Okay I wanted to upload this chapter before I started college. Since MM and I will be in college our updates for our stories including the ones we are writing together will be delayed for a little bit. When we get time we'll try our best to update stories, but for now please enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 8

Take Your Side

Optimus carried Nerissa to his room and sat down on his recharge birth. Nerissa was crying so hard from the news that Static had brought with him. Vortex slowly entered the room by crawling under the door. He had heard Nerissa's cries throughout the base and wanted to see what was wrong with his dear friend.

"Nerissa?" Vortex asked coming up to Optimus. Optimus looked down and gently set down his free hand for the minicon to hop on to. Once he was at Nerissa's level he jumped over to her and tried his best to comfort his friend. Optimus let the two hug each other for a little while, but when Nerissa started snuggling close to Optimus tired from crying too much Optimus thought it was best Vortex go out and let everyone know what was going on.

As Vortex was leaving he came across Static who was walking down the hallways very sad. Vortex decided he shouldn't bring anything up about what had happened not wanting to bring up bad memories. He kept his best foot forward and continued walking to the other Autobots.

Static watch Vortex get out of sight and decided it was safe to act normal. Quickly transforming he sped fast to the command center and peeked in to see if any Autobots were inside. Once he saw no one in he went in and flew up onto the seat and then onto the desk top and started messing with the gadgets until he got contact with Megatron.

"Megatron sir, I have made it and in the Decepticon base." Static spoke. Megatron smiled and nodded his head.

"Good job Static, report back to me when you get information from anyone, and keep an optic on that one human, I have a feeling she may be more of a nuisance than this human Kindred." Megatron spoke.

"She is sir, and I'll be sure to keep a good optic on her. Do you have anything you want to do with her?" Static asked.

"Right now no, but when the time comes and your cover is blown I want you to take her when you come up here. Where does she mostly stay?"

"She has a room of her own, but it seems to be that she is staying with Optimus Prime more and more. When I got to the base and told them the story she started crying and Optimus picked her up and took her to his room. I think she is his weakness and if we grab her he'll do anything to get her back." Static replied.

"Hmm…yes. You will take her when your cover is blown understand?"

"Understood sir," Static saluted to his commander and turned off the screen just as Hotshot came into the room and saw Megatron go off the screen.

"Was that Megatron!?" he exclaimed. Static quickly turned around and he looked angry.

"I just got off transmission with Megatron. I'm trying to get Kindred down here away from the Decepticons but he won't let her go. He'll only let her go if I go up there, but if I do I know he won't let her go." Static growled.

Hotshot looked down at him and gently picked him up and said, "We'll get her back, don't worry."

Back on the Decepticon base on the moon Megatron had turned off the transmission and had seen Hotshot come in the command room just as he and Static were done chatting. He looked to his desk and saw Kindred fast asleep on the bed Cyclonus had gotten for her. He felt a small smile tug at his lips, but once he was aware he was smiling he quickly growled and went over to his bed and decided it was time he should get some recharge in before anything happened. Quickly looking over to Kindred one last time before he shut his optics off then went into a deep slumber.

Kindred suddenly stirred and woke up. The room was dark, just like it was everyday. They were on the moon and not on Earth. Stretching she got her cell phone out of her bra and decided to see if anyone had texted her or called her and once she saw it was her parents who had been calling her the most she wasn't surprised at all. Sighing she decided she should listen to the messages.

Most of them were screamings from her parents wanting to know where she and Nerissa were at. They were still looking for them after they had told their parents that they were running off together, but that wasn't true. Nerissa was with the Autobots and she was with the Decepticons, but telling that to her parents would only confuse them and then she would have told everyone about the transformers and Megatron…gosh she didn't want to see what he would do to her if she told her family about him. He'd probably just squish her or kill her slow and painful. She shuddered at the thought and quickly laid down to try and get to sleep, but it was easier said than done.

Being bored in a dark room and can't sleep with a giant alien robot who has captured you and holding you for ransom. "Megatron are you awake?" she asked across the room. There was a sudden snore, but then everything was back to silence.

"I guess that means I no." Kindred sighed and slowly started climbing down the desk. Scared to death of what may happen if she suddenly lost her balance, but she made it down okay. Running over to his bed she found one of his hands hanging down. Quickly climbing aboard she climbed up his arm and then onto his chest. It was cold in the room and her bed wasn't enough to keep her warm. She needed some comfort, and the only thing in the room was the Decepticon leader.

"I guess this will make due…oh well, at least I'll survive the night warm." Kindred yawned and slowly went to sleep, and not aware that red optics were coming on and saw everything.

The next morning in the Autobot base Nerissa woke up and found she had been sleeping on top of Optimus's chest with his hand over top of her as a blanket. Looking up at his face she saw his golden optics were looking down at her. "Did you sleep well?" Optimus asked as he lifted his hand so she could get up.

"Yes…after all the crying I did yesterday I think I passed out." Nerissa replied putting her hand to her head.

"You did." Optimus replied and Nerissa looked up at him, "You were so upset that you couldn't stop crying and then passed out all of a sudden." Nerissa was quiet and then looked up at Optimus and slowly laid back down on his chest needing comfort for what all was happening.

"What will happen to her now Optimus?" Nerissa cried out feeling tears forming again, but she was not going to let them fall. There was no way she would let them fall. She suddenly felt something start stroking her back. She looked up and saw Optimus gently running a finger down her spine as to comfort her.

"We'll get her back Nerissa. I promise you this. Static knows how to get past the Decepticons; he could show us the way." Optimus replied.

Nerissa sighed and then slowly got up. Optimus took her in his hand and left the room. When they entered the hallway there was Static walking alone. "Static!" Nerissa called down. Static looked up and waved sadly.

"Hey Nerissa." Static beeped.

"Are you okay? Do you need a lift?" she asked.

"No I'm fine…just need to walk around a little bit." Static replied and walked the other way.

"Do you think he'll be okay?" asked Nerissa.

"I think he'll get better the longer he stays here." Optimus replied and started heading towards the kitchen to get Nerissa something to eat.

"What do you think you're doing?" Megatron's voice rang in Kindred's ears. Kindred quickly jumped off the Decepticon leader only to hit the bed and tried to run off. She forgot just how big the bed was and fell off. Luckily Megatron was in a life sparing mood and caught her before she could hit the ground. "Now I repeat my question or I may just let you continue falling."

"I'm sorry! It's cold my blankets weren't warm enough!" Kindred cried out. Megatron let Kindred go and let her fall into his other hand and walked over to the bed and saw she was right. To a human it was cold in here and she only had one blanket. Growling he yelled, "CYCLONUS!"

Kindred heard a crash and then Cyclonus enter the room and replied, "Yes Lord Megatron?"

"Why does the human only have one blanket?" Megatron growled.

"Well you didn't specify how many you wanted." Cyclonus replied.

Megatron roared and with his free hand punched Cyclonus in the face making a large dent. "Do you want me to go back to earth and get more blankets?"

"Yes." Megatron gritted through his teeth. Kindred looked up at Megatron who finally looked down at her. He had fire blazing in his optics, but they slowly cooled off after looking at her for a little bit. "Are you going to be a good human and not try to escape?"

"I'm not a dog here and I can understand you. I've learned my lesson from before; I'm not going to go anywhere." Kindred replied and Megatron smiled putting her on her bed. Her food was all around her. Looking down at the height she was so curious how she made it down okay and was able to run over to Megatron's bed.

"I'll be back; Starscream will come in to watch over you."

"Oh come on Megatron, can't you trust me?" Kindred asked.

"You're slowly earning your trust. Once I feel you have earned it completely you will be able to walk around the base by yourself with no worries." Megatron replied and left the room. No later Starscream came into the room grumbling to himself and watched Kindred. There was an awkward silence. Kindred could feel his optics watching her at every movement she was making.

"So uh…what's up Mr. Starscream, Sir?" Kindred spoke.

Starscream gritted his teeth and growled, "Don't talk to me fleshy human."

"Oh I'm sorry if someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning." Kindred replied crossing her arms.

Starscream growled and said, "You better shut your mouth fleshling. You can be easily disposed of."

"Yeah? You'll have to ask Megatron that. Right now he doesn't seem to want to get rid of me." Kindred smarted off.

"THAT'S IT!" Starscream yelled and went to grab Kindred who jumped off the desk and hit the ground pretty hard. She tried getting up, but pain shot through her leg as she did. She screamed out in pain and tried to crawl away from the second in command Decepticon.

Megatron who was in the thrown room making plans about how to attack the Autobots off guard when he heard a painful scream. He knew that scream was from his human and quickly started running down to his room and when he opened it he saw Starscream squeezing Kindred. With one mighty punch he knocked Starscream off guard sending Kindred in the air. He quickly caught her only to hear her scream out in pain again. He gently opened his hand and saw her leg was not how it should be. "STARSCREAM!"

Cyclonus was just about to enter the room when he saw what was going on. Everything was a wreck in the room and decided that he should come back when everything had calmed down. Cyclonus went running just as Megatron kicked Starscream out of the room. Gently set Kindred down and went to get Starscream and teach him what to do around a human that was with him.

"I AM THE ONLY ONE ALLOWED TO INFLICT PAIN UPON THIS HUMAN! YOU MOST CERTAINLY CAN NOT! I DON'T SLAGGING CARE IF YOU'RE SECOND IN COMAND!" Megatron yelled and threw him into a wall and then out into the thrown room. Demolisher and Cyclonus both quickly got out of Megatron's way when he was finished with Starscream. "Don't fix him." Megatron growled.

Hotshot and Red Alert watched as Nerissa and Optimus walked into the mess hall. "Is there food in here?" Optimus asked.

"No…sorry I didn't know I had to get food." Hotshot replied.

Optimus just simply waved it off and looked at Hotshot and replied, "Its okay, I'll take Nerissa out to a restraunt."

Nerissa smiled up at Optimus as they walked out of the base. Optimus gently sat her down on the ground and transformed. "Okay, get in and we'll get you something to eat."

"Awesome, can we go to Burger king?" she asked.

"Sure…what's Burger King?" Optimus replied.

Nerissa started laughing and explained to him what Burger King was and as they drove into town Optimus had already spotted a Burger King. Nerissa hadn't eaten breakfast and knowing she probably wouldn't eat for a while she ordered a Whopper. "I'd like a Whopper, fries, and a Dr. Pepper please and large that."

They pulled around to the pick up window and she pulled out her last ten dollars and gave it to the person at the window. "What are you doing driving a semi?" The man asked.

"It's a family thing." Nerissa replied and gently stroked the side of the semi. Optimus felt this and had to fight the urge to shudder. The man gave her her meal and told her to have a good day. She wished him the same and started eating her meal inside Optimus's cab.

"So is that good?" Optimus asked.

"Very. I haven't had one of these in ages it feels like." Nerissa replied. Optimus chuckled and decided it would be best if he parked so that people wouldn't get nervous when they saw Nerissa eating and driving. She had the burger and fries down in no time and started working on her drink. "Boy…now I need to run or do something to work it off."

Optimus just chuckled and started driving again. "Don't worry Optimus; I didn't get anything on your leather interior."

Optimus chuckled at that comment and replied, "I wouldn't have gotten mad if you did…Now Hotshot is a different story."

"I know, he'd freak out, I really don't like him too much." Nerissa replied.

"He may be rough around the edges, but he is a good warrior."

"That may be so, but…GAH, he's so annoying!" Nerissa shouted.

If Optimus was in his robot form he would be shaking his head right now. Nerissa slowly laid down on the seat and drifted off into a light sleep. She just needed a little nap before she did anything else. Though she normally didn't take naps because she would stay up all night, but right now after that big meal she needed it.

"Gosh, I wonder what my parents and Kindred's parents are doing right now? Probably freaking out, though we did say we were running off together and that we had confessed our love to each other…oh well."

Optimus then replied, "Why don't you two not want to go back to your families?"

"Optimus…when you're a human you don't get excitement every day of your lives. It's rather a boring life and to you guys we only live for a short amount of time. To us we live a long boring life. So being away from family and being with you guys is so amazing! I wouldn't give you guys up for anything. I love aliens too much…and when I'm order I can tell people I was abducted by aliens when I was their ages and none of them will believe me because I'm an old woman who is going crazy." Nerissa laughed to herself.

"But they're probably worried sick about you two." Optimus replied.

"Oh I'll go see them in a little while." Nerissa spoke and sighed still having her eyes closed.

Back at the Autobot base Static was walking around looking for Vortex. He needed to get Vortex away before he would start thinking something was going on. Finally finding him he walked over to him. "How are you doing Static?" Vortex asked.

"I think I'm doing better, but could you help me with something?" Static replied.

"Sure, what is it?" Vortex asked.

"Just follow me," spoke Static.

Walking around the Autobot base to a room no one really used and no one really went to. He walked in and Vortex stood next to him and asked, "So what do you need help with in here?"

Static backed up from Vortex and pushed him in further and pulled with all his might to close the door. Once it was closed he spoke, "I can't let you around Nerissa for a while…you'll just spoil the plans."

"Static? What's the matter with you!?" Vortex yelled through the door.

"My master is Lord Megatron and you will be dealt with when it's your time." With that said Static walked off while Vortex was left in the room banging on the door trying to get someone's attention.

"Are you okay Kindred?" Megatron asked his human who had passed out during the time he was beating up Starscream.

"I don't know, but my hurts like hell." Kindred replied.

Megatron growled and spoke, "Your leg is broken."

"It's my own stupid fault."

"Why is that?"

"I jumped off the desk as Starscream was coming at me. It was the only thing that came to my head at the time."

Megatron got a stick and tape, "I'm going to have to realign your leg…this is going to hurt."

Getting a piece of material he put it in her mouth and started messing with her leg. She let out a scream, but it was muffled by the material in her mouth. She bit down hard as Megatron messed with the leg until he felt it fit into place and put the stick on her leg and started wrapping it with tape. Once he knew that was good he got out plaster that people made casts with. "Cyclonus got all this for your leg. I'll try to be gentle, but I'm not gentle natured."

Kindred heard him and did her best to acknowledge him, but the pain was so unbearable. But as she tried to think of something else she noticed she didn't feel the pain as much. "Okay you're finished."

Kindred looked down at her leg and saw the cast and on her cast was a Decepticon insignia. "What's that for?"

"To show everyone that you are a Decepticon and no longer an Autobot, we're going to change that sign on your suite and make little changes, but you will be a Decepticon for as long as you live."

"But what about Nerissa?" she asked.

"If you're able to, we'll turn her as well." Megatron replied. Kindred smiled. All she had to do was convert Nerissa to a Decepticon and they'd be best friends forever on the same side!

"I will convert to be a Decepticon." Kindred whispered.

So what do you guys think? Sorry this chapter wasn't as long as the other one. Took me forever to write this. I just didn't have any motivation, but I updated before school started and I hope everyone enjoys their school year this year. If you don't go to school enjoy work. And if you do both....enjoy, I know I will. Working at a library and taking 17 hours of class. But anyways I'll stop rambling. Please review!