A Spark's Life That Shines Book 1 (TFP Fanfiction) [Slow Updates/Haitus]

Get on their bad side, a race to the finish Part 5

Meanwhile, Optimus along with Emily and Ratchet were almost at the town premises when Emily couldn't help but feel saddened and upset about what happened. She started to feel guilty about the fact that she and Jack fought and that if something bad happened to him and the only thing they did before it happened was argue she wouldn't be able to forgive herself. She was thinking back about what Optimus told her when he saw her preoccupation and decided to help her, back at the mine both of them talked about recent events that occurred.

Flashback starts;

"What troubles you, Emily?" Optimus asked as he noticed that Emily seemed to space out in a trance while passing one of the energon crystals to Ratchet.

She snapped out of her trance when he said her name as she looked up to him.

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. My head's in the cloud." Emily said as she shook her head to clear her thoughts but Optimus could see that she was thinking something and couldn't help but feel worried and concerned.

"I can see that your own thoughts are keeping you from our current task. What is it?" He asked as he kneeled down to talk to her as Ratchet saw that and decided to give the two some privacy.

"Well... I can't stop thinking about some stuff that's been happening these past couple of days." She began as Optimus tilted his head a little at that.

"What kind of events might that be?" He asked her and she took that as a sign to continue.

"Ah, I should probably tell you this and I know it might come as a shock but you deserve to know. Jack and Arcee have been racing." Emily admitted as Optimus blinked in surprise at that but felt disappointed at what Jack and Arcee did. He specifically made the rules to keep them safe.

"What do you mean racing?" He asked to make sure as Emily sighed and rubbed the back of her neck.

"Well, you see there was a guy named Vince. A jerk in school. When Arcee came to meet us at our job, Vince was there. He started following us and then just like that, he challenged Jack to race. Me and Arcee told him that racing was against the rule. But then Vince started insulting Arcee, treating her like a piece of junk. She got so mad that she agreed to race the jerk and I agreed to. That's how I sprained my ankle." Emily explained to him what really happened yesterday as Optimus couldn't help but feel saddened at the thought of Emily getting hurt again.

"Is that the reason why you were mad?" He asked and Emily nodded. She felt bad not greeting him like she always does everytime they see each other but she was mad at that time, she wasn't in the mood.

"Yes and that's also why I came here to help you. Me and Jack fought and I figured that I needed something to ease my mind." Emily said as she picked up a small piece of Energon from the ground and put it in her pocket.

"It would seem that this whole situation is bothering you." Optimus said as he pieced it together as Emily nodded with a soft sigh.

"A lot. You see, before leaving, Jack asked Raf if he could borrow Bumblebee for a second race. Since Arcee had to go on patrol, she left me in charge. Naturally I said no because it was dangerous and I didn't want him to get hurt. He promised me that he would come back in one piece but I was afraid that after this race he would start developing a bad habit. So I felt that it was my job to knock some sense into him. Jack made it pretty clear that since I'm not Arcee or his mother it wasn't my job to do so. Of all the things, we yelled at each other. That's the one thing that hurts me more. To me Jack is like a brother. He's responsible, mature and he's always there for others. I know that dealing with a bully like Vince can be hard. It can be really hard. I still remember the times where the other kids made fun of me. All of the anger, the suffering. It's too much and one day you just... do something wrong. To think that up until yesterday I never tried to get even with someone like that. In a way, I knew that standing up didn't mean for me to get out there and knock some heads. By doing so, I would be turning into those who teased me during my whole life. I was afraid that Jack would change into something he wasn't and I wanted him to remember what it felt like. So much for helping a friend." Emily said as she wiped some tears that formed in her eyes but Optimus used one of his digits to gently lift her head up so they could look at each other optic to eye as he smiled gently.