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CHAPTER 4~

After four hours of being unconscious, Prime had finally come around but was still in disbelief. He just sat on the couch with a vague expression of disbelief and horror. The sparkling on the other hand just sat across from him, watching him. She wanted to say something but somewhere in her processor there was something telling her not to. Instead she remained silent. Ratchet and the others stood at the edge of the recreation room watching the two from a distance. Sari was the first to speak.

"Did anyone else besides me see this coming?"

The others look down at her……….confused of course.

Bumblebee looked at her then looked back at the duo."Wait, you knew…and you didn't even tell us?!"

Sari looked at them. "I didn't know! I only…suspected."

Prowl curiously looked to Sari. "What do you mean?"

Sari looked at them again and then back at the two across the room whom still haven't said a word since Prime's… incident. "Well look at em'. They even look alike!! I knew she reminded me of someone, and now that they're sitting next to each other, I can defiantly see a resemblance."

Sari was right. There was DEFINETLY a resemblance. As a matter of fact; they looked so similar it was almost scary. Since we all know what Optimus looks like, that makes it easy to imagine what the sparkling looks like. She's small, about Sari's size and was colored almost exactly like Optimus. She had his optics only with a hint of purple, his smile, almost everything except she was shaped to be more feminine and had a slightly different headset. Other than that, she was a spitting image of him; even though her shades of red and blue were lighter than his. The others could also now see the resemblance but Ratchet still wasn't quite convinced. He eventually approached the sparkling who in turn noticed him approaching. Ratchet bent down next to the sparkling.

"Listen kid, I need to take a sample of your CNA, is that ok?"

The sparkling without even looking away from Prime nodded her head. Ratchet proceeded to take a sample from the young one's circuits; then walked over to Prime.

"Prime, I need to do the same to you. Are ya' alright with that?"

Prime nodded and Ratchet proceeded to take the sample required, then walked away to the med lab.

Another long hour passed before Prime finally worked up the nerve to speak. Only no one expected him to do what he did. He laughed…hysterically.

The others confusingly looked at each other. And the sparkling looked at them just as confused as they were. Bumblebee looked to Sari and Sari returned the glance.

"Has he gone insane?" Bumblebee said looking at Sari, worried of course.

"Honestly Bee, I don't know." Sari couldn't help but look back at Prime who was now lying on his back laughing with energon pouring from his optics. Finally the laughter sided and he spoke.

"T-This is a joke right? Seriously kid, did Sentinel put you up to this?" Prime sat up looking at the sparkling still slightly laughing.

The sparkling cocked her head to the side. "Who's Sentinel?"

Prime's laughter subsided. "You're not actually serious, are you?"

The sparkling looked down in humiliation not really knowing what to say.

Prime looked at her still half laughing. "Seriously kid, there's just no way-."

"That she's your daughter?"

Everyone wheels around to see Ratchet in the doorway holding a small stack of papers.
"You might wanna rethink that theory Prime."

Prime looks down to the stack of papers that Ratchet is holding. Prime swallows…hard. All laughter is gone and in its place…horror.

"Um…" Prime looks up at Ratchet not wanting to know the answer. "…are those what I think they are?"

There was a slight stutter in his voice. Ratchet sighed before taking a seat next to Prime.

"Look Prime I understand that you're under a lot of stress right now and this situation that has come before you is only making things worse and you're trying hard to deny it to yourself. But it will be hard to deny it any longer once you've been shown proof."

Prime again swallowed hard before asking. "Proof?"

Ratchet sighed. "Prime, I ran both your CNA and the child's through the computer and compared all possible links in related algorithms."

Prime hesitated. "And?"

Ratchet looked at the sparkling who was looking at him, then looked back at Prime. "Almost every single possible link that she could have the same as you…matches…EXACTLY."

Prime had a look of horror across his face plate. "Meaning?"

Ratchet looked Prime straight in the optic. "PRIME!" He then turned to the sparkling at pointed to her. "THAT SPARKLING IS YOUR DAUGHTER!!"

Prime at first just couldn't comprehend the fact that Ratchet was telling him he had a daughter. He rose to his stabilizing servos and began pacing back and forth for a long time until finally stopping in the middle of the room. Prime begins to shake his head while looking at the floor. "No, no this can't be. She-she just can't be…mine. I'm mean that's impossible." He looks up at Ratchet almost screaming. "SHE JUST CAN"T BE MINE!!" Ratchet got up and tried to talk some sense into Prime, but the sparkling knew what was happening. She looked down to the floor realizing what was going to happen. She tried so hard to hold back the burning tears… but couldn't. They streamed down her face plate like a silent stream. Ratchet turned to see a small puddle form under the sparkling's bowed head. Ratchet walked over to the weeping child.

"Hey kid, what's the matter?"
In only a whisper she was able to speak. "I should have never come………I knew this was going to happen."
At first Ratchet felt bad for the kid but that feeling soon changed from sadness to anger. How could Prime do this? Who knows how long this sparkling has been looking for him or how much she may have given up just to get this far. And now when she finally finds the one bot in this universe that she's been looking for, he turns her away saying there's just no way she is his. This angered Ratchet, it angered him far more then he had ever been before, or at least from what anyone could see. And it wasn't just Ratchet, oh no, Sari was equally angered by this because she had seen and heard everything that had happened. Ratchet again looked down to the weeping sparkling who was wiping away the tears. Ratchet did the first thing that came to mind……………….he yelled…..loud.
"PRIME LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO THIS POOR KID!!! WHAT DID SHE DO TO DESERVE IT!!!"
Ratchet had pointed to the sparkling who was now looking up at him. Prime's gaze drifted from Ratchet to the weeping sparkling back to Ratchet.
"AFTER COMING ALL THIS WAY LOOKING FOR YOU, THIS IS THE WAY YOU REPAY HER?!?!? BY NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD BE HER SIRE BUT INSTEAD JUST DISOWN HER!!!" The others just couldn't believe Ratchet was yelling this loud…and at Prime! But Sari could, and she wasn't going to let Ratchet have all the fun because let's face it, she didn't like to see her sparkling cry.
"SERIOUSLY PRIME!!! YOU HAVE TO MAKE SPARKLINGS CRY?!?!?! YOU'RE A JERK. YOU KNOW THAT!!! Sari walked over the sparkling and Prime watched her.
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE PRIME, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CLAIM HER…" Sari breathed in as much air as she could.
"…THEN I WILL!!!!!!!!!" With that Ratchet walked over to the sparkling who for the moment had stopped crying and picked her up. As unsure of Ratchet as she was, she still allowed being in his servos. In some respects it was somewhat…comforting. Ratchet shot one look of disapproval to Prime then walked to the med bay with the sparkling still in his servos and Sari did the same leaving Prime dumbfounded and alone in a silence.

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CHAPTER 4~

After four hours of being unconscious, Prime had finally come around but was still in disbelief. He just sat on the couch with a vague expression of disbelief and horror. The sparkling on the other hand just sat across from him, watching him. She wanted to say something but somewhere in her processor there was something telling her not to. Instead she remained silent. Ratchet and the others stood at the edge of the recreation room watching the two from a distance. Sari was the first to speak.

"Did anyone else besides me see this coming?"

The others look down at her……….confused of course.

Bumblebee looked at her then looked back at the duo."Wait, you knew…and you didn't even tell us?!"

Sari looked at them. "I didn't know! I only…suspected."

Prowl curiously looked to Sari. "What do you mean?"

Sari looked at them again and then back at the two across the room whom still haven't said a word since Prime's… incident. "Well look at em'. They even look alike!! I knew she reminded me of someone, and now that they're sitting next to each other, I can defiantly see a resemblance."

Sari was right. There was DEFINETLY a resemblance. As a matter of fact; they looked so similar it was almost scary. Since we all know what Optimus looks like, that makes it easy to imagine what the sparkling looks like. She's small, about Sari's size and was colored almost exactly like Optimus. She had his optics only with a hint of purple, his smile, almost everything except she was shaped to be more feminine and had a slightly different headset. Other than that, she was a spitting image of him; even though her shades of red and blue were lighter than his. The others could also now see the resemblance but Ratchet still wasn't quite convinced. He eventually approached the sparkling who in turn noticed him approaching. Ratchet bent down next to the sparkling.

"Listen kid, I need to take a sample of your CNA, is that ok?"

The sparkling without even looking away from Prime nodded her head. Ratchet proceeded to take a sample from the young one's circuits; then walked over to Prime.

"Prime, I need to do the same to you. Are ya' alright with that?"

Prime nodded and Ratchet proceeded to take the sample required, then walked away to the med lab.

Another long hour passed before Prime finally worked up the nerve to speak. Only no one expected him to do what he did. He laughed…hysterically.

The others confusingly looked at each other. And the sparkling looked at them just as confused as they were. Bumblebee looked to Sari and Sari returned the glance.

"Has he gone insane?" Bumblebee said looking at Sari, worried of course.

"Honestly Bee, I don't know." Sari couldn't help but look back at Prime who was now lying on his back laughing with energon pouring from his optics. Finally the laughter sided and he spoke.

"T-This is a joke right? Seriously kid, did Sentinel put you up to this?" Prime sat up looking at the sparkling still slightly laughing.

The sparkling cocked her head to the side. "Who's Sentinel?"

Prime's laughter subsided. "You're not actually serious, are you?"

The sparkling looked down in humiliation not really knowing what to say.

Prime looked at her still half laughing. "Seriously kid, there's just no way-."

"That she's your daughter?"

Everyone wheels around to see Ratchet in the doorway holding a small stack of papers.
"You might wanna rethink that theory Prime."

Prime looks down to the stack of papers that Ratchet is holding. Prime swallows…hard. All laughter is gone and in its place…horror.

"Um…" Prime looks up at Ratchet not wanting to know the answer. "…are those what I think they are?"

There was a slight stutter in his voice. Ratchet sighed before taking a seat next to Prime.

"Look Prime I understand that you're under a lot of stress right now and this situation that has come before you is only making things worse and you're trying hard to deny it to yourself. But it will be hard to deny it any longer once you've been shown proof."

Prime again swallowed hard before asking. "Proof?"

Ratchet sighed. "Prime, I ran both your CNA and the child's through the computer and compared all possible links in related algorithms."

Prime hesitated. "And?"

Ratchet looked at the sparkling who was looking at him, then looked back at Prime. "Almost every single possible link that she could have the same as you…matches…EXACTLY."

Prime had a look of horror across his face plate. "Meaning?"

Ratchet looked Prime straight in the optic. "PRIME!" He then turned to the sparkling at pointed to her. "THAT SPARKLING IS YOUR DAUGHTER!!"

Prime at first just couldn't comprehend the fact that Ratchet was telling him he had a daughter. He rose to his stabilizing servos and began pacing back and forth for a long time until finally stopping in the middle of the room. Prime begins to shake his head while looking at the floor. "No, no this can't be. She-she just can't be…mine. I'm mean that's impossible." He looks up at Ratchet almost screaming. "SHE JUST CAN"T BE MINE!!" Ratchet got up and tried to talk some sense into Prime, but the sparkling knew what was happening. She looked down to the floor realizing what was going to happen. She tried so hard to hold back the burning tears… but couldn't. They streamed down her face plate like a silent stream. Ratchet turned to see a small puddle form under the sparkling's bowed head. Ratchet walked over to the weeping child.

"Hey kid, what's the matter?"
In only a whisper she was able to speak. "I should have never come………I knew this was going to happen."
At first Ratchet felt bad for the kid but that feeling soon changed from sadness to anger. How could Prime do this? Who knows how long this sparkling has been looking for him or how much she may have given up just to get this far. And now when she finally finds the one bot in this universe that she's been looking for, he turns her away saying there's just no way she is his. This angered Ratchet, it angered him far more then he had ever been before, or at least from what anyone could see. And it wasn't just Ratchet, oh no, Sari was equally angered by this because she had seen and heard everything that had happened. Ratchet again looked down to the weeping sparkling who was wiping away the tears. Ratchet did the first thing that came to mind……………….he yelled…..loud.
"PRIME LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO THIS POOR KID!!! WHAT DID SHE DO TO DESERVE IT!!!"
Ratchet had pointed to the sparkling who was now looking up at him. Prime's gaze drifted from Ratchet to the weeping sparkling back to Ratchet.
"AFTER COMING ALL THIS WAY LOOKING FOR YOU, THIS IS THE WAY YOU REPAY HER?!?!? BY NOT EVEN CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IT JUST MIGHT BE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD BE HER SIRE BUT INSTEAD JUST DISOWN HER!!!" The others just couldn't believe Ratchet was yelling this loud…and at Prime! But Sari could, and she wasn't going to let Ratchet have all the fun because let's face it, she didn't like to see her sparkling cry.
"SERIOUSLY PRIME!!! YOU HAVE TO MAKE SPARKLINGS CRY?!?!?! YOU'RE A JERK. YOU KNOW THAT!!! Sari walked over the sparkling and Prime watched her.
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE PRIME, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CLAIM HER…" Sari breathed in as much air as she could.
"…THEN I WILL!!!!!!!!!" With that Ratchet walked over to the sparkling who for the moment had stopped crying and picked her up. As unsure of Ratchet as she was, she still allowed being in his servos. In some respects it was somewhat…comforting. Ratchet shot one look of disapproval to Prime then walked to the med bay with the sparkling still in his servos and Sari did the same leaving Prime dumbfounded and alone in a silence.