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A Mother's Love For Her Daughter

Chapter 1: Adoption

It was another sunny day in Jasper, Nevada, as a female Autobot known as Arcee was in her bike mode waiting for two people to come out from school. As the bell rang, the two humans that came out were Jack Darby, her best friend and partner, and Miko, her adoptive daughter. As they hoped on and drove off, Arcee started talking.

"So, how was school, Jack?"

"Oh, you know, the same old, same old" The boy replied with a smile.

"And what about you, dear?" Arcee asked the teenage girl.

Miko smiled. "Well, Mom...I pass my math exam," she said.

"That's good, sweetie. It looks like I'm going to have to take you to that rock concert that I promised to take you to if you passed that math test," the female Autobot said, a smile in her voice.

"You're the best, Mom," Miko said with another smile.

To think that not that long ago, Arcee had adopted the Japanese girl as her own, but it had been a bit of a rocky start.

A few weeks ago...

Arcee was at the base as it was quiet, but her mind was working to try and figure out something that had made her curious. Miko acted rash and somethings without thinking and while they had all gotten mostly used to her behavior, the female Autobot felt there was something more to it and decided it was time for her to talk to Miko.

Miko had been with Bulkhead when he got a comm from Arcee and responded with a nod before looking at Miko. "Hey, Miko, Arcee wants to talk with you," he said.

"About what?" The Japanese girl asked.

"She didn't say, but she's in her quarters."

Curious, Miko headed for Arcee's room, entering to find Arcee in there. The blue and pink Autobot smiled. "So, Miko how's your day going?" She asked.

"It was great. Why are we having this talk?" Miko asked.

"Let me get to the point. Do your parents treat you well?" Arcee asked, making the conversation personal.

Out of all the things she expected, seeing Miko mad wasn't one of them. "It's none of your business. I don't want to talk about it no more." the teenage girl said, glaring at the floor, making Arcee very concerned.

"Miko, you can tell me. We're friends," she said softly

"I said stop!" Miko said, her anger growing.

"Miko, I can't help you if you don't tell me. So please tell me," Arcee said, leaning her hand to try and touch the young girl's shoulder, but Miko pushed her big hand away.

"Leave me alone! Why can't you just do that!?" Miko yelled as ran out of the room in tears, running past Optimus who had heard the conversation as he had been walking by.

As Arcee ran out of her room to call her back, Optimus stopped her. "Arcee, let her go," he said gently. "Let her have some time alone."

With a sigh, Arcee relented. "I'm just concerned about her, Optimus," she admitted.

"I know, but from the sounds of it, it's a touchy subject with Miko."

For about a week or so, Miko wasn't on speaking terms with Arcee. Every time she saw Arcee, she kept avoiding her. Arcee finally decided to ask Agent Fowler about Miko's personal life as the agent knew all about the kids who helped the team.

"Agent Fowler, what is going on in Miko's home?" She asked. "Are her parents ever around for her?"

The agent looked surprised and then glanced around to see that Miko was thankfully not in the room before he turned to the female Autobot. "Arcee, I'm not really supposed to tell anyone this, but...Miko doesn't have any parents," he said softly. "They died in a car accident when she was two years old."

This made Arcee very sad as she knew how it felt to lose someone that she cared about. "Who is taking care of her then?" She asked with concern.

"Well, she was sent to a foster home, but she is now under government care, since her foster parents had been abusing her," Fowler said.

This made Arcee mad since she despised humans who abused sparklings, but she took some deep breaths to calm down. "Is anyone going to take her in?" She asked curiously.

"It's sad to say that no one wanted her at all," the agent said, a sad note in his voice.

"Well, that's good news for me then," said the female Autobot.

Fowler's eyes went wide. "Wait, don't tell your planning on adopting Miko, aren't you?" He asked.

Arcee smiled. "I always wanted a sparkling. I always dreamed of being a mom, and now I can get it," she said. "Can you help me do so, Agent Fowler?

He sighed, running a hand over his face. "Arcee, it's going to be hard for me to convince the boys back at HQ about letting an alien female robot adopt a human child," he admitted as he pulled out his phone, glancing up at her. "But let's see if I can pull a few strings to do it."

"Thank you, Agent Fowler," she said gratefully as he made a few phone calls.

The next week, Miko had just gotten out of school and was surprised to see Arcee instead of Bulkhead. "Where's Bulkhead?" She asked.

"He's on a mission with Optimus, and I thought I could pick you up and maybe talk," Arcee said gently.

With a sigh, Miko hopped on and off they went, heading out of town. As they made it to a cliff, Arcee stopped, letting Miko get off first and then transformed into her bot form and took a seat beside the girl.

After a moment, Miko spoke up. "Arcee, I'm sorry," she said. "I didn't mean to yell at you, but the question you asked...it was very personal."

Arcee smiled gently. "You had your right. And I forgive you. I know what's going on in your life, and that is why I fixed it," she said. "With a little help from Agent Fowler."

Miko looked at her in confusion. "How did you fix it?"

Arcee pulled out an envelope and gave it to her. "Read this and you will know," she said, smiling again.

Miko opened the envelope and pulled out the paper inside, reading it with shock. It was an adoption paper...for her. "Does this mean...?" She asked with tears running down her eyes, hope shining behind her tears.

"Yes, it does. You are now my sparkling, my daughter," said Arcee with a smile.

Miko jumped up and hugged her new mom with tears in her eyes. "Thank you...Mom," she said softly.

Arcee smiled. "I had been thinking about it for awhile before asking Agent Fowler for his assistance." She now gave her new daughter a look. "And since we're now mother and daughter, I want you pull your grades up in school, young lady. No child of mine is going to flunk school," she said in a mom tone.

"But come on! The classes are hard, Mom," Miko protested. "And I hate math."

"That's okay, we got Raf to agree to tutor you, and if you pull your grades up, Mommy will reward you," Arcee said, making Miko perk up in interest.

"A reward, you say?" She asked, giving it some thought. "Well, since you put it that way, Mom...okay," she agreed as she hugged her Cybertronian Mom, who returned the hug.

"Mommy loves you, Miko," the female Autobot said softly.

"I love you too, Mom," the young girl replied.

End of Flashback

"Come on, Mom. We can't be late to the opening start of the concert," Miko said, pulling Arcee from her daydreams with her excitement.

"Okay, sweetie, get on," Arcee said with a smile as she transformed into a motor cycle. When Miko hopped on, Ratchet turned on the Groundbridge, letting them get there faster.

"Hey Mom, can I get a t-shirt when we get there?" Miko asked as they arrived at the place where the concert was.

"Of course, honey. Now is this concert going to be good? Or is it going to be a head sore?" The Autobot asked.

"Trust me, Mom, it's going to be awesome, and this will be our first time going as a family," the young girl said with a smile, which made her mother smile too.

"Love you, sweetheart," Arcee said.

"Love you too, Mom. You're awesome," Miko said as she put a kiss on Arcee's dashboard, making Arcee smile with joy as she made a promise to spend time with her daughter and protect her from any danger, including the Decepticons. But for right now, she was going to enjoy the concert with her little one.

Stay tuned! There's plenty more to come. :)

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