Someone was shaking me out of my sleep. "Brey, get up! We need to go now!" Sides urgently said. I sat up immediately and kicked whoever was the closest to me in reaction. The yellow twin was the closest and received the bottom of my foot to his lower abdomen.
The holoform lurched backwards from the force and groaned painfully. I scrambled off the bed the next second, guilt swelling inside of me. "I am so sorry!" I apologized and leaned down to his bent over level. He waved me off and straightened his posture.
Sides grabbed my wrist and started to drag me out of my room. Confusion flooded my brain on why he was acting this way. At first, my mind thought to pull away and demand what he was doing but something told me to trust them. I allowed the red twin to continue to drag me out of the house and towards their alt. modes.
His brother was trailing behind us. On the way out, he called for the dogs and they came to his calling, also following us to their alt. modes. What in the hell was going on?
I was sat in the passenger side of the yellow Lamborghini by the red twin. He dissolved in a shimmering fall of sparkles and gunned his engine in a quick start. Sunstreaker got the dogs into his brother alt. mode before following suit of disappearing.
The bot I was with peeled out of the gravel drive, ignoring the rocks most likely pelting his undercarriage. I finally noticed the tail lights of a familiar black GMC truck turning onto the main road and that it was pitch black outside. It was the middle of the night and these two were dragging me out of my house without telling me what was going on.
With the unknown and crazy situation happening, there was no way I was going to be able to sleep until they explain to me. "Sunstreaker-" a yawn escaped my lips-" what's going on? Where are you taking me?" I question tiredly.
For a few moments, the frontliner didn't speak a sound. The only noise in his cab was his engine and tires gripping the cold asphalt. "Cons have attacked a nearby energon mine. We didn't want to leave you behind with no protection so we're taking you to the base for your safety," he explained.
It sounded like an okay reason to wake me up at… I glanced at the clock on his dashboard. Two A.M! Now that peeved me off a little, I have work in the morning and they are deciding to drag me to the base this early in the morning.
They care for me though. That's what happens when someone cares for you, they will do everything in their power to protect you from danger.
The leather seat under me warmed up. I groaned thankfully and leaned against the warming seat, savoring the heat. "You can recharge if you would like."
"I won't be able too." Even though he did answer my question, all this movement will prevent me from falling back to asleep. "Thanks for caring for me, though. It means a lot to me."
"We care for you more then I would like to but you're an acceptable human to be around, I guess." I'm placing my bet that's the best complement I'm going to get out of him.
"Aww, so cute. Told you she wasn't as bad as you thought." And Sides had to ruin the lovely moment with that comment. Eh, I still like the both of them anyhow.
Within a good twenty minutes of fast driving, the five of us, including the dogs, made it to the base. Instead of dropping me off right then and there to join the group of preparing soldiers, they continued to drive towards the back part of the base. Where were they taking me?
Sunstreaker stopped in front of a large hangar, not even a fraction of the size of the main hangar. The passenger side door folded upwards smoothly and allowed me to exit the beautiful vehicle.
Fridge cold air hit me hard. I shiver from it and crossed my arms to enclose the rest of the heat my body was producing. Next to me, Sunstreaker transformed swiftly and stepped up to the closed hangar door. Sides let the dogs out and also changed to his bipedal form to stand next to his brother.
A beep sounded from the door after Sunstreaker punched in some sort of code into a key pad way too tall for me to reach. The two of them entered the room and motioned for me to follow. I called for the dogs and trailed behind him with the dogs at my side.
Vivian raced off from my side and ran after her favorite twin, being careful of his large size. Kodiak also gave chase of his favorite of the two and trotted timidly at his side. I snorted quietly from their antics and playfully rolled my eyes.
Sides stopped and turned around to face us after all of us were in the smaller hangar. A sheepish look was on his face like he did something wrong that I didn't know of us. "So, we weren't really allowed to bring you to the base. That means we have to hide you in our berthroom once the coast is clear of Cons," he explained and rubbed the back of his neck.
My eyes widened in worry and shock. "But don't worry, you'll be fine here. We'll go check it out and be back here before you even know it!" Sides was trying to make the situation seem less risky of bring me here without permission from any of the higher ups.
The two started to make their way of the hangar, or now named their berthroom. "Don't do anything stupid while you're in here," Sunstreaker warned and pointed his digit at me. Though, it seemed there wasn't much of a threat behind his words or actions.
With that, they left me here, in their room, with my dogs and no way of getting out. Fuck. Maybe I could go back to asleep and hope this gets done before my shift begins. But that means someone who knows the code could come in here and see me where I'm not supposed to be.
Exhaustion over took me both mentally and physically after being awake for sometime. I scanned the dark room for any place to comfortably sleep on or for at least a blanket. In the hangar, it seemed there was no suitable area for a person to rest upon. All of the things were way too big for my smaller size compared to their larger frames.
I was resting my back against the wall ten feet away from the door, waiting for the return of the twins. Kodiak has positioned himself in his normal place on my shins while his sister had her head resting on my thighs. I was gently petting the area between her ears and trying to ignoring the tiredness catching up.
The longer they were gone, the more I felt unease about the whole situation. Worry was eating me alive about sitting here with no way of calling them or checking up on them. I have seen them in action while battling Decepticons before but this felt different. Something was wrong, that was a fact.
There was something about this that didn't settle well with my stomach. I despised the feeling, especially it being with the twins. I didn't like caring for people because bad things always happen in my life, sometimes to those people. What if they get stuck in the mine or it falls on them?
No one knows, besides the twins, that I'm in here. No one would come in here to check up on me because they don't know. The key pad was too tall for me to reach. First of all, I didn't have a clue what the code was to get out of here.
Stupid mechs. I wished they allowed for me to have my phone to call for help if they didn't come back in a mannerly fashion. Or they could forget about me to go on their daily lives? No, that's idiotic. They care about me and wouldn't do that. Would they?
Shut up! Brain, no more thinking. This is what happens when you leave me in a room alone for long periods of time. Thoughts run wild inside of my mind while having too much time to myself.
The dogs resting on legs were long asleep, lucky bastards. My eyelids were drooping from how tired I was but my stubbornness wouldn't let me fall back to asleep like these two have.
Later on, when the sun was just starting to brightening up the sky, the rumbling of engines caught my attention. Both of the dogs sat up at the growing noise outside and stood to their four paws. I got to my feet and stretched out my tightening muscles from sitting down for too long.
I stood off to the side of the door, standing there waiting for them to come and take me back. Except that never happened. Cars did pass by the hangar but none of them the familiar sound of the two Lamborghini's. Where were they?
My anxiety began to rise the longer I stood there, hoping for their return. Worry started up again, eating me up inside. I couldn't stop myself and began to pace near the door, thinking over what could have happened and why they haven't came back.
Kodiak and Vivian could sense the distress most likely coming off in waves. Kodi jumped up on me to stop me but I only pushed him off and continued to worry like a mother. Vivian stopped in front of me to get me to pet her, I didn't fall for her tricks and stepped around her.
Did they get hurt while on the mission? Did they get in trouble and sent to timeout? Did they finally realize I wasn't their type? Do they no longer want to be around me? What did I do to push them away? Why am I an idiot for thinking I could be in a relationship with aliens? Do I want to have a relationship with them?
Why would they even like me? Sides likes to break the law and prank others. I'm an officer of the law. Those two don't mix well or at all. I'm also boring, I usually stay in my house or go to work. To which Sarah and Will have said to me, 'I work too much and need to take more time off'.
Tears began to well up in my eyes. Why do I care for them as much as I do? I learned a long time ago never to trust someone or else they'll leave you high and dry. That was already fucked up. A few I have trusted are Sarah, Will, Zeke, Dominick, Annabelle, and Talia.
A noise of loud pedesteps sounding like they were heading this way caught my attention. I wiped away the tears and waited patient off to the side. Hopefully this was them because I didn't know how much longer until my thoughts went way out of control.
The keypad beeped at one of the twins putting in the code. The hangar door rolled open to reveal not-so-pleased Prowl. A scowl was etched into his face as he gazed down to the three of us. "Those idiotic pair. Come on, Aubrey," Prowl motioned for me to follow without explaining why he was the one to fetch me.
Were they in trouble and told Prowl about me? At least I wasn't stuck in their room for any longer. I turned to the dogs who were eager to get out of here as much as I want and told them to stay. Prowl didn't tell me where he was taking me and it could be dangerous for them. I jogged after him and followed him to wherever he was taking me.
Prowl stopped in front of another hangar, bigger than the twins' room yet much smaller than the main hangar. "Wait here." I stood in my spot when he said that and stared at his retreating form entering the unknown hangar.
It familiar to me on the position and size. There was an extension to the right that was human height. Wait a minute, this was the Med. Bay! Then why did Prowl take me here? I wasn't injured… The twins! Did they get hurt while out on their mission? Shit, please be okay, please be okay. I repeated that sentence until the police bot came back into view.
"Come along but don't touch anything," he warned. I nodded my head, trotted into the large Med. Bay, and scanned over the room, looking for the two. "You must be wondering why I took you here instead of taking you back home." That was an understatement.
"Unknowingly to us, we didn't know that you were hidden away in the Terror Twins berthroom after they were called to duty. Unfortunately, Sideswipe was injured by a Con during the battle. The wound was close to his spark chamber but being him, he continued to fight on side-by-side with his twin. This resulted in the wound getting worse and closer to his spark until, at the end of the battle, he dropped nearly offline."
"His twin following a few seconds later since they are spark split twins. Ratchet was able to get Sideswipe stable but into a forced statis. Sunstreaker regained conscience a little bit after we got back and alerted Ratchet you were in their berthroom. Sideswipe is still in forced statis until cleared by Ratchet. Sunstreaker is online but weak due to his twin."
During his explaining, I kept quiet and thought over very word he said. That stupid mech getting himself hurt in battle. I realized my nails were digging into the palm of my hand and causing trickles of blood to come from the small cuts. What have you two done to me?
Prowl led me over to the back of the hangar where a huge curtain was blocking a part of from the rest of us. He opened it and revealed Sideswipe and Sunstreaker laying on two large slabs of metal. The yellow twin was holding his brother's servo even though Sides wasn't awake by the sounds of it.
A gasp escaped me at the sight of the two. Wires were hooked up to the injured twin, most likely reading his vitals. The yellow twin heard the gasp and turned his attention to the two of us. Relief seemed to grow in his optics at the sight of me.
Pain seemed to be swirling inside of his optics. I don't blame him though, his brother has been terribly injured and Sunstreaker can only sit there and pray.
With his freehand, Sunstreaker motioned for me come closer weakly. I glanced up at Prowl for a moment before timidly making my way over to him and stopping where I could still see his face. He motioned for me to come closer.
I confusingly gazed up at him and walked closer to the point we couldn't see each other. Sunstreaker reached down with his servo and scoped me off the ground. A yelp escaped me in surprise of the sudden movement. I gripped onto his digits like my life depended on it and stopped myself from puking.
Sunstreaker deposited me on his chassis and jerked his head towards Sides quiet form. "Go, he needs you," he said. How in the hell was I going to get over to where he was? Their hands were linked between the two. That was the only safe I could reach the injured mech.
This is going to get me killed, won't it? A sigh passed my lips at just the thought. I risked a glance behind at the yellow mech. Sunstreaker was watching me carefully. I suppressed a shiver and timidly started to step onto his arm with balance.
Luckily, I wasn't afraid of heights or falling from heights, just the sudden stop at the end and the bouncing of your body. My foot had slipped a couple of times on the way over to the injured twin. Each time, Sunstreaker would tense up and ready himself to catch me.
After what felt like hours, I made it to where Sides was and stopped on top of his chassis. His wound was on the left side of his body and I made sure to be extra careful going anywhere near his upper body. I turned my attention back to Sunstreaker, nervous about what to do. What was I supposed to do?
"Sit up by his spark." My eyes widen in shock at his words. That's right next to where he was hurt.
"But what about his injury?" I questioned, concerned about making it worse for the red twin.
Sunstreaker rolled his optics and chuckled quietly. "You human aren't going to hurt him anymore than he already is." My eyes were wide like how a deer would look like, fearful of what my clumsy self could do to him. "Just sit down on his chassis."
With one more glance in his direction, I sat down carefully on the sleeping red twin and stared intently at the missing plating. For access to the wound, Ratchet had taken off his armor and exposed that part of his frame. I gently ran my fingers on the edge of the plating and listened to the soft humming coming from his chassis. Please be okay.
Time passed by and my job long forgotten the moment Prowl had told me about the two. My eyelids dropped once more from being up later than usual. This time, I didn't fight it and lied down somewhat comfortably on the red twin. I tucked my arms under my chin and turned my head to the side, peeking at Sunstreaker. He seemed to have gone to sleep or whatever it's called for them.
For the second time today, I was rudely awakened from my sleep by a not-so-happy medic. "She shouldn't be anywhere near Sides injure. Energon isn't good for humans in any shape or form," Ratchet argued to an unknown being. I groaned tiredly and curled tighter into a ball.
"It's helping him. Sides may not be awake but he can tell from me she is near. Her presence is keeping him at ease," Sunstreaker grunted out. I sat up after hearing his voice and rubbed my eyes to gaze over at him. Our eyes met for a few seconds, distress evident in his optics. I smiled kindly at him to reassure the fretting brother.
Ratchet scoffed but knew he was cornered in this invisible battle. "Fine, she can stay but she can't go near him. She'll have to stay with you."
Sunstreaker disagreed with the medic. "No, he wants to be in contact with her." Just like what Sides wanted, I kind of liked to stay sitting on his chassis. He was warm compared to the cold outside and I would worry too much over him.
The medic seemed like he wanted to continue to argue with the yellow mech, both being stubborn about this. But he laid down his weapons, not literally, and left the three of us to our own devices. A question raised inside of me: could Sunstreaker tell what Sides was wanting even though he was asleep?
"Spit it out," his rough tone had toned down from his conversation with Ratchet. Would my question seem like an intrusion of their privacy? It kind of seemed like it would.
"N-never mind," I rejected and drew patterns on the ruined paint job of Sides armor. Things were going somewhat okay since this has happened and I didn't want to ruin it with a stupid question.
"Just say it." Thankfully, Sunstreaker didn't sound like he was getting agitated with me. But since he really wants to know…
"You don't have to answer if you don't want to but… can you actually tell what Sides wants even though he was asleep?" It felt like I was going to explode from the anxiety growing just from saying that.
"Yes, I can. And he's in statis, forced statis until Ratchet deems him stable enough to bring him out. We're spark-split twins, we know nearly everything about each other. That's how Sides got me to like you, you aren't half bad," he teased slightly. That's first time he's ever done that to me, hmm.
Another question struck up inside of me. "Do you actually like me or is that Sides forcing you to?" A small part of me hoping that wasn't the case. From the sounds of it, that was most likely the truth. Why would anyone like me? To many people's eyes, I'm boring and I like to have a plan or schedule.
Sunstreaker gave me a look that read 'did you just say that?' and rolled his optics. "Primus, femme. Sides isn't forcing me to do anything. I like you for you. Let's just say I like you more than any of the humans on this mud ball of a planet."
Unintentionally, a shy smile it to my lips at his comment. "Well, you know, I thought he was making you like me-" Sunstreaker interrupted my talking by scooping me off his brother's chassis and holding me carefully in his grasp. I yelped in shock from the sudden movement and clutched onto his digit in reaction.
The mech held my body at optic level with him, a stern look on his face plates. "Just stop it. I like you for being you. No one in the whole universe could force me to do something that I didn't want to do. Sides knows that more than anyone." He sighed and, something extremely out of character for him, gently kissed the top of my head. "See? I care about you."
A blush grew on my lips when he did that. It felt weird since his lips are made of metal and they were warm compared to the cold temperature. "Okay, I get it, I get it," I responded and hid the blood rushing to my cheeks from his actions.
He set me down on the metal slab he was sitting on. "You owe me a buffing," he commented out of the blue.
"What? Why?!" I said dumbfounded on why I owe him a waxing. Sunstreaker outstretched his arm and pointed towards a small scuff mark on the underside of it. That was the arm I had used to cross between the two.
"Because of that." The smallest mark from my shoe was what he was mad about, well he didn't seem to disturbed about it.
"It was the only way to get over to Sides! I'm not twenty feet tall and made of metal," I argued and rolled my eyes at him. It was the truth though, there wasn't a latter to reach his brother.
"Or you could grow bigger and climb onto the berth, not having to use our arms as a bridge." In his voice, there was a hint of teasing in it, meaning he was only playing.
I scoffed at him and crossed my arms over my chest. "Sure, yeah. Let me go against all human physics and grow an extra twenty feet so I could get next to Sides." The tiniest of smiles grew on his face at my comment.