Subi: Whoo!... Its funny what a two-day sleep over can accomplish... oo;

Anonymous: oo; no kidding... n-n Amusement!

Subi: oo; indeed... Well, you guy's are probably going to enjoy the somewhat-chaotic, but amusing point of this chapter...

10. Autobot City

After waking up and realizing that there was no unpacking or anything else to do, I figured that a tour would be nice before I get stomped on by a random bot passing by. Luckily, the femmebot from before was free and seemed more than willing to show me around.

"This is the racetrack. A lot of the Autobots come down here to watch the races when we're not out on the battlefield," Shiori said. I was sitting on her shoulder for the sheer fact that there were so many Transformers in the stands and pit-crews cheering on the racers on the track.

"I didn't know you guys were part of the battles," I said, looking over at her face.

"Autobot City is attacked a lot, Karahrr. We have several alliances with some other strong cities like this one to help us protect the city from being destroyed."

"Oh," I said, letting it drop as Shiori walked us out of the racetrack to the park and market- which was much less busy- and set me down after she'd crossed the street to get there. "Thanks, Leader Shiori," I told her as she continued to show me around the city.

"Don't worry about it, Karahrr," She grinned suddenly at me. "You remind me of Star when he's uncertain of something."

"Who?" I asked. Before Shiori could answer we were both distracted a commotion in the market. A few shouts from enraged mechs rang out, and I barely dodged a running cat demon rushing past me. I silently fumed at the tanned raven-haired girl as she yelled, "Running person comin' through!" right after she'd nearly avoided me. Shiori sighed, "What did they do this time? Must of been something drastic to have her running like that... Speaking of which, where is he?"

"He? Who is-Ack!" I wheezed as another cat demon popped out of nowhere, knocking me down and somehow managing to bash my head against his. Temporarily clutching my head in pain, I sat up with an unfocused glare and got to my feet. As soon as my head stopped swimming, I looked at the boy on the ground swearing. He was almost exactly like the one that nearly bowled me over earlier.

"Slag!" He growled, rubbing his forehead painfully. "Slag that hurt!" he muttered, and then looked up when Shiori's shadow fell over him. Shiori helped him up with a faint sigh, appearing unfazed by his choice of words.

"Hey...Tarron, what's taking you so long?" The one from before backtracked, looking between the two of us in confusion. "Was he being a pervert again?" The glare that I didn't even know was on my face deepened. And if looks could kill, that girl would be buried ten feet under. Ironically, I wasn't the one giving that look.

"Get your mind out of the gutter!" He snapped, snatching up something from the ground and stashing it in a bag over his shoulder, hoping no one had noticed it.

"And to answer your question," I added, "he blindly ran into me. Speaking of which..." I brought out an inch of claws and swiftly slashed him across the face. "That was for running into me!" Not to mention the massive headache you gave me, I thought bitterly. Of course, 'Tarron' dodged. Finding not an apparent scratch on him, he sneered at me. "Hah, missed me!" He boasted, sticking his tongue out at me. Idiot...I thought, smirking at how much pain I was going to cause him for that. Sure enough, he was proven wrong a moment later.

"Brother, you're bleeding!" She gasped.

"I'm bleeding?.!" He screeched- quite girlishly, I may add- looking at nearest reflective surface to see the damage. I fought back a victorious grin as his sister glared at me.

"Even if he deserved it for being perverted, that doesn't mean you had to hit him so hard!" She snarled, lunging at me, only to ram into the red foot of a seeker.

"Tayyon!" The brother shouted, only to be knocked back by the force as well. I wasn't spared that fate either; I ended up rubbing my backside for the second time today, which was beginning to get old. I brought my head back to look up at the face of the seeker, and found I had to keep looking higher. I got to my feet and slowly walked backwards in an attempt to figure out how tall he was, I realized when I got near Shiori's feet I still couldn't see him very well. How tall is this guy?.! I wondered. My eyes widened somewhat when I finally figured out that the mostly white and red seeker was at least a head taller than Shiori; And she was almost as tall as... as tall as... I froze sharply as a strange memory suddenly flashed through me.

... I rushed past the knees of a blue and white transformer, and felt my tail whack into the back of his legs. He let out a cry and fell to his knees, but my attention was already on the black cat-bot before me who was springing for a fatal leap at my neck. I twisted around and instinctively opened my mouth- and caught the mech in my fangs. My systems were already tightening a deathly grip on him before I finally managed to stop it, and I faintly felt the bot's defenseless spark pulsing weakly. I fought the impulse to end it's life, and used all of my will to open my mouth as I turned to set him on the ground. Before I could put him down completely, my optics saw the glow of a pair of yellow-orange optics, and I froze, wondering if he was going to try to attack me as well. I then realized his optics were wide with fear, and it hit me that he was afraid for the mech in my jaws. Quickly dropping the said mech, I launched myself away from it and attempted to run around the other bot- only to have him start firing at me...

The shock of getting the memory, as well as the painful void following it, forced me to the ground again. I once again looked up at the seeker's face, and finally made the connection to a height. He's almost as tall as that blue-white mech from that memory... I thought, fighting off the darkness the best I could. Shiori noticed something was wrong, and scooped me up into her hands.

"I think you scared her, Star," She chuckled quietly, before frowning at me as she saw that I was shivering uncontrollably. Shiori put me near her spark suddenly, where she was the warmest, and quickly started back towards where we were staying. "I'll have to talk to you later, Star; I need to get this one back home."

"Alright, Shior'," He answered, before picking Tayyon and Tarron up and walking in the other direction to where they lived... ... ...

Subi: Yay!... Sorry guys, sugar-high plus 4th of July plus a two-night sleepover has had a strange effect on me... oo;

Anonymous: And I haven't noticed? >> ... Though the fireworks will make up for it. n-n

Subi: Thanks, that makes me feel just so much better... >>