Mechanical Love

Break Down

At this point, Miko, Jack and Raf were all in the room.

"What happened?!" Miko cried.

Optimus in a fit of rage threw a near by dresser into the opposite wall. "What dose it look like?! Alex was just taken by that Pit-spawn excuse for a Cybertonain: Starscream!!" He snapped furiously at the children.

Never have they seen him this angry. This emotional. They watched helplessly as their friend and mentor in a sense; trash the room in fury.

"Slag it! If only I had my body I'd have fragging known when the glitch was near by! Alex would be safe!" He raged on. Blaming himself and continued to trash the room. When nothing else was left to destroy, he glared up at the sky where he had seen the Decpticon seeker flee; roared wordlessly to the sky.

Nothing by primal emotions could be discerned from the tones. Rage, worry, sorrow, and helplessness.

Finally tired of his emotional break-down, Optimus fell to his knees limply. tired tears ran down the Prime's cheeks.

Miko couldn't handle seeing her friend in such pain. She kneels down to the Human turned Cybertronain and gently lift his face to hers as she wiped his tears away.

"Optimus, we will get Alex back. Even if it mean calling in the calvary." Optimus looked into Miko's eyes. Once so innocent and care free. Hardly thinking of the danger when she snuck onto missions. Now fully grown and eyes hard in anger and determination

Looking over to the other two, saw that their eyes were similar. Though Jack's eyes held more of a soldiers soul then that of the other two.

He gave Miko a solemn nod as she smiled.

"Good. Now get some hope in your spark Prime! We've got work to do." The rocker ordered.

Giving a small laugh at the spirited Japanese woman said. "To think the tables are turned. You giving me hope in my darkest hour."

Miko gave a laugh in return. "True there Prime."

Jack then helped Optimus up. "We better get going. We've got plenty to do and little time to do it." He turned to Miko. "Get what you need and put it in my jeep. We'll head over to fifty-one to get things rolling."

Quickly the group began to get things ready.

Optimus had grabbed the back pack Alex had let him use during school. 'Almost nostalgic how I was going to a school once again. Also being saved by a femme.'

Memories of Ariel a linguistics bot, who had become the Femm Commander; Elita-1, began to come to the fore front of his mind. Quickly shaking free from the memories, he then gave a glare into the horizon as he watched the desert scenery go by.

"The Past is dead, The present dying, but the future still lives."

Optimus turned to look at Miko.

"It was something my Grandmother had said when my parents died a few years ago. She taught me many things. Funny thing is, if I had wanted to, I could have turned into a Priestess like many in my family before me. The Hino's and the Higurashi's are both familie's of strong spiritual powers. Even Kagome who didn't show any powers till she was 15 was able to become one of the strongest priestesses in the modern age." explained Miko.

Raf looked at her like she had grown a second head. "The Apocalypse is here. Miko has said something wise!" Whimpered the boy genius.

Jack gave a laugh. "Unless Megatron starts doing the ballet, complete with pink tutu, then I'll say we'll be fine for a few centuries!"

Optimus gave a snort. Picturing Megatron in a tutu was just too much.

Miko then gasped. "Primus did we even tell you whats been happening with the bots?!"

Optimus gave a smile to Miko. "Considering we have been other wise occupied with me once again losing my memory, It's understandable to not remember it."

Raf gave a nod. "So lets start off on after you jumped into the Well of Sparks."

Jack gave a nod. "Ratchet commutes between here and Cybertron frequently. Though he had said he didn't care for earth, he came to care for us measly carbon based life-forms as much as the other bots."

"But the whole group did come down for special occasions!" Miko said.

Optimus looked to them with a brow raised. "Oh?'

"Yep! They came by for our Birthdays, our graduations, My big Musician debut, Jack's graduation from the military, even Raf's integration into area 51 officially!" Miko cried.

Optimus was proud of his troops. Still caring for the charges they had so long ago.

Jack turned down a dirt road towards there Nevada Mountains. "The most surprising thing would be who took up leadership after you were gone."

Curious onto who it was asked. "Ultra Magnus? Ratchet? Arcee?"

The young adult just grinned. Miko looked to Jack who nodded. She grinned to Raf. "Would you like to do the honors brainiac?"

Raf gave a large grin. "Yep!" Turning back to the humanoid Prime stated, "Bumblebee!"

Eyes wide, Optimus never would have thought that the youngest of them, next to Smokescreen, would rise up to leadership. He sat back and gave a huge grin. The tiny bot he had found in Tiger Pax ruins, conquered the odds, loss of his vocal processor, having Megatron's personality inside his mind, having his T-cog taken, even coming back from the dead from a blaster to the spark. To be the new Leader of the Autobots. Words could not explain his feelings on how proud he was that the Sparking he came to love like his own, become a true leader.

"How are the others taking it?" He inquired.

Miko gave a shrug. "Pretty well surprisingly. They know Bee won't lead them down the wrong path. Even the refugees are doing well."

Optimus gave a nod. "What of Decepticon movements? Have they attacked yet?"

Miko gave a shake of her head. "No. Megatron disbanded the Cons after being controlled by Unicron. So far only Starscream and Shockwave are the only onces actually wanting to over throw Bee."

"What of Soundwave?"

"We freed him from the shadow zone after the fight and had Megatron talk with him." Explained Raf. "He's now the chief communications technician for the comm system on Cybertron. He even comes down here to hang with me!"

The human Prime had wide eyes at this statement. Then gave a small laugh. "I suppose that Soundwave would have a soft spot for you. Many years before the war started. Soundwave was what you would call a DJ for McAddam's Old Oil Stop. He had a Spark mate and a sparkling, but from what I know, and rumors, both his mate and Sparkling had died in the Crystal city bombing. Leaving Soundwave depressed and determaned to get revenge."

"Then why did he join the Cons?" Exclaimed Miko.

"Have you heard the saying, 'keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer?" Asked Optimus to the young group.

Jack gave a solemn nod. "Meaning it was a con that killed his family and a high up one judging from needing to join the cons to get his revenge."

"Exactly. Though I have not heard weather or not he succeeded." He stated.