(Please see all previous disclaimers)
Aquaformer was finally let out of the med bay, or at least what passed for a med bay aboard the crashed Ark. She knew that at least some of the bots here would try to hit on her, but she knew most of the games played by player mechs. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe tried to make a play for her attention but ended up getting an earful after they played a innocent prank on her. Needless to say, those two were off her list for potential mates.
She had also met several other bots, such as Huffer, Mirage and Hound, but Huffer drove her nuts with his worrying and hound wasn't the right type. Mirage at least could be a good friend, which Aquaformer really appreciated. She and he started training often together as they both had similar talents and skills. Mirage was actually impressed with her skills and enjoyed training with her.
Aquaformer, taking a short break from meeting the other mechs and also from training, soon met Spike and Carly, as she had met Sparkplug and Chip earlier. Spike was surprised to see a femme transformer while Carly was pleased. "It's nice to have another female around here" Carly stated, actually glad to not be the only female around the base.
"You guys know about us Transformers?" Aquaformer asked, as she was confused. As far as she knew, they were supposed to be robots in disguise.
"Yeah, we know all about you. Most of the world does, because Megatron has attacked all over the world" Spike explained and told Aquaformer of what the cons had done and how the Autobot.
"But I would've thought you guys would be scared by aliens our size" Aquaformer stated.
"We on earth are more welcoming that you think" Spike replied, enjoying being around the Transformers. "Sometimes are lives get pretty boring."
Aquaformer nodded. This was still all so new, as her directive was still to remain in disguise unless otherwise needed. "It just feels so strange" Aquaformer replied.
"What's strange?" Carly asked.
"Our directive has always been to be robots in disguise. I didn't think we would be able to reveal ourselves to other life forms" Aquaformer stated.
"Yeah, Optimus changed that when we arrive here" Prowl stated, having come over to join in the conversation. He had overheard the conversation and decided to insert himself into it. Aquaformer thought it was a bit rude, but at least he could tell her the real reason.
"Oh really?" Aquaformer asked, challenging the mech a bit. She had heard this bot could be a hard aft and she wanted to see if she could get a bit of a rise out of the bot.
"Yeah. He figured it was better to be honest with our new home world" Prowl responded. He didn't have feelings for the femme, as his spark already seemed to be taken, but at least Prowl was respectful of the femme. And he didn't take the bait, as she was too easy for him to read. He knew she was baiting him. Prowl wasn't lead tactician for no reason.
Aquaformer could only nod. "So, what brings you to earth?" Spike asked, curious, as he had heard that there were female transformers, but had never met one till now.
"A new mission" Aquaformer replied, trying to be ambiguous with her reasons, as she didn't want to have to explain. And thankfully, the humans left it at that, though Prowl didn't entirely buy it.
Meanwhile, Prime was at Teletran 1 trying to study con movements. Ironhide soon approached. "You've been awfully quiet Prime" Hide stated as he approached the Prime..
"I've been busy studying our foes to determine where they will strike next" Optimus replied, trying to ignore his own spark that had been acting out of sorts since he met the new femme in the med bay.
"It's not typically like you to be so quiet, Prime" Hide replied, trying to figure out what was going on and trying to get Optimus to fess up, as they were old friends.
"The cons have been busy and we must be prepared" Optimus replied, trying to deflect where this conversation was going. He didn't like that his friend was busy so nosey.
"You can't stop a bot from inquiring if this new, intense focus on the cons has something to do with that new femme bot that arrived" Hide retorted. He had played this game with Optimus before, when Optimus liked Elita One, which was why Ironhide was a bit surprised to play this game again.
"A new soldier is a new soldier; the cons must be stopped" Optimus replied tersely. Hide new he had gotten under the Prime's metal skin by how tersely the Prime had answered that time. Hide backed off, as he had gotten the answer he was looking for. It was just a matter of time to see if the feelings were mutual.