I know I was supposed to do the reunited scene with Mika, Grimlock and her scraplets, but I moved that for the NEXT chapter... sorry! I know you looked forward to it, Im sorry but yeah! ENJOY! AND I PROMISE NEXT CHAPTER THEY WILL BE BACK!

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Silence...

Dead Silence... Both Factions watching as Mika continued pointing at Megatron with a glare. "I am not a Decepticon." Mika stated as Megatron glowered at her. "And I never was."

"What are you talking about?" Arcee questioned.

"It was all a ploy!" Mika stated. "To get what I wanted."

"And WHAT was it that you wanted, hm?" Megatron snarled in fury.

"You thought you were using me Megatron, to become your ultimate soldier. HA! I was using YOU." Mika bit out. "Good god it was AWFUL! Having to deal with you on the ship all the time, but I got what I wanted."

"What about us!?" Knockout seethed. "What about Breakdown!?"

"A toy to pass the time."

"Why you insufferable little-"

"Mika." Optimus spoke harshly, dissapointed.

Mika continued, "I used your obsession with power for my own benefit, and that was to learn how to fight and control my abilities."

Megatron's frame shook in his fury, Soundwave who was next to him was also shaking as his tentacles retracted.

"Mika." Ironhide called, "What have you done?"

"I've ensured mine and Miko's future!" She said. "Nothing more."

"What does Miko have to do with this!?" Bulkhead demanded.

"The war is progressing faster and faster... and Miko's tendency to run headfirst into battle has become too often... and so I made the decision to join the Decepticons to learn how to harness my own powers and learn to fight... so I could teach Miko and we could defend ourselves." She replied. "I pretended I wanted to join them, I trained in their ranks, I pretended to despise being with the Autobots, I pretended to prefer the Decepticon side."

Soundwave, having enough of this... this... betrayal, lunged for Mika who quickly jumped out of the way and activated her bot form.

"You won't take me back! I am through with you Con's!" She shouted. "I did it for me, I did it For Miko! I did it for the Autobots!"

"YOUR THE REASON FOR THE MALFUNCTIONS!" Megatron roared in fury and realization. Untold fury. In missions there were many malfunctions that cost them many, MANY battles... but how did she do it!?

"It pays off to be the sparkling of a TIC." Mika sneered just as she dodged Soundwave again.

Optimus, unsure what to do, turned to his Autobots who watched in uncertainty. They were just as lost as he on what to do, and so they watched as Sire and Sparkling fought... and viciously at that. Never before had they thought Soundwave and Mika of all people would fight, what with her large attachment to the mech.

"Optimus." Arcee spoke. "What do we do?"

"I... I do not know."

Why had Mika gone through with this plan? What were her real intentions? He had many questions for her but right now he couldn't get them... not with the Decepticons in the way. Perhaps capture was needed... but then they would need to battle the cons beside her.

"Autobots!" Optimus called. "Attack the Decepticons, but leave Mika to me."

His soldiers nodded before charging into battle, leaving Optimus and Megatron to observe the battle between father and daughter.

Blow for blow.

Hit for hit.

Blood and Energon mixing in the dirt.

Optimus' spark rang out in sympathy for Soundwave... who was just betrayed by his own creation... and had been lied to for the entirety of her stay...

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"Mika Nakadai, or should we say Soulspark, Sparkling of Soundwave and Chromia." Optimus started. "You will tell me the reasons behind your actions."

Miko stood beside Jack, her eye's were red from both sad and angry tears while Raf hugged her side. Jack glared heatedly at Mika a long with most the other Autobot's. Mika was tied down, her watch that allowed her transformation was confiscated by Ratchet who didn't even so much as look at her. She looked into each of their eye's, Sunstreakers, Sideswipes, Bumblebees, Ironhides, Bulkheads, Ratchets, Prowls, Arcee, and Optimus... All ranging in fury, sadness and disappointment. The battle between her and her sire had lasted a long time, and both were severely wounded, so much so that both Megatron and Optimus stepped in and called for a retreat... not before Megatron swore to kill her one day and not before Soundwave cast a sharp digit at her, as if a promise to get her one day... and make her pay.

Mika closed her eye's and began her tale... she began her reasoning.

"It started out when Megatron captured us using Breakdown." Mika began, her mind going back.

"W-what do you want with me?"

"Now where did the brave  and sarcastic femme go I met down in the caves?" He almost taunted but  was also curious to know. "Do you know how powerful your twin and you  are?"

"No." She denied, powerful?

"No?"

"We won't join you."

"Oh? Why is that?  Already an Autobot? And do your little Autoscumb friends know of your  form? Tell me, Soulspark, do they know your father is Soundwave? Do they  know you worked with me in the caves? Do they know that you spared me  when you could have killed me off easily?" He whispered near the glass.

Miko shook her head, covering her ears. No, they didn't know and they didn't need to.

"They don't except you Mika, they don't WANT you."

"Thats a lie."

"Is it? Ratchet hasn't even spoken let alone look at you has he? Now why is that hmm??"

"Stop..."

"Your carrier had left  you to and look! She didn't even return for you, she gave up on life.  Gave up on you." Megatron pointed out, watching Mika shake her head in  denial.

"She was killed in battle."

Ask yourself, how much longer will it be before the others give up on you as well? It wouldn't be like that here." He cooed.

"No! We'll never join you."

"You'd be respected  here, feared! The Daughter of Soundwave, one of the most powerful of my  soldiers and the TIC... No one could mess with you here, everyone would  want to stay on your good side. There's nothing wrong with wanting to be  here."

"I knew he was using false words to gain my... well trust... but the more I listened, the more I realized he was right, we were powerful in our own way... and we were dangerous because we had no idea how to contain it. I began to think... what life was going to be like for me and Miko later on, I began to realize, you guys couldn't protect us all the time. That much was perfectly clear when we were captured. I began feeling to vulnerable... unsafe... and if I felt unsafe when how did Miko feel? She'd always stuck up for me, she always protect me.. no matter what... I... I was always the one being protected and I'd had enough..."

"Your half Decepticon already Mika. Your sister as well. You could all be a family here, together."

Family... forever with Soundwave? Mika too? No! don't listen... no...

"Why should I listen to you?" Mika asked weakly, He was tearing open her fears and worries and adding temptations.

Mika loved the bots, she  loved Ratchet. She loved Miko... But she too wondered when they would  grow tired of her and leave like everyone always does. Ratchet had  already grown tired of her, she could see it when she returned to  base... the cold shoulder he gave her hurt her more then she would ever  admit... She hadn't meant to upset him... She felt her eyes tearing up.

'Mika no! It's what he wants! He wants to hurt you, confuse you! Listen to me!'

"Why, because we're family."

"What?" Mika looked up confused.

"Oh yes, you see why  else would I have kept you two alive? To see another day where as any  other human would be naught but ash on the spot? It is well known, my  hatred for the human race. Oh but I know you and your sister are far  from human. It would be simple, to bring your true forms to a permanent  existence."

"No..." Mika shook her head in denial. "Were not family."

"Oh My dear Soulspark but we are. You see," Megatron leaned in with a wicked smile. " I am Soundwaves Sire."

"W-what?"

'What?!'

"Indeed." Megatron  smirked, he knew he was getting to her. Oh he knew all he had to do was  pull up all her pains, she was so easily manipulated by them.

"But that would make you..."

"Your Grandsire of course."

"The more I heard of his desire for us to join, the more I began to seen an opportunity to learn... to learn how to fight and be the one to protect Miko for once.." Mika felt her eye's prick with tears. "I-I wanted to protect you Miko!" Mika wailed, collapsing to her knees. "I had to, I was going to loose you! What could I do if they took you from me? Your my true reason for living Miko, you and me were always there for each other, there has never been one where the other wasn't... Y-you always protected me from the bullies, from the pain... and I wanted for once in my pathetic life to protect you.. I want to protect you Miko... So I-I joined the Decepticons determined to learn from them... to see how they thought and worked, to practice and train and then in turn teach you."

Miko held her arms as she turned her head to the side, fighting her own emotions as she felt Mika's boiling over...

"I-I trained and learned under them to better our future because I knew we would be coddle by you all... we couldn't learn because despite you knowing we are truly Cybertronian, we would still be treated as humans... as the weaker who always needed protection... I wanted to be able to stand up for myself, for Miko, I wanted to be able to prove my worth in the team..."

"By betraying us all?" Ratchets emotional voice called, wavering in tones.

"I made many mistakes... Ratchet.. Optimus... I-I'm so sorry..." Mika cried, her heart wrenching cries echoing around the base. "I just... I just wanted...I'm sorry..."

"..." Optimus vented heavily, much was needed to be discussed at the moment, and so he released her binding. "Go to the roof Mika... there is much we must speak of." He gestured to his men. Mika nodded in understanding before solemnly making her way to the elevator and hitting the button before entering.

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"What are you doing?!" Mika hissed as she ran forward, she'd been sitting out there for a while now when someone familiar landed next to her.

He looked down to her with his head tilted, silently questioning.

"They're talking about what to do with me." She said, leaning against his pede. "I'm not so sure I'll be welcomed back Sire... but at least my continence would be clear."

Soundwave hummed, picking her up and cuddling her to his chassis and poring his love and support to her. Their plan had worked perfectly, they bought their act.

Soundwave had been aware of Mika's plan all along, in fact he suggested it. When he felt her desires, he opted for her to get training... and she offered to join in order to learn... and so Soundwave pulled some strings and they staged Mika's change of sides. He supported her through her stay, helped her learn, helped her cope with the mental strain it caused her to 'betray' her true faction. Mika just wanted to protect her sister. He helped her gain Intel, helped her with everything. She was supposed to stay longer, however her disappearance into the alternative universe had changed her... she had gone through many losses there, and then to lose Breakdown... she couldn't handle it anymore and wanted to leave.

so Soundwave made a time for her to run away with her Simbiots, to get away from it all before she decided what she wanted to do from then on. Though he knew she was off for a while, he did NOT know she was with Starscream, a fact that he was still rather upset with. Over the few days of her disappearance the Decepticons had gotten into a large battle and he was partially surprised to see her there, but waited for her to make her decision... and that was to leave. In order to leave, she revealed how she had used them all for her benefit, lying about using Knockout, Breakdown and himself as well. She actually truly cared for them, loved them all but in order for everything to fall in place, she had to pretend she didn't care... and so Soundwave fought her in his angered 'betrayal'. Tricking them all to believe it to be true, and while Soundwave HATED hurting his sparkling, they knew it had to be believable.

"I'm okay." Mika assured when she felt his worry. "You didn't hurt me to badly..."

Soundwave shook his helm before cuddling her to him tighter, sending all his love and worry, all his thoughts and doubts.

"Don't worry Sire." Mika spoke fondly. "No matter what, I will always love you... and maybe when the war is finally over we can all be together like the famliy we've always wanted to be..."

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This is it. Judgement time... Mika now stood before the Autobots, awaiting their final choice... their final decision...

"I am sorry Mika." Optimus say's gravely as the other bots glare at her heatedly, all but Bumblebee, who didn't want a part of this choice. "But we have come to an agreement."

This was it...

"You cannot return to us."

Her heart dropped, and her eye's slowly lowered to the floor. No...

"Miko?"

She shook her head, biting her lip unsure on what to say.

'We'll talk later.' Miko voiced in her head and Mika felt a bad feeling coming to her.

'Where's Grimlock, Riptide, and Lockjaw?'

'Back home.'

"What did you expect?" Bulkhead snapped harshly in response to Mika's expression. "that we could welcome you back with open arms? Please."

"Bulkhead." Optimus glared to him, making the wrecker snap his mouth shut.

"No." Sunstreaker said. "He's right. You betrayed US."

Sideswipe said nothing.

Ironhide frowned, but he shook his head... What was he to do? He promised Chromia... he promised to watch over her sparklings... This felt wrong... very wrong... and he wanted to object! Bumblebee seemed in agreement with him, whirring sadly and uncomfortably while Raf cried.

This was definitely wrong.

"I understand." Mika said monotony before turning and walking towards the already summoned bridge, Ratchet staring at her unsure what to do, but making no move to stop her and she felt her heart break even more as she walked along before pausing and staring at Ratchet, gazing up into his blue optics. "I love you too... by the way." She whispered before leaving through the bridge, not noticing the widening of Ratchets optics, nor the pleading gaze he sent Optimus.. nor noticing the conflicted feelings in Arcee's eyes on the decision they had made...

was it the right one...?