Needed to update this one!

Needed too! Needed to write cute little Tai and Optimus fluff because it's adorable!

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Chapter 2

I'm this many!

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Optimus froze.

That voice sounded vaguely familair but it also sounded very young.

Too young.

Gently approaching the loose piece of machinery, he carefully knelt down and peered under the machine. His optics widened.

There was a tiny little girl, with a small robotic arm, wide blue eyes, and long messy brown hair.

"Daddy?" The little girl sniffled. "What happening?"

Optimus immediatly scooped up the tiny girl into his hands and stood to his full height, his fatherly instincts taking over as he comforted her. "Hush, my little one." He said in a quiet tone. "There was...a mishap."

Ratchet had recovered from his shock and turned on the inventor, his optics narrowed.

"Wheeljack!" He yelled, causing the tiny girl to whimper. "What did it do?!"

Tai immediatly latched onto her father's thumb, hiding from the scary loud mech. Ratchet sent the young technorganic an apologetic glance. Optimus gave both Wheeljack and Ratchet a stern look.

"Yes, Wheeljack. What happened exactly?"

"I don't now, I swear!" The inventor fiddled with the now melted control panel. "It was supposed to send an electric charge through anyone who touches it, but she should've been far enough away.."

"But why is she so young now?" Optimus wondered out loud, his large pointer finger gently stroking her hair to calm her down. "Can you tell us how old you are, little one?"

Little Tai made a scrunched up face, which Optimus found immensely adorable, as she thought about it. Her little face lit up as she held up four tiny robotic fingers. "This many!" She squeaked out, her messy hair still hiding her face. Optimus smiled sightly and gently brushed it away from her eyes. So this is what his daughter...his nineteen year old, sarcastic, enthusiastic, smart, and funny daughter...looked like when she was a sparkling.

Ratchet grumbled. "Oh great. Tatyana just became a toddler...life just got a lot more complicated." He turned toward the Scientist, who immediatly hid behind Optimus. "Wheeljack, I have no idea how you can fix this...but I say this with utmost respect." His optics glowed dangerously. "Fix this or I'll strip you down for parts."

Wheeljack whimpered. "Yes, sir. Right away, sir."

"God, you'd terrify Megatron sometimes." Barricade's voice from teh doorway made everyone jump. "Seriously though, I heard an explosion and people running, so I figured it was a Wheeljack experiment gone awry."

Suddenly a little voice caused him to stop in his tracks.

"CADEY!"

His red optics focused on what exactly made that noise...what he didn't expect was a tiny human child. That definetly wasn't Annabelle Lennox.

"Uh...who's that?"

The holograms melted away, revealing a small blue optic and familair cybertronian parts. His optics widened comically. "What the FUCKING FRAG happened?!" He exclaimed.

Optimus quickly covered his tiny daughter's audio receptors and gave the ex-con a stern glare, who immediatly shut up, his quad optics looking confused and alarmed.

"My machine...kinda, sorta...back fired." Wheeljack said sheepishly, avoiding the death glare that was thrown at him by Ratchet.

"Kinda, sorta?" Barricade asked incredously. "This is way beyond kinda, sorta! Last I checked, she wasn't a freaking human toddler!"

"Oh trust me, we know this seems rather...odd. But Wheeljack said he was going to reverse the effects...right?!" He turned his head to the Inventor, who flinched.

"Yes, yes! Of course!"

Little Tai kept reaching for Barricade, her tiny hands opening and closing as she giggled. He looked at her awkwardly, he was fine with teenage humans..but little ones? And everyone wondered why he avoided Annabelle like she had some sort of Cybonic plague...

Optimus found this rather funny. "Sweetheart, do you want Barricade?"

The ex-con gave him an incredulous look.

Little Tai nodded excitedly. "Big Brother!"

'Really, Prime?' He asked over the comlink. 'Really? You know I'm not good with kids..."

'But this is Tatyana.' The Prime replied, amusement clear in his tone. 'You know her.'

Barricade sighed. 'Why do you hate me?'

Optimus simply chuckled and held out his hand. Tai giggled as she got closer to her guardian. "I think she has decided you should hold her."

"Hooray." The ex-con drawled out but he sighed and held his hand out. She was gently deposited into his clawed hands, her big blue human eye and optic staring up at him.

"Big brother!" She exclaimed again.

He blinked rapidly. Okay, that was pretty cute. "Uhh...hi there, little sis.." He gently patted the back of her tiny head with a fingertip. "Glad you still know me."

"Cadey!" She squealed, reaching up to pet his face.

Optimus watched with amusement as one of his fiercest warriors had turned into a soft hearted older brother figure at the drop of a hat.

"Hmm...wonder how Jazz is gonn handle this?" Ratchet mused aloud.

A few moments of pondering silence.

"I ain't tellin' him." Barricade finally spoke up.

"Uh-oh..." Wheeljack said in a scared tone.

"NOW what?" Ratchet asked in an impatient tone.

"The machine...well, it's...how can I put this delicately...?"

"Spit it out!"

"It's broken...we might not be able to reverse the effects..."

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Dun dun duuuuun!

Ain't she a cutie?! Awkward Barricade sure is fun to write!

Thanks Riella for your amazing help!

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