The Humanoid Prime
: : - Comm link
Female- Femme
Male- Mech
Baby/child- Sparkling
Eyes- Optics
Heart- Spark
Tongue- Glossa
Chapter 3
Ironhide POV
It was just a regular day at the Autobot Base for Ironhide, practising his cannon targeting at the small aim at the other side of the room.
BOOM!
Ah yes. Just another day!
Even though Ironhide loved playing with his babies, there was something he loved even more. Well someone anyway.
Lucinda Prime. His little femme. His sparkling and the most joyful piece of spark Primus could have ever have gave him. It had been just over seven thousand years since Lucinda had come into his life, and he thanks the lords above every single day. In human terms, Lucinda was the age of a seven year old but acted quite mature for a sparkling her age.
She has never been a fussing sparkling and always thought of others than herself; Ironhide supposed that was the Prime heritage that made her so kind and thoughtful. She was just perfect!
Even though being the size a human was a problem, she never complained about it. She has asked Ironhide why she was different from other Cybertronians, he simply replied that she was more special than other Cybertronians and her size was a gift from Primus himself and to feel proud. She never then questioned it again.
There was never a dull moment back at home with Lucinda, she just loved showing Ironhide the new words she had learnt or painted a picture for her Daddy. She's such a bright sparking, always wanting to learn more and to impress other Cybertronians she has met.
"Daddy!"
A little voice broke Ironhide's train of thoughts, he turns to the screen on his workbench and sees a pair of bright blue optics watching him. Little Prime as Ironhide sometimes calls her was smiling the biggest smile he had ever seen in all his years of functioning.
Lucinda has long chocolate brown hair with slight curls at the bottom, and the brightest bluest optics anybot had ever seen. The few other Cybertronians who had met Lucinda always said her optics were the most beautiful thing they had ever laid optics on.
"Hi Daddy!"
Seeing her so excited to speak to her father made the big bots spark melt, he had a soft side for Lucinda anytime. But she is the only one who ever will.
"There's my sweetspark! How's your lessons with Jazz going?"
Jazz being the third in charge was clearly an excellent choice for Ironhide. Jazz knew a lot of history and respected the Autobots way of life, so teaching Ironhide's sparkling should be no problem!
"It was so much fun Daddy! Jazz was telling me about the time how Ratchet welded your af….."
"JAZZ! What the pit have you been teaching my sparkling?!"
There was a crash from the other side of the screen back on Ironhide and Lucinda's house… well pad.
"What? I said nothing but facts about us!"
"Oh. So the time I fragged Hatchet off and he actually welded my aft to the ceiling is facts of our history?" Ironhide said with an unnaturally calm tone of voice.
"….. Aw man! Why did you tell on me baby Prime?"
Lucinda watched the little crossover between her father and teacher aka best friend and when the attention was back on her, her little face dropped like she had been told off.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you in trouble Jazz. I just wanted to make Daddy laugh since he's at work."
The old bot couldn't handle seeing his little femme so distraught, he knew she thought she was in trouble. It was breaking his spark!
"Oh Lucinda…. You nor Jazz are in any trouble! I just don't want you hearing silly old stories and hearing you swear."
"Sorry"
Both Jazz and Lucinda say to the bot on their screen.
"Oh Daddy! Look what Jazz got me!"
Lucinda dropped below the screen and picked up a soft oval shaped material, it had two slings on its top.
"And what is it sweetspark?" Ironhide asked with slight confusion.
"It's a backpack! It's where I can put my books and pencils and take with me when we go somewhere! Then these straps go on my shoulders and it goes around my back and stays there!"
"I see. Well that was nice of him Lucinda. Is there any special occasion for this gift back-pack Jazz?"
"Aw well, Wheeljack found some material from an old project that exploded….. And well he thought he'd make his favourite little femme something."
"…. Please for the love of Primus say it's not going to explode? I would like my sparkling intact when I get home!" Ironhide grimaced at the thought.
"Nah man! It's safe Hide."
Lucinda twiddled her fingers before speaking to her father.
"Well…. Actually Daddy I wanted to use it for my education."
Ironhide sat on his bench while looking at his daughter
"Your education?"
"I'm going go…. Give you two some space….." Jazz slowly excused himself and left the father and daughter to talk in private.
"Sweetspark? Do you not have enough room or possibly supplies for your studies?"
"I want to go to school…."
"Speak up femme"
"I… I want to go to school. Like the other kids Daddy"
Ironhide sat there just starring into space, in his own world. He thought this day would never come, it makes sense that she would want to socialise with sparklings her own age. But even they would six times her size!
"No."
"Daddy?"
"I said no Lucinda. I don't letting you out of the pad when you're with me in case you get injured, never mind with careless sparklings you don't know! No. You will stay there where I know you are safe with Jazz."
"I just thought….."
WELL DON'T! THAT IS THE END OF THIS CONVERSATION! NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM."
"But!"
"NOW LUCINDA."
Lucinda look at her father in shock and slight fear, she grabbed her bag and run her little legs all the way to her bedroom. With a slam to the door, her father sighed. Ironhide rarely gets annoyed with his sparkling, but never has he got so angry. No. Furious!
"Well that went well huh?"
There stood Jazz in the corner of the room walking towards the screen.
"Not now Jazz."
"I know you're scared to let her grow up, but she needs to be with sparklings and younglings as well as her mech creator. She's a bright little thing Hide, I think it would be good for her to leave the pad for a change."
"If you remember clearly, she has left the pad plenty of times before."
"Back to and from base doesn't count!"
Sigh. Oh course he's right! When it comes to Lucinda… well everyone knows she has him wrapped around her tiny little fingers. And he knew it!
"Jazz…."
"Come on man! Just give them a chance! Who knows? Maybe it'll be good for both of you. For everyone to meet her."
Oh no. He's breaking!
"Just one chance Hide. And if she doesn't like it or others are giving her a hard time, then it's back to home schooling."
Stay strong Ironhide!
"And anyway, Rhythm started a while ago and he loves it!"
"Yours and Prowls sparkling?"
"Yeh! He's a sweet little mech, I'll ask if he can partner up with her and help her settle. It'll all work out Hide. Also Hatchet's twin sparklings go there too! Just say yes and I'll contact the school."
Sigh… I'm getting too old for this
"Very well. One and I mean one chance! If I detect at least one cut or bruise then she's out."
Jazz quickly jumped of his seat and started to do his little happy dance routine.
"Sweet! I'll let Little Prime and the school know right away. See ya later Hide!"
The screen went black as Jazz cut the line dead, all Ironhide could do was sigh and rub his faceplates in annoyance.
That mech will one day be the destruction of me….
Authors Note
Hope you enjoyed chapter three!
Lucinda is off to school! Who'll she meet and befriend?
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