School has started for me today. I might forget to post chapters so I apologize in advance if I forget to post.
Last night, Bumblebee thankfully took me to my house to grab two days' worth of clothes and an extra hoodie. Since the five of us were in a rush to get out of there like it was on fire, no one locked the door or secured. No thieves decided try to rob me of my possessions. Who would if there was a Warden's truck in front?
Sarah seemed, her truck being parked in front, to be at her house but Bee told it was best to get back. The poor bot sounded terrified when he said we needed to hurry up. Did the twins have something to do with it? I understood their reasoning of wanting to protect me after what just happened. Yet, it slightly unnerved me.
He barely spoke to me anyhow, when he did, it was small sentences. It was late when he pulled up to the Med. Bay where Sides was still. The sun had long gone down behind the horizon and left us with no light. I had to slip on both of my jackets to keep warm since the sun had set.
The twins were staying together until Ratchet releases the red one once he's healed mostly. Sides was getting better every hour or so, it shocked me how fast he was healing. No one in man-kind has ever recovered quickly like he has before with a serious injury.
Bumblebee and I said our goodbyes and the yellow bot sped off quickly. I carried my stuff into the Med. Bay and noticed Sunstreaker and Sides sitting on the ground, carefully petting the two dogs. "Did you guys scare the poor scout before he took me to my house?" I questioned the closer I got to them.
Sunstreaker shrugged his shoulders like it was nothing. "Yeah. He needs to know you're with us and not to try anything with you," he threw out there like it didn't matter.
"Sunny, you didn't have to scare him. Bee wouldn't have done anything," I stated, knowing the scout wouldn't have tried to do any wrong with me. Then realized that I called him by his nickname, not his full name. Fear grew inside of me, believing he was going to get angry for calling him that.
The mech raised his metal brow at me, a hint of amusement appearing on his face. Was he not mad at me for calling him that? "We had to make sure of that. You never know," Sides butted in, sounding entertained.
"I'm going to ignore the fact you called me that stupid name," Sunstreaker mumbled and returned to stroking the Pit bull mix between his legs. So he wasn't mad. Should I push my luck and call him 'Sunny' again.
I jogged over to the four of them and set down my stuff off to the side, out of the way of the iron giants. The dogs left their favorite bot's side and came up to me, tails wagging excitingly. "Did you guys miss me?" I got down on my knees and scratched their bellies.
Kodiak knocked his big body into me, nearly pushing me over. "Go on, go play or something." The two listened to me and ran off to the middle of the Med. Bay, Vivian chasing down the larger dog. She attempted to get the extra skin on his snout. I shook my head, muttering to myself about them.
"But you love them," Sides stated the obvious. That I do, more than they'll ever know. Sunstreaker picked himself off the ground and helped his brother up. Sides sat down on his slab with the help of the yellow twin.
Said twin scooped me off of the ground and held me close to his chassis. "Could you please recharge with us?" Sides inquired and gave the puppy eyes. That was kind of my plan, I didn't want to sleep in the barracks again. It wasn't fun, especially the sergeant telling us light's out. Reminds me of my time in training as a Game Warden, harder than you think.
"Yes, I will. Don't worry. Someone needs to keep an eye on the two troublemaker's, Sunny and Sides." I tested the waters again with the yellow bot. Said bot didn't react much with only the slight growl yet didn't say anything to me.
Sides glanced at his broth, seeing how he would react to me calling that. "He says he likes you calling him Sunny," Sides repeated with a smirk on his face. Sunny growled louder this time and glared at him in reaction. Surprisingly enough, he just held me in his servo and sat down on his slab.
I gazed up at him, the smallest of smirks gracing my lips. "May I call you Sunny, now?" Sunny rolled his optics and nodded his head slightly. "So, how was your day, Sunny?" I was going to have fun with this power he gave me.
"Don't push your luck, squishy," he grunted, not sounding threatening on any level. I snuggled up to him and drew invisible patterns on his still ruined paint job. Tomorrow, I was going to fix that for him. Hopefully it wasn't as cold as it was today.
All three of us quieted down, taking in the silence that engulfed us. I listened to the soft hum of his spark, the sound of it helping to draw me closer to sleep.
"What is she still doing here?!" a male robotic voice interrupted my peaceful sleep. "I thought I told you guys she needed to sleep in a proper bed not, your servo." It was Ratchet yelling at who must be the twins.
"Hatchet, we didn't want her so far from us. What if a Decepticon decided to attack the base? Sunny would have to cross the entire base to get to her. Plus, I don't think she wanted to leave us last night," Sides's voice sounded to my left.
Since they woke me from my sleep, I stretched out my sore muscles and groaned tiredly, still half asleep. A slightly cold digit pushed against my side, poking me more out of my sleep state. "Time to get up, Brey," Sunny called. I grabbed onto the plating of the digit and pulled it closer to me. "No, let go. Ratchet has to check up on the both of us."
Stupid Ratchet. I groggily sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, releasing my hold on him. "It's too early to be up and about," I whined and embraced myself.
"You're usually up earlier then this time," Sides noted and patted the top of my head. "So cute." I furrowed my brows in bewilderment and gazed up at the cherry red twin. "It's true though, you're adorable."
Ratchet plucked me out of Sunstreaker's servos like a kitten and set me down on the ground. Sunny reached out to grab me from his grasp but cut himself short and only kept his optics locked onto me. His brother followed Sunny's actions with only watching over me. "You can't stay, Aubrey. If you want, William is in the Main hangar. Just beware, he's a little on edge since the battle," Ratchet ordered.
"Uh-oh, I'm probably going to stay away before he blows a gasket. Alright, see you later Ratchet, Sides, Sunny," I said my goodbyes to the three and called for the dogs. They jumped to their paws and rushed over to me, tails wagging excitingly.
I led the dogs out of the Med. Bay before Ratchet closed the hangar door behind us. Who could we hang out with until they're done? I turned my attention down to the dogs. "Who do you guys want to see? Because we have some time on our hands and paws to kill."
Kodiak tilted his head then perked up before trotting off, Vivian trailing like a shadow. Who did he have in mind? It wasn't too surprising he slightly understood English. Both of them were extremely smart for their kind and knew what I said sometimes. Other times they would ignore me and act like they were deaf.
The large dog continued to pad his way across the base, taking me to an unknown place. Vivian decided to stay at my side to allow her partner in crime to go on his way.
He kept walking around the base, not actually going anywhere and leading us in circles. This did pass the time quite quickly and when we were within sight of the Med. Bay, Kodiak and Vivian took off running towards it. The door was opened again to allow anyone brave or dumb enough to enter.
"Wait! You two! Kodiak, Vivian," I called to them and rushed after they started to run. This is the one of the few times they decided they were deaf and continued on their way to the Med. Bay.
It was two legs against four and gave them the advantage to reach the hangar quicker them me. They enter the large hangar without me and trotted along without a care in the world. Thanks a lot you two, note the sarcasm in that sentence.
Once I got close enough to the door, I noticed Ratchet, Sides, and Sunny all speaking with each other. It slightly seemed that the medic was scolding both of them for something before pointing towards the door. He gave one last look to them then turned around and strolled further into his hangar.
Sides shrugged his good shoulder as if he didn't know what the medic was angered about. His twin finally noticed me running towards them and the other two troublemakers trotting up to them. He sat down on his haunches as Vivian went towards him and gently petted the top of her boxy head. "Seems like you were having a little trouble with these two," Sunstreaker teased.
"They saw the hangar door open and made a mad dash towards it. Sorry about that," I apologize once inside of the Med. Bay and slowed down to a stop to catch my breath. It was probably a half of a mile run from our position, maybe a little less.
Sunstreaker waved off my apology. "I'm mean who wouldn't come running towards us handsome mech's," Sides joked with a cheeky smile gracing his metal lips. I couldn't but laugh at his words and rolled my eyes playfully.
"Keep believing that, sweetheart," I retorted and sashayed over to where Kodiak was.
"That's what caught your attention, you cannot deny that fact," Sunstreaker pointed out. Well, their alt. modes did at the gas station but that's not the reason why.
"That's not the entire reason. Your personalities are what I lo-like about you guys," I stated and stroked Kodiaks head once reached where he was. I had almost slipped up with a word that shouldn't be said, yet. Maybe later if we ever truly get together. "Also, I didn't come back for us to bicker. I was going to offer you something nice and sweet but I've changed my mind."
It wasn't nice to tease them like that but they've kind of earned it. Sides pushed past his brother and leaned down to my high, careful of his injured shoulder. "No, please! I'll be nice, I promise. I want the nice and sweet thing, please," he begged and gave the classical puppy eyes.
I placed a finger on my chin and have them a thinking expression. "I dunno, I think the dogs and I are going to go for another walk," I teased and turned around to walk away. My plan of playing with the twins took a turn, not necessarily for the worse.
Sides scooped me off of the ground. I yelped at the sudden movements and held onto his servo for dear life. "Please, I'll be good. We'll both be good," he begged and glanced at his brother. Sunstreaker rolled his optics and sighed at his brother antics.
"No tricks." I pointed an accusing finger at him. Sides nodded his head firm and have me a promising look. This might go better than planned. "Let's head to the hangar where they clean the vehicles." His face lit up like a Christmas tree and he immediately transformed into his alt mode. The quick movements gave me whiplash and my vision blurred for a few moments.
His engine revved to show off his excitement and maybe the powerful engine underneath his hood. "Race you there, Sunny. Whoever gets there first gets the first wash!" Sides peeled out of there without a care in the world, his tires trying to grip against the concrete.
Sunstreaker transformed also within a second, let the dogs in, and chased his brother down. I peeked through the back window and saw that he was on our tail. A laugh bubbled in my chest as we continued our speeding path towards the washing hangar.
The outside wasn't too cold to wash them in this weather so that was a perk.
He skid to stop in front of the closed doors and opened his door me. I slipped out and had to regain my bearings after racing through the base at high speeds. Sunny let the dogs out of his alt. mode. The two of them transformed into their bi-pedal mode. "Next time, we need to find a track you can do that on. That was fun!" I cheered and jumped into the air.
Smiles appeared on all of our faces, Sunstreaker was smiling, that was a first! "We've missed this and you sweetspark. Once, I'm cleared by Hatchet, we can have our fun anywhere you want," Sides suggested. "Now, come on. I won the race and earned myself a wash from you."
The five of us entered the building and closed the large door behind us. The heat was on and needed to stay in this room. I had a sneaking suspicion that my clothes weren't going to stay dry with these two troublemakers.
Off to the side, there was a bucket already set up for a vehicle wash. I jogged over to it and started to set everything up for the wash. I made sure to keep an eye on the hose in case one of them decided to prank me. Sideswipe did promise me no tricks but accidents happen as he would probably say.
"Get over here, troublemakers. And you two-" I point at the dogs-" be good or you'll be getting bath also." Kodiak isn't a fan of water ever since he was a puppy. Vivian was the opposite, she loved to get wet and be in water.
Said female dog perked up at the word bath and raced over to me. The other one gave a look of fear at me and solemnly followed her over to me. "Wait, no. Maybe later and inside somewhere warmer." Vivi lowered her head with a pout and trotted off somewhere in the hangar. She better not chew on something important or I swear to any god that will listen to me.
She was trailed by the black husky mix as the two started to play. "I like bath time. Ratchet hasn't allowed us to leave the hangar to wash up. I can feel the dust inside of my gears and scratching my paint." He shuddered then transformed into his alt. mode and pushed his front bumper against my legs. "But I know you'll take great care of us, right?"
There was an underlining tone in his voice when he said that, like he had some plan already made in his mind. I patted his hood gently and cringed at the feel of dust particles on it. "Yeah, I take of you like my own, like always."
I grabbed the hose, turned it on, and started to hose down the dirty red Lamborghini. Since the water hasn't been used in probably a day or so, it had to be freezing cold to the touch. My thoughts were proven correct as he reared back with his tires squealing. "That's fragging cold!" I continued to spray it on him as far it would reach. "No, wait, stop! It's cold."
A deep laughing could be heard to the left of me and surprised me from the unknown person. It was Sunstreaker, he was chuckling at his brother's misfortune of being on the cold end of the hose. An idea came to mind and an evil smirk graced my lips. I changed the direction of the hose up at Sunny and hit with said water.
His entire frame tensed up at the feel. He slowly, in a scary way, turned his head so our eyes/optics met.
At first, I thought he was going to be pissed off at me form the look on his face but that idea was thrown out. "Two can play that way," he playfully growled and stepped over to where I was. I yelped at his approaching form and ran like my life depended on it away from him. "You're not going anywhere."
Then, Sunny plucked me off of the ground and brought me back over to the hose. Carefully, he picked it up and dosed me in the mild temperature water. I gasped in shock and huffed to rid of the liquid around my lips. "Haha, it's not even that cold anymore," I teased even though I wasn't in the position to do so.
"I can stick you outside and see how that feels." Dread flooded my mind at his words. He wouldn't do that, would he? Sunstreaker started to made his way over to the large hangar door.
In fear of getting hypothermia, I wiggled in his grasp and clawed at his digits. "Please, no. It's too cold outside for me while wet!" I explained and continued my attempt to escape his grasp.
Sunstreaker stopped in his tracks and burst out laughing, the deep sound bouncing off the walls. His brother showed up next to him and placed his servo on Sunny's shoulder. Sides's own laughter echoing all around us.
Anger boiled in the pit of my stomach at the cruel prank they played. I brought my fist down, hard on his servo and glared daggers at him. This caught his attention. He chuckled lowly and gazed down at me, confusion written in his eyes. "What's wrong?"
The room wasn't entirely warm to human stands with it being so big. The coldness was starting to get to me after him dosing me with water. "I'm cold and wet. Then you pulled a stupid ass prank on me of getting hypothermia. That's what's wrong," I nearly growled. "Put me down, please."
He nodded his head slightly and gently placed me back down on the ground. "I understand that you guys like playing pranks from what I have heard but if it endangers my or other's lives, then it's a no-go. That all I have to say… Now, do you believe you still earned a wash from me?" I questioned and wanted their honesty. Hopefully they would chose what I believe is right for them.
Both of them lowered their head in shame. "We're sorry," they apologized in unison. Sideswipe gave the ol' puppy dog look and begged for my forgiveness.
Something deep in my mind told me to let it go. Was he truly going to stick me outside? That's the real question here. No, he wasn't going to, that I could tell by his personality. "I give, I give. Both of you over by the hose and in your alt. modes. Remember, I'm giving you mercy this time." They listened to my command and strolled over to where I ordered them to be. Sides being a little more excited about then his brother.
Once transformed into the Lamborghini's that I love, I hosed Sides down first with the warm water. The jet setting was helpful for getting the mud caked on his frame off. I, of course, had to be carefully near his hood where the wound is. The welding mark was still there until it fully was healed then it would be fixed.
The two decided to take their holoforms out for the fun of it. An idea did come to mind while drying Sides frame and a mischievous smirk grew on my lips. After finishing with him, I went over to the bucket and grabbed the dirty sponge.
Sunstreaker tensed up as our eyes locked and gave me a look that told me not to. I didn't listen to him and chucked it right at him. His holoforms disappeared just in time and it made a splat noise when it hit the wall behind him. He reappeared behind me and wrapped his arms around my midsection, trapping my arms at my side.
"You really thought that was going to work-" water cascaded down onto the two of us, the dirty water. I glanced down at the ground and saw the bucket was gone. "Sideswipe!" Sunstreaker sounded beyond pissed and fizzled out of sight.
His alt. mode changed to his bi-pedal form and anger was clear as day on his face plates. The red twin also transformed and gave his brother sheepish look. "How was your quick shower?" This pissed off the other even more. Sunstreaker had enough of his brother and lunged at him. I quickly rushed to the side as not to get squished by them.
"Sunstreaker! Stop!" I shouted at the yellow twin to gain his attention and failed to do so. "Sunny! It's alright." The mention of his nickname did stop him in his tracks, him putting his brother in a full nelson.
Our eyes/optics locked and his raged started to dissipate. Sunstreaker climbed off of Sides and strolled over to me. With a swiftly scoop of his servo, I was off of the ground and in his servo. Thankfully, he didn't walk outside since I was still wet. He did hold me close to his chassis and glared daggers at his twin.
"Geez, someone is a little possessive today," Sides joked and carefully stood, pain clear in his moments. Sunny revved his engine, still ticked off at him and held me close to him.
"Sunny, it's alright. Come on, transform so I can wash your alt. mode," I defused the situation to the best of my abilities. You try to tell two aliens robots that act like teenagers to stop fighting… That's what I thought.
The yellow twin huffed, set me down, and listened to my suggestion. His armor was a little bit more scratched after his rough housing with Sides. I knew how to wash and wax properly but paint wasn't my specialty. So he would have to do that by himself.
"And about your paint, you'll have to do that yourself. I don't trust my abilities enough to paint you guys, sorry," I apologized and filled the bucket back up with warmish water. It wasn't too cold which was a given for the cooler temperature outside.
Sides sat down carefully on the ground a couple of feet away from me with his legs out in front of him. "Nah, you're fine. I'm thankful for the wash. I felt disgusting having to sit in the Med. Bay without getting a rinse," the red twin replied smoothly and leaned towards me. "Before you start on him, could you come over here pretty please?"
I turned to him and eyed him suspiciously, unsure about his intentions. If whatever is going on between the three of us is going to work, I needed to trust them. Trusting them, or anyone in general, sounded like a sin to me. But that didn't stop me, I ambled up to the injured bot and gazed carefully up at him. He placed his finger tips carefully on one side of my chin and tilted my head upward.
A glint appeared in his eye. Immediately, my mind sounded the warming bells yet I didn't pull away and handed him some of my trust. Sides leaned forward more, mindful of his injured shoulder and gently pressed his forehead against mine.
Electricity surge through the connection. At first, I thought it was just a subtle shock and left a weird feeling behind, but it didn't go away. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing; the electricity wasn't hurting me, not that I could tell, and left a pleasant feeling behind.
The mech broke the connection a few moment later with a smirk plastered in his face. "What was that?" I question, confused about what just happened.
"That, sweetspark, was something magical." Yes, that totally answers my question and the rest swarming inside of my mind.
"You don't know what that was," Sunstreaker interrupted and deadpanned. The look on Sides face dropped and he gazed sheepishly down at me.
"I don't know what that was but I wanted to try some contact with you." Sincerity grew in his optics after his sentence. All I could do was shake my head before standing on my tippy toes and placing a soft kiss on his cheek.
His entire frame tensed but relaxed a second later. Relief seemed to flood his systems as did excitement. He bounced happily in his spot with a shit-eating grin on his face. "Haha, brother of mine! I got another kiss. It's two to zero, I'm in the lead!" Did he seriously make that into a challenge against his twin? Whatever rocks your boat, I guess.
Sunny revved his engine softly and would've gave a butt-hurt look to me. "Don't get your hopes down just yet, Sunny. Time is still in our hands. I have a day left before going back to work," I encourage the yellow twin who in turned to rise on his wheels and lurked forward. "And this isn't a competition. I want to be fair to both of you. I'm not going to get between the two of nor will I choose one over the other. I like you both."
The injured twin gazed down at me with hope sparkling in his optics from my words. "You mean that? Truly mean that?" Longing continued to grow within, but so did his doubts by the looks of it. All he needed was reassurance and I would be there for the both of them.
"Yes, I mean it from the bottom of my soul. I've never felt this way towards someone in my life. Kodiak and Vivian are my first priority then next came my career. After that was whatever I could fit in. Love was something that I thought was fake, something that couldn't happen to someone so broken and scared like me. But you two have proven me entirely wrong. Just… be patient with me, please. Time is all I need."
"We'll give you all the time in the world for you. You're not broken. We love you for you. No matter what, we'll be here for you. We're glad to be able to change your idea of love," they declared in unison and surprised me at first. Their words warmed my heart and a smile graced my lips.
Everything was going fine. For once in my life, I was content with where I was and in different relationship with two amazing beings. Things were going great.