Chapter 10
"Hey Starscream." I greeted as I walked out of my room, my wet hair in a messy tangle.
"Kora," he greeted in return. "Where are you going?" he asked. I grinned happily at him.
"To check in with Red." I singsonged. "Honestly, I feel a lot better today." I said with a giggle as I let myself float in the air for a moment, turning a triple backflip before allowing myself to land.
(In the Med-Bay)
"So, I'm completely healed, then? I can train and all that other stuff?" I asked excitedly after Red scanned me. He nodded with the slightest smile on his face. I grinned and hugged his hand.
"Great. So... I'm gonna go now." I said, jumping to the ground.
As soon as I reached the door to my quarters, something happened. I knew something was up, but I didn't know what. Out of utterly nowhere, I heard an explosion. I instantly ran out of my room towards the source of the noise.
I gaped in open-mouthed shock when I saw a gigantic shimmering blue orb of some sort. On the other side, I could see the field on my property back in my world. Soon the Autobots, the kids, and their Minicon partners had all gathered, while the portal remained open. Or, I THINK it was a portal. That would make sense. Oh, did I mention I have a minicon partner now? Her name is Silverstar, she has blue optics and silver armour. She's frickin adorable! And, she took on the form of a motorbike.
"So, what do we do?" I asked, breaking the silence. "I mean... I could go home... But.." 'I'm not sure I want that. I'd never see you guys again..' I finished my statement mentally. They all heard the sadness in my tone.
"You don't have to leave if you don't want to." Optimus stated. I smiled at him, and I could sense Starscream and Silverstar's panic at the idea that I was leaving. Then I got an idea.
"Why don't you guys come with me?" I asked. They seemed hesitant. "Hey, my brother is a fan, and we have a hugely empty warehouse a few miles from our house that you guys could use as a base. Come on, I'll introduce you to Transformers Prime." I said with a grin. Silverstar was elated, and I had a feeling that she would go with me back to my world, even if no one else did. Though, I'd bet anything that Starscream would too. The Autobots and kids all looked to Optimus.
"It can't hurt." he finally said. I let out a happy whoop, jumping up in the air. Then I walked over to the shimmering orb. Just to make sure I wouldn't be stuck there all by my lonesome, like if the portal closed behind me, I grabbed Silverstar's metal hand in my right one. Hesitantly, I reached my left hand towards it, and it felt like moving my arm through water. I pulled it out again.
"Let's see if it works for you, Silverstar." I said. She reached her four-fingered hand towards the orb, and it went through easily. I grinned. "Okay, so, we can all go through it!" I said while I grabbed Starscream's finger, pulling him and Silverstar towards the portal. I walked through, and once again grinned as I saw the portal was open behind us, but it looked human-sized. That confused me. Then I felt that I wasn't holding a large metal finger in my left hand anymore; I was holding another human hand. I followed the hand towards the face and my eyes widened when I saw Starscream, only he was human. Epic.
I poked my head back through the portal.
"Y'all are gonna get turned into humans, just to warn you now." I said before pulling back out. I saw the other kids and their minicons come through moments later, and a very much smaller -and very much human- version of Optimus followed, and after him came the rest of the Autobots.
"So, you're all humans. Awesome. C'mon, let's go introduce you to my brother." I said, once again taking Silverstar and Starscream's hands, while everybody else followed behind.
"Yo, Aston, c'mere!" I yelled as I entered through the back door. I got no reply. I wandered into the living room to see him asleep on the couch. Then my attention moved to the TV screen, and I froze in place. 'Of all the times to walk in here...' I thought bitterly. Blinking back tears, I leapt over the couch, pausing the video and closing the tab, about five seconds too late; the others had seen at least a small portion of the tragic death scene of Armada Starscream. I shooed them out of the living room before smacking Aston upside the head. He yelped, rolling off the couch onto the floor.
"Kora? What the hell!" he yelled exasperatedly, sitting up. "Where've you been? I went upstairs hours ago, but you weren't there!"
"Easy, Aston. Uh, honestly, it's a long story, so I'll start with introducing you to a few people."
First, I revealed Silverstar. "This is my minicon partner Silverstar, and she takes the form of a Motorbike." I gestured to her, calling out everybody else mentally. "And I think you know these guys." I said with a cheeky grin. Aston's eyes bugged out of his head for a moment as he looked to the human kids, their minicons, and the humanized transformers.
"Um..."
"I know. Crazy, right?" 'Also, I'm epic like Professor X and Jean Grey.' I spoke in my brother's mind then, putting two fingers to my temple for the desired - but silly - effect.
I giggled when he yelped, his hands going to either side of his head.
"What the hell?" he squeaked. I shit you not, he squeaked. Starscream chuckled, wrapping an arm around my waist. I pulled away, though, when I saw a familiar ball of black fur padding down the stairs.
"Kali!" I squealed, running over to my kitten and gently picking her up. I felt her purring against my chest as I went down the stairs again. "What? She's like my baby! I found her when she was barely a week old!" I defended when I saw the weird looks the bots were giving me.
"Yeah, she's possessive over her cat." Aston added, obviously still in shock, but hiding it. I rolled my eyes, and a pillow flew from one of the couches and smacked Aston in the back of the head.
"By the way, y'all are lucky my parents aren't around, like, ever, and that we practically grew up in Seattle's version of Westchester Mansion, otherwise we wouldn't have room for you guys." I added, barely resisting the urge to laugh as Aston yelped when the pillow hit him. "Okay, down to business. I'm pretty sure the portal closed, because I don't see it outside, and you guys are human. So, while I do some personal research, my brother Aston - oh, yeah this is my brother Aston everybody - is gonna teach the transformers how to be humans, and all the stuff that entails, and when I'm done my research, I'll show you guys the warehouse, and around the house." 'House' wasn't the best word to describe it. I think 'Mansion' would suit better. Then I thought for a moment.
"Well, unless you guys go back to being cybertronians anytime soon, the warehouse isn't really needed. So, Aston, teach them how to be human. Silverstar, you come with me. Uh, Alexis, Rad, Carlos, Billy, and Fred, you guys can... help Aston tech the bots to be humans." I said unsurely, darting up the stairs. Well, I was about to. I blinked, and I was in my room.
"What the hell?" I yelled. I walked downstairs swiftly. "I just friggin' teleported!" I squeaked. Then I saw something. "Aston, you left the Wii on." I added scoldingly.
"So how many abilities do you have now?" Lexi asked. I shrugged.
"With vague categorization, telepathy, empathy, and apparently transwarping/teleporting." I replied.
"That's insane." Aston commented from where he sat upside-down on the couch, a Wii remote in his hand as he shut the wii down.
"Understatement of the century." I agreed. With the autobots here as HUMANS, things were going more insane than usual.
A/N: So, contrary to what most of you may think, once again, I did NOT fall off the face of the earth (which isn't really possible when you think about it.)
