Chapter 6: More Questions Arise

Sabrina's vision quickly becomes blurry as the tears roll down her cheeks as she desperately tries to find somewhere to hide and calm down. She finds an empty room. The only problem is that everything is robot-sized. Sabrina doesn't mind as she goes into the back corner, slumping down onto the floor before pulling her knees into her chest and crying into her hands. Back in the main room, Jack walks up to Miko.

"Great job, Miko," Jack says.

"I thought her parents would have told her by now that she's adopted," Miko says.

"If they did, Sabrina wouldn't have gotten so upset," Rafael adds.

"Does it matter if a human child looks like their parents?" Cliffjumper asks.

"To most humans, it doesn't," Jack says. "But there are a few, like the school bully, Vince. They like to contently bring it up to upset whoever it is, so that person's confidence and self-esteem get shattered."

"Cliffjumper, I will assign you as her guardian since you saved Sabrina," Optimus says.

"Yes, Sir," Cliffjumper says.

Acree takes hold of his wrist and drags him away.

"What's wrong with you 'Cee?" Cliffjumper asks.

"You need to get to know Sabrina, and she can help you learn more about Earth," Arcee says.

"Is that part of my job as her guardian?" Cliffjumper asks.

"Yes," Arcee says.

"I don't even know how to help Sabrina with what she is going through right now," Cliffjumper says.

"For now, all Sabrina needs to know is that you're her guardian," Acree says.

"That may be true, but how will we find her?" Cliffjumper asks.

"Let's just follow our audio receptors since she is crying," Arcee replies.

Cliffjumper and Arcee walk down the hallway, listening carefully to hear Sabrina crying. Inside the room where Sabrina is hiding, she realizes that the sound of her crying echoes so loud in the empty room. She doesn't care. Right now, all Sabrina wants to do is cry, as it is the only thing that helps her feel better. A minute later, she hears the door to the room open before she looks up as she uses the back of her hand to dry away some of the tears from her eyes. She soon sees Cliffjumper and Arcee walking in.

"Hey, Cliffjumper, Arcee, what's up?" Sabrina sniffles.

"Optimus assigned me to be your guardian," Cliffjumper says.

"What other things do you have to do besides protecting me from the Decepticons?" Sabrina asks.

"I'll let you know when I think of another reason besides what you mentioned," Cliffjumper says. "Sabrina, I know this isn't a good subject. Have you ever mentioned how you're feeling to your parents before?" Cliffjumper adds.

"No, Cliffjumper, I haven't. Now that Miko and Vince have brought it up, I can't stop thinking about it." Sabrina says.

Sabrina doesn't know why, but suddenly she feels so many different emotions flowing through her body, a bit more anger mixed with a touch more sadness, rejection, and several others she can't place. She slowly stands up, and the only thing she feels like doing is crying again, not wanting Cliffjumper to think she is a crybaby. She does her best to hold back the tears in her eyes.

"Sabrina, are you okay?" Cliffjumper asks.

"Cliffjumper, I'm all right. Why do you ask." Sabrina answers.

Arcee walks over to Sabrina and puts her finger on Sabrina's shoulder.

"I think he's asking because you look like you're about to cry," Arcee says, causing Sabrina to look up at her slowly. "Sabrina, closing yourself off from others when you feel upset won't help anyone," Arcee says.

"Is that your way of saying keeping all my emotions bottled up is bad?" Sabrina says.

"She's quoting me," Cliffjumper says.

"I don't see how crying will make me feel better," Sabrina says. " I don't know who I am anymore or where I was born. If I ask my parents about this, I'd feel like I'd be betraying them." Sabrina's voice starts to crack as a few tears roll down her cheeks again. "They've accepted me into their lives, and this is how I'd be returning all the love they gave me for the past sixteen years by asking, 'Mom, Dad, why didn't you tell me that I'm not your biological daughter?' It would break their hearts." Sabrina adds, hiccuping as she tries to get herself to stop crying.

After Sabrina regains her composure and wipes away the last of her tears, Cliffjumper puts his hand down in front of Sabrina. She climbs onto it before he puts her onto his shoulder. Then he and Acree walk back to join up with the others. Jack hears the Autobots walking back into the room. Cliffjumper sets Sabrina in front of the steps leading to the sitting area. Jack gets up from the sofa and goes over to Sabrina as she walks up the stairs. She notices Miko is gone.

"Miko went home early. That's odd behavior for her." Sabrina says.

"I know. But Miko feels bad about bringing up you possibly being adopted." Jack says.

"I'll apologize to her at school tomorrow. I shouldn't have snapped at her." Sabrina says.

"Sabrina, I just want to let you know that no matter what your parents tell you, Miko, Raf, and I will still be your friends," Jack says.

"Jack, I appreciate what you just said," Sabrina says. "If Julian and Elena aren't my biological parents, where are my birth parents? Did they even love me if they gave me to another family?" Sabrina wonders aloud.

"Maybe you should try to talk to them," Jack suggests.

"Jack, you have five minutes to get home before your mom sends out a search and rescue team to find you," Sabrina says, quickly changing the subject as she takes out her phone and sees that it's 9:55 pm.

"Sabrina, my mom, is a worrywart. That's all," Jack says.

"I remember she blew a gasket when you bought that Moped when you were thirteen," Sabrina says.

"I've matured a lot since then," Jack says confidently.

Sabrina slyly raises her eyebrow.

"Sure you have, but talking to Sierra is different." She says.

"Whatever," Jack says, lightly punching her left shoulder.

"I should get going too, or my parents will ground me till the next report card comes out," Raf says.

Optimus tells the others which human they will protect as their guardian. He says to Bumblebee that Raf's well-being is in his hands now. Sabrina knew that Arcee didn't want to be Jack's guardian when she rolled her eyes before walking over to him. Sabrina gathers up her things before she heads home since practicing for the first chair test or the upcoming recital is no longer something she is up to doing. Cliffjumper transforms before she gets in the passenger seat. After driving into town, they soon arrive at Sabrina's home. He slows down before stopping in front of the driveway. After she closes the door, he rolls down the window.

"Do you have school tomorrow?" He asks.

"No, we get the weekend off. All of the teachers forget that and assign homework anyway." Sabrina answers, turning to look at the red Dodge Challenger.

"So do you get to stay in recharge longer... I mean, sleep in." Cliffjumper says.

"Yup." Sabrina smiles.

"Cool, I'll patrol the streets until you get up," Cliffjumper says.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Cliffjumper," Sabrina says.

"Sabrina, we are friends now, so just call me Cliff," Cliffjumper says.

Cliff rolls the window up and waits for her to close the front door before he drives away. Sabrina enters the living room and picks up one of the family photos from the shelf next to the TV from Brandon's birthday last year. She never noticed that Brandon and her 'parents' don't look alike either.

'I can't believe it; this means Vince was right. I am adopted. I thought this was where I belonged. I don't think I should talk to Julian and Elena about this. They don't love Brandon or me since he's likely adopted too.' Sabrina thinks.

She sets the photo down and goes to her room. She places everything down on her desk before changing into her Pj's and walks to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She catches bits and pieces of their conversation when she goes past her parents' room.

"Elena, I'm not sure if Sabrina is old enough, and Brandon won't understand." Mr. Tucker says.

"She is sixteen, Julian. We have to tell Brandon as well. We've kept this a secret from them long enough. They deserve to know." Mrs. Tucker says.

"I know. Elena, you're right. We'll have a family meeting tomorrow after breakfast." Mr. Tucker says.

On the nemesis, Knockout found a way to ensure that Natasha had to spend the night on the ship. He set up a room with earth furniture so Natasha would be as comfortable as possible. Natasha sits on a chair, ready to play the song she picked out for the concert at the end of the week. She winces a bit, wrapping her finger around the bow and placing it on the strings. A few minutes later, every deception on the ship froze when they heard Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel echo through the halls. Starscream notices how the sound instantly calms the troops down and allows them to relax.

"Knockout, is that human you brought on board responsible for this?" Starscream asks.

"Yes, Starscream, I'll ask her to stop," Knockout says.

"No, Knockout, it's fine," Starscream says.

"Are you sure, Starscream?" Knockout asks.

"I can't believe an earth instrument can make such a calming sound. We should keep the girl here as long as possible. If she can continue to make the instrument create more of that sound, it will boost the troop's spirit," Starscream says.

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