Daddy rubbed my helm while givng me my favorite energon drink. 'Oh, my sweet, Mirage,' he purred. I looked up to him. He embraced me again. 'I am so sorry,' he whispered. I leaned into my father as he rubbed my head. Windcharger was nowhere to be seen. 'Where is windcharger?' I asked quietly. 'I don't ever want to see her again. She was responsible for you and she left you. A mech abused and raped you... your mother would be devastated,' he said. I felt a painful stab through my spark. 'Mommy...' I whispered. 'it's going to be all right,' he said rubbing my helm. I shook my helm and kept drinking while tightly holding my teddybear.

I started thinking. The allspark creates life. Can't she bring my mommy back? I looked up to my father. 'Can't the allspark bring my mommy back?' I asked. 'No, the allspark creates life, the matrix however...' he trailed off. 'Where can I find that?' i asked. Daddy shook his helm. 'Your mother is gone, sweetspark. She's not coming back,' he said. 'But... the matrix, where is it?' I asked. 'It's called the Matrix of leadership. Optimus Prime has it in his chest,' he said. 'In his chest?' I asked. He nodded, 'what does he want in return?' I asked. 'It's never been used for that purpose, Mirage. It's not supposed to bring people back to life,' he said, still rubbing my helmet.

'Oh...'

I got up and headed upstairs, sitting behind my desk and turned on the computer. I searched for the matrix but there wasn't any in the files I downloaded. Would this be enough for Optimus to give it a try? I looked at the photo of my mother. I will give it a try. I collected everything and the next morning, I was heading for the building in downtown Kaon. This time, I sneaked in for another purpose. I walked up to the large door and knocked before walking in. Optimus seemed to be surprised as I stopped in front of his desk. 'Hi...' I flashed him a smile before climbing on the chair in front of him on the other side of the desk.

'Well, hello, little one,' he said. I sat down and held my teddybear. 'How did you get in?' he asked. 'I am good and sneaking around. I was wondering if we can make a deal... I am Dino.' He sat back, amused with me. 'A deal?' he asked. I nodded and opened my subspace, grabbing my notebook. 'I have done some research... I will share it with you, but I want something in return,' I said. He gave a small hesitant nod. 'I spied on the Decepticons... a couple of weeks ago, I caught two, Bonecrusher and another. They stole data from your computer and brought it to Starscream. He said he wanted to keep an eye on whatever you are doing and if things escalate, he will attack. They killed my mommy as well... they wanted to get rid of her. I followed a lead, build my own computer and also stole your data. I just wanted to figure out what they were doing... my daddy doesn't know.'

I shove my notebook towards him. He grabbed it and flipped through the pages. The amused smile had vanished. 'I followed them... they want the all-spark. If it's in CyberCity, you should move it before they will get their servo's on it,' I said. He looked up, 'how old are you?' he asked. 'six stellar cycles,' I replied proudly. 'Aren't you supposed to play with your friends?' he asked. 'I don't have friends... they don't like me because I am smart, but I have friends. Jazz, Que... Ironhide and Ratchet... I met your sparkmate as well. She fed me...'

Optimus looked throug my notebook again. 'Mommy said it's wrong to spy on people... but they killed her and I wanted to know why. She always supported me... and I miss her.' Optimus gave me a sympatic look. 'Now I told you this... can you do something for me in return?' I asked. 'Which is?' he asked. 'Can you give me my mommy back? Can you use the matrix to get her back?' I asked. Optimus vented softly as I looked at him with hope. 'The matrix doesn't work that way, Dino. I wish I could but... it's never been used for that,' he said.

'I hate Decepticons...'

'Not all of them are bad,' he said. I looked up with teary eyes. 'Say that to the one who beat me up and raped me last night. Brawl...' I wiped the tears off my cheek and looked up. 'If I get her back... I can forget about everything and go home. Back to the house near the lake...' I said. 'Come here...' Optimus pushed the chair away and picked me up, pulling me on his lap. 'Everything will be okay, even it doesn't seem like that. I will handle Brawl and make sure he will never touch you again,' he stated. I gave a small nod and smiled weakly. On my way home, I made a stop at my mother's grave. I sat down for a moment. I am left with nothing. I crawled against the stone and curled up.

When I got home, I felt numb. I headed upstairs and curled up in bed, holding my teddybear tightly. I waited for my daddy to come home from work but it took him so long. I was hungry and I needed to see him and get a hug from him. Around the evening, there was a knock on the door. Looking through the window, I saw Que and Prowl so I opened up. 'Hey, Mirage.' The blue mech hugged me back before picking me up. I was so happy with the company. I am not alone anymore. 'Hi, Mirage... how are you doing?' Prowl asked. 'I am waiting for my daddy to finally come home. I am hungry,' I said. He hummed and shut the door. 'Why are you here?' I asked. Que sat down with me on his lap.

'Your daddy isn't coming home tonight, Mirage.'

I cocked my head tot he side– confused why he wouldn't come home. 'Does he have an extra shift?' I asked. 'He never made it to his work... he's missing,' Prowl said. 'Missing? so... I am loosing my mommy and my daddy now?' I asked as tears filled my optics again. 'I promise that I will do everything I can to find him. He's nod dead... he's just somewhere and we don't know where,' he said. I sobbed and shook my helm, 'daddy wouldn't leave me behind. I bet Starscream is after this again... he killed my mother. He ordered to get her killed and he also said he would keep an eye on my daddy...'

I jumped on my ped. 'I hate Decepticons!' I yelled before running upstairs and slamming the door shut. I hid underneath my blanket, crying. 'Mirage... sweetspark.' Que tugged the blanket away from my helmet. 'Leave me alone,' I snapped. 'Your father isn't dead... he's only missing and we will get him back,' he said. He gently picked me up and wrapped his arms around me. 'It's hard and I know... but everything will be okay,' he stated. 'Everyone keeps saying that, but I don't believe it anymore. Why do they hate me so much? What have I done to them to hurt me?' I asked.

'I know it's hard, Mirage... but you need to have fate,' Prowl said in the door opening. 'Fate in what?' I sobbed. 'Fate in us,' he said. 'I promise they won't harm you,' he added. 'They already did...' I spat and curled up again. 'Brawl raped me... he beat me up the other day. I stayed with Ratchet... I just can't shake off how it felt and what he did. Now I also lost my father...' Que picked me up and held me on his lap. 'I am sure, Ratchet will be able to keep an eye on you. You trust him, right?' he asked. I nodded while Que wiped the tears off my cheek. 'We will get Brawl,' Prowl said as he picked me up and held me on his hip. 'I wish I had better news,' he added. I rested my helm on his shoulder.

'How did you get this?' Que asked, pointing at my computer. 'I build it...' I mumbled. 'Really?' he asked. 'Why does everyone sound so surprised? It's just a stupid computer,' I snapped. 'Because I have never heard a young sparkling from your age was able to build something complicated and impressive as this,' Que said, getting up. 'I did my research... it works,' I said. 'Very impressive,' Prowl praised and placed me back on the ground. 'Shall we pack a few things?' He asked, crouching down. I had no other choice and as sad as I was, I had to.

Prowl brought me to Ratchet's place and I could stay in the room Ratchet allowed me to recharge in prior. I sat down and looked out of the huge window. It's so beautiful. I jawed and looked up as Ratchet crouched down and picked me up. 'Come on... you are exhausted.' He gently showered me before laying me in bed, again with a hot jug. It felt so nice against my frame. He stayed until I fell asleep again.