Maybe Meant To Be

~Chapter 6~

Once we entered the portal, I got a good look of the base inside. There was a giant screen I saw like the ones we have back on the Nemesis. I also saw a white and orange bot typing something in before turning to you and the others.
"And who is this?" He asked with a bit of a stern expression.
Before Optimus could say anything for me, I smiled at the bot and replied to his question.
"My designation is Y/D! Nice to meet ya! What's your designation?" I was now out of Optimus' arms and standing in front of the taller mech.

"I am Ratchet. Medic of the Autobots. What brings you here..?"
"Honestly? I dunno- I got lost in the woods and then Optimus and Uhm... the yellow guy brought me here-!" I chuckled a little before continuing. "I'm glad they found me when they did cause I was getting scared that I wouldn't ever be found! Although... my brother will be worried..."

Ratchet and Optimus shared a look that both said the same thing. The question was put into words as the yellow bot buzzed out a question.
:- Who is your brother? -:

"Oh! How silly of me- My big brother Megsy, or Megatron~!" I said with a cheerful smile, failing to notice the sudden tension in the air.

"Your brother is Megatron?!" Some of the bots and small creatures both exclaimed in unison.
"Uh... yes? What about him? Are you guys friends? Oh! Are you helping him restore our home?!" My optics flashes with excitement.

"I'm sorry. Are we even talking about the same guy here-?" Arcee was stopped by Optimus to say nothing further about this weird situation.
"Uh... sure- something like that..." Ratchet said, now eyeing you with caution.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T FIND HER?!" The silver leader's voice boomed through the room, making passing by vehicons turn and go the opposite way.
"Signal; not found."
"THEN FIND IT. SEND OUT THE TROOPS TO HELP FIND Y/D. IF SHE'S EVEN HURT-"
"We will find her master. Surely she couldn't have gotten all that far-!"
"THEN FIND HER!!"

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"Alright... go ahead and uh... make yourself comfortable I guess..." Ratchet showed me to a berth where I could recharge for the night.
"Thank you Ratchet! I'm really glad your friends are the ones that found me... you're all really nice..!" I said as I laid down and looked up at the grumpy medic.
"Yeah... Rest well." He left and I soon fell into recharge, not hearing the conversation that was happening outside.

"What if she's just trying to trick us?"
"It doesn't seem to appear like that... In fact, it doesn't seem like she knows about what her brother does or the real truth about Cybertron..."
"Well I mean... I guess that makes sense then why we haven't ever seen her in battle or anything either..."
:- So... are we keeping her here then or... -:
"For tonight, she can stay... We'll give her to her brother tomorrow."
"I hope you're right about her not causing any problems..."

~In the Morning~

I looked around and saw that what happened yesterday really wasn't a dream. But that means Megs must really be worried now...
I climbed out of the berth and stretched a little before walking out of the room.
"Good morning..!" I said to Optimus who just so happened to already be awake and doing some work of some sort.
"Good morning Y/D." He slightly turned to me with the faintest hint of a smile.
"So Uhm... as much as I appreciate your kindness, I really need to get back. My brother will be worried..." I rubbed my arm a little and looked at the ground.
"I understand."

As much as I wanted to get back to my brother, I also felt like staying here with Optimus- I mean my new friends. They seemed really nice and stuff...

Ratchet opened a ground bridge for us and when we walked through, it was a really pretty flower field. I also was finally able to contact my brother!

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"Signal: found."
"Open a ground bridge for me to her location. NOW."

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I watched as a new bridge was seen and I also saw how my taller brother stepped through and boy did he look mad!
"Megatron!" I smiled and ran to him, and he engulfed me in a hug.
"Y/D. Did they hurt you? Where were you?!" His volume raised more and I could tell by his tone that he was NOT happy...
"I-I'm sorry... and they didn't hurt me... Optimus was very nice and took care of me when I got lost..!"
Optimus watched us from a few feet away with his usual expression.

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"Well... uh..." turning to Optimus, I gave him a small smile. "Thank you for helping me, Optimus. I hope we can see each other again..!" I walked through the ground bridge and waited on the other side for Megatron to come through as well.

Megatron and Optimus stared at each other in silence before the silver mech finally broke it.
"Don't come near my sister again."
A rare expression appeared on the primes face as he gave a bit of a smirk.
"And if I do?"

The protective brother was now seething and he glared at the other mech.
"I'm warning you Prime. Leave her be. She doesn't need mechs like you in her life." He started to walk back into the portal. "Until we meet again... and it won't be as calm as a meeting like this either."

"Y/D. What were you doing with them?"
I said nothing and just stared at the ground.
"Y/D. Answer me!"