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Eden POV

The next day, Eden and Saoirse were getting ready for school. Mya had dropped by to visit, even offering to take the girls to school. Eden liked it when Mya visited, cause that usually meant that Ironhide would come out. Eden liked Ironhide—he was nice and, when he came into the house, made sure that there was plenty of stuff to do. Sometimes, when Mama and Daddy weren't around, Ironhide would talk about different kinds of weapons. Eden promised she wouldn't tell her parents, even though Ironhide said he didn't really care if she talked about it or not.

"Girls, are you ready?" Mama called. "Mya's waiting. You'll be late for school!"

"Just a minute!" Saoise called.

"How come you don't visit a lot?" Eden asked.

The school Eden and Saoirse went to was a little far from where the farm was, and sometimes there were tons of cars that made getting to school feel even longer. But that meant there was a little more time to talk.

Eden did like to talk—not as much as Saoirse though.

"I got a new job," Mya said, throwing a smile Eden's way. "Remember?"

Eden nodded. "But I like it when you visit cause Ironhide comes out."

"That's the only reason why you'll talk to me?" Ironhide cried through the radio. "I'm wounded, Prime."

Eden's brows furrowed a little at that. Ironhide and all of Daddy's friends had started calling her, Saoirse, and Orion 'Prime'. That wasn't their last name—their last name was Witwicky.

"Do you guys call us Prime cause of Daddy?" Eden asked.

"Eden, weren't you paying any attention to what Daddy was saying?" Saoirse said. "He's super important, so we're super important."

"Primes are very important to us," Ironhide said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Just think about it this way," Mya said, "it's like being related to a king or something."

Ironhide made a sound that made Eden smile.

Once they were at the school, Mya and Saoirse got out, but Eden said she needed to do something first before getting out. Ironhide told Mya and Saoirse to go, he'd watch over Eden.

"Something's bothering you, right?" he asked.

"It's just...sometimes when I go into Uncle Cade's barn, I see a lot of weird things in the inventions he made." Eden looked down, almost as if she were afraid of something Ironhide would say.

"Weird things?" Eden looked at the radio. Ironhide sounded worried, and that made Eden's stomach twist.

"It's like I can see what's keeping Uncle Cade's inventions alive," she said. "It's not like what you guys have—it's different and sometimes I feel like...I don't know."

Ironhide had been warned of situations like this—the possibilities of Desirée's and Optimus's kids developing powers of some sort. They could've inherited some of the All Spark's power from Desirée.

"Has anything else happened to you?" Ironhide asked.

Eden looked out the window for a moment, squirming nervously in the seat. Even though Eden couldn't see Ironhide's face, she knew he was staring at her—she could feel it.

"Eden," he barked.

Letting out a groan, Eden threw her arms across her chest. "I snuck into Uncle Cade's barn one time and I caused one of his inventions to fall apart."

Ironhide felt confusion rise in him. "Fall apart?"

"I didn't touch it, I swear!" Eden looked at the radio with wide eyes. "I just thought about it looking a little differently and it fell apart."

When Ironhide didn't say anything, Eden felt like her heart weighed a thousand pounds. Uncle Cade seemed a little irked that his invention had fallen apart, but she couldn't bring herself to admit who really caused it. Eden was scared that Ironhide would start yelling at her. No one was allowed in the barn without permission or without Ratchet's assistance. A lot of the inventions in the barn were specially made under Ratchet's supervision, and it wouldn't be smart to have them taken outside.

"I'll take you inside," Ironhide said after a minute. "Get your stuff ready, OK?"

Eden felt her stomach twist. She had never seen Ironhide act like that, and she knew better than to argue with him. Putting her backpack on and climbing out, Eden waited anxiously for Ironhide to follow her out.

"Ironhide?" Mya rushed out and looked between the two of them. "What's wrong?"

"I'll take Eden in." Ironhide glanced over at Eden before leaning in to where Mya was standing and whispering something. Nodding, Mya climbed back into the vehicle, giving Eden a quick goodbye hug.

"Am I in trouble?" Eden asked.

"Why would you be in trouble?"

"You look upset." Eden looked down shamefully. "I shouldn't have told. Now you're mad at me."

"Eden, I'm not mad at you," Ironhide said. "I'm just trying to understand this myself. Everything you all have been through, I can't begin to understand it."

Neither of them said anything for a moment. They didn't really know what to say at that moment.

Mya POV

"She thought of it looking differently and it fell apart?" Mya's brows furrowed at what Ironhide had told her.

"That's what she said." Concern laced Ironhide's voice and that caused Mya to feel worried. "I could ask Ratchet to run some tests on Eden and Saoirse—before anything gets too out of hand."

"Talk to Optimus and Desirée first," Mya sighed. "If Eden's already starting to show signs of developing abilities, they need to know first."

Ironhide let out a sigh and grumbled an agreement.

"Ya know, from what Eden was describing, she could have some kind of psionic ability to control machines," Mya offered.

Ironhide let out a thoughtful grunt.

"Maybe the abilities are different for each of them."

The Holoform activated, a hand being placed gently on Mya's shoulder. Mya looked at Ironhide's Holoform and gave a small smile. They had over a year to develop their relationship, and it was something they truly cherished. Mya couldn't help but find it hilarious that Ironhide still chose to put up that tough-guy façade around the other Autobots—he didn't want them to think he was going soft.

"Let's not worry about that now," Ironhide said, his usually gruff voice sounding strangely gentler.

Mya nodded, placing a hand over his.

QUICKY A/N:

I HOPE THIS UPDATE WAS GOOD AND I APOLOGIZE GREATLY FOR NOT HAVING IT UP SOONER! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WRITE THIS AND FINISH HOMEWORK I'VE BEEN PROCRASTINATING ON SO I'VE BEEN A LITTLE DISTRACTED! BUT I HOPE YOU GUYS FOUND THIS CH. AT LEAST TOLERABLE!

WHEW! I AM SO HAPPY THIS WEEK IS ALMOST OVER. IT FELT LIKE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOREVER AND I JUST NEED A BREAK! WORK AND SCHOOL HAS BEEN MERCILESS ON ME AND IT IS SO HARD TRYING TO FIND THE TIME TO DO HOMEWORK AFTER WORKING AND I AM REALLY STARTING TO GET FRUSTRATED. BUT THAT'S ENOUGH COMPLAINING FROM ME!

SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SUCH A LONG TIME. I'VE BEEN WORKING AND GOING TO SCHOOL SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TRYING TO FIND AN OPENING TO POST NEW CH.'S. I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND. I WON'T BE ABLE TO UPDATE NEW CH.'S AS FREQUENTLY FOR THIS STORY. UNLIKE 'AT LEAST WE MADE IT THIS FAR', I HAD PLENTY OF FREE TIME TO POST MULTIPLE UPDATES IN ONE DAY! FOR THIS STORY, DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WORK AND HOMEWORK I HAVE, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UPDATE NEW CH.'S FOR A COUPLE DAYS, MAYBE A WEEK OR MORE. BUT I'LL TRY AND UPDATE WHENEVER I FIND AN OPENING!

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