The Study of Other Species
Chapter 1: Humans and Guardians
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Megatron looked down at his new pets. Of course they were all his, but he couldn't watch them all at the same time, that's crazy. So, guardians were in order to keep the peace, and he would get first dibs. "You," He pointed to Oliver, "Come here, you shall be my charge."
Looking very uncomfortable, he shuffled over to the end of the berth, gripping onto his baby sister with dear life. Airachnid huffed, "I thought the saying was femmes first?"
"Fine, you can pick next." He said, looking over his main charge.
The spider-con looked over the humans. She wanted a female, obviously. But, she didn't want the young one, too much work. And the brunette didn't seem to be willing to cooperate. That left the blonde, spunky girl. "Claire wasn't it?" she walked over and placed out her hand, "What a lovely name."
Claire climbed onto the Con's hand, and crossed her legs. "Thank you, and that purple is, like, totally your color."
Airachind was flattered by the human, they would get along just fine. "Soundwave, chose your charge." Megatron ordered his greatest spy.
The sclient mech nodded and noted that Starscream growled that he got to choose first. Looking them over, he only found one he liked, the next oldest male Logan. Quickly, but carefuly, he picked up the boy in his hands. Logan just looked up at him, then noticed that he didn't have a face, just a mask. He also noticed that the robot holding him hasn't spoken at all.
"Lord Megatron," Starscream said, bowing to his master, "may I please pick next."
Megatron rolled his optics, "You did nothing to help this experiment Starscream. Knockout and Breakdown will choose next."
Breakdown let Knockout go first and pick, not really good at choices. The red medic walked over to the table and looked at his choices. He had the youngest female, the older female and the youngest boy. Knockout didn't want the younger female, too many messes and work. And the older female is more like his buddy then him. "David, isn't it?" K.O. said, looking at the Hawaiian boy.
He nodded, "And you're Breakdown?"
The medic laughed, "Knockout actually, but Breakdown's my friend."
The blue mech waved at the boy who waved back. Then he knelled down by Lily, "How about you're my charge and I'm your guardian."
Lily nodded and moved closer to the eye patched mech.
That left Belle to Starscream, and the seeker wasn't happy. Normally, seekers are supposed to guard over young ones overprotectively, but that was for Cybertronians, not flesh bags.
Starscream looked at the sleeping child, "Give her to me human."
Oliver was apprehensive, this was a huge metal robot giant and Belle was this tiny angle. He looked over to Megatron, worry on his face. "Go on Oliver, we need to continue on with the day."
Slowly, he peeled Belle off of his shoulder and handed her to the waiting hand. Belle moved a little in his huge hand, but settled down quickly. Oliver was picked up in the hand of Megatron, "You are a curios species."
The teen just looked up at him, not wanting to show fear of what might happen next. David spoke up from the berth, "Um, so are we goin' home? Mom's gonna be worried…"
"Yeah," Claire added, "my mother made, like, a special nail appointment for us tonight."
Megatron had all the eyes and optics on him. "For tonight, you'll be going to gather things. You'll all be staying here for a long while." Lily didn't look up from the table, she didn't want to stay here, she wanted to sleep in her own bed at night until she moved out for college. The war lord continued, "Take your charges, meet back here as early as possible."
All of them bowed and followed Megatron out of the med bay. Transforming, they set out, even Megatron.
New York City, New York
Soundwave made sure that the alley way was clear before transforming onto his feet. Logan just looked ahead and gave his guardian directions on where his house was. Unlike the others, Logan was happy to get out of the city. He liked his guardian, scilent but careful. The duo got to Lilcon Park and made a left quickly. Then, Logan felt something wet on his head, "Did you feel that?"
Soundwave just kept going, not giving any response to the boy. Logan felt it again, only more this time. He looked up and saw that it was beginning to rain, hard. "Quick, the parking garage is up there."
Slightly speeding up the pace, the Con made it to the garage and transformed back into a helicopter. Getting out of Soundwave, he patted his door and ran inside the parking garage since the heli couldn't go inside. Getting to the fourth floor, he found the stairwell for his appartement and began climbing stairs again. Finding the right floor, Logan got out of the stairwell and found his apartment.
"Ms. Young, I'm home." He said, closing the door behind him.
The little old lady mumbled something from the family room and Logan took it as an okay, whatever type of thing. He looked at the clock and found that it was almost eleven thirty, way past his bed time. Going into the small kitchen he grabbed a banana from the counter and went into his room. Seeing his still packed bag, he decided that he was ready enough for what ever tomorrow was going to bring.
He figured out that he and Soundwave could be good friends. They were both quiet and did as asked, he could even teach him some Spansih. Finding his basketball not in the bag, he threw it on top of the zipped bag and went to lay in his bed. The old lady wouldn't notice him being gone and it was summer anyways so he didn't have to worry about school, none of them.
Turning and looking out at the big city, he saw that there was no way of Soundwave getting to him in the morning to let him know that they were leaving. Grabbing his phone from his pocket, he set his alarm for four in the morning. That gave him thirty minutes to shower, ten to eat and five to get everything else set. Laying his head down, he closed his eyes and began to fall asleep.
Los Angeles, California
Airachind landed on the helicopter pad on top of the Granger mansion. "Wow, this is a huge home you've got here." The spider-bot said, "It's not as big as the ship though."
Claire got out of her new friend, "We're pretty wealthy." She said, clutching her purse, "Daddy get's me whatever we can afford and what we want."
"Oviously, now come out here once you get up from recharge." Airachind gave an order, "So pack tonight."
She smiled, "Good night Airachind!"
Walking down into the house, she passed by some maids and buttlers walking around. They greeted her and she smiled back, finding her way into the kitchen. Seeing that her mother and daddy weren't home from their conference in Chicago, she was left alone to get something for her self. Looking into the fridge, she found somethings to make a salad with.
"Miss Granger," Stevens voice called from behind. "do you need assistance with your meal?"
She shook her head, "I've got it, but thanks anyways."
He bowed to her and walked out of the kitchen. Claire sighed, she didn't always like being waited on hand and foot. She liked doing things for herself most of the time. Pouring the lettuce into the bowl, she used some large spoons to mix in the tomatoes and crutons. Her pink nails were starting to chip, Damn it! I need to get these done before I leave tomorrow! Claire took a bite of her salad and sighed. She really didn't want to leave her home, she was born here.
Finishing her salad, she walked up the stairs to her bright pink room. Finding her suitcase from inside her closet, she opened it up and set it on her bed open and ready to be filled. Grabbing some more skirts and shirts from her closet, she neatly set them in there in piles. Walking into her bathroom, she grabbed her makeup kit and spare brush. "Dress to impress." She said to herself.
Maui, Hawaii
Knockout and Breakdown were almost racing down the streets to their shared home somewhere in the forest. David was having the time of his young life, speeding down the streets like there was no care in the world, "Faster Knockout! Go faster!"
The red sports car spead up, barely missing a palm tree. Breakdown wasn't going to let it go that easily. The blue mech spead up and Lily gripped tighter on the stearing wheel. "Um, maybe this isn't a good idea."
"Where's your since of adventure Lily?" Breakdown laughed, turning on to were Lily gave her address.
She turned on and leaned onto the window, "Still in the ocean!"
Breakdown and Lily beat Knockout and David back to their home. "No fair Lily, you cut us off!" the boy whined.
Lily ruffled his hair, "Whatever David." She pushed the boy towards the house. She turned back to the cars and whispered to them, "You guys can stay in back. Aunt Abby will be back in an hour and my mother and dad should be back then too."
Breakdown reved his engines, "Sure Lily, c'mon K.O."
"But my paint job!" he whined, following his friend.
Lily shook her head and followed her cousin up the stairs and into their home. It was a small, very colorful home, run down, but home. David was already in the kitchen, sliceing himself a pineapple. "Dave, cut me some!"
He looked up, "Okay, just hold on."
His cousin grabbed a bowl from the cubort and threw it on the table. She sighed, "Do you wanna go? Do you wanna live with them?"
David looked up, fear in his eyes, "Not really, I'm scared."
She gave a comforting smile and messed with his hair, "Same here, but we've got eachother."
He sniffled, "What's mama gonna say?"
"We wont tell them where we're going." She said, grabbing a piece of pineapple. "We'll leave a note for in the morning."
David thought for a moment, "Say that we're at a friends house or something."
She nodded, "Just that, now let's go pack our stuff. I don't want them yelling at us for not being ready.
Madison, Wisconsin
Oliver sat perfectly still in his guardian's seat. This whole situation scared him, not just for himself, but for his sister. He was holding Belle now, she was suprissingly still unconscious, which meant it was going to be a long night. Oliver figured that it was because of the dose of gas and her age. "Where are we supposed to land?" Megatron questioned.
"Um, in the barn, Auntie dosen't go in there." Oliver said, having his ears pop due to the landing.
The two jets landed and transformed, holding the humans in hand. "Get your things, we leave first thing in the morning."
Oliver nodded, being set down on the ground. Starscream grumbled, "Why can't we leave tonight? My human's still in recharge!"
Megatron hit the seeker in the back of his helm, causing Oliver to jump and Belle to wake right up. All of the males were quiet and as still as possible. Belle's eyes opened really wide as she looked up at them, then over to her brother. "Ollie…"
"Belle, it's alright." He said, pulling her head down, "Just go back to sleep."
He began walking to wards the house and she looked back at them. The tallest one scared her more than the other one, but he still scared her too. Walking up the front porch, Oliver opened the screan door. "Oliver, where have you been?" Auntie Kate's voice rang out from the kitchen.
Oliver set Belle down so she could walk and went into the kitchen. "We were out Auntie."
"Out where?" she was cutting carrots. "Oliver Moses, I promised you're father that I would know where you were at all time, same with your sister." Auntie Kate put the carrots into a bowl and ran some water through them. "How am I supposed to do that when I don't know where you are?"
Oliver took a seat at the kitchen table, "I'm almost an adult Auntie, once I'm of age, Belle and I are movin out."
She set down her cutting knife, "Where are you gonna go?"
"I've got a place." He said, "And we'll be just fine." Taking some bread off the table, he ran up the stairs to his and Belle's shared room. Oliver hates his aunt, the only reason she took them in was because their dad wasn't even in the country long enough to take care of them.
The door opened and in walked Auntie Kate with Belle in her arms. Auntie Kate is Oliver's father's baby sister and is only twenty-three years old. She doesn't know how to raise kids, but she really tries. "Ollie, there is soup on the table."
He looked up, "I don't want any."
"I don't care." She said, gripping his writ with her free hand. "Now let's eat."
3:00 AM
Megatron was brought out of recharge by wails that could beat Starscreams in a heartbeat. Screamer woke up himself, and both of them looked out the big barn doors. One light was on in the house and they saw a shadow of a male walking around the room, bouncing something in his arms. Slowly, Starscream walked out of the barn and closer to the house. He tapped on the window with the finger, waiting for the boy to open it up.
Oliver opened the window, "I am so sorry sir. She's not wanting to sleep anymore."
"Well can you keep it down?" he requested, "Lord Megatron and I can hear you from your filfthy barn."
A look of fear was on his face, "I'm sorry, I'm trying."
Screamer just glared at the girl and her brother, "Just do it before Megatron comes here to yell at you." And with that, the giant left.
Next Chapter: SHOPPING WAY OF DECEPTICON!
And maybe, if you ask nicely, some Starscream fluff...maybe