Chapter 6:
Man's Autobot's Best Friend
Disclaimer : Don't Own. Am broke.
Pairing : If I say Ironhide/Spike the Golden would it be wrong?
Rating: PG-13 for Violence and Death
Summary : Spike the golden loved Ironhide more than cats love catnip.
Author's Note/Warning : Please don't hate me, Ironhide is too sad to protect me from flaming.
Spike had not known any better when he had jumped free of his chain and raced out into the middle of the torn up street. He hadn't known that the modified mustang police cruiser was not going to stop for a barking and growling golden retriever.
It was one of the few time in Ironhide's long existence of being a soldier that he had been caught off guard. Frenzy had been able to get at him before Barricade had transformed.
Ironhide knew how heavy Spike was he had taken measurements frequently monitoring it for hidden traps; for a reason why his family had fallen in love with the golden haired rodent. However he didn't think Spike could be thrown across three lawns and land violently into a backyard shed.
Ironhide had not realized how much he actually liked the rodent dog until that moment when he couldn't sense it's heartbeat any longer. His jealousy towards Spike turned into revenge. His optics turned red and he went at Barricade with so much fury that if it was possible he would have wiped the sarcastic little smirk off of Barricade's face.
At the end of the day Ironhide had another military victory, however emotionally he was defeated.
For the first time in twelve years Annabelle had come knocking at his back door. But this time it wasn't to comfort her, it was to help him. She cried silently in his back seat allowing him not to feel bad for letting a few oily tears fall.
Optimus was worried about him and the consequences of the damages he had caused as usual. Ratchet gave him some doc-to-bot speech about not hiding his emotions inside of him for so long. Bumblebee was the only Autobot who understood how he felt, it was an unspoken truth that he would react the same way if anyone hurt his family.
The humans didn't really know how to react. He could understand that they were surprised at his reaction since he had never shown anything but hatred for the dog. However their silent touches and salty tears made him realize how much of an influence earth and her inhabitants had had on him.
Note cont'd: There is a reason for this chapter, Ironhide required a little hurt/comfort so I created the hurt, you all better know by now who the comfort is going to come from. Update will come soon.