I gasp as I sit up and look around. It was an unfamiliar room but there was familiar yellowish green bot in the room, allowing me to sigh in relief.

"Ratchet", I call, a smile gracing my faceplate. He comes over to me and I realize he wasn't as big as he was when I was in a human form. I look down at my body and recognize my true form. It was royal blue that shone purple when you looked at it a specific way.

"How are you feeling, Kaetlen?" He asks me.

"Starfire", I say instantly. His face took one of confusion.

"What?" Yep, he was confused.

"My name is Starfire", I tell him. He smiles before scanning me.

"Well, Starfire, it seems as if your systems have fully rebooted and you are ready to go", he says with a smile as he helps me stand up. I smile back at him.

"How long was I out?" Curiousity got the better of me.

"Two days. The first day, your brain was quiet. The second day, however, it was spiking hard. Ironhide was worried about you. He was so worried that I had to keep him out of the medbay", Ratchet smiled fondly as he looked at the door.

"He was worried? About me?", I murmured, staring at the door.

"He kept pacing back and forth and... if I'm assuming correctly, he's probably pacing outside the door right now", Ratchet smirked. "He seems to care a lot about you."

"He was my babysitter before I was sent off of Cybertron. Back when I was still a femmeling", I reminded Ratchet.

"True, true. But his actions were more than the actions of a worried babysitter. I'd even go as far as to say that he had romantic feelings for you", Ratchet says, turning back to a screen. I blink before turning my head away from Ratchet, scanning the room a bit more thoroughly. I gasp when I see two halves of a cybertronian. I walk over to it and frown as I recognize it as Jazz.

"Jazz..." I reach out to touch his helm but hesitate.

"Megatron ripped him in half. He was killed almost instantly", Ratchet says mournfully. I sigh as I hear the door open. I turn briefly to see Optimus come into the medbay before turning back to face Jazz.

"Ratchet, is Starfire..." he had trailed off. I touch Jazz's helm and sigh softly when it comes in contact with the cold metal.

"I'm sorry, Jazz", I whisper before turning around and walking back to where Ratchet and my father stood.

Optimus smiles. "You're awake."

"Well, duh", I smile before glancing towards the door. I really wanted to get out and drive around. I've been out for two days. "So... what happened?"

Optimus and Ratchet explain what happened and at the end, all I can do is hum in surprise.

"So, Megatron is dead?"

"Affirmative", Optimus says. I hum again before a pounding at the door came, startling me.

"Ratchet! Let me in!! I want... no, I need to be there when she wakes up", Ironhide's determined voice came through the door, startling me. I hold back a laugh as Ratchet rolls his eyes before I get an idea. An evil, awful, horrid idea.

"You guys want to prank Ironhide?" I look at Optimus and Ratchet who shake their heads in amusement.

"What are you planning?" I grin before dragging them in close.

"So, we pretend I haven't woken up yet but you allow Ironhide to come in here", I was addressing Ratchet. "Then you guys pretend to be talking about how I should have woken up by now. Then if Ironhide asks to be alone with me, you guys let him. Then I scare him."

They chuckle before agreeing with my plan. We get it all set up, putting me back on the metal slab where I close my optics and hold back a grin. I hear the doors open and I hear Ratchet say that Ironhide could come in. I hear pedes rushing in my direction before a servo grips mine. I have to hold back a gasp of surprise. I hear Optimus and Ratchet talking quietly about how I should have woken up by now.

As if he had known all along about the prank, Ironhide asks if he could be alone with me. I hold back a giggle. Ratchet and Optimus leave the room and it's just me, Ironhide, and Jazz's corpse. Okay, that's a bit weird...

"Starfire... Please wake up... You have no clue how lonely it is... We never got that extra time to play like I promised you all those years ago." The grip on my hand tightened before it released it all together. I hear him walk away a little bit. I peek at him and notice his back is turned to me. I grin before silently standing up and walking up behind him. He turns around and I put on my most innocent face, by tilting my head to the side.

"Play with me, 'Hide?" I used my most creepy childish voice I was able. That got me promising results.

"Aaagh!" I burst out laughing at his reaction. Not only had he screamed but he had leapt back and pointed his cannons at me. I bent over from laughing so much before looking up at him, grinning.

"That! Was! Amazing!" I completely lost it and collapsed to the floor, just laughing.

Over the sound of my laughter, I hear Ironhide groan. I imagined him running a hand over his faceplate and it made me laugh even more. Suddenly I was picked up and all I could see was Ironhide's backside.

"Wha-" The sudden change made my laughter stop. That's when I realized that I was hanging upside down over his shoulder. "Hey! 'Hide! Let me go!"

"Nope", he says as he walks out of the medbay.

"Ironhide", I was whining.

"Nope", he says again. I struggle for a few minutes but eventually give up and rest my elbow against his back, my servo holding my helm up, similar to Fiona from the movie Shrek. I watch as we pass by several bots, each who gave us weird looks.

"We getting weird looks, you know", I say, not caring if he heard me, though I know he did.

"I know." I groan before finally shouting.

"Fine! I'm sorry I pranked you!"

He still didn't put me down. I groan before hitting his back.

"What do you want from meeeee???" I decided that I may as well be weird. We're already getting strange enough looks.

"Nothing." I groan and whack his back repeatedly.

"Then let meee gooo!!!"

"Nope."

"If you love me, let me gooooooooo!!!" I sang that at the top of my lungs.

"What the slag?"

"It's a human song, don't question it..."

Ironhide grunts causing me to groan again before whacking my helm against his back several times.

"Stop doing that, or else you'll get processor damage."

"Hey, you actually responded with more than just one word!"

He only grunted causing me to groan. Somehow we got outside where there were humans doing drills. But they all stopped to stare at Ironhide and me hanging over his shoulder. More weird looks.

"Now there are humans giving us weird looks, 'Hide", I mutter, lightly banging my fist into his back multiple times. I was bored. It's not fun being hung over someone's shoulder.

He only grunted again. I sigh before letting my helm drop. I just let it stay there for now. Soon, Ironhide stopped walking and when I looked around, there were no humans, nor bots in sight. I sigh but was relieved when Ironhide finally set me down.

"Finally!" I turned around, away from 'Hide and gasped when I saw the sunset. It was gorgeous. We must be on an island because there is water all around us from what I can see. "Woah..."

"I found this yesterday and knew you would like it", Ironhide spoke softly.

I smile before going over to him. "I love it! But why did you have to carry me over your shoulder to get me here?"

He grins at me. "That was payback for the prank."

I glare at him before turning to watch the sunset, with Ironhide next to me.

"I miss Cybertron", I whisper. Ironhide pulls me into a sideways hug.

"I miss all the fun times we had there", he whispers. I look up at him and notice he was leaning closer to me. My optics widen as I realize what he was going to do. I look down, trying to hide my blush. He only lifts my face up to look at his. I gulp when I notice his face is closer than before. I quickly think of an excuse to escape from this situation. I am not ready to be kissed even if it is by... I quickly shake that thought out of my head.

I quickly speak as I step away. "Optimus is calling me so I gotta go!"

I run off in the direction we came from, blush covering my face. I could feel his optics on me until I disappeared out of view and I slow down as soon as I knew he couldn't see me. I sigh. I feel bad for just leaving him there. I do like him, I really do... but I'm not ready for that kind of commitment. Especially with the war going on. Who knows what could happen to either of us. I sigh again before making my way back inside, going to the medbay where I knew where Ratchet would be. Unfortunately I got lost and found my way into a hallway I did not recognize. I sigh before tugging on the bond.

*I'm lost...*

*Where are you?*

*How am I supposed to know? I'm lost.*

Amusement filtered through the bond and I smile softly as I look for clues.

*There's some lettering on the wall here. It says L1 22.*

*I know where you are. I'll send Ironhide to go and get you.*

I panicked.

*No! Anyone but him... please...*

I felt his confusion through the bond but I know he contacted someone else instead. I sigh as I patiently wait. Soon, three cybertronian femmes I didn't recognize came around the corner.

I smile at them but frown when I see their wheels instead of legs. I look up at them and one seems awfully familiar.

"Hi." I mentally slapped myself. I sound so stupid.

"Hello", the pink one says. "My name is Arcee. These are my sisters."

The blue one spoke next. "I'm Chromia."

Then the purple one. "And I am Elita-1, but you may call me Elita."

Elita-1... Where have I heard that name before... Elita... Elita...

"Optimus, we can't keep them here... We have to send them offworld where Megatron will never find them. He will stay true to his word..."

"I know Elita but we can't do anything drastic just yet. We have one pod we can send them off in if push comes to shove but for now we won't do anything yet."

I gasp, looking directly at Elita-1.

"Are you sparkbonded to Optimus?" She was surprised by my sudden question but answers none-the-less.

"I am... How did you know that?" She and her sisters were very confused. I smile happily as lubricant fills my optics.

I quickly find my bond to her and tentatively reach out. She gasps when she feels the bond reopened. She stares at me, hesitant, but she rolls forward slowly.

"Starfire? Is that you, my little femme?"

I smile even bigger. "I'm not so little anymore, Momma."

She grins and engulfs me in a hug that I return.

"Starfire! I can't believe it! Is Silverburst here too?" She had pulled away by now. I frown sadly and look down.

"No... What happened?"

"We had taken on forms as humans and as such, we did not remember Cybertron or anyone there. He had gotten involved in a human gang to try and get us some money. That failed and once they realized that was what he wanted, they beat him up. So badly that he died. He bled to death..." I felt tears slipping but Elita was quick to hug me.

I smile softly and she decides to give me a tour of the base, to let me get to know my surroundings. We caught each other up on what had happened in each others lives. I told myself that I couldn't be happier. But there was a part in the back of my processor that told me that there was one bot that could make me happier than being reunited with my parents but I ignored it for the time being. Which was not very long at all...