UGH! sorry for the long LONG update.
my laptop decided to crash or whatever it did on me with the next chptrs for this and a whole 2 new stories I was writing.
So I thought it over a lot and decided to just rewrite them.
GRR-ETH! I am so mad at my laptop now! X(
enough of my ranting.
ON WITH ZE STORY! ... where did ze come from?
XD
The autobots didnt know what to think. Just standing there like mindless statues and staring at what was before them. The sparkling did the same with them, looking and staying silent, but umlike the autobots she had a smile plastered on her face.
"W-what is that?" Ratchet asked as he finally broke the silnce and pointed a digit at the sparkling. "We dont know. We were kind of hoping that you would know Ratchet." Bulkhead said but he never removed his gaze from the blue haired sparkling. "Do you have any ideas as to how this happened to her Ratchet?" Optimus asked but Ratchet shook his helm.
"We are not equiped to produce hair like the humans... possibly Starscream and Knock Out mutated her C.N.A with Human D.N.A. but the color... it's so much like..." Ratchet couldnt bring himself to say it but they way the hair sat on the sparkling's shoulders, how it shined, and how bright blue it was, it reminded him and the others of...
"Juliana's." Arcee said and at that name, the room fell dead silent. For who knows how long, the Autobtos stood there in sadness at how their special human was gone forever but with the new sparkling she didnt like the silence and when she saw the energon bottle in Ratchet's servo she started to whine for it.
"Here Bulkhead, you give her the bottle." Ratchet said quickly, not want to really be near the sparkling, and handed off the bottle to the larger mech. Looking down at the bottle, Bulkhead then turned to the sparkling who was already reaching out a servo for her meal. "No way. Here Bee, you feed her." Tossing the bottle to the yellow scout, Bulkhead backed away from the sparkling who was now whining louder now that her food was being tossed around and not to her.
"Me? why do I have to do it? I dont know a thing about sparklings." Bumblebee said as he looked at the sad expressed sparkling. "Then this is the best time to learn." Ratchet said but Bee only shook his helm. "No way. You do it Ratchet." "No. I will not do it. Give it to Arcee then." "Dont even bring me into this Ratchet." "Come on 'Cee. You're a femme, surely you know something about sparklings?"
As the bots bickered amoungst themselves, the sparkling eyed the bottle of energon but as it never came any closer to her she started to cry. At seeing this, Optimus turned to his team to stop their yelling but when a mechanical twisting sound filled all their hearing receptors they turned to the sparkling to see a startling sight.
The sparkling's chest plates were shifting and transforming off her and after a few more twists a metal mass came off her. Once the autobots saw what the metal mass was they all took a step back in horror.
There on the berth with the sparkling stood a creature that with four legs that held four retractable claws, a long tail that flicked in the air, and a helm that had bright yellow optics and fangs. As the creature stared at the autobots, the bots stepped back in fear of the creature.
"What is that thing?!" Bumblebee screamed. "Who cares?! just shoot the thing already!" Bulkhead said but before he could even transform his servo into his blaster, Arcee held him back. "Are you insane Bulk?! You could hit the sparkling!" and Arcee did sport a good point.
Turning away from the autobots, the creature faced the sparkling who wrapped its small arms around its face and held it close. As te creature was smothered by the sparkling's hold, the autobots could hear the creature giving off a sound that was almost like a... purr.
Pointing her servo towards the autobots the sparkling whined loudly and the creature turned to face the bots again with brightly glowing optics. But out of all the autobtos the creature was looking at, it had its optics glued mostly to... Bumblebee.
"Why is that thing staring at me?" the yellow scout asked as his back hit the wall. But no one answered as the creature jumped off the berth and slowly started to walk over towards them. As Ratchet watched the creature he saw that instead of having its attention on Bumblebee, the creature was mostly looking at the energon bottle still in the scout's servo.
"Bumblebee, put the bottle on the floor." Ratchet said as he stepped away from the creature as it passed him. "what?! are you crazy Ratchet? if i do that, i'll have my servo chopped off." Bumblebee shouted but went quiet when the creature stood a mear few feet away from his pedes. When Optimus looked closly at the creature, he saw that Ratchet was right. The creature was only paying its attention to what Bumblebee held and that was the energon bottle.
"It's alright Bumblebee. just slowly put the bottle down." Optimus instructed as he placed his servo on top of the scouts and helped him slowly place the bottle on the floor. Once the bottle was no longer int the scout's servo, the creature picked it up with its long tail and trotted back over to the berth.
Letting out a sigh in relief, everyone watched as the strange creature jumped onto the berth and placed the bottle in front of the sparkling. Letting out a happy squeal, the sparkling held it's chest out and right before the autobots optics, the creature transformed back onto the sparkling. The only signs that it wa sstill there was the barely noticable tail wrapped around the sparkling's neck and the offline optics on her chest.
As the sparkling tried to get ahold of the bottle, Optimus knew that being at such a young age that she would not be able to and walked over to her. "Be careful Optimus. That thing could jump back out." Bulkhead said but as Optimus picked up the sparkling, the only thing that alarmed the Prime was that the creature's yellow optics onlined a moment before turning back off.
Picking up the energon bottle Optimus positioned the sparkling in his arm and gave her the bottle. Latching onto the bottle, the sparkling quickly started to drink the baby-blue liquid with her servos gripping it and Optimus' digits. After a few more seconds, the other Autobots came closer and looked down at the sparkling. "What do you think that creature was Ratchet?" Bumblebee asked. "If I have to guess, I would say it is like a drone; something close to Soundwave's Laserbeak." Ratchet said as he scanned over the sparkling. "But this one is different. Normal drones are just basic A.I's that can be controlled by their masters but this one has a will of it's own."
Almost knowing that it was the center of questioning, the creature flashed on its yellow optics and gave each of the Autobots a glance before offlining them again. "Its protective protocols for the sparkling is extremely high, making it extremely a dangerous thing to be around." Ratchet added as he looked away and crossed his arms.
"... Not that this exciting or anything but... I think it's time for us to go to bed." Bulkhead said as he turned to leave but before he did, everyone could see that he was thinking of how he was going to tell Miko that Juliana was gone. "Bulk has the right idea. Night everyone." Arcee said as she turn to leave but before she did, she stopped by the sparkling. Daring herself to do it, Arcee placed her servo on the sparkling's helm and ran it down the blue hair. What confused Arcee the most was the fact that as her servo ran down the hair, it gave off a bright glimmer off light and Arcee suddenly felt energized.
Shaking her helm, Arcee turned away and left the three remaining mech. Once the femme had left, Bumblebee turned to Optimus and the sparkling. "I... guess... Good night Optimus." The scout said and turned to walk away. Once it was just the Prime and medic left, Optimus saw how Ratchet was still looking away with his arms crossed. Optimus didn't know how, and possibly never would, but he knew what was plaguing Ratchet's mind.
"Ratchet, I know it's hard to accept the fact that Juliana is... gone, but this sparkling is not replacing her. This little one needed a place to stay and it is our duty to protect her and bring her up right." Optimus said but all Ratchet did was give a scoff. "And wasn't that what we were doing for Juliana? Juliana needed a place to stay, so we allowed her to live here. We were practically raising her Optimus, even on her documents she was labeled as your daughter! And we were supposed to protect her but look at the splendid job we did!" Ratchet started to shout and it pained Optimus' spark knowing that what Ratchet was saying was true.
"I know that sparkling needs a place to stay but that doesnt mean I will care for it like i did for Juliana." Ratchet stated but paused when the sparkling whined when the noise around her started to become too loud. When she settled down, Ratchet gave a sigh before turning to leave. "I will be her medic, and medic only. She will come to me when she is hurt and no other reason. I lost one person I cared for already... I am not getting attached to another to lose them as well."
And with that, Ratchet wa sout of the room leaving Optimus all alone with the recharging sparkling. Looking down at the small being in his arms, Optimus could and couldnt believe what Ratchet said. Yes, Ratchet did loose someone who he had grown attached to and true he was the sparkling's medic but... Optimus couldnt understand how Ratchet could just give up on forming any form of friendship or bond with the sparkling.
Seeing that the sparkling was finished with her bottle, Optimus pulled it away and it caused a loud and wet pop to come from the sparkling's mouth. Smiling what seemed to be something he hadnt done in so long, Optimus craddled the sparkling close to his chest plates before walking down the hall to his room. "Do not worry little one. We will protect you and give you the live you deserve."
In the back of the Prime's head, saying thoses words were like making a promise he was determined to keep. Because he had already promised that to another living being... but he was not able to hold it up.
By the time Optimus had reached his room he was in such a daze that he barely even noticed himself opening the door. Walking in, Optimus scanned the room for any form of a resting spot for the sparkling. He had a desk but that was covered in too much paper work, there was the floor but that was not suitable for a sparkling, and then there were a few large boxes he had for whatever reasons needed.
Walking over to a box, Optimus placed the sparkling's blanket inside it and turned it so that it would cover the sparkling's body as well as give her a soft spot to lay on. Slowly lowering his servos into the box, Optimus placed the sparkling inside who only stirred once before falling back asleep. Smiling again, Optimus pushed back a few blue locks of hair that had fallen over the sparkling's face before turning to his berth.
The image of the sparkling's hair filled Optimus' mind to the breaking point. The color reminded him oh so dearly of Juliana but at the same time how did the Decepticons manage to mingle human DNA with their CNA? it was just right down near impossible, but... the sparkling had a full head of blue to show that it happened.
Laying down on his berth, Optimus decided to push that puzzling thought aside until he had a clearer mind to do so. As of now, he was plagued with the image of Juliana's lifeless body laying somewhere on the Nemisis floors or floating in a test tube missing an arm or leg to be tested on in the future.
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Optimus would have stayed in his nightmarish dream world if it had not been for the sparkling's cries for attention. Opening his optics lazily, the Prime turned his helm to the box where he had placed the sparkling for the night and what he saw made him smile once again.
The sparkling was trying to standing up inside the box but since she was so young that she was still unable to hold herself up. Every few seconds the sparkling managed finding herself she up it would only end with her falling back into the box with a squeak.
Standing up from his berth, Optimus walked over to the box to find the sparkling laying on her backside. "Good morning little one." Optimus said as he lifted the sparkling out of the box and cradled her next to his chest.
The sparkling gave a telltale whine that she was hungry while at the same time banging her servo over Optimus chest plates gently. Under normal circumstances, a sparkling's creators would have made an sparkling rich energon for their creation to have but Optimus was not this small sparkling's creator Gaye had no energon for her.
The only place Optimus knew where they could get some energon fitted for a sparkling was in the med-bay that Ratchet had made. Turning to leave Optimus looked down to see that the sparkling was sucking on one of his digits and its fuel tanks were groaning for energon.
"Don't worry little one. We'll find you something energon." Optimus said as he pushed his door open and walked down the halls to the med-bay. It was still much too early for most of Team Prime to wake up but Optimus knew that Ratchet was always first to rise, even before himself and Optimus was an early riser.
As Optimus found his way into the main room, he wasn't surprised to see the older medic at the computers working on one thing or another. Optimus knew that Ratchet had seen him come in but he also knew that he had seen the sparkling in his servos and from last night Ratchet made it perfectly clear that he didnt want anything to do with her.
"Good Morning Ratchet." Optimus said in hope of even getting a glance from his oldest friend. "Hello Optimus, the energon for the sparkling is in the med-bay. I'm very busy so..." Ratchet said not even give the Prime the satisfaction of a glance through his peripheral vision as he typed away at the computers. "I understand, thank you Ratchet." Optimus said as he walked towards the med-bay, his back to the medic.
As the Prime walked slowly away from Ratchet, the medic dared himself to sneak a peak at Optimus. Looking over in the direction Optimus had gone in, Ratchet saw the Prime's back but also... the wide optics of the sparkling. The sparkling was smiling and waving a little servo at him but Ratchet only huffed angrily before turning away and no longer acknowledging her.
Giving off a sad whine, the sparkling turned back to the Prime's face as he entered the med-bay. There on the table was a bottle filled with light blue sparkling energon and as soon as it was in Optimus' servo the sparkling latched her own small servos on the bottle and started to quickly drink the liquid.
"Slow down little one or you will upset your tank." Optimus said as he gave a small tug at the bottle to slow down the sparkling's drinking, which it did. As Optimus was busy feeding the sparkling he didnt even pay attention to the sound of the med-bay doors opening and closing or the sounds of soft pedes coming up behind him.
"Optimus," turning to the owner of the voice, the Prime was met with the shorter form of the blue femme warrior; Arcee. "Yes Arcee, what is it?" The femme only looked at him for a few seconds before turning to the sparkling. "How's she doing?"
The question surprised Optimus but at the same time it didn't. Arcee was a warrior who looked to have no knowledge of caring for a sparkling but Optimus knew that this femme did indeed have a sparkling of her own at one point and when one was a creator the creator protective insticts never went away.
"The sparkling is doing well. Slept through the night with little to no noise." Optimus answered and Arcee nodded as she again ran her servo over the sparkling's odd hair. "We just cant keep calling her sparkling you know?" Arcee stated and Optimus nodded. "True but I am a little rusty at naming sparklings." Optimus said in hopes of lightening the mood the room suddenly had.
"I can help you with that if you want?" Arcee offered with a small smile on her face. "That would be appreciated Arcee." Optimus said as he took away the now empty energon bottle and sat the sparkling up so both he and Arcee could look at her. Both took in how the sparkling was such darker coloring, her purple and blacks, but at how her almost glowing blue hair made her body shine. Her optics were shaped and designed like most of the cons, but they were instead a solid dark blue with white circles as her pupils.
"She's definately not a SunShine." Arcee said as the sparkling took her servo in her smaller ones. "And I believe Chromia wouldn't fit her personality." Optimus stated as he watched the sparkling play with Arcee's digits.
For the longest time, neither the Prime or femme spoke another name but just watched the sparkling. Names were buzzing in their minds but none seemed suitable for her... That was until Arcee came up with one.
"What about Luna?" Arcee said and it made the Prime look at her in surprise. "She looks like a Luna and her colors fit to it." Arcee explained and Optimus could agree. Luna just seemed to be the name for this sparkling.
"Luna... Luna it is then." Optimus said to himself, seeing the name just rolled off the glossa for this sparkling. "Little Luna." Arcee said as she played with Luna's servos. At the sound of the name, the odd creature attatched to Luna's chest onlined its optics for a moment before turning them off. "It appears we are not the only ones who like the name." Optimus said and Arcee nodded with a worried look.
Luna was now the sparkling's name. Now they just needed to worry about that creature attatched to her.
FINALLY!
I finished the chptr!
this took forever to rewrite!
i hope it fills the void i created and i am again sorry for that. sorry about any wrong spells, i am too lazy aftre writting this to go an fix them.
until next time:
Girl Supersonicboy OUT!