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Getting Started

Tuesday: 0900 hours, DE'ANDRA DELTA SORORITY HOUSE,

Arcee had just dropped off Duchess at the Autobots Frat House, her and her house had a few plans to attend to and having a dog around would only make them more hectic.

"Hey Cee." She turned to see Jade walking up behind her holding a paper. "I wanted to tell you that I got called into work so I won't be able to help today, sorry."

"It's ok Jade, we all have our own lives to attend to."

"Thanks for understanding." Jade slipped on her white polo shirt and smiled before walking out the door. Arcee looked around to see some girls getting ready for work, while others were working around the house preparing the plans. Aquanette was in her room building the device that Arcee had asked her to make. Shelbi was waiting by the door, holding a side bag that had books in it, her and Arcee were to got to the library today to find a few books on how to build water guns.
When Arcee was fully ready they walked out the door and headed to the library. When they were there Shelbi turned in a few books while Arcee looked around for ones that would be of use to them.

"Alright, we should look high and low for this book, even if it takes all day." Arcee said as Shelbi raised a brow and smiled.

"Or we could just look in the 'How to Build' section of the library." She said pointing to a sign that read. 'How to Build'.

"Or we could do that, I've never actually been inside a library."

"Then you've never lived." Shelbi said pushing up her glasses. "I'll go look in that section I'll be right back." She left without another word, leaving Arcee sitting alone at the table. A few minutes later Shelbi came back with a book of how to's. They looked over it and found that it wasn't what they were searching for. Shelbi got back up to put the book back and search for another. The former femme waited longer than last time with no sign of Shelbi and to tell the truth she was getting worried. Arcee got up from the chair and walked over where she last saw her.
"Shelbi?" Arcee asked seeing her friend holding a book.

"Hey Cee, I found the book." Shelbi held up the book and Arcee smiled hoping that it was more productive than the last book they saw. She looked up to see a man putting away some books and slightly looking at them through his heavily tinted glasses, he seemed oddly familiar, like a Decepticon TIC

"SoundWave." He didn't speak, and she just knew it was him. Arcee lifted her head up more rudely than not and pushed Shelbi away from him, the last thing she wanted, was her sorority sisters affiliating with them.
When they got back to the table they opened the book and found exactly what they were looking for. "Would you be able to build this." Arcee asked pointing to one of the high powered water guns.

"If I had help."

"But still, you could build it?" Shelbi nodded and bookmarked the page. When Arcee was done she left the Library saying she had to meet Aquanette at the supplies store, with the list of building materials they had put together. After meeting up with her sorority sister they went to the store, and when they got in Aquanette went her own way answering her ringing phone seeing that it was Jade.

"Hello." She said in a low tone.

"Are you still at the library?" Jade asked.

"No, we're at the supply store." She answered quietly.

"Keep her out of 'you know where' were still looking."

"Ok." Aquanette hung up when she saw Arcee's familiar body frame coming around the corner. She had a few tools and supplies in her hands, a couple of the products were looking as if they were about to fall. Aquanette handed her the hand cart and she put the stuff inside. They then looked around until all the items on the list were crossed off.

"Thanks Aquanette, this will definitely give us an upper hand." Aquanette looked out the store window to see Jade and Phoenix hauling someting around just as Arcee went to leave, thankfully she turned back around to face her. The two spotted Aquanette and gestured to her, telling her to keep Arcee busy. "Oh, and have you gotten started on the project?"

"Yep, just figuring out the basics." Aquanette said nonchalantly trying to keep her gaze on her sorority sister, Arcee smirked and took the bag.

"We're going to win, no matter what it takes." She went to walk out the store but Aquanette stopped her.

"Are you sure you have everything on the list?" Arcee checked it and nodded. "Well sometimes you can accidentally check something off without noticing."

"I have to got Aqua, I told Dusty I would meet her today." she went to walk again but was stopped.

"Can ya just check the bag, I really don't want ya to have to come back here."

"Alright." She said trying not to sound annoyed. She checked the bag and list to see that everything was there. "Happy?" Aquanette nodded seeing that the girls had passed by and were out of sight. Arcee shook her head and walked out of the store to meet Dusty and her sisters.
The triplets were at a bench in the middle of the grassy field, talking and joking. When Arcee got there Dusty waved to her and introduced her to her sisters.

"This is StarShadow, the oldest of us." Arcee shook her hand and smiled, she could tell that StarShadow was not one for liking people. "And this is StarLight, our younger sister." Arcee also shook her hand and noticed that she was more shy than her other sisters.

"Alright girls," Arcee said ready to get down to business. "I need you on our team to beat the Alphas."

"I'm in." StarShadow said.

"I haven't even told you the plan." She said taken back and Dusty's older sisters outburst.

"Anything to beat those girls, they been getting on my nerves for to long."

"Ya, they're so rude and cruel, I don't even know why their still here." StarLight said in her calm and timid voice.

"Alright then here's the plan." The girls leaned in and listened.

Aquanette ran up to Jade and Phoenix while putting her hands above her head, trying to catch her breath. They waited a few minutes until seeing shelbi walking towards them, she was divulged into a book and not paying attention to them, but somehow she knew where she was walking. When Shelbi got to them she dog-eared the book and looked to the trio.

"Have you got it." Aquanette asked.

"Ya." Jade pointed to a cover and they lifted it off.

"It's perfect... I think she'll love it."

"Ya, took a bit of researching and hacking, but I found it."

"Can I?" Jade slapped Phoenix's hand and shook her head.

"I'm trying to keep it in mint condition." Phoenix folded her arms and 'hmph'd'. "I know, I want to too, but this is for Arcee, she's helping us a lot. This is the least we can do."

"How are we going to get it back?" Shelbi asked eyeing them confused.

"I made a few calls." Jade said, seconds later a stuck pulled up and a man got out, he unlatched the end and pulled it up into the back. "Thanks bro, knew I could count on you."

"Anytime sis." He messed up her hair and she growled at him. Afterwards her and her sorority sisters got into the truck with him and they drove back to the house.

"That plan is perfect!" Dusty said smiling larger than she ever had. Arcee had explained the whole plan, and not even halfway through it the trio was in. After a bit more of talking StarShadow and StarLight got up and left their separate ways. Soon enough Dusty and Arcee also got up and left back for the house.

"Thanks for helping us." Dusty said kindly.

"Anytime, I know what greed can do to a person, and if it isn't stopped... Well lets just say the consequences aren't always fun, for both sides." Her mind raced back to the death of both her partners, on how the greed of war was an asset to their demise.

"You seem to know so much, how?"

"Years of experience." Dusty kept it at that, noticing that Arcee didn't want to talk about it anymore. It seemed that the subject itself upset her.
When they got back to the house there was something under a tarp in the driveway. Arcee glanced at it and wondered what it could be, once they were in the house, Jade came up to her with an unusually happy smile.

"We got something for you." Arcee raised a brow and looked at all the girls. "It's a little something to say that we are glad that you're helping us, it's also to help you get around faster... you'll need this."

"Wha-" Arcee jerked back when a blindfold was put around her eyes, afterwards a hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her outside.

"It took a bit of researching and hacking some stuff, but we found this for you." She heard the sound of fabric being pulled off of metal and then her blind fold came off. It took a second to get used to the light but when she did her mouth dropped open. Right in front of her was royal blue and pink Customized Ducati 1098, the bike she had used as he alt-form when she was cybertronian. Arcee brushed her fingers over the seat and she now knew how Jack felt when he had first seen her. It was the perfect bike, like it was made for her.

"Thank you." She said, though it barely came out as a whisper. Jade held out the outfit and helmet she had bought a bit ago and Arcee took it.

"Enjoy yourself, you deserve some freedom." Arcee zipped up the outfit and hopped onto the bike. When she started the engine, she couldn't help but smile, the sound was so amazing. It reminded her of home, of being a cybertronian, it reminded her of Jack. She really hoped that he was doing ok, that him and the others were handling them not being there.
Arcee backed out of the driveway and waved to her friends, she then pressed her foot onto the pedal and shot off in hopes to drive down the freeway and test out her new bike.

An hour later Arcee found herself back at the college campus, she had gone to the freeway and enjoyed her newfound freedom. She hadn't realized how much she missed driving, and how much it was a stress reliever. Around the Camus she was only allowed to go 25 mph and that upset her, but the last thing she needed was to get in trouble for something minor, she was saving that for the big things. She slowed her bike, stopped at a stop sign and sighed.

"Oh look, Arcee's found a new bike... Would you like me to get you some training wheels for that." She looked back to see Brittnianne in a hot pink and white accented sports car convertible, the license plate on the front said 'Rich' and she only guessed that the back said 'Girl'. Arcee rolled her eyes and looked forward making sure no one was coming. "Silent treatment, I see." Her rival said with evil lacing every word.

"Go away Brittnianne." She said through her clenched teeth, before pressing the pedal and moving on only to see another stop sign, to which Brittnianne followed.

"Someone's got some anger issues."

"It's called being annoyed." She moved on and took a left turn, trying to bypass the signs, only to run into another.

"Why would you be annoyed."

"You say you're smart, figure it out." Brittninne and Breonna glared at Arcee.

"You figure it out!" The Alphas SIC said. Brittnianne shot a glare at her and told her to shut-up.

"Don't you have a hot dog stand to go to or something?" Arcee asked back, now fully annoyed. She had learned from the others that Breonna was one who always thought about food.

"No, but I sure could go for an Ice Cream."

"Shut-up Breonna, you're making me lose it." Arcee took the time to shoot off and leave the two girls in the distance, she couldn't stand either of them and would be glad if they just disappeared. She checked the time on the motorcycled clock and saw that it was already 7 in the evening, about time she picked up Duchess. She rode to the Autobots Frat House and parked just outside, putting on the stand she took off her helmet and walked to the door. Arcee knocked on it and waited, when it opened she saw Optimus standing in the doorway.

"Hi Optimus, I'm here for Duchess." The second she said the dogs name she came running from the hallway and straight towards Arcee. "Has she been like this all day?"

"Ratchet took care of them for us, but by the way he kept them outside, I am assuming so." She tried not to laugh thinking of Ratchet taking care of the dogs, he didn't like humans, much less their animal companions.

"Thank you anyway." He handed her the leash and she reached for it, accidentally grabbing his hand int he process. She fought off a blush and attached it to Duchess. "I best be going, I have a few things to attend to." Arcee hurried off and drove down the driveway, balancing Duchess in one hand while she steered with the other.

When she got back the girls were going about their business, they had ordered pizza and when she walked in her stomach growled at her. Taking a slice she sat down at the table and let out a relieved sigh. She was glad that the basics were done with, so they didn't have to worry about them anymore. Now it was time to move onto the full plan.

"So when are we going to tell them about this."

"Sometime this week."

"What if they refuse."

"From what I've seen, Brittnianne can't refuse competition against her, it would make her seem to weak to the others. Her title would be lowered, at least to her standards."

"I hope your right."

"Well if I'm wrong we can always use reverse psychology on her." Jade nodded her head and took a slice of pizza. "That way she couldn't resist, but I doubt we would have to do that, she's to stubborn."

"I agree, that girl is more stubborn than a stump on a log." Aquanette said also taking a piece before walking off back to her room.

The rest of the night was more or less spent in silence, the girls went about their lives, getting ready for bed, school, or preparing for their plans. Arcee was lying in her bed and starring at the ceiling, she hoped this would work, she didn't want to let the girls down, she just wanted to show the Alphas that they can't control people. She sighed and turned to face the side wall. She thought to what Optimus would do, he would fight for their freedom and their right, she just hoped it wouldn't come back to slap her in the face. She closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind, minutes later she stopped thinking about the war between the Alphas and Delta's but then one thing popped into her head and didn't leave. She couldn't stop thinking about it, about him, about Optimus.

Sorry it's shorter than the last two, but centering around one person is hard to write a lot for, hope you enjoyed it anyways! Anyone who has given me future chapter ideas and I haven't written them yet, I will. I am just in the process of finding the right chapter for them.

Please Review, Constructive Criticism Welcomed, if needed. I would love to see any future chapter ideas that you have for me, just waring that I might be slow on getting them out there, but I will try and get the written for you. I want to thank all who have Favorited, Followed, and Reviewed my story, it makes me feel great that so many people love it, I actually thought this was going to be a side story than my main story, guess I was wrong! Until Next Chapter!