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Chapter 1 - This is Me

'Welcome to KO Drive in, where every patty's a knockout. May I take your order?' I heard my cousin/adoptive brother's voice drone. I grinned.

"Yeah, I'll take my usual order with a side of my brother." I said, grinning. There was a weak laugh from the speaker.

'Hey Kat. I'm off my shift in five minutes, okay?'

"Sure thing, bro. I'll be up front." I said.

Oh, I didn't introduce myself, did I? I'm Katherine Darby, but I used to be Robin Summers. Three years ago, my life changed forever, in more than one way. I'll tell you the big ones first. The first and foremost life-changing; I met an alien. No, it wasn't green, and it didn't say 'Take me to your leader, earthling'. He was actually really nice, but he left the planet the night after I met him, after turning me into an android of some sort, using technology from his lost home world. The second life-changing event, was that my Aunt legally adopted me, making me a Darby instead of a Summers, after putting my dad in prison for rape and attempted murder. I also had my first name legally changed to Katherine. It was like a fresh start in Jasper. New name, new body, new mind.

Anyways, I stopped outside the front door of the diner, when I remembered something. I quickly walked inside.

"Cancel that order Jackie, I gotta get to practice!" I called to my brother before dashing out the door again, hopping onto my scooter and driving towards the school. There was a talent show coming up - it was even going to be on TV! - and I had to practice my song-and-dance routine.


"Sorry I'm late, Josh. I was sidetracked, visiting my brother at work." I apologized to the Talent Show coordinator. He just nodded his head.

"S'all good. Now, let's see what you got for me. I see you're doing two separate acts?"

"Yep. First one is a dance routine, second one is a song." I explained. He nodded.

"Okay, let's see the dance routine first." he said, and I jumped onto the stage. I reached into my pocket, pretending to press play on the song, while tapping into the speaker system with my processor, playing the correct song. Your Love is my Drug, by Kesha.


"Amazing job, Kat! You totally nailed it!" Jack complimented with a grin. He'd come in mid-way during my dance routine. I shot him a thumbs-up before going to the song I was gonna sing.

I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend

And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What will become of my dear friend
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to join the crowd
In their enthusiastic cloud
Try as I may, it doesn't last

And will we ever... end up together?
No, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one

And will we ever end up together?
Ohhhhhhh

And will we ever end up together?
No, I think not, it's never to become...
For I am not the one...

I heard Jack's applause as I stopped the song, and I grinned at him, slipping onto the floor.

"See you tomorrow, Josh!" I called as we made our exit. He waved goodbye.

"So who's the significant other that song was meant for?" Jack asked teasingly. I rolled my eyes, playfully smacking his arm.

"No-one you know." I said truthfully, praying he wouldn't broach the subject. As stupid as it sounds, I'm pretty sure I have feelings for the silver robot that I met, those long three years ago. I wouldn't quite call it love, but there was something there. Three years..

"Has it really been that long?" I murmured to myself, looking to the sky.

"Huh?" Jack said, confused.

"What? Oh, it's already been three years since I came to live with you and mom. Actually it's been two years, eleven months, and 30 days, but close enough ." I explained.

After Aunt June adopted me, I'd taken to calling her mom, since I hadn't really known mine well. I mean, she died after giving birth to me, after all..

"I'm surprised you even remember that. And now, you're sixteen, I'm sixteen, you're gonna be a professional singer and I'm stuck at KO Drive-In." he pretended to rant. I laughed with him when he finished.


"Free at last, from school." I sighed, pretending to stretch my arms over my head. And, I wasn't looking where I was going, and got knocked over by Vince, the bully of the school.

"Watch where you're walking, freak!" he snapped. I tensed, glaring venomously at the redhead and clenching my hands into fists.

"Kat, leave it alone.." Jack whispered to me. But I didn't want to leave it alone. I raised my hands in a fighting stance, and Vince snorted disdainfully.

"Make your move. Or are you too chicken to hit a girl?" I sneered. That obviously hit a nerve, because Vince froze, before lunging wildly, while I landed a well-placed kick to his groin, before walking away with Jack. A girl with two pink-streaked pigtails and a long braid on her back snickered.

"Sa-weet!" she exclaimed. I laughed, waving at the girl, who I recognized to be Miko Nakadai from my Art class.

"See you tomorrow, Miko." I called. She waved back, currently completely occupied by whatever she was doing. And it LOOKED like she was drawing a motorcycle. There was something...off about it, and I realized it as my scanners (those things took me almost two years to figure out) picked up an unidentified energon signature. This motorcycle was one of them. I wondered if it was on the same side as the robot I'd met.

It also seemed I wasn't the only suspicious one, as I noticed my brother seemed rather edgy, as he talked with Raf Esquivel, a super-smart kid that went into our high school early. I narrowed my eyes suspiciously when a driverless yellow and black muscle car pulled up in front of my brother and Raf. Without hesitation, the kid climbed into it. But Jack didn't.

"Kat, something really weird is going on here.." he hissed.

"Coolest…bike…ever," Miko practically squealed as she drew the blue motorcycle…until she was interrupted by a phone call from her host parents, "Host parents? Ignore." She went to draw the bike again…only to discover that it was gone. Well, that's because it followed me and my brother into the alleyway.

"Jack, what the hell is going on?" I demanded quietly. "And why am I getting energon readings from that bike..?" I muttered to myself, too quiet for him to hear.

"We need to talk." the bike said, looping around us and turning around, so it was facing us. I swear I jumped a foot in the air.

"Relax...Jack, is it? I just wanna talk to you and your sister," the bike reassured him.

"Don't you mean you and your new friend?" Jack corrected bitterly. The human on the motorcycle disappeared, making my step back in surprise.

"Jack, there's a lot you don't understand," the bike told him.

"No. No. I get it. The first part about Robot Fight Club is you don't talk about Robot Fight Club. What you need to understand is I don't want a whole bunch of crazy talking vehicles following me around trying to get me killed!" Jack retorted as the bike transformed behind him. My eyes widened.

"Look, Jack, right? Your personal safety is exactly why Optimus Prime is requesting your presence in the first place. You may be in danger because you are one of the few – one of the only – who have ever seen us," the female robot told him. Then she looked to me. "And you may be in danger, merely because the Decepticons know you're close with Jack."

"Wait, Decepti-what?" I asked.

"Decepticon. They're what you'd call the bad-guys. And because Jack saw them yesterday, my team believes that he and anyone close to him will be in danger." the female explained. I recalled the word the other robot had used, femme.

"Okay, but I think I can handle myself, though I wouldn't mind meeting more of you guys." I said to the femme. "Hey, what's your name? It feels weird referring to you in my head as 'The Femme'." I asked.

"Arcee. We can discuss the rest of your questions at the base." she said.

Jack hesitated. "I don't know about this. What do you think, Kat?"

I shrugged, and another voice came from absolutely nowhere.

"Dude, what are you guys waiting for?" Oh crap. It was Miko. "Go with!"

"Scrap." was all Arcee said.


I can say this: Miko was having the time of her life on Arcee with Jack and I as we drove through the desert of Jasper, Nevada. Driving in front of us was the yellow muscle car with Raf riding inside in the back seat.

"And why exactly are we taking her?" Jack demanded.

"Rules," Arcee answered.

"Hey. Wait! WHOA!" Jack shouted as we drove past a stop sign, straight towards a seemingly solid rock.

The rock face disappeared and the mechanical doors opened to reveal a secret tunnel of some kind. As soon as the yellow car and Arcee were inside, the doors shut and the secret entrance was hidden to the rest of the world. Miko gasped in amazement as we slowed down and entered the computer room.

"Whoa," Jack and Miko gasped as we faced more of these giant robots. I admit, even though I stayed almost completely quiet, I was beyond shocked.

"I thought there were two," the red and white robot said, obviously recalling an earlier conversation.

"Haven't you heard? Humans multiply," Arcee stated dryly. I rolled my eyes. 'If only you knew, Arcee. I'm not human.' I thought.

"I'm Raf," Raf introduced himself.

"I'm Miko," Miko piped in as she ran towards the large green robot, "Who are you?"

"Uh, I'm Bulkhead."

"Are you a car? I bet you're a truck! A monster truck! Do you like heavy metal? How much do you weigh? Ever use a wrecking ball for a punching bag?" Miko began asking at 100 miles an hour, making Bulkhead a little nervous. I snickered.

"Sorry big guy. That's Miko Nakadai." I apologized. "And I'm Katherine Darby. This is my brother, Jack Darby." I introduced, gesturing to my brother.

"So, if you guys are robots, who made you?" Raf questioned.

"Puh-lease," Ratchet scoffed. I raised an eyebrow, but before I could say anything, there was the sound - and feel - of earth-shakingly huge footsteps. I turned around hopefully, to where the footsteps came from, expecting to see the silver robot again. My hopeful expression dropped, when I saw a red, blue, and silver robot, slightly smaller than the one I'd met, and strangely friendly-looking.

"We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet cybertron, also known as Autobots."

This robot's voice was a deep, leaderly baritone, and it carried the same ring of authority that the silver robot's voice had carried.

"Why are you here?" Jack asked, taking a few steps forward. The red and blue robot didn't falter.

"To protect your planet, from the Decepticons." he answered.

"The jokers that tried to bump us off last night." Arcee added, looking to Jack. I fixed him with a look that he didn't see.

"Okay..why are they here?" he asked, referring to the Decepticons obviously. The red and blue robot knelt down. I had the strangest feeling he was this Optimus Prime character that Arcee had mentioned earlier.

"A fair question, Jack. In part, they are here because our home planet is now uninhabitable, having been ravaged by centuries of civil war."

"Why were you fighting a war?" Raf asked innocently.

"Foremost, over our world's supply of energon, the lifeblood and fuel of all Autobots, and Decepticons alike." the red and blue bot replied. I remembered the silver robot telling me of this. Oh, how I wished I knew his freaking name! That was something I'd been pondering since I discovered he even had a name.

"The combat was fierce, and endured for centuries. In the beginning, I fought alongside one whom I considered a brother. But in war, ideals can be corrupted. And it was thus, that Megatron lost his way."

That name, Megatron, sent a shiver down my spine. It sounded menacing. Just as I was about to ask my question, Miko sighed boredly.

"Is there gonna be a quiz?"

I glowered at her.

"You know, you could be a little more respectful!" I snapped at her, crossing my arms. Then I looked to the blue robot. "So what does Megatron, or any of this, have to do with us, other than a possible threat to our lives?" I asked.

"Megatron has not been seen or heard from in some time, but if his return is imminent, as I fear, it could be catastrophic." the robot explained gravely. I nodded my head, hiding my emotions as I asked my next question.

"How long, exactly, has Megatron been off the radar?" I inquired.

"Two years, eleven months, and thirty days, in your human terms." the red and white robot said boredly. I felt my blood - or whatever it was that I had now - run cold, as I froze. I had one, last question that needed to be answered.

"Wh-what does Megatron...look like?" I said, barely more than a whisper. The robots seemed confused. "Please. I need to know." I practically begged. Heaving a bored sigh, the red and white robot by the giant computer drew up an image. I stopped breathing, and my heart - spark, I reminded myself again - beat sped up, and it felt like a jackhammer was going off in my chest.

"Oh my god.." I breathed. The robot I was falling head-over-heels for, was the leader of the bad guys? "No.. that's just..no.." I murmured to myself. My head was spinning, and my heart- no, spark-beat was ringing in my ears.

"Woah, Kat, you okay?" I heard Jack ask. I shook my head, putting a hand to my forehead.

"I didn't tell you and mom the full truth, when I first got to Jasper.." I said quietly, before blacking out.


A/N: Dramatic? Of course. So now Robin/Katherine knows the secret! And she changed her name. Review pretty please!