The techno-organics

Chapter 5

Megatron was getting impatient. He knew that girl could be a threat and he needed to find her. It irritated him, but even when they did not find anything, the lack of clues was a clue itself. He had set Soundwave, his best hacker on the job. Someone who never failed finish whatever mission he was given, and yet he could not find any leads. That told the warlord that their target have probably been aware of their presence on this planet for a while and therefor taken great precautions to not be found. Also, they must have some kind of advanced computer knowledge that prevents them from being tracked, even with the combined force of far more advanced technology and Soundwaves expertise. And the fact that they could find one of their secret energon mines, supported that theory. He had to change tactics. He ordered his staff to change their search and focus on scanning the planet after foreign energy signatures. Searching for anything that didn't match the humans, search for any abnormalities on this sad planets surface.

"You idiots! Do you understand what you have done?" Toni yelled as she buried her hands in her short hair. Almost grabbing hard enough to pull those chunks of hair with the roots.

"We are stressed out enough, having to watch our back for our originals, but now we also have the cops looking for you!" Valkyrie, a big muscular girl with an eyepatch yelled as well on the twins. "Dear god, you're lucky Freedom's not hear or she would probably beat you two up." She held her beloved hammer in a tight grasp that made her tanned knuckles turn white. At the same time, Canary, surfed the web in search of any more news articles to see exactly how widespread the story really was. When she heard of the event she had to put her task of finding a back up base on hold.

Alabaster was alone in her room, as she had been most of the time ever since her mistake in the cave. She felt so guilty and the thoughts kept spinning in her head, of what may happen if they were found. If any of the cybertronians find them, if the police chase them away, or worse, what if any of the scientists survived and decides to find them. She took two handfuls of her long hair and pulled it over her face, tried to hide and find a quiet place, tried to shut her mind up. The yelling kept going downstairs, Flash's louder ticks could be heard too trough the walls and she couldn't take it. She needed fresh air, she needed to go out and do something else then just hiding in her room and cry and listen to all the fighting.

She rose from the mattress and opened the window so she could see the multicolored twilight sky. Goosebumps covered her skin as soon as the first wind blew, but it did not bother her, she loved it. To see the sun and the sky was something she once could only dream about, but when she fled and saw the sun for the first time. To this day she still can't think of anything more beautiful. She took a leap and jumped out the window and felt the cold air fly trough her hair before she skillfully landed on the hard ground.

The three teenagers was really excited over their discovery. They talked about how the bots would react and about the other aliens that lived in this city. How they were and where they came from. They figured that they wasn't as bad as they first thought. Sure, the twins obviously proved to be capable of violence, but the one who was protecting those prostitutes did not seem too bad; and "the albino" did not seem like big threat, other then her little stunt in the mines. As they talked they saw a tall white shape run in front of a building. They stopped in their tracks and turned to each other.

"Did you see that?" Miko asked unsure if she really saw right.

"Yes." The boys said almost at the same time and once she was sure, Miko, wasted no time standing around and went after the figure. The boys had no choice but following her, and they too wanted to see for themselves. They ran up to the building she was passing and waited around the corner to take a peek, but soon heard a female voice cry out in pain. They came out of their hiding place and saw a tall thin girl that fit the Autobots description exactly, even the eyes that the women had described as inhuman. They were so big, almost too big for a human. She laid on the ground grabbing her ankle that bled so much that blood ran between her white fingers. Jack was the first to approach her and she tried to crawl away when from him which clearly mad it worse for her injury.

"It's okay, I'm not gonna hurt you. I just wanna check on your injury, you seem to be in lot of pain." He comforted in a hushed tone, like he spoke to a child. She sat still as he walked closer and she still did not protest when he knelt down to look at her injury. Before he asked her to remove her hand he presented himself, "My name is Jack, what is yours?" She hesitated before she whispered, "Alabaster." With the need to cry in her voice.

"Hi, Alabaster. Is it okay my friends come and help you too?" He pointed backwards with his thumb towards Miko and Raph. She took a look before she nodded and the other crept closer. A wide smile spread over Miko's face as she watched the pretty girl. She could not believe it, a new alien! And she was so cute. She took a moment to laugh at the thought of this not being her first alien. Despite her height that made the rest of them look like younger children in comparison, she still held the mannerism of a young child. Dressed in blue shorts, a lose baby pink shirt and pink sneakers, along with the longest hair any of them had ever seen; she looked like a porcelain doll of some fairy tale creature. Her big eyes also reminded Miko of a real life anime character.

Alabaster loosened her grip around her ankle so they could see the injury fully. She had a huge bleeding wound like someone had cut her with a cleaver and the area around her joint that wasn't wounded was surrounded with stitches.

"Holy crap, what the hell happened to you?" Miko exclaimed loudly and Jack gave her a sharp glare before he turned his gaze towards the wound again.

"I'm sorry for my friend, she can be really insensitive sometimes." When she realized her mistake, Miko tried to hide her face in her hands.

"Look, you have very serious wounds and I don't think I can help you, is it okay if I call a doctor and ask him for help?" Alabaster gasped and started to slither.

"No, no doctors. No one...coming for me." She yelled and moved around so much the wound tore wider and forced her to sit still again.

"It's okay, we have a friend who's a doctor and we're just gonna ask him for advise. That's okay, right?" He told her and when she nodded in approval, Raph walked away to call Ratchet.

"Raphael, have you found anything?" Ratchet asked as soon as he answered the call.

"Yes, I think we found her. We found the alien girl, but she is injured and she needs medical attention." Raph whispered hurriedly into the phone and Ratchets optics widened in bafflement.

"By the allspark, you found her?" He asked loudly which got the attention of the other Autobots who gathered around the big computer.

"I just think so, you have to decide." Raph quickly snapped a photo and sent it to the base. And back at the base, the screen lit up of the picture of the wounded girl on the ground with Jack and Miko. The Autobots gasped when they saw her and Optimus was the one to confirm.

"It's her. It's the same girl." He said but quickly realized something. "Does this mean she really is responsibly for those murders?" He asked with a faint hint of sadness that nobody noticed.

"No," Raph was quick to come to her defense. "We interviewed someone who claims that she came here with a larger group, including the real murderers. The scarlet twins they're called." Optimus relaxed at the news but it was interrupted by Arcee.

"Wait, are you saying there is more aliens, and they live in those neighborhoods?" She asked worriedly and stepped closer to the computer. Raphael couldn't drag this out when Alabaster was in pain and waited for help.

"Guys, we can share more of our finding with you later, but right now there is a girl who's in lot of pain." There was silence before the Autobots answered.

"Try to explain the situation to her while we open the groundbridge." And they ended the conversation. Raph walked from his hiding place and crouched behind the girl who's ankle had a makeshift bandage made of Jacks sleeve.

"They are coming, but they also told us to explain the situation for her." Alabaster looked between the teenagers asking to know what they talked about. Jack, being the only responsible one was the on to explain.

"We are not here to hurt you." He started. "The Autobots send us here to find you." Alabasters face twisted in horror and she opened the mouth to scream but only little squeaks came out.

"Everything's okay they just want to talk with you. I mean, you being another alien and all, really made us all excited." Miko tried to comfort without any luck. Alabaster tried to use her powers but that only stimulated the pain and made it worse. She was stuck, she was trapped and she could not do anything to change that. The loud vortex of colors opened up before them. Somewhere, deep in her mind a glimmer of faint happiness appeared. For the thought of being able to see her original again excited her. This maybe was her chance to actually talk to him.

"I'm sorry," Jack started and picked her up in his arms. "But you really need to be taken care of, and they can help." Alabaster clung to Jack like a scared child while still trying to use her powers one last time, but to no avail. This time is wasn't the pain that stopped her. She was simply too frightened to activate them. She stared in horror as she was carried trough the vortex.