Love (maybe)
Okay, this is my first fanfic so be nice, and a little constructive criticism is appreciated, but don't be too harsh
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers animated (Dang!), but I do own Firefly, Silver Angel, and Prowess, they belong to me so…. YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM!! Sorry 'bout that, anyways, you no sue, and I give you cookie!
Chapter 1: The Arrival
Prowess stared out the window of the Elite Guard ship silently, only half listening to Firefly and Silver Angel's heated discussion of what Earth and its inhabitants may be like, and speculated whether or not these 'Earthlings' were very friendly. They had all heard Sentinel's stories of slime-spewing organics, but the three femmes hardly thought they were true, "Humph, Slime-spewing Organics…Get Serious!" Prowess thought shaking her head. Sentinel might have a CPU, but it didn't mean he used it.
She turned her attention back to her two friends, who were now discussing the 5 mechs that were stationed on the planet. They had crashed on the planet 50 stellar cycles ago and were supposedly the planets' protectors now. From what she could tell from their bios, they were space bridge engineers, nothing real special, but Jazz told them that they weren't bad guys and they had more experience fighting decepticons than half the Elite Guard.
That last bit had interested her quite a bit so she had done some research to see where they had fought decepticons. She learned that these five had come into possession of the Allspark during a routine space bridge inspection. Consequently, a group of decepticons, who had picked up on the Allspark's energy, attacked their ship. After that, the five crashed on Earth and the decepticons followed. On top of all this, during the Elite Guard's visit to Earth, they learned that the Allspark had been destroyed. "No, Prowess corrected herself, dispersed." Then, Ultra Magnus had instructed the 5 Autobots to stay on Earth and collect the Allspark fragments while monitoring the decepticon activity.
"Well, Prowess thought, these guys have had some pretty bad luck." The Autobot femme decided she might as well get some recharge before they got to earth, since her sensors told her that it would still be a couple solar cycles before they reached the small planet, and with that she drifted into recharge listening to the sounds of her friends quietly talking.
Back at the Autobot base
Optimus Prime felt a little shocked when Ultra Magnus informed him that three young Elite Guard soldiers would soon be coming to Earth to gain experience in crime fighting. After he got over the initial shock, he tried to ask the three soldiers' names, but Ultra Magnus cut him off, saying he would find out soon enough and they would arrive in three solar cycles, or three days.
He sat there a bit dumbfound, three young guardsmen? Coming to Earth? To help fight Earth crime alongside him and his crew? Well this was certainly new, and what was he going to tell the others?
Sighing, he put his finger to his helm and pressed the call button. "Um, Ratchet?"
"Yea, Prime?" Ratchet answered.
"Could you and the rest of the crew come to the common room? There is something I must tell you…" Prime said hesitantly.
"Sure thing, is it very important?" Ratchet asked.
"Kinda…" Prime answered. Dropping his hand to his side he sighed, "This is going to be very interesting…."
"So let me get this straight," Bumblebee said, "three Elite Guardsmen are coming to Earth?!"
"It would appear so." Optimus said
"Why?!" The little yellow bot exclaimed.
"Ultra Magnus didn't provide me with many details I'm afraid." Optimus answered.
"Well, I believe we have two options," Ratchet said, "We could sit here and argue about it, OR we could get our afts in gear and get ready for their arrival!"
"I agree," Optimus said, "bickering won't stop them from coming so we had better just roll with it."
The other Autobots nodded in agreement and set to work making preparations for the new arrivals.
Back on the Elite Guard ship
"Only half a solar cycle left until we get to this planet "Earth", Firefly thought attempting to stretch in the cramped confines of the relatively small ship. She wasn't claustrophobic but 5 solar cycles in a ship made to accommodate two not three bots was enough to make anyone get a little touchy about their own personal space.
She glanced at the recharging forms of her two best friends to make sure she hadn't disturbed them; she knew how grouchy Prowess was when she was woken up mid-recharge.
"Nope," she observed, "still rechargin'."
She found herself again wondering what the five mechs on Earth were like, she understood that three were around her and her friends' ages, one was the age of her older brother, Darkstar, and the fifth was the age of her father's father. She wondered what the three her age looked like, were they cute, and if they were, did they have girlfriends?
She sighed to herself, back on Cybertron; she didn't have many boyfriends due to her fiercely over-protective older brother. Not that she got to many offers anyway, all the mechs that liked her were too afraid of Darkstar to make a move on her, but, then again, if she had been involved with them, she might not would have made it into the Elite Guard. She smiled at the thought, yea, that was a much better way to think of it….
"ETA until landing, one megacycle," The ship's computer said, "ready yourselves for landing"
"FINALLY!!" Firefly exclaimed loudly, forgetting where she was. In the process she woke up her friends, and by the time she realized what she had done, her friends were both giving her death glares for waking them.
"Oops…" She said quietly.
"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" Prowess exclaimed.
"We're about to land…" She said, but the words were hardly out of her mouth when the other 2 femmes started to fumble with their landing restraints in the prospect of finally landing and getting out of their tiny ship.
Back at the Autobot Base
Bumblebee was nervous about the new arrivals. He didn't know anything about them and what if they ended up being glitch-detailed jerks like Sentinel Prime, but they could also be really nice guys like Jazz…well, he really didn't want to think about that right now, they were going to be arriving shortly, in less than half a megacycle, so he needed to have his CPU on task.
"Prowl, you sure this is where they're supposed to land? Bumblebee asked.
"Yes Bumblebee, I calculated their landing site several times, I'm sure this is where they're supposed to land!" Prowl said impatiently. This was the sixth time in the last minute that Bumblebee had asked that same question. As you can imagine it got very annoying after a while.
"Well, if this is where they're gonna land, shouldn't we see their ship by now?" Bumblebee exclaimed.
Optimus was about to answer him when they saw the red fireball coming through the clouds over their heads.
Bumblebee was glad Optimus had told Captain Fanzone that they were expecting new arrivals and not to be alarmed if he saw the ship. Of course Fanzone had muttered something like, "That's all we need, MORE machines." But he had agreed that it was best if he let the Autobots handle this one. He could be a nice guy when he wanted to, but 'Bee didn't get why he hated machines so much.
After what seemed like an eternity, the ship finally touched down, but the Autobots were SOOO unprepared for the surprise that awaited them when the door opened……
Back on the Elite Guard ship
Well, it wasn't one of the smoothest landings Silver Angel had endured, and being a jet, she experienced a lot of landings, but at least they hadn't crashed.
Standing up, she followed Firefly down the narrow hallway toward the exit, stumbling slightly. Prowess keyed in the code for it to open and waited patiently for the door to slide open and with Firefly in the lead (as usual) Angel second, and Prowess last, they stepped out.
Outside the Elite Guard ship
Prowl watched as the dust from the opening door cleared, and what he saw next surprised him so much it took all of his willpower to keep himself from gasping in surprise, standing in the doorway of the Elite Guard ship, were three beautiful femmes!! They all looked very different from one another, but they were all beautiful. The one in the lead was bright purple and silver, mid height, and of slender build. She also had wing-like structures on her back with a wheel at the base of each 'wing', Prowl knew these 'wings' weren't for flying because they were much too small and flimsy looking. The one right behind her was completely silver, and was taller and bulkier. The last one was the shortest, a little shorter than the purple and silver one (who is a little taller than Bumblebee), was pale pink and gray, and was the slimmest and sleekest. He also noticed she had a retractable visor.
"Maybe she's a Cyber Ninja." Prowl thought hopefully, it would be nice to have someone like him around.
He heard the others gasp and saw their jaws dropping in surprise; this obviously shocked them as much as it shocked him. Then Bumblebee summed up everyone's thoughts with his next comment, "You're the three Elite Guardsmen that are going to be staying with us?!" The yellow bot exclaimed.
The purple and silver one in the lead smiled a huge smile, "Yup."
The completely silver one to her right mirrored the first one's smile. "Unless you have a problem with that, 'cuz if you do we can leave…" The second one said.
All five of the male Autobots shook their heads vigorously and all said "no" quickly.
"Good." The purple and silver one said, "Now that that is settled, my name is Firefly, This is Silver Angel," she said pointing to the silver one who had spoken earlier, "and that stiff back there is Prowess." Firefly said smiling and pointing to the pale pink and gray femme who had hung back a little.
The one named Prowess gave Firefly a death glare and said, "Now that Firefly has so kindly introduced us,tell us what your names are."
Optimus spoke up, "I'm Optimus Prime, and this is Ratchet, that is Bulkhead, he's Prowl, and this is Bumblebee." He was still a bit shocked that the 3 guardsmen he would be commanding were femmes.
"Nice to meet ya," Firefly said, holding out her hand for them to shake. They all took turns shaking her hand, but when Bumblebee took it, they lingered a bit longer holding hands until 'Bee pulled away, his faceplates warming.
Sensing Firefly's slight embarrassment, Silver Angel quickly took up where the purple and silver femme left off and shook everyone's hand, giving Firefly a chance to regain her composure.
The five mechs looked at Prowess kind of expectantly, but the pink and gray femme just stared at them. "Um, don't take it personally, she doesn't really trust anyone." Firefly interjected.
"A wise policy I suppose." Prowl said, earning a small smile from Prowess.
"Ok," Optimus said "now that we are all acquainted with one another, let's get you ladies some alt modes, and get you settled into your new rooms at the base."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Silver Angel said and started to take a step forward, but tripped over herself and tumbled down the ramp and landed in a heap at the bottom.
Bulkhead rushed forward to help her, and she took his hand graciously, thankful for the help, while Firefly and Bumblebee doubled over laughing.
"Well, that was graceful!" Firefly exclaimed when she finally calmed down.
"No Kidding." Angel said glaring at the smaller femme, while Prowess smirked in amusement at her two friends. "No matter where we are some things never change."