(A/N) in this chapter, Optimus will be a bit out of character, but that is only because of the fact that I always pictured Optimus as a teen who is no younger than 18 years old. It might seem a little weird, but weird is what I do. Enjoy.
:{Optimus POV}:
"- and to conclude this meeting, the beast will be staying in the Autobots care. Any questions?... Good, dismissed." "Finally." groaned Miko. "It's been hours." "Miko, it's only been one hour. And you ignored everyone most of the time looking at . . . it while it sits on Optimus' lap." said Jack.
"But that thing's awesome! I mean, have you seen its claws," said Miko. "With all due respect, I ask you to stop referring to Nightglide as an 'it'. This 'it' is actually a she." I tune into the conversation after keeping quiet most of the meeting. Miko looks at me. "Cool. That thing has a name!" she said.
I glare at her. She jumps in fear and runs to hide behind Bulkhead. I sigh tiredly. "Please Miko, just refer to her as she or as Nightglide. I do not want another burden on my shoulders right now." I say and walk out of the meeting room. I felt all eyes on me as I exit. I take Nightlgide of my shoulder carefully and hold her up so we come face to face.
"Hey Night, wake up," I say quietly while lightly stroking her tummy. She stirs a little and slowly opens one of her eyes. Raising her head and opening her second eye, she jumps out of my hand and onto my shoulder. She is quite small, as big as a newborn puppy, and sits on my shoulder comfortably. I look down at her and she looks up at me. Deciding to fool around a bit, Night licks my chin. I gasp silently and playfully. "You didn't!" I whisper-yell, faking shock and sounding offended.
She looks up at me and gives me something that can only be described as a gummy smile. I give her a small smile back. By this time everyone has exited the meeting place.
Nightflight looks at me with a mischevious glint in her eyes. This will not end well. She jumps off my shoulder and transforms into a big version of herself. She roars and flies up into the sky spooking everyone. Nightglide dives down, aiming at me. I quickly duck and roll out of the way as she comes crashing down.
Standing up, she sees me standing not too far away. She pounced and pinned me down, roaring in my face. When she stops, I surprise everyone by merely smiling in response. She gets off me and I stand up, dusting myself off.
Looking up, I see everyone staring at me. The corners of my mouth twitch, almost making me smile. "Now that that is settled, I believe that we have a base to get back too, Agent Fowler?" I say.
He snaps out of his trance and walks towards two helicopters. Opening the doors and letting everyone enter the one that will take us to base. After everyone got in, Fowler looks at me expectantly. "Yes, sorry but I am afraid I cannot join you on your trip. I will be riding with Nighglide here." I say gesturing to the black creature standing next to me. He nods and closes the door. I watch as they lift up and fly in the direction of the base. I smile.
Turning to face Nightglide, I see her sitting there. I walk towards her. She bends down to allow me to "saddle" her. Sitting down, I hold on and nod, signaling that I am ready.
She spreads her wings and with one big flap, we are off the ground by twenty feet. Flying in the direction of the base at what seemed like the speed of light, we quickly caught up to the others in the helicopter. Nightglide slowed down so we could fly next to them.
I smile a lopsided smile. Over the loud spinning blades of the helicopter, I hear someone yell something along the lines of 'OH MY GOD! OPTIMUS IS FLYING! WHERE CAN I SIGN UP TO DO THE SAME' Most likely Miko.
"Hold on," said Nightglide. I do what she says. I grab onto her neck as she shoots up at amazing speeds. I scream. Not in fright, but in joy.
We passed over dozens of clouds and just as we were about to break the atmosphere, Nightglide stops flapping and freezes in place. We fly up a little more before starting to descend. I loosen my grip and decide to do something I thought I'd never do. I jumped off Nightglide.
I laugh in pure joy as I pick up speed, descending faster and faster by the second. Nightglide dives right next to me. I look at her and smile my lopsided smile. She gives me a gummy smile in return. I look down, towards the ground, to see it fast approaching. We dive past the helicopter, and at the last possible millisecond, I hop on Nightglide and she extends her wings, shooting up.
In no time, we arrived at the base. We glided around a bit, waiting for the helicopter to fly away before we landed. I got off of Nightglide to let her transform before we were bombarded with questions from Miko.
"That was awesome! How did you do that? Why did you jump off her? Can I do the same? Can you do it again? Can I record it this time? Can y-" "If none of you mind, I would like to take Nightglide on a tour of our base. Come Nightglide," I interrupted Miko and started walking towards the elevator. Instead of going into it, I glitched and reappeared in my real body.!Transforming, I see a black and silver hole appear that and Nightglide flew out of.
She carefully landed on my shoulder and I proceeded down the hallway. We passed the energon chamber along with everyone's quarters while I was explaining where everything was located.
After what seemed like hours, we made it back to the command center. By that time, everyone was there. Ratchet was at one of the computers, working. Miko, Jack, and Raf were at the human area, conversating with their guardians. I walked over to the main computer and started working.
Nightglide assisted me and pointed out a few things that I had missed. I nodded thanks to her each time, keeping my face stoic. Mostly we worked in silence, enjoying each others company. We got really caught up in work that we ignored everything around us. We did not notice the children leave home. We did not notice their guardians coming back to base after dropping their charges off. We did not notice them leaving for the hallway, planning to go into recharge. We forgot the world around us existed and focused mainly on our work, having a few conversations over a private commlink that contained only the two of us.
After what seemed like only a couple minutes, Ratchet tapped me on the shoulder. I turned to face him. "Optimus, you do know that you need to go to your berth, right?" He asked. I nod. "Of course, but what about Nightglide? Were will she recharge?" I say.
"Well, since we don't have enough rooms, I hope you don't mind her sleeping with you," said Ratxhet. I look at Nightglide and she nods. "I guess we are going to be roommates, huh Nightglide?" I ask. She smiles and nods.
We start walking down the hall to my, our, quarters. Entering the room, I reach a hand up to my shoulder. Nightglide climbs onto it as I walk towards my berth. Laying down, I put Nightglide on my chest.
She curls up and yawns. "Goodnight, burdened," she whispered before falling into a peace dull recharge. I nod and close my optics, letting myself join my friend in the realm of recharge(that's made up).
A/N look, I know that I have not updated in what seems like centuries, and I dont have an excuse. So threaten me all you want, its hard for me to get off my lazy aft and actually write something. Again, sorry for the super long wait, and have a good new year.