Forsaken

★ Chapter 5 ★

 When little Asteria woke up to find that Starscream was no longer there, her little body began to quiver with panic. The trauma of being abandoned previously all too real, her small optics swelling up with tears desperately looking around for the one she called daddy. She recognized there were other cybertronian's in the room but alas they weren't Starscream. Not knowing what to do next, she took a deep intake in and screamed at the top of her voice hoping that against all the odds her guardian would hear and come running. The screeching sound of such a small creature was almost unbelievable, just when they thought she was finished, she would stop to take another intake before screaming again. No matter how hard their servos were pushed against their Audios, it seemed like nothing was able to drown the sound out. Optimus tried to gently rock the Sparkling, but it did not soothe. Suddenly, little Asteria's small blue optics fixed onto something. They locked right onto Arcee, curiously she watched for a minute before reaching out to her with a happy squeal.

"Mumma!"

Arcee: "Oh, Primus, no..."

Arcee began to quickly duck as of this situation, that little thing had called her "Mumma", and she was getting the frag out of there. She didn't have a problem with Sparklings, it was just the fact that it belonged to Starscream apparently and anything to do with Starscream, she wanted nothing to do with. The very second she began to back away little Asteria began to tear up again, everyone cringed getting ready for the screaming. Arcee let out an annoyed huff, it was just a sparkling right?

Ratchet:" Arcee, please, for the sake of our audios, please take it."

Letting out a sigh of defeat, Arcee took the sparkling from Optimus. A squeal of delight erupted from Asterias mouth as the little femme made grabby hands for the much larger blue femme. Not even Arcee could resist a small smile, It was... undeniably cute. Asteria let out several happy chirps before curling up in the blue femmes arms and falling fast asleep.

Bulkhead:" Aw, look at that. It really likes you, Cee."

Ratchet:" judging by its body structure I would say its a female. However, I do wonder why it has a connection with Arcee. Perhaps it is merely because she is a female and thinks of her as somewhat of a carrier, or it could be possibly...."

Ratchet thought carefully looking up at down at Arcee's body. He had a theory, she was not going to like it, but if it was correct, it could mean life or death for the starving little femme.

Arcee:" it could be perhaps, what?"

Ratchet:" it could be the fact that you Share some resemblance between you and Starscream."

Arcee:" what?! I am nothing like Starscream! He's a backstabbing jerk! How can you even fragging compare me to that... that monster!?"

Optimus:" I believe Ratchet means you are similar to him physically, not mentally. "

Bulkhead:" so you mean she looks like him? Uh, I don't see it."

Ratchet:" well for one, both bodies are slender, and they both also have crests on their head, a third possibility could be that you may even look like its mother. Since we don't know its carriers physical appearance, it's also possible. What is clear now is that you are responsible for her.

Arcee:" I don't want to be responsible for a possible spawn of Satan himself! Why can't you take her Or Optimus?

Ratchet:" you saw how calm it is in your arms. You could be the sole reason it survives."

Optimus:" Ratchet is correct. I understand how you feel Arcee. However, this sparkling clearly trusts you. It will heal far better if it is with someone that it considers trustworthy. For the sake of this sparklings life, We must entrust it to you."