Mazikeen slowly opened her eyes as Jazz woke her up,

"Lil M, we got to your place,"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"Thanks, Jazz...see you in the morning! You can stay in the garage with Bee, if you want,"

"Its okay, I'll wait out here for ya,"

Mazikeen smiled and nodded, 

"Okay, get some rest too. Goodnight Jazz,"

"Goodnight, lil M,"

Mazikeen opened the door and left. She quickly caught up with Sam and the two walked in to see Judy setting up plates for them, 

"Hey, did you have fun?"

Sam smiled and nodded, 

"Yeah! We had a blast!"

Judy smiled, 

"Good,"

They all sat down and Judy gave them all plates of pasta, 

"Eat up,"

Mazikeen smiled as she took a bite, 

"This is really good,"

Judy smiled, 

"Yep, I thought you would like an actual home-cooked meal, instead of that military food,"

Mazikeen frowned slightly and Ron looked at his wife, 

"Judy."

Sam looked up at them in confusion, 

"What's going on?"

Judy shook her head,

"Oh nothing, Sam,"

He slowly nodded and glanced at his sister before continuing to eat. Mazikeen quickly finished and got her plate, 

"I'm going to sleep now...goodnight,"

"Goodnight, Maze!"

Rover immediately followed her as she left to her room, 

"Let me help you redo the bandage,"

Mazikeen nodded, 

"Okay, let me shower first to get rid of all the sand,"

Rover nodded and sat down on her bed as she showered. She came back after a few minutes and took off her shirt, leaving her in her sports bra. She handed Rover the wrap and Rover carefully wrapped it around her torso, covering the wound once again. Mazikeen smiled at him and patted his head, 

"Thanks, bud,"

Rover nodded, 

"You are welcome, Maze,"

He left shortly after and Mazikeen slowly laid down in her bed. She sighed as she stared at the ceiling and saw the glow-in-the-dark stars that she put up such a long time ago. Then she finally closed her eyes to sleep.

Mazikeen opened her eyes and saw she was in the house again. She frowned in confusion but started walking around, 

"Hello?"

She heard a chair fall and quickly ran to the living room and saw Sam crying on the floor,

"Sammy?"

Sam looked up at her, his eyes were red, 

"YOU!"

Mazikeen flinched, 

"What happened?"

He stood up and jabbed a finger at her, 

"You killed them!"

Mazikeen stepped back, 

"What?"

Sam glared at her, 

"You killed our parents!"

Mazikeen gasped, 

"No, no I didn't!"

Sam shook his head, 

"You did! Mom was so disappointed in you that she took her own life! Dad couldn't deal with the loss and he had a heart attack! You killed our parents Mazikeen!"

Mazikeen took another step back, 

"Y-You are lying!"

Sam chuckled and shook his head, 

"You should have stayed dead."

Mazikeen let a tear fall, 

"Y-You don't mean that, Sammy,"

Sam shook his head, 

"I do. I hate you!"

Mazikeen started running out,

"YEAH RUN AWAY! JUST AS YOU ALWAYS DO!!!"

She kept running until she bumped into something. She fell backwards and winced. She looked up and smiled at Jazz, 

"Jazz! Something is going on! My brother is saying that I killed our parents! He's lying though! I never killed anyone!"

Jazz looked down at her and shook his head, 

"He is not lying, Mazikeen. You killed your creators...you don't deserve the powers of the All Spark,"

Mazikeen's eyes widened, 

"Wh-What?"

Jazz narrowed his optics at her, 

"You should have teleported far away from us. You cause everyone around you pain and suffering. You should have stayed dead even. I wish I was never tasked to be your guardian. You are a burden Mazikeen Witwicky,"

Mazikeen shook her head, 

"Y-You don't mean that,"

Jazz nodded, 

"I do. And once all the humans know what you are. You will be experimented on. You will never get a chance to hurt anyone anymore."

Mazikeen shook her head as she started crying, 

"Please...you don't mean that, Jazz,"

Jazz laughed, 

"You think I want to be the guardian of someone weak like you?! No! But I didn't want anyone else to feel this heavy weight on their shoulder as you brought me down with you. I wish you were dead Mazikeen."

Mazikeen looked at him and frowned, 

"I wish I was."

"Then perish."

Mazikeen screamed as he knocked her down. She opened her eyes to the desert and gasped, 

"No no no no,"

She looked around and saw the scorpion, 

"I killed you!"

Will ran up to her and helped her up, 

"MYNX! WE HAVE TO MOVE!"

Mazikeen stood up with his help and started running, 

"Where are Epps and Fig?!"

Will looked at her, 

"You don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

"Mynx...they died,"

Mazikeen stopped in her tracks, 

"What?"

Will stopped with her and looked at her, 

"Yeah...they died trying to protect you...just like I will,"

Mazikeen screamed as Will's eyes filled with blood as it dripped down his face, 

"You will kill us all Mazikeen Witwicky...it is your destiny,"

"NO! NO! NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Mazikeen, wake up! You are sleeping

Mazikeen jumped out of her bed and fell to the ground as she burst into tears, 

"It w-wasn't real."

She finally stopped crying and she opened her window and climbed down the tree. She wrapped her jacket around herself and walked into the garage instinctively. She walked to her workbench and took out a small cube she used to tinker with. She opened it up, and it started to glow a dull blue. She sighed and put it back down. She walked back outside and started walking down the street until she heard a honk. She turned and saw the familiar silver Pontiac. She smiled sadly and slowly walked over to him, 

"Hi, what are you doing awake?"

"I should be asking you that question, lil M,"

Mazikeen shook her head and sighed, 

"Bad dream,"

Jazz opened his door, 

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Mazikeen climbed into his alt mode and brought her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, 

"Not really,"

Jazz wrapped his seat belt around her, 

"That's alright, you don't have to, lil M,"

Mazikeen nodded and sighed, 

"I never came home...I had chances over the five years...but I never did,"

"Why not?"

Mazikeen sighed and looked down, 

"I get nightmares...almost every night...and then I wake up. One time, when I was over at Will and Sarah's during a break we had, he woke up and saw me thrashing in my sleep and he tried waking me up...I ended up putting him in a chokehold and when I woke up...I was horrified and ran to the barn they had. It took them hours of talking to me before I came out. Ever since then, I locked the guest room door to make sure no one tried waking me up from a nightmare,"

Jazz sighed, 

"Lil M...nightmares are normal for soldiers, I have gotten my fair share of them too. You should never be ashamed of what you go through,"

Mazikeen shook her head, 

"But...if I ever hurt Sammy...I would never forgive myself. I would be better off dead,"

Jazz immediately stopped, 

"You don't mean that,"

Mazikeen glanced at his dashboard, 

"Yes...yes, I do."

Jazz felt his spark tighten in his spark chambers and he immediately tightened his seatbelt around her, 

"Mazikeen, you should never say things like that. You are better off alive,"

Mazikeen's eyes widened at the use of her first name and not the nickname, it sent chills down her spine,

"Jazz...ever since Sammy was born, I swore to myself that I would protect him no matter what. I told you guys that was why I took the All Spark cube and shoved it into Megatron's spark chamber...I would never be able to forgive myself if I hurt him...I don't think I would be able to live with myself,"

"He would want you to live,"

Mazikeen's mind immediately went to the nightmare and she sighed and shook her head, 

"None of them would,"

"Who?"

Mazikeen put her chin on her knees, 

"My parents."

Jazz sighed, 

"Lil M, those people don't deserve to have you as their daughter. Your mom does not deserve to have you, you deserve a better mother,"

"Thanks,"

Jazz sighed, 

"Mazikeen,"

Mazikeen winced and looked at his dashboard, 

"Yeah?"

"You deserve the world,"

She sighed and shook her head, 

"So many other people deserve it more,"

Jazz sighed. Mazikeen saw a bright light to the side of her and glanced over to see a guy appear next to her with a soft smile on his face. 

"Jazz?"

He nodded, 

"Hi, lil M,"

"Why?"

He chuckled softly and put a hand on her shoulder, 

"I couldn't stand not being able to help you...so I decided to say frag it all and activate my holo-form,"

Mazikeen softly smiled and nodded, 

"Thank you,"

Jazz smiled at her, 

"Like I have been saying, you aren't alone anymore, lil M...and you will never be alone ever again,"

Mazikeen looked at him,

"You promise?"

Jazz nodded, 

"I promise,"

Mazikeen sighed in relief and put her hand on his, 

"Thank you...I really needed that,"

Jazz smirked, 

"I know, I am just that amazing,"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded, 

"Sure sure,"

"Oh, how you wound me!"

Mazikeen laughed and finally let her legs stretch out and sat regularly, 

"Suffer,"

Jazz laughed and nudged her, 

"Now you are being mean,"

Mazikeen winked at him, 

"It is out of love!"

Jazz rolled his eyes, 

"Whatever you say, lil M,"

Mazikeen smiled and glanced at him, 

"Do you really mean what you said?"

Jazz smiled and nodded,

"Every word of it,"

Mazikeen smiled and put her head on his shoulder,

"Thanks,"

Jazz slowly wrapped his arm around her shoulder and rested his head on top of hers, 

"You are very welcome, lil M,"

Mazikeen slowly fell asleep again, and Jazz smiled softly at her as she slept,

"You really do deserve the world, Mazikeen,"

He drove right outside her house again and stopped near her window. He slowly unwrapped his arm from her shoulder and slowly picked her up. She moved a little in her sleep and he hesitated before she sighed and snuggled closer to him. He blushed softly and shook his head. He once again picked her up and got out of his alt mode. He softly set her down on the floor and let his holo-form disappear. Jazz transformed and carefully picked her up in his servo and lifted her up to her opened window and carefully put her on the desk she had. Then he reactivated his holo-form and entered her room. He picked her up again and put her down on her bed. He smiled as he put her blanket on her and moved a piece of her hair out of her face, 

"Goodnight, lil M,"

He deactivated his holo-form again, transformed back into his alt mode, and went back to the street to recharge again.