Chapter 3

"We showed them today! Decepticons didn't know what hit them!"

Hot Shot walked proudly down the hallways to the command center with the rest of his comrades. They had a successful battle today and everyone walked with an air of pride of a job well done. Red Alert was quick to enter the med bay and set up his tools, ready to patch up any hits or shots that were received during the battle. Then all they had to do was listen to Optimus's over view speech and they were free to go into stasis.

High Wire, Shershock, and Grindor had just finished showing Wisteria the base. All that was left was to show her the command center. As they inched closer, they perked up as they heard the booming voices of the victorious Autobots. Wisteria's antennas popped up, moving them closer to the center of her head. She looked in the direction of the command center and lifted her hand to her mouth. Her guides entered the command center normally as Wisteria watched them curiously. She listened quietly as she heard the large voices talk to them.

"High Wire, Grindor, Shershock. It's not often you give us your presence in the command center when the kids aren't here." This voice was strong, but had a gentle feel to it. Almost peaceful in a way.

Wisteria inched her way closer to the shut door and pressed her audio sensors to its cold surface. She could understand the louder voices, but they talked differently then she and the other minicons did. As she pondered this strange occurrence, she failed to notice the large figure that was walking to the command center, but stopped and stared at her from behind when he noticed her purple color. It wasn't until she saw a sulking shadow that went over her face that she turned around and stared straight at a large pair of fingers. Before she could utter a squeak, the fingers grabbed a hold of her 2 antennas and brought her small body in front of his face. The large figure's optics shuttered slightly and then widened as they looked over her again. Then he walked through the doors and into the room.

The second her optics came into contact with the other giants in the room she flailed desperately, trying to get out of the grip that was holding her up as if she were a piece of trash. She realized that she couldn't get a grip herself on the large hand that held her, so she moved her arms up and down and moved side to side.

"Hey Optimus, I found this outside the door." The large being looked at one of the largest giants in the room. At the same time, his voice filled itself with mirth as it watched her flail her arms up and down helplessly.

"Blurr, don't play with the minicon like that." The other giant replied. He sighed slowly as he too watched her.

Wisteria thought things couldn't get any worse. That was until the giant one named Blurr got curious and decided it would poke her. Seeing the large finger inch closer to her, she started to swing back and forth even faster ignoring the slight pain from her antennas. Just as the finger was about to touch her, she smacked it away making Blurr give a slight flinch. His sharp red optics gazed over at her again and then put her on the floor. She ran straight to High Wire and was going so fast that when she tried to stop, she slipped and slid a yard or two before recovering and hiding behind him. Some of the other giants had started to laugh while others put on a smile and chuckled.

The one that Blurr had called Optimus walked over to her and High Wire. He was even taller then she had originally thought he was and she could tell by the way he stood he had confidence and the appearance of a leader.

"High Wire, may I ask who our new guest is?" Optimus asked politely, noticing that Wisteria was trying to hide herself. High Wire moved his head so he could see her.

"Don't worry Wisteria, they don't understand our language very well, but we do have to explain."

High Wire moved aside to show him Wisteria. In a half crouched position she looked up at Optimus, her optics getting wider, and gave a shaky wave.

"High Wire, you said that they don't understand us very much…right?" Wisteria asked looking back and forth between him and Optimus.

"Yes."

But before High Wire could explain his best to Optimus, Shershock spoke up.

"It's actually kinda fun that they don't understand us that much. I mean you can tell them stuff like they're rust buckets or big lugnuts and they won't know a thing."

High Wire looked disapprovingly at Shershock, who shrugged and then gave a mild cough before deciding to shut up.

"We do not make fun of the Autobots for not completely understanding us…no matter how amusing." High Wire said, but not before he too gave out a small chuckle that was unheard.

"You guys are so mean sometimes, ya know?"

Carlos came into the room, followed by Rad, Alexis, Billy, and Fred. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis were the ones that could understand them almost completely. As if they themselves had downloaded their language.

"What did they say Carlos?" Fred asked, slightly annoyed that he couldn't understand them and didn't get the joke.

"Well, we can't tell you. It'd be sort of impolite. If only the Autobots knew what you guys were actually saying…" Rad said his voice trailing as he thought of other conversations with the minicons.

"Hey, we don't do it on purpose!" Shershock said shrugging his shoulders again.

"Yeaah, of course you guys don't." Alexis said crossing her arms.

"Hey guys? Who's she?" Billy said, curiosity filling his voice as he pointed towards Wisteria.

High Wire got behind her and pushed her forward to meet the kids. She steadied her self and in a soft tone muttered a small hello to them.

"It's a she?!" Jetfire sputtered in the background as the rest of the Autobots shushed him.

The Autobots watched the little scene before them closely, hoping to get clues as to what exactly was happening, why there was a femme, and how they'd gotten her.

"Where did you come from?" Rad asked Wisteria, who was slowly warming up to them seeing that her guides trusted them.

"I came from the moon base. I was sparked there by the minicons. I'm afraid I don't know much else. I haven't been alive for more then a day... I believe that's what it's called. When this planet makes one complete rotation on its axis?"

"So you're basically a baby?" Rad asked, a little jittery from the relayed information.

"Technically you could say that, but I was sparked with a 'given conscience' instead of having to gain it through years of experience."

"So you're saying that you were born already knowing what to do?"

"Yes. The minicons on the moon gave me the downloads that I needed."

"Woah."

" Uh…" Wisteria connected to the internet exactly like High Wire had told her how to do earlier when they were still giving her the tour.

"Fosho…?"

"…Cool." Rad said, smiling at her comment.

"Hey Rad? What did you guys just say?!" Fred had been getting fidgety listening to the parts of the conversation that he could understand.

"Don't worry, we'll tell you guys in the rec room." Alexis said already walking towards the exit.

As they all left, the Autobots were the only ones left behind. They had gotten as much information as Fred did through out the entire ordeal.

"What the slag just happened?" Smokescreen said after staring at the empty space where the small group used to be.

"I have no idea my friend." Optimus replied.

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Is there even a correct way to use fosho?