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AN: Dr. Onishi's (Koji's dad) given name in this story is Hisao

RID Koji and T-Ai already sensed who Rad was before He told them so it doesn't shock them

Chapter 5

The first thing Rad noticed when he woke up was that he'd been doing a lot of that lately. The second thing he noticed was that someone was holding his hand. The third thing he noticed was just who was holding his hand. "Daddy?".

His father just blinked. "Um…yeah?". Looking a little more closely at his father he noticed that his father was his age. "Holy shit." Then he said quickly, "You didn't hear that".

"Ok" was all his father said. "Um what's your name?". Rad was surprised for a moment but then realized his father didn't know him yet. "Rad Hisao Optimus Koji Onishi"( yes Koji named him after his own father and Optimus. T-Ai added the Koji).

"I named you after myself?" Koji asked wondering why. He hated his name.

"No Mom did. Plus it's better than Yuki". That brought another question to mind.

"Uhh who is your mom?".


"Koji!" Optimus exclaimed in a shocked voice. When he came back to Earth and hadn't been able to find the boy anywhere in Tokyo he had thought the boy was dead. But now the boy was standing at the entrance of his base and not a boy anymore. He no longer wore his hair in the gravity defying style he had when he was younger. The baby fat was completely gone and his pretty boy eyes, as Sideburn and X-brawn had called them, weren't as innocent as they'd been.

"What? I don't get any notice. I was just your computerized secretary for forty years" the woman beside Koji spoke up playfully.

Optimus turned toward her. In the shock of seeing Koji he'd taken no notice of her. Her smiling eyes had a little worry in them and she looked older than she use to but there was no mistaking her. "T-Ai".

"Nice to see you remember us Optimus but a reunion isn't what we came here for" Koji said getting serious.

"What? Uhh" Optimus groaned. "This day is getting very stressful".

"We know Optimus. That's why we're here" T-Ai said.

"Why do I feel like I'm missing something important" Carlos said feeling forgotten.

Optimus started to explain who the new comers were but Koji surprised him by speaking up first. "Carlos do you remember the stories I use to tell you and Rad when you were little".

"Yeah you mean the ones about the" his face fell when he realized where this was going " giant transforming robots from another planet. How did I not make that connection". The Dr. Onishis laughed at this.

"Wait you two know the kids. How?" Optimus asked incredulously.

"Optimus, Rad our oldest son".


"Uhhh who is your mom?" T-Ai strained her audio receptors to hear the answer. She'd transported into the infirmary while everyone eles had to walk all the way across the base( I know it's stupid for them to be all the way on the other side of the base but how else was I going to give T-Ai time to listen in on Koji and Rad's conversation? Have Sky-byte show up is an evening gown with Scourge and challenge them to a dance off and announce their marriage?) and had been listening to the entire conversation. She'd almost gasped in shock when Rad had called Koji daddy but it made sense. Koji's future self had been desperate to make sure Optimus would protect Rad. But from what?

"I probably shouldn't tell you that. I'm kind of attached to my existence". Damn. Oh well. She wasn't even physical. How could she ever even marry Koji much less have children with him.

Then she heard the others come up the hallway. "Sky-byte in an evening gown how funny is that" Sideburn and Wedge laughed. The rest looked shaken. "That is something I never want to see again" Optimus said. (okay they were walking to fast so sue me and if any of you decide to take that seriously go back to the disclaimer in the last chapter and reread it).

"T-Ai is the boy well enough for us to ask him a few questions" Optimus asked. She merely nodded feeling a little depressed knowing Koji was going to get married some day.

"Ok" he entered followed by his troops.

Rad eyes shot to Optimus when he entered. The Optimus he knew looked slightly different but he'd heard the Autobots talking about how upgrades would change their appearance as well as making them stronger. The other Bots he recognized from his dad's stories. Sideburn was walking next to his rival/ best bot friend, Wedge. The two behind them were Prowl and X-brawn, Sideburn's older brothers. Then came theteam that Wedge lead, the build team, then Team Bullet Train, Skidz, Towline, and---- Hot Shot!

His eyes widened as they met his friends optics. Hot Shot's eyes didn't register any recognition and a little confusion at Rad's reaction. Of course Hot Shot wouldn't meet him for another fourteen years so he shouldn't expect any other reaction but it made him feel really alone.

Hot Shot noticed that the blonde seemed to recognize him but didn't comment on it. He was here for the same reason everyone else was. To find out why a human kid had a Minicon and maybe a little about the future.

Optimus looked in between the boy and Hot Shot. Strange, the boy seemed to know Hot Shot. Maybe the boy knew them in the future. It would explain how he knew Koji. Or maybe he knew them through Koji. He could even be Koji's younger brother, they did look alike. The only way to find out was to ask.

Dr. Onishi watched Rad's reaction to everyone. He certainly didn't look surprised or scared like he'd been. Even Koji had been afraid of Optimus when they first met. Rad didn't even blink at Optimus much less the large number of robots that filed in after him.

Optimus was the first to speak" Hello I am Opti—"he was cut off by a beep.

"What did he say?" Hot Shot asked.

"He was asking if Optimus was going to give the same speech as he did when we first met him… or will meet him" Rad finished getting a little confused about the tenses.

"Wait you know me?" Optimus asked.

"Yeah you showed up with everyone else when the Minicons started waking up. Or you will anyway. I hate tenses". They do make things confusing. "No kidding" Koji said.

Rad looked back at his father. "You understand Highwire. Huh usually it takes longer for somebody to understand". You understood when we first met. "Good point".

"You two can understand the Minicon?" Hot Shot asked skeptically.

"Yeah, after a while of being around them you pick it up which for you guysshould be--". Hot Shot's just jealous that a human kid not even a tenth his age picked it up before he did.

"Is that Minicon calling me stupid?" Hot Shot yelled.

"--- Right about now apparently" Rad finished with sigh. Then the room shifted.

Rad! Not again!

"Whoa Rad. You ok?" Koji asked catching his future son before he hit the floor.

"Yeah, just a little dizzy".

"He probably needs some food and rest. Neither of which he'll get at a secret base made for robots" Dr. Onishi said.

"Your probably right. Maybe you should take him to your house. He'll be more comfortable in a home made for humans" Optimus said. "Sideburn take them to Koji and Dr. Onishi's house". "Okay".

When Highwire followed them into the car X-brawn stopped him. "Lil' fella it'll be safer if you stay here".

The last time Rad and I got different rides, he got left in the desert for an hour so I'm going with him and if you don't like it you can go f---

X-brawn watched the little robot's triade wishing he could understand the Minicon language. After it stopped beeping it turned around and followed his human friend into Sideburn's back seat.

"Let him go he only wants to make sure his friend is alright" Optimus said with a slightly startled look on his face (what was visible of it anyway). He was starting to understand what the Minicon was saying.

Watching Sideburn speed off with the humans Optimus tried to shake off the feeling that he was making a huge mistake.