Time seemed to pass, not much though. It was slow for me, but it had been 3 days and I had finally been allowed out of the Med-bay after being cleared by Ratchet and a human medic.

My brown hair rustled at how fast I walked, for once without hurting or in pain from an injury. It felt good to be fully rested and healthy, but the stress and grief still weighed me down like no tomorrow. It was slowly eating away at my shattered heart, piece by piece.

I licked my dry lips, brown eyes focusing on the task that I was on. Finding the 'Alspark Shard.'

I needed to know where it was. Technically we all needed to know so it would be in safe hands, I just hoped we weren't too late. That was a scary thought.

Ironhide had checked the med-bay, but he discovered the bag was no longer there. Said discovery made everybot and every human on the edge. Looking for the missing purple backpack, that contained the remaining shard of the Cube.

Optimus feared that the Decepticons had invaded the med-bay without anyone realising it, but I couldn't help, but kind of doubt it. I just hoped no human had tried to take it, but it was a chance. The government was overally interested in the Cybertronian technology.

Besides, itt was Ratchets med-bay we are talking about. I gulped as Epps now walked beside me, sweat dripping off his face from all the running around he has been doing.

"Seen anything yet?" Epps asked quickly as he did have much more experience with sly robots than I ever have.

"No. I don't know where the bag could have gone to..." I sighed in defeat. "How the hell did it disappear from Ratchets med-bay is beyond me..." I muttered out, worried.

It was unusual, but since discovering the robotic alien species of Cybertronians... and nearly dying every single accounter. Plus losing the ones I have gotten close to... honestly, nothing really surprises me anymore, but it doesn't mean I don't feel any of it. I feel all of it. The pain, the ache of my heart... The love.

"I think we all have questioned ourselves on that." Epps retorted just as wary, his dark brown eyes looked around just as frantic as my brown ones.

"I was honestly hoping for a non-dramatic day..." I grumbled out in frustration. I am surprised I wasn't losing hair or going gray for the matter. Heck I probably have stress marks on my face...

A snort came from above us, looking up with startlement, I spotted Ironhide who walked towards us. Optics rolling at me.

"Goodluck with that squishy." Ironhide huffed out harshly, in response I glared at Ironhide. Not appreciation his fould mood. I could tell he purposely had called me that name in a nasty way and I didn't like the idea he was taking his bad mood out on me.

Jazz chuckled suddenly and I blinked when he appeared. Not realising the small bot was behind Ironhides larger frame. "Hey Jazz." I greeted calmly, Epps waved lazily at the pair. Focusing on the task at hand.

Jazz nudged pass Ironhide cheekily, but deep down, we all knew the smaller bot had heard the news of his charge dying in the battlefield. Jazz's visor glowed it's usual bright blue, but sadly behind Jazz's blue visor... I knew his optics were filled with pain and sadness.

A frown was soon on my lips at the very idea of Jazz feeling like he had also failed us all. Another painful throb hit at my heart in remembrance that Aneska and Nathan were gone. No way to return... and I had brought them into it.

"Don't worry. I bet ya we will find the bag soon... shouldn't be too far away darlin'." Jazz claimed, trying to lighten the mood as he obviously felt the air become thick with stress and grief. I noted how his claw like digits twitched slightly with anxiety.

I grinned at the silver bot and nodded in agreememt. "You're right." I hummed out.

"Be back soon. You guys go on without me, gonna check these rooms." Epps spoke up and I watched as Epps walked off to search in the many rooms belonging to his fellow Soldiers. Pretty much leaving me with the two stressed out Autobots.

Jazz smiled to himself and kneeled down to hold out his claw-like servo. "Wish to jump on Mah lady? It will be easier for ya to spot the bag, Plus you know what da bag actually looks like." Jazz explains smoothly, the cheeky smile on his faceplates becoming bigger and brighter.

Ironhide looked between me and Jazz, before grumbling and scooping me up in a flash. I yelped while Jazz stood slowly back to his full height in pure amusement. "C'mon, you'll get a better view with me... Since I'm taller."

"Hey! I'm not dat short, you afthole!" Jazz protested defensively, shoving Ironhide hard enough for the black bot to stagger. I giggled in amusement and held onto the Weapon Specialists digits, brown hair rustling at the sudden force.

"You slagger! Watch it! I could've dropped Hazel!" Ironhide growled out like a feral animal, making me look at him with surpriaed wide eyes.

"-But ya didn't." Jazz bit back smoothly, but you could tell the conversation was slowly turning into a debate... or an argument. "Jeez over-protective much? Lovebot.", Jazz teased Ironhide, but you could tell it wasn't a joke anynore. I watched Ironhides blue eyes narrow dangerously, cannons doing a sudden whirl.

"Guys..." I started, trying to defuse the situation. Knowing they were taking their foul mood out on eachother, which wasn't really needed right now.

I was easily ignored. "Don't be a smartaft, spikehead." Ironhide threw an insult in return to the smaller bot, said bot crossed his arms across his silver torso.

"Just sayin' da truth. I didn't even nudge ya dat hard. Hazel is fine." Jazz replied standing up straighter in slight annoyance, as if that would prove a point.

"Guys." I tried again, but firmer this time. My hands landing on my hips with an unimpressed look on my face.

Ignored again. "Fine? Hazel could've fallen and gone squish! Then what? Be dead like..." Ironhide started to snarl out in anger, before trailing off his sentence.

My irritation turned into pain at this and all what I was about to snap out deflated instantly. Silently, I watched Jazzs arms slowly fall to his sides, claws slowly turning into tensed fists.

I swore I heard the sound of Jazzs Denta grinding. "C'mon, continue Weapon Specialist, I dare ya." Jazz hissed out slowly, words like venom.

Ironhide growled again, before opening his mouth. Obviously not one to back off-

"That is enough, both of you." Optimus spoke up sternly, making me jump at his sudden appear. There the flamed leader stood tall as a Prime should. Dark Ocean Optics showing exhaustion, anger... but most of all Disappointment.

"Ironhide started it." Jazz protested angrily, before being cut off by the Prime.

"-and I am Finishing it." Optimus stated bluntly, before continuing on with his lecture. "This is unacceptable behaviour. I expected better from both of you..."

Silence followed as all of the bots calmed down from their angry states. "If you have already forgotten, our objective is to find the missing Allspark shard. Not to Argue. So split up and get back to work, Soldiers." Optimus demanded with stern optics that showed no patience or room for argument.

Optimus was obviously not in the mood for anyones crap right now, especially with the shard MIA -Missing in action- and having the Government up his ass like no tomorrow.

I gulped, shrinking away slightly and wishing I could shrink into non-existence at this moment. An Angry Optimus, was not something I wish to have towards me. I held onto Ironhides digits as he walked away with a slight limp with his step. Jazz and Optimus walked off in the opposite direction.

Silence filled the air instantly, making it feel quite stuffy and awkward. Ironhide seemed to be distracted by his own mind as he grumbled out random words in his native language. I left him be, noting that he was still angry and watched his cannons glow and whirl here and there.

Looking around to distract myself from the angry mech, my eyes soon caught the glimpse of purple when Ironhide did a sharp turn.

"Wait!" I shouted out making Ironhide halt instantly. Ironhide quickly looked down at me with slight frustration, before becoming more angry when he noted I was already climbing down his frame.

"What are you doing? Where are you going... what the! Hazel get back here!" Ironhide demanded with annoyance, his optics watched me run off. Quickly the mech snapped out of it and followed me.

"I saw it!" I hollered back to him with much relief. Moving even faster at this.

"What?" Ironhide replied, obviously forgetting the whole shard situation with all his clouded anger.

"The bag you silly!" I exclaimed making Ironhide blink in recognition, before he sped up his pace to catch up to me. We both knew that wouldn't take long at all.

I smiled brightly when I spotted the purple backpack and ran up to it. I grabbed it and observed it, to see it was quite dirty and had some rips with burn marks on it. Obviously whatever that tried to take it, my guess a Decepticon, it didn't get far.

"Careful." Ironhide warned, but my attention was stolen from the sound of metal clanking to the floor.

I blinked and looked down to spot the shard that I had found. Crouching, I grabbed it out of instinct and held it tightly in my hand so I didn't drop it. A tingling feeling was easily felt, but it soon followed by a painful burning feeling.

"No! Don't grab it with your bare hands!" Ironhide yelped out in horro, making me panic and I instantly opened my hand to let go of it. "It's gone!" I yelped out, looking around to try and spot it.

Slowly, I looked at my hand with dread to see it glowing orange. "Oh my primus..." Ironhide muttered out as I looked at him with my hands in the air, the backpack falling to the floor with a soft 'clank'.

My heart raced, mouth starting to dry, I felt myself shake madly. I knew a panic attack was going to hit me if Ironhide kept that damn shocked and horrified emotion in his optics that he wouldn't... couldn't hide.

"What? What! Tell me!" I yelled out im panic, hand shaking with fear. I didn't know what was happening, it was clear it wasn't normal for an alien shard to asorb into a humans skin.

Ironhide tried to hide the horror and panic, but was failing miserably. "I'm just gonna com-link Ratchet to help you, nothing to worry about.. .okay?" Ironhide tried to make his voice as calm as possible, even when my eyes went wide with fear.

"Oh my god! How can I not worry about that? Why do we need Ratchet!" I squeaked out, panicking more. Watching how Ironhide com-linked Ratchet through their emergency line.

In seconds, I heard the sounds of metal feet running urgently and the sounds of 'Move!' and 'Get out of my fragging way. Now!'.

I looked to my left to spot the rushing Autobot CMO, followed by a worried Prime. A tingling sensation filled me and I could tell the medic just scanned me. He didn't usually do that.

"Oh... shit..." Ratchet swore out in English. Optimus looked alarmed at this and stood next to his medic, his servo was held out where William was holding on tightly.

"What's wrong? Hazel?" William asked, obviously trying to catch up to the situation. The Prime had just scooped him up to run here afterall.

"I don't know dad!" I snapped out, frustrated. I looked at Ratchet for answers. "Can someone please just tell me what's happening!" I demanded at them, fear racing through my body. I watched William voice his worries to the Medic and Prime.

"The shard... it's absorbed into your body..." Ratchet muttered out the obvious, making William freeze in horror when he realised what had happened.

"-but how." William now demanded, just as confused. Optimus slowly looked at me with a concerned gazed, optics wider than I have ever seen them.

That was unsettling enough to make me want to faint. "I... It has chosen you. For some reason." Ratchet continued, doing another scan on me in hopes to find more.

"Scrap. We got to get you to the med-bay. Your human biology isn't handling the shard." Ratchet rambled out with horror.

This made my heart stop as my jaw slacked. "What."

"Ratchet, explain please." Optimus spoke up trying to add it all togetjer, looking at the medic for the hope of a better explanation and much better answers. "What can we do Ratchet?"

"It has already infected your bloodstream, it took up to seconds, heck faster..." Ratchet spoke out slowly, but easily fast enough through the stufdy silence. Obviously trying to think of what to do, this was the first time something like this has happened.

"What the hell does that mean!" William snapped out, eyes showing fear, easily becoming impatient and worried. They all wanted answers as much as me.

"Her blood will change to energon." Ratchet mumured to us, seeming skittish at the very thought.

"...But... energon is poisonous to humans." Ironhide now snapped at Ratchet, scooping me up in a protective matter while standing his full height. Ironhide now found himself being pushed forward and demanded by Ratchet to go to the med-bay like no tomorrow.

"I know that" Ratchet whispered harshly to Ironhide, while receiving the 'shut up idiot. You'll scare her more.' look from the medic, but it was too late... I heard it all.

I looked at my hand that had absorbed the shard as I found myself being right back in the med-bay again. For once I was fully councious as the cables were hooked onto me. I sat there emotionless on the bed, William sitting further away from me, Ordered by Ratchet to do so.

"No human can touch her. We cannot risk the chance of you also being infected too." Ratchet had told William as to why he couldn't be anywhere near me. Meanwhile Optimus shook his helm trying to wrap his processor around it all.

"So...it's like a virus?" Will mumbled out, looking at me with worried eyes. A frown on his dry lips.

"I am not sure Captain Lennox." Ratchet quickly admitted with a frown, while hooking another cable onto me. Not using any needles yet as he was aware of my fear, but right now I think that was the least of my worries.

Ironhide stood by Optimus watching silently, I felt every scan Ratchet took which was practically every second.

"One touch, could kill..." William whispered out, hazel eyes showing horror.

I watched black veins slowly pop up on my hand that had once held the shard. It slowly spreaded down my arm, a blue glow ran through the veins here and there like a snake or worm slithering under my skin, felt like it was pulsing too.

I swallowed thickly as it hit me all at one.

I'm going to... die.