Elita's arrival chapter 7

The next night the Wilson siblings went swimming in the heated indoor pool in town. Elita and Optimus had been with them of course, using their human holoforms to actually "siwm" so to speak and everyone, even Lisa who had her doubts about this, had a good time. The night after though, all of the other Autobots decided to give them all time to be together and did other things; Ratchet was cleaning his tools in the medical bay, Jazz and Emerald had gone out for a night on the town, Bumblebee and Ironhide were on guard duty.

In Optimus and Elita's quarters, it was Lauren who asked "Why is it that Cybertronians have an easier time talking about some subjects that would be considered taboo to humans?"

"We don't want graphic details of your personal love lives; we just want to know why you guys can talk about that kind of stuff." Marcy quickly added.

Optimus Prime chuckled a little bit but became serious a few seconds later. "There are quite a lot of cultural differences between Cybertronians and humans such as not being embarassed about certain feelings that are only natural for one to have when they are old enough to find a significant other." he explained to them. "I can not say much more than that due to Kayla and Brandon being present."

The Wilson siblings decided to change the subject, Lauren and Terry being thankful that Optimus respected that they did not to completely explain the Cybertronian equivalent of "the birds and the bees" to their 2 youngest siblings, who would be confused.

"How do you tell if a Cybertronian has any kind of bond with anyone if you're not a medic?" Darcy asked next.

"Usually that person will tell you or it will show up on a general all-pupose scanner that all Autobots and Decepticons have built in." Elita answered the kid genious, smiling.

The kids continued to ask about other kinds of Cybertronian bonds while Elita absentminded gave Brandon a light back rub with Optimus doing the same to Kayla.

"Uh, Optimus, Elita what are you doing?" Kyle asked.

"It's just the Cybertronian way of showing affection to young ones." the Autobot leader explained.

The kids relaxed soon enough after that and all fell asleep. Optimus put them on a table that had some blankets on it then put some other bed covers over the top of the children and got onto the berth next to Elita. For it was only relaxing and completely trusting each other that caused a Cybertronian to start bonding with his or her adopted sparkling(s) or children. It was much simpler than sparkbonding which Elita felt thankful for.

Everyone slept well all night and part of the next day; the Wilson siblings woke up around 11:00 a.m. Thankfully, it wasn't a school day seeing as it was Saturday so the kids did not mind. They waited for Elita or Optimus to wake up so that they could be put down on the floor and then go to the kitchen and eat breakfast.

Elita was the first of the 2 Autobots who came out of recharge and lifted each of the siblings to the floor and set Lisa down in her wheelchair so that Terry could strap her into it.

"Thanks Elita." Lisa said smiling.

"You're very welcome dear." the pink femme replied.

The kids went out of the room before Optimus woke up hence his slight worry.

"It's all right love; they went to fill up their fuel tanks." Elita reassured him.

The Autobot leader smiled. "That is a relief to know, thank you." he said,, knowing that if any of the humans were present, he or she would be correcting them by saying "You mean eating Elita".

Time went on and through good and bad the unusual family stayed close, literally and emotionally, from Lauren's high school graduation a few months later to dealing with a Decepticon named Jetfire who wanted to become an Autobot and Darcy's building of a team of flying Autobots to combat the Constructicons some time later. For they knew that no matter what happened during the war, they always would have each other...