It had been a week since they had found that mysterious girl in that mine and at this point most of them wondered if she ever wake up again. Agent Fowler had been made aware of her presence along with the three children, but the one that seemed to slip under the radar about how they felt about her was Miko.
It had been the day after they found her, she brought fresh clothing and was going to clean her up a bit. When she had removed most of the clothing a medallion had fallen out of a pocket, when she went to pick it up she saw the symbol.
Since then she hadn't said a word about her.
But she was burning with questions.
For now though she bite her tongue and waited for her reawakening, then she would question, with none around her.
As for now it is the dead of night, all the Bots had gone into a recharge with the kids staying for a sleepover. But Miko couldn't sleep, she just couldn't, not with that girl in the Base. She wanted to-no, needed to know what the hell was going on and what that symbol meant.
She sighed to herself, she had been letting this happen over the past week, not sleeping well enough to stay awake at school and if she kept on doing this the others would notice and questioned it. Something she didn't need right now, so she headed down the steps quietly and headed for the Med Bay where she lay.
The Med Bay was completely dark but for the small lights that surrounded the silver haired girl. She walked up to the sleeping beauty and stared at her in contemplation. She could tell the girl was at least in her teens, later years she would've guessed. And her clothing that she had taken off before, it was a sort of Japanese inspired school uniform, now she wore some borrowed clothing.
She let out a long sigh and rubbed her eyes, she could feel the waves of exhaustion hitting her and knew she needed some sleep. She turned to walk away when something halted to her movements.
She looked down to her hand to see a very unsettling sight.
The girls hand was grasped around her wrist.
She turned to look at the face of her only to see a pair of violet eyes staring right back, but she could read her eyes clearly and without any words exchanged knew that she was so scared and afraid.
So she slowly knelled beside the bed and smiled softly, "Hello there." She said in a soft whisper.
The girl's fear was still there but she nodded.
"Do you feel alright? Do you need anything?" A moment of silence before the girl motioned for a drink and some food. Miko smiled and quietly gathered some water and some food they had brought along.
The girl scarfed it down faster than anyone she had ever seen, "Do you have a name?" She asked carefully.
The girl finished her water and after a moment she spoke softly, "I am Persephone Aysel Wendall, what is….yours?"
She smiled, "I am Miko Nakadai, nice to meet you."
Persephone gave a small smile, "You too, but uh, where are we if I may ask?"
"Oh, we are currently in a Base controlled by awesome aliens that are ten times our size, it is awesome!" Persephone looked like she didn't believe Miko.
"You serious?" Miko nodded, "Well, I'll believe it when I see it I guess."
"Oh you will my new friend." Persephone stared in shock at her statement.
"Friend? But we just met."
"Yeah but, you seem awesome and cool. I'd liked to get to know you better!" She whispered yelled.
"O-okay, uh I am kinda exhausted. I think I am going to go to sleep." Persephone said with a small smile.
"Sure, I guess I should too, have a goodnight Persephone." She turned the little lights around Persephone off.
"Goodnight, Miko."
Miko walked out of the Med Bay realizing something, she never questioned Persephone about her medallion, that symbol. But why? She then came to the conclusion that it just wasn't the right time and place, she had just woken up from a assumed week coma. It wasn't the time for questions but celebrations.
And it doesn't hurt to make a new friend, now does it?
Next Morning….
Before the rest of everyone could wake up Miko was the first up and headed for the Med Bay, she entered the now lit corner of the room housing Persephone, to see her sitting on the edge of the bed with a thousand yard stare.
"Persephone?" Her head snapped up to met Miko's gaze, she could see some tears streaking down her face but Persephone quickly whipped them away.
"Oh, good morning Miko."
"Yeah, are you alright?" She stepped closer to the mystery girl.
"I'm fine, just a little shaken is all." She said with a small smile, Miko took that has her que to drop it before heading towards some extra stuff she had set aside for her new friend.
"I guess you want a good shower and food right?" She nodded, "There's a shower just down the hall to you're right, and I'll get the others to get breakfast, they should be up soon." Persephone had a look of apprehension.
"Uh, is it alright if you come with me? I mean wait outside the bathroom till I get out, I am still…..unsure about this place." Miko nodded in understanding, she and her new friend headed towards the bathroom.
Miko sent a quick text to Jack telling him to get food, she didn't say anything about Persephone. She could hear in the distance the sound of the Bots waking up and what sounded like Bee heading out of the Base, assuming to get food.
Soon enough Persephone emerged from the bathroom, she wore some extra clothing Miko had laying around. It was actually a old school uniform with a grey short sleeve jacket, purple skirt and black leggings with purple flats.
"You look awesome, by the way this fell out of your pocket." She handed the medallion out, Persephone went slightly pale and quickly pocketed it.
"Oh, thanks." Miko smiled before the two headed towards the main hall.
Persephone was having a hard time dealing with everything, all of it was so different here. And the fact this girl claimed alien robots existed made it hard to believe but what surprised her was the fact she didn't question the medallion, either she didn't know what it was or she was just being polite.
They entered the main hall and Persephone stopped in her tracks.
There, in front of her very eyes was huge mechanical aliens!
"Hey guys, guess who woke up last night!?" Miko called attention to herself and Persephone who just stood there wide eyed.
"Miko! You should have told me, I need to make sure she's alright." Ratchet came to the two females, one of which hid behind the other.
"Don't worry, Ratchet doesn't bite." The girl simple stood like a statue before slowly coming out from behind her new friend.
"Do you have a name?" Ratchet asked as a scan went over her body.
Persephone just mumbled shyly to herself unable to speak.
"Her name is Persephone Aysel Wendall, docbot." He growled at the term before the rest came to the scene before Ratchet, with the other kids and surprisingly Agent Fowler looking down from the human area.
The Prime leaned down to her level, "We do not mean you harm, I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots."
She froze and it was at that moment her violet eyes darted across the room before returning back to the Prime.
"A-Autobot…." She mumbled.
"Indeed, you have no reason to fear us, we are here on Earth to protect your planet from the vileness of the Decepticons. The ones that destroyed our planet and has forced us upon your world." She was in shock, and only one person in the room knew why and Miko was truly worried for her mental state.
"Now this is my team, you have met Ratchet, then there is Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead along with our human friends, Jack, Miko as you know and Raf with our liaison Agent Fowler." He pointed them all out as she tried to regulate her breathing to not blackout.
Agent Fowler made his way down, "That being said Miss Wendall, I'll need you to give me some answers, like how you got into a Energon mine and seemly killed several drones ten times your size in what looks like an explosion?" The man said as he stepped towards the internally panicking girl.
"W-what? I d-did what?" Miko silently took her hand in hopes to calm her a little.
"Yeah, it was kinda freaky, but in a cool way." She encouraged Persephone.
"Well let's start with the last thing you remember?" Memories flashed in her mind, the chase, the fall and the man known as Primus. She steady herself and gripped the offered hand tightly.
"Uh, I remember walking in a forest and I had come to this cliff you see and it was during nighttime. And I guess the ground gave way and I fell." She lied though some parts were true, she hated to lie but she was in there territory, unknown and dangerous.
"Alright then, might I get some info on where you live and such?" The Agent pulled a notebook out.
"I-I can't, ugh, I can't remember. I only remember that and my name…" She lied again, faking her strain, the Agent bought it along with the rest as they gave pitiful looks but Miko knew she was lying.
"Alright, I'll try to dig some stuff up, maybe it will help but for now remain here at base. Do you remember your age?"
"Oh! I do! It's 17." She bullshited through her teeth but she was 17.
"Alright, then I'll get you into the local school, as well the government issued this credit card for you in case you need it and I am thinking you will." With I final nodded he headed up and out of the Base.
"Awesome, we should go shopping today! Bulkhead," Miko gathered her green guardians attention. "Drive me and Persephone to the store?"
With a sigh he smiled and transformed into a SUV, Persephone gawked at it before she was pulled by Miko into the vehicle before speeding out into the cream colored deserts of Jasper, Nevada.