Kentucky Rain Part 4

I shook my head wearily and schooched over onto Jazz's hand. He proceeded to carry me back to my room and I just leaned back against him and stared blankly at the space about two inches in front of my nose.

"Angel?" Optimus asked softly from my mind.

"Yes?" was all I could manage to get out.

"I'm sorry. This is all my fault..."

He trailed off and I could hear the guilt in his voice. I dragged my mind back to coherency and spoke to him.

"Listen to me... NONE of this was your fault, understand? I choose to help you of my own free will. There wasn't any thing you could have done."

"Yes... there was."

"It's not worth it...Optimus. Not to me or any one else. The only other thing you could have done then was to let your self die, and that's not worth it."

I could still feel the distaste in what he had done coming from the corner of my mind that we shared but there was really nothing I could do to talk him out of that funk. I had given him what reassurances and comfort I could. I had to hope for the best now.

What I didn't know what that half the nation away at what was left of my hotel room, my friend from before had taken it upon her self to see if she could find out just what the heck had become of me after three days of being gone.

"And you have no idea where she went?" She asked.

"Honestly miss, I really couldn't tell you. One moment I'm just dozin' here and the next there are four o' those giant metal people out in my front parking lot blowing things up. By the time I got done callin' the police they was gone. All I saw after that was an ambulance and a red van pulling off."

"An ambulance?" She looked around again, "So some one took her to the hospital?"

"That's the best guess I could make missy. Though I did get the number of the van, the police have traced it to a car rental back down in Lexington."

"Really, can I have the number of the place please?"

"Sure, its Whitwicky industries." He handed her a small scrap of paper, she looked it over, nodded and thanked him.

One hour later she was on the road and was heading back to our home town. She eventually got back to the town, and then spent another two hours on the phone up dating both of our parents to what had happened. Knowing both of our mom's they probably demanded that she come home that second. For once she had simply told them that she couldn't come back, refused to come back until she had found me. I dunno how she got away from the arguments and lectures that this would have resulted in but somehow she did and she wound up at the car rental having a really interesting conversation with the owner.

"One of my cars was where?" The man asked.

"Stanton KY," She held out her road map and pointed at the spot on the map. "See right here."

"That's Stanton alright, but I don't know why one of my cars would be there. I mean I'm sure someone probably rented one but as to why they'd be near some thing like that..."

She let out one of the biggest sighs on the planet, "This was my only lead if you know any thing please call me."

She turned to leave and heard the man let out a sigh of his own, "Hold on there miss. They are gonna kill me for this."

"Who?" now she was completely confused, "What are you talking about?"

"Your friend is the little brunette right? Miss Angel."

"Yeh that's her, but you said you had no idea..."

"I know, I know, and I am gonna catch hell for spilling the beans but Yeah I know where she is. She's in Oregon."

"OREGON! What the heck is she doing in Oregon?!"
"Well to be honest it'd be easier to show you than to tell you. Follow me"

She followed him out to the car lot and he showed her a white race car looking vehicle.

"And I'm suppose do to what with this?"

"You're supposed to get your bags and get in; this guy will take you to where your friend is."

That was when a voice came from the car.

"SPARKPLUG!! What are you doing!?"

"Helping this poor kid find her friend, you know exactly where she is and your gonna take her there. If you have problems with it you can take it up wit your boss when you get back to the base."

The car continued, "Take it up with my boss! How?"

She blinked and looked at the car, "Uhh... doesn't it bother you that this car is talking?"

"No your get used to it eventually. Trust me."

She shook her head and took off to get her bags, five minutes later she had the car loaded and it was pulling out with her installed in the front seat.

"Well this is interesting."

"You're telling me, so what's your name kiddo?"

"Alyssa, and uhh... if you dun mind telling me... how is it you can talk."

"I've got my methods."

"Oh." She looked out at the fading town wondering exactly what she was getting her self into.

The next morning:

The car she was in turned out to be surprisingly fast, and they were actually more than half way there when she had the car stop for food the next morning. Alyssa was coming out of the Mac Do when she noticed some thing about her ride.

"Hey," She grinned, "you know what this car looks like?"

"What?" The voice replied.

"This thing looks like that transformer Wheeljack."

"You don't say? And do you ahh like that one?"

"Yeah," She plopped back down in the seat, "According to what I've read he's a real mad scientist type. Loves to build things, make crazy inventions, he's smart and he's supposed to have a great sense of humor."

"Really? Where'd ya here all of this kiddo?"

"Honestly?" she grinned, "I have to admit I'm a bit of a transformers admirer. I've got most of this information just talking to people, or knocking around on the net."

"Oh... that sounds fun." The speaker suppressed a giggle.

"You know, when we get where we are going and I finally see what you look like I swear I owe you a smack up side the head."

"What!!?" Again there was the sound of it trying to not laugh at her.

"You're making fun of me!!" Alyssa griped.

"No I'm not honestly. I just think its cute that's all. Most girls your age would be more inclined to look at young guys Not Giant robots."

"Well," She told the speaker primly, "I am not most girls."

There were a few moments of silence between the two of them as they drove. Then her temper began to smolder.

"How much longer until we get to where my friend is being held?"

The speaker, this was what she was calling it not for all she could see was the car's speakers, let out a large sigh.

"Look, first off she's not being held okay? She's there of her own free will. Secondly, it's about another half a day until we make it to where we are going so just calm down okay?"

"Well I'm sorry but my best friend disappears in the middle of some kind of giant robot attack, and from all the clues I have it seems to me that they carried her off. Now I know that the autobots are basically good people. But to be honest, if they took her for no reason..."

"I'll have you know miss that they had very good reason for taking Miss Angel to their base." The speaker sighed again, "Look I'm sorry for snapping at you, I think once you have more information you will under stand what happened here. But for now take my word that she came of her own free will, and she had very good reason for doing so OK?"

"I'll do my best to trust you buddy, but I'll believe it when I see it."

It took the two of them a while to get to the base, when they arrived I was in the process of snoozing on my couch. I suddenly started awake when I heard the commotion.

"Mmmm... What's going on?"

"I think some one has arrived."

"What you mean some one came looking for me?"

I stood up and braced my self for a second and then hobbled out to see who or what had come looking for me this time.

I have to admit I was more than a lil' shocked when I looked at the monitor and saw Alyssa standing out front looking at the mountain like she was ready to kill some one.

"Alright Mr. Remote control," she folded her arms and glared at a car that she was standing next to, "You told me this is where my friend would be, All I see is a lot of rock and empty space!"

"LOOK! Just get your bags out of my back seat and walk straight!"

I stood there and watched.

"That's Alyssa! Oh she sounds pissed."

"She doesn't sound half as mad as Wheeljack."

"What you mean the car is one of you? Wheeljack?"

Despite the fact that it hurt, I couldn't help it I doubled over and cackled like a wild woman.

"What's so funny?" Optimus asked.

"He's the transformer she's had a crush on since I've known her."

I turned and looked back up at the screen.

"One of you guys had better go tell her about the hologram you've got over the front door."

Prowl looked down at me and almost grinned.

"You wanna tell me how you knew we had a hologram over the entrance? Did Optimus tell you?"

"Nah logical deduction sweetness," that got me a funny look out of prowl that sent Optimus rolling, "If I was a giant robot I would do something like that."

Ironhide looked down at me and really did grin, "Her I like."

That got a good round of laughs and Prowl got elected to head out and tell them what the heck was actually going on.

I watched as he walked out and Alyssa gaped up at him, they talked for a few moments then she grabbed her bags and followed Prowl into the base. What she didn't see behind her was a very mad Wheeljack transform and stomp in to the base a few moments after the two of them.

By that point how ever she was too interested in me. This meaning that she was storming across the main room and yelling at me, and consequently Optimus at the same time.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?!" She exploded.

I winced and tried to get some kind of response out and in my head Optimus was in the process of gaping.

"Uhh... Angel? Is she always like this?"

"No for the most part she's really nice..."

That was when she noticed that I was ignoring her and talking to some one else.

"WHO are you talking to!? She demanded.

"Uhhh... that's a very, very long story Alyssa," I let out a frustrated sigh. "I think by now your ride would have filled you in."

"My ride?" Now she was at a loss. "What do you mean?"

"Uhmm... I mean him."

She proceeded to whirl around and found her self looking at none other than the elusive Wheeljack him self. He put his hands on his hips and glared down at her.

"Did you have to eat French fries? Do you have any idea how long its gonna take me to get that smell out of my seats?"

She opened and closed her mouth a few times and then hit the floor colder than a wet mackerel. I couldn't help but grin as Wheeljack looked down at her and tried to figure the mess out. Optimus on the other hand had his own opinion.

"What is it with you organic females and fainting?" He muttered.

"Oh hush." I growled.