Maybe Meant To Be

~Chapter 13~

"Optimus?" I said, looking up at the tall familiar mech that then offered me a servo.
"I'm sorry for causing your fall. Are you alright?"

His optics were the same... His metal body with the colors of red and blue were the same... His voice was the same voice I had come to love so much... So why did something feel... Off? I mean, obviously, why would Optimus be here? On the Nemesis?

"O-Optimus... What are... What are you doing here?"
"I-I'm sorry... My name is Orion.... Orion Pax. ... Who is this Optimus? I've been confused with this Optimus fellow before... And... Have we met before..?"

Wow. That was... Not what I was expecting. The same mech, with every little detail being the same... Except for his memory or something apparently?!

"O-Optimus..! It's me, Y/D. You must be playing some kind of prank on me, right-" I was interrupted when Starscream came and was suddenly pulling me away.

"Oh my, would you look at the time?! My dear friend and I must be going..! Now, go and get back to work dear Orion."
I let Starscream drag me away, looking back to see the confused mech go back into his room.

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"What the frag was that?! Starscream, you'd better have a good explanation. And it better be the truth too!" I glared at the seeker who gave me a nervous glare of his own.
"Perhaps you could wait for your brother to tell you instead? I'm sure he'll tell you later once he-"
"I would like to know now." Again, I'm being lied to. And I hate it! This isn't fair... At all...

"I-I'm sorry... My name is Orion... Orion Pax. ... Who is this Optimus? I've been confused with this Optimus fellow before... And... Have we met before..?"

I can still feel my spark aching...

"And... Have we met before..?"
"Have we met before..?"
"We met before..?"
"Met before..?"
"Before..?"

Optimus' voice and his words seemed to echo over and over in my helm, repeating that one question over and over.
"Actually... You're right Starscream. I can wait. Tell my brother to find me immediately after he's come back."

Without waiting for a reply, I rushed out of the current room I was in and rushed to my berthroom, just wanting to be alone.

I was confused.
Annoyed.
Not wanting to be in the dark anymore.

What happened to Optimus, and would he ever be the same again?

So many random and stray thoughts stormed around in my head, leaving me with even more questions. I felt like throwing up almost as I quickly jumped onto my berth and curled up into a ball. I felt so uneasy and sick. Hopefully recharging for a little while will help me calm down.

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I was woken up by my berthroom door opening, but instead of it being my brother, whom I was expecting, my medical best friend came in. I also saw Breakdown come in behind him.
"What are you two doing here..? Do you know where my brother is?" I asked the two of them. Breakdown shook his head and Knockout sighed, sitting down besides me on my berth.
"We wanted to come and check on you... After we heard from Starscream that you seemed upset."
"Psh... Like he cares..." I said annoyed.
"Either that, or he doesn't want to get beat up by your brother..." Breakdown added.
"That too I guess..." I nodded. I started to think about what had happened and if I'd be able to explain what I was going through. I don't think I can explain though...

How would my two best friends react to me having a small minor 'crush', as humans say it, on Optimus, my brother's enemy?

"Look, you don't have to tell us what happened... We just hope you're doing alright..." Knockout said as if he has read my thoughts. "We don't want to see our favorite short femme get hurt like this."
"I'm not that short-" I playfully glared at KO. "... But thanks you two." I looked over at Breakdown and gave him a smile to which he returned. "How about... To make me feel better, we can play a game together? Or... Maybe some human karaoke~?" I playfully teased the two bots as they laughed a little. "Hey, we could even race y'know!"

It was Knockout's turn to playfully glare at me as he gently poked my side, earning a small laugh.
"You're a jet. You'd be able to go much faster. So no."
"Awww, little KO too scared that a girl's gonna beat him?" I teased and Breakdown joined me in joking around with the cherry red mech.

"Yeah yeah whatever. Laugh it up all you want."

Yeah so... You got to spend a bit of time with one of my fav duos Ig-! That is... B4 Breakdown uh... *Cough cough* yeah- Hope you guys enjoy this part tho! (Still trying to get around to writing my next chapters in advance and at least stick with the TFP storyline at least a Teensy, tiny bit-)