Mama's stirring the pot. Getting a lot of good ideas…

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Talida spent the entire ride looking out the window towards the ground below. Fowler was happy to see her doing that as he flew slowly over the Grand Canyon. This was the main point of this. To distract her from events looming over them.

He had heard from June how she only slept at all last night because she cried herself to sleep. And when she did sleep, it was restless. She kept calling for him. Kept crying in her sleep. She was hysterical. Inconsolable even.

"I've always wanted to see the Grand Canyon. I really can't believe you're doing this," Talida said to Fowler.

"Well, it's not everyday you've won all the categories you've competed in during a dance competition," Fowler shrugged, giving her a big goofy smile to try to make her laugh.

"Let's just hope General Bryce doesn't find out," Talida prayed.

"As I said, what he doesn't know won't hurt him," Fowler smirked.

Talida managed a small smile at the remark. From what she heard, General Bryce was an uncaring, unforgiving bastard. One that no one wanted to deal with. Fortunately for Talida, she will probably never have the opportunity to find out herself.

"Hey! There's the South Rim!" Talida gasped.

Fowler allowed himself to wear a full smile on his face for the first time since the trip started. He did what he aimed to do. He got her mind off of everything.

Or so he thought.

She began glancing up at the skies, searching for something specific. She wondered if the Nemesis was hiding behind each cloud she glanced at. It didn't take the government agent long to figure it out.

"We are going to get him back, Talida," Fowler reassured her.

"But how do we know he'll be the same?" Talida wanted to know, "Megatron's planning something and it involves dad. He's gonna be turned against us by him. If the others encounter him in battle, will they have to kill him or the other way around?"

"I may not know a lot of things about the current situation," Fowler chose his words carefully, "But I'm certain about one thing. He may not know who he is. He may not know about the family he has. But he's not the one to give up on family."

"How do you know that?" Talida demanded.

"A few months after I was assigned to the Autobots, when we gained mutual trust, Optimus told me about a child he and Arcee were force to leave on Earth. He knew that there was a chance that their child would want nothing to do with her real family and would want to stay out of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Regardless of what would've happened, he would never give up on his child," Fowler explained, surprising Talida, "That's the thing about fathers, Talida. Fathers never stop loving their children. They will never give up on them. Something you can do in return is never give up on him."

"Please tell me you haven't been spying on me since you were assigned to them," Talida pleaded.

"That's classified," was all Fowler said, "But do you understand my point?"

"I'm never going to give up on him. He'd do the same for me," Talida retorted, "I'm just afraid of what Megatron's going to do to him. And with Airachnid in his ranks and her hatred of mum, I'm almost afraid that she's gonna hurt him to hurt her."

"And normally, you're the fearless one," Fowler joked slightly, "You don't have to be afraid of the worse odds. You just don't have to put too much weight on them. Focus more on the positives. Forget about how challenging the task will be. Focus only on what you want to do. What do you want to do?"

"Find my father, restore his memories and bring him home," Talida answered without a beat.

"Right. So focus on that," Fowler told her.

Talida thought about it. Fowler was right. She was too busy focusing on the fears. She was focusing on the negatives so much, she was neglecting the slight hope. The very slight hope that they will find Optimus and bring him back home.

It was as she said. She will bring her father back.

Or die trying.

Short. But the meds I've been on since my surgery don't exactly agree with me. So I haven't been able to write much because of how sick I've been. Normally, when I'm sick, it's writer heaven for me. However…it's a stomach illness and I'll leave it at that.

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