Transformation

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the transformers, Autobots and Decepticons, or their related movies, toys, cartoons or comics. Those are owned by the various powers that be; which do not include me…sigh

I only own the characters of my own creation, for as long as they will allow it..

I apologize for the long wait, much longer than I intended, but unfortunately it took time to figure out how to work this chapter, that, and I was distracted by my other Transformers story, Crossing Reality ( shameless plug ). I had to write something about my favorite Decepticon…yay Starscream! It's cartoon based, not movie.

Once again, I wish to say thank you to everyone, and I know Optimus will get the girl. I just love him the best of the Autobots. But there were other wonderful characters suggested, so I might write one-shots for them, in future.

Again, this is movie based, but could incorporate some of the cartoon characters, over time, probably from the original 80's one, although I love the Armada series the best, mainly because I love Starscream in it. Enough so, that I have all the episodes. I'd like to get the original series, but, I'm not sure where to get the dvd sets.

The reason I might use the cartoons for some information, is because the movie didn't set any real facts, like their beliefs, the reason for the war and all that jazz. ("""sniffle""" poor Jazz ) It will probably set more facts with sequels.

Of course, I will be first in line, when the live action movie comes out on DVD!

Once again, I apologize for the wait and my aimless chattering above.

Now on with the story…

Chapter 3 : Family

When Kristy first ran into the room, she was in such as state of panic, that she failed to notice the large robot, even as she ran between it's feet.

When she realized where she was at, she was close enough to touch it, and feel the heat it produced.

She saw it twist and turn. It appeared to be practicing fighting moves.

At that moment, she finally realized the danger she was in; beneath the feet of a giant.

A giant that did not see her.

As soon as she saw his foot come down, she began to run as fast as she could. Knowing deep inside that she would not be fast enough to get out of the way.

In a small part of her brain, the tiny part not affected by her panic, anger, fear and most importantly, the survival instinct that was now kicking in full force, she heard a voice call out.

It sounded like someone yelling a warning.

In fact, she knew it was; a warning to watch out for her. Even though it was spoken in the strange alien, computer sounding, language; she somehow knew.

At that moment, the robot above her, startled by the warning, lost it's balance and began to fall.

I'm going to die.

She threw out her arms, in an futile attempt to protect herself.

I don't want to die.

Kristy saw the red and blue robot, run towards her.

Optimus Prime?

But she didn't think it, no, he, would reach her in time. She saw the unknown robot begin to fall.

"No" Kristy whispered, and it sounded like a scream in her head.

Afraid?

Kristy couldn't respond to the All Spark.

You are afraid?

Nothing.

We are afraid too.

A bright light began to pulsate around her, near her and in her.

I do not understand afraid; your fear is part of me.

The very air around Kristy began to crackle with power.

I do not want to die!

Power directed at the robot above her, seemed to shoot from her very finger tips.

We do not wish to die!

At the moment the power surged from her, directed at the robot about to fall on her, she was momentarily distracted, and her aim changed, now directed at the one named Optimus Prime.

No, We must stop.

No. We must stop.

Kristy and the All Spark said in unison.

They tried to stop the power; the great blast that shot from her fingers.

But it was far too late.

Optimus saw the blast come directly at him, but he couldn't stop; Ironhide was still falling, and he feared the small human, Kristy, would still be crushed.

Even with the All Spark, we do not know the damage she can take, and I can't take any chances.

He saw the look on her face; knew she was attempting to pull back the power, but it was already released.

He saw her move a fraction of an inch, slightly altering the course of the power directed at him.

Attempting to minimize the hit, he twisted his body, adjusting his movements to fit hers.

The blast still hit him, but only glancing off his left shoulder, before hitting the wall behind him.

The room quickly filled with the smell of melted metal and burning circuits.

Optimus could feel the fluids dripping from the burning slash in his shoulder. He could hear the crackle of the severed circuits.

But it didn't stop him.

He covered Kristy's body, within seconds of Ironhide falling. But instead of falling on her, Optimus felt the impact on his back, and grunted from the paid it caused in his shoulder.

As soon as Ironhide regained his sense of direction, he immediately moved off of Optimus.

"Optimus, are you o.k.?" Ironhide asked, kneeling down, next to his injured leader.

He could see the stress in Optimus' eyes.

In a voice, filled with pain, Optimus said, "Yes, not that it doesn't hurt."

Optimus rose up, into a kneeling position, to check Kristy. To make sure she was not injured.

To his surprise, she was curled into a fetal position, either sleeping or unconscious, he couldn't tell, and she was completely naked.

"It seems humans can sleep in the most inappropriate moments." Optimus said, still in pain, but amused. He covered his injured shoulder with his hand, and felt his own fluids between his fingers.

Ironhide pressed a button on his shoulder, "Ratchet, get down to the training room now. Optimus is hurt."

There was a moment of silence, before a voice responded with "How bad?"

Ironhide moved Optimus' hand, and glanced at the injury, before responding. "Not as bad as Tyger Pax, but worse than Starling One."

"I'm on my way."

Optimus leaned back, until he felt the coolness of the wall behind him, against his back, never taking his optics from the girl.

"Optimus, why?"

He looked at his old friend. "Because I could not risk you hurting her."

Ironhide was dumbfounded. "But she had a building crash down on her, and survived. She could handle a little thing like me."

Optimus laughed. "But that could have been a fluke." He turned back to the girl. "I couldn't take the risk."

Ironhide shrugged. "I guess."

They both turned towards the room's opening, as they heard Ratchet run in, followed closely by Bumblebee.

Ratchet ran over to Optimus, taking Ironhide's place, who had moved, and was beginning to fill in Bumblebee, about what had happened.

"So, you had to be the hero again, didn't you?" Ratchet asked, as he pulled his medical tools out.

He saw Optimus watch the human girl, curled in a ball on the floor and sensing his concern, said, "Don't worry about her. According to my scans, everything checks out ok. I'll get to her, as soon as I'm finish with you."

Optimus winced as Ratchet used his tools to tighten some joints.

"Easy there doctor."

"Sorry, but I wanted to get it closed, before you lost any more fuel, and shut down on me."

"Yeah, but while he was shut down, we could draw on his face, Imagine him with a mustache." Bumblebee joked.

Ironhide grumbled to himself, "You have got to stop watching Earth television."

Bumblebee looked at Optimus. "You wouldn't make me stop, would you?"

He looked at Ironhide. "You can learn so much about Earth culture."

"Learn how to burn-out your circuits." Ironhide responded.

"Children, children." Ratchet said, never looking up, as he reattached separated circuitry. "Let's all play nice and behave."

Both Ironhide and Bumblebee said in unison, "Who you calling a child?!"

Optimus laughed, "I believe that is directed at both of you."

Optimus heard Ratchet grunt, as he tried to temporarily repair some delicate wiring.

"What is the prognosis? Will I live?" Optimus asked his friend.

"Yes, but try to take better care of yourself. It's going to take time for all the repairs."

He scanned his leader's shoulder.

"I'm going to have to take you offline for a bit, to finish up the repairs."

"Understood." Optimus responded. "But don't let Bumblebee near me, until I am functional."

As everyone was laughing, they heard a small movement.

"Ah, my other patient is awake." Ratchet directed towards Kristy.

Kristy rose up, into a sitting position, wrapping her arms around her legs.

I remember…?

She saw the one called Optimus Prime with a gapping wound in his shoulder. She could see the blue sparks, and hear the crackle.

I remember…?

She could smell the burning in the air, and see splatters of dark substance on the floor, that looked like blood.

I remember…?

She glanced over at the wall in front of her, and saw the huge hole, with scorched black markings around the edges. The metal seemed to have melted, like a candle.

I remember…?.

"Oh God, what did I do. What did it make me do?!" she cried out.

She clenched her hands, digging them into the flesh of her legs, her knuckles turning white.

She buried her head into her knees, letting her hair fall forward.

She refused to cry, and blinked rapidly, to remove any tears before they could fall.

"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you." She said, never looking up.

She felt something brush the top of her head, and instinctively attempted to brushit away. When it happened again, she was compelled to look up, and saw that Optimus Prime had brushed her head, very gently, with the tip of one of his fingers.

"Don't cry." He tried to reassure her. "I know you did not do it on purpose."

She lifted one of her hands and brushed away her tears, refusing to look at him. She took a deep breath. "I'm not."

I have to get myself under control.

"I tried to stop. I really did. But I couldn't. I couldn't stop."

He nodded, and using the same finger, that brushed the top of her head, he compelled her to lift her face, to look at him.

"You were afraid, and reacted to it. You were defending yourself under very difficult circumstances."

He pulled his hand back, stating, "Besides, I've had worse injuries."

She just looked at him, before saying, "That doesn't make me feel better about almost killing you."

But she still appreciated the words, all the same.

For something so big, he's so gentle. I would never have guessed.

Looking at the other robots, she said, "Uh, hi, I guess?"

Only the smallest of them, a yellow one, lifted his hand to wave at her, and respond with "Hi."

"Let me introduce you to Bumblebee." Optimus nodded to him. "He is one of my best soldiers. Faithful and courageous."

"Pleased to meet you, Bumblebee."

Bumblebee, snapped his finger, and pointed at her, saying, "Back at ya!"

She couldn't help but laugh.

She noticed that the robot, that almost fell on her, was shaking his head.

She swore that she heard him mutter to himself.

I think he said something about tv?

The robot noticed her watching him and nodded in her direction and said, "I'm Ironhide, I'm the weapons expert."

"And a very good and old friend." His friend and leader added.

"Yeah." Ironhide shrugged, clearly uncomfortable, he scratched his head. "Um, sorry about the almost stepping on you."

She quickly replied. "Not your fault. I kind of ran into you."

"Well, yeah." He agreed. "You need to watch out where your going."

Kristy blushed. "I will."

Not that I intend to stick around long enough.

"I'm Ratchet, medic and scientist extraordinaire " He said, preparing to place a temporary sealant on Optimus' shoulder.

Bumblebee laughed, and rubbing his hands together, very theatrically, said to everyone, "Maddddd scientist!'

Ironhide slapped Bumblebee on the back of the head, and spoke directly to Optimus, "Please, order him not to watch any more television."

Ratchet said, "I almost regret him getting his voice back."

"See, see what the mindless television is doing!?" Ironhide added.

Bumblebee had to defend himself, by saying, "Hey, it's all good. I'm watching it for research purposes."

"What would day time soap operas teach you?" Ratchet asked.

"The social behavior among humans." Bumblebee replied.

"Right; I don't think so." Ironhide answered.

"Besides, Carol is going to find out if John is the father of her baby…" Bumnblebee began.

"The All Spark save us…", one of the two said.

"…and John could be her half brother, from an affair her father had…"

"I'm hoping the Decepticons will attack right now…"

"…she had with his wife's best friend." He finished.

Both, Ironhide and Ratchet looked at Optimus, who remained quiet through all of it.

"Bumblebee, maybe you should reduce the amount of time you spend researching television."

"But…," He looked around, before saying, "I guess your right."

Ironhide seemed to look relieved.

Through all of this, Kristy remained quiet, just looking from one to the other, as they bickered, not longer noticing that they were speaking in their alien language.

Watching them behave like this, acting link ordinary humans would, seemed to make her feel better.

They're like a family.

They are a family.

You again.; leave me alone.

Family is very important, regardless of the race. Whether human or not.

Go away. You almost caused me to kill someone.

Forgiveness. It seems the merging is causing me to feel.

Feel?

I am not used to emotions. Emotions are new, and your fear caused me to react irrationally.

I saw that. I was kind of there, at the time.

These feelings, I do not know how to control.

Hey, I can't control them sometimes, and I've had a lot more practice with them.

Forgiveness?

Yeah, I guess. I'm still not happy with this situation. I still want to go home.

This is ho…

I don't want to hear it!

While her internal conversation occurred, two more members of this strange family decided to appear, and she only heard the ending of Optimus Prime's introduction.

"…Mikaela and Sam."

Standing before her were two young people, both a few years younger than her, holding hands.

Both were blushing.

Kristy stood up and smiled, happy to finally see fellow humans.

"Hi, I'm Kristy."

The young man looked her up and down, with a strange expression on his face. "Uh, hi and your, like, naked. Completely naked. Again."

Elswhere, Location Unknown

"How is he?" Starscream asked, pacing back and forth. He appeared to be agitated.

Devestator responded, "Megatron will recover, despite his extensive injuries.

Starscream stopped in front of Devestator. "Well, thank the All Spark for that."

Devestator didn't think Starscream was as thankful as he claimed. Now that they had found their missing Decepticon leader, he would have to step down, and resume the position of second-in-command.

He's been our leader for many millenniums, while Megatron was missing. I know he hoped that he was dead.

Barricade walked into the room, joining the other two. "Well, despite the fact that we do not have a medic, as part of our team, Blackout is doing a pretty good job at it."

Barricade and Devestator heard Starscream make a grunting noise, and looked at each other.

Barricade just shrugged, as an answer to the unspoken question in Devestators optics. Devestator just nodded.

All three heard a whirling noise and turned to see Frenzy.

Barricade asked, "Additional information, Frenzy?"

"Nothing, but our great, rediscovered leader is angry. Very, very angry!"

"Is he?" Starscream asked, finally stopping his pacing.

"Yes, he is." Frenzy explained. "I wouldn't want to be that human female."

Frenzy climbed up, to sit on Barricades shoulder and began to laugh. Laugh so hard, that he almost fell off Barricade's shoulder. .

"I almost feel sorry for the fleshling."

His fellow Decepticons joined him, in his laughter, even Starscream.

End Chapter Three

I'm not entirely satisfied with this chapter; I think I will need to tweak it later on, but I hope it is at least satisfactory, to get the story moving. I hope you enjoyed it.