It's the start of a new year and another chapter. I hope that you all had a good holidays, spending time with family and friends. As always a disclaimer, I don't own Transformers, juts my oc's who won't leave me alone.
Chapter 18
Fowler was in his office working on some paper work, most of it having to do with getting the bots settled in their new base when there was a knock on his door. "Its open." he said, thinking it was one of the kids or June but was taken back when a soldier poked his head in.
"Excuse me Agent Fowler, do you have a few moments." he asked, only stepping in when Fowler said yes, taking a seat in the only chair in front of the desk.
"What can I do for Major Hudson?" Fowler asked noticing the soldier's rank and name.
"Well this may seem a bit odd but I was wondering about the civilian girl that is in the infirmary." The Major looked a bit uncertain but he finally asked. "I was in there eariler this morning getting the cast off my arm and when I read her name on the chart. Is she really Amber Star Bishop?"
"Yes she is but why is that something you have come to me to ask about?" Fowler asked now really confused.
"Because the Amber Star Bishop I knew died over 5 years ago, though I and some of my men had not seen her since her third birthday." and it was then that Fowler put the pieces together.
"Your Matt Hudson, you were a seregent under Captain Candace Bishp's command. I read about you to Amber, in the Captain's file almost a month ago. I can assure you that the young lady in the bases's infimary is your late Captain's daughter. The reports of her death were courtesy of her good for nothing, terrorist father." It was then that Fowler informed Matt all he knew of what Amber had endured under MECH, even letting Matt read her file which Folwer kept in his desk. When Fowler mentioned that she had been adopted by Prime Martt blinked at him.
"Your saying that the leader of the Autobots is my goddaughter's legale guardian?"
Now it was Fowler's turn to blink in surprise. "Your Amber's godfather? I wonder if she knows that?"
"I don't know but all I know is that I am glad that Amber is alive. Don't get me wrong, it is going to take me some time to wrap my head around that she is now a teenager and clearly better trained than me and my own men." Matt looked down at Amber's file in awe at her skills but Fowler could also see the horror in his eyes. Getting to his feet he had Matt follow him out of his office and led him over to Optimus who was helping Ratchet to set up the new groundbridge.
"Prime. I have someone here who I think you want to meet." Fowler called out to gain the big bot's attention.
Both mechs stopped and looked down at their liaison and the majior, taking note of Matt's rank but Optimus felt that he recognized his face. He wasn't sure from where though until Matt properly introduce himself. "It is an honor and a pleasure to met you Major Hudson."
"The honor is mine sir." Matt said a bit uneasy by the size of the Prime. "Agent Fowler has told me much of what has happened to Amber since the last time I saw her, back when she barely passed my knee. I have also heard that you have adopted her."
"Indeed I have, is there a problem with that?" Optimus asked wondering why the majior had an issue with him being Amber's adopted dad.
"Well actually Prime Matt here does in fact have legal claim to Amber as according to him he is Amber's godfather." Seeing both Ratchet and Optimus looking at him confused Folwer expained. "What that means is that in the absence of both of Amber's parents Matt was to be responsible for her well being. Though it may also come down to what Cadence's and Silas's wills says, which I'm a bit surprised none of us had stopped to consider till now."
"I actually have a copy of Cadence's will Agent Fowler but I am going to say this I have no intention of taking Amber from you Prime." Matt said wanting to put the now frowning Prime at ease.
"Then what is your reason for bringing up your possible guardianship of Amber?" Ratchet inquired.
"In all honesty, I just became excited at the notion that Amber was alive." Matt said a sad smile gracing his face. "You know when she was a kid she loved playing soldier whenever her mom, our teammates were visiting the house. It was cute even if it was odd that a 3 year old grasped the concept of battle so well."
Optimus and Ratchet exchanged a look, both of them thinking the same thing but didn't said anying to the major who soon said good bye, promising to come back. Watching him go Optimus reached through the bond hoping to feel Amber but his spark sank when she didn't respond. It had been a week since the Battle of Darkmout and Amber had yet to wake up.
Many of the doctor's on base were stumped because she seemed in perfect health, which still surprised Ratchet. He had shared with the base medics how bad Amber's physical condition had been after Starscream's attack. They had all been skeptical about her injuries because the forge really had healed all of them, save one. The only evidence left on her from Starscream's attack was the large and angry scar that started above her left eye and ended near her mouth. They had found it after cleaning all the blood off her face.
Seeing the sad look on Optimus's face Ratchet placed a comforting servo on his Friend's shoulder. "Don't worry Optimus. Amber will be back on her feet before we know it. Shes too stubborn to die." That did make the last of the Primes smile.
-o0o-
Waking up was hard because her body felt like it weight a ton and something felt different. After a moment of fighting Amber was able to open her eyes and slowly sit up in bed. Looking around she tried to figure out where she was and why it looked so much like a hospital of some kind. She slowly started to rub her face, feeling something on the her left and it was like a trigger. Suddenly the memory of her and the others being surrounded by cons came flooding back, specifically Starscream backhanding her into a wall.
Amber soon found herself jumping out of the bed, ripping the IVE out, ignoring the fact that she was only in a hospital gown and ran out of the infurmary. Running frantically Amber soon found herself outside, right when a group of soldiers were marching past. Seeing all of the millitary personnel immediately triggured a panic attack and caused her to bolt. She could hear shouting behind her but Amber in her mind was 12 years old again and it was MECH soldiers chasing her.
She was rounded a corner and ran right into the armored leg of Wheeljack who had been walking back to the Autobot's assigned hanger. With how fast she had been going Amber bounced off his leg and fell flat on her back. Wheeljack looked down and stared at Amber who could only groan from where she had fallen. "Amber, your awake. You doing ok?" he asked slowly lowering himself to get a better look at her.
It was about then that one of the bases's doctors, two nurses and some soldiers joined them, all of whom approached the girl. Amber backed away from them the best she could till she until she reached Wheeljack's foot. "Easy Miss Bishop. You need to calm down and come back to the infirmary so we can-"
"Sorry doc but I think I better take her to Prime." Wheeljack said gently picking Amber, cupping his servos around her to shield her from the prying humans and swiftly headed to the hanger. Thankfully Optimus was there, talking to both Ultra Megnus and Ratchet. "Sorry to intrupt sirs but I have someone here who needs Prime's attetion right now."
Optimus's eyes widened in surprise when Wheeljack held her out to him, not hesitating to take Amber when he saw and felt how frightened she was. Optimus brought her to his chest plating, where she grabed on to his armor in a tight grip. "Its alright dear one, just try to slow your breathing down. You are safe here."
Ultra Megnus stared at the girl, not because the young women he had been told was the reincarnation of Solus Prime. No it was because she was leacking on his leader. He was also surprised that Optimus was comforting the girl like any of them would a young sparkling. He decided to give the two some space, stepping away, Ratchet right behind him. "I better call Mrs. Darby. She will be able to provide Amber with a change of cloths and foot wear."
It took some time but soon Amber calmed down enough for Optimus to put her down on the old couch they had procured for the kids. When Fowler heard Amber was awake he got her not only a blanket but a tray of food from the mess hall. Amber ate slowly well she finally let one of the bases doctor's check her over. It was only once the the doctor was done and she had finished eating, that Optimus asked. "Amber what is the last thing you rememeber?"
"Jack, Miko Raf and I getting caught by cons after they chased us into a back-alley and Starscream back handing me into a wall." she said with concentration but that then turned to fear. "Wait where are Jack, Miko and Raf? Are they ok?"
"Take it easy Amber, they're all fine and at school." Arcee assured her, offering her a bottle of water. Amber took it greatfully and took a long drink, finally taking notice of Ultra Megnus who was staring at her.
"Um- who is the new bot?" she asked nervously.
Taking this as a sign to introduce himself Megnus stepped over to the rail. "I am Ultra Megnus, I served as Optimus Prime's second in command during the war on Cybertron. I must say when the others informed me that you were the reincarnation of Solus Prime, you were not what I was expecting."
Amber had been taking a drink suddenly spared water after hearing him say this. "What?! Who told you that? Optimus what-"
"Calm yourself dear one." Optimus said holding up a hand, sending calm through the bond which she responded to. "I had suspected that you would have no memory of the events after you and the other chilldren were captured. One of them being that you revealed your secret when you destroyed the Omega Lock with an energy construct of the forge." Amber stared at him in shock while he and the others gave her full details of not only what had happened on Cybertron but of everything that happened up to that morning. She looked at all of the bots and Agent Fowler seeing the looks they were giving her, making her self-conscious. Thankfully it was in that moment that June came running into the hanger, going right to her and wrapping Amber up in a fearce hug. Amber slowly returned the hug, still looking at the bots, not really sure what any of them (save Prime of course) thought about her being Solus reborn.
June didn't give her any time to ask any of them because she took an reluctant Amber back into the infirmary to have a much needed shower. While she was pulling a clean shirt on Amber spoted the new scar on her face. Getting closer to the mirror Amber traced the scar with her left index finger, this caused a flash of images to flicker in her mind. She was a bit shacken by this but shaken her head she pushed it to the back of her mind and finished dressing. By the time she and June returned to the Autobot's hanger Jack, Raf and Miko had arrived with an excited Casper.
The German Shephard spotted her first and excitedly barked, ran over to her making Amber laugh as she dropped to her knees to embrace him. "Hey boy, I'm glad to see you too."
"Man Amber for someone who just woke up from a week long coma your looking pretty good." Miko said.
"A WEEK?!" Amber shouted in surprise looking up a the other girl before she looked at her guardian, demanding. "You didn't tell me that I was in a coma for a week." Optimus simply shrugged with a nonchalants that made her laugh but the others could only stare at him, dumbfounded. It was a light hearted moment that was intrupted by Matt's arrival.
Matt couldn't help but stare at Amber who was happily talking to Jack and Miko. 'She looks so much like her mother.' he couldn't help but think as he slowly approached the teen, who was the first to spot him and her eyes grew wide.
"Uncle Matt?" She asked shocked.
"You remember me?" he asked stopping dead in his tracks in surprise.
"Yeah of course I do, I have an old picture of mom, you and the rest of your team back than. Also how could I forget my mom's right hand man?" Amber said looking him over, noticing that his rank had changed and that he was not as tall as she remembered. "So what brings you here?"
"Um- you do actually." Matt said nerviously handing her an envelope. "Agent Fowler had mentioned that you may need a copy of your mom and Dad's will, which I had, so here."
Amber took the envelope, saying. "F.Y.I Uncle Matt, Leland Bishop is not my dad and/or father. That honor would belong Optimus. So how did you find out that I was alive and here?"
"I was in the infermary last week when I saw you laying in one of the beds. I'm actually stationed here and lead my own team now, which is where the Autobots are now stationed, since their old base blew up." Matt explaned. "Maybe if either of us ever have some free time we could maybe get reaquainted"
Amber smiled before she walked over and surprised Matt futher by giving him a hug. "I think I'd liked that."
-o0o-
It had been a few days since Amber had woken up from her coma and she was not feeling so good, mostly due to lack of energy. One moment she was feeling fine and going about her day and then a few moments later she was dead on her feet. It made June and the doctors were concerned, especially since they couldn't find anything wrong with her. Amber was told that she was to take it easy until further notice, which ment she was stuck hanging around base bord out of her mind and doing a lot of sleeping. That was another thing she wasn't sleeping at night eather, only able to get a few hours of true sleep before she would wake up drenched in sweat and full of fear. The worst part of it all was that she could not remember anything that she had been dreaming about.
Even with all that was going on with her, life still went on with the other kids going back to school and the bots worked on setting up their new base. Using anything they could from the remains of The Harvinger they soon had the ground bridge set up and operational. They were currently testing it at that very moment, bridging back Wheeljack and Ultra Megnus from the remains of the old base. The commander rolled in with out incident and with only a single energon cube on his flat bed. "We didn't find much else in the rubble of the former base." he said once transformed.
"You call this not much else?" Wheeljack asked, holding up the lob ball proudly. He proceeded to throw it at Bulkhead, who was not ready at all to catch the ball of twisted metal. It bounced off his chest plating and headed directly at Miko, Amber and Jack, who were watching from the upper level infront of Agent Fowler's office door. Without thinking Amber turned the Scythe into a large pike that sckewered the ball, stopping it a foot from hitting the three of them but in the process the other end of the large pike went through the office door.
"What In the Sam Hill is going on out there?!" Came Fowler's confused shouts.
"Opps." Amber muttered using the Scythe to lower the metal ball to the floor.
"Wheeljack! You could have caused serious damage!" Ratchet snapped at the mech quickly going to the suddenly grey faced Amber who looked like she was about to throw up or pass out. "Are you alright?" Amber said she was fine well stumbling over to the couch to sit down, feeling like she had just run a marathon.
She could hear Ultra Megnus chewing out Wheeljack but after having to save herself and the others from the lobing ball she couldn't really blame the commander. Optimus gentaly proded through the bond, having picked up the sudden change in how Amber was feeling and asked if she was alright. 'I'm ok dad. You better focuse on your mission. I'll be here when you get back.' She could feel how disapointed he was about not being able to help her but loved the fact that he worried so much about her.
'What is wrong with me?' She thought leaning back on the couch and closeing her eyes. She must have fallen asleep again because she found Casper licking her face awaking her up. He whined at her and it was then she realized that she was breathing hard and covered in a cold sweat again. "I'm ok buddy, its just a dream, I think." she assured him scratching him behind the ears more for her comfort then his.
"Hey Amber." Raf called to her seeing that she was awake. "Optimus is back."
Hearing that she got up and joind the others at the rail and watch Optimus bring them the fossilized remains of an ancient Predacon. "Optimus did you find energon?" Ratchert asked hopeful, not seeing what their leader was carrying.
"No but I did uncover this." He said putting the bone down for them all to see.
"It can not be." Ratchet muttered in disbelief.
"Be what?" Jack asked confused by Ratchet surprised awe.
"The ancient remains of a predacon." Optimus informed them which brought about a langthy discussion about predacon clones and the Decepticons sudden interest in them. It was soon very clear that Megatron wanted to clone more Predacons from the bones that were most likely all over the world and build a new army. This meant that the Autobots were racing against the cons to procure these bones and stop them from making a Predacon clone army.
Ratchet brought up some pictures of Predacons from their historical text and Amber found herself intrigued by the very fact that some of them looked to be the same creatures from foke lore and myths from around the world. "But those are metel verson of creatures from our greek mythology and midival literature." Jack stated, share the same thoughts she had.
"Not dinosaurs."
"It would stand to reason that Predacons did indeed walk upon this earth in ancient times, as they seem to have been the bases for much of human kinds folk lore. Illistrating once again that the pasts of Earth and Cybertron are inestrickably linked." Optimus said looking to his daughter, remembering how like Earth's past she was also linked to Cybertron's. Noticing his look she walked down to the floor and over to him, allowing him to pick her and Casper up. He turned and left the hanger walking outside so that they could talk for a bit in private. "What happened earlier?" he asked softly
"Nothing much save that Wheeljack had recovered the lob ball from the old base and had thrown it at Bulkhead. It rebound off Bulk's armor and came flying at Jack, Miko and me. So I used the scythe to stop the lob ball from hitting us and punched a hole in Fowler's office door. And of course right after I was drained and neally passing out again. I really am frustrated about how one minute I'm full of energy and the next I'm about to pass out. What is wrong with me dad?" Amber pleaded, desprate for some answers.
"I do not know dear one but I believe the best thing we can do right now is let you rest and recover. Give your body time and you may find that you will be alright." Optimus said sending comfort and love through the bond to her, putting her at ease. Amber knew he was right, leaning agains him absently skraching Casper and simply enjoy being with him. However their little moment of peace was soon intrupted by Jack running over to them, looking frantic. "Amber we got a problem."
"What is it Jack?"
"Your Aunt Misty is coming to base to see you." Hearing this made Amber and Optimus exchange looks before she and Casper where lowered to the ground and Prime transformed. She and Jack ran for the front gate, well Jack explained. "Your aunt showed up at the hospital and started demanding to know what was going on with you and where you were. Seems she showed up at the house first but of course-"
"None of us where there." Amber huffed slowing down to a walk, growing tired again and soon she had to stop and catch her breath. Thankfully they were already near the gate, just when a familure red truck pulled up. Fowler, Matt and the soldiers stationed at the gate were already there and waiting as Misty rolled the window down. "Hello Mrs. Miller, I'm speciall Againt William Fowler. I work closely with Optimus and his team, and your niece on occation."
"That is nice, now where is Amber?" Misty demanded, frowning at the man.
"Misty, I don't sappose you rememeber me." Matt said stepping forward to speak to her. "I'm Matt Hudson, I served with your sister-in-law."
"Yes I rememeber you but where is-"
"I'm here!" Amber shouted joining the group, still trying to catch her breath. "Aunt Misty… hi."
Taking a look at her neice Misty saw that she bent over, half leaning on Jack and spotting a new scare on her face. To say that Misty lost what little cool she had would be an understantmeant because she jumped out of her truck and ran over to Amber. Misty grab her face to get a better look at the new and still healing scar. "What in the name of god happened to you?!"
"Um… a lot." Amber admitted with a slight blush and tryed to get her aunt to let go, which she did but then started checking the rest of Amber's body over for injurys. "Look Aunt Misty I know your worried and wondering what's been going on but you of all people know that you can't just show up at a millitary base and demand anything."
"You are my niece and a minor-"
"Hey I'm 18, so not a minor." Amber snapped cutting her off and pushing her away to put some space between them. "Look, I'm fine, there is no need for you to worry."
"You say that but I knew when your mother was trying to lie to me, be tuff and not taking proper care of herself. You missy are lieing to me about the extent of your injurys and play it tuff. Now tell me how did you get hurt and how bad is it?"
Before Amber could respond Fowler step forward in an attempted to calm Misty. "I'm afraid that is not possible. The events around your neice's injurys are classifed."
Misty glared at him and was about to most likely tear him a new one but then Optimus's holoform and his new vehical form arrived. "Agent Fowler a word please." Fowler and Optims walked a way to talk in private for a couple of moments, Fowler starting to get angry at Prime which made Amber and Jack exchanged smiles. When their talk was over Fowler let Misty park the truck near the Autobot's hanger and ushered her inside where all of the bots were waiting. Misty stared at the mechs and femmi. Then when Optmus dismissed his holoform and transformed infront of her, Misty fainted.
"Well all things considered I think that went well." Amber said, she and Jack holding her aunt between them. After Misty regained consciouseness Amber and Optimus explained everything to her and it was clear that she was not happy about the situation one bit. She started to threaten to remove Amber from the base and take her back to the farm. It took a lot of talking and coercing from Amber, and Optimus to get her to calm down.
"Fine I will accept that you are working with a bunch of alien robots, one of which is in fact your legal guardian." Misty looked at Optimus with apprehension before she continued. "But I have one condition. Amber you will call me every Saturday evening, 2200 hours for a full debrief of your week and if you lie to me or are even more then 5 minuets late I will come back here and drag you back to the farm. Am I understood young lady?"
"Yes Aunt Misty." Amber said with an eye roll but a small smile. "Or should I call you drill Sargent Miller?"
"Don't sass me young lady. I may have given up my millitary career to be a farm wife and mother but I will not hesitate to drop kick your ass." Misty threatened with a small smile of her own. With her Aunt satisfied Amber and Casper left the base with her to head to the Darby's to have dinner with June. Jack stayed behind to help out at base, not wanting to get in the way of the ladies bonding time.
A/N: Well there you go, another chapter done and I hope that you leave a review because I not only write this for me but to share my idea's with you all.