So guys, here's a cute little filler chapter. I don't know WHEN I'm going to upload again since I have Band Camp from 9am-9pm all next week so I'll really have no time to plan, write, or even THINK about anything but band and color guard xD So thanks for voting on the poll guys! I have an amazing idea for how Brooke is going to learn her electricity powers, so I hope ya'll like it!
The next morning, Akila was practically shaking me awake. It was about noon (Who knew staying up with Bumblebee all night would make me so tired?) and she had to describe every detail of how Ironhide asked her out last night. I found it cute that she had finally found a boyfriend who she wouldn't have to break up with because of our family relocating.
"It was so cute Brooke, I wish I could just replay it again in my mind!" she exclaimed.
I smiled and crossed my arms with a smug grin on my face. "All this considering you two were at each other's necks a couple of weeks ago," I commented.
Akila rolled her eyes. "Okay, he can be a pervert sometimes but he really cares for me."
"I've never seen you this happy before. I'm glad he finally asked you out," I told her.
With that, she got off of my bed and allowed me to get ready for the day while she finished up her homework. I hadn't signed up for the online school yet but I knew I would be forced to soon by either Optimus or Lennox. To be honest, I liked this period of no school; it relaxed me. But to do anything in this world I'd need an education, so I'd have to take the classes sooner or later.
After I got dressed and Akila turned in the work, we headed down to the cafeteria for some lunch, even though I hadn't even had breakfast. We got our food (Which was…burgers, I believe) and started eating. Soon, Ironhide and Bumblebee joined us, sitting next to Akila and myself respectively.
"So 'Hide, you finally asked Akila out. Good on you," I congratulated.
Ironhide smiled at Akila then looked back at me. "Bumblebee told me you have some sort of electric powers. Do you know how to use them?" he asked me, obviously interested in my new 'weapon'.
"I not entirely sure how to work them yet… Optimus and Ratchet said they could see if there would be a teacher or any way to help me," I explained. "They said it would be a good idea to use against the Decepticons if I'm ever targeted again."
Bumblebee looked at me. "Hopefully that won't be soon considering that there hasn't been any Decepticon activity recently…anywhere."
Akila looked at Bumblebee quizzically and asked, "Could they have given up after what happened on the air base?"
"I doubt it," Ironhide answered, crossing his arms. "Those punk-ass Decepticons always have something in their mind."
We're still here, Brooke… a sinister voice echoed in my mind. I shivered and looked around, but the familiar owner of that voice was no where in sight. Weird.
Before I could think more about it, an intercom interrupted me. "Brooke Walters and Autobot Bumblebee, report to the Med Bay," the voice said.
I face palmed at the announcement. "I spend waytoo much time in there," I commented. Everyone laughed then Bumblebee and I made our way to the Med Bay.
When we got there, Optimus and Ratchet were–AGAIN–waiting for us. Geez, déjà vu much? Optimus made a noise like he was trying to get my attention once I started staring at the scans.
"Ratchet and I have done research and the only mech who would be able to help you, an Autobot named Jolt, was killed by Shockwave. So we have no choice to see if you can self-teach yourself," he told me.
HOW could I self-teach myself? "Um, how am I supposed to release electricity, let alone energy itself, from my fingers?" I asked them, wiggling my fingers in front of my face.
Ratchet rolled his optics at me. "Supposedly from my scans, it seems that if you force the electricity to go it will follow your orders. It should be simple enough for a human," he grumbled. Optimus sent him a disapproving look but Ratchet didn't really care.
"So where can I practice? If I hit any of you guys with my electricity, it will disarm you," I asked them.
Bumblebee stepped up to answer this one. "Find me in my field of grass, Mother Nature's son," he sang, transforming into his Camaro form. He opened the passenger door for me. "You coming or what?"
I shrugged at the two older 'Bots and climbed inside Bee. He drove out of the Bay and into the sunlight where I noticed that it was overcast with some storm clouds in the distance. He drove through back roads that I had never been on until we got to this giant land clearing that looked like an old area where cows ate on the grass. I got out of Bee and looked at his holoform, who was about to get out.
"Hey Bee?" He stopped moving and turned his attention to me. "Maybe I should just practice this by myself."
Bumblebee looked hurt and it pained me to see him like that. "What do you mean?" he asked. I smiled him, trying to cheer him up. But he still looked sad.
"If I harm you Bee, I can't help fix you and I'll never forgive myself. Why don't you go see Mikaela and see how she's doing with her pregnancy? I'm sure Sam would just love a break from her." I suggested.
Bee sighed, obviously seeing where I was coming from. "What if something happens?" he asked.
"I'll go hide in the trees and call you. I promise," I told him. He still looked hesitant. "Come on Bee, please? For me?" I begged. He finally nodded and looked towards the road. I backed away from the car and he drove off slowly, probably still debating whether he should go or not.
Once he was gone I walked into the field. "Hm…what to do…." I said to no one.
I guess I would try what Ratchet told me to do. I held up a hand with two of my fingers outstretched, something I saw someone do in a TV show I used to watch. I tried to feel the energy stored inside of me but it really just felt like hyperactivity and not electricity. Still, I tried to center all of the energy into my fingers. Nothing really happened. So, I tried again. Still nothing. By now I was working up a sweat, a combination of my work and the humidity from the upcoming storm.
"This will never freaking work!" I yelled, wiping the sweat off my brow. But right when my hand flicked away from my head and hit an angle towards the sky lightening shot from my hand and hit the clouds. I stood, stunned for a moment and looked at the cloud, hearing loud thunder that went along with it.
"D-Did I do that?" I wondered aloud. Then as if the sky opened up, it started raining on my head. "Of course I did that….," I muttered in annoyance.
I was able to run underneath a tree (I know, not the safest thing at the moment) and pulled out my phone. I quickly tried to text Bumblebee to come get me, but a shock of lightening not far away caused my phone to mess up and shut off. A shock radiated from it, but I wasn't hurt. "How did I not get hurt?" I wondered. "Oh yeah, my innards store electricity."
"Haven't your parents ever taught you not to go under a tree during storms?" a voice asked. I turned to see a boy about college age who had long black almost blue hair pulled into a ponytail leaning up against another tree trunk. He wore a blue shirt and light jeans which were not wet at all.
I stood up quickly. "I don't know who or what you are, but don't take another step closer," I threatened. Was it a Decepticon? It was too dark for me to see the color of his eyes, but his grin didn't look Decepticon. But he also wasn't wearing anything that indicated that he was an Autobot.
He smiled and put his hands up. "Relax, relax, I'm not here to hurt you!" he told me. I relaxed a bit but my guard was still up.
"Who are you? What do you want?" I asked him.
"My name's Derrick. I saw that bolt of lightening you produced and I can do the same," he said.
I crossed my arms. "Oh yeah? Show me," I told him. Derrick shrugged and walked into the storm. He closed his eyes and but his hands out. Surprisingly, a large bolt of electricity shot out from his hands towards the heavens. When he came back under the tree, my jaw was still on the floor.
"I am an Area 51 experiment gone wrong," he explained. "They let me go as long as I never used my powers against the U.S. They let me move to Navada and go to college. How about you?"
'Oh yeah, a giant power from some other world is inside me so now I'm one giant storage unit of electricity'. That'd scare him off. "Um…that's a little personal," I told him.
Derrick shrugged. "Ok, look, you come back here tomorrow and I'll teach you how to REALLY use those powers of yours. There's gonna be another storm tomorrow so it'll be a good time," he told me.
I looked at him and the storm roaring near. "Why not now? It's, like, 2 o'clock!" I asked. Watch me show up tomorrow and him ditch me.
"Because I think your ride is here,' he told me, pointing behind me. I turned around to the road to see a giant Peterbilt roll up to the curb. Why was Optimus coming to get me?
I turned back to Derrick to tell him that he had better come tomorrow but he was no where in sight. "Derrick?" I called out, looking around. Oh well, creep. I just forgot it and ran out of the rain to the giant semi waiting for me.
Once I got close, the passenger door opened and I walked in, careful not to slip on the wet. When I got in, the AC turned on and the door slammed shut. "Here," I heard. I turned to see Optimus's holoform handing me the red jacket with the flame design that he usually wore. I tried to decline but he still held it out and I too it, wrapping it around my shoulders.
"Sorry I'm getting your jacket," I looked down at my wet tennis shoes, "and your alt. form all wet."
Optimus shook his head. "It's fine, it's fine," he told me. Then he looked out at the storm. "Why didn't you call Bumblebee or one of the Autobots when it began to storm?" he asked. I pulled out my phone, which looked a little burned, and showed it to Optimus. He took it and stared at the marks. "Perhaps we can get you a newer, electricity-proof phone," he told me. I smiled at him and he smiled also, setting the phone down.
"So where's Bumblebee?" I asked him.
"Mikaela insisted that he help her fix one of her cars since she cannot do it while she is pregnant and Samuel is not very… vehicle savvy. He was worried when it started raining and you wouldn't answer your phone, so he called me to come pick you up," he told me.
"Oh," I muttered. "I wish he would have called the twins or something… I wouldn't want to bother you from your work."
Optimus shrugged. "It's fine. Both sets of twins are currently guarding the Xantium in Florida, plus I wanted to come. I am very…interested in your powers. I have never known an… organic such as yourself have unnatural powers like you possess. Were you able to use the powers?" he asked.
I shrugged. "Not really. I was able to produce one lightening bolt but that's about it," I told him.
"You didn't harm yourself, did you?" he asked me, scanning my body. Since when was he so concerned about me?
I waved his concerned glance away. "Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. I'm gonna do some more practice tomorrow," I assured him. He told me to be safe and we drove back to the base. On our way back, the patter of the rain on the roof and soft country music sang from his radio.
Soon we got back to base and Optimus drove me to his office where he transferred my contacts into a new phone. I then left the office, letting him work on his paperwork. I went back to my quarters and changed into a black tank top and jean shorts. I also noticed that I still had Optimus's red jacket, so I threw it on over my tank top and reminded myself to give it to him later.
"What can I do? All the twins are gone at Florida, Bee is at Sam's, Ironhide and Akila are probably off somewhere alone, the Wreakers are fixing their ship, Dino scares me, and OP is doing paperwork…" I muttered aloud, walking into the hangar. I just had to stop talking to myself!
"You could hang out with Mirage," a voice said. I turned around to see Mirage standing there in a tight shirt that was unbuttoned at the top with tight skinny jeans.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I think you're the only one who likes that idea," I told him.
Mirage rolled his eyes. "Come on Brooke, just let me take you out somewhere. There's that new movie that came out, which I know you will want to see," he begged.
Would it really be that bad seeing a movie with Mirage? I KNOW it wouldn't be a date but… I needed something to do. "Fine, okay, but if you do anything stupid, I will electrify you into stasis lock," I threatened.
"You now a lot about us for an organic," he said. Then, in a low sexy voice, he said, "I like it."
I punched his arm and he laughed, is Ferrari form driving up. His holoform got in the drivers seat and I got in the passenger seat, a seatbelt wrapping snugly around me. We drove off the base to a small hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop.
"Sandwiches?" I wondered.
Mirage shrugged. "I heard it was the number one sandwich shop in the area," he explained
"WHERE did you hear that?"
"The advertisement," he told me. The ad, of course. I rolled my eyes at him and smiled.
We went inside and I ordered a sandwich (Which Mirage paid for, surprisingly). We sat in a booth and he tried to make some small talk.
"So how long have you been living at the base?" Mirage asked.
I shrugged. "I don't know… maybe a month? Maybe two? The days just seem to blur together now," I told him.
We continued the talk until I was done and we went to the movie. We bought the tickets and went into the movie. I used to go to movies almost every day but since I moved in with the Autobots, I haven't gone to the movies in forever. I missed the smell of the buttery popcorn and overpriced drinks.
When we got in the theater, Mirage and I sat in the middle of the seat rows. A lot of people came into the theater and the young girls seemed to flock around Mirage's holoform.
When the movie started, Mirage set his open hand on the arm rest, as if waiting for me to hold it. I just shrunk back in the seat, letting the sweet cologne smell from Optimus's jacket engulf me. It smelled a lot better than Mirage's cologne, more welcome and friendly, not artificial and impractical.
When we got out of the movie, it was about seven o'clock and the sun was setting, making a beautiful red and purple color on the sky. Mirage's hand kept bumping into mine, probably trying to grab it.
"Will you stop!" I yelled at him, making some of the girls that were staring at him cringe. Mirage almost replied but suddenly stared off into space. "Hey? Um…Mark?" I called, using a made-up human name. He still didn't move.
Finally, he came back to Earth and looked at me, a bit of anger in his eyes. "I have to leave; Ratchet was able to find an Energon source nearby and Prime wants me to go search it and collect some Energon," he told me.
"So you're just leaving me here?" I asked him.
"Ironhide and your sister are in the area and should be here soon. Ratchet wants me to go right away because he's worried that the Decepticons could find it first," he said. I sighed and walked outside, sitting on a bench while I saw Mirage drive away.
So for about five minutes I played around on the new phone Optimus gave me, trying to learn all the controls on it when a big group of people came out of the theater, probably from another movie, so I started watching them.
A slender dark-skinned man with his young daughter, a girl with long braids in her hair.
A large, muscular black-haired man wearing a baseball cap with a teenage brunette girl wearing a tee shirt and shorts.
A young boy my age with shaggy blond hair with his arms wrapped around a short girl with long black hair.
Wait…was that Declan? To be sure, I took out my phone and sent him a text message that just said hey. After I sent it, I noticed the phone in the boy's pocket light up, proving that it was Declan. So he either is a man-whore and is going out with someone after he left me or he was cheating on that girl with me these past few days. Finally, I texted him back and wrote 'Have fun with your girlfriend. Don't get burned, jerk."
I saw Declan finally reach for the phone and look at the text. I could see him roll his eyes and shut the phone. The girl looked at him in concern but he pulled her close by her waist and kissed her. What a jerk.
After they pulled out, Ironhide's giant form pulled in the theater. He pulled up to where I was and I jumped in the back seat. Up in the front, I could see Ironhide's holoform and Akila holding hands.
"Sooo, how was your date?" Akila asked with a teasing voice. Ironhide's eyebrows rose and he smiled.
"Oh shut up you two, it was NOT a date. I would NOT fall for some romantic freak like him," I assured them.
"Akila and I used to argue all the time, you know," Ironhide commented, moving his hand (which was combined with my sister's) to wave it in front of my face.
"No," I said. "No, no, NOOOO!" Akila and Ironhide were laughing at me so much and I just tried to ignore them.
I don't know what was coming next, especially with this creepy electric organs thing, but I knew that I was NEVER going to end up with Mirage.
Soooo...like it? Yes? No?
I promise you, there will be NO BrookexMirage in this story EVER. While I'm at it, there will also be NO BrookexBumblebee. Mirage is just going to be some creepy stalker and Brooke and Bee are like siblings. I really don't think Brooke's final love interest will be revealed until, like, the last couple words of the final chapter or until the sequel. So yeah, also, how do you guys like Derrick also? I really like him...and you guys will be surprised at what happens with him!
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