There's going to be animals. Enjoy!

Optimus's POV.

I woke up, and I looked over to where my friends were. They were up because I didn't see them in their bed. So I got up, changed and went to where my friends were. "Доброе утро, друзь!" I said. BumbleBee ran up to me and hugged me. I hugged him back, "Good morning to you too, Optimus." Bee said to me. I smiled, "Good morning, Boss." BulkHead said pretty happily. I nodded with a smile. "G-Good morning, Sir." Arcee said while she saluted to me. I just waved with a smile.

BulkHead did shuffed energon for me as he said, "Here 's your energon." I rolled my eyes at him. But I did a sharply bite out of the energon, then said, "Thank you, BulkHead." He nodded and went to sharpen his knifes I sat down on the couch as I ate, and Arcee then sat next to me. We looked at other kinda awkwardly as what happened yesterday. Then I just zoned out for a moment. The thought of it made my heart flip.

I had something for Arcee for a long time, I thought we would be just friends, but over time, the feeling became much deeper and more sacred for me. I loved her. I loved her with all of my heart/spark. At first, I thought she just wanted to remain friends with me. But I noticed she seemed to blush when I'm near her. I guessed she loved me, too. And yesterday, when she hugged me, I thought maybe she did have feelings for me too. I wanted to ask her, but what if, I was wrong?

So I don't know.. This stuff is so confusing for me.. Then I saw BulkHead coming in with military gear.. Wait, where did he get that? "BulkHead, where do you got this stuff?" I asked him. "Found them here." BulkHead responded. "Looks like BulkHead is finding the war stuff here." Arcee said. I just shrugged. "Well, I'm going out on patrol." BulkHead said. "Do you not want anyone to come with you?" I asked him. "Nah, I'm good." BulkHead replied. I felt worried. I don't know if I'm comfortable with this.. "You sure, Bulk?" Arcee asked him.

"Yes." He responded.

Then BulkHead walked to the door and walked through and closed it behind himself. I was still uncomfortable with this, I guess it was visible because BumbleBee and Arcee started comforting me. I thought that was sweet of them. At least they were trying to help me out. "At least, BulkHead, got the walkie-talkie." Bee said. "At least he did." Arcee said to his response.

I just smiled nervously.

Several hours later, BulkHead still hasn't returned. I guess he wanted to go a little bit longer. I was starting to get worried. So I called him on the walkie-talkie. "Yes?" BulkHead answered. I sighed in relief, "Just checking on ya, everything alright?" I said and asked my wreaker. "Yeah, all good." He responded. "I saw a few walkers, not a lot. I avoided going to cities, but I explored more and pretty much know these areas." He reported to me. "Ah, you're still doing that idea?" I asked him. "Mhm, pretty good idea, because now I know the shortcuts and everything." He replied. I chuckled, "Ok, just be careful. And don't be a dummy!" I said to BulkHead. He laughed, "Ok, Dad. Sorry." He called me and laughed. "It's okay, Optimus out." I said and turned off the walkie-talkie.

Normal POV.

It's been a few hours since BulkHead talked with Optimus Prime. It's already 6:00 PM! Now, Optimus was worried. He was pacing around, his hand to his chin. He hadn't sat down for a while. As the minutes turned to hours, the more he was uncomfortable and concerned. "That's it. I'm gonna look for BulkHead." Optimus finally spoke, getting his pack ready, flashlight, medical supplies just in case, and water. "Do you need help?" Arcee asked him. "No, I will go alone. I will call you on the walkie-talkie every 30 minutes." Optimus said and reasoned. Arcee nodded, "Ok, we will set up our rooms. So we don't have to sleep in the same room." Bee said. Optimus nodded. He turned for the door and left.

Now it was just the second-in-command, Arcee, and the young scout, BumbleBee.

"So, what do we do now?" Bee asked. Arcee shrugged as she said, "I don't know."

Optimus walked around, looking for his wreaker. He kept using the walkie-talkie to call BulkHead, but there was no response. Every 30 minutes, Optimus would call Arcee and BumbleBee. He kept his promise.

Optimus then noticed a hord near the school bus. Optimus raised an eyebrow at this. Suddenly, he wondered who the victim was. Maybe BulkHead was trapped in there? He walked closer, hiding behind some cars. And he quickly found out that the victom in there was indeed his wreaker, BulkHead. Optimus analyzed the situation. He knows he can't just waltz in there. He himself would get bitten and killed. He needed to get a distraction so the Walkers would follow him and for BulkHead to go the other direction of the bus. So Optimus walked around for a bit, he saw cars, for some reason, keys were next to them or inside already. Optimus turned the key on the lock, but it had no gas. He sighed in frustration. He got out of the car.

Then he heard footsteps. They sounded more like hoof steps? He questioned. He looked to his right. It was a horse. Optimus was shocked and also was not bitten yet. Interesting. Well, Optimus found the distraction, and maybe even the horse will help them as well. But first, he needed to approach it carefully. He wasn't sure if it was wild or domesticated. He approached the horse and carefully brought his hand up. The horse brought it's face closer, and he was able to pat it. Optimus found out that this horse was tamed, and the gender was a stallion.

So he hopped on the back of the horse, and he used the mane as the bridal as the horse had no riding gear. Optimus had riden horses before. He, BulkHead, his brother Hound, Ratchet, Arcee, his cousin Raja, and her friends had riden horses before.

So Optimus trotted back to where BulkHead was. He can't be near the Walkers when riding, or he would've lost the horse and himself. Optimus had brought the flashlight. So he turned it on and got the horse to Canter. BulkHead saw the light. He was, at first, confused. Then he realized it was his leader and he was riding a horse, wait a second, a horse? "HEY WALKERS!" Optimus yelled out. BulkHead was quite shocked, mainly that Optimus was riding a fucking horse and it was still alive. BulkHead suddenly thought if the Walkers had something like rabies. Rabies are a type of disease and make the animal or even a person act and behave a zombie-like manner.

Optimus managed to get the walkers' attention. BulkHead was able to escape through the back, Optimus came in, and BulkHead hopped on the horse along with his leader Optimus. "Phew, thanks for the save, Optimus." BulkHead thanked his leader. "No problem, now we gotta get the fuck out of here." Optimud said, as he used the reins to gallop back to their temporary base.

And at the point, the same dark femme that saved BulkHead just yesterday was there, and watched Optimus and BulkHead from afar.

Optimus said, "Good morning, friends." In the beginning of this chapter