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Family of Heroes
MAINLAND, third pov
A ship crashes to the ground. Four robots step off the ship.
Boulder looks around as Optimus steps out of the hanger. "What is this place?"
"Earth." The rescue bots turn to face the hangar. "And I am Optimus Prime."
Heatwave salutes. "Rescue Force Sigma-17 reporting for duty."
Optimus retracts his face mask. "I was not aware rescue teams were still active."
"Wherever there is an emergency, there are Rescue Bots, sir."
Blades looks up to Optimus warily. "Wait, why wouldn't we be active? How long were we in stasis? We better check it with Cybertron H.Q."
"That will not be necessary. Or possible. Cybertron is no longer our home. This planet is."
firehouse, normal pov
We walk down the stairs in our light pink school dresses with peter pan collars, our blue aprons with light pink trim on the pockets, our blue bonnets, white stockings, pink hair ribbons, and red button shoes. Cody has already left, so Charlie is taking us and his older kids with him.
Griffin Rock, Cody's pov
I'm riding my bike to school. Now that the weather's warming up again, Dad's not too worried about me.
Mr. Harrison walks out and puts a hat on over his helmet before taking off on his heli-pack.
"Hi, Mr. Harrison!"
His heli-pack malfunctions momentarily when he waves, but he's able to regain control. "I'm okay!"
Dad pulls up with my older siblings in his old cruiser. "Cody Burns, Griffin Rock PD. Please, pull over." I stop and climb off my bike. "Figured you would wanna say goodbye to the old rust bucket. It's her last day on the job."
"I still don't understand why the city is making you get a new car, Dad. This one works fine."
"Progress, kiddo. It wouldn't be high-tech testing ground if we stayed back."
Kade shakes his head. "Give it up, Dad. If Cody had his way, we all would be pedaling everywhere."
"Dani reaches forward and ruffles Kade's hair. "'Course you'd still be on training wheels, Kade."
Graham does the same thing. "And the helmet would mess up your hair."
Kade turns and glares at him. "Quit it, Graham."
"Don't forget to be at the dedication this afternoon."
"Think I can test-drive the—"
Dani shakes her head. "We're getting rescue vehicles, not go-carts."
"Sorry, pal. For authorized emergency responders only."
"So basically, everyone in the family but me."
"I've to drop these troublemakers off and catch the chopper to the mainland. You get your bottom to school. And Cody, give it time. You'll find your place."
normal pov
I sigh as we climb out of the car and look up at the building. We wave to Charlie before walking up to the building and Cody.
"Hey. Emily, right, and Mellie?"
"Nellie." She corrects. "I'm Nellie."
"Dad said he was taking someone in from the past."
"Yeah. It's nice ta meet ya."
"How old are you?"
Nellie smiles. "We're ten."
"Me too. Just stick with Frankie and I. We'll help you figure out where you're going."
"Thanks."
He leads us to the classroom, and the teacher pulls us to the front. I sigh softly. I hate speaking in front of people. "H-hi. I'm Emily."
"A-and I'm Nellie."
"Why are you dressed like that?"
I look down at my school dress, confused. 'What's wrong with my dress? It's the closest thing to what's in style.' The teacher looks down to me, prompting me to speak. "W-we got trapped here, from 1880."
"This must be a huge culture shock for you."
I shrug. "It was at first, but it's better than gettin' beaten again."
"You were abused?"
I nod. "Yeah. Mom died a few years ago, and Dad started drinking. When he gets home, he beats us."
Cody smiles. "Dad's taking them in. They're safe now."
"That's good." She turns to me. "Take a seat beside Cody." She turns to Nellie. "And you sit by Frankie."
MAINLAND, third POV
Optimus turns to the bots and addresses them. "Heatwave, Chase, Blades, Boulder. After careful consideration, I have chosen your new mission."
"Nice!"
"We are happy to join the battle, sir!"
"So, when do we roll out?"
"You do not. As, perhaps, the last rescue bots in existence you are uniquely suited to help the people of this planet, as well as learn from them."
Boulder turns to Optimus excitedly. "You mean, we would interact with humans?"
"You will be ambassadors to the people of this planet. The first Autobots to live with a human family, study their customs, obey their rules, and work together to keep this planet safe. During this mission you four must appear to the humans as machines, robots in disguise."
"What?"
"While the people of Earth are comfortable with advanced technology, the idea that alien beings are living among them will undoubtedly cause panic."
"So, we can help the humans as long as we hide our true selves."
"You are right to question what is best for your team, Heatwave. That is why I am asking you to lead this mission." Optimus opens a garage door. "To maintain your cover, you will each adapt a vehicle mode based on Earth's technology."
Boulder steps forward when he sees the vehicles. "Wow! Look at those lines. This thing's a powerhouse."
"Boulder, do you wish to scan first?" Boulder scans the bulldozer and transforms.
"Ha, primitive. But apparently they use this one for what I did back home." Heatwave scans the fire engine and transforms.
"Is this one Earth authorities use for rule enforcement?" Chase scans the police car and transforms.
"It seems, your choice has been made for you, Blades."
Blades scans the helicopter and transforms. "Wait, this thing flies."
Boulder addresses the Prime. "He doesn't like heights."
Optimus turns his attention to Charlie. "This is Chief Charlie Burns. He knows our secret, and will help you keep yours. Rescue Bots, good luck!"
Charlie turns to the normal vehicles. "It is an honor and a privilege."
Heatwave speaks from the other side of the room. "Over here."
STAGE, cody's pov
I lock my bike and turn toward the crowd before leading my soon-to-be sisters toward them.
"Cody, come here!"
"Hey, Doc, Frankie."
"Isn't this exciting? The tech's like nothing I've ever seen."
Nellie, Emily, and I look up to the stage when Dad walks on. "Thank you for coming, folks."
"I'm not talking about the rescue stuff, I'm talking about this." Frankie holds up her brochure. "The new Dino Exhibit at the museum. Cyber-wired arranged actions and infused with real Cretaceous DNA!"
"Our town has a long history of being on the cutting edge of new technology." I turn my attention back to Dad. "Now, thanks to our friends in Washington, I give you the latest in emergency response: the Rescue Bots! Robots, transform! These robotic rescue vehicles will streamline our resources. Now one human teamed with one robot can do the work of an entire police force, fire department," Kade steps out from behind the red robot. "Emergency response unit" Dani steps out from behind her orange robot. "And engineering corp." Graham looks up from his tablet. "Each robot is programmed to respond only to the commands of its handler, so you can sleep in peace at night knowing that Griffin Rock is protected by the very best technology, and humanity have to offer."
A butterfly lands on the green one's nose. I notice the green robot reaching to brush it away, and the red one elbow him. "Hey, that robot moved on its own."
I climb onto the stage, only to be shoved away by Huxley, the town newsman. "You, kid. Can you move, I want a photo of Burns family of heroes."
Everyone turns to Dad when his comm goes off. "This is the Chief. Go ahead." He looks up from his comm. "Fire at the natural history museum."
The red robot transforms. "Hey, I didn't tell to do that."
Dad sighs. "It's new technology, son. Bound to be some bugs."
I sigh, and climb down to the girls, then walk over to my bike before taking off, making sure I ride at a pace where they can keep up.
dani's pov
I can't believe this helicopter is so slow! I have to force the controls just to move! "Come on, faster! We're being outrun by a bulldozer."
"I do not understand."
"Not so slow."
"Fly low. Understood."
cody's pov
Emily and I duck behind the bushes as Dad addresses his blue bot. "Transform. Clear the museum of civilians."
"Please evacuate in an orderly passion." He turns to Dad with two mummies in his hands. "These humans did not respond."
"Well, I don't think we should worry too much about them, partner."
The rest of our family pulls up and gets to work.
"We need to move the planters to create a fire block."
Graham's bot is once again seriously failing at being a robot. "But—I— That would destroy the harmonious nature of the plaza's design."
"What?"
Kade turns to Dani. "Nice of you to show up, Dani!" "Could've been here sooner if my ride wasn't stuck in neutral." Dani sighs. "Next time I'm walking."
Normal pov
We follow everyone inside. Graham starts examining the wiring. "Looks like a short started the fire, but this should hold for a while. Cyber wires are too much for these old circuits."
"I have to insist the good thing is that nobody got hurt."
Charlie spoke too soon, as the brontosaurus head suddenly falls off right above Graham. The red robot reaches through the window and grabs it before it flattens him and Charlie.
"I didn't tell it to do that."
Dani rolls her eyes. "I wouldn't complain."
Charlie then turns to Kade. "Your robot was still in rescue mode. You gave him the directives to save lives, so it did."
Kade smirks. "You're welcome, Graham."
FIREHOUSE, THIRD POV
Heatwave transforms and walks over to a control panel. Boulder transforms. "Where are you going?"
Heatwave sighs. "I need some space. Chief said there is a bunker below street level. A relic from something called the cold war.
Chase notices they're going down with the platform. "Apparently, we're getting some space too.
Blades transforms and runs over before jumping on the platform. "Wait for me!"
that night, KITCHEN, NORMAL POV
Cody tries to ask Charlie a question, but his sister interrupts him. "I still don't get it. How did Kade's robot know that—"
"Pass the carrots?" Graham passes them to Dani. "I know there is a glitch with my copter, too, but at least I had it under control.
Cody tries again. "A glitch is one thing, but I saw—"
Charlie turns to his adult children. "Kade, Dani, Graham, you guys did great work today."
Cody sighs. "Can I be excused?"
Charlie nods.
"Can we be excused to follow Cody?"
"Yes, and you can call me Dad. It's okay with me, and I'm planning to adopt you."
bunker, third pov
"Optimus or no Optimus, I don't know how long I can put up with this! Ordered around, others taking the credit, having to pretend we're tin cans."
"Did you see the way my partner pilots me? My controls are still sore. It's always higher, higher, faster, faster." Blades sighs. "Still, it was nice being a part of emergency response again."
"I find our Chief quite competent. There's much he can teach us about this law enforcement procedures.
Boulder sighs as he looks at a painting. "The humans do have strange ways. But that's what makes them so interesting.
Heatwave jumps off the pedestal he had been training on. "I'm leaving."
Boulder turns to him in shock. "You can't leave. You're our leader."
Heatwave groans. "Then, we'll all go. Those humans will never understand us. We'll never belong here."
normal pov
Cody slides down the fire pole, then motions for me to follow. "I know what you mean." They all start acting like robots. "Don't bother. You're not fooling anybody." They stop and give him a look as he walks over, leading me with one hand and Nellie with the other. We're both back in our everyday dresses. "Trust me. Living in Griffin Rock, I know robots and you guys worst robots I've ever seen."
Chase sighs. "We failed in our mission. Our cover is blown. If this human knows, he'll tell the others."
Cody grins. "Are you kidding? And waste a chance to know something they don't, something this huge? I'm the best thing that could happen to your mission, 'cause I'm gonna teach you everything you need to know about Earth."
"Can you teach me how to make my human stop yelling?" "Dani? I don't think anyone can do that. I'm Cody, by the way, and this is—"
I glare at Cody. "I can say my own name." I smile up at them. "I'm Emily."
"I'm Nellie. Em's my twin."
"I'm Blades."
"Boulder."
"Classified."
Boulder turns to Cody. "That's Chase."
"And I'm Heatwave." He turns to Cody. "So, Cody, now that you know what we are, name one good reason why we shouldn't leave this planet right now."
OUTSIDE
"There's tunnels like this one all over the island. And they all end in the bunker. Great for sneaking out of the firehouse."
I cross my arms and glare at him. "Cody. That's wrong."
"Who are you to talk? You ran away."
"We escaped abuse. You have a loving father."
Boulder looks up at the sky. "Wow. It's like a million optics set in carbon. So beautiful."
Cody looks up from our seats on a rock and smiles. "I guess…it kinda is. So why would you ever wanna leave?"
Cody turns to the drive-in screen. "This is what everyone would expect you to act like. See? Lock your legs, stick out your arms. You try."
The others start. Heatwave looks down to Cody, Nellie, and I as we cross our arms at him. "Really?"
I turn to look at Blades after Heatwave moves to find him doing the robot. I giggle and nudge Nellie, who looks and giggles as well before nudging Cody. "I don't know where you learned that, but no."
"Look, Cody, I understand what you're doing, but what I don't understand is how "talking-like-this" is gonna make my ride-along respect me."
Cody sighs. "The trick with Kade is to make him think he is in charge." Cody smirks. "Trust me, I've been doing it for years."
We all stop when we hear a dinosaur roar. "Is that part of the film?"
The T-Rex from the museum exhibit suddenly runs over and chomps a street light. Blades points to it. "I know I'm new here, but aren't dinosaurs extinct?"
Heatwave punches his hand. "This one's about to be."
"Heatwave, wait! Look, if anyone sees you taking down that dino on your own, there goes your cover and your mission."
Boulder watches it near the drive-in. "It's attracted to the light!"
"Chase, hit your lights!"
Chase does. "That got its attention. Now what?"
"We need to lure him somewhere with no people around."
"Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!"
Heatwave starts down the hill after his team before backing up and letting Cody and I in. We then start toward the woods. "He's following, but we're still gonna need an assist."
Heatwave answers his problem. "I'll comm-link the Chief in."
"Rescue headquarters. Go ahead."
"Dad, okay, first, don't worry. I'm with the Rescue Bots!"
"What? Who gave you permission to—"
"They did. I mean Dad, I don't know how to tell you this but the Rescue Bots aren't robots, they're from another planet. They're aliens!"
"How long have you known?"
"Wait, you know?"
"Cody, where are you? Are the twins with you?"
"Yes—"
Chase interrupts. "Chief Burns, if I may, we're headed westbound to Lake Street with a dinosaur in pursuit."
"A dinosaur, again? Cody, you're not driving, are you?"
Cody pulls his hands off the wheel. "No!"
"Why did we take the old squad car?"
We speed past with the T-Rex behind us. "That's why. I'll explain later."
We pull into the woods and hide. Dad pulls up and they all get out. Kade runs over and opens Heatwave's door. "Cody, you jacked my ride?"
Cody climbs out. "Listen, the T-Rex likes lights. I think you should—"
Kade climbs in and shuts the door. "Less talk, more action."
Graham tries to grab the lever only for Boulder to move it. "Oh, this machine almost drives itself."
Dada helps Cody, Nellie, and I into his old cruiser as the dino chases Heatwave. "Stay here, son."
Dani sighs before returning to her struggle with the controls. "Come on, we have to fly closer to the dinosaur or we're useless." She returns to the Comm. "Cody, what did you do to our robots?"
"If you need them to do what you want, you have to ask nicely."
Kade snaps at him. "Cody, get off this channel. It's for emergency responders only."
"Pipe down, Kade. Cody spotted the dinosaur first. For now, he's on the team."
Graham shrugs. "Fine by me. Got any ideas, Cody?"
Cody sighs. "Not exactly. But I know someone who will."
FRANKIE'S HOUSE
"Hello. Cody? The Dinosaur Exhibit. Fine, now you're interested."
RESCUE TEAM, with Graham
"How is that going, Graham?"
"I'm almost there. Just a little more to the right."
Dani lowers the wench. "Preparing to lift the payload."
"Good to go, Dani. You really think this will hold the tyrannosaur?"
"We'll find out."
"Keep him busy, Dad. Dani's on their way."
Kade finishes hosing down the dirt cliff. "Now, how are we supposed to get that thing over here?"
"Thought you'd never ask." Heatwave transforms and activates his lights. When the dinosaur runs over, he throws him into the mud. When he tries to stand, he slips.
"Incoming air support." Cody walks carefully through the mud to the cage. "I hope Frankie was right." He pulls a switch, thankfully stopping the dino.
firehouse
We change into our white nightgowns and slip on our nightcaps before climbing into our new full size bed. It's comfortable, and warm—not to mention twice as wide as we're used to.
I look around, not seein' much. I can feel my sister beside me, and I reach for her hand fearfully. Everythin' around me is metal, and giant robots like the ones downstairs walk around.
"Mariposa. Safire."
I look around the chrome-colored room, searchin' for the source of the voice.
"Mariposa. Safire."
"Okay, this is scary." I look around carefully, only to realize that Nellie and I are also metal, then turn behind us, releasing Nellie in the process. There, we find a large, bearded Cybertronian standin' behind me. He's white, and seems to be surrounded by a blue-white glow. He's holding a book and a quill pen, both things I recognize, though the rest of this place is too strange and unnatural.
"You have been chosen for a special destiny. You have the spark of the Star Healer, held within the All Spark."
"Which one of us?"
"The spark was split when you two came to be. You are both the next Star Healer." I know I should be scared, but I feel oddly at peace around him. "I have been watching you both from the day you were born. You have led a hard life, yet done everything in your power to protect others, not caring what happens to you. Emily, you are Mariposa Prime, and Nellie, Safire Prime: Star Healers, guardians of the universe, and protectors of the weak. I trust that you will both act wisely. You carry the secret of our race within you."
"Thank you, Sir, but what is she, exactly?"
"She is a femme prime." He focuses on me directly. I guess he knows I'm older. "A great battle is going to occur. The Autobots will need your assistance, on the battlefield and in the subsequent repairs. We need you, Mariposa and Safire Prime. You may be our final hope."
I hook my fingers through my twin's. "We'll do whatever we can, Sir."
"All of Cybertron thanks you, as do I, Younglings."
I look up at him. "How did we get to 2012?"
"I created a rescue portal from your time to now. It would not be right to leave our Star Healers with an abuser."
We jolt awake and share a look of pure shock, saying the same thing. "What. Just happened." I turn and see a small stuffed blue bear, a large one, and a blanket on the bed against the wall by me, and pull them close. That dream scared me. It seemed so real. I turn at a sound to find that Nellie's grabbed the pink bears and blanket that were closest to her.
I move them to one arm and put the other around her. "It's all right. At least we're here together."
"What do we do now?"
I sigh and listen to the sounds of everyone settling in for the night. Once they are, I take her hand and climb out of the bed. We sneak down to the living room, still holding our teddies and Blankie. Nellie stops me. "What are we doing?"
"I want to be with those aliens. They're nice, and I feel like I know them from somewhere."
"You too?"
I nod. We sneak over to the pole that leads to the garage, and bunker, and look down. "Let me go first. That way I can catch you if we fall."
bunker
We sneak through the bunker, not wanting to wake one of the aliens. I motion Nellie to one side of their hall before moving to the other. Nellie peers into the first open door to find Boulder snoring. She winces, and shakes her head in my direction. He's asleep, and that's not going to help.
I peer through the first door on my side to find Chase, also asleep. I shake my head, and we move on.
She turns to the second door before peering inside. Blades is inside, but he's asleep too.
I peer into the last door to find Heatwave sitting at a desk. I know it's late from that clock in my room, so I'm curious as to what he's doing up. I motion for Nellie to follow me, then sneak through the open door and creep to his side. "H-Heatwave?"
He looks down to us. "Shouldn't you be recharging?" He reaches to us, causing me to push myself in front of Nellie. If he's gonna hurt us, he's only hurting me.
Nellie glares at me before pushing me to the side. Mom's been dead for two years, and she's tired of me trying to protect her. "Don't hurt us! We're sorry!" She cringes, looking at the floor.
"We'll go back! Just don' hurt us!" I cringe and look down, bracing myself for the hit that never comes.
Nellie nudges me, causing me to look at her. She's staring up, and simply points up. I look up to see Heatwave looking down at us, surprise in his eyes. "What happened to you, younglings?"
I sigh softly. "Mom died. Dad beat us. We ran away and wound up here, over one hundred thirty years in the future. Charlie took us in."
"I thought Chief Burns was your sire."
Nellie shakes her head. "But he wants to be. We just got here yesterday."
He nods, then leans down and picks us up before setting us on his desk. "Now, why aren't you two recharging?"
Nellie looks down. "W-we were, but…"
I sigh softly. "But we had a weird dream, and it had your kind in it. I wanted to ask you about it."
Nellie nods. "It scared me, and we didn't want to wake Charlie up."
He nods. "Go on. I'm not going to hurt you."
"O-okay."
I sigh softly before laying a hand on her shoulder. "I've got this." I look up to the fire-bot. "This old-looking robot with a beard was talking to us. He said we have a special destiny—that we're the Star Healer, and primes because of it." We look up to him. "What are they?"
He sighs. "Primes are our leaders. I answer to one. The Star Healer was a powerful and noble femme." He sighs. "And you're twins, and apparently identical, which means her spark would have split. What else did he say?"
Nellie continues. "That there's a great battle coming, and they'll need me in the fight, and after. He called me Safire, and Em, Mariposa, too. Safire and Mariposa Prime." She looks down at herself as I do the same. "But we're not your kind, we're human."
"You could be what we call a techno-organic. We'll have to check, and I'll have to report this to Optimus." He lays a finger on our shoulders. "But don't be afraid. We won't hurt you." He sighs. "Just let me get Blades."
We sit on the edge of his desk and wait for him. Once he returns, we look up at the two. I shudder at the scan, and pick at a loose thread on my nightgown as I wait for the report, while Nellie starts kicking her feet.
"You were right, Heatwave, but it looks like they're low on energon."
"Energon?"
"Our fuel." Heatwave turns to Blades. "Get them both a small cube of low grade. I'm contacting Optimus." He picks us up gently. "Come on, Little Ones."
command center, rescue bots, normal pov
Heatwave hits a few buttons before stepping back. A white and orange mech comes on the screen. "What?" He sighs heavily when he sees Heatwave. "Hold on."
A moment later, a red and blue mech walks over. "Heatwave? Have you encountered difficulties?"
"No, Sir." He motions to me. "But we have located two techno-organic femmes. They said they traveled through time."
A portal opens in the room, and the mech steps through. He stares at me for a moment. "H-Hi. I'm Emily. This is my twin sister, Nellie." I look at my bare feet. "The mech in my dream said we were primes—the Star Healers."
He kneels to us. "Can you describe the mech?"
Nellie nods. "He was big, bigger than you, and he had a beard."
I nod. "He was holding a book, and a pen—the kind I saw back in my time. I think it was made by a feather."
The mech can barely hide his surprise. "Alpha Trion." He stands and turns to Heatwave. "Take care of them. Protect them. The future of our race is in your hands. You will be required to teach them how to use their abilities, and raise them as your own."
Heatwave looks surprised, but agrees nonetheless. "Yes, Sir. Is there anything else?"
"Not at this time. Good luck." He steps back through the portal.
Nellie and I share a look before looking up to Heatwave, and address him at the same time. "What. Just happened."
"That mech was Optimus Prime." We gasp softly. "He placed me as your guardian, and asked me to train you."
Nellie and I share a look before turning back to him. "Oh… So…you're…gonna raise us?"
Heatwave nods. "I am bonded to Blades." We give him a shocked look. "It's normal for our kind." We nod. "He's an EMT. Once you get past what we can teach you, I'll have their medic—the mech who answered the comm—teach you through the vid-comm." He motions to the screen. "Our tech will be a lot for you to take in, but you'll get used to it."
"Thank you."
Blades runs in then, carrying three glowing blue cubes. "It's the smallest I could find."
"I'll have Chief Burns get some bottles for them." He sighs as Blades hands each of us a cube. "We may have to move them down here, so we can care for them properly."
Nellie looks up at them. "What is this?"
"Energon. You're low."
Blades smiles at us. "You drink it. See?" He drinks some out of his own cube, receiving a glare from Heatwave.
I take a sip from my own. It's sweet, but not too sweet, and cool. "It's good!"
Nellie sips from hers. "You're right!"
"You need to finish that quickly, Little Ones. We need to recharge."
"Okay." I finish the cube and hand it to Blades. "Where are we gonna to sleep now?"
"With me, for now." Heatwave sighs and lays us in his giant bed. "We'll start your lessons tomorrow."
I lie down with my two teddies, using Bluebell—the big teddy bear—as a pillow, and covering up with Blankie. Nellie gives me a look before shrugging, and doing the same against the wall. She's out within seconds, while I lie awake, listening to the two.
Heatwave and Blades sit down on the bed in front of us. "What are we going to do now? Are they going to stay with us?"
"Obviously, Blades. Optimus asked me to raise them."
"How are we—"
"I'll have Chief Burns move their things down to that old storage room. It's not very close, but it's big enough."
"Haven't they already been moved around enough?"
Heatwave sighs. "I know they have." He glances back at us before turning back to Blades. "But hopefully they won't have to for a long time."
"What about when we go back home?"
"They'll come with us. They're our future, Blades. Without them, we may never go back to Cybertron."
Blades sighs. "I thought you wanted to wait a while before we started a family."
Heatwave glances back, then again turns to Blades. "They're already my spark, Blades. I can't lose them now."
"Are you sure you're ready for this? I know we decided I'd carry, but—"
"I was the first to form a bond with them, making me equal to their Carrier. I know." He smiles slightly. "But they're worth it."
"What about Kade?"
"Kade will have to deal with it. I'm not abandoning them."
I smile and drift off to sleep. I think I'm gonna like it here.
the next morning, normal pov
I stir and bump into something warm and…metal? I sit up and blink, to see Heatwave beside me. Everything from the night before rushes back to me. We're part of them. Optimus himself made Heatwave our guardian. Heatwave wants to move us down here. I sigh softly. "This is too much to think of before breakfast."
"Mariposa?"
"Emily is fine, 'Wave."
"You need to get used to your Cybertronian designation."
I nod. "Okay." I look around. "Where's Nell?"
"Safire is already upstairs."
I sigh. "I need to go upstairs and change my clothes, and I need to get breakfast before we can start."
"Chief Burns may need us this morning."
"I know." I turn toward the elevator. Charlie taught us how to use it when we first got here. "I'll see ya later, 'Wave."
my room
I walk in to find Nellie already wearing a purple floral print short sleeved dress with a peter pan collar and a white apron with a scalloped hem, and braiding her hair using a wall mirror. I pull my own purple dress and white apron out of the closet and slip it on, then pull on my white stockings and red button shoes. I braid my hair and tie on my purple floral print bonnet, then slide it back. Once we're dressed, we start back downstairs for breakfast.
kitchen
Nellie slips into her chair Charlie turns to me. "Morning, Emily."
I slide into my own chair. "Mornin', Charlie."
He walks over and lays a hand on my shoulder. "I thought I told you two to call me Dad."
I sigh softly. "Optimus over-ranks you, Sir."
He steps back in shock. "What? When did Optimus come?"
I look down. "Last night. We had a weird dream, about them, and we asked Heatwave to explain it. Optimus told Heatwave to raise us."
"Ah. I'll talk with him before we leave."
"Thanks."
bunker, Charlie's pov
"Heatwave?"
He steps out of the storage room. "Chief Burns?" He kneels to me. "What's wrong?"
"Emily said Optimus came by last night."
He sighs. "I was hoping to bring it up later, but…" He glances back to the storage room. "We found out they were techno-organic, and both a special being to our kind—princesses of sorts. Optimus asked me to raise them, and train them. I'm working on getting them a room down here, so they can stay close to us."
I sigh softly. They may have only just come into my family, but I already look at them as my own. "Kade and I will bring them down when we get back from the museum." I glance behind him to the storage room. It's just as large as the other rooms they've chosen for their own, but I'm not sure it's suitable for two young girls.
Heatwave glances back to the room before turning back to face me. "Don't worry. It's already cleaned out, and Blades plans to ask Dani to help paint it."
"You're going to spoil them, Heatwave."
He scowls down at me. "And maybe they need to be. They've been through a lot of scrap, and it's time someone showed them they're loved."
MUSEUM, normal pov
The dinosaur is back where he belongs, but on his back. Graham looks over the dino as Charlie takes a picture. "You think anyone will notice?"
We walk outside together. Charlie stops us before we reach the Bots. "Wait. I want to get a picture of my heroes." Cody takes our hands and starts to walk toward the bots to wait for him to finish. "All my heroes."
Kade, Dani, and Graham move join Cody, Nellie, and I. Kade stops and crosses his arms. "Come on, Dad. Just because Cody answered one rescue call doesn't mean he's part of the team, and they're—"
"Yes, it does." Heatwave steps over to Kade. "Or we're not." Heatwave steps over and kneels between Cody and I, resting a hand on each of our shoulders. "Cody is our liaison on this mission. He's the reason we're even giving this place a chance." He growls. "And the twins are our Star Healers." He gets into Kade's face. "Are we clear?"
Kade shrieks and runs to Charlie. "Dad, did that thing just talk back to me?"
Dani nods. "Something's definitely wrong with the robots."
Graham has to agree. "We can't use technology prone to malfunction."
Charlie turns to them. "They're not malfunctioning." He turns toward the camera. "They're aliens."
"What?"
"What?"
The picture snaps. Charlie's standing, looking stoic. Kade looks surprised, Dani looks horrified, and Graham simply looks confused. Cody is beaming, and he's got a thumb up. Nellie and I are standing on Heatwave's foot while touching his leg, beaming up at him.
