"I want to go home."
"And I want to go to the moon. It ain't happening, sweetspark. Time to accept that." I had to be rough with the recruits. There wasn't any other way to get them to stop whining. Times are tough and they should know this. It's been what? Ten years now that we've been at war with those stupid space squids? They'll have to learn really quick that not everything in this life is fair.
"Captain Nova?" One of the recruits raised their servo high in the air. I sighed before looking at them. The small mech was a Praxian with blue armor and bright green decals. He looked like a child.
"What is it Recruit?" Holy Primus above. How long does it take for Sunstrike to get here with the transports? I've been waiting with these recruits for hours!
"Is it true that your carrier and sire were the leaders of the War when it all started?!" he asked enthusiastically. I flinched and I couldn't help it. My family is a very sensitive topic for me. I don't like talking about them and I hate thinking about them, because even though it's been 6 years since my creators and my little brother died, the topic never fails to make me cry. I had to push the tears away and I nodded slowly. The look of amazement on his face made me chuckle.
"That's so cool! My carrier and sire told me that they were amazing! Is it true that they were once on opposite sides of the war for Cybertron?! The one from a long time ago?!" This kid is already getting on my nerves,
"Yes. That's true. Most of the stories are true."
"Even the one about-"
"SHUT UP!" I exploded. The recuits jumped back and I had to fight the tears back before sending opening a com link to one of my soldiers.
::I need you to relieve me.::
::Yes, Ma'am. Right away.::
The soldier relived me and I transformed and left. I'm so done with recruits. I went to my office and slumped in my chair. This is all so stressful. How mama and daddy did this for years is beyond me. I've only been doing this for 6 years and I'm tired of it. My spark ached as I thought more and more about my family. Why did they have to die? It's not fair. It should have been me instead of Mama, daddy, and Atlas. Oh Atlas. He was still only just a sparkling. He didn't even know how to talk or walk. I looked at the holo-pic of my family that was sitting on my desk. All of us looked so happy. Even mama. He was smiling. And so was daddy. He was so happy after they bonded and had Atlas. I wonder where Luna even is. I haven't seen her since they died. She never came back to help command the army. So it was left all to me.
A/N: This is an AU I made up. Most of the events from It's Tough Being Young in a War are the same except that the War between the Autobots and Decepticons ended much earlier and they worked together to get back to Cybertron. They ended up being attacked by the Quintessons and were plunged back into war. Atlas is born 3 1/2 years into the war. 5 months after Atlas was born Iacon was bombed and 1/4th of the population, notable bots killed included Megatron, Optimus, Atlas, Jazz, Prowl, Echo, First Aid, Bluestreak, Blue Spark, Sapphire, Smokescreen, Ironelle, Blaze, Angel, Bulkhead, Red Zone, Whitefire, Daybreak, Wild Flame, Sparks, and Hound. Luna disappeared after the deaths in their family and Nova took over the army, feeling a sense of duty to do so. Cyria and Cytain, Prowl and Jazz's oldest children, became her SIC and TIC(in that order). Ratchet helped Nova learn to lead.