Well, here's Chapter 3 ready for you.
Enjoy!
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A few weeks passed by and Destiny was beginning to improve on her training, although she still couldn't hit Magnus. They doing the usual morning training with Destiny slightly awake and doing the same moves that Magnus was doing. Just before Magnus could tell Destiny another little tip of his, they got an unexpected visit from Rail Spike. The elder bullet train approached them with a straight look.
"I've got a message from Optimus." Rail Spike said, "He wants you in the command center pronto."
"That's not like him..." Destiny said. "I wonder what's bothering him?"
"I don't know but he wanted to speak to you two. And he wanted me to ask you, Destiny, if you wanted a facemask or not."
"Well... I wasn't entirely sure on that yet."
Rail Spike chuckled and placed his hands on her shoulders, she looked up and studied his expression. He smiled a parently smile.
"You can talk to him about it." Rail spike said, patting her on her shoulders. "You better get going... I wouldn't want to keep him waiting."
"Yes sir!" Destiny said, jogging around him. "Thanks Grandpa!"
"Anytime. You can call me Rail Spike you know." Rail spike said, following the femme with Magnus behind him. The sudden message got Magnus thinking, what did his brother want? And did it have something to do with Destiny? He wasn't sure, he only kept to his thoughts as Rail Spike and Destiny chatted with each other. They chatted about normal day things and how Destiny's training was coming along. Rail Spike was seemly one of the older Autobots that would occassionly get grouchy because of his old age. But he had a soft spot for Destiny, like he has with both Rapid Run and Midnight Express. Destiny and the other two bullet trains knew when Rail Spike was in a bad mood because they would run the opposite direction from him. They kept chatting even when they reached the command center with Magnus the only one paying attention to his brother. Optimus stood there with his arms crossed, waiting for them. Rail Spike and Destiny stopped their chatting when they were standing in front of Optimus. Rail Spike nodded and left the room, leaving Ultra Magnus, Optimus and Destiny in the room alone. It was quiet for a few minutes before Optimus decided to speak.
"Rail Spike told you that I wanted to talk." Optimus said.
"He did. Why did you want to talk to both of us?" Magnus asked, getting a little suspicous.
"I'll get to that but first, Destiny?" Optimus turned his attention to Destiny.
"Yes..?" She said, a hint of a little uneasyness creeped into her voice box. She had never been called on upon by Optimus before, so she was a little uneasy about the sudden summoning. But Optimus had a soft look on his face, he was planning on something.
"You would mind getting a facemask?" Optimus asked, "Don't worry... you can deattach it if you wanted to."
"You mean..... I wouldn't have to wear it 24/7?" Destiny said, with a surprised look.
"Oh course not. You see, even mine is detattachable." Optimus said, smiling underneath the facemask.
"Sweet! If I would have known that, I would have gotten one a long time ago!" Destiny said, punching the air. "Thank you Optimus!"
"Go ahead down that hallway... You'll have to go see Red Alert to be fitted for the mask." Optimus said, pointing down the east hallway.
"Thanks again!" Destiny said, running down the hallway.
"She seems happy about that." Magnus said, watching as the femme disappeared from sight.
"Yes."
"But.... why did you call for us?" Magnus faced his brother, with a questioning look.
"Because... I was going to ask her, if she wanted to try to fight in the upcoming battle, to get a look at what it's like." Optimus said, then he noted the horrored look on his brother's face. "She will be on a team, I'm sending a few of the trainees out so she will be put with them."
"But... Optimus! Think about the danger you may be putting her in!" Magnus argued.
"That is why I'm now asking you to watch her, watch her in this battle and protect her when you feel that she may need it." Optimus added.
"Watch..... watch her?" Magnus said, making it sound soft.
"Yes. Can you do that?" Optimus asked. "Please Magnus.... I can't bear to lose her anymore than you can."
"Then... why-"
"To let her learn of the battles for real. We may not be able to protect her forever.... she needs to know." Optimus said, diming his optics.
"...I'll do it." Magnus said, looking away from his brother's gaze before turning back to it. "I'll watch her... and protect her with my life if I have to."
"As will I." Optimus said. "If you will excuse me... I need to see how Destiny is doing with getting a facemask."
Magnus nodded, he stayed in the command center as Optimus left for the infirmary where Destiny was at with Red Alert. He wondered how well she would look with it and how much she would look like Scourge with it. But seeing as Scourge nearly wore his face 24/7 when he and Optimus would face off in the battlefield, he knew Destiny would take hers off when she had felt like it. Another thing that seemed to bother Optimus was the fact that Scourge looked a little like him. Scourge was in general a dark clone of him back on Earth when they had to stop Megatron/Galvatron from taking energy. Scourge used to be an Autobot that was trapped within some pods until he and the others were found by Megatron/Galvatron and turned into Decepticons. Scourge was very violent, he was powerful and not something to be taken lightly. When Lightstreak told her final story of how Scourge forced a spark bonding, that had stopped things right there. Optimus now knew that Scourge would never change, he would be as violent as ever. The fact that scared Optimus though, was Scourge finding out about Destiny. He didn't know what would happen if the two met, but he knew Destiny would still stick to the Autobots. She has heard about Scourge's horrible deeds as well as what he is capable of, which always managed to give her creeps. He would somehow always laugh at her reaction to hearing about Scourge, her real father. Optimus reached the infirmary room and entered, seeing Destiny already trying on the mask. It was white to match up with some of the white armor she had. Optimus was a bit surprised that she had more white than black on her frame, although it seemed to suit her. She did have more of her mother's personality then fathers, really she had none of her father's personality at all. Red Alert was laughing and helping the femme fit into her mask, but neither saw Optimus enter.
"Mech... I feel really really weird!" Destiny said, through the new facemask.
"You will for awhile... But you'll get used to it." Red Alert said, smiling softly. "It looks good on you."
"I hope so..." Destiny said, "Thanks Red!"
"Well that was fast." Optimus said, almost making the two femme's jump.
"Hello Optimus." Red Alert said, casually.
"Hey Dad!" Destiny said, a little surprised seeing him.
"You do look good with that mask." Optimus said. Even though it did make Destiny look a little more like Scourge, the mask seemed to have suit her. She placed her hands behind her in a embarassed gesture.
"Thanks..." She said.
"If it's alright Destiny... I would like to fix the mask up for you so it will be ready. Then you won't have to worry about any problems with it falling off or anything." Red Alert said. "I'll give back to you when it's completely done."
"Thanks Red Alert!" Destiny said, unclipping the mask and handing it to the medic. "You're the best."
"Thank you sweetspark." Red Alert said, smiling.
"Oh yes Destiny?" Optimus said, catching the young warrior's attention.
"Hm?" Destiny turned to face Optimus.
"There is something I need to talk to you about in private." Optimus said, motioning for her to follow him. Red Alert gave him a look to which he nodded to. Red Alert snorted, trying to control her snickering.
"What?" Destiny asked, looking from them both.
"No... I'm not the one giving her 'That' talk... I'm afraid that's Prowl's job." Optimus said, making his voice sound calm, directing this at Red Alert, who started to snicker worse.
"Well... I hope Prowl's comfortable about talking about that subject." Red Alert said, before disappearing into another room.
"What's 'That subject'?" Destiny asked, letting her curiousity get to her.
"I'll have Prowl tell you." Optimus said. "What I wanted to talk to you about is... well, how comfortable are you into going out into the battlefield?"
Destiny's optics widened in excitement and then she jumped and hugged her adopted father tightly.
"Are you saying that I can go out and fight with you guys now!?" She said, happily.
"Yes I am." Optimus said, stroking her helm gently. "But there are others that will be going out for the first time as well. This is merely a learning experience that will help improve on your training skills. Then you can become stronger and protect those who are special to you."
"A learning experience huh?...." Destiny said, looking to Optimus's chest plate. "...I guess that would help."
"Indeed. But first... you and two other trainees need to go see Prowl. I'll send the message out to him and make sure you meet him." Optimus said, detattaching Destiny's arms from around his waist. "Let's go find him now."
"Sure!" Destiny linked arms with Optimus and they headed out to find Prowl. Shortly after leaving the infirmary did they run into Prowl, who seemed to be thinking about something.
"OH! Optimus! Destiny! I...I didn't see you." Prowl said, rubbing the back of his head. Prowl's white armor seemed to be a little dusty from something, and he also seemed to be looking for someone.
"Let me guess.... you're trying to hunt down Sideburn for getting you with one of those dust balls that was sitting around in the cleaning room. Right?" Destiny said, pointing at the dust on his armor.
"That's exactly right! Sideburn should have known better than to aim at me! I'll find him this time and put a strong restriction on him!" Prowl said, clenching his fists.
"But first..." Optimus started, catching the police car's attention. "I need you to give Destiny and two other trainees, Faststreak and Ironblast, a certain talk... you know what I mean."
Prowl sighed and nodded. Destiny unlinked her arm from Optimus' and followed Prowl down the hallway. She wondered what the talk was about and she was a little excited to. She had never been out on the battlefield before and she couldn't wait to fight the lousy Predacons. Then they found two mechs, one had a orange visor with a green and blue paintjob. He was tall with a bulky frame, cannons were linked on to his wrists. The other mech did not have a visor but bright purple optics. His armor was white and green and he was a bit smaller than the other mech. They looked to both Destiny and Prowl. Prowl motioned them to follow him to an empty room where it was soundproof. He closed the door after Destiny, as she ran through. The bulky mech sat to her right, while the other sat to her left. They looked pretty laid back to her.
"So... What's the bomb, dude?" Said the small mech. "We are here to talk or listen to the speech? I don't know mech."
"I think it's a talk before we go out into battle." Said the bulky mech. He had a bit of an English accent. "What's it about I cannot say."
"Wicked dude!"
"That's enough chit-chat!" Prowl said, sitting across from them. Destiny fought back a giggle when she heard the two mechs talk.
"So, what's the dig bossbot? What are we suppose to do?"
"Introduce ourselves first." Prowl said, crossing his arms. "I am Prowl. I command the law enforcement and rules book."
"Yo bro! Name's Faststreak, and I'm like the coolest bot around. I throw down the cool, you get what I'm digging?" Said the small mech.
"........." Prowl was quiet.
"And my name is Ironblast. I specialize in techno research and I do some medical training." Said the bulky mech.
"Well, we could probably use some of your skills, Ironblast." Prowl said, with a tint of interest.
"I'm Destiny. I guess you could say that I'm a pretty tough femme with a perfect kill shot with target practice." Destiny said.
"That is quite true." Prowl said.
"That's totally wicked cool!" Faststreak said loudly. Destiny could not fight back a flattered blush.
"So now that we all know each other... what's next on the list?" Ironblast asked.
"Yeah dude bossbot. What's next on the to do list?" Faststreak asked.
"I will now talk to you about a topic that isn't all that comfortable for some mechs or femmes to talk about." Prowl explained.
"A...uncomfortable topic?" Destiny asked, she was wondering if she have even agreed to listen to it.
"It's about interfacing... and spark bonding." Prowl said.
Destiny couldn't find back a cringe and a shiver. Interfacing really wasn't a comfortable thing to hear about. The two mechs next her froze, Ironblast shivered and Faststreak gulped uneasily. But they had to learn about it before going out into battle, so they were getting some education that would help them in a way. Prowl would have laughed at their reactions if he didn't have to keep a straight face. When he was on Earth, he learned that an interfacing lesson was like the human's Sexual Education but different. He knew that all the trainees going out into the battlefield for the first time would have to hear about the uncomfortable talk. He had seen them cringe and shiver. It wasn't pleasent for them to hear.
"Dude.... That's totally bumming... it's just plain gross, dude!" Said Faststreak.
"As uncomfortable as it sounds, we have to listen to it, as stated in the big rule book... Chapter 12, page 153 of Section 122 in Paragraph 4, "All Trainees must learn of the outside world, learning more about themselves so they can better protect themselves!"." Ironblast said, putting a hand to his chest.
"I like your style Ironblast. You should enroll for the police academy! They could really use a bot like you!" Prowl said, crossing his arms.
"Dude... you actually read that giant pad of data?" Faststreak said, a confused look on his face.
Destiny snorted and covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing, she had never heard a mech like Faststreak before. Faststreak smiled sheepishly at Prowl, whom was glaring at him with a certain disappointment written on his face. Destiny seemed to like the personalities of both mechs, to which didn't seem to suit them at all. She would have thought Ironblast would have been more laid back and talking slang, but it turned out that he was actually a genius. He was just big for his size. Faststreak was the bot with the slang and the cool vibe and he was smaller than Ironblast.
"Okay. Okay. Let's get this talk started. Then more you let it lead away, the worse its going to get." Prowl said.
"Then let's start!" Destiny said, really wanting to get the conversation over with.
"I'm with Ms. Destiny." Ironblast said.
"You can just call me Destiny, Ironblast."
"Get the show on the road, bossbot!" Faststreak said, leaning back.
"Now... I'll talk about interfacing so that most of the uncomfortable parts will be out of the way." Prowl sighed. "Interfacing deals with a mech and femme lower wiring. But this only will generate a overload for both, depending on how you look at it. Now for the mechs..." Both Ironblast and Faststreak cringed.
Prowl went on with the lecture with all three shivering at hearing certain parts they wished they didn't have to hear. The description of the mech was probably the worst for Ironblast and Faststreak to hear and the description of the femme put Destiny on the edge with shivers running through her systems. They did not at all enjoying hearing about the interfacing but they knew they had to learn it. When the interfacing talk was out of the way, Prowl let the three warriors talk for a bit before he started on spark bonding.
"Mech... I didn't know that we overload like that..." Destiny said, letting another shiver run down her spine. "Luckily we don't get pregnant like that!"
"Thank the stars!" Ironblast said. "I knew the basics of an interface but hearing the whole story really scares me! I don't know if I want to interface with anyone!"
"That would be bad dude..." Faststreak said. "I wouldn't ever want to be father yet! DUDE!! That's just disturbing!"
"But... how are the sparklings created?" Destiny asked, looking to Prowl. Ironblast and Faststreak also turned to Prowl for an answer, Prowl looked a little more relaxed with this one.
"Through spark bonding." Prowl said, evenly. "This is a talk that is a lot more comfortable for you, just trust me."
"Okay, I'm up for it. Fire away Prowl!" Destiny said, leaning back.
"Yeah! No more gross stories, right bossbot?" Faststreak asked.
"That's all past us now." Prowl said, nodding. "Now spark bonding is a bond between the mech and femme, in a way making them mates. All they do is connect their sparks to each other. With this, they can feel each other's emotions, they can talk to each other telepathicly through their bond, and they become intertwined with each other's lives. They can gain each others trust through this bond."
"Aw.. That sounds really romantic." Destiny said.
"It does..." Ironblast agreed.
"But there is a down side to a spark bonding, you could lose the other's trust through a forced bonding. This mostly happens to femmes when some mechs think they are more dominent or if they are high off of a lot of Energon. The only way for a femme to regain themselves or mechs for that matter, is through bonding with another. But it's rare because femmes lose the ablilty to trust another after a harsh conflict." Prowl sighed a little sadly. "This happened to a friend of mine a few years back... she was forced into a spark bonding and then nearly killed with the sparkling. She was in such bad shape that... after the sparkling was born, she died."
"That's...That's horrible! Who could do such a thing!?" Ironblast nearly shouted.
"I'll bet a Decepticon! They're just the right canidates to do that!" Destiny said, slowly getting angered. "They're cruel son of a gliches!"
"Yeah! Now I wanna go kick their sorry afts!" Faststreak said, joining Destiny's and Ironblast's rampage.
"WHOA! Whoa! Calm down you three!" Prowl said, trying to regain their attentions. When they calmed down, he sighed with relief. "Alright that's all the talk for today... you are dismissed!"
Faststreak was the first to run out of the room, Ironblast stayed a couple of minutes and thanked Prowl and told him that he might considering enrolling into the police academny then he left the room. Then that left Destiny and Prowl, she couldn't help but stay with her friend as she saw the sad tint in his optics. She stood by him, touching his arm reassuringly.
"Was...Was she a good friend Prowl?" Destiny asked.
Prowl looked to the young femme after the door had shut close. He nodded sadly, before downcasting his optics. Destiny felt horrible for Prowl, for him to lose a friend like that.
"Destiny...?" Prowl asked. "Has... Optimus told you about your parents?"
"No.. He says I'm not ready to hear about them yet." Destiny said.
"He may be right.... but you need to know..." Prowl sighed shakily. "..About your mother."
"Y-You knew her!? Oh Prowl!" Destiny said. She caught the sad tint his optics gave off and she knew that something happened.
"The story I told...." Prowl stopped there, he sat down leaning forward. It was hard for him to tell her that it was about her mother, Lightstreak.
"You mean...." Destiny said, fear and sadness leaking into her voice. "You mean... that femme... was... was my...?"
Prowl nodded, he heard Destiny fall to her knees. Prowl looked to her, to see the shock and sadness in her optics. Her whole frame shook, Prowl immediatly kneeled on the floor next to her, rubbing her arm in comfort. Destiny found out about her mother and that she was born before her mother died. She didn't bother asking about who her father was, she was too shocked about her mother. Tears rolled unexpectedly on her face, and Prowl quickly embraced the femme, trying to comfort her.
"Ssh.. Ssh.. It's okay Destiny... I'm here." Prowl reassured, rubbing her back in a comforting gesture.
"Prowl... tell me..." Destiny spoke softly. "What was she like? My mother."
"She... She was wonderful Destiny..." Prowl chuckled warmly. "You know... you almost have her exact personality. You're more like your mother than you think, I'm seeing her all over again."
"Really?" Destiny asked a bit surprised. "I'm... just like her?"
"Yeah... Exactly." Prowl said, relieved that she was starting to calm down.
"Can you....tell me more about her?" Destiny asked.
"Yes... I'll tell you everything." Prowl said, softly. He explained everything about Lightstreak to Destiny, to which she realized that she was almost exactly like her except for armor and build. Destiny was extremely glad to hear about her mother, she finally knew about one of her parents and she forgot all about who her father might be. She never bothered to ask Prowl about him. Everything started to calm down with Destiny starting to regain her composure again and Prowl being a little more comfortable about telling Destiny all about Lightstreak. They did promise each other that they wouldn't mention this to Optimus or the others unless the knew the time was right. After staying with each other of awhile, they headed out together. Destiny wished that she had a brother like Prowl but then again she had always seen Prowl as a brother to her. And he felt the same way. They headed towards the command center to talk to Optimus.
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Awww.... She learns about her mother! Sweet right?
Anyways, I'll try to get Chapter 4 up for you guys, okay?
