Title: Starlight
Author: darkling7
Rating: T (may change later)
Warning: Language
Disclaimer: I do not own
Twenty-Six
"Do you want to come with us?"
Kagome startled, staring wide-eyed at Sunstreaker. "Wait, what?"
The scowl on his face deepened. "I will not repeat myself, fleshbag."
"Fleshbag," Kagome deadpanned. "Really?"
"Ignore him," Sideswipe said. "He's just embarrassed. I made him ask you; he wanted to just kidnap you again."
Kagome snorted. "I'm not surprised."
Sunstreaker pushed away from the wall, stomping over to stand in front of her. "Well?" he demanded gruffly. "Do you want to come or not?"
"Go where?" Kagome snapped. "You haven't given me a location!"
"America."
She stared at him silently for a few moments, her mind reeling. "America?" she finally repeated back numbly.
"The Autobots live on a military base," Sideswipe explained to her, gently reaching out to touch her shoulder. "We would like it if you would join us there."
"In America."
"By the Pit, squishy, are you broken?" Sunstreaker snapped from in front of her.
Kagome stared at him a moment, contemplating.
Leave Japan? To go to America with the two Autobots? But what would she do there? She couldn't even speak English!
She voiced these questions, only for Sideswipe to reassure her that they would teach her, and that there was plenty to do on base.
For a moment, she seriously considered it. Moving away from Japan, and staying with her new friends. While she had her girls, she was still very lonely. She couldn't explain to them the reasons why she would go quiet in the middle of a conversation because some memory crept up on her; or why she would pause in the middle of the streets, trying desperately to catch a glimpse of a face of the rare red-haired men who would stroll by.
She couldn't explain that she was still looking for her past. She couldn't explain that she was still searching the crowds trying desperately to find a familiar face.
It would be so easy to pack up and leave.
But Sideswipe and Sunstreaker had said they were at war.
She hated war.
She shook her head slowly. "I'm sorry, but I can't."