Elita's arrival chapter 4
The very next day after attending church and Sunday school, the Wilson siblings opted to take Elita into the woods behind the base. She agreed and while watching the kids kept her sensors on high alert in case the Decepticons were up to something.
It turned out that she was right; a shot rang out, sending all 8 Wilson siblings scattering for cover. Elita One turned around and growled a little bit. "Barricade" she said angrily.
"Well, well if it isn't Optimus Prime's girlfriend or should I say spark-bonded mate?" Barricade taunted in reply. "You are fortunate that Megatron will not let me kill you on the spot."
"If you know what is good for you, you will leave." She replied, keeping herself calm but still pissed at haivng her time getting closer to those who were now her adopted children as well as Optimus Prime's was interrupted.
The black and white 'con fired the first shot and it went down from there. The battle lasted but 10 minutes and a small bit of energon spilled before Megatron sent a comlink message criticizing Barricade's actions and ordering him back to base.
When the interrogation officer retreated, Elita One immediately asked "Are you all right young ones?"
"We're f-freaking c-cold but otherwise o-okay." Marcy replied, partially shivering from fear as well.
Elita immediately headed back towards the base, the kids following her. When they arrived, Ratchet began tending to Elita's wounds and Emerald made the Wilson siblings hot chocolate.
"I can not wait until it gets warmer out not that it's going to change how big of a threat the Decepticons are." Lauren commented a few minutes after she and her brothers and sisters changed into dry clothes and started drinking the cocoa.
Kayla on the other hand had already finished her hot chocolate but was still shaking from fear. "Optimus, is Elita going to be okay?" she asked while looking at her feet.
"Elita has a very good medic tending to her and she is a strong fighter whether it is on the battlefield or off; she will be all right as he only had minor wounds." Optimus Prime said reassuring the soon to be 8 year old human girl as he gently tilted her head up with his finger so that she was looking at him. He then pcked her up and sat on the sofa with her in his lap, the other kids joining him after they had finished their drinks.
Elita soon arrived, the two wounds she had on an arm and a hip respectively patched up so that the little family could spend another hour or 2 together before the human kids had to get prepared for school the next day.
"Thank God you're okay Elita." Lisa said sighing with relief. "If only Barricade hadn't interrupted our spending time together..."
"It is all right; I will try to make time to get to know each of you children better but the most important thing will be protecting your planet from the Decepticons." the femme commander replied, turning on the TV with the remote when Bumblebee handed it to her so taht she could find a movie all of the kids could watch. After they had watched another Disney movie, this time it was Aladdin, the Wilson siblings bid elita One and Optimus Prime good night and went to get ready for bed.
Optimus got up off the sofa after Elita turned the TV off and put the remote on a shelf and the 2 went to their quarters. He shut the door behind them and sighed. "Elita, what happened earlier is not your fault." he reassured his sparkmate as he embraced her.
"I know Prime; I am still worried about what the Decepticons will do next though." Elita replied. "I know we can take them but if they use the children against us-"
Megatron definitely would stoop that low if he ever had the idea to, Optimus thought to himself, but knew that all he and Elita could do was keep the children safe and at least attempt to give them as normal of a life as possible. He sent reassurance over his bond with his sparkmate and they both climbed onto the berth to start their recharge cycle.
Elita accessed the Internet with her processor to try to look for some kind of family activity to do with the children. She found out that this small Earth town that the Autobots and Decepticons had made their base in had an indoor pool since she had heard Kyle mention wanting to go swimming when he had walked out of the living room when going to prepare for school the next day. She had recently gained a holoform as had Optimus so that they would in a way be able to actually swim with the humans they guarded so that was not an issue. The femme commander decided she would ask her sparkmate and adopted younglings about this idea tomorrow and perhaps swim later in the week on either Thursday or Friday...