Once The Gladiator's Sparkling (TFP X OC)

Humans...

Last evening, Arcee, Bumblebee and Buckhead came back from a patrol. It appears they have made an accidental contact with human. They seemed not happy about it, especially the two-wheeler.

"Human?" Repeated Optimus, who's been looking at the main monitor's screen. His reaction hard to read with his expression stayed the same. Although, you could tell how he's engaged by the topic.

'There's two of them, boys.' Bumblebee beeped, pulling out two digits. Then Arcee added, shared looks with the scout. "I guess the second one caught us in action? I don't know, what a little at the time."

"If the Decepticons are targeting us, anyone perceived as us our ally will be grave risk." Stated the Prime, brought every bot in the room to understanding.

Those fleshies are handful. Waste of time.

Bumblebee glanced and took notice of another bot at a wall, not so far from the others. Zy. The scout approached her, looking at the covered faceplate.

The first time he met the Autobot warrior, it was almost frustrating how he couldn't find out more about her. Sooner, he threw the thought away and tried his best to get close to the femme. They were close in age anyway. He thought they could get along, and lucks on him, they do.

"I could only handle Agent Fowler's antics, now human youths?" Zy muttered, arms crossed. Surely, she's not happy. "What more to come..."

'It is not that bad... They are kids, we could try to negotiate.' The yellow bot assured. "Children may be stubborn. Wouldn't you afraid these boys you encountered being those children?"

Bumblebee thought about her words, just for a short while until he comes with another reassurance. 'We wouldn't know if we don't try!'

Zy sighed. He's taking this lightly, or acting like so. He has a spirit, that's a good thing for a young soldier in a war.

*Time skip*

Optimus has ordered Bumblebee and Arcee to bring the human boys back to base. Zy wonder why would it be necessary to had them in. Optimus explained, for their safety and all that. Zy could just sigh silently thinking the Prime being protective towards the human beings.

Engines roars through the entrance tunnel as two bots returned with the boys, and a girl. The kids stepped out, were marvelled by their surroundings for a moment.

"I thought there were two?" Ratchet spoken out, moving from the monitor. "Haven't you heard? Humans multiply." Responded Arcee as she stood beside the other blue femme. She could see how the flyer's shoulders slumped slightly seeing the humans. Should have expected the unexpected.

"I'm Raf." The smallest kid with red glasses spoken up first, looking at each of the bots. The taller boy also looked around and his eyes landed on Arcee, then the other blue bot beside her.

Unlike Arcee's brilliant blue and slight pink paint, the bot has dull shade of blue and parts of grey along with touches of white. The bot has visible wings too. The boy expected her being the flying one. Something from that covered face give him the creep, felt like the bot was staring directly at him. And so, he everted his gaze.

"I'm Miko." Then the girl with pigtails went over to Bulkhead. "Who are you?"

The slightly startled wrecker answered reluctantly. "Bulkhead." Miko gasped small, then began enthusiastically questioning possibilities of Bulkhead's identity. It concerns the wrecker if the girl sick or what, to his little knowledge about the fleshies.

"So, if you guys are robots... Who made you?" Raf asked, earned a scoff and an optic roll by Ratchet. "Oh, please."

Heavy footsteps shakes the ground under the humans' feet. Optimus entered the control panel, standing tall infront of the kids whose looks up at him amazed.

"We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron, also know as Autobots." The boy, believed his name being Jack, came forward. "Why are you here?"

"To protect your planet from the Decepticons." Answered Optimus, then Arcee added. "The jokers who try to bump us off last night."

"Okay... Why are they here?"

Optimus kneeled, leaning to his lowest as possible to face the kids. "A fair question, Jack. In part, they are here because our planet is uninhabitable, ravage by centuries of Civil War."

Raf asked next, looking a little concerned. "Why were you fighting a war?"

"Foremost over control of our world supply of energon, the fuel and lifeblood of all Autobots and Decepticons alike...

The combat was fierce and endured for centuries. In the beginning, I fought alongside on whom I considered a brother. But in war, ideals can be corrupted and it was thus that Megatron lost his way."

As Optimus began to tell the tale of their war, Zy flinched a little to that name she haven't heard for long. Long enough her spark feel at peace. Oh how he hated that mech, destroyed her subordinates' life and her own. She took a step back, avoiding any attention.

"Is there going to be a quiz?" Miko yawned, fidgeting with the end of her braided hair, and earned glances by the boys.

"So what this Megatron, or any of this, have to do with us?"

"Megatron has not been seen or heard  in some time, but if his return is imminent as I fear it could be catastrophic."

As much as the Prime's fear their biggest enemy's return, so does the team.