Transformers Prime: Blossoming Love
Chapter 1 – Wandering Mind. Beloved Guardian.
The setting sun cast its orange light over the rocky valley, beauty irradiating from the strange shine the sun gave the rock surface. The sky above turning pink as the clouds drifted slow but free across the endless skies.
Two figures sat atop of a large rock gazing at the beauty before them, each other, never had they realised until but a time ago just how the one completed other.
"I love you" came the soft voice of the large metal maiden, brushing her fingers through the young human's hair.
"I love you too Arcee." He replied softly, purring gently from her touch, his reddened cheeks only made redder by the light of the setting sun.
He was a young boy, to the eyes of other onlookers he was nothing special, a standard sixteen year old boy, living a standard sixteen year old life working in a fast food restaurant and paid minimum wage like most other sixteen year old boys his age. Though they didn't see his true self, his level of determination, his cunning and bravery, at such a level it would put ancient heroes to shame, this was how she saw him now.
She was a large fifteen foot mechanical sentient robot, an alien living on a strange alien world, centuries old knowing nothing but the cold bitter taste of war and destruction. Her and others of her kind's existence was secret to all except few, she like him was brave, strong and determined.
They had been friends and partners professionally until a simple scouting mission gone horrifically wrong had brought them both near death, re-joining they found within themselves love for the other, a bond so strong neither would let go of, and a bond which was only growing stronger and stronger as time went on.
Jack reached up and caressed Arcee's face, his warm touch making her moan gently, as they stared into each other's eyes seeing swearing they could see the Universe within the other's eyes.
"Oh Jack." Arcee said softly leaning down further to Jack, closing the already short space between them, Jack placing both his hands upon the face of his lover, the two kissing each other lovingly, the lips seemingly to pulse energy through the other, both moaning sweetly into their passionate embrace, Arcee broke away a soft "smacking" sound coming from the separation of their lips.
She'd never thought she'd feel this way for anyone, let alone her human companion turned lover, nor did he feel she would love him the way he had come to love her.
Neither wanted to break away from this moment, but they were expected elsewhere merely stopping by their own special place to spend a few loving minutes with the other to let out all their contained emotions for their love was a secret, and hopefully would remain a secret for as long as they deemed necessary.
"I don't want to spoil the mood Jack" she said softly gently rubbing the back of her finger over his left cheek. "But the other will be beginning to wonder where we've gotten too." She informed her lover reluctantly.
"I know" he said with a smile. "Just, one more kiss. Please?" he asked.
Arcee smiled his tone so innocent, so loving, how could she resist one small kiss? Smiling she leaned down again and kiss her secret love, he held her face again rubbing it gently with his thumbs.
Finally the two broke away Arcee began to stand up before she transformed into a beautiful blue motorcycle.
"Hop on Handsome" she said with a chuckle. Jack smiled and mounted her his hand gently caressing her fake gas tank.
"Ready when you are pretty lady" he said placing both hands on her steering wheels as she took off down the dirt trail towards the Autobot base.
"Optimus?" Ratchet the medic of the Autobots started gaining his friend and leader's attention.
"Yes Ratchet?" he asked in return turning towards him a curious look on his face.
"What could be keeping Arcee, she said she was on her way here and should have been back Mega-Cycles ago" Ratchet informed him. A Mega-cycle being the Earth equivalent to an hour. Optimus was in thought and nodded to him.
"I'm sure she is alright Ratchet, she knows not to get into any battles while she is still in her recovery period and Jack is with her, I do not believe she will put him at risk." Optimus said in his usual strong tone of voice.
No sooner had Optimus finished did they both hear the sound of a motorcycle come through the entrance of their base, Arcee rode on through the large entrance slowing to a stop allowing Jack to dismount her and remove his helmet.
"Hey Ratchet sorry I'm late" Arcee spoke apologetically as she transformed into her robot form.
"And I should say so!" the medic Autobot blurted out annoyed. "Where have you been?" he inquired raising a brow.
"We hit traffic Ratchet, as much as I'd have loved to get here quickly, we DO have to abide human road laws to not attract attention" Arcee informed him in her professional tone of voice. Ratchet grimaced as he usually did.
"Then why not ask for a ground bridge in the first place?" he replied in question putting his hands on his sides.
"Funny thing about that Ratchet." She began with a sarcastic smile over her face putting on hand on her thigh. "I can't see into the future so I didn't know the traffic was going to be so bad, not until we got into the thick of it anyway"
Jack was amazed at how well she put up the smokescreen and thought of their cover story, he wished he could do that to his mother so easily, then again, perhaps his Mother could use her strange Mother like Sixth Sense on Arcee and see through even the best of lies, though he himself wasn't the best liar in the world, not even a decent one.
"Very Well" Ratchet conceded and looked back to his screens, Optimus looking at Ratchet before turning his attention to Arcee and jack.
"How are you both fairing today?" he asked seeing them for the first time that day.
"I'm feeling a bit better Optimus, thank you" Arcee replied with a smile, using a softer more friendlier tone than the one she had used on Ratchet. Optimus nodded then turned his attention to Jack.
"Oh ugh, I'm okay too Optimus, Mom says I'm getting stronger every day." Jack informed the large Autobot.
"That's good to hear" Optimus said giving them a small smile, "Ratchet would like to run further examination on you Arcee to check how much you've recovered." Optimus informed his second in command. Arcee nodded then looked at Ratchet.
"Well let's get this done" she said as Ratchet turned around to her.
"About time" he said bluntly as they both walked towards the med-bay, Jack following behind them.
"Jack…" Optimus spoke out, the young teen turning to look at him. "May I have a quick word with you?" he asked plainly.
Jack felt his heart skip a beat but nodded slowly.
"Of course Optimus" Jack walked back up to Optimus who knelt down as to not strain Jack's neck.
"Jack, I do not wish for you to take a strong stance just for our sakes, if there is truly something wrong do not hesitate to tell me." Optimus said with kindness in his words. Jack smiled up at him as he scratched the back of his own head.
"I appreciate that Optimus, but I'm fine really." Jack replied calmly. "Was there some reason you thought I was just trying to be strong?" he asked curiously.
Optimus said nothing for a moment as if collecting his thoughts to reply.
"You are strong Jack, strong than you realise, however I have noticed some, strange staring from your part if you do not mind me saying" the large robot informed him, sounding apologetic at the end of his sentence, Jack blinked, had he really been staring? And at what, or who? Arcee. He gulped mentally.
"No I'm fine Optimus, maybe I'm just spacing out you know from everything that's happened it's a lot to process" he said trying his best to sound honest. Optimus looked up towards Arcee as Ratchet strapped her down and began to run scans over her, he looked down to the ground in thought, in truth not knowing what this "Spacing Out" meant, but the way Jack used it seemed like it was non-harmful.
"Very well Jack." He said as he stood up. "I was merely curious and worried about your state of health, if you believe you are only… spacing out… then I will ask no more" Optimus looked down at Jack who nodded back to the large Autobot.
"Thank you Optimus" Jack sighed gently, the two of them then turning their attentions elsewhere, Optimus looking at the screen of the base's computer and Jack looking over to Arcee.
"Well Arcee." Ratchet began catching Arcee's attention, as he completed his scans turning around and placed his medical instrument on the table behind him. "I still do suggest any combat until your body has further repaired itself." He stated as he released her restraints.
"Right understood" she began, half surprising Ratchet for not arguing, he turned to leave and she rubbed her wrist servos then looked at him. "I do have a quick question though Ratchet"
Ratchet turned around with one raise metal brow.
"Yes Arcee?" he asked plainly.
"Why the restraints?"
Ratchet turned around fully before rubbing her jaw.
"After the way you woke up before Arcee for the safety of others and myself you're to restrained until I see necessary" with that Ratchet turned and walked off causing Arcee to chuckle.
Jack watched as he and Ratchet passed one another, turning his attention to Arcee as she walked up to him.
"And what's his diagnosis?" Jack asked smiling up at her.
"No combat, I think I can handle a few no combat days." She replied kneeling down to Jack. "What did Optimus want you for?" she inquired raising a brow plate
"He was asking if I really was okay, he said I'd been staring." He told her, Arcee tilted her head.
"Staring?"
"At you I'm guessing." He whispered quietly to her as he blushed causing Arcee to smirk as she whispered back to him.
"Well I am the most beautiful thing you've seen, or so you said" she winked at him
"And it's still true" he said backing his statement. Jack looked back at Optimus and Ratchet who were discussing something, looking around the area carefully scanning for anyone who could be looking at them, finding none he looked back at Arcee and quickly gave her a peck on her cheek.
"Jack" she whispered suddenly in quiet panic. "Not here" she said in a softer tone worried for anyone who was looking at them. Thankfully Bulkhead and Bumblebee were taking Miko and Rafael home.
"Hey sometimes I just can't help myself" Jack smiled confidently at her. She looked up to Optimus and Ratchet before quickly kissing Jack back on his lips.
"You won't out kiss me mister" she smirked seeing Jack in a slight daze at the sudden kiss. "Now no more till we're out of base, okay? We've got to keep ourselves professional" he smiled at him still keeping her voice low.
"Yes Ma'am, won't happen again ma'am" Jack replied saluting her nearly causing her to laugh, only stopping as she covered her mouth with her hand. "Sorry" he added sheepishly.
"I will get you back for that Jack, maybe if I start having a talk with your mom" she warned with a sly smile over her face. Jack went pale his eyes wide.
"Oh no please no Arcee, I was only having a little fun" he said quickly but quietly not wanting to draw attention to them. Arcee smiled and winked at him before standing up. Jack knew she was only joking. Then again, the idea she wasn't joking filled his mind with baby pictures of himself and possible embarrassing tales, perfect material for Arcee.
"Optimus is there anything further you require?" Arcee asked as she walked up to him. Optimus looked over his shoulder at her.
"No Arcee that was all thank you, take Jack home before June gets worried she has given us strict instructions that Jack gets back before Nine Thirty."
"Right, we'll get going, I'll see you two later." Arcee said as she transformed into her motorcycle form, Jack mounting her and placed his helmet over his head.
"Good Night." Both Optimus and Ratchet said in unison.
The ride home was peaceful yet quiet, the two of them had found a strange comfort in their quiet rides together, for the past few days Arcee had spent all her time with Jack some of it at the base, some of it at their own special place, the rest was mixed with her ferrying Jack back and forth from his home, to school and to work. She hadn't complained but Jack knew she was bored most of the time, if not bored then anxious to get back out into the field and scrap a few cons and come back from a successful mission.
"I'm sorry Arcee" Jack finally spoke out breaking the silence, Arcee was silent for a moment.
"Sorry about what Jack?" she asked in surprise at his sudden apology.
"You never say it but, I know you get bored with just waiting for me outside school and KO burger. And I know you want to get back out there and help the others" Jack stated his tone though sad was calm.
"Jack scrapping cons or not I'm always bored outside your school, most of my enjoyment coming from idle gossip and chatter from kids who think no one is listening. As for getting back into the field, yeah, I want to help the others and I hate feeling useless but Ratchet said I'm not yet ready and Optimus will back him on that so there's nothing I can do about it, so there's no need for you to apologies to me for something not in your control." Arcee's words made Jack nod slowly, she was right it wasn't his fault but he still felt like he could have done something to better her time and try and break her boredom.
"I know, I just, wish I could do more." Jack finally said with a deep sigh.
"Jack. You have done more for me than you realise, you're something to look forward to when I come back from a mission, when I finally get back out there, but more so, you're something to live for, knowing that when this is all over, I'll have you with me."
Jack felt a tear in his eye, he didn't realise even now while they were in love.
"Oh Arcee" Jack said as he sniffled a little bit. Arcee smiled internally.
"So don't you worry about me. I've got you, I don't need anything else"
The rest of the ride home was quiet again, comfortable and quiet.
The Darby garage door opened as Arcee rode in, Jack dismounting her and removed his helmet. The door behind them opening as June poked her head through.
"Welcome back you two." June said with a smile as she stepped out wearing a long yellow fluffy nightgown which covered white pyjamas and two white slippers over her feet.
"Hey Mom" "Hey June" both of them said in unison. June chuckled and looked at Jack.
"Your supper is in the microwave it just needs reheating." June informed her son.
"Can I eat it in here?" he asked receiving a nod from June, as she watched her son walk out of the garage and into the kitchen. Without much thought she looked at Arcee.
"You want anything?" she asked
"Coffee please" Arcee replied in a casual tone trying her best not to chuckle, June nodded and turned towards the kitchen before stopping and looked at Arcee smirking.
"Ha, ha! Very funny"
"You did ask June" Arcee defended in a friendly tone of voice chuckling a little, June smiled at Arcee and shrugged.
"I know, I guess. After everything I'm just, seeing you like us, like family." June stated before turning to leave Arcee was stunned by her words.
"Ugh, thank you June." Arcee stumbled her words slightly as June looked at her from the door smiling and nodding before leaving.
'Like family.' Arcee thought to herself, the garage doors closing behind her, she felt safe to transform. Arcee now in her robotic form kept low sitting on the ground and leaned against the wall.
'To be a part of a family' Arcee wondered, picturing herself if things had been different if the Universe was done differently, seeing herself human, with Jack being able to eat with him, talk with him eye to eye, even to kiss and hold him like a human girl. Arcee smiled softly closing her optics momentarily, hearing the door open she opened one optic and looked as Jack brought his supper into the garage.
"What you got?" she asked out of basic curiosity. Jack blinked looking up at her before looking down at his supper as if to remember.
"Pork chops, mashed potato, peas, and curry sauce." he said listing everything he saw then smiled back up to Arcee.
"Beats fire cooked vermin don't it?" she asked remembering that night with her Jack and Dynobot. Jack shuddered from the memory.
"Yeah, beats that by a mile to say the least" he stated putting his meal down on to a table and pushed the table out from the wall so he could sit and eat while looking at Arcee, finding it rude if he had his back to her.
Arcee had seen him do this before, asking originally what he was doing to which he explained he considered it rude to have his back to someone he was talking too while eating. It was one of the few things that puzzled her about humans, they'd blow each other to pieces, shoot each other down from the sky, and sink them to the bottom of the ocean, but Primus or God forbid they were rude. She liked the act well enough though, it showed he cared about her to some degree, this was of course before they became as they were now.
He sat down putting a fork full off mashed potato into his mouth chewing slowly, Arcee watched him smiling at him, or more so watching his mouth as he chewed. He swallowed the potato and moved his tongue around his teeth to scrape off any excess potato.
"Something wrong?" he asked after checking his mouth. Arcee lifted her optics to look at him only just realising she had been staring.
"Oh nothing just. Watching" she shrugged. Jack looked forward at the door a puzzled look on his face, shrugging he continued to eat. Arcee watched him once more, his jaw rolling under his skin his teeth mashing and grinding at the already mushy vegetable, his saliva getting the dry substance wet to allow him to swallow it without problem.
'Such a simple act' she thought to herself 'Yet so complex in motion, how fragile yet, advanced humans are.' Arcee watched her lover as he swallowed, she'd done a lot of research on humans and their various bodily functions, again a task she did from mere boredom, she had used the Darby's wireless internet connection to get her way into the "World Wide Web" and looked it up.
Humans were the first organic creatures she'd ever come across and even now three years after arriving via space bridge with her, now deceased partner Cliffjumper, humans still intrigued her to some degree, though her care for them had rapidly diminished when Cliff was murdered, her curiosity arose once again by Jack even more so once they became close "partners".
Jack began to cut up some pork, putting it into his mouth he chewed it. Since Arcee's awakening from being in stasis for four days, she had come to remember bits of her dream, she remembered eating chicken, she watched as Jack cut another piece the blade cleanly cutting through the dead animal's meat, she wondered the sensation it gave to the taste buds on human tongues, how it felt, would it be nice to her? Or would she be as the humans called "Vegetarian" she hoped not if she ever got the chance, the look of the meat was sublime, even to her and she had no throat tube or digestive system.
Her mind went back to Dynobot taking a bite out of Airachnid, his own long slimy technorganic tongue licking over her metal flesh, tasting her, chomping down on her armor before tearing it away, chewing and devouring it. How had he become technorganic? Were there others in the Universe? She remember the look on his face, that strange satisfaction, not only from satisfying his dark Decepticon urges to kill, but the look he had when he began to devour bits of the insane Spider-Bot, she wondered if he truly had considered her … tasty.
'No. I bet that Fragger tastes fowl, something even a Scraplet would sick up' Arcee thought to herself a look of disdain under her eyes, while gently watching Jack.
'I bet this Pork tastes nice though' she thought looking at it. 'Definitely smells good'
Jack swallowed the pork then took a quick sip of milk to rinse out his mouth.
"You're looking very deep in thought Arcee. Mind sharing?" Jack asked gaining her attention once more. She felt a small sting of embarrassment, not only had Jack been staring at her but perhaps she had been staring at him as well.
"Oh it's just nothing Jack, just me being well…alien" she said not looking at Jack as she said it.
Jack ran his tongue along his teeth and around his mouth in thought.
"It's alright Arcee." He smiled. "I'd like to know what you're thinking about"
Arcee shook her head from side to side before letting it rest as she looked at the floor, her shoulders drooping, this was ever so embarrassing.
"I was just wondering about a few things. What it'd be like to be …. Human … what it'd be like to eat human food, to drink human beverages, to see and touch how you do." She admitted finally looking at him. Jack himself looked deep in thought, he hadn't figured Arcee would think of such things.
"Being human isn't all it's cracked up to be really." He said in a thoughtful tone his eyes searching the room for nothing in particular, "We eat food to live as we've done for a millennia, we breathe the air around us, drink what we can and sometimes satisfy… primal urges" he said the final few words made him feel awkward his cheeks going crimson.
Arcee could guess what primal urges.
"But that's what I like about humans Jack, it's what I've found so fascinating" they looked at one another. "You human are so, evolved compared to everything else … native… to this planet, yet you're still animals, you do have these primitive needs and wants, these urges. And I find it interesting how people who can send their own kind off into space at times still act and think like animals, even the way you eat various foods in very primal. Like chicken legs, you're tearing meat from the bone. I find it, fascinating"
Jack felt like a test subject or a pet all of a sudden.
"Should I start rolling over and doing tricks?" he asked causing Arcee to laugh, quickly silencing herself in case the neighbours heard.
"Oh sure, sit, roll over, fetch" she smirked, then softened it to a smile "but honestly after meeting you Jack, mankind has really began to fascinate me."
"How so?" Jack inquired.
"Cybertronians are much older than mankind Jack. By how much I don't know, our science is highly advanced and beyond human technology." Jack nodded listening to Arcee, he knew this much but was curious as to her point. "Yet as an entity, we haven't really changed that much in millennia, if at all. We haven't developed and our war was the only thing that made our technology jump even in the slightest. But mankind, you're so young and look at you already. You started as primates scratching yourselves and doing who knows what, thousands if not millions of years later, you can read, write, solve physics and use advanced science."
"Yeah I guess so" Jack commented looking at himself then looked at her.
"Sometimes I wonder, if we hadn't been here for another thousand years, would Cybertronians be outmatched by superior human technology? Would we be seen as nothing more but giant metal primitives?" she shrugged. Jack was both confused yet entertained by that idea.
"That's make a good TV show" he commented, Arcee smiled holding back a laugh.
" Food for thought I suppose, that's what I think about when I'm bored." She sighed gently.
"And then you moving onto the meaning of life?" he asked sarcastically adding a gentle laugh at the end of it soon enough joined by Arcee.
"Very funny. Who knows maybe one day I could win a Nobel peace prize or some sort of science trophy" she finally said between laughs.
"Yeah, that'd be the day, I'd record it on TV"
Jack continue on to eat his food and drink his milk, Arcee saying no more, tomorrow was a school run and a KO burger run. She hated that slagging place.
'I'd burn it to the ground if I had half the chance' she admitted, Optimus would have discouraged her but she really hated that place for how it treated Jack and the ridicule that he got from it.
Arcee watched as Jack yawned.
"Well time for bed mister, school tomorrow." She said softly as he rubbed his eyes with an index finger and thumb.
"I know. Ugh and work…" he groaned in disgust, he'd rather fight be with Arcee in the battlefield than wasting away in the drive through window of the sweaty fast food restaurant. If you could really call it a restaurant.
Arcee winced too sympathetically.
"I know but hey, leave school go to college get a better job, it'll be done in no time." She smiled, she was hoping it would seem like no time. Jack let out a deep sigh picking up his plate and glass. Arcee checked the door before leaning down towards her love.
Jack smiled puckering up his lips as he pressed them against Arcee's both moaning quietly as to not draw any attention to June. Breaking the kiss after several moments Arcee smiled down to Jack.
"Good night Jack, I'll see you tomorrow"
"I'll see you tomorrow Arcee, could you wake me up if my alarm doesn't?" he asked nicely. Arcee gave him a nod.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure your up, see you till then" with that the tired Jack left the garage, Arcee didn't yet change back to her vehicular form she leaned forward closing the door behind Jack hearing him place the plate and glass in the dishwasher then go into his bedroom.
Arcee found her thoughts shifting back to the KO burger, surely it was the Fiery Pit of this planet, and horrifically there were more than just where Jack lived, she saw it as a sick cancer upon a beautiful planet, a cancer which drained the life of heroes and men. She thought more directly to the ridicule Jack got from other teens from his school notably Vince.
She hadn't known him all that long, but she took an instant disliking to him. No perhaps dislike wasn't the right word, no. She LOATHED him, his entire body, from the look in his face to the way he talked and moved was slimy, he sent horrible shivers all over her whenever he got close to her, he had sometimes straddled her to annoy Jack, he had touched her, every time she knew if she had the organic capability of doing so she'd have thrown up, she'd have nice mental images of her throwing him off transforming then slamming her foot down upon him repeatedly slick slime pouring out of him instead of blood only to get stuck to her foot.
Jack had once said something to her after an annoying or rather enraging encounter with Vince, she remembered his words being.
"If Vince left or just flat out DIED not a FUCK would be given that day. At least not from me!"
She knew Jack tried to curse as little as possible, but she herself felt cursing appropriate at times, and that was such a time.
Either way she hated them ridiculing Jack, berating him for his job, and his "boring life style" or so they thought. As far as they were concerned Jack merely went to school, work and lived at home with his mother like a so called loser.
'I'll show them loser!' Arcee hissed mentally venom covering her inner thoughts. She hated being unable to do anything about it, a motorcycle could defend him without unwanted attraction and her Sadie hologram would only give strange looks to an unmoving woman defending him.
Arcee's optics suddenly went wide with inspiration.
'Sadie! Of course!' she thought to herself, then pressed two fingers to her communications device.
"Ratchet are you there?" she whispered.
"Arcee what's wrong?" he asked curious about her quietness.
"Nothing, I'm just being quiet while everyone is asleep. Look I need a favour." She asked the Medic bot tilted his head curiously.
"That would depend entirely on what you need." He said curious and untrusting of her words.
"Look bridge me over and I'll tell you" Arcee whispered frustrated.
Within seconds the green vortex opened up inside the Darby garage, Arcee sent two silent messages to both Jack's and June's cell phones as she transformed into her vehicle form and rode through the green vortex.
Early the next morning Jack awoke to the sound of loud ringing. Jack rolled over and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he asked mentally still asleep.
"Ooh, Mister Jackson Darby this is your Seven Thirty Wakeup call time to get up and…. Smell the roses." came a soft, sultry and seductive female voice. Jack's eyes opened as he heard the voice, pulling it away from his ear to look up the name of the caller before putting it back to his ear.
"Arcee?" his question answered when he heard laughing on the other side of the call.
"Sorry Jack, but you did want me to get you up right?" she reminded him of what he had asked her the night before.
"yeah I said wake me up not wake me up and…" he trailed off blushing a deep red looking further down his bed sheets. Arcee began to think she may have gone a little … over the top … with her wake up voice.
"Um, sorry partner" Arcee felt herself warm up in embarrassment.
"Oh no it's fine, I um. I'm fine. Ugh thanks for waking me up."
"Just so you know Jack, I've left both you and your mom a message on your cells, I won't be able to drop you off at school but I'll be able to pick you up from work that okay?" she asked her words rather hesitant even though now it was too late for him to decline. "Don't worry your mom is taking you to school"
"Ugh yeah sure. Okay, but if you don't mind me asking, where are you?" he asked as he sat up in bed.
" Just a little something that came to mind. I asked Ratchet for a favour, and well I have to let some of my system adjust to the little upgrade, so I'm having to stay at the base for a while, been here for about…" she went quiet as she brought up the clock on her internal HUD. "… Nine and a half hours. So not long to go now, I'm sorry Jack."
"No Arcee, it's fine. What is the upgrade anyway?"
"Ah, well it's nothing major but, I think you'll like it." She said leaving in an awe of mystery.
"Oh well okay then, I'll see you after work" He smiled to himself as he stood up and stretched.
"See you later then babe" her voice came over the line, her use of the word "babe" quiet, Jack guessed the others were close by.
"See you soon beautiful" he said quietly in case June was close by, both ended to call.
Jack jumped out of bed as he awoke to a higher degree grabbing some clean clothes, all the clothes in his closet were the same, The Einstein mentally he called it, have the same clothes and save time in the day from choosing what to wear. Smiling he grabbed some fresh clothes and headed to the bathroom.
He sighed as he stood under the hot water, he eyes closed his hair drooping over his face, leaving his mind to drift, his nose picked up the scent of the soap he'd been using, a soft sweet scent, a scent his mind related back to the love of his life, Arcee. He smiled as he thought about her, picturing her fight on a routine mission, her blasters burning holes through Vehicons, her blades tearing through them, in a strange way it was like she was dancing, a strange foreign dance of war, within his mind Arcee stopping fighting, and turned to him smiling, the world shifting to their special place by the mountains, the moon above glowing ever so bright giving her a majestic glow. She was indeed the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, she may not have been human, she may not have understood human traditions, but that was what made her special to him, she didn't see stereotypes for boys his age, Cybertronians didn't have them, she saw him as he was, he loved her mind, her soul, the fact that for a fifteen foot alien robot she had "delicious" curves was merely a bonus. He moaned picturing them two together kissing by the moon light, their lips deepening the tongues, if she had a tongue, twirling around between their mouths soft electrical energy buzzing between the two of them, Arcee moaning deeply and passionately into his mouth, Jack felt hotter, such a heat the water could never create, he heat rose up within him he felt strange yet amazing, he loved this feeling, the imagery of him and Arcee together in a lover's embrace. Arcee broke from this mental kiss and looked at him sweetly she opened her mouth to speak.
"Jack hurry up or you'll be late for school" Arcee called out in June's voice. Shocked back into reality Jack looked around then down he blushed a deep red, his hand gripping his penis tightly as it stood stiff and erect.
'Oh my god.' Jack thought to himself in shame. He shook his head quickly picturing school and his job at the KO burger though reluctantly as it were, his erection slowly died down leaving him soft. Groaning at his own displeasure he began applied shampoo to his hair and washed it off.
'How embarrassing, I couldn't think of Arcee like that, she'd think I was just gross' He thought to himself sighing, he loved her and she loved him that was a blind fact. But would he ruin their relationship if he asked about such private contact, he thought so yes, he didn't want to ruin how good things were between him and his love over something so simple and primitive as sexual urges, while Arcee may have been impressed with how primitive and primal Humans were, he didn't want to allow himself to think like a basic animal. That was the first time he'd ever thought about Arcee and anything sexual, but he was guessing it wouldn't be the last.
After breakfast June dropped Jack off on the way to the Hospital, from her leaving his daily School abuse started.
"Hey dweeb" called out an all too familiar voice. Jack turned his head to see the fiery haired Vince, Vince was everything you'd expect from a bully, taller than those he picked on, smug and a complete jerk. "Your mama having to drop off her baby boy again? Did she take your motorcycle?" Vince ridiculed Jack imitating a baby like voice.
Jack shrugged off the comment and walked towards the entrance. Only gaining further attention from the bully.
"Hey Darby, I'm talking to you" Vince grabbed Jack by his T-shirt "When I'm talking to you Darby, you stop and you listen. Got it?"
Jack stared into Vince eyes.
"Or what?" his words nearly growls as they came from his mouth.
Vince was about to speak when a familiar brown haired girl followed by her blond faired friend came walking up to them.
"Hey Vince." Came Sierra greeting the bully. "You still coming out tonight?" she smiled.
Vince turned his attention to Sierra letting go of Jack and smirked confidently at her.
"Yeah I'm coming out, I'll bring my new car and we can go for a drive." His words beamed self-confidence.
"Wow Vince, you're so amazing, a NEW car" came the voice of Sierra's friend. Vince crossed his arms, his large smirk still over his face.
"Yeah I know, I know" Vince was so smug, Jack hated it. He and Vince were polar opposites at least in Jack's eyes. Vince was brash, loud, a bully, and egotistical. Jack was relatively quiet, calm, and thoughtful.
Before Vince could turn his attention back to Jack the bell for the start of school rang out loudly, Jack hurried to his classroom, meeting Miko along the way.
"Well that was close" Miko said next to Jack.
"Yeah, one day Miko I swear, I'm just going to lose my cool with that guy, I swear to god." Jack grunted as he calmed down.
"Yeah, just make sure when you break his nose, let me get some killer money shots" she said excitedly clapping her hands together. Normally her over active personality would get to Jack but, for this, it was more than welcoming.
"Sure thing Miko, if he's out you can even get some close ups" Jack said glancing at her.
"That would be soooo sweet!" she practically beamed in delight now wanting to see Jack land a hard fist to Vince's overly groomed face. "Something to show Arcee and the others right?" Jack nodded smiling at her.
Jack watched as Miko ran into class, she was still the hyperactive girl she was when they first met, though the whole ordeal with the Autobots and everything they'd done as a team, as a family had slowed her down, matured her. It was like she had more self-control over herself and her actions, that or she wasn't fully awake yet. Jack begged to any older being that it was the former.
The school day went along as he'd imagined, boring at times, interesting at some, and break was just him, Raf and Miko hanging out. As it had been for a long while now. Vince now to preoccupied with showing off his apparent magnificence to even bother with Jack now. Though Jack knew he'd see Vince later at the KO Burger, he ALWAYS saw him at the KO burger.
'One day I'll be free of this curse.' Jack thought to himself. 'One day I'll be free of school, free of the KO Burger and free of Vince.'
The school day finished as Miko and Rafael were picked up by Bulkhead and Bumblebee.
"See you later guys" Jack waved to the four of them,
"Hey Jack you sure you don't want a lift to the KO Burger?" Rafael asked, Bumblebee quietly whirring happily.
"No guys thanks for the offer though, I appreciate it." Jack smiled as Bumblebee's lights flashed "goodbye" to him as Miko and Raf waved as they left for the base.
"Hey Darby" Vince called out again as Jack turned seeing him walk up to and get into new fancy sports car. "I'll be round to pick up some orders for me and the girls" he said as Sierra and her friend got into his fancy shiny car. "And I expect excellence service, got that?" he laughed as he drove off.
"Oh Vince" Jack said to himself. "I hope you get hit by a truck" sighed then imagined a familiar red and blue heavy duty truck crashing into him rolling back and forth over him like some form of comedic sketch. "That'd be a great Birthday present" he smiled to himself then began walking towards his place of torturous employment, or slavery, at times Jack couldn't tell.
His shift at the KO burger had been worse than his normal day since the radio near to him to ask for the customer's orders was broken customers would have to come up to the window to order then he'd give out sloppy greasy meals to people in their vehicles taking ridicule from most for not having the right meal in the bag or for any other reason which does not concern his job position.
'One day Jack, you'll be far away from here and you'll never have to look out of a stupid window like this again' he told himself over, and over, and over again like a broken record that was trying to cling to some hope. 'Well where are you Vince? I'm waiting, I know you'll be coming, I can feel myself ready to throw up at the mere sight of you'
Jack thoughts were quickly answered as he heard the loud turbo charged roar of Vince's new sport car. He looked as the car pulled up to Jack's window, he sighed softly hiding his utter annoyance an frustration.
"Hello Welcome to K.O Burger where the food is a Knock Out" Jack said in a dull monotone voice. Vince laughed at Jack mocking him, Sierra's friend in the back seat laughing with him, Sierra herself laughing but to a lesser degree in an almost uncomfortable fashion.
"Yeah, yeah, shut up Darby I want four Mega Double Cheese Burger, two sodas one strawberry shake large fries…" Vince demanded in a strong tone of voice seemingly to impressed the girl around him. Jack sighed writing down the order, walking away from the window he put together their order and looked at a co-worker.
"Did you hack in any of these Stan?" Jack asked looking up to one of the few there he thought of as friend. The older dark skinned balding man shook his head.
"Nah Sorry J-D, don't want to get fired. Maybe next time" he offered shrugging. Jack sighed, he'd hoped to give Vince a really sickly burger but felt disgusted to do anything himself.
Walking to the window he looked at Vince. "That'll be Fourteen Fifty please sir." He groaned Vince pulling out his wallet that large obnoxious smile on his face.
"I expect change Darby" he said giving Jack a Twenty dollar note. Jack sorted out the change and passed the change and food over to Vince.
"It better be hot Darby or your ass is on the line" Vince warned taking the paper bags.
"Thank you for ordering sir, have a nice day." Jack finished speaking in in his monotone voice.
Before Vince could say another word a small alarm went off in Jack pocket.
"Finally!" he groaned "Shifts over." Without another word he removed his hat and left the window.
Outside Jack was confronted by Vince, Sierra and her friend. Jack watched as the two girls stayed back as Vince came storming up to him grabbing him like at the start of the day.
"Hey Darby! I wasn't quite finished with you yet" Vince said in a threatening tone. Jack merely stared at Vince.
"You want to let me go Vince? I'm waiting for someone" Jack said trying his best, his utter best, to remain civil.
"Oh and who'd that be your mom?" he mocked "Does mama have to pick up little Jackie from work too now?" he continued mocking using the baby toned voice again.
"No Actually it's my g…" he said trailing of in thought. Vince tiled his head then chuckled.
"Yeah right, the closest thing you got to a girlfriend is that fucking sugar hyped fucking exchange girl."
"Hey…" jack said in a stronger tone of voice. "You leave Miko alone." He narrowed his eyes, no one insulted or made fun of his friends.
"Whatever, girlfriend… right, what sort of girl would go out with an utter cock-less pussy like you?"
Jack gritted his teeth, he was going to punch him he could feel it. Then the roar of a motorcycle caught everyone attention
"A girl like ME!" Arcee answered Vince's question, they all looked as a leather clad woman straddling Jack's blue motorcycle stopped by them, everyone one of them staring in disbelief.
"And as for dick-less punk, I can definitely say he's got bigger balls than you and brain cells." The Sadie hologram seemingly spoke as she looked at them releasing her grip of the handlebars she cracked her covered knuckles. "Now how about you let my man go, before I put you down on the ground."
"Your man?" Sierra said looking from Sadie to Jack then back to Sadie "Are you saying you're his…"
"Girlfriend?" Sadie/Arcee interrupted turning her helmet covered head to look at Sierra. "Yes, I am." Sadie grabbed her helmet and pulled it off revealing a long dark hair woman around her mid-twenties.
"What the fuck?" Vince said looking at how gorgeous she was. "Darby how come you've never mentioned her before huh? And what she doing on your bike?"
"For one thing. Unlike you, Jack likes to keep his private life to himself, two, he knows better than to just show off like an egotistical asshole and three. Jack lets me ride his bike while he's not using it, and seeing as his mom dropped him I told her I'd pick him up." Sadie stared daggers at Vince.
She turned her attention to Sierra.
"As for you girl, I don't know you that well, but I've seen you with Jack, and seriously even I thought you had better taste in boys but then, I pity you, SOMEONE has to be the school whore, might as well be you. " Sadie said rather blatantly getting an amazed look from Sierra after been ridiculed and insulted, she turned to look back at Vince and Jack. "Now let go of my boyfriend, before I come over there and kick your balls into your stomach." Sadie threatened, jack worried about Arcee may be getting a bit too overconfident.
"Oh yeah I'd like to see you try." Vince said staring at her letting go of Jack, who watched in amazement as Sadie dismounted the motorcycle, Vince looked up at her, she was fairly tall and again much older than him.
"Alright fine." He relented letting Jack pass. "How the fuck did you get a hot fucking babe whose older than you to go for a dweeb like you Darby."
Jack put on his helmet as Sadie remounted the bike and put her helmet back on before Jack could speak Sadie spoke up again.
"For one thing, "little boy" Jack is more of a MAN than you are, ever will be or could ever dream to be, he's thoughtful, he's loving, and he's a good listener. What girl could want more? And one last thing, you call him "dweeb" again, I'll MAKE him tell me, then I'll hunt you down Vince, and I'll boot my boot so far up your ass … you'll need a shoe horn to swallow" she stated in a threatening tone before revving up the motorcycle.
"Let's go hot stuff and leave these kids to bicker and play amongst themselves." Sadie said as Jack got on top of Arcee. "So long losers." Jack held onto Sadie trying his best to imitate holding the hologram as they sped off.
Once out of ear shot and riding away from the KO burger Jack looked at Sadie.
"Arcee? How did you get Sadie to do all that?" he said in amazement.
"That's the little upgrade Jack." She chuckled, Jack both hearing Arcee's voice coming from the Hologram and the motorcycle. "Upgraded the software for the hologram, make her move, make her multi-layered, she could have removed her gloves as well as her helmet."
"And for getting off of you?" he asked curiously.
"That's what most of my time at base was for, it's a form of, increased Hologram projector, Sadie can appear within a certain distance of me rather than just being sat on me, thought this would be a good thing to use in case you got bothered at the KO burger again." She said softly.
"Oh Arcee" he smiled speaking softly and stroked her side, the Sadie hologram vanished allowing Jack to move forward.
"And what if Vince didn't back down?" he asked that thought had been worrying him.
"From the way he was acting, the way he was stood and how he spoke, he wasn't going to fight Sadie regardless of if I had her dismount or not. Everything from his sweating to his stance was a tell-tale sign he's just a fragging coward." She explained her years of war giving her insightful knowledge into some body language.
"Thank you Arcee." Jack smiled leaning down to kiss her dashboard, if she could blush in any form she would have been.
"You know." He said to draw her attention once more. "That's the first time you've ever referred to yourself as my Girlfriend" he said with a soft blush over his cheeks, Arcee adjusted her mirror to look at him.
"Well, yeah. Yes it was. Fancy that" she felt a bit embarrassed, the human term sounded so innocent compared to "lover" but she was she told herself, she was his girlfriend and her was her boyfriend. "Does this mean I get to go out on a date?" she asked teasingly. Jack sat in deep thought for a moment catching his reaction Arcee spoke up once more. "Jack I was only joking" she defended.
"No actually, I like that idea. Is there anywhere you'd like to go say, Friday night?" he asked smiling.
"Are. Are you really asking me out on a date Jack?" she asked still getting her head around it.
"I sure am." He said confidently, Arcee was still taken back.
"Well um, I'm not sure, maybe we could discuss it further, later of course." She said still unsure of what to say at the prospects of having a date.
"Okay but, do you want to go out on a date?" he asked gently rubbing her fake gas tank. She knew he knew she couldn't resist that touch, his warm soft hand caressing her body.
"Yes I accept" she said timidly.
"It'll be great I promise, we'll work things out over the week and Friday will be our first date" Jack stated as they rode down the road his voice cheerful and optimistic. She admitted the idea of having an actual human date was, scary but enticing at the same time.
Perhaps this wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.