We Didn't Start the Fire: Part 7

Believe it or not, with in a few hours after that blond harpy got on the news and made the public think that the guys were just as bad as the people they were fighting. This, as I'm sure you can imagine didn't go over very well with most of the Autobots. In fact some of the grouchier ones more than made their opinions known to some of the people that were lined up outside of the ark waving those ridiculous little cardboard signs. I wouldn't have even given them much of a thought if they hadn't started getting down right nasty when poor Bluestreak came back

Some one tossed a rock through his windshield and several others promptly began every thing from keying him as he tried to get home to literally spiting on him. Seeing that was the last straw for me. A life time of anger over the mistreatment of people in the military suddenly boiled to the surface and I went storming out of the base.

"BACK OFF!" I demanded.

The whole crowed turned from him and then looked at me like I was crazy. Blue' took the chance and headed back into the ark as fast as he could while I stood there and fumed at the crowd. The blond airhead from this morning came at me with a mike and I promptly tore the thing out of her hand.

"GET that thing away from me you bimbo," I snarled, "I didn't come out here to talk to you; I came out here to chew out every single one of you fools!"

That took them all back for a second and the noise proceeded to die down almost completely. Right then I didn't care, I would have yelled at the top of my lungs if I had to, if that's what it took to get out what I had to say.

I was really upset, to the point of being beyond all reason. I had spent most of my life hearing tales about how people in the military had been mistreated. I had heard from my Dad all the horrid tales about what had happened when his generation had come home and now I was seeing it for my self. Some one, a whole group of some ones had laid their lives on the line to save the people of this country and this is how they were thanking them. It was more than I could take, and so I let them have it.

"HOW DARE any of you come out here and act like this! What right do you have to do this! What in the name of God almighty is wrong with the people in this country?" I took a deep breath and kept right on.

"IS this how you treat HEROES?! Some one who risked their lives to save yours! Do you realize what would have happened to all of you worthless monsters if they hadn't messed up your precious park a little bit!? This country wouldn't even be here to be a society of ingrates! We'd be dead.

"Understand that!? DEAD! They were trying to set off the volcano underneath the park. I guess if they had done that rather then been stopped you bleeding heart jerks would have still complained that the park was ruined than worry about all the DEAD PEOPLE!"

I still wasn't claming down and there was a whole pack of people now staring at me. I didn't care.

"You have no right to come here and call THEM anything. Our own people are so messed up its not even funny! They don't judge people by their skin color, by how much money they have, or what Gods they pray to! They love all life, and they put their own on the line to keep it safe.

And this, this miserable display is how you show them that you thank them! If this is the best you can do then maybe you should look some where else for you monsters! You want to see some one evil so bad? Then why don't all of you go and look in the dammed mirror!"

Now the whole crowd was looking at me like they were just then realizing what was going on. Just then realize what they had been doing and what kind of fools they had been making of them selves. I still wasn't placated though, I had one more thing to say.

"They didn't start any of the messes that we have on this planet; you have no right to call any of them any thing. So like I said be fore, BACK OFF!"

I snapped around and headed back into the ark, that little speech and taken what energy remained in me and as soon as I was in side, I promptly said down in the floor and buried my head in my arms. I was in the process of composing my self when I heard some one walk up to me. I looked up and seen most of the Autobots there. All of them were looking at me in something near shock. I don't know if it was because they hadn't thought any one would come to their defense, or because they hadn't thought that I would do some thing like that.

I sat there looking at them not knowing what was going to happen. What happened was some one started clapping for me and the next thing I knew all of them were literally applauding me. I looked up at them and wanted to start crying.

"Guys…"

"Don't you've earned it," Blue told me as it quieted. "IF any one around here thought that you weren't right for Optimus, what you just did…"

"Thanks…" I could feel my face bunching up like I was about to cry and I had to take off.

None of the guys took it the wrong way, I was just stressed. I got back to Optimus' room and found him there waiting for me. What I needed then was a hug and he had one.

"That was very brave you know," he told me as I held onto him.

"I wish you guys wouldn't keep on saying that, I'm not brave. I just did what needed to be done."

"Sometimes that's all it takes to be brave," He told me, "And Angel, we're not the only heroes around here."

I hugged him and finally started to settle down when the door chime went off and Alyssa popped through.

"Angel!" she told me, "You have GOT to come and see this."

She dragged me out to the front room where the guys had turned on the screen and there was a news cast on. That was the absolute last thing I wanted to see right then and I was about to tell her that I didn't care when I caught what the person on the other line was saying.

"…And so from the bottom of all of our hearts here we would like to offer an official and sincere apology to all of the Autobots at the ark, its clear that we were out of line and complete fools for the broadcast we made earlier in the day. Further more we would like to thank the young lady that appeared at the ark this morning for putting all of us in our places. It was something that we needed."

Alyssa turned to me and gave me a huge hug, "You're a hit!"

I just stood there with my mouth hanging open and trying to comprehend exactly what it was that I had done. Everyone thought that was funny as hell and I finally got chased back off to keep Optimus company. On the way there I finally ran into someone that I had wanted to see. Old Ironhide was up and around and sitting there grinning at me as I headed back to where I'd left Prime.

"Hey thar," He drawled. "I heard whatch'all did."

"Uhh.. Yeah apparently so has the whole dang world, me? I'm still trying to figure out what I was that I did."

"Apparently just being you is plenty enough darlin'." He grinned at me, "Now ya better get going."

I had to shake my head at him. I had just gone out and told people what was on my mind, how I had felt. I didn't realize that could be special but apparently it was. Right then I didn't really care all I wanted to do was to go back and get some sleep. There was however one more thing I had to deal with before I finally got some sleep.

This one turned out to be the most ridiculous thing that I had ever seen. Apparently Alyssa had been plotting her own revenge on old Meggs from the moment that this had all gotten started. I told Ironhide I'd see him later and then started heading off to find Optimus yet again. That was when I heard it.

It was a very strange noise and it was coming from some where close by. What it sounded like was some one taking something apart with one of those old fashioned screw drivers. It insinuated its self into my brain and I had to go looking to see what it was. I did eventually find what was making it. Then I really wished I hadn't.

Sitting there on the ground was what looked like a pile of gun parts and sitting next to them, with her screwdriver in hand was none other than Alyssa. She finished the bit she was working on and watched gleefully as some part of the firearm dropped off and fell into the box.

"Is that who I think it is?" I asked as I walked up.

She just grinned at me and continued on with what she was doing.

"Do I even want to know?"

"Probably not," she told me.

"Your awful," I shook my head.

"You think this is awful, wait till Hook gets him back…sans the screws."

That took a second to sink in and I made a very loud groan as I headed back to hopefully find some kind of peace and quiet.