KatieMae77, who owns Katie, asked for this one and is also the co-author of this story. :)

Transformers G1 belongs to Hasbro. I only own Rachel.

Adventures In Raising A Little One

Chapter 1: The Shock

"This isn't good!" Perceptor cried out as he held seven-year-old Rachel in his hand and close to his chest to keep her safe while firing his weapon upon the Decepticons.

"These Decepticoocoos are crazy!" Jazz agreed. "Just what are they trying to accomplish?!"

"Something bad," little Rachel whimpered fearfully.

They had all been enjoying an outing at the local wildlife preserve when the Decepticons attacked them. Optimus was the target apparently and he was fighting while trying to keep seven-year-old Katie safe, as she was hiding nearby, unable to get to the other Autobots that had managed to find cover and providing covering fire for their leader. Perceptor turned on his holoform and held Rachel comfortingly while his real form continued providing covering fire. "Perceptor, I'm scared," the little girl whimpered, hugging him and burying her face into his holoform shoulder.

"Shh, I've got you, Rachel," he said soothingly.

She looked fearful. "What about Optimus and Katie?" She asked.

Perceptor had no answer for that, but he sincerely hoped the Decepticons would retreat soon.

Hook, the Decepticon medic, set up his new invention quickly and aimed it at Optimus, eager to use it and please his leader. "Megatron is going to be pleased," he said with an evil grin.

Optimus was currently battling the Stunticons and didn't see Hook setting up his invention, but Katie did and while she was only seven years old and a human, she immediately got ready to jump out of her hiding spot, which she did a moment later when Hook fired his weapon. "Optimus, watch out!" Katie cried out, leaping in front of him.

Just as the beam from the weapon hit her full on.

"Katie!" Ironhide cried out in horror.

"Katie!" Optimus echoed the cry and fired his weapon rapidly, destroying Hook's invention in the process.

Megatron, seeing the battle wasn't going according to plan, growled. "Decepticons, retreat!" He called out and they immediately took to the air.

The Autobots immediately gathered around Optimus while searching for Katie, wondering what had happened to her. Rachel squirmed to have Perceptor put her down, which he did and she began running toward the spot Katie had stopped. "Katie!" She called her sister's name. "Katie!"

The Autobots were also looking, careful of where they stepped, but a cry stopped them cold and Rachel ran towards the cry, recognizing it to be a baby's cry and she stopped short in front of Optimus, her eyes wide. "Katie?" She asked uncertainly.

The Autobots all looked down and to their shock, there was a small, five-month-old infant laying on the ground in front of the leader. She wore a small blue dress and was crying. Ratchet did a quick scan on her and his mouth dropped open. "It's Katie," he said. "But…she's been turned into a five-month-old human baby."

The Autobot turned on their holoforms and Optimus gently picked up the now-baby Katie, who was crying until he held her in his arms. She immediately stopped crying and clung to him, laying her head on his shoulder as her tears stopped. "Shh, it's alright, Katie, we're here," he said soothingly and she settled down in his arms.

"Those Decepticreeps turned Katie into a baby?" Rachel asked, trying to wrap her young mind around that.

"Yes," said Wheeljack. "Seems like Hook was going to use it on Optimus."

"It would have turned Optimus into a sparkling?" Perceptor asked in horror.

"I'm not sure," Wheeljack answered. "It might have had a different effect on Katie because she's human."

The others nodded and Optimus looked at Wheeljack. "Wheeljack, I need you, Ratchet, Perceptor, Hoist, Grapple, and Brawn to find a way to reverse the effects of the beam," he said.

"Will do, Prime," said Ratchet. "On the plus side, she's healthy."

That was a least a bit of good news as the Autobots headed back for the ARK, preparing themselves to raise a little one. Hardly any of them had raised a sparkling in a long time, but they were willing to do so to raise Katie at least until the others found a way to get her back to her proper age.

Rachel looked worried and hugged Skyfire when he picked her up. "Skyfire, will they be able to fix what those Decepticreeps did to Katie?" She asked.

"They will, little one," he said reassuringly. "It will just take some time, but they will find a way."

Kreemzeek, who came over to see them, was surprised. "Kreemzeek?" He asked in confusion. "Katie?"

Rachel held her arms open and Kreemzeek jumped into her arms, looking worried that she looked a bit sad. "The Decepticons turned Katie into a baby, Kreemzeek," she said, pointing to baby Katie.

"Kreemzeek?" The little ball of electricity asked before flying over to Optimus, whose holoform still held the little one in his arms. Kreemzeek landed on Optimus' arm and looked at Katie, his eyes wide with wonder. Little Katie looked up at him and giggled, apparently liking him. The little energy creature looked relieved that Katie wasn't scared of him, but looked up at Optimus. "Kreemzeek?" He asked again.

"Yes, this is a rather unusual predicament," the leader of the Autobots said. "We'll have to take care of Katie until Ratchet and the others can reverse what happened to her."

"It's been a long time since any of us have raised a sparkling, let alone be near one," Ironhide said softly.

The Protectobots had never been near a sparkling, but they were just as eager to help as they loved Katie as a little sister. "We'll all raise her," said First Aid.

Red Alert nodded. "She's certainly a cute sparkling," he said with a smile.

Bumblebee turned on his holoform and little Katie reached for him and he smiled, accepting her and holding her. "I wonder if she has all her memories," he said. "She certainly isn't afraid of us."

First Aid did a gentle scan and shook his head. "No," he said softly. "Her recent memories aren't there."

They all looked sad at this before Rachel perked up. "But that's okay," she said. "Look, Katie's not afraid of you guys. You guys have your holoforms on and Katie is wanting you guys to hold her. That means she knows you guys are her family and friends."

Blaster gently ruffled the blonde girl's hair. "You're right, kiddo," he said.

Optimus gently accepted Katie back from Bumblebee when she reached out for him and she let out a yawn before falling asleep, holding onto the leader of the Autobots and making the others smile. He smiled as both his real form and his holoform stood up. "Well men, we have quite an adventure ahead of us," he said.

It was going to be an adventure raising the young girl that had been turned into a sparkling.

Well, the Decepticons goofed and Katie is now a five-month-old baby. Are the Autobots prepared to raise the little one? How will it go? Stay tuned to find out. :)

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