"So, how was it?" Diesel sung to her, as he watched her make her way to him.

"How do you think? The asshole still thinks I'm a murderer. He can't fucking understand that I was doing what I was told to do. And he seems to think I need to talk about my past. It might help me move on. He just a stupid idiot." She scoffed to him but kept her voice low. She was still holding a small grudge against him for making her go.

"You know your not a murderer. Come let's take a walk and you can tell me all about it." Diesel made his way out of the hanger. She threw her head back and groaned but followed him out anyway. This discussion wasn't meant for other ears. It was a secret not many people knew and she had no plan on anyone else finding out.

"So, how was it?" Sideswipe asked his brother as he walked into the room, trying to hide the grin on his face. His brother gave him a 'really' look.

"It was just fantastic." He said sarcastically. "The little she-devil had to play a game before her appointment."

Sideswipe sat up to hear this story, it sounded funny to him. "Well go on." He said with a smirk.

Sunstreaker gave him another sideways look and couldn't stop himself from slapping his brother behind the helm.

"Ow, really was that necessary." Sideswipe said rubbing the back of his helm.

"Yes, it was. Anyway, the fleshy decided to slam my door and almost damage it, then ran off to the elevators without me. I had to chase her around the slagging parking garage. She thought she was so clever. We were fifteen minutes late to her appointment. I had to lie and say we got lost." Sunstreaker finished and Sideswipe couldn't stop laughing. Sunstreaker gave him a shove off the berth.

"Oh, come on, bro. That's was hilarious." He said holding onto his chest, trying not to laugh so hard. Sunstreaker gave a scoff and left the room, Sideswipe in tow.

The twins walked back out to the hanger just in time to see Diesel and Nichole walking down the path outside. Diesel walked with his hands behind his back. Nichole had her hands in her back pocket. Sunstreaker stopped to watch her walk away.

"Bro!" Sideswipe yelled as he ran into his unmoving twin.

"Hey don't scratch my paint!" Sunstreaker yelled back at him.

"Well if you wouldn't have stopped in the middle of the hanger." He snapped back.

"Will you shut up?" Sunstreaker growled.

"Why do I need to shut up?" Sides said shoving his brother. Sunstreaker shoved back.

"What the frag?"

"You're such a baby." Sunstreaker pushed, shoving him again.

"Me?!? You're the one crying over his finish and some stupid girl." Sideswipe threw a punch this time, hitting his twin in the gut. Sunstreaker stumbling back at the hit, growling as he regained balance.

"I do not cry over anything or anyone." He roared throwing back a punch, hitting Sides in the helm.

The twins continued their fight. Shouting out profanities at each other. Taking stabs at one another without using swords, just their words. It caught the attention of others in the hanger. Even Diesel and Nichole could hear the metal clashing together from out in the yard.

"Will you two knock it off!" Yelled Ironhide as he stormed into the hanger. The two ignored him, throwing punches at each other. Optimus drove in from a patrol. He transformed quick and swiftly before storming to the two frontliners.

"That's enough!" He roared, his deep low voice echoing off the walls. He grabbed the two by the door wings, ripping them off each other.

"I don't know what that was about, but it better not happen again." He warned them. Sunstreaker pulled himself out of Optimus's grip, transformed and drove off without another word.

"Yes, sir." Sideswipe said as Optimus let him go. Sideswipe looked the way his brother drove off. He noticed Nichole staring the same way as well, then she looked at him. She could see the hurt in his eyes, the regret from fighting his brother. They stared at each other for a moment, until she broke away. He watched her turn around and her and Diesel continue on their way.

Once the two thought they were far enough away to start talking, Diesel broke the silence.

"So, tell me." He looked down at her as they stopped.

"He keeps bringing up the mission in Karz." She began, her tone dead.

"The only mission I wasn't with you on." Diesel acknowledged. She nodded in agreement before continuing.

"He thinks I'm still hanging myself on it. When he knows that I don't give to shits. I went in, did my job, then left. He says that's why I can't have a weapon anymore. I know we joke that it was from the warning shot I gave, but I'd rather just think its from that, than what happened in Karz." She wouldn't admit it, not ever, not even to Diesel, but it was not one of the proudest moments for her.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Diesel sat down next to her.

"What's there to talk about?" She asked back.

They didn't notice the golden Lambo creep up behind them. Sunstreaker stopped a few feet away, knowing it was wrong to eavesdrop, but he couldn't stop himself.

"I killed innocent people, Diesel." Her voice just as dead as before. Sunstreaker couldn't believe what he heard. He couldn't see her face. He couldn't see the guilt that loomed in her eyes. He didn't want to stay any longer. Now he was even more confused. His spark wanted a murderer. Yes, he has killed people, but not because he wanted too. What he just heard was unbelievable.

"The women begged me not to kill their children. They begged me to kill them first. I can still hear their screams. Their cries." Sunstreaker wasn't sure how much more he could hear. He had to go tell someone there was a murderer living right down the hall. It made sense why she wasn't allowed a weapon. She could kill them all. He left as quietly as he could.

"You were ordered too. You were just doing what you were told. They were going to die anyway, if it wasn't by your hand." Diesel defended. Sunstreaker was already out of range to hear.

"I know Diesel. I always did what I was told. I was the only one with the guts to do it. No one else had the stomach to handle it. The people were sick, very sick." She spat. She stood abruptly.

"They sent me in with enough ammo to do the job. I was sent to go in, kill the residents and get out. It was a lone mission only few knew about." He took a digit and rubbed her back. Calming her down. He knew it was hard for her to talk about some things. She tried to keep everything inside.

"But it was easier to do than what I was forced to do growing up." She said in barely a whisper. "So much easier." She knows she should feel awful for what she did overseas, but she doesn't. It truly meant nothing to her. It was easy for her to kill and not feel attached. It had always been easy.

"Sideswipe! Sideswipe!!" Sunstreaker yelled through the bond.

"What" Sideswipe growled through the bond, still mad at his twin for earlier.

"Look I'm sorry, but you got to hear this." Sunstreaker said running into their room. Sideswipe was laying on his berth, looking through some data pads. He looked up as he heard his brother trying to catch his breath. Sideswipe leaned up and looked at his brother in confusion.

"She's a murderer." Sunstreaker spit out, sitting in his berth.

"We are all murderers. We have all killed. How is she any different?" Sideswipe asked.

"No, we kill cause we had no choice, not because we wanted too. Except for us in the pits. We had to survive, but we also didn't kill sparkling's. Going off topic. She slaughtered femmes and sparkling's for no reason." Sideswipe took in the information from his twin.

"Have you thought about if she had to as well?" Sunstreaker couldn't believe what he just heard.

"Are you defending her?"

Sideswipe shook his head. "She's military, she's just like us in away. Maybe she had to kill them. Do I like that idea? No. I think that's awful that she would do such a thing. I'm not trying to defend her. I just don't think you should go straight to that conclusion." Sunstreaker gave a huff and looked away from his twin.

"Since when do you act so reasonable?" Sunstreaker scowled. His twin couldn't hold back a laugh.

"Either way I want to know more. I mean why would she have to kill femmes and sparkling's? She said it herself, she killed innocent people." Sunstreaker continued. His brother nodding in agreement.
Sideswipe got off the berth and looked at his brother, "Well let's go."

"What now? We can't just go ask her?"

"Why not?"

"Because she doesn't know I heard her." Sunstreaker gave him a sheepish grin.

"You eavesdropped on her. Dude, she is going to be pissed." Sunstreaker stood and gave his brother a playful shove.

"Yeah I know. I already know. Lets just keep this between us until we have more information." Sideswipe nodded in agreement.

"We are missing something, though. Something must have happened to her, to make her do that." Sideswipe wondered as he sat back down.

"Maybe we should go to Ratchet. He might be able to help." He offered. Sunstreaker gave him a disapproving look.

"No way! Ratchet will probably make it worse and he might ruin my paint job. Your out of your mind." Sunstreaker protested. Sideswipe rolled his eyes at his disgruntled twin.

"Well fine. Then we should recharge we have patrol early in the morning." "Fine." The two laid down on their berths. Sideswipe didn't take long to pass out. Sunstreaker on the other hand took longer than it should off.

The sun was just rising out of the horizon when the twins got up to go on patrol. Yellows, oranges mixing with blues and purples. The clouds line just the right way to lend the colors a hand. That was one of the amazing things about Earth, that Cybertron didn't have. Sunstreaker could watch the sun rise or fall all day if he could. He's painted the sky a few times since being on Earth. Though he could never get it just like the real thing, no matter how hard he tried. By time the twins got back, the sun was high in the sky. Not a cloud in the sky. No Decepticons either. It was making the team restless. Sunstreaker had been the only one to get out of base and not just to patrol. Sideswipe envied him, but not so much, because he didn't want to be near the stormy weather that was Nichole. The two raced back to base, going above 100 miles per hour. The two drifted around the corner entering the hanger. Dust flying in from behind them. The two lambos came to a quick stop but didn't transform yet. A car wash is what they were going to go for next.

"Can't you stay the fuck out of my way?" She scowled at the golden lambo as drove around the corner. He just barely missed Nichole as she was walking into the hanger. He transformed fast and disorganized, unlike his usual graceful, beautiful transformation. His driver side door flew open and his holoform stormed out slamming the door behind him. She stayed where she stood as his tall toned form came just inches from her, towering over her, looking down at her, huffing with anger. Her stone-gray eyes staring into his bright blue holoform ones.

"You have no idea how hard I try and stay away from you, but somehow I keep running into you. Unless you are doing it on purpose." He growled. She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrow at him.

"Trust me, I want nothing to do with you." She attacked. He didn't want to admit it, but for some reason, his spark hurt from hearing her spiteful word. His face softened as he looked at her. She felt something inside her break upon seeing the saddened look on his face. It angered her that he was beginning to affect her. Then he asked something. Something no ones ever thought to ask her. It broke the mask, shattering it to pieces and maybe it was just because he said it.

"Who made you this way? How did you become so heartless?" His voice softened with his eyes. Then he had to add to the broken pieces. "I thought I was bad. I thought no one could be as heartless at me, but you proved me wrong. Your worse than I am. I can actually care and show feelings. I actually try and get along with my comrades. You...you just shove everyone away, hurting them without even saying anything and when you do, you crush them. You have no guilt or remorse. What happened to you to make you this way? And you know what else...at least I haven't killed innocent people." His holoform dissipated and left her standing there.