Sam stepped out of Bumblebee with Rover on his shoulder, 

"You guys can't let me be in college for one day?!"

Optimus sighed as he watched him pace back and forth, 

"I told you that I wanted to be out of this! Hell! Maze didn't want me in it either!"

Optimus shut his optics at her name and sighed, 

"Samuel."

Sam looked up at him and Rover felt the sadness from the older Cybertronian, 

"What happened?"

Bumblebee transformed and sat down next to Sam and Rover, 

"Boss?"

Optimus glanced at Bumblebee and sighed before kneeling down in front of Sam, 

"Sam. Something happened. I wish I was not telling you this just as much as you wish to not here it."

Sam felt tears fill his eyes, 

"Sh-She's n-not coming back...is she,"

Optimus sighed, 

"The humans do not trust us anymore. Only the soldiers that fought alongside us. They are trying to get us to leave your planet...and General Morshower thought it was best if we found someone to plead our case. I told them that the only one that would defend us to the very end...was not here,"

Rover climbed onto his leg, 

"Optimus. Where is Maze?"

Sam nodded,

"Where is my sister?!"

Optimus closed his optics and then opened them back up to stare at Sam, 

"Trust me when I say this. She will fight tooth and nail, as you say, to be here with you, Samuel. She did not wish for you to know. However, I will tell you. She gained the power of the All Spark when she put the cube in Megatron to kill him. That is why she was able to Teleport. The Decepticons found out that she had such power. She was taken last night. There was a large fight at the NEST headquarters and all of us were fighting. Jazz and Ratchet were almost offlined trying to protect your older sister. I am truly sorry, Samuel. Your sister saved Jazz and Ratchet by turning herself in,"

Sam took a step back in shock and Rover gasped. Sam turned to Bumblebee who was staring at Optimus with widened optics, 

"Bee...did you know?"

Bumblebee immediately shook his head, 

"No,"

Rover looked down at his hands, 

"Why...why did you never tell us who she was? You should have told us. I thought she was safe with you guys. For the first time in my life, ever since Maze created me, I thought I was not alone. Jazz told me I was an honorary Autobot. How could you keep this away?"

Optimus sighed and stared down at the tiny robot on his leg, 

"There is someone you should meet. Both of you should meet,"

Sam stared at him, 

"You think introducing someone new would help?!"

Optimus shook his head, 

"William told me I should. To help all three of you,"

Rover tilted his head, 

"Three?"

Optimus nodded, 

"Tex,"

Tex peaked up from his neck and stared at the human, robot, and Autobot before him, 

"H-Hello,"

Sam's eyes widened, 

"Who?"

Tex waved and jumped down to be right next to Rover, 

"My name is Tex. I have been told that you are Rover, you are Sam, and you are Bumblebee."

Rover poked him, 

"I did not know that there was another Autobot but my size,"

Tex smiled at him and poked him back, 

"Well, Maze wanted to keep me a secret from you...she did not want anyone else knowing that she had the power of the All Spark,"

Sam walked closer to him and Tex left Optimus's leg, quickly followed by Rover. Sam narrowed his eyes at Tex, 

"Why do you seem so familiar?"

Tex smiled and sat down,

"Because, Sam, Mazikeen created me,"

Bumblebee beeped,

"What?!"

Sam's eyes widened, 

"What?"

"Does that mean I'm an older brother?"

Sam stared at Rover and Rover raised his hands in surrender, 

"Kidding, kidding,"

Tex laughed and shrugged, 

"Well, Maze never exactly explained that part to me. She is my mother which means that you, Sam, are another one of my Uncles! Will did not want me to stay on the base without Maze. So he tasked me with staying by your side, he thought it would be nice to get to know each other! Because Maze will come back, and she would like to know that we have finally met,"

Sam ran a hand through his hair, 

"This is crazy,"

Optimus nodded his head, 

"I know it seems that way, but rest assured. We will protect you,"

Sam shook his head, 

"I do not need any protection. I am safe where I am. Everywhere you guys are, there is trouble. So please just leave me alone,"

Optimus frowned, 

"Sam,"

Sam shook his head, 

"No. Bee take me back. I'll watch over Tex until you find Maze. You better find her Optimus, that's the only way you can make this right,"

Optimus sighed and nodded, 

"We will," 

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳

Jazz pulled up outside the mechanic workshop that he was familiar with and honked his horn. He saw no movement from inside and sighed. He turned on his holo-form and walked into the store. He ducked as a wrench went flying past his face and raised his hands in surrender, 

"Don't hit me!"

He heard movement next to him and turned to see a tiny Decepticon. He narrowed his eyes at the Cybertronian and before he could kill it, Mikaela came running toward it and slammed a jar over him, 

"HEY! YOU CAN'T KEEP ME TRAPPED FOREVER!"

Jazz tilted his head and Mikaela narrowed her eyes at him, 

"Who the fuck are you? How did you get in? I locked the door,"

Jazz smiled and crossed his arms, 

"Yeah, I know you did. But I'm so good that I can just pass through the door,"

Mikaela's eyes widened, 

"Jazz?"

Jazz nodded and smiled at her, 

"Hello, Mikaela,"

Mikaela laughed and hugged him, 

"What are you doing here? I had no idea that you guys could be humans!"

Jazz laughed, 

"Well, we have holo-forms that we can turn on and off to help with the human officers,"

Mikaela nodded and looked around, 

"Where is Maze?"

Jazz sighed and looked down at his feet, 

"She's gone...she was taken by the Decepticons,"

Mikaela gasped and glared at the jar that contained the Decepticon, 

"You! Speak!"

She shook the jar a little and he yelped, 

"Hey! I don't know nothing! I don't even know who this Maze is, is Maize not some kinda food thing that you fleshlings eat?!"

Jazz growled, 

"You listen here, you little piece of scrap, you are lucky that you are still alive. If Mikaela was not here I would have stomped on you. We could kill you at any time,"

The Decepticon shook his head, 

"Wait! No, my name is Wheelie, I was sent here to learn more about someone called Samuel Witwicky,"

Mikaela and Jazz shared a look before turning back to him, 

"What do you mean?"

Wheelie shrugged, 

"Megatron says he has some sort of power in him,"

Jazz frowned and grabbed Mikaela's hand, 

"We have to go,"

Mikaela nodded her head, 

"Yeah, we have to get to Sam!"

Jazz picked up the jar that had Wheelie in it and the two ran to his alt-mode. He put Wheelie in the back after making sure his seatbelts were tightly around the jar and got in his driver's seat. It felt weird being in his holo-form still as he pressed the gas. Mikaela looked at him, 

"Why are you still in the holo-form,"

Jazz looked at her and shrugged, 

"I wanted to make sure you were comfortable,"

Mikaela smiled softly and nodded her head, 

"I am, you can turn it off,"

Jazz sighed and shook his head, 

"I'm not,"

Mikaela looked at him and put her hand on his shoulder, 

"Jazz...what happened?"

Jazz let out a hollow laugh, 

"I'm not fit to be Mazikeen's guardian. Nor the guardian of any sparkling she would have. I told her to run. We were under attack at the base, and I told her to run as soon as a Decepticon found us in the Medical Bay. She wouldn't leave. Ratchet and I...we fought until we were both brought into stasis. Then...I felt something in me snap, like something was missing. I opened my eyes to see Eddie on my chassis, Ratchet looking me over and the twins looking lost. No Maze. Mikaela...I lost her. I wasn't strong enough to protect her."

Mikaela sighed and looked at him, 

"Jazz?"

He looked at her again, 

"Yes?"

Mikaela smiled softly at him, 

"I may not have known Mazikeen all my life, but I do know that she will never back down from a fight. She will always fight for those around her, whether they can also fight or not. She will come back. Not only for Sam and Rover, but for you too,"

Jazz looked at her in confusion, 

"Why me?"

Mikaela laughed and smiled at him, 

"Maze has a way of knowing people very well and very quickly. She would never want you to blame yourself. She cares about you, Jazz. Get that through your thick metal head."

Jazz sighed, 

"But... why would she forgive me? I failed her,"

Mikaela sighed and looked at him, 

"But, you are here now, aren't you?"

"Yeah?"

"Maze would want you to still help the people and Autobots both of you care about,"

Jazz sighed and let his holo-form disappear, 

"Thank you, Mikaela,"

Mikaela laughed and patted his hood, 

"She will come back home, she promised Sam, and if there is one thing I know about her, is she will never break her promise to Sam,"

Jazz laughed, 

"That is true, she is extremely stubborn,"

Mazikeen laughed and nodded her head, 

"So, what about those twin brothers? Sunstreaker and Sideswipe? Where are they?"

"They are staying at base. They want to be there to see if Maze will come back there,"

"So, how would she get out?"

"You remember how she teleported?"

"Yeah,"

"We are all praying to Primus that she does that again,"

Mikaela nodded, 

"She will come home,"

"I hope so,"