Okay, I'm not going to updating until well after thursday due to a Creative writing assignment (1000 words minimum- bah! For what I'm planing; at least 3000 words! and right now I've only gottan 700 words and not even the first scene done due to distractions like this story and migrains- and I have one now, so I'm kinda cranky and resisting the urde to murder)
Hotshot toy: In other words; don't piss you off until your migrain is gone.
At least for those who I have the oprotunity to kill like people at school.
Red Alert toy: Are you sure you aren't milking your migrain so you don't have to go to school?
Would I be going to the doctor and getting a nurologist appointment if I was faking?
Override toy: Too true.
Blurr toy:...
Blurr, heep your yap shut and I won't toss you out the window into the frozen-over snow; second day of spring my aft.
WindRazor toy: Uh...
Thunder Blast toy: I can't believe in the show they made me call Override "girlfriend"! And slaggin' flirt with Evac!
Now now, he flirted back.
Thunder Blast: Bleh.
Optimus Prime toy: MajesticBurn doesn't own Transformers, can you let me out of the box now?
No.
Not who you think I am
Not Ariel Pax?
Optimus Prime looked down at the shimmering water; a white femme staring back at him with a benevolent expression where his sparkling's reflection should be. Ariel Pax was backing away, the reflected femme moving away aswell. He tried to approach Ariel, but she backed away. "Ariel… what… whatever it is just tell me what's going on… Please…"
Ariel shook her head, backing farther away. Her optics were welling, even dripping liquid. Red Alert moved toward the scene, and at seeing what was going on moved in front of Ariel defensively, "You have to tell him. Please…" He turned her around and forced her to look him in the optics.
"Reddy I can't…"
Optimus took a step foreword, at the movement Ariel struggled in Red Alert's grip, trying to get away from him. "Ariel… Please… Tell me what it is…"
She looked into his optics fearfully, breaking Red Alert's grip suddenly. Jumping away, running away, "No! I can't! Don't you dare tell him Red Alert!"
As soon as she was out of sight Optimus turned to Red Alert, "Tell me what's going on with her right now."
"I'm sorry Sir. I can't betray Ariel's trust. She'll tell you when she's ready."
Optimus followed in the direction Ariel had gone, glancing back at Red Alert, "She's like Elita-1 Red Alert; she isn't going to talk about a problem unless the discussion is forced."
He found Ariel hugging her knees under a rock shelf; a pool of water showing a standing white femme. Optimus moved slowly near her, whispering, "Please Ariel; just tell me what's wrong."
She took in a deep breath, failing to hold back the liquid streaming down her face. "I'm not… I'm not you're sparkling."
"Wha-? What are you talking about Ariel Pax?"
"I'm not who you think I am. I'm just… I'm not… I'm not Ariel!"
"Ariel Pax? Sweetheart… what's wrong with you? Of course you're-"
"No I'm not! Optimus… The real Ariel Pax died in a battle of Iacon when she was a sparkling!"
"Ariel… what…?"
Ariel folded up closer in her little ball, looking to the reflection; it nodded, it was time.
—Flashback—
The small sparkling Ariel Pax looked down the chasm at the small light far below her; leaning over the edge farther than she should've, whispering, "Primus; please stop the grown-ups from fighting. I don't like all this war. And I don't wanna lose my Demority and my Comility. They're in the war every day-" A tremor shook her right off the walk, sending her crashing toward the ground.
She laid in a pool of her own meck fluid, broken bits of her metal spread around her; a golden glowing orb floating nearby her body. A trickle of meck fluid dripped down to touch the orb's edge, causing it to glimmer. A blinding light shone for a moment, and when it faded she was back to normal. She jumped and looked at herself in disbelief, then looked up at the globe, "What-… What am I? I… What happened? Primus!"
A god-like voice boomed soothingly from the orb, "Ariel; to save you I had to merge your spark with one of my servants' sparks. Don't be frightened little one, all will be well now."
—End Flashback—
Ariel curled up into an even closer ball, scraping her own armor. She whispered, "…So you see… I'm not really you're sparkling…"
"Ariel…" Optimus was taken aback; all this time… the femme Elita-1 and he had raised, she wasn't really their little femme? He needed a moment to look inside himself, to decide what to do.
Because all he wanted to do was have his sparkling back.
—Flashback—
Optimus Prime, still looking like he was holding onto his youth, prepared to leave on a mission, knowing full well his second sparkling would be online before he returned. Elita-1 sat up from the recharge berth she was in; unable to move due to weakness from spark-configuration. She smiled feebly, "So much for you being around when this one's created too hum?"
He sat down next to her and pulled her into a gentle hug, "I know Elita. But this war… Primus… Sometime I wish we'd waited to have sparklings…"
"I know; but if we hadn't, we might have never had the chance. Have a little faith Paxie." He winced at her words; using her old nick-name for him brought up a lot of old memories from before the war.
"Demority!" a small Ariel Pax ran into the room, "Wait for me a cycle! Demority! Wait for me…"
She tripped over her own feet, crashing to the ground. Optimus knelt down and picked her up, "Are you alright sweet-heart?"
"Don't leave me. Don't go. You're gonna get hurt!"
He smiled, whispering to her, "I'm going to return; just watch, you'll see Ariel, I'll be back in no time."
"No you won't! Something really bads gonna happen! You're gonna get hurt! I don't wanna lose my Demority…"
He was taken aback, what was she talking about? It was a simple mission, why was she so worried? "Why do you think something's going to go wrong?"
"I saw it! I know it's gonna happen! You're gonna get in a big fight, and this big guy with the purple Autobot insignia is gonna hit you right…" She poked a part of his chest armor that protected his spark, "…There… You're gonna be hit right there, but alota ya's gonna be badly hurt… I don't wanna lose you!" Liquid streamed from her optics, she felt like she was right.
Optimus stood up, shaking his head, "I'm going to be fine. Promise Ariel. Now you be good for Aurora and your Comility. I'll return safely soon." She was so small and scared; he truly wished she didn't have to grow up in this war.
Time passed and a small mech joined Elita-1 and Ariel Pax; they called him Orion Pax II; after his Demority of course. Optimus entered, about to see Orion for the first time. He entered barely recognizable, having had many damaged parts replaced, his face had even been covered by a mask due to the re-formatting. Elita looked at him sorrowfully, and then glanced at Ariel to see if she knew who it was. The small femme walked over to him; shaking her head, "I told you so Demority… But I'm just glad you came back."
He knelt down and picked up the sparkling, "I'll always return Ariel; and I'll always protect you… I promise by Primus… I love you sweetheart" He nuzzled her lovingly, she was his creation, and he intended on keeping his promise.
She didn't answer him, just tugged on his hand, "Common Demority! You've gotta meet Orion Pax II! My little brother! I have a brother!" She chirped, a smile plastered on her tiny face, pulling him fruitlessly toward her creator and sibling.
—End Flashback—
Optimus Prime now looked down at that same femme, an idea suddenly jolted through his systems. He smiled beneath his mask, "Why are you telling me this like this? Are you trying to push me away?"
"Of course not! Optimus; I love you! I love you soooooooo much!"
"Really?" he held back as much of the humor in his voice as he could. "Then I love you too Ariel." She looked up mournfully, and clearly confused, "Did you really think that would change so much? You're my sparkling. That's just how it is."
She smiled, jumping up from the boulder she was sitting on, and hugging Optimus for dear life; crying slightly into his shoulder. Red Alert's voice reached her audios and she looked up, "I told you it wouldn't matter to him."
"Don't start with the "I told you so's" ya stupid Know-it-all." She growled, letting go of Optimus to hug Red Alert.
Her optics began to flicker, dimming as if she was exhausted. Red Alert held her closer to him, "Ariel! Are you alright?"
"Yeah… just… suddenly really tired… Like I haven't recharged in a month…"
Optimus looked at Red Alert suspiciously; it had been one month since the two had bonded, and was still distrustful. Red Alert seemed not to notice, "But you've been sleeping so soundly…"
"I know… but… I just… Feel so drained…" Within a few moments she was off line.
"Ariel!" Red Alert shouted, keeping her from hitting the ground.
The reflection, Destiny, finally spoke, "She's fine; I had to off-line her momentarily so I could talk to the two of you without her."
"Destiny-… why wouldn't you want her online when-?" Red Alert Began
"Because," She began, "…She wouldn't believe what I'm gonna tell you; she didn't really die. When Primus merged our sparks we became part of one another; our sparks gain energy from one another because of it." She paused when Optimus' optics betrayed how lost he was, so she tried a different approach, "When she up-grades into her final body our sparks will become one; a doubled spark. She thinks her spark went out, when it was merely weak when we merged."
"So when she up grades… she won't be Ariel Pax anymore?" Red Alert asked half-frightened.
"No. She will still be Ariel; but at the same time she will be me. We will be both Ariel Pax and Destiny. Either and the same."
Optimus was taken aback, and whispered, "But why didn't you explain to her-?"
"Trust me Optimus. I've tried. However she has little trust for me. Or most mecks for that matter; she even doubts the two of you on occasion."
"She doesn't trust us?"
"Don't be ridiculous Red Alert; she loves you both more than either of you could ever imagine! She's just scared…" She seemed silent a moment, then turned once again to Red Alert, "I want you to check her systems; she's worried about something… and afraid of something. I believe there's something either bothering her that she won't tell even me, or physically wrong with her. Please check her systems for me."
He nodded, pulling Ariel into his arms more closely, and turned to Optimus Prime, "We should get her back to base. She's tired."
Ariel's optics flickered online, and the first thing she realized was that she was in a medbay. She looked around, and saw Red Alert working a scanner nearby. "Reddy? Why am I in here?"
"Destiny wanted to talk to Optimus with you offline; I guess she took a little more energy out of you than she expected, so she asked me to scan your systems and make sure you were alright."
She sat up and glared at him, "You scanned me without even asking!" He jumped; he had never heard her yell with such a dark, spiteful tone. She somehow managed to get to her feet, and tried to storm off, but tripped because her equilibrium was off, she slammed into the floor head-on.
"Ariel! You're systems aren't charged enough to properly-"
"Shut-up! I hate you!" She was seething, and pushed him away.
He looked at her as if she had hit him in the face, "Ariel… what's gotten into you? Are you alright? You're acting so peculiar…" His processors went into sudden over-drive; there were only three logical reasons he could think of for her sudden change in mood.
She suddenly started crying, apologizing for her behavior; whispering to him un-comprehendible gibberish. He shook his head and put his tool-hand over her mouth. "Ariel; please allow me to scan you in a pre-motions variable path."
"You want to scan my spark pattern? Why?"
He pulled her close, not willing to tell her yet exactly what he thought. Her optics went offline, and she started shivering, she was squeezing her side and his hand like she was suddenly in pain. He held her tighter again, "Ariel! Are you okay?"
"Y-yeah… but I feel like… kinda like when I switched forms; being pulled apart and put back together. But this still feels… different…" He gulped; he knew exactly what would cause that kind of pain, but what could be the catalyst? She looked up to him and whispered, "It feels like I'm upgrading… but I can't be… I've still got a cut on my arm…" At seeing the look on his face, she froze, not saying a word.
"The only thing I don't know would be why it seems to be happening so quickly, or what's causing your body to upgrade despite your wounds."
"Reddy… I'm scared… I don't wanna be Destiny…"
"I know… I know… just let me scan you alright?"
"Reddy? Did anyone tell the rest of the base about Destiny?"
"Optimus; and Lazerbeak was spying when you told him, so everyone knows."
"Great… now everyone knows I'm a complete freak of the universe…"
"Sh-sh… here; get up on the med-table, let's scan you and see what's causing this…"
To be continued…
There. Done. Review if you want, my head hurts too much to give a slag.
