:{Optimus POV}:
I felt her lips touch my cheek and froze. No way. There is just no way for her to share the same feelings for him as he does for her. It was just too good to be true. I watched her as she rode into the distance and considering she was wearing black she disappeared almost instantly. I was still in shock at the fact that she kissed my cheek. When I finally got over that small fact I was able to get into my "truck" form to start a long drive back to base.
(time skip to when he's at the base)
When I finally arrive at the base it was 10:48 pm. By this time, all the children should have been at their homes. Should. I arrived at the main room and transformed. As I walked towards the main computer my team watched my every move. "Is something wrong? Why are Jack, Miko, and Rafael still here? Is there a problem that occurred?" I asked.
"Nope Boss Bot." answers Miko." We just asked our parents if we can stay here for tonight. You now like a sleepover." I nodded and started typing on the computer. Optimus could feel that his team wanted to ask him something, but he waited until they asked him that something. After a few minutes of silence, they finally asked him. " Um . . . Optimus?" Asked Arcee. I turned to face her. "You've been gone all day and we were wondering, where have you been?" I visibly stiffened. Looking around I saw that all of them were giving me curious looks. Even Ratchet stopped his work and looked at me. Curious.
I almost lost my cool but my faceplate remained emotionless. I knew the only way to get out of this situation is to lie. I absolutely despise lying. But in this case, I had too. I had to keep me and Darknight a secret. For now. If anyone knew about it, especially Megatron, he would not hesitate to capture her and use her to gain an advantage over me. I had to lie. " I was on patrol through the city and got a little distracted which led to me being late to come back here. I apologize if I made you worry." I lie uncomfortably.
Luckily, they accepted the lie. Soon they left to do whatever they did before I arrived. I turned around and resume typing.
Only to get interrupted by Miko. " Uh, Boss Bot can we talk to you? Privately?" she asked. " I pause for a moment thinking it over. Why did they wish to speak to me? Do they know something? What's gonna happen? Will I be forced to tell them the truth? After a moment I said " I do not see why not, but it is getting late. Perhaps after this private talk, you should all head to bed." "Eye, eye, Boss Bot," said Miko. Then the children turned around and headed to the elevator. I transformed and my haloform stepped out. I ran up the stairs and got into the elevator. We were on the roof in no time.
As we walked by Cliffjumpers grave I hanged my head in silence. Another life sacrificed for this war. For freedom and justice. Freedom and justice. Those two words that seemed to have no meaning to anyone anymore. My thought was interrupted by the children. " Come, take a seat Optimus," said Raf. I did as they asked and sat down in between Raf and Jack with my feet dangling over the edge. There was a nice cool breeze. I relaxed and closed my optics, er . . . eyes. For the first time in a long time, I almost felt at peace. Almost. There was always something off with my day. Even if I spend it with Nightglide and have fun, there will always be a demon. That is like a rule for me. And even though I worry about what is bound to happen, I know that worrying does not stop bad things from happening. It only keeps you from enjoying the good.
They sat in silence for a few minutes. I finally opened my optics. " Why did you bring me here? Did you not want to talk about anything?" I asked looking at the kids. Jack answered me without looking at me. " No, we just needed an excuse to let you relax for a bit. You work so hard all the time, and you don't ask for anything in return. The least we can do is release you from your duties for a short while. To thank you for everything you do, for both Cybertron and Earth." My optics widen a little. I smile and look out into the distance.
This caught the attention of Jack, Miko, and Raf. " Wow, Boss Bot actually smiled! That's a first!" she said loudly. I chuckle. They were dump-folded. I looked at them and smiled my quite famous(when he was Orion) lop-sided smile. This was one of those rare times that I actually show emotion. " . . . Wow, Optimus you should smile more often. I mean seriously . . . " said Jack " Smile for the camera." said Miko as she held up her phone to take a picture. My smile immediately disappeared.
No, I never liked photos. The only thing that I like about them is that they never change. Even if the person in them changes. And I changed. From a cheerful Archivist to a partly depressed Prime. And none noticed. None cared enough anyway. I was not important. Photos remind me of that. I do not wish to partake in any photos of any kind.
I quickly stood up and ran into the elevator closing the doors and leaving the three children behind confused. When the doors open with a ding I swiftly jump the stars taking three at a time and run into my truck. I transformed into my bot mode and quickly walked to my quarters. Once out of the main hall, my walk broke into a jog and before I knew it I was running as fast as my pedes(feet) could carry me.
I skid to a stop in front of the door that led to my quarters. Quickly I put in the code that only I knew to open the door. I ran inside and over to my desk. I looked into one of the drawers that were there. Searching, for something very important. Where is it, where is it, where is it, where i-found it! Quickly I clicked a button on the datapad and it turned on. There on the screen was a photo. It was a photo of me and all of my friends before the war. It was a great time back then. Everyone in the picture I was standing right in the middle between to Ratchet and Rising Dawn. I zoomed in on a particular spot. There, right there, clear as dawn(pun not intended) was him and Rising Dawn, secretly holding hands. It was so clearly seen by me that I was surprised that no one in the photo realized it. I could literally point to the spot where it was and they would not see it.
I zoomed out of the picture and turned off the datapad. Instead of putting it back into the drawer I took it out of I placed it into my subspace and walked out of my quarters, down the hallway, and into the main room. When I walked in the children looked at me. Curiosity was fully seen. I have no dought that they already told their guardians about my little run from the roof.
They watched me as I walked over to the main computer and put my servos(hands) over the keyboard. But right before my digits(fingers) touched it . . . I hesitated. I hesitated because I knew that once I start typing to resume my work, I would have to stop thinking about Nightglide. About the Datapad, about the femme(girl) whom I was once secretly in love with, about my amazing day on skates, even though I got a lot of bruises, I did not want to forget any of this. I signed tiredly hanging my head and dropping my hands on the keyboard. But I did not type anything. My hands just lay there. I remained in that position for a couple minutes before Ratchet spoke up.
" Optimus, are you . . . alright?" he asked. I signed again and raised my head to meet his optics. " I am . . . intact" I replied hesitantly. " That does not answer my question." Ratchet pushed on. I signed once again. " No . . ." I whisper, quietly. " No . . . I am not alright. I . . . miss her." At first, everyone was confused. And I spoke once again. Louder this time. " I miss her Ratchet. I miss her stupid jokes, her mysterious manner, her funny lopsided smile. How she fell sometimes right on top of me after diving down from the air. I miss everything about her." I said. Ratchet was still a bit confused. I took out the datapad from earlier and showed it to him.
His optics widened at the realization of who I was talking about. "Oh Optimus." he signed. "You miss her that much?" I nodded and took the datapad back. While everyone else was confused I was upset. Upset that I could not stop Megatron from capturing her. Upset that I did not spend enough time with her. There were many things that I was upset about, but one stood out more than the others, I was upset at myself. Upset at myself because I fell in love with her. Upset that my spark will most likely be broken if I revealed my feelings to her. I was just upset. And that was it. I looked up from the datapad and looked around. All I see are confused optics and eyes looking at me with one pair of optics that had sympathy in them.
I sigh and walk over to a cybertronian size elevator that took me to the roof. Once on the roof, I sat down and let my emotions take over. In other words, I started to cry. As the tears roll down my faceplate I heard a swishing sound(Like a groundbridge just opened sound) and something transforms behind me, but I don't give a slag. All I want is to be alone. And if not, at least let me be with Nightglide. I hear pede steps coming closer to me. A moment later someone sits right next to me. I raise my head to be met with a feminine figure that has a black mask covering her faceplate. She was black. As black as night if not blacker. All of her except maybe her faceplate was black. What I found most astonishing about her was the two black dragon-like wings on her back. (please just imagine the wings, plus instead of green she's silver and there are no grey parts. Only midnight/onyx black)
She sat down next to me, dangling her feet over the edge. She turned to face me. Almost hesitantly, she reached up and touched what seemed like two pressure points on the side of her mask. The mask transformed and know she had two ear-like things on her head. I was amazed. This femme had a beautiful faceplate. She opened her optics. They were the color black with silver in them.
"Nightglide Is . . . is that you?" I asked hesitantly. She merely nodded, then there was a swishing sound (again groundbridge) under us and we started falling . . . only to land on a soft patch of grass in a new location. I looked up and saw a black with small bits of silver groundbridge closing. I looked at Nightglide. She was looking out into the distance. I looked around and was astonished. We were sitting on a small patch of grass on a high mountain overlooking more mountains and forests. It was sunset and the view was incredible. I looked back at Nightglide. She was still looking into the distance. Then, she began to sing.
( the song below is called i see your monsters, I got it from nightcore, here the linkhttps/m./watch?v=0arvEmH88rU)
" I see your monsters,
I see your pain,
Tell me your problems,
I'll chase them away,
I'll be your lighthouse,
I'll make it okay,
When I see your monsters,
I'll stand there so brave,
And chase them all away,
In the dark we,
We, we, stand apart we, we,
Never see that the things
We need are staring right at us,
You just want to hide, hide, hide,
Never show your smile, smile,
Stand alone,
When you need someone
It's the hardest thing of all,
That you see are the bad, bad,
Bad, memories,
Take your time, and you'll find me,
I see your monsters,
I see your pain,
Tell me your problems,
I'll chase them away,
I'll be your lighthouse,
I'll make it okay,
When I see your monsters,
I'll stand there so brave,
And chase them all away,
I could see the sky, sky, sky,
Beautiful tonight, night,
When you breathe,
Why can't you see
That the clouds are in your head,
I would stay there, there, there,
There'sno need to fear, fear,
And when you need,
To talk it out with someone you can trust,
That you see are the bad, bad, bad, memories,
Take your time,
And you'll find me,
I see your monsters,
I see your pain,
Tell me your problems,
I'll chase them away,
I'll be your lighthouse,
I'll make it okay,
When I see your monsters,
I'll stand there so brave,
And chase them all away,
I'll chase them all away,
You've got the chance to,
See the light,
Even in the darkest night,
An I will be here like you were for me,
So just let me in,
Cause I see your monsters,
I see your pain,
Tell me your problems,
I'll chase them away,
I'll be your lighthouse,
I'll make it okay,
When I see your monsters,
I'll stand there so brave,
I see your monsters,
I see your pain,
Tell me your problems,
I'll chase them away,
I'll be your lighthouse,
I'll make it okay,
When I see your monsters,
I'll stand there so brave,
and chase them all away.
When she was done our faceplates were centimeters apart. Slowly we leaned in and before I knew what was happening our dermas (lips) touched. I tensed at first at the unfamiliar feeling but gave into the feeling and kissed back. She put her servos around my neck to pull me closer to her and I put my servos around her waist We remained like that for a couple of moments before we pulled back.
"So . . . when are you free?" I ask. She chuckles. "Tomorrow silly, but are you free that is the real question. Remember, I'm teaching you how to skate. Don't tell me you already forgot. Sometimes your such an idiot." she said. I chuckle. " Yes, I happened to forget about that, my bad," I say. By this time its already dark. Nightglide smiles mischievously. " Optimus," she says "Look up." I did. And what I say was a sight that I knew I would not forget. Above us, billions upon billions of stars shown brightly. It was a breathtaking sight. "It's beautiful," I say. Then I turn to look at Nightglide. "But they have far to go until anyone could even dream of comparing them to you," I say and nuzzle her. She blushes and nuzzles me back.
After some time, I thought about team Prime. They must be worried sick. As if Nightglide read my mind "You know, your team is probably worried and is searching for you since you literally disappeared from the roof. Do you want me to groundbridge you to the roof?" She said. I nodded. A black with silver portal opened right next to us. I looked at it and then back at Nightglide. "Here," she said giving me a paper with something on it. "My comm frequency. Call me when you need me. Don't hesitate to call for help. I will always answer, I promise." I nodded standing up. She stood up just like me. We walked towards the bridge. Before I walked in I turned around and gave her one last kiss on the lips before entering the bridge behind him.
As I exited the bridge I appeared on the roof of my base. Before the groundbridge closed behind me a piece of paper flew out. I caught it. It had the coordinates of what I assumed to be the place where she lived. When I got into the main room after taking the elevator downstairs I was thankful that no one was there. 'Perhaps they are all recharging (sleeping) in their quarters, I should do the same' I think.
I head into the direction of my quarters. Soon I ended up at the door. I enter and head towards my berth. Slipping into the soft covers of the berth I slowly slip into recharge.
(A/N) So sorry it took so long I had school and all that shit. It took me quite a while to finally publish this. I have been adding little things here and there, re-reading it like a thousand times and all of that. Anyway, ENJOY!