Transformers Prime; Fate Leads to Destiny

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Have I ever mentioned how much Nova enjoy riding her motorcycle before? Because if you haven't yet, then you should know that Nova was seriously enjoy the feel of the wind brushing past her. It was something about the freedom that driving a powerful machine made her feel. Freedom. That's a great word to describe what she feel right now. She was taking it for drive just to have some air for awhile. She was taking a long way before she headed back to base.

PWWWWAAAAAAARP!

Risking a glance in one of her small rearview mirrors, NOva couldn't help but smirk a bit when she sighted a familiar-looking, red-and-blue semi driving a couple yards behind her. Thankful that the long dirt road was empty, Nova switched to the left lane and slowed a bit until she was driving side-by-side with Optimus.

From the looks of it, he was just coming back from one of his 'meditative' drives that she knew he took every one in a while to clear his processor. Apparently, Cybertronians of any kind don't like being cooped up too long before they go stir-crazy, too. Even Ratchet, who seemed to be the main inhabitant of base, got out every so often to take a drive.

Anyways, since we couldn't exactly exchange words, Optimus and NOva were content to mostly drive side-by-side, even if she wasn't supposed to be driving in the other lane like that. But nobody was around and she figured that there was no harm to it.

Speaking of which...they weren't far from base. But Nova was willing to bet that she could still have a little fun before they got to their destination, and she had to put on her impassive mask and act like an emotionless freak. I mean, Nova had not forgotten her dilemma from the night before, but a little fun wouldn't hurt, right?

Accelerating once more, She maneuvered her motorcycle until she was in front of Optimus. Then, ever so carefully, Nova began to almost taunt him in a way, slowing down a bit on purpose before speeding up and doing swervies and whatnot in front of him, even revving her engine in a challenging way once in a while. It was kind of funny.

For a little bit, Optimus just to ignore her actions, continuing at the same speed they had been going at. It wasn't until Nova had started pulling some more daringly dangerous stunts like wheelies, switchbacks and a leap of faith, that she got a reaction out of him.

Optimus noticed his charge seemed to be in a rather playful mood today. But that could have just as easily have been misinterpreted as mischievousness on her part, especially considering the prank she had pulled on Ratchet previously. Anyway, coming upon her like this had been a bit of a surprise for him.

The stresses of leadership had been getting to Optimus a lot recently. So, it was inevitable that he had eventually decided to take a long relaxing drive around the area. This venture had been long overdue, and he always seemed to forget how enjoyable these drives were until he took another one.

And then he had come across Nova.

Just as he was heading back to base, he had found her riding around on her black motorcycle. He had been surprised to say the least when he first saw her. They were quite far from base after all, and he could not come up with a viable reason as to why she would be out here, driving alone on one of the back roads. Of course, he sincerely hoped that she was not planning to go on another one of her 'trips' after the last one. But it seemed that his worries were for nothing because NOva just seemed to be enjoying the freedom of driving like he was.

After getting over the shock of meeting so unexpectedly, they had both wordlessly resolved to just be content with driving like this together.

Maneuvering so that she was zooming along in front of him, he hadn't thought much of it at first, which was a mistake on his part. She had then started to accelerate before just as suddenly decelerating, slowing until her back wheel was only a yard or two from him. Then, like a sparkling she had begun to swerve from one side of the lane to the other, leaning dangerously to the side on the curves before straightening and revving her engine loudly a couple times.