A/N: I feel the world is set more in Transformers Prime rather than in the movie. There might be a split minor crossover and just a fair warning this chapter mentioned mature M theme content.

I haven't decided if I should use any Cybertronian terminology. Maybe down the project, I would use it. I also wished there is more: Dreadwing x OC human partner, Optimus x OC, Wheeljack x OC

Victoria Valorheart is my OC. The chapter titles might change. For now, I leave it as it is. Very minor crossover with the Transformers movieverse. I didn't think was big.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers. All rights reserve to its owners.


The Lone Wolf

Chapter two

Victoria took her own crutches from the Jackhammer airship. She still have trouble moving on her own and still need a lot of help. Lately, she avoided the medbay and Ratchet for standard medical procedure. Regularly, hid in the Wrecker's airship which she found solace. She walked slowly around the place and still ache from her last encounter with the Decepticons.

She noticed the second airship that was in the Autobot base. Wheeljack designed it and was a lot bigger than his Jackhammer. Next to the new airship was a rocket launcher. Victoria knocked on the side pillar to announced her visit. Wheeljack wheeled himself out from under the airship.

"Hey kid! How did you go with Optimus? I forgot to tell you to call me. That way you don't have to walk all the way here." Wheeljack offered kindly to her.

"It's okay, Wheeljack. I think is about time to get my arse off the bed and I think fresh air will do me some good. You said you wanted to talk to me in private." Victoria told him.

"I do. Let's go to Optimus's quarters. I'll drive you. Then, we can talk in private." Wheeljack transformed to the sports car and opened the door for her. "If we get lucky, later on after all the medical procedure shit to follow up, we can take a drive on the new airship, kid."

Victoria grinned at him. "I would love a tour. But, we'll have to get clearance first. I'm not yet clear on being free from medical charge." She gestured at the green Autobot. The woman was startled when Wheeljack appeared in his human form and caught her just in time before she slipped. Victoria was not at all used to her crutches.

"Take it easy, Vic." Wheeljack hold her firmly. "One step at a time, okay?"

Victoria stated at his human form. "When did this happened?" She wondered curiously. The former agent leaned on his shoulder, exhausted still from her extensive injury.

"Oh yeah, about this...a month ago, we snag another Cybertronian relic. This allows us to become human for awhile and there are also risk involved in this relic. You can imagine Megatron's dream to fool your kind if he ever get his hands on one. Definitely not a good idea." Wheeljack explained.

He escorted her to the car. He was alarmed when her bandage started to coat with blood. He checked her temperature on her forehead. "Shit, Vic. You're burning up."

"No. Wait! Don't call Ratchet! I don't need him to nag. I want you to stay with me. Please?" Victoria pleaded. She was glad her guardian wasn't around to see her like this, weak. She clasped onto his arms firmly.

Wheeljack sighed. "All right, kid. Then at the very least, allow me to monitor and if you get worse, I will take you to Ratchet. Agreed?" He grasped her hand back. Victoria nodded in agreement.

"Done deal. There's something you need to know though." Victoria decided to let him in on what Ratchet told her when she woke up that week.

"Okay. Can you hold that thought, Vic? I need to change your bandage. It's leaking like crazy with blood." Wheeljack was alarmed when Victoria leaned onto him for support. He kissed her on her forehead.

Victoria nodded. She rested her head on the passenger's seat and watched Wheeljack run over to the medbay to retrieved a pack of bandage, bottle of bedatine, a pillow and a blanket. He raced back to her with a bottle of bedatine in his hand.

"Trust me. I been through a lot worse than this, Wheeljack." Victoria assured him in a soft remarked

"I know. Don't, Vic. Don't." Wheeljack looked alarmed when she had troubled to keep her focus on him. "I want you to rest and then we will talk at Optimus's quarters. I'm not going to lie when I changed this old bandage is going to sting like shit."

"Go ahead, Wheeljack. I can take it. I'm a Wrecker." Victoria joked.

This made Wheeljack laughed lightly. He cracked a smile at her. "You sure are, kid. I'm proud of you, Vic. I mean it."

He turned his attention back to her bandage that leaked through her stomach. The Wrecker unwrapped the old bandage, put the leakage bandage aside, dab the bedatine medicine on her wounds. The soldier roll out the entire new bandage and slowly wrapped around her injuries then clipped on the end with a pin.

"Hey Wheeljack." Victoria stiffled a yawn with her hand.

"Hmm?" Wheeljack did a quick scan on her for the second time.

"I don't mean to cross the line here. But, did Optimus ever have a wife?" Victoria asked curiously.

Wheeljack looked starteld at her strange question that was completely out of the blue. He sighed. "I don't know if that's my place to tell, kid. That's... that's quite a personal question, Vic. Why do you asked?" He said honestly. The Autobot soldier pack away the item into a plastic bag in his human form. Then return to his vehicle form, and drove towards Optimus's quarters.

"Okay. Remember the rescue mission Optimus and I went to find the missing members on the team?" Victoria reminded Wheeljack.

"Yeah. The one mission that almost got you killed." Wheeljack scowled disapprovingly about it. "I thought I told you to rest not chit chat. I would have given you pain killers. But Ratchet made it clear that overdose can be quite dangerous and you'd already had your dose for it for today."

He appeared in his human holoform. Then, went to the passenger's seat, unbuckled the sitbelt and carried Victoria in his arms in a bridal style. Wheeljack shut the front door behind him and walked her towards her own bed in Optimus's quarters and set her down gently.

"Wheeljack, seriously. I can walked. Ratchet told me that I need to use my muscles for a bit!" Victoria protested abruptly. She stayed completely still when Wheeljack carried her without her permission.

"Not with an internal injury like that. I'll have a word with him. You can try. But I seriously don't think you should. Vic. You been on a bunch of medication for at least a month. I know it takes time to heal. I don't understand why you're not healing. You're supposed to heal. You took: morphin, panadol, asprin, bedatine and antibiotics. Is there something I should seriously know about?" Wheeljack surveyed her seriously.

"I'm feeling totally better than the first time I woke up. Come on, Wheeljack. I want to spend some time with you. I don't want to loose my hours just to sleep it off and I know you know something that you're not telling me eiher." Victoria coax it out of him when she'd realised how worried Wheeljack was and it was true, she spend more time at the medbay sleeping than enjoying her day like normal.

"I'm aware of that, Vic. Why do you think I wanted to talked with you about it before anyone else?" Wheeljack said fairly. He frowned at her and rubbed the back of his helm. The Autobot scientist looked thoughtful at her. "You're one hell of a stubborn woman, you know that?"

Victoria grinned about it brightly. "Well. I picked on Optimus before too. Gotta admit, is fun to pick on a Prime." She laughed and looked amused.

Wheeljack put his hands on his hips. He rolled his eyes. "Yeah. I know. He told me so before he left. He got a big soft spot for you too." He went to retrieve her crutches that was at the back of the passenger's sit and put it right next to her bedside.

"Well, the mission was what discovered a Prime's relic and I accidentally touch the relic." Victoria said in a businessway. "Okay. Let's back it up a little here. You know we went for the search to any leads on my missing team members from NEST right?

"My mentor, William Lennox, found a bomb in Kyrie's house. What we didn't expect to find there was a Prime's relic. We were hoping to find more leads you know. But, no luck. The Prime relic on the other hand is a relic that turns anyone to a Prime I guessed. Lennox said everything was going to blow because the bomb was going to go off. The whole place was rigged completely.

"I didn't want the Cons to get it. I touched the Prime's relic and made a grabbed for it. Since then, I been able to see like...like a pre historic history from your home planet on Cybertron. I think I been seeing Optimus's memories and been feeling his emotions from time to time. That's why I asked because I wasn't sure if I was going crazy or not.

"No. It's not like what humans call psychic or anything like that. Optimus got pissed off at me because I went ahead and grabbed it. He said it was my life that's more important than the relic and rather get it destroyed. I went with what my heart told me." Victoria looked guilty when Optimus gave her a long winded lecture that day.

Wheeljack groaned and pinched his eyes with his fingers. Now he understood why Optimus yelled that day. It was because Optimus was terrified to loose Victoria and why he ended up being the one assigned to be her temporary guardian for now.

"Oh Vic." Wheeljack sighed. "You got to be more careful. Next time, I'm coming along to one of your mission so I can watch you before you do another stupidity. Prime's right to be worried and I agree with Optimus one hundred percent. The big guy is correct. You could have been killed that day and we could have lost you.

"He got one shit right too. Your life is way more important than a relic any day of the year. You could have let one of Team Prime's members to touch the relic than you?" Wheeljack pointed out. "Did you find out who planted the bomb at your best friend's house?"

Victoria shook her head. "No. Everything happened quickly and besides, I was the nearest at the relic. Ratchet warned me there are side effects on a human. He said no Cybertronian artefacts should ever mix with a human."

"All right. So that explained a few loop holes then and why I saw you at the medbay when I came back to the new base. I'm sorry I wasn't there, kid." Wheeljack said sincerely. "Prime set me out to track down the rest of the Autobot refugees that could be hiding on Earth because we had a beat."

"Don't worry, Wheeljack. I wasn't alone. Besides, us soldiers follow orders. Did you find many?" Victoria asked keenly to know more about them.

"Yep. I sure did kid. I thought you were a CIA agent? That's why we'd been more careful and followed protocol. You know me. I hardly follow the rules around until Optimus gave me a few lectures about it under our current circumstances. I could tell you're really important to him because he wouldn't have belt out my reckless behaviour.

"Speaking of reckless behaviour, kid, I can see why Optimus was pissed off and why he let out the lecture on me. Now I understood why and well caught up and does explained a whole lot shit. Prime normally don't at all open up. But somehow you made him opened up more than usual."

"I didn't know you and me were so much alike, Wheeljack." Victoria smiled appreciatively at him. "Yeah. We are very close and I do miss Optimus a lot. I get why he's pissed off at me. But I know somewhere out there he does blame himself for killing my ex husband when my ex husband pointed a gun at me. Optimus saved my life."

"Whoa! That's something I don't see everyday! He didn't tell me that. So that's why you radio him today and why he's been avoiding you? Not like him because I always see you with him most of the time on his shoulder." Wheeljack was completely surprised.

"Of course he wouldn't tell anyone. I mean...he keeps everything close to his vest doesn't he or else like to keep everyone in the dark when he deals with something personal? Optimus is well known when he pushed people away once something personal happens to him. I know this is the reason...I'll bet money on it.

"I was worried out of my mind because he might do something stupid. Guess stupidity was spreading around." Victoria agreed conversationally. "He shouldn't beat himself out about it and when he gets back, I'm gonna scold the shit out of him."

"Slow your roll, Vic. He does need space to clear his thoughts and I'm very sure after you left that message that's deep shit he will talk to you. Because you're too important to him." Wheeljack sighed and assured her.

Scrap. Wheeljack was so honest with Victoria that evidently, the Wrecker overheard her whole conversation. Her whole face turn red. Of course he did. After all, he scrambled the signals to when she radio for Optimus.

Now the Autobot soldier understood her better. She can be very hot headed when she's angry and he had witnessed her temper before because she punched an ex CIA agent before in the face. A one time scenario Wheeljack never forgot was when: Him, Arcee and Ironhide in human holoform, had to restrained her from flying off the edge completely when the CIA threatened to arrest her mentor for siding with the Autobots.

"Can you talk to Optimus for me in case he tune out from my message?" Victoria asked seriously. "I'm pretty sure is not fun for him to be able to feel one another from so far away."

"I'll do what I can kid. Will you work on your temper, Vic? Please. Otherwise that will land you in some serious trouble and I definitely don't want to see you behind bars. I would hate to had to break you out of jail and tear the joint apart. Now I get what Optimus told me. He warned me you can get hot headed temper. I do too. But we got to keep it in check, kid." Wheeljack rested his arms gently on her knees.

"You sound like Will. He told me that too." Victoria made a face at him. She crossed her arms against her chest and winced slightly, completely forgot there were burns during her time on the Nemesis Warship.

"That's because we want what is best for you, Vic. Hey, I understand how you're feeling completely and Ratchet said not to touch any side of your body because he said you suffered a burn degree level." Wheeljack told her reasonably.

"Okay. Fine. What is it you know that I don't know you wanted to tell me?" Victoria asked again fairly.

"Oh yeah, about that. Ratchet left a few details out to you about your injury that I feel you need to know. He thought if he told you would be scare you shitless." Wheeljack rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders about it.

"Come on. Are you kidding me? He doesn't need to tell me nor will I get traumetised. I thought me and Ratchet here had a bond of trust!" Victoria shouted furiously and glared at the floor. "Tell the old doc bot I was an ex CIA agent and remind him I'd endured long hours of intensive training of torture! You got that right that I need to know so I can get better! What else is the old bot hiding about?"

Wheeljack chuckled. But, Victoria was serious about it. The Wrecker looked very alarmed. "Sshhh. Ssshhh. Ssshhh! You got to calm down, Vic. Otherwise Ratchet will throw me out here and banned me to see you. We don't want that do we?" Victoria shook her head abruptly and bit her tongue to retort.

"Then, I want you to take a few deep breathes and slow your roll down on your temper." Wheeljack reminded her firmly. "You think you can do that for me? I don't want your blood pressure to go up again and I certainly don't want to get banned by old doc."

It was clear that Victoria was pissed off at the green Autobot to conceal important information from her even though he had the best interest in heart for her own well being.

"Sorry." Victoria said apologetically genuinely. "I didn't mean to lashed out my temper at you."

"I get it. I understand and you have nothing to be sorry about. I just want you to focus on getting better and I want you to do what you can for yourself. That's why I'm telling you. That's why I wanted to talk to you in private.

"Yeah, I know Ratchet will be pissed off at me for telling you. But, I want to do what is best for you, what you can avoid in the mean time and Optimus agreed with me on this too and asked me to have a talk with you personally to see through your healing process. He also told me you might react like this." Wheeljack reasoned with her fairly about the situation.

"Optimus's not wrong. I just hate being kept in the dark and I wished he told me this in person than to avoid me." Victoria replied in an injured voice that Wheeljack didn't missed.

"Hey. Trust me. I wholeheartedly believe Optimus will talk to you. He loves you very much and he can't evade you forever. I will do what I can kid. That's a promised. But coming back to what I was going to tell you in person, Ratchet believed you will passed from the side effects of the Prime's relic.

"He had his reasons not to tell you because would be a reality to him and not just for him but for the rest of Team Prime, especially Optimus. Like you, Optimus was pissed off and lost his cool when he found out your extent of injuries by himself. Ratchet tried to hide this information not just you but everyone. Mainly, Ratch was trying to spare his best friend's pain.

"I felt he was trying to spare everyone else's feeling like it was his own burden. I told him he was mad not to tell you because is your right to know. I know Optimus was terrified to loose you. I hate to be the one to asked, Vic. Is there something else that I should know, something that's going on between you and him?

"Twice, he insisted that I should be your personal guardian. I said no chance in hell. Because I know how much you mean to him and I kept bugging him why he put me to human guardian duty until he slammed me to the wall. No one ever seen him acted this way and you're damn right he does have a wife. You're not wrong about that.

"I felt there was something personal going on between the two of you. I know is not my place to even nose in because is your privacy. It's his privacy. But someone on Team Prime really got to ask is all I'm saying, kid. Last he reacted like this was when he lost, Elita-One and seriously, I thought I was going to be crushed by Optimus that day just for asking him." Wheeljack informed her openly.

"Pretty sure is not fun for him not to be able to keep his own private thoughts from you too." Wheeljack added thoughtfully and looked highly amused about the whole situation.

Victoria gaped at Wheeljack and hung her mouth open twice. Her face heated up with a big blushed rise up in her cheeks. "That's a hell of a secret to keep, Wheeljack. I can't believe Ratchet would keep something like this from me! I'm not afraid of dying. That's the truth and I'm not at all scared. What I'm scared is not just loosing the people I cared about but not being able to follow what my heart wants, you know.

"But what I do hate very much is being kept in the dark or else kept me from the truth. I'll tell you everything I know. But you got to tell me everything you know too. That's a deal." She looked crestfallen at him.

"Vic..." Wheeljack stood up. Then pressed his own head against hers. He lifted her chin up with his finger. "You can't lie to me. What are you really scared about...?" Her lips trembled at his question. She was even afraid not to tell him but to admit it aloud in the opened. Victoria reluctantly grasped his hand in return.

"To loose the people I really cared about that means the world to me, like a treasure and not being able to be there for them when they need me the most. I'm scared for the ones I love get hurt. Because not even money can buy the ones you loved back." Victoria answered honestly to him.

"Fair point, kid." Wheeljack nodded in agreement. He withdrew from her and sat down on her right side. "You got a big heart. I'll tell you that." He said, clearly admired her of her own action. "Why did you leave the NEST team and the CIA? I always felt there was more to the reason or else more personal."

"It is personal. The job didn't feel home anymore. I would have stayed on NEST if it weren't so damn corrupted not to mentioned comprimised. It didn't feel right in my heart to hunt Optimus or anyone on Team Prime. I couldn't become an enemy to him because..." Victoria's voice trailed off as she tried to hold in her crying and didn't want to see weak to Wheeljack. Wheeljack understood.

"Because you're in love with him..." Wheeljack finished her sentence for her. He let out a low whistle. "That's one hell of a mess you're in and him. No wonder he insisted me to become your personal guardian because you both got personal. Twice."

Victoria felt bad for her temporary guardian. "I'm sorry you got caught up between us, Wheeljack. That must have been seriously uncomfortable. I guess he kept you in the dark about us."

Wheeljack smiled but waved her apology aside. "I'm sorry too for asking. Yeah. He did keep me in the dark. I wasn't the only one. Everyone did wonder why Optimus reacted out of the blue like that because it wasn't like him to be that way. I was also trying to piece the puzzle together to understand."

"I would have done the same too. Yeah is all fucked up. I won't lie to you because you'd been honest with me from the very start." Victoria agreed underatanding him completely. "I don't blame him. He always said Megatron will always find a way to break him personally. He's not wrong about that.

"I am in a hot mess, Wheeljack. But you know what he told me personally? He said he wanted me to have a happy life, to be married to another human better than Silas. He wished would be somebody like William Lennox. But, we know he's married. That's why we avoided each other for awhile from time to time.

"I'm a real mess, Wheeljack because my own head couldn't decide between Will and Optimus. I always said my own damn heart belong to Optimus. He told me twice that I should settle down with my own kind and choose someone better. I love Optimus because he's realistic and very reasonable.

"I get it why too. He's Cybertronian. No wait, a fucking damn Prime! And me? I'm human. I'm in a hell of a complication because my mentor, Will, is bloody married and have a daughter. Yes, there was something personal going on between me and him that we were both ashame. That's why Will didn't stay with us to give serious personal space.

"I also didn't want to destroy the good friendship me and him have too. We didn't want anyone to know either. So we kind of kept it as a secret. It's fuck up right, Wheeljack? Optimus also hinted to me that I reminded him of someone else. So I wondered the person he hinted I saw in my own head was Elita Since I touched the Prime's relic. I suppose I reminded him of his passed wife. That's why I asked." Victoria said in a broken voice that shook completely.

"All right, kid. Fair point. Now that cover a few plot holes. But, aren't you a little hard on yourself, Vic? You don't need to feel guilty just because you're a mess. It's a healthy mess. That's for sure. It's a love mess. If you weren't a mess, then I would be seriously worried. Do me a favour and don't bottle yourself like that. It does explain a whole lot why you avoided everyone this week like that because you were trying to figure shit out. I can tell you one thing, Vic. People do crazy shit when they're in love. Like I tell ya, you're always welcome to the Jackhammer airship."

"You don't think I'm mad or anything, do you?" Victoria asked his opinion boldly.

"No. If you don't mind me asking, Vic, how did you marry a man like Silas instead of Will Lennox?" Wheeljack frowned at her and wore a serious look plastered across his face.

"Truth be told, I was never in love with Silas even before I met Optimus." Victoria smiled at Wheeljack knowingly. "My dad wanted me to marry him for business reasons. It was a family arranged marriaged and married Silas at the age of 18 years old. Silas was never my husband.

"He never acted like one anyway. I always felt Optimus and Will acted more like a husband to me than a friend to be honest. I hate to admit it. I always felt that my own heart belong to them. I didn't exactly have a happy family relationship with my parents." Victoria admitted openly.

"I went through with the marriage just to keep my parents happy and thought it was for the best to keep the peace with them too. This was completely before I was a CIA agent and went to work with the NEST military team, I worked with Silas company: MECH."

Victoria was wary her voice shook when she spoke about her ex-husband. Wheeljack didn't missed the fact she was somehow afraid. He watched her wiped her eyes. Her cheeks rain down with tears.

"Take all the time in the world you need, Vic." Wheeljack told her softly. He placed a finger under her chin gently. "Hey. I meant what I told you the last time I saw you. I'll always be there for you if you need a talk and when you are ready. Don't rush it. You will end up having a set back. I'm not going anywhere this time."

Victoria nodded. "I know...is just been a really long time since I last spoke about this...I don't think Optimus even knows about my old injuries. Because I know if I open up about my past to him, he'll lose his shit completely."

Wheeljack stood up very abruptly. He waved his hands wildly in front of her and groaned. This was definitely not something he wanted to hear.

"What the freak?" Wheeljack placed his hands on his head. Then kicked the plastic bag aside. "Are you shitting me right now, Vic? You didn't tell something this important to Optimus and you said Ratchet kept one hell of a secret?

"I swear, you and Ratchet should get a room with all that damn secrecy! Come on Vic! All right, Vic. What do you mean old injury that we weren't at all aware about?" He asked very sharply that sounded like a mousetrap in his tone snappingly.

The soldier pinched the bridge of his nose. He panic completely. His voice raised slightly and echoed through the room. Wheeljack didn't mean to raise his voice to a shout.

He couldn't helped it. He definitely did not want to be squished in this uncomfortable situation at all. Victoria stood up and was about to approached Wheeljack. That was when her new bandage started to coat lightly with blood. Victoria winced as she moved. A sharp pain flared up in her stomach like a knife.

"Wheeljack. The old injuries belonged in my old marriage." Victoria told him in a small voice.

Wheeljack turned around and hurried back to her. "What are you doing, Vic? You're supposed to be on bed rest." He scolded. "I'm sorry for the way I reacted. I thought we were sharing everything of what we know tonight."

"We are sharing everything what we know... I'm sorry I kept it from everyone for so long. I didn't know how to explained. Wheeljack, you don't need to change the new bandage. I'm not ready to tell Optimus yet and I will tell him on the right time. I was worried about the both of you will do something stupid and reckless.

"Vic." Wheeljack was now nose to nose with her. "I — am — not —taking — the — risk." He started the human first aid procedure on the bandage like before. "What do you mean your injury belong to the old marriage? You can keep talking while I worked."

"Okay. Silas is obsessed with all Cybertronian. We all know that, right? He trapped anyone whether Autobot or Decepticon so he can designed his own to walk amongst the Titans. So, one day, I found Dreadwing was captured by my ex husband. I decided to leave and find a way to crashed the MECH operation.

"Yep. Dreadwing and I had an awkward history together. I set him free because I felt he didn't deserve to be experiment. That day, after I freed him, Silas send blows after blows. He took all his temper out on me that night. Punch after punch to the point I passed out. I wasn't sure how long because when I woke up next..."

Her voice strangled with fear. She avoided contact with Wheeljack's eyes. Wheeljack frozen on the spot, eyes widened in shocked. He didn't say anything, only listen. The soldier took her hand and gave a squeeze. He nodded encouragingly to her to opened up to him.

"Next thing I know: my ex-husband was on top of me. I asked him, what was he doing. He said what a wife and husband supposed to do. He said I was the worst weak wife that betrayed him that I was supposed to be a supportive loyal wife to him. That I betrayed him for freeing Dreadwing and Sideswipe.

"Yeah. Sideswipe was taken in right after Dreadwing was kidnapped. I set him free too. Silas got more rough than he meant to...My clothes was already stripped off and on the floor. Everything was a blur until I remembered shortly I struggled to breathe. I felt heavy. I remembered his fingers was inside me, pumping in and out. His penis already in my vagina as he fucked me roughly.

"All I remembered was just...pain... and agony. I felt my ribs was broken from all the punches he gave me. One year later, I was supposed to carry twins. I went to a human doctor. That day, I found out I had a miscarriage. I don't even know if Silas ever took me to experiment me without my knowledge.

"I'm sorry if you thought I was lying to you, Wheeljack. I'm sorry if I did lie to you or anyone else on the team because it wasn't my intention to hurt anyone's feelings. I'm sorry I haven't told anyone." Victoria was cut off firmly by Wheeljack.

"Vic. Take a deep breathe and calm down. Slow your roll down. You don't have to apologise to anyone or me. I get it. I understand better what kept you awake at night and why you sneak onto the Jackhammer airship. I will say it again, kid.

"You are more than welcome to the Jackhammer if that helps you feel better. I don't want you to fly the Jackhammer without my knowledge just in case anything happens to you and I certainly don't recommend as I'm fixing my airship.

"One condition, Vic. If Optimus asked, you'd got to tell him. That's going to make him and you only more closer. Ask yourself this: how long can you keep this up, to keep this a secret? Eventually the truth will leak out and find us no matter which way we run.

"Listen. Do me a favour, Vic. I don't want you to close yourself off from anyone. I don't want you to feel alone and I had a fair few guesses why you'd been distant lately from everyone else.

Closing yourself off from anyone won't helped anyone." Wheeljack advised her seriously.

Victoria paused for awhile and pondered how to express herself to him and chose her next words carefully. She didn't think she opened herself to anyone that much other than to Optimus or any other Autobots.

She felt more comfortable with Wheeljack now that he was completely opened about everything and was grateful for his company. She was also exhausted but didn't want to waste her day by sleeping and knew what Wheeljack told her is true. She felt something different since she touched the Prime relic.

The former agent was wary her voice staggered and trembled in between when she explained everything to Wheeljack. He did deserved to know after all he opened up to her about his honesty. She breathe in and out. The young woman glanced at her pillow and lie back down and wiped her tears that kept flooding uncontrollably. She placed her arms over her head for awhile.

Then rested her arms on the side and looked at Wheeljack. He was silent for awhile and neither of them said a word. Victoria gazed at the ceiling. Then looked back at her temporary guardian. Victoria patted on the bed to motion it was okay to be close with her. Wheeljack sat down next to her and clasped his hands together like a prayer while he surveyed her patiently.

"T-t-t-thank you, Wheeljack." Victoria's voice stammered. "I'm sorry if I seemed distant that week and snuck off from the medbay. Tell you the truth, I was beginning to hate the medbay."

At her honesty, Wheeljack grinned at her. "Yeah. Medbay does suck. Didn't you hide behind me to avoid the old doc bot from his medical standard examination?" The Wrecker looked highly amused. He thought he caught her once or twice when she did hide behind his legs and hugged his Autobot form at one point.

"Yeah. I did but he chased us afterwards. I was often in trouble with Ratchet." Victoria grinned brightly about it at him. "There's also a reason why I didn't want to be in the medbay because it does remind me of the past with Silas. He used equipments on me and said it was my punishment. He did steal Energon but is not like the normal ones you guys would hunt for supply. So my ex husband was fond of torture, used me as an experiment to taser me with Dark Energon."

"I also needed time to figure everything out on my own. You weren't wrong, Wheeljack. I was tired with everything, everyone and tired, lying there, sleeping all the time not being productive on the go. You know how restless I can be when I can't sit still. I wanted to get away from everyone because also I didn't want anyone to see me like this, weak.

"I also didn't want anyone to see me: broken like this and I was worried how much my injuries might affect Team Prime's emotions because I didn't want anyone to worry about me too or react like Optimus does. I get it and in a way, I felt I needed to protect my family. You know...after NEST went ahead with the order, I felt I lost the only family I knew. Everyone except Major William Lennox. Because, he decided to betray his team mates too after I told him everything.

"You guys are my closest family I ever knew because all of you mean to me. I don't have anyone else left. Silas made me watched my parents killed and murdered them when my dad wanted me to divorce him. I was lost for a very long time and I haven't feel like home for a very long time until I met the Autobots. I know he wanted me to feel isolated to know I was a cheap lousy wife woman. I never divorce him. Because I didn't know how and need lawyers to fight my case. It was a headache and I didn't want people to go snooping about my privacy.

"You got one shit right too, Wheeljack. It was really personal for me. I didn't know how to tell you, because I know soon you will question me under Optimus's orders. You weren't the only one who knew. Lennox was like you. He figured everything out without me telling anyone and he was mad as hell about it because he came to visit me several times after I missed his calls and meetings with the NEST team.

"He got in trouble and brawled out with my ex husband. Hell, he even went to the Autobots to see if I was in touch with them too. To be honest, I feel Optimus would know without me telling him anything. I wasn't sure if all the Autobots knew the extent of my internal injuries. But didn't want them to look at it either because...I felt I needed to protect my family.

"It's a family I never knew before too. Because...if anyone turn up like that of the people I really care about: I would have lost my shit too then you would have to break me out of jail, which I'm sure no one wants to be in that situation. I felt helpless when I woke up, frustrated and angry at myself, just everything so far that happened.

"I didn't want to hurt Optimus if he sees me like this. I know his own spark hurt from time to time. He does mean the world to me. I know somewhere really far, he felt like he failed me or something when I got captured by Megatron. I was also used to be able to do everything like I used to, because I was trained to be able to do everything myself. I felt I was unable to contribute to Team Prime and going on missions that make me feel alive again."

Her tears rolled down to the left side of her face. Wheeljack felt her shook uncontrollably and watched her tears fall like a pool of river. She was determined to hold in her crying and didn't want to look weak. Wheeljack now understood her behaviour this week. Wihout a word, Wheeljack helped her sit up, craddled the former CIA spy into his arms and held her close to him in his human form.

"Sshh. Hey, come here. It's okay, Vic. I got you. You got to let it all out." Wheeljack encouraged her calmly. He smooth her back with his hand and kissed her on the head. "Ssshh. Ssshhh. Ssshhh. I know, Vic. I know." He rested his head on her head and swayed her on the side.

Victoria was grateful for the comfort. She wasn't sure when was the last time anyone held her like this. Definitely the last people that held her like this was: Optimus and William Lennox. They were there in her darkest. Now, so was Wheeljack who became suddenly in a protective mode and more so just a friend in a sibling like she never had.

Victoria looked up to Wheeljack more like a brother and a friend. That was how she felt about the Wrecker because they could have passed off as family and Optimus was right. They were alike more than they'd realised. The young older woman pressed her face to his chest and cling onto his t-shirt. Her whole body shook and sobs wreck through her completely. She could barely hold in her crying.

She could barely utter a word after that and wasn't how long she stayed like this in his arms. Victoria accepted his comfort without any protest and rested her head against his chest. She sniffed, clutched onto his white t-shirt. He smooth her back with his hand and gently kissed her on the head. He gave his human friend a sympathetic looked. Wheeljack rested his head against hers and swayed her gently from side to side.

They were distracted by the watch that beeped from Wheeljack's wrist. "Ah scrap. That's the reminder you're way overdue for the checkup. You also got to eat and drink something. I also told Ratchet to give you a rest from the medbay and might have told him I would handle everything from his regular duties.

"But, you are definitely overdue on your medical standard procedure. Speaking of food and drink, I got just the thing you need. You think you can give it another go or you want to power down? Completely up to you, Victoria. I know you told me you vomit after you tried to consume any food or drink. You also need to stay hydrated too. I forgot to also add that the medication does make you feel drowsy. But you do need it." Wheeljack offered the choices to her.

"I'll take water. Maybe I'll try something small. I'm not ready to eat yet. I can't make any promises the floor will be clean and get a bucket just in case. I'm feeling a bit thirsty. I'm not sure if I can eat anything yet." Victoria croaked. There was a lot she still wanted to tell him and she was grateful that Wheeljack didn't judge her at all.

"All right, kid. I'll be back in a jiffy." Wheeljack patted on her head lightly. He looked thrilled at her answer.

"Thanks Wheeljack." Victoria smiled at him appreciatively. "I mean that."

Wheeljack stood up and paused at his own vehicle mode. His gaze fixed upon her and looked sternly.

"Hey Vic." Wheeljack said strictly in an authoritative manner. "I don't want you to ever be little yourself. I don't want you to feel weak or feel like you're not contributed to Team Prime. Hell, you saved an ex-Decepticon, Dreadwing and Sideswipe not to mentioned you saved the rest of Team Prime. I don't care what the glitch said about you.

"You're more worth it than you know, like a real sister to me and I want you to know, Victoria, you're not at all weak. You survived the kidnapping from the Decepticons, survived on the Nemesis warship, plus a fucking standoff to your crazy ex husband and not to mention in the hands of Megatron.

"You believed you're weak? Hell no, not in chance in hell, Vic. That showed me you're a survivor and you'd kicked everyone's ass. You're stronger than you know it. I'm not going to lie to you on that and even Sideswipe said you're his hero. Dreadwing too. I'm going to admit something I never told anyone, Vic.

"You are no way in hell, not at all cheap or a lousy wife. Some weird reason, I do see you as Optimus's wife and hell, you two suit each other. You two made a hell of a compelling case. But the spark wants what it wants. There's also no way in hell you guys can stay away from each other forever. Besides, a little love to spread around is a very nice change around the new base wouldn't hurt at all. I'm also going to tell you this Vic, you deserved happiness.

"I support you wholeheartedly and I really feel you're a worthy wife fitting for Optimus. If anyone can calmed his big ass temper, it's definitely you. No one is perfect, not even me. I won't lie the pain you feel will always be there. One day, you're going to wake up and find the past will hurt lesser. You're a hero, sis. I love you, Vic, always will." Wheeljack smiled at her warmly.

"Love you too, bro." Victoria grinned at him. "Can you bring Dreadwing here? I wanted to talked with him about the bomb we found in Kyrie's house. I studied various types of bombs during my time with the CIA and just wanted to make a comparison. Maybe he might have some answers."

Wheeljack hesitated and looked wary. But the look on her determination gave in to her request. "Fine. I still don't trust Dreadwing. He's Megatron's second in command in the ranks. Then allow me to leave Ironhide and Bumblebee here."

Victoria nodded. The Wrecker returned to his Autobot form. He transformed and peeled out from Optimus's quarters to leave Victoria to digest what he'd told her. A huge grinned lit up her face when Wheeljack was brutally honest since the beginning. She lied down on her pillow to wait for her food and water. She was going to try for Wheeljack. After all he done for her. It was the least she can do.