Okay I'm super excited to be posting the next chapter...we finally get to meet the Autobots! :) And a big thank you for all who reviewed! It means alot and here are some replies for all who reviewed last chapter.
Storygirl747 - Yeah, alot of stories DO have Sides before Sunny so I thought I'd switch it up a bit. I had a really hard time trying to get Sunstreaker's personality so I'm glad you think I have it down. It was really hard to write him so If you have any suggestions please let me know! And I love their banter too. ;)
Starlit Storyteller - I really want a nice big buildup on Autumn and Sunny's relationship before he'll really open up to her. In all the stories containing him, he's always reserved so I thought I'd stick to that idea. But I'm gonna try my best to get him to be overprotective of her whenever Sounstrike is around. ;)
JessieBWriting - Yes, Soundstrike is an OC. I thought it'd be different than other movie fanfics if Barricade had a partner. And also because he and Autumn together make me laugh. Glad you're liking it so far.
wolfimus prime - Autumn does indeed have some balls. ;) I want her to come off as someone who's somewhat brave but also doesn't think before she acts.
Sephideth - I'm happy you're loving it. I absolutely love Sunstreaker. I wanted to write another story and I haven't written one with the twins yet so I thought why not?
Starlette Scarlette - There is indeed a reason behind Autumn's name and I WILL explain it. However, it won't be until much later in the story which will make sense. You'll just have to stick around to find out. ;)
Sapphire-Starz17 - Glad I can bring a grin to your face with this story. :) I'm a pretty new writer so to have you say that you love the character buildups means alot to me!
Let me know if I'm doing somewhat of an okay job with Sunstreaker. I had a really hard time writing him. Therefore any advice would be appreciated! There is definitively some foreshadowing going on here. Let me know if you found some. ;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers.
Chapter 4
We drove a little ways in silence. Sam and Mikaela were in the Camaro in front of us while I was in the Lamborghini.
" So... " I said awkwardly. " Are there more of you? " A tired, exasperated sigh escaped the speakers.
" Yes. " That's it?
" You're not much of a talker, are you? " I inquired. If I was stuck with an alien robot, I was gonna ask some questions.
" I prefer not to speak with inferior species. " I glowered at the dash.
" You know what I think? " I asked rhetorically.
" From what I assume, nothing at all. " I ignored the insult, although I'd have to remind myself to get back at him.
" I think you were sent to Earth to test my anger management skills. "
" I was not sent here for you, puny human. " He growled angry. I rolled my eyes to his sensitivity.
" So then what were you sent here for, then? Oh great valiant one! " I said sarcastically.
" You'll know soon enough. " Was the only answer I got.
Up ahead on the road, the Camaro braked suddenly sending its two passengers out on the street deserting them.
" What's going on? " Was this where we parted? Something snaked itself around my waist. When I looked down I saw the seatbelt buckle itself down. " So now you buckle me in. How thoughtful. " I huffed, with an eye roll.
Ahead of us, the Camaro tilted its wheels until only two of its tires were touching the ground and I watched as it beautifully transformed into the newest of its kind. My own car began speeding. Without a doubt, I knew he was gonna do the same thing
" No, no, no! " My side of the car started lifting up, until I had to hold myself in order to stay seated. A weird tingling vibrated through the car till the point where I realized I wasn't sitting in the same car. The interior was all black with some parts silver and it even had a radio. The windows were tinted, most like illegally, and the seats were a nice leather. " You're gorgeous! " I exclaimed, even though I was still slightly dizzy. The car let out a powerful purr of the engine in approval.
In front of us, Sam and Mikaela got back in the new Camaro, who sped off happily. It was night time now, by the time we stopped at the other end of town. It looked like a private entrance to some kind of public property.
The cars neared to a stop, letting us out. We looked up to what looked to be four big meteors shot through the sky, burning and falling fast. I looked over to my brother and Mikaela clutching hands. I snickered quietly to myself.
The four meteor went crashing overhead. Sam and Mikaela decided to go see for themselves what it was, at the closest crash site. I decided to stay behind with the two metal beings. I went to lean on the Lambo when I realized nothing was behind me and soon enough, my butt was hugging the ground.
" Ow! What was that for? " I glared at the offender. " My butt is gonna be all bruised tomorrow thanks to you. " The golden asshole let out a semi-amused snort.
" It's enough I have to have you sit in me, I will not have you sit on me. " He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
" Are you a germaphobe or something? You do realize humans aren't a disease? " I stood up wiping dirt off. The Camaro chuckled.
" You're from a whole 'nother world... Boy, you're an alien, Your touch so foreign, It's supernatural, Extraterrestrial... " Katy Perry's voice sang through the Camaro's radio. I tried to stifle my laughter with my hand but it came out anyway.
" Oh, you poor thing! " I laughed even harder holding my sides. " Are you scared of humans? Or are you just shy? " I winked for added measure at the Lambo and fell over laughing. He revved his engine in anger.
" The day that I'm scared of a puny flesh bag is the day Megatron has a sparkling with Ironhide. " He sneered. I didn't give it much thought because I had no idea what he was talking about. Although it gave the idea it was funny if the Camaro's amused snort was anything to go by. The Lambo thrusted forwards almost running me over. " And it is you who should be afraid of me. "
" Whatever you say rust bucket. " His engine gave off another angry rev. It was too easy to agitate him. The arrival of Sam and Mikaela saved me from actually getting run over this time. " You guys have enough time for a quickie? " I arched an eyebrow innocently. Mikaela's face got beet red and my brother sputtered for a few seconds, nothing coming out of his mouth. " You'd better close your mouth, Sam. Don't want bugs to fly in there. " I teased before getting in the impatient Lambo.
We drove off a ways away into the more secluded part of Tranquility. The cars drove in a shabby, quiet but spacious alley way. We got out of the cars to see more approaching us. Advancing in front of us was a flaming red and blue Peterbilt, and behind us, in the lead was a silver Pontiac Solstice, followed by a green Emergency vehicle Hummer, and a black GMC Toppick.
The huge Peterbilt came to a rolling stop before us with the same symbol on its grill as on the Lambo's steering wheel. It started to transform as plates and gears took place on its huge body. I turned around to see all the other vehicles change forms as well. I've never seen anything like it. I couldn't stop gazing at them, it left me in a trance.
The biggest one, the Peterbilt, kneeled down to face us. The details and mechanisms on them were unbelievable. The Peterbilt gave off a sense of leadership that oozed a respect I already had for him.
" Are you Samuel James, and Autumn Blake Witwicky, descendents of Archibald Witwicky? " Oh that voice! They knew our great-great-grandfather? The big robot's face was so close I could touch it.
" They know your names. " Mikaela whispered. I was too awestruck so I just nodded.
" Yeah? " Sam answered for the both of us.
" My name is Optimus Prime. We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron. " He introduced himself, looking us both in the eye. At least, I didn't have to call him robot anymore.
" But you can call us Autobots for short. " I snapped my head to the green Hummer. Why did his voice have a soothing effect over me?
" Autobots. " Sam said, trying it out.
" What's crackin', little bitches? " Came a voice from behind us.
" My first lieutenant. " Optimus said. The smallest of them all did an impressive mid air back flip.
" Hyah! " I liked his accent.
" Designation Jazz. "
" This looks like a cool place to kick it. " Jazz sat down on an old car. I grinned from ear to ear.
" Word of advice? " Jazz turned his attention to me. " Us humans don't like to be called bitched. Especially females. Trust me I would know. " He grinned back at me.
" My apologies, little lady. " I giggled.
" What is that? How did he learn to talk like that? " Sam asked, baffled.
" We've learned Earth's languages through the World Wide Web. " Optimus answered, standing back up. " My weapons specialist, Ironhide. "
" You feeling lucky, punk? " We came face to face with two huge canons. My brother gulped as I stared in awe.
" Easy, Ironhide. "
" Just kidding. I just wanted to show 'em my cannons. " Me and him were gonna get along great, I just know it.
" Heh. " My brother was such a wimp.
" You've gotta show me your shooting skills! " I said on my tippy toes to get a good look at his canons. I put my hand on one of them inspecting it and giving him my best puppy eyed look. He looked down at me softly and slightly in amusement.
" I like this one. " He stated. I grinned up proudly.
" Our medical officer, Ratchet. " I looked at the green one, Ratchet, once again. There was something different about him. But I couldn't put my finger on it. Would it be weird if I said I felt safe around him? I did just meet him.
Ratchet sniffed the air. " Mmm. The boy's pheromone level suggests he wants to mate with the female. " Oh god no...I broke down laughing for the third time today. I was once again on the floor laughing. Tears leaked down my cheeks.
" Do you blame him? " Giggle. " They did just have a quickie. " At this point, I was rolling on the ground, in a puddle of my own tears. " Oh god... " Gasp for air. " I can't breathe... " I giggled, clutching my stomach.
A hand was quick to grab a hold of me. A weird tingling feeling went through my body.
" You must control your breathing in order to function. Take a deep breath in- " Ratchet said.
" I know how to breathe! " I said exasperated, finally controlling my laughter.
" Then explain why you said you couldn't breathe. " He pestered me.
" I was fine. " He gave me a look. " I am fine. There's nothing to worry about. I just had to catch my breath. "
" How can you catch a matter which is not physical? " He inquired. I looked up at him dumbly.
" Nevermind. " He put me back down after he did another one of those 'scans', leaving me feel all tingly inside. I realized I missed the heat his hand provided. " Sorry, Optimus. You were saying? "
"You already know your guardians, Bumblebee, a top scout. And Sunstreaker, one of our best frontliners. "
" More like the best. " I heard Sunstreaker mumble. Bumblebee was fake punching to a song, proving his masculinity.
" Bumblebee, right? " My brother asked.
" Check out the rep, yep, second to none... " Came from his speakers.
" So you're my guardian, huh? " Bumblebee nodded with a cute squeak.
" Awe. " I said cutely looking up at him. His cheeks went slightly blue from my comment.
" His vocal processors were damaged in battle. " Ratchet pointed a laser to his throat to make him cough.
" Poor Bee. " I looked at him sadly, touching his foot.
" I'm still working on them. " Ratchet didn't look too pleased him himself. A thought just occurred to me...
" Wait. Back up a minute. My guardian's name is Sunstreaker, right? " I double checked with Optimus who nodded. I turned with the biggest innocent smile I could muster to my scowling guardian. " That means I can call you Sunny! To match your sunny personality. " I said cheekily.
" Don't call me that! " He growled loudly, taking an intimidating step forward. Before I could react, a yellow hand grabbed me making me squeak. Bumblebee placed me on his shoulder for protection. I stuck out my tongue at the seething Sunstreaker. " Don't be such a negative Nellie. " I turned my head to kiss Bumblebee on the cheek. " Thanks, Bee. " He clicked back at me.
" Why are you here? " Mikaela spoke up. The golden question.
" We are here looking for the AllSpark. And we must find it before Megatron. " Optimus answered her.
" Mega-what? " He pressed a finger to the side of his helm and out of his eyes came a hologram. A very realistic hologram. The ground looked like it was crumbling on itself into a fire.
" Our planet was once a powerful empire. Peaceful and just. Until we were betrayed by Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. All who defied them were destroyed. Our war finally consumed the planet, and the All Spark was lost to the stars. " A big - bigger than Optimus - Cybertronian grabbed a spear and with a mighty roar, impaled another from a high perch. " Megatron followed it to Earth, where Captain Witwicky found him. "
" Oh- My grandfather. "
" Our grandfather. " I corrected my brother.
" It was an accident that intertwined our fates. Megatron crash-landed before he could retrieve the Cube. He accidentally activated his navigation system. The coordinates to the Cube's location on Earth were imprinted on his glasses. "
" How'd you know about his glasses? " Sam asked.
" eBay. " I did a facepalm.
" eBay. " Sam said it like he was proud or something.
" I told you not to put them up for auction! " I hissed.
" If the Decepticons find the All Spark, they will use its power to transform Earth's machines and build a new army. " Ratchet said. Well that doesn't sound too pleasant. Bumblebee put me back down on the ground.
" And the human race will be extinguished. " Optimus continued on. " Sam and Autumn Witwicky, you hold the key to Earth's survival. " All the Autobots looked down at us seriously. I gulped.
" Please tell me that you have those glasses. " Mikaela said.
" Yeah-yeah they're in the house. Right, Sam? " I said, looking at him.
" Um yeah. They're uh in my backpack. "
" I'll send you the coordinates, Optimus. " Sunstreaker said to his leader, transforming right after. It made a chain reaction and soon enough, all of them were transformed. I looked around for a moment, appreciating the nice cars.
" Wanna ride with meh, lil' lady? " Jazz asked, in his Pontiac form. I nodded, climbing into his passenger side. Bumblebee and Sunstreaker led the front as everyone fell in line and we reigned in the back. The ride back started out in silence. As much as I like silence we needed a good ice breaker.
" Do you have music where you come from? "
" Nothin' like what yah humans have. Cybertron had many different genres of music. Ah personally love it, especially your Earth music. Before tha war started, Ah was on my way up to being one of tha best musicians our planet had. " I wonder what their music sounds like.
" Wow, that's incredible. You'll have to show me one day. "
" Maybe. Tell meh abou' Earth. " We talked about our history, arts, countries, pretty much everything really. Cybertron wasn't too different than my planet. There were definitively a lot of similarities that I didn't think we'd share.
" Why are ya so squishy anyway? " Jazz asked randomly.
" Why are you so big? " I retorted. He chuckled back.
" Touche, ma friend. Touche. " I surprised he knew that. " That is how ya say it, right? "
" Yes. " I giggled. " It's funny hearing earth expressions from an alien. "
" Ah'm guessin' your kind hasn't come in contact with otha species? " Jazz asked. I shrugged.
" No. If we have, its only the government that knows about it. Do you think they know about you? " I looked out the window.
" If they don't already, they do now. " The rest of the ride didn't last long seeing as we were arriving in my neighborhood. Bumblebee and Jazz sped ahead to let us out in a back pathway around our house.
" I need you to stay here, all right? You got to stay here and you're gonna watch them. " I rolled my eyes. Wow, I'm sure that'll be no problem.
" Okay, okay. " Mikaela said.
" All of them. Do you hear what I'm saying? "
" Sam, just go. " I pushed him off.
" What, you're not coming? " Sam asked perplexed.
" I'll be right behind you. I just remembered I have to do something. " He shrugged before turning his attention back to his crush.
" Do you understand? "
" Yeah, okay, okay. " Mikaela looked annoyed at him.
" I think she gets it Sam. Go before we're any more late! " I urged him with one last shove.
" Okay, okay. Five minutes, all right? " He held up his hand to accentuate five minutes.
I really hoped he knew where those glasses were.
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