I rode with Optimus on the way to the house.
He had asked me to so I thought it was for directions. It wasn't.
"Melony?" His voice came through the speakers after a bit of silence between directions.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I won't be offended no matter what you choose to call me, it's ok to address me properly." He sighed.
"I know. I just don't know what to even start with. Do I call you Optimus? Or Sir? Or Prime? Or… Dad?" I replied.
"If it makes you feel better you may try them all."
"Thank-you. I think I'll start with Optimus for now, at least until I can fully wrap my head around all of this." I nodded.
"Yes I imagine it seems sudden and quite unbelievable after all these years. You must have locked your memories away to conceal yourself from the Decepticons' detection." He mused.
"If they're as bad as I sense they are then that would be the most likely. Turn left here." I responded as I stared out the windshield.
"Sunstreaker informs me that De- Persephanie did quite the opposite." Optimus said after he followed my directions.
"Yeah, she joined them claiming I left her for scrap. The thing is though… I knew exactly what to tell her, I knew I had done whatever I had done in order to slip into hiding like we had decided." I sighed.
"Hm… Have you remembered anything before Bumblebee and Sunstreaker found you?" Optimus asked.
"All of it has been slowly coming back since my sixteenth birthday. Persephanie even flashed through my mind… I- I felt her sadness." I replied.
"The twin bond started to reopen. It's not uncommon to happen after something like this."
"That one. I see, I'll have to try and open it all the way again." I said as I pointed out the house.
"That's a good idea. It could help us get her back." Optimus said before he came to a stop and opened the door for me.
"Thanks, …dad." I smiled before I climbed out and met Sam and Mikaela.