Hidden Spark on Earth II (TFP)

Chapter 35

Stepping through the vortex first was Breakdown and Knockout, they both seemed unimpressed at the moment. Saphira sniffled a little through her tears, biting her thumb as she watched them approach. Knockout gave her a kind smile when he saw her, knowing she was very upset. Behind them followed Bee and Arcee before a new autobot walked through that Saphira did not recognize. A bot about the same size as Bee stepped through with a mostly silver body. His chassis had a large, blue plate on the front with a red autobot symbol in the middle. His shoulder pads had a blue under metal layer with a silver on top with a red tip. His head did have red streaks down his cheeks and crown upon his head.

His blue optics look around with curiosity before widening upon spotting Saphira in Ratchet's hands. He looked at Ratchet curiously with a smile. "Hi, I'm Smokescreen. I had quite the welcoming committee, I wasn't expecting a bunch of bots with two cons among them."

"As we have explained, Smokescreen, a lot of things have changed in the past several months," Arcee said in an irritated voice as Bulkhead and Wheeljack entered the base before the vortex closed. "Knockout and Breakdown are not our enemies. They have been here among us for a while."

"I'd say that is a good thing. Considering being a con's just a choice and all, so I respect that." Smokescreen looked around curiously and spotted Miko and Jack on the platform. "Oh, there's more native lifeforms. You called them humans, right?" He glanced at Bumblebee with a curious expression.

Bumblebee nodded. "We haven't had anyone new here since the cons and Wheeljack," Miko said excitedly, getting the new bot's attention as she gripped the railing with an excited smile on her face. "What's your story, Smoke? Where'd you come from? How'd you get here? How many blasters are you packing?"

Miko never changes...

Smokescreen was a bit taken aback by the round of questions that Miko just threw at him. "Uhh...are they all like this?" He glanced at the others around him curiously without seeming disrespectful to Miko's questions.

"Fortunately, not." Ratchet glanced down at Saphira with a smile, making her smile back at him slightly as she was starting to calm down again. He looked back at Smokescreen with a stern expression. "I too share Miko's fascination with how you arrived here on Earth. However..." He turned slightly to look at the monitor. "You will be able to tell your story once Optimus Prime returns to base."

Smokescreen widened his optics as surprise filled his face. "Wait, what did you say? Optimus Prime?" Ratchet raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly, and the younger bot blinked in surprise and huffed a laugh. "Y-You're joking...right?"

"And why would we joke about something like that?" Arcee asked him bluntly, frowning at him with hands on her hips.

Wheeljack chuckled as Smokescreen seemed to be speechless knowing that he could meet Optimus Prime very soon. He walked over to him and placed his hand over his shoulders. "I guess the kid is about to meet his idol. That's what it looks like to me."

Bulkhead chuckled lightly. "Seems that way to me..." He blinked when he noticed Saphira glaring at him. "Errr...sorry...I didn't mean to do that..."

Smokescreen glanced between Saphira and Bulkhead with a curious expression. "Did I miss something?"

"Not really. Just that Saphira's been angry about small things regarding Bulkhead." Arcee looked at Saphira with a smile. "He just laughed, Saphira. You don't need getting yourself upset more."

The bot looked at the girl curiously as she smiled slightly at Arcee. "I see you must have a special place here, Saphira. It is a pleasure to meet you." She looked at him with a curious expression. "And congratulations. I see that you are carrying. I imagine it is no easier than us."