It had been a few days since the arrival of the Autobots and their appearance to the public. Many had no trouble trying to accept the metal giants, as it was common to see all kinds of machines in a city as technological as Detroit. All though there were some small incidents, but nothing serious, the Autobots were still trying to adapt to life on Earth, and they were grateful to be accepted for the most part.
And of course, everything was better thanks to Jirachi.
The little Pokemon had made life a lot easier thanks to the wishes, even Prowl became convinced of this fact after asking for insignificant wishes as something as quality a drink. Bumblebee had also begun to ask for silly desires often, and that had caused a couple of problems with the humans, for that reason Optimus was usually around Jirachi to monitor the wishes they all make. Bulkhead hasn't asked for anything yet, his answer was always that he didn't know what to ask for since there was a long list and so far he hasn't decided. Ratchet just drank constantly thanks to the wishes. Optimus hadn't asked for much either, just small things that didn't affect anyone, and Sari ... Well, Sari was another story. Upon learning of the wishes, the Autobots thought that she had given him a short circuit, for she shouted as she ran in circles until she stopped with a smile and began to ask for many wishes. Remembering the girl, Sari was very useful for them, even if Ratchet had trouble admitting it, she guided them in learning about society and following the planet's rules, and above all, helped them with Jirachi. Being both organic, they knew very well what kind of energy they should consume (Food, as humans said) and Jirachi loved spending time with the girl.
Although, not everything went very great with Jirachi.
On one occasion, Bumblebee wanted to show his planet to Sari, which made Jirachi create a mini-version of Cybertron in the process, one as real as the original but without any inhabitants. This worried the team about Jirachi's powers because they didn't know how far they could go, this was more dangerous than they had thought, they were beginning to fear that Jirachi could be discovered by the Decepticons and could be used as a weapon. If Jirachi could be omnipotent of they're desires, then the Decepticons could kill them all just by wishing for it, literally. Optimus thought about the steps he could take for his little friend since it was his duty to protect him. So he organized a meeting to talk about the little Pokemon.
"Why is this meeting happening, Bossbot?! I have to go pick up Sari and Jirachi from the park at 5 o'clock!" Bumblebee squealed as he waved his arms.
Optimus growled. "Well, Bumblebee, we'll finish this faster if you could take a seat and listen."
Bumblebee silently collapsed unhappily.
"What's up, Prime?" Asked Ratchet.
"It's about Jirachi," Optimus said. "I think ... we should probably discuss this extraordinary ability of his."
"You were already late for that," Prowl spoke from his spot. "I was just wondering when you would do it."
Optimus narrowed his optics and sighed. "I've been busy with a lot of things, I still tried to handle some things with the city and problems with humans."
"What exactly do you want to talk about? Jirachi's amazing, and thanks to his wishes we could even be gods! What's wrong with that?" Bumblebee exclaimed, making everyone look at him.
"That's what's wrong."
Bumblebee looked at the Cyber-Ninja "What do you mean?"
"It's that power," He replied. ", the power that can be corrupted," he looked at the others "He could corrupt us."
Bulkhead blinked "Power?"
"Jirachi is a miracle, a miracle that came to us, to a simple group of repairs," Prowl said calmly. "And now we keep two immense forces in the universe. How would anyone take advantage of that? Even we are not saints." He gave them all a critical optic. "No?"
Everyone but Bulkhead looked away, the green bot looked confused at all of them. Why did they suddenly avoid seeing Prowl? Even Prime looked away!
"That's what I feared..." The Cyber-Ninja muttered.
"What do you mean?" Bulkhead questioned, feeling like he was the only one who did not catch up on the conversation.
"What Prowl means, is that we have all thought about wishing for something... great, and maybe that will hurt us sooner or later" the doctor replied to the younger bot.
Bulkhead tilted his head "Hurt us?"
"Think about asking for wishes we always wanted," said Prime. "things we always want, and now, having the opportunity right in front of us, we could fulfill it. It sounds simple to say it and think it, but after meditating, you know that something will change, something that it will not only affect us."
Ratchet grumble. "We shouldn't play around with this force of the universe, if things happen, they were for a reason."
Then everyone remembered what they had lost in the course of their lives, their closest friends, important people and events that marked them. They all had the power right in front of them to change it. Why not use it?
Because they were Autobots that's why.
"What you mean is... are they afraid of using their own wishes?" Bulkhead asked. "What they would want? To rule the universe?"
Bumblebee looked up to this.
"Not that we were Decepticons."
The yellow looked down with a pout. "Why not give us that taste?"
Prowl crossed his arms. "Bumblebee..."
"Life did nothing but trample on us until now, perhaps this one rewarding us for all those times they treated us like junk!" The yellow bot exclaimed. "We deserve this miracle, Prowl!"
Everyone narrowed their optics as they watched the yellow bot, they didn't like where this was going at all.
"Look! We could shape the universe in itself thanks to Jirachi!" Bumblebee shouted. "We could make the world a better place, make everything better for everyone, make the Decepticons disappear just by wishing for it, make Cybertron a fair place, we could even be Magnus!"
Ratchet growled. "Enough Bumblebee, those ambitious thoughts don't make us any better than the Decep—"
"So what makes us better than them?! Our supposed moral? A very questionable moral, you know? With Sentinel Prime in office, I would say that the Autobots moral is somewhat crooked," the yellow bot spat.
Bulkhead was stunned by this. "Bumblebee!"
"What's wrong, Bulkhead? That you don't have ambitions doesn't mean that others have to think the same as you." He looked at everyone. "Or am I wrong? I know everyone wants to ask Jirachi for something special, something great for their lives."
Optimus hated himself for thinking of a certain femme of yellow and green colors; Prowl bit his tongue at the thought of his master; Ratchet growled even more as he remembered his huge friend and a certain pink femme; Bulkhead just fell silent. Everyone wanted something, but none of them dared to say it, not only for fear that it was not possible but also to know how to cope with their lives after fulfilling their greatest desire, after all, that did not always mean in happiness.
"The natural laws of the universe and destiny, you can go through in an exhaust pipe. I already got tired of being the universe's target's shot. I want to be something better than this!" Bumblebee shouted and ran out of the room.
Optimus got up to try to follow him, but someone stopped him.
"Leave it alone, for now, Prime," Said the doctor.
Optimus looked where the little yellow Autobot had run off to.
"But with Bumblebee in that state of mind, Jirachi and Sari..." His expression darkened.
"Don't worry," Said the Cyber-Ninja. "He just locked himself in his ship room." He pointed to the monitors that showed the security cameras. "Besides, Bulkhead was already after him."
Optimus sighed and sat back down. "I don't know what to do, I fear for Jirachi's fate and what could happen if he falls into the wrong hands."
The doctor denied. "That will never happen, nothing can harm him while we protect him next to the AllSpark."
Optimus did not cheer up much from that. "Maybe even we are the wrong hands"
Ratchet narrowed his optics "Prime, we are not Decepticons."
"But we are cybertronians. Bumblebee was right, the Autobots morale is crooked."
Prowl put a hand on the shoulder of the blue and red bot. "Not ours."
"... And let's keep it that way,"
Optimus looked at the two members of his team, and something shined in his blue optics, something he only remembered in the company of whom he could trust.
Hope
"Do you really not have a gender?"
"I don't."
Sari swayed on the swing with Jirachi in her lap as they talked entertainingly.
"But you have a thin voice, like a girl!" Sari exclaimed. "And yet you insist on being treated like a boy"
Jirachi shrugged. "I don't feel like a girl, I feel like a boy, but since I don't have gender I can be either, but I prefer to be a 'he'" He replied and then smiled. "You know? Autobots don't have a gender either!"
Sari looked confused at the Pokemon. "If they have one, Bumblebee would be a boy, all the Autobots are," Jirachi chuckled. "what is it?"
"Do you think they are boys for using 'he' between them and their male structure?" Jirachi asked.
"...Yes?"
"They're just pronouns, they don't have organs that give them a gender like the others. Just like me," said the Pokemon, enjoying the swinging of the swing.
"Ohhh so gender is defined by organs?" The girl wondered. "I haven't thought of that. I mean, it sounds logical, but I like to think that gender is more than physical." Sari then briefly thought about transsexuals.
Jirachi muttered something incomprehensible.
"Now you gave me something to think about," Sari laughed. "How do you know all that?"
"Where I come from, there are species with genus and others without gender, it gives you a thought to think about before going to bed," Jirachi replied and then his eyes softened "It's strange to be in a world without Pokemon."
Sari kept swinging. "Tell me about it."
"Well, we are on Earth too, but without Pokemon; And those creatures ... uhh, Animals! Yes, animals resemble many Pokemon you know, like Arceus." He shuddered. "He knew of the existence of other worlds as well as Dialga and Palkia, but I never paid attention to that, but I think I should have done so. "He looked at the blue sky" I wonder if his domains extend to this world ... "
Sari swayed slower. "Dialga and Palkia?"
"They are the legendary Pokémon of space and time. They are huge moody and territorial dragons, I never had contact with any of them, they were very scary and they were too powerful. I only know that if they fight, terrible things happen in my world." Jirachi commented even with the sky in view.
"They sound amazing," Sari commented with a smile. "I wish—"
"Don't!"
Sari looked surprised at the Pokemon in her lap, then the little boy floated away from her and sat on the floor.
"Don't even think about it, Sari!" Jirachi muttered.
Sari looked confused at the Pokemon. "What's up?"
"That desire could be dangerous. I told you what happens if they fight if they meet they could destroy this world during their struggles. They control space and time, Sari, they could tear the fabric of this universe itself!"
There was silence after he said that, they didn't speak. Until Sari broke the silence.
"Or they could help you" Sari suggested.
Jirachi turned to look at the girl.
She got off the swing. "Look, I don't know how things work in your world, but I can see that you miss them, and if you want to come back, sometimes we must take risks to achieve what we want. If these Dialga and Palkia could help you in some way, then we could try."
Jirachi processed the girl's words.
"I really don't do much..."
Sari blinked without understanding "What do you mean?"
"I don't miss my world very much, I admit that it was very disconcerting at first to wake up in a world without Pokemon, but that is a world that only lives within every millennium. Of course, I entertain myself with the friends I make when I wake up, but nothing else. It's only something that happens in a blink before my eyes, however ... for them it was more than a life ". Then his eyes began to fill with tears. " But I would like to be more awake (Sniff) I would like to spend all of life with them, playing until they fade away by their side, I would like to live every moment with them, with all the friends who are no longer alive now... Not anymore... "
Sari approached little Pokemon and hugged him, letting Jirachi cry in her arms.
"Then do it, fulfill that wish for yourself Jirachi," whispered Sari softly, but Jirachi denied it.
"I can't..." he cried. "I can't do anything for myself. I can only make others happy, but not for myself."
Sari looked sadly at her friend but then showed a soft smile. "Then let me make you happy" and pulled Jirachi away to look at him straight in the eyes. "I wish you can sleep when you want and the time you want."
Jirachi looked sadly at the girl, hopeless, but was shocked when his ribbons started glowing, as did Sari's key.
And without either of them knowing, the AllSpark also began to glow in silence.
Suddenly, dark wings fly through the blue sky, swaying through the wind and maneuvering beautifully in the white clouds. Those wings belonged to a certain huge mech of gray and purple colors, with an unpleasant reputation and as complex as his chin.
A smile so simple and twisted appeared on those gray faceplates.
"After so many solar cycles, I finally managed to collect these Cybertronian signatures!" He let out a confident laugh. "I can already feel the AllSpark within my claws!"
He can feel it, and that precise signature was what brought the glorious Starscream to Detroit.
To be continued...
Sorry to make Bumblebee a little OOC, but I had to use someone to get those dark thoughts out.
Many thanks to Sarah-TheDemonTiger for helping me with the chapter!
