My brilliant plan worked! You all did a great job of paying the ransom and so I give you what you have been wanting. Thanks everyone who reviewed and understood the whole thing as nothing more then a joke. To the people who took it seriously... well I am sorry that you have no since of humor. I wish you luck in finding some.
This chapter was beta'ed by Mrs. Bumblebee so fall down on your knees and show how much you lover her. ^_^
Now that is all I am going to say on that because I don't want to think about it anymore. So lets get moving with the story, I know that everyone is dying to see what cuteness the sparkling is going to dish out today.
The next several weeks passed quickly and every day both Optimus and Ironhide felt there bond to the sparkling grow stronger and stronger. While there hadn't been anymore major problems with old memories trying to come out they had still seen small moments of Sam from the little one. Today was going to be an important day for the sparkling since Optimus and Ironhide where going to introduce him to the humans who worked on the base.
They had been keeping him away from them since they didn't know how he would react to them or they to him. But they figured that today would be best since Will was coming back and he was most likely not going to scare the sparkling.
"Is it here yet?" The sparkling asked.
Optimus looked over to where the little one was sitting on Ironhide's shoulder. He was bouncing up and down and kicking his feet excitedly.
"Not yet little one, and say 'him' not 'it.'" Optimus told him.
"They are people like us so they deserve the same respect." Ironhide added.
The sparkling nodded his head and turned his attention back to the opening of the hanger they were in.
"What are they like?" He asked.
"Humans? They are much like us only they are organic not mechanical." Optimus told him.
"They are also very fragile so you must be gentle with them." Ironhide said.
"Is he here yet?" The sparkling asked again.
They both laughed and shook their heads. The minutes passed and the sparkling became more and more excited wanting to see what a human looked like. Finally they heard the sound of tires screeching to a halt and the sound of doors closing.
"Is it him!? Is it him!?" He asked almost jumping off Ironhide's shoulder.
"Yes little one but calm down." Ironhide said grabbing hold of the sparkling.
The small door used by the humans opened letting in the mid day sun light. In the door way where two figures one was Will and the other was Epps. Neither Ironhide nor Optimus where concerned about Epps since he was just as friendly as Will.
"Hey there Optimus, Ironhide. Long time." Will called up to them.
"Greetings Captain." Optimus replied.
"Hello Will." Ironhide said. "There is someone we would like you to meet."
"Really? Who?" He asked.
Ironhide sat the sparkling gently on the ground and saw that now Will was there he seemed very shy about going to see him. He tried to hide behind Ironhide's leg but the large 'bot moved his foot and used it to nudge him forward.
"Hello, Who are you?" Will asked with a smile.
The sparkling clicked unsure and looked back up at Ironhide and Optimus. They both nodded with smiles on showing him that it was ok to talk to him.
"H...hi." He said quietly.
"Where did you come from?" He asked.
"From my creators." He said pointing back at Ironhide and Optimus.
Will looked up at the two mechs and they both saw curiosity in his eyes.
"Do you have a name?" Will asked.
The sparkling shook his head. "No... But I want one." He said.
"If you don't have a name what does everyone call you?" Will asked.
"They call me sparkling or little one." He answered.
The shuffling of Epps's boots caught the sparkling's attention and he looked at him with wide optics.
"Are you human too?" He asked Epps.
"Uh... Yeah I am." Epps answered.
"But you don't look like the other one, you're color is funny." He said.
"Little one that is not something you bring up like that." Optimus scolded.
"I am sorry." He said hanging his head sadly.
"Hey it's alright little guy, I don't mind." Epps said.
He came closer and put his hand on the sparkling's shoulder. He jumped a little at the strange contact but didn't move he took the hand in his own and started looking it over with wide eyed fascination.
"You are so squishy." The sparkling said.
Will laughed hard.
"See Epps I told you that you need to cut back on the donuts." He said between breaths.
"He wasn't talking about that." Epps said punching Will in the shoulder.
The sparkling watched as the two of them kept punching each other and he got confused.
"Why are they hitting each other?" He asked.
Ironhide knelt down next to the sparkling while he answered his question.
"Some humans and Autobots show their friendship by pretending to fight with each other. Like when Ratchet hits us with his wrench."
The sparkling nodded as he started to understand.
"But does that mean Ratchet doesn't like me?" He asked a little sad. "He never does it to me."
"Of course Ratchet likes you little one. You are just too young for him to treat the same way." Optimus said.
"Oh." Was the reply.
"Why don't you take him back to the rec room Ironhide, there will be more time for him to meet our friends later." Optimus said.
Ironhide nodded his head and picked up the sparkling and started heading off. Once they were out of the hanger Optimus turned his head back down to Will and Epps who had finished their small wrestling match.
"Optimus please tell me the truth. Is that the guy I found in my bathroom a month ago?" Will asked.
Optimus sighed.
"Yes Captain that is him." He answered.
"Alright so then do you guys know what happened to Sam? I can't keep lying to his parents. It was hard enough trying to convince them that he is working on something here they won't buy it for much longer." Will said.
"I know Will and thank you for talking with them. To answer your question we do know what happened to Sam." Optimus said.
"Well where is the little guy?" Epps asked.
"He just left with Ironhide." Optimus told them.
Both Will's and Epps's eyes grew wide.
"Wow, wait. Are you telling us that the little baby thing... is SAM!" Will asked.
"How is that even possible?" Epps asked.
"We believe that the AllSpark was involved. We think that some of its energy stored its self inside his body and was activated by the storm that was going that night." Optimus said.
"Great that is just perfect." Will said throwing his arms in the air. "What am I suppose to tell his parents?"
"We will think of something Captain." Optimus said trying to sooth him.
Will laughed skeptically and started walking off talking about crazy alien robot magic. Epps followed close behind. Optimus let out a sigh as the door closed leaving him alone in the hanger.
Sorry it isn't longer I really did try but I can only go as far as the rabbits take me. I hope that this will keep you guys happy until the next one comes out. I will try and make it longer.