Rhodey watched in horror as the twister came ever closer to them, the transformers at her feet horrified as well. She couldn't get herself to move, all she could do was stare. It kept coming, spinning around and around and around, lightning flashing, thunder booming so loud it hurt her ears, objects spinning lifelessly in its funnel, coming closer, closer, closer.
At the last minute, she got down to her knees and hugged her friends close to her, each one of them holding on to each other for dear life, praying to God and primus that it would all just go away. Rhodey looked up as she was holding on, beginning to feel the force of the winds like a thief trying to grab her from her window, sucking her in.
This is it she thought, we're gonna die. She squeezed her eyes shut, hugging her friends all the more tighter and then…
Silence. Dead silence was all they heard along with faint eerie winds like wolves howling in the distance. They all let go and got up slowly, numbly afraid that if they let go fully the storm would return to devour them. When they looked up, they saw the funnel rising lazily back into the clouds, but not retreating fully. It was an unpleasant sight, but the funnel gave no indication that it would be coming back down any time soon.
Rhodey went to her window and looked out seeing a clear sky. Confused she looked in another direction seeing a dark stormy sky and as she kept observing she noticed that there seemed to be some sort of circle where the clear sky was. It kind of reminded her of the shape of an
"Eye" she said in wonder. What were the chances?
"What did you say?" Hotshot asked
"We're in the eye, I can't believe it!"
"The eye? What? What do you mean- Oh! Right, I remember. Are you serious? Man, what are the chances?"
"That's what I was thinking. I'm just glad everyone's okay. Everyone is okay, right?" she asked, looking around
Everyone gave their conformation and, as usual, Megatron just grunted. Rhodey sighed with relief and then went to check on her dinosaurs. They were shaken up, but otherwise they were hunky dory. After making sure all was okay, she got a broom and began to clean up the broken glass from the window. Once she was done, she threw out the glass, came back to her room, and sat down on the floor.
Her friends came closer and they just sat there, talking about the events that occurred that day. Hotshot came to Rhodey, as he always did, and sat on her lap, her arms hugging him close. And, as Rhodey always did, she picked up Blurr and placed him on her lap so that he wouldn't sit alone. They all felt better knowing that they were all there with each other.
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It had already been seven days since the storm, the power had finally come back on, and school was open again. It had been a rough week, but everyone had managed.
Rhodey walked to her first class of the day, with Bumblebee in her backpack this time. At least she didn't have to worry about him making a sound. She had considered bringing Barricade, but figured if Starscream couldn't keep still, how much more Barricade? And if Frenzy got out too? She didn't even want to think of the chaos that would've ensued and then her secret would be out too.
She walked into her history class, the most boring class in school, and took her seat, opening her bag ever so slightly so Bumblebee could check it out.
She looked to he left and saw that boy there. What was his name? Blake. That's right. So he was in her history class as well as math. Great. How many more of her classes was he in? He saw her and smiled. Could he be trusted?
***
The bell rang for lunch and Rhodey was more than happy to get to the cafeteria. She almost threw her backpack onto the booth before remembering Bumblebee and caught herself at the last second. Unfortunately, her bag was heavy and so she fell onto the booth. Things just can't get any better, can they? she thought sarcastically. Bumblebee popped his head out of the bag and saw Rhodey and tried not to laugh, but failed miserably.
She glared at him and he just shrugged. She got up with whatever dignity she had left and went to get her food. As she got in line she saw Blake and wondered if she could trust him with her secret. He already saw Starscream, the darn goofball, but could she make him believe it was only a figment of his imagination? Probably not.
Once again he asked to sit with her. She hesitated, but finally said yes. As he sat down she noticed he had his eyes on her backpack and somehow knew in the back of her mind that he definitely knew what he had seen.
"Blake. You have to promise me" she said
"Promise what?"
"I know that you know about what you saw and I don't want you to say anything of it. Please. If any one else found out, I don't know what would happen, but I doubt anything good would come from it"
"I know. Don't worry I won't say a thing about it. Why would I? I know exactly how you feel"
What does that mean? "Thanks. It means a lot"
They both continued to talk with each other as they ate, but all the while Rhodey couldn't stop wondering what Blake could have meant when he said he knew how she felt. How could he know? Unless…
***
Rhodey sat in her last class, eagerly waiting for the bell to ring and to just get home. It sure was taking its sweet time. She sighed heavily out of boredom and slumped in her seat. She was so tired by the end of the day and the lights being off and that boring monotonous video her history teacher was showing was not helping, neither was the boy in front of her, Isaac, who had himself fallen asleep. She just wanted out. Now! Right at that moment, the bell rang.
Finally! The teacher wished them a good afternoon and everyone ran out of class, eager to just get home, finish homework and just collapse on bed and watch TV or play video games. Not Rhodey, though. Everyday she was eager to get home to spend time with her friends, her amazing friends.
Rhodey walked home today because her parents were busy today and she did NOT want to ride the bus. She hated riding the bus with a passion and she had her reasons. Don't we all? She didn't mind though. She walked with her backpack hanging over her chest so that Bee could sneak a look at the outside world. They both talked with each other the whole way home.
***
The moment Rhodey walked in the door, she ran straight to her room with great enthusiasm. She burst into her room and all looked up to see their friend come into the room.
"Hey everyone! How are ya 'll doing?" she said while taking Bee out of her bag and placing him on the floor.
"Rhodey! We're all just fine" Hotshot was the first to speak up, he always was. It seemed every time Rhodey walked through the door he got more and more excited every day.
Rhodey just giggled at him. It was always the same every day, but she wasn't complaining. She loved her friends and she found herself eager to get home just to hear Hotshot greet her. That was the great thing about him, about them all. They greeted her everyday as if she had been gone for years and ran to her like little children to an ice cream truck. What made her even more excited was the fact that it was already second semester of school, meaning that summer was just that much closer. And summer meant more time with her friends to have fun or just sit around and talk like they always seemed to prefer to do.
"And how was school today?" Optimus inquired
"Eh, alright I guess" she said just shrugging
"And there were no…incidents?" Megatron added looking at Starscream as he asked. The others turned to Starscream as well.
Starscream just glared at a smirking Megatron, "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY-!!? Oh, forget it!!!" He just threw his arms air and stomped away to his own little corner
"Oh, guys leave him alone. It wasn't his fault if he was a little curious, though the head bashing was a little unnecessary" Rhodey said
"Well, I find it more convenient if he beats himself up instead of me having to waste the time" Megatron said
Rhodey gave him a look and he just shrugged. She walked over to Starscream, who was still in his corner, and picked him up. He didn't move. He just sat in her arms with his arms crossed and was trying, but miserably failing, to form a glare on his face, but instead ended up with a pout that Rhodey found absolutely cute. She just laughed softly and hugged him closer to her, even giving him a small kiss on the top of his helm, which snapped him out of his "mood" immediately. She set him back on the ground and he casually walked over to Optimal and Rodimus, flipping off Megatron while his back was turned on the way over. Rhodey held in a burst of laughter, though Optimus wasn't as discreet. He didn't burst out laughing, but he still allowed himself to snicker briefly before regaining his composure. Rhodey just smiled as she shook her head. So he was the leader of the Autobots, it didn't mean he couldn't humor himself every once in awhile.
As Starscream went to sit with his group Rhodey went to check on her dinosaurs. They were wondering around in their little pen. Rhodey had taken the time to find and add some plastic trees to make it look a little more like home, even bringing in real plants for the herbivores. Her T-rex and raptor proved a little more difficult to care for as she had to sneak meat to her room without anyone noticing, but it was worth the risk.
As before, Hotshot found a way to climb up onto her shoulders and sat there, Blurr coming up onto her other shoulder as he had become used to just being around Rhodey and Hotshot. She smiled at them and picked up her corythosaur and held him gently against her chest. He was so warm and the awesome thing about her dinosaurs was even though they were wild they didn't seem to mind being picked up and held, even if she was so big compared to them. Blurr carefully slid off her shoulder and into the dinosaurs' pen, walking with them and petting them. He was as amazed as Rhodey had been of these creatures.
"So what did you guys do today?" Rhodey asked
"Oh, just hung around, talked, you know, the usual" Hotshot replied
"Hid from your psychotic brother" Blurr threw in
"He was in my room?!"
"Dude. I told you to say nothing"
"Not to say anything" Blurr corrected Hotshot
"Whatever"
"Guys, my brother was in here? What was he doing?"
"Nothing, don't worry about it"
"He seemed to be looking for something"
"Dude!"
"She needs to know Hotshot! We don't know what he wanted or why he would even be in Rhodey's room!"
"Why would he be in my room? You guys don't think he knows, do you?"
"Do you think he's heard us talking with each other?"
"I'm sure he's heard you, you're so loud"
"I AM NOT!"
"I rest my case"
"Alright you two, let's just calm down and figure this out"
Why would Ryan come into her room? Was there something she took from him and he wanted back or did he, in fact, know of her friends? If he did, then they were in trouble. Not only was he mean and 'psychotic', as Blurr had so kindly put it, he was a loud mouth and wouldn't waste a second to tell her parents of her secret. She would let it pass for now, but if he came into her room again, then they would have to start being even more careful than they have ever been. It still bugged her, but it scared her even more. She didn't want anything to happen to her friends. She looked back down to her dinosaurs' pen and saw her two friends sitting with them and talking with each other.
Hotshot. Blurr. She turned and observed the groups of Transformers sitting on her bedroom floor. If he knows, then I'm gonna have to do something, but what? She saw Starscream, Rodimus, and Optimal laughing with each other as they told their favorite jokes. Optimus, Megatron, and Primus sat together talking and even laughing every now and then. Bumblebee, Arcee, Barricade, and both Jazzes had decided to play sherades, Barricade trying to come up with a way to act his sherade while the others laughed. Last of all, Jolt, Incinerator, and Frenzy were…playing poker? Since when did they know how to play? Well, it seemed Incinerator was winning and Jolt and Frenzy were both losing miserably. She couldn't help but smile at what she saw in front of her. They all were quite the characters.
I may not know what I'm going to do, but I do know I'm not going down without a fight.
Oh my gosh! It's been so long since my last post and I'm sorry for the wait, but thankfully it's President's Day and I have the day off to come and post this story. I had been stuck for a while because I wasn't sure what to write, but when we went to a hotel I was a able to write easier. It's funny how when your not at home you seem to have more inspiration to write. Oh and even more good news, I have a computer now, the sucky news, we had to send it back to the manufacturer. I'm glad I have everything in my pin drive other wise my story would have been lost. I will be able to write more, but I still won't be able to post until spring break and then in summer. I know it's only one chapter, but I wasn't able to write cause of my computer crashing. I hope ya'll enjoy!
