Chapter 10: We Meet Again
Everyone was shocked at what the light purple femme just said.
Jack turned to Arcee and asked her, "I didn't know that you have a sister, Arcee."
"It's something that I didn't want to talk about" she replied to Jack as she was heading out of the room.
The light purple femme caught Arcee's arm and said to her, "Listen Arcee, what happened three thousand years ago is all in the past now. Besides, I've missed my little sister for all those centuries."
Arcee sighed in defeat, turned to her sister, and replied, "Fine, I'll stay a bit longer, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to forget what happened all those centuries ago."
Techna nodded in reply before hugging Arcee. After the two sisters hugged each other for a few seconds, Techna broke away from the embrace and walked towards Knock Out. As Techna was walking towards him, she almost stepped on June.
"Hey!" she shouted.
The femme looked down and took a few steps back before exclaiming, "Holy Primus!" she paused to turn to the other bots, "What are those creatures!"
Smokescreen laughed and said, "Those are called humans. The middle age femme that you almost stepped on is June, her teenage son, Jack, and the small one's name is Raf."
"Are they going to invade our planet?" she asked.
Jack laughed and replied, "No, we're not going to invade Cybertron. We're friends with the Autobots."
"And we helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons back on our planet called Earth" Raf added in.
"Oh, then why are you guys doing all the way here from home?" she asked curiously.
"We're here because a patient of mine was infected with Tox-En," said Mrs. Darby.
"Patient? Do you mean that femme over there?" Techna asked while pointing at the bluish femme on the medical table.
June nodded in reply and said, "Yes, believe it or not, but she is actually a human like us."
Techna and Smokescreen's optics widened in shock.
"Wait, that femme is human?!" said Smokescreen in disbelief.
Everyone nodded in reply.
"But how? How can a human be Cybertronian as well, and transform into one too?" he asked them.
"We don't know how, Smokescreen. She somehow is part human and part Cybertronian. A cyborg is what the humans call her" replied Arcee.
Smokescreen nodded in reply.
A half an hour passed by as Techna and Knock Out were busy with examining the mutated Tox-En. Jack, Raf, Arcee, Bee, and Smokescreen were talking amongst themselves to catch up on things.
"So how did you and my sister meet each other?" Arcee asked Smokescreen.
Smokescreen blushed a bit before replying, "I met her three months ago when Ultra Magnus asked me to check up on Shockwave. I was going to his laboratory when I bumped into her in when I was about to enter his lab."
*Flashback three months ago*
"This must be his laboratory" Smokescreen said before he entered the room. He was about to enter the lab when the door slid open as a light purple femme bumped into him.
She looked up at the bluish mech and said, "I'm sorry, sir."
Smokescreen was dumbfounded by the femme's beauty that he didn't hear her apology until a few seconds later. "Oh, it's no big deal" he said as he moved out of her way.
He watched her go down the hallway for a bit before he remembered what he was here for. He went inside the lab and saw Shockwave by some equipment.
"I see you've met my new assistant," he said as he sorted his equipment on the metal table.
"Yup, who is she?" the sports car asked.
"Her name is Techna" the scientist replied mildly.
"Huh, how long has she been working with you, Shockwave?" Smokescreen asked.
"Approximately four days now. She is very ingenious when it comes to Cybertronian biology" Shockwave said while examining silver colored liquid in a test tube.
Smokescreen nodded to himself before saying, "To me, see looks more like a fashion designer than a scientist."
Shockwave turned around and said, "Your perspicacity on judging a person's reputation astounds me."
Smokescreen looked at him blankly before asking, "Uh, could you repeat that in simpler terms?"
The two robots heard a femme's muffled giggle as they looked towards the entrance.
It was the light purple femme from earlier. She walked towards Smokescreen and said, "In other words, he is trying to say how you have a keen sense of judgment of other Cybertronian's personality."
"Oh" Smokescreen replied while rubbing the back of this helmet. Then his optics widened in surprised as he asked, "Wait, so you are a fashion designer?!"
Techna nodded her head and replied, "Yeah, part time anyway. This is my main career job for me because well, I love science as well as helping other Cybertronians with new medicines."
"Wow" he replied.
"Anyway, we haven't formally introduced ourselves. My name is Techna," she said as she held out her hand in front of Smokescreen.
"The name's Smokescreen" he said as he accepted her hand in a firm handshake.
*End of flashback*
"And that is how I met Techna" said Smokescreen after finishing his story.
"So are you two dating or something?" asked Jack.
Smokescreen blushed a bit before replying, "You could say that. Anyway, could you guys tell me how you came across this cyborg femme?"
Jack sighed and replied, "That's a long story."
As Jack, Raf, Bee, and Arcee explained the story of how all of this happened, Miko was busy cleaning her fifth room.
"Phew, that one was a doozy" she said as she wiped the sweat off her face. "I think I should take a little break before I pass out from overworking myself."
Miko touched the middle of her apex armor as the device slowly started to disassemble itself. Once she was out of the armor, she started to walk back to the lab to go get her water bottle.
She walked into the lab as quietly as possible so that Knock Out wouldn't notice. She saw Smokescreen, Jack, Raf, Mrs. Darby, Bee, Arcee and the new bot in the room. They haven't noticed her yet, so she started to tip toe to her stuff when she was spotted.
"Done already?" Knock Out said as he saw her sneaking around.
Everyone turned to see Miko inching her way to the bag.
Miko cringed a little before replying, "No."
Techna turned to her sister and asked, "Another human friend?"
Arcee nodded and replied, "Her name is Miko and she is known for causing trouble."
Techna nodded as she went back to work.
"So why are you not doing your job?" said Knock Out.
"Hey if you're implying that I'm slacking off, I have to say that you are wrong big time, mister!" she said as she folded her arms.
"Then what are you doing here then?" he asked.
She replied with a sassy attitude, "Three reasons. One, I needed to get my water bottle because I am hot from being in that stuffy suit. Two, I need more of that soap stuff. And Three, I wanted to see how things were going on with that cure for the girl."
Knock Out rolled his optics before replying to the teenager. "Fine, go get your water bottle. I'll get you more cleaning solution momentarily."
She nodded before asking, "How is that cure going?"
He sighed before replying, "Slow" as he went into a cabinet to get more cleaning solution for Miko.
Miko nodded sadly in reply before going to her school bag to get her water bottle to take a long satisfying drink.
"Uh, why is Miko cleaning the rooms for Knock Out?" questioned Smokescreen while scratching his head in confusion.
Miko stopped drinking her water, put the cap back on, and replied, "Because I kinda ruined his finish with a flaming fast fireball."
"Huh?" he responded in bewilderment.
"She used fire magic to prove that magic exists which ended up as a disaster," Raf said to Smokescreen.
"What! She can do magic?!" Smokescreen responded as he turned to Miko to make sure that they weren't pulling his axel.
"It's true. I'm a sorceress," she said to him.
"That is wicked!" he exclaimed.
"Tich, magic. That's sparkling stuff," said Techna in disbelief.
"Oh, trust me Techna. She can do magic" Knock Out replied to her as he was looking for more cleaning solution.
"Then let her prove it, Knock Out," she said.
He paused for a moment to think about letting Miko do her magic again. "Fine, Miko could you do something that isn't going to explode in my face or cause chaos?" he said to Miko.
Miko rubbed her chin in thought before replying, "Hmm, I could try this simple levitation spell."
She raised her hand out in front of her as her book bag started to levitate and float towards her.
Smokescreen's jaw dropped as he witnessed Miko using magic to levitate her book bag. Techna was intrigued by Miko's ability that she said, "Huh, very interesting."
"That is so cool, Miko!" Smokescreen exclaimed enthusiastically. "How come you never told us that you can do magic?" he asked.
Miko's eyes looked towards the ground as she replied, "A) you guys wouldn't believe anything I do is 'magic'. B) I stopped practicing magic nearly five years ago."
"Why did you stop?" asked Techna curiously.
"I've stopped doing magic because my mentor, who was my BFF, died five years ago. I didn't want any sort of magic to remind me of my friend's death, so that's why I've stopped" she replied solemnly.
"Oh, sorry for your loss, Miko" said Smokescreen sadly.
"Thanks" Miko replied as she put her water bottle in her bag, slung her book bag over her shoulder, and left the room.
"That femme is so gloomy. Is she always like that?" asked Techna as she turned to the others for their answers.
"No, she's just the opposite," replied Jack as he watched his usually peppy friend walk slowly out of the room.
~To Be Continued~