Mostly a information chaper kinda telling what happened in the last ten years; there will be one more major suprise about the last ten years in a later chapter, and the last names I used were their actual last names in the show. And theend of thechapter is just setting up for chapter 3. Enjoy, and tell me what you actually think please and thank you ;)
Shadows of Them
Just like me
Fred loved time with his daughter, telling her edited stories about his child hood, "At the time, we all thought 'Lexie was gonna kill us, we all thought someone else had told her about the camping trip, but now it actually seems kinda funny… 'course… because we forgot, she forgot to warn us that it was going to be stormy all weekend. Luckily for me an Billy, Rad was there to talk us out of riding the rapids."
Lori smiled, proud that she wasn't as gullible to the dangers of such a thing as he had apparently been, "So what happened?"
"Well, we almost got buried in a mudslide, then we had to get outt'a there before they opened the floodgates."
"How many of you guys were there?"
"Uh… eight of us I think, been so long now though… haven't seen most of the bo-" (was about to say bot) "… Boys… in oh… twenty years. Huh…" he looked as though he couldn't believe it had been so long.
"Well Daddy, I have to go. My friends are waiting for me! And I really do enjoy hanging out with you, but…"
He waved his hand, "It's alright sweetheart. Go, play, just be home in time for dinner tonight."
Lori smiled had hugged him briefly, waving good-bye to her father; sprinting off toward Autobot headquarters. He knew where she was going; he had snooped in her back-pack enough to know what was going on. He would've confronted her about it; but he didn't want to have to explain how he knew. Plus he'd be a hypocrite if he told her not to when he did when he was her age.
"Freddy, honey! William's here to see you!" his wife called from downstairs.
"Send him on up Dear."
It was only about a minute before Billy came in, "Hey Fred; I'm guessing Lori ran off to see the guys again?"
"Yep. Oh, to be in that naive time period when you know stuff can go terribly wrong; but you never think you'll get hurt just because they're protecting you…"
Bill chuckled at the reality of the statement, also marveling at how much the two had grown in a mere 20 years. "Oh yes, the invincible state of mind, while all the while trying to prove your grown up… the most dangerous time period in ones life but…"
"Hey, at least we know they aren't going to be serious hoodlums, they have an after school activity after all."
"We had the same after school activity and were still always getting into trouble… Remember though… after they left… we tore the school apart, fighting and skipping… I hope the kids don't get too attached… those guys can never tell anyone what's going on, and they eventually have to leave…"
They were silent for a long wile, nether sure what to say. Fred finally broke the silence, "Did you hear? Mr. and Mrs. White are expecting another little monster, and they still live in the same building as the Lopez's!"
Bill laughed outright, "Yeah… But if Rad and Alexis are having another, is Carlos still only going to have little Emily?"
"For now anyway, it doesn't sound like Sara wants an "extra" baby. They sent me an email of them; Rusty's getting to be a big kid now… must be insanity around there."
"Yeah. Well, I just stopped by to check up, I ought to get back to work…"
"You aren't the only one! See you around Bill."
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Lori ran inside, cheerful and energetic, "I'm home...! Hello? Anybody here?" She looked around, no one was in site, What is going on?
"Lori! Where the hell were you!" her brother shouted at her, running up to her and pulling her into a hug.
"What's going on? Where are Mom and Daddy?" She was getting an uneasy and almost sick feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Grab some cloths Lori… Dad's in the hospital…"
Her heart dropped lower in that one moment than it had ever dropped over time in her entire life.
Dun-dun-dun-dun! Well? What do ya'll think? Lemme know if ya got the time!