Sorry again for having to update this story for so long. It's been another month since I last updated this story.
At first, I had writer's block again, but then I remembered that Christmas is coming. So I came up with an idea of making a Christmas chapter.
So here is a Christmas chapter of 'A New Beginning'.
Chapter 6: Christmas with the Autobots
"Hold still, Bulkhead."
"Ow! That hurts."
"That's what you get for trying to show off. Who were you trying to impress? Me?"
"No." Bulkhead quickly replied. Sam glared at him and placed his hands on his hips trying to get him to tell the truth. "...Yes?" Bulkhead said bashfully. It came out more as a question than an answer.
Sam sighed and shook his head. He went back on repairing Bulkhead's injury who was lying on the Med-Bay. "Seriously, Bulkhead, you don't need to prove to me just how strong you are. To me, you are the strongest Autobot there is, even stronger than Cliffjumper and Optimus. So please, don't go risking your life just so you can prove anything to me, okay? I'll be devastated if you guys die." Sam spoke softly.
"I'm sorry, Sammy, I won't do it again. Promise." Bulkhead began to caress Sam's now teared cheek to soothe him. He felt mighty guilty for making his beloved nephew cry.
Just a few hours ago, Bulkhead, BumbleBee, Cliffjumper, and Sam were heading back to base. But they were ambushed by a group of Vehicons along with Starscream and Soundwave, which the latter was doing nothing except watching the fight from afar. They were here to recapture Sam. The three Bots faced off against the Decepticons while Sam hid somewhere feeling a bit useless for not being able to help his uncles and brother.
Bulkhead thought that this was his chance to impress Sam which will make him the best, strongest and favorite uncle in Sam's eyes. So he decided to take them all down leaving the others to witness his little show. He charged at them, smashing Decepticons left and right, taking hits so he can show Sam that he can endure many blows at once, and even lifting some Vehicons and smashing them together. He didn't see a missile launched by Starscream until it was too late.
Luck was on their side when a GroundBridge opened and Optimus and Arcee came and aided them.
"This ambush was your idea!" Starscream had yelled at Soundwave. "When are you going to take matters in hand?" Soundwave pointed at Sam who was left defenseless. "Stop pointing! That is not what I meant by 'Taking it by hand'! I hope you're not developing a sense of humor..." While everyone was fighting, Starscream made an attempt to try and capture Sam while everyone was distracted. Bulkhead saw what Starscream was up to and quickly went over to his direction and punched Starscream, ignoring the pain on his side.
The Decepticons retreated knowing that this battle was a lost cause.
The Autobots retreated to their base as well. Ratchet was not pleased to see Bulkhead injured. He had Sam be the one to repair him as a means of training for the boy to become a medic and a mechanic. Ratchet was so proud of Sam for being quite advance on those subjects at the age of 10. And thus, Sam was giving the nickname 'Spike'.
Sam hugged on Bulkhead's finger due to his fear on almost losing Bulkhead. "It's okay, Bulk. Just make sure you don't do that ever again or so Primus help me I'll make your treatment a living nightmare that you'll wish you had Ratchet be the one to treat you."
Bulkhead gave a hearted laugh. "You got yourself a deal, kid."
Sam was satisfied with the answer and went back to heal Bulkhead. But not until he had some payback.
"Yow!" Bulkhead cried in pain when Sam twisted something inside of Bulkhead. "What did you did that for?"
"That is payback for scaring me on Halloween!"
"You still angry at that? That was almost a month ago."
"Well too bad!" Sam twisted the same part causing Bulkhead to yelp in pain. "And don't think he's the only one that is getting this kind of treatment!" Sam looked back at the tied Cliffjumper, with the help from BumbleBee of course, as he tried to find an escape route when he saw his nice, little, innocent Sammy turn into angry Ratchet. "You're getting one as well once I'm finish with Bulkhead."
They should have known Ratchet will be the one that will a bad influence on Sam. Ratchet's personality is now rubbing on Sam. Instead of nicknaming Sam 'Spike', they should have named him Ratchet#2.
Ratchet, Arcee, and Optimus watches the whole scene in amusement. "Would you look at that?" Ratchet spoke with a proud voice. "Our little sparkling is becoming one heck of a medic, just like his teacher."
The other Bots just rolled their optics.
"So, Sam, what are you and your family doing this Christmas?"
Sam paused the video game that he and Jack were playing and looked at June with a sad smile. "My family are always busy with their work, they never have time to enjoy a Christmas Holiday." Sam speaks the truth. Every Christmas, the Autobots are always busy with patrolling, dealing with Decepticons, or searching for a Energon mine. Sam always gets sad for not being able to enjoy Christmas but he understood why they never have the time to do one.
"Oh, I see." She spoke regretfully. "They most have an important job that keeps them from enjoying the holidays."
Sam gave a nod. "I'm gonna go wash up. I smell dinner is about to be done." He said as he walked up to the Darby's bathroom.
Once he's gone, June looked back at her son. "Alright, Jack, I plan to give Sam a nice Christmas present, so I want you to tell me what he wants so I can go buy them."
"But I don't know what he wants. He already told me that he already got what he wants; a family."
"Well tell him again. There is still a week left for Christmas and I want to give him at least one decent Christmas holiday to remember by. So go or else I won't buy what you want."
"Fine." The door to the bathroom opened and June went back to the kitchen to prepare food. Sam sat down at the couch and readied his controller. "So, Sam," Jack began to ask, "is there anything you might want for Christmas?"
Sam stare at him with suspicion. "No. Why?"
"Just because."
"Well, I think I might want some new clothes. I'm outgrowing my old ones and I'm getting kind of tired of wearing same clothes. And maybe a cookbook and some kitchen supplies like a pan, pots, and some other stuffs."
"Why those?"
"Because I'm tired of eating the same foods at my house like Quesadillas with cheese, soup, and that's it I guess. I want to eat and try new foods, ya know?"
Jack looked over Sam's shoulders to see his mom writing all the stuff Sam wants for Christmas. "And maybe a laptop, just for the fun of it." Sam decided to add.
"Ok, kids, dinner time!" June called out from the kitchen.
"Besides," Sam got up and stretched his back, "I already got what I need the most."
"What's that?" asked Jack.
"Family... Friends. Those are the most important thing I could ask for, nothing else."
Jack smiled at his best friend's words. The two sat down at the dinner table and was about to take a bite until he heard his mom squeal. "What's wrong, mom?"
June pointed above them. Jack and Sam looked up to see a little plant right above them. Jack blushed when he realized that kind of plant is it while Sam was left clueless of what type of plant it is. "Mistletoe!?" cried out Jack.
June nodded happily. "What's that?" asked Sam as he continues to stare at the plant.
"That, Sammy, is called a Mistletoe." said June.
"Okay." Sam said slowly, still not figuring out why June and Jack are making a big deal out of it. "What's so important about it?"
"You don't know?" Sam shook his head. "By hanging a Mistletoe during Christmas season, when there are two people under it, they are oblige to kiss under it." June squealed again.
"Oh, I see." Sam nodded his head in understanding. It took a few seconds for him to realized the situation he was and once he did, it left him blushing. "WHAT!?" Sam screeched in a high pitch voice.
"That's right. You two have to kiss."
Poor Sam was stuttering badly as he couldn't come up with a word. "But, mom," whined Jack, "we can't. We're both boys, not that I have against it, do you?" Jack asked the blushing Sam. Sam shook his head instead as he still left speechless.
"Don't be silly, Jack, anyone can kiss under a Mistletoe, let that be a man with a woman, a woman and a woman, or a man with a man. Besides, it doesn't has to be in the mouth. You can just give a peck in the cheek."
Jack looked back at Sam and then to his mom. He has no choice but to do it since his mom is giving him 'the look'.
Once he got the courage, he dove right in and gave Sam a kiss on the cheek. The kiss lasted at least 5 seconds until Jack pulled back. Jack was left blushing while Sam had his eyes wide and blushing so bad, his face might become permanently red. Jack liked the kiss and he secretly wished to do it again every year during the Christmas season. Sam, on the other hand, couldn't think straight. He was just kissed by his best friend and he sort of liked it.
What the two didn't know was that Jack's mom had taken a picture of Jack kissing Sam on her cellphone. She was so going to make it as a Christmas card. Let's not forget about Arcee who was parked just right in front of the kitchen window. She also saw the whole kissing part and found it sweet, cute, and funny. She was so going to tease him about it.
It was beginning to get dark and it is time for Sam to go home. Sam got on Arcee in her vehicle form and goodbye to the Darbys. After they got out of Jasper, Arcee deactivated her holoform and allowed Sam on to the driver's seat, gripping on the handlebars for safety.
"So, Sam," Arcee said sweetly which caused Sam to shiver in fear for some strange reason. "How was that kiss with that Jack kid?"
"WHAT!?" Sam squealed. "You saw that!?"
"Oh, yes. Can't wait to tell the guys about this."
"Don't you dare, Arcee!" Sam said while blushing with anger and totally embarrass.
"Too late."
Sam saw that they have already arrive at the base's tunnel and now reached to the control center. Once Sam got off, Arcee transformed back into her robot form. "Do you want to know what happened to our little Sammy?" Arcee asked grinning, ignoring Sam's protest.
"What?" asked Cliffjumper.
"Sam got kissed by Jack on the cheek." Arcee grinned at the blushing Sam, clearly enjoying Sam's dismay.
"Sam!" yelled out Cliffjumper. He walked right in front of him, crouch down, and picked him to his optics level. "You let the kid kiss you?" Cliffjumper narrowed his optics at the stuttering Sam. "Since you let that Jack kid kiss you, I have to kiss you as well since I'm your favorite uncle." Cliffjumper said as he made a kissing face much to Sam's horror.
"Back off, Cliff!" Bulkhead swiftly grabbed Sam and hit Cliffjumper's head with his fist. "If anyone should give Sam a kiss, that'll be me!"
As much as Sam likes to get kisses from his uncles, right now it only scares the living scrap out of them for some strange reason. He soon found himself in the hands of BumbleBee. At first, he was relieved to be in the care of his overprotective brother, but it soon crashed when he heard BumbleBee say that he should be the only one to kiss Sam, though he don't mind getting one from Bee. He felt that he was being lifted by someone and is placed on that someone's shoulder. He saw that he was on Optimus's shoulder now.
"I suggest Sam should get some rest after his long day with the Darbys." Optimus said in a commanding voice. Before anyone could say anything, he took Sam back to his room.
"Thank you, Optimus." Sam sighed in relief.
"You're welcome, Sam. I could see that you are getting uncomfortable and is need of being rescued by someone sane."
That got Sam to giggle. "You got that right." He then yawned and rubbed his tired eyes.
"It must be bedtime for you."
"Yeah."
Once they reached to Sam's room, Optimus placed Sam back on the ground to let him change to his pajamas. Once he's finished, Sam head upstairs of his room and dove right to his bed as he snuggled in his bed sheets. "Goodnight, Optimus."
"Goodnight, young spark." Optimus said as he left the room.
Back at the control center, the Autobots stares at the corridor that Optimus went with Sam.
"Did Optimus just..."
"Act like a possessive, jealous Prime? Yes, yes he did." Cliffjumper finished and replied Bulkhead's unfinished question with a grin on his faceplate.
"Hurry it up, Bulkhead! Sam is going to be here soon."
"I'm trying, Arcee, but it's kind of hard to do it." Bulkhead said as he was stretching his arm to place something on top of a tree that they brought to the base.
"Sheesh! An advanced alien species with enough fire power to level an entire state and you can't even place a fairy on a tree. Bulkhead, you are an embarrassment to our species!" Bulkhead gave a pout to Arcee. She heard Cliffjumper laugh in the background. "The same goes to you, Cliff. The decoration you did to the tree is very messy and horrible."
"Hey! Don't diss about my art."
"That is nowhere near art."
"Well, what about you? We basically did all the work, with all the tree carrying and tree decorating while all you did was nag the whole time."
"What did you say?" Arcee asked with a menacing voice.
"Nothing!" Cliffjumper shrieked in fear.
"Finished!" announced Bulkhead.
"And just in time. Here they are." Arcee said as she saw Optimus with Sam on his shoulder.
"Surprise!" Yelled out Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, Arcee, and BumbleBee.
"What is all this?" Sam asked happily as he inspects the Christmas tree was was one the middle of the control center.
"Well, we decided that you should deserve a Christmas holiday after all these years of not having one." Ratchet said with a small smile.
"And you have presents for me?"
"Yep."
"Wow. You shouldn't have."
"Ya see!? I told you we shouldn't have done it."
"He is just being modest, Ratchet."
"Anyway, can I open my presents now?" Arcee could see Sam was jumping with anticipation even though he's sitting on Optimus's shoulder.
"Of course. But first thing first." Arcee said grinning which brought that same feeling to Sam. Sam followed where Arcee's finger was pointing and he could practically feel his face burning. "Mistletoe!"
"You can't be serious! How in the world did you guys managed to put that right there?" Sam squinted his eyes when he saw something that looks like a line. He followed that line until it he saw BumbleBee with a finishing rod at hand. He then put two and two together. "No way! You guys planned this, didn't you?" He glared at the grinning Bots.
"Yes, now hurry up and kiss or else you won't get your presents."
Sam was definitely going to torture them on their next checkups. He was getting goosebumps at the thought of kissing Optimus even if it's on the cheek. "Well, Optimus looks like we have no choice but to-" Bad move he just did. He turned his head to face Optimus only to accidentally kiss Optimus. ON THE LIPS.
Everything and everyone around them became quiet. The other Bots had their optics wide, staring in shock to see something that they were not expecting.
Sam has his eyes wide with shock as he found himself actually kissing Optimus on the lips. He gasped in the kiss when Optimus was licking Sam's lips with his tongue which caused the tongue to slip inside his mouth. Sam shuddered in pleasure as he couldn't help but trace Optimus's tongue with his. Sam let out a quiet moan at the taste in which only Optimus heard.
Optimus was surprise to see a Mistletoe right under him and Sam. At first, he hated that thing because it forced Jack to kiss Sam on the cheek. But now that he and Sam was under it, he was happy for that thing. He doesn't know why but he had been wanting to kiss Sam ever since the whole 'Sam got kissed by Jack' part.
Taking his chance, he leaned toward the unsuspecting Sam to give a kiss on the cheek. He wasn't expecting Sam to turn his head which made him kiss Sam right on the lips. Kissing Sam brought great pleasure and um...ahem...arousal to the Prime.
Great. Now he sounds like a pedophile. Heck, he would gladly be called one if he can have the chance to kiss Sam again
Wanting a bit more, he carefully licked Sam's lips with his tongue causing the boy to gasp in surprise. Taking the opportunity, he slid his tongue and began trace the inside of inside of Sam's little mouth. He felt Sam shuddered what he believed to be pleasure, felt Sam's tongue traced his, and even letting out a quiet moan that might cause Optimus to crush anyone that might have heard that wonderful sound that is meant only to be heard by him and him only which caused his arousal to spike a bit more.
Optimus shivered in delight and almost growled in pleasure at the taste of Sam's mouth and want nothing more but to taste even more. But sadly, he has to separate from Sam's mouth so he could allow the boy to breathe. He doesn't even remember having to close his optics in the process or even remember how long have they been kissing. Once he online his optics, he saw Sam blushing real badly. He was about to speak but Sam beat him straight to the punch.
"That...was...my...first..." He spoke trying to catch his breath. He wasn't able to finish his sentence because Sam fainted on Optimus's shoulder from embarrassment and what appears to be... happiness?
Optimus stared at the passed out Sam and back to his team. He couldn't come up with a single word.
Bulkhead walked up and his shocked face slowly began to turn into a grinning face. "Well who would have thought you had it in you?" He gave Optimus a slap on the back. "And look, by the look on his face I say you made him very happy that you even made Sam have a nosebleed."
Optimus looked back at Sam to see that Bulkhead was telling the truth. A small trail of Energon began to leak out of Sam's right nostril. He couldn't help but feel great pride of being the one to cause Sam in this state. Not only that, he just stole Sam's first kiss.
"By the looks of this," Ratchet said as he checked on the knocked out Sam, "I say he is going to be out until tomorrow. So I suggest you put him to bed and we'll have to put the presents on hold until he wakes up." Optimus agreed to that. Before he left to take Sam to his room, Ratchet spoke quietly to him so no one can hear them. "Good think you stopped or else Sam's pheromones could have driven you crazy to the point of trying to mate him in the process." He spoked seriously and worried for the boy.
All Optimus did was nod at him and then left with Sam to take him to his bed. Once he reach to Sam's room, he gently placed Sam on his bed and placed the comforter on him. But before he leaves, he leans down and gave another kiss on Sam's lips.
Sam yawned and stretch his tired limbs. He sat up and rubbed his eyes to get rid of its sleepiness. He grabbed his new clothes that he got from June and his towel. He groggily walked to the bathroom. He turned on the shower faucet to hot water and began to strip naked. Sam got on the bathtub and let the hot water heat up his cold body.
His mind was so foggy from sleep, he couldn't remember how he got to bed without changing into his pajamas. He suddenly clapped his hand over his mouth and let out a muffled scream. It was then he remembered what happened when he got back to base; he just kissed Optimus Prime, his adoptive father, on the lips.
But the thing is, he really loved the kiss. It made his heart skip a beat. He traced his mouth with his fingers and he involuntarily let out a shudder breath as he can actually feel Optimus's lips and tongue on his. Sam doesn't knows why but that kiss was special to him. It wasn't because it was Sam's first kiss, oh no, it was because it was Optimus that kissed him. His whole body shivered, not because the hot water is becoming cold, it shivered because of the great pleasure and a strange and wonderful feeling it brought to him.
Okay, now his body shivered because of the cold water. He quickly washed himself clean in order to get out of the cold water. He remembered the unwrapped presents that he left due to his fainting. Either the water miraculously turned into hot water or it was his own body that heated himself up from embarrassment of the memory of him fainting in front of everyone. This is going to be one awkward day.
Once Sam had got himself dressed, he headed back to the control center to meet with everybody. On his way, he bumped into Optimus. He could feel himself blush already. "Optimus!" he squealed. He quickly faked a cough to cover up his squealing voice. "Optimus." He spoke with his normal voice.
"Sam." Optimus greeted back.
Things are getting a bit awkward for Sam. Here he is, standing in front of the Prime that he kissed yesterday. "So, um, listen, I'm sorry if I um, offended you in anyway about the kiss."
"It's okay, Sam, you don't need to apologize. I should be the one to apologize to you."
"You don't need to, Optimus. It's okay. I'm not mad or anything, just feeling embarrass, that's all." He said with a blush.
Optimus smiled at the cute blush that appeared on Sam's face. "Very well. Shall we go and meet with our friends?"
"Yeah!" Sam replied happily. "I haven't opened my presents yet. Ooh, I get wait to see what you got me."
"Then let's go."
The two began to walk to the control center. When they got there, everyone was at present. Arcee walked up to Sam with that evil grin of hers that sisters tend to have when they are up to something. "So Sam, did you liked that kiss with Optimus?"
"ARCEE!" Sam shrieked and that blush returned intensified.
"Don't be shy, Sam. We know you liked it." BumbleBee began to tease Sam.
"BUMBLEBEE!" Sam shrieked again.
"I bet he likes it so much, he wish he can do it again." Cliffjumper said as he went in front of Bulkhead. "Oh, Optimus, I really love kissing you. I want you to kiss right now." Cliffjumper said as he tries to imitate Sam's voice.
"As you wish, Sam." Bulkhead said while trying to imitate Optimus's deep voice. Bulkhead and Cliffjumper then did a pretend kiss by making kissing noises which caused everyone, minus the blushing Sam and the silently grinning Optimus, to laugh.
It was then Sam figured out that Bulkhead and Cliffjumper were doing some sort of a play about him and Optimus. He was both angry and completely embarrass, basically more on the latter. "You guys are so enjoying teasing me, aren't you?" said the glaring and blushing Sam.
"Yes!" Arcee, BumbleBee, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, and Ratchet said at the same time with their smile on their faceplate making Sam growled at them and everyone to laughed at him again.
"Okay, okay. That's enough teasing for one day. We'll do more later on." Cliffjumper said as he calmed down from his laughing. "Now, change of subject: Did you guys know that the humans believed that their world is about to end on the year 2012 on the 21 of December? That's..." Cliffjumper began to count with his fingers. "8 years from now." Cliffjumper gasped dramatically.
"Oh Puh-leez, Cliffjumper," Ratchet rolled his optics at Cliffjumper's stupidity, "the humans have no proof of that. It's just some stupid prediction that the ancient humans made with their silly calendars and whatnot. Humans were dumb back in the days without their precious technology."
"Whatever you say, Ratchet." He waved off at Ratchet, ignoring the dark look on the medic's optics. "Now, it's time for Sam to open his present."
Sam's faced lit up like a Christmas light as he ran to the presents under the Christmas tree the Autobots set up. There were a total of five medium size presents under the tree, one from each of the Autobots.
The first one he got is from Cliffjumper. He quickly shredded the wrapping paper and opened the small box. Inside was a small device that can fit on his wrist. "Cliff, what is it?" Sam asked Cliffjumper.
"That, my dear Sammy, is my cloaking device I used during the war."
"A cloaking device!?"
"Yep." He sighed when he remembered the last time he used the device. "I remember I used it when I infiltrated an Energon mine run by Shockwave and with an army of Decepticon troops and his Insecticons on the Sea of Rust with my old partner, Jazz and our pilot, Sideswipe, when we went to look for Grimlock and his team. That there saved my aft from being spotted by Decepticons and I'm sure it will save yours. Just remember; you can only stay invisible for a short time. After you deactivate it, wait for awhile till it's fully recharged or else it'll burn and you won't be able to use it until it is repaired."
Sam tested the device and disappeared. He then reappeared in front of Cliffjumper. "Thank you, Uncle Cliffjumper, I love it. You're the best." Sam gave Cliffjumper a hug on the leg.
"You hear that, Bulk, I'm the best." Cliffjumper smirked at Bulkhead.
"Yeah, well, go ahead and open my present, Sam. I'm sure you'd love it."
Sam complied and went to open Bulkhead's present. Inside the box was a metal handle that you can hang it on your pants. Like a lightsaber from Star Wars where Jedi Knights put away their lightsabers when they are not using it.
"Go on, click the button."
Half of Sam's mind says that he gave him an actual lightsaber. So he clicked the button and the top of the handle transformed into a battle axe. Sam got surprised at the sudden appearance.
"That was given to me by one of my best buddy, Ironhide, a weapon specialist and former member of the Wreckers."
"Wow. This is so cool." He gave a few swings to test it out. He decided to test its power to see if it can slash through anything. So he tried it on the first thing he sees. He charged ahead and slashed a mechanical claw on the table. He saw the axe not only cut through the claw but left some damage on the table. "And it's powerful even though it's not heavy."
"Sam, I NEEDED THAT!" Ratchet yelled at Sam for destroying his tool.
Sam ignored Ratchet's yell and went to give Bulkhead a hug. "This is awesome. Thanks, Uncle Bulkhead."
"You hear that? My present is awesome which means I'm awesome." Bulkhead smirked at the pouting and glaring Cliffjumper.
"Go on, Sam, open mine's." BumbleBee gestures Sam to his yellow present.
Sam sheathed the axe back and placed it next to the cloaking device on the floor. He began to unwrap Bee's present. When he opened the present, he was rewarded a gauntlet.
"Try it on and give it a flick of a wrist."
Sam did as he is told. He put on the gauntlet on his left arm and gave it a flick. Just like the axe, he was surprise to see a rifle gun popped up.
"That's called a Null Ray, a common weapon used by Scouts, like myself, and Snipers class during the Great War. It has a 10x zoom scope and if you combine it with your cloaking device, you'll make one deadly of a Sniper."
"Fragging awesome!"
"Watch your language, boy!"
"Oops. Sorry, Ratchet." Sam gave an innocent look at Ratchet which caused the said Bot to roll his optics. "Anyway, thank you, Bee. This is the coolest present ever!" He gave Bee a hug and a quick kiss on his cheek.
"You hear that? My present was the coolest which means I'm cooler than the both of you." BumbleBee gave a smug look at the two jealous and glaring Bots.
"Alright, boys, it's my turn." announced Arcee. "Mine's is the blue one."
Sam began to unwrap his next present. His next present is some sort of a small brass-knuckle glove. "What is it, Arcee?" Sam put the glove on his left knuckle and inspect it. Before Arcee has the time to explain it, Sam accidentally activated it. It launched an Energon wire up to the ceiling and it hooked onto it, taking Sam up for a ride. Sam let out a squeak in surprise as it took him up to the ceiling.
"That is a grapple glove. It shoots out an Energon grappling hook and it takes you to where the hook hooks onto, like the ceiling for example." explained Arcee.
"I kind of understood it when it took me up and left me hanging here, no pun intended." yelled out Sam from the ceiling. "I want to get down now so how do I do it?"
"Do you want to do it the slow way or the fun way?"
"Fun way!" Sam quickly replied happily.
Arcee laughed at Sam's childish behavior. "Okay. All you have to do is sway your left wrist to the left and the hook will instantly let go."
Sam swayed his wrist to the left and like Arcee said, it instantly let go on the ceiling, letting Sam on a free-fall. The Autobots began to panic, except Arcee, as Sam began to fall. But Arcee caught him just in time.
"That was fun. I want to do it again, Arcee!"
"Maybe next time, Sam."
"SAMUEL!" Sam cringed when Ratchet yelled out his full first name. "Don't you ever do that again! You almost gave us a spark-attack for that stunt you pulled!"
"Sorry, Ratchet." Sam gave Ratchet the puppy eye look.
"Nice try, Sam, but that won't work on me anymore." But Sam continues to give him the look. After a few seconds, he gave up. "Fine, fine. You are forgiven." grumbled Ratchet.
"Works every time." Sam said smugly.
Ratchet growled at Sam. "Just go and open my present, ya brat."
Sam giggled at Ratchet and jumped off from Arcee with no pain on his legs or feet. He ran back to the Christmas tree to get the last present from it. He opened his present and got a laptop.
"That, Sam, is a Cybertronian version of the human's laptop. With it, you can help the Autobots with their mission right here in the base by tracking them, communicating them, or helping me here with the monitors. Not only that, it can act like a human laptop would. For example, the internet and any other stuff that humans do on their laptop."
"Thank you, Ratchet. This is great." He looked over his presents once more to marvel at the sight. It was then he just realized something. "Um, guys? Why are all the presents you guys gave me are weapons?"
"You just realized it now?"
"Don't blame me. I was far too happy to get my very first presents from all of you, I didn't even looked carefully. But seriously, why the weapons? Not that I'm complaining."
"Ever since the Decepticons ambushed us a few weeks ago and you almost got capture by Starscream, we realized that you are defenseless and you could easily be captured by the Decepticons if we were to get distracted in battle. So that is why we decided to give you your very own weapons." stated Optimus. He then went to grab something from his back. "As for my present to you, I give you a small replica of my blade I used during the Great War on Cybertron."
Optimus presented Sam a gauntlet with a hidden blade with it. Sam quickly strapped it around his right arm and with a flick, a Energon Blade appeared that is taller than his fingers by maybe 5 to 6 inches taller. "Wow. It's incredible." The blade has a design of a flaming orange. "Thank you, Optimus, I love it."
"I'm glad you do."
"Let's go somewhere so I can practice using the weapons you guys gave me."
"Oh, no!" Ratchet intervened. "You are still young to use those advance weaponry. You're gonna have to wait until at the age of 15 or 16 for you to go training with it."
"But that's five fragging years I have to wait."
"Language, boy!" Ratchet narrowed his optics at Sam.
"Scrap! I forgot."
"Sam!"
"Frag!"
"Samuel!"
"Ah fu-"
"SAMUEL JAMES 'SPIKE' WITWICKY, if you swear one more time, I will literally make the human meaning 'washing your mouth with soap' your living nightmare! Do you understand me!?"
Sam 'eep' at Ratchet's threat. He quickly nodded at Ratchet, telling him that he completely understands.
"You know Sam," began Cliffjumper, "while everyone agreed that you should have your very own weapons, Ratchet here completely refused the idea."
"Really?" Sam asked Ratchet. His reply was a nod. "So that's why you've been acting all so old and grumpy more than usual during the past week."
Ratchet felt something inside his head snap in annoyance as he watch that teasing smile on Sam's face. "You know what, just go and train your weapon so I don't have to see that face of yours."
"Frag yeah!" Sam quickly clapped his mouth as he realized what slip out his mouth.
"SAMUEL JAMES 'SPIKE' WITWICKY, YOU COME HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT SO I CAN WASH THAT FREAKING MOUTH OF YOURS!"
Sam was frighten by the charging Ratchet. He knows he can't outrun the medic so he tried to come up with a plan to escape the wrath of Ratchet. Of course, Cliff's cloaking device! He can use it to turn himself invisible and hide. Luckily, it was right next to him. He quickly grabbed it and activate it, turning himself invisible and made his escape.
"You see!" growled Ratchet. "That is why I said 'No weapons for Sam'. But noo! No one listens to the medic!" He then heard Sam's teasing giggle. "I knew that boy would someday be the death of me." He growled.
Ratchet has spent almost all day trying to find Sam to give his mouth a good wash. When night had fallen, he eventually gave up. He had then began to curse Cliffjumper about his cloaking device. One wonders where does Sam learns his swear words from. Ratchet blames the television but the others says otherwise.
Everyone has retired to their room for a good night sleep. Optimus entered his room and felt another presence inside his room. "Sam, I know you are here."
"How did you know I was here?" asked Sam as he popped out from his hiding spot on Optimus's berth.
Optimus smiled. "Just a hunch."
"Did Ratchet cooled off his processors?"
"By tomorrow, yeah."
Sam sighed in relief. "Optimus, can I sleep here with you?" Sam felt himself blush at his question.
"Of course but why?"
"I'm scared of Ratchet now and I'm afraid he might sneak inside my room."
Optimus gave a chuckle much to Sam's embarrassment. Once he laid himself on his berth, he gently picked up Sam and placed him on his chest. "Goodnight, Sam."
"Goodnight, Optimus." Sam yawned. Just like that, he is already out as a light.
Optimus placed a possessive hand on Sam, covering up his whole body. Once he was sure Sam was secured, he too went to sleep. And in his dream, he dreams of himself kissing Sam in a deep and passionate kiss. But the strange thing is, Sam's a mech in this dream. It's very strange, but very pleasant.
I'm so glad I finished this chapter. It was a lot of pressure in writing this chapter but I finished it.
Sam's presents were based from the game or movie. Cliff's cloaking device is from Fall of Cybertron and his story is from that game as well. The grappling glove is from Dark of the Moon. The Null Ray is from War for Cybertron, the battle axe belonged to Optimus in that same game, and the hidden blade is from the first live-action movie.
So I hope you guys liked this chapter. Also I updated my other story 'The Ultimate LifeForm'. Know that I had changed the title from 'Broken Souls'.
Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year everybody.