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Marie Vulffe: don't worry; Ironhide won't be as OOC as I unintentionally made him be earlier. It's that hardass personality that makes me love him so much X3 Sorry you don't like Tani's name, I just hate using overly common names (plus I got a love of unique ones). But thank you for a detailed review! It's always nice to get one of those!
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Gunfire and lots of it. Mikaela, Leo and I took off running as a hailstorm of shots took off around us. Sam leaped from the table he'd been forced upon and made a run for it. I was frightened. I just wanted to curl up into fetal position chanting 'there's no place like home' over and over until I got a good sparkle witch in a sugarplum pink dress. Alas that didn't happen. What had happened to my world? It used to be sane and normal. Now I'm running for my life with three kids from giant robots. The force of the blasts was enough to make us fall a few times. I couldn't help but watch as the large red and blue one shot rockets out of its guns. We'd just managed to get outside when said robot jumped out of the window.
"Sam!" it cried. I stood flabbergasted as I watched with my own eyes as it turned into a semi.
"How the flying monkeys did-" Sam pulled me into the semi with him and it quickly sped off.
"Don't freak out, don't freak out. It's okay!" I was having a panic attack inside the robo-semi and Sam's encouragement wasn't helping at all.
"Sam! You better tell me what the frig is going on or so help me!" I shrieked, trying to get my breathing back to normal, which I didn't see happening anytime in the near future.
"You just got dragged into a war." He started.
"A war?"
"Yes. Between the Autobots and the Decepticon. Optimus here is the leader of the Autobots." He patted the dashboard. "He won't hurt you." Guess he noticed my skeptical look.
"I don't care if he has a pet bunny! E.T. wants to phone home NOW!"
Our conversation was cut short. Before I knew what was going on, the semi began to shift into odd angles and positions with Sam and me inside it! When Optimus had fully transformed another robot attacked from behind.
"Run!" he called out. Sam and I darted between the trees trying to avoid upturned roots and any other form of shrubbery that would be more hazardous than helpful. A fallen tree provided us with sanctuary. Dirt flew up in waves as bullet after bullet hit the ground. Optimus suddenly went sailing through the air like a Frisbee, landing on his arse. I flinched. That couldn't have felt pleasant.
"Get up!" Sam yelled as we started running again.
"Is the continuation of our race not worth the life of one lowly human?" the Decepticon from the warehouse asked.
Optimus got up, fire in his optics. "You'll never stop at one!"
And the battle took up again. Sam and I coward behind our log as the big guy took on the Decepticons. I had to admit, I admired his valor. My adrenaline surged through my veins, I wanted to run for the hills and look up the nearest therapist but I wanted to stay as well. I watched the battle from between the roots. My respect grew for the Autobot leader as he nailed one square in the jaw. If it wasn't for the fact that my very life was on the line right now, this would've made one kickass fight to watch. All I needed was a bowl of popcorn and foamy finger.
My heart stopped when the blade went through his chest. Even though he was a robot and no blood came gushing out like every other Hollywood movie, I felt horrified at the sight. The shot in the back didn't help either. Sam and I could only look on in horror as his body fell only feet from our hiding spot. The light blue glow of his eyes began to flicker and grow dull.
"Run." Was the last thing he said before the light went out. I placed a hand over my open mouth as my eyes began to sting. The look on Sam's face was enough to break anyone's heart. The world stood still for a brief moment while the two of us stood forlorn before the body of Optimus before we took off running. I followed Sam up a hill. There was a cry of 'Autobots attack' and more gunfire. Looking up I was greeted by more robot people but kept by Sam's side. A large black one with huge cannons attached to its arms stopped momentarily and looked at me with shock.
"Tani?!" It yelled.
I climbed into the yellow Camaro with the others. One cried for us to get out of here and the Camaro sped off with such speed I was temporarily thrown back into the seat. The Autobots followed after us as the Decepticons retreated. My head was spinning, heart pounding. My breathing was labored as I ran a hand threw my knotted brown hair. So many questions ran through my head at breakneck speed. How did that robot know my name? How the hell did I get mixed up into this giant robot civil war? I slumped against the black leather seat and the world went black.
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I woke up to voices, one I knew to be Sam's and I think the other belonged to that kid Leo. The others I couldn't place but the dialect they spoke in was obnoxious. Opening my eyes i was greeted by sky. I moaned and pinched the bridge of my nose as I sat up from my laying position in the grass. The motion made me sick and I shut my eyes to keep the world from spinning. There were arms supporting me, keeping me from falling over while I steadied myself. I glanced up when I felt it was safe. Mikaela. Her face was dirty and she looked concerned.
"Are you okay?" she asked in a hush voice.
I grunted.
"That depends on your interpretation of the word 'okay'. Is the ride over yet?"
Looking up I saw two new robots. Honestly they looked kinda like monkeys, one sported a gold tooth. They both grinned awkwardly at me and waved. My breathing quickened again.
"Oh god, it's not." I backed up in an ungainly fashion on my hands and hit something solid. My hand flew up to rub the new sore spot on my head. Turning I came face to bumper with a black Topkick. I'm sure my eyes rivaled the size of dinner plates when my jaw dropped. I looked back at Mikaela.
"Why is Cayden's Topkick here?" I questioned. I think some mild hysteria leaked into my voice.
The ex-criminal smiled guiltily. "Well, that's something he should tell you."
Mechanical sounds came from behind me. I didn't have to look to know it was probably transforming the same way I'd seen Optimus do. However the gruff, commanding voice made the movement mandatory.
"Aren't you going to look at me?"
I didn't want to. I really didn't want to, but the tone of the voice left no room for arguments so I obliged. So like a frightened puppy I turned on all fours. I saw a foot. Traveling upward a found a knee, hip, wide chest and shoulders and farther up I located a head. Incoherent babble came from me as my brain tried to process everything. Needless to say, system malfunctioned and crashed. No way in the seven hells this was real. Right? It was all some horrid nightmare. Though I did recognize him as the one who called out to me in the woods when Sam and I were running for the Camaro.
"What the hell is going on?" my voice was just over a whisper.
"Ah, das a bit of a story yo." One of the monkey-bots behind me commented. How he'd heard me I'll never know.
"I think I got the time."
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I sat beside Ironhide's monster foot, knees pulled up to my chest rocking a little. Mikaela and Leo had found some oil lamps and flammable scraps and set trashcan fires amongst the rock walls we were hiding in. Sam was in his own little world. He was deeply upset about Optimus' death. I was still having trouble coming to terms with everything. Cayden wasn't Cayden; in fact he didn't exist. Well he did, but he wasn't human. He was a giant twenty-three foot robot with cannons inside his arms. And a war that had been going on for I don't even know how long.
Leo was having just as hard of a time as me coping with it all. I don't know whose psyche had cracked harder; his or mine. He was at least into the whole alien thing, but I never came much thought to what might be 'out there' ya know. The twins were driving me up wall. Oh how I wished they'd stop speaking in Ebonics. I stood up and stretched. The movement felt good on my sore body though it was still in pain from that car crash. I looked up at Ironhide. He'd been rather avoidant of me after the whole explanation session.
"So why didn't you tell me?"
He looked at me briefly, snorted and shook his head. He reminded me so much of a bull. "Your government wouldn't allow it. Besides, if you hadn't been brought into this, would you have believed me?"
He had a point.
"Probably not."
He grunted again and went back to watching the small flickers inside the bins. Bumblebee made a noise from across the way. I smiled. He was adorable for a robot. I walked over to him and hugged his arm as best I could; he played a part of Bon Jovi's 'Living On A Prayer' over the radio. A violent grumble came from where Ironhide had been sitting. Bee and I looked over as the older Autobot stood up and walked off. Mudflap received a swift kick in the aft from the weapons specialist just for being in the way.
"Was yo problem, man?" he asked, rubbing his assaulted rear.
"I'm gonna turn myself in." came Sam's declaration.
"You're not going to do that."
"Yes I am."
Bee made his own remarks through the radio as the couple argued. The Fallen had commanded that Sam be handed over to him. Poor kid was wanted by every country on the planet. I fell back unto the cold ground as the two bickered about the best way to go about the whole situation. Sam suddenly got an idea. He yelled for Mudflap and Skids.
"Can you guys read this?" he showed them a symbol on his arm.
"Naw, that's ol' school man. Das like Cybertornian." Skids confessed.
Sam slumped against a broken down car. "Great. You can't read."
"What about Ironhide?" I asked.
"Dun count on it." Mudflap voiced. "Das older den tha' ol' bot."
"Well then we gotta find someone that can." He was determined, that much was obvious. But personally I think we were up shit creek without a paddle. Hell, I don't think we even have a canoe.
"Hey! Chia Pet!"
We all looked over to find Leo cautiously walking up from between the twins. He still looked like hell but he'd finally calmed down from earlier.
"I think I may know someone who can help." He said.
"Who?"
"Robo-Warrior."
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W00t! double update today cause I've got nothing better to do with my time right now.
