A: Thank you oh loyal reviewers! *bows* I think this chapter will be interesting!
E: I for one know that it is interesting...all because of my editing of course!
A: Yes, of course that was it. *rolls eyes*
BG (Bumblebeezgirl): It was all because of my reviews! Lol!
A and E: .........
Heather: Who are you??
Zoey: How'd you get in here?
Terra: Helloooo! She's a loyal reviewer that wanted to talk to us, remember!
A: Oooh, that's right!
Terra: Am I the only one with a brain in here?
BG: You guys actually have brains?
Everybody: HEY!!!!
Zoey's POV
I gasped as my eyes shot open. I sat up (a little to fast), and looked around. I let out a sigh of relief. Everyone was asleep, except Ratchet, who was sitting, staring outside the building.
"GAH!!" I whispered to myself, "Was that dream really real?"
That was unnerving! The dream was so picturesque that I could still clearly and very thoroughly feel it! It sent shivers of fear down my skin, making goose-bumps rise. I actually remembered this dream clearly? Was that really a message, or do I just have my head stuck in the transformers' world?
I couldn't take a chance endangering all of my friends. If that was an actual warning, then I couldn't stay with them. I would just bring destruction like the dream said. But...where could I go? It's not like I'm on my world anymore. I glanced over at Terra, she'd know what to do.
I stood up as quietly as I could. Wow, it was still incredibly dark. What am I going to do? I figured I had to get away from the Autobots. The more I stay with them, the more of a target I am for the Decepticons. I can't just leave though...this is so confusing. What-
Oh crap! I happened to be pacing as I was thinking, and of course I forget that I'm standing on an at least two or three story robot! I had tripped, and I silently tumbled down one of Optimus's arms and landed with a thud onto the floor. I let out a small shriek and pained gasps as I felt the surge through my ankle.
I bit my tongue to keep the rest of the shrieks in my throat. Of all the stupid, idiotic things that could possibly happen! Of course this would happen to me.
My mind snapped back to the present, as I heard deep, metal, footsteps coming. With my luck I was gonna get the lecture of the century! But being blind with pain, I only saw a blur of neon yellow before:
"Primus! Zoey, WHAT the slag did you do!?!?" The Medic bellowed, miraculously not waking anyone.
"Will you keep it down?" I croaked, "Everyone else is still asleep!"
"And why are YOU not in recharge as you should be?" He demanded. Ugh! Like I was dumb enough to tell the angry one about my nightmare! He obviously had better things to do!
I couldn't stop myself before I yelled, "Well obviously because I'm on the ground writhing in pain!!!"
"Do NOT raise your voice with me!! Or...Primus!" And then, I assumed that the crazy medic started cursing in his native language because a series of beeps, clicks, and metallic words were releasing from his mouth, "Slag!" click, "Idiotic!" beep, beep, click, "Childish!" more native language...man, I really did it this time!
"Ok! I'm very sorry!" I yelled as quietly as possible as I heard Terra moan in her sleep, "If you must yell at me, could you do it where no one will be disturbed?"
He grumbled something before he replied in a mildly softer voice, "You are very fortunate that I am not allowed to hit you with one of my wrenches!"
My eyes doubled in size, but I quickly tried to hide that with a glare, "If you are done yelling at me could you please look at my ankle...I don't know if it's broken or not."
He glared back at me, but he gently obliged, "Of course I shall repair you but...I am not finished yelling yet, Zoey. How could you be this irresponsible?! Of all the," More beeps and clicks flew out at me.
That reminded me of when my father was upset with me. He would yell at me in Spanish so I wouldn't know what he said. Unfortunately I caught on and became fluent in Spanish too. That was until...oh no, my vision became blurry and watery...I thought I had gotten over this. It didn't help that the crazy medic was yelling at me in the same tone my father would...have...if...
Ratchet's true but hurtful comments made my shoulders start shaking a bit while tears rushed my eyes and finally fell. I looked down in shame. I hate it when people see me cry. To me it showed weakness. I quickly realized that the ranting had ended abruptly. Looking up I saw that the medic was watching me.
"Primus! You're leaking!" Well THAT took me off guard.
"No," I laughed uncomfortably, wiping the tears off my face, only for it to be replaced with more, "It's called crying."
There was a pause. I guess it was time for an Internet search. As soon as he discovered what it meant his gaze almost...softened.
"My apologizes for upsetting or frightening you," He said sincerely...so the medic has a heart after all, or whatever it's called. I immediately felt guilty.
"N-no that's not it..." I trailed off in mute horror of my idiocy. Now I'll have to explain! Why couldn't I just learn to shut up and nod?
"Then inform me of what 'it' is," He commanded, his voice going back from soft to rough.
Great, I'm stuck. After that long rant I really don't wanna say no, but then again, I don't think it's the greatest idea to vent to a gigantic alien robot about nightmares! Why'd I have to open my big mouth again? Stupid-
"Zoey," He interrupted my mental debate after a bit of silence.
"Huh?" I plastered an innocent look on my face...which immediately cracked after making eye contact with a stern Autobot.
"Please inform me of the reason for your leaking," He said...almost patiently, but I could tell there was something brewing behind the calm, "Or I will have to force it out of you with one of my other medical tools!"
My mouth hit the floor. Ooook...venting about nightmare it is!
How to begin? Maybe I could stall for a while, and he'll give up, "Well, uh, ya see, Ratchet, umm..."
"I'm waiting." He crossed his massive arms.
"Well, ya know how I'm from another universe and all?" His "eyebrows" fell half-way, signaling that that was a stupid question.
"Right, of course you do... Umm, well I-"
"Zoey," boomed the deep voice of Optimus Prime and my head snapped around in excitement, knowing that I had been saved. But my surprise turned to nervousness at the look on the commander's face. Optimus looked at me suspiciously, like he would with a child who has been caught with her hand in the cookie jar. Then, "What are you doing up?"
"Prime," Ratchet said, perfecting his posture and pointing at me. "This little trouble maker fell off of you and hurt herself."
Optimus blinked once. "Oh, Zoey... Primus, you're leaking!"
"No, no, no," I sniffed. "I'm crying and not just because I hurt myself but because... because..." I was endangering the Autobots and that nightmare proved it. Why couldn't I just say that? Three words: I need to leave...ok maybe four words!
I really needed to leave, but if I told them about the nightmare, they would try to keep me safe from the Decepticons, and then the horrid nightmare would come true. The Decepticons would get me and I couldn't allow that. "I can't be here anymore. The story is changing too much. I'm just endangering you."
"Don't be ridiculous," Optimus sounded like he was trying to mask an appalled tone, "What would make you think such a thing?"
Before I could answer, Ratchet said, "You have learned something," It wasn't a question. Terrific. Do these guys miss anything?!?
I sighed, "Ok! Ok, so maybe I had a nightmare-slash-vision and...I-had-helped-the-Decepticons-against-my-will-and-completely-caused-everything-to-become-destroyed," I said as fast as possible. What a mouthful.
"If the Decepticons would come after you, then it would be all the more reason to remain under our protection," Ratchet finally said after separating my words.
"Ratchet is right, Zoey," Optimus sternly added, "You must remain with us. It does not matter where you go; I fear the Decepticons will still see you as a target."
"They don't know who I am, right now," I shook my head stubbornly, "And-OW! Ratchet, that hurts!"
"If you would just cease movement, it would not be as painful. It does not help that your ankle is so slaggin' tiny! I do believe it is only sprained. You are lucky knowing you fell from such a distance. I still cannot believe you were that careless!" The medic ranted.
"Gee, sorry, I'll try be more considerate the next time I fall off of something!" I snapped back.
"Talk back one more time, and I will get out my heavy wrench!" Ratchet threatened. I shrank back in fear.
"RATCHET!" Optimus cried in surprise, and maybe a hint of amusement. ('No wonder she is leaking. She may drive him off the edge.' He thought to himself, and chuckled.)
I looked up at Optimus. Why was he laughing? Wait a minute...what was with him? One second, he's disappointed, the next he was worried, and now he's laughing? Suddenly robots can get mood swings?
"I am so confused," I said, to my dismay, out loud.
"About what?" Ratchet asked.
"Everything," I sighed, hanging my head, "I think the longer I stay with you, the more I put you in danger! I told you before I'm gonna do something horrible, and I can't stay."
"We must protect you from the Decepticons if what you say is true," Ratchet argued impatiently.
"But-"
"Do not worry, Zoey," Optimus said, "The Decepticons do not even know you are here."
"Think again," A deep, rough, metallic voice laughed.
I felt the blast sooner than I heard it. My body was quickly flung into the air, and I squeezed my eyes shut. I curled up into a ball. I couldn't even scream, but I didn't have to worry. Mikaela, Sam, and Terra were doing enough screaming for everyone. I felt my body collide with something metal before I hit the ground.
Once everything had settled, I cracked my eyes open. I stared into the light blue optics of Bumblebee. He made a low whine, probably wondering if I was ok. I nodded and said,
"Th-thanks, Bee," He merely nodded.
I looked around. Ironhide had Terra protected, and Sam and Mikaela were clinging to each other behind Ratchet. I had to admit, they looked cute together. Optimus quickly got up and charged towards our attacker....but to our horror, it was our attackers!
Optimus was quickly blasted back by some other Decepticon. Ironhide put Terra down to help his leader. Ratchet ran forward, obviously yelling some Cybertronian curses here and there. I felt Bee put me down as he ran off to help.
I didn't even watch. I felt sick. It had to be my fault. If I hadn't hurt my stupid ankle, they would have seen the stupid 'cons coming!
"Ok," Terra whispered, her voice hoarse, "That was by far the worst wake up call ever!"
I snorted. Of course Terra would be dumb enough to make up a random joke at a time like this.
"Beats an annoying alarm clock every day," Sam laughed, stretching his sore muscles.
"I can't believe you're making jokes when they're in a battle!" I shook my head. This was insane.
"Well-NOT HIM AGAIN!!!" Sam shouted as a little Decepticon came running near us. Crap!
The little thing went straight towards Mikaela and Sam. They froze for a second and then took off running.
"Come on! We have to help them!" Terra said, while grabbing my hand.
Wait...I looked at the fight unraveling in front of us. The little Decepticon...Frenzy came with the big Decepticon, Barricade. Uhhh...I looked around, nervous. Where was Barricade? I heard heavy metal footsteps behind us. Terra and I froze in fear.
"Well this can't be good," I said more to myself than anyone.
As we turned a giant hand sent us flying into a wall. I'm gonna be incapacitated for the rest of my life! I looked into the frightening optics of our attacker. I jumped up, pulling Terra, who was currently digging her nails into my skin, with me.
"Run!" I yelled. I couldn't take two steps, before he grabbed me in his unbreakable grasp.
"Zoey!" Terra cried.
Before I could respond, Barricade sent something on the ground, electrocuting every human in range. Terra fell over, completely limp. I looked straight at Barricade in fear. Now it was my turn.
"Uh...HELP!!!!" I screamed as I felt pain surge through my system. I immediately fell over. My vision had vanished, and the last thing I heard was someone cry out,
"Zoey! No!"
A: Whew, ok, I'm glad that's over!
E: Me too! I'm out of here!
Heather: Where are you going?
E: I dunno, I'm just taking a break!
A: OH PLEASE! Act like you've been doing all the work!
Zoey: Ok, really? Did you have to torture me in that chapter? I thought I was gonna get my head banged in by a crazy medic!
Heather: I'd pay money to see that!
Terra: Not helping, Heather.
E: Who wants smoothies? Let's go to Planet Smoothie!
Everyone: I'm in! ^_^
A: Thank you loyal reviewers! I owe special thanks to XJustAnotherDreamerX, she helped a ton with this! ^_^ No flames and I'm lovin hearing your ideas! Hope you enjoyed. See ya! I want a strawberry banana smoothie! ^_^