Chapter 14

War of the Words was an epic movie. About halfway through Amelia snuggled up to Mirage's foot and leaned against it. By the end of the movie she had somehow managed to crawl up it and find a comfortable spot in between his red armor, just above the ankle, and settled in.

"So, what's next?" Sideswipe asked as he looked at the ending titles scrawling up the screen.

"Saw!" Michaela said happily. Everybody agreed and the DVD was put in and on. It was not long before Amelia decided to take a break. She was pretty sure of what was going to happen next and she knew she was not going to like it. She carefully slipped down Mirage's foot and landed silently on the ground. She looked up at him to see if he had noticed but he hadn't. Then she ran to the entrance on her toes as not to draw any attention to herself and when she had arrived in the hall she slowed down. She knew that the bathrooms were at the end of the hall so she jogged lazily towards them. When she was about halfway something bit into her ankle. Amelia fell over her feet, she tried to stop her fall by putting her hands in front of her body but she failed at doing so. She fell to the ground hard and hit her nose.

"uhhhgg…That hurt." She groaned as she rolled onto her back and rubbed her sore wrists. She felt warm liquid running down her face and tried whipping it away. It was only when she looked at her hands that she realized she had a nose bleed. She put her hands under her chin and limped the rest of the way to the bathroom. When she arrived she opened the door with her shoulder and went to the washing basin. After washing her face and hands in the cold tap water she looked up in the mirror. She narrowed her eyes at what she saw, her face was pale, her hair was messed up and now her face was also covered with specks of blood. Oh, now that just great, Amelia thought to herself as she recalled some of the images from 'Saw'. She flattened her hair as she waited for her nose to stop bleeding. When it finally did, she sat down on the floor and looked at her ankle. It was the ankle with the, now bloodied, bracelet. She carefully opened the bracelet before putting it down and examining her ankle. She never noticed the small Decepticon attached to it, the Decepticon, however, did notice her. It had accidently moved one of its sharp legs while he was in stasis and had, in the process, nearly fallen out from his position. He had latched onto Amelia's skin with its mouthpieces to prevent himself from losing her, as she fell to the ground, the Decepticon managed to get back onto the bracelet.

Amelia carefully washed her foot, she though that she must have tripped over something sharp and did not suspect anything. When she was all cleaned up she put her bracelet back onto her ankle and walked back to the rec. room. She quietly sneaked in and returned back to Mirages foot, luckily the film was nearly over. As the last few scenes play out, her eyes wondered around the room. She saw Michaela holding Sam and Sam hugging her back as he leaned against Bumblebee's leg. Also, sitting with Sideswipe, were Captain Lenox and Sargent Epps with a few other NEST soldiers. As the movie ended everybody started getting up and stretching. The screen was turned off and put away as everybody started making there gradual way out. Amelia hopped off Mirages foot and took all the blankets with her. She landed next to Michaela and Sam.

"Do you have a place to stay for the night?" she asked them. Sam nodded before putting his hand in front of his mouth and yawning.

"Yes, don't worry Amelia, Lenox got us a room." Michaela said with a smile.

"Well, I need to get some sleep," Amelia said as she checked her watch, "Have an early shift tomorrow."

"You have a job?" Sam said with a shock face.

"Yeah, I do. I deliver packages and letters to bank's allover the city." Amelia said proudly.

"It's ok Sam," Michaela said as she patted his back, "One day you'll find a job, one day."

Sam look enviously at Amelia but snapped out of it when Michaela hugged him and kissed him on the forehead.

"Goodnight." She said to Amelia as she also hugged her.

"Goodnight." Amelia said back. She wished Sam a goodnight to before leaving to her room. Just before she exited she looked around over her shoulder.

"Don't let the bed bugs bite." She said with an evil grin. As she jogged to her room, she saw Ratchet walking down the same corridor. He was busy going through some documents on another one of those giants ipad's.

"Goodnight Ratchet!" Amelia said happily as she ran past him. Ratchet look over his 'ipad' to where Amelia was supposed to be standing. But she was gone. He looked down the corridor and saw a flash of her hair as she rounded the corner. He was surprised once more at how fast humans could run.

Amelia stopped at Mearings office to wish her a goodnight as well.

"Goodnight Mrs. Mearing." She said quietly.

"Amelia, is that you?" Came her foster mother's voice.

"Yes." Amelia said as she came in and closed the door behind her.

"I want to talk to you." Mearing said as she looked up from her paper work and adjusted her glasses. She then gestured to the chair opposite the desk from her. Amelia walked towards it and sat down with her hands in her lap.

"First, I want to apologize for not being around often." Mearing said put her hands together on her desk.

"I will make up for it soon though but that is not why I called you in. I want to talk to you about your family."

Amelia clenched her hands together and bit her lip.

"Uum… Well, I had two parents and two sisters. My parents were together and nearing there fifty's. I had a twin sister, she was fourteen just like me and had a rather annoying and rude attitude towards everybody. The there was my little sister and she was nine, she was probably the sweetest child ever to set foot on this planet. We had a dog and my mother kept a tank full of pretty, sweet water fish." Amelia said as she dug her nails into her palms. She hated to talk about her dead family. It was just really hard for her to handle especially so soon after the incident. But the next question was even harder.

"I am sorry for your losses." Mearing said as she let sadness wash over her hardened features.

"Can you tell me about the orphanage?" Mearing said as she sat up a little straighter. Amelia groaned inwardly. Not this again, she thought to herself. Then an alarm went off.

"Excuse me." Mearing said as she took out a small communications device.

"Report." She said curtly.

"There hear! Deceptions! Were dispatching the Autobots immediately." Came the frustrated voice of Epps, "They're outside of the city but they're closing in! We need to get the team over there as fast as we can."

Mearing nodded before saying that she was coming.

"Please go to bed Amelia." Mearing said calmly as she hushed her out.

"Goodnight." She said as she walked down the opposite corridor. Thank the lord, Amelia thought as she walked to her dorm. After getting ready for bed she walked back to the mirror leaning against the wall. She had been wondering what her back looked like after Ratchet had patched it up. She took her shirt off and pealed off the bandages. Some were stuck to her injuries but, unlike plasters, ripping them off was not an option, instead they had to be pealed off carefully so that the scab would stay intact. After taking them off Amelia turned around. She could not help but find it a little repellent, her back was covered with stitches and red lines but it did look better that it did before Ratchet and Jolt patched her up. She pulled her shirt back on before throwing away the dirty bandages and crawling into bed. She knew that she would sleep soundly, partly because she never got nightmares and partly because she was exhausted. She could not wait to get to work tomorrow, she probably missed out on a whole lot of stuff she thought before letting her mind go bank so that her dreams could fill them.