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Pet
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"It sure is somethin' else, isn't it?" Hound said to Crosshairs as they watched Cade. Loud footsteps resounded throughout the farm, causing the ground to shake ever so slightly. It was barely noticeable to the average human.
"Eh, Ah suppose so," Crosshairs said.
"What you ya mean, 'you suppose so?' He's a gigantic dinosaur!" Hound exclaimed, slightly put off by Crosshair's disinterest.
"The only reason 'e even follows Cade around like that is because he smells like Prime," Crosshairs argued. "That's all there is to it."
"I dunno," Hound grumbled, watching as Grimlock pushed a beat up, broken tractor to the place that Cade had pointed at with his head. "It's still pretty fascinatin', some of the things Cade can get him to do."
"Oh, tha's only 'cause he's got Prime's scent all over 'him!" Crosshairs stated loudly, clearly getting fed up with the conversation. "Didn't ya hear me the first time, Hound?"
"It's kinda hard not to," Hound retorted. Crosshairs growled and stormed off, cursing and grumbling under his breath. Hound lets him go, too busy watching Grimlock cut down the grass that had overgrown around the barn. It truly was amazing how Cade could just get the giant mech tyrannosaur to do pretty much anything, regardless of what he smelled like or not.
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Cade hadn't been expecting the four Dinobots to show up on his farm a mere two months after Optimus left the planet. He had to admit that he damn near crapped his pants when they stomped up to his barn, making a lot of loud noise and leaving large indentations in the ground from their feet. Grimlock had lowered his head and roared loudly in Cade's face, but he couldn't move. His legs wouldn't move; he was too terrified, wondering if Optimus had been wise to allow them to roam free.
However, after Grimlock was done with his roar, he sniffed Cade. His snout was pressed against Cade's shirt and his red eyes were eying him, as though he wasn't sure if he could trust Cade or not. After a moment or so of sniffing, Grimlock rose up, roared, and then gazed down at Cade expectantly. Cade didn't move for a few minutes, still afraid that he'd piss himself before he could.
"Cade! Don't show 'im any fear!" Hound shouted from the field. "He's not gonna hurt ya. None of 'em are."
"'Ey! Spike!" Crosshairs hollered. Scorn cried out and turned to the paratrooper.
"O-okay…" Cade stuttered. He turned and walked into the barn, which had been, fortunately, built to allow the Autobots access to it in their mech forms. Surprisingly, it also seemed to be big enough to let the Dinobots in as well because Grimlock followed him inside.
Everywhere Cade went in the barn, Grimlock would follow. Hell, everywhere he went period, Grimlock would follow. It took him forever to get the Dinobot leader to stay home while he was out at the store or something like that. But he did come in handy a lot. His fire breath was even hotter than his blow torch and that made things easier for Cade whenever he needed to wield something. And his strength was phenomenal, and…sometimes intimidating, but he could move things around that Cade couldn't with ease.
It took a while to get used to it, but Cade eventually did. He kind of liked having Grimlock around; he was like a giant dog, only he was a mech dinobot instead. While he couldn't snuggle up with Tessa on the couch like a dog – not that Cade would let that happen, like ever – or come into the house through the doggie door – not that they had one to begin with – he did play fetch, roll over, sit, bark – er, roar -, and follow Cade around like a loyal guard dog.
At first, Cade was confused as to why Grimlock followed him around like that. He couldn't for the life of him understand why he would, especially considering that he was a mechanical robot tyrannosaur rex. No one really told him why, not Hound, Crosshairs, or Drift, and he thought that they didn't know either, which they didn't. He could tell; they looked just as perplexed about it as he was about it. Bumblebee seemed to be the only one who had an idea and it kind of surprised Cade and everyone else.
"Maybe it's because – you smell like – Optimus!" Bumblebee said, looking far too excited than Cade thought he should be. And that got the other Autobots thinking.
"Ya know…tha's probably why 'e's doin' that," Crosshairs said.
"Makes sense. You do smell an awful lot like Prime," Hound added, looking down at Cade as though he knew something that the human didn't.
"Yes, you do, and because Prime is the one who set him free, he must feel devotion to him," Drift reasoned. "Since Prime is not here, but you are and you smell like him, he must believe you to be his master, much like a dog."
"That…makes no sense," Cade had told them all. After all, he didn't smell like Optimus! Did he?
…Did he?
That wouldn't be a bad thing, would it? Cade liked to think that it wouldn't be. He couldn't deny that there was something there between Optimus and him. But that couldn't be possible, right? Optimus was an alien robot from space and Cade was a mere human. A relationship like that couldn't be possible, no matter how much he wanted it to be. Besides, Optimus wasn't here and he had no idea when he'd return.
So, for now, Cade supposed that he'd just have to make due and keep Optimus'…pet…dinobot around. He did come in handy after all.