The Champion's Return

Autobot Base

Back at base Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots stared in frustration at the scene before him. His 1st in command and weapons specialist Iron Hide was attempting to hold down Sideswipe their front liner.

When Sunstreakers spark had gone off-line, it had triggered his twins berserker mode. Praying to Primus for strength, he waded into the fray.

Meanwhile Sunstreaker was racing back to base with his cargo when Hope opened her eyes and sat up.

"What, who, where..."

"Great, the fleshies awake" a voice groaned from the speakers.

Hope stared at the speakers, her confusion gone and replaced with anger.  "How dare you! Let me out of here!" She then proceeded to start kicking at his doors.

A seatbelt slid around and pinned her to the seat.

"Calm down princess, I'm not going to hurt you unless you damage my seats. Name's Sunstreaker and we're going back to base to calm down my twin brother Sideswipe."

Unable to move, Hope glared at the speakers and grumbled agreement. Once she appeared to have calmed down, Sunstreaker  loosened the seatbelt.

"Why did you take me?"

"You're a mystery" he finally answered. "After that slag of a aft hole Barricade jumped me and blew a hole in my plating, I found myself floating in the All Spark. The next thing I knew, I was back in my proto form and you were on my chest plate with energy coming out of your servos."

"Servos? Oh! You mean hands. I'm not sure how I even did that or why I suddenly have wings."

The car rumbled almost as if Sunstreaker was laughing at her. "I suppose that makes you a mystery to both of us then. Boss bot will want to meet you."

"Boss bot?" The thought didn't sound appealing to Hope, especially if he was a jerk like Sunstreaker but there was little she could do about it at the moment.

They rode in silence the rest of the trip to Sunstreakers relief. He was busy trying to reach his brother through their bond but Sideswipe was to lost in rage to feel it.

As they arrived at base, Sunstreaker blew through the entrance and transformed into Bi-pedal mode while holding Hope in his servo. He saw Bumblebee attempting to protect the humans from the commotion.

"Hey Bee!" he hollered. "Catch!" before tossing Hope in Bumblebees direction.

Reacting quickly, Bumblebee caught Hope and watched Sunstreaker jump on Sideswipe,  pinning him to the ground. He held her up and whirred when he saw her wings. Gently he stroked the ends until he heard a giggle.

"St--op! That tickles!" Hope gasped in laughter.

Pulling her closer to his face plate, his optics adjusted a few times in confusion. Hope almost started laughing again. He reminded her of a child with those baby blue optics and air of curiosity.  He was the total opposite of Sunstreaker.  As he dodged another blast, she hung tight to his servo, peeking up now and than at the fight scene.

"Who's the blue and red robot?" she asked quietly. 

He looked to be the tallest and had a very regal air. When Bumblebee just whirred at her again, she looked at him with concern.

"Can you talk?"

He shook his head and patted where a throat would be on a human. She noticed long scarred metal and realized why he was mute. Softly she touched the marks and a spark of light shot out of her palms once more.

This time she was ready and pressed more firmly on his throat. He glanced down at her in surprise when he felt the mangled metal melting and reforming as a smooth plate.

Raising a servo, Bumblebee tentatively touched his throat and felt the smooth metal. Hope sensed a slight rumble before she heard a soft "What did you do..."

His optics widened in excitement before he gripped her in a hug then yelling as loud as he could.

"Optimus! She healed me! I can talk again!"