginning to rock back and forth on her feet. When she realized Bulkhead wasn't going to talk to her she sighed. Seemed like no one wanted her around right now "Sooo~ what is it your doing?" she tried once more.

"Tracking Arcee and Bumblebee." He mumbled.

"Oh..." Miko replied disheartened from the short response. Their had to be someway to get him to talk....Finally she got an idea "Well can I see?" She asked.

Bulkhead's frame suddenly tensed up and he froze. Miko was confused as he looked down at her with a strange expression, almost as if he was unconfutable with something all of a sudden. "Uh why would you want to watch me work? Wouldn't you have more fun-" He looked over to where Jack and Raff where "doing whatever those two are doing?" He nervously smiled down at her.

Miko scoffed, "Yeah sure let me think" She held her hands up like they where scales and slowly lowered and raised them "Go watch a video or hang out with giant alien robots from outer space....That's not a hard one to figure out."

Bulkhead cringed, "Well I would rather you didn't. I don't need to be distracted in case I miss something."

Exasperated, Miko though her hands up in the air, "Distraction from what?! All your doing is watching the monitor! If someone calls the alarm system will go off!" Angered, she stomp over to his foot but Bulkhead began to back away from her. She looked up at him with a confused expression before noticing that his eyes where wide and he had an almost frightened look on his face.

Miko paused, she blinked a couple times confused. When she took a step towards him and Bulkhead shuffled back once more. She did it again and got the same reaction. Slowly she looked up at him with concern "Bulkhead....Are you...Afraid of me?"

His eyes widened "NO!"

Puzzled she asked "Then why wont you let me come near you?"

Bulkhead stiffened, after a few moments his shoulders slumped and he hung his head, "I'm not afraid you...I'm afraid of myself."

"That doesn't make any sense." she replied, feeling even more confused.

He sighed and nervously looked away from her "I'm scared of hurting you...Just like I did earlier when we came back to base..."

Miko's eyes widened in understanding. She smiled and shook her head at his reaction "Bulkhead, you dummy, you're not going to hurt me. You've been carful ever since Optimus made us partners. Besides what happened when you where in car mode was an accident."

"That's just it Miko! It was an accident!" He exclaimed, "I didn't mean to do it! What if I 'accidently' do something worse to you next time and you end up offlined! What's even worse is that in this form its even easer for me to accidently make a mistake and injure you."

The monitor suddenly made a beeping noise causing them to both glanced at it. Bulkhead seemed unworried though so Miko looked back at him. She notice his grip tightened and he moved his hands away unconsciously behind his back when their eyes met. She sighed "Is this why you wont pick me up?" Bulkhead looked guilty and like he had been caught and she knew she had guessed right, "Everyone makes mistakes Bulk. Your not going to hurt me, I know for a fact you wont."

Bulkhead opened his mouth to protest but she held up her hand, silencing him, "Bulkhead you've been nothing but carful since we meet. Every action you've taken has been gentle and cautious." She looked into his eyes with a serious expression "We might have just met but you've show yourself to be someone that I can trust. More so than anyone else I know..." She couldn't meet his eyes as she added "Even my own parents..."

He eyes widen in shock at her words and his expression softened. "Miko-" The moment was broken as the alarm suddenly blared loudly, interrupting whatever it was that he was about to say. Bulkhead quickly moved back over to the computer system.

Bulkhead looked confused as he tried to operate the machine, "Its an S.O.S..."

Jack and Raff walked up beside Miko, "What's going on?" Raff asked. Miko shrugged and looked to Bulkhead for answers.

"Its from Fowler!" Bulkhead exclaimed! Miko's eyes widened in surprise. She thought they where done with that guy....At least for today anyhow. Bulkhead was trying to figure out what to press but before he could do anything the alarm suddenly cut off.

"Did you trace it?" Raff asked.

"Location scan was incomplete." Bulkhead shrugged and began to walk away, "Oh, well."

Jack looked shocked, "Oh, well?' Seriously!" he exclaimed.

Bulkhead turned to Jack, "Fowler's a Jerk!" Miko nodded, she had to agree with Bulkhead on that one.

Jack though his hands up "Whoa! Weather you like the guy or not, the Decepticons may have him!"

"And Agent Fowler knows your location." Raff exclaimed then gulped nervously "Our location."

Miko gave Bulkhead a serious look "And did we not just witness how fast Fowler backs down from a bot?" She put her hands on her hips and scowled "The cons will totally make him squeal!"

"But we lost the transmission, Fowler could be anywhere!" Bulkhead replied.

Raff seemed to think for a moment before voicing his thoughts "Maybe I can narrow it down." He got out his laptop and sat down with it on his lap, "About five years ago, the government started microchipping their agents. You know, like owners do with pets."

They all glanced at each other then starred at Raff while they waited to see if Raff was actually correct about his assumption. He glanced up at them, "What? I saw it on tv."

"We're doomed" Miko muttered. Maybe she could help somehow. She reached for her phone that should have been in her back pocket but she discovered it was missing. She tried the other, not their.

Raff rolled his eyes "Anyway, if I can hack into the fed's mainframe, maybe I can pinpoint Fowler's coordinates."

Miko's stopped searching for her phone and her eyebrows shot up in surprise "You know how to hack? But your like 2 years old!"

Raff pushed his glasses up while he worked "Fourteen..." he replied, "And a quarter." He smiled before going back to work. They waited what seemed like forever but then Raff exclaimed "Latitude thirty nine point five. Longitude one hundred sixteen point nine."

"Got it!" Bulkhead exclaimed as he franticly began to inter the coordinates into the groundbrige. "Uh, Jack, your in charge!"

The boys began talking amongst themselves so Miko was left to herself once more. She was now feeling slightly panicked though that her phone was missing. She franticly began searching though her stuff. It was bad enough that her sketchbook was taken from her but now her phone was gone! She couldn't deal with that!

When she herd the groundbridge start up, she froze. It must still be inside Bulkhead's frame somehow! She wiped around to see him walking though the portal. She ran after him in a panic. "Bulkhead wait!" She yelled but it was to late. He disappeared out the other side. Quickly she ran into the portal after him only to find herself falling though the air to the ground!

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This was going to be awesome! Miko thought as she bounced up and down in her seat eagerly. Her worries from today felt like they where flying away since Bulkhead had picked her up. Now she was eagerly doing something that she had though of as soon as she laid eyes on the bots. "Ready!... Set!" she exclaimed happy as she prepared for the drop. The strap around her chest suddenly pulled her back against the seat, restraining her movement. She struggled uselessly and felt quite annoyed as her results proved to be useless. Finally she gave up, crossed her arms in defiance. Not only could she barely move but now she couldn't even see the view out the windshield! "Bulkhead~!" She growled.

She felt the car shift as Bulkhead shuffled his wheals nervously, backing away from the edge slightly in the proses "Miko, I'm supposed to be protecting you...Not throwing you off a cliff!" He protested.

Her annoyance faded a bit casing her to smile slightly "Bulkhead, I'm strapped tight inside ten tones of metal muscle!" She patted his doorframe while smirking "I'm protected! Besides you aren't throwing me off a cliff. Its just a small slope, if anything its going to be like a slide when we go down."

She almost thought that he hadn't bought it when Bulkhead didn't respond but then he shifted gears and began rolling forward much to her delight. Grinning widely she griped onto the seat when they tipped over the edge. For a brief second Miko had second thoughts about this. Her eyes went wide and heart began beating quickly when she saw just how steep the side of the cliff really was! The car began to shacked and bump her up and down as Bulkhead gained speed, running over small random rocks that where in the way. "Whoa-Oh-oh-oh!" She laughed as she was jostled around in her seat.

The excitement was over way to soon as they slid to a stop. Excitedly she fidgeted in her seat "That was awesome! Can we do it again?!" Bulkhead groaned and she swear she could see him rolling his eyes in her imagination. Unbuckling her seatbelt she quickly opened the door and hoped out.

"Miko! Where are you going?!" Bulkhead exclaimed.

Miko closed the door and turned around. Bulkhead was covered in desert dust just like she expected, she couldn't help but giggle. Patting his side she replied "Relax, I just want to get a picture. Ya know, ta commemorate the moment and all." She walked a good distance away from him until he fit in the frame. Holding a thumbs up she took a selfie with Bulkhead's car form in the background. "Awesome! This one is defiantly going on the wall." She said to herself.

Bulkhead opened his door when she ran back to him. She looked at the new picture with a smile. "I hope you got my good side." Bulkhead teased. Miko laughed, she was about to sit down but paused when her eyes glanced to the back. Both her guitar case and book bag where wide open leaving everything scattered around the floor messily. "Aww man!" Climbing over the seats to back she began putting the junk away.

Bulkheads radio suddenly blared out static making her jump and drop what she had in her hands. The radio screeched a few more seconds, Miko covered her ears as Bulkhead messed with it until it finally cleared up. Optimus's voice came though "Bulkhead, have you retrieved Miko from the School yet?"

"Yeah Prime, I got her in my backseat right now." He responded.

"Good, return to base as soon as possible." Optimus ordered "Our sensors have detected two Decepticons a couple miles away from your position. They haven't noticed you yet but I would rather not take any unnecessary risks while your charge is with you."

"You got it Prime." Bulkhead answered. He clicked the radio off and said to her "All right Miko, pack it up. I would rather not be caught out in the open while your around."

"Awww but we just started?" She sighed in disappointment. She was hoping for at least a couple more runs before returning to base.

Bulkhead's revved his engine "You herd Prime, this isn't a time to be fooling around." With a sigh she quickly shoved the rest of her things back into the bag and hoped back into the front seat.

Bulkhead buckled her in and they took off. Miko stared out the window in boredom, the smaller hills she had been planning for them to slide down fading away in the distance as the desert became more treacherous.

After awhile she noticed two blips on the screen, one yellow and one blue. Curiously she pointed at the dots that seemed to be moving in the same direction that they where "What are those?"

"That's Bee's and Arcee's location." He replied.

Miko narrowed her eyes, they weren't that far behind them...If they sped up they might be able to beat them back to base... Her eyes sparkled and a mischievous grin came across her face. Maybe they could have some more fun after all. "Hay~ Bulkhead~!"

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Bulkhead raced into the silo, his engine revving loudly, as Arcee and Bumblebee drove ahead of him. Miko laughed as she felt gravity trying to pull her out of her seat as Bulkhead made a sharp turn around the corner into the main hanger. When they entered the hanger at top speed Bulkhead swerved to avoid hitting the others. She was jerked in her seat, the seatbelt dug into her shoulder blade. She her gasp in pain, as they came to sudden spinning stop.

Bulkheads seatbelt instantly loosened to a point that it was barely touching her, "Miko, are you all right?! I didn't hurt you did I?! Both Ratchet and Optimus will have my aff if anything happened..." He sounded almost distressed as he questioned her.

Miko retched as she rubbed her shoulder with a grimace "I'm fine, its nothing to worry about. There's been worse thing that's happened to me than this." She laughed it off, "Anyway that was some race hu?! I don't think anyone's tried those moves before! Even though we didn't win it was awesome!"

He didn't seemed quite convinced, "...Are you sure?" He said sounding concerned, "It sounded like you where in pain."

Miko rolled her eyes "I'm fine Bulk look." She moved her arm around, it stung a bit and she bet there would be a bruise later, "See! Perfectly fine! Now, open the door so I can get out." He hesitantly did as she requested and she hopped out with a smile.

Both Jack and Raff where laughing and exclaiming how cool the race was as they got off/out of they're bots. Miko quickly grabbed her bag so that Bulkhead could transform. She took a few steps back and watched in fascination as he changed back to his normal form.

A strange noise came from above her, making her look up at Bulkhead again, "Uh...." He opened up a compartment in his chest and pulled out her guitar case.

"Oops! Sorry! Must have left that in the backseat." She said as he handed her her guitar case. Feeling a bit concerned, she looked it over to make sure it wasn't damaged when Bulkhead transformed. When she saw it was perfectly fine that got her thinking, how did it survive? "Hay Bulkhead, why wasn't my guitar smashed to pieces when you changed to robot mode?"

Raff and Jack perked up at her question and they all looked at Bulkhead expectantly for the answer.

"Uhhh well~ you see....Ratchet?!" Bulkhead looked over to said bot.

Ratchet turned to look at Bulkhead with a unamused expression. Bulkhead looked at him with a begging look. Ratchet roll his eyes, "During transformation, when our mechanical parts are shifting and sliding into place our systems looks for foreign objects. When it detect something that shouldn't be in our frames, it automatically readjusts itself around the object so that said item doesn't harm us or stop us from reverting back to our natural form. We can expel the item or as you just saw, it can go to our chasses where a storage chamber is usually located."

"Cool!" Miko exclaimed. She looked over to see the other twos reaction. Raff looked impressed, he smiled as he readjusted his glasses and Jack just smirked. She herd him mumble something about his mom would have been fascinated.

Miko would have asked another question but Optimus walked in front of the bots with a serious expression on his face "Autobots! Prepare to-...." He glanced down at the three of them and paused. "Roll out?" Arcee provided.

Optimus held up his hand "Remain here." He seemed to make a decision as he glanced away from Arcee "Ratchet, you'll come with me. Arcee, we'll be outside communications range for some time, so I'm putting you in charge."

Arcee?! Really?! She didn't seam vary thrilled and wanted nothing more than to leave the room they where in. Miko glanced up at Bulkhead "Dude, your biggest. You should be the boss."

Bulkhead shifted uncomfortably as he replied, "Um, he never picks me."

Arcee walked passed them, cutting of their conversation, and went up to Optimus. "Optimus with all due respect, playing bodyguard is one thing, baby sitting's another!" Jack scoffed angrily and walked away while Raff just frowned, looking a little upset.

Miko on the other hand was about to blow a fuse. Baby sitting?! Ohhhh she was going to teach that girl a lesion. She began to stomp over to Arcee but Bulkhead nudged her back with his foot. She glared up at him as he looked down at her with an almost pleading expression. For a few moments Miko held his gaze until she gave in. She turned away and followed after Jack angary.

"Besides, Ratchet hasn't been in the field since the war!" Arcee continued.

Annoyed, Ratchet looked away from the monitor he was working to look at Arcee "My pistons may be rusty, but my hearing is as sharp as ever!" At least someone was getting on Arcee's case, Miko thought.

"For the moment, it's only reconnaissance." Optimus responded firmly.

Arcee didn't look convinced "Then why do I hear an edge in your voice?"

Optimus looked annoyed "Arcee, much has changed in the last twenty-four hours and we all need to adapt." Arcee looked like she was about to protest but Optimus turned away, ignoring her "Ratchet, bridge us out." Optimus ordered.

Ratchet started up the ground bridge and they walked into it. Optimus and Ratchet disappeared in a golden white flash leaving the machine to turn itself off. Arcee stood there with malice at the two bots who where no longer there. There where a few moments of silence until Jack spoke up trying to brake the awkward silence "Okay, chief. So, uh what's on the activates list?"

Arcee scoffed and walked away from them "I'm going on patrol."

"But Optimus told us to stay." Bulkhead tried to reason. Arcee wiped towards Bulkhead causing him to flinch. "When you're in change, you can call the shots." She snapped. "Bee, with me!"

Bumblebee who was standing next to them slumped in disappointment. "Bulkhead your in charge." Arcee ordered as transformed and raced away. Bumblebee beeped something sounding disappoint, he looked let down as he followed after her. Before he left he glanced back at them a few times then finally changed forms. His tires squealed as he raced after Arcee.

Bulkhead cringed, slowly he turned towards them and looked down "So, uh, what's on the activates list?" His eyes widened when he realized Miko was missing "Where's Miko?!" Before anyone could answer, there was a loud screeching noise that split the air and caused everyone to cringe. Jack, Raff, and Bulkhead turned towards the noise finding Miko in a corner by some amplifiers with her guitar hooked up to them.

"Oops sorry." Miko laughed as she readjusted the amplifier she had found. "How about....Band practice?!" She grinned as she strummed her guitar.

They all walked over to her looking skeptical "But we're not a band." Raff replied.

Miko put her hand on her hip and raised an eyebrow "Come on, Raff. I'm suppose to be the antisocial one not you. Give it a try. D you play anything?"

"Um..." He pulled his laptop out of his backpack "Keyboard?"

Miko blink...Ok not what she was expecting but she should have know better "Laptops and Samples. Good. Jack?" She said turning to him.

He looked surprise, quickly he responded looking a bit embarrassed "I sometimes mess around on the harmonica." He replied and rubbed his head while his cheeks flushed.

Unamused Miko marched over to him with a scowl on her face "Do I look like I do country?...We'll get a cd player and you can pretend like your the one sinning." He looked a little lost as she walked away.

"Bulkhead!" Miko looked up at him "Percussion! We'll go for a big industrial sound!" She smirked "D.I.Y. We're a band!" She looked at Raff and Jack and pointed at them "You just got to learn the songs. This ones a ballad 'My fist, your face." She played a few notes but the amplifier began screeching once more. Frowning she tried a second time only to get the same result. Kicking the amplifier did no good either "Huh, must be broken. No wonder it was left behind here."

When she glanced up Bulkhead was holding where his ears would be if he was human, "Oh come on, you can't handle raw power?" Green lights started flashing and alarms started blaring making all the humans look around.

Bulkhead looked at them franticly "Proximity sensor. Quick, hide!" They all ran to the only place that would hide them in time, behind Bulkheads foot. He held perfectly still and they heard a door open. "Prime!" A vary loud male voice shouted. Miko frowned why was she getting a since of familiarity?

"Agent Fowler! Uh, he's not here." Bulkhead nervously replied "Nobody's here!...Except me, of course!...." He laughed weakly. They all cringed and Miko felt like face palming.

"Well, where did he go?" They heard Agent Fowler demand. "Wait! Don't tell me, he's out pancaking a mini mall!" Miko scowled, what did this guy have against the bots?! If anything he should be thanking them!

Fowler must have moved because Bulkhead suddenly shuffled over to the left, accidentally bumping them in the process. Miko's guitar went off and the cord pulled tight. Jack and Raff's eyes widened as they shushed her. They all listened, luckily the man didn't notice and kept on yelling.

"Now, I don't know what language you bots speak on your planet, but Prime promised he would handle the Decepticons." Agent Fowler was ranting. They quickly readjusted themselves so that they where once again hidden but then Bulkhead moved again, this time taking a larger step away. Panicked they all quickly raced over to his foot once more, bumping into each other in their haste.

"And blowing a crater in the middle of Nebraska is NOT what the word 'Handle' means in English!" Fowler was saying. "So you tell Prime..." Miko's guitar cord pulled taunt and she jerked on it a few times trying to get it to stretch further. All the while it was making a ton of noise.

"Since when are you bots electric?" Agent Fowler suddenly asked. Everyone froze. Bulkhead looked down at them and Jack shrugged. Miko looked at them apologetically before they all walked out around there hiding place. Miko's eyes widened as she recognized the man. She shuffled behind Jack and Raff trying not to get noticed.

Jack raised his eyebrow in confusion but she waved him off. He looked back towards Fowler and waved his hand trying to seem like everything was fine "Hay, how's it hanging?" He asked.

Agent Fowlers eyes widened "Contact with civilians!" He slammed his hands down on the railing as he yelled at Bulkhead, "Team Prime really has gone off the book this time! Wait, don't tell me!" He though his hands up in the air "Your running a daycare center!"

Miko cringed, well it was pretty obvious that he would be mad but he almost seemed down right furious. Bulkhead shifted nervously besides her not knowing how to respond. Fowler fumed a few seconds before looking down at them. They flinched back but then Fowlers and Miko's eyes met.

"You!" Fowler cried and pointed a finger at her.

She grimaced while waving a hand nervously "Hi again..."

Bulkhead looked between the two "You guys know each other?" He blinked.

Agent Fowler quickly hid his shocked exertion before straitening up and adjusting his tie, "Yeah the little pipsqueak latterly ran into me this morning, spilled soda all over me. Even Mr. Clean wouldn't be able to wash those stains out easily."

"Hay, it was an accident!" She protested.

Agent Fowler shook his head in exasperation "Tell that to my suit." He began walking down the stairs and pointed at them, "Okay, lets move. I'm taking all three of you into federal custody. It's for your own protection." They all cringed and took a step away from Fowler when he got down the stairs and he headed towards them.

Miko tensed and clutched her guitar tightly. No way! No way was she going to leave the bots! This was the first place that others didn't know about her condition and she didn't have to worry about what the others thought about her. Nothing could get her to leave!

Miko bit her lip, But wouldn't the bots agree with Fowler? Why should they watch out of a couple of kids like them. Surly the government could handle it and maybe they didn't really want them around. Ratchet sure didn't. Bumblebee obviously did but Arcee, Optimus, and Bulkhead she waste to sure about. They kinda acted like they liked them but did they really? Bulkhead had given her his number in case she needed to talk.

Either way Fowler was getting closer, if she had to make a choice she would stand her ground and fight him off. They had just meet the bots and she certainly wasn't ready to leave Bulkhead. Just when she was about to protest Bulkheads foot slammed down between them and Agent Fowler, making the floor shake. All the of them gasped and quickly back peddled in shock.

"We're protecting them." Bulkhead sternly said. Miko looked up at him in surprise before smiling in relief. Jack and Raff sighed and relaxed too. Guess they where all thinking the same thing too. Maybe the bots did actually like them all after all.

Agent Fowler narrowed his eyes and starred up at Bulkhead challengingly "Is that so?" Fowler turned around began walking towards a phone booth, making them tense once more, as he threatening to crumble their new found world. "Well, maybe you could explain that to my superiors at the pentagon!"

Bulkheads eyes widened "Don't use that pone! It's-" He quickly leaned forward and crushed it with his finger as Fowler held the receiver. "out of order..."

Miko's, Jack's, and Raff's eyes all widen. They all had to scuffle their chuckles as Fowler threw the phone down, which just ended up swinging back and forth from the cord instead of slamming on the floor. "This isn't over, big butt! Not by a long shot!" He yelled at Bulkhead, storming up the steps in a huff. The three of them looked at each other unamusingly after he got into the elevator and left.

Bulkhead groaned and shook his head in exasperation, "Prime's not going to be happy about this..." He sighed.

Miko offered him a sympathetic smile as Bulkhead glanced down at her, "Hay don't worry about it. I'm sure boss bot will understand."

"...Sure he will" He replied as he tried to return her smile but it turned out to be more of a grimace than anything.

She walked up to him and patted his foot, "Cheer up Bulk, I'm sure it wont be so bad...I know! Why don't you and me go explore the base some more. There's lots of places that I didn't get to see for obvious reasons and you can easily help me reach the places that are to high up for me!"

Bulkheads eyes widened, "Uhhh no no that's ok! I think I'll be fine Miko, thanks for the offer." He glanced around quickly before his eyes landed on the monitors. "I should be monitoring the others, can never tell when they might need help! You guys can uhh~ well do whatever it is you humans usually do." Bulkhead quickly backed away and left them to themselves.

Miko stared after him, felling dejected. "So uh...band practice?" Jack tried to brake the awkward silence.

She sighed and turned to Jack, "Na, I don't feel like it anymore...Besides one of my strings broke" She held the guitar up showing them. Jack sighed and began trying to come up with ideas with Raff as to what they should do. Miko paid little attention to the conversation and couldn't help but wonder why Bulkheads mood had changed so suddenly. She founded as a though entered her mind, Was he really that upset about them getting found out?

Her attention was drawn back to the two boys when she herd Raff shyly say "Well~ we could watch an episode of this series I downloaded"

Jack surged "Sure Raff, I'll watch an episode with you. What's it called?"

Raffs cheeks turned light pink, "GoBots".

She sighed feeling depressed, "Yeah sure why not...There's nothing else to do anyway."

Raff seemed to sag as he looked away from her back to Jack "I found it a few days ago before we meet the bots a-and I thought it might be appropriate to watch seeing our situation and all"

Jack smiled softly and laid a hand on Raffs shoulder, "Sounds like a great idea Raff. Why don't you go and set it up." he replied as he nudged Raff in the direction of the catwalk. Raff seemed to perk up at that, he smiled and raced up the steps with his laptop to get things ready for them.

Miko gasped in surprise as Jack bumped into her shoulder on purpose when he was walked past her to get to the stairs. The force sent her stumbling back a few steps. "Hay!" She snapped, "What was that for?!"

Jack glared at her "You know the reason...I don't want you coming near Raff, all you do is upset him. He's just a kid and doesn't need that kind of negativity around him all the time!"

Miko gasped in shock! She clinched her fists as the rage boiled up inside her. Before she could yell at Jack, he quickly walked up the steps to the catwalk to get away from her. She was left fuming in rage at the bottom of the steps. I cant believe him! She thought, What gives him the right to act that way! All I did was agree to watch the stupid movie! I didn't do anything to Raff! She was about to grab onto the railing and go after him and give him a piece of her mind but then she stopped, Raff was up their too. If she yelled at Jack, Raff would be in the middle and she knew how it was to be caught between two people yelling at each other. Not a pleasant experience....

With a sigh she walked away, she could do something about it later. When her eyes caught a large green object as she rounded the corner her mood perked up. Maybe she could find out what was bugging Bulkhead! Quickly she ran over to him and yelled up at him, "What's the news Bulk?!"

Bulkhead jumped in surprise, he looked down at her with big wide eyes and a shocked expression. The look on his face made her giggle. "Miko! Don't do that!" He scolded her, worry clearly evident in his tone.

She smirked mischievously up at him "Didn't know you where such a scaredy cat Bulkhead"

He scoffed "I'm no such creature....Whatever a cat is anyway." He turned back to the monitor and began typing.

Miko laughed "Its an expression Bulkhead. I'm not really calling you a cat...Maybe a hamster though, if a hamster could be thirty feet tall that is." He hummed in response not really paying attention to her. Miko raised her eyebrow as she frowned. For a few seconds she stood there broadly before beginning to rock back and forth on her feet. When she realized Bulkhead wasn't going to talk to her she sighed. Seemed like no one wanted her around right now "Sooo~ what is it your doing?" she tried once more.

"Tracking Arcee and Bumblebee." He mumbled.

"Oh..." Miko replied disheartened from the short response. Their had to be someway to get him to talk....Finally she got an idea "Well can I see?" She asked.

Bulkhead's frame suddenly tensed up and he froze. Miko was confused as he looked down at her with a strange expression, almost as if he was unconfutable with something all of a sudden. "Uh why would you want to watch me work? Wouldn't you have more fun-" He looked over to where Jack and Raff where "doing whatever those two are doing?" He nervously smiled down at her.

Miko scoffed, "Yeah sure let me think" She held her hands up like they where scales and slowly lowered and raised them "Go watch a video or hang out with giant alien robots from outer space....That's not a hard one to figure out."

Bulkhead cringed, "Well I would rather you didn't. I don't need to be distracted in case I miss something."

Exasperated, Miko though her hands up in the air, "Distraction from what?! All your doing is watching the monitor! If someone calls the alarm system will go off!" Angered, she stomp over to his foot but Bulkhead began to back away from her. She looked up at him with a confused expression before noticing that his eyes where wide and he had an almost frightened look on his face.

Miko paused, she blinked a couple times confused. When she took a step towards him and Bulkhead shuffled back once more. She did it again and got the same reaction. Slowly she looked up at him with concern "Bulkhead....Are you...Afraid of me?"

His eyes widened "NO!"

Puzzled she asked "Then why wont you let me come near you?"

Bulkhead stiffened, after a few moments his shoulders slumped and he hung his head, "I'm not afraid you...I'm afraid of myself."

"That doesn't make any sense." she replied, feeling even more confused.

He sighed and nervously looked away from her "I'm scared of hurting you...Just like I did earlier when we came back to base..."

Miko's eyes widened in understanding. She smiled and shook her head at his reaction "Bulkhead, you dummy, you're not going to hurt me. You've been carful ever since Optimus made us partners. Besides what happened when you where in car mode was an accident."

"That's just it Miko! It was an accident!" He exclaimed, "I didn't mean to do it! What if I 'accidently' do something worse to you next time and you end up offlined! What's even worse is that in this form its even easer for me to accidently make a mistake and injure you."

The monitor suddenly made a beeping noise causing them to both glanced at it. Bulkhead seemed unworried though so Miko looked back at him. She notice his grip tightened and he moved his hands away unconsciously behind his back when their eyes met. She sighed "Is this why you wont pick me up?" Bulkhead looked guilty and like he had been caught and she knew she had guessed right, "Everyone makes mistakes Bulk. Your not going to hurt me, I know for a fact you wont."

Bulkhead opened his mouth to protest but she held up her hand, silencing him, "Bulkhead you've been nothing but carful since we meet. Every action you've taken has been gentle and cautious." She looked into his eyes with a serious expression "We might have just met but you've show yourself to be someone that I can trust. More so than anyone else I know..." She couldn't meet his eyes as she added "Even my own parents..."

He eyes widen in shock at her words and his expression softened. "Miko-" The moment was broken as the alarm suddenly blared loudly, interrupting whatever it was that he was about to say. Bulkhead quickly moved back over to the computer system.

Bulkhead looked confused as he tried to operate the machine, "Its an S.O.S..."

Jack and Raff walked up beside Miko, "What's going on?" Raff asked. Miko shrugged and looked to Bulkhead for answers.

"Its from Fowler!" Bulkhead exclaimed! Miko's eyes widened in surprise. She thought they where done with that guy....At least for today anyhow. Bulkhead was trying to figure out what to press but before he could do anything the alarm suddenly cut off.

"Did you trace it?" Raff asked.

"Location scan was incomplete." Bulkhead shrugged and began to walk away, "Oh, well."

Jack looked shocked, "Oh, well?' Seriously!" he exclaimed.

Bulkhead turned to Jack, "Fowler's a Jerk!" Miko nodded, she had to agree with Bulkhead on that one.

Jack though his hands up "Whoa! Weather you like the guy or not, the Decepticons may have him!"

"And Agent Fowler knows your location." Raff exclaimed then gulped nervously "Our location."

Miko gave Bulkhead a serious look "And did we not just witness how fast Fowler backs down from a bot?" She put her hands on her hips and scowled "The cons will totally make him squeal!"

"But we lost the transmission, Fowler could be anywhere!" Bulkhead replied.

Raff seemed to think for a moment before voicing his thoughts "Maybe I can narrow it down." He got out his laptop and sat down with it on his lap, "About five years ago, the government started microchipping their agents. You know, like owners do with pets."

They all glanced at each other then starred at Raff while they waited to see if Raff was actually correct about his assumption. He glanced up at them, "What? I saw it on tv."

"We're doomed" Miko muttered. Maybe she could help somehow. She reached for her phone that should have been in her back pocket but she discovered it was missing. She tried the other, not their.

Raff rolled his eyes "Anyway, if I can hack into the fed's mainframe, maybe I can pinpoint Fowler's coordinates."

Miko's stopped searching for her phone and her eyebrows shot up in surprise "You know how to hack? But your like 2 years old!"

Raff pushed his glasses up while he worked "Fourteen..." he replied, "And a quarter." He smiled before going back to work. They waited what seemed like forever but then Raff exclaimed "Latitude thirty nine point five. Longitude one hundred sixteen point nine."

"Got it!" Bulkhead exclaimed as he franticly began to inter the coordinates into the groundbrige. "Uh, Jack, your in charge!"

The boys began talking amongst themselves so Miko was left to herself once more. She was now feeling slightly panicked though that her phone was missing. She franticly began searching though her stuff. It was bad enough that her sketchbook was taken from her but now her phone was gone! She couldn't deal with that!

When she herd the groundbridge start up, she froze. It must still be inside Bulkhead's frame somehow! She wiped around to see him walking though the portal. She ran after him in a panic. "Bulkhead wait!" She yelled but it was to late. He disappeared out the other side. Quickly she ran into the portal after him only to find herself falling though the air to the ground!