"Hey, Wheeljack."
"What?"
"Do you know where you're going?"
"We're fine."
"Right, but do you know?"
"We're fine, kid. I've got a navigation system."
"Uh-huh,'' Miko said dubiously.
"We aren't lost, kid." Wheeljack's rough voice came from the vehicle, the autobot symbol on the steering wheel lighting up in tandem with the words. "Got so little faith in me, eh?"
"No, I got total faith in you, dude, but shouldn't we have found the place by now?"
"If these other vehicles would just move out of the way." Wheeljack revved his engine impatiently.
Miko sighed, leaning her head against the window. There was a drive-in theater in one of the town's parks this weekend, and Miko decided to bring two of her fellow wreckers with her. The movie would probably start without them at this rate and leave Bulkhead wondering where they've gone.
Five minutes later—or an eternity it might as well have been—and a hundred buildings passed by without a glimpse of the park still, Miko thought it was blatantly official.
"We are lost," she said with finality, slouching back into the seat.
"We're fine."
"You are lost, and I only recognize these buildings 'cause I'm pretty sure we've already passed them before."
Wheeljack didn't say anything but only continued to drive past building after building after building. The town was larger than Jasper had been and Miko hadn't explored it beyond her neighborhood and to the mall, leaving the Japanese teenager just as lost as the wrecker.
Once Wheeljack made a turn and Miko soon recognized the area they were driving through for the fourth time, she had enough.
"Dude, let's just call Bulkhead."
"We're fine," came Wheeljack's stubborn voice.
"Famous last words."
"Hey, you guys. Where are you? The movie just started."
"Heya Bulk! Wheeljack got us lost and is too embarrassed to call you."
"We're fine."
Bulkhead's chuckle carried through Miko's phone, and Wheeljack revved his engine at it.
"Big town, huh? Want me to come and get you?"
Miko's yes collided with Wheeljack's umpteenth we're fine.
Bulkhead chuckled again. "Right. Just tell me where you are and I'll come get you."
Despite Wheeljack's recent objection, the white wrecker drove into the nearest parking lot belonging to a familiar fast-food chain.
"We're parked by the town's KO burger," Miko then covered the phone with a hand, speaking to Wheeljack, "We drove past that like, three times, dude. You are so lost."
"I know where that is," Bulkhead spoke as Miko put the phone back to her ear, "Just sit tight, guys. Bulk's coming to the rescue."
"Sweet. See ya, Bulk!" Miko ended the call..
"See? That wasn't so hard."
"I'm never going to hear the end of this," Wheeljack muttered.
"Why? You get lost often, Jackie?"
The autobot remained silent.
"I'm gonna take that as a yes, oh my god," the teenager giggled. "Oh man, poor Bulk. His two best friends are both directionless chumps."
A snort came from the vehicle. "At least I haven't walked into any power lines since my stay here."
Miko erupted into more giggles at the memory of Arcee telling kids the first thing Bulkhead did upon arriving on Earth.
A honking sounded from the road, interrupting the teenager's fit. Wheeljack rolled out from the parking lot and set to follow behind a large green SUV.
The autobot's radio bristled briefly before Bulkhead's voice cut through.
"Hey Jackie. Just the usual trouble, huh?"
"Get scrapped, Bulk."
It prompted both the human passenger and the green vehicle into laughter. Wheeljack only revved his engine loudly.
