Chapter summary: Prowl thought that he was going to regret coming along with the Autobots, that is until he has the honour of meeting a Guardian.
"Hello" Normal talk.
"Hello" Talking through the bond.
"Hello" Com-link/Private Com-link.
"Hello" Thoughts.
Ratchet looked over after he had handed Bulkhead a tool "There you are Prime" he said and saw the new mech "who's this?"
"This is Prowl" Optimus replied as he gestured to Prowl "he's going to be coming along with us since he needs to get back to Cybertron"
"Hm, well you gotta wait for that to happen kid, this assignment is supposed to last a year" Ratchet said.
"I…was not told of the length of time this would take" Prowl replied.
"Ah we'll get you back to Cybertron, don't get your gears in a bind" Ratchet grumbled and handed Bulkhead another tool.
Prowl clenched his jaw a little, but he let it slide since the Medic did look older than him.
"The grump who has one foot in the scrapheap is Ratchet" Bumblebee said with a smirk, he yelped when he was swatted across the helm by said grump.
"I may have one foot in the scrapheap, but I can still hear!" Ratchet replied.
Ome snickered a little.
"This is my friend Bulkhead" Bumblebee said and gestured to the big green mech "say hi 'Bulky"
Bulkhead bumped his helm "Oof! Uh, hey Prowl" he greeted as he rubbed his sore helm.
"Hello" Prowl replied, clearly unimpressed.
"I'm nearly done here, another twenty minutes at most" Bulkhead said.
"Alright" Optimus replied "come with me Prowl, you need to meet one more member of our team"
Prowl gave a nod before he followed him, he noticed the little blue femme following them, Ome was her name if he recalled. He had never seen a Cybertronian as small as her before, perhaps there was a reason for it, stunted growth maybe? He came out of his musings when the three of them approached a large yellow and red Cybertronian ship, it looked quite unassuming, but wait…were those scars?
Normally it could be felt when a Cybertronian's attention was on them if they were in alt mode, but if it wasn't felt it usually meant one of two things, they were in recharge or they were in stasis.
Optimus looked to Ome a little concerned.
But Ome didn't look worried since she could feel from the bond that her Sire had dozed off, she sent a gentle nudge through the bond to rouse him.
Prowl frowned thoughtfully when he could feel the attention on him from the ship, a sentient ship?
"Prowl this is Omega Supreme, he's a Guardian who's allied with us" Optimus said as he gestured to the ship.
Prowl raised his optic ridges in surprise, a Guardian? He had heard about them and knew that they were well-respected in Cybertronian society, he had heard that there were only two left now, looks like has just met one of them "It's an honour to meet you" he said with a bow of his helm.
"Hello Prowl" Omega replied.
"Prowl was found by Ome and Bumblebee, he needs a ride back to Cybertron after our assignment" Optimus informed.
"I see, I don't see an issue with it" Omega replied.
"I'm afraid I do not know much about space-bridges, so I doubt I will be of much help" Prowl admitted.
"You're not the only one" came Omega's slightly amused response "I only know how one works since I had to learn that during training, my daughter doesn't know much about them herself"
Prowl tilted his helm slightly "Daughter?" he asked, was there another ship here that he had missed?
Optimus chuckled slightly "He's referring to Ome here" he replied and gestured down to Ome.
"Oh, I never realised, my apologies" Prowl said to Omega.
"It's alright, she came along for the adventure" Omega replied, his attention moving to his daughter.
Ome smiled and nodded.
"Bulkhead should be done in the next twenty minutes or so" Optimus said.
"No problem" Omega responded.
"Prowl I'll leave you here with Omega and Ome" Optimus said.
Prowl nodded "Very well" he replied.
Optimus headed back to the others.
Ome flew up to sit atop of her Sire's alt mode, near the front view windows.
Omega didn't mind and his attention went back to Prowl "You're a ninja bot aren't you?" he questioned.
Prowl looked a little surprised "Yes I am" he replied "how did you know?"
"I know of another ninja bot that's part of the Elite Guard, Jazz is his name" Omega replied "my brother talks about him sometimes"
Prowl made an educated guess that Omega's brother was the other Guardian "Yes I know Jazz, I have not seen him in quite sometime unfortunately" he said "I assume that your brother is the other Guardian, my apologies I do not know his name"
"His name is Sigma, he's allied with the Elite Guard" Omega replied "there is quite a large age difference between him and I, however we are close"
"How large of an age difference if you don't mind me asking?" Prowl asked, a little curious.
"Ancient and modern" was Ome's cheeky reply, since she was begining to feel more at ease around Prowl, recieving a playful nudge from her Sire through the bond making her giggle.
Prowl looked torn between astonishment and amusement.
"What my daughter means is that I'm the first of the Guardians, I've been around since the Golden Age, Sigma is the youngest" Omega said "there used to be twelve of us"
"Ah, I see" Prowl replied, he honestly hadn't thought that there was anyone left from that era of Cybertron, then again Ratchet was a possibility "I did hear of what happened to most of them, my condolences for your loss"
"I appreciate that" Omega replied "they fought with honour and their sacrifices were not in vain, I'm just glad to have at least two of my family left"
Prowl nodded "Indeed" he said, maybe he wasn't going to regret coming along with the Autobots, Bulkhead and Bumblebee after all.