TFP: The Little Angel

Mourning the loss of a brother

It had been an unusual day for the autobots. They couldn't find their leader anywhere and their medic wasn't as snappy towards them as usual. The one place that they hadn't checked was the Prime's own hab suite in the base. They didn't think that Optimus was the type to stay in his room all day, yet where could their leader have gone? It wasn't right for them to burst into the Prime's room, it was very disrespectful. The autobot team was hanging with their human companions in the main room. When suddenly Optimus had stepped into the room. Ratchet looked over from the control panel with an almost saddened look in his electric blue optics. The humans and the bots were very confused. It seemed like the tough prime that they knew was a bit broken today, the same could be said for their medic.

Bumblebee went over to the prime that he saw as his father. He beeped a few times to ask what was wrong. Optimus only looked at him with a slight smile, yet the look in his optics were filled with sorrow and regret. The autobot medic walked over to his friend and placed a servo on the prime's shoulder plates gently. The prime just leaned into the medic a bit. The autobots and the humans were very concerned for them both. They have been acting strange all day.

"Hey, Sunshine." A smug voice had suddenly came from the direction of doorway. They all looked over and saw the italian flag colored wrecker, Wheeljack. Ratchet didn't answer and snap at the wrecker as he usually would. This had caused a panic to fill Wheeljack's processor as he slowly walked over to the medic and the prime. "Um.. Are you... ok?" Miko asked a bit awkwardly as she watched the two.

"I'm afraid not." The prime had finally spoken. He looked over at Ratchet. "Should we tell them of what is happening, Old friend?" Optimus asked his most trusted friend. Ratchet looked down and then at the kids before looking back up at the prime and giving him a firm nod.

Optimus sighed as he then stood in front of the whole team with Ratchet by his side.

"Long ago on cybertron.." The prime began to say as the team and humans listened wanting to know what was wrong with the two mechs. "I had a little brother. His name was Galaxy Pax. He was sweet and innocent." The prime said and then looked at Ratchet. The medic looked at him and then the team. "Galaxy was not like many that I had met. He was a pacifist and very caring toward everyone. The little bot had managed to make friends with almost everyone he came across." The medic managed to say. "Then when Optimus became a prime. Galaxy was so happy for his older brother. Wanting to be by optimus' side no matter what and to help him." Ratchet said sadly as he remembered the sweet and pure smile on the small mech's face as he ran to hug his brother.

"Then the war started. Everything was going on all at once." Optimus said with a hint of sorrow in his voice. "There was an attack at one of the autobot bases. I tried to protect Ratchet and Galaxy. Leading them to an escape pod so that they could get out of there." The prime said before stopping and then looked down at his servos. "I was going to stay and fight until the pod was fully activated. The decepticons were breaking down the doors and harming all in their way." The prime spoke again while looking at the autobot medic.

"We've never seen Galaxy that scared and wanted to do our best to protect him.." Ratchet had explained. The team looked at them sadly, they felt like they knew where this story was going to be heading. "What happened to Galaxy, Optimus?" Jack had managed to pipe up.

The prime looked over at the teen and sighed a bit. "The Decepticons were coming closer. I opened the door to the escape pod for Galaxy and Ratchet. Ratchet got in first so that we could show my brother that it was safe inside." Optimus explained. "The look he gave me as he looked at me was full of sadness. He then embraced me and I embraced him back." Optimus said before pausing and looking at his servos."I could have saved him." The prime muttered sadly. Ratchet looked up at his friend sadly and then looked at the team. "Galaxy pushed Optimus into the pod then closed it.." ratchet managed to speak up. "He told us that he was not scared of being offlined, but he was scared of losing us... he gave up his life for us and today marks that gruesome day." The prime said and clenched his fists as the flashback came to him.

The autobots and humans looked at the prime and his faithful medic in sorrow. After a while of talking and coping the bots brought their human charges home. Unaware that there was something in the distance. Watching innocently as they left.