Authors Note: I Hope You All Had A Merry Christmas!
Onto The New Year!
So Here Is Chapter 8. You Can Finally Squeal With Joy Mrs. Optimus Prime! It's Here! It's Finally Here! And In Celebration Of The Holidays. I Named The Chapter With An Original Spin Of The 12 Days Of Christmas...Which I Heard Constantly This December.
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Chapter 8: 2 Minicons And A Pent Up Angered Semi-truck
The next day Lennox was running around the base, looking in every direction, searching every corner of the building for any sign that Amelia was around. But he didn't find any, her Laptop was gone, paper work piled up on her desk, Mearing screaming at him wanting to know where she was. He growled and charged into the main hanger.
"Hey!" he called out to the Autobots standing around, coming to a stop in front of them "have any of you guys seen Amelia? I can't find her anywhere. She's not answering her phone and...whew" he took a deep breath, bending over to put his hands on his knees before standing up straight again "and it's like she just fell off the face of the earth."
Ratchet frowned "Well that doesn't sound like Amelia. You would think if she were sick or in pain she'd call in and let you or Mearing know."
"I know. And Mearing is pissed! Completely off her rocker wanting to know where she is. She didn't get an email, phone call, nothing." Lennox explained further and rubbed his face vigorously in frustration "God, Amy." he growled.
Optimus who stood in the back of the group hung his head, looking to the side in great shame. He had a great feeling this was all his doing. His features turned from a sheepish expression to a determined one. Without a word he turned abruptly and headed for the large transformer sized exit. Lennox saw this and started running after him.
"Yo! Optimus, where are you going?" he yelled as he tried to catch up to the Autobot leaders long strides.
"For a drive." was Optimus only reply before he transformed and sped out the gates, almost not giving the guards enough time to open them to let him leave.
Lennox gradually came to a stop at the entrance, squinting his eyes in the high sun to try and see Optimus driving off into the distant streets. Ratchet and the others came up behind him and stared off with him.
"Well that's different...not like Optimus to just take off like that." Ratchet said out loud, though more to himself.
Mirage nodded "He's a definitely got something on his processor." he said, tapping at his helm.
Sideswipe hummed in thought as he stared off after their leader, a small smirk crossing his features before he turned around and headed back into the institute.
Amelia was bundled in a bunch of blankets in the downstairs of her apartment watching Ghost. She sniffled, wiping her nose with a tissue before growling and chucking it at the T.V.
"God I hate this! Hate it!" she screamed, covering her head and laying in a cocoon as she curled up on her side upon the couch. Screaming in frustration into the quilted fabric.
Wheelie was rolling down the sidewalk in his remote control monster truck alt mode, a laptop tucked in the back of it.
"I tell ya Brains, we need to crash somewhere else. I'm sick of living with Sam and that one chick, always putting us outside with that mutt. We got feelings!"
Brains only hummed in agreement as he picked up random Wi-fi spots, using them to surf through the internet.
"By the grace of Primus we lived through that crash and took down the Decepticon mother ship! We should have got a medal or somethin'. But what do we get? Nuttin'! No respect..."
"Criminal." Brains agreed.
"I wonder if N.E.S.T can place us with someone else..."
"Doubt it."
Amelia sighed deeply and sat up, pulling the blankets off her, making her hair poof out in random directions. She slicked back the dark brown hair with a hand and stood, trailing the blanket behind her as she walked around the apartment.
"Well...I'm looking up on their database. There is one not too far from here...maybe we can ask her." Brains suggested.
"A Chick?...Would be nice but...Unno..." Wheelie hummed.
"What do we got to lose? She already knows about us."
"True..." Wheelie pondered before speeding up "Alright lets do it!"
"Wee!" Brains cheered as Wheelie made a sharp turn, nearly making his laptop alt mode fall out of the back of the remote control truck.
Amelia had a piece of toast in her mouth as she headed towards the door. She shoved the rest of it in her mouth and chewed before opening it. Bending down to grab the newspaper that had been set on her stoop she looked up towards the street. With a gasp she reeled back and landed on her backside.
"Hey Amy! Mind if I call you that? My name's Wheelie and this is Brains." the monster mini truck said, indicating to the laptop in the back with his antenna.
"Yo!" Brains said, his Laptop form smoking.
Amelia stared at them for a long moment "Er...hi...how'd you find me?" she asked, blinking owlishly.
"Internet. Brains here is a wiz' at it." Wheelie said, tapping the laptop with the antenna.
Amelia looked to the Laptop and nodded.
"We don't want to put any stress on you or anything...but...being a N.E.S.T. Operative person, we was thinking, if you didn't mind of course...if we could crash here with you?" Wheelie asked, an almost pleading tone in his voice.
Amelia blinked again "Well I-"
Wheelie rolled up to her right foot and tried to climb over it, as though he were begging "Please! They treat us like scrap! They make us stay outside in the cold and rain! Look at me! I think I'm rusting!"
"Mhm, Inhumane." Brains agreed.
"All we want is to be treated like beings!" Wheelie continued.
"Preachin' to the choir. We're an advanced alien race just lookin' for a home." Brains told Amelia sincerely.
Amelia continued to stare "But...you have a home...with Sam and Carly."
"That's what we've been saying! They're horrible! Treat us like dirt!" Wheelie spat.
Amelia looked at them and sighed "Alright...I guess we can see how it goes...I guess I could use the company too..."
Amelia stood and watched the remote control truck roll in before closing the door. Wheelie and Brains transformed and latched onto her legs.
"Thank you! You're an angel! We'll do whatever you want to repay you. Clean the dishes, vacuum. You name it, you'll get it, goddess." Wheelie praised, nuzzling into Amelia's shin.
Amelia giggled at the sight and patted them "It's cool. Though I do need to walk to the store and get some things."
"Don't worry, I'll guard the house." Brains saluted, letting go of Amelia's leg.
"I'll come with and carry the groceries!" Wheelie said, dropping to the floor after Brains.
Amelia laughed "That's sweet. But I don't think you'll be able to carry it all." she said, throwing her blankets onto the couch "You guys just stay here and watch some T.V" she offered, gesturing to it.
Wheelie stared up at her as though she had offered him a lifetime supply of energon "Y-you mean it?"
"You're the best human ever, Amy!" Brains cheered, hobbling over to the couch and jumping onto it.
Amelia laughed, oddly feeling a lot better. Then again, she was being distracted from everything at the moment. She brushed her hair back with her fingers and shook it. Looking down at herself she found herself still in her Tiger print Pajamas. She shrugged, not caring and couldn't be bothered to change just to go to the store a few blocks down.
She opened the door and looked over her shoulder "See you guys later!" she called back at them before stepping into the breezy streets of Washington D.C.
Wheelie hopped up on the couch next to Brains and relaxed "This is the life, Brains..." he sighed, putting his hands behind his head and watched the rest of Ghost.
Optimus pulled up in the alleyway next to Amelia's apartment. He was about to transform and check the windows to see where she might have been, but remembered that she didn't appreciate him doing such things without notice.
The phone in the apartment rang, making the minicons look over at it in both panic and confusion. Wheelie and Brains exchanged glances as though in a silent conversation to see who was going to answer it.
"You answer." Brains finally said and pointed to the phone next to Wheelie.
Wheelie groaned before rolling closer to the phone and picking it up "Erm...Amelia Dupree's residence..."
Optimus outside frowned inwardly, not liking how a males voice had answered the phone "Who is this? Where is Amelia?" he asked not too happily.
Wheelie perked up "Yo! Boss bot! It's me, Wheelie! Small world. Amelia went to the store. She'll be back after a while."
Optimus sighed deeply in relief that something terrible had not happened "How is she?"
"She looked pretty sad when she opened the door to grab the newspaper and met us. But she seemed better afterward." Wheelie explained
Optimus nodded to himself and sighed again "Good...good."
"Somethin'...goin' on between you two?" Wheelie asked curiously.
Optimus went on the defensive "No!...no no...nothing like that." he said quickly, trying to get his point across before the minicon could think any different.
"Uhuh...well...I guess you'll see her when she gets home...bye." Wheelie told the Autobot leader before hanging up the phone and turning to Brains "That was awkward...and he totally had the hots for Amy." he said, leaning back into the couch again.
"I heard that." Optimus rumbled outside, causing both minicons to jump and scream at the random outburst.
Amelia grabbed the bags she had put all her groceries in and headed out of the store, getting stares as she passed by others. But she didn't care, she just let her long hair flail in the wind without a worry. She finally came up to the apartment and unlocked the door. Taking a step in, Wheelie and Brains were instantly at her feet, like two loyal dogs happy to see their master.
"Hey Amy! Optimus Prime called, he's out in the alleyway." Wheelie pointed towards the windows.
Amelia had walked over to the table as Wheelie had been telling her this. She set the last bag of groceries on the counter and froze as Wheelie pointed to the windows. She looked to the window and saw Optimus' alt form roll backwards, trying to hide. There was a split second of wondering what she should do, but in the end she went with her instincts and ran up the stairs.
"Amelia!" Optimus called.
"Way to go, big guy." Wheelie said as he helped Brains put away the groceries.
"I don't understand..." Optimus groaned as his air tanks hissed with his low mood.
"Human females are complicated, accept it and just make her happy lover boy." Wheelie said as he stuffed some potato chips in a cupboard next to the kitchen window.
"I am not..." Optimus started but stayed quiet as he began to roll away "just look after her..." he sighed before completely disappearing.
"As you command, mighty Autobot leader." Wheelie saluted before looking over at Brains and frowned "Yo, Brains. What are you doing?"
Brains held up the package of pads and shrugged "I don't know where these go...I think they're human female armor..." he started, taking one out and slapping it on his chassis, petting the soft fabric and humming contently "Mmm...so soft." he purred.
Wheelie stared at him in disbelief and shook his head as a hand came up to palm his face "Oh boy..."
Amelia barreled up and flopped on her bed, burying her face into the pillows at the head of it "What? Now he's concerned?" she growled "I have to completely miss work and not say a word to anybody just for him to notice I'm not ok?" she hissed.
Wheelie and Brains crept up the stairs a little bit later and opened the bedroom door "Amy?"
"Just go away..." she mumbled.
"Sorry, couldn't hear you over the stuffed cloth you call a pillow." Wheelie said as he climbed up the bed with the help of Brains.
Wheelie rolled across the blankets and placed a hand on her back "You ok?"
"Yeah...I'm fine." she lied.
"You're a terrible liar..." Wheelie shook his head "You like the big guy, don't you?"
"No!" she lied again.
"Amy, Amy...don't lie to us...we won't tells nobody! We're your friends. Strange alien friends from another planet that barely know you and vice versa but...still your friends." Wheelie smiled.
Amelia growled as she tried to be tough and hold back tears. No way was she going to cry in front of someone, never. Sideswipe rolled up the alleyway, worried about Amelia since she hadn't shown up at N.E.S.T and because he believed Optimus would have been there checking on her too, but he guessed not since he didn't see the Autobot leader.
Sideswipe honked his horn "Amy!" he called "You dead in there?"
Amelia roared, throwing herself off the bed and grabbing a pillow from a chair as she went. She flung open the door and snarled.
"If I was dead, would I be yelling at you right now, dumbass?" she yelled and threw the pillow at his hood.
Sideswipe backed up some "Hey! Woah! What has your systems overheating, Amy?"
"I just want to be left alone! Tell Mearing she can fucking fire me. I don't give a shit! I'll go back to being a regular librarian or something. Anything is better than working for that bitch!" she roared before slamming the window shut, then opened it again, having forgotten to say something "Even if that means being homeless and broke and dying on the streets! And you can tell Optimus..." she started but couldn't think of anything really worth insulting the leader for so she just slammed the window shut as hard as she could, nearly breaking it.
Sideswipe stared up at the window through his alt mode, completely stunned. Wheelie and Brains backed off and gave Amelia room as she laid back on her bed.
"I think she's pissed..." Brains commented.
"No slag, genius." Wheelie rolled his optics.
Sideswipe rolled into base sluggishly, drawing attention to himself.
"Sideswipe, are you ok?" Ratchet was first to ask since he was the medic.
"I...I don't know...just saw Amelia...man was she mad! Worse than Mearing!" he told everyone around him.
"I heard that!" Mearning barked and walked up to the Corvette "So she's playing hookey than?"
"No...but she told me to tell you..." he started but let the recording play of Amelia's words to finish his.
Mearing stared at the car, stunned. Lennox had walked up behind her and gained the same expression on Mearings face, completely surprised at Amelia screaming and swearing. Sideswipe cut the recording short as he rolled over to Ratchet.
"Where's Optimus?" he asked.
"Still out on his drive, probably. You know how much he likes to think." Ratchet chuckled some, having known the Prime a very long time.
Sideswipe sighed "Well...better go find him. Amy has a message for him too." he said, backing up before turning his wheels and driving out of the gates and onto the dark wet streets of Washington D.C.
Optimus settled in a nestle of trees and let his engine rumble in a sigh. Suddenly a Corvette rolled up beside him.
"Yo, Optimus, got a message from Amy." he said.
"How did you-" the Autobot leader started but never got to finish.
"Energon signature radar, duh!" Sideswipe chuckled.
Optimus groaned "So...what...did Amelia say?" he asked curiously, perking up slightly.
"Well..."
'And you can tell Optimus...SLAM!'
Optimus drooped low to the ground in his semi form.
"Geez boss, what did you do?" the silver Corvette asked as he transformed and stood up
"I didn't...well I...I don't know..." he grumbled as he also transformed, looking around them at the beautiful forest, but wasn't paying particular attention to it.
"I think you need to talk to her..."
"She doesn't want to talk to me...I think it best to leave her alone...let her overheated systems cool off"
"Optimus...you're optics must be on the fritz." Sideswipe pointed out.
Optimus frowned "Why?"
"She likes you! She wants you to go to her!"
"I did and she ran!" Optimus growled.
"Because she's probably angry with you about something...or scared. I think you need to spend time with Bumblebee..."
Optimus turned and looked at Sideswipe strangely "Why?"
"So he can teach you about females."
Optimus flustered, his faceplates sizzling and looking away "That is unnecessary. Besides Amelia is human. She shouldn't have feelings for me...It can't happen between us. We're two different species."
"So? If it's one thing I've learned about humans, is that their love knows no bounds...you've seen how Sam and Carly are. They went through the pit and back to be with each other. And Carly was way out of his league, but it still happened."
"No, Sideswipe." Optimus said sternly and turned his back to the silver mech "It's better this way...better to just let her move on from these feelings she has for me," he bowed his helm, whispering to himself "and whatever feelings I had."
Sideswipe snorted, not able to believe his leader "So that's it? You're not even going to try?" he growled "You know ever since Elita-"
Optimus abruptly whirled around, his torso steaming, knowing exactly what the mech was going to say and did not want to hear it "Don't..." he flared, watching Sideswipe back down instantly.
Optimus never finished. Instead he transformed in a temper and rolled away, white smoke steaming from his stacks.
Sideswipe watched after his leader, surprised by the sudden anger he showed and saddened, shaking his helm "Optimus...you need to let it out..."
