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Reluctantly, Aquaformer went to find Optimus. She had hoped he would have been happy with her for destroying that stupid con installation that could have hurt or killed many humans, but she was starting to learn that maybe she needed to work as part of the team and not go it on her own so to speak. And as she was thinking that, she ran smack into Optimus, literally. "Oof" Aquaformer let out, unaware of who she had just ran into as her processor was elsewhere.
Optimus, coming form the other direction, wasn't paying any attention either, as he had a lot on his own processor, and so he hadn't seen the femme coming when he ran smack into her. "What?" was his reaction. He backed off a bit, trying to see who or what he ran into and was a bit surprised to see it was the femme, Aquaformer.
"Sorry, Optimus. I didn't mean to run into you, sir. I was hoping we could talk" Aquaformer stated. She hated that phrase, as it didn't usually mean good things, but maybe she could still salvage something from a talk this time.
"Apology accepted. Let's talk in my office" Optimus answered, not wanting to talk out in front of anyone as he knew things might get a little heated.
"fine" Aquaformer answered and they headed for the Prime's office. Aquaformer wasn't looking forward to this but she didn't show it. She feared she had once again blown her chance to prove herself to Optimus.
They soon reached the office and went inside, closing the door behind them. Aquaformer refused to sit down in one of the chairs, as she felt sitting down put her in a position where she wouldn't be listened to or taken seriously. Optimus noticed but said nothing. "I want to discuss what happened with that con installation you took care of" Optimus stated firmly.
"The one I blew up near that large city, right Optimus, sir?" Aquaformer fessed up.
"Yes, that one. I want to know why you chose to be so reckless, as many humans could have been harmed" Optimus stated, protective of the smaller life forms on this planet.
"I had a Golden Opportunity, Optimus. The cons were away and I noticed the humans had quarantined the area for some reason or another. I thought the area was clear and so I took a shot and blew it up. Only after it was destroyed did I notice a man nearby. I saw he was injured from the blast. I stabilized him and his injuries before taking him to a local hospital" Aquaformer revealed, having never had a chance to explain all of this to Optimus before as he was too upset with what she had done to even listen to what she wanted and needed to say.
Optimus, instead of getting angry like he had before, listened as that was the advice that Hide had given the Prime. When he heard her side of the story, he realized that she had had a good opportunity, but she still had been a little reckless. "You still were a bit reckless, Aquaformer, as even one human being hurt is too much, however, I am glad that you did take the opportunity and that no more were hurt or killed" Optimus finally responded.
"Sir, having been forced to serve as a lower level leader in this great war because other bots didn't see nurse bots as valuable, somethings are made on a quick judgment and little time. I am sorry if it was reckless, but I saw no other choice" Aquaformer replied, defending herself, feeling like she had too.
Optimus sighed. He hadn't meant to put her on the defensive, but he had done so. He realized that he had gone a bit too far. "And how is that human now?" Optimus asked, wanting to know.
"He was released from the ER before I came back here. He is safe, as I took him home to his family and moved them elsewhere so that the cons would not find them" Aquaformer revealed, surprising Optimus.
"You moved a whole family?" Optimus asked.
"Yes, because the human who got hurt was the one who alerted us to what was going on" Aquaformer revealed.
Optimus realized that he had been wrong to yell at the femme before listening to what she had to say. He hadn't realized that it was a human who had provided the intel lead to the Con installation. "I think you have learned your lesson. And I am sorry about jumping on your case" Optimus stated.
"Apology accepted, sir. And forgive my recklessness, as I was just trying to help out" Aquaformer stated, not sure if Optimus would allow her to hug him.
"Forgiven" Optimus answered, and he slowly opened his arms towards her. Carefully, Aquaformer approached and hugged the Prime. It felt so good, at least to Aquaformer. Optimus softly smiled behind his mask. Maybe, just maybe they could make this thing work.