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Chapter 3

Bonding

The next morning Optimus woke up and looked down at his hand. He saw Breanna was nowhere to be found.

"Breanna!" he exclaimed.

He got up and started looking around his feet and stopped when he heard Ironhide yell, "Optimus, if you're looking for you human she's over here. She's waking all of us up."

Optimus let out a huge sigh of relief and walked over to Ironhide who was still lying down on the ground and covered his face to keep Breanna way from him. Optimus looked down at Breanna who seemed very happy now. Breanna suddenly looked up and saw Optimus looming over her.

"Oppimus!" she exclaimed and raised her hands up high to him.

Optimus couldn't help but smile and picked up the delicate child.

"Breanna why did you leave, I was worried sick I thought someone had taken you!" exclaimed Optimus.

Breanna looked down and whispered, "I tried to wake you, but I couldn't."

Optimus held her close to his chest and replied, "Just don't do it again."

Ironhide then sat up and said, "Darn it I can't seem to go back to sleep."

Breanna looked down at the bot on the ground and whimpered, "Sorry."

Ironhide looked up at Optimus and replied, "Its okay. I guess I'll have to get used to a kid running around here until the humans take her."

Optimus looked down at Ironhide and replied, "Ironhide I'm planning on asking Captain Lennox to keep her."

Ironhide shot up from where he was resting and stood there in shock. Breanna looked up at Optimus and squealed, "Daddy!"

Optimus was caught off guard when Breanna said that. He looked down at her and she whispered, "Sorry Oppimus."

Optimus looked at Ironhide then Ratchet who finally woke up.

"What's wrong Optimus?" he asked.

"Breanna just called me a daddy." replied Optimus.

Ratchet laughed and said, "A daddy is a father to a child he takes care of. She's considering you as another father."

Optimus looked down at Breanna again and whispered, "It's okay Breanna, you may call me daddy."

Breanna jumped up and went to hug his chest the best she could. Ironhide looked at Optimus then at Ratchet and questioned, "So Optimus is going to adopt a human child?"

Optimus looked at Ironhide and replied, "She seems to be afraid of her own kind and she doesn't fear us at all. I'm afraid that if I let her go back to the humans she'll run away trying to find us and run into Decepticons."

"Deceppicons?" asked Breanna looking up at her soon to be father.

Optimus looked at Ironhide and Ratchet and said, "You don't need to worry about Decepticons right now okay Breanna."

Breanna looked at Optimus and said, "I want to play!"

Optimus couldn't help but laugh and put her down on the ground and asked, "What do you want to play Breanna?"

Breanna looked up at him and yelled, "Tag!"

"Tag?" asked Ironhide.

"Yeah tag! You have to chase one another and touch them then they have to chase after you!" she exclaimed.

Ironhide looked at Optimus and retorted, "This is going to be an easy game."

Optimus laughed and said, "Okay, so who's it?"

"I'll be it!" she exclaimed, "Run! Run! Run so I can catch you!"

So all the Autobots knowing with a young girl they had to keep her happy. They had heard so many complaints from Sam and Mikaela about little kids not playing. The Autobots didn't run, they merely walked and Breanna chased after them. Breanna was laughing and ran up to Optimus and touched his leg and yelled, "You're it!"

Optimus turned around and Breanna was already on her way running away from him. He had researched so many stuff on the internet and had read Jack and the Beanstalk one time.

"Fe fi fo fum, I smell a little girl!" he laughed.

Breanna laughed so hard she had a hard time keeping her balance. She turned around and yelled, "Run, run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'M THE GINGER BREAD MAN!"

Optimus merely took two big step and touched her and said, "You're it."

Breanna looked up at him with a pouty look on her face and saw Ratchet and Ironhide not paying attention to the game and ran over to them and touched Ironhide's leg.

"You're it!" she yelled.

Ironhide stopped talking and looked down at his feet seeing Breanna already running away. Optimus saw her running away from the two bots and asked, "Who did you tag?"

"Ironhide!" she exclaimed.

He saw Ironhide running towards them and Optimus picked her up and started running knowing how rough and tough Ironhide was.

"Optimus that's cheating!" yelled Ironhide.

Optimus laughed keeping Breanna close to his chest as he ran into the forest. When Ironhide got close Optimus wrapped his hands around her showing no sign of her.

"Optimus now that's cheating." complained Ironhide.

Optimus laughed. The human game was pretty fun and it was good training for her when she was to get older in case she needed to run away from Decepticons. Breanna started squirming around and said, "I don't want to play this game anymore. I want to play hide and seek!"

Ironhide looked at the hands that had Breanna inside keeping her shielded. Optimus uncovered her and asked, "How do you play that?"

Breanna looked up at him and replied, "People have to hide and one seeks!"

Optimus really like these games for the child. These games would save her life in the future if Megatron game back from the grave or Starscream and any other Decepticons came back.

"Okay, but how about we change it around. All of us seek and you hide." suggested Optimus.

"Okay!" exclaimed Breanna.

Optimus put her down and said, "What do we do?"

"You count to 20 and then yell 'ready or not here I come!'" she yelled.

"Okay we'll start counting and you go find someplace to hide." said Optimus.

Breanna ran off and Optimus and the rest of the Autobots started to count. Breanna ran into the forest and fell into some mud and ran out to under some huge ferns hiding her from everyone. Once they were all done counting they went searching for the little girl.

"Okay men, remember she's very small and you have to watch where you step." whispered Optimus.

His men nodded and they all started searching for Breanna. Breanna heard them walking and felt their vibrations when they walked. She tried to wipe away the mud off of her and as she did a spider fell on her face. She started to scream and ran out of her hiding place.

Optimus heard her scream and so did the rest of the Autobots. They quickly ran to try to find Breanna thinking it was a Decepticon. When they found her she was running around with mud all over her and she was waving her hands in the air screaming.

"Breanna! What's the matter!?" asked Optimus with concern.

"SPIDER! SPIDER!" she screamed.

"Spider?" questioned Optimus. He took a closer look at her and saw a creature with eight legs attached to her face. He finally caught her and very gently took the spider off her face and squished it.

She started wiping her face with her hands still shaking from the spider incident.

"A little thing that that? She was scared of that?" asked Ironhide who was shocked.

Optimus looked at him and stared him down. Ironhide looked away and Ratchet then said, "Some spiders carry venom in their fangs and could easily kill a human. I didn't see what kind of spider was on Breanna, but it's better safe than sorry."

Optimus gently picked her up and said, "You need a bath."

Breanna looked up at him and yelled, "NO! I don't want a bath!"

She started squirming in his hands and Optimus had to hold on to her tighter making sure she couldn't get out of his grasp. Optimus heard some running water and quickly took some water and watered her down. He didn't have any soap, so he thought he'd just wash her down including her clothes since it was the only pair of clothes she had with her.

Breanna started squirming when the water was poured on her and she exclaimed, "That's cold! That's cold!"

Optimus then replied, "I'm sorry Breanna, but I don't see any warm water."

He gently started washing off the mud and after he was done he wrapped a warm blanket around her small form keeping her warm and walked back to his men.

"I think its time we started heading out again." he stated.

"Daddy, I'm hungry." she moaned.

Optimus looked at her and had forgotten the humans needed food to reenergize themselves. After he had mentioned that Ironhide was off and they couldn't leave until he came back. Once he did he emptied tons of food on the ground Breanna started eating bananas and all kinds of fruit Ironhide had gotten.

"Thank you Ironhide" thanked Optimus.

"No problem, I just didn't want to hear the little one complaining about being hungry."

Optimus couldn't help, but chuckle a little bit. He looked back down and Breanna had fallen asleep with a half eaten apple. Optimus gently picked her up and handed her to Ratchet who put her in Optimus's cab after he transformed. Ratchet then packed all the food in Ironhide's bed for later on. Optimus started driving and his men right behind them.


Awe so sweet huh. Well I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please review and I'll try to update either tonight or tomorrow. Depends on the reviews! Thanks so much! Don't forget Mistress Megatron too. She still needs reviews!