Endlessly, She Said

Transformers FanFic

SideswipexOC

Chapter Seven


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As Sunstreaker stomped through the halls of the base looking for some way to take his mind off of the recent happenings, Alaina was still in shock, standing in the med bay. Shaking herself to awareness, the girl looked up at Ratchet.

"Hey, Ratchet?" She asked tentatively. When he looked down at her, she continued. "What the hell just happened?"

"Well, Alaina, it is my belief that Sunstreaker is troubled because of what could possibly happen to his brother should the bond prove itself to be existent." Seeing her confused expression, he elaborated after realizing that she was new to the whole Cybertronian thing.

"When a femme or a mech become bonded, neither party is responsible for it. It is a fairly rare occurrence, and it doesn't have to be just a mech/femme pairing; the two can both be mechs, or both be femmes. It is a sudden thing, usually happening as soon as the two involved first see each other. When the bond is made, sometimes they know and call tell, and sometimes they don't know and can't tell. It all depends on the two involved. Once the bond is made, an emotional and mental tie is also formed between the two. Meaning that what one feels, the other will also feel. The mental link allows the two to be able to sense the others thoughts, and interpret what they mean to extent.

"The bond, despite what many commonly are, does not necessarily have to be romantic in any way. It can be a friendship, a sibling, or even a parental relationship." Pausing, Ratchet made sure that she was following along before continuing. "There are upsides and downsides to any bond, and the most known and fatal of them all has to be that if one dies, the other will soon follow."

Alaina almost couldn't look at Ratchet after he told her about the bond. Now she could understand why Sunstreaker was so upset. She had pretty much done exactly as he told her – sentenced Sideswipe to death. After all, she was just a human with an average 80 or so years to fulfill her dreams until she died. Sideswipe had already lived many of her lifetimes and had many more to go. If what the medic had just told her was true – and she had no reason to doubt him – then she had just committed murder in her mind.

The sound of shifting metal drew her attention from her thoughts to the Autobot on the table. Sideswipe groaned as he lifted a large hand to his head. "Why do I feel like I've been pulled apart then put back together again?" Opening his optics, he set his sights on Ratchet. "Oh, that's why. Hey Hatchet."

"Shut up." Ratchet said. "Is everything functioning correctly?"

"Of course it is, Doc." 'Sides said, sitting up on the berth.

"I want you to take it easy for the rest of the day. I had to repair one of your main wires and I don't want you back here today." Ratchet demanded. Sideswipe waved him off.

"Yeah, yeah." Seeing Alaina still sitting on the berth, he paused in his actions. "Oh, hi Alaina."

"Umm, hey." She shuffled nervously. "I just wanted to say thank you. For, y'know, saving my life and all."

"Don't worry about it." He waved off her apology. "It's kind of my job and all." He grinned down at her. In his mind, 'Sides wondered why he was so intent on protecting this particular human. He knew that protecting the human population as a whole was one of the many jobs of the Autobots, but that gave him no explanation as to why he felt such a desperate need to protect this girl.

"Go find Sunstreaker, he's worried about you." The wise medic said. Nodding with a smile, the silver mech jumped from his seat and ran out of the med bay. "Alaina, please stay." Ratchet said. She looked up at him with an expressionless face. How was she going to get down from the berth if he didn't help her?

"What d'you wanna talk to me about?" She asked.

"I just wanted to inform you of the fact that it is possible, and most likely that Sideswipe does not know of the bond as of yet, and it would be unwise to tell him. Let him figure it out for himself." He told her while putting away his tools. After finishing that task, he quickly did a scan on Alaina, just to double check her health.

"Alright, will do." She said, oblivious to the scan.

"You are malnourished." He stated, making her look up at him with wide eyes, wondering how the hell he knew that. "What has your diet been like?"

"Err…well; I eat pretty much anything I can find that isn't too rotten." She told him. "When you live on the streets, you don't have a wide range of choices when it comes to food." She shrugged. Ratchet didn't like her answer, folding his arms across his chest.

"You will need to start a healthy eating regimen in order for you do gain some weight. Eat more vegetables and meats that are rich in proteins. Stay away from greasy and sugary foods." He told her in a proper manner.

"Alright, I'll try." She said with a small smile. It felt good to have someone care about her well-being for once, even if was in a doctoral way. "So, can I go now?" She pointed to the large metal doors.

"Yes, of course." He lowered his hand to her, and she clambered into his palm. As he set her down near the doors, he told her, "I would suggest you find and talk to Optimus. If you have any questions, he would be the one to talk to."

"Mmkay, I think I will. Thanks for everything, Ratchet!" She told him before heading out of the med bay to look for Optimus Prime.

Wandering around the large base, Alaina looked in every room she passed for the leader of the Autobots. After looking everywhere else, she finally found the 'bot in the rec. room with a black and yellow bot and a black bot that had silver accents. Seeing her walk into the room, Optimus excused himself and walked over to her.

"Hello Alaina." He said with a wide smile. "How are you?" He questioned, curious as to why she was in here.

"I'm fine. Can I talk to you, possibly?" She asked shyly, shuffling her hands in front of her.

"Of course you can. What do you want to talk about?" He picked her up and set her on a counter so that she wouldn't have to crane her neck back so far.

"Well, Ratchet and I were talkin', and he said that the reason why Sideswipe got so hurt was because he was so worried for me – I mean, he was obviously worried about everyone else too, but me in particular. And then he told me that the two of us – sideswipe and I, I mean – could have formed a bond." She took a deep breath after finishing. Optimus was silent as he thought about what she said.

"I am glad that you told me of this." He said. "Don't worry about it. Everything will become clear in time; you just have to be patient and wait for it." He smiled down at her.

"It doesn't seem that way." She muttered.

"It never does." He said quietly.

As she said goodbye and left the rec. room, Alaina thought deeply about her first full day at the Autobot base. The formerly homeless girl didn't know what she was going to do with herself. So much had happened, and not all of it good. The bond with Sideswipe was the one thing that kept pressing on her mind; her conversation with Ratchet going on repeat through her thoughts. If what he said was really true – not that she had any reason to doubt him – then she needed to stay away from Sideswipe. She wouldn't be responsible for any more deaths.

An upside to her day was the fact that on her way back to her room, she only got lost once. That was an improvement.


A/N: Well, here it is, finally! Sorry it's so late, I know I said I'd get it out last week... But I'm in the middle of writing my senior paper and it's FREEZING here so I have to go make sure my horses haven't died xP Next chapter should be out fairly soon, I've already written some of it.

Thanks for reading, and please review!

-ZH