A feeling of denial at what Will had just passed over me. My dream job-no, my dream career had been ripped away from me. Tipps had fired me after being a no-show and later learning of my vehicle was destroyed.
She wouldn't do that to me, we've worked somewhat together for years. I haven't done anything wrong before in any of those years. Why would she drop me like that?
Then came the shock. I buried my face in my hands and nearly cried out. On my sides, the twins comforted me by rest a hand on each shoulder. "Brey, it's going to be alright," Will tried to reassure me. Anger flooded through me. I stood up so quickly my chair nearly fell backwards and slammed my fist down on the table hard.
The noise surprised everyone in the room, including the twins. They also stood up with me in reaction and waited for me to do something. "Will, it's not going to be alright! My friend was nearly killed by Decepticons and my patrol truck destroyed. I was kidnapped by the Decepticons! And that leaves me to night terrors because of it. Then Tipps decides to drop me. I lost my dream career," I grounded out and glared down at him.
Will timidly got to his feet and put his hands out like he was trying to calm down a frightened animal. "I'm sorry, I-" he cut himself short, unable to think up anything to say to me. That was understandable. How do you consult someone how just went through a tough time without sounding like you knew everything.
Sides and Sunny have thankfully been there for me since then. I had taken a week to recuperate from those dreadful two days. The dogs have been taken cared by Zeke and Dominick so I didn't have to worry about them.
Will said he would take care of the many issues of my job. He came back with bad news instead, I don't blame him though. It was my fault for getting caught in the mix. I should in no way blame Will for me losing my job.
The twins grabbed my hands and brought me back to reality. "Thank you, Will. I really appreciate what you have done for me," I thanked the man and allowed the corners of my mouth to tip upward. Will returned it and rested his arms at his sides.
"Well, don't be so much of a downer. This is the perfect moment to offer a proposition. All the Autobots consider you as one. Optimus has given me the go-ahead. Would you, Aubrey Lambert, like to join the Autobots to defeat the Decepticons?" My eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
I glanced to the twins quickly to see what their reactions were. They both wore the same expression as me with a hint of worry in their eyes. "Are you sure that's a smart thing to do, Lennox?" Sunstreaker questioned with an underlining tone to his voice. His holoform's optics narrowed at the major but the man was barely unmoving.
"Yes, it is. Optimus has seen her skill and approves of her personality." He turned his gaze to me. "You're a woman of loyalty. Boss Bot wants someone like you to fully join the team. If you don't, he completely understands." Optimus wants me to join the Autobots, join N.E.S.T.
That's was something huge to commit to. Just like a Game Warden, you must fulfill your duty as a peace officer. I squeezed both of the twins hands to calm my jittery nerves. They returned the gesture and moved a couple inches closer to me. I silently thanked them for the reassurance. "Will, I'll have to think about the offer. Give me five days to think and I'll have your answer then," I declared.
"Alright. Whatever you choose it'll be a great choice." With that conversation done, the three of us left Will's office which he barely uses. He's usually out in the main hangar, ensuring everything is going to plan.
Once we stepped out of the building that housed many of the offices, the twins holoforms disappeared. In front of the place, were two shiny Lamborghini's parked horizontal. They were taking up three spots each. The parking spots were numbered so they were assigned to a soldier. Luckily, no one had come to park there.
Both of them transformed into their alt. mode and Sides gave me his normal cheeky smile. "Come on! We've things to do, people to prank," he rushed and scooped me off of the ground. I couldn't help the laugh that escaped at his words and actions. "We love seeing that beautiful smile of yours." Where did that come from?!
A blush covered my face and I used my hands to block my growing red face from view. "Don't hide your stunning face from view." Sides poked at my side and forced me to straighten up in reaction. Then he moved his pointer digit under my chin so I couldn't hide anymore.
Our eyes/optics met, the color of both of their optics still amazes me. I stopped from moving and stared straight at him. "I still can't believe that I have you two… I always thought I was going to be alone for the rest of my life but here you two are. I love both of you so much," I stated and glanced at both of them when I said the last sentence.
"You'll never be alone again, we promise. We love you to the farthest reaches of the universe," they said in unison. Sunny got into the mix physically by gently wiping off the tear I didn't notice that had fallen.
Before Sunny could move his servo away, I hooked my fingers into the grooves of a digit. The gesture had caught his attention and he raised a brow at me in question. I pulled it closer to me and kissed the tip of his digit while keeping eye contact with him. His optics narrowed at me, not in a threatening or rude way.
His brow raised again, a puzzled look in them. I only shrugged for the strange action I just did; it felt like the time to do to it so I did.
Nothing else was said between us, just sweet silence, nothing had to be said. Ever since my rescue, I felt nearly connected to them and understood their feelings without realizing it in the moment. Maybe later in the day, the memory will come up randomly and make me think about what happened.
We went back to their berthroom, even though they try to get me say ours, lounged around. After Will had dropped the figuratively bomb on me, I had a lot to think about. My dream career had been lost after being MIA for a little over a week.
Something like that was treated seriously in this line of work. Just like any job, if you don't give any notice and go radio silent for a large amount of time, you'll get the boot. Just like how I was giving. Plus Tipps somehow learned of my patrol truck becoming scrap metal, that didn't help my case once-oh-ever.
Unintentionally, I thumped my head against the metal plating of Sunny's helm. Said mech was drawing and allowing me to watch perched on his shoulder. Sunstreaker stopped turned his helm in the slightest to the side with worry adorning his face plates. "Are you alright?" he questioned and set down the data pad in his servos.
I shrugged my shoulders and sighed deeply, a little frustrated on the situation. "Not really, but I'll think of a way to fix so don't worry about me," I nonchalantly said and dragged a hand down my face.
Sides sat up from his berth that he was lying, reading a data pad. "Not going to happen, sweetspark. You've got us to help, you're no longer going to be alone. And not worry about you? We're never going to stop. We care about you, more than you'll ever know," Sides explained and came up to us.
A little embarrassed of what he said, I turned my head away to hide the blood rushing to my cheeks. Blooms of happiness grew inside of me at his words though. Every day they showed that truly care and love me. "Is it about the offer Lennox gave you?" I timidly nodded my head. "At first, we thought it would be cool to have our charge on base but then we realized you would go out to face the Cons; a large chance you would get killed."
"Then our feelings grew much larger after time and when Lennox offered it again, just the thought of you facing the Cons again." Sides shivered to show his distaste of the idea. "We cannot bear the thought of you getting hurt, or worse…"
Fear of losing me was evident in his optics, his brother most likely feeling the same way. "I still haven't even really thought about accepting the offer. It's a huge offer. And if I do, you guys need to understand, that I'm the type of person that like to be moving around. A job of sitting around isn't something for me," I explained and carefully stood up on Sunstreaker's shoulder.
Sunny tensed up at moved and acted like he was readying himself to catch me. I patted his cheek to reassure him I wasn't going to fall. "Working alongside you two and being able to see you every day in your bipedal form does sound good the more I think about it."
"What! No! That wasn't what we were thinking." Sides groaned and stared at me. "Using my own words against me. How dare you!" His tone of voice was playful and the playful smirk on his face aided the fact he was only goofing.
An idea seemed to come to mind. His gaze moved to the back of his brother's helm and a glint appeared in his optics. Uh-oh. Did our conversation just turn for the worse? A good kind of worse.
I leaped from Sunstreaker's shoulder to the desk he was sitting at. Only to be scooped out of mid-jump and cradled in a warm servo. Crap, my plan was foiled. "You think you can escape us that easily?" Sunstreaker said with a smirk adorning his lips. I chuckled quietly and stood up in his servo.
"Alright, alright ya caught me," I admitted defeat and put up my hands to add to the act. Oh yes, this was just an act. Suspension trickled through me, and it wasn't my own emotion.
There was no time to dwell on it as an opening was just given to me. Sunny opened his servos a little bit more and, not realizing it, gave me the chance to escape. I took another daring leap through the hole and rolled on the desk.
Both of them were shocked at my quick movements and stared down at me. I stuck out my tongue at them and dodge the swipe for me by Sunstreaker. He was being careful as to not whack me across the room while having our fun.
Did the seriously think they could catch me? I'm sneaky, quick, and clever. The red twin got into the mix by standing on the right side of Sunny to corner me on one side of the desk. Did their plan succeed? In my eyes, it did not. I rolled to the side again and notice the chair was in jumping distance. Perfect.
To ensure they didn't suspect what my plan was, I averted my eyes to the shelf nearby and acting like that was where I was heading next. So gullible, sadly. Sides moved to the left of Sunny to block that 'escape plan' and opened up where I was truly going towards.
My legs took most of the landing and my hands helped steady myself. Surprise and worry shot through me, it was barely noticeable but still there; and it wasn't my own emotion. I stopped in my tracks and allowed my body to do its own thing. My eyes locked onto Sides optics as he knew what was going on. His optics were already on me. He silently mouthed 'you too?' and furrowed his brows.
Sunstreaker glanced at the both of us quickly, confusion written all over his features. Yet, he made no sounds or words to express himself.
We stared at each other for a few more moments before Sides decided to break the silence. "You felt that, right?" he question quietly, sounding the slighting afraid. I was a little fearful to speak and only nodded to answer him.
His brother now seemed angered about us not explaining that. "What are you two talking about?" his voice was hardened as he tried to hide his hint of jealously.
"I felt a small amount of adrenaline and excitement run through me. It wasn't my own emotion, neither was it yours," he answered and kept his gaze on me.
"And I felt surprise and worry. It was barely noticeable but I still felt it nether the less. It also happened early today and a couple times before then. Instinctively, I had to stop and look up at Sides. I don't know why but I just had to," I gave my half of the story.
Sunstreaker's brows furrowed even deeper as his confusion continued to grow. I didn't blame him, I was more puzzled than he was. Sunny gazed at Sides and I knew they were talking internally. "That can't be possible. Those don't work with organics," Sunstreaker hissed lowly then realized he has said that out loud.
"What doesn't work with organics?" I inquired and now knew this was definitely about me or at least somewhat it is. The two pause and tensed up, optics still locked onto each other. I guess Sunny didn't mean to say that out loud.
Both of them turned to face me, guilt trickling in their optics. "We don't know if what you're saying is what we are thinking about. It probably isn't since Cybertronians and organics cannot have a bond," Sides explained and confused me more. I furrowed my brows at him and tilted my head to the side.
The yellow twin smacked his brother with the back of his servo. "You just confused her more," he scoffed and rolled his optics then gazed down at me. "Aubrey, you were in direct contact with Sides spark and now that I think about it, it was a stupid idea in the first place." Sides gave him a look that said 'did you have any better ideas?' "Shut it, Sides. And a bond is when you're connected… spiritually? That is the closest word to explain it."
"Bonds are usually made between Cybertronians. There are many types bond like sibling bonds, Sides and I have that one but we are more connected since we are spark spilt twins."
"Or! Sparkmates! You never know, Sunny. Anything could be possible, we fell for a human. Also bonds like that were never completely tested on," Sides interrupted and leaned into his twin's side. The way they were explaining it was confusing but understanding at the same time.
"Or it could hurt her. Our sparks give off radiation which is harmful for humans," Sunstreaker growled and glared fire at Sides. Said mech realized the effects of his actions and lowered his head, acting a little fearful of his twin. "You never thought about that did you?!"
Before this could escalate even worse than it already did, I interrupted the two. "Hey! Quite it. I'm fine, Ratchet said so. Whatever happened that affect me will probably wear off after sometime. And it would had been at its strongest the moment after I was out of Sides spark chamber. Ratchet would have picked it up on his scanners."
The two stopped their arguing and changed their down at me. "I dunno, Brey. I think we should take you to him for a check over," Sides suggested. That was something that I didn't want to do.
I rolled my eyes and placed a hand on my hip. "No, he'd freak the fuck out if he heard of this. I don't need another worry wart added to you two. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, don't take it as," I groaned and dragged a hand down my face. Ratchet was extremely thorough when twins finally let him look me over. "Remember I was kept in the Med. Bay for most of the day. He looked through everything and didn't find a thing. I'm fine and I feel fine, I promise."
Sides furrowed his brow with guilt swirling in his optics and kneeled down to be eye level with me. "Are you sure? I don't want to be the one that accidently hurt even if it was an accident," he grumbled and looked away.
A soft smile made its way to my lips to reassure him. "Yes, I am. If I did or do feel something weird, we'll go to him to check me over again if that helps ease both of your worries," I offered and glanced up at Sunny behind me. Said mech nodded to agree to my suggestion. I felt the tiniest bit bad for somewhat lying, I didn't want to go see Ratchet over something so little. The medic had more to worry about.
The red frontliner optics light up at my offer and he nodded his helm quick. "Yes, it does. Thank you. Now, where were we?" A play smirk grew on his lips and he lifted his servo to grab me again. I yelped when I realized all three of us were back to having our fun
Behind me, his brother blocked part of the way to get to the floor. The Cybertronian sized chair stood about ten feet above the ground; too high to jump just from my spot. This gave me an idea though. I glanced down at Sides legs for a quick second and noticed it was close enough. Perfect.
Quick like a cat, I leaped from the seat onto his thigh, then to the ground. My heart was pounding against my chest the moment my feet landed on the concrete. I continued forward though and didn't stop until a yellow servo scooped me off of the ground. "Ack!"
Sunny lifted me up to eye level with him and smirked in victory. "Got you," was he said with a cocky tone.
"That jump was cool though, right," I questioned, little bits of adrenaline running through me.
"Dangerous but yes, it was," Sunny answered and sat down back down on the chair he was sitting at. He set me down on his shoulder and got back to work on his data pad.
"Hey, I want to hold her," Sides whined and slumped his shoulders in a pout. I turned my head to gaze at him with an amused look on my face. "Don't give me that look, or else." There was an underlining tone to his voice, a good kind though.
"Or else what?" I teased and smirked, knowing what the possibility of what could happen between the three of us. Was I scared? Maybe in the slightest. Did I trust them? With all I had to offer.