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"STOP!" I cried out as I ran out beside Night.
"Natalie. . .I told you to hide. . .this is not hiding." Night said in a dead tone.
The Autobots were standing there with a look of absolute shock.
"What the. . . ?" Bulkhead asked scratching his helm. "OK. . . What did we miss?"
(Arcee's pov)
As soon as we aimed our blasters at her the most bizarre thing happened. The kid that we were trying to rescue ran out of hiding to try to defend the 'Con! As I got a better look at the kid I realized that she would be about Jack's age, but I had never seen her before when I was picking him up from school so where had they come from? I also noticed the Decepticon symbol on a necklace around her neck, one that looked a lot like the one on the femme. Now that I thought about it, that specific style of symbol looked familiar but I couldn't remember where I had seen it before.
"STOP!" She cried as she came to a stop beside the 'Con.
Before I could warn her that we were the good guys the 'Con said something that surprised me even more.
"Natalie. . .I told you to hide. . .this is not hiding." The femme said in a dull tone with a hint of amusement in it.
"OK. . .What did we miss?" Bulk asked in confusion. 'I want to know that as well.' I thought still not believing my eyes.
The girl then looked up at the femme as if looking for guidance in this situation before turning back to stare at us.
"Our pasts and relationship with eachother as well as what the two of us decide to do is none of your business!" The femme shouted as she trained one of her blasters at him as well.
"Perhaps we may have misjudged your intentions towards the human, but we only wanted to insure her safety." Prime started as he tried to pacify the tense femme in front of us. "We are under the impression that you were taking her to Megatron for less than agreeable reasons."
"Megatron is here?!" she asked in shock.
"You didn't know?" Bee asked shaking slightly as the femme looked him in the optic.
"I've been out of it for awhile." she replied looking back at Prime.
"Nights? Who is Megaprom?" the kid asked completely butchering the name. 'Haha, I never would have thought of calling him that but he is rather big on pageantry.'
"He is the leader of the Decepticons sweetspark." the femme answered back never taking her eyes off of us. That is when I took a closer look at the emblem on her chest. That's when it struck me as to where I had seen it before. There in broad daylight was a symbol I never thought I'd have the misfortune to see up close. It was the modified symbol for the Decpticon Elite Forces. 'Shit! I hope she deserted because that's the last thing we need them getting, reinforcements like that!' I thought as I remembered hearing about all of the things they could do to a bot without even onlining a single weapon.
.:Guys, am I seeing things or is that emblem on her chest what I think it is?:. I asked over the comms.
.:What do you. . .Oh slag! Frag me sideways and feed me to the scraplets! Not good! What is a Decepticon Elite doing here, and with a human girl?:. Bulk shouted in slight panic over the comms. He had seen and fought his fair share of Elites and from what he says, it sucks aft because they are the best of the best and it is rare that a 'Bot met one and didn't get offlined or barely get away with at least a good number of injuries.
I swore she could see the panic in our optics when I saw her smirk just a bit during the comm conversation.
"What were you doing with the youngling?" Prime asked in an even tone even thought I knew he must be at least slightly apprehensive about this femme. They say that Megatron himself had trained each and every one of the Elites himself.
"Traveling through." she replied obviously not liking the question.
"I thought you said that we were going to be staying in Jasper for awhile? Why did you change your mind?" the girl asked as if hurt that they wouldn't be staying.
"With Megatron here you won't be safe if you're around me, so we need to move on. Maybe we can find somewhere else you can go to school without anyone recognizing you." the femme responded in a light tone that just screamed that she really did care. "Trust me, the things that he and his cronies are capable of are not things that I ever want you to experience. He is a sick, twisted fragger that has no respect for anyone but himself."
"I take it that you no longer serve the Decepticons?" Prime asked as he took a careful step forward, hopeful that they would not have to worry about another 'Con running around. I just hoped that the femme didn't decide that we were threats to the girl if she really did care about the youngling as much as she appeared to. If she did, then she might decide that attacking us would be the best way to get a point across.
"No. . . but neither do I support the Autobots. They have done many horrible things in this war as well. Like offlining my creators!" the femme shouted as she fired off a warning shot above our heads.
"Hey mom. . ." the kid began before getting interrupted by all of us.
"MOM?!" We all shouted in disbelief and shock.
"Yes. . . I adopted her years ago." the femme explained.
"As I was saying, mom, didn't you say that you needed a place to stay?"
"Yeah, what's your point and can't this wait?"
(Natalie's pov)
"Well, I just thought that. . . you know. . . these guys may not be as bad as the 'Bots that killed your parents, so maybe we could give them a chance to get to know us and then we might have friends here." I suggested just waiting for her to shoot down the idea as irrational and ridiculous.
". . ."
"I mean, just think about it! We wouldn't have to hide from everyone like we did before." I explained my idea hoping that she would consider it before I pulled out the big guns on her. The one thing that she could never resist as I had found out long ago. The puppy dog face, or as she called it, that face that could make Unicron become a pacifist. I do tend to be evil at times. That is why Nights sometimes says that I could be a great 'Con.
Turning to the new 'Bots I asked the key question to getting what I wanted, which was to stay here, go to school, make friends, make sure Nights was happy, and still have fun. "Would you guys be opposed to us coming with you if she agrees?"
After I asked them it looked as if they were at least considering it. I wondered if it was some how possible for them to comunicate without talking because that is exactly what it looked like they were doing at the moment.
(Arcee's pov)
What? Was this girl serious? Did she actually think that we would just let them in with open arms? Then again this could be a great advantage. If we could get this new femme on our side she might be able to teach us things about the 'Cons and we would have more firepower in fights. That is if the others agreed to it.
.:Autobots. What do you think about this turn of events?:. Prime asked over the comms.
.:I think it beats having to fight her:. Bulk piped in.
.:It could be interesting to have them at base but who knows:. Bee said watching the femme like a hawk.
.:I think she could be useful as long as we get her to become an Autobot:. I said considering the possibility of not being the only femme on base any more.
(Nightstrider's pov)
"I mean, just think about it! We wouldn't have to hide from everyone like we did before."
As soon as the words left her mouth I was in shock. How could I give them a chance when those other Autobots hadn't even given my creators a chance? Then again, these were different 'Bots and one was a Prime after all and I did need to think about what was best for Natalie, and going with them could possibly provide added protection for her. Ugh. Why can't life be easier. If I make the wrong decision our lives could get really complicated, really fast.
"We would be willing to give the two of you the benifit of the doubt and let you join us, but you must understand that we will not be able to completely trust you just yet." the Prime said as they all focused on me again, even Nat.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to give them the smallest chance to prove to me that my decision to snuff the sparks of every Autobot I ever met before I met you was not completely warranted." I told Natalie in a soft voice as I offlined my weapons and looked at the 'Bots pointedly until they did the same.
"Very well. If you would follow us." the Prime said as the blue one stared at me with a look that said 'I will be watching you'. There was a flash of green and we all went through a ground bridge, apparently, to the Autobot base.
'Oh goody.'
