Lost (Optimus Prime x Reader)

11 - Who Are You?

Optimus and I decided to stay out under the stars last night. He had pulled his vehicle mode under a rock formation and we slept on his hood. We stayed up talking, or on my part listening, almost all night. When we woke up, I yawned and stretched my arms over my head, satisfied at the lack of pain and the cracks it produced. My abdomen had finally healed all the way and the scar was pretty cool. My stomach growled and I glared at it.

"What's wrong?" A voice asked. I jumped so much that I slipped and fell off of Optimus' hood and face planted on the ground. "Are you alright?"

Two arms wrapped around me and picked me up off of the ground. I turned and saw Optimus with a concerned look on his face. I gave him a weak smile and a nod as my stomach growled again.

"Are you hungry?" He asked. I nodded and pointed to my IV. "Let's get back to base then."

He carried me over to the passenger's door of his vehicle mode and set me in the seat before disappearing. His engine started and he drove us back to base.

When we got back it was around seven in the morning and Jack, Miko, and Raf were at school. Everyone was scattered around the main room doing their own thing. Optimus transformed with me still in the seat and I ended up in his hand. I shrugged it off and waited anxiously as we went to the medbay. Dad was standing at his work station and turned to look at us when we came in.

"Did you two have fun?" He asked.

"It was nice, but Y/n needs nutrition," Optimus said. Dad put his hand out and I crawled into it before clinging to his thumb. He set me on the gurney again and his holoform appeared next to me. His hand ruffled my hair before moving to connect my IV again. I smiled and watched as Optimus' holoform appeared too. Dempsey scampered up the steps to the gurney and sat in my lap before nuzzling under my chin gently. I put my arms around him and he licked my face. I pet his head and jumped when the alarm went off in the main room. Both Optimus and Dad ran out of the room, leaving me confused. I shrugged since there isn't anything I can do about it and laid down with Dempsey next to me.

I must've fallen asleep because when I woke up, Dad and Bumblebee were in the medbay. Dempsey bumped my hand with his nose and I pet his head.

"Well that's a problem we'll have to deal with later, now go play with the kids until he gets here," Dad said and Bee shrugged before leaving. I tilted my head a bit in confusion and stretched while yawning.

"Did you have a nice nap?" Dad asked smugly and I nodded with a small smile. "Good. We have a new Autobot arriving today."

I raised my eyebrows and he nodded.

"His name is Wheeljack. He and Bulkhead were a part of the same unit on Cybertron." He said. I gave him a thumbs up and got up to crack my back.

"You don't seem to happy about the new guy." I rasped and he shrugged.

"We just can't afford for more casualties. Our team works just fine the way it is now, but with a new addition, I don't know if we'll be able to adapt quick enough." He said and I stood up carefully before climbing up his workstation. He watched as I made my way over to him and chuckled when I sat in front of him.

"I think you guys will be ok, you all are strong." I rasped and he smiled.

"Thank you, glad to know you believe in us." He said and ruffled my hair with his finger. I smiled widely and he chuckled again at my expression.

"It's been a long time since you've smiled like that Ratch." Arcee suddenly said and both of us jumped a little before turning to look at her. She stood in the door frame with an amused look on her face. "I just wanted to see how she was doing, the kids were curious when they got here."