Right, so I'm updating early again. This might be 'cause I'm changing the day to Sundays where I update or it might be because I'm just a little bored lol.

Heres a chance for you guys to give me your best femme transformer names. I need five for a new story I'm working on, but I won't post it until after the new year.

The pairings are: Sunny/OC/Sides, Jazz/OC, Wheeljack/OC, Ratchet/OC, and Prowl/OC. I just need the names, no personalities or anything =)

Thanks to:

kellyviolinthebest - lol here's the update.

demon of my heart and mind - lol! You really want me to make Prowl glitch? Haha I shall do my best =3

rapidfeather - Yes. Yes it does XD

Transformersprincess - lol! I know right. The Gibbs slap is an awesome weapon.

Rockubyebaby - lol here's your more. XD

Autobot Xena - Well, we are squishy...and crunchy at the same time, but mostly squishy because of our flesh and organs. Megatron calls Sam a fleshling in the movie. It's mostly a play off of that.

AkanePandora - haha I'm glad you're loving it.

dreamer - Megan is around eighteen. Did we not put that in the story? lol


Chapter Two

Venturing into the Unknown


"Never do what your enemy expects you to do." – Wheeljack


Eden couldn't help but whirl around in anger. Her eyebrow twitched and she stalked over, smacking her friend on the back of the head in another imitation of Gibbs.

"OW! What the hell dude! Why am I getting slapped? It was just a question!" Kayla said indignantly

"Smart." She said in annoyance, "Real smart. Humans aren't supposed to know about them, remember?"

"Oh… My bad…" Kayla said before snickering at the obvious Optimus reference from the first movie.

Danni snickered a bit before sitting back to observe how the two interacted. Taking in the posture of the pure white Autobot she could tell he had quite a temper and a tendency to act like an asshole on more occasions than not. Honestly, she had no idea why they paired him to go on any sort of mission (main or personal) with Wheeljack unless he was the only one available. The older scientifically oriented girl slid her gaze to Wheeljack. This mech looked like a sweetheart, but he was caught in a profession that gathered more insults and misunderstandings than stinkbugs did just by existing. Being a mechanical engineer and an inventor in the R&D department at that, it's his job to invent things. It's practically mandatory that they explode because it's only then that Wheeljack can see if there's anything wrong with them that needs to be fixed. It's rare that NOTHING explodes – practically one in a million chance of it happening. Other non-science peons don't grasp the concept and insult him on a daily basis. She sighed a bit. Too bad he was already claimed… And her tastes leaned more towards certain tape deck Communications Officers and winged Mechs.

The red haired girl sighed and turned around. She looked up at the Autobots, heart pounding. They were beautiful in a way. They were tall and seemingly proud creatures. She knew that the EOS had been Wheeljack and she was totally starting to have a fangirl moment. Eden was dancing in place as she gazed up at the two mechs, seemingly not blinking. It was something she did when presented something new. She would analyze said thing until she had it memorized.

Eden glanced up at their faces, intensely curious. The white and grey Autobot's mouth was moving, but, of course, Wheeljack's mouth was covered so she couldn't see his mouth moving. The two Cybertronians seemed to be talking to each other in their native language. It was strangely soothing to the red haired girl. The language was composed of pretty mechanical whirrs and clicks, but it was in a pattern that the humans couldn't hope to understand. It was almost melodious and Eden had a feeling that if she listened to it long enough she would have fallen asleep to it.

Instead, she watched them. Perhaps their body language would let something slip.

The one that would have been Danni's car was completely gray and white. He – Eden was going out on a limb and guessed that he was a mech – was fairly tall with white protective armor hiding his protoform. She let out an almost inaudible sigh. The mysterious Autobot was plain. Who chooses completely white armor? She took a second look and looked at his face. He had a high forehead with a thin strip for his helm. He had extremely bright blue optics, the trademark of an Autobot, with a soft nose and a thin mouth. The only other color on him would be the insignia on the back of his thigh.

That was pretty sketchy.

Eden was getting annoyed with the unknown Autobot. He was yelling at Wheeljack in their unique language. Suddenly, he had the nerve to smack Wheeljack upside the head. 'Jack was kind of cute for a Cybertronian. It sounds kind of weird admitting this, but Eden had admitted being attracted to anime and video game characters. And they weren't even real. The red haired girl could feel a light blush coming to her face.

Wheeljack drew back like a wounded puppy. His eyebrow plates were furrowed and his hands were held defensively in front of his face. Eden's own features furrowed as she watched Wheeljack respond to the unknown Autobot's actions.

The red haired girl found herself smiling as her eyes scanned over the rest of his body. He looked good. She had always wanted to meet Wheeljack and, now that he was alive and sentient in front of her, she took the chance to look over his body. He was skinnier than the unknown Autobot and his chassis was black. The rest of his armor was a whitish grey color and his helm was a lighter shade of the whitish grey color. His mask had horizontal lines running across it and he had the two familiar fin shaped objects on either side of his head. They lit up in random intervals and flashed a pale blue color. He had a high forehead and a smooth nose, but Eden couldn't see his mouth because of the mask. She vaguely wondered what it would look like.

Danni stared at Eden for a moment, looking amused beyond words. "Eden, are you alright? You look like you're about to faint from joy at the sight of Wheeljack here. He's the only engineer I know of you can actually tolerate, much less LIKE."

"Oh hush up. You know for a fact that I adore the mech. He and Ratchet are my favorite Autobots, after all." She waved her hand and dismissing her sister's comment, ignoring the fact that her face had gone quite red.

Suddenly, the unknown mech smacked Wheeljack upside the head again. This made the red haired girl angry and she forgot about the whole humans-don't-know-about-Autobots deal. Eden picked up a decently sized rock and weighted it in her hand. It wasn't too heavy; it was the perfect weight so she could throw it a fair distance. What she was about to do was classified as extremely stupid, but Danni was probably rubbing off on her.

"Hey, asshole, over here!" she shouted, chucking the rock at the unknown Autobot's head. By pure luck, she managed to bean him in the middle of the forehead, right between the optics. The force of the throw caused the metal to dent. Kayla and Megan started laughing in the background.

The two Autobots stopped their heated argument and blinked owlishly. Well, it was more like the two of them shuttered their optics a few times. It was like the two had forgotten that the four humans were staring up at them. It was then that Wheeljack burst out in a random bout of laughter and the unknown Autobot glared down at her, absently rubbing the spot where the rock dented his helm. Wheeljack doubled over, laughter ringing through the small abandoned parking lot.

"Hey, you." She was lost for words. She had no idea what to call him. "Leave 'Jack alone. Whatever exploded wasn't his fault and it wasn't his fault that we were brought here."

The red haired girl crossed her arms to prove her point. It wasn't smart to threaten a mech nearly four times her size – probably a lot larger – but she had to. She hated when a person picked on someone smaller than them. Sometime during her mini-rant, Danni had started to laugh as well. Their laughter only intensified as the Autobot bent down to my level. Kayla moved to stand next to Eden, with her hands in her pocket.

"You bent my helm, fleshling." He growled before pointing to the dented armor on his forehead, "And how do you know Wheeljack's name?"

"Hm…I don't think I should tell you that right now." Eden sighed, "We need to speak to Optimus Prime."

Danni winked at Wheeljack before turning a thoughtful look at where the wormhole was. "Uh… Did you two manage to send something through before we got to the parking lot, because a lot of crap came through to this side of the wormhole aside from the four people you're looking at? Or is this something we're going to have to fix?"

"…Did you not see the giant pieces of metal flying over your head when we were staring at the wormhole?" Eden questioned her sister with a dumfounded expression. Then, she turned her attention back towards the mechs.

Perhaps saying that they needed to speak to Optimus wasn't exactly the smartest thing to say at the moment. The mech hissed down at her, armor flaring up so he looked more threatening. Kayla pulled out two knives, but kept them somewhat hidden. After all she was known for being over protective of her friends, but would she really take on the metal giants with only pocket knives? You bet your ass she will. She's crazy enough to try to.

"Tell us what you know, fleshling, or you shall feel the wrath of my cannons." The mech hissed. To tell you the truth, he actually reminded Eden of Ironhide. She was tired and she wanted to get some sleep. Not to mention that she wanted to get this whole problem figured out. She opened her mouth and more word vomit erupted.

"Y'know, you're kinda plain looking. For an advanced Cybertronian…you couldn't have chosen armor with, I dunno, a bit more color?" she asked, completely forgetting about the fact that she shouldn't have known about Cybertronians. The mech was enraged. Wheeljack was still snickering and Eden pretended to look over her nails as the unknown mech whipped out a pair of impressive cannons. They weren't quite as big as Ironhide's, though. The hum of them filled Eden's ears as she blew on her nails.

"Oh…I'm sorry. Were you waiting for me to give a shit?" she innocently asked as one of the humming cannons was shoved into her face.

At this point Danni was practically bent over laughing. "Oh my god, they're so tiny. Are you like a Junior Weapons Specialist or something?" She straightened up. "Sorry, just used to bigger cannons if you get my drift. And it must be Hell to clean up your armor. White's a bitch because it attracts dirt like a magnet." She suddenly turns serious. "And you better lay off my friends, and Wheeljack counts because I've dubbed him a friend in the last five minutes, or I'll make your existence a living Pit."

"Get those away from my friend you ass-wipe." Kayla said before she jumped forward and used one of her knives to slice one of the lines in his right handed cannon. The white mech pulled back and growled at her. Kayla being Kayla just growled back, seeming not at all intimidated at the mech. This was when Wheeljack's eyebrow ridges furrowed as his optics narrowed. He stepped towards the humans and jerked the mech's cannon away.

"Thunderboomer!" he exclaimed, "You know we're not allowed to harm humans! It's against the Autobot code." Wheeljack exclaimed furiously.

"But that fleshie just sliced my line, I should be allowed to terminate her! Now my cannon is stuck" he growled the last part at Kayla. Obviously, the humans had at least one mech on their side. 'Jack tweaked something in Thunderboomer's arm, forcing the cannon to retract. Thunderboomer huffed and glared at his fellow Autobot before he jerked his arm away, muttering in their native tongue. He walked away and crossed his arms; turning his back on the black and white mech. Kayla put her knives back in her pocket.

"I apologize for his actions. Thunderboomer has problems handling his anger." He said, "But I must say that I'm curious as to how you know of me." He cocked his head to the side before kneeling down in front of Eden and the others. She shifted her eyes before sighing.

"We can't really explain. We have to talk to Optimus first." Eden said with a slight smile, "But we can promise that we're not Decepticons – okay, despite Megan's shirt and other stuff, she's not a Decepticon."

"Shit happens." Danni said with a shrug, while Megan snickered. The red haired girl laughed, knowing right now that her sister's meds would be kicking in right about now. The black and white mech sent Eden a questioning look as she yawned.

"So… Jack could you flip my car back over?" Kayla asked.

"Why do you want me to flip your vehicle?" Jack asked.

"Because I don't think the big sparkling over there is going to flip it for me… you know since I broke his toy." Kayla said with a grin. Jack nodded and walked over the little Nissan, and gently set it back on its four wheels. Kayla got into her car and somehow the car still started up, even though barely.

"YES! It still works!" Kayla fist pumped. She then looked at the mechs. "I'm going to follow you two… I refuse to leave my baby here… hey can you guys use the signal for the CB radio? I could talk to you through it on the way there" she grinned. The two Autobots shared a wary look, but nodded before they transformed.

It was the epitome of awesome.

It was awesomesauce.

When they were finished, they opened their doors for the other girls to use. They all looked at each other before they squealed.

"I call 'Jack!" Eden exclaimed, rushing to the door on his driver's side.

"Bitch! You leave me with this big baby? I should shoot you." Danni yelled at her, but the red haired girl just laughed, repositioning her purse so that Wheeljack wouldn't be uncomfortable. The seatbelt slid protectively around Eden as he slammed her door shut – the other was still open for anyone else. Megan shrugged, and turned and got into the abused Nissan with her sister.

"You are not upset that the larger femme called you a bitch?" Wheeljack questioned in a curious voice.

"Nope." Eden said, "We joke like that a lot. She's jus jealous 'cause you're awesome." She teased. The interior of the car heated up a little bit. It was then that Eden realized that the Autobot was blushing.

"I can hear you guys." Danni's voice echoed through Wheeljack's interior via the speakers. It was then that Eden realized something. The Autobots didn't know their names.

"Oh, uh, sorry. My name is Eden Andrews." The red haired girl said with a light blush.

"I'm Danni Andrews, Eden's big sis." Danni said, yawning again.

"And I am Kayla Ave… Eden's friend." Kayla said with a grin, in her voice.

"I am Megan Ave… Kayla's sister." Megan stated in a bored voice. Eden yawned then glanced at the clock on Wheeljack's dashboard, frowning when she realized how late it was.

"You two should get some recharge." Came Wheeljack's softer voice. They pulled onto the road and started their journey. "We have a long drive ahead of us. If you want to meet with Optimus you'll have to come with us to the base. If you two in the drone need any assistants at all, let one of us know." He informed them. Eden briefly wondered if he was in some sort of trouble because of the explosion.

"Okay." She said, "Whatever you say, 'Jack." This was the last thing Eden remembered before falling asleep.

When she woke up, fortunately not drooling all over one of her favorite Autobot's seats, she struck up a conversation.

"What were you working on that drew us to this reality?" she asked, scratching herself on the back of the neck. She did that without thinking a lot. Silence reigned supreme for a few seconds and the red haired girl wondered if she had offended him or not.

"I was working on something that would help my people." He said in a soft voice, "I was not expecting the explosion to be of that magnitude. I apologize for drawing you into this reality."

Eden sat up with a concerned expression on her face. "No, it's okay. Like I said, it wasn't your fault. It was an accident." She continued, "Sure, you make things explode a lot, but at least you've never burned yourself on a Bunsen burner that wasn't even turned on." She was trying to cheer up the inventor, but he remained silent. She sighed and patted his steering wheel.

"Look, 'Jack, it takes guts to do something." She started in a serious voice, "It takes talent to do something good and it takes practice to perfect something. But, above all, it takes courage to admit that you make mistakes. I bet that, despite your little mishaps, you've made some pretty awesome things." The red haired girl gently said. She was a writer, but some of her old friends told her that she had a certain way with words.

Nobody spoke for the rest of the ride but it was alright with Eden. Silence could be golden, but it depended on who you were sharing it with. The two Autobots came up to a rocky outcrop with pieces of metal sticking from it. The pieces were way too large to be considered shrapnel. This must have been the entrance of the base – it didn't look like Hoover Dam, though. Eden was confused. She heard someone yelling, she turned to find Kayla yelling at her car which apparently decided to die right there.

The door to the White Night opened and Eden stepped outside. A thump was heard behind her and the younger sister realized that Danni had hit her head on Thunderboomer's frame with a mumbled "When did you get there?" While she was withholding her laughter, Kayla and Megan however saw no reason too and where laughing their butts off. Eden just turned, concentrating on the rocky outcropping around them. A panel slid from the outcropping and Wheeljack punched in a few numbers. It was weird since Eden hadn't realized he transformed. The voice indicators he had flashed as he sighed. It brought back the thought that the black and white mech may be in some sort of trouble for bringing the humans into the reality.

"Welcome back, Wheeljack." An automated voice greeted them. The wall in front of us disappeared and Eden flinched. She looked up at the transformed mech with wide eyes and a surprised face.

"A hologram?" Danni asked, staring at the equipment within the archway.

"Yeah. Good old 'Jack made it." Thunderboomer said, transforming as well. The red haired girl beamed up at the white and black White Night.

"See? You can make cool things that don't explode." Eden said, smiling up at him with kindness in her eyes. Thunderboomer put his hand down next to the girl. She looked up at Wheeljack to see the metal around his optics crinkling. He put his hand down as well – she now had a choice. The red haired girl ignored the focus – he probably didn't care in the first place – and hopped onto the inventor's hand.

"Gee, thanks. Leave me with the cranky-ass why don't you?" Danni commented, stepping into Thunderboomer's hand. Both of them were transferred to their shoulders, sitting comfortably on the metal. Eden turned around to see Kayla and what looked like a forced Megan pushing her car inside the doors.

"What? I said I wasn't going to leave it … plus how good would a secret base be if a car sat right outside it" Kayla said, when everyone turned to look at the sisters pushing the car inside. Once the car was inside and the doors closed. Thunderboomer lowered his hands for the sister to get on. Megan jumped into his hand while Kayla looked at Thunderboomer.

"I just wanted to say sorry for breaking your gun… if it's any consolation; I think those cannons are awesome." She said as she got onto his hand. Then she face palmed at how dirty the comment sounded, but wisely said nothing more, knowing she would dig her grave deeper with her gutter mind. Thunderboomer just stared at her for a few moments before nodding, he obviously didn't catch the joke but Megan did. She was quietly snickering.

"Where are we going?" Eden's sister asked, poking her ride in the helm. He irritably swatted at her but she just laughed and continued poking him.

"Inside. Duh." The red haired girl replied before either of the mechs could, leaning over to stare at her. Kayla was snickering at the remark. They started to go inside, but the black and white mech Eden was sitting on fell behind.

"Eden?" Wheeljack asked, turning his head to the side so she could see his face. She made a little gesture, prompting him to continue.

"What you said about the talent, practice, and courage…thanks." He said, crinkling the metal around his eyes again. He was smiling!

"You're welcome." She said and it was then that they wandered into the unknown.