Chapter Six

Amelia clutched at Sideswipe's shoulder, her hands and fingers aching and throbbing from gripping the metal. She breathed heavily, tired. "H-h-hey Sideswipe? Can you stop for a sec?"

The red mech scooped her off his shoulder, bringing her down to chest level. Amelia knelt in his hand, panting. "Woah! What happened to you? Are you functional?"

Amelia would have hit him, but she didn't have the energy to do so. She glared nastily at him. "Take me to the med bay. I need to pee, and rest. NOW!"

Suddenly, the doors beside the two hissed open, and out came an immense, red-and-blue mech. Amelia's mouth opened wide, and she let out a high-pitched squeak. The Autobot looked down, expression nearly unreadable with the faceplate covering its mouth and nose. Its eyes, however, had much to say. It bent down, to Amelia's current height.

"Who are you?" His voice was deep, rumbling, yet strangely comforting.

"I-I-I'm Amel-Amy. I'm Amy. Or you can call me Amelia, that's my formal name…" He nodded, and his eyes seemed to spark. Amelia was mesmerized by the sudden light emitting from his eyes, even after it had dimmed. She whispered, "Your eyes, they just…" She was at a loss to describe what had transpired. His eyes took on a strange gleam, and Amy had the impression that he was smiling at her.

"Eyes? Amy, they're not eyes, they're optics! Humans have eyes, Cybertronians have optics."

Sideswipe seemed determined to put her in her place, but he only served to anger Amelia further, as he made her yell, "Sideswipe, I haven't even been here a day, and you expect me to know all the terminology?! I think not!" She stood up on his palm, hands on her hips in sheer fury.

"Sideswipe, you can go. It's probably best if you go stay with Sunstreaker for a while, let me get Amelia used to being around mechs, before you snap at her."

Amelia gaped at the larger mech, crying, "What was that?! You were speaking a different language!" She gasped as Sideswipe deposited her in the other mech's hands, then watched as Sideswipe turned and left, giving her a nod on the way.

"I am Optimus Prime, Amelia, the Autobot leader. And yes, we were speaking Cybertronian. Forgive me, it was rude, but Sideswipe responds better to our native language."

The fourteen year old nodded and smiled, and said, "Nice to meet you, Optimus Prime. Can you tell me what's going on around here, and where I can go to the bathroom? It's… pretty urgent, and I doubt you want me to go on your hand, and I really don't want to be running around in dirty jeans; I don't have clean clothes with me."

The Autobot leader cocked his head to the side. "I'm sure Ratchet and Wheeljack have worked something out for you, but will you allow me to show you one thing first?"

She nodded, and Optimus Prime took her into the room from which he had just exited. The first thing Amelia noticed was the large recognizable form of Prowl, sitting at a console. Then she took in the huge computer to his left.

"This is Teletraan I." He gestured towards the immense computer.

Amelia's eyes widened very sharply, and she gasped, "That huge piece of machinery is a computer?!"

Optimus laughed, and it was one of those 'ha-ha' laughs, which surprised Amelia. Somehow, she'd been expecting the funny laugh that some of the other mechs had. "Yes, Teletraan happens to be our… master computer. It can see anything here on Earth, and beyond. On Earth, it uses the Skyspy."

At his word, a strange satellite-type-object came out of a section on Teletraan. It flew up and away, chanting, "Explore, explore, explore," over and over again. Amelia looked at Optimus Prime, who stared back at her with glowing optics.

Suddenly, Prowl jumped up. "Slaggit! Oh slaggit!"

Optimus strode over to the mech, and asked, "What is it, Prowl?"

Prowl turned slowly to face the Autobot leader. "Decepticons - and lots of them."

Yay! Finally, we're going to get some Decepticon action! Yay! And, I'd also like to thanks Crystine for editing this, it would not be nearly as good without her help!

Crystine, you are awesome!!!:)