Transformers: the bonds of family chapter 7
The next morning, Optimus had walked into the room just as the Wilson siblings had woken up. He smiled, guessing correctly that the kids had slept well.
"Optimus, I need to go to the bathroom!" Brandon insisted.
"I do too!" Marcy added.
"There is a refueling station not too far from here; Bumblebee can take you there to relieve yourselves." Optimus Prime told them.
Marcy and Brandon quickly slipped their shoes on and ran towards Bumblebee when he appeared outside of the room in vehicle mode.
"Does anybody else have to go?" the Autobot scout asked.
The other kids said yes they did and while Marcy, Brandon, Darcy, and Terry rode with Bumblebee to the gas station, Ironhide took Lisa, Kayla, Kyle and Lauren and followed behind them.
"He had to ask." Ratchet sighed. "Still, it can't be helped that humans get rid of their body waste differently than we do."
"Indeed my friend." Optimus replied.
"Well, what are they going to eat for breakfast?" Emerald wanted to know.
"There are places in town they can go." Jazz answered his sparkmate reassuringly.
"Well whoever is taking them shouldn't take them to a fast food restaurant; there are many things in those food items that are bad for human consumption." Ratchet informed them.
Soon the siblings came back to change into clean outfits and after doing so, were prepared to go to school. Emerald drove them, with Jazz and Ironhide coming along just in case the 'Cons had figured out that the kids had actually survived.
(Optimus Prime's personal log entry)
It's been a very rough day but it seems to have worked out in the end. When the other human children were released from school, I immediately made Jazz go to Lauren's place of work in order to ensure her safety and her siblings came with me to what remained of their home. Ratchet was searching through the rubble but had not found much that was salvageable save for some boxes of photographs and a silver heart shaped locket that had the phrase "To Anita, from Edward" written on the front. Inside was a picture of 2 human adults on what I assumed was their wedding day and behind that picture, one of all 8 Wilson siblings.
Darcy could not believe it. "Dad gave that to Mom for her birthday 2 months before they died." She said sadly. "I just can't believe it and those boxes of photos actually survived whatever explosives the 'cons used."
"Perhaps there is a reason for those things being salvageable whereas everything else was not." Emerald commented. "Unfortunately, I couldn't say what it is."
"Indeed that is true." I agreed with her.
The children had returned with us to the ship after getting food from Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner when the emergency call came in; the town was in chaos due to Megatron's troops launching a full scale attack.
"I can't believe this; it's my fault for taking us out to the park and meeting the Autobots." Lauren groaned. "They're looking for us."
"Lauren, please do not take the blame for another's actions." I told her. "You and your siblings are safe here and we intend to keep the rest of the humans in your town safe as well no matter the cost."
"We know Optimus." Lisa replied. "We just hope everything turns out okay."
"We all do." Jazz said. "Prime, we need to head out now!"
"Autobots transform and roll out!" I told my team. "Ratchet, keep the children safe please."
He agreed to do so and the rest of us headed for the battlefield, not sure of what would happen next…
(Emerald's POV)
Maybe it was the fact that Blackout was being a jerk since he was known to hate femmes or maybe it was because I would be considered a feminist by human standards but I had given him one of the toughest fights of his existence.
"I swear I'll get you next time." He groaned when I had finished him.
I immediately began helping humans get out of the way of the rest of us and came upon a human couple, one of whom was in distress.
"She's having our baby!" her husband informed me. "We need to get to the hospital fast!"
I transformed into my alternate mode and then opened the doors so that they could get in and sped towards the human medical center and dropped them off, thankfully just in time. I would not have wanted to explain to Optimus a big mess of who knew what all over my front seat. I then went back to the site of battle to see if anything else needed to be done.
The battle lasted maybe 2 hours at the most, ending when most of the Decepticons were injured and had to retreat. Humans had been injured as well but I returned to the ship so that Ratchet could go out and help transport them to the nearest hospitals. It was the least he could do as he told us all an hour later after Optimus had apologized to news reporters for our part in the destruction of the downtown area and informed everyone that they and their loved ones would be in his prayers tonight. The Wilson siblings began praying as well; it was all we could do right now...