ENTRY: 29/5/2021
A/N: THIS BOOK MAY OR MAY NOT FOLLOW THE ORIGINAL PLOT SO UM YEAH JUST A HEADS UP, OKAY?
Ioa was feeling much better after her incident. Shadowglyde explained everything and gave her back the memories via their dream, which she was very thankful for.
Currently, the white and gold medic is sitting quietly on the medical berth. The team decided that the medical berth was her favourite spot if there was no one injured and they let her be. Optimus was out scouting alone, leaving Ioa and Ratchet at base. The kids were enjoying their time with their respective charges.
The peaceful atmosphere was broken when Optimus's voice came through the comm link.
"Ratchet, I require a groundbridge NOW!" Optimus said urgently. There were some explosions in the background. Ratchet quickly retrieved his coordinates and bridged him back. The red and blue bot was in his alt form, skidding inside the base just in time to be nicked by the explosions.
"What happened?" Ratchet demanded. Optimus still did not change his form. There was a hesitancy in the leader that unnerved the two medics. Ioa stepped towards his vehicle mode, gently patting the hood of the semi-truck.
"You can transform now, big guy." Ioa said.
No response.
Ioa turned to give Ratchet a look, but she was stopped by a very meek voice from Optimus.
"Please help me, I-I seem to be stuck in this mode..." Ioa swore she heard a tinge of embarrassment from the leader. Ratchet guide the Prime towards the medical berth and scanned him.
"It seems like your pistons are getting rusty, old friend." Ratchet said amusedly, and Ioa stifled a snicker. The leader was glad the other teammates were gone, or he will never live this down. Optimus groaned softly, but his baritone growling was clear to everyone's audials and they both laughed.
"What could have cause this...?" Optimus asked, embarrassed at this unfortunate event.
He was scouting energon when he was ambushed by two Vehicons. He managed to change into his protoform and finish the two before collecting the fuel. He managed to snag a few before more showed up. Optimus was about to fight them when all of a sudden, he involuntarily transformed into his vehicle mode. He tried many times to shift back but found himself unable to. The Vehicons thought he was running away and started firing at the Autobot leader, who then requested for an emergency groundbridge.
Sighing, Ioa suggested Optimus to turn on his holoform for the time being while Ratchet worked on repairing him. Optimus obliged, his human form coming out of the truck's cabin sheepishly. Ioa and Ratchet could not help but smirk at the tiny fellow who was trying his best to glare at them.
"Not a word of this to the rest of the team." Optimus warned, huffing in annoyance. Only in front of these two bots, will he ever drop the emotionless barrier. This was the time when he was something like Jack's attitude.
"I don't think it's possible, they are returning soon and I'm pretty sure the kids will question your choice on remaining vehicle form." Ioa mused. She thought for a moment before smilling. She transformed into her Maserati and activated her holoform, stepping out of the car.
Ratchet and Optimus both raised their optic ridges/eyebrows in confusion.
"If the kids return, just tell them you are doing a check-up on Optimus and he's in holoform, scouting with Ioa," The femme said nonchalantly to Ratchet. It was a half lie, so it sounded plausible. Optimus and Ratchet look at one another, silently conversing.
"-or you can stay in vehicle form and let Miko question you the whole day?" Ioa offered. Optimus immediately rushed into the passenger seat of her vehicle, the owner laughing victoriously.
"Hold on tight, we're going for a drive!"
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Optimus without a better word, was enthralled. Ioa lowered down the windows, resulting in the cool breeze whipping through the mech human's face as he stucked his head out, enjoying every moment of this. It has been eons since he let go of his stern personality. The only time he ever gets to relax is when he goes on his solo drive to clear out his thoughts.
"Having fun, Optimus?" Ioa's voice snapped the Prime out of his thought. Ioa's holoform staring at him, her hands on the sterring wheel to make it seem like she's driving.
"You know you don't have to do that, right? There's no one here on the road except us." Optimus mused as Ioa only nudged his shoulders playfully.
"Oh, so now you're talking. Okay then," Ioa said and lifted her legs up onto the dashboard, her hands behind her head. The car was obviously still moving on its own. Ioa flashed the Prime an amused smile, the latter sending her a bored look.
"What? You said no one's watching!"
"Does not mean that you should be doing such action."
"Says you."
"Yes, said me." Optimus smiled triumphantly at the femme, who stuck her tongue out playfully. The duo continues to bicker when Ratchet's voice came in the comm link, informing them that Optimus's vehicle form is now able to be released.
"I guess we have to head back now." Ioa said, her tone wistful. Optimus raised an eyebrow at her.
"You sound disappointed. Why?" he asked the femme. Ioa gave him a small smile.
"It's not always we get to see the mighty Prime laugh and let go." She spoke softly, making her way back to base. "It's nice to know that you're relaxing now." She finished her sentence. The mech was silent before giving her a thankful look.
"I never got to say my gratitude for this, haven't I?" Optimus chuckled softly.
"It's never too late." Ioa's eyes twinkled in amusement. The Prime mock bowed; his baritone voice echoed in the car.
"Thank you very much for this."
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The two came back to base to see a few sets of optics and eyes trained on them. Ioa stepped out of the car, still in her holoform as she stretched. The Prime got out too and went towards his vehicle form before disappearing. Revving his engines, he tries to transform back into biped mode and succeeded.
"Many thanks to your medical expertise, old friend." Optimus said, soft smile evident on his faceplate. Ioa was about to disappear when Miko dragged her to the human area and fired questions at her.
"Where did you two go? Did you two went for a date? How's Optimus like? Was he having fun kicking ass with you?" Miko's seemingly endless question attacked Ioa, who was silently pleading for help. Jack came to the rescue and pulled Miko away while Raf helped the poor femme.
"Dude! Spill it!"
"I-I rather not..." Ioa chuckled dryly, before vaulting over the railing and landing perfectly on the floor. Without missing a beat, she ran towards Optimus whose servos were waiting as she scrambles up to him. Smiling triumphantly, Ioa waved playfully at Miko who was groaning, the girl did not receive her answers.
"Ioa, was that necessary?"
"If it wasn't, my dear Optimus, you would not have literally offered me servo, am I right?"
"Yes, I believe you are." Optimus said, his faceguard was up to hide his smile. Ioa returned the gesture and did a front flip, startling everyone as she came down in her Cybertronian form. Glancing by her side, Ioa saw the Prime giving her a reprimanding look.
"Was that necessary?"
"You know, I'm starting to think that sentence is your catchphrase, given by how often you use that on us." Ioa chuckled, about to skip away when the Prime grabbed her servos.
"And where do you think you're going?" Optimus raised an optic ridge at her. The femme chuckled nervously as she tries to wiggle out of the Prime's grip.
The Prime sure do have an iron grip on her.
"Away?" replied Ioa sheepishly. Optimus narrowed his optics at her, unamused before brightening up. Ioa swore she saw a twinkle of mischief in the Autobot leader's optics.
"Arcee, I believe a spar with Ioa is due, don't you think?" Optimus announced, his optics never leaving the white and gold femme. Ioa gulped and before Arcee spoke up, the femme wrenched her servos away from the Prime's grasp and ran to her berth.
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Ioa failed miserably as she was dragged by Bulkhead and Bumblebee towards the training room, the former groaning loudly as she whined. Ratchet looked at the Prime, it was so long since he witnessed the playful side of the leader.
"Was that necessary?"
"Indeed, old friend."
"She's going to come back for revenge on you, so don't say I did not warn ya." Ratchet said dismissively and returned his gaze on the white and gold femme. Ioa's screams and yelps could be heard before a loud thud shook the base. Optimus and Ratchet was silent for a moment before walking up to Arcee, who was gripping her helm. Ioa miscalculated and threw the femme warrior off her back, resulting in the two-wheeler's accident.
"A-ARE YOU ALRIGHT!? OH MY PRIMUS I'M SO SORRY!" Ioa apologised profusely as she quickly scans the femme for any helm injuries. Arcee only stood up and raised and optic ridge at her.
"I'm fine. If that throw was enough to wound me, I don't think I would be alive by now." Arcee joked, offering a servo at the femme. "Good game." She flashed a smirk at the femme before walking away. Remembering something, Arcee turned around and spoke.
"Though, I thought you said you weren't capable of fighting?" Arcee asked.
"I am capable of fighting but I don't like fighting nor does my fighting expertise prove to be on par with you." Ioa replied, smiling at her. Arcee rolled her optics at that comment.
"Puh-lease, you threw my off your shoulders with ease. I'm glad you're on our team, who knows what else you have in store if you were one of the high-ranking Decepticons?" Arcee said.
"Hmm, guess we'll never find out." Ioa waved her dismissively before joining her leader. Giving him a small smile, she reached to grab his servos but the Prime was much faster, pulling away from the femme. Ioa stumbled and crashed onto the Prime, who was still very much steady and looking down at her victoriously.
Ioa huffed in annoyance before pushing herself away from the Prime.
"You're going to be the death of me, Optimus." Ioa said softly before walking off, heading back to the berthroom. Miko and the rest of the team stared incredulously at their interaction, the former not forgetting to snap some shots of course.
Shaking his helm in amusement, Optimus walked off too, accompanied by his old medic.
'You are going to be the death of me too, Li.'
A/N: ANOTHER CHAPPY OWOWWOWOWWOOW BECAUSE I FELT HORRIBLE NOT UPDATING YESTERDAY!
Anways, here's a light-hearted chapter for you guys! IDK how I'm going with this book, but let's find out later! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's goofy and fun! I like how Miko just constantly annoys Ioa at the same time serves as the femme's paparazzi asduasgjfsdfhsdfsd-
Also Optimus and Ioa bickering like married couple is a whole ass mood.
As always, thank you for reading, commenting and voting! Stay safe and healthy everyone! Enigma signing out!