And this marks the last chapter of Guess Who? Enjoy!
-Greendogg
The weeks had come and gone, the twins were now six months old. By now they recognized everyone on Team Prime, both humans and autobots.
"Say something already!" said Miko.
"Forget it, Miko…" Arcee told her.
"You and Smokescreen are wasting your time, when the twins are ready to talk, they will." Ratchet explained.
Ever since Miko found out sparklings learned to talk between six to nine months, she had been trying to get Stella and Diesel to talk but wasn't having any success, neither was Smokescreen.
"How long do you think that will take?" Miko asked.
"It could be a few weeks, another month…it's hard to tell when they'll…" Ratchet was then cut off.
"Dada,"
He froze and looked at Stella.
"She talked!"
At that moment everyone stopped what they were doing.
"What happened?" Arcee asked.
"Stella just said her first word." Miko answered.
"Which was…?" Bulkhead wondered.
"Dada," said Stella, as if she was answering his question.
"Well, it shouldn't be too long before Diesel catches up." Said Ratchet.
No sooner did he finish his sentence everyone heard:
"Mama,"
Arcee smiled at her son.
"I think he just did." Said June.
(2 years later)
"Come 'on, Diesel…" Ratchet said, trying to encourage his son to walk.
The orange and white sparkling whimpered as he tried to stand up. Arcee gently nudged him.
"Go on," she said.
Diesel just sat there, looking at his mother. Both Arcee and Ratchet were sitting across of each other trying to help the twins as they attempted to walk.
"Maybe it's too soon," Ratchet sighed.
Agent Fowler who had been watching from the opposite end of the room laughed.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that, Doc." He said and pointed at Diesel.
"He's walking!" Arcee exclaimed.
Sure enough, Diesel was slowly taking his first steps. He went up to Ratchet and nuzzled his cheek. Stella tried to follow her brother but ended up tripping over herself. Arcee kissed the top of her daughter's head.
"You'll get there," she said.
(Eight years later)
"When is Mom coming back?" Diesel asked.
"Soon, she's only been gone for a week." Ratchet replied.
Diesel sighed and left the room. He and his sister were now ten, it was hard to believe how much they grew and changed during that time. After what had seemed like ages, Optimus and Megatron put their differences aside. The two of them came to an agreement and formed a truce between the Autobots and Decepticons. While most of the team had left help with the restoration work on Cybertron, Ratchet and the humans stayed behind. Having not seen his mother in so long, Diesel was eager to find out when she would return. Getting bored, he got up and left the room without saying a word.
After finishing some computer software updates, Ratchet noticed one of the twins was missing!
"Where's your brother?" he asked.
"I don't know," Stella replied.
Ratchet sighed and knew he would have to go look for his son.
"Come 'on," he said, signaling Stella to follow him.
"Diesel, Diesel!" Ratchet called.
He groaned at the thought of his son going somewhere by himself…again.
"Ever since you two were born, your brother's always been wandering off."
"Diesel," Ratchet called again.
"I'm up here," said a meek voice.
"Where?" Stella asked.
"The tree," Diesel replied.
"Tree?!" Ratchet and Stella exclaimed.
Both looked up a large nearby pine tree and sure enough Diesel was hanging from a branch, looking like a kitten who got stuck.
"How did you get up there?" Ratchet asked.
"I…climbed up here?" Diesel said nervously, grinning at his Sire and twin sister.
Ratchet shook his head, why couldn't his son be more like him? Stella was content to do quiet things like her sire, Diesel on the other hand was more adventurous like his mother, even as a newborn sparkling he showed interest in seeing the world around him.
"Get down here," said Ratchet.
"I can't it's too high," Diesel replied.
He slipped and lost his grip.
"Whoa!"
"Got you!" Ratchet called out as he caught his son, breaking his fall.
"S-sorry Dad," Diesel stuttered.
He nuzzled Ratchet's cheek, and his Sire did the same.
"My son," Ratchet sighed before putting him down.
"You all right?"
Diesel nodded, after his latest adventure all he wanted to do now was just spend time with the humans.
Later…
"They've really grown." Said June.
"That they have," Ratchet agreed.
The two of them were watching Diesel and Stella, who were talking with Jack, Miko and Raf. The twins weren't the only ones who had changed, the three humans were no longer in high school but were now young adults.
(2 days later)
"We're back," Bulkhead announced as the entered HQ
"Bulkhead!" Miko shouted and ran up to see him.
"They're back!" said Raf before putting his laptop aside and going to meet up with Bumblebee.
"Everything ok?" Ratchet asked.
Arcee nodded and kissed Ratchet.
"I missed you." she said.
"It was lonely without you here," Ratchet admitted.
"I can see why…so, anything happen while I was gone?" Arcee asked.
"Well…" Ratchet stopped short, when the twins ran up to Arcee.
"Hey you two," Arcee greeted them.
She purred softly as the twins hugged and nuzzled their mother. Arcee couldn't help but smile, remembering the first time she held them when they were sparklings.
"I missed you too."
"Arcee!" Jack called out.
"Hey Jack," she greeted him.
"So…how are things back home?" Ratchet asked.
"There's still a lot of work to do, Wheeljack and Bulkhead are handling construction." Arcee replied.
"And we're just getting started." Said Wheeljack.
"We've been working like dogs all week." Smokescreen added.
"As much as we would like you to see where your Sire and I grew up, Optimus has something in mind for both of you." Arcee announced.
"What's that?" the twins asked.
Ratchet and Arcee smiled at their twins, knowing what they were going to say next.
(Later that day, somewhere in Maine)
"We get to meet the rescue bots?!" Stella asked.
"That is so cool!" said Diesel.
"Yeah, you know what's even better? How'd you like to be on the team?" Heatwave asked.
"Can we?" Diesel asked looking at his parents.
"Sure thing," said Arcee.
"When you're a little older." Ratchet added.
"Optimus thought it would be a good idea for you two be part of a rescue team," said Boulder.
"And he requested that we train you…when you are of age." Chase explained.
"This is gonna be great!" said Blades.
"So…we're not leaving Earth for good?" Diesel asked.
"No, not at all…until Cybertron has been completely restored, we'll still be here." Ratchet answered.
"Phew! Good," Stella sighed.
"Wait, has anyone seen Smokescreen?" Bulkhead asked.
Everyone, human and Autobot looked around and saw a race care shaped blur pass by.
"Not this again," Fowler groaned.
"Some things never change." Said Optimus.
"I'll go get him," Bumblebee offered.
"Wait a second," said Heatwave, holding up his hand.
He looked towards the twins for a moment.
"How'd you two like to help out on a real rescue job?"
"Sure!" Diesel exclaimed.
"What can we do?" Stella asked.
"Help us round up, Smokescreen, will ya? I think someone forgot to tell him about the posted speed limit." Said Heatwave.
And that was the way it happened. Team Prime kept in touch with their human friends, once young adults Diesel and Stella spent the summer Maine with the Rescue bots. Soon, others joined the team, High-Tide, Salvage and Blurr. One thing was certain, this was only the start of one of many adventures that was just around the corner…
THE END…
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