Elita's arrival chapter 6

(3rd person POV)

Optimus and Elita One had just assisted Ratchet with rescuing some humans from an avalanche; thankfully, no fatalities though serious injuries had befallen said humans. The 3 were driving back when they got a frantic phone call from Terry.

"Barricade's got Kyle, Lisa and I". The oldest of the 3 boys of the Wilson family was then cut off and the line went dead.

"Terrence!" Elita nearly screamed.

Optimus Prime growled; Megatron was not going to harm his kids if he had anything to say about it. "We will get them back Elita but we must do it soon!"

(Lisa's POV)

I don't know why they didn't take our youngest siblings but whatever the 'cons were planning, I was dreading even though I didn't know what they were.

"Dear sweet Lisa, you can't hide your thoughts forever." Knockout said in well, I guess you could consider it a sexy voice and why did the bad guys always have to sound sexy? Apparently, he had been guarding us the whole time after taking us away, leaving destruction to the middle school and high school.

"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.

Kyle got his answer soon enough; another 'con, Soundwave, entered the room. Apparently, physical torture would not suffice so Megatron's orders were for him to torture us mentally in order to give up the location of the Autobots' base.

"Soundwave, search the girl's mind first." the Decepticon leader ordered.

"As you command Lord Megatron" Soundwave replied in an emotionless voice.

(Optimus Prime's POV)

Elita and I did not hear the children screaming as we approached the Decepticon base but I was able to sense that Lisa was attempting to resist mental torture from Soundwave. As soon as we broke into the room, my sparkmate put it best.

"Give the younglings to us or you will regret it." She growled

"So we meet again, Optimus Prime."

I turned to see Megatron walking in the room as he had said this. "Megatron." I also found myself growling.

I then heard whimpering and a scream from Lisa: "Gosh dang it!"

"Information on Autobot base location extracted." Soundwave stated in a monotone voice. "Disabled human; inferior."

I lost it and knocked Soundwave to the ground. "You have a lot of nuts and bolts to be hurting my daughter." I told him angrily.

The battle wasn't very short but it wasn't very long either; all I knew was that Elita had freed the 3 children that were captured and I had blasted my way through several Decepticons on the way out.

When we arrived home, Lisa said sadly "Seems like Soundwave was right since I couldn't keep the info from him for long."

"Lisa, that is not true. It is not your fault that he was able to get it." Elita said reassuringly. "What's important is that you and your brothers are safe."

"I usually don't admit stuff like this but it was pretty scary." Kyle added.

"I agree." Terry looked sadly down at the ground.

I got down on the floor and said "Terrence, do not be ashamed."

"His phone got smashed by Barricade." Lisa mentioned. "And we're going to have to get him a new one really soon."

"We will do so in due time." I said. "For now though, it is time to reassure your other siblings that you are all right."

Elita and I walked to the living room, the 2 teenagers and one preteen following us. In truth, I also wanted to reassure myself that the children were safe as did Elita. My spark was filled with some relief but still some protectiveness.

"Optimus, I'm feeling the very same thing." the pink femme I had loved for a long time said, interrupting my thoughts. "I think it's about time we also asked Ratchet about having a bond with the children; perhaps it would be the best even if logic doesn't seem to dictate that."

"Perhaps you are correct Elita." I said. "Matters of the spark can be very difficult but one must deal with them the best they can, even if it involves doing something insane for your loved ones..."

(Neutral POV)

"Hold on a minute! What does this 'bonding' thing do?" Lauren asked, a bit confused about the whole thing.

"Cybertronian made emotional bonds are taken more seriously than human relationships, regardless of what the relationship is." Optimus Prime explained. "The bonding process is just a way of cementing it more firmly and a way to communicate without having to use just verbal means or body language, although both are still important."

"What are you guys going to do when we die though assuming you and Elita both live through the rest of hte war against the Decepticons?" Marcy asked, very worried. "i mean, I know you'll be upset but Darcy told me what Ratchet told her about other members of a bonded pair or group of Cybertronians mostly literally dying of broken sparks when they lose someone."

Elita reassured the pop culture loving girl "It does not always happen though it has been known to in several cases; Optimus and I will enjoy whatever time we have with all of you because that is what we want the most, even if it's a very short time."

The Wilson siblings whispered amongst themselves, then Terry told Optimus that yes, the kids did want to have a bond with the Autobot leader and his sparkmate but that they would rather do it on Friday night, since tommorrow night they wanted to go swimming at the pool that Kyle had been talking about.

"That is fine by us." Optimus smiled.

Later that night as both the Autobot leader and his sparkmate were having some time to themselves, they were interrupted by hearing Lisa scream.

"Primus, she better be all right." Elita said worrying, as she quickly got up and ran towards the hallway where the Wilson siblings' bedrooms were, Optimus not too far behind.

Thankfully, Lisa was physically fine though emotionally was a different story.

"Optimus, I had a ngihtmare." was what the middle school-aged human said.

Optimus lifted up Lisa and took her back to his and Elita's quarters. He sat down on a chair and began giving the girl a light back rub to comfort her, being careful not to accidentally injure her. The tears soon stopped running down Lisa's face and she put her head against the Prime's chest so that she could hear his spark humming. She had to admit that that sound was very calming.

"Are you all right now?" Elita asked.

"I think I'll be able to sleep better now." Lisa admitted, getting tired all over again.

Elita and Optimus both chuckled a little bit then the first of them took the human girl and put her back in her room. The femme commander then returned and she and her sparkmate went back into recharge; there were no more interruptions the rest of the night and through all inhabitants of the Autobot base, a feeling of relief and hope...