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I related part of this chap to my other story Autobot Academy. If you have read it, the 18th chap tells the whole event. ;)
Sorry for my mistakes! :S :S Me no good in english! *Grimlock's talk*
"Please Chris, be careful. If you don't feel comfortable here, you know you can call us and we will come to get you. Be polite and obey what they say. If you feel sick, tell Rage and he will check you-"
"Mommy, it's Ratchet not Rage." corrected Chris with a huff.
"Whatever you need, tell them. Don't do anything dangerous. Ok?"
"Mom... It's ok! I will be careful! Your heard what Optimus Prime said. They will take more precautions than anything else."
"I know sweetheart... I-I'm a mother and you know, mothers are very protective with their little babies." she kissed him on his cheek and hugged him. "I'm gonna miss you baby."
"I will too my boy." added the father with a bit of sadness in his voice. He smiled at him and hugged his son. "I will always be proud of you, son."
"Thank you daddy."
After five minutes of farewell that seemed like an eternity for Chris, the parents left the place. It was hard to let their kid there. They didn't know the Autobots. They didn't know how they treated humans. Yes, Prime told them everything about their way to live and explained how they would treat their child but still. Giant robots taking care of a kid? Hard to accept it can safe and securing. The place empty of parents, Chris jumped around Optimus legs and was screaming happily. The Prime chuckled at this scene. Chris seemed an healthy kid but behind all that happiness was years of pain. He bent down and offered his hand to Chris. The kid stared at him blankly.
"Come on, jump." said Prime with a warm smile.
"Hm... What if I hurt your hand?"
"Hurt? You will not. My hand is made of steel." The kid smiled at that and jumped on Prime's giant hand.
"Want to see someone specially?" asked the Prime walking down the hallway, heading the rec. room.
"Hm... Let me think. Hm..." the kid scratched his head and flicked his thumb with his finger. "I know! The twins!"
"The twins?" asked Optimus surprised by his 'special' demand. Usually, humans prefered Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide or Bumblebee but the twins? Well... Good for them! They walked down the hall and arrived in front of a big door. To be clear, it was a big door for Chris and a simple and normal door for the Prime. They entered the room and by excitement the kid jumped down Prime's hand. By pure father instincts, he quickly caught the boy and looked at him sternly. He didn't want to give him that look but he almost fell on the ground! Any parents would have acted like Prime.
"Chris..." his serious voice and stern look said it all. Chris dropped his head down and apologised for his dangerous act. "I'm sorry."
"We want to enjoy you in one piece little one, be careful please."
"Sure."
He introduced the kid to all his men and some minutes after, they will talking and having some fun with the kid. He was fun-loving and cute. Sunstreaker, the egoist mech he was pulled every mech away and made his way to meet the so 'waited' Chris. He stood firmly in front of the child and growled.
"So... You are the puny kid that will be here for a week uh?"
"SUNSTREAKER!" snapped Prowl preparing a brig report for Sunstreaker.
"What? I'm asking! Duh! So? I'm not gonna wait all the day for your answer."
"You are awesome."
All the mechs' optics widened. Even Sunstreaker's optics widened. He was speechless. He was trying to show the kid he was the mech here and the little guy kill him with that sentence.
"What di-did you say?" He wanted to be sure he heard it well. That was mostly impossible. Most of their humans friends didn't like him for being so egoist, so mean, so unfair and impolite. How come the kid told him that? How?
"I said you're awesome!" this time, the kid smiled and Sunstreaker stared at him with optics of puppy.
"I'm awesome?"
"Yes. You are so cool and I would like to be like you." The mechs were still speechless. Even Optimus. That was unexpected.
"What do you mean like me?" asked Sunstreaker taking the little human with him. He took him carefully and left the place with mechs following his steps before the door closed.
"I. Don't. Believe. What. I. Just. Saw!" commented Jazz. Some seconds after, all the silent room was fulled of talk and talk. Every mech opining about what they just saw and heard.
Meanwhile, Sunstreaker was heading his quarters and sat the little human on his berth when he entered it. "So? Tell me. Why do you wanna be like me?"
The kid stopped to examine all the room and gazed at the golden front-liner. "You are strong. You are a front-liner and you fight without hesitating. In some way, you care about others but the way you show it it's fighting decepticons so they won't hurt your friends."
"Wise little guy." thought Sunstreaker. And he thought kids were annoying and hard to live with but he was wrong. He liked the kid. Yep, he did.
"Thank you."
"You don't show you are weak. Well you don't seem to be either. I would like to be like you. Be strong, show that I can deal with hard situations. I would like to show my family that I can protect them like you do." The young kid sighed as he rubbed his eyes.
"Hey, hey, what happen here?" asked Sunstreaker softly. He placed one of his finger under Chris' chin and raised the kid's head. "You are one of the strongest human I've ever known. You are not weak Chris. You are a courageous front-liner."
"I am?"
"Yes. Since you were sparked, you were destined to be a front-liner."
The puzzled face of Chris made Sunstreaker unsure of what he said. "Did I say something wrong?"
"No. I-I just don't understand the 'sparked' word."
"Ahhh..." He shook his head and smiled back at the kid. "I'm sorry. It's a cybertronian vocabulary we use. Let me see... Oh! Sparked it's like born. That's it. You were born."
"Ohhh!" A huge smile appeared on his little face and 'thumbed up'. "Hm... Wait. I was destined to be a front-liner since I was born?"
The golden warrior nodded and got up of his berth. He opened a drawer then another and another. He finally found what he was looking for. He hid it in his giant hands and sat again on his berth.
"Come here buddy." The joyful kid ran toward him and was sitting on one of the warrior legs. He was really tiny. He almost looked like a bird on someone shoulder. Tiny! A nano human!
"Years and years ago, before I landed here on Earth, one of my teachers gave me that." he opened his hand and a glowing little stone caught Chris' attention.
"Wow! A precious stone!" commented the tiny human.
"Not really. It's a medal. I know it's weird as medal but it is."
"Why a medal? For what? What did you do to deserve it? And why isn't your name written on?"
"You ask too many question little one." he chuckled and started to tell him the story.
"I was, before to be front-liner, a simple student. In the Autobot Academy. One day, one of my friends got kidnapped by a decepticon. I was youngling back in times."
"A kid?"
"Yes. A kid. We were still too young to fight against Decepticons but the trainings we had were enough for me to go help my friend. I was injured. In pain. Almost collapsing but I decided to save her no matter the cost. I fought and fought. My teachers were not happy at all to see me in such a fight but they couldn't do anything else that fight at my side. I fought even being injured."
"Why? You were injured and you fought?"
"My brother was in emotional pain and she was my friend. The only femme in the academy. I saved her for the well of all of us."
"Did you succeed?"
A sad look on Sunstreaker was enough to answer Chris' question. Even if it happened many many years ago, he still felt guilty for not saving her as he expected. He appreciated her so much.
"Teachers, specially one, gave me that medal for courage. Even if I was injured, I continued to fight or protect her till the end. I tried to do my best. I might have failed but I did my best and fought not for revenge but for a good cause. And I was not a front-liner."
"Wow..."
"Chris, you don't need to be front-liner to be strong. The moment you care for others and give your best to protect or save them, in your case, it would be more like making them happy, loving them and spending time with them, make you a strong boy."
"Yeah but I never really fought something to say I'm courageous or strong."
"Yes. Of course you did."
"Uh? What?" Sunstreaker scooped up the kid and walked out of the quarters. They walked silently in the corridors of the base and entered a room that smelled good.
"You only know." said Sunstreaker placing the kid on a chair. He patted him and went for some food. "You are stronger than I am." added Sunstreaker from where he was standing.
"Stronger than any of us." murmured Sunstreaker to himself.
Wooooh! :D I see the chaps coming very emotional. :) Thanks for your reviews. Really helpful, encouraging and loved! Thank you for your patience! It is really appreciated. I will try to update the others stories and this one ASAP! :)
