Crash and Burn: part 2
It turned out that we didn't get to sleep in much after all. We had managed to get in about an hour or so more when someone started pounding on the door to the room and demanding our attention. I think she really considered ignoring them and continuing to sleep, I know I did, and probably would have if the person on the other side of the door hadn't started being insulting.
"ANGEL!" More pounding, "PLEASE get up! MORE of those things just showed up out side!"
That made it official, we were awake and Angel was ticked off. I sat up and watched her snatch off her covers grab her robe and storm over to the door. The woman on the other side was in mid pound when Angel opened the thing so she proceeded to fall into the room and land face first at Angel's feet. As she scrabbled up she started going off on what had just happened out side.
"Those THINGS Angel!" her aunt pointed at me for emphasis, "MORE of them just showed up! A whole trailer full! You have to come out and make them leave! We can't have more of those things running around here!"
Very calmly my life mate proceeded to tug her aunt into a standing position. Once she was sure the woman was up and wouldn't be falling over any time soon, she lit into her.
"First off," She told her, "They are not THINGS, GOT IT! They are Autobots! Second off," Angel stabbed her finger in my direction, "He's NOT a THING! He's my HUSBAND! And I don't really give a damn about what ever bull you have in your head that says other wise! You WILL treat him with the same amount of RESPECT that you show to the rest of your nieces' husbands, or I WILL kick your bony ass from here to Timbuktu! Understand?"
She then proceeded almost physically toss the aunt out into the hall way and slam the door in her face.
"But Angel?" the woman wailed from the other side.
"Who ever it is, you go tell them to wait and when Optimus and I are decent we will be out to meet them." She paused for a second and then added. "You better bloody well be polite about it too!"
I heard her scuttle off and sat there and watched as Angel turned around and put her back to the door. She put her face in her hand for a second and then managed to regain her composure.
"I'm sorry she acted like that," Angel told me, "My aunt is…well I'm not really sure how to describe it."
"Your aunt isn't familiar with Transformers Angel," I grinned at her, "Give your relatives some time. After all, it's a lot to deal with."
"It wasn't a lot to deal with when all of my cousins, not to mention my sister, got married. Why should it be a big deal for me?"
She went over and began fishing around in her bag for a fresh out fit while I got up and started getting my self presentable as well.
"Well yes," I tried to reason with her, "But they didn't get married to me."
She made a snorting sound and I got the feeling she wanted to say something but kept her mouth shut for the moment.
"Compared to some of the people that have been let into this family I would think they'd be happy to let you in."
I shook my head at her, "Just let it go for now. It's only for a couple of weeks then we go back home okay?"
She stopped in mid brush and looked at me for a second, "I'd like that Orion. I really would."
Once again I saw something in her face that indicated to me there was more going on behind those eyes than she had ever let me know. I should have, right then demanded she tell me just what it was about her family that had her so up set all of the time. Just why every single one of these people that shared her genetics were so hostile. That morning how ever I never got the chance. I had just opened my mouth to start asking her when the loudest most blood curdling screech possible came from the front yard. I could tell from the voice that it was Angel's aunt and that something had just gotten her attention.
Angel sighed and tossed her hair brush back into her bag, "So much for her being polite. Come on lets go see what she's made mad this time."
What her aunt had managed to make mad was someone it turned out we knew, several someone's actually, several large someone's.
"GET IT OFF!" the aunt yelled while the thing proceeded to pin her to the ground with its forepaws and sniff at her.
Five others similar to this one were clustered around trying to get a better look at what was going on and demanding that this individual share its new amusement. While in the back ground Alyssa and a certain engineer were doing their level best not to crack up at the poor woman's predicament.
"So I see you finished the newest addition to the Dinobots." I grinned at Wheeljack as Angel and I walked over to them.
"Yah Slash was a really big hit with the rest of the Dinobots," Some where under there he grinned, "Though I don't think Angel's family is too fond of them."
Angel
mean while was shaking her head and looking at her best friend
demanding to know, "Why did you feel compelled to bring all SIX
Dinobots with you?"
"What?" Alyssa grinned at her, "I can
take my "step kids" where ever I want to?"
"I can't believe you still are calling them that!"
"Well it's true!" Alyssa kept on grinning at her, "Jack built them, and I'm with him so that…"
"Okay OKAY!" Angel held up her hands, "I get the idea already! But why did you feel the need to bring them with you in this particular instance."
"I thought you could use some one, or something to lighten the mood around here." The other girl shrugged. "Besides, Slash likes it and so do the others."
"UHH excuse me!" The aunt managed from where the shrunk down mechanical mega raptor was still sniffing her, "Will some one please get this thing off of me!"
"She's not hurting you," I told Angel's aunt, "that's just Slash's way of saying hello."
"Me Slash like!" The new Dinobot proceeded to affirm, then went back to sniffing and pawing over her new playmate.
"Well
any how," Angel nodded, "I am glad that you guys all showed up.
This place was starting to wear on my nerves."
"With people
like that around," Alyssa nodded to the house, "I can see why."
"No
kidding," Jack kept going for her, "They are completely different
from Alyssa's family." He turned and looked at Angel, "Why are
they all so negative?"
"I've been looking for that answer
most of my life Wheeljack." Her face fell some, "I haven't
found one that I think makes sense yet"
Angel stood there for a second and then proceeded to shake it all off and snap back to the way she was when she wasn't around her family.
"Okay then," She grinned to Alyssa, "I guess you need some where to room the "Step kids" Huh?"
"Well we could just turn them loose in your house." The other girl confirmed, "But you told me you just had it redecorated not to long ago so I won't make you go through that."
Wheeljack grinned to me and then turned back to the girls, "Well these guys will be comfortable just about any where. Most of the time they hang out on their island or in the gullies around the ark, but if you have something specific in mind, sure they'd love to try it.
What Angel had in mind, it turned out, was the barn. I had seen the thing the first time we had ever been on the farm and had some very fond memories of it my self. That however was of the upper levels and what she was showing now was the bottom part. Which consisted of about ten very large very well built, horse stalls.
"This is where my dad's family used to keep their Belgians before the farm stopped being a working one. If these stalls can stand up to abuse from monster horses like that, then I'm pretty sure that they should be able to handle a pack of Dinobots."
"WOW," Alyssa looked the place over, "This thing is great! It's perfect!"
"I gotta admit Angel," Wheeljack agreed, "Someone had the Dinobots in mind when they concocted a design like this."
While they were looking over the thing and giving it the stamp of approval, the Dino's in question were already in there, moving.
"Me Slash got this one!" The raptor bot called from the back of the barn.
While the others were getting settled in and looking around, I took my own opportunity to look it over. Just like the top part it was cleaned out, and refurbished yearly so it was more than ready to take on what ever the Dino's could dish out.
"That's very sweet of you to offer them that," I told Angel when I had gotten her off to one side.
She grinned up at me, "Well I thought someone should get some enjoyment out of the thing." Her smile changed to something slyer, "The two of us can sneak out to the top part later tonight for some quality time if you want."
I grinned behind my mask at her and nodded telling her that I was MORE than willing to take her up on that offer.
"Excuse me?" a very weak voice called from the back stall, "Can you please make it let me go?"
Angel walked over and looked into the thing where Slash had already settled down and was still cuddling on her aunt.
"No." she grinned, "But I can get Alyssa up here and have her do it for you…."
"What do you want me to do?" The aunt got out.
"Just treat them like people okay?" She blinked at her, "Not like things."
"I will," the woman agreed.
Angel shook her head still not believing her but got Alyssa to come extricate her from Slash's grasp. Things eventually calmed down, and I realized that despite the fact that it was only ten in the morning, it felt like it had been all day.
We left Wheeljack and Alyssa to take care of the rest of the things and headed down into town for a while just to kill some time. I was beginning to get an idea of what was going on in Angel's family and why the girl had so much aggression built up in her over it. Still there were things I didn't know yet, so I kept my trap shut for the time being. When she was ready I supposed Angel would tell me, she wasn't keeping secrets, she just had no good reason to tell me the whole story. It would come out sometime soon though, and I planned on being ready for it.
