They landed in a huge corn field somewhere in the midwest. A surprised farmer boy looked at them with wide eyes and open mouth.
"W-What are ya?" he asked wiping his long blonde hair from his eyes. Optimus really didn't want to worry about this human at the moment he was too busy with keeping Bumblebee from dying. The boy stepped back as energon fell to the ground and his eyes reflected the blue liquid as he gazed at it transfixed. Arcee leaned on Bulkhead she was dizzy all of the sudden, the energon dripping from Cliffjumper, no Bumblebee flickered from purple to blue. Bulkhead looked at her and mumbled,
"You don't look so good." Arcee tore her optics from Bumblebee to look into Bulkhead's
"I-I'm not." she whispered and Bulkhead frowned. He looked at the young boy who was still staring at them.
"Hey, uh what's your name?" the big green mech asked.
"Gary. Gary Bell." Optimus shifted his weight and Bumblebee groaned in pain.
"Gary Bell do you know anywhere hidden from the public that we could stay for the day? Our teammate is injured and we need somewhere more private than a uh, cornfield." Gary nodded his head moving so quickly it almost seemed it was going to fly from his shoulders. He lead them through the field to a large barn. It was in a great state of disrepair. Half of the roof had caved in the and wood was rotten and brown having long ago lost it's paint. The floor was packed down dirt and there were great chunks of wood strewn about as if someone was going to fix up the barn but after hauling all the materials out had decided to abandon the project. Optimus shoved some beams out of the way with his foot and went into the barn lying Bumblebee down wincing at the little pained noises he made. Arcee and Bulkhead followed Arcee a little unsteady on her feet. Optimus commed Ratchet and soon the medic had arrived. Arcee and Bulkhead went back to base to keep an eye on things but would be ready to join the other three in a heartbeat. Gary had also come along as it would be better for the other humans to explain to him as the autobots were currently occupied. Arcee smiled as she listened to the human children attempt to explain everything. Jack was still injured but he could talk.
"So they're aliens?" Gary asked. Jack nodded. Gary frowned at turned in Arcee's direction. "Are you the ones who leave the crop circles in our corn then?" Arcee laughed.
"Nope." she replied. For a moment the fog in her head lifted and she felt better but then the flashes of Cliff's face invaded her vision and she ran to her room. This was all too much. Jack watched her with concern and got up as if to follow her but Miko and Raf pulled him back down.
"You're hurt remember?" Miko asked her eyes narrowed. Jack stayed put mumbling.
"So you guys going to tell me how you met them?" Gary asked. Miko smiled.
"It started a long time ago…"
Sorry for short chapters and the horrible one you just read but i've had things going on...and it's hard to write when you're arms are aching and your head has recently been slammed into a countertop...you know? I'll try to post more just hold you're horses.
