Audrey watched as the world went speeding by outside the window of the rescue Hummer. Today fad certainly been one for the record books; she was still trying to piece things together in her mind as she watched them pass her street; then suddenly she remembered; Francis!
"Stop!!" she shouted and the medic bot in disguise screeched to a halt in surprise at the sudden outburst.
The silver Pontiac behind them had to swerve to the left and onto the sidewalk in order to avoid crashing into them.
"What the hell!?" Jazz's voice cried over the radio as he backed off the sidewalk.
Around them cars were honking and being forced to drive around them.
"I need to go get Francis!" Audrey replied, speaking more to Ratchet then Jazz.
"Who is 'Francis?'" the medic bot asked before Jazz had a chance to add anything else to the conversation.
"My dog." she replied as the Hummer backed up slowly; careful to avoid traffic and the other transformers behind him.
"Do we really have to..." she heard the silver bot whine as they pulled onto her street.
"I'm not in the mood for Jazz right now." Audrey said glaring Ratchets radio and she heard the bot chuckle. 'Creepy...' she thought to herself as they pulled into her garage.
Stepping out of the vehicle she ran up the short concrete staircase to her front door and unlocked it and then ran inside.
Outside the bots waited in silence as the human girl ran inside and got the creature in which she was so worried about.
"FRANCIS!!" the bots cringed as a shrill voice broke the quiet moment and then suddenly a small brown and white creature sprung out from the door and ran full force towards the confused Autobots. It yelped and jumped and wagged its stumpy tail back and forth as it happily looked at them.
"It's another one of those rat things!" exclaimed Jazz remembering back to the small creature that had lubricated on Ironhide's foot when they had first met Sam.
"He's not a rat!" Audrey spat at him and managed to pick up the excited dog despite all of it wiggling and trashing. "He's a Jack Russell Terrier,...A dog." she then added and walked back over to the medic bot and plopped the feisty dog in the back set and then got back in the Hummer herself. "Alright, we can leave." she then said and they pulled out and drove off into the night.
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She couldn't believe her eyes, there were more of them! And what was even weirder was that there was other humans standing around with them; a young boy and girl sat together and looked out over the outlook. Another girl was laying on a yellow bot and the two seemed to be an item but then again a robot from god knows where and a young teenaged girl together was exactly something you saw everyday just walking down the street.
"Oh...My...God..." Audrey heard herself breathe out at the sight.
She stepped out of the vehicle and Francis jumped over the seats and jumped onto the ground only to take off in the direction of the robots.
"Francis! Francis, you don't know where those robots have been!" she cried out at the dog but he was already on his way towards a large dark coloured one who didn't appear that friendly.
The others looked up at the sudden scream to see that Ratchet and Jazz had arrived and had brought a human girl with them. The girl who had been lying out on the yellow bot pushed herself up and rested on her elbows and looked at the newcomer from atop the bots chest, it too looked over to her careful enough not to knock off the girl on his chest. The other town humans turned as well as did the other two bots.
She had to admit that it was sort of unnerving to see all of them staring back her but the sound of shifting metal caught her attention and she turned to see that Ratchet and Jazz had transformed again and then began to walk over to the group. She decided to follow them and that's when she saw Francis running around the girl and the boy on the ground yipping and braking like crazy. She groaned and rushed over and snatched the little dog up and looked at the two.
"Sorry, 'bout him..." she told them keeping her guard up.
"Don't worry, I've got a dog just like him at home." the boy said as he looked her over and then smiled and stood up. "I'm Sam." he then said and held out his hand and she put the little dog down again and shook the boys hand cautiously. "And this is my girlfriend Mikaela." he said as he let go of her hand and the brunette who had been sitting next to him stood up and smiled and shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you." the girl called Mikaela said and Audrey nodded in reply.
"Hey, what about me?!" a voice came from behind her and she turned to see the girl who had been laying out on the yellow bot standing behind her.
Sam chuckled then pointed to the girl. "That's Miley." he said and then pointed to the yellow bot now standing behind her. "And that's Bumblebee!" he said.
"Hello, hello! I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello!" his radio played and Audrey began to feel rather weird standing there.
"Miss Brooks..." she turned to see that the largest of the bots was stepping towards her.
"Y-yes..." she said rather uneasily.
"Ratchet told me of what you have done for our comrade." he then said and she looked at him in slight confusion.
"Oh, you mean the tin man and shorty." she then said and then looked over to the two and say Ratchet roll his eyes and Jazz grumble and then give her a glare.
"Um, yes." the bot then said slowly in mild surprise at her nicknames for the two. "Any way, my name is Optimus Prime and this is Ironhide." he then said and motioned towards the large robot Francis had run toward when he had gotten out of the car. "I believe that you've already met the rest of the crew."
"Yeah..." she said and looked around, she was still a little shaken up on the whole fact that she was indeed was talking to robots that could look like everyday cars. She then realized that she had not introduced herself or the little dog sitting by her feet and she decided that she would return the favor. "I'm Audrey..." she began and then motioned to the dog at her feet. "And he's Francis." the dog yipped at the sound of his name and jumped up.
"It is nice to meet you." the one called Optimus said and nodded at her.
"What is it with humans and rodents?" the bot named Ironhide asked and motioned towards Francis who barked at him.
Sam chuckled and explained to the bot that they weren't rodents but rather small dogs that humans had affections for.
Optimus suddenly cleared his throat and everyone looked up to him and waited for him to continue.
"Miss Brooks." he began but was interrupted by Audrey.
"Audrey..." she said and then let him continue.
"Audrey..."He corrected himself and then continued. "Due to the fact that you now know of our existence we will be keeping a close watch over what you do..."
"Hold up! You mean I'm gonna be babysat?!...By a bunch of robots?!" she cried out.
Optimus nodded and then continued.
"Bumblebee watch's over Sam, Mikaela and Miley and Ironhide watches over Captain Lennox and his family. Ratchet has his hands full being used as a military rescue vehicle. You will be partnered with Jazz." he then said.
"What?!" she shrieked and looked over to the smallest Autobot.
"Sir you must be joking!...Please say you're joking!" Jazz exclaimed and looked over to Audrey and glared.
"Why can't you be my babysitter!?" Audrey cried out and looked up to Optimus.
"Because I am often busy monitoring all Decepticon activity in the area as well protecting the humans of your world..." she interrupted him again.
"Why can't he do it!?" she shouted and pointed a finger at the silver bot and he grumbled.
"Although Jazz is a wonderful warrior and officer-"
"Wonderful?! There's nothin' wonderful about him! Thanks to him I have more bruises then I can count!" she cried and Jazz secretly chuckled.
"I know that you both will be able to solve your differences with time." Optimus replied calmly and then glanced over to Jazz and then turned back to her. "It is getting late you should be heading home." he then said and the newly paired up Autobot and human girl groaned.
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea." Sam said and yawned and looked over to Mikaela and she nodded.
Bumblebee got the hint and transformed back into a yellow Camaro and opened his doors for the teens.
Miley crawled into the back seat but not before running her finger tips lightly over his dashboard causing his engine to purr softly.
Sam and Mikaela rolled their eyes at the odd couple and got into the car. Saying their goodbyes they drove off into the night leaving Audrey alone with a group of giant robots...and her dog Francis. She sighed.
"Alright...Take me home..." she said and Jazz reluctantly transformed and she and Francis hopped in and they sped off into the night on the way home.