Flareus Prime: A Faded Past
Chapter 1: Arrival
"Everyone has a family..But i grew up alone..That is what i am..How i will die...Alone.."
When your tears are spent on your last pretense
And your tired eyes refuse to close and sleep in your defense.
When it's in your spine like you've walked for miles
And the only thing you want is just to be still for a while
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
When you're overwhelmed and you've lost your breath
When the space between the things you know is blurry nonetheless.
When you try to speak but you make no sound,
And the words you want are out of reach but they've never been so loud!~
If your heart wears thin I will hold you up
And I will hide you when it gets too much
I'll be right beside you
I'll be right beside you
After losing someone dear to his spark, Optimus Prime leads his Autobots to Earth to find a new home and battle against the Decepticons who have surely followed, although their leader isn't as Prime-like as he once was..
"We have come a long way from Cybertron.." He said looking for a vehicle form.
"We lost so much back home Optimus...you lost your last fiancé...i lost Tailgate...and we lost..her.." she said with sadness in her voice.
"The Decepticons are getting stronger Arcee...and yet I feel my energy leaving me...i am losing the will to fight.."
"Optimus..you cant...we all need a leader...what if she saw you like this?"
"If she was here, i wouldn't be like this.." Optimus said with an unfaithful tone in his voice.
"Nothing could have stopped it Optimus.." Arcee looked up at her leader and sparkmate with concern in her optics. "we cannot change the past..whats done is done..all we can do now is continue living for those we have lost..you were the one who taught me that, love."
"I know.."
A few hours passed by and Optimus found himself in a missle silo with his team. which were:
Ratchet. The medical officer of the team. The doc can be abit tightly wound but he gets his job done. After all, being the one who delivered Optimus and Arcee's young sparkling made himself being seen as a grandfather to the youngling.
Bulkhead. A wrecker. Being part of the black ops war unit back on Cybertron, he grew close to the youngling of Optimus. When the youngling reached 18, she joined the wreckers and grew close to them, so close in fact to call them family.
Arcee. Optimus' sparkmate and Second In Command. Being a bot of few words when it comes to being around Optimus she definately leaves a mark on those who dare piss her off, hurt her family and friends, or just cross her path if they are in her way. She can have a short temper so it may be wise to remain on her good side.
Bumblebee. While Arcee may be a bot of few words Bumblebee doesn't use any. Becoming somewhat of a brother to the Youngling of Optimus he always made time to help her in times of need but sometimes he did get himself into trouble with Optimus..More than once.
CliffJumper. The love intrest of Optimus' child. He may let his ego take over sometimes but it doesn't stop him from loving the love he lost during the war for Cybertron. Since then he took down every con that stood in his way.
And lastly: Optimus Prime himself. After having the strongest bond with his daughter out of all the Autobots during the war he completely broke down when he lost her. Being a father made him realise that there can be such things as beauty and happyness during a war but all that went away when his so called "brother": Megatron killed his only child. He broke down, refusing to make any hard decision when depression took over..Thus, leaving his sparkmate in charge.
During a meeting with Special Agent Fowler, Optimus' mind began to drift elsewhere.
"Prime! Focus!" Agent Fowler shouted, in an attempt to get the big bots attention.
"His mind has been elsewhere Agent Fowler, please try to be gentle with him..We lost a bot close to us.." Arcee said while trying to keep Agent Fowler from yelling at Optimus, while Optimus himself just remained silent, not daring to speak a word.
Suddenly Optimus burst into tears infront of everyone as a flashback of Firewings final moments hit his mind. Arcee, being the only family he had left, walked over and sat next to him and held him close until he calmed down.
The next morning Arcee took Optimus to Ratchet as Optimus told her about the trauma that kept lingering around him.
"Ratchet?" Arcee called out as she sat Optimus down.
"Yes Arcee?" the Medic said as he walked over.
"Can you check Optimus over?"
"Check him over?"
At this point Ratchet became confused until Arcee explained.
"He said the trauma is haunting him..can you make sure he's okay?"
"I'll do what i can." Ratchet told her as he started scanning and Arcee watched, not wanting to leave her sparkmates side.
Her fears were confirmed by Ratchet as his scanner picked something up. "Arcee..the trauma is slowly killing him..he had the strongest bond with..her.."
"what do you mean it's killing him?!"
"i mean, because of the trauma of losing..her..it's slowly shutting his systems down..if this continues..we won't have a leader..the war will be lost..and this world is left without it's only means of defense against the cons." Ratchet explained.
"so what do we do?.."
For once Ratchet had no idea on what to do to help his leader and friend.."i don't know..try to keep him occupied..anything to get his mind off of what happend.."
With a nod, Arcee took Optimus to their shared room and made him get into bed as she put him on bed rest. Knowing that Optimus wouldn't be in the mood for anything sexual she decided to give him a large 3ds with a few games which were:
Super Smash Bros 3ds version.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Fantasy Life and a few puzzle games.
The games worked for a while but Optimus' strength was nearly drained and he was struggling to keep himself awake. Thats when the autobots were greeted with a blinding white light, until a familier figure emerged from the light.
Too weak to look, Optimus groaned in pain as he felt like every limb of his body was lifting heavy weights. "whats going on?" he groaned.
"it can't be.." Bulkhead said in shock.
"it is.."
Optimus heard the angelic voice of what sounded like his beloved daughter..the daughter he lost.."Impossible..Firewing?..that you?"
"yes daddy..it is..it's me..i'm here.." Firewing said as she sat beside him, and remained there until he fully recovered and was back on his feet.
Ratchet had Firewing sat in the medical bay, waiting for her results to come in.."no way...i saw Firewing die in your arms Optimus..this can't be right at all.."
"is it really her?" Optimus asked eagerly as Ratchet nodded.
Optimus then hugged his child and she hugged him back..Oh, had he waited so long for this day to arrive..The day where she was back in his arms.
To be continued...