Beast Wars
Chapter 6: Introductions and Explanations
The Maximals and the teenaged trio had reached the place to where the stone bridge used to be now. After the fight, they decided to head back to base to figure out what to do next. Unfortunately, they also remembered what happened when Inferno attacked with his blaster. It completely destroyed it, leaving no way to get to the cave to where the Axelon rested. Optimus looked around to find anyway to get there, but to no avail. Air-Razor came back from her reconnaissance to report, "Sorry Big-bot, there are no other passages to it, at least none that are close." Rhinox butted in, "And don't forget, you and Air-Razor still need time for your internal repairs to finish."
Optimus nodded and turned to the others. "Well Maximals, we're in a tight fix. Without a bridge to get us to the other side there's no way we can get back to the base." All the Maximals were mumbling to each other. Justin was trying to think of some way to help them, but nothing came. If they couldn't find a way to get back to base, not only couldn't the Maximals find a safe place to stay, but neither could Aelita. Just then, Alex tapped Justin on the shoulder and he was giving him his full attention. "What, Alex?" "Dude, don't we have something that might help them!" Justin gave him a puzzled look. Alex just slapped himself in the face and brought Justin closer to whisper in his ear. Aelita got in closer to listen as well.
"We've got 'building materials', man."
Justin was trying to figure out what he meant by it, and suddenly it came to him. "I like to whisper too, Justin. What are we whispering about?" They both turned to Aelita, who was leaning on to Justin. Of course, this got Justin blushing madly seeing as how she was leaning onto him and she was only wearing a silk cloth wrapped around her. Justin pulled back as he tried to stop blushing madly, and he also saw Cheetor and Rattrap watching the whole thing and smiling at it.
Justin would have to clear that up later, but in the meantime, had to tell Optimus. "Optimus!" The Maximal leader turned to face Justin. "What is it, Justin." Justin smiled at the gorilla, "I think that Alex and I may have a solution to all of our problems." Optimus and the others looked confused, until Justin told them to follow him to where they needed to go.
Thirty-Five Minutes Later
At the Seyvont Junkyard
Justin and Alex led the Maximals to the Junkyard; all the Maximals, including Dinobot, were amazed to see so much technological devices in one place. He could see that the only one who was drooling was Rattrap, which was no surprise. "Ohh man, you mean ta' tell us dat' your famly' gets paid to collect and dump di' stuff?" Justin nodded, "Yep. So take as much as you need." Everyone transformed into robot mode, jumped on in, and forged around to find some stuff that would be of some use. Rhinox was with Optimus surveying the junk piles when Rhinox spoke up, "You know, there might be enough material to construct a new bridge, Optimus. As well as to repair a few things on the Axelon."
"My thoughts exactly, Rhinox. I think it was a good coincidence that we ran into Justin and his friend."
Justin and Alex watched as everyone was looking around for something. Aelita was standing next to them as Dinobot was walking towards them. Justin was a little unsure of Optimus' decision to allow an ex-Predacon to become a Maximal, Alex wasn't even sure if trusting the Turkey-Ancestor was a good idea, and Aelita was a little scared at first, but warmed up a little. They saw him looking towards Rattrap, who had taken an old shopping cart and was loading as much as he could. Dinobot snarled, "Look at that Vermin. One minute he chatters on, and the next minute he becomes some sort of excited pack rat." Justin could only smile at that response, "Yeah, he's like a kid Christmas shopping." Dinobot was confused when he said that.
"Christmas?", both Aelita and Dinobot asked.
"Wait, you don't know what Christmas is?" Alex placed a hand on Dinobot's shoulder, "Dino-dude, we seriously have got to teach y'all everything around here." Dinobot brushed the boy's hand off and walked away, unaware that he slipped and fell on an old Stanza, causing the horn to go off. This caught everyone's attention as they rushed on over to find Dinobot confused as from what to do. Rhinox jumped and sat on the hood; it only muffled the sound. So he got up and he and Dinobot tried punching it to silence up.
Cheetor was the first to see that the house nearby hand its lights turned on. "Heads up, fellow bots; looks like we're going to have company." Justin then paled at that; the last thing he needed was his sister finding out about his new friends. "Alright everyone, stand back!", Optimus said as he lifted the car and threw it far near the forest. It disappeared, making a crashing sound.
But it was too late as they saw someone heading for the back door. Justin spoke out, "you guys have got to hide. I don't know what's going to happen if my sister finds you guys." Optimus nodded, "Maximals, convert to beast mode and hide." They did so and hid behind something very fast.
Justin and Alex ran to the back door with Aelita in tow and prepared for the unexpected; Justin's sister.
"Alright who's out there!", she yelled as she had a crowbar in hand. She looked around, only to find her brother and his friend standing there out of breath. She sighed in relief, knowing it was just them and not thieves. "Well, well if it isn't the Dynamic Duo.", she looked behind them to see a blue haired girl wearing a cloth, "So, who's your friend" the boys turned around to find her behind them being shy as always.
She smiled, even though she didn't know the girl, and went past the boys to lead her in. "What's your name, sweetie?" Aelita blushed and answered, "A-Aelita, m-m-mam'." Rachel couldn't help but smile and laugh; this girl was as shy as Justin was when he was making friends.
"Well come on in. I'll make you something warm to drink."
Inside
Everyone was sitting in the Living room, drinking cocoa. Justin and Aelita were sitting on a couch while Rachel and Alex were sitting in recliner chairs, and they were sitting around a coffee table. Rachel asked her little brother where the girl came from and he and Alex had to come up with a pretty plausible story. They both told that they found her near the mountain river near what looked like a wreckage of a plane. Rachel then asked, "Wait! Did this plane look like it crashed recently?" They both shook their heads in this response. She then remembered the strange explosion that happened in the mountains, 'So that's what that was.' She looked at the girl and felt sorry for her; she must have been the only survivor.
Aelita was looking around the room and saw on the coffee table a picture. She looked at it and saw a man with black hair standing behind a teenaged girl with the same hair color. Next to them was a woman with flowing brown hair holding a three year old boy with the exact hair color as well. Rachel saw her looking at the picture and said, "Those are our parents, Aelita." Aelita and the boys were a little surprised as she said that. "I-I'm sorry.", Aelita spoke out shyly. Rachel just let it aside, "Ah, that's all right. You have a right to know. You can tell I take after our mother, even though I've got my dad's hair."
Aelita just smiled and asked, "So where are they now?" That question brought the whole room silent. Rachel and Alex looked a little depressed while Justin lowered his head in response to that question. Aelita had wondered if she had said something wrong. Rachel was the one to speak out,
"They're dead. They passed away five years ago."
Aelita was shocked to hear that. She had no idea and now she had been so inconsiderate of such a thing. Rachel told her that both of them had died in a car crash while they were on their way from an anniversary. Rachel had to graduate early in order to become Justin's legal guardian. She explained that Justin took it the hardest when they died. Aelita looked at Justin, who still had his head down, and she could tell that he was still taking it hard. She scooted over to him and hugged him, probably to show him that it was alright to be hurting now or that he wasn't alone.
Rachel looked at this and decided to have some fun, but mostly to get Justin to snap out of it. She gave a cat-like smile and said, "So to get off the gloomy subject, Justin, just how far did you and your little friend there go?" Justin immediately bolted up and looked a little embarrassed. "Sis! I just met her and we're only friends!" Rachel and Alex laughed uncontrollably until Rachel said, "I meant how far did you and Alex go on the Mountain Crawler, you goof-head." Justin and Aelita were blushing madly and steam coming out of their ears in embarrassment. They were going to say something but they were all deterred by a noise coming outside.
"Did you all hear that? Stay here.", Rachel said as she picked up her crowbar. The three teens were about to protest but she was already out the door. They all looked worried, hoping that she wouldn't find what they thought she would find.
Outside
Rachel went in further through the scrap yard, looking for the one who made that noise. She heard rustling from behind her and looked around; nothing. So she decided it was probably some rats looking for some lunch. When she walked towards her house, she had stepped on some lumpy hose and heard a scream with a few scatting sounds after it. She looked down and saw the biggest rat you've ever seen. She jumped back with her crowbar at the ready, but not prepared for what was going to happen next.
The rat took its tail, cradling it, and to Rachel's surprise, it spoke. "Hey, Lady, watch where ya's steppin'!"
She screamed at the rat when she heard it spoke, unaware that she bumped into something else. She turned around sharply to come face-to-face with a brown and light brown velociraptor. And to her surprise, it also spoke out, "Watch where you're running into, woman." She screamed and whacked the raptor a couple of times. Justin ran up there when he heard all the screaming; when he got there he saw Rachel whacking the living daylights out of Dinobot. "Sis, wait! He's not going to hurt you; he's a friend, so is the rat."
She turned around to face Justin, with a look on her face saying 'have you lost your mind'. Dinobot, who had recovered from the constant whacking grumbled, "I beg to differ, Seyvont." Rattrap couldn't stop laughing while Rachel walked up to Justin and said, "Oh yeah, and how do you know they're not something from another planet trying to eat us!" Justin sighed and looked to Rattrap and Dinobot.
"Maybe you guys should show her what you really look like."
Rachel was puzzled by what he meant by that, and then she heard the sound of gears whirling and turned around. What she saw was too much to handle; she saw where the animals were, in their place, were two humanoid robots. She stared at them for a long time until she screamed at the top of her lungs, and fainted.
57 Minutes Later
Rachel was sitting on the couch, sipping a cup of coffee, looking like she was in deep thought. On the other end of the table were the kids and the Maximals, all in Robot form and sitting down. Justin introduced her to everyone and Optimus decided to tell her everything. The Maximals and Predacons, the Golden Disk and Aelita, and the Energon Explosion. It's not everyday life forms from another planet come to your world to duke it out with each other and your little brother gets into the middle of it. She took it pretty well.
"You really stepped into it big this time, Justin Isaac Seyvont."
Justin scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. She then looked towards the Maximals and thought to herself, 'Well these guys aren't half bad. I mean they did protect my bro and his friend.' She then set her coffee mug and looked at them seriously.
"Well, I'm guessing that my brother isn't going to leave so easily and his little friend Aelita isn't going to let him go so easily either, so I've got a few conditions I'd like to make."
Optimus and the others were listening in as Rachel continued. "First: Aelita's going to live here with us and attend high school with Justin. This way this 'Megatron' wont be crazy enough to draw attention to himself and that she can have a decent place to sleep." Rattrap was about to object to that, but Optimus stopped him. He agreed that Aelita would perhaps be safe here and that Megatron wouldn't think twice to try and expose himself as well as the Predacons.
"Second: Justin and Alex still have to go to school so they're going to have to be home as soon as possible in order to avoid suspicion. So they have to be back by 9:30 or 10 PM." Justin and Alex shook their heads in embarrassment; she was starting to sound like their mother. "Third: I want one of you guys to keep an eye on these three so that way they don't get into trouble, and I don't care which one it is, as long as you stay out of sight."
Optimus shook his head in agreement, and everyone did as well. Optimus spoke out, "Rachel, you have my word that Justin and Alex will both be safe as long as I still function." Rattrap muttered, "Yeah but who knows how long." Rhinox just clonked his friend lightly on the head, "Shut up, Rattrap."
Cheetor group hugged the three human teens as he smiled, "Looks like we're going to be pretty good friends after all, guys. Rrowelll!" Justin couldn't help but smile as everyone, except Dinobot, laughed. They had gained a new friendship and a new ally; they knew this would be a night to remember.
Rachel just watched as Justin and his friends, Alex Aelita and all the Maximals, were talking with each other and she couldn't help but smile. 'It's nice to know that Justin now has more than one friend now, even though they're not from around here.'
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