Hot Shot's girl: This chp might be a little short 'cause it's not meant to be long. The one after this might be longer . . . yea . . . it should.
The next day came and went just as quick as yesterday. Alex saw Hot Shot, but he wasn't so near to him as he would have liked. Hot Shot was supposed to be his body guard but he wasn't near. If the decepticons wanted to they could kill or take Alex.
Hot Shot was only a couple yards away, but there were too many yards between them. Hot Shot was like a big brother to Alex, now . . . it didn't feel that way. Alex was a little disappointed in Hot Shot acting this way now that he may be the sparkling of the most evil dictator on cybertron. Alex could understand the fear and everything, but this was getting out of control. It seemed to him that Hot Shot just wanted to lay down and stop living.
Alex couldn't let his best and closest friend do that, but what could he do? Understanding a transformer would be more difficult than building a car engine from scratch, but somehow Alex had to do it. After all—he was their creator. Without him they would just cease to exist and he wanted so much for Hot Shot to start existing again.
Optimus saw this attitude so he had Kaz and Tracks stay near Alex. Along with the twins, but they often forgot who they were guarding and went off to do who knows what . . . hint why he had a devoted officer like Tracks watch them, but if the decepticons were to attack he couldn't hold them off for long and the children would be lost.
Kaz tried to get Alex's mind away from his 'zombie' partner and tried to teach him how to bring out those powers of his just incase a thing like Galvatron happened again. Alex tried to listen and do what he was told, but after one failure of doing anything he gave up and just wanted to know where Hot Shot was.
"He's just outside maker, now continue with your training," said Tracks to him.
Alex just bowed his head and sighed. He turned to Kaz and tried to focus on his lessons, but it just wasn't working when his mind was with Hot Shot all the time. Kaz told him he needed to focus and knew his thoughts were on Hot Shot, but he didn't care. Everything could be done and over with but nooooo Alex wanted to be with Hot Shot who clearly wanted to be left alone.
"Alex!" groaned Kaz tired of Alex's mangled thoughts. "Will you just attempt a TRY at what I'm trying to show you?"
"It's not that easy Kaz!!" said Alex his anger rising from confusion and failure at his powers and his best friend to come back out of his shell. "You were born with them and had a lifetime to figure them out, but ME!! . . . I just found out I could use them a year ago. Kaz it's not easy having the wait of the world on your shoulders at such a young age!"
"Yes I do," said Kaz. "When I was at a younger age I found out I could use them and my grandfather told me it was all up to me to show the maker to become who he was supposed to be. I was so scared I wouldn't know how to so I practiced and practiced. Later when you didn't show I gave up the training believing my father was right that this was all just a waste of time, but then—graduation. That fear and weight came back on me. You never expected this Alex, but I did. I had a whole lifetime to prepare for you and now I fear it's not enough."
"You and me both Kaz," said Alex turning and walking away.
"Now that is no way to talk to Kaz Alex," said Tracks watching him march off. "Hhh—teenagers. Worst millennia's of my life."
Hot Shot waited outside just sitting in the darkness of the building. He had his arms crossed and none could tell what he thought of. Once he saw Alex exist and look for him he got up and began to walk away from him.
"Hot Shot," said Alex finding him in his eye site.
Hot Shot turned his head to Alex, but it soon left his gaze and he began to walk off and away from Alex. Alex really wished he'd stop trying to avoid him.
"Wait!" he called out chasing after him.
It took a while for Alex to catch up to him with those short legs of his, but once he had Hot Shot had managed to walk far enough and away from the buildings you could hardly see them. Alex often wondered if they were in protected territory for he was concerned his 'body guard' wouldn't do his job.
"Hot Shot where are you going?" he asked.
"No where important," sighed Hot Shot his optics cast to the ground.
"Why have you been like this Hot Shot?" asked Alex. "Why can't you go back to your normal Hot Shot self?"
"It's not that easy Alex," sighed Hot Shot.
"Why?" asked Alex stopping. "All you have to do is go back to the way you—"
"IT'S NOT THAT EASY!!" said Hot Shot turning to him causing Alex to jump quite a bit.
"Geez Hot Shot," gasped Alex holding his heart from never being that scared from him ever.
" . . . I'm sorry Alex," bowed Hot Shot. "It's just . . . I have a lot on my mind."
"Like what?" asked Alex coming back to him. "Is it Galvatron?"
"Wouldn't you be thinking about it too?" asked Hot Shot. "If you knew who he really was to you?"
"Yea . . . I guess I would," said Alex casting his eyes down. "But isn't it better to be optimistic than down all the time? Optimus said it would."
"That's Optimus, and 'apparently' I'm not at all like him," sighed Hot Shot.
"Don't say that Hot Shot," said Alex.
"It's true Alex. I can feel it deep within my spark . . . the truth. Well," sighed Hot Shot casting his optics upward to the gray skies. "If I were to think optimistic I'd say I always wanted a brother . . . apparently I already have one."
"Don't say that Hot Shot!" said Alex getting tired of this. "My dad says never make anything a fact unless you know for sure it's one!"
"But it is Alex," said Hot Shot kneeling to him. "I know you know it too. You're Primus right? You're all knowing. You tell me."
"Now that is not fair! I don't feel like that now," said Alex rubbing his chest a bit. "So for now stop acting like Galvatron's kid okay. You're much more fun when you're Optimus' and besides you're my brother remember?"
"No . . . not anymore," shook Hot Shot standing back up. "You even have your own brother—Unicron, or John as you humans call him."
"Hot Shot don't say—" started Alex.
"And I have Starscream . . . it's just as simple as that," said Hot Shot casting Alex's spirits too far down.
Alex bowed his head. He couldn't believe his closest friend just cut him down this far. Acting like he was a person none as important as anyone else. He acted like they never were like brothers, but if Alex's memory is still intact he can very much remember that.
Hot Shot was the only brother he's ever known and loved. John or not, and same for Hot Shot. Starscream or not. He was his true brother and that was that. Alex never thought he'd see them two drift so far apart, but look at them now.
Alex turned his head up to Hot Shot and bit his lip. He was tired of Hot Shot acting like this, but Hot Shot was breaking his heart telling him they weren't brothers anymore or even close friends. No matter what though, as Alex thought, they would always be brothers.
"I don't care Hot Shot," said Alex shaking his head. "No matter what happens you'll always be my TRUE brother."
At that Alex turned and left to go back to Kaz and try and complete some things. This left Hot Shot to ponder many things.
Off in the distance was a dark transformer and he only smiled seeing the tension between the two. Sideways couldn't help but smile as the two's bond was falling apart from the inside out.
Hot Shot's girl: Okay the next chp is where things go from bad to worse lol. You'll see what I mean later. Till then bye :)
