"Commander Witwicky!"

Mazikeen turned and smiled softly at the cadet in front of her, 

"Quill, what is it?"

Peter Quill saluted to her, 

"General wants you to help with the relief team for Chicago, sir,"

Mazikeen nodded,

"Alright, when are we leaving?"

"1300,"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"Alright, I'll get my things, who is going?"

Peter smiled at her, 

"Eagle Squad, we wanted to know if we could possibly take Cross,"

Mazikeen chuckled and crossed her arms with a smirk, 

"You got through Crosshair?"

Peter scratched the back of his neck, 

"Uh...no...not really, but we wanted to try again! Maybe if we take him with us, we will get through to him,"

Mazikeen smiled and patted his shoulder, 

"Alright, then we will have Eagle Squad with Alexandra Witwicky. Go get my cousin and Crosshair will hopefully go with you guys. I'll get Jazz with me. How big are we looking?"

"Downtown,"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"Alright, then I think Eagle Squad will be enough, but I will also get Jagger Squad, too, just in case we run into any issues. Get Captain White to assemble the Jaggers,"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

Mazikeen nodded, and Peter left. She immediately walked over to the rec room where she knew the Autobots were.

"Jazz and Tex, I hope you two are ready!"

Jazz looked down at her and crossed his arms in amusement, 

"Family road trip?"

Mazikeen rolled her eyes at him and looked at Arcee, 

"Cee, is this what you have been dealing with?"

Arcee laughed and nodded, 

"Though, he was very mopey-"

"I was not!"

Mazikeen raised her eyebrow at him, 

"Will told me you were,"

Elita-One smirked, 

"You should have seen him,"

Chromia chuckled, 

"We had to find new training equipment because Jazz ol' bot destroyed half of them,"

Jazz rolled his optics, 

"I was not that bad,"

The three sisters shared a glance with Mazikeen, and they laughed as Jazz grumbled and transformed into his alt-mode, 

"Just hop in, Lil M,"

Tex laughed and jumped into Mazikeen's arms, 

"Let's go! Where are we going?"

Mazikeen sighed, 

"To help with Downtown Chicago, apparently, there is still some damage that they wanted us to go through even if the Battle of Chicago happened two months ago,"

Chromia winced, 

"We were a part of the first wave that started clearing it out. It was bad,"

Mazikeen sighed, 

"Yeah...Prowl and Cade started telling me about it,"

Elita-one nodded, 

"Just be careful, you three,"

"We will be fine, I got Eagle and Jagger Squad coming,"

"Good,"

Jazz took off to the exit and spotted the two squads waiting for them. Mazikeen stepped out of his alt-mode and smirked at the squads, 

"Hey, glad you could make it,"

Victor Sanchez saluted at her, 

"Commander, what is the plan?"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"At ease, soldier,"

They quickly formed a line in front of her, and Athena walked up to be next to her with Alexandra, 

"Alright, we don't have as much area to cover. I want Eagles to cover the taller buildings, do a sweep using thermo scanners, Crosshair if the building looks unstable, I want you to make sure they don't go in it unless you are positive that you can hold it up long enough for them to go in and out. Jagger squad, you handle the public places, I think we got a town hall in downtown. Check out the soup kitchens they set up to help the community, but I want you guys to look out for any danger, Blue you monitor the radios see if anything stands out. I will be checking out the smaller housing units. Any questions?"

They all shook their heads. Alexandra smirked at Mazikeen, 

"Let's get this done,"

Mazikeen sighed, 

"I wish it was sooner,"

Athena winced, 

"Yeah, we do, too,"

Mazikeen looked out the window as Jazz drove, and he felt his spark pull gently at him, and he immediately turned on his holo-form, 

"Lil M, are you alright?"

Mazikeen sighed and looked at him, 

"I'm sorry, Jazz...I...I put you all through so much-"

Jazz immediately grabbed her hand and squeezed it, 

"Lil M. Do not blame yourself. We talked about this, you came back...and that's all I could ever hope for,"

Mazikeen sighed and looked at his hand in hers, 

"I hurt everyone,"

Jazz shook his head and softly brought his hand to her chin and softly lifted it to meet his eyes,

"Lil M, you are my sparkmate, you could never do any wrong, and you have never done anything that has hurt me or the Autobots. By the Allspark, you got Barricade to change sides and be in the same room as Prowl again! I never thought that day would come. You are special, sweetspark, and never doubt that. I don't want to listen to you being negative because I will shut you up really quick,"

Mazikeen sighed softly as her heart swelled. Tex crossed his arms and rolled his optics, 

"I never expected to be third wheeling my parents more than before,"

Jazz and Mazikeen immediately pulled away and glared at Tex. Tex raised his servos in defense, 

"Hey! I just didn't want to see any kissing!"

The two immediately blushed, and Mazikeen immediately slapped his shoulder, 

"TEX!"

Tex burst into a fit of laughter, 

"Sorry Mom, I had to,"

"You literally did not!"

Jazz sighed, 

"We should have left him home,"

"HEY! I am a joy!"

"When you babysit the babies you are,"

"Rude,"

They laughed. Jazz pulled up right outside of a small house, and Mazikeen got out, 

"Phoenix, care to help?"

Mazikeen smirked as the familiar feeling of metal encased her, and she heard her voice, 

"Always,"

Mazikeen turned to Jazz and Tex, 

"You two stay here-"

Tex grumbled and walked up to Mazikeen, 

"Too bad, I'm coming, you can have dad wait,"

Mazikeen laughed and glanced at Jazz, 

"Alright, you wait here, seems like Tex and I are having mother-and-son time,"

Jazz sighed and crossed his arms, 

"Fine, but be careful,"

Mazikeen saluted to him and left with Tex on her shoulder. 

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐝

Peter looked up at the tall building they were about to enter, 

"Alright, Riles, what are we looking at?"

"This building is one of the first to get attacked, and it is also where some of us landed in our attack against the cons. The foundation is unstable, and no life forms are detected,"

Peter nodded, 

"Alright, I'll go check it out, time for five minutes,"

Alexandra frowned, 

"Quill, did you not hear that it was unstable?"

Peter smirked at her, 

"Which is why I'm going in, and everyone else is going to check out the next one,"

Crosshair rolled his optics, 

"You humans are so stupid,"

Alexandra slapped his foot, 

"Cross!"

Crosshair shrugged, 

"What? Is it not true?"

Alexandra rolled her eyes, 

"Whatever, you stay with Peter and make sure he comes out ALIVE, alright?"

Crosshair grunted before nodding his head, 

"Fine,"

Peter rolled his eyes but grabbed his rifle and flashlight, 

"Yes sirrr,"

Alexandra chuckled and nodded at the rest of the squad, 

"Everyone else, let's get going,"

Peter watched them all leave before glancing up at Crosshair, 

"You can stay out here if you want,"

Crosshair crossed his arms and nodded, 

"I will,"

Peter shrugged and walked inside the dark building. He narrowed his eyes, 

"HELLO?"

He was met by silence, and he slowly walked deeper into the building. He shook his head as he was met by debris and smoke and sighed, 

"Shit,"

There was nothing he could find. Nothing important that should be kept, 

"This is a complete bust. Commander is never going to let me take charge again."

He yelped as he tripped over a pipe and groaned, 

"FUCK!"

He immediately felt the ground start shaking, and he stood up,

"Are you kidding me, universe?!"

He immediately took off sprinting to the exit, 

"CROSSHAIR! HELP!"

His eyes widened as he saw the ceiling slowly start coming down, 

"SHIT SHIT SHIT!"

He saw the opening but crashed to the floor and covered his head in a fetal position before hearing crashing all around him,

"Stupid fleshy,"

Peter opened his eyes and gasped as he saw Crosshair above him holding up some of the ceilings, 

"Get up already and get out before I let this thing fall on you!"

Peter immediately stood up and ran out. He looked back to see Crosshair coming out with a thin layer of dust covering him. Crosshair glared at him, 

"When we get back to that stupid human base, you are cleaning this stupid dust. Got it?"

Peter smiled brightly at him and nodded, 

"Of course I will, Cross. Does this mean that you finally like us?"

Crosshair crossed his arms and shook his head, 

"I was told to make sure you stay alive. I did just that."

Peter smirked, 

"Sure,"

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳

Jazz exited his alt-mode when he felt a pull at his spark,

"Lil M?"

He immediately ran into the small building, 

"MAZIKEEN! TEX!"

What greeted him sent a shock to his spark. Mazikeen was holding the hand of a young girl who looked like she was seven, and Tex was carrying a teddy bear as big as him, 

"Who is this?"

The girl immediately hid behind Mazikeen, and Mazikeen smiled at Jazz, 

"Jazz, this is our newest friend. She was searching for Mr. Cuddles through this rubble when Tex and I found her,"

Jazz knelt down in front of the young girl, 

"Why, hello there,"

The girl slowly looked at him before looking up at Mazikeen, 

"Hey, it's okay, this is my boyfriend, he's not like the others,"

The girl slowly nodded and looked at Jazz, 

"Hello,"

Jazz smiled at her and held out his hand, 

"What's your name, lil one?"

The girl took his hand and shook it a little bit, 

"My name is Girl...that's what everyone called me,"

Jazz immediately looked at Mazikeen in confusion, and she sighed, 

"She's an orphan...we can take her back with us,"

The young girl immediately nodded and held onto Mazikeen's waist, 

"Please! I promise to behave, I like you, you are nice and so is Tex! Mr. Cuddles trusts him,"

Tex smirked and hugged Mr. Cuddles, 

"I like him too. I have never had a...bear?"

The girl giggled,

"Well, silly, only humans get teddy bears, but we can share Mr. Cuddles,"

Tex immediately looked at the young girl and back at the teddy bear in his servos,

"Yes."

Jazz chuckled, 

"Come on, let's get you outside,"

Mazikeen slowly brought the young girl to Tex and Tex immediately grabbed the girl's hand in his servo, the girl was three feet taller than him but they made it work. Jazz grabbed Mazikeen's hand, 

"Lil M?"

Mazikeen looked up into his eyes, 

"Jazz, she was left here ever since Chicago happened...we can't leave her,"

Jazz sighed and nodded, 

"Alright, but what are we supposed to do? I'm not a human-"

Mazikeen slapped his arm, 

"Blue isn't either, and he's great with the twins,"

Jazz sighed and nodded, 

"Alright, let's just take her to Will and see what he says,"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"Good, but we need to give her a name,"

Jazz tilted his head, 

"I thought girl was her name?"

Mazikeen glared at him, 

"Hey, girl is not the name of a human being. She was not treated well, she needs an actual name,"

Jazz nodded and kissed her cheek, 

"Okay, what are you thinking of?"

They finally got outside, and the young girl immediately ran over to Jazz's alt-mode, 

"Woah! Is this your car?!"

Mazikeen laughed and smirked at Jazz before walking over to the young girl, 

"Why yes, he is my car. Do you want to meet him?"

The girl tilted her head in confusion, 

"Meet him?"

Mazikeen nodded and looked at Jazz, 

"Kid, meet Jazz, officially please,"

The girl gasped as Jazz slowly transformed, and he knelt down in front of her, 

"What's up, lil one?"

The girl immediately squealed and wrapped her arms around his servo, 

"THIS IS SO COOL! WAIT! Does this mean you are dating a car?! That's so cool!"

Mazikeen laughed as she watched Jazz's optics widen in surprise, 

"Well, Jazz is uhhh...an alien, you can say-"

"COOL!"

Mazikeen laughed and ruffled her hair, 

"So, you still up for a ride?"

The girl immediately nodded, 

"SHOTGUN!"

Mazikeen laughed, and Jazz shook his head in amusement, 

"You heard the kid! Let's roll out Jazz!"

Jazz sighed and looked at Tex, 

"I thought I only had one femme ordering me 'round. Now I have two,"

He quickly transformed back into his alt-mode, and Mazikeen went into the driver's seat, and the girl hopped into the passenger side. Tex was in the back with Mr. Cuddles. Mazikeen glanced at the girl, 

"So, Jazz and I want to give you a better name,"

"Girl is not a good name?"

Mazikeen grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently, 

"I think I can think of a better one,"

"What is it?"

Jazz immediately thought of one, 

"Astra,"

Mazikeen looked at the dashboard with a smirk, 

"Astra?"

The young girl immediately smiled, 

"Astra! I like that one,"

Mazikeen smiled at Astra and ruffled her hair, 

"I dub you, Astra, welcome aboard,"

Astra smiled largely, 

"Thank you,"

Tex nudged her, 

"I think Mr. Cuddles approves,"

They all laughed as Jazz drove them back to base.

╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧╤╧

I think I adore Astra already, small bean. Will Lennox might just age twenty years when he finds out that Mazikeen picked up a child hehe