Will sighed as he looked up at Optimus,

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

Optimus shrugged and knelt down in front of him, 

"What do you believe happened?"

Will rubbed his face, 

"I left three of the most reckless girls I have ever known unsupervised,"

Optimus chuckled softly, 

"Alexandra will be alright, I have faith in her abilities,"

Will pointed a finger at him and narrowed his eyes, 

"You, my friend, are biased,"

Optimus tilted his head, 

"Why do you say that?"

Will crossed his arms, 

"You love Alexa, she is your...your sparkmate as you guys say. You are her soulmate. I never met her before she joined up with Nest, but I do know she is just as reckless as Mynx is. I'm just hoping that she's not as reckless right now because I made sure she brought Tex and Jazz,"

Optimus nodded, 

"They will be alright,"

Will sighed, 

"Call it fatherly instincts, but I just know she did something,"

Optimus chuckled, 

"Have your instincts ever been wrong?"

Will shook his head, 

"Never,"

Optimus nodded and held out his servo, 

"Then let us greet them. They are arriving shortly,"

Will nodded and climbed onto his servo, and Optimus quickly walked over to the hangar. They spotted three vehicles driving up, and Optimus set Will down as he glared at the silver Pontiac. Athena was first out, and she raced over to Jazz and hit his hood, 

"COME ON! I WANNA SEEEE!"

Will immediately sighed, 

"Oh no,"

Mazikeen opened the door and glared at Athena, 

"Hey! Not so loud! I finally got her sleeping,"

Will walked up to her, 

"What did you do?"

"Why do you immediately think I did something?"

Will narrowed his eyes, and Tex was next to leave the car Will's eyes widened in shock at the teddy bear, 

"You found a teddy bear?"

Tex nodded proudly, 

"Yep! I'm sharing!"

Will slowly nodded and stared at Mazikeen, 

"Mynx, what did you do?"

Mazikeen smiled nervously at him, 

"Alright, before you freak out-"

"What did you do?"

They heard a soft yawn and turned to see the door open and a young girl step out rubbing her eyes, 

"Are we finally here?"

Athena squealed and immediately pulled the young girl into a hug, 

"Oh, you are so adorable!"

Astra yelped and looked up at Athena, 

"Who are you?"

Athena smiled proudly, 

"Athena White, but call me Aunt Aura,"

Will's eyes widened, and he looked at Mazikeen,

"W-"

"Okay, before you start freaking out, I found Astra in one of the homes and decided to bring her with us-"

Mazikeen winced as she saw Will faint, and she sighed, 

"Rude,"

Astra looked over at him, 

"Is he okay?"

Mazikeen nodded and Tex chuckled, 

"That's Will, you get used to him. He's the one in charge next to mom,"

Astra slowly nodded, 

"Why did he fall asleep?"

Athena chuckled and put her hand on Astra's shoulder, 

"Don't worry, he's just resting,"

Alexandra ran over to the three and immediately knelt down in front of Astra, 

"Hello there, I'm Alexandra, Maze's cousin. You and I are going to go have a little fun right now,"

Mazikeen crossed her arms, 

"No, I'm taking Astra to see Amy,"

Alexandra groaned, 

"I want to be with the chosen one,"

Astra giggled and held Alexandra's hand, 

"We can do that after,"

Alexandra sighed and nodded, 

"Alright, but you gotta take Lennox with you,"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded, 

"I know, Jazz be a Mech and pick up Will,"

Jazz sighed and transformed, he slowly picked up Will in his servos, 

"Let's go, Doc is going to blow a fuse,"

Astra tilted her head, 

"Doc?"

Mazikeen smirked and nodded, 

"Yes, you get to meet our doctors,"

"Are they mean?"

Athena shook her head, 

"No, one of them can be a little grumpy at times, but that's cuz he's old,"

Bluestreak sighed, 

"Princess, don't tell her that,"

Astra immediately looked at the holo-form in front of her and smiled largely, 

"You are another Alien! That's so cool!"

Bluestreak tilted his head in surprise, 

"How do you know?"

Astra crossed her arms with a proud look on her face, 

"Your eyes are the same as Jazz's eyes, and you also have the same funny smell,"

That caused Alexandra, Mazikeen, and Athena to burst out laughing as Bluestreak gasped in mock offense, 

"Maze, control your child,"

Mazikeen smirked and patted Astra's head, 

"I heard nothing wrong,"

Bluestreak grumbled, 

"Great, another one,"

Athena laughed and kissed Bluestreak's cheek, 

"Come on, we should check on the twins with Sam,"

Bluestreak groaned, 

"I will offline if I see her flying with them again,"

Athena laughed and dragged him away with his alt-mode closely following. Alexandra smirked and looked up at Optimus, 

"Let's get done with the debriefing to give Will a break when he wakes up,"

Optimus smiled and nodded, 

"Of course,"

Mazikeen walked over to the Medical Bay with Tex, Astra, Jazz, and Will. She knocked, 

"RATCH! JOLT! AMY!"

She heard a small crash before the door opened with a glaring Ratchet, 

"Mazikeen Witwicky I swear to Primus if you got injured already-"

He stopped when he spotted the young girl hiding behind Mazikeen, 

"Who is that?"

Astra slowly walked up closer to Ratchet and stared into his optics,

"My name is Astra. Who are you?"

Ratchet slowly nodded as he kept his confusion to himself, 

"My designation is Ratchet,"

Kaitlyn immediately ran over to her with a gasp,

"Oh my gosh! You are adorable!"

Astra giggled as Kaitlyn pinched her cheeks. Mazikeen smirked, 

"Tex and I found her in a house in downtown, I wanted to get her checked on,"

Kaitlyn immediately nodded, helped Astra onto a small bed, and took out some of her supplies. Jolt glanced at Jazz and narrowed his optics at the unconscious Will in his servo, 

"What happened to Will?"

Mazikeen blushed, 

"He fainted after seeing Astra,"

Jazz softly placed him down, 

"We did not do anything to cause him to faint,"

Astra nodded, 

"Aunt Aura said he's just resting,"

Ratchet's optics widened, and he felt his spark drop in his chambers, 

"Mazikeen Witwicky, explain yourself,"

Mazikeen blushed and shrugged as she looked into the stern optics of Ratchet, 

"Hey, hey, Ratch, buddy, confidant, Doc, Astra is an orphan. I simply did what's best,"

Ratchet grumbled and crossed his arms, 

"Kaitlyn. Make sure the tiny human has her shots. I don't want anyone getting infected."

Kaitlyn chuckled and nodded at him, 

"Don't worry Grumpy, I got it,"

Ratchet sighed and raised his servo to his face, 

"I think I need to recharge for a human century,"

Jolt chuckled and patted his shoulder, 

"Why not go get some recharge now? We can handle a child,"

Ratchet glared at Jolt and shook his head, 

"Absolutely not! I will be in charge of the child's medical needs as I do with all children on this base,"

Kaitlyn giggled and whispered over to Astra, 

"This is why we call him Grumpy Grandpa. He's grumpy, but he cares a lot more than a lot of people do,"

Astra giggled and looked up at Ratchet, 

"I will be okay, Grandpa, I can take care of myself,"

Ratchet narrowed his optics at the young girl and grumbled as he looked away and felt his spark warm at her smile. Kaitlyn smirked softly and ruffled Astra's hair, 

"Alright, kiddo, you are in tip-top shape,"

They then heard a groan, and Will slowly opened his eyes, 

"I had the worst nightmare ever,"

Mazikeen smirked and patted his shoulder, 

"What was the nightmare?"

Will looked at her and then turned to Astra, 

"Nothing I can say in front of a kid,"

Mazikeen laughed and hugged him, 

"Love you too, Will,"

"You are very lucky I love you too, Mynx,"

Mazikeen chuckled, and Will sighed, 

"Jazz, can you please take Astra and Tex back to your room? Mynx and I have some things to talk about,"

Astra pouted, but Mazikeen nudged her gently, and she went with Jazz and Tex, who held her hand. Will rubbed his eyes, 

"Alright...what's the plan here, Mynx? You gonna adopt the kid?"

Maziikeen blushed and shrugged, 

"I wanted to find her a better home. She's an orphan...she was left for dead during Chicago, and I don't want her to be left again,"

Jolt sighed, 

"Maze, it sounds like you already decided to keep that kid as your daughter,"

Mazikeen blushed and shook her head, 

"I'm no mo-"

"Don't even think about finishing that sentence, Mynx. You are Tex's mother, and you have always watched out for everyone your entire life. I know you helped raise your little brother. Who, by the way, called me earlier to ask you to call him or Mikaela,"

Mazikeen sighed and nodded, 

"Alright, I'll call them now,"

Mazikeen brought out her specialized phone and immediately called Mikaela as she sat down next to Will,

"MAZE!"

"Hey, Mik! How's it going?"

"We have news for you!"

Mazikeen raised her eyebrow, 

"What's the big news?"

"Well, you know how we took that break from tech a while ago?"

"Yesss?"

"Well, Sam and I decided something-"

"Come on, Mik! Out with it,"

"I'm pregnant!"

"YOU ARE WHAT?!!!!!"

Will immediately held onto Mazikeen's shoulder as she almost fell out of the bed,

"YEAH! I'm pregnant!"

"HOLY SCRAP!!!! CONGRATS!"

Will winced and looked at Mazikeen, 

"What happened?"

Mazikeen smiled brightly at him, 

"I'm gonna be an Aunt!"

Will groaned, 

"Oh my god,"

"When is the baby shower? How long have you been pregnant? WHY THE FRAG AM I ONLY HEARING NOW?!"

"Hey! We tried calling earlier but couldn't reach you! I just found out today, I almost asked Bee to drive us to your base,"

Mazikeen smiled brightly, 

"Oh, I am so happy for the two of you! Did you tell anyone else?"

"Well, we haven't told Judy or Ron yet, I told my dad and obviously told Bee. I think he was more excited than my own father,"

Mazikeen laughed, 

"Well, of course, Bee would be excited! He's been with me shipping the two of you since I knew him,"

"Yeah, yeah. But where were you earlier?"

"Oh, I was sent to dig around in Downtown Chicago-"

"Did you find anything?"

Mazikeen blushed and laughed, 

"Yeah...Her name is Astra-"

"YOU FOUND A GIRL!!!"

"Mik! Quiet down! Yes, I found a young girl, she's seven. She's an orphan, and I'm thinking of adopting her,"

"YOU SHOULD! Oh my god, you are perfect for her! And! You never will have to worry about her safety with how big of a military family you have with the bots and the boys,"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded her head with a soft smile on her face, 

"Yeah, I know. Hey, tell my brother to call me when he's back, and make sure Rover knows he's in charge of the baby if you ever have to leave for one second. Never let Sammy be in charge of the baby,"

She heard her friend laugh, 

"I know, and hey! Sam did propose yesterday-"

"WHY THE HELL AM I JUST NOW FINDING THIS OUT?!"

Will winced, 

"Mynx, I am right here and I will go deaf,"

Mazikeen covered his mouth, 

"Shhh, I just found out that my baby brother proposed to Mik, and I wasn't told until TODAY!"

"Hey! We were busy last night-"

"I do not need that information,"

"I know, but don't worry, I'll get Sam to call you,"

"He better. Did you start planning?"

"Hell no, that's too much work right now,"

Mazikeen laughed, 

"I know, just take care,"

"Hey, you too, sister,"

"I will talk to you soon, Mik!"

"Bye, Maze!"

Will glanced at her as she hung up the phone, 

"So, Sam got the guts to propose to Mikaela?"

Mazikeen sighed loudly and nodded, 

"Fucking finally. It only took him, what six years?"

Ratchet pointed a wrench at her, 

"Better than watching you and Jazz being obliviously in love with each other,"

Mazikeen groaned, 

"You are never letting this go,"

Will nudged her, 

"Now, what kind of friend would I be if I did?"

Mazikeen pushed him, and he laughed. Kaitlyn smirked, 

"So, adoption papers?"

Mazikeen shrugged, 

"I want to ask Astra first, make sure she wants to stay,"

Will rolled his eyes, 

"Get going then so I can become the official godfather,"

Mazikeen glanced at him, 

"What makes you think you would be her godfather?"

"What the fuck?"

Ratchet rolled his optics, 

"Both of you out,"

Mazikeen laughed, quickly let Phoenix encase her, and flew out with Will yelling at her. She quickly got to outside her room and spotted Jazz's alt-mode. She let Phoenix go back into her device and opened the door to see Jazz carefully with a tea set on a small table with Mr. Cuddles, Tex, and Astra in chairs,

"Did I miss the invitation for the tea party?"

Jazz glanced up at her with a proud smile, 

"Aura told us that we can borrow her tea,"

Astra immediately hugged Mazikeen and smiled brightly at her, 

"Come sit with us!"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded, 

"Of course I will, dear,"

Mazikeen sat down next to Jazz and smirked at him, 

"When did you get good at pouring tea?"

Jazz shrugged, 

"I googled it,"

Mazikeen chuckled, and Astra smiled brightly at her, 

"Do you want to say something?"

Mazikeen tilted her head at the young girl and nodded, 

"Yes, I did...Astra, do you want to stay here?"

Astra immediately nodded, 

"Yes! I do!"

Mazikeen laughed and held Jazz's hand and glanced at him with a soft smile,

"You ready for this?"

Jazz smiled and squeezed her hand, 

"As long as I have you by my side Lil M, I am ready for anything,"

Mazikeen looked at Astra with a soft smile, 

"Astra...Jazz and I want to adopt you,"

Astra tilted her head, 

"I thought you did when you took me here...that's what Tex said,"

The two looked at Tex in disbelief, and he simply smiled at his parents, 

"Hey! I only spoke the truth to my sister,"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded her head, 

"Yes, we did,"

Astra smiled brightly at her new parents and held up her teacup, 

"Family Forever,"

Mazikeen smiled and raised her cup with Jazz and Tex following, 

"Family Forever,"