Chapter 5
Mia and Optimus were at her home; and in the field where he could transform. She watched with wonder as he sat down onto the ground. Optimus glanced down at her; his optics frowned and narrowed into slits.
"Optimus, where are Bumblebee, Drift, Hound and Crosshairs?" Mia finally asked as he sighed.
"M-My adopted youngling and little scout was offlined like the others as I mentioned I am all of the Autobots which remain." Optimus remarked.
Mia's eyes widened in horror and then confusion; she dropped to her knees tears streamed down her face.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered but she was totally confused Bumblebee didn't die in Age of Extinction all the others had been killed off; except for Prime and Bee. "No wonder you can't stand humans now; I don't honestly blame you." Mia said as he glanced down in her direction.
"I do not understand why; we had protected this world as best we could. I did not wish for all the death and destruction to be plagued here but it was." Optimus remarked.
Mia moved closer and slowly and as gently as she could so she didn't startle him. She touched his massive hand with her tiny hand; which caught his attention.
"I'm so sorry, Optimus." she replied.
Optimus sighed as he looked at her tiny hands.
"I have no home, no family or friends; and I am alone on a planet which wishes for my destruction." he said.
"No, you are most certainly not alone anymore I am here for you; and always will be, Optimus Prime." she said with such conviction in her words that the Autobot commander was a bit taken back because of it.
Optimus groaned from pain once more; and Mia stole a look up at him then.
"Optimus are you alright?" she asked.
Silence….
"I am truly very sick; but also low very low on fuel." he said in a weakened tone of voice as his azure optics shined brightly but then dulled slightly.
Mia fell silent then.
"Can you convert our fuel into energon, Optimus?" she asked him.
"Yes," he answered.
"Okay, I will go get you some fuel, alright?" she asked him.
Silence…
"Do not betray me," he growled suddenly snapped as he slid back into his leader position so easily.
Mia turned toward him then.
"Look Optimus, if I was going to betray you I would have done it already." she stated.
"Perhaps, but I am just telling you in advance." he said as she patted his hand then.
"We're in this together now; you have my word, Optimus." she said as Optimus just stared and nodded.
"Very well," he replied in a tired tone of voice as he lay back down and let himself fall into recharge.
(One hour later)
Mia came back with the gas a lot of it; and she found Optimus in the thralls of what she assumed was a bad dream.
"Optimus wake up!" Mia exclaimed as the Autobot commander woke up but not too pleasantly.
He snarled like an animals and held his blaster directly at her with deadly intentions.
"Stay back, I'll kill you!" he roared with fear in his optics.
"Optimus, listen to my voice its Mia you're safe; you're home with me." Mia said gently as the Autobot commander realized she meant no harm to him; and he sat back down after his optics scanned the area.
"Forgive me, I-I had a flux." he replied.
"Flux, what is a flux?" she asked.
"Humans would call it a nightmare; my memories keep replaying the ambush in Mexico; and the pain….." Optimus said his voice shook only a bit as he sighed. "We were never really wanted here; I was foolish to think otherwise. Those humans who hunted me; they made it quite clear to me that we weren't." Optimus said.
"But you are wanted who cares what those jerks said that Harold Attinger and James Savoy are morons." she insisted.
"You seem to be very firm about your opinions, don't you?" Optimus noted.
"Yes, I am; people say I am rather opinionated." she said with a shrug.
Optimus looked at her and blinked as she got his fuel ready.
"Open up," she said as she put the fuel into his port.
Silence…..
"Thank you, I needed that." he said as she smiled at him.
"Don't worry, I said I would take care of you and I meant it." she said with a smile as he fueled hungrily and greedily.
"My systems were so low on fuel; mostly because of the wounds and then purging so much." Optimus said.
Mia nodded; and then glanced up at him.
"You won't throw up anymore, will you?" she questioned in a concerned tone of voice.
Optimus' bright cerulean optics landed on her once more; he regarded her strangely then.
"I should be fine," he answered.
"Good, I was so scared for you," she replied.
"Why?" Optimus asked puzzled as to why she would even care about his life.
"I told you not every human is evil," Mia stated as Optimus looked away.
"Perhaps," he said.
Silence…
"You still don't believe me, do you?" Mia asked him.
"Why should I believe anything you tell me? I was almost torn apart and gutted by humans; and my friends and family taken from me by humans. I lost my home, family and friends and told my second home does not want me. I have no way to leave this planet; and I am being hunted by humans and Lockdown." Optimus retorted in such a sour and bitter tone of voice that it shook Mia to her core.
Optimus watched as Mia put another container of gas into his port; his optics shined brighter as his strength returned to him quickly now.
"Want to know something strange?" she questioned him.
"What?" he asked her.
"You were always my hero," was all she said.
"What did you just say to me, human?" he demanded of her.
"My name is Mia, prime." she simply stated as he blinked at her then.
Silence…
"Call me Optimus not prime; my name is Optimus." he answered. "Prime is merely my title." he added.
"Then call me Mia, okay?" she replied.
"Fine," Optimus answered her.
"Good," she said with a smirk as he frowned at her.
"Do not smirk you did not win anything, Mia." Optimus stated.
"Oh yes I did," she said in a sing song tone as he growled at her; and turned over as she continued to fuel the stubborn mech.
Mia grinned; oh she was going to have a blast now with the Autobot leader.