"Yes William it's me" Ironhide replied smiling at his charge.
"But you are dead Sentinel kill you with his cosmic rust-cannon" Will said he still couldn't believe that Ironhide is standing in front of him safe and sound.
"Sentinel did kill Ironhide just the wrong one" Ironhide said with a soft smile on his lips.
"I don't understand"
"I can tell, come on lets go I will explain you on the way"
"Where"? Will asked.
"To our hideout" Ironhide replied.
For a moment it seemed that Will hesitated to go with Ironhide.
"What's the holdup"? Ironhide asked him.
"How can I be sure that this is really you"?
"Are you fragging kidding me with this human "?
He sounds like Ironhide, looks like Ironhide even act like Ironhide but is it really him or one of the Decepticons Will wondered before he finally spoke.
"No"
"Alright then ask me anything you want"
"What you gave to Annabelle for her third birthday"?
Ironhides lips were stretched in a wide smile at the thought of Annabelle; when he become Lennox guardian at first he was not happy but eventually he
started to love and care about them especially about little Annabelle who was apple of his optic.
"I gave her a small version of my cannon; Sarah threatened to oflline me when I go to recharge"
"My God it's really you" Will said as he pulled Ironhide into a hug "We missed you so much especially Annabelle" he said.
"And I missed you too" Ironhide replied.
Not in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that he would miss them so much.
"Are you going now"? Ironhide asked.
"Yes" Will replied.
"Good come on then I do not have all night"
Will listen to him and stepped in.
"What happened to you"? Will asked him.
"What do you mean"?
"I mean if Sentinel killed your clone; where were you all this time"?
"I was in a stasis lock until two months ago; I found out that Sentinel was a traitor, and I was on my way to let Optimus know that when Shockwave and other
Decepticons attacked me. They wounded me but I managed to escape but I lost a lot of energon, and I collapsed on the ground. The next thing I remember is
waking up in the sick bay"
"I see so where is this hideout"?
"You will see"
They arrived at the small wooden house after half an hour of driving.
"You go to the door and rang the bell; I have to take care of something" Ironhide said.
Will nodded his head in understanding and stepped out of the vehicle; before he went to the door, he stopped and observed the house it was a house like any
other he took a deep breath and approached the door and rang the doorbell. Few minutes later, the door opened slowly and nothing prepared Will for the next
scene; when he raised his head he was in shock at the door stood none other than his father.
"Dad?! What are you doing here?!" he asked.
"I'm helping an old friend" his father replied.
"An old friend…. "? Will said.
"Come inside and you will see"
Will stepped into the house and saw a man standing a few feet in front of him near the stairs. The man was tall and in his late fifties with dark brown hair and
green eyes it was Sandy's father.
Wills face expression was at first pure shock then disbelief following by anger which was soon replaced by the feeling of sorrow of being lied all this time but
that soon fade away and it was replaced by a sense of unspeakable joy.
"Are you going to say something young man or just stand there"? the man asked him.
Will took a few steps towards the man and then stopped; he still couldn't believe that this is happening.
"Come on William I'm not going to bite you" he said smiling.
Will approached him and put his arm on man's shoulder to make sure that this is not a dream.
"Now do you believe I'm real"?
"But you are dead, I carried your coffin I mourned you" Will said.
"We put stones in a coffin to look that someone is inside"
"But why"? Will asked "Why didn't you tell something to Sandy or to me"? he asked.
"I could not tell you because I didn't want to put Sandy or you in danger; look Will I know that you don't understand and I do not expect you to understand but
I had to do it; I could only tell you that and you can't say anything to Sandy at least not yet" the man replied.
The only thing Will could do it is to nod and smile but the smile quickly disappeared from his face.
"Sandy is missing; she was kidnapped" he said.
"I know I already sent Mel and Rainstorm to find her and Optimus"
Will must have had a strange look on his face because the man quickly added:
"Did you really think that I would let my daughter near John without any protection"?
"John….. what does he have to do with anything"?
"Everything, Will he is a very dangerous man when his wife and son died he suffered a nervous breakdown and spent a year in a sanatorium"
"How did his wife and son died"? Will asked.
"They were killed by the Decepticons" the man replied.
