More than meets the eye
Niki woke up to the sound of her alarm. It was 6:15am. She fell asleep 6 hours ago. She sat up and stretched. She shot up.
"The Autobots!" she yelled. She quickly put on her clothes. She wore a bright white shirt with a red Autobot sign on it and some blue shorts. She ran down stairs at 6:23am. She ate a pair of poptarts and ran back up stairs. She was almost done with brushing her teeth when she heard cars drive up to her house.
"Oh no," Niki squealed. She rushed down the stairs and saw out the window five weird cars. She groaned. She opened the door. Niki pulled her coat off the hooks and place it over her shoulders. She ran up to the cars. One transformed into Optimus prime. Niki pulled at her hair.
"You guys are not well disguised! These cars aren't even of this world!" Niki wailed. Optimus looked at them and shrugged.
"Let's go," Niki ordered. Optimus transformed back into his car mode. Niki hopped into it. It was small but it would have to do.
"First you, Optimus," Niki sighed as they drove off. As they drove on top of a hill, cars, of earth, drove below. Soon they reached the top and changed into robot mode. Niki looked down.
"So Optimus you could be a truck?" Niki pointed to a truck driving by. It had blues and reds mashed in with yellows and oranges.
"Or a fire truck?" Niki suggested. There driving by was a fire truck. Large and red.
"Which one?" Niki smiled. Optimus looked down and then away. He began to transform. She waited till he was a full fire truck. She smiled as she jumped and clapped. She knew he would pick that one.
"Bumblebee you're next!" Niki smiled. Bumblebee leaned over the hill. He watched all the cars drove by. There was one with blue and blacks another with black and white all over. Then he saw his car. He backed up and transformed into a yellow and black car. It was covered in yellow beside the lone black stripe.
"I'll go next!" Ratchet growled. Niki backed up as he looked at the cars. One car was pink another was blue but one made noises that interested him. He backed up and stood by the tree.
"Aren't you going to show us?" Bumblebee asked. Ratchet growled.
"Any way, lets move on," Niki smiled. She knew he picked that noisy ambulance below.
"Me next! Me next!" Bulkhead screamed. He ran up to the cliff side of the hill. He looked down below but didn't find any of interest. He sighed. Bumblebee patted his back knowing he didn't find any thing. Niki sighed.
"Sorry buddy," Niki yawned. Bulkhead looked down at the other side of the hill as Prowl picked his vehicle.
"Prowl pick fast I have to be home soon," Niki yawned. Prowl scoped out the roads and finally picked a vehicle. He stood back and transformed into a motorbike. Niki smiled. It was all like the TV show but Bulkhead still didn't have a vehicle mode yet.
"Wait! Wait! Can I have that one!?" Bulkhead pointed to a big air force police carrier. Niki looked at him, then Bumblebee and then at Optimus. Optimus nodded while Bumblebee shrugged. Niki smiled and also nodded.
"Cool!" Bulkhead smiled transforming into his new vehicle mode.
"Now can we go?" Niki yawned, "If I'm gone when my parents get up I'm so dead!" Optimus nodded and transformed. When Niki got inside it was a lot roomier. As they drove down the road Niki fell asleep. At 8: 52am the team arrived at Niki's house. They snuck into the backyard. There was still some flames and a large hole from the ship crashing but they quickly crossed. Optimus tried to wake Niki up but she was fast asleep.
"Bumblebee!" Optimus ordered. Bumblebee took Niki and squeezed his arm through the window. He felt her bed and set her on it. He pulled his arm out and nodded. The team drove away as Niki's sister walked in. Niki was curled up on the end of the bed like a small dog.
"Niki, get up," Stephanie yelled. Niki slowly opened her eyes. She realized she was in her house in her room. Niki sprang up as Stephanie left the room. Niki was already dressed and ready. She didn't feel hungry so she grabbed her bag and waited at the bus stop. She yawned as cars drove by.
Honk! Honk! Niki woke from her nap after the sound of the honk. She looked up the road and saw Bumblebee, in vehicle mode, driving up to her. He stopped at her stop. She smiled.
"Don't transform, okay?" Niki yawned. She covered her mouth.
"Sure but do you need a lift?" he asked. She looked both ways and saw no bus. She nodded and ran up her drive way.
"A friends giving me a ride," she yelled through the door. Niki ran back to Bumblebee who opened his right front door.
"So where to?" Bumblebee asked as they drove down the road.
"To Brittney's," Niki smiled, as the car stopped at a sign.
"Where's Brittney's?" Bumblebee asked as they began to drive.
"Oh just turn here," Niki ordered. Bumblebee turned right.
"Stay here for a second alright," Niki sighed. Niki walked up the drive way and knocked on the front door. It was silent till Brittney opened the door. Brittney smiled at Niki as she did back.
"Need a lift?" Niki smiled. Brittney nodded. She closed the door.
"Just hold on…" Brittney yelled as she left to wonder through her house. Niki ran up to Bumblebee. It sounded as if he was snoring.
"Bumblebee!" Niki screamed but still sounded as a whispered. The snoring stopped as he, by accident, honked loudly.
"Shhhhh!" Niki whispered, "I need a fake driver! Can you do like a hologram or something?" Niki pleaded. Suddenly a hologram driver appeared in the driver seat. It turned and smiled at her.
"I'm ready!" Brittney hollered from the door. Niki flipped around and smiled as if guilty of something. Brittney sighed.
"Niki what's up?" she asked as they entered the car.
"Nothing," Niki scrambled. She looked over at the fake driver.
"Um," Brittney hummed, "don't tell any one but last night I saw a space ship!" Niki and the hologram bounced up. Another ship?
"A space ship? Ha ha funny," Niki strained. Brittney nodded.
"It flew over my house and into Isaac's neighborhood. Niki sighed.
"Here you guys are," the driver smiled. He had drove up to the building Niki had explained to go to. Brittney stepped out. Niki stumbled out. She closed the door and looked inside. The hologram disappeared. Niki grumbled then sighed deeply.
"So how long will you be gone?" he asked. Niki shrugged. As she left, Bumblebee drove off.
"Niki where did you find that driver? He seemed like he never seen a human before," Brittney laughed. Niki tried to smile. As they entered the school Niki felt as if something was going to happen that wasn't in her favor. The doors closed behind her as they entered school. It was half empty, after all it was almost the end of the school year.
"Niki I saw a meteor fly over my house!" Isaac proclaimed.
"Wow," Niki grumbled. The teacher was rambling on about space and the wonders on it. Niki didn't listen much. She was still tired after only sleeping for 6 hours. She almost fell asleep when she heard cars driving up to the school.
"Niki look at those five cars driving up to the school," Brittney laughed. Niki sprang up. She bolted her attention to the window. There were five cars driving up into the parking lot. One was a fire truck, another two were a motorbike and an ambulance, and the last two were a big air force police carrier and a yellow car.
"Oh no!" Niki screamed. The class went silent. Eyes stared at Niki. Niki shrugged. She looked back through the window and saw the cars driving toward her. She turned to her teacher by the front.
"Niki why did you say 'oh no'" the teacher questioned.
"Um, my mom was in the hospital last night and I remembered she was getting her shots right now," Niki shrugged. The teacher nodded and returned to her speech.
"B? B!" Niki whispered. Brittney looked at her and shrugged.
"What?" she whispered back. Niki looked out a window then back.
"Cover me," Niki pleaded. Brittney shook her head with a 'no'.
"Please," Niki begged. Brittney looked at the teacher then at Niki.
"Why?" Brittney asked. Niki looked again out the window.
"I'll explain later!" Niki whispered. Brittney sighed. She raised her hand. Niki looked forward. She clutched her stomach and acted sick. Brittney looked at Niki then waved her hand higher.
"Yes Miss Deken," the teacher answered. Brittney looked at Niki then ahead at the teacher who glared at her.
"Niki doesn't look so well," Brittney yelled and pointed to Niki.
"Oh my! You're right," the teacher echoed, "send her to the nurse at once! I hate the ill!" the teacher wailed. Niki smiled as she left.
As she ran down the hall she passed a teacher. They stopped.
"Where are you going? Shouldn't you be in class?" the teacher asked. Niki looked out the window. She saw Optimus prime looking through the closed window. Bumblebee doing the same.
"Um, I'm leaving early," Niki stained. The teacher groaned.
"Why?" he asked. Niki looked up at him. He was very tall.
"I don't feel well," Niki groaned. She clutched her stomach. She began to run down the hall.
"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no….." Niki scrambled. She ran out the door. Ratchet saw her. He whistled and pointed at her.
"There you are!" Bulkhead screamed. Niki put her finger to her lips. She looked back at the door then at the Autobots.
"Shhhhhh!" she wailed, "what are you doing here?"
"We were trying to find you," Ratchet growled.
"Bumblebee said you were here," Bulkhead smiled.
"Yeah but I have to stay here for another few hours," Niki yelled. Optimus groaned as he turned back into his vehicle mode. The others sighed and fallowed Optimus out of the parking lot.
"I'll be out at 3:16pm, okay!" Niki yelled. She waited for an answer. She got a double honk from Optimus prime. She smiled.
As she walked back into class no one noticed. Brittney looked at her. She frowned. Niki looked forward at the teacher. Soon it was lunch and Brittney was saving a table for Niki. Niki came over and sat down. Brittney looked at her then at her food.
"Niki where'd you go during class?" Brittney asked.
"Oh no where," Niki hummed. Brittney smashed her fork down.
"Niki you cut half of class and you say that's nothing!" Brittney yelled looking over at her again. Niki sighed. It was hard keeping a secret from your best friend. Even when it's this good a secret.
"I'm sorry Brit but I'll explain it later," Niki sighed.
"No, you explain now!" Brittney yelled. Niki heard kids get all quiet. She even saw them turn and look. She gulped.
"Brittney I'll explain after school," Niki sighed, "if you'll let me give you a ride again." Brittney looked at one of the kids looking at them. She growled at them and they turned away.
"Fine Niki," Brittney whispered turning to her, "fine."
"I'm sorry," Niki whispered. Brittney didn't hear it though. They didn't speak to each other for the rest of the school day. In science class it was silent. In math it was quiet. In speech class it was speechless.
"Finally the school day is over," Niki hummed. As she walked outside Bumblebee sat waiting for her. Before Niki got in Brittney came from behind. Niki looked back at the door.
"Wait!" Brittney yelled as she ran up to Niki, "you said you'd tell."
"I will," Niki smiled as she opened the car door, "after you get in."
"Niki please why not right here?" Brittney asked. Niki smiled.
"Why not in the car?" Niki smiled getting into the car. Brittney grumbled and got into the car. The car drove off down the road.
*****Author's note*****
Slightly long and pointless (to me). Don't you just want to know how Brittney takes this!!!!!!