A Resurfacing Past
Chapter two: Her Past
Optimus's POV:
I was shocked! Arcee was Emerald! My whole time on team prime, I was mourning the "death" of Emerald, when she was right next to me serving as my SIC. I never noticed the similarities between Arcee and Emerald. In fact they were the exact same except for the paintjob. "Why did you leave me Arcee?" I asked. "I heard rumors that many people had journeyed to the core of Cybertron, but none returned. I also knew for a fact that you had gone there." She said pointing at me. "I was certain that you had died. So I decided to leave my past life behind to start life anew. I wanted to continue as a medic, but even then people died because I wasn't fast enough or experienced enough. I also risked running into Ratchet and be reminded of my past life. For a few weeks I just drove and drove until I reached an Autobot training facility. For the first few weeks I was invisible to everyone around me. No one paid any attention to me. To them I was just the newbie. It worked out just fine until one of my training instructor asked for my name. To me Emerald didn't sound right anymore, so I remembered Nightshadow telling me that my mother wanted me to be called Arcee, but when I was born I sorta named myself. Soon afterward I changed my colors and became someone totally different.
Over time I became a very good soldier and improved my battle skills after each battle. I didn't work for any team; I just snuck behind soldiers and followed them to the battlefield. I never got caught. Soon I got recruited by the Delta Team, and met my first partner Tailgate, and then you know the rest." She said still grieving for the loss of her 2 fallen partners. "All this time I have been grieving for the supposed death of Orion Pax when he really was my commander, but I don't regret any of it. If I hadn't set off on my own I would never have met Tailgate or Cliff. If I had stayed a medic I might have even died, because of my lack of combat skills." She said thoughtfully. "If you can't forgive me for everything I have done, I understand, because I deserve it for all the pain I caused you. In fact I don't deserve to be forgiven. "She said on the verge of tears. "Arcee, you have nothing to be forgiven for, you did what you thought was right. There's nothing wrong with that, I'm just glad you're alive." I said with happiness in my voice. "Thank you Optimus, you always know what to say" she said jumping up and hugging him, Emerald rising to the surface. When Arcee lost her partners her happy go-lucky personality was replaced with a serious, strict personality. Now that she knew that he wasn't dead it brought Emerald out of Arcee. "I'm going to become Emerald again!" she declared. With that she sped out of base before anyone could say a thing. She came back an hour later with her old paintjob on. "I never wanted to lose the unique shade of emerald green my original paintjob was so I painted over the original." She said matter-of-factly.
"Wow, I've never seen such a vibrant shade of emerald green before, Arcee! I mean Emerald, what should I call you?" said Miko. "Either one is fine Miko; although Emerald is my real name, but Arcee is still a part of me. Sorta, two halves of one hole." She replied. " Although, My personality will change, when I was Emerald I was a lot happier and loved anything that had to do with a party!" she replied. "I think I'll like Emerald better!" Miko stated. "Well, let's get this party started!" Miko said strumming her guitar. "For what?" I said raising an optic ridge. "To celebrate the full return of Emerald." She said before turning back to play some songs on her guitar. I turned to leave, but decided to make an exception, but just this once, for Emerald.