When Ratchet turned me to my back, I gasped in pain as the medication finally started wearing down.
"Why did the medication go through go quickly?" said man asks, probably to himself.
"I use it… everyday," I answered.
"Why?!" he exclaims loudly.
"Relief," was all I said as he tries to get everything done quickly but efficiently.
Keeping my mouth closed as Ratchet continues, I open my eyes to see 'Hide looking at me with concern and worry. I slowly form a smile to reassure the man that I'm fine so far, and that he doesn't have to worry so much about me.
"I'm sorry youngling, you don't deserve this pain," 'Hide apologizes with guilt clear on his face.
"'Hide… I'm fine," I clench my teeth together as Ratchet moves my arm, "No pain… no gain."
He looks at me with hurt, but he understood what I meant. His head turns to look at someone by my feet before 'Optimus' spoke up, "We have to get moving, Ratchet can we move her?"
Said man was quiet for a moment prior to speaking, "I should be able to, but I have nothing to hold her down with."
"We can put her in my cab. She can lay on the backseat with a seatbelt," 'Hide offers in the silence.
They were quiet for a while, and they must have agreed to it because someone started to pick me up. As the person did I closed my eyes and gasp out, "Pill," already feeling the pain.
Someone muttered open, so I opened my mouth for the pill to be placed in my mouth. Once it was there I gulped it down wanting the pain to go away and never come back.
Whoever tried picking me up at first tried again and carried me to probably to 'Hide's vehicle, once there I was placed into someone else's arms in the truck. When I was laying down on the back seat the arms around me started to leave me, I requested, "Stay?"
A hand was placed on my left shoulder as 'Hide's voice answers, "Of course."
When the truck turned on, it had a low and soothing rumble, begging me to sleep. As if the man was reading my mind he says, "You can sleep now Mira, we have a ways to go."
Slowly everything quieted down to nothing as sleep took me over.
"How is she Ironhide?" Optimus inquires through the comm. link.
"Sleeping," I answered while dodging potholes.
"When she awakes we either need to tell her or leave her, you know that right?" Ratchet states as he drives behind me.
"I know that, it's just what she said earlier is getting to me," I say as I look through my holoform's eyes to see the blond haired femme.
"Yes, it is concerning of what she went through to want to offline herself," Optimus points out ask he leads us somewhere.
"Wha' we need ta do is find the Cube an' get this over with," Jazz speaks up as he covers the back.
"So…" a female in front of a dark haired teenager and across from Sam starts, "What'd they get you for?"
"I bought a car." Sam explains and adds with sarcasm, "Turned out to be an alien robot."
"Wow," was all the male in front of them said.
Sam remark, "Who knew?"
I woke up to 'Hide shaking my shoulder gently while whispering, "Wake up Mira, we need to talk."
Groaning, I shift a little only to go back to my original spot as the pain comes back, so settling for moving my head I turn to see the owner of the truck beside me with a nervous look on his face. I hum in acknowledgment so he could say what he wanted.
"I know we shouldn't put you into a stressful environment, but the team and I are not what we look like," the man starts while looking away from me. "We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron, but you can call us Autobots for short."
"Autobots," I repeated in awe.
"We are here looking for the AllSpark. And we must find it before Megatron," Optimus's voice came through the radio in explanation.
"H-how?" I stutter in shock of how that happened.
"It's our comm. Link, we can communicate with each other at great distances apart from each other," someone else answered through the radio -comm. link- again.
"What's your names then?" I ask as I try to sit up only for 'Hide to hold me down again.
"Stay laying down sparkling, you'll hurt yourself more," said man growls playfully at me.
"Sorry."
"My name is Optimus Prime," Said man introduces himself.
"He's the peterbilt in front of everyone," "Hide points out and I nod letting the information settle.
"My first lieutenant. Designation, Jazz," was all Optimus says before a horn sounds behind the truck.
"I'm the Pontiac Solstice," I'm guessing was Jazz, speaks from the speakers.
"Our medical officer, Ratchet," Optimus tells as a yellow Hummer drove side-by-side the truck.
"Make sure she's taking her pain meds, Ironhide," Was all Ratchet said before slowing down.
"Yeah yeah," was 'Hide's only response as he gets a pill out for me and places it into my mouth.
"You already know my Weapons Specialist, Ironhide," Optimus says as 'Hide looks away from me.
"What about the black and yellow one?" I ask as I remember him catching the humans.
"His designation is Bumblebee, a scout and Guardian for another human," Optimus responds with sadness evident as he does.
It was quiet for a while, probably waiting for me to rant about them lying to me, but all I said was, "I'm glad you told me of your own free will and not waiting for the circumstances to."
Ironhide's head whipped towards me before giving me a small smirk with obvious joy in it. He reached a hand to my head and started stroking it again pulling me to sleep.
"Please, let this work," Opimus pleaded to Primus. "The code, the code on these glasses indicates the AllSpark is 230 miles from here."
Ratchet speaks up, "I sense the Decepticons are getting ready to mobilize."
"They must know it's here, as well," I respond to Ratchet's words.
"What about Bumblebee?" Jazz starts, "We can't just leave him to die and become some human experiment!"
Optimus came out with, "He'll die in vain if we don't accomplish our mission. Bumblebee is a brave soldier. This is what he would want."
"Why are we fighting to save the humans?" I ask, "They're a primitive and violent race."
"Where we so different Ironhide?" Optimus fires back at me. "They're a young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them." He declares as he looks at all of us, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You all know there's only one way to end this war. We must destroy the Cube." He pauses before continuing, "If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest."
"That's suicide. The Cube is raw power. It could destroy you both," Rachet exclaims with worry.
"A necessary sacrifice to bring peace
to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay
for our mistakes." He pauses and declares, "It's been an honor serving with you all. Autobots, roll out!"
"We rolling." Jazz eclaims as he transforms.
As the other two transform, I stay put seeing as I have a fragile human still asleep in my cab.