The Specialist and I: Book 2

Chapter 13

Idea by Nightmare-crew. 

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"Ironhide!"

"Hidey!"

I looked at Ironhide as he stared at the bots, surprise clear on his face. Optimus looked pretty surprised, too. Though through the bond, I could tell he was a little overwhelmed. Ironhide was furious.

Ironhide set me down when I asked him to and I stood next to him. The smaller bot looked at me with curiosity. His armor was mostly a teal blue color with white here and there. He looked somewhat innocent. His bright blue eyes matched Ironhide's.

The two standing behind the teal colored male was two older bots. One male, one female. 

The older male had black and white armor. His eyes were a soft blue. His height matched Ironhide's as well as his facial features. They looked strikingly similar. 

The female was about Bumblebee's height. Her armor was mostly teal with splotches of black. Her eyes were a bright blue like Ironhide's. She had that motherly look when she looked at the smaller boy in front of her. 

Another female stood off to the side with what looked like a six year old in her arms. She had a bright smile on her face as she looked at Ironhide. Her armor was completely white. Her eyes were a blue color like the older male. The child in her arms clung to her but reached for a Ironhide once the little one saw him. Ironhide didn't budge. The child had white armor with a little bit of silver. The child had a visor covering his eyes like Jazz.

The other two bots were also male and female. The male had blue and red armor and the kindest blue eyes I've only seen on Optimus. The female had red and black armor and had soft blue eyes. The two were pretty close in height and came up to about Ratchet's height.

All of a sudden, Ironhide growled causing me to crane my neck to look at him.

"Who are you?", Ironhide asked with a low growl causing everyone to look at him in surprise.

"Ironhide, you know who we are.", the older male said, his voice sounding almost calming.

"You aren't my family. They died in the war. I KILLED THEM!!", Ironhide yelled, his voice breaking toward the end, "They're dead."

The older two looked horrified for whatever reason. Ironhide went to continue but I stopped him.

"Ironhide, come on. You need to calm down.", I told him softly, "I won't take no for an answer."

Ironhide looked at me as I crossed my arms. He sighed as he rolled his eyes and transformed then opened his door for me to get in. He drove to our on-base room in the Autobot hanger. Once we arrived, he transformed and walked inside, closing the door behind him. 

I looked over at him, "What's going on with you? Your family's alive."

"No, they're not. Those bots out there must be the work of the 'cons.", Ironhide insisted.

"Or maybe they're not. Megatron is known for his schemes, yes, but what makes you think the bots he killed in front of you wasn't actually your family?", I asked.

"Because Megatron is sadistic. He enjoys the pain brought upon others, savors the cries of those he kills. Anything that has to do with the Decepticons is more than likely a con.", Ironhide spat.

"Stay here. Try to calm down. I'm going to see what's going on.", I said when I felt the base shake.

"WHEELJACK!!!", Ratchet's loud voice echoed through the hallways. 

Ironhide sighed as I opened the door for humans.

"Hey, Lori?", I paused and turned to Ironhide, "I love you."

I smiled widely, "I love you, too, Ironhide."

I left the room and closed the door behind me. I practically jumped out of my skin when I saw the little bot from the main hanger.

"Your courting my brother?", the little bot asked.

"Something like that.", I answered, "I'm Lori."

"Spades.", the little bot answered, "Why is my brother angry?"

"He's just in denial.", I explained, "It's a long story. Why don't we go back to your carrier and sire. Then, I'll tell you everything, okay?"

He nodded and we headed back to his parents.

"Carrier! Sire!", Spades called out happily, "This is Lori. She's courting Ironhide!"

"Something like that.", I repeated, "Look, the reason Ironhide got upset earlier was because he had to make a decision early on in the War for Cybertron. He had to choose between saving his family and joining the Decepticons, or going to the Autobots and loosing you forever. He made the decision to become an Autobot and Megatron killed you right in front of him. I don't know if what he killed were fakes or what but it happened. Ever since I met him, Ironhide has always spoken highly of you. He used to tell me how upset his sire got when his only daughter bonded with a mech and was worried he'd loose her but that he was strong enough to let her go. He told me how annoying his little brother got at times but said he'd give anything just to be annoyed by him again. He said how much he looked up to his sister before she perished and how she was his hero. He explained to me how much of a loving carrier he had. How she would hold him when he got scared at night. He told me how much you all loved each other and how you never fought."

"Okay, that last one Ironhide made up. He and his sister fought all the time. Even with his little brother. He always talked back to Ranger and I when he was told to do something he didn't want to.", Ironhide's carrier stated.

"See? They're not fakes. Your carrier corrected me when I said that you never fought. A fake wouldn't know that.", I explained to Ironhide.

"I didn't know what Ironhide went through. Poor mech.", Ranger said, "He didn't deserve what he got. When Ironhide left to join the war, we were taken by Megatron. Months later, we managed to escape. We looked all over Cybertron for our son. We managed to find an underground tunnel that we stayed in for the next few decades. We survived with little Energon. When we managed to get off the planet, we went into stasis after drinking three cubes each. That was all we had. Next thing we know, we end up here. Far from Cybertron."

I went to say something but the sound of someone colliding with the ground caught my attention.

"Orion!", I yelled and ran toward my brother, "Ratchet, he isn't responding and I can't reach him!"

"Quickly, bring him to the med bay.", Ratchet ordered.

Que, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Crosshairs all brought Optimus to the med bay with me sitting on my brother's chest, trying to reach him through our bond.

"What on Cybertron happened to you, Rolland?", I asked aloud as we neared the med bay.

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Ooooo a cliffhanger! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter!