Transformers: Ratchet's new assistant

Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. I only own the Wilson siblings, Lavender and Emerald as they are my characters.

It was the year 2012. Kyle Phillip Wilson, who was now a junior in high school, and his younger siblings Lisa, who was a freshman, Darcy and Marcy, who were twins and in 7th grade, Kayla, who was in 5th grade, and Brandon, who was in 3rd grade were with their adopted family outside watching the stars. Of course, their family was no ordinary one. Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, was their adopted father likewise with his sparkmate Elita One being the children's adopted mother. The other Autobots the kids considered to be other relatives in their unusual family. Ratchet, Ironhide and Jazz were their uncles, Bumblebee and Jetfire were their cousins, Emerald was their aunt and the Aerialbots, who Darcy had helped Ratchet build nearly 2 years ago, considered said human creator to be their "mom" while the other kids were their "aunts and uncles". Right now Kyle wished that his older siblings, Lauren and Terry, were here to see this with them but the 2 were living out of state right now. Lauren had become a singer and was currently touring with her band while Terry was still in college on the East Coast of the U.S. and visiting his girlfriend before coming out to see his siblings this summer.

"Kyle, are you all right?" Optimus asked, concern filling his voice.

"I'm fine." The teenager lied, not very convincing at all.

"You know you can talk to us about anything that's on your mind." Elita One reassured him.

Kyle sighed and continued looking up at the night sky with his siblings, who were trying to spot constellations and the planets that could be seen from Earth.

Optimus Prime himself was also deep in thought now; it had been nearly 4 years ago that he and his team had arrived on Earth, 2 years since Jetfire defected from the Decepticons to become an Autobot, 3 years since he was reunited with Elita and the 2 had adopted the human siblings to raise as if they were the Prime and his sparkmate's own children. While the Decepticons were being unusually quiet and inactive right now, the Autobot leader still sometimes wondered if adopting the children was the right thing as they had become targets of the 'cons themselves several times but he did not know what he'd do without them. They were very good about keeping a positive outlook on life though as well as very hardworking and dedicated to those they loved so he had to give them that. Spending time together like this did not happen very often but it was very nice that they were doing so if only for a short time while waiting for a new Autobot to arrive.

They saw the Autobot ship soon enough; it was one with room for only one or 2 'bots and it had landed not too far away from them, right behind the base where the Ark had been parked for some time. Optimus stood up and ordered his team to follow him to the ship and the Wilson siblings followed, Lisa moving herself in her motorized wheelchair trying to keep up with everybody.

The ship landed and at least 2 minutes later, a Cybertronian figure emerged. It was hard for the Wilson siblings to tell what color she was or anything else about what she looked like but Emerald recognized her. "Lavender is that you?" the green Autobot asked in the Autobots native language

"Emerald, I can't believe you're here!" was the reply, according to Ratchet's translations to the human siblings. Lavender then began a very quick search of the Internet and downloading knowledge of Earths' languages. She then hugged Emerald, who returned the gesture.

Optimus let this informal situation go; the 2 were old friends who had not seen each other in who knew how long and likely thought the other had died a long time ago before tonight. He then said "Welcome to Earth, Lavender. Emerald has mentioned you often."

"It is an honor Optimus Prime." Lavender smiled then scanned a vehicle mode that was the same color that she was, lavender, hence the name she had been given by her creators. Said vehicle mode was a Toyota Camry. Everyone, human and Autobot alike, went back inside of the base so that the newest team member could get settled in for the night. Of course, the Wilson siblings wanted to ask her a lot of things but Elita One insisted that the children get ready for bed since it was getting late.

"What are they?" the new femme asked referring to the siblings.

"They are humans, who are the dominant species of this world." Ratchet explained.

Lavender couldn't help but grin; sure, she had come to be Ratchet's assistant with taking care of all the medical needs of the team of Autobots that was bigger than most teams, but she was also eager to have time to study more about these humans and their species' biology and medicine. She was then introduced to everyone else, save for Jazz who she had seen before.

"What happened to your bakery?" he asked.

"It was set on fire and completely destroyed." She replied sadly. "I don't want to talk about it."

The Autobot Second in command understood and did not press on about the subject. "I've been taking good care of Emmy for you."

"I can see that; she's very lucky to have you as a sparkmate." Lavender replied, forgetting the bad memory that had inadvertently been brought up as she said this.

As she was shown her quarters by Ratchet, the femme medic couldn't help but have a lot of optimism despite how horrible the war had been. She had once been a bit shy but the years had changed her to be a bit more outgoing and eager to try new things, especially if said things ended the war faster so that she would have more free time to get to study more about Earth and find out all that she could…

Her thoughts were interrupted by Ratchet telling her to get some rest and that he would show her where the human medical supplies were kept tomorrow. Lavender felt embarrassed at having zoned out but didn't show it. "Thank you Ratchet and good night." She replied.

"You're very welcome my dear." Ratchet replied to be polite as he left the room and returned to the medbay.

Lavender went to sleep that night not aware of how difficult everything was going to be…