Chapter summary: Ratchet meets Ome for the first time.

This Oneshot takes place a week after Extended Family.

"Hello" Normal talk.

"Hello" Talking through the bond.

"Hello" Com-link/Private Com-link.

"Hello" Thoughts.

Ratchet made his way to Omega's base, Omega was due to have a check-up to make sure that his systems were running well and if any of his old injuries weren't acting up on him too much, but also to check his mental well-being, he drove past the sensors that he knew were a mile out of Omega's base, so he knew that he would show up on the radar system. As he approached the actual base, he saw his friend already waiting in the doorway, he came to a stop and transformed into his bipedal mode "Hello old friend, how're you doing?" he asked.

"I'm well" Omega responded before he moved aside "come in"

Ratchet smiled and walked into the base "Alright Omega, it'll be easier to check your systems in your alt mode" he said "would you mind transforming?" he could have sworn he saw his friend glance up the hallway before doing so, he looked up the hallway himself but didn't see anything, he shrugged it off for now.

Omega opened the air lock of his alt mode.

Ratchet walked inside his friend's alt mode and made his way to the control room, he knew the way like the back of his hand, once in the main control room he approached one of the consoles and put in a specific code to open a hidden panel in the console, inside was a medical port that only Medics had access to "May I connect?" he asked.

"Of course" Omega replied.

Ratchet brought out a medical cable from his forearm and connected himself, this would give him access to check all of Omega's systems and vitals, he sat down in a seat as he checked through his friend's systems "Energon levels are good, your systems are running at optimal capacity, have any of your older injuries been giving you any grief?" he asked.

"Not really, sometimes I may twinge a scar if I move the wrong way, but I'm used to that" Omega responded, secretly he had 'opened up' more than he had done before, previously he had hidden the fact that he had a bond, but now he wanted his old friend to finally know about his daughter, who was currently playing in her quarters.

Ratchet nodded "And how have you been emotionally?" he asked, being a Medic he knew of Omega's PTSD.

"I've…been doing better" Omega admitted "I can still have nightmares every now and then, but I haven't had a flashback in three years"

Ratchet nodded and smiled "Well I have noticed that you've been happier in the last six years" he replied before he went back to his scans, he paused and frowned when he detected something he hadn't detected before, he did a deeper scan and to his surprise, it was a bond! And it wasn't a bond between Bondmates either, it was a family bond.

Omega knew from the look on his friend's face that he had detected the family bond.

Ratchet pondered this new information, as far as he knew Omega and the other Autobot Guardians weren't allowed to create family bonds between themselves because of their duty, so who had he created a family bond with? "Omega…my scans say you have a family bond with someone, but as far as I know you and the other Guardians can't create bonds between one another" he said.

"You're right about that yes" Omega confirmed.

"Then who do you have a family bond with?" Ratchet asked.

There was a pause "My daughter" Omega replied finally.

Ratchet looked up sharply "Daughter? Since when did you have a daughter? You don't have a Bondmate" he replied.

"I adopted her six years ago, she was born from Vector Sigma and Ultra Magnus and Alpha Trion wanted to keep her a secret should the Decepticons find out that she's family to me, but 'Magnus said that it was up to me if anyone knew of her when she got older" Omega explained "so I introduced her to Alpha first, then the rest of my siblings a week ago, and now you know about her"

Ratchet slowly took that information in "I see, why did you adopt her?" he asked.

"She would have been sent to the Youth Sectors had I not" Omega replied.

Ratchet suppressed a shudder at the memory of the destroyed Youth Sectors before nodding "Is that why you got so defensive that one time?" he asked.

"Yeah, I hide my daughter in my Spark Chamber when I go to battle since she's too young to be left alone, that's why my fighting style has changed and why I protect my chest" Omega replied "she was a week old when you had asked me"

Ratchet nodded "May I…may I meet her?" he asked.

"I'll introduce you to her once my check-up is done" Omega replied.

Ratchet nodded.

When the check-up was over, Ratchet got out of his friend's alt mode and smiled "All good old friend" he said "now...let me meet your daughter"

Omega transformed into his bipedal mode and nodded "Follow me" he replied.

Ratchet followed his friend up the hallway to the first room on the left.

Omega opened the door.

Ratchet saw a little femme that was smaller than an average Cybertronian, in fact he had never seen a Cybertronian that small, from what he could see she looked around six years old and her armour was coloured electric blue with black accents, her optic colour was crystal blue and on her helm were black tendrils that went to just below her shoulders, and she had audio fins.

Ome looked up from playing with her toys when she had heard the door to her room open and saw her Sire with a red and white mech she had never seen before, she grew shy.

Omega smiled and walked in, being careful not to step on any of his daughter's toys, he knelt down beside her "Ome this is Ratchet, he is an old friend of mine" he said softly "we have been friends a long time" he looked to Ratchet "Ratchet this is my daughter, Ome"

Ratchet couldn't help but smile and walked in, he knelt down but made sure he wasn't too close to Ome as he could see how shy she was "Hello Ome" he greeted "it's great to meet you, your Sire has told me all about you"

Ome chirped a little as she shuffled closer to her Sire's foot "Hi" she greeted in a small shy voice.

Omega chuckled softly and gently stroked his daughter's helm with a finger "She's shy" he said.

"Ah that's alright" Ratchet assured and did a scan on her "she's in great health, and clearly she adores you Omega, I'm guessing you named her?"

Omega nodded and smiled "I did yes, her name is spelt with the first three letters of my name" he replied.

Ratchet chuckled "That doesn't surprise me" be replied.

Omega grinned slightly "My siblings said the same thing" he said "but having Ome with me, it's put me in a better frame of mind"

"It explains why you've been happier for the last six years" Ratchet replied and grinned slightly "you got a reason to be happy"

Omega smiled and nodded.

Ratchet was glad to see his old friend happier, he may not know all of Omega's past or the circumstances as to why he had a hard time trusting, but seeing the way he interacted with his daughter really warmed his Spark and made him glad that not all was lost when the Youth Sectors were destroyed three years ago.