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That night, I had another dream. But this time, with the time I spent on the archives, I knew who the people were.
A tall, thin silver robot with wings stood kneeled to a larger gray robot with a pointed face. I recognized the larger one instantly as Megatron. He was the one from my dreams earlier.
"Any news from Barricade as to the location of the human?" Megatron asked.
"No, Lord Megatron, not yet. But we are planning a mediocre attack that could draw the location of the girl to us," the thin robot said. I couldn't tell who he was, for his face was in the shadows.
"Good, good Starscream," Ah. That's his name. "And if you take the girl's femme creator with you, she will force herself to come." Megatron's vile laugh scared me.
What were they planning? Were they talking about me or Akila? And...femme creator? Where they talking about mom?
"She won't fall for that," I heard a soft voice say. I recognized that voice. Mom? "My daughter is smarter than that. And if these 'Autobots' that she is with are as clever as you make them seem, they'll outsmart you and your plans will fail." Megatron smirked and Starscream shot up.
"How dare you speak to Lord Megatron like that you organic insect!" Starscream yelled. Megatron held up a hand to silence the mech.
"She's just nervous Starscream," he said slowly, "We need to...get her ready to meet these clever Autobots." He pulled out one claw of his hand.
My vision blacked out, but I could hear my mother's cries of agony.
I jumped up from the bed, panting heavily and sweating. Akila was up already watching TV, so she shot curious eyes at me.
"Mom's in trouble," I said. Akila muted the TV, rushed over to my bed, and asked what I meant. "I saw... Megatron and Starscream were discussing an attack that would draw one of us to him. Mom retaliated and said that her daughter wouldn't fall for their traps. Then... I heard her screaming bloody murder."
Akila froze. "Relax Brooke, it was only a dream. It doesn't necessarily mean the Decepticons are really planning something-"
"But it was all too real!" I interrupted, "I could feel the night breeze, I could feel the tension in the room! Plus, how can I dream about Megatron and Starscream if I have never met them?"
Akila tapped her chin, pondering. Finally, she said, "You should probably go tell Optimus. If they were attacking mom and talking about an attack, it could happen today and it would be good if the Autobots were warned."
I nodded and slid off my bed to the door. I stepped outside and slid down to sit. Soldiers walked and rode tanks by, practicing and preparing. Sideswipe began to walk by and I jumped up.
"Sides! Do you know where Optimus is?" I asked. Sideswipe stopped and smiled at me.
"Oh, he's outside," he told me. I nodded and ran down the metal stairs to the human door outside. True to Sideswipe's word, there was the giant Peterbilt form of Optimus with his holoform leaning against it.
"Hey Optimus," I said. The black haired man turned to me and smiled.
"Ah, good morning Brooke. Is something the matter?" he asked.
I looked over at the soldiers nearby. "Can we go somewhere...more private?" I asked. I think the dream should be between Optimus and I, not the soldiers.
"Very well," the Peterbilt's passenger door opened and Optimus beckoned to it, "let's go for a drive then."
Once I got inside, I was shocked. The Peterbilt had a very large and spacious room inside with a single soft bed in the back. When Optimus's holoform and I got in, the engine roared to life and we were off. The ride was relatively short as we drove to the city. Finally, he pulled into an old torn down gas station and shut the engine off.
"We are entirely alone," he declared.
I proceeded to tell Optimus about my dream. He listened intently, not missing a word or blinking once. Near the end of the story, when I got to the part of hearing my mom screaming, I started tearing up. Her scream kept ringing in my ear.
A tear rolled down my cheek and Optimus wiped it away. "Relax Brooke. You seem very shaken up about this. It was just a dream. But still, it wouldn't hurt to prepare our troops for an attack," he told me.
"But what if you prepare them and the attack never comes?" I sniffled, "Then my dream would mean nothing at all!"
Optimus sighed. "It is better to be prepared for an attack that may never come than be unprepared for a large battle," he said. I nodded; I guess it made sense. Then Optimus put a hand on my shoulder. "If you have any more of these dreams, Brooke, please come to me," he assured.
I nodded, "OK Optimus."
The engine roared to life again. "Okay then, let's get back to-"
BAM!
The gas station in front of us got crushed by a giant metallic foot. I fell back in the seat and Optimus drove back a bit. "Brooke," he said with his leader tone of voice, "when I say go, get into the driver's seat and jump out. Run to the tree over there and stay put." I nodded at the plan. "Go!" he yelled. His holoform disappeared and I did exactly what Optimus said. Once I got out of the truck, I started to run, but got tripped by a fallen piece of gas station debris. Quickly, I looked behind my back to see the skinny silver robot from my dreams: Starscream!
"Ah, just the human I was looking for," Starscream laughed, "Come here, little femme." A silver clawed hand reached out for me and I was frozen in fear. But when it got close to me, a large shot was heard and it hit his hand. Starscream squealed in agony then glared at the source of the shot: Optimus with his battle mask on. Starscream muttered a Cybertronian curse at the Autobot leader and went to fight.
I took the time to run to the nearest tree and jumped behind it. The tree I found was large enough to hide me behind it if I crouched down. So I crouched then began to looked out from the tree to watch Optimus and Starscream fight. Starscream punched Optimus in the face, making the large Autobot stumble back. Then, Optimus extended a large orange blade from his left arm. He used it to slice a bit of the arm that punched him off of Starscream.
"Awesome!" I screamed at the glowing blade. It looked super sharp and it cut off a slice of Starscream very easily. Bad move. Optimus turned to me only to get hit with an uppercut from Starscream. I screamed the leader's name but Starscream ran up to him and laid a foot on his chest.
"Now I, the all-powerful Starscream, will destroy Optimus Prime!" he screamed. My eyes widened. He wouldn't really kill Optimus, would he?
"Brooke!" I heard a voice scream. I turned to see a familiar face: my mom. She was tried up high on a tree, standing on a mechanical platform. I could climb up the tree and save her, but that would cause me to leave Optimus and have him be killed.
"Hey! Ice-cream!" I screamed, throwing a rock at Starscream. It bounced off him with a 'ting' then he turned and glared at me.
That split second that Starscream glared at me was just enough Optimus needed. He lifted his arm and shot Starscream in the shoulder, making the robot stumble back. Optimus stood up then gave Starscream a swift kick to the side. He then used both of his arm cannons to fire at the silver Decepticon.
"It seems that I have come at a bad time," Starscream growled, "Your human pet saved you this time, Autobot scum, but next time you might not be so lucky." With that, Starscream reached up and grabbed my mom with his claws.
"Mom!" I screamed, running towards Starscream. A warm metal hand wrapped around me and held me back from my mother. Then Starscream did a flip, transformed into a jet, and flew off with my mother. I was so close.
I looked at the source of the hand to see Optimus staring at the direction Starscream flew off in. Then he turned and looked down at me. "Why?" he asked.
I looked up at him, trying to take my mom off my mind. "Why what?" I replied.
"You risked your life to save me, yet you've only known of our existence for a few days," he explained.
I shrugged. "I don't know; you are the Autobot leader, without you the Decepticons would take over," I informed him.
"No sacrifice, no victory," Optimus muttered, then turned behind his shoulder. A yellow Camaro and two Smartcars-one red, one green- drove near up. Then they transformed to show Bumblebee then the smart cars transformed into two very short Autobots with buck teeth. They were only about two or three feet taller than me.
"Are we's late for da fight?" the red robot asked.
The green one smacked him. "Of course we late, does youse see a Decepticreep anywhere 'round here?" he mocked.
But I recognized those voices. They seemed really familiar... WAIT! They were the boys with the Smartcars at the parking lot in the school!
"Brooke," Optimus said, "This is Skids and Mudflap. I heard that you have already met them." he referred to the green one then the red one and their names seemed to fit their ghetto attitude.
Then Bee walked over to me. "Are you alright?" he asked.
I smiled at him. "Yep, everything's intact!" I assured him. All of the robots transformed back to their car modes and I hopped in Bumblebee.
We began to drive back to the base and Bee started to ask me what happened. I explained everything, leaving out the part about my dream. I figured that no one needed to know about my dreams and the prophesies they contained except for Akila and Optimus. Maybe I would tell him later on, but after I could figure out what these dreams were from.
"Will this happen often Bee? You know, the Decepticon attacks and whatnot?" I asked.
My iPod lit up and music blasted through the speakers. "It just takes some time. Little girl you're in the middle of the ride. Everything, everything will be just fine," the song said. I smiled at him; I loved this song. Once we got to the base, I noticed Ironhide and Akila were gone. Akila, unknown to the fact that a Decepticon had attacked Optimus and I, went to school alone. I could only imagine how well that meant.
Everyone transformed when we got in the base. "Bumblebee, I want you and Ironhide to stay at the school today to watch over Akila and Brooke," Optimus ordered, "And afterwards, bring the girls to me." Bee nodded then waited outside my room for me to change clothes for school. After I got dressed in a black take top, jean jacket, skinny jeans, and flip-flops, I ran outside with my backpack and jumped in Bee. He drove me to school while playing old familiar Disney songs. Finally we got to my school and I ran out, noticing Ironhide's bulky form looming over a VW Bug nearby.
School was a regular day, I guess. Student Council was advertising the 'Welcome Freshmen!' dance for freshmen only. I doubted I would go; the prospect of a dance just didn't work for me.
As I was considering the dance, I accidentally ran into someone and dropped my books. "Oh, I'm sorry," I said, looking up. In front of me was a fellow freshman boy who had shaggy blond hair and a school sweatshirt.
"No, it's my bad," he said, kneeling down and getting my books, "You seemed caught up in something. My name's Declan. You are?"
"Brooke," I introduced, getting my books. I started to walk out but Declan followed me.
"So...don't I have a class with you?" he tapped his chin then snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah, Algebra!"
I nodded. "Yeah, I guess I didn't notice you because I'm usually asleep in that class," I said as we walked outside.
"Yeah, well, if you want any help, I do pretty good in Algebra. I could help you," he offered. I looked up to see that beautiful blond hair blowing in the wind. Was I crushing?
"Yeah, sure, that'd be great," I said, smiling. I walked over to Bee (whose holoform was inactive, so I had to get in the driver's seat.
Declan looked at my car in awe. "THAT is an amazing Camaro!" he said. I asked him what kind of car he had. "Oh, just that old Taurus over there." He pointed to a white car far at the back of parking lot.
"Oh well, would you like a ride over to it?" I asked.
Declan smiled and nodded. "Sure, thanks Brooke," he said, then got in the passenger seat. Bee roared to life and we pulled out of the spot.
'Come on Bee, don't do anything funny,' I silently thought. Declan's car wasn't THAT far away, but far enough that something could go wrong.
"Hold my hand! Baby, I promise that I'll do all I can!" the radio sang. Of course; what was more romantic than Michael Jackson? What was next, 'I'll Be There?'
Declan looked at me. "I'm sorry, my car has a radio malfunction," I lied.
"Baby, I like it, the way you move on the floor! Baby, I like it, come on and give me some more!" he sang again.
I put a death grip on the wheel. "I'm thinking about removing the radio completely, I know a mechanic who would be glad to take it out for me," I said, hissing a silent threat. The radio clicked off and we drove in silence to Declan's car. He jumped out.
"So do you want to go to the library tomorrow? I can help you with Algebra if you want," he offered.
I smiled. "Yeah, that'd be fine," I said.
Declan smiled and tapped the car. "Great. It's a date," he said, tossing a paper with what I think was his number at me. I wrote my number down and gave it to him. Right as I handed it to him, Bee quickly pulled out of the parking lot which almost made Declan trip.
"I'm sorry!" I called from the window. He said he was fine and Bee drove out of the school and onto the road. I slid into the passenger seat and Bee activated his holoform.
"WHAT was that about, Bee? Hold My Hand? I Like It? Could you not just be a quiet car while a cute boy was here?" I asked.
"I'm sorry," a harmonized boy group sang.
I face-palmed. "Bee, the Jonas Brothers are not going to make me feel better!" I yelled.
"I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!" a high voice called from the radio.
"OK, fine, let's just go," I said, leaning back in the seat. Bee began to play soft Owl City songs as we drove back to base.
Once inside, Bee drove me to a large steel room with a silver birth in the middle and a desk. Optimus and Akila were talking silently with Ironhide behind Akila. This must have been Optimus's Quarters.
I hopped out of Bee and he transformed. "Ah, Bumblebee, Brooke. Good, you came," Optimus said, "May I ask what took you?" he asked.
"You spin me right round, baby, right round. Like a record baby, right round, round, round," Bee sang. I rolled my eyes and Akila smiled at me with a 'you-will-tell-me-all-the-details-later' look.
"Anyway," Optimus continued, "as I was explaining to Ironhide and Akila, with the recent news of the Decepticons, both the government and myself have agreed that it would be best if you both didn't go to school for a while. If Starscream or Barricade come to your school when we are away patrolling the city, there would be nothing we could do."
"But this is my senior year!" Akila exclaimed.
"Major Lennox has suggested an online school for you girls," Optimus answered.
I gaped my mouth. "But I'm supposed to be going to the library with Declan tomorrow!" I protested.
"Is this Declan boy good? How do you know he's not a Decepticon?" Ironhide asked, crossing his arms.
I glared at him. "Not everyone is a Decepticon, Ironhide. The only Decepticons are Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave, and they can't be everywhere at once. Besides, why would Megatron disguise himself as a teenage boy?" I asked. Ironhide grumbled something under his breath but it was muffled.
"Fine, then," Akila said, jumping in the glare Ironhide and I were giving each other, "What if Brooke just went to school tomorrow then that's it, huh? Optimus?"
Optimus seemed hesitant but nodded. "I suppose one day would be okay. But if there is any Decepticon activity, then Bumblebee will pull Brooke out of the school immediately, alright?" he offered.
I nodded. "Sounds good. I mean, I still have his number so I can see him elsewhere," I said. After that little meeting, Bee and I left Optimus's Quarters. I went to my room and changed out of my pajamas and into my school clothes. Outside, soldiers drummed around the base, checking weaponry and just hanging out with others.
"Hey Brooke!" I heard someone yell. I saw a middle aged man with short brown hair running towards me. "I'm Will Lennox, the major at N.E.S.T. I've heard a lot about you, but never actually met you," he introduced, stretching out a hand.
I smiled and shook it. "Well then, it's nice to meet you, major. I guess I'll be stickin' around for while, so I guess I better meet some of the military guys around here," I said.
Lennox smiled then looked down at my right arm. "That's a pretty nasty cut," he muttered. I cocked my head quizzically at him; what cut? Then I looked at my arm to see a long scrape running from my elbow to my wrist on the side not visible to me. I put on my jacket after the fight, so no wonder I didn't notice it.
"Ouch," I muttered, "I didn't notice that before. Eh, it's fine." Bee transformed and activated his holoform to come see me. He checked out the scar with urgency.
"It looks pretty bad," Lennox said, "we might want to take you to Ratchet to get it bandaged." Lennox and I jumped in Bee's alt form and he drove up to Ratchet's med bay.
Once we got there, Bee transformed and knocked on the door. "If you are the twins and you damaged your armor again, so away," a grouchy voice called from inside.
"Just us, doc-bot!" Bee said, opening the door and letting us in.
"Oh, Bumblebee, what's wrong?" Ratchet asked, dropping a large wrench that he was about to chuck at the door. Note to self: do NOT upset him!
"I seemed to have gotten a cut. I think it's fine, but my overprotective guardian here begs to differ," I said, nudging Bee.
Ratchet lowered his hand for me and lifted me onto an oversized Autobot counter. I stood there while Ratchet looked at my arm.
"Where did you get this?" he asked, eyeing me.
I shrugged. "I guess from falling in the debris at the battle this morning," I said. Ratchet grabbed a small, human-sized gauze and wrapped it around my art where the scar was. Afterwards I was taken down from the counter and looked at my phone. I had a text from a number not registered in my phone. I clicked 'read' and it said, 'Hey Brooke, its Declan. You wanna go to Pizza Hut at six?"
I smiled and texted back, 'Yeah sure. Ill be there!'
After the visit to the Medical Bay, I went to do my homework. I learned from other student's mistakes that my Human Geography teacher would NOT accept any excuse for lack of homework. Not even "I was attacked by a giant 20-something-foot robot who tried to kill me and I was too traumatized to do my homework." Not that I would use that, but still. My other teachers accepted late work, but not this guy, Mr. Adams.
After I did my homework and goofed off on the internet, it was five. I went outside only to learn that Bee has taken the patrol for that night since I was doing homework. So, I found Akila in the shooting range.
"Hey, can I borrow Ironhide for a bit?" I asked, entwining my fingers together.
Akila smiled and put a hand on her hip. "And why so?" she asked.
"Because Bee is on patrol and I need a ride to Pizza Hut," I explained. Ironhide stepped behind Akila, whirling his cannons from shot practice.
"As fun as it would be to take you to a teenage place of meeting, I have to stay and teach Akila not to blow a hole in the roof," he said. Akila glared at him but he pointed up to the roof where a hole opened to the night sky.
"Well is there anyone else who could drive me?" I asked.
"The twins are your only choice," he said.
My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. "Are you INSANE? If I take those twins to see Declan, they'll scare him off!" I yelled.
Ironhide shrugged and shot at another target. "Well, Ratchet is repairing Optimus's damage from the battle, Sideswipe and Arcee are familiarizing themselves with human customs, and Bumblebee is out patrolling," he explained. I face-palmed. They really were my old choice.
I googled the location of the Pizza Hut we were going to and noticed a gun store nearby. I smiled at my brilliant plan then ran down to Skids and Mudflap's quarters. I knocked on their door, heard numerous "Hide the stuff!" and finally Mudflap opened the door.
"How would you feel about having a cool trip combining human cultures and what you guys love at the same time?" I asked.
Skids walked in the doorway. "We're listenin'," he said.
"Weeell," I continued, "I have to go to this pizza joint tonight, totally lame I know, but nearby there is a gun store, so I thought it would be a cool time to see the city, you know?"
Skids and Mudflap looked at each other suspiciously.
"Thanks for driving me," I said again, sitting in a red Smartcar.
"Yeah, yeah, we're just here for the guns," Mudflap stated. Finally, he pulled up to Pizza Hut with Skids behind us and we, as in me and their holoforms, stepped out.
"The store is right around the corner. I'll be here," I told them. They nodded and ran off around the corner. I straightened the shirt I was wearing and walked inside. Sitting at a two-person table was Declan. He beamed as soon as he saw me and stood up.
"Hey Brooke," he said, puling out the chair across from him. I smiled and sat down, greeting him. "I ordered pepperoni, if you don't mind," he said.
I smiled and nodded. "Oh, no problem. I love pepperoni," I assured him. Out conversation started with small talk, such as the teachers we had, but evolved as to where we were born and such. Declan was born and raised in Arizona, so I wasn't surprised when he was intrigued that I had been in most every country around the world. He asked me all these questions about African tribes, the Taj Mahal (one of my favorite places), and living in Tokyo for a couple of years.
After a while, a man in a white apron came and set down two large pieces of pizza in front of us. "Pizza a la pepperoni, madam," he said, taking my hand and kissing my fingers. Declan glared at him while I giggled and he left.
"Excuse him," Declan said, "That's my brother. I get free stuff here all the time so I came here and he decided to tease me." I chuckled, said it was fine, and began eating. By the time we finished eating, it was about eight o'clock because we talked so much and got dessert.
We walked outside and Skids and Mudflap were gone. "Where could they be?" I wondered out loud.
"Who?" Declan asked.
"My...cousins. They drove me here," I said. Soon, two Smartcars came barreling down the street and screeched to a halt in front of the Pizza Hut. "And that would be them," I groaned. Declan smiled at the Smartcars then looked back at me.
"Well, then, I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked.
"Yeah, totally," I replied. Declan smiled and kissed my cheek, making me turn completely red. Like, tomato red.
I stood dazed for a moment but a honk woke me up and I walked into the car. We ran off and I was still smiling like an idiot.
Then I looked over at Mudflap's holoform and the red Autobot symbol on his arm. "Where did you get that?" I demanded.
Mudflap looked at his arm he smiled at me. "Like it, girly? Skids got one too; it's green," he said.
"Where did you get it done?"
"A tat place down da road. Said it was my first time with a tat and I ain't flinched once, neither did Skids," he said in pride.
I face-palmed. "That's keeping a low-profile. You think Optimus will like that?" I asked, knowing I was in trouble by at least one of the Autobots.
We drove back to the base and I ran up to my rood. I wish I was like a cliché girl in the movies who ran up to her room to write in her diary. My entry would say: 'Dear Diary, I love my life. Love, Brooke.' Instead, like a normal girl, I checked my email and went to sleep. I was super excited for tomorrow's date. Study date. Whatever.
Here it is! Now, I WANT A FEW COMMENTS! Come on, just one? For some reason, the last chap must have sucked, because only one fanfiction-er commented on the last chap and no Deviants. What the heck?
So, the next chapter has a kick-ass plot and I'm not gonna post it until at least one Deviant and one Fanfiction-er comments/reviews.
Songs:
The Middle- Jimmy Eat World
Hold My Hand- Michal Jackson and Akon
I Like It- Enrique Iglesias
Sorry- Jonas Brothers
Right Round- Better Alive