Disclaimer: I do not own transformers…only after I have taken over the world…but I do own little Sparks ^_^
Look At the Stars
"Morning Will."
"Mornin Epps." Major William pulled the morning newspaper from the bundle of mail that was in his friends hands and headed back to the breakfast table. Just because he wasn't at home with his wife and child didn't mean that his morning ritual had to come to a stop. Normally the Major read the sports page first but something on the front page caught his eye. There before his eyes was a photo of Sparks in here former human form along with a smaller picture of her deceased father.
MOTHER SEARCHES FOR MISSING DAUGHTER
Will didn't know what to do, it had been at least three months since Sparks had come to the base and still her mother looked for her. Sure she had searched in the beginning but when nothing turned up after a few weeks it seemed as though the search was over.
"Prime is not gonna like this."
"Like what?" The dark man looked up from shovelling food in his mouth briefly to look at his close friend.
"Sparks mom is looking for her still. She's even offering a reward for her safe return."
"But I thought that Sparky's mom didn't want her in the first place."
"Yeah, she had made that pretty obvious when she accepted 75 'k' in exchange for giving full custody to Sparks father." William would never understand how someone could do something like that, to pretty much sell off their child…..if she didn't want to be a mother then she shouldn't have gotten married in the first place.
"We better tell him, though I don't know what we can do about it. I mean she's not even human anymore so what is there to worry about."
"Good point, but he should know just the same."
"Come on Wittle Wavage! Lets go find daddy and Eweeta!" Sparks had spent a good portion of the early morning outside playing with her companion out on the park pad under the sharp eyes of a silver mech.
Skipping along the halls, Sparks came to the open door that would lead to the main control bay where her daddy was usually sitting with several humans going over plans. This morning however seemed a little off, something wasn't right…there wasn't only a few voices coming from the large room instead of several, and they didn't sound very happy. Stopping just outside the doorway, Sparks made sure to stay hidden as she listened in on the conversation.
"What do you mean her mother is still searching for her? Didn't your government tell her that she perished alongside her father?" It was Ironhides voice grumbling in anger, Sparks would know his voice anywhere; though why he was talking about her daddy she didn't know….he was there in the room.
"They did, but I guess since there was no body she wasn't convinced. I mean, her father's body was returned to his family so I guess it would make sense to assume that Sparks would be there too." That man…what was his name…william…he spoke as though her daddy was dead and in heaven with the angels…..but he wasn't…right?
Sparks clutched Little Ravage to her chest as she listened to the conversation. *Daddy promised not to leave me…..he promised.* Energon tears were starting to gather in her optics now as it seemed that things were not going to happen the way she wanted them to.
"I may not be her real father but I still see Sparks as my daughter and I will take care of her like a father should."
It was her daddy's voice talking now….no, he wasn't her daddy…her real daddy was gone and he wasn't coming back. The energon that had been gathering now broke free and began to leave blue stains on her face plates. Instead of sticking around and hearing the rest of the conversation, Sparks released Little Ravage and ran for the nearest exit.
"Sparky…..hey Sparky….where are you?" Jazz had felt his little Sparky's pain and was now following the 'signal' through the base and out into the yard like area. He was a little concerned since the incident with Starscream that had just happened only a few days ago, there was no way the solstice wanted a repeat.
When he was just about to switch on his radar a whimper came from the large rock pile signalling that the sparkling was hiding. Coming up on the pile, Jazz found Sparks cuddled up with Little Ravage crying her spark out. "Awww Sparky, now why you crying?"
Sparks looked up to see her favourite playmate standing just outside her hiding space. This caused the tears to pour out of her optics even harder. "Jazzy…."
"whoa whoa there Sparky, no more cryin." Jazz quickly sat down next to the upset sparking in the tight space amongst the rocks. There was no way he was going to let the Ratch-man find out that his favourite patient had been crying out all her energon, not after the 'lecture' he had received the last time. "Now, why don't you tell ol Jazzy what happened."
Snuggling up to the silver mech Sparks tried very hard to get the tears to stop; after a few minutes she managed to get them down to a trickle. "I heard….my….my daddy died…" Sparks couldn't say anymore, if she did then there would be more tears and she didn't want to upset her Jazzy anymore.
"Where did you hear this?"
"From….daddy's, no he's not my daddy….the big trwucks friend….that man." Sparks sniffled as she burrowed her head into Jazz's chest, taking comfort from the soft hum of the mech's spark. "He said tha my mummy wants me back…bu I don wanna go back."
"No one is going to make you go back to your mommy if you don't want to…I promise." Jazz's grip became possessive at the thought of some human wanting to take his Sparky away.
"I don weely like mummy very much….i know she don like me."
"Why would you say that."
"Mummy never wanted me awond…only daddy wanted me." Sparks shuttered her optics as the calm sensation she felt from Jazz's spark relaxed her.
"Don't you worry Sparky, I know that Optimus wants to be your daddy and I'm sure that Elita would love to be your new mummy."
The sparkling that was sitting in his lap seemed to be taking his words into consideration. At least he thought that she was, a calm tired signal from her tiny spark told him that she was really in a deep recharge. "Well Ravage…seems our little Sparky has cried herself into a nice recharge."
As the minibot settled down next to the pair Jazz opened his comm and sent a message to the Prime. 'Hey Prime…I think Sparky here heard some words from the control bay, she's was pretty upset.'
'Where is she?' Jazz could hear the strain in his friends voice over the commlink. 'I'm with her just outside in a nice pile of rocks. She's ok, just having a little nap.'
'Thank you Jazz, please let me know when she wakes up.'
'No problem big guy.'
The silver bot went back to watching his little Sparky recharge in his arms as he tried to think of a way to make things better for the sparkling. Hours went by and all too soon the sun was setting revealing the bright stars shinning for all they were worth. After the last light vanished from the evening sky Jazz finally felt the Sparkling begin to stir.
Pulling Sparks up into a sitting position Jazz carefully held the sparkling while she went through her waking cycles. Optimus had been out to check up on the pair several times during the day and into the evening; the Prime couldn't help but worry about his adopted daughter. Any bot with parental programming would be concerned. Jazz had reassured his friend that he had a plan to help make things right with the little femme during his last visit.
Sparks voice brought him out of his thoughts as she finally came out of her wake cycle. "Jazzy, I'm cold."
Not even hesitating, Jazz turned his core temperature up several degrees to get the small femme warmed up. "There we go Sparky how is that?"
"Lots better." Sparks looked up to see that it was night time out. "Wook at all da stars Jazzy."
Jazz stood up with Sparks in his arms and looked up into the night sky. "Yeah, there sure are a lot of them huh."
"Ya….do ya think da angels fly awond them?"
This took Jazz off guard, he had never been asked that before; sure he had done a great deal of research into human history but he wasn't expecting to have to make use of any of it. *Well, here goes nothing.*
"I cant see why not, wonder if they are as pretty as the stars."
"Gwandma says dat da angels wook after da stars cause dey are da spirits of peepols who dieded."
Just when Jazz didn't think he could be any more shocked this evening but it seemed that the sparkling was going to be full of surprises. "Well I'm sure your grandma is right since she has lived many years making her wise. And I think your daddy is up there amongst those stars, watching over you….dont you think."
Sparks looked up at the stars closely…but she couldn't find one that looked like her daddy, there was nothing but bright dots up in the sky of all different sizes and colors. "He pwomised me tha he would always be der."
"And like a good daddy he is…just up there where he can always see you and watch out for you."
"Bu I don know which one he is." The sparkling was getting a little frustrated at not being able to find her daddy's star.
"Well, was your daddy a big man?"
"Yeah…an he had eyes wike mine."
"Then I think we need to be looking for a star that is big and blue…a nice bright one." Jazz quickly scanned the skies and found the brightest star in the sky…well it was a planet but it would be the perfect light. Pointing up to the glowing planet, Jazz showed the sparkling the large looking star. "What about that one Sparky…does that look like your daddy?"
Sparks followed Jazz's finger and saw that it led to the biggest and brightest star that she had ever seen. "Dat has to be daddy, he said he was always gonna be der even if I couldn't see him."
"Do you think that he would like Optimus?"
This question made sparks think long and hard. "Yea, he would wike him. He would wike Eweeta too."
"Do you think your daddy would be ok if they became your new mommy and daddy?" Jazz held his intakes, waiting for the answer, almost dreading the answer.
"I….I think so, he wiked big trwucks."
Yes I know, quite the little bombshell I threw at you huh, sorry for any booboos that I might have made^_^ thank you my little gum drops for your great support and reviews