"SAM!" An aggravated feminine voice yells from the other side of the junk yard. The Autobots and humans look at each other in confusion. Except for Sideswipe. A nervous twitch seems to form on his face as he quickly transforms and drives off into the direction of the voice. "Sam! I know you're here" The feminine voice shouts again. Sideswipe drifts to a stop in front of the tall, brunette hair, green eye girl, whose flawless face was contorted in anger. Sideswipes holoform jumps out of the driver side of his alt. "Babe, what are you doing here?" He says trying to keep his cool. Her hands are on her hips and she is tapping her foot. "Seriously! You vanish for weeks and that's what you say to me! You couldn't call or stop by. What the fuck Sam?" She snaps at him. The others slowly made their way to the couple, attempting to stay hidden. "Look I'm sorry I had urgent business to take care of and I couldn't call. Please I'm sorry. I won't do it again." He pleaded. He moved closer to her, reaching out for her. She crossed her arms and back away, leaving a hurt look on his face. "That's no excuse." She claimed. "Please I'm really sorry. Don't do this to me. It won't happen again." "You said that last time. I don't believe that you actually want this. Goodbye Sam." She turned quick and walked away. He could hear her motorcycle take off. Sideswipe was about to run after her, until he was stopped by his team.

"Sideswipe" Lieutenant Bumblebee warned down to the holoform. Sideswipe gave him a nervous grin before going back into his bipedal mode. He transforms and looks to the ground, waiting to get yelled at. "What was that?" Bumblebee interrogated. "I didn't think she would ever come here. She is...was my girlfriend. Her name is Clarissa I kept her a secret cause I knew none of you would approve. She doesn't know that I'm not human." He explained, still looking away. "AWWWWWW!" The police bot, Strongarm cooed. The group all looked at her in confusion. "He actually cares about someone and its not just anyone, It's a human and a feisty one at that." "It doesn't matter now you guys clearly saw her just break up with me." Sideswipe snapped. "Go get her!" Strongarm ordered. "Woah woah. No. Its better if she isn't with you. It could only cause problems later. You don't want her to get caught by decepticons, do you?" Bumblebee exclaimed. Sideswipe could only nod. Knowing it would be better and safer if she wasn't with him. "Good, now let's get back to work." Bumblebee ordered. They all turned to go back to the command center. Sideswipe took his time, still looked back at where Clarissa had run off.

Strongarm walked up beside him, a giddy look on her face. "So, tell me how you met her? Tell me about her. Tell me everything!" She seemed to jump for joy. Sideswipe frowned and seemed to trudge as he walked. "We raced while I was on patrol one day. She was on her motorcycle and she had beaten me. It was amazing. I just had to get to know her. Turns out she's actually races motorcycles as a job." "Is that why you were missing all those times?" Strongarm questioned. Sideswipe gave a sheepish grin. "Yeah, I wanted to support her. Sometimes I would just go hang out with her at her house. She has horses and taught me how to ride. She's got so much talent and can do anything she sets her mind to." He continued, smiling to himself. "Sounds like you love her." He looked up at her in surprise, then back down to the dirt they were walking on. "how long have you been seeing her?" "About 6 months, but I don't think I love her. I do like her a lot." "SIDESWIPE! STRONGARM! Hurry Up." Yelled Bumblebee from the command center. "We shall talk later." Strongarm whispered before they broke into a sprint.

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"Clarissa, I have to tell you something." Sideswipe said to her as she brushed on of her horses, Koda. She put the brush down and walked over to him, wiping her hands on her jeans. "I've been keeping something from you, for you own safety, only now I've grown to like you more than I thought I would. Come with me. I need to show you something." He took hold of her hand and pulled her outside. She hesitated for a moment, unsure if she wanted to know. His alt most was sitting outside the barn and walked towards it. He let go of her hand, his back to her. "First my name isn't Sam. Its Sideswipe." She raised her eyebrow at him and crossed her arms. Without looking at her, he let himself fizzle into thin air. She jumped a little in surprise not expecting this. She didn't flinch back, as she watched him transform into a giant being. Her face held a smug little smile.

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The sound of a motorcycle engine rang in their ears. The Autobots and humans turned and looked to the sound pulling into the command center. Clarissa jumped off her bike and ran to the center of the group. "Thank you, guys, for being able to let me talk. I have important news and I need your help." She panted. Sideswipe knelt down, looking at her in confusion. "What's going on Clarissa?" Bumblebee asked in a worried tone. "I got called back to duty, but this time for a different reason." She stopped to take in a deep breath. "This time its to hunt Autobots and Decepticons." She looked at Bumblebee, keeping a straight face. "What are you talking about?" Strongarm questioned. "I am saying, that they want me to come back and help them hunt you all down. They are worried for all us humans. Saying you are all dangerous and need to be destroyed. I tired to talk them out of it. But they wanted nothing to do with what I was saying. And I don't know if I should go, to try and help keep Autobots safe or not and let them destroy whoever they find." She frowned, looking up at the bots surrounding her, waiting for their answer. "Don't do it, Clarissa. What if they use you to find us." Russel shouted to her from behind the command center.

"I say do it." Bumblebee stated after thinking it over. Everyone looked at the in surprise. "Are you sure?" Clarissa inched towards him. "If you find any Autobots, you could be an inside man, letting us know and we go get them. The Decepticons as well. They don't need to die by human hands." He explained. "Oh like an undercover spy." Strongarm said excitedly. "She would need to be stealthy to keep up the charade." Drift pointed out. "Don't worry about that. I can be stealthy." Clarissa said with a smile. "But your leaving me. Leaving us." Sideswipe confessed. She walked up to him, putting her hand on one of his digits. "I know, Sides, but this is they only way for your people to be saved. I don't want any of you dying and me knowing I could have prevented it. It would kill me. I need to keep you and everyone else safe." She smiled a confident smile up to him. Trying to convince him she was doing the right thing.

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Clarissa was working at her desk when her superior call for the whole team. There haven't been any sightings for days. She wondered what could be going on. So, she got up and ran to the conference room with everyone one else. "What's going on, Draco?" She asked as she closed the door behind her, looking up at the senior agent. "A cylinder like capsule has been found on in the mountains in New York. We need to go figure out what it is. The locals say it has some odd symbol on it and looks like there is a metal being inside. Get your gear and head out to the helicopters. Let's move!" He said yelling the last part. As they departed the room, grabbing their gear as quickly as they can, Clarissa quickly and as sneaky as she could, sends a text to Sideswipe, letting them know something is about to go down.

The helicopters land on the bottom of the mountain, meaning they must hike up it, to find what they are looking for. Clarissa gets herself ready for the long hike, its cold in New York and it has just started snowing. She hopes for it to end quickly as it came, but weather on the mountains can be unpredictable. The group begins their trek up the side of the mountain, one of the locals leading them to the capsule. They were about halfway up, when they closed in on it. Clarissa oversaw inspecting anything suspicious about the capsule, having to make sure whether its Autobot, Decepticon, or nothing to worry about. She made her way through the woods and rocky path, attempting to get there quick through the snow. Her eyes soon land on a very large, blue and gray cylinder, large tinted windows giving small access to what is inside. She notices the Autobot symbol on top, causing her to quickly send coordinates to her other team. They know to wait for her signal before ground bridging to the sight, seeing as she needs to get the agents away first.

She walks closer to get a closer look at who might be inside. "Hanson, see what it is?" Drako's husky voice rings out over her radio. "I'm not sure yet. I'm climbing up to have a look inside and see." She quickly replies. She wipes away the access snow and peers inside. If it weren't for the golden yellow color and black and yellow side fins on its helm, she would of took the bot for Sideswipe. He seemed to be resting peacefully inside the chamber. She noticed the Autobot symbol on his chest. She also notices scratch marks and dents along his frame, he must have been fighting before being shoved inside. There was no way she was going to let the other agents get to him. She slides down the side and made her way back to the others. Setting up one of her scanners to fake radiation.

Please let me know what you think. Not so sure on this one yet. So input would help heavenly.

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