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Chapter 2

When I next awoke it was dark out. I could see nothing in front of me, but there was pain all through my body. I attempted to lift my arm but I couldn't even do that simple task. Looking up I could see the brilliance of the stars shining brightly, but that was it. There wasn't even a tree in the distance so I could judge where I was. My eyes felt heavy and I closed them, only wanting to rest them.

The next time I awoke there was commotion all around me. I could hear people talking, the ground vibrating. They were interrupting my sleep! Someone picked me up, cradling me to a hard surface. But I could hear a steady thump, thump, of someone's heart, although the surface was strange. I growled a little as my sleep was interrupted and I opened my eyes.

"Primus, Ratchet!" a voice exclaimed near me. "She's only a sparkling."

"I can see that Bluestreak!" a very agitated voice snapped back. I looked up at the person cradling me and almost recoiled. It was a strangle robot like thing, only it was like twenty feet tall. It was completely encased in metal which was colored silver. It looked weird, but strangely wasn't making me uncomfortable. I opened my mouth, and I clicked!

"Click, click, whirr, snap, whirr, whirr, click. CLICK! CLICK!" I was becoming agitated by my obvious lack of communicating.

"Shh." The robot holding me soothed. He ran a giant claw finger down my back and I melted. I cooed. What is wrong with me! I thought, as I seethed over my lack of control over my own actions.

"Aww. I think she likes me!" the one holding me grinned. I looked up at him in confusion. I could feel something happening, a searching of some sorts. My chest kind of felt weird, like it was trying to expand and I couldn't get any air in.

"Slag!" the previously agitated voice swore. "She's trying to bond with someone." He said. I whimpered as the pain in my chest grew.

"What Ratchet?" the mech holding me asked confused.

"Sparklings need somebot to bond with in order to stabilize their spark. I think she's trying to do that inadvertently." The one called Ratchet, the agitated one said. He came into my view, a huge lime green robot and I felt a weird tingly feeling in my body. I growled.

"Well, it doesn't appear as if you are going to be bonded to the femme, my friend." If I thought the others were large, they had nothing on this robot. He was huge. Emphasis on the huge. He easily dwarfed the other robots, and was a blue and red color. Just then I felt something. Almost like a nudge at my heart. Looking up, I glanced at the mech holding me in surprise. He grinned back at me and nodded. Sitting silently for a moment, I accepted the nudge and felt a rush of feelings flow through my body.

Hello, sweetspark, a familiar voice said, only in my head. I jerked in surprise looking at him before cooing.

Daddy? I could feel surprise roll off the robot in waves, then he grinned.

If you wish it to be so, he soothed, running a hand over my back.

"Sideswipe?" Ratchet asked. "What happened?"

"I created a bond with her," he said simply, still stroking my back. I relaxed into the touch, though my body was still in pain.

"You are now her mech creator?" A large black robot asked. He had a gruff voice and I shied away, seeking to be more shielded. His voice reminded me of a time I wished to forget and I felt the fear wash over my body.

Sweetspark? What's wrong? Daddy shielded me with his hand, while probing me for answers. All I could do was click, whirr, and snap my distress. Tell me what's wrong. Daddy seemed quite desperate for answers. But the fear paralyzed me.

"Ironhide, please step back," Daddy asked, confusion evident in his voice. Ironhide did as he was asked and I felt the fear gradually leave my body.

What's wrong? You have to tell me so I can fix it, my daddy asked softly.

Don't let him click hurt whirr me! I wailed over our bond. He stiffened and looked at me cowering behind his hand.

"What is the matter Sideswipe?" The large tall mech asked, concern leaking into his voice as he looked at us.

"I'm not quite sure. All she wanted was for Ironhide to go away and for him not to hurt her." Sideswipe looked murderous.

"WHAT?" Ironhide boomed and I shrunk away from his voice. Ingrained in my being was to associate mechs that looked like him and sounded like him with pain. I tried not to act upon the fear but it was overwhelming.

"Hmm. I'm going to have to do several scans in order to assess what has happened to her." Ratchet said.

"Can I hold her Sideswipe? I promise I won't drop her! I've never seen a sparkling this close up before. It's quite small to grow into something like us. I mean were we all that small at one point? Even Prime?" an unfamiliar mech in blue metal asked. He seemed like he would never quit talking.

"Bluestreak!" Sideswipe finally yelled, catching a glimpse of my emotions through our bond. "You're making her nervous!"

"Oh. I'm so sorry Sides! I never meant to make her nervous! That wasn't my intention at all. But can I hold her at some point in the future?" I looked up at my Daddy. He looked at me amused.

And that is why we call him Bluestreak. I giggle at his answer.

"This is Optimus Prime, sweetspark." Daddy points to the huge mech with the gentle face. "He is our leader."

"Hello, sparkling." He had a deep voice, but it made me feel safe.

"You have met Bluestreak," the mech in the blue waved at me. "That is Ratchet our Chief Medical Officer. You will have to see him when we get back to base."

"Hello, sparkling. My scans have indicated an abnormal amount of scars on your body, along with some fractures in your protoform, some bruised Energon lines, and two severed minor Energon lines."

"Way to bore her, Ratchet," my daddy grinned. "That is Ironhide, but you don't have to meet him just yet." I sent gratitude to my daddy over our bond.

"Sideswipe, it is time we returned to base. Prowl has informed me that the Decepticon's have also picked up on the Energon reading as well and will be here shortly," Optimus Prime said. Daddy nodded and opened his chest. I looked to see an empty space there.

Daddy? I sent my fear to him and he sent back reassuring, soothing feelings.

Don't be afraid dear spark. You will be safe here. You should recharge until we get back to base. Looking up at him, I remembered what Primus had said. I would be safe here and I needed to trust. So I agreed and found myself in the space which was spacious for my size. Slowly the plates moved back, and I was encased with darkness.

Curling up in the space, I soon heard the familiar humming and thumps of my daddy's heart or spark. I was confused and just wanted to go home. But I guess I couldn't not if I looked like the other robots out there. My daddy sent me feelings of love across the bond, which I reciprocated and then I fell into sleep or recharge.