Hey there peeps! So as this is the 95th chapter (as much as it sounds, I still can't believe I'm here) and it's time to show a different POV, but don't worry, I'll tell you when it's going to happen… So I can only hope you like this as much as I loved writing it!

Legend:

Thoughts

"Cybertronian"

Here we go then:

I daydreamed the whole day today. It was only around 1 pm now, but it felt like the day went on forever.

I listened to the radio in my room. I asked Ratchet if he could get me one. He was more than happy to provide it. So that's how I got it and right now, I was enjoying the soft music that played through the speakers.

'Where'd you go? I miss you so… seems like it's been forever since you've been gone… please come back home… I want you to know that it's a little fucked up that I'm stuck here waiting, no longer debating. Tired of sitting and hating and making these excuses for why you're not around, and feeling so useless… It seems one thing's been true all along. You don't really know what you've got 'till it's gone."

I didn't want to listen to this song. Yes, it was quite beautiful, but it was sad and I needn't become depressed again. So I switched the song, moving my hand from the bed and pressing a button on the top of the radio, hoping to find a better song.

'…If I could just see you, everything would be alright. If I'd see you, this darkness would turn to light. And will walk on water and you will catch me if I fall, and I will get lost into your eyes. I know everything will be alright. I know everything is alright...'

I couldn't take it anymore. I pressed and held the button on top of the radio and it shut down. Way to make my day better.

I sighed on the bed once more, putting my hands on my stomach. There wasn't much for me to do anyway.

So I went to sleep. Perhaps that would take away all the time that would have otherwise been spent in pure boredom.

Ironhide's POV

Where the frag am I?

I looked around, trying to figure out my surroundings. Why won't my GPS turn on?

Oh that's right. I'm no longer a Cybertronian. So how the frag do I uncover my location?

What would Mel do? She is human and she never carried any GPS technology with her.

She would ask somebody for directions.

I snorted out loud, earning a glance from the other civilians as I walked passed them.

I'm not asking for directions.

Do I really have a choice? I don't even know what date is it today. I don't even know what city I am in.

Swallow your pride, just this once Ironhide.

As I kept on walking through the streets of Primus only knew what city, I decided to step into a market on the street. It was small and void of humans. Perfect.

I walked up to the clerk as he looked at me uninterestedly. I spoke up. "Can you tell me what city am I in?" he looked at me wide eyed, almost immediately. "I'm not from around here."

"City of Chicago, Illinois." He said with a sort of western accent, if I remembered well the human accents.

"And what date is it today?"

"July 13th." He replied. I had to ask one more question. I had to remember the street of the apartment the humans were settled in.

"How can I get to Ocean Avenue?"

"That's-" he turned around to look at a window behind him. He gestured with his hands on where I should turn. "right around that grey building. You walk past it and turn on the second right. Walk until you see a neon red sign. After you pass it, turn left and that's your Ocean Avenue."

"Thank you." I finished and exited the market.

After about half an hour of constant walking and crossing numerous streets to get to the building, I had finally managed to get to my destination.

The same brownish, old building I had brought Mel into. But that was in March. It's July now. That was four months ago. Would Mel still remember me?

As I took a breath and felt a small adrenaline rush in my, now human, veins, I walked into the building, past its glass doors. I walked up to the elevator and entered it, pressing the 'PH' button, which meant penthouse. Their apartment was on the very last floor.

The elevator made a 'ding' noise and the doors automatically closed. I felt my weight being pulled upwards as I was travelling up. After a few seconds, the noise repeated and the doors opened, automatically as well.

I could feel my heart beat quicker. I was excited, but nervous and anxious. So many things could go wrong.

As I stood in front of the door, I thought about going in. Maybe she couldn't recognize me? Maybe she won't even want to see me. Primus knows I've been dead for four months. How can I explain to her that I'm a living human? I can't even explain it to myself. That I've been brought to life by a deity? Seven deities, to be exact. Would the others recognize me as well?

It didn't matter. I had to see her. I had to see if she as alright. Primus knows what happened in my absence that the Primes didn't show me.

I took a deep breath and put my hand, formed into a fist, on the door. I exhaled loudly the adrenaline built up in body. I dared to knock on the door. Primus knows I did things wilder and more life threatening, yet I had to make myself knock on a door. But I knew what was behind that door. Or who, to be exact.

So I performed the action. I knocked.

Seconds later, I could hear footsteps and the door creaked open. "Who is it?" I could hear a femme voice. It was Nicole's.

"It's me. Ironhide." I said. I could see her eye widen and a gasp from behind the door. She shut the door on me.

Frag.

I could hear some voices from behind the door, muttering something I couldn't quite place. Damn these human audio receptors, they're good for nothing.

"What do you mean he's alive?" I heard Bumblebee say to Nicole as his holoform opened the door and he looked at me. His face fell and his eyes widened. He eyed me, but then concentrated on my eyes. "Who are you?"

I was afraid this would happen. My heart quickened. "Ironhide." I said, even though I could see the recognition in his eyes.

But then his eyes narrowed. "If you are truly Ironhide, you would know what happened to the High Council on Cybertron." He spoke in Cybertronian. As the door behind him was open, I could see Nicole staring at us. Not only had Bumblebee spoken in Cybetronian, he asked me a question that only a select few of trusty Autobots would even know. This was the ultimate test and I had not seen it coming. But I was ready for anything.

My mind switched to Cybetronian immediately. "The high council is the ruling body of Cybertron. Well, was. It has been corrupted twice and the inner government has been destroyed. Bumblebee, do you not recognize me?"

His mouth opened as he stared at me. He was really surprised. "I… It is you." He said, pulling me into a hug.

Now I didn't prepare myself for that.

"But how did you..? Where did you…? I mean-"

"Don't ask questions you don't need the answers to, youngling."

"I have to know." He said as we entered the apartment. It had changed. The walls were painted, new furniture had been added. It looked like a normal place to live in.

"So wait…" Nicole said, coming closer to us. "Is it really you?" she asked, looking at me in the eyes.

"Yes."

"But how?"

"I'll explain it to you later, right now, I must find Melissa." I said, looking around the large apartment. "Where is she?"

"She's upstairs, but she's sleeping, I don't think you should-"

"I have to see her." I said, walking towards the stairs.

"Oh my God!" I heard a femme scream and turned around. It was Mikaela. "Oh my God, it's you!" she ran towards me, hugging me.

It felt good to be missed.

"How are you alive?" she asked, letting go of me.

"I will explain it when we all gather." I said, already aggravated by the fact that I couldn't get to Melissa and see her.

"But how?" she still inquired.

"Is there anybody else on my way who would want to stop me from seeing Melissa?" I asked, on the edge of my nerves. Perhaps if I had a cannon, I could petrify them. Fear is a good manipulator.

"No, Sam and Leo are out and Carly is at her mom's now." Mikaela said.

"And Sarah and Annabelle are with Will, he had a day off." Nicole finished.

"Good." I said.

"What's going on?" I heard a voice that made me freeze. I wanted to surprise it, yet it surprised me. Fragging pit.

"Uh…" Nicole said as I looked up the stairs.

The love of my life was standing on the beginning of those very stairs.

I was speechless. My eyes fell to her stomach. It had grown… she was rubbing her eyes at the moment, perhaps because she was sleeping up until now. Up until Mikaela had started to scream out loud. "Let's give them space guys." Nicole said as they all backed somewhere, leaving the space to me and Mel.

She opened her eyes and looked at us. She blinked a couple of times as her eyes fell on me.

Time stopped.

I felt myself walking up the stairs, unconsciously, as I saw her beautiful brown eyes become wide. A gasp escaped her as she put her hand on her mouth. I expected her to run into my arms. But she was still. She didn't move at all.

As I had gotten to the end of the stairs on the upper floor, she just looked into my eyes. They became teary. I took a step towards her, extending a hand.

I didn't expect her to move away. But she did.

Was she afraid of me?

Her hand fell down on her stomach as she opened her mouth to say something, but nothing would come out. She finally took the leap of faith and spoke to me. "Am… Am I dreaming?" she asked, confusion clear on her face, but the heaviness of the atmosphere was frightening and was getting tenser by the minute. "Who are you?" she asked, but we both knew she knew the answer to that question.

"It's me… Ironhide." I said. To be brutally honest, there was a small part of me that feared that she truly didn't remember me.

"…Ironhide?" she inquired, disbelieving what she was seeing. "I know I just woke up… but, maybe…" she shook her head as she looked into my eyes.

"It's not a dream." I spoke up and a faint smile at the end of her lips could be seen. Her tearful eyes were almost pleading for this not to be a dream. I knew she wanted this to be real. I could see it in her eyes. The eyes I missed seeing so much.

"But I saw you… You turned to rust." she shakily said, her one hand on her stomach. I slipped my hand into her other, intertwining our fingers and moving myself a step closer to her. Her eyes overfilled with the tears and they spilled over her cheeks. She didn't seem to believe me, as much as she wanted to. "There was nothing left of you! I was at your funeral, I buried you! Ironhide, I felt you." She started sniffling. I felt so bad. I wanted to run away.

But how can I explain to her that I am a living being now? A human?

"Mel…" I started, not knowing how to find the words to say. She clung onto my hand. "I was brought back. The Primes, they… they brought me back. I'm no longer a Cybertronian. I'm human, just like you." I whispered.

As she spoke, I knew her nose was stuffy. "But I buried you… I felt your touch. You weren't alive. There was nothing left of you." She wanted to believe me, she truly did. But it seemed like she didn't know what to believe in anymore. The fact that she had actually seen me turn to rust and the fact that she buried me at my own funeral, or the fact that I was, as a human, standing in front of her right now.

I knew this was hard on her. It was hard on me as well. "I know, Mel, I know…" I carefully said, letting her feel comfortable around me, to get used to me, even after all of my absence. "But just believe me. I'm here, and nothing is going to change that."

Her eyes fell over her cheeks once more as I dared to put my hand on her cheek, to wipe them away, leaving a watery trace. "But…" she was confused. "This is too much… I saw you die. But now you're alive?" she asked, becoming more relaxed around me. "Ironhide, I saw you die!" her voice broke at the end. I wanted to end this pain.

I took a brave step forward and kissed her. Just like that, absurdly and suddenly, I went in for the kiss. I prayed to Primus she wouldn't reject me.

But she was still.

And then she started to move her lips as well.

I relaxed at the touch, letting the feeling and action deepen as I felt her hands come around my back, pulling me towards her.

But she broke the kiss, choking on a sob. I let her head fall onto my chest as I could feel her tears staining my shirt. I hugged her, pulling her closer to me.

"I missed you… I missed you so much, Ironhide…" she cried.

I almost started to cry as well, but I couldn't possibly do that. "I missed you, too."

She accidentally let out a wail. We stood in our hugging position for quite a while and I was enjoying the warmth of her body. We moved to her room, closing the door behind us.

I suddenly realized something wasn't quite right.

Wait.

Body.

"Mel," I started to pull away from her. "The sparkling?" I said, looking at her stomach.

She looked down on herself, on her belly to be exact. She chuckled. "Yeah, that's your baby." She said, looking at me in the eyes. "I can't believe it's really you." She said in all honesty, one of the things I appreciated so much about her.

"It is me." I said, trying to convince her and myself as well.

"I'm going to need a more detailed explanation of that." she said as I fell to one knee, embracing the stomach and her with my arms. My head was on her stomach. "You can feel the baby kick sometimes."

"Really?" I said, knowing fully well that such things do occur. I waited a few seconds and I could feel it kick lightly. "Primus…" I could feel a smile spread on my face. I looked up at her. "Mel, you have no idea how proud I am of you."

"You are? Why?" she asked, looking at me. "I'm sorry, Hide, I have to sit." She said as I nodded, helping her get to the bed. I lied on it with her, resting on our hips, looking at each other.

"You were so strong in the time that everyone was weak. You survived a war. You're going to bring new life to this world. You lost people that you loved. And you have made it through. That is why I'm proud of you. Because I knew you weren't a quitter and I knew you would wait for me, be it in this world, or in the other." I said, giving her my one hand so that she could hold it, and my other hand looping over her waist. "I love you, Melissa. I always have... I've just to prove it to you again." I said with a smile.

"Babe..." she started, but I could see the pain behind her smile. This was so rough on her, even though she had the support of her family and friends. They kept her safe through all this time. I would have to thank them as well. "You know I love you. I never stopped loving you. And I won't, not now, not ever." She took a breath. "I know you mean it. I know you that much. You don't have to prove anything to me."

I was overwhelmed with how good she was to me. How affectionate and how comfortable it I felt when she was near me. No femme in my long life could ever have done such a thing.

And the moment was broken by a churning sound from my stomach. I felt as if something was empty in there.

"Ironhide?" she asked, looking at my stomach, with her facial features not showing confusion, but something that could only be described as amusement.

"I'm human, remember?" I joked. Well, tried to joke.

"I remember every word, babe." She smiled as she started to get up, but I saw that she had much difficulty in doing so. I helped her get up off the bed. "Let's get you something to eat, otherwise you're going to feel sick."

"Humans are so puny and fragile." I was utterly annoyed with the fact that now I had different needs that required different kinds of refueling.

"You're one of us now." She said, taking me by that hand and stopping at the entranceway of her room. "And I love you no matter what form you are in. I'd love you even if you were transformed into an RC toy." She chuckled.

I rolled my eyes, but grinned. I slowly went in for the kiss once more and she gladly embraced it this time.

It felt good to be home.

Excuse the 'Ocean Avenue' thing, I just wrote the first thing that came to my mind.

Songs: Fort Minor – Where'd You Go (Adam Young Remix)

Lifehouse – Storm

So yeah! I guess we can say that I had, after 95 chapters managed to write the idea that has been haunting me from almost a year and a half! Rest assured, there are only a couple of more chapters to be written and it's going to be time to say goodbye to this story! He is back and he's alive! I couldn't let Mel be a single mother, that would have been too much! And now that the main idea for this story has been completed, only a couple of chapters are left to be written and reviewed and then it will be time to say 'bye-bye' to this story! :)