AN: This story will mainly focus on family forged both by blood, and by bond. There will be some action and romance, but the relationship between the starcrossed family is my concern for the moment.

I'm only going to say this once, I don't own Transformers Prime; I only own the idea of the story. So don't sue, because you'll get nothing.

Chapter 1: The promise

Jasper, Nevada

It had been some time since the Autobots left their home planet of Cybertron to go to Earth. It would be easy enough to say that not all of them were pleased with that decision; with Ratchet obviously being the most disappointed. But deep down, they knew that they had no choice. Their planet was dying, and could no longer support life. Their leader Optimus Prime, thought that Earth might hold the key to their salvation; and for the most part, he was right. The Earth was riddled with numerous deposits of untapped energon. The mission given to them by Optimus Prime, was not only to secure these deposits; but also to protect the humans that live on Earth.

Driving down the desert highway was a cobalt blue motorcycle with a hot pink trim on the front fender. In actuality, this was Arcee; one of Optimus's strongest fighters, and his second in command (SIC). The area that she was driving in was nothing but miles of sand, mountains, and a few different types of plant life. She was looking for signs of energon, or for any Decepticons, with no luck. "No energon, and not a con in sight; this is officially the most boring patrol I've ever been on." Suddenly Arcee noticed two black and purple cars were following her. Without warning, the two cars popped out their energon blasters and opened fire on her. "Finally, some action" she said. She slammed on her breaks and turned around to face them, before transforming to her full twenty foot tall stature. Her main color was blue with pink running across her wrists, ankles, and the horn on her forehead; she also had blue optics with pink outlines, and two small winglets protruding from her back. "LET'S DANCE, CONS!" she yelled her battle cry to them. Just then, they transformed into forms only slightly taller than her; their armor was a mix of black and purple, and their heads were chrome silver with one red visor going across their faces. The next thing that could be seen was them shooting at Arcee while she charged at them, avoiding their lasers.

Meanwhile, driving down the road in a tan sedan, was a woman in her early to mid twenties; in the back seat was her infant son who was sleeping peacefully in his carseat. She had black hair, tied in a ponytail, light blue eyes; and she wore a tan jacket with blue hospital scrubs and white tennis shoes. Her name was June Darby; she had just given birth a few days ago. She was still trying to recover from her husband leaving her after he found out that she was pregnant; she knew that he had commitment issues, but she never knew it was that bad. Although it did take him three years to propose. Now she had to raise her son, all on her own; she had to provide for him, so she struggled to put herself through nursing school. As she looked through the mirror at her sleeping son, she began to smile. He had no hair on his head yet, and he wore blue pajamas with a red truck on them. He was her angel, her whole reason for living; and she loved him with all her heart. She looked back at him for a moment and said "How's mommy's little angel doing?"

The next thing she saw when she turned around was three giant robots, fighting tooth and nail for supremacy. "Ahahaha" she screamed as she slammed on the breaks. As the fight went on, one stray shot went right past Arcee and hit June's car. The car went swerving off the road and into the side of a mountain. The crash caused a piece of the mountain to break off and land on the hood of the car. "Oh no" Arcee said. She knew she had to finish the fight fast, so she could help the people in the car. She jumped up in the air, doing a drop kick to one of the con's heads; before bouncing off and doing a spinning kick to the other. Then she pulled out her blasters and started pelting them with shots. After they were done being hammered by shots, they decided to transform and retreat. After they were gone, Arcee went to help the humans; when she got there, she took stock of the situation. The hood had a huge boulder on it, and was covered with small rocks that left it totally destroyed. The woman's head was bleeding, and she had a huge hole in her chest; probably a result of the energon blast that hit them. "Are you okay?" Arcee asked. At that moment the woman screamed. "It's okay, I'm here to help" she responded. "Just hold on, I'm going to get you out of here."

She started to move the boulder and the smaller rocks off of the car. Once she was done, she tried to focus on helping her. "I know it's hard, but I need you to focus; what's your name?" "June, June Darby" she said weakly. "Alright June; I'm Arcee. I'm going to get you out now." "No, save my son first." With that, Arcee ripped the door off and pulled him out of the car. "Is he alright?" June asked. "He's fine, now it's your turn." But both June and Arcee knew deep down that she wasn't going to make it. "Take...take care of him. Promise me you'll make sure he grows up strong and healthy, promise me" she said with her dying breath. "I promise" Arcee answered her. "His name is Jack Darby. And he's all yours now." And with that, June Darby took her last breath as her body fell limp and lifeless. Arcee looked at Jack, who started crying; and she was determined now more than ever to keep her promise. "Ratchet, I need a bridge" she said over her comm link. A few seconds later, a swirling green vortex leading back to base, opened up. Arcee walked through carrying Jack and dragging the car with her. "I'll keep my promise June, no matter what."

AN: Sorry I didn't get too much into detail, I'm not very good at that. I'll try to make the next chapter more fun, see you next time. STAY AWESOME!