A few rotation cycles had passed and Orion Pax was staying with Ironhide's creators, Tank and Rusty. They too had been shocked over the new one that was added to their family. After Ironhide left for his job, Orion sat waiting for Ironhide or Ratchet to pick him up.
This time, he would be staying with Rusty and Tank for a whole recharge cycle, not just a few hours. Ironhide had to work the recharge shift and Ratchet was on call, so Ratchet was sleeping at the hospital.
They had just put the sparkling down for recharge; he had put up a fuss, not wanting to fall into recharge until Ironhide or Ratchet were there.
Orion had not slept all the way through the recharge cycle; waking up and crying just a joor after Tank and Rusty had fallen into recharge. Tank was the one to get up and attend to the sparkling who proceeded to cry harder when he couldn't find Ironhide or Ratchet.
Tank took the sparkling out to the living room to comfort the red and blue sparkling.
"Raaa," cried Orion. Coolant tears escaped the small mech's optic sockets as Tank held the sparkling close to his spark. Half a joor had passed before Orion fell back into recharge mumbleing, "Ra," every once in a while.
Tank, after making sure the sparkling would recharge, walked back into the berth room and set Orion in the crib. Tank went into recharge not long after.
The next morning, Orion awoke calling for Ra again. Rusty was the one to wake and take care of the sparkling hoping that Ironhide would come and get his sparkling.
Rusty placed the sparkling on the floor with the toys that Ironhide had dropped off and turned on the Sparkling Educational Channel. After Orion had fallen asleep on the floor against one of the plush toys there was a knock on the door. Rusty went to open it and found his creation, Ironhide.
"Hey Sire, I'm here to pick up Orion." stated Ironhide.
"He's playing on the floor in the living room." stated Rusty.
Ironhide nodded and went to grab little Orion and his toys. Upon entering the main room, Ironhide found little Orion Pax sleeping against his plush toy. Ironhide smiled and placed all of the toys around Orion in the bag and picked up Orion with the plush toy.
Ironhide smiled to his sire with the sparkling in his arms and the toy bag hanging off his servo. "Thanks again."
Rusty waved to his creation, moving back to his apartment.
Ironhide tried to keep Orion in stasis, but to no avail. Orion onlined and panicked before registering that he knew the spark beat of this mech. Looking up to the loving blue optics of Ironhide, Orion smiled and hugged the larger mech. He wasn't quite sure how to pronounce the larger mech's name. Not yet.
Ironhide walked into the apartment that the small family shared. Ratchet was lounging on the couch as Ironhide walked in with Orion. He placed the mechling on the floor and gave him his blanket. Orion looked to the red and white mech watching the news footage of the last rotation cycle and this one's.
"Raaa," stated Orion holding out his blanket to Ratchet. Ratchet looked at the sparkling then back to the vid scream.
"Hey, Ironhide?" asked Ratchet. "Don't you think it's weird that Orion hasn't spoken yet?"
Ironhide came back from Orion's room and sat down on the couch. "I don't know. Pouncer said that his sparkling, Prowl, just started talking. Why is he behind?"
Ratchet shrugged, "Maybe, but his vocal processor seems to be working fine, he makes noises and babbles."
Ironhide leaned back as Orion once again held out his blanket to Ratchet and called, "Raa!"
"Ratchet, do you think maybe hes trying to say your name?" asked Ironhide.
"Ra?" asked Orion holding up his blanket again. Ratchet turned to the sparkling.
"Orion?" asked Ratchet to the sparkling.
"Ra!" stated Orion Pax scooting on his butt closer to the red and white mech's ped appendage.
Ratchet smiled and picked up the small cybertronian, "Awe, aren't you too cute."
Orion smiled to the red and white mech holding him. "Ra!" Ratchet hugged the speaking sparkling.
"Whose that?" asked Ratchet pointing to the large mech sitting right next to him.
"Wide!" stated Orion.
Ironhide smiled to the sparkling; it was close to his name, or close enough.
Ratchet handed the sparkling over to the large mech. "Hold him while I get his energon pill."
Ironhide nodded and watched as Ratchet walked away to get the sparklings medicine. Ratchet came back not too long after; seeing the sparkling looking right at him for he expected the red and white mech to come back.
Ratchet sat on the couch, getting Orion's vitamin ready for him to chew. Getting the sparkling to take the pill was proving rather difficult today. After Orion finally took the pill he looked to Ratchet, waiting.
Ratchet smiled and tried to take the sparkling from Ironhide's grasp. "I'll hold him if you feed him," stated Ironhide, bouncing the sparkling up and down. Ironhide had the sparkling giggling.
Ratchet nodded to his mate and took out his energon feeder. He held the energon feeder up the sparkling's intake. The sparkling latched on and fed.
Ratchet had laid the sparkling down for a nap and went back to the main room to sit with Ironhide until they both fell into recharge.
The next day, Ratchet found the little sparkling curled up in the blanket. Orion was stirring a little but was still in recharge. Ratchet smiled, leaving the room as quietly as he could. He turned on the Vid screen, turning the volume down so just he could hear it.
Nothing had really been going on; that's the conclusion that Ratchet had come to. The same news had been coming on and off the News frequency for some time.
Ratchet had leaned on Ironhide, finding a comfortable place to relax before the sparkling woke from recharge. Ironhide had wrapped his servo around the smaller modeled mech, as they switched to the Prime's address.
"Rrraaa-" could be heard from their berth room. Ironhide smiled to the red and white mech. Ratchet got up from the couch and walked to their room to get Orion.
Ratchet came back into the main room with a sleepy looking sparkling in his servos. Ironhide smiled to the red and white mech, then looked at the sparkling curled up in Ratchet's servos. Ratchet sat next to Ironhide holding Orion so he couldn't roll out of his grasp. Ironhide brushed his servo over Orions helm making the sparkling click, coo, and relax.
Ironhide smiled to the mechling and turned to Ratchet. "Maybe we should find a Sparkling Center, We can't keep handing him off to our creators."
Ratchet nodded, "I know. We can start looking today."
Ironhide nodded and took out a data-pad to look for a Sparkling Center.
Well thank you for waiting so long, though I don't think this is a very good chapter, hopefully the next one is better. Please enjoy!