Hey hey everybody. I'm back again. Whoa, so much to write, such little time to write it. Yeah the last one was weird and this one is just as bad.
On with the show…
"Ouch, hey that hurts you doofus" Lennox listened to the young girls complaints and chuckled slightly despite his discomfort. He was leaning against a small tree watching as a large; neon yellow robot bound the wound on Allys arm. Despite his size the bot seemed to have no problems tending the small human. The other robots hung back a little, being careful not to startle the soldiers who were watching them wearily.
Nervously Lennox approached them, eyeing the huge cannons on the arms of the bulky black one. They could have taken out at least ten of his men in one shot. Pushing that thought aside Lennox cleared his throat.
"Uh, hello there" The major called up. The tallest one looked down, before slowly crouching so he was at a more reasonable height for the human.
"Yes Major Lennox?" The robot asked calmly. His bright, royal blue optics spun as they refocused on the small human before him. What had Ally called him? Optimum, Optimistic? Ah Optimus, that was it.
After losing his voice for a few seconds Lennox finally managed to answer.
"What was that thing?" He motioned at the pile of metal plating and wires "It attacked us before in the desert but how the hell did it get here, and what is it?"
"That was Scorponok, A Decepticon Scout" The red eyed one, which had arrived first, said "How he got here I have no idea"
Lennox watched as the red eyed robot slowly stood and approached where Ally was sitting. He seemed to be different from his companions, having a silver body and red eyes instead of the usual colourful bodies and blue eyes.
"Starscream used to be part of the Decepticons" Optimus made Lennox jump slightly when he spoke. The major blinked as the robot stood up to his full height "But when he saved Allys life he joined us"
"Wait a minute, when did he save her life?" Lennox had to crane his neck to the Autobots face.
"When her house burnt down. He arrived just in time to rescue her" Optimus cast his eyes across to Starscream who was crouched beside Ally.
Lennox nodded silently, still watching the young teenage girl. She was chatting with Starscream easily, every now and then wincing when the neon robot did something to her arm. The major shuddered slightly as an image of her, barely half an hour earlier, came to mind. Standing within a glowing glassy bubble, eyes glowing like small blue suns, blood dripping down glowing arms. She had looked so fierce and so frightened at the same time.
"There you go, you're done. No more getting stabbed by Decepticons okay. We were just lucky that the barb wasn't poisoned" The neon robot said before standing and moving off.
"Thanks Ratch" Ally chirped, leaping to her feet then falling over again "Whoa, dizzy spell"
Lennox had to chuckle at the girls antics.
She's probably the only person in the world who can be injured and still be cheerful He thought watching her closely No wonder the Autobots like her
Much to his surprise Ally blushed slightly.
"I only act happy because it's better than thinking about the pain" She said "And before you freak out, I can read minds"
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I winced slightly as Ratchet did something else to my wound. After scolding me for being a general idiot he had gone straight to fixing up my arm. He spent the whole time muttering about how lucky I was that no nerves had been hit and how that I should be thankful that the bone was still in one piece. Just behind me Lennox was talking tentatively to Optimus and Starscream about what had just attacked us. Starscream had replied in his usual impatient manner before joining me and Ratchet. I winced again as my arm tweaked but still managed to smile at the ex-Decepticon as he crouched down beside me.
I could feel Lennoxs eyes on my back, watching me intently. I could only imagine what he had thought when he saw me activate the force field.
"There you go, you're done. No more getting stabbed by Decepticons okay. We're just lucky that the barb wasn't poisoned" Ratchet finished bandaging my arm and stood up.
"Thanks Ratch" I chirped, happy that the painful bit was over. My arm still throbbed but it was better than it had been. I sprang to my feet only to slowly slide sideways as a wave of dizziness claimed me "Whoa dizzy spell"
A soft chuckle behind me made me look back at Lennox who was smiling fondly at me.
I blinked rapidly as his thoughts flooded into my mind. Sheesh this mind reading thing was getting annoying. Every time I met someone new I was bombarded with their thoughts. But being me I listened in anyway.
She's probably the only person in the world who can be injured and still be cheerful. I raised my eye brows slightly. Was I that cheerful? No wonder the Autobots like her
Okay, I admit it, I blushed at that. When I caught Lennoxs eye I smiled lightly. Time to spill the beans.
"I only act happy because it's better than thinking about the pain" I shrugged lightly, wincing at my sore arm. I allowed myself a slight bit of amusement at his shocked face "And before you freak out, I can read minds"
Lennoxs eyebrows disappeared into his hair line and his mouth fell open.
"Well you've already seen the force field so you might as well know about this other really annoying ability" Lennox was stuttering, trying to from some intelligent comment but failing miserably.
"Major Lennox Sir" I jumped as one of the soldiers approached us. "The engine on the trucks busted sir. There's no way I'm going to be able to get it operational"
Lennox composed himself just enough to nod as my face spilt into a gigantic grin.
"The Autobots will take us then" I said, completely ignoring the grunts of surprise from the bots "Won't you guys" I glared at them meaningfully, daring them to say otherwise.
"Them? Uh, I'm not sure that's a very good idea Ally" Lennox was making a point of craning neck so he could look up at the towering robots.
"If you're worried about secrecy then don't because these guys have a very nifty thing that they do" I smirked "Do you remember the cars?"
Lennox nodded while Epps grumbled something uncomplimentary which sounded like 'damn camero'.
"Okay well that was these guys" I gestured to them proudly then yelped as pain shot up my arm "Curse you stab wound, stop hampering my movements" I growled at my arm.
"Ally is it wise to tell them about us? Not long ago you were talking about not wanting anyone to find out about our existence" Optimus said.
"Could you please activate your holoform, it's much easier to talk to" I was sick of craning my neck to see their faces. Optimus obliged and transformed into his vehicle mode. The other bots exchanged glances and followed suit.
"Mierda, estoy viendo las cosas de nuevo" Fig muttered
"I hear you buddy, I hear you" Epps breathed even though the bald man probably had no idea what Fig had just said.
Remembering the first time I had seen them transform I knew exactly how all the soldiers were feeling. Most of their eyes were about to fall out of their skulls and their mouths were open so wide I could have pushed a tennis ball in without touching a tooth.
As soon as the transformations were complete a row of holoforms appeared in front of me. Behind me someone swore in amazement.
"Much better" I nodded before focusing on Optimus whose holo was looking at me intently "I'm only talking to them about you because they already know about your existence. That's also the only reason I went with them in the first place, because I knew I could trust them"
"Wait a minute; you were planning to hide these aliens from the Government?" Lennox pushed to my side and stared at me in disbelief. I hadn't said anything about hiding but the Major had obviously caught the gist of what I was saying.
Not quite understanding what he was leading up to I replied in the best way I could, trying my hardest to sound diplomatic.
"Not just the Government but the world in general until we figured out some sort of plan. We had reasons for this" I cut off Lennoxs attempted argument "One, we, well especially me, didn't want to have to handle mass panic, and two, if the Government found out about them what would they do? Capture them, experiment on them. That's what they've always done in every book and movie"
Lennox seemed to be stunned speechless for a moment.
"Okay then, that is two very good reasons" The major said after a while. He then turned to the holoforms which were waiting patiently just off to the side "If it's alright with you, could you please give my men and I a lift back to the Pentagon. We will not reveal who you are, not after this very political young lady convinced us not to"
Optimus seemed to think for a second but before he could reply he focused on something in the distance.
"Bumblebee" Immediately his holoform disappeared and he began to transform. I squinted down the road to see a yellow camero roaring up to us. Optimus finished his transformation just as the yellow scout skidded in beside me.
I inhaled sharply at his condition. He was missing his wing mirrors, his windows were smashed and his paint was scuffed and dented. I stood back as the injured Autobot transformed.
"Bumblebee, what happened?" Optimus rushed forward and caught the smaller bot as he slumped to the ground.
"Where's Abbie?" I whispered, realizing that my best friend wasn't there "Where is she?" Terror began building up in me as I waited for a reply.
"They came so fast…there was nothing I could do" Bumblebee buzzed through the radio. Optimus helped him to sit as Ratchet hastened forward.
"Who came?" Lennox asked from beside me.
"The Decepticons" Optimus and I said at the same time. There was only one thing that could damage and Autobot like this. I found myself praying silently that Bumblebee had already dropped off Abbie before the cons attacked.
"They took her" Bumblebee whined pitifully and my legs gave out. Starscreams holo caught me as I fell but I barely felt it. All that I cared about was one thing.
The Decepticons had my best friend.
Muhahahahaha, major cliff-hanger. And no, Abbie's not dead, she is just in a very inconvenient position. But maybe I will kill her off later... *ponders and strokes chin thoughtfully*
Any way on that positive note, thank you for reading and please review.