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It was a silent night in Autobot Outpost Omega One. Optimus Prime unconsciously pulled Ratchet closer to him in his sleep. Ratchet moaned quietly. A soft smile painted on the gentle grey faceplate. Slowly morning came. Optimus onlined his optics. He smiled at the sight of his mate sleeping peacefully. It was a nice scene to wake up to from a long night. Ratchet shifted a bit before onlining his optics.
"Morning love," Optimus whispered.
"Morning," Ratchet mumbled.
"Come, we must prepare for the day," said Optimus, getting up.
"I'll be there soon. I'm still tired," said Ratchet. "Our son had another intake attack."
"Very well. I shall go check on him. I'll see you later," said Optimus and left.
The red and blue mech walked into the room across from his. A desk filled with different items and datapads sat closest to the door. A berth laid next to the desk with a shelf above it, filled with different crystal carvings. A mech the size of Bumblebee slept on the berth, back facing the door. The light from the hall shined on the light orange and red armor with blue-black tints. The mech was slender and flexible. The chevron was white with the same design as Optimus'. Said mech carefully sat on the berth and a black servo touched the grey faceplate.
"Solarwind, time to wake up," Optimus said quietly.
"Mmm..." Solarwind moaned. "Daddy?"
"I'm right here," said Optimus.
"My tank hurts," Solarwind whispered. "I purged an hour after another attack."
"I know. Come on, you need your medicine," said Optimus. Large servos helped the smaller mech sit up. Dull yellow optics onlined slowly. A series of small, light coughs came shortly. Solarwind rubbed his throat after he was done. Optimus rubbed his back in small circles near the small of the back.
"Where's mom?" rasped Solarwind.
"He's still sleeping," Optimus answered.
"Are the humans coming?" asked Solarwind.
"I'm sure they are," said Optimus.
Solarwind had always loved when the kids came over. Something about them helped calm him. Optimus got up and helped his son to the main room before getting them both energon. Optimus then got some glowing orange pills for his son. Solarwind took three pills from the bottle and swallowed them quickly. He downed the energon and shivered slightly at the aftertaste. Optimus chuckled slightly before sipping at his cube.
Honks sounded from down the entrance way. Solarwind turned to see the Autobots returning with their charges. After the humans got out or off, the three transformed.
"Hey Solarwind," Miko said.
"Hey guys," Solarwind greeted.
"So, what are we going to do today? I got some neat movies to watch," said Miko, going over to the TV. "We got both Avengers, Twilight series, and Divergent 1 and 2."
"They all have some sort of violence," said Jack.
"Twilight sounds nice," said Solarwind. "It kinda reminds me of dad being fought over by Megatronus and a council member. Dad chose Megatronus. The council member just wanted him for pleasure and entertainment. Megatronus raised dad from a youngling to adult before the war started."
"Twilight it is then," said Miko.
"I'm going to work on something with Bee," said Raf and left.
"Arcee needs me for something," said Jack.
The two boys were gone. They really didn't want to see all the Twilight movies. Solarwind and Miko looked at each other before shrugging. Miko put in the first movie and started it.
~~~ past 10 pm
Solarwind shrieked and jumped up when a servo landed on his shoulder. It was just getting to an intense part. Bella and Renesmay were just about to go towards Edward after the Valtory arrived in the last movie. The mech flipped out his knife and slashed outwards. The side of the knife lodged into metal. Solarwind looked at his knife and then the energon. He looked up into his father's pained face. Solarwaind was terrified at what he had just done. Miko had paused the movie when she heard the scream.
"Dad... I..." Solarwind stuttered.
Tears filled yellow optics. Solarwind ran down the hall to his room. He couldn't believe what he just did. Luckily it was just the side, and no where vital. His carrier had taught him all the vital parts on a bot, but had missed thank Primus.
"Solarwind!" Optimus shouted after his son.
The Autobot leader tried to follow, but collapsed in pain. He pulled the knife out carefully as not to do more damage.
"Ratchet!" Miko screamed.
~~~earlier
Ratchet was working on fixing another tool Bulkhead broke. Just as he was about to finish, he heard running and crying right after a scream. The medic looked out the door to see his son run down the hall.
"Ratchet!"
Said medic ran towards Miko in the main room. He saw the girl leaning on the rail. He spotted his mate kneeling, a servo pressed to the gash. Glowing blue energon leaked out in a small trickle. He went to his side and checked over the wound.
"What happened?" he asked.
"It was a really intense part. Next thing I know Solarwind screamed and Optimus is hurt. He ran out of the room," said Miko.
"It was my fault. I scared him," said Optimus, hissing at the slight contact. "I'm fine Ratchet, it's a small cut. Nothing too bad."
Ratchet transformed his servo and quickly patched up the cut. It really wasn't that bad.
~~~ Solarwind's quarters
Solarwind slammed the door shut. He opened a secret drawer and grabbed four metal hooks that slipped onto his servos and pedes. Solarwind crouched down and leapt up into the ceiling about his berth. The youngling climbed up into a secret hole hidden by the darkness. He made his way through a few tunnels before dropping into a fairly small room.
The room had a berth in one corner and a large amount of energon cubes on the other. Four or five bottles of meds sat on the desk next to the berth. Another tunnel was covered up by a thick, heavy, black sheet. That tunnel lead to a large vent that ended in the main room. Solarwind went down that tunnel and carefully looked out. He saw everone but his parents gathered together. He listened to what they were saying.
"I hope the kid's alright," said Bulkhead.
"Yeah, he must be scared right now. Ratchet said that it was a small cut, nothing bad. A simple fix," said Arcee.
Ratchet and Optimus came back out, both worried.
"Solarwind isn't in his room. We don't know where he went," said Ratchet.
"I'm sure he isn't too far. Maybe he's just hiding somewhere in the base," said Arcee.
"I hope you are right. I was the one that scared him. Memories must of surfaced and that's why he attacked," said Optimus. "Each of you search for him."
Solarwind went to the berth and stared up at the ceiling. Thoughts raced through his mind. He didn't know if his dad was okay or not. He didn't stay long. What would the others think of him? Could they forgive him? Would he go to his uncle for comfort? The mech didn't know. He would stay there for now and come out when he was ready.