Summary: Growing up at Sector Seven can be hard. Especially when you don't understand why everyone is so afraid of the massive mechanical man, frozen in time.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, really. Transformers and such don't belong to me.
Author's Notes: Megatron x OC with a twist. Somewhat serious fic. Summary, rating, and title subject to change. Mostly staying with TF live action movies. I add in some references to G1 and occasionally to the other series'.
Chapter 2: Failure to Communicate
Alex Elle Wyght was pouting, her arms crossed over her chest as she defiantly stared at her mother. The girl's mother sighed, shaking her head in defeat at the child. The little girl had been sitting there for hours, refusing to move. She had been caught trying to sneak out a sparkling. Or, more correctly, she had been caught while in the room where they kept the sparklings and had been told that 'these are not toys!'. And then marched out and told that she is not allowed to come into Sector Seven.
So the next day, when her parents left to go to work and her mother had said that she was going to be going to an outside daycare, she had promptly sat herself down in her chair and refused to move. Luckily the men who had caught her had not even bothered to check the 'toys' in her pockets to see if they were sparklings. She was already upset that she hadn't been able to talk to Megatron since the first time, despite her many attempts.
She has a mission, after all. From the Lord High Protector, and she's not going to give up. Her parents, while incredibly loving, are not what most people consider 'good parents', because with all of her stubbornness, they don't really know how to combat it. She was definitely a child used to getting her way.
"Why won't you go, baby?" Her mother asked her in a soft voice as her father stepped into the room, tightening the knot in his tie with a small frown.
"I have a mission." She said stubbornly. She was too young to be concerned with lying, especially to her parents.
"A mission? From who?" Her father asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Megatron." She huffed, as if that said everything they needed to know. It seemed to have an effect on her father, however, despite her mother's puzzled expression.
"You received a 'mission' from NBE1?" He strained, and now both parents were looking at her, confused. She nodded. "How did you even..."
And then something clicked and both parents gazes met, her father looking a little angry, while her mother looked a little sheepish. They didn't say anything, but the two of them left the room together and began to talk in angry whispers. Alex could only make out some of what they were saying.
"You took her into the cube radiation chamber?" Her father, angry and loud.
"Yes, but I didn't think that-" Her mother, speaking normally.
"How long-" Father interrupts again and trails off quietly.
"A couple weeks... Her heart is..." She can't understand what her mother is saying. What about her heart?
"They can't..." Who can't? What's going on? What are they talking about?
She fidgets, but doesn't want to get out of her seat. She wants to know though. What they're saying.
"She can't go back..." It's her father again and this makes her upset. She has to go back! There are more sparklings she has to find. She has to. So she starts getting out of her chair. Carefully, slowly, as they continue to talk.
"What should we do?" She hears her mother whisper urgently as she approaches the door.
"I- I don't know." Her father stammers and she has never heard him so quiet before. She frowns as she reaches the doorway and they haven't noticed her yet. "We can't let them find out or else they'll—"
And then they notice her and the two of them go silent and her mother has gathered her up in her arms. And she's crying. Alex doesn't know why her mother is crying, but she knows it isn't good and it has something to do with her. She frowns, still determined to stay on her path.
"I have to go back! The sparklings need me!" She demands from her position in her mother's arms. Her father is thinking, she recognizes the look on his face.
"We'll see what we can do, okay Alex?" Her father says thoughtfully, "But you have to stay out of trouble."
"You promise?" She asks, sticking out her lower lip in a trick she knows works. He smiles a little and nods. He always keeps his promises, so she's ecstatic and she lets her parents lead her into the car to go to the Daycare away from Sector Seven.
The little girl misses the look of worry and fear between the two parents as they follow the now happy child. She doesn't fully understand what all of this means, but they do.
A/N: Sorry this took so long! My beta ended up not being able to help me out due to family issues. Anyways, here's the most info you'll be getting on what's going on for some time. I will be trying to update this at least every other Wednesday from here on out. And don't worry about Alex, she'll be back to her mission soon. :)