Tori: (sighs) another chappie for the reader's enjoyment
Optimus: You don't sound to pleased
Tori: I'm not upset, I'm just bored
Optimus: (shrugs) alright then I'll do the disclaimer. Tori does not own the transformers
Tori: Thank you. Now a little thanks to the reviews and I hope you enjoy this installment
When the girl woke up Hunter was still wrapped around her protectively. The blood from her head wound had bleed through the bandage and clogged up her vison. With her good arm she whipped the mess from her eyes then sat herself up. Gazing over to the camouflaged mech beside her, she gave him a gentle tap on the arm tell his dark blue optics flickered to life.
"Morning already?" he asked groggily. Tori nodded but didn't speak, in fact she seemed quit distant at least to the mini-con she did.
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing, just worried that's all" she replied as she stared up at the dimly lit sky. Hunter nodded in understanding and transformed. With that Tori climbed on and off they went.
This time they searched farther out then they had before. The clearing they were in right now was from the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons and the smell of burning wood was still fresh in the air. Fallen trees and craters littered the blackened ground. A good section of mountain had also been uprooted by both the landslide and the transformers. Surveying the area with his scanners Hunter suddenly drew a pistol from subspace and stood in front of the girl.
"They're still here" he whispered pointing to a large crater a few feet from is position.
It was a giant foot print.
Tori back away behind a fallen tree. Hunter beeped a warning to who ever was hiding. A moment later a massive green and purple bulldozer rumbled into the clearing. Hunter took a defensive position until he spotted the red insignia on the edge of the vehicle. With that the green and chrome mini-con relaxed and put his pistol away.
"It's okay he's an Autobot!" he shouted over to Tori.
Carefully she crawled out from under the tree to face the bulldozer. With a thunderous shout of "transform!" the huge construction vehicle shifted in to the form an even more massive robot. When the autobot crouched down on one knee to get a closer look at the two, Tori saw that he had sickening yellow optics set into a soot gray face with a silver crest on his brow.
"Are you okay?" he asked in a gentle voice despite of how tough he looked.
"Yeah" she replied while rubbing the bandage on her forehead "just got ruffed up by that landslide"
He nodded and gave her a slightly sheepish smile "sorry about that"
Tori's eyebrows scrunched up in a scowl "you're the one who caused that landslide?"
"no, no" he said as he shook is head "Megatron did"
She looked thoughtful for a moment before remembering the two robots fighting on the top of the cliff at the time of the landslide
"Big purple and green tank bot with horns on his head?" she asked.
The larger mech looked mildly surprised at this "that's him alright"
Tori shot a glare at the top of the said cliff, but she was cut off as Hunter spoke to the huge bulldozer.
"Her uncle got caught up in that 'slide and we've been looking for him for the past two days. Can you help us out?"
"Of course" he nodded "but first tell me you're names. I'm Scavenger"
"Tori" the girl said.
"Hunter" the mini-con beeped.
With that said and done he reached down and scooped up the two smaller beings in his massive palms and set them down on one wide shoulder.
Tori who had a fear of heights, clung to Hunter's neck like it was a life line. Her eyes were shut so tight that she didn't realize where they were going until Scavenger suddenly stopped.
Directly in front of them were four other bots all of various sizes. The tall red and blue one she recognized from the cliff.
"Optimus" Scavenger addressed the red one "I found the mini-con with this human here"
He then lifted the two off his shoulder and placed them before his leader. Optimus sat down in front of the human and mini-con, even though he was warring a mask the girl could tell he was smiling.
"I'm Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots" he introduced.
"I'm Hunter and this it Tori" the quad beeped "unfortunately her uncle was lost in the landslide and we need you're help to find him"
"how far have you searched already?' the leader asked.
"About a mile or so around the rubble" Tori said this time.
The Autobot leader turned to the white and blue mech with the red visor "Red Alert can you do a scan on the landscape?"
Red Alert said "yes sir" before his visor glowed and swept across the area.
Unfortunately his face turned grim.
"I'm sorry..."
"Wha..." Tori whimpered. Red Alert looked down at her with sadness shining in his optics.
"All I found was some forest animals. If he was still... alive I would have detected him"
At that moment her whole world came crashing down. All her hope...for nothing.
Tori let out a choked sob and feel back against Hunter as he caught her. The autobots there looked down at her sadly, especially Red Alert who had to tell her the bad news.
The autobot leader stepped forward again "I'm sorry. Do you have family any where else?
Tori managed to look up and whimper "it's ok, it's not you fault. And no, my uncle was the only one I had left"
But what he said next completely caught her off guard.
"How would you like to stay with us?"
She looked up at him surprise shining in her storm blue eyes.
"As, long as it's ok with Hunter" she said looking up at him.
"Of course!" He cheered giving his partner the biggest smile that Tori had ever seen.
And Tori smiled back.
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At the moon base...
Thrust was working gingerly at the bloody mass of human flesh. He barely managed to suppress his growing anger.
'Why does Megatron even want this human? He's just going to die anyways, so why?' he though glumly. After all, no one human was worth enough to seal up the entire base up and fill it with air just so it can breath. What annoyed him even more was that the human, while drifting in and out of consciousness would mutter out something inaudible in a pained sorrowful voice that made the decepticon want to toss him across the room just so it would shut the slag up.
But no...
He had to do what Megatron said of else he would loose his status as second in command. He really didn't want that.
So with out a second thought he turned back to the human laying on his work bench and carefully taped it's broken leg back up.
Tori: HE'S ALIVE!
Optimus: Well I see you're out of the bored mood
Tori: Yes well writting the last part snapped me out of it
Optimus: That's good. No please read and review
Tori: And thanks again to the reviewers!
