hi, thanx to all of you who have reviewed. right now I don't have anytime
to answer them but maybe next chap I will. hope you enjoy. this chapter
is sorta short and dumb, but I do leave ya with a nice cliff hanger to
imagine about. ^_^
Chapter 11
Lock Picking
It had been a few days since Trice had been squished, but none of the kids had truly recovered, especially Emrial. As soon as the shock wore off she collapsed, both physically and mentally, partially because Megatron's grip had taken a toll on her body, but mostly because she still mourned for Trice, and had locked herself up in the small storage room that she called home. Not even Chopper was granted permission to enter.
Feeling the urgency of having to fix Trice, Red Alert worked on Hot Shot as quickly as possible. Even though it was sure that the yellow bot would not be going anywhere for a while, Red felt it his duty to make sure that he was at least as online as possible, especially in case an emergency.
"How's it going?" Optimus asked, entering the room where the kids were working on picking the lock to Emrial's room.
"I'm pretty sure we've almost got it. This would go a lot quicker if Red Alert could just weld it open." Rad commented as he handed different tools of various sizes to Carlos who was taking his turn at trying to unlock the door.
"Well, do the best you can." Optimus encouraged them, even though he knew that it was a slim chance that the kids could break into and hack open a Transformers technology style lock, which could have pass words and various things to block trespassers.
Carlos gave a great heave and suddenly the paneling covering the lock broke free from the wall.
"What are you doing?" Optimus was surprised at the new tactic they were taking to the lock.
"Well," Alexis explained, "We're pretty sure we can't guess the password so we're going to try to override the system by messing with the wires."
"Yeah," Carlos said, "I saw it on Star Trek last night. It was so cool! I just know it's going to work."
"You watch Star Trek?" Rad gave a sideways glance at his friend.
"Yeah, why?" Carlos shrugged his shoulders.
"Uh, nothing." Rad shook his head as he turned back to the tools and handed a wire clipper to Alexis who took at the wires with vigor.
"And we're in!" Alexis exclaimed as she held to cut wires together and the door hissed open.
Rad and Chopper rushed to the door.
"Wait just a minute. Don't you know that you're not supposed to just barge into a girl's room? Especially if you're a boy." Alexis flipped her hair. "Chopper, you're okay. Come with me. You guys stay there!" She gave a fierce glare to all the guys in the room.
"Heh, heh, gotcha." Carlos gulped as he and Rad backed away to take shelter behind Optimus.
Optimus tilted his head and looked down at the two quivering boys and wondered what could be so terrifying about a girl's room.
"Emrial?" Alexis called as she banged on the doorframe to announce her entering. "Emrial?" She looked around the room; finally spotting the single camp cot that was Emrial's bed and approached it with caution.
"Emrial, please don't be mad that we hacked into your lock, but we we're worried about you and had to see if you we're okay. Emrial?" Alexis shook the form that took shelter in a musty old sleeping bag. "Wake up!" She commanded in a soothing singsong voice.
Then the girl that she was speaking too rolled over, groaning, her eyes clamped shut and her mouth twisted with pain.
"Emrial!" Alexis gasped. "What's wrong?"
Emrial gritted her teeth. "It hurts!"
"What hurts?" Alexis squatted beside the camp cot.
"Mega-freak's grip crushed my ribs." Emrial gasped. "It hurts.to breathe." She winced, as she gulped in air.
"Then why didn't you come out of your room?" Alexis questioned.
"I can't.I can't get up." She panted. "My leg's swollen.to at least twice its size. I may have refractured the fracture." She winced as she spoke.
"Oh, man." Alexis fretted. "We have to get you to a doctor, a real one."
"But how? Don't you have to have records or something and some way to pay for it if you go to a doctor?" Emrial questioned.
Alexis stood and paced the room. "You're right." She pounded her fist into her palm. "But there's got to be some way."
"Have Red Alert build an x-ray machine." Emrial whispered as she struggled for air.
"Hmm?" Alexis spun.
"I wonder what's taking them so long in there?" Carlos shuffled his feet and watched the floor in front of him.
"Who knows?" Rad looked off into the distance.
heh, stupid chapter. I don't know why I wrote it. I guess we'll see what happens next, eh? review review review! g2g now. ^_^ bye
Chapter 11
Lock Picking
It had been a few days since Trice had been squished, but none of the kids had truly recovered, especially Emrial. As soon as the shock wore off she collapsed, both physically and mentally, partially because Megatron's grip had taken a toll on her body, but mostly because she still mourned for Trice, and had locked herself up in the small storage room that she called home. Not even Chopper was granted permission to enter.
Feeling the urgency of having to fix Trice, Red Alert worked on Hot Shot as quickly as possible. Even though it was sure that the yellow bot would not be going anywhere for a while, Red felt it his duty to make sure that he was at least as online as possible, especially in case an emergency.
"How's it going?" Optimus asked, entering the room where the kids were working on picking the lock to Emrial's room.
"I'm pretty sure we've almost got it. This would go a lot quicker if Red Alert could just weld it open." Rad commented as he handed different tools of various sizes to Carlos who was taking his turn at trying to unlock the door.
"Well, do the best you can." Optimus encouraged them, even though he knew that it was a slim chance that the kids could break into and hack open a Transformers technology style lock, which could have pass words and various things to block trespassers.
Carlos gave a great heave and suddenly the paneling covering the lock broke free from the wall.
"What are you doing?" Optimus was surprised at the new tactic they were taking to the lock.
"Well," Alexis explained, "We're pretty sure we can't guess the password so we're going to try to override the system by messing with the wires."
"Yeah," Carlos said, "I saw it on Star Trek last night. It was so cool! I just know it's going to work."
"You watch Star Trek?" Rad gave a sideways glance at his friend.
"Yeah, why?" Carlos shrugged his shoulders.
"Uh, nothing." Rad shook his head as he turned back to the tools and handed a wire clipper to Alexis who took at the wires with vigor.
"And we're in!" Alexis exclaimed as she held to cut wires together and the door hissed open.
Rad and Chopper rushed to the door.
"Wait just a minute. Don't you know that you're not supposed to just barge into a girl's room? Especially if you're a boy." Alexis flipped her hair. "Chopper, you're okay. Come with me. You guys stay there!" She gave a fierce glare to all the guys in the room.
"Heh, heh, gotcha." Carlos gulped as he and Rad backed away to take shelter behind Optimus.
Optimus tilted his head and looked down at the two quivering boys and wondered what could be so terrifying about a girl's room.
"Emrial?" Alexis called as she banged on the doorframe to announce her entering. "Emrial?" She looked around the room; finally spotting the single camp cot that was Emrial's bed and approached it with caution.
"Emrial, please don't be mad that we hacked into your lock, but we we're worried about you and had to see if you we're okay. Emrial?" Alexis shook the form that took shelter in a musty old sleeping bag. "Wake up!" She commanded in a soothing singsong voice.
Then the girl that she was speaking too rolled over, groaning, her eyes clamped shut and her mouth twisted with pain.
"Emrial!" Alexis gasped. "What's wrong?"
Emrial gritted her teeth. "It hurts!"
"What hurts?" Alexis squatted beside the camp cot.
"Mega-freak's grip crushed my ribs." Emrial gasped. "It hurts.to breathe." She winced, as she gulped in air.
"Then why didn't you come out of your room?" Alexis questioned.
"I can't.I can't get up." She panted. "My leg's swollen.to at least twice its size. I may have refractured the fracture." She winced as she spoke.
"Oh, man." Alexis fretted. "We have to get you to a doctor, a real one."
"But how? Don't you have to have records or something and some way to pay for it if you go to a doctor?" Emrial questioned.
Alexis stood and paced the room. "You're right." She pounded her fist into her palm. "But there's got to be some way."
"Have Red Alert build an x-ray machine." Emrial whispered as she struggled for air.
"Hmm?" Alexis spun.
"I wonder what's taking them so long in there?" Carlos shuffled his feet and watched the floor in front of him.
"Who knows?" Rad looked off into the distance.
heh, stupid chapter. I don't know why I wrote it. I guess we'll see what happens next, eh? review review review! g2g now. ^_^ bye