Chapter 5
Author's note: I'm sorry about forgetting to describe Crystal's human form; she is a blond, as opposed to Peaches' human form, that of a brunette.
Peaches once again seemed to be somewhere that she didn't expect to be; the beach on Diego Garcia was the location this time around and she was in her human mode as she had recharged in that form. "My god, I miss this place." She muttered.
"You're not the only one." Someone said.
She turned around and saw a certain other blue mech she had known for a while. "Jolt!" she shouted, her optics filling with tears of both sadness and happiness.
"Peach, I'm not here to touch." He stated. "I miss you a lot too; you're the first best friend that I've ever had."
"How did you know I was going to say that I miss you?" the Pretender asked, slightly surprised.
"It's because I know you too well." Jolt replied.
Peaches then seemed to slip out of her dream world, crying out for her best friend…
The orange and red femme was being shaken by Aaron, who had told her that they had arrived at NEST base. She then got Abby and Crystal out of Sideways so that he could transform into robot mode. She herself transformed to her said robot form and then led the kids to her family's quarters, where the toddler beds for the 2 youngest were set up once more. I thought no one was here to set those up, Peaches thought.
"Peaches!" someone shouted.
Peaches turned around; it was Ashley, her best human friend, who had just walked into the room. "You've finally returned!" the Pretender shouted excitedly. She then saw a certain white dog and heard it barking. "Snowball!"
The dog ran up to her mistress, who immediately started gently petting her with one hand.
"Wait, how did you-" Peaches was surprised.
"Let's just say Sideways pulled a few strings so that I could return to my job here." Ashley replied.
Optimus Prime had now walked in after helping Ratchet and Sideways get the hatchlings out of his trailer. He had heard everything. "Welcome back Ashley; how is your mother doing?" he inquired.
"She's fine." the human woman replied. "She's been in remission for a while and now that Tanya's going to go to a boarding school for talented kids in the fall, my dad can take of my mom and not get so stressed out, except when it comes to the money and making sure that whoever takes care of my little sister does a good job but we will manage."
The Autobot leader smiled. He had to wonder how Sideways had done it but decided to save his questions about it for later when he and his teammates were not in need of recharge.
Soon enough everyone, even Peaches, was settled down for a good night's sleep if you will. The Pretender herself soon found that she would be surprised at the next thing she would show Optimus through a bond dream.
Author's note: still having a bit of writer's block so no idea when I'll get the next chapter up. Sorry.