You took me in and you drove me out

Yeah, you had me hypnotized

Lost and found and turned around

By the fire in your eyes

You made me cry, you told me lies

But, I can't stand to say goodbye

Mama, I'm coming home

I could be right, I could be wrong

It hurts so bad, it's been so long

Mama, I'm Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne

Dean felt the wind rush around him, eyes shut tight as he cursed his hatred of flying. He knew the water was close, though he didn't realize the ship had been slowly rising into the air ever since they had gotten on.

He suddenly felt something close around him as his descent slowed, eventually coming to a stop. He hesitantly opened his eyes to see Soundwave's faceless visor focused on him.

"Thanks."

"Metallicar: Had plan." Dean blinked.

"Nice of her to let me in on it." He grumbled, sitting up.

"I told her not to." He turned, seeing Jason. "Nexus is very good at reading the emotions of people."

"So only the bots knew."

"Yes. But to be honest. Your expression was rather hilarious." Dean rolled his eyes as he saw Sierra on Smokescreen's shoulder and looking Galloway over.

"Yeah. Fear of heights. Really fucking funny." He growled.

"Did you not think it too?" He asked past him, making him roll his eyes. "Oh! Juliet?" He called in a sing-song tone. She looked up from her place on Metallicar's empty board.

"Yes?" She asked, looking up as Jason appeared in front of her. He knelt in front of her seated form.

"I believe you promised me something for my assistance." She rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Yeah. Guess I did." He smiled, gently lifting her face to his.

"Now, now my dear Juliet. No need to sound so glum." She looked up, fiery gaze meeting his. Before another beat could pass he dipped down, kissing her and pulling her close. Her eyes widened for a moment before closing. She couldn't resist kissing back with the rush that tore through her system.

Sierra rolled her eyes and turned away from the display. "Maybe we should have left the immortal lovers on the ship." She joked. "They look like they need a room." Soundwave glanced to them and then to Sierra. She caught his gaze and blushed, standing.

"I'm sorry, dear." They heard Jason speak. "But I have something very important to take care of." Soundwave's attention returned to the warlord's daughter.

"Sierra: Alright?"

"I'm fine. But... Did you mean what you said on the ship?" He carefully knelt on the board he was standing on, Sierra leaping with ease from Smokescreen's shoulder and onto Soundwave's. He sat, legs partially in the water. A smile crossed her face as she pressed a hand to the side of his visor.

Sometimes, in matters such as these, it was silence that spoke the loudest.

-

Arcee rolled onto her stomach, biting back a shout in pain. She heard Sam a moment earlier, shouting something in Latin. A quick search revealed it to be life. She forced herself up, energon leaking from a wound where something jagged had impaled. She glanced down, finding it to be a broken board. It had pierced the soft protoform between two armor plates.

She groaned and fell, catching sight of Sam. Fear shone through before anger replaced it. He turned to the shifter, who had already incapacitated Castiel and Gabriel. Crosshairs, Jazz and Prowl were dealing with a group of demons the shifter had managed to lure in. Arcee forced herself up, the shifter turning to look at her.

"Back for more sweetheart?" He grinned, making Sam glare at him.

"We need help." She muttered.

"Then simply say please." Arcee turned quickly enough that she nearly fell, seeing Jason beside her.

"Please?" He smirked and unsheathed the blade.

"I've got the demons. You and the puppy take care of the shifter." She nodded and turned back to the shifter, seeing his eyes widen.

"Y-you know him?!" He cried. Sam turned and smirked a bit. Arcee pulled the silver blade Sam had given her. The sword looked more like a dagger in her servo as she and Sam closed in on the man. He panicked, turning to run as Arcee threw herself forwards. The man stilled as she passed, a whimper escaping him as he looked to Arcee. Her blade was slicked with blood as she stood and turned, glaring down at him.

"That's for hurting Sam." She hissed. Adrenaline made him move forwards, though he fell right afterwards, his head rolling from his shoulders. Arcee looked to the corpse before stumbling forwards. She tripped and slammed into the ground, Sam running to her.

"Come on 'Cee. I just healed you." He joked, kneeling beside the wound. "Vitae." He breathed. The warm glow stretched from his hand to the wound, forcing the foreign objects free and sealing her wound. Jason walked to them as Sam collapsed, wincing.

"No more healing today Sam. It's draining you." She picked him up and set him on her chest, shielding him.

"Well, if that is all then I should return to the Nemesis. That fool your brother is in love with is about to get herself killed." With that he vanished, making panic flare through Sam.

"Metallicar's in trouble."

-

Metallicar fired a shot, hitting one of the vehicons in his optic and making him fall to deck. However, this did not appear to fully down the mindless drone. She aimed, shooting where his spark would lay. Seeing that this worked, Jason's army began tearing free the drone's sparks and crushing them. Though cruel, it proved effective.

Metallicar was down to a few rounds left in her shotgun, unable to produce anymore. Her knives had all been thrown over the edge near the beginning of the fight. And she was regretting leaving behind the small hand cannon her father had given her. She used the weapon as a club, slamming it into yet another drone.

"Hey Ironspark!" She looked up, seeing Wheeljack hanging from Blitzwing's alt. "Catch!" The mech slurred, telling her that he was overcharged. But still she subspaced her shotgun and caught what he had thrown.

The two pistols slipped into her servos with ease, her eyes widening at the pearled black. She spun the weapons and smirked, looking to Wheeljack and Blitzwing.

"Thank ya!" With a nearly rabid grin she turned, feeling the nostalgic recoil as she fired, putting a hole clean through the vehicon. Within seconds the ancient relics were ready to fire again. She continued on until she turned, weapon pressed between Megatron's optics. She brought the other one up, charging them together. "Any last words, Megatron?"

"Yes. Goodbye." She felt a drone slam into her side, throwing her from the ship. She shook her helm to clear it, reaching for the pistols as she fell. She barely managed to grab them, slipping them into her subspace before the Nemesis vanished from sight. She pulled her chute, gliding down towards the others.

"Baby!" Dean shouted, Bluestreak behin him and pulling an unconscious form from his hold. He lay it on Metallicar's board as she landed in the water, parachute instantly returning to her subspace.

"Is that Hyde?" She asked, accidentally splashing the man. He jerked awake as sat up, coughing. "Slag."

"What?" He looked around, seeing the robots around him. "No!" He reeled back and Metallicar moved quickly, catching him before he could fall off the board.

"Hyde I'm a friend of Alice." She reassured him. "We're the good guys. I swear." He still looked hesitant as she moved him back to the center of the board. She climbed up behind him, flaring her armor and shuddering a bit as water poured out, drenching Dean, Hyde and Juliet. Jason appeared then, also getting soaked.

"Hey! That's no way to thank me for saving your brother!" He yelled.

"Crosshairs always needs saved." She shrugged, making Jason glare at her before sitting Beside Juliet. "Anyways. Can we go home now?"

"Sure. It'll probably take a while but.... Metallicar's grinning and I am moving away." Dean turned, making the femme chuckle.

"Hey Blitzwing!" He turned and transformed, splashing down in the water with Wheeljack behind him. He appeared, Random being the dominant persona.

"Vhat do jou need Meta?" She pulled a long wire from her subspace and cut it in three.

"Wanna help us?" He grinned and took the wires. Metallicar tied them to the boards and stood. "All humans either go with Jason back to base or secure yourselves in somebots hold."

"I'm riding with Baby." Dean stated, climbing up and into the open hold.

"I... I'll stick with him." Hyde pointed to Bluestreak while eyeing Jason warily.

"Gallloway and I will come with you, if Sounds does not mind." Sierra smiled up at him.

"Soundwave: Doesn't mind." Sierra smiled. "Complication: Soundwave must retrieve Sierra's things." She waved her hand.

"It's just stuff Soundwave. Besides. I don't think that blanket of mine would fit in your subspace."

"Sierra's Project: Still on ship." She smiled innocently.

"Actually." She pulled off her jacket, showing a metal brace along her back. Jason blinked at it and looked away.

"My little sister is a genius. She finally finished it." Sierra smirked and glanced in the same direction as him.

"Yes, I did. Now would you mind telling Jason to hurry and get Juliet and Wheeljack back to base?" Jason chuckled and hugged Sierra.

"I will see you back at base."

"See you big brother!" She waved as Soundwave knelt beside Sierra.

"Sierra: Watch humans." He pointed to Galloway and Hyde as they hesitantly climbed into the opening on Bluestreak's chest. Sierra nodded.

"I will. I promise."

"Alright." Metallicar smiled. "Let's get our afts home. And get some pie. Pie sounds amazing right now. I don't even care what kind." This made Dean laugh as he settled in, ready for the long journey home.

-

Four Months Later

-

Optimus walked solemnly through the base, his aim being his office. Unfortunately it would take him past the Med Bay. Where his femme lay, on a taut thread, balanced between life and death. And as he passed the door he saw Jekyll, Hyde and Bobby gathered around the bed, telling her of their latest hunt. He slowed, listening as Bobby's voice cracked.

"Come on back to me baby girl. I already lost your mother. And I'm not going to lose you too." He cried. "Optimus misses you too. The idjit. He hardly says a word to anyone and just shuffles around base, focusing solely on his work. Poor guy needs you Alice. He needs you in order to even function anymore." A sob escaped the man as Optimus shut his optics tight.

"Hysteria, we all miss you and want you back here. Wake up, please?"

"At least someone said please." Optimus' optics widened as he turned back, running quickly inside.

"Alice?"

-

Metallicar leaned against Dean's side in her small bipedal form, chewing on a slice of pie. Dean had a slice of his own as they watched the ending of a race. The racers were close, running tight together. Out of nowhere one car shot out ahead of the others, tearing across the finish line. "And Stacy Hollow takes the win!" The announcer called as Stacy pulled her car to a quick stop. She climbed out and threw her arms in the air, grinning as a man ran over and picked her up, hugging her tight as he smiled at her.

"Hey, her hair's the same color as Prime's alt." Dean chuckled, making Metallicar look closer.

She looked to Dean after a moment. "Sweetspark."

"Yes?"

"That man. Doesn't he looked like...." She trailed off, both turning to look at Ironhide's holoform as he played with Annabelle, Rose and Louie. They glanced back to each other.

"Nah!" They chorused, turning back to the television. Dean finished his pie and wrapped his arm around Metallicar, his hand over the bump beneath her armor. She nuzzled up to his side. They had learn, two weeks ago, that the spark had moved to the protoform. Ratchet had told them that the newspark would be along any day now. Assuming it wasn't as impatient as it's creators that was. He should have known it would have jinxed everything.

Metallicar yelped in pain, wincing as she wrapped her arms around her midsection. Dean could feel the pain through their bond and fought to keep from panicking. He used that connection to soothe her. "Baby, calm down, what's wrong?"

"The sparkling." She gasped, crying out in pain again. Ironhide's holoform vanished and he transformed, picking up Metallicar and Dean. He all but ran to the Med Bay, not even registering that Alice was awake.

The second Ratchet saw Metallicar he cursed, taking the femme. "Everyone but Dean out!" They scrambled to obey, Optimus grabbing Alice and Bobby as Arcee grabbed Sam, Jekyll and Hyde. Within seconds the room was cleared.

-

Two Hours Later

-

Alice hugged Bobby and Juliet tightly before turning to Sam and Jason. shocking the latter one. "I missed you all so much." She then turned to Optimus. "Especially you." He quickly mass-shifted, hugging her tight.

"I missed you as well." He paused, holding her hands as he stepped back. "Alice. I don't know what I'd do without you. You are my spark, my world, my everything... My love. And I don't ever want to lose you."

"Optimus?" She asked as he looked down, his optics filled with love.

"Bond with me?" He whispered, making Alice still. She looked up at him and nodded.

"Yes. Optimus Prime. I will." The smile that crossed his face seemed to light up the room as he lifted her and swung her in a circle. She leaned down and he kissed her, refusing to let her go.

When he finally did she fought to pull air into her lungs, smiling once more. Optimus set her down as Juliet, Sierra and the holoforms of Chromia and Arcee all hugged her tightly. Bobby walked over to Optimus and crossed his arms.

"You hurt my daughter and you'll regret it."

"I would never even dream of hurting her." He looked to her as she laughed lightly at a comment Chromia made. Sierra added something and Alice smiled, hugging her close. "She owns my spark. Of that there is no doubt." He smiled, barely hearing Ratchet open a comm link with every Autobot on base.

::Dean is on his way, in a hurry too.:: Sure enough the man came running into the room, grinning brightly.

"Guys!" He slipped falling on his side and then scrambling to get up.

"What is it?" Alice asked excitedly. He bounced up and down, waiting for the okay. He received it and grinned.

"They're twins!" He yelled. "Split-spark twins!"

-

Metallicar lay on the berth, cradling a small mech as Dean walked in, taking the femme as Ratchet handed her to him. Both looked like Metallicar, with the exception of the girl being pink. "She's going to grow up to hate that color." Metallicar had stated.

Now, Dean was looking down at the girl, who chirped and whirred, looking up at Dean with bright amethyst optics. He could already see a strong intelligence and curiosity hidden deep within her as she smiled. He looked to Metallicar, who was careful of the blanket that had partially tangled around the little mech's door wings. His optics were a deep green with specks of purple and blue, something Ratchet said was highly unusual and likely to face with time.

Dean didn't care, thinking that, no matter what, they were perfect.

"What are their names?" Metallicar smiled at Alice as she adjusted the mech slightly.

"This is Quicksilver Bobby Winchester." Bobby blinked in shock.

"You... You named him after me?" She nodded.

"No matter what Bobby, ya are our family. And ya helped raise Sam and Dean. Now I want ya to help do the same with these two."

"So what's the girl's name?" Sierra asked hesitantly.

"Mary Ironrose Winchester." Dean smiled, looking to Ironhide. "To keep tradition." Ironhide smiled proudly, holding his head high. Chromia chuckled and looked to her daughter.

"I'm proud of you sparklet." Metallicar smiled and nuzzled Quicksilver.

"Thanks danni." Dean leaned over and gave Metallicar a quick kiss. The sparkling in her arms chirped and looked to his sister, grinning as she looked to him. The same grin made it's way across her own features.

"Looks like we got a couple of toublemakers." Ironhide chuckled, making the sparklings' mother smile.

"And we wouldn't have it any other way."

To Be Continued....

(A.N.: Maddie here. Thank you all so much for being her throughout this book. Once more. I own only my idea and my original characters: Meta's Twins, Alice, Jekyll, Hyde, Sierra, Rose, Louie and any others I may have missed. ginger300 owns Juliet, Jason, Stargazer and Stacy Hollow. I'm going to do a small excerpt of the next book here soon so keep an eye out for that as well! (Though it'll probably be up tonight or tomorrow. lol) You guys are amazing and I love you all!! ^.^ {C.M.})