Yay, new chappie! There will be a few surprises in this one, some you may never guess. Read to find out!
I do own my OCs. Zaqn123 owns Sapphire and Hasbro owns Transformers.
Wendy POV
Tomorrow for the first time in about 5 days, the Outcasts can actually see civilization. We all have to turn in our applications in the main office at Jasper High and audition for the Glee Club. We already had out song picked out and we were heading over there after school was let out. After we do that, we have to go shopping again so we can get some more clothes and help pick some for Sapphire because she had some sort of jumpsuit on when she arrived.
I sat down on the stairs and twirled my hair around my fingers. I always do that when I'm nervous. Ratchet sensed my nervousness and he held a hand out to me. That was my cue to get on. I stepped onto his hand and he lifted me to his shoulder.
"Is something wrong?" he asked as I clambered onto his shoulder and sat down. I shook my head.
"No, I'm ok, just nervous." I said and twirled my hair in my fingers again. Ratchet examined me doing said actions and then blinked.
"Why are you nervous?" Ratchet asked.
"Because of the Glee Club audition." I said and stopped twirlng my hair. "What if they don't accept us? Jack, Miko, and Raf already told us how people judge others in a flash. What if that happens to us and we get kicked out just by the way we are?" Ratchet gave me a disbelieving look.
"That's nonsense, Wendy. You and the other humans all have a wonderful talent and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise!" he said. "Anyone who doesn't want you are out of their processors." I smiled at him before raising an eyebrow.
"Processors?" I asked and he had to correct himself.
"I mean, their heads." He said and I giggled. He looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes and I blushed. Dammit, what's up with me? I turned my head over in time to see Bulkhead arrive with Miko.
"You sound just like my parents!" Miko said.
"Aren't they Japanese?" Bulkhead asked as he transformed.
"They may speak a different language, but they say the same things!" Miko retorted. I turned so I was facing away from the computer screen to watch the conversation.
"That's because we want what's best for you. And that means making sure you go to school. Not jail!" Bulkhead said and my eyes widened.
"Uh, oh. What'd you do?" Jack asked in a teasing manner as he leaned along the railing. I had to find out what she did.
"I ditched detention." Miko said, casually. Anna walked down the stairs and high fived her.
"Lucky, if I do that sorta thing, I get kicked outta Glee Club and have to do community service." she said and Bulkhead leaned down to Miko.
"Look, Miko. Before I became a warrior, I was a laborer: construction. I can build stuff, I can break stuff and that's it!" he said, hoping she would get the hint. But Miko took his advice the wrong way.
"I like breaking stuff! I wanna be just like you, Bulk!" Miko said and I facepalmed at her obviousness. Anna smiled at Miko's answer.
"As do I." she said and crossed her arms.
"Ugh, why do you wanna be like me when you can be a medic like Ratchet?" Bulkhead said, frustrated that Miko didn't take the hint. I glanced at Ratchet, who was busy typing on the computer.
"I'm detecting a fresh energon pulse from the nation called Greece." my guardian announced and I turned back to the computer. "An ancient city. Quite historic, I believe."
"Ancient Greece, huh? Oh, field trip!" Bulkhead said with some excitement.
"Anna, you coming with?" Miko asked.
"Hell yeah!" Anna said. Ratchet bridged the 3 Wreckers to Greece.
"Ah, Ancient Greece, the most historic place in the world." Kathy said.
"Each time I hear 'Greece,' I think of the movie 'Troy.'" William said and he smirked. I smirked, knowing that Troy is our town name. Kathy gasped excitedly.
"Oh, I LOVED that movie!" she said and hopped up and down. "My favorite character is Achilles." My eyes widened at his name.
"He's my favorite character, too." I said. "I mean, c'mon, what woman couldn't resist THAT body?" Ratchet was listening by that point and he was staring at me with an emotion I couldn't place.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, a hint of what sounded like jealousy in his voice.
"There's this movie called 'Troy' that our history teacher had us watch and it was AWESOME!" Michael said.
"Yeah, the main character's name is Achillies and he was a big part of the Trojan War." Kathy explained. "Brad Pitt played the role of Achilles and boy was he HOT!" Kathy said faned herself with her hand. I giggled.
"Oh, yeah. He was hot with a capital H! I'm jealous of the girl who played as Hector and Parris' cousin." I said and Ratchet gave me a disbelieving look.
"What's so special about him, anyway?" Ratchet asked, now showing that he was jealous. I blushed.
"We have to let you guys watch the movie sometime." I said. "If it exists here." Then, Bulkhead asked for a bridge back and all of the Autobots piled into the main room. Miko showed Optimus a picture on her phone.
"It is indeed an energon harvester. A tool created by the Ancients to remove raw energon from any nearby source." Optimus said as he studied the photo.
"Greek Gods knew Autobots?" Raf asked in disbelief.
"No. The Ancients often used the art of a given era to conceal messages." Optimus explained. "This fresco was likely a signpost indicating a harvester's location hidden somewhere on this planet."
"Uh, Optimus, if the harvester removes energon from anything, and you all have energon pumping inside you..." Jack trailed off.
"In Decepticon hands, the harvester could be a devastating weapon." Optimus said.
"See? You were a genius to destroy that painting!" Miko said to Bulkhead.
"I can't argue with that." Anna said as she and Miko high fived.
"Miko's not wrong. How can the Cons find the harvester without the fresco?" Arcee asked.
"There is a way." Sapphire declared. "With the Web. Raf, do you want to finish for me?"
"No problem." Raf agreed. "If you do an image search for 'Greek God' or 'Golden Orb,' this pops up. It's in a museum." Raf pulled up a picture of a white Greek God statue with a golden orb in it's hand. The Bots stared at the picture.
"That the real deal?" Arcee asked.
"Contact Agent Fowler." Optimus said, without taking his eyes off the screen. My guardian did so, only to have Agent Fowler's answering machine instead.
"I hate talking to machines." Ratchet grumbled and I smiled.
"Are you guys technically machines?" I asked, earning a small glare from Ratchet and a chuckle from Jazz.
"Without Agent Fowler's direct aid, we will have to confiscate the harvester on our own." Optimus had announced.
"Hold on, confiscate?" William asked. "As in steal museum property?" Jack asked.
"That sounds...illegal." Raf said.
"I do not wish to break human law. But once the Decepticons learn of the harvester's location, they will not hesitate to obtain it by any means necessary. We must act covertly." Optimus said.
"No offense, Optimus. But covertly and giant robots don't really go well together. Museums are public. And they have guards and security cameras." Jack explained.
"I can see that in my mind." Michael said and smiled. "And it ain't going too well."
"No problem! We're small enough to sneak in! And we're not a government secret!" Miko told us.
"Miko, I'm not sure that's wise." Bulkhead said.
"We can do it!" Anna piped up. "We have muscles over there and girls who know how to sneak in."
"She's right." I said, earning a few looks. "5 boys and 5 girls should be able to sneak in and out easily. And if we get caught, then you have 6 convincing actors to buy you some time."
"But how will you get the harvester?" Ironhide asked. "Ain't that thing a little heavy for you?"
"Muscles." I smriked and pointed to the 5 boys.
"It might be our best option, Ironhide." Optimus told the weapons specialist. "The longer we debate, the more time we give the Decepticons." In the next few minutes, we came up with a plan.
"Autobots, transform and roll out!" Optimus ordered and they all went through the portal. He sounded so badass saying that! All of us humans were currently standing on a lift, waiting to go.
"So, who's nervous?" I asked. Jack, Raf, Sapphire and Michael raised their hands. I shrugged. "I guess you all are the only ones."
"How come you guys aren't as nervous?" Raf asked me.
"Whenever we had to perform or get ready for a play, we would try to calm ourselves by thinking of funny things and laughing at jokes." William explained.
"Yeah, we got used to it after a while. Well, everyone but Michael. I remember in one play, we had to do a scene where we snuck up on each other, so we know how to be quiet and sneak around." Zach said.
"We haven't done anything like this, but it'll be fun trying to do it." I said.
"Hell yeah!" Kathy and Anna say together and we all high five.
"Children." Optimus said from over the com link, earning a few scoffs from Jack, William and Zach. "I will have a clear view of you. Once you secure the harvester, I will contact Ratchet and he will bridge you back to base." Said Bot activated the bridge
We went through the bridge and noticed the statue. It was pretty, but we could stare at it later. Optimus was in his truck mode and he flashed the lights 3 times. That was the start signal. Jack rose the lift up under the camera. Miko took a picture and placed her phone over the camera. Now for the heavy lifting.
The 5 girls loosened the orb out of the statue's hand and we did our best to switch sides with the boys so they could put the orb down easily. Then I heard a crack. We all turned to see Optimus staring at us and a badass red car transformed and stabbed him with some sort of electric pole. Optimus fell to the ground and the red guy jumped on his back and stabbed him again.
"It's Cons!" Raf gasped and he grabbed Sapphire's hand.
"Oh no!" she said and hugged him. Snow nervously yowled and swished his tail.
"They've got Optimus!" Jack said. "Shit!" Anna and Kathy say in unison.
"Ok, we need to move!" Zach said as the boys carefully eased the harvester down as we tried to make room for it. There isn't going to be enough room for us all on here. Miko, Anna and Kathy were watching the fight going on outside. The boys set the harvester down in time for a Cybertronian to hit the wall and make the alarm go off.
"C'mon. Time to make our exit, guys." Miko said. Jack lowered the lift so Anna, Miko, Kathy and I could get off and scout ahead for a way out. The boys and Sapphire followed on the lift. Miko found a garage and hit the bottom to open it. Anna followed Miko under the opening door and froze when a flashlight beam hit them. I grabbed Kathy and slapped a hand over her her mouth to keep her from making any noise as I pulled her back.
"Uh...wassup?" Miko asked, nervously. "Hey, there!" Anna said with a fake smile.
"Better come with me, girls." a security guard said and grabbed them both and took them to his office.
"Not good." Jack said.
"Hey look!" Michael said and he pointed to another garage door. It was open slightly and we could see a pair of Cybertronian legs from the other side. "Hey Arcee!" Michael ran over and Jack followed close behind him.
"Arcee!" Jack called and we ran after them. News flash, Michael, that's not Arcee!
"It's Soundwave!" Raf said. "Aw, shit!" Zach and William say in unison. Soundwave grabbed the harvester and then stared at me. He grabbed me and I shrieked in surprise.
"Leave her alone!" Sapphire yelled as she threw a fireball at Soundwave and Snow growled and clawed the air between them. Soundwave dodged the fireball his tentacle grabbed Sapphire. She screamed as she was taken away from Snow and the leopard yowled with pain.
"No, let her go!" Raf yelled and had to be held back by Zach and Jack. Soundwave watched Sapphire before letting her get closer to Snow. As the pair struggled to be with each other, Soundwave grabbed Snow with the same tentacle Sapphire was in. He transformed and I was in the passenger seat while Sapphire held Snow close in the driver seat. I tried to reach for her, but the seatbelt was tight around me. I couldn't do anything.
Ratchet POV
I felt nervous for some reason as the rest of Team Prime came back. Something wasn't right. I noticed that 4 humans were missing.
"Where are Wendy, Anna, Miko and Sapphire?" I asked. Ironhide, Jazz and Bulkhead exchanged nervous glances and I got suspicious. "Someone better tell me what happened or I start throwing wrenches!" I threatened and raised the servo with the wrench.
"Whoa, whoa, put da wrench down!" Jazz said and hid behind Ironhide.
"Um, Miko and Anna got caught by security." Jack said.
"Wendy and Sapphire were taken by Soundwave along with the harvester." William admitted with shame and fear. Wendy captured by Soundwave!?
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WENDY WAS TAKEN!?" I shouted.
"Soundwave got the harvester first, grabbed Wendy and then grabbed Sapphire when she was trying to protect Wendy." Michael said. "We have to get Wendy back!"
"Hey! Sapphire was caught, too!" Rafael yelled, surprising us all. The boy never shouted before. Rafael started to cry and Kathy hugged him. I growled. Those Decepticons will pay if they hurt those girls.
"Don't worry, old friend." Optimus put a servo on my shoulder. "We will get them back." For your sake, Optimus, I hope so.
Wendy POV
Soundwave chained me to the wall and put Sapphire and Snow in a small cage hanging from the ceiling. The chains were a little uncomfortable, but I'll live. Sapphire was still recovering from her little attack. She passed out for a few seconds during the flight.
"Wendy, what do we do now?" Sapphire asked and pet Snow for comfort.
"I guess we hang out here and wait for the Bots to rescue us." I said. "At least we're here with the Decepticons instead of my dad's team." Sapphire nodded at that.
"But it would be better if we were with neither." she said.
"Sapphire, I don't know how well you do at acting, but try not to let too much emotion show on your face." I explained. "If they see that, then they will want to torture you first like you'll be the easiest one to crack. And don't look at me whenever they try to question you. They would use me to get you to answer." Sapphire nodded.
"I don't know about that last part." she said. "They might threaten one of us into talking by using one of us regardless. What do we do then?"
"Don't tell them anything no matter what happens." I said and then the doors open to reveal that red guy from the museum and the one that Miko and Anna ran into at Greece. Time to act smart ass.
"What's up, bitchface and asswipe?" I asked. "Anything new happen today?" They both glared at me and the red guy stepped up to me. He made me look at him with a clawed finger.
"My designation is Knock Out. Don't forget it." he growled.
"Ok, so I accidentally said that wrong." I said with a smart ass attitude. "If I heard you correct, your name is dickhead. Yeah, that's it!" Knock Out was angry now. I put on a fake smile and tried to avoid eye contact. Knock Out had scary cool red eyes and he meant business.
"You are a really stubborn human." Knock Out sneered and I looked at Breakdown, the other guy. He was pretty cool looking, now that I got a good look at him.
"Sup?" I asked him, completely ignoring Knock Out. "You have awesome eyes." I think my little compliment must have surprised them both.
"My optics?" Breakdown asked, confused.
"I guess that's what they're called, yeah." I said.
"Trying to be nice won't get you out that easily." Knock Out said. I shrugged.
"Eh, it was my best shot." I said. "Would you rather me compliment you guys more or be a bitch about it?" They stared at me. I was glad that they were paying more attention to me than to Sapphire. If they found out what she could do, then all bets were off.
They both left and it was just me and Sapphire. We were silent for a couple of minutes before Starscream came in.
"Aw, shit!" I said and Sapphire had a feared look on her face. Starscream smirked at me and I glared at him. I saw him glance at Sapphire and Snow.
"I have both of the humans I wanted right here." Starscream said and he used a claw to make me look at him. "And there is no escaping here. How are you today, my dear Wendy?"
"Well, I'm being held on this rust bucket by an old tin can who's a real ass and getting cramps by these restraints. So, um, yeah I'm doing great!" I say, voice heavy with sarcasm. Starscream growled and gave me a glare.
"Watch your mouth, fleshling! Do you know who you're talking to?" Starscream threatened.
"Who are you, my dad? You can't tell me what to do!" I shot back. Starscream looked over to Sapphire and he gave me a wicked smile. I didn't let it show on my face or in my eyes, but I regretted what I said and knew where he was going with this.
"Surely you don't want your little friend to get hurt now, do you?" Starscream said and he gestured to Sapphire, who was clutching onto Snow for dear life. "If you want to see her alive and well, tell me where the Autobot base is and I will let you both go free." I scoffed and rolled my eyes at that.
"You and I both know well that you won't keep your promise and keep us regardless." I said. "And I won't let you harm Sapphire and Snow!"
"And who's going to stop me?" Starscream asked with a menacing tone. I noticed a movement behind him and saw Bulkhead charging up his gun.
"If you want my honest opinion, then he will." I pointed my head to Bulkhead. Starscream turned around and was face to face with Bulkhead's gun. I smirked. "And who's going to stop him?"
"Bulkhead!" Sapphire said, excitedly. Jazz, Optimus and Ironhide came in right behind him. "Jazzy!" Jazz took Sapphire and Snow out of the cage and they cuddled for a second before Starscream charged up his gun and aimed at me.
"A wrong move and this human is toast." he threatened. I let no emotion show on my face. If I were to die here, then that means that all of my friends are safe from my father's wrath. I stared at the pretty red color coming from Starscream's gun and braced myself.
"Look around, Starscream." Ironhide said. "You're surrounded. Just let the human go and we won't hurt you as much." Then Bulkhead shot Starscream and they began to brawl. Optimus got the chains off and he held me close. I hugged my hero and saw Starscream go through the wall. I snickered at him.
"That's what you get for messing with us!" I shouted, earning a few chuckles from Ironhide and Jazz. We walked out of there and walked in the hallway. "So, did ya miss us?" Optimus looked down at me and I smiled at him. I could tell he was smiling behind his face mask. It made him look like a boss!
"Yes, and I believe that your friends will be wanting to hug you when we get back." Optimus said before comming Ratchet. "Ratchet, send a ground bridge." A bridge formed about a second later and we went through it.
"Wendy, Sapphire!" Everyone cheered and the humans practically glomped us. I was knocked to the floor with everyone else and we laughed. I was snatched up by a hand and noticed it was Ratchet. I blushed, but I hugged his large finger.
"Heya!" I said and he scanned me. I shivered and he apologized. "They didn't hurt me. They just talked to us and Starscream didn't even get a chance to hurt us." Ratchet glared at Starscream's name.
"If he tries to hurt you again, then I will personally rip out his spark!" Ratchet threatened. I was taken aback. Ratchet was really that worried about me? I looked away to Kathy and she gestured to me. I asked Ratchet to put me down by Kathy and she hugged me.
"You know, you have a good record of getting caught by giant robots!" Kathy joked and I smiled.
"Yeah, I know." I said. Sapphire was hugging Raf and they both looked happy. I smiled at that. We all went our different ways. Sapphire and Raf were both typing on the computer, Zach, William and Michael were talking by the couch, Miko, Anna and Bulkhead were dunebashing, Jack and Arcee went on a drive and the two of us were talking on the steps.
"So, you basically smart mouthed them and they didn't do anything to you?" Kathy asked. I nodded.
"Starscream was getting ready to harm Sapphire and I was about to tell him to not hurt her, but I saw Bulkhead enter with the rest and they rescued us." I told her.
"Wendy." Ratchet called me. "Could you please come here." I got up and Kathy walked over to the boys. I walked over to Ratchet, who had his hand held out for me to get on. After I got on his hand, Ratchet walked with me into the med bay. I saw Optimus and Agent Fowler there. I looked to Ratchet in confusion. Ratchet gave me a reassuring look before placing me on the table with Agent Fowler.
"Wendy, we need to discuss something in private." Agent Fowler said in a serious tone. I tilted my head.
"What?" I asked.
"We've noticed that you have no parents to take care of you. Your biological father is here, but even I'm not stupid enough to hand you over to him. So, Optimus has decided to take you in as his adopted daughter. What do you have to say?" Agent Fowler asked. I was shocked. I had nothing to say. I looked up at Optimus and saw a gleam in his eyes-I mean, optics.
"You would do this for me?" I asked and walked to the edge of the table. Optimus nodded.
"Wendy, you have no parental units to take care of you here and I wish not to see you in anymore pain with your father. I know that the rest of the Autobots have charges to take care of, so I wanted to be the one responsible for you." Optimus explained. Well, doesn't he know how to get on my good side! I nodded.
"I think that would be a great idea." I said and smiled. I lifted my arms up to him, wanting to hug him. Optimus smiled, picked me up and hugged me. I finally felt happy that someone had decided to adopt me. And the best part about it is that I can still see my friends.
"Prime, I hope you can take good care of this child." Agent Fowler said.
"Hey, I'm a teenager, not a child!" I said and hugged my new father. "Oh, what's the date, today? The whole time we were here, I never knew what the number of the day was." Agent Fowler checked his phone.
"It's September 20." he answered. I frowned. September 20. The day before he was born. All three of the dudes in front of me looked at me with concern. "Is there something wrong?" I nodded.
"Tomorrow is September 21." I said. "September 21 is my father's birthday." They all understood and nodded. Optimus and Agent Fowler went to talk about the adoption while Ratchet and I stayed behind in the med bay.
"Wow, I can't believe the almighty leader of the Autobots is going to adopt me." I said while sitting on Ratchet's shoulder. "I'm so happy right now!" Ratchet smiled at me and I hugged his face. Ratchet didn't hesitate to hug me back. We stayed like that for a few seconds before we looked away.
"When will you tell the other humans?" Ratchet asked. I shrugged.
"Whenever we go back into the main room, I guess." I said. "I'm sure Kathy and Anna will freak when they hear about this." Ratchet took me back to the main room. I don't know how, but the Outcasts seemed to know there was something going on.
"Ok, Wendy, what happened in there?" William asked. Ratchet set me down by the couch and they all surrounded me.
"Jeez, why you gang up on me?" I asked, a little claustrophobic when they surrounded me. They backed off a little.
"Sorry." Michael apologized. "But what happened in there? You look too happy."
"Optimus is adopting me!" I said and they had shocked looks on their faces. I clapped a hand over my mouth to keep from laughing. "Your faces look priceless!" Then they all cheered and glomped me. No, no, they DOG PILED on me.
"Guys...can't breathe!" I gasped from under Kathy. We all struggled to get off of each other and I laughed with the rest. "Ow, you guys broke my ribcage!" I felt something scan me and I shivered. We all looked to Ratchet.
"Dude, it was a figure of speech." Michael said and he put an arm around me. I took his arm and put it back where it was.
"Nice try, Romeo." I said and walked off. Michael is really desperate to get together with me. I walked over to Optimus who just got back from talking to Agent Fowler.
"Sup?" I asked and he picked me up. "I told them about the news and they dog piled on me." Optimus smiled at me and I smiled back.
"I have told Ironhide and Jazz." Optimus said. "They are happy for us both." I felt tired from the day. All I wanted to do now was sleep. Optimus took note of my drowsiness and he walked through the hallway.
"Where are we going?" I asked and tried to keep my eyes open. Optimus got to a door and he punched in an access code before going inside.
"My berth room. Ratchet said that you needed a different place to sleep. He says that you have been sleeping on a table." Optimus said. I nodded. Optimus laid down on his berth and set me on his chest. Surprisingly, the spot I was on was soft, not hard. I got comfortable.
"Sleep well, Wendy." Optimus said. "I will be here when you wake up."
"Goodnight...daddy." I said and closed my eyes.
Chappie end! Did anyone like that last part? I thought it would be cool for Wendy to be adopted by Optimus. PLEASE READ WHAT'S BELOW!
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And I will be needing new Autobots to come in. I will take in at least 3 more and I have no idea who to bring in. The reason why I am bringing in new bots is because I want the Outcasts to have their own bots and the original bots to have only one human to watch after. PM me or post on a review who to add in.
I have no idea when the Ancient Greece trip was, so I picked a random day and month. Don't blame me if I'm wrong, I don't think they ever called the day on the show.
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