Chapter 7

Finally a new chapter, sorry for the long wait.


Over the next few weeks Flame's holoform healed and she was able to return to her regular body.

Flame sat on a medical berth since her body was far too damaged and weak to move. She felt like she had faced a whole army of Decepticons without her powers, her weapons, or her allies with her.

Her optics were both shatter, her armor scratched her protoform had cuts, energon stains all over her, cuts on her legs. Flame leaned onto her knees and placed her helms into her hands and as she took deep breaths her body shook. "Flame?" Raf asked as he stood up on a plate form and looked down at Flame.

Flame stood up and almost fell but caught herself with her carrier's work table and looked up at Raf. "What is it you need young one?" Flame's voice shook. Her whole body hurt, her voice shook each time because of her fear, her body did for the same reason, and she could barely see Rafael due to her shattered optics.

"Can you see me?" Raf asked as he walked closer to the edge worried for Flame even more.

Flame sighed, "I'm afraid not Raf, I can sense you though thanks to my field, but sadly I can barely see anything at the moment," Flame said as she closed her optics.

"Flame Prime," Agent Fowler called as he walked over and placed a hand on Raf's shoulder and looked at the shaking femme. "How are you soldier? And we need to talk about recent events," Fowler said with a hint of sadness in his voice.

"I am unwell sir. My body hurts and I can barely see. Why must we talk?" Flame asked as she faced her helm towards Agent Fowler.

"We need to get Raf able to be put up for adoption. And once he's up Optimus and Ratchet can adopt him. Yet we need you to testify to get his father put in jail for, raping, hurting, stabbing, slapping, and such with you. Stabbing your sire, and attaching him, and hurting Rafael for years. We need you to put him behind bars for good," Agent Fowler said.

"We can speak of this tonight but I would like to speak alone with you. I'd rather not say my experience in front of my team or my family" Flame said as she stumbled back to her berth. "I'll speak to you in my holoform as well, that form is in much better condition than my real self," she said as she tried to relax.

"Flame," Ratchet said as he walked into the medical bay. He went and touched her and Flame jumped. "Easy sweetspark it's me, sense my field with yours," Ratchet said as he held her hand as he grabbed some medicine and a metal band to cover her optics. "Open your optics," Ratchet said quietly. Flame did so; he saw her shattered optics blue light separated as the cracks went through her optics. "Ready for the band and medicine," Flame nodded slowly and gripped her hands tight, she knew the pain of the medicine that would go into her optics and the ability of not being able to see. She had gotten an optic shattered when she was little and had this same treatment.

Ratchet took the medicine and put it in a dropper and hovered it over Flame's optics. He put five drops of the medicine in each of her optics. Flame cringed and closed her optics to allow her optics to heal. Ratchet took the metal band and placed it over her optics and it fit perfectly. "Carrier?" Flame asked in her weak and fragile state still. It pained Ratchet and even more Optimus to see their daughter like this.

"Yes Flame?" Ratchet asked as he rubbed her help with his hand.

"When will I heal? Physically," Flame shakily asked as she looked over at her sire and saw his field, now to her it appeared as an orange color.

"Few weeks sweetspark," Ratchet kissed the top of her helm. Ratchet got up and walked over to the medical counsel and started to type away. "Just please rest, regain your energy, and if you wish to see the kids activate your holoform, and please sweetspark tell me or your sire if you…." Ratchet stopped and leaned down and kissed her helm once again.

"Nightmares….I know," Flame mumbled as she vented and tried to relax. Ratchet nodded and got off of the berth to let Flame have more room to rest. He walked over and started working on some reports and how to get Rafael safely in the care of both Optimus and Ratchet.

Holoforms Backstory (Because reasons)

Or Orion and Richard Pax as well as their kids Ben and Rae. Orion's ancestors, well in human, were named after the ancient hunter though the name was generation from generation slightly. Orion is a general that often travels with his family while fighting in the war to protect his country, family, and life. Richard is a medic that met Orion when he got hurt and they fell in love out of the fact that they could get into trouble. They soon got married and Orion had a daughter from a previous relationship. Rae, her mother gave her up due to her being too much like her father at such a young age. Ben was Richards from also a previous relationship. Ben was the son of female medic and was given to Richard to raise with an ex that left due to reasons.

"How is she?" Optimus asked in a faint whisper as he came and stood next to his sparkmate. He looked exhausted, he had been spending every night with Raf since the incident.

"Scared but too afraid to admit it," Ratchet whispered back, as he did he could tell Optimus was so close to breaking over what happened to their little girl. He could see the faint tears building in the Prime's optics. Optimus laid his helm on his sparkmate's shoulder and held his hand. "I know love….I know," Ratchet whispered.

"I've never seen her so hurt before," Optimus whispered as Ratchet nuzzled his helm.

"I know neither have I, but she's strong like her sire."

"I'm not strong….Orion Pax is weak."

"Yet Optimus Prime is strong, she gets her strength from you love and don't ever forget that," Ratchet said with a smile.

"How is it you keep a Prime sane," Optimus smirked at the medic.

"I thought you kept me sane?" Ratchet laughed a little. Optimus took Ratchet by his hand and spun him around and dipped the mech down and kissed him in front of everyone. "Orion!" Ratchet gasped as Optimus kissed his neck and his cheek. Optimus stood Ratchet up and left the medic as the Prime walked over to the council. "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" Ratchet screeched.

"To show my love and make you blush...you know how I love your blush doc bot," Optimus smirked. Rafael couldn't help but laugh at the two bots. Optimus and Ratchet both smiled as he laughed neither of them had heard the young boy laugh in such a long time.

June smiled at the family but couldn't help but notice the tired look in Optimus's optics. "Optimus may I speak to you," June said to the tired Prime. He nodded and walked closer to June and offered her a hand to stand on and raised her up to his shoulder.

"What is it you need June?" Optimus asked in a hushed tone.

"You look just as exhausted as Ratchet, have you two been resting or sleeping together at all? Since the incident," June said motioning towards Flame and Raf.

"Barely any Ratchet has been resting with Flame and Raf and I have been resting together," Optimus said as he rubbed his optics. "Yet neither of us will rest until Raf is safe in our custody and Flame is back to normal."

"If Flame can activate her holoform her and Rafael can rest together for the night and I can watch them for a couple nights that way you and Ratchet can get some rest finally," June said with a kind and generous smile.

"Very well June but don't be afraid to get us if something happens….and be aware Flame has had a lot more nightmares than usual as of late," Optimus whispered. "Just hold her and tell her everything will be alright."

"I know how to deal with nightmares Optimus I did raise Jack," june said. Optimus smiled and set June down and walked over to Flame.

"Sweetspark you awake?" Optimus asked in a calm voice.

"Not like I can get any sleep with all the pain," Flame groaned as she tensed slightly.

"Think you can activate your holoform?" Optimus said as he sat next to got off the berth and stumbled a little. "You're gonna need to transform to activate it though," Optimus said as he held his daughter's hand to keep her steady. Flame placed her other hand over where her t-cog was and gave a worried look at her sire. Her field was full of worry and fear. "Shh just focus on the act of transforming and relax," Optimus said quietly.

Flame nodded and focused and let out a breath as she transformed and activated her holoform. Her holoform had a black band over her eyes and her clothes were slightly tattered. She wore jeans, red shirt, tennis shoes, bandages were under her clothes and on her forearms, her hair was tied back in a ponytail, and she seemed much healthier in this form than her original. Flame took off the black band from around her eyes and noticed she was almost fully healed in this form. She then climbed up a ladder to be next to the kids and the tw adults. "Flame," Raf said happily as he ran over and hugged her.

"Young one," Flame whispered as she hugged back.

"Are you okay?" Agent Fowler asked.

"Mentally or physically?" Flame asked as she messed up Raf's hair.

"Both?" Jack asked.

"Neither are what they used to be but I'll get better with time," Flame said as she walked over towards Agent Fowler. "Good thing Decepticon activity is down as of late."

"Soldier you must take it easy," Agent Fowler said.

"I am not your soldier Agent Fowler I am my sire's," Flame said as she stood up to the man.

"Easy Flame I know, but still take it easy you've had it hard," Fowler said with a sad look on his face. Flame scoffed and walked past all of them clenching her fists. "Soldier calm down or else I will report you to your commanding officer," Agent Fowler said as Flame walked away clearly pissed. Her holoform disappeared and Flame transformed and ripped the metal band off of her optics. Her optics were already healed and were blood red. She stumbled down the hall to her room.

"She healed fast," Miko said to Bulkhead who was amazed.

"Predacon Riders can heal fast when they get angered, their power is from anger which can be fueled from fear. Which she has many fears," Ratchet said

"This is still my fault," Raf said as he started to cry. The humans comforted the young boy as Optimus looked at the way Flame went, clearly worried about the young femme.