Tibaksi &The Traitor

Chapter 2

I was surprised when I woke, that nobody had bothered awakening me.
I frowned and gently lifted Larkspur off my chest-plate and set him down in his little berth.
I brushed my hair and buffed my finish like every morning then walked out of my berth-room.
Kamicazii saw me first and threw her arms around me in a crushing hug,"Happy Spark-Day, Orchid!"
I blinked in surprise. I had forgotten it was my Spark-Day. I was touched Kamicazii had remembered.
Not just Kamicazii, it soon became evident that the only person who had forgotten my Spark-Day, was myself!
I received pats on the back-plates(which hurt) and many hugs.
The Wreckers, Leadfoot, Greenslime, and Jolt, greeted me with hearty laughs and crushing hugs, much like their femme Wrecker Kamicazii.
Aura Dae, Blue Moon, and Optimus were gentler.
Ironhide glared at all the mechs from a corner.
Ratchet gave me my usual checkup, my wings required one daily in the mornings.
Larkspur woke up and sensed everybody's excitment, and before we knew it, he was zooming around and around the ceiling like crazy.
At least, once we had gotten all calmed down, Lennox could say something.
"Today, I hope you guys have your holoforms ready," the commander said, rubbing his hands together,"Because we're going to the beach!"
That got everyone hyped up again. But this time, they all disappeared into their berth-rooms to get ready.
I looked around, except for me and Lennox, nobody else was around.
I knelt down to the man's lebel and whispered,"Thank you."
Lennox patted my cheek,"No problem, Orchid."
I then went into my berth-room to change my holoform's outfit.
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About an hour and a half later, we were on the beach. We all had holoforms now and I was glad, even though Epps told us nobody came to this beach often. It was better to be on the safe side.
I was reluctant to swim, I had never done it before. So, I sat in the warm sand and doodled pictures in the sand while the others played in the waves.
A shadow came over me and I looked up to see Optimus, smiling.
He knelt next to me,"Why don't you swim?"
I shrugged,"I never learned how."
Optimus nodded understandingly.
I tried to focus on the ground, instead of on Optimus, which was hard, as I hadn't yet grown accustomed to his holoform.
Optimus' holoform was a man in his twenties, with black hair, bright blue eyes, and tan skin.
I doodled a little more in silence with Optimus, then Leadfoot's holoform (a young, overweight man with red hair, fair skin, and tons of freckles with blue eyes) grabbed my arm,"Come on, Orchid, it's your Spark-Day! You shouldn't spend it sitting around."
Leadfoot dragged me into the water, where I tripped and yelped as I went under. The sea salt stung my eyes and it filled my mouth with a disgusting taste of salt.
I immediately felt someone grab me and lift me above the water.
I coughed and rubbed the water out my eyes. Now my lungs and eyes burned.
"Are you crazy!?" Ironhide yelled at the Wrecker (he was an older man than Optimus with blue eyes, darker skin, and black hair).
"Orchid can't swim, you idiot! She could've drowned!"
I gently set a comforting hand on Ironhide's arm,"It's okay, Ironhide. Leadfoot was just having a little fun."
Ironhide frowned and I could tell he didn't quite believe me, but he left Leadfoot alone.
"Thanks, Orchid," Leadfoot murmered to me,"I owe you one."
I laughed, then Aura swam up.
"Hey...um...I was just wondering if you'd like to teach me to swim?" I asked my friend.
Aura's eyes lit up and she nodded enthusiastically. She called Blue Moon over (Blue Moon's holoform is a young girl with golden hair, tan skin, and one blue eye and one brown eye)
Together, they took me to a deepish spot away from all the mechs and began teaching me how to swim.
I was, to my delight, a fast learner, and within half an hour I was swimming circles around my friends.
"This is so cool!" I exclaimed.
Then Epps jumped out the water and sniffed the air,"Is that lunch I smell?"
Soon, all the mechs were out of the water (except Optimus, he didn't go in the water) and gathered around Lennox's wife, who was setting out a picnic on the sand.
We three femmes looked at each other, shrugged and left the water to go help Lennox's wife set up.
For lunch was: potato salad, grilled pork chops, chocolate muffins, a lettuce salad, and iced tea.
Despite being Cybertronian, we all ate politely. It was surprisingly good.
Wheeljack (an elderly man with silver hair, beard, and mustache and white skin and blue eyes) rolled his eyes back,"Mmmm! You, Miss, are the best cook of human food I have ever met!"
Lennox's wife chuckled warmly,"Glad you like it, now...who'd like seconds?"
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After lunch, it would be a while before we could go in the water again, so Lennox and I set up a volleyball net and we played femmes against mechs (which Bee managed to pull Optimus into playing somehow).
The ball came at me and I hit it with my arms, over the net, and Greenslime hit it back.
By the end of the day, we were all tired, but Leadfoot had one more trick.
"Mechs chase femmes!" he cried and raced after Kamicazii.
Before we knew it, all four of us femmes were being chased by the mechs (Optimus, Ironhide, and Ratchet not included).
I ducked, slid, and weaved around everyone, making it very difficult to catch me.
However, Bumblebee did eventually tackle me to the sand.
"Be careful, Bumblebee!" Ironhide called.
Bee gave Ironhide a thumbs up and a smile before getting off of me.
The game lasted until we were all just too exhausted to run anymore. The mechs had won anyway.
We drove back home and we all went yawning into our berth-rooms.
I slumped outside of mine, and I had a vague memory of somebot picking me up and laying me in my berth.
I fell fast asleep and did not awaken until the first light of dawn.
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I yawned and stretched my arms as I sat up. I was lying on top of my berth's sheets, and Optimus was sleeping with just his helm and arms on my berth next to me.
'He must've carried me in,' I thought, then I gently shook him.
Optimus woke with a snort and looked at me.
He smiled,"Good morning, Orchid."
I smiled back,"Good morning."
Optimus lifted himself onto the berth next to me and took a strand of my hair in his digits.
I felt his breath so close to me and leaned against him, closing my optics.
Optimus kissed the top of my helm,"Happy Spark-Day."