Rhodey was walking home from school with Jazz in her backpack, which was on her chest as usual, and they were talking along the way. As they spoke, Rhodey recapped all that had happened in her life recently. She was still awed by the fact her Transformers, her friends, were actually alive and the fact that from a simple wish upon a star was even more confusing. Who wouldn't be really? Not that she regretted it, she loved it.
"Jazz what do you think will happen if Ryan finds out?" she flinched at just the thought
"Well, I dunno, Rhodey. What could we do? I guess we won't know 'till it happens, not that I want it to. Right now, all we can do is hope he just gives up 'n not worry too much."
"Yeah, I know. I'm just sayin,' 'what if?' ya know? You guys are the best things that ever happened and I don't want anything happening to ya'll. You think Optimus would have any ideas? Or maybe Primus, Megatron even. What do you think?"
Jazz looked ahead at the setting sun as he pondered her question. Optimus and Primus were a definite maybe, but Megatron, well Megatron is…well no, just…NO. Besides, according to Rhodey, in his universe Megatron kills him by tearing him in half! And his "twin" only confirms it. Then again, it was probably idiotic and suicidal to say, "You wanna piece of me?!" to a power-hungry warlord who was known for his hatred of the Autobots. Yeah, smart. As for Rhodey's question…
"Eh, I dunno. All I know right now is that I just wanna get home 'n chilax"
Rhodey just laughed softly and nodded slowly
"But I'm pretty sure big bot 'n Primus might be able to figure somethin' out" Jazz added, just for reassurance.
***
Rhodey got home just a little while after finishing her conversation with Jazz. As she walked up the stairs, she suddenly got a feeling, a chill up her spine that told her something was wrong. But what?
She froze. Her room. Ryan. Oh God.
Practically jumping up the rest of the steps, Rhodey threw herself into her room to find her brother inside. And he has Hotshot in his hands!
"What are you doing in my room?! Put him down!" she screamed, terror laced in her voice and in her eyes
"Well, since you asked so nicely"
Ryan released his hold on Hotshot, watching him fall to the ground, all the while with a smirk on his face.
"NO! What's your problem?!" Rhodey ran to Hotshot, pushing her brother aside, and gently picked him up, placing him caringly on her bed. Please be ok, she thought.
"Get out of my room" she said with her back to her brother
"No. There's something goin' on here and I want to know what it is" he said, standing his ground
While all this was going on, Jazz was still inside Rhodey's backpack and could barely hear what was happening. He knew she was yelling at someone and there was a voice talking back, but who he didn't know. He would later regret the urge to "get a better look" as he unzipped her backpack, not even considering the possibility that it was Rhodey's brother on the other side, until it was too late.
"Hey, hey! What's goin' on out he-! Oh. Crap." Jazz was staring straight at Ryan, too stunned to throw himself back into the bag
Ryan, himself, had to blink his eyes a few times to make sure he was seeing right, but the bot was still there. As realization sank in, his expression changed from shock to victory. So this was Rhodey's secret. He smirked devilishly.
"I knew you were hiding something! I didn't expect this, but even so, I now know"
Jazz, in his panic and shock, could only come up with one idea-
"These are not the droids you are looking for" he said, his arms waving with "the force"
Rhodey and Ryan only looked down at him in confusion, their expressions clearly saying, "What?"
"He he, uh… I, uh, figured I'd give it a shot. Heh"
"Ok, so you know my secret" Rhodey said, getting back to subject "What are you gonna do about it? Tell Mom and Dad?" she finished with sarcasm
"Yes, I am!" he replied, taking off
Rhodey just stood there waiting. In her bed, Hotshot sat up
"Aren't you gonna stop him?"
"Just give it a few seconds" she replied, sounding almost amused
About ten seconds after leaving Rhodey's room, Ryan realized how crazy he might sound if he ran down, telling his parents Rhodey's toys were alive. He trudged back to her room, defeated, for now.
"No, I'm not" he said grudgingly
"No, you can't. It would sound pretty weird to them, especially comin' from you"
"Yeah, whatever. I'm just gonna go back to my room"
Ryan left and Rhodey sighed in relief. She walked back to her bed and knelt down to check on Hotshot.
"Are you okay Hotshot?"
"Eh, I'll be ok. Just caught me by surprise is all. But now your brother knows about us. What will we do?"
"I don't know. No one would believe him, unless they saw it for themselves. Right now, we need to keep him away. Somehow" she looked down into her backpack
"Hey, Jazz. You ok in there?"
"Yeah, I'm good. I can't believe what I said just awhile ago, let alone what I did. Stupid" Jazz replied, mentally kicking himself repeatedly
"It wasn't your fault. You just wanted to know what was goin' on. You didn't know he was here"
"But I should've thought about the possibilities 'n look what happened."
Rhodey sighed, "You know what, let's just forget about it for now, ok? It's been a long day and I'm sure everyone's tired"
On the shelf, murmurs of agreement could be heard. It had indeed been a long day and her brother discovering her secret had drained any energy she'd had left. She was tired and ready to collapse on her bed with her friends by her side, Hotshot on her pillow, and Blurr on her chest. There was just one problem.
She had homework…
Oh my God, it's been forver since I've updated and I'm really sorry for that. I got stuck and didn't know what to write. Well, anyways here's chapter 12, kinda short though. And so far on my poll, people have voted for a pairing between Rhodey and Blurr, but I've only gotten like two votes, I think.
Vote now on the poll who you would like to see a pairing of. The choices are:
RhodeyXHotshot, RhodeyXBlurr, RhodeyXBlake, or RhodeyXsome other character
Vote please! And if anyone has any ideas for this story, feel free to give suggestions. I need ideas so this story won't die. Thank you for reading!
