Introductions To The Bots and Humans HEATWAVE

Oldest Bot on the team, Fire Bot, and Team Leader. He thinks he is the strongest, even though Boulder really is, but he is the bravest, and toughest, Bot on the team. Heatwave cares a lot about his whole team, but has a soft spot for Blades, and enjoys teasing him a lot, often ending in fighting between them. Chase is his most relied on Bot in the team, and so is his second in command. Kade is his human partner, whom Heatwave learned to have respect for, but won't admit it. Heatwave is devoted to Cody, and would do anything to keep him safe. He feels it is personal responsibility to teach and protect Cody and sometimes can be a little harsh in his efforts to keep him safe or not have his feelings hurt by someone else. When Cody, Kade, and Heatwave team up, it is rumored nothing can stop them, as they are the most well-bonded, well-oiled team, when and if they work together. Heatwave is the most hotheaded out of them all, and is easy to start an argument or a fight with, something Kade seems to have a knack for. Is the Bot most at home on Earth, and has a wish to join Team Prime, though he does not want to desert his mission or his team to do so. Heatwave's idea of fun is something dangerous or destructive, preferably both mixed together, with a good dose of saving something and defending something at the same time. Kade does not share the same interest in taking huge risks as Heatwave. Does not like human sports, and is proud of the way he looks and the way runs his team.

BIO: Heatwave was formed fourth into a large family of seven autobots, with his dad being an old army commander who believed in teaching his children to be military leaders. One by one, Heatwave's older siblings left home to do more peaceful work, like farming or construction, and disappointed his father greatly. Heatwave, on the other hand, loved his father's training, and was the best fighter out of them all. He often led his younger siblings, and even his older ones when they were still at home, on exploring trips, and they all felt safer with Heatwave in the lead. His dad was strict, but kind and loving, and had a good sense of humor, and enjoyed Heatwave's taunts of those weaker then him who could have been stronger. He taught Heatwave to brave anything, and to always win his fights, but to pick them wisely, and to back off if there was no way he could win. He taught him to be tough, and that pain was just part of the job.

Heatwave was a natural team leader, and while in school led many important outings since he could control the groups he was given. His was a poor family, but they saved all they had for the few years young autobots had to stay home and learn what they needed, to help him in whatever he chose when he got old enough, so when Heatwave decided he wanted to be a Rescue Bot Fire Bot, his family proudly sent him with all their savings.

Halfway through training, a war broke out, and Heatwave was pulled out of school and into the battles. Fighting was thrilling to Heatwave, but deep down he missed saving the Bots who had needed his team's skills. As soon as the war had ended, he went straight back to school, only to find out they refused to accept him due to him being in the army. Heatwave was not one to give up without a fight, and took his request straight to the leader of the planet; Optimus Prime. Optimus listened to Heatwave, and sent him back to Rescue Bots with one request: That they would make him a leader of a real patrol in one year. Most Bots went through four years, and never made leader. Heatwave had only been in two years of training prior to this, so his teachers crammed in as much as they could on the capable Bot.

Police Cadet Chase took special notice of the older Bot, and tried to keep him out of trouble as much as he could, as the Fire Bot's fiery temper was not popular with the teachers. Within one year, he graduated as a Fire Bot, and by Optimus's special request, could pick his own team. He chose Police Cadet Chase, Construction Bot Boulder, and a pretty female Bot Heatwave fell in love with, Lightning, who was a quick thinker and fast climber.

Within a space of six months, a party of War Bots killed Lighting, and Heatwave blamed himself for her death, and mourned her terribly. His youngest sister had died while he was in the army by War Bots, and Heatwave had vowed no one he loved would ever be harmed by a War Bot while he was around, and he felt like giving up.

Optimus wisely sent him a new recruit, Blades, who was way to young to even be in school, but his powerful family had put the spoiled young Bot in anyway, as Blades had wanted at the time. Heatwave immediately took Blades under his personal protection and training, but could not understand the young Bot's carefree view of the patrol, as Heatwave's family had gave so much for him, Heatwave took it very seriously. He and the whole team took special care of the young Bot, but not one anymore then Heatwave.

Shortly after Blades had matured enough to be a relied on part of the team, Rescue Bots called them back in to train them for space ship rescues. Blades hated it, mostly because of how fearful he was, and skipped as many classes as he could without getting into huge trouble. Boulder and Chase were shocked when Heatwave did not force Blades into every class. Heatwave had grown to respect Blades's wishes and trust him when he wanted to do something, and only forced him if necessary. Blades appreciated that, and admitted he only came to any classes at all because he hated to disappoint Heatwave. Blades was the only Bot to fail his test completely, but when the teachers tried to decommission Blades, Heatwave had a word or two with them. The confrontation was not pretty, and those who witnessed came away with a deep respect for Heatwave's strength, determination, and temper. Blades stayed on the team, but for weeks after, flinched every time Heatwave looked at him. Heatwave finally took him aside and spoke to him about it, and learned that Blades was carrying a huge amount of guilt for having failed his tests and Heatwave fighting to keep him on the team. He cried the whole time he talked, and Heatwave did something out of ordinary for him; he told the smaller Bot how much he meant to him, and why he would do just about anything to keep him on his team. This was the first time Heatwave ever told the young Bot how much he cared for him, but he cradled the smaller Bot in his arms like he had when Blades was very young, and spoke tenderly to him about how all the sacrifices he ever made for Blades was worth it. He told him how much Blades meant to him as he wiped the tears from the smaller Bot's cheeks, and why he never once regretted making sure the younger Bot stayed on the team. Blades fell asleep with his head resting on Heatwave's shoulder, and Heatwave watched over him all night, not sleeping a wink, and the other Bots let the two of them alone. When Blades woke up, he was much happier, and never flinched again when Heatwave would look at him, except when he was in trouble, which happened now and then. Heatwave would still punish him, but Blades never forgot that night, and always had a special bond and desire to please Heatwave from then on.

When they went into stasis on a space patrol, trying to save their first ship distress call and were nearly attacked by an energon eater, their home planet was destroyed by an energon destroying attack. Optimus relocated to Earth, and sent a call for any left alive to come with him. Heatwave's team was the only patrol left in the universe, and Optimus was greatly pleased, and surprised, when they arrived on Earth some time later. He gave them the most important mission he had even given any patrol team before: to live among humans and work with them, keeping their secret of being aliens by transforming into human designed vehicles and acting as robots.

Police Chief Charlie Burns was a special friend of Optimus's, and so Optimus sent the Bots to him. Heatwave was Firefighter Kade's transport, Police Chief Charlie's oldest son, and Heatwave was fed up the first day and prepared to leave, except the youngest in the family, Cody, had discovered who they were and came down to talk to them and try to teach them to act more like robots. After spending some time with Cody, Heatwave had a special fondness for the boy and decided they would stay for Cody's sake alone. At the end of the day, the whole family knew of the autobots' secret, and Heatwave set about teaching Kade to respect him, and even to fear him if necessary. He and Kade wound up bonding, and can make a great team, but still do not work perfectly together because they both crave control.

Because of the time when Heatwave had been grieving, he feels a strong need to prove himself to Optimus all over again, and that sometimes makes him nervous around the great leader. Now that they are on Earth, and Blades is older, he and the younger Bot's relationship has changed from mentor to student, to brothers, and Heatwave enjoys teasing Blades endlessly.

CHASE

Second youngest Bot and second in command. He is the Law Enforcement of the Team, and still looks out for Heatwave, even though it is no longer necessary most times. Chief Charlie is his partner, and they work well together, becoming quite close.

BIO: Chase was the oldest in his family, with two younger siblings who looked up to him with almost hero worship. His was a Police Bot's family, and from the time they were formed to when they were sent off to school, they learned everything police, and that was all they learned.

Chase was criticized and bullied at school for always acting like a police chief and not doing anything else. An older Bot, name of Boulder, protected him whenever he could, but he was not always there. Chase never let it bother him. Going into Law Enforcement was the only life he ever wanted, and no one was going to change his mind. He shocked his family, however, when he wanted to go into Rescue Bots Law Enforcement. His parents were very proud of him, and sent him with their blessings.

Chase had been there three years when Heatwave was returned to school, and Chase saw he would need help aiding by the rules. Being in the army had changed the Bot, and Chase spent a lot of frustrating hours during the year it took to graduate correcting, pleading with, and disciplining the proud Bot. Chase was secretly relived when Heatwave chose him to patrol with him, as Chase still felt a sense of responsibility for the Fire Bot. Chase's old buddy, Boulder, was chosen as well, and Chase was quite contented with his teammates.

When Lightning was killed, Chase spent every waking moment with Heatwave, and appeared to be one of the only Bots who could get near the grieving leader. Chase even had to turn away Optimus Prime because Heatwave had became so violent, but he never told that to Heatwave, and made Bolder promise not to reveal that either. Boulder was there for Chase to lean on when he could not do anything for Heatwave, but Chase never gave up on his hot-tempered friend, and the two got extremely close, even closer then before. Much to Chase's relief, Boulder was not jealous, and Chase thanked him for that.

When Blades was introduced, Chase grew to not like him very well, because the young Bot got between him and Heatwave's friendship many times. Boulder stayed as a peacemaker in the early days, until Chase accepted Blades as always being close to Heatwave's heart, and made up to him for his earlier iciness, and grew to like the Bot as well. Heatwave was glad, as Chase mean a lot to him, and seeing his best friend dislike Blades hurt.

Chase helped Heatwave teach young Blades much as he had helped Heatwave when the Fire Bot was sent back to school. Heatwave would often send Blades to Chase to be punished, as Heatwave's temper often got in the way of fair judgment. Chase disliked the job, but faithfully did it for his best friend, and was rewarded with Heatwave's gratefulness, and Blades eventually did get into less and less trouble.

When they were sent to do space training, Chase was disturbed by Blades's refusal to attend all the classes, and was appalled that Heatwave allowed him to do so. He punished the young Bot several times, until he finally went to Heatwave about it, and was told that Blades did not have to attend classes if he did not want to. Chase disagreed, and was not surprised when Blades failed miserably on his tests, and was one of those wishing to remove Blades from the team. It caused a rift between himself and Heatwave, that only lasted a few weeks, then they made it up to each other, much to Blades's and Boulder's relief. On patrol, Blades secretly came to Chase and asked to be punished for having failed his test, and Chase gave him one of the harshest punishments the young Bot had ever received. It seemed to help Blades, and he thanked Chase afterwards for removing the rest of his guilt.

When they all arrived on planet Earth, Chase took everything in stride, as was his custom, but for the first time he could not console Heatwave. Chase viewed Cody at first as another being trying to get between himself and Heatwave, but quickly came to realize that the two of them would have to work together to settle Heatwave down. Chase grew to like Cody the police chief's son almost as much as the police chief himself.

Chase still struggled with understanding anything beyond law enforcement, and Blades took advantage of that at times, but more often then not helped his teacher understand the odd human sayings and ways, changing from Blades's teacher, to Blades's student, though he still patently answered the younger Bot's questions as best as he could. Chase was thankful for the younger Bot's help, as Blades seemed to adjust faster then them all.

Sometimes, though, everyone gives up on trying to explain anything to the easily confused, though curious and well meaning Bot, and lets him think what he wants till they could come up with a better explanation. He took everything too literally, and annoyed everyone at times. Chase never really noticed, as he let nothing bother him, and for that the whole team is thankful.

Chase still reprimands both Heatwave and Blades at times, and the human team secretly finds it almost amusing to watch the tough Bot leader being scolded by his best friend. Chase is also developing a wry sense of humor, and is starting to tease his old buddy Boulder, which is quite amusing to the rest of the team, and goof off with Blades, a less comical aspect of his new-found sense of humor, as well as becoming more familiar with Optimus Prime then he ever had been, thanks to Blades's influence. Chase also is more involved in breaking up family feuds then he once was.

BOULDER

Second oldest Bot, general peacemaker, shortest and gentlest Bot. He is a kind, soft hearted Bot who hates seeing friends fight and argue, but in a battle can fight with the best of them if called on to do so. His human partner is Graham, and the two are best friends.

BIO: Boulder was the youngest formed, but all his siblings died, and shortly before he went to school, a younger brother was formed in his family. Boulder loved his little brother, and doted on him endlessly. Boulder's father was a construction Bot, and his mother a baker. Boulder helped both his parents and babysat his brother, which resulted in him being sent to school a few years later then other Bots.

Boulder was bullied his whole first year of school, but his family's love kept him going, and he learned not to let the younger Bot's taunts bother him. Boulder rose to the head of his classes, and earned the respect of the whole school. Later, when Chase was in school, Boulder protected him as much as he could, seeing how mercilessly the younger Bot was pushed around.

When Boulder was graduating, his brother was killed in an accident that could have been prevented had the patrol of Rescue Bots in the area had a Constriction Bot in its ranks. Boulder was devastated, and it made him resolve to become a Rescue Bot Construction Bot to prevent as much death as he could from similar accidents. His family pleaded with him not to go, but Boulder's mind was made up, and he went. His parents were proud when Heatwave chose him to go on patrol with him.

When Lightning was killed, Heatwave and Boulder drifted apart while Chase grew closer to the mourning leader. Heatwave became critical of Boulder, but the Bot knew his leader was just sick with grief. Boulder loved to read, and he spent every available moment he was not helping an exhausted Chase, reading. Or drawing. Optimus once paid a visit to Heatwave while he was grieving, but Chase would not let the leader in, so Optimus gave Boulder some art supplies while he cheered up the Construction Bot. Boulder explained that Heatwave was not himself right now, and may try to hurt or kill Optimus, so the great leader left, not wishing to cause the two Bots any more trouble then they already had.

Chase made Boulder promise that he would never tell Heatwave about Optimus's visit, and Boulder honored that promise, even when a suspicious Heatwave tried to drag info out of him about what happened while he was shut in his room. Heatwave was disillusioned with the idea that Boulder wanted to be leader, and had killed Lightning himself to get there. That bothered Boulder, and it caused a rift between himself and Heatwave that never fully healed for a few years.

When Blades came, Boulder was the easiest on him, and would often comfort him when the other two were angry with him. Boulder knew that Blades was Heatwave's personal responsibility, and when Heatwave saw how gentle and loving Boulder was with Blades, the distance between them lessened, though Heatwave sometimes blamed Blade's spoiled and soft behavior on Bolder indulging him, but it was less barbed then it used to be. Gradually, their friendship was rekindled, though it never got as strong as it once was until they came to Earth.

When they went through space training, Boulder was horrified at Blades's lack of interest, but wisely did not do anything about it, and merely comforted him after Chase would discipline him for skipping classes. He at first tried to teach Blades what he had learned, but the younger Bot refused to listen, so he gave it up. When Blades flunked his test, Boulder was nonjudgmental, and reassured him when he broke down and cried, afraid of being kicked off the team. Boulder had faith in Heatwave's ability to get what he wanted done, done, and was rewarded in Blades's unfailing trust in him when he was not kicked off the team.

Right before stasis, Boulder's parents had another child, a girl. Boulder never met her; when he came out of stasis he learned that his home had been destroyed and everyone was dead. Boulder hid his grief, but once he got to know Graham, he opened up to his human partner and Graham helped ease the pain. It never went fully away, but his team and his human partners, who were slowly becoming family to him, helped him through it.

BLADES

Youngest Bot on the team, easily startled, seemingly scared of everything but water, but able to brave through his fear. Human partner is Dani, but it took a long time for the two to bond, as Blades's old form used to be one with wheels, before he had to decommission it and take to space. Blades is the most sensitive and weakest of the Bots, but the fastest to adjust to human ways. He is very eager for anything fun, and can sometimes be a problem because of his enthusiasm and love of TV. After a lot of fear problems, Dani now sends the Bot to bed at eight, with no TV before bed, and watches what he picks on movie night carefully, so as not to scare the anxious Bot more then needed. Blades is still the most immature Bot, but does his job well, often working through his fear to get the task done, though he often panics and Dani sometimes does not help calm him, and lets him work out his fear on his own, which resulted in the Bot having more confidence in himself, but not so much trust in Dani.

BIO: Blades is an only child of very rich and powerful parents. Optimus is very familiar to him, and he views the great Bot as family, and can be disrespectful to him at times, though Optimus never seems to mind, it bothers the others greatly.

Blades was spoiled as a young Bot, and given everything he wanted, whenever he wanted, and had a private teacher who was pleased with how fast Blades could learn- when he wanted to. Blades never had to do any work, and was not very brave, so his mother over protected him, and made him into the most fearful Bot in the city.

One day, Blades saw a Rescue Bot patrol, and, seeing all the attention the Bots got, demanded that his parents send him to Rescue Bot School. Optimus tried to stop them, but Blades went anyways. Optimus knew Blades would never make it in the rigid and strict training, so in desperation and a flash of insight, sent him to his favorite Bot, Heatwave. Heatwave was grieving at the time, and Optimus hoped Blades would drag him out of his mourning and back into life again. Blades was a funny, likeable fellow, unless you denied him what he wanted. Then he became a regular terror.

Blades's family was proud he was sent to Heatwave, but Optimus felt bad for the little Bot. He knew Blades would not be baby coddled there, and he just hoped Heatwave would show his soft side to the young Bot. Blades was thrilled to be with the mighty Bots he had heard so many stories about, but was shocked when Heatwave started training him. He was even more shocked when he was punished for refusing to obey Heatwave.

Blades disliked Heatwave for the first several months, as he was punished repeatedly. He cried in Boulder's strong arms all the time, and wanted to go home. Then, he began to grow closer to the Bot leader, and needed Boulder's comfort less and less. Chase was still his least favorite, as Heatwave had resorted to letting Chase punish the little Bot. Chase did a better job of it, having had lots of experience before, something Heatwave never wanted to remember, but was secretly glad it happened, and was grateful to Chase for his care.

When the Bots went to space school, Blades was terrified, and when Chase would spank him for skipping classes, he ran to his old comforter, Boulder, for reassurance. Blades expected Heatwave to be angry with him, and was shocked when he was told he was not going to be forced to take any of them. For that reason, Blades tried to attend most classes, just to repay Heatwave for his rare act of public kindness. When Blades botched his test, he was heartbroken, because he loved his job as a Rescue Bot, however hard it may be, and knew he had let Heatwave and the rest of his team down. Now he knew why Chase had punished him so hard, and almost wished Heatwave had done the same, and forced him into it. He cried his remorse out on Boulder, while Heatwave fought to keep him on his team. Blades felt horribly guilty when he learned what Heatwave had done to get him to stay, and could not face his leader and guardian for weeks after. When Heatwave spent the night with him, and showed him why he never once regretted it, most of his guilt went away, and he felt closer then ever to the stern red Bot. Unknown to Heatwave, Blades asked Chase to punish him for having failed the test, something Chase was all too happy to do, and Blades received one of the worst spankings of his life for it. But it made Blades feel better afterwards and he was able to go about his duties guilt-free.

By the time they went into stasis, Blades had shaped up into a fine young Bot, loved his whole team, and had learned to work through his fear, but his worst fear was still of heights, and not even Heatwave could get him to go much higher then his own height. When they landed on Earth, and Blades wound up as a helicopter, he freaked out, and for the first time in a while Boulder had to hold him as he cried and cried for home.

Blades was still shy, but warmed up to Cody first as they were close to the same age group, even though Heatwave still thinks Cody is more mature then Blades, and the whole team other then Blades himself silently agrees with him. Blades is always eager to please, and he cried everyday that he and Dani did not bond and she yelled at him. Yelling upset him, and made Heatwave dislike Dani as well. Once they bonded, however, they have been working well together despite some hiccups dealing with Blades's fear.

CHIEF CHARLIE BURNS

Police Chief, single father with four kids, three sons and one daughter. He divorced his wife of twenty years shortly after Cody was born, when he discovered she was abusing his second youngest son, Graham. Chief Charlie is much loved by his family, and respected by the Bots. His partner is Chase, and the two spend a lot of quality time together. Chief Charlie's family means everything to him, and has much hope for Cody when he gets older. He relies heavily on Kade to help when he is not there for his family, and is rarely disappointed by his oldest son.

DANI

The only girl in the Burns family, and Air Support. Has a boyfriend named Taylor, and likes sweet, cute things as well as flying. Her partner is Blades, and she can lose patience with him easily, though she cares a lot for him. Her and her older twin brother, Kade, fight a lot, but show lots of affection for each other as well. They are very close, and would do anything for each other, if needed. Probably about 20. Sometimes, when Kade falls out of line and her dad is not there, she will punish her twin herself, but thankfully that is not a common occurrence. Being Kade's twin protected her from her mother's abuse much of her life, as Kade was their mother's pet, and since he loved Dani so much, their mom never did much to harm her. However, she was threatened into silence over Graham's abuse, and Kade's bulling of Graham, and instead tried to protect and comfort Graham whenever she could. Once their mom was gone, and Kade realized how wrong he had been when she was around, he tried to make it up to Graham, and thankfully they both bonded. Dani still sides with Graham a lot when the three end up in fights, but sometimes teases him along with Kade if it is perfectly harmless. Dani and Graham were guilty of giving Kade nightmare of gremlins, something their dad did not find out until years later. Kade mostly got over his fear of gremlins, and at least stopped having constant nightmares about them. Dani sometimes punishes Graham and Cody as well, and keeps Blades firmly in line, since she is as protective as her father when it comes to those she loves.

KADE

Oldest son in Burns family, only minutes older then his twin, Dani, something he likes to point out to prove he's the oldest. Firefighter, can get motion sick. Partnered with Heatwave, the two don't always work well together because they both want to be in charge at all times. Kade is very vain, and arrogant, and thinks he's the best thing on the planet. He and Heatwave work out together a lot, and tease Blades. Kade also has a huge appetite, and enjoys monster movies. Has a soft spot for Cody, and likes teasing Graham. Is the one who revealed his mother's abuse of Graham, when he discovered she was going to abuse Cody as well. It was not easy for him to tell on her, as he was his mother's pet, and was spoiled by her terribly. He adores Cody, and like Heatwave, would risk his life for his youngest brother in a heartbeat. When his dad is unavailable, Kade will cook and clean for his family, and sometimes punishes Graham and even Cody. The first time Heatwave saw this, he and Kade got into a huge fight about it, but Heatwave was forced to understand that Kade was not hurting Cody because he wanted to, but because he had too. Heatwave could understand this, because he still had to punish Blades from time to time. Kade has a fierce love for his family, and can be critical of them sometimes, only because that is who he is, but he has to reassure them sometimes that he still loves them because of it, something Heatwave is always on him for. Heatwave and Kade will even fight over who gets to rescue Cody if he is in danger, but the rest of the team knows better then to intervene, as they do not want either hot-head turning their wrath on them. Kade's girlfriend is Halley, and who is a teacher a year or two older then he is. Kade made sure she loved kids before he devoted himself to her, as he did not want a repeat of what happened in his own life. Kade loves to show off to her, and sometimes gets himself in trouble from it. Heatwave loves to tease him about Halley, but also gives good advice when needed. Kade is really good at almost any sport, except gymnastics. He hates leotards.

GRAHAM

Second oldest son, Engineer. Good-natured, easygoing guy, partnered with Boulder, who is his best friend. Gets teased by Kade at times, and enjoys spending time with Cody. A genius at math, but is insecure and has next to no friends, as most people think he can be weird. Enjoys his work, and is not too pleased when someone else does it for him and boasts about it. Probably 18. Can be a bit shy, and is scarred from his childhood abuse by his mom. Gets motion sick easily, and hates heights, giving him a likeness to Blades at times. Is a very serious young scientist, whose company Doctor Greene enjoys greatly. Boulder is the best thing that could have happened to Graham, and is helping him become more confident and less shy. Is closer to Dani then any other sibling, with Cody a close second. Has had to punish both Cody and Kade at times, but hates it and tries to get out of it when it ever comes up. Is very kind and gentle, not interested in girls. Always thinking, and quite curious. Can be slightly uncomfortable around Kade at times due to his childhood, though he knows Kade would never harm him.

CODY

Youngest kid in the family, he is good friends with all the Bots, and is especially close to Heatwave, and is companion to Blades a lot. Usually runs the command post in the Firehouse, and has good common sense. Best friend is Frankie, only daughter of single dad Doctor Ezra Green, Griffon Rock Head Scientist. Easy to get along with, good-natured kid. About 10 years old. Never really knew his mom, as Kade blew the whistle on her abuse of Graham when he found out she was going to abuse Cody, whom he loved dearly. Cody is closest to Kade, despite his oldest brother constant teasing. Is not good at soccer, but a wiz at baseball, and he and Kade practice it a lot together.