Optimus looked down slightly. Megatron placed a servo on his shoulder.
"Don't force her. If she chooses to not like me then I accept it. You can't change a person." Optimus nodded and looked at Megatron.
"Yes. I know. I'll see you in a few days Nova."
"Bye mama." She leaned over and kissed his cheek before Optimus turned and left.
"Luna will come around daddy."
"If she doesn't its fine, as long as I can set things straight with you." Megatron kissed her helm before walking in.
-At the Autobot Base-
"Elita what are you telling Luna?!"
"I don't know what you're talking about Optimus." She crossed her arms. Optimus glared.
"What are you doing to her?"
"I said I have no idea what you're talking to."
"You know exactly what I mean Elita-1! What are you telling Luna!?"
"Exactly what she needs to hear. That Megatron is evil. That she shouldn't trust him because he could hurt her!"
"He's changed Elita! I know he has."
"No you don't! Megatron is evil! Bots can't change!" Optimus crossed his arms.
"Elita I don't want to argue with you. Megatron is good now. I know he can't undo what he did in the past but this is now. It's a clean slate."
"Evil can't change! I can't even believe you were planning on taking Luna to that monster!"
"Megatron deserves a chance with both of them! Not just Nova! He won't hurt them! What has gotten into you Elita?! What happened to the Bot I used to know!?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"What happened to the sweet femme I used to know? The one who helped with my daughters? The one who helped me all those years ago?!"
"I'm trying to protect everyone! He's evil! Optimus once a bot goes to the Cons side they can never come back! It's imprinted in their mind! They will always be evil!"
"I know bots can change Elita. Several bots switched sides from Cons to Bots. They changed. They aren't evil!"
"Name one! Name one that hasn't gone back!"
"Bumblebee."
"He doesn't count! His carrier was an Autobot!"
"He was still part Decepticon and he lived with his sire for some time." Elita growled.
"That doesn't change anything! He was raised as an Autobot!" Optimus sighed.
"Bots can change. Stop brainwashing Luna!"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Elita-1 do not talk to either of my daughters ever again! Until you stop this nonsense I don't want you near them."
"That's kinda harsh when Luna looks up to me like a mother and caretaker than she does you." Optimus snapped.
"Shut up! The Elita-1 I know doesn't act like this! What happened to the Elita who knew that everyone had a pure spark no matter what side?! And that cared for everyone!? What happened to that Elita?!"
-On the Nemesis-
"I don't understand."
"What don't you understand Nova?" Megatron looked at her. She looked up at him from the floor.
"What is wrong with everyone at the base…It's almost like something is going around."
"Like?"
"Everyone is being so hateful. It started with Elita…and now Luna…Red hasn't been acting right and neither has Shadow and Jade. Even Ellie and Ratchet have been fighting more lately than they have before and Bulkhead and Wheeljack too…Something is up and I want to know why because I don't understand why this is happening."
-Flashback-
"You aft! You were supposed to feed them a half-hour ago!" yelled Ellie. Ratchet growled.
"It was your turn stupid femme!"
"Bulkhead seriously?! What the frag are you doing?! I just put Daybreak down and now you work her up again!"
"I didn't know!"
-End Flashback-
"Hateful?"
"Yeah...It's weird..." Megatron mumbled to himself.
"Hate plague..."
"What's that?"
"The hate plague...It was a plague...That I had Shockwave made during the Great War on Cybertron...I released it and ended up infecting almost all of Cybertron...A few of my scientists cured it before but they must have caught it somehow."
"C-Can we fix it?"
"I can try to talk to Shockwave."
"Let's go now daddy! Let's go!" She pulled at his servo. Megatron stood up.
"Ok. We'll go now." They walked to the lab on the lower levels of the ship. Shockwave was there testing on a dead Insecticon.
"Shockwave." The one-optic mech looked up.
"Lord Megatron? What are you doing down here."
"The hate-plague is going around again. It seems the Autobots have picked it up. Probably from the reconstruction. We need the antidote."
"An antidote for the Hate Plague? I'm not sure how long it will take to remake it."
"I need it before 3 days time Shockwave. Before my daughter goes back to the Autobots." He nodded.
"I will start working on it right away."
-With the Autobots-
Optimus sat in his quarters alone with Atlas. The tiny mech babbled while he curled and uncurled his fingers around Optimus' index finger. Atlas looked up at Optimus and smiled. Optimus smiled and kissed his forehead and held him up. They looked at each other and Atlas giggled and put his servos on Optimus' cheeks.
"Cute little mech." Atlas squealed, kicked his legs, and held onto him. Optimus cradled him close to his spark.
"My only son..." Their sparks beat in sync. Atlas looked at Optimus' chest and then at his own in awe. A smile gently graced Optimus' face.
A/N: Hello readers. I hope you're enjoying Rebuilding Our Home. I must ask though. Who should Optimus bond with and be his mate to help take care of the kids? Megatron or Elita?