Transformers the bonds of family chapter 6

(Lauren's POV)

My friend Michelle lost her grandmother to cancer a few years ago; she told me that while she knew it was coming, the death was still said. I always thought in my initial grief after my parents' deaths that they were extremely unlucky. They did not think that they would die that day and it had been unexpected and all because some idiot had an issue with someone else and tried to kill more people than those who were his victims. I had not wanted to take the phone call explaining about what had happened but I did. I was the oldest and felt that I had to be reponsible for my siblings and so far, it had been a rollercoaster ride taking care of them. While the presence of the Autobots and Decepticons did make things more complicated, they were not the main reason for my not being able to sleep.

I got up out of my sleeping bag and suck out of the unused storage room and started walking down the hallway. I did run into Optimus again, this time though I wanted to talk to him. I wasn't sure why but I felt like he would be the only one who would listen and understand what I was feeling at this point.

"Lauren you should be resting now; regardless of the fact that you no longer have a living space, you still need to be awake for school and work tomorrow." he told me.

"I know but I can't sleep." I told him sadly. "I've got a lot on my mind."

Prime seemed to understand "I can sense that young one. Do you wish to talk about it now?"

"Yes, but it's not going to be easy and it might take a while." I said.

Optimus then went to his room with me following close behind. When I had come in he shut the door and he then lifted me up and sat on his berth, finally setting me down on his lap. I took a deep breath then began telling him everything...

(Optimus Prime's POV 3rd person)

The redheaded human girl took a deep breath and began explaining that while things were complicated in her life and the TFs just made it worse, she did like the Autobots and was thankful to Optimus for his and his team's assistance to her and her siblings. "I felt that I shouldn't say anything to anyone because someone like you Optimus deals with a lto of stress and I didn't want to make anything harder for you." she finished, trying not to cry although tears were starting to run down her face.

"Lauren, come here." Optimus Prime said.

Lauren did so and the Autobot leader picked her and let her cry on his shoulder, as though she were a sparkling that needed comfort.

"I c-can't take it; I feel like such a baby." the human girl admitted.

"You are not; it is all right to cry in front of me." Optimus reassured her. "I know you do not think humans would be worth saving; sadly Ironhide doesn't either but I've seen good in them. I know not all humans are like yourself and your brothers and sisters but all of you deserve to choose for yourselves what you do with your lives. Though the situations you find yourself in may be out of your control, only you can decide how you deal with them. It all depends on perspective."

Lauren continued crying for nearly 3 hours while the Autobot leader remained silent. When the human girl was asleep, he walked into the room where her's and her siblings' sleeping bags had been put on the floor, careful not to step on any of them. Optimus slipped the teenager into her empty sleeping bag and put a pillow under her head. He noticed that Kayla, Brandon, and Marcy had awoken.

"Optimus, what happened?" Brandon asked, a bit worried.

"I'm scared of what will happen next." Kayla added.

Marcy did not say anything as for once, she was not in the mood to quote a TV show, movie, etc after all she and her siblings had been through.

"Go back to sleep little ones." Optimus Prime said in a gentle tone of voice. He then played some music from a personal data pad of his, an instrumental piece from Cybertron that was meant to calm younglings, and soon all of the Wilson siblings were sleeping.

Kyle mumbled in his sleep "Good night everybody"

"Rest well children; do not let your hearts be troubled and try to clear your minds." the Autobot leader began saying a blessing "You and your peers are the future of your race and all humans including yourselves will be protected no matter the cost as this world needs those who are kind and think of others before themselves. May your dreams tonight only be filled with wonderful things and may fate treat all of you well in the coming days."

Optimus then left the room, hoping that even if nothing from the siblings' home was salvageable, that they'd be able to find a new one if not with the Autobots, then with someone who cared. Still, he wasn't sure why he would want to take care of them; sure, the others would be of help especially Emerald and Jazz, as they wanted to be parents one day and they would have the experience beforehand but how was he going to handle fights, punishments, teenage angst, limits on cell phone, Internet and TV usage and what would he do if one of the kids was attacked by a fellow human being? Prime sighed. He knew these weren't the only things that came with being a parent and that he would not know if he'd be able to handle it unless he tried. It would be time consuming fighting Megatron and the other Decepticons though. Hopefully, if the kids did decide to live with the Autobots, they'd be able to understand that.

Optimus Prime went into recharge, realizing that the kids would probably understand. Now to ask them if they wanted to be adopted by himself and the other Autobots...