Val wouldn't stick a fork in an electrical socket, but she would make a deal with a supervillain behind her parents' backs and then give him the most powerful artifact in the universe as an apology present for manipulating him into risking his life, so yes, she did need parents. Like six of them, minimum.

"No problem." She looked expectantly up at him, waiting for him to offer a hand to climb onto.

Val will be the bossiest parrot Optimus do you have any idea what you're getting into here.