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Chapter 6 Running Into Problems
Once again I woke up knowing my dad was already up. The sun was shining through the yellow curtains right onto my face. Annoyingly, I opened my eyes and blinked a couple times before I recovered. I sighed covering my eyes with my hand.
With an odd noise coming from my throat I stretched out my body. The rock hard mattress was starting to take a toll on me.
Suddenly something, or rather somebody, jumped onto my head gripping my hair as leverage. A lopsided smile appeared on my face with a breath of laughter. "Good morning to you too Sideswipe." I mumbled not bothering to get the mech off my head.
"So what are we gonna do today boss?" He asked eagerly a joyous smile in his voice.
"Mmm…I don't know. Let me have my coffee first, Sides." I said yawning.
"Alrighty then." He jumped down and I heard a clang of metal against metal and a unpleasant growl.
"Sideswipe!" Unmistakably Sunstreaker was just belly flopped on ruining his beauty sleep.
"Good morning, my sunshine!" The silver twin sang out. I placed a index finger to my temple.
I heard another clang and another and soon Sideswipe was laughing his aft off. I looked to my left seeing Sunny using Sideswipe's back as a comfy seat. "Afthead" He mumbled before laying across him perpendicularly.
"I would say a fat joke right now but I would like to keep my head on my shoulders." Sideswipe said taking he punishment with humor.
"Good choice. Now go back into recharge." He mumbled off lining his optics.
I silently watched the two twins bicker at each other.
"But-but it's ten in the morning!" He said.
"Don't care. Recharge." He said getting comfortable.
Sideswipe was about to poke at him but I cleared my throat. "Remember, Sideswipe, you were the same way when you came online. All you did was sleep." I said poking at his helm in playful way.
"Yeah but-"
"No buts. Let your brother sleep. He's had a rough night."
"Thank you Britt for convincing afthead over here." Sunstreaker said his voice trailing off.
Sideswipe suddenly widen his optics. "Hey! No, hey c'mon bro don't fall asleep I am still under you." He whined.
I shook my head getting out of bed leaving the twins to sort out their problems. I needed coffee and- I looked around. "Hey where's Starscream?"
At the sound of his name a curtain was peeled back and the mech himself was reveled.
With a smile I went over to him giving him a pat on the head. "Rough night again?" I guessed.
He hummed looking out the window again. "Despite hating the organic world we are surrounded by I find it odd how at the same time it's almost…" He paused sighing. "Never-"
But I interrupted him. "Beautiful, peaceful, calm?" I supplied with a smile.
"Yes, I suppose. I've never had such a flight like yesterday, femme. Something seemed to pull at my spark..." He said uncomfortable with admitting to such a thing.
I shrugged stroking one of his wings. He tried resisting the gentle touch but gave in, rumbling his engines in a purr like sound. I closed my eyes with a soft sigh. The next thing I said took a lot to say. "So why don't you go out again?" I said in a very quiet whisper.
He spun around shocked by my words. "But femme, did I not fail you yesterday? I should be punished to never fly again! And what about you strict restrictions about-"
I cut him off again. "I'm not that mean, Starscream." I paused. "I can trust you, right?"
He lowered his gaze to the windowsill and sighed through his vents.
Back home the only time Starscream got to fly around was in my house when I was alone and maybe out in the back yard when no one was watching-and that was rare. "I understand Starscream, a seeker can not be bound to the ground forever. So think of this as keeping your pride intact." I smiled sadly lowering my finger to his wingtips. "Besides I don't think you want to miss this opportunity of the open air. I hear mountain air is good for the systems." I said smiling.
"I suppose…" He said leaning into the touch. Seeker wings were the most sensitive part of their body and I took full advantage of that at certain times with Starscream. Like whenever he has one of his diva breakdowns I would do it to calm him down. Insert roll eyes here.
Anyways. It wasn't enough to convince the mech. Even if Starscream was the most pathetic mech out there he still had values, pride(even if it was as big as an elephant ), loyalty that would put a dog to shame, and a dash of respect. He just chose not to show it in front of anyone else but me.
"Just go before I change my mind." I finally said pushing him a bit with my hand.
Seeming like he was convinced, he transformed, gently hovering above the beaten up windowsill. "Just come back soon. Don't ruin my trust in you, mech."
I opened the window and like a child running off to a playground, he soared outside. I smiled knowing he was happy. And if he was happy I was. With another sigh I made my hands go into gentle fists. My little mechling was growing up…I laughed at the thought a bit.
"Britt, a little help!" Was Sideswipe's slightly panicked voice that brought me out of my daze.
I turned my head and went over to him. "What?" I asked.
"He's on my door, ow, ow, ow, bro!" He growled trying to push him off.
Realizing he was really in pain I gently took his brother off of him and set him on my pillow.
Sideswipe sighed with relief flexing his door wings. One was hitching more than the other.
Gently I wrapped my hand around his door wing and examined it. "It's getting worse…" I winced seeing the metal healing over the joint itself-exactly where it wasn't supposed to be.
"Uh, I can tell." He said placing his head in his palm with a wince as I tried to flex it to test how far it could go.
"How come you never told me?" I asked creasing my eyebrows in concern letting go of his door wing until I knew he could support it again.
"I didn't want to get you worried." He admitted embarrassed.
"Sides, I can't fix this now! I can only do so much with a pair of tweezers!" I said mimicking my fingers as a pair in front of him.
"What-what about…" He suddenly shook his head. "I can't belief I am saying this." He said more to himself than me. "What about doc-bot."
That made me stare at him for a moment. "Wow, why hadn't I thought of that?" I said crossing my arms.
Sideswipe saw the look on my face. "Oh no Britt. Britt! Don't make that face! It was just a suggestion!" He said waving his hands in front of him in a "do not want" way.
"It was you who said it! Sideswipe, if this gets worse you won't be able to transform." Too God damn early for this. I thought.
Sideswipe widened his optics. "No more racing…" He whimpered.
"Yes." I said seeing that I was getting through to him.
He immediately deflated and sighed. "Fine, fine. I miss ol' Hatchet anyway."
"See? Besides I'm broke because of Sunny. I won't be able to buy him for awhile. Do you think you can handle your door wing for that long?" I said cringing.
"Sure." Suddenly he looked around. "Weren't you just talking to 'screamer?"
"He went out for a flight." I said with a shrug turning to my mirror to fix my morning hair.
"What?! You let him go but you yell at me for-"
"Don't go there Sideswipe. I trust him more than you at times." I said in a serious tone but my smile was betraying my tone.
He crossed his arms in a pout.
"Watch over you brother while I am gone." I said placing my curly hair in a pony tail, putting on my glasses, and going out the bedroom door.
"Do you really need to ask me?" He said smiling once again.
I smiled also.
I sat at the dining room table looking out the large window into the forest. Somewhere Starscream was having the time of his life out there…alone. I shook my head and took another sip of my coffee. Stop thinking like that. He's fine. He's happy… I thought with a shake of my head.
You know I remember when I was first starting to know Starscream. I was expecting to be just like the fandom Starscream but in surprise he wasn't all like him. Sure he was an ass at times, and maybe started a few fights and his whiney voice would get annoying at times but his spark was true. Yes, he was a Decepticon but look at it this way do you think he knew what he was getting into when the war wouldn't end for million years to come? Do you think he knew that what he was fighting for was wrong? It's just what he fought for he thought was the truth, and that's something my boys have grown up to do. Believe in what they were fighting for.
"Good morning Britt." My mom said as she came out of the bathroom breaking me out of my thoughts.
"'Morning" I said lazily, taking another sip of my coffee.
My mom paused at my tone. "Brittney…"
Oh God here we go. I thought placing my coffee cup down on the table with a loud clang. I smiled at her. "Yes?"
She sighed rubbing her wrist. "You have been acting strange lately and I was just worried that you might be hiding something from us…"
Smoothly, I creased my eyebrows in question. "Why would you say that?"
Again she sighed. "You have been going out late all by yourself and you seem skittish about it. Plus thirty dollars was missing from your dad's wallet so we were worried that you might be ya know…"
I kept my eyes creased in confusion and then I connected the dots. "Oh mom! God no! No, no, no, I would never do drugs!" I said waving my hands in front of myself.
"Well it seems that way…" She insisted weakly.
I groaned slapping a hand to my forehead. "Mom, I am not doing drugs! Trust me! I am a teenager ya know we're supposed to sneak outta the house once in a while. Beside I was just on a hike yesterday and I brought along money just in-case I needed it for water or something."
"Fifty bucks for water Britt?"
I opened my mouth to say more but I pouted. "Mom I'm not doing drugs. You can do a test on me right now, for God's sake!" I said exasperated.
"Don't get mouthy with me young lady." She said taking on a serious expression. "Until you tell the truth you are not going anywhere unless you tell us and keep in contact with us."
"But Mom!" I begged.
"No buts! You are also going to pay back the fifty dollars." She said sternly, nodding her head.
I have twenty in my bedroom right now." I said getting up. I opened the door and snatched it off my dresser. Sideswipe gave me a worried look before I shut the door. "Here." I said slapping it on the table and then retreating into my bedroom with a huff.
"Brittney!" My mom begged before sighing and looking at the twenty dollar bill.
I sat on my bed crossing my arms over my chest. "The nerve of her!" I hissed under my breath.
"What happened?" Sideswipe asked with worry. "I heard you yelling."
"Mom is starting to catch on to us." I said helping Sideswipe climb my leg. He sat there looking at me with worry.
"Do you think she'll find us out?" He asked alarmed.
I smiled. "No, I doubt that…I will always keep you guys safe."
He looked convinced but still worried. I laughed to myself. "I'm grounded on vacation. Oh that's something to put in the books huh?"
"Why?" Sideswipe asked tilting his head with a confused expression on his faceplates
"Well my mom was apparently thinking last night and she connected the dots-all wrong. I told her I went for a hike yesterday but she didn't believe me. Yeah, it was a stupid excuse for bringing fifty dollars for water but I couldn't think up something else. So she accuses me of doing drugs." I explained looking down at him with a 'well whaddaya gonna do?' look.
"And the fact you came home late didn't help either." He added with a breath of humorless laughter.
"Nope." I said smacking my lips.
With I sigh I laid down on the bed with my legs hanging off. Sideswipe stood on my stomach.
"How's your bro doing?" I said turning my head to face Sunny.
"He's still recharging." He said slightly upset by the fact. "He's fine. A couple more hours and you'll be wishing he was asleep again." I laughed rubbing my eyes.
"Nah." He said with a laugh.
"Sideswipe." I warned knowing the tone he was giving me. "Don't start trouble I am already knee-deep into the hole with my mom. The last thing I need is her yelling at me for something I didn't do-again."
Sideswipe shook his head bobbing his hand in a 'calm down' gesture. "I know." He paused. "You know your mom is just looking out for you…kind of what you do with us. If she wasn't worried she wouldn't love you." He said sitting down.
I sighed making my stomach rise along with Sideswipe. "I know that but it's aggravating to be accused of something you didn't do and to lie to cover up the real reason you can't tell anyone."
"Yeah I know but just ride out the punishment like me and Sunny did when we were put in the brig. At least you still have someone to not make it all that bad." He said hinting himself with a dashing smile.
"Oh please." I said with a huff and smile.
He smiled accomplished that he made me laugh. "Hey you know when 'Screamer will get back?" He said in a scheming tone.
"No jet judo." I warned immediately catching onto his tone.
"Damn."
So today I avoided my parents and brothers, just not wanting to deal with them for a little bit. They went to the beach once again and I decided to just hang out at the swing set. But of course not without my parent's permission. I sighed, kicking the sand every time I gently swung forward. I left Sideswipe and Sunny at the cabin, personally trusting him that I could leave him alone. Sideswipe knew better than to go back on my word. I told him to text me once Starscream came back.
I've been here for twenty minuets and still haven't got anything. By the sound of a kid laughing I got up from the swing set and left immediately. You may think I'm weird or mean or heartless for this but I am not a kid person. Never liked to deal with them. Maybe it's from babysitting all the time. Under all that cuteness there was pure evil. Evil.
Ugh, you should see the one girl I baby sit. You can't go anywhere without stepping on one of her dolls. And that shrill of a cry she has. It takes about a second to give into her demand of playing tea party with her. I shivered at the thought as I crossed the bridge to the island.
I sat down on the bench and looked out onto the lake. It was late morning and the chilled breeze from the cold water blew past me causing me to shiver. In the background the little boy started to laugh as her mother swung him.
I smiled at the laugh but then it went away as I stared into the distance. I placed my hands in my pockets and began to play with the cabin key subconsciously.
Suddenly my phone vibrated and it snapped me out of my peaceful daze. Hurriedly I got it out of my jean pocket and slid the keyboard out. It was a text from Sideswipe. 'Starscream's back and he's in bad shape. Hurry back.'
"Shit!" I swore getting up immediately and running over the bridge and up the hill. The parent gave me an odd look but I didn't care. Speaking of parents, mine were going to be pissed if they found out I'd left the place. I groaned at the sudden realization. You know what? Screw that, my boys came before me and anything else-especially when they needed me.
I knew I shouldn't have let Starscream go off alone. "Damnit, Damnit, Damnit!" I chanted running onto the rocky road. Among the crunching of the rocks beneath my feet I herd a voice and sounds of footsteps going off of the cabin's front porch two doors down. "Yup, I'll be back soon!"
Bang. Without looking I ran into the guy bringing us both down to the ground. My hand hit a sharp rock cutting it. "Damn it." I hissed at the pain.
Once I realized I was on top of the guy I freaked out. "Oh God, I am so sorry!" I said getting off of him quickly.
The guy smiled shaking his head and rubbing his elbows. "It's alright no harm done." He paused gathering himself. "What's got you in a hurry?" He said as we both stood up.
Finally I looked up at him and gasped. His smile disappeared also. While I clutched my wrist I creased my eyebrows in question. "Rick?"
Dun, dun, dun! Short chapter is short. Please don't kill me. *holds up Starscream as a shield.* "Put me down femme!" "No! They'll eat me!"