Transformers the bonds of family chapter 8
5 days had gone by and Optimus Prime had reason to feel happy. The humans had agreed to help the Autobots renovate an old military hanger into a base and the Wilson siblings had expressed an interest in staying with the Autobots. Whether the human government would allow it would be another thing entirely.
"Optimus, is there any difference between a spark and a human heart?" Darcy asked him, interrupting the leader's thoughts.
"Other than different physical makeup, no." he replied.
"All right then." Darcy continued writing down notes about what she had learned about the Autobots so far.
The Prime couldn't help but smile at her curiosity; the 9 year old girl, along with her twin and older siblings, was slowing warming up to the Autobots so to speak and starting to consider them friends- no family. Then again, it was tradition that a Prime was to take care of those young ones who could not take care of themselves and Optimus had once done volunteer work at a sparkling nursery before the war started. After it had, he switched to doing his new duty of leading the Autobots in the fight for freedom and had seemingly forgotten about this tradition until the night after the Decepticon attack on the town of Lanceville, Washington when he had begun to dream.
"Optimus, we know of your fondness for young ones. The Wilson siblings need you." Solus Prime had explained in that said dream.
Optimus could no longer deny it; his spark seemed bent on having a bond with the human children, even with the risks involved, and he replied "I will take care of all of them even though it will be difficult in addition to my other duties."
He was then woken up by Kayla saying "Optimus, I had a nightmare. May I sleep with you?"
"Of course you may." Optimus Prime replied, lifting her up onto his chest and making sure the blanket was pulled over her.
Soon the other Wilson siblings had slowly climbed onto him after he had fallen into recharge again and the Autobot leader unconsciously put them in better sleeping positions so that they would not fall. When they had woken up in the morning, Ironhide had joked "Prime, don't go too soft on us."
Optimus laughed it off and told him "Love isn't a source of weakness my friend; rather it is a source of strength, one that the Decepticons could never understand"
Several weeks later, the base was completed and the Autobots were able to move into it. Optimus had signed papers and was soon granted legal custody of the human children he had grown attached to. Now it was about 2 days after everyone had moved in and gotten settled in and the Autobot leader was telling the kids all about Elita One.
"Is she a carbon copy of you?" Lisa asked sounding confused.
"Certainly not; she can be a bit more strict than I tend to be and very skilled when it comes to fighting on the battlefiled yet is also compassionate to those who need her help." Optimus Prime smiled, getting nonstalgic as he said that.
When he had finished telling the story, all 8 of the Wilson siblings were tired.
"Kids, you need recharge; you're going to school tomorrow you know." Ironhide pointed out.
"We're not sleep yet." Brandon said, yawing in the middle of his sentence.
"Your actions and my scans suggest otherwise." Ratchet told the kids.
Needless to say, none of the Wilson siblings put up an argument after that but they did fall asleep and Optimus picked them up and walked down the hallway where the human living space was and began to gently set them down into their beds in their own rooms. First to be tucked in was Brandon; his room had a few pictures of his favorite cartoon characters on the walls in addition to a bin of toys that had been donated to him and his siblings buy several parishioners of the church they attended.
Optimus shifted the other sleeping human children into his other arm and used one hadn to put Brandon into his bed and tuck him in. "Good night." the youngest boy muttered in his sleep.
"Good night little one; the day will come when you are able to learn what your older siblings have learned." the Autobot leader said a small blessing and put a metal finger on the boy's chest, feeling the latter's heartbeat. While Optimus did know the kids would be fine he still worried quite a bit as they would not live as long as the Autobots would but the time he would have with them would be enjoyable.
Though the rest of the siblings didn't say anything in their sleep as they were tucked in in their rooms, one by one and youngest to oldest, Optimus Prime still said a blessing to each of them when they had been tucked in. He had now slipped a shivering Kayla into her bed and put a blanket over her. "Good night Kayla; may you always have faith that things will be fine even in the worst situations."
The blessings Optimus said to the other kids were the following:
To Marcy-"Although most the stories you enjoy reading and seeing are fiction,the ability to compare those to real life situations may help you find a way to deal with those thing but remember this; my love for you and your siblings is real."
To Darcy-"Although science helps us understand many things, it can not explain everything. Perhaps someday you will be able to learn this."
To Lisa-"Do not worry about the negative things that others may say as it depends on what you think and do to either prove them right or prove them wrong."
To Kyle-"may you always remember that the other members of any team, whether they play a sport or do other things, must be given credit just as the star player is".
To Terry-"Whatever you wish to do with your life is your own choice; I hope that someday you will be able to find yourself."
To Lauren-"Remember that when you lead those you care about it can be a burden but they help to bear it with you. May you always be a good influence on others."
Now the Autobot leader was back in his own quarters; the rest of his team had gone into recharge save for Emerald and Bumblebee who had opted to patrol and keep a watch for the Decepticons. Optimus began wondering just a little whether Elita would like or hate the Wilson siblings. He then went into recharge himself, thinking that it may or may not be possible for his sparkmate to join him on Earth but he would wait to see what happened and deal with everything one day at a time...