Chapter summary: Omega never wanted his daughter to get hurt in battle, but unfortunately his worst nightmare was coming true.

"Hello" Normal talk.

"Hello" Talking through the bond.

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

"Hello" Thoughts.

Ome was now twenty years old so had been an Autobot for two years, she got along with the other Autobots whenever she did see them since she had opted to stay at her Sire's base as she wanted to stay with her Sire, and the fact she had grown up in his base, her tendrils were fully grown now and reached to just above her aft, she found that she could produce an electric shock with them, so she would use them as a secondary weapon in battles. In terms of battles, she was doing well and was more confident, not to the point of cockiness, but confident enough not to doubt her abilities, she knew that no battle was the same and not to underestimate any Decepticon. Who knew that would end up being true…

One day, Omega and Ome got the call from Optimus that their help was needed, there was no hesitation as they acknowledged the call and soon left the base.

Omega ran forward a few paces before he jumped up, transforming as he did so and activated his engines, he opened his airlock and as soon as his daughter had flown in he closed his airlock and flew towards the battlefield.

Once at the battlefield, Omega transformed in mid-air before landing on the ground, his daughter hovering beside him as usual, he regarded the battlefield a few moments and saw more Decepticons than the average battle, a lot more, he knew if he tried to take them on alone he wouldn't be able to cover a lot of ground and he could sustain more injuries than necessary, he would need another three Guardians to help him "Ome, go ahead and assist the Autobots, I'm going to call for some extra firepower" he said to his daughter through the bond.

Ome thought that was a little unusual but knew not to question anything right now "Alright, be careful" she replied before she flew closer to the battlefield.

Omega watched her go before he opened his com-link to his brothers and sister "I need assistance, three Guardians" he said as he pinged his location to them.

Elite Guard HQ…

The Autobot Guardians all seemed to tense when they got Omega's call for assistance, it could mean one of two things, one: Omega was injured and needed help, or two: Omega knew that there were too many Decepticons to take on alone and needed the extra firepower. But since Omega hadn't sounded pained, and the fact he specified how many Guardians were needed, it was the latter "On my way" Alpha responded first before he ran out of the recreation building.

"On my way" Sigma responded next as he followed after Alpha.

"On my way" Zeta was the third Guardian to respond before he followed his two brothers, the only reason he had been with them was because he had been visiting.

On the battlefield…

Omega waited for his siblings as he mainly focused on long-range attacks, he would use the bond every now and then to see how his daughter was doing, so far she was doing well. He then heard three ground-shaking bumps from somewhere behind him and knew Alpha, Sigma and Zeta had arrived, he gave a quiet sigh of relief.

"Primus, there's so many" Sigma said over the Com-link.

"Definitely more than usual, the Decepticons are getting bolder" Alpha agreed.

"Did they crawl out of the Pit or something?" Zeta retorted.

"Either way, we can move forward now and do what we can to protect the Autobots" Omega said "ready?"

Alpha gave a nod "Ready" he replied.

"Me too" Sigma added.

Zeta put a fist into the palm of his hand "Let's send these fraggers back to the Pit piece by piece" he said.

Omega nodded and he walked forward with his siblings, they brought out their weapons "Alpha you and I will take the right side, Sigma, Zeta, take the left" Omega ordered, eventhough he did follow Optimus' orders, he was the oldest Guardian and took on a leader-like role amongst them when in a battle situation.

"You got it" Zeta replied as he moved to the left side "c'mon Sigma"

Sigma followed his older brother.

Alpha followed his older brother to the right side.

Ome was glad that there were now four Guardians rather than just one, her Sire made the right call, she was on the ground as she fired at the Decepticons.

A Mini-Con saw the blue femme and smirked "I'll get rid of that annoying Autobot once and for all" he muttered as he snuck closer to her.

Ome never heard him coming since she was distracted with firing at other Decepticons, suddenly she heard the sound of a weapon powering up coming from the right and turned, the next thing she felt was blinding pain, especially from the right side of her face. She was knocked back a few feet from the blast and landed on her back, she tried to look around but realised…she couldn't see, everything was blurry and the right side of her face hurt so much.

Alpha frowned when he saw his older brother freeze, he had never known him to just freeze up like this, something was seriously wrong "Omega, Omega what's wrong?" he asked.

"O-Ome" Omega choked out.

Alpha looked worried, had his niece gotten killed? "What's wrong with Ome?" he asked.

"Hurt…she's hurt…her optic" Omega responded, this was his worst nightmare coming true, he had hoped his daughter would never get hurt in battle, but it had happened and he hadn't been near her to protect her.

Alpha knew he needed to get his brother to focus "Go to her, I'll cover you" he replied "she needs you"

That seemed to snap Omega out of it and he nodded "Zeta, Sigma, help Alpha, Ome needs me" he said before he used the bond to find where his daughter had fallen.

Zeta and Sigma knew that something must have happened to Ome for Omega to back off like that "How bad is it Alpha?" Zeta asked.

"I don't know, Omega said it was something to do with her optic, that's all I know" Alpha replied "whatever it is, it made him freeze up, we need to keep these Decepticons at bay"

Sigma and Zeta both gave a nod.

Thankfully Ome had had the common sense not to move from where she sat on the ground, she was shaking a little from both fear and adrenaline, she heard the familiar footsteps of a Guardian and raised her head, all she could make out was a big yellow and red blob, but she knew it was her Sire "Sire? Sire I can't see…I didn't see the Mini-Con…" she said.

It took Omega a few moments to respond as he looked at his daughter's injury, her right optic and part of her face was damaged from the blast, there was a steady leak of energon from the injury, her left optic was intact so he guessed the blindness in that optic was temporary, the right one though…he was no Medic but even he knew it was too damaged to be repaired, she would be blind in that optic for the rest of her life and it only made him feel more guilty "It's alright Ome" he replied at last, doing well to sound calm "don't move, I'm going to call Ratchet so he can get you patched up" he then got on the Com-link to Ratchet.

Ome nodded a little "Where are Uncle Alpha, Uncle Sigma and Uncle Zeta?" she asked.

"They're holding off the Decepticons, they're alright" Omega assured.

"But…but you need to be there too, they need you" Ome replied.

"They can manage, you're more important" Omega replied softly "Ratchet is coming"

Ome heard the wail of a siren and knew it was Ratchet.

Ratchet transformed and knelt down beside Ome to asses the damage done to her "Alright Ome, let me put a bandage on you to stop the bleeding" he said.

Ome nodded a little, she grimaced a little as she felt a bandage gently wrap round her helm, covering most of the right side of her face.

"She took a shot to the optic at point blank range" Ratchet said and looked up at his friend "it's too damaged to be repaired, so she's going to be permanently blind in that optic"

"I..figured" Omega replied.

"But her left optic is intact, so she should be able to see through her left optic in the next few hours" Ratchet said.

"Will I…still be able to battle?" Ome asked, turning her helm in Ratchet's direction.

Ratchet couldn't help but grin slightly "We will see how you go once you can see in your left optic, though if you're anything like your Sire, you'll bounce back" he replied.

Omega gave a small smile at that and gently picked his daughter up in his hand and held her to his chest.

"The right side of her face will heal and become scarred, while it does that it would be best if she had painkillers to manage the soreness that she'll have" Ratchet explained "for now, I would either hide her in your Spark Chamber until the battle is over, or head back to your base with her"

Omega was about to say that he would take his daughter to their base, but he felt a small tap on his chest and looked down at his daughter.

"Put me in your Spark Chamber, Uncle Alpha, Uncle Sigma and Uncle Zeta need you" Ome said before she smiled a little "it'll be like old times"

Omega bit his bottom lip to keep his emotions at bay, he knew his daughter was right, he had a duty and eventhough she was injured she understood his duty and wanted him to fulfill it. He turned away from the battlefield and opened his chestplates and Spark Chamber, he gently placed his daughter inside his Spark Chamber before closing it along with his chestplates, he then turned back to the battlefield and walked forward to help Alpha, Sigma and Zeta.

When the battle was finally over, Alpha, Sigma and Zeta walked over to Omega "How is she?" Sigma asked.

"She…took a shot at point blank range by a Mini-Con, she's permanently blind in her right optic because it's too damaged" Omega replied.

"Frag...if that Mini-Con isn't already offline I'll offline him next time I see him" Zeta growled slightly.

"Where is Ome?" Sigma asked.

Omega tapped a finger on his chestplates "She insisted that I hide her in my Spark Chamber so I could...so I could help you" he replied "she was more worried for you than she was for herself, she still wants to help in battle when she recovers"

Zeta grinned a little "Determined like her Sire" he replied.

Omega smiled a little and nodded.

Alpha placed a hand on his older brother's shoulder "Hey, you know that this isn't your fault right?" he said softly, seeming to know what else was upsetting his older brother so much even if he wasn't showing it outwardly.

Omega glanced to his younger brother.

"You know war is unpredictable, anything can happen out of our control" Alpha said softly "I know this is more personal to you because Ome's your Sparkling, but she will recover from this"

"Yeah she'll be her cheeky self in no time" Zeta added "don't blame yourself for something a Decepticon fragger did to her"

"I know but...I'm supposed to protect her" Omega replied quietly.

"Ome knew what she was getting herself into when she wanted to team up with you and become an Autobot, but she still wanted to help and you had always made her aware during training that she could get injured at anytime" Sigma said "I think that's why she wasn't as scared, because she had always known it would happen, and because you were there for her"

Omega nodded a little, it did ease his guilt a little after hearing what his siblings had said, but he doubted that the guilt would ever fully go away.