Jaacs: *running into room and waving wildly* HI!

Lily: who's eaten sugared Froot Loops now?

Jaacs: I'm just so EXCITED! I finally found my files and am now able to update again! SQUEE!

Ratchet: *walks in holding audio receptors* must you be so loud?

Lily: apparently so.

Jaacs: *composing herself* okay. I'm done. ONWARD!

BTW, I don't own Transformers in any way. I just own my OC's, you should know who they are by now.

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"AH!" an annoyed screech sounded out. "Slagger! Now I'm all muddy!" Jaacs yelled.

"So am I!" Lily yelled back. The two had been practicing working their Powers. Again. They sometimes got terribly competitive, and this time the consequence of mixing earth and water was clear. Jaacs and Lily were covered from head to toe in mud.

Ironhide, who had been watching, roared with laughter. The others soon came out to see what the commotion was.

"Houston, we have a problem." Bumblebee said over his radio, trying in vain to prevent himself from laughing, failing miserably.

"At least mud washes off," Ratchet suggested, trying to hold back a smile.

"Don't forget that we can give you rust spots and dents that'll last a lifetime!" Jaacs retorted.

"Pff. What could you do? You just have air and water. Fire and earth, now that's the stuff that does damage." Lily snorted playfully.

"Is that a challenge I hear, 'O Wise One'?" Jaacs mocked with a grin.

"Bring it!" Lily shot back.

Ten minutes later found Jaacs and Lily outside on the tarmac in front of the base. Jaacs had an odd niggling in the back of her mind, but took it as 'pre-battle jitters'.

"All right, the first person to knock the other over wins." Ironhide said, acting as the rightful referee. "Go!"

Jaacs immediately coaxed the air around her to shoot towards Lily's ankles, but Lily, guessing Jaacs would try that, shielded herself with a wall of earth. Lily conjured fire, letting it dance across her hands. She tossed it towards Jaacs, who countered it with water.

This went on for quite a while.

Jaacs and Lily just could not knock each other down!

"Gah!" Lily shrieked in frustration. In her anger, an enormous ball of fire the size of a beach ball emitted from her, and blasted towards Jaacs, burning anything in its path.

Time seemed to slow down.

Jaacs could hear Ratchet cry out and leap forward, but nothing could stop the fireball. Jaacs did a very Matrix-y move, ducking below it, the fireball singeing her bangs.

The fireball headed straight for Will, who had been watching the scene play out. Now it was Ironhide's turn to lurch towards his charge. Will held his arms in front of his face.

"Turn it down!" Jaacs shouted. Lily was able to make it disintegrate to the size of a baseball, but it still burned Will, who cried out in pain.

Use your Powers, Jaacs.

Jaacs started. Who said that? The soft voice seemed to emit from her mind.

Use water.

Trust me, Jaacs.

Use water.

The voice seemed to read Jaacs' mind. She had been contemplating whether or not she was going crazy, and whether or not to trust it.

Use water. The voice urged.

Jaacs ran to Will. His arm was burned severely. Jaacs quickly controlled the water to cool Will's burn until it was almost numb.

Circulate it.

Jaacs did as she was told. The water spun faster and faster and faster until it was just a blur. Jaacs could've sworn that the air around her sparked, the skin on her arm tingling. Will's arm glowed blue and Jaacs stumbled back, almost blinded. Her eyes still were a blazing blue shine, and everyone stared at them until they returned to their normal color.

Will looked down at his arm in awe.

The burn was gone.

Meanwhile, their troubles weren't over. The only and biggest problem was Ironhide.

Ironhide was trying to control his temper and shut down his defensive system from attacking the threat, which would be Lily.

"Jaacs, help!" Lily squeaked.

Jaacs looked at Ironhide uneasily. The large black mech was almost trembling with the effort of keeping his cannons powered down; his Guardian link was fluxing with emotion. His eyes were squeezed shut in concentration.

Hold him there!

"Hold him there!" Jaacs and the unknown voice shouted in unison. Lily nodded and encased Ironhide's massive ankles in earth. Jaacs encased Ironhide's cannons in ice.

Tranquilize him!

"Tranquilize him!" Jaacs and the voice once again shouted. Ratchet attempted to inject a needle into Ironhide's system, but said mech was thrashing wildly.

"Hold still, you slagger!" Ratchet grumbled loudly. Lily and Jaacs looked at each other thoughtfully, thinking in unison.

Lily removed the earth from Ironhide's ankles, instead making it uneven, threatening to tip Ironhide over. Jaacs shot small air spheres at Ironhide, and eventually the mech fell with a great thud. Optimus and Bumblebee managed to hold Ironhide down long enough for Ratchet to tranquilize him.

Everyone seemed to heave a great sigh once the whole thing was over.

"Now we know not to get Lily angry." Jaacs laughed nervously.

The tension in the area seemed to lift slightly.

"Are you all right?" Jaacs asked Will.

"Thanks to you. How the hell did you do that?" Will exclaimed.

Everyone (excluding Ironhide) looked at Jaacs in skepticism. The niggling in the back of her mind grew stronger, actually making her head hurt.

"Ouch," Jaacs mumbled. A long whine emitted from Jaacs' throat, startling everyone, including herself. The pain grew even stronger, bringing Jaacs to her knees, clutching her head.

Ratchet looked at his daughter in alarm. Ironhide, or his sparkling?

Jaacs gestured wildly for him to focus on the weapons' specialist, so Ratchet hesitantly went back to treating Ironhide to prevent his systems from going offline.

Jaacs felt herself be picked up by one of the Autobots, and a large finger stroked down her back, comforting her slightly. Chirps and clicks and mews reached her ears somewhere from her right. She looked up and was surprised to see she was being held up by Optimus Prime himself. Bumblebee was the source of the noises, which actually calmed the girl immensely.

Ratchet, finished with Ironhide, scanned his daughter furiously, trying to pinpoint the source of Jaacs' pain, and was shocked at his findings.

"Jaacs' brain activity is off the scale! Oh, Primus…" Ratchet's optics widened when he figured out just what was going on.

"What's going on?" Bumblebee's voice was frantic.

"Her brain is transforming." Ratchet said disbelievingly. "Even though her body is Cybertronian, her brain wasn't. It's only now initially transforming. Something must have triggered it," he explained.

Jaacs' hands shot forward, a projection emitting from the symbols on the apendeges.

A femme the same height as Jaacs appeared in front of them, royal blue and shaped like a very familiar mech.

Ratchet's optics were like saucers. He whispered one word with horror and ecstasy.

"Aquaspark…"

"Hey, Dad." the blue femme grinned broadly at her creator. Ratchet rushed forward to take his sparkling in his arms, but he passed right through. "Unfortunately, you'll have to do with hugging Jaacs," Aquaspark said smugly. She then turned to Jaacs. "I'm sorry for the pain I'm causing you, but it's necessary for what's to come." she said apologetically. "This would usually happen over a long period of time, with little pain, but we're running out of time."

Aquaspark then spoke to Optimus.

"Optimus, the Decepticons are planning for an attack. They're planning to harvest energy for themselves by kidnapping human children to use as batteries of sorts." Aquaspark said gravely. "You'll not stand a chance against the weapon they plan to power."

"Why?" Optimus finally managed to ask.

"They plan to destroy the human race. They won't in exchange for the Allspark shards."

"What can we do?"

"Plan for an ambush. If you can attack before they do, you may be able to prevent them from carrying out their plan." Aquaspark suggested. "This is the last time I'll be able to speak in this form. Jaacs will be my ambassador, of sorts." she said thoughtfully. The projection fizzled away at that point, the pain in Jaacs' head returning, another whine coming from her.

"What can we do?" Bumblebee asked, looking at Jaacs sadly.

"Nothing." Ratchet replied, taking Jaacs into his hands, holding her next to his spark, the steady thrum of it matching the beating of Jaacs' own spark. "We'll just have to wait it out."

"There must be something!" Lily complained. "I feel useless." she grumbled eventually.

It'll be ok, Jaacs.

'You're no help.' Jaacs thought sourly.

Just trust me. It's not going to be easy, true, but you can get through it with help.

'Still not helping.'

Hmm… knock, knock.

'Are you serious?' Jaacs made a sound somewhere between a laugh and a groan.

"What's wrong?" Ratchet asked, hearing the unusual noise.

"Your daughter is trying to cheer me up by telling jokes." Jaacs snorted.

"She's… what? She's speaking to you?" Ratchet asked, shocked.

"Yeah."

"When did this start?"

"About ten minutes ago."

"That's what must've triggered your brain transformation." Ratchet said.

Tell him I said hi. Aquaspark giggled.

"She says 'hi'." Jaacs said, making a goofy face.

"Well 'hi' yourself." Ratchet chuckled, looking down at the form he held with loving optics.

I miss him.

'How can you miss him? You've been with him for months now.'

Homesick, you could say.

"Hmph. She says she misses you. Homesick." Jaacs said, an odd feeling washing through her.

"Hmm." Ratchet finally said.

Suddenly a vivid image took over Jaacs' vision, filling her mind with pictures of a metallic world; a house, a school, a park, and a beautiful blue femme with gold edging around her armor plates. Soft blue optics looked down at her with an unlimited amount of love.

Jaacs began to cry.

"She's showing you something." Ratchet guessed.

"Cybertron." Jaacs' words startled everyone. "Our house, my school, a park, and…" Jaacs sniffed.

"And?" Bumblebee prompted.

"And… my mother."

The duration of Jaacs' transformation was long and excruciating. Aquaspark did her part by showing more pictures to Jaacs, starting to show memories as well.

Jaacs' personal favorite was when Aquaspark was a tiny sparkling, and her mother sang her a lullaby at nighttime.

"You alright, kid?" Ironhide asked, noting the goofy grin on Jaacs' face.

"I'm fine." Jaacs replied. "Aquaspark is graciously playing my favorite memory again." she smiled.

"Which one's that?" Ratchet asked. Jaacs explained to him which one it was. Ratchet grinned at the thought. "I remember that. Even on Cybertron, you were a tough sparkling to recharge."

"Couldn't help it." Jaacs mumbled with a grin. "What time is it?"

"Late. Lily is recharging already, along with most of the others. You should sleep, Jaacs." Ratchet said, brushing Jaacs' bangs out of her face.

"I should, but I don't really want to. I want to stay awake and keep browsing through memories, you know? It's like if I sleep I might miss something important."

Jaacs, don't force me to make you sleep.

'Boo you.'

You could stay right where you are and sleep. You wouldn't even have to leave Ratchet's side.

'Touché. I don't want to stop, though.'

I can wait until morning.

'Thank you.'

"Fine, I'll sleep. Your daughter is good at negotiating." Jaacs finally said.

"You mean you are good at negotiating. You and Aquaspark are one and the same." Ratchet said to his daughter.

"That reminds me of the song." Jaacs smiled, humming the tune in her head.

"And I'd have it no other way." Ratchet smiled back, cradling Jaacs in his hands.

"Night, Ratch'."

Jaacs was having another nightmare. This time, she was one of the captured children, tortured by the Decepticon's doctor, Scalpel; the absolute opposite of Ratchet. Ratchet was kind, gentle and oh so comforting to Jaacs. Scalpel, on the other servo, was evil, un-thoughtful and downright frightening. So many wires and tubing was attached to her, she could hardly see her own skin.

She woke up with a cold sweat.

"Oh, God." she breathed. "We've got to help them."

Ratchet stirred. His optics slowly onlined, and he started at the sight of Jaacs in her current state.

"What's going on?" he asked, cupping Jaacs in his hands.

"Oh, God; Ratchet, just think what they're going through!" she whimpered. "We have to help them!"

"I know, sweetheart, I know." Ratchet sighed, stroking Jaacs on the back. "We'll help them; you know we will."

"But they're being tortured! Who knows how long they'll last?"

"I promise we'll get there in time."

"How do you know?"

"I just do." he crooned. "As you would say, it's a matter of heart."

Jaacs still had fear in her eyes, but she felt a little better. She smiled when Ratchet poked her in the side, but still couldn't find it in herself to laugh.

"You really worry about others more than you need to." Ratchet commented softly.

"You're one to talk. You're a medic; you care for others more than you let on."

"And just how would you know that?"

"Instinct. I just can tell that you need to keep a stiff exterior so people won't notice how sad or nervous you are; you affect people that much."

Ratchet fell silent. After a few moments, he spoke.

"Jaacs McHenry, you are a very special human being." Ratchet felt Jaacs' cheeks burn. He chuckled softly. "Nothing to be embarrassed about."

"If only that were true. But thank you, anyway." Jaacs said sheepishly.

"You're welcome."

Jaacs leaned back against her father's hand. "Thanks, dad."

"For what?"

"For everything." Jaacs whispered, her eyelids drooping shut.

"Goodnight, my darling."

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Ratchet: *holds sleeping Jaacs in servos* she's been planning this chapter for quite a while now. This is probably what sparked this whole story, in fact.

Authoress: AW! Lots'o fluff at the end there.

Ratchet: stuff it. My sparkling is sleeping.

Authoress: I never was here. *whispers* Bye everyone!