Torn Chapter 6

A/N

I wanted to work more on this story. I hope you enjoy!

Princess of Dreams:

Bonding is the Cybertronian term for marriage. I didn't invent it but I don't know who did. Thank you for such nice reviews!

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FOR KNOCKOUT AND RATCHET! (Sorry! I had a bit of a fangirl moment..)

Autobot Base, Optimus's POV, 11:27 in the Morning

I was sitting in my office while intently reading a datapad. It was about the 13 original Primes before me, when a knock came from the door.

"Come in," I called out as I put down the pad.

I watched as Arcee and BreakDown sat down… I would say nervously. They looked at me and I stared back. I noticed that they were holding servos.

"Hello Arcee, BreakDown. I hope you are enjoy your stay. Let us get to the point. You two have something on your processors."

"It awesome being here," BreakDown spoke up, "and we do have something to tell you. Before the war, Arcee and me were bonded."

I tried to keep the shock in my faceplates down but I knew that my optics were open wide.

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked, not rudely of course.

Arcee answered first. "When the war started, we separated. We want to be once again bonded together."

I did not know what it felt like to be unbounded but I had heard that it is painful and you never are the same again.. I do know how it feels to have your sparkmate die.

"You want me to perform the ceremony?"

"Yes." They answered in unison.

"When would you like your ceremony?"

"As soon as possible, Optimus," Arcee said.

"Okay. Now, I believe that Circuit Breaker has an appointment with Ratchet. It is a deep neurological scan so I recommend that you two take her. You know how she reacted last time."

Both nodded their helms but BreakDown looked confused. Arcee, noticing this, filled him in on what had happened. They got up, said goodbye, and left. I sighed. Poor Circuit extremely disliked this kind of procedure. I grabbed my datapad and continued reading from where I left off.

Circuit Breaker's POV, 12:03

I had been up for a few hours. I still did not want to do the procedure but I knew it was for the best. I stared at the small television in the human area. They were racing cars. I cheered for each of them because I did not want to choose a favorite. It kept my mind off of the subject at hand for a while. I saw BreakDown and Arcee come into the room but I paid no mind to them except for a small wave and an equally small "Hi." Eventually, they dragged me away from the game.

"Come on. You need to go see Ratchet," Arcee said.

"I know, I know. Can I watch a little more? Pretty please with energon on top?"

"No. Your trying to put it off until later. Now."

"Grrrrrr," I said as I followed them into the medbay.

Ratchet already had everything set up. He shifted his gaze up to look at us. He optics studying each bot, and finally landed on me. He wordlessly pointed a berth and I got onto it. My spark parents hugged me and then left. I rolled my optics. I knew that deep down I was a little scared. I mean, who would not be? Somebot is poking around your processor with you never realizing it! The med bot came into my field of vision.

"Lay down," he ordered and I obeyed.

He attached a cable to my helm and just above my spark.

"I'm inducing stasis, now."

After he said those words, my vision started flickering and my head felt like it was swimming. I fell into a deep stasis.

Ratchet's POV

I set the scan the maximum and went off to do some more work. The groundbridge jumped just off of the coordinates last time and I wanted to recalibrate it. After a while, the telltale beep of the scanner told me that it was done. I calmly walked over to the monitor and pulled everything up. The check took a little time but nothing bad came up. I smiled to myself as I deduced stasis. Circuit would be just fine. She woke up a little while later, and started rambling on and on about Ohm. I shook my helm and let myself a small laugh. Circuit finally came to her senses.

"You'll be fine," I said as I ushered her out of the bay. "Just don't hit your helm on anything."

Circuit Breaker's POV

I was relived at Hatchet's news. I still felt a little dizzy but I would be fine. Everyone looked at me with concern, but I simply told them I'm good. I found out that tomorrow Arcee and BreakDown will be bonded again. That really helped lighten my mood.

Time Skip to the Next Day, Circuit Breaker's POV

I was so excited! I had never seen a bonding before but it sounded very interesting. Everyone was assembled together. Optimus was standing in front of everyone with his back to the sunset. It was beautiful with the burning orange throughout the entire sky. Everyone else, including the humans, were standing around in a circle with Arcee and BreakDown kneeling in front of Prime.

"We are gathered here together, today, to bond Arcee and BreakDown," Optimus spoke.

He withdrew the matrix of leadership and touched the top of their helms with it.

"May Primus bless you with a bountiful bond and may it be kept strong through hardships and easy times."

They stood up and faced each other. I watched as their chasis' opened up and revealed their sparks. They took one step towards each other and got into a tight embrace, finishing with a kiss. There was a flash of light as their sparks touched.

"Let us sing the traditional Cybertronian ballad."

Everyone, except for the humans of course, started singing. In a rough translation, it is something like this.

Let us be joined together

To pray for their love

May Primus bless them

May Unicron leave them be

Let their love blossom

Under our gaze

Keep them safe apart and together

Help them build each other up

Without tearing one another down

May they have wisdom

From the 13 Primes

To guide them through

Their lives

Help them keep their sparks whole

Give them peace from the beginning

To the end

It is a very sweet melody. I love it. Arcee and BreakDown walked into the base.

"They will now be locked together for 13 joors. No one is to disturb them. You may be dismissed."

Everyone left, with the humans chattering excitedly to one another about what had happened. They seemed fascinated. I realized that this was the first time any human had ever seen anything like this. I chuckled lightly to myself. I noticed KnockOut was still standing on the edge of the cliff, looking out into the just visible sun. I walked over there as everyone else went inside.

"Hey KnockOut."

He jumped when he heard my voice.

"Hi Circuit. Nice ceremony," he commented nonchalantly.

"Ya," I said as I sat down on the cliff with my pedes hanging off of the edge. He copied me and sat rather close.

He turned to me and I looked into his dark red optics. I noticed that he had an Autobot symbol now. After a few kliks of silence, I looked away. He wrapped his arm around me. It was my turn to jump. This whole situation reminded me of when Ohm and I were sparklings. We used to do this every single night cycle. I felt a tear slide down my faceplate. It still pained me to think about him.

"Shh," KnockOut cooed while wiping the tear away. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I replied looking into his optics again.

"I don't know if you are able to lie to Ratchet, but I can tell your lying. The truth," he said while tipping my helm up a little.

"Just thinking about a fallen friend. We used to do something like this."

"I'm sorry for your loss. Wanna talk about it?"

"Not really," I said as another tear fell.

"It might make you feel better," he said while wiping the tear away.

I took a deep breath. "It was Decepticon scientists who killed him. I was there for his few last moments. He told that he loved me and I responded the same."

KnockOut looked a little hurt.

"Oh no!" I thought. "He loves me."

A/N

Cheesy joke alert! Well, that is a cliffhanger. *Rimshot* Lol!

Please R&R. I hope you enjoyed my description about the bonding. I haven't ever read a story that has that.

JazzGirl221, Out!