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Chapter 5-Heart to Spark

Sunday Morning

I woke up Sunday morning noticing that my family wasn't around. I felt so hurt by Sides comments. He had no right to say what he did, but I knew that there was something that was bothering him. Nobody, human and mech included lashed out like he did yesterday unless something was bothering them. I was determined to crack his hard, selfish exterior and find out what exactly was going on with him. As I was pondering what I was going to do, Ratchet walked up to me and gave me a kind smile.

"Good morning Leah, did you recharge well?"

I looked up at him and replied, "Yes Ratchet I did. I still am hurt by what Sides said. I especially feel bad for my family. They didn't need to hear that, it was totally uncalled for and what he said hurt us all."

Ratchet put a finger under my chin and tilted my head back so that I could look into his blue optics and said, "You are right, it was totally uncalled for. Optimus spoke with him about his actions yesterday and he was dealt with accordingly. I also threatened him and told him that if he ever said anything like that to you again I would bring out my wrenches and put him in stasis lock for a month."

I smiled and said, "Thanks for sticking up for us Ratchet. Do you think that I can go find Sides so that I can talk to him?"

"I would rather you rested so that I can keep an optic on you, but I think that you both need to talk to each other and clear the air."

Extending his hand to me, I climbed on and he lowered me to the floor. I thanked Ratchet and promised to find him if I needed anything.

Walking out of the medbay I noticed Ironhide polishing his cannons.

I walked up to him and said, "Hey Ironhide, have you seen Sides? I need to talk to him about what he said yesterday. "

Ironhides optics dimmed as he activated his holoform. He looked at me and put a hand on my shoulder and said, "Leah I feel so bad about what he said. He had no right, I would be more than happy to help you keep him in line if he ever said anything like that to you or your family again."

"Thanks Ironhide, that means a lot to me and my family. I would really like to find out what is bothering him and help him if I could. But you know what they say; you can't help those who can't help themselves."

"Very true Leah and I hope you can help him. I don't know if you know a lot about Sides, but he is a twin. His brother's name is Sunstreaker. He has a bond with his twin and he hasn't heard from his twin in quite some time. He knows his twin is alive and out there somewhere but I think Sides misses him. I know he would never admit it to anyone, but maybe you can reach him and help him. I think I saw him over by the hanger recharging earlier."

I nodded and said, "I'm going to try my best. I'm going to go find him and talk to him. Thanks for your advice Ironhide." I gave him a hug and walked away towards the hanger.

Sure enough, Sides was there in the hanger in his vehicle form. "Sides, are you awake? I want to talk to you about yesterday."

Grumbling about being awakened, Sides activated his holoform and said, "What do you want Leah?"

"I just want to let you know that my family and I forgive you about what you said yesterday. I don't know why you lashed out like that, other than I knew something was bothering you. Care to talk about it?"

Sides hung his head and said, "Why are you forgiving me like that? I wanted to hurt you just like I am hurting now. I want others to feel the same pain that I feel."

"Sides, I know that you have a brother. Ironhide told me about him and that you feel a connection to him. I don't know what to say other than I will always be here if you need to talk. You can always talk to me day or night about anything. I don't want to replace your brother in anyway, but I do want to help fill the void by being your friend."

I stood there silently waiting for his reply. I knew that whatever happened in the next few minutes would define our relationship. I saw him silently looking at me, and after a few minutes he finally spoke.

"Leah, I don't know what to say. I don't understand why you want to be my friend after I hurt you like I did last night. I'm sorry for acting like a total aft. I haven't seen my brother in ten of your earth years and although I know he is out there I miss him terribly. I feel like my spark is ripped in half. Not knowing if he is okay tears me apart."

Hearing the anguish in his voice, and seeing his defeated look in his eyes I extended my arms out to him. He saw this and walked towards me and embraced me into a hug. He silently sobbed his whole body shook with all of the pent up emotions that he had stored for who knows how long.

While embraced in the hug I said, "Sides, I can't replace your brother but I can be your friend. I am more than willing to be there for you if you ever need to talk. I don't like to see others hurting, and I try to help if I can. Let me help you."

Sides pulled out of the hug and said, "Leah I want you to help me. You don't know how much better I feel after talking to you. I know I can talk to Optimus or any other autobot but I don't want them to think that I am weak. You see me as I am, and I feel like you can see right into my spark."

I looked at Sides smiling and replied, "Why don't we go see Optimus and let him know we patched things up? I also need to check in with Ratchet. I don't want him having a spark attack if I don't check in with him."

Sides laughed and said, "Yeah, regardless if you are the all spark or not you do not want to face the wrath of the Hatchet."

Deactivating his holoform, Sides transformed. He extened his hand down to me and told me to hop on. I climbed into his hand, and he held me close to his spark. As we walked towards Optimus Prime's office he looked down at me smiled and said, "Thanks Leah, for everything."

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