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Chapter 10: Of Glasses and Mojo

The caravan of Autobots came to a stop in the alleyway behind Sam's house. "I'm gonna see what I can do to help," Andi told Axle before she unbuckled her seatbelt and left the bot, heading over to where Sam and Mikaela were getting out of Bumblebee. "What can I do, Sam?"

"I need you guys to stay here, all right? Stay here and watch them. Keep them out of trouble." He spoke fast, and kept glancing from side to side as if he were waiting for someone or something to pop out of a bush and catch them.

"Okay, okay." Mikaela reassured. Andi nodded in agreement.

"Give me five minutes, all right? I just need five minutes and I'll be back. Watch them!" Sam took off into his backyard, leaving Andi and Mikaela to baby-sit the six waiting bots.

The girls watched as he ran off before turning as one to give each other incredulous looks. How were they going to keep the bots from doing whatever it was that they wanted to do? They were giant robots for heavens sake. Turning to the waiting bots, they both jumped, startled, when Optimus' voice interrupted their silent musings.

"We need the glasses." He sounded impatient, agitated.

The girls turned to the big rig. Mikaela pushed Andi forward slightly, placing her before the firing squad. Andi scowled at her and swatted her hands away. "We know, Optimus. Sam's gone to get the glasses now, we just have to give him a few minutes. He said he'd be back in five, we just have to wait."

"There is no time."

"I know, but…"

"No time. Bumblebee, scout ahead."

"What? No, wait!" But Bumblebee didn't listen, he transformed before he stepped into Sam's backyard and crept towards the house. Andi and Mikaela watched him go; could do nothing to stop him. "Oh, man, Sam's going to be pissed."

The girls watched as Bumblebee snuck up on Sam and planted himself at the side of the house, staring around the corner at Sam and his dad conversing. They watched as he tried to stay hidden. The sound of metal and gears shifting behind them brought their attention back to Optimus and the others. They watched wide-eyed as the others began to transform.

Andi shifted her gaze toward Axle who had also begun his transformation and scowled at him. "Don't even think about it, buster." He paused half-transformed and immediately began the reverse process back into his Viper mode. Andi crossed her arms and nodded in satisfaction. At least someone was going to listen to her. Axle knew better than to walk off into someone's backyard where anyone could see him. She was proud of him for that. She couldn't say the same for the others. By this time, they had made it into Sam's backyard, and were wreaking havoc as they went. "Please wait here, Axle. I need to help Sam." She left him in the alley and entered Sam's backyard in time to hear him yelling at the Autobots and Mikaela.

"You couldn't wait for five minutes? I told you to stay! Just stay! God!" He turned to Mikaela. "I told you two to watch them. I told you!"

Mikaela looked indignant, "Okay, you know what? They seem to be in a little bit of a rush."

Andi snorted. "That's an understatement." She heard the yapping of a small animal and turned slightly to see a small Chihuahua barking madly up at an irritated Ironhide; before lifting his leg and peeing on Ironhide's foot. "Uh, Sam? Is that your dog?"

"What? Oh, this is bad." He ran off toward his dog. "No! Mojo! Mojo! Off the robot!" He scooped Mojo up into his arms and held him protectively away from Ironhide who had whipped out one of his cannons. "Easy, hold on! This is Mojo. Mojo. He's a pet of mine. A pet. Okay? That's all. If you could just put the guns away…"

"You have a rodent infestation. Shall I terminate?"

"He's not a rodent, he's a Chihuahua. This is my…this is my Chihuahua. We love Chihuahuas! Don't we?"

"He's leaked lubricants all over my foot," Ironhide growled. Andi had to stifle a laugh.

"He peed on you?" Sam asked. He held Mojo toward Ironhide's foot. "Bad Mojo. Bad Mojo."

"Bad Mojo," Ironhide growled, before retracting his cannon.

"I'm sorry. He's got a male dominance thing. That's all it is."

"My foot's gonna rust," Ironhide grumbled as he turned to walk away and Sam headed in the opposite direction, setting Mojo back on the ground as he went.

As Sam entered his house, Andi and Mikaela watched as the Autobots continued their exploration of the backyard. They both cringed slightly as Optimus ordered the others to recon the house. Bumblebee crawled forward and gazed into one of the back windows.

"They're going to get caught, aren't they?" Mikaela asked.

"Oh, yeah," Andi deadpanned.

"So…Sam said you've had your car for a month? How'd that work out for you?"

Andi glanced at the other girl and grinned slightly at her attempt at a conversation despite the chaos around them. "Pretty well, actually. I think they only get stupid when they're in groups. Axle understood the idea of hiding in plain sight very well. Speaking of, I better check on him. I'll be right back." She left Mikaela to watch the others and went back into the alley where Axle was still waiting. She noticed with a bit of humor that he had pulled up slightly so that he could see what was going on in the crowded backyard. "How you doing, Axe?"

"Fine. Have they found the glasses?"

Andi leaned back on his hood, so that she could watch the mayhem continue in the back yard. "Not yet, Sam went inside to get them. He'll be back in a minute." She cringed as Jazz and Bumblebee knocked over a grill that had been sitting near the back porch and then proceeded to get into some sort of bitch-slap fight, as Mojo yapped at them from their feet. "What is wrong with them?"

"They're inquisitive."

"Inquisitive? Is that what you call it? I fail to see how they could cause so much mayhem and destruction in so little time."

"Andi, we're giant alien robots; impatient giant alien robots. You'll have to forgive them if they make a bit of a ruckus."

"Ruckus? Tell that to Sam's parents. Have I ever thanked you for being such an amazing houseguest? A quiet, inconspicuous house guest?"

"I don't think so."

"Well, thanks."

Noticing Optimus approaching Mikaela, and Mikaela sending her furtive glances, Andi patted Axle's hood and stepped again into the backyard.

"This is taking too long. There is little time left. You will help Sam search for the glasses." It was an order, not a question. Not wanting to upset the large robot, Mikaela nodded and stepped up into Optimus' hand. Andi watched as she was lifted up to Sam's bedroom window and then let inside to assist him in his search.

"Great," Andi muttered, "leave me alone to baby-sit." The sound of grinding gears, shifting metal, and a yapping dog behind her, drew Andi's attention back toward where Axle had been waiting not a minute ago. She watched in horror as he transformed and then entered the backyard where he knelt to inspect the small dog which continued to bark madly up at him. "Axle! What are you doing? Hey, stop! I take it back; you're a terrible houseguest! Axle, stop!"

"I just want to look…What is this again?" He tilted his head to the side as he studied the animal.

"A Chihuahua, Sam's dog. He called him Mojo. Look, I'll get you your own dog if you just go back now."

"Just a second."

"Axle!" She was practically whining now. It was all she could do to not stomp her foot like a petulant child. Turning, she watched as the Autobots continued to wreak havoc in Sam's backyard. Knowing that she had to at least try to get them back in the alley, she approached Optimus who was standing near the house.

"Optimus?" She waited until she was sure she had his attention. "Listen, I know you're all anxious to get the glasses, but all this commotion isn't helping Sam. Besides that, if someone sees you guys, we're going to have more trouble than we're ready to deal with. Don't you think it would be better if you guys at least waited in your car forms so no one will suspect anything if they see you?"

"It would be wise, Optimus," Ratchet interrupted.

"Very well, Autobots, transform." Andi expected the group to head back out to the alley, but was instead dismayed to see them transform and park in Sam's backyard.

"No! Stop! Not here! In the alley, not his backyard!" She threw her hands up into the air in exasperation. She stood then, hands on hips in the center of the yard, surrounded on all sides by the transformed bots, shaking her head in exasperation. This was how Sam found them moments later as he stuck his head out of his bedroom window.

"No. no. nononono. This isn't hiding. This isn't hiding! This is my back yard, not a truck stop. Andi, what are you doing? I told you to watch them, not park them in the yard!"

Andi scowled up at Sam and flipped him the bird. "Stow it, Sam. It's not like I told them to park here," She stage whispered up to him. "Just hurry up and find those glasses!" As she hissed at Sam, the Autobots once again transformed and Optimus made his way up to Sam's window.

"Sam, you must hurry. We need the glasses!"

"I know! They were here but now they're not here. I'm looking, but I can't concentrate. It's all the noise. I need quiet. Please, just five minutes, that's all I'm asking, just a few minutes of quiet."

"Alright, alright. Calm down." He turned to the other bots. "Autobots, fall back."

Andi sighed in relief as the bots began making their way out of the alley. Heading towards Axle, she frowned when she heard Ratchet and Ironhide begin arguing. The argument was cut off, however, when Ratchet ran into a bunch of electrical wires. The resounding thud as he hit the ground caused her to stumble as the ground shook. She turned and scowled as the lights throughout the neighborhood flickered and went out.

"Great. Fantastic. One more thing we don't need," she muttered as she continued onward toward where Axle was standing near the entrance to the alley. However, while she scowled deeply, she also had to fight to keep a grin from blooming across her face. These guys sure knew how to get into all kinds of trouble. She had a feeling the next few hours were going to be awfully exciting.

Andi stood next to Axle, leaning against his driver's side door as Optimus and the others reassembled in the alleyway behind Sam's house. Her leg bobbed anxiously as she watched Sam's house, waiting for some sign that he and Mikaela were heading back with the glasses. "Come on, Sam. Hurry up," she muttered.

"What's taking so long?" Ironhide grumbled from behind her. Andi could tell from his tone that he was still sore about being reprimanded by Optimus earlier when he got a little trigger happy and asked if he could shoot Sam's parents.

Straightening, Andi answered, "I don't know, but I'm…" she was cut off by the sound of sirens in the distance; sirens which seemed to be getting closer. "What now?" Running to the edge of the alley, she saw a line of black SUV's with flashing blue and red lights heading up Sam's street. "Damnit!" Heading back to the Autobots, she paused next to Optimus. "We've got company. Get out of here. I'll go get Sam and Mikaela."

"Andi…"

"I'll be fine, Axe, now get going!" Patting Axle's hood twice as she passed, she took off into Sam's backyard, not waiting to see if Optimus and the others followed her instructions.

She entered the house through the unlocked back door, calling for Sam. She ran into a room to her right and found herself in the Witwicky's kitchen, where Sam and Mikaela were standing at the counter staring at the glasses Sam was holding in his hands. Sam glanced at her when she entered. "We need to go," she answered his unasked question. However it seemed that their clean getaway was not to be had, for as they entered the living room they were met by Sam's parents and several Men-in-Black wannabes. The one who had been speaking to Sam's parents upon their entrance smiled and moved toward the teens.

"How you doing, son? Is your name Sam?"

"Yeah." Sam's voice shook slightly as he frowned in confusion.

"Well I need you to come with me." Sam's dad cut in then, protesting against his son going anywhere with the strange men. As the two older men argued back and forth, Andi scanned the room, trying to find some way to get out of the house. Unfortunately, it seemed that an escape would be impossible. The house and yard were crawling with the suited men. They were all taking readings and samples of various bits of plants and dirt and the like. Andi hoped fervently that Axle and the others had listened to her and gotten away while they had the chance.

Glancing back at Sam's dad and the Man-in-black that he was arguing with, she frowned when a second agent approached him and whispered something in his ear. She strained to hear it.

"I think direct contact."

The first agent turned back to the group then, and asked Sam to step forward. Sam cautiously did as he was asked. The second agent handed the first a Geiger counter. He raised the counter towards Sam, and was met with an immediate beeping response. His eyebrows rose in surprise and what Andi thought was delight.

"Fourteen rads. Bingo! Tag 'em and bag 'em!"

Before Andi even realized what was happening, she found her hands handcuffed behind her back. She and the others were then paraded out of Sam's house and toward one of the black SUV's. Knowing it would be pointless to fight against the agent holding her, she calmly walked toward the SUV with Sam and Mikaela close behind.

Outwardly, she remained silent, however, it didn't stop her from grumbling within her mind. Wasn't this just perfect? It was only several hours ago that she had escaped arrest by the FBI, and now look at her. Twice in one day she faced potential arrest, within several hours of each other at that…it was a new personal record. For some reason, she felt that she should feel rather proud of that. Then again, she'd feel even better if her hands weren't currently cuffed behind her back.

As she was placed in the back seat of the SUV with Sam and Mikaela, she gazed out of the window towards Sam's backyard. She couldn't see into the alley from here, but she hoped that it was empty. If these men were to find Axle and the others now, there's no telling what they would do. But that wasn't the most important thing right now. What was important was that Sam currently had his great grandfather's glasses in his pocket, and no way of getting it to the Autobots. They needed to give those glasses to Optimus and the others, or their world faced total destruction. Andi sighed. In the words of Optimus Prime, they were running out of time.

AN: There you go, the next installment of our exciting adventure. I know a lot was left out of the yard scene, but there was just too much to get it all in. And Andi wouldn't have been able to see or hear everything, so I had to pick and choose. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed! Please, leave me a review and let me know what you think.