Chapter 11: Trouble Comes

A few days later, Hannah woke up in the morning and sensed something was wrong. She didn't hear Blaster and the cassettes playing their music, which they always used to wake her up in the mornings.

Quickly getting dressed, she went downstairs and saw Charlotte and Jason looking like they had been through a rough morning so far. "Hey, what's going on?" she asked them.

Charlotte looked up at her. "Mirage told us that your parents are coming again and they have Scott Reamerton with them," she said. "They also now have fabricated proof of your uncle committing grand theft auto."

Hannah felt fear fill her. "What do we do?" she asked.

Suddenly, Rewind came running in. "I've got more bad news," he said. "Scott Reamerton is only a holoform."

"A holoform?" Jason asked. "Then who is he really?"

Rewind looked very grave. "A Decepticon named Starscream," he said.

Hannah was first to say something, or rather, react like an active volcano. "My parents were trying to marry me off to a Decepticon?!" she said in disbelief and in horror. "Ew, ew, ew, ew, and ew! That is so one hundred ways to Sunday wrong!"

"I agree," said Jason grimly. "What can we do?"

"Come outside," said Rewind and they did, seeing Crosshairs, Drift, Mirage, and Blaster standing outside, the other four cassettes were sitting by Blaster's feet. Eject ran up to Hannah, who picked him up and held him.

"What should we do?" asked Mirage. "If Hannah's parents bring the police, we can't expose ourselves to Starscream. That would blow our cover."

"If he doesn't already know we're here," said Crosshairs. "That Decepticreep's a sneaky one to destroy."

"I agree," said Drift. "Perhaps it would be best to find the others. Starscream doesn't like to fight alone and chances are he'll have backup."

Hannah gave it some thought. "And so will we," she said, telling them her plan.


Her parents arrived with Scott Reamerton and saw their daughter, Jason, and eight Autobots there, looking like they had been caught off guard.

"Autobots!" came a screech and Scott Reamerton disappeared and was replaced by Starscream, who blasted at the Autobots, who fizzled out.

As did Jason and Hannah.

"What? What was that?" asked Hannah's father.

"Holograms!" said Starscream. "They're not here!"

Hannah's mother grew angry. "Find them!" she said and they got in to their car and Starscream flew ahead. Barricade followed Hannah's parents out.


Meantime, Hannah was riding in Drift's alternate mode and holding Eject in her arms. The small cassette had taken to her as if she was his older sister and she saw him as a little brother. Mirage pulled up alongside them with Charlotte in the driver's seat and Crosshairs brought up the rear with Jason in the driver's seat.

"Good news," said Mirage. "Little bella's parents got a surprise."

"That's good," said Drift. "And we're a good day's journey ahead."

Hannah gazed at Drift's dashboard. "So, where are we going?" she asked.

"We're going to rendezvous with some friends," said Crosshairs. "We're coming up on the base."

Hannah gazed out the window and saw the old abandoned aircraft hanger on their right. "Is that it?" she asked.

"Sure is, little bella," said Mirage.

They got closer and went through the open doors, which closed when they got in. Three giants came up to the other three. "Whoa," said Hannah. "Is that red and blue guy your boss?"

Chuckles sounded from the others, giving the teen the impression she was right and she stepped out of Drift's alt-mode with Eject in her arms and looked up at the new Autobots.

"So, this is the girl that Crosshairs has a soft spot for," said the big, green Autobot who looked like he was smoking a cigar.

"Hey, lay off, man," said the yellow Autobot. "This lady's one cool cat."

Hannah giggled at that, instantly liking him. "You guys are cool cats too," she said honestly.

The yellow Autobot kneeled down and held out his hand in a gesture of wanting a high-five. "Put it there, girl," he said with a smile and she did so, grinning.

The red and blue Autobot kneeled down. "It's good to finally meet you and your uncle, Hannah," he said. "Drift and Crosshairs have told us much about you."

"Really?" she asked, doing her best to not look a bit startled by his presence. She did feel a little intimidated, despite the fact she had been around Drift, Blaster, and Crosshairs for a while.

"Prime, Hound, Bumblebee, good to see you again, mates," said Crosshairs in greeting.

"Same to you, Crosshairs," said the yellow Autobot. Hannah looked at their colors and took a guess as to their names.

"Bumblebee, right?" she asked the one that had answered Crosshairs.

"Awesome guess," said Bumblebee.

She giggled. "Well, you have the colors," she said matter-of-factly before looking at the big, green Autobot. "I'm guessing you're Hound and that leaves the blue and red guy as Prime."

"You are correct," said Prime.

"Optimus Prime," said Drift with a respectful bow. "I'm glad you received our message."

"As am I," said the leader with a nod. "We have been going over battle plans, but we need some more insight."

Another Autobot walked in, a tall, green-colored one. "Prime," he said. "While you and the others go over the plans, I need to see the humans in the med bay."

Optimus nodded. "Of course, old friend," he said and motioned the other Autobots to follow him. Drift held back a moment to reassure Hannah.

"Ratchet only wants to make sure you're in good health," he said. "With all the stress you've been through lately."

"Don't worry," said Blaster. "Doc's one of the best."

Taking a deep breath, Hannah nodded to them and followed Charlotte and Jason to Ratchet's medbay, where he examined them all.

"Charlotte, it's good to see you again," he said.

"Same here, Ratchet," she said with a smile. "I also got that information you wanted."

He accepted the flash drive from her. "Thank you," he said and then examined Jason, recommending some rest, to which Jason agreed with him and headed out with Charlotte.

Hannah felt a little nervous being alone with Ratchet, mostly because she didn't know him and because she didn't like doctors. He sensed this.

"Hannah, you needn't be afraid," he said in a calm voice.

"I'm not afraid," she said. "I just…,"

She stopped and sighed. "The doctors I've all met have been really creepy," she admitted. "Like Dr. Frankenstein-creepy."

She looked up at him, hoping he wasn't upset, but he only nodded in understanding, seeing she was telling the truth. "I won't harm you, Hannah," he said.

She took a deep breath. "Okay," she said, nodding and letting Ratchet scan her.

"You've been under a lot of stress from your parents too," he said after a moment.

"Yeah. I just found out they wanted me to marry Starscream."

The thundering clang that ran through the medbay made Hannah yelp and jump in alarm as she wondered what had fallen. She then saw Ratchet on the floor, looking like he had been knocked off his block entirely. "Ratchet?" she called to him, wondering what happened.

He sat up and shook his head. "Oh, what a processor ache," he grumbled. "Did I hear you right about your parents wanting you to marry…Starscream?"

She nodded. "Yup, you did," she said and watched him fall backwards again and hit the floor with another thundering clang that brought Blaster and Optimus running.

"What happened?" asked Optimus.

"I told him about my parents wanting me to marry that Decepticon creep Starscream," said Hannah. "Is he okay?"

"He's fine, besides having a logic crash," said Blaster, chuckling. "Prowl always has the same problems."

Ratchet woke up and stood with Optimus' help and Hannah stood up. "Maybe it's best I go find my uncle," she said. "I think I've made Ratchet crash one to many times already."

That brought laughter from Blaster, who almost got cuffed by Ratchet and Steeljaw jumped up to where Hannah was and she got on his back and held on as he jumped down to the floor and began running. Hannah laughed a bit as Steeljaw was going faster than any ride the teen had ever been on. They made it to where the others were.

"So, you made the Doc crash, eh?" asked Crosshairs with a chuckle. "He'll never live that down."

"I didn't do it on purpose," she said. "I just told him why I was stressed out."

Drift chuckled. "Honesty is a good thing, but a shock like that never is," he said.

"Hey! I like being honest, so sue me."

That drew more chuckles from the others as then Optimus cleared his throat. "Alright," he said. "From what Charlotte has told us, Hannah's parents are in debt and looking to pin grand theft auto on Jason. I believe Starscream is involved because they made a deal with him."

"Not a good one either, I'll bet," said Crosshairs. "They want Hannah, they have to go through me first."

"Same here," said Drift.

The others nodded their agreement and Optimus nodded as well. "We'll wait for them to come," he said. "If they get close enough, then we'll defend our home and our friends."

The agreeing shouts echoed through the base.


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