A chat with Will

Ironhide knew where Major Lennox lived however he was fascinated that Eve's house was mere a distance away, and to how short a distance it was, that much so he had no time to grieve, as he had already drove up there drive, and indeed Will was home, as he was greeted with an unsure expression from him, a wary expression. It looked as though he had just been working on something as there was a rusted dishwasher just by his feet, he wiped his hands down with a cloth, he then looked over to his house as he jogged over to ironhide, quick paced.

"Ironhide?" he said, "what are you doing here? Is it decepticons?" he asked looking over his shoulder checking on his family through the window.

"No major Lennox." Ironhide said.

"No?" he said looking into his cab and to the backseats, "Where's Eve?" he asked.

"At home." He confirmed flatly.

"You left her home alone?" he said with a disapproving voice and yet surprised at this.

"Only briefly so to tell you of some vital information." He said and although he tried to hide his grief with an ongoing flat tone, he had already betrayed himself.

"Why do you sound so depressed? Has something happened to eve?" he asked and the more he asked the more panicked he became and even closer he brought himself towards Ironhide.

"Eve is well, for Eve, my mood is neutral and now you need to listen." He said.

"So it is vital?" he said becoming intently concerned.

"Yes. Major Lennox i will be blunt, to inform you that Eve is a victim of child abuse...physical abuse." He said.

"w-what?" he said unsure if he heard him right.

"Her father is the source of her behavior, now i have done my task." He said changing this to business more than pleasure.

Will opened his mouth but it made slight gargle noises as he frowned and let his mouth hang, he looked to the ground and his eyes darted as if trying to search for something, he then opened his arms out in front of him, he was completely lost, "w-wait, wait!" he barked frustrated. "He is? No, it has to be a mistake, he wouldn't...he can't... are you...absolutely sure!?" he asked.

"I would not lie," he said.

"I know, but...you have evidence of this?" he asked.

"She has told me herself." He then said.

Will let a twitch of a smile form on his lips as a slight reliving gesture, "Well d-don't you think she may have been...fibbing perhaps?"

"Her words were true, she was not lying." He said.

Will's face dropped, but he needed to be sure, "What exactly did she tell you?" he asked holding his hands in a 'praying gesture.

"From what i can understand it seems he has fallen into madness from the loss of his wife and so blames Eve as the source of her death." He said.

Will then closed his eyes in thought, "H-He did fall into deep depression but if you saw his expression when she was born...we helped him out during that time taking care of Eve with him. But he never showed any signs of hate towards her." He said, he then narrowed his eyes as he shot Ironhide a hard stare "I don't believe you." He stated dangerously.

"Believe it. the madness has seeped in over time you have not seen this and yet why would he show it to you? if it has gone on for this long i think he was able to hide it from others, until he came into contact with Eve that is. for not only has he become absent from home, he is also neglective and abusive." He said.

"So...he has been hurting her?" he said bewildered. "How have i not seen this?" He said taking grip of his hair in frustration.

"she wears 'make up' to hide this, but she is so refined in that skill you would not notice with the human eye, also her long hair would aid in this, but do not blame yourself." He said.

"Still...he has never been violent he was always against it." He said as he then put a palm to his forehead in confusion.

"He is not mentally sound." Ironhide said.

"true but...i don't know how to feel, i hate what he's done to Eve but is this really his own intentions or is this the madness speaking?" he said.

"I had explained to her how it was not her fault and how her father is 'ill' and upon hearing this she became...hopeful." He said though he sounded regretful.

"Hopeful?" he said as he thought, "...that...maybe he still loves her beyond his mental illness." Will said as he sighed and shook his head, "She sounds...desperate. poor girl." He said.

mere seconds when he finished his sentence ironhide quickly jumped in, "That's what i thought but..." he started but trailed off and let out a sigh.

Will tilted his head slightly as he bizarrely fell silent and it was hard to make out an expression when he was in vehicle mode, his front wheels turned to the left as his base lowered slightly, "You...wanted her didn't you?" he asked.

He didn't answer for a while, and he slightly became day dreamy, "Yes...i did." He said solemnly.

"You sound as though you want to add to that?" Will said furrowing his brow.

His front wheels then turned straight to the front as though his attention had been caught again "I'm not her father, he is, and that alone outweighs anything else it seems." He said a tinge of bitterness in his voice.

"Did she say something to you?" he asked.

"yes!" he abruptly announced, then instantly sank and struggled to get the words out, "she...said that...she doesn't... need me anymore" he said his feelings lowering with each word mainly for the fact that he did not want to admit this, will felt sympathy for him but didn't show in case he commented on it, "and the way she said it...was like the coldness of space was seeping into my Armour." His tone changed yet again to that of quick tempered anger, "she cut all ties with me the moment she could be with her father!" He said.

"i don't believe she meant it in that way." Will said lightly.

"Oh really?" he huffed.

Will shook his head lightly, "she'll still need you, after all, with what we know it would be a long while before he could ever have contact with her for the longest of time, She'll need you to stay with." He said trying to convince him.

"I-I'm not sure if i can, i don't feel...well, she wants him, not me, how do you help someone who doesn't want anything to do with you? acting as the third wheel..." he said.

"You didn't say that when i asked you to do this in the first place." Will said.

"It's different now!" ironhide snapped, "We at some point enjoyed one another's company, she can't deny that and neither can i." he said.

"Like i said before she probably didn't mean it, she just got excited." He said he spoke calmly but it was wearing thin.

"Well!"

"If you truly care for her you'll help her through this!" He suddenly yelled at him.

which caught ironhide off guard, "i know you are hurt, but think about how she's feeling, this isn't about you! this is a girl who has lived her life in fear, hatred, anger and violence, it is all she knows...mostly."

if ironhide could rub his face he would, he has to snap himself from thinking selfishly it has rendered him distracted and forgetting about Eve's well being, "i am...sorry Major Lennox..." he then abruptly reversed around making Will dive out of the way, "we have to return to her, now." he stated.

"h-hold on i-i'll just tell my wife and child that I'm leaving and we'll go." will said making a statement to Ironhide.

"fifteen seconds will." ironhide threatened, saying that will ran to his house but continued to look back at ironhide just in case he did leave anyway.


A/N next chapter is a theme of... well its pretty intense and i'll put out a warning as well :)