A/N: Glad your all enjoying it, now on to the next chapter, where the Fam get to meet the Autobots! Yay!
Chapter 2
Raven's POV
It had been a month since we moved here, I had finally found a job that wasn't a restaurant. Don't ask, bad experiences. Anyways, I was working in my Mom's shop and I was enjoying it, I can see why my Mom enjoyed flowers and gardening.
Ironic how she loves gardening and has a favorite flower, Lilies, when her name is Lily.
I always found that funny.
Anyhow, I had just ended my shift, Mom was going to stay behind and finish up paperwork before locking up. We were meeting up at a local restaurant for supper so I got into my car and headed for the pizza place.
As I entered the cozy place with dim lights I saw my Brother and Sister sitting in a booth. Smiling I approached and sat down.
"Hey guys." I was greeted similarly. "How was school, Star'?" I used our nickname for Vesper, it was appropriate.
"Fine, Vince wasn't any trouble and Miko got into detention again." I gave a dry laugh.
"Don't know how you're friends with her, she seems like the complete opposite and isn't she a different grade then you?" Vesper smirked.
"Yeah, but I like to think I am slowly bringing her into the light as it were. Beside, can't I make friends with anyone, Birdy?" She playfully used my nickname, I still hated it but since she was family she gotta say it.
Anyone else and I WILL find you and end you.
"What do you guys want?" Hudson broke the playful banter we had with his ice cold stare. Sighing I looked at the menu before staring at Hudson.
"You know, you don't have to be serious all the time Buddy." I said with a smirk, he stared at me, indifferent to his called nickname.
The reason we call him Buddy, no idea it just is. Same with Vesper's and mine.
At that moment our Mom popped into the booth, sliding in next to Hudson with a tired smile.
"Have you decided yet?" She asked, picking up a menu as well.
After making up our collective minds we ordered the pizza, as we waited I noted that Mom was shifting a little.
"Sore?" Mom looked up with me with a tired smile.
"Yeah, my back and hip are bothering me. Just need a hot bat when we get home." I nodded in understanding.
We finished our meal and headed for our cars, I got into mine and followed my Brother who was following Mom as we headed home. On our way I noticed that we were being followed by a red sports car with purple detailing on it's side.
I thought nothing of it until it rammed into my rear, I looked in my rearview mirror to see it gearing up to do a even harder hit so I slammed on the gas and floored it past my Brother and Mom with my Sister as the red car gave chase.
As I went as fast as I could down the street I saw that it went into the desert, I looked back to see the red car followed by my Mom and Brother who were in hot pursuit. I solely focused on the road as we headed deeper and deeper into the desert till it hit the back really hard.
It sent my car into a spin before coming to a stop, my heart was racing and I was shaking all over. The adrenaline was basically my blood at this point as I fumbled the seatbelt and opening the door only to fall on the ground with my shaken and wobbly legs.
I looked up to see the red car in front of me, I could barely hear the screech of tires as my Mom and Brother's cars stopped. Only for the most shocking thing to happen, no person stepped out of the car instead it broke apart.
With a distinctive sound it became a large humanoid, made of metal with the car parts making up the body. It's red eyes stared down at me, a smirk crossed his lips, before he spoke in a surprisingly smooth voice.
"Humans, always fun to play with." He began to reach down before a sound like something powerful powering up sounded behind him.
A green portal opened and out stepped more humanoid robots, there hands turned into various weapons. There was a tall blue and red one and a small female of blue and pink .
The first one with the red eyes snarled, "Autobots, all ways the buzz kill." Before he flipped backwards transforming again and speeding off, the other robots relaxed as there hands returned to them.
My Mom came up to me quicker then I had ever seen.
"Are you okay, sweetie?" I looked at her with wide eyes, then back at the robots.
"Yeah….thanks to them." My Mom, Brother and Sister looked to the robots as well, the larger one approaching us.
"Are you all alright?" Mom narrowed her eyes at the robot.
"We are all fine, mind explain yourselves and whoever that was?" He nodded.
"Please, follow us." They transformed respectable into a Semi Truck and a Motorcycle.
Since my car was totaled, I got in the back of my Mom's car with my sister and both cars along with the robots began to drive deeper into the desert.
After an hour of driving through the desert we came to an intersection with a large Mesa behind it. As we approached the robots in disguise didn't slow down, I noticed my Mom was unwavering in this fact. Soon we were off the road and headed for the Mesa, a lump of fear caught in my throat before it vanished as the rocks parted.
A tunnel opened up as we all drove onto the smoother surface, we all stared in awe and wonder. Soon we entered a much larger room, with a platform around a elevator and catwalks above it, larger equipment for this robots and even more robots.
There was a orange and white one, a rotund green one and a black and yellow one.
We parked our cars and slowly got out, staring up at the robots and the room in shock and amazement, that was broken by the orange one's voice.
"Humans?!" The leader calmed him.
"They were being assaulted by Knockout, Ratchet. That was what he was doing out there." He sighed and nodded his head, my Mom voiced a silent question among us.
"Who are you and what are you?" Mom had actually kinda stealthy stood in front of us to I think block us from them, must be motherly instincts, even though we all tower over her.
"My name is Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots and we are mechanical organisms from the planet Cybertron." Aliens, huh.
"Alright, Optimus, why was that Knockout guy after my daughter?" Mom looked at Optimus
"That, we unfortunately don't know why….but now the we know for a fact that the Decepticons know of your existence and thus you must be guarded." Before Mom could retort I asked something that was bugging me.
"So, what are we dealing with, I mean, what is you're history with the Decepticons, why are you here?" I stepped forward to stand beside Mom, who looked to me surprised before back at the Bots.
Optimus was quiet for a moment then he spoke, "We are here because our home world of Cybertron is no more. The War, which was fought by Autobots and Decepticons alike and that goes on today is what brought on it's utter destruction. So, with nothing left and no Energon, which is the lifeblood, food and ammunition of our people, we left for the stars. That is when we came upon you're world which has deposits of Energon, thus why the Decepticons are here as well."
While my Brother, Sister and my Mother looked only slightly invested, you could say out of all of them, I was the one who was fully invested. I knew what kind of look I had, I have been told I have a certain look when I learn a new piece of history or lore that was once either secret to me or to everyone.
Now, I can't describe the look presay but let's just say I had a twinkle in my emerald eyes.
If you couldn't tell that I love history and lore, it should be pretty obvious, just saying.
Anyways, back to the awesome and dangerous reality that my life has become, my Brother was the one who spoke up.
"What does this all mean for us, are we supposed to live on your base forever? Or are you gonna monitor us?" His voice was cold and stern as always and it seemed to throw the Bots for a loop at how cold and stern he was for such a young person, I believe.
"We will be assigning Guardians to watch over you-" Optimus was cut off by one of his own, the femme lashed out.
"Optimus, we already have three others to look after, how are we supposed to look after four more?"
Vesper interjected, "Wait, three more?"
Mom went on with her thoughts, "Are you telling me there are more Humans involved?"
"Yes, but you'll meet them later. But for now it's best we assign Guardians to you all." This time I interjected.
"Well count me out, I don't need a Guardian." Hudson also agreed, along with Mom.
"And why's that?" Ratchet asked, in a mocking tone no less.
"Because, Ratchet," I mocked back. "We are adults, I think we can handle ourselves and besides, Vesper still needs a Guardian and with that Guardian watching over her at home, they are still technically watching over all of us, as we all live in the same house." I barked at him.
"I thought when the children became adults they left the house?" The green one asked, I sighed.
"Me and Hudson can't afford to live by ourselves, so we still live at home but we pay rent." I rubbed the bridge of nose making my glasses up and down.
"So, who am I being paired with?" Vesper asked, Optimus gave it some thought before he made up his mind.
"I will take on the duty, as you three have others and Ratchet seems ill equipped to handle such a situation, I shall do it." The little protest that came from the other Bots was stopped.
"By the way, we never caught everyone's name?" I asked, to which we were introduced to Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee.
And we as well introduced ourselves.
This, this was the beginning of something.
Something I wasn't expecting but something deep down I wanted in the end, to learn of this aliens, about their culture, their War and their history. This was a new adventure, one with a unknown ending.
And it was something I will always remember, until the day I die.
But, then again, adventure was adventure and the way I see it.
This is the beginning of something beautiful and it's ending will be spectacular or tragic.
Let's hope for the former.
