Authors Notes: Hey All. Its been a year since I wrote something on this one. Which is okay because everyones been very patient with me. Thank you for the reviews. Have a happy Holidays. Stay safe, and have fun ;)
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O' Christmas Tree
Chapter 2
A Christmas Tree on Base
"What...is that?" A gruff voice echoed throughout the cold concret hanger that was being used for the Autobot base. A pair of mitted hands were putting small orniments onto the christmas tree.
"Its a Christmas tree Ratchet." Mikaela said and smiled up at her medic mentor. She had been living in the base since she had to move out of her house since she lost her job.
"Yes...I see its a tree, but why are you putting junk in it and why have you placed it inside?" He asked. He bent down touching the top of the Christmas tree he jumped when he heard a crack and the Christmas tree went crooked.
"Ratchet!" Mikaela stomped her foot, her hands on her hips.
"That...just wasn't nice." She said Ratchet scanned her seeing her heat levels rising.
"Mikaela your leaking..." He said and reached for her. She backed up and burst into tears.
"You have no idea how hard it is to get a tree. Specially with no money to get them." she said and sobbed into her hands.
"Ratchet your really insensitive." Bumblebee said picking up Mikaela and walked her outside for some fresh air.
"Ratchet?" Ironhide clapped him on the back.
"You really got yourself into some deep slag." He said and walked out himself to watch over the little fleshling who had pretty much found her way into his spark. Which seemed to be a habit lately.
"What did I do?" Ratchet asked and looked at the tree and sighed as he looked around at Optimus who shook his head.
"Whatever it is you'd better fix it. That femme human is very angry with you...and sad." He said and went back to working on the computer
'Bumblebee your close to the humans...whats with the...tree?' Ratchet asked over the comlink. He was really confused about the whole tree situation.
'It was just a dumb pine tree wasn't it?' He thought to himself and looked down at the tree laying on the ground lights still blinking pleasantly white. Not to bright, just enough to see that they were in fact on.
'Its a Christmas tree. Christmas is a human holiday for there gods son...Sam says its for his creation day.'
'Oh so there gods son is pretty much like Optimus then?'
'Ratchet we're not sure Optimus was spawned by Primus.' Bumblebee laughed.
'well apparently this holiday means a lot to most humans. It means a great deal to Mikaela because it means her father is coming home.' Bumblebee said and walked into the base continuing there conversation with speech.
"Yeah but whats with the tree?" Ratchet asked. Bumblebee leaned over.
"Its there symbol of peace and happiness...hope Sam says." Bumblebee said.
"So its pretty much useless." Ratchet asked.
"You are sparkless!" Bumblebee said and growled.
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Later on that night as Mikaela lay sleeping in the bed he had pieced together with old metal and placed soft cloth in the center for a matress. On the other side of her was the broken tree. The one Ratchet had broken...Ratchet stood over it.
"I haven't had much to hope for...the war seems to drag on and everything I once had is gone." He sighed.
"I guess what I'm saying is...you've given all of us something to be hopeful for...you coming in and..." He chuckled for a second.
"Invading my medical bay with your college books of human medical practices...you were helping. Thank you...your all I wanted for...this human holiday called christmas. A...Although the human music...I don't care for..." He said and backed up replacing the tree with another one.
One less lovely looking, pieces of welded metals placed on string shone off the christmas lights flickered as if it were a flashlight on a cd.
Mikaela turned over and smiled. "Love you too Ratchet." She curled back into the blankets trying to keep warm in the nippy air. Ratchet smiled down at her. A smile he hadn't shown in a very long time. A secret smile...only for her.
Well theres another chapter. It'll probably be another year before I put up another one. Just so you know there isn't anything between Ratchet and Mikaela its just the way its writin. Ratchet seems all mean and grumpy...but he's a good bot. *Huggles him.*
