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Ch.6: Faulty Logic
I knew exactly what Claustrophobia was: the fear of enclosed spaces. I was starting to get the distinct impression that I was going to be highly claustrophobic when this whole mess was over. Considering, of course, that I lived through said mess. We were back to being crammed into the back of the ice cream truck. Before leaving the hotel, and at an ungodly early hour to boot, we'd taken advantage of the complimentary breakfast. After scarfing two donuts, a box of cereal and an orange, I'd taken one of the plastic liners meant for ice and shoved as much cereal and fruit as I could in it, while the attendant had stared. The man hadn't made a single effort to tell me I couldn't take the food and I wouldn't have put it back even if he had. There was no way I was risking going without food again. Kayleigh and Dagny had just stared at me, pretending they'd never seen me before.
I put my bag of food in a corner of the truck beside me and sat with my knees pulled up against my chest, chin on my knees. Kayleigh had stretched out and was steadily tapping Dagny's leg with one foot. The older girl glared at the younger girl, who only grinned.
We were on the move again, to lord knows where. The twins didn't feel all that talkative today and I was mad at Skids still at any rate. I doubted they'd actually answer if I asked anyway.
"Pervert," I said out loud to the ice cream truck in general.
"Ya think I wanted to see yo naked aft, fruit-loop?" Skids' voice snarled. "Hell, no."
Kayleigh grinned. "Bow chicka bow wow," she intoned and she burst out laughing.
I glowered at her and considered how worth it it would be to kick her. "Hell is other people," I muttered, the quote suddenly coming to mind. Kayleigh only laughed harder.
We drove for what seemed like forever. I didn't know where we were headed. I just wanted to go home and sleep in my own bed, far, far from all the crazies. Maybe I was asking for too much, but I didn't see it happening any time soon.
At one point, I could have sworn we were on some sort of personnel carrier over water. The perpetual maddening rocking was a dead giveaway. Panic set in with that realization. I freaked out.
"Where are you taking us? I want out!" I kicked the side of the truck and the twins both snarled.
"Chill and sit yo ass down right now!"
"You'll thee where we goin' when we get there, shtupid!"
Dagny poked one of the ice cream truck's walls. "Um, I had work today. When are we going home?"
I put my head in my hands with a groan.
After a while, we were moving again on wheels. Not for long, though. We rolled to a stop and I heard the familiar loud sound of something big walking over.
"WHERE THE PIT HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?" Roared a voice that made all three of us cringe and I felt the twins sink down on their shocks in fear.
"We… got lotht?"
"Transform and report to Prime," snarled the voice and I moaned.
The twins shuddered around us. "We, uh, can't transform, see. Cause we got… stuck," Skids said lamely.
"Shtuck bad," Mudflap added hastily. "Thomethin' went all kindth of wrong, man."
The loud voice growled. "Maybe I should help you get… unstuck," he snarled. I exchanged a wide-eyed look with the other girls as the twins wiggled on their shocks and rolled backwards, presumably away from the speaker.
"Nah, man. We're good," Skids yelped.
"We don't mind thith at all!" Mudflap added.
Whoever they were talking too apparently decided to let them past. We began moving again, faster this time. The ice cream truck turned an abrupt corner and we were all pitched forward, yelping in pain and shoving to untangle ourselves. Another abrupt turn and we stopped. I shoved Kayleigh off of me, snarling as Dagny kicked me in the head, trying to right herself. Without a word of warning, the twins split apart. We were unceremoniously dumped onto the hard floor in a heap. Mudflap and Skids transformed and I saw the wonder and amazement in Kayleigh and Dagny's faces.
I looked around, I'd already seen the transforming thing and as fascinating as it was, I was more concerned about where we were. As far as I could tell, it was a big room, Autobot sized, with giant tables and berths. Maybe the twins' room, I guessed.
"Tho, now what?" Skids growled, planting his hands on his hips and glaring at the three of us. "The Pit we thuppothed to do now?"
"Hide em, stupid," Skids snapped, in a tone like he was talking to a small child. "Stupid humans all look the same anyway and this place is swarming with em. They'll never notice three more."
"Yo ath ith the shtupid one. They don't look like no military humanth," Mudflap growled, shoving his brother. Skids shoved back.
"We dress em like the others. Go get em some of that outer-armor them humans always wearin' and nobody'll know the difference."
"Clotheth. It'th clotheth. Thith ain't gonna work. Aint' no way ith gonna work," Mudflap muttered, but he turned and left.
Skids turned back to us.
Kayleigh cleared her throat and raised a hand as if she were a student wanting to ask a teacher a question. "How come you have a gold tooth. Are you, like, gangsta-aliens?"
"What?" He demanded.
"Its gangster-aliens," Dagny corrected calmly.
"Hey, don't be messin' with me. Ya don't want none of this," Skids snapped, shaking a finger at the two other girls.
"You really think that highly trained military personnel won't notice three more humans?" Kayleigh asked, crossing her arms. "You're incredibly stupid if you do."
"I'd watch who I was calling stupid if I was a tiny little organic that goes squish when stepped on."
Kayleigh raised her eyebrows, but wisely decided to refrain from making any other comments. Mudflap returned shortly after with an armful of uniforms. Two digi-camo shirts, a muddy pair of blue pants, two pairs of desert pants, and an officer's jacket. Kayleigh cracked up laughing and Dagny shook her head. I just put my head in my hands and started laughing. I wondered what was going to happen when we were found out and how long it would take. Personally, I figured we were going to get guns drawn on us as soon as stepped out of the twins' quarters wearing the mismatched, dirty uniforms.
The twins were confident it would work, though. We were made to get dressed in the smelly clothes and marched out of the room on the twins' heels. If they had any sort of plan, they hadn't shared it. I was fairly sure they just made things up as they went along.
As we walked through the base, nervous and wary, except Kayleigh who looked like she was fighting not to crack up, we passed some actual military people.
As we walked past, I heard one whisper to the other rather loudly, "Uh, Lennox… you remember anyone saying anything about any new recruits?"
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Ch.6: Faulty Logic
I knew exactly what Claustrophobia was: the fear of enclosed spaces. I was starting to get the distinct impression that I was going to be highly claustrophobic when this whole mess was over. Considering, of course, that I lived through said mess. We were back to being crammed into the back of the ice cream truck. Before leaving the hotel, and at an ungodly early hour to boot, we'd taken advantage of the complimentary breakfast. After scarfing two donuts, a box of cereal and an orange, I'd taken one of the plastic liners meant for ice and shoved as much cereal and fruit as I could in it, while the attendant had stared. The man hadn't made a single effort to tell me I couldn't take the food and I wouldn't have put it back even if he had. There was no way I was risking going without food again. Kayleigh and Dagny had just stared at me, pretending they'd never seen me before.
I put my bag of food in a corner of the truck beside me and sat with my knees pulled up against my chest, chin on my knees. Kayleigh had stretched out and was steadily tapping Dagny's leg with one foot. The older girl glared at the younger girl, who only grinned.
We were on the move again, to lord knows where. The twins didn't feel all that talkative today and I was mad at Skids still at any rate. I doubted they'd actually answer if I asked anyway.
"Pervert," I said out loud to the ice cream truck in general.
"Ya think I wanted to see yo naked aft, fruit-loop?" Skids' voice snarled. "Hell, no."
Kayleigh grinned. "Bow chicka bow wow," she intoned and she burst out laughing.
I glowered at her and considered how worth it it would be to kick her. "Hell is other people," I muttered, the quote suddenly coming to mind. Kayleigh only laughed harder.
We drove for what seemed like forever. I didn't know where we were headed. I just wanted to go home and sleep in my own bed, far, far from all the crazies. Maybe I was asking for too much, but I didn't see it happening any time soon.
At one point, I could have sworn we were on some sort of personnel carrier over water. The perpetual maddening rocking was a dead giveaway. Panic set in with that realization. I freaked out.
"Where are you taking us? I want out!" I kicked the side of the truck and the twins both snarled.
"Chill and sit yo ass down right now!"
"You'll see where we goin' when we get there, stupid!"
Dagny poked one of the ice cream truck's walls. "Um, I had work today. When are we going home?"
I put my head in my hands with a groan.
After a while, we were moving again on wheels. Not for long, though. We rolled to a stop and I heard the familiar loud sound of something big walking over.
"WHERE THE PIT HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?" Roared a voice that made all three of us cringe and I felt the twins sink down on their shocks in fear.
"We… got lost?"
"Transform and report to Prime," snarled the voice and I moaned.
The twins shuddered around us. "We, uh, can't transform, see. Cause we got… stuck," Skids said lamely.
"Stuck bad," Mudflap added hastily. "Somethin' went all kinds of wrong, man."
The loud voice growled. "Maybe I should help you get… unstuck," he snarled. I exchanged a wide-eyed look with the other girls as the twins wiggled on their shocks and rolled backwards, presumably away from the speaker.
"Nah, man. We're good," Skids yelped.
"We don't mind this at all!" Mudflap added.
Whoever they were talking too apparently decided to let them past. We began moving again, faster this time. The ice cream truck turned an abrupt corner and we were all pitched forward, yelping in pain and shoving to untangle ourselves. Another abrupt turn and we stopped. I shoved Kayleigh off of me, snarling as Dagny kicked me in the head, trying to right herself. Without a word of warning, the twins split apart. We were unceremoniously dumped onto the hard floor in a heap. Mudflap and Skids transformed and I saw the wonder and amazement in Kayleigh and Dagny's faces.
I looked around, I'd already seen the transforming thing and as fascinating as it was, I was more concerned about where we were. As far as I could tell, it was a big room, Autobot sized, with giant tables and berths. Maybe the twins' room, I guessed.
"So, now what?" Skids growled, planting his hands on his hips and glaring at the three of us. "The Pit we supposed to do now?"
"Hide em, stupid," Skids snapped, in a tone like he was talking to a small child. "Stupid humans all look the same anyway and this place is swarming with em. They'll never notice three more."
"Yo ass is the stupid one. They don't look like no military humans," Mudflap growled, shoving his brother. Skids shoved back.
"We dress em like the others. Go get em some of that outer-armor them humans always wearin' and nobody'll know the difference."
"Clothes. Its clothes. This ain't gonna work. Aint' no way its gonna work," Mudflap muttered, but he turned and left.
Skids turned back to us.
Kayleigh cleared her throat and raised a hand as if she were a student wanting to ask a teacher a question. "How come you have a gold tooth. Are you, like, gangsta-aliens?"
"What?" He demanded.
"Its gangster-aliens," Dagny corrected calmly.
"Hey, don't be messin' with me. Ya don't want none of this," Skids snapped, shaking a finger at the two other girls.
"You really think that highly trained military personnel won't notice three more humans?" Kayleigh asked, crossing her arms. "You're incredibly stupid if you do."
"I'd watch who I was calling stupid if I was a tiny little organic that goes squish when stepped on."
Kayleigh raised her eyebrows, but wisely decided to refrain from making any other comments. Mudflap returned shortly after with an armful of uniforms. Two digi-camo shirts, a muddy pair of blue pants, two pairs of desert pants, and an officer's jacket. Kayleigh cracked up laughing and Dagny shook her head. I just put my head in my hands and started laughing. I wondered what was going to happen when we were found out and how long it would take. Personally, I figured we were going to get guns drawn on us as soon as stepped out of the twins' quarters wearing the mismatched, dirty uniforms.
The twins were confident it would work, though. We were made to get dressed in the smelly clothes and marched out of the room on the twins' heels. If they had any sort of plan, they hadn't shared it. I was fairly sure they just made things up as they went along.
As we walked through the base, nervous and wary, except Kayleigh who looked like she was fighting not to crack up, we passed some actual military people.
As we walked past, I heard one whisper to the other rather loudly, "Uh, Lennox… you remember anyone saying anything about any new recruits?"