-"What can we do to make things better right now?"-

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Optimus:

".. It's still little hard to believe that Megatron's back." Bulkhead stated, having a deep sigh follow his statement. His team remained silent after that, same as Rafael and Jack also.

Megatron, surely had Bumblebee in his grasp the whole time. By the time Megatron interrupted Bee's recharge and headed to get Dark Energon and after that managed to transport himself over to the Decepticon warship.. there was nothing to be done. The scout himself felt responsible, but Optimus never accused him. No one.

".. Miko's gonna be thrilled." Jack added, standing up on his spot. "She most certainly's gonna get herself into trouble." Jack landed the stairs down, Ratchet already opening a bridge for him. "But I should be at home.. it's already over 10 p.m.."

"It is!?" Rafael questioned, the small human boy quickly following after him. But when Jack was going through, Optimus called after him.

"Jack." Jack looked up at him. "Amy.. has she had any contact with you?"

"Not after morning." Jack shrugged, seeing how the Prime's optics glimmed. "What Raf told me.. the thing you ever said to her seemed to affect her condition. You should check on her." Jack sighed, waving him off. "If you don't find her, call me."

The bridge closed then, Optimus not giving Ratchet or Arcee time to talk him over as if 'She needs time', but quickly hurried out of the base. Amy was healing from her losses, but he giving her time to think it more?

I don't think so.

The best way to heal up, is to concentrate to the future. Think what good in life is right now, and what it will bring. Or what the lost person would've always wanted to do? They are things, that you should live on to. Or in Optimus' case, he had desided from the very spark of his that he'll bring peace back on Cybetron, for the remembrance of his lost comrades and friends. That was his goal in life, not until he had been full-filled his promises.

Amy..

Be alright.

~ Time skip ~

Optimus drove up to Amy's yard, flashing his holoform on as soon as his truck was shut down. He smashed his own door close and run to Amy's house front door, knocking it more than five times. He felt his breathing became anxious and unbearably odd, he didn't know what to expect. The clock was much, but still someone came to open a door for him.

It was Amy's mother, Julia.

"Orion." Julia whispered, checking around him was there anyone else with. Optimus nodded also in greeting manner, still not using to his 'Orion' name. "The clock's half past eleven.. what are you doing in here?"

"My apologies, ma'am.. but I wish to see Amy." Optimus' voice was pleading, and he was scared smally as Julia's eyes flashed oddly. "Please. It's urgent."

Julia sighed, grabbing a piece of paper from the table near the front door, handing it to Optimus. He took the paper almost immediately, reading what was written down onto it.

                   It's Amy,
Look, for tonight I'll be with couple of friends. Maybe show up by morning.

Bye.

"I thought.. that she was with you, and-" Optimus noticed the anxious in Julia's voice, same as how concerned her face really turned out. "I knew she would be safe and you'd bring her home, but-!"

"I'm sure she's fine, Ms. Scarlet-" Optimus took the paper with, walking towards his truck. "I will find her."

".. Hurry."

Optimus raised up onto his truck driver's seat, buckling his seat-belt up to look proper in front of Julia as he drove off of Amy's yard. He headed towards city then, already taking contact to someone.

".. Optimus.. the clock's-"

"I know Jack, but I could use some info from you." Optimus reassured, hearing Jack's sigh of defense. He was doing something, but Optimus didn't know what. "Who does Amy.. hang out with?"

".. Make me pardon?"

"Just, tell me. She wasn't in her house and had left her Mother a note where wrote that she's with friends. I want to know with who." Optimus groaned, grabbing his wheel tighter.

"O-okay, usually with the likes of people like she is.. but then there's the guy group." What Jack told, didn't make Optimus feel any better. "I believe she couldn't be with them.. she hasn't been in school in 3 months since she had been kicked out!" 

"Which means she could easily get herself in there.."

Optimus became even worried, not knowing that he carried this much. All the talk of Megatron.. just wiped under a carpet. Now; was Amy's turn.

"Pick me up, I might know where she is."

~ Time skip ~

Optimus drove up to Jack's street quietly, stopping by his yard then. Not seeing him yet, Optimus tapped his foot under the wheel and looked around him, seeing how high the moon actually was.

.. Don't be involved with anything.. please.

"-You have no idea-!" Jack opened Optimus' driver's door, jumping in and closing the door behind him. "How quietly I had to breathe, and sneak without my Mom waking up to it!"

"My apologies.." Once more, Optimus apologized. Jack sighed, tapping his shoulder in reassure as he buckled his seat belt on. "You know these 'guys' which Amy uses to hang out?"

"You know Vince, right?" Jack questioned, even the idea of him made Optimus sigh. He remembered Jack's race-competitions and how Vincent got almost kidnapped by Knockout. Clearly. "Luckily not with him.. but with his friends."

Optimus turned into head-lights, glancing at Jack's direction.

"Are they good?"

"More like total opposite, if Amy's with them I don't even want to know what they've been doing." Jack's tongue twitched. "They drink, make drugs, all kinds of pills is also involved and they might harm people."

Now, Optimus once more looked at Jack. Same as he kept driving.

"The time I've known Amy.. I believe she couldn't hurt anyone. Her heart's too innocent and broken to do such thing." Optimus turned a corner, approaching the small town. Jack agreed him mostly.

"Yeah.. but it's not that I'm worried about.." The silence Jack kept caused Optimus to slow down once more into head-lights, his face wanting more information. ".. Two guys of the group called: Twins are knowed of quite bad sexual abuse, many harrasments and.. rapes."

Optimus hit metal to the petal.

No...

Optimus turned another corner with force.

Not on my watch.

"On right, then few meters and left." Jack instructed, knowing that Optimus was worried. 'Cause he was also. "We should be there."

Optimus was up to the destination soon, seeing terraced house with four houses, only one middle house on right had lights on and music banging quite loudly. Optimus was out of his truck, Jack quickly on his heels.

"Wait! You can't just walk into there!" Jack whisper/yelled having only a glance from Optimus. By the door, Jack still tried to step in front of him. "They're dangerous, especially drunken!" Optimus ignored him, and knocked the door. "Oh Primus.."

The door was opened up maybe a minute after that, revealing five strangers to Optimus. They had odd clothes on them, beer cans in their palms, somekinds of hats on their head and just.. messy looking place. The house was disgusting, and the smell terrible.

Jack was there to hide smally behind Optimus.

"Darby boeee~!" One yelled, trying to reach Jack's shirt but had Optimus on his way. "And who the hell are you- *hic*.. you our girls stripper?" He chuckled, only to have glare from Optimus.

"What's your deal? You wanna fight?" Who seemed like owning the house stepped out, his brown eyes red and tired of all smoking and drinking maybe. But Optimus didn't have him in mind.

"We're looking a friend of ours.. is she here?" Optimus questioned, seeing how an unknown female human eyed him and his body behind the men.

"Depends on which." One cocked, Optimus glared at him also.

"Amy.. Amy Scarlet." Jack was brave enough to say, stepping beside Optimus who exhanged looks with him.

"Amy..." The owner of the house sighed, having a time of his own to pace back and forth as he sat down on the floor. That was unexpected, even to Jack. "Hmm... that red headed chick?"

Optimus and Jack shaked their heads, getting patient of the situation. Optimus even glanced into the room behind them, but couldn't see any sign of her.

"Brown eyes?"

"Green." Jack growled, Optimus seeing how one man made deadly look towards him. His glare shot straight back.

Who are these people?

"Ahh!" The owner of the house yelled out loud, standing up by his buddies help who only laughed. "The girl with green eyes, somehow blue hair, about that chick's height and-" He pointed the girl behind him, who grinned. "Wears only black."

"That's her." Jack replied, but tensed as they made look towards him.

"Darby, you do remember what happened last time since you tried to play 'cop and thief' game-?!" The owner approached Jack, but had Optimus' arm smack one of the walls to stop that. "What the hell-!?"

"Where. Is. She?" Jack tensed, by the lowness in Optimus' voice. Optimus weren't gonna wait for an answer long, so he had to smash something to maintain his proudness and scare them a little.

He didn't want to harm the humans after all.

"Why would I tell you?" The owner snapped, but was caught by surprise as Optimus launched forward and pushed him into one wall. Hard. "Ghah-!"

"To be fair for all of us, I'm going to ask my question one more time before I will do something I'll regret--" Optimus groaned, leaning forward and closer to the man. The owner's buddies seemed tense of the situation, and Jack saw one had even a gun out. "Where, is Amy-?"

"Optimus?"

The moment had almost like slowen down. Optimus' head shot towards the front door's direction where now stood shocked Jack, who stared with wide eyes at Amy next to him. There she stood alive and well, a few sacks of something dragging with her.

"Amy.." Optimus murmured, slowly letting the man go in his grasp. He brushed his arm off, but Optimus remained still. Watching how Amy stared at Jack, then at him, then once more around the room. Blinking her eyes.

"You two...?" Amy questioned, swallowing once. "Came to look for me?"

"Of course we did, jeez!" Jack groaned, grabbing her shoulders to turn her to look at him. "We've been looking for you the last two hours!"

"You have?" The owner questioned also, having Amy's and Optimus' attention. "You know these two?" He glared at Optimus, who returned the favor.

"Yeah, they're my mates.. I hope you didn't hurt them." Amy growled, throwing two bags inside the house. Both Jack and Optimus saw there was food and some beer in them, they looking at her.

"We didn't get that far.." The man with the gun groaned, slowly putting it back to his pocket.

"Good. There's your food, I'll be going home--" When Amy exited the house, she had Optimus quickly on her heels to slow her down. "What?" She snapped, turning to face him and brushing her arm free as he had grabbed it to earn her attention.

".. What I said earlier truly was unforgivable and you didn't deserve it. But I wish for your forgivness, Amy.. a lot has happened since you were out." Optimus stated, this earning Amy's attention. She glanced behind him, seeing how Jack waited them by Optimus' truck and her friends' door was close. No one was hearing.

".. I have to admit that it hurt bit." Amy said, but sighed. "But your forgiving face is just so adorable-!" Amy nipped his nose, tapping his shoulder and walked past him. Towards his truck. "Now, you tell me everything!"

Optimus smiled secretly, turning then to walk over his truck. By all three of them raising inside his alt-mode, he started his motor up.

"After the explonation, young lady-" Optimus looked forward. "I'm taking you home. Your mom is worrying."

Amy sighed once more, crossing her arms.

.. What could the information be?

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