The next day after school dad never showed. And that worried me. Because that wasn't like him. I watch as prime pulls up. I slowly walk over. "Get in." He says. "Where's dad?" I ask. "I will explain everything at the base." Optimus says. His tone had one of almost sadness in it. I slowly get in and buckle up. Optimus races to their base. Once there he allows me out and transforms. "Where's my dad?" I ask. "Barricade is in the medical bay. He is in critical condition." Optimus says. "What!" I scream, tears immediately flowing down my face. "What... What happened?" I choke out. "Barricade was ambushed by starscream and megatron. He is lucky to be alive. If we had found him any later he would have been dead." Optimus says. Then I race off to the med bay following the signs. I run in as a bot turns. "Who are you! Get out if here." The yellow bot orders. I scowl at him and make my eyes flash red. This startles him and makes him jump back. I climb up beside dad and kneel beside his face. The damage was easily seen. His optics were cracked. They had been fixed I think. There were dents scratches gashes all over his face. Parts of his armor were missing. One of the points on his head was broken off. It looked like it had been welded back. Tears stream down my face as I take all this in. "Dad?" I choke out. The yellow bot gets up and growls but I could tell he wasn't going to hurt me. "Do not wake him. The amount of pain he will be in if you do could easily send him into spark shock." The bot says. I gasp and look over at him. I turn back to dad and hug his face plates tightly. Sobs escaped me. "Oh dad." I cry. The bit freezes and quickly scans me. "How is he your sire! This is preposterous." He says. "Go ask prime." I whisper staring into dad's dark optics. The bots heavy footsteps can be heard walking out leaving me alone with dad. I gently rub his cheek and rub my thumb gently over a large scratch on his cheek plate. Then dad's optics slowly online. Dad groans leaning his head back. Then he slowly looks over at me. I had tears streaming down my face once more. "S-Sparkling?" Dad whispers. I nod while trying to stifle my sobs. "Oh dad. What did they do to you!" I cry. Dad groans and breaths deeply. "M-Many t-things." Dad says looking at me. I hug his face plates tightly and cry. "F-Fire... S-Shhhhh." Dad whispers. I gaze up into dad's pain filled red and blue mixed eyes. "W-Where a-are w-we?" Dad asks. "In the autobot base dad. They... They brought you here after they found you." I sniffle. Dad weakly nods as the bots footsteps can be heard. Dad winces once more. "D-Do n-not cry f-fire. P-Please?" Dad chokes out as the bot comes in with optimus. I hug dad's face plates tightly once more. Slowly and with great effort dad manages to lift a hand and gently rub my back. I hug him tighter as he does this. "That's impossible. The amount of gas I gave him should have kept him under for at least four more hours." The bot says flabbergasted. "Dad you need to rest. Please." I sniffle. Dad nods weakly, lowering his arm back down. "This is ratchet. My chief medical officer." Optimus says. Ratchet hooks a tube up to dad's arm and green gas starts flowing in. Almost instantly dad's optics start to fade. "I will need him under to repair all the damage." Ratchet says. I sigh and nod. Optimus picks me up and walks out.
