Chapter 2

College and Galloway

Bumblebee

'Ally's thought.'

Bonds

Voice

Inner com/Comlinks

I hold a box of my brother's crap, "Why am I carrying this again?"

"Because you love me enough to help me get my stuff upstairs." Sam answered. I rolled my eyes, "Whatever you say brother dear."

We laughed and continued to pull/drag his stuff up stairs and into his new room. I met his roommate Leo; He was… okay for a college student.

I was weary of him, mostly because he convinced me that he was 'Cooko cooko!' I was walking down the hallway to find a bathroom when I hit a woman on the way to the door. "Sorry mi-'' I paused to look up at a blonde. She looked at me, but not at me. I mean she saw me, but she wasn't really looking at my person, just a simple look. She then turned away, totally ignoring me. I bite my cheek and growl as I enter the bathroom and enter a stall. I pull out a small phone, "Circuit? Any word from the others yet?"

The small phone changed to a little bot, she was small enough to stand in my hand, but big enough for me to see her eyes and her smile. "Nothing yet, but don't worry mama. Grandpa will call soon!" She said as she patted my cheek.

I force a smile and stroke her little head. In human years she would be about 2 years old, but mentally she would be 6 years old. Cybertronians age faster then humans, so this really doesn't surprise me. "Thank ya sugar. What about Jazz?"

"He sent a text, 'Love you ladies, and stay cool! We'll be home soon.' And he sent a smiley face!"

I chuckle and kiss her head, "Send back 'We will, all of you come home safely, or someone's gonna lose a tail pipe.' And make sure that message is crystal clear." I say.

"Okay mama! I want to give Uncle Sam a hug and a kiss before we leave!"

"Okay, don't worry." I kiss her head and wait for her to change back into her cell phone mode. I gently put her in my pocket and exit only to run into the scary blonde.

"Hey, you got the time?" She asked nicely.

I flinch, her voice was too… Sweet.

"Its 20 past noon…" I say trying to pass her by. She grabbed my shoulder, and gripped it tightly.

"Don't be rude…" She hissed.

I twist away and race out of the bathroom. I rammed right into my brother. "Sam!"

"Al! You okay? You look like you saw a Con." He said pushing me back a little. I breathe slowly and look behind me, but the creeper blonde wasn't there.

"I'm fine… Just checking my calls…" I say.

"Come on kiddo, mom got the weird brownies and made a run for it not too long ago."

"Where the freak did she get those?!" I hiss following him as we spy our mother fighting another dude for a Frisbee. 'Oh my primus! She's outta it!' I could hear my brother-by-bond saying. 'Jazz? Did you guys headed home already?' I asked through our bond.

'Sure are! Everyone's com'in home! Only a few injuries, nothing Ratch can't fix, so don't try and off somebot.' He warns.

I giggle and help dad strap mom in the car. 'So you know anything about this Galloway dude?' He asked me as I climb in the back and hold Circuit in my hand; she instantly jumps Sam's neck and nuzzles his neck as he tries to keep her from ripping off his skin with her sharp metal armor.

'Nothing really. Did he make it there already? Lennox said he wasn't supposed to be there till like next month.' I answer back.

'Fraggit, I hope not… he'll chew out Boss Bot big time. Better get over here while you still can before he does. We'll need all the support we can get. He warns.

'Don't worry bro, I'll make it fast. And tell uncle Hide not to try and blast him, I heard from Rob that Galloway has a big attitude problem.' I say.

'You got it! Give 'little bit' a kiss from her uncle!'

Once he was gone, I pulled Circuit in my hand and place her on my shoulder. "Mama? Were you talking to uncle Jazzy?"

"Yes, he says he loves you and wants me to kiss you for him." She smiles and nuzzles close to cheek. As promised, I kissed her cheek gently.

Mom and Dad had me shipped off to the Bots, they knew this Galloway was no joke, so they knew I wasn't going to sit back and let him bully my family around.

About the time I go there everyone, and I mean EVERYONE was just unloading as I stepped out. "JAZZY!" I shouted running out to hug his leg. He clicked and smiled down at me.

"Hey! How are ma ladies ta'day?" He chuckled.

"We're glad everyone came home safely." I say.

Circuit jumped Jazz and started to climb up his body to his shoulder and nuzzled his neck lovingly.

"Where's dad?" I asked.

He looked around slowly. "Should be in bunker 9, might still be unloading. Wanna ride there?" He asked.

I smiled brightly and nodded.

By the time we found my father, he was just rolling down the plane ramps with some of the soldiers I recognized. "Uncle William!" I jumped Will.

He grunted as he caught me in a hug. "Kid you're too big to be catching from a distant!" He said.
I only laugh as he attempts to swing me around in a big circle.

"Autobot twins, report to Hanger three."

"Sunny and Sides do something stupid again?" I asked.

"Ouch! Chika! That hurts me in my spark!" I hear Sides say. He was walking up to us with his brother.

"He was talking about the other twins Mudflap and Skits." Sunny said in a bored tone.

"New bots?" I asked not recognizing the names.

"They were hiding undercover for a while in Shanghai. When they heard we were there, they called us as soon as we were close enough to get their signal. They'll be getting better Alt. Modes."

"What were they before?" I asked them confused.

Suddenly an ancient, dirty, ice cream truck rolls by. I managed to catch the greatest sticker on the bumper. '-Decepticon Symbol- suck popsicles.'

"Was that…" I gawk.

"Yep." Sunny, Sides and Jazz say with a groan.

"You thought we were bad? Wait till you get to know them." Sides lifted me up.

"What did that sticker mean momma?" Circuit looked to me from Jazz's shoulder. Her innocent eyes glowing curiously.

"Not till you're older sweetie." I say.

"But momma!" She whined loudly.

"I said, not till you're older Circuit!" I say sternly.

She huffed, muttering she wasn't a newborn anymore.

"Oi! Meetings about to start! All ya get yer afts front and center!" Ironhide shouted.

"Show time sis!" Jazz said letting circuit jump to me.

We all walked up to see all our friends circled around a few monitors with a familiar face. "General!" I waved.

He saw me and smiled weakly. He didn't wanna give up the tough soldier look in front of everyone. He's actually a great guy!

I looked around and sadly, I saw a few men saluting as caskets covered with flags. I turned away holding in tears and I started to pray. Hard.

"All right, so this is where we communicate with the JCS and this area serves as the Autobots' hanger." Will was showing around a few governments dressed guys. I assumed one of them was Galloway.

'Thing is… Which one was he?' I think to myself.

"General?" Will asked.

"Will, I saw the Shanghai Op." The General said sounding a little concerned.

"We had a rough day out there."

"Yes, sir. We have Intel that I believe warrants an immediate debrief. Now with your permission, I can't let you see him, but I would like you to hear from the leader of the Autobots." Will said hoping the General would let the Bots explain themselves before he chewed them out.

"Proceed." The General said knowing he could trust Will's word and my father's word.

Sides let me slip down to run up to my father as he started to change to his Bi Pedal form. I could see one of the Government men slowly let his jaw fall and the other ready to piss himself as my father stood tall and proud next to the monitors to speak to the General.

I never get tired of them changing so much.

"You gotta wonder," I hear Epps said still in awe as well.

"If God made us in his image, who made him?" He said to the Government man right next to him.

"Primus… Same as our God. But a whole different species, Remember Epps? I told you about this already." I say scaring the crap outta him.

"Ally! How are ya Kiddo!" He hugged me tightly.

"I'm fine." I smiled hugging him back.

The government man looked at me, he scowled as if I wasn't supposed to be there.

'Something tells me YOU are going to be this Galloway afthead I'm hearing all about.' I think as Epps puts me down and we turn to my father as he started to speak.

"General, out alliance has countermanded six Decepticon incursions this year, each on a different continent. They're clearly searching around the world for something, but last night's encounter came with a warning." He said strongly.

'A… A warning…' I think with dread.

Someone started to play the message on a recorder. "THE FALLEN SHALL RISE AGAIN."

My spark stopped. My… My nightmare… It can't be… I felt Jazz poke at me with his spark. I shook him off and told him not to worry about it. I could feel my father lightly comforting me. I knew I was going to have to tell him about this. There had to be a connection.

"'The Fallen.' Meaning what?" General asked.

"Origin unknown. The only recorded history of our race was contained within the All Spark and lost with its destruction." Dad said.

"And Ally? She was connected to it and now holds some of it's power?" General suggested.

"True, however, false. She was connected by spark. Only allowing her to grow with it. She never gained knowledge of our kind or our history. Our medic believes even if she did, all that ancient knowledge would have, over time, slowly drive her mad and eventually kill her. Not even I would wish that on the greatest of enemies." He said.

"Excuse me!" The man next to me and Epps shouted to my father. My father, hardly startled, turned and looked to us.

"With this so-called All Spark now destroyed," He started to climb the stairs up the main deck to look my father in the eye, even if he was a few feet taller then him still.

"Why hasn't the enemy left the planet like you thought they would?" He said.

"Director Galloway, our National Security Advisor. The President just appointed him liaison." Will explained to the General on the screen.

'HA! I knew it!' I growled as Director Galloway stood in front of my father unafraid.

"Well, I guess I didn't get that memo…" General said slightly annoyed.

"Forgive the interruption, General. Excuse me. Coming through." He pushed by a few soldiers.

I gave a low chuckle as he made his way to the monitor.

"After all the damage done in Shanghai the President is hard-pressed to say the job's getting done." He turned to look at my father.

"Now, under the classified Alien/Autobot Cooperation Act, you agreed to share your Intel with us, but not your advancements in weaponry?" He said questioningly.

"That would be my fault sir!" I say racing up the stairs to meet up with both of them.

"I may or may not have shown them some documentaries of what humans do in a time of war. And you have to admit, the human world isn't so pretty when we all go to war." I say.

"Ally is right… With these documentaries, we've witnessed your human capacity for war." He pointed to Galloway knowingly.
Galloway backed up, and his face was scrunched up as if he was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
"It would absolutely bring more harm then good." He said.

"But who are your to judge what's best for us?" Galloway hissed to my father.

"With all due respect, we've been fighting side by side in the field for two years." Will said stepping up to Galloway.

"We've shed blood, sweat and precious metal together." Epps said down below standing next to my father's foot.
"Soldier, you're paid to shoot, not talk." Galloway growled to him.

'Bad Idea…' I think with a sigh.

"Don't tempt me." Epps growled under his breath. He walked off in a huff.

"Easy." My father tells him softly as he vanished.

"And the newest members of your team. I understand they arrived here after you sent a message into space, an open invitation to come to Earth, vetted by no one at the White House." Galloway said.

"Let me stop you right there, Mr. Galloway. It was vetted right here. And in my experience, the judgment of both Major Lennox and his team has always been above reproach." General swooped in.

"Well, be that as it may, General, it is the position of the President that when our national security is at stake, no one is about reproach." Galloway said countering the General.

'Geez, what happened to the home of the brave and the free?' I growled in my head. This guy was really getting under my skin.

"Now, what do we know so far? We know that the enemy leader, classified NBE One, AKA Megatron, is rusting in peace at the bottom of the Laurentian Abyssal, surrounded by SOSUS detection nets and a full-time submarine surveillance. We also know that the only remaining piece of your alien All Spark is locked in an electromagnetic vault here on one of the most secure naval bases in the world." He said finally stopping to take a breath.

'I have a sickening feeling…' I think suddenly feeling ill. I had to lean on the rail next to me to keep myself from falling over.

"And since no one can seem to tell me, what the enemy is now after, well! There's only one clear conclusion! You!" He looked to my father.

"The Autobots!" He accused.

"They're here to hunt you! What's there to hunt for on Earth besides that?" Galloway asked looking at my father smugly, literally daring my father to try and answer that.

" 'The Fallen shall rise again.'? It sounds to me like something's coming." He said dead serious as my father approaches him more.

"So, let me ask, if we ultimately conclude that our national security is best served by denying you further asylum on our planet, Will you leave peacefully?" He said finally calming down.

"Dad! You wouldn't would you?" I looked to my dad with pleading eyes.

He gave me a soft look, and then he slowly pets my head with his finger. "Freedom is your right. If you make that request, we will honor it." My father said turning to Galloway.

My spark sank. "Even if it means leaving my daughter behind, and taking away her creation," Circuit growled and curled under my neck in protest of the thought.

Galloway eyes me, but nods as if my father gave him the correct answer.

"But before your President decides, please ask him this." My father looks to Galloway his eyes never betraying his ancient wisdom and his protectiveness as a father.

"What if we leave…" Then he leans down to get right in Galloway's face. "And YOU'RE wrong?" His voice dropped into a dangerous tone, sending shivers down everyone's spines.

"And for you're question of judgment for what is good for you and your people…" He holds his hand to me.

"I not only think of your people… I think of my daughter, the families of these fine soldiers, and how they are lucky to still have a natural home…Where ours was destroyed and ravaged by our own hands… And weapons…" He said.

Galloway stood in place as dad walked away with me and Circuit in hand. Jazz, Sunny and Sides walked beside and behind him as if to guard us.

"As for you my spark… I would... Only if it meant for you to be safe…" Dad said to me in our bond.

"I pray that... that day will never come…" I tell him back as I comforted Circuit, who now was clicking and crying softly at the thought of us being separated.

I even wanted to cry at the horrible thought.

"As do I my spark… As do I…" My father said.

OMG IM SOOO SORRY!

I'm so behind it isn't funny! I know! The pass two years have not been kind. School is up and running and I'm busier then I ever thought possible! I'm trying so hard to catch up I promise you all! Hopefully today I can get about 2 or 3 of Ally Spark and other stories up and running again! You all have been very considerate with waiting and I thank you for that. So please enjoy what I can manage to post this Labor Day weekend! Review if you wish and have a wonderful day!