Okay so it's chapter 4! *squeal* Trust me, for me this is an accomplishment. I'm pretty bad for not finishing things, but I'm DETERMIND to finish this. Plus it's kind of fun. Anyway, this episode occurs in the one right after Vacation (the episode I used last chapter). This one is called Reinforcements! *Squeal's again*
Do you know why I'm so excited? BECAUSE BLURR APPEARS! :D Yes. He is one my top favorites. Especially in the comics. How can you NOT love him?... Oops rambling again. My bad. Sorry I do that a lot as you can tell by now.
Okay so I am still trying to figure out what I'm going to do about the title. I had originally had an idea, but I forgot it and now I have no clue how to tie it in… Oh well I'll come up with something. Anyway here we go.
EDIT: After re-reading this, I've decided that once I finish the story that I'm going to go back and rewrite this chapter.
Chapter 4
It had been a while now since Rad and all the boys had taken their little vacation. Was it a week? 2 weeks? I can't remember. I've lost track of time. Being with the Autobots is so fun that I never really bothered to keep up with it. Ever since I met them, my life has been looking up. Every day seems to look brighter for me, and no longer am I as lonely as I had been before. They've been a real influence on my life. They taught me to be firm, have courage. I am no longer that reclusive little Robo-geek in the corner anymore. I have friends now, both at school and here at the base. I am now in 3 clubs: the robotics, fencing, and martial arts club. I am no longer picked on by Becky. In fact, she avoids me now. I don't take her crap anymore and to tell you the truth. I had become independent and strong. I had the Autobots to thank for that. They had done so much… wish I could repay them…
Anyway, soon after the Vacation events Hot Shot had brought up what I had said before. He wanted me to teach him more about Earth and its inhabitants. Of course I had said yes and in return he would teach me about Cybertron. So here we were, sitting on our favorite hangout spot, the field on the top of the Autobots base/mountain. He was lying on his back looking up at the sky watching the clouds go by. I was on my back leaning against him on his chest, like I always did, with my arms behind my head, letting it rest there. We would do this almost every day and just talk. It was nice, because I felt like I could tell him almost everything…
"So what's it like to be a human?" Hot Shot asked me curiously. Currently we were in our field. It was were we useually hung out if we wern't really doing anything else. It was on top of the base, which allowed Hot Shot to stay in his natural form; being so high up and all (not to mention a robot from outer space). He was spread out of the ground, hands behind his head, in a relaxed position. I laid on his chest, just above his spark chamber, in the same position. It was at these times that he would asked me questions about Earth and humans. That's what we would do. Just talk and watch the clouds go by.
I shrugged slightly.
"I don't know, what's it like to be a gigantic robot from outer space fighting in a civil war?" I asked and grinned. He scoffed and the chuckled slightly. It was silent for a moment. Not the awkward kind, but rather the comfortable kind of silence. I sighed after some time.
"I'm not sure entirely how to answer that Hot Shot. It's hard to explain. Especially if you've never been anything else, because you have nothing to compare it too." I said. He seemed to accept this answer.
" Okay well... what's it like to feel things?... Physically I mean." he asked. My eye brows furrowed in confusion as I rolled over onto my belly to see his face. I rested my head in my hands, while my elbows propped myself up.
"What do you mean? Can't you feel too?" I asked intrigued.
"Well yes and no. Only on certain places of our bodies can we feel things. Like my face. It's my exposed natural Cybertronian skin. If you were to touch it, I could probably feel like you do. Although, I've never been a human before so I'm not entirely sure how you do. As for the other parts, like my hands, I can feel you're presence. I can feel and know that you're there, touching me. So if I picked you up, I wouldn't be able to exactly feel like you do. I can just, know you're there... does that make sense?" he asked a little confusion in his voice, while he staring up at the sky. I pursed my lips, looking thoughtful.
"I think so. In a way, I think I get what you're saying." I said thoughtfully and nodded. I smiled at him. He wasn't looking at me still, he seemed to be thinking deeply.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" I asked after a moment of silence. He seemed to snap out of his daze.
"Oh.. well I was just thinking about this planet. It's so different from Cybertron. It's so beautiful." he said wistfully.
"Yeah I suppose it's pretty," I agreed, "What's Cybertron like?"
"Well, it used to be like your planet, except it wasn't mostly organic. It used to be pretty too, and... alive. But after the Civil war broke out... it's become a wasteland... It's dieing." he finished softly. His voice sounded sad and a little pained. My heart flew out to him, I felt so bad for him. It must be hard. When your planet is just sitting out there in the cold deep space rotting away until it slowly dies away. And then knowing that there's nothing you can do about it. I slowly crawled my way forward, past his chest plates, and to his face. He had a longing look on his face, mixed with a hint of sadness. I didn't like it at all. The more I looked at it, the more I began to feel depressed myself.
I gave him a sympathetic look.
"Are you okay?" I asked in a hushed voice. He finally took his eyes off the sky and looked at me. I gave him a gentle smile and put a hand on his cheek.
"Yeah." he replied back, staring into my eyes. We sat there, eyes locked for who knows how long. Finally he opened his mouth to say something but he was cut off by the bases alarm as it went off from the inside. He took his eyes off mine and looked at the entrance to the base. I felt my cheeks heat up a little as I blushed lightly. That had never really happened before. His eyes... it was like I was lost in them.
I grimaced at my thoughts, a little confused at my own behavior. Suddenly, I felt myself being picked up, yelping in surprise. I felt Hot Shot shake slightly as he let out a chuckle, making me blush in embarrassment.
"It's not funny, I didn't know you were gonna pick me up!" I pouted as he laughed at me.
"Yeah what ever. Lets just get inside and find out what's up."
At that I nodded, agreeing with him.
When Hot Shot and I had arrived back inside, we found out that another Minicon had activated. Ever since the Decepticons had gotten the Star Saber, we had been losing quite a lot. This time Optimus held us back from going, saying that the battles were getting to dangerous for us to go on. So we were here at the base, watching our friends in battle.
I gasped slightly as I saw Devaster yell in surprise as something hit his hand at the last second, knocking the Minicon out of his clutches. A second later he was beamed away back to the Decepticon's base, as they retreated. My eyes widened. They won.
"Who did that?" I asked in surprise looking around on the monitor. All the other Autobot's had been preoccupied defending themselves, there was no way any of them could have done it.
"What happened to the Minicon!" Alexis yelled in surprise. I watched as it was tossed in the air. All the sudden a blue and orange bot jumped in the air, catching the Minicon in his hands. He raced up a hill and transformed, then quickly revealed it. Optimus started to thank him and then told him that the Minicons name was Incinerator. Hot Shot went to introduce himself and held out his hand, but the bot just brushed him off, completely ignoring him. I frowned. How rude.
"I don't like this guy," I remarked. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Carlos develop a wicked and mischievous grin on his face.
"Oh please Brooke. You just don't like him because he didn't say hello to your little precious." he teased, laughing. The others joined in as my whole face turned red blushing. I scrunched my face up in annoyance and hit Carlos on his head. He 'owed' and rubbed the newly sore spot.
"I do not!" I yelled stubbornly, and turned my back on them. I crossed my arms.
"Then why?" he asked.
"I just don't trust him is all. He doesn't act like the other Autobots." I said defending myself. Carlos snickered.
"You just met him," he paused, "scratch that, you just saw him."
" Look, just because I don't like him because he ignored Hot Shot in a rude manner, doesn't mean that I like Hot Shot." I retorted and huffed.
"Yeah, yeah. You keep telling yourself that." he said dismissively, making me blush again. They couldn't see it this time though, because I had my back turned to them. I was about to talk back when the Autobots started to come back through the launch gate. A smile spread across my face immediately, forgetting the pointless and annoying conversation. I turned around and walked (more like ran) over to the area. As Optimus, Red Alert, and Hot Shot came into view, they all started commenting them. I walked over to Hot Shot. He looked down at me.
"Hey nice job there." I said smiling at him. He nodded at me and grinned.
"Thanks, but really we would've lost without Blurr." he said. I blinked in confusion. All the sudden it dawned on me that was probably the name of the new bot.
Suddenly I saw movement behind him. Instinctively, (from having to hide behind him when we would go out with them to get Minicons) I hid slightly behind Hot Shot's leg. The figure appeared and before my eyes was a large blue and orange mech, around the same height as Hot Shot. His red eyes shot toward Carlos and Rad and the rest of them. His red eyes gleamed in surprise, and annoyance.
"There he is" I heard Billy end his comment.
"Check out that cool armor" Carlos remarked.
"Kids meet our new teammate. I'm sure you were watching over the monitor and saw that last minute save. His names Blurr." Optimus said introducing the newest bot. We were quiet until Carlos pushed Rad forward.
"eh?...Uh..um.. Hey hows it goin? I'm Rad and these are my friends." he said as the others joined him from behind.
"I'm Alexis and I already love that attitude of yours." she said, making me roll my eyes and huff silently. Tch. Suck up.
"You were super cool the way you snatched those Minicons from the other guys." Carlos said excitement in his voice.
"Yeah we were watching the whole thing from here." Billy remarked.
"Hey do you happen to have a website I can check out?" Fred chimed in. I raised an eyebrow. Why the hell would an Autobot, a powerful Cybertronian from outerspace, have a website. I swear sometimes I think he is brain dead (or at least he has no common sense what-so-ever).
They all started b lurting out comments to him. I just stayed quiet, being a little shy (hey you would be too if you have a super huge like 50 foot tall robot from outer space that you did not know, standing right in front of you.)
"These kids are from here on Earth. Their our good friends and have been invaluable in our battle against the Decepticons." Optimus said turning to him.
The bot stayed quiet and then walked off into the other room; leaving everyone (well except the other Autobots) with blank, confused looks on their faces. I grimaced. How rude. I knew I didn't like him.
"Well ain't he just a cheery little gumdrop from sunshine land." I said making everyone look at me with confused and puzzled looks on their faces. I shrugged.
"I don't like him" as all I said.
"Well I won't come to conclusions and say I don't like him yet, but I'll agree with Brooke. He's seems really rude and unwelcoming." Hot Shot said frowning. I nodded in agreement.
Scavenger sighed.
"He's always been like that. Well, after the war started anyway. You'll get used to it." he said and left; probably to go nap somewhere. He did that occasionally after battle. Deciding to forget about Blurr for the time being, I looked up at Hot Shot, who inturn put down his hadn for me to climb on. I happily obliged. Climbing on, we walked off towards the lift that took us to the top of the base.
"What is the vital component that allows a Cybertronian to have the capacity to refuel?" Red Alert asked as we started our routine review of what we went over yesterday.
"That would be the energy absorber." I stated answering. He nodded, telling me I was right. Well duh, that one really wasn't that hard to remember.
"What allows a Cybertronian to move in combat, or engage in battle?" Red Alert asked pacing back and forth in front of me. I was sitting on some type of machine in one of the main rooms. I swayed my feet back and forth while staring at the ground.
"Battle Computer." I said simultaneously not really paying attention.
Red Alert nodded again and then started to talk about what I was suppossed to be learning today. I, though, was off in my own world. That new bot, Blurr, just disturbed me. I don't know why but I didn't like the way he acted around and treated us. And if that wasn't bad, he treated the Minicons the same way as well. I grimaced. The way he shrugged off and ignored Hot Shot like that...
All the sudden the sound of Red's feet pacing on the floor halted.
"Are you listening to me?" he asked, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him. He had stopped pacing and was facing me.
I blinked.
"I'm sorry, what were you saying?" I asked making Red Alert sigh.
"Brooke is there something wrong?" Red Alert asked. I looked up at him.
"I'm not sure... I guess I'm just distracted today. I've been thinking about that new bot... Blurr I think it was. I just don't like him," I said. Red Alert sighed.
"Okay how about we take a break today, and just start off were we left off tomorrow. Obviously, you're not going to pay attention today" he said. I nodded at him and watched him leave through the doors.
With a sigh I got up and walked off, thinking. Eventually I came across one of the main rooms. Voices snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Blurr sitting down with the 'gang' crowded in front of him.
"God, he's an eating machine!" I heard Alexis yell in wonder as they all watched Fred eat from a bag of potato ships. I sighed as Billy said something about sharing and tried to take the bag from Fred's hands. They started to fight over it, right in front of Blurr. I slapped my forehead in exasperation. This was so not the right impression we should be giving in front of new bots here, even if they happen to be complete jerks in the first place. It was giving us humans a bad name (in my opinion at least). I walked up to them, they didn't seem to notice my presence. I hit them both on the head, making them drop the Potato chips. I caught it before it hit the floor and held it away from there grasp. I frowned.
"What are you two doing? Why are you fighting over a freaking bag of potato chips? Especially in front of someone new to thje base! Do you know how bad of an impression that gives!" I semi-yelled/scolded. They had guilty looks on their faces. They were quiet. I sighed a little, and relaxed.
"Fred, share. If Billy wants some then you should share," I said and turned my attention to Billy, "Billy, if you want some, then you ask. It's not right to take someone's stuff without asking." I said.
"Yeah Billy. Ask." Fred remarked, making me bop him on the head.
"You were in the wrong just as much as he was." I said annoyed. Sheesh, I swear, these guys need to seriously be taught some manors.
"Hey how come no body told me there was a party going on in here?" I heard Hot Shots familiar smooth voice come from behind me as I heard the sliding doors open. I looked over my shoulder and smiled, giving the chips back to Fred with out looking. As I walked over to Hot Shot, I heard the sound of Blurr standing up and walking off. I turned around just in time to see him wordlessly leave the room.
"Was it something I said?" Hot Shot asked. I grimaced.
"No. He's just an unsocial jerk." I said back, after making sure he wasn't with in hearing distance. All the others started asking were he was going, and why he was leaving. He didn't reply.
"Hey I get it, he probably just wanted to see the base, that's all." Carlos said cluelessly. I slapped my forehead. He was so gullible and clueless! Rad and Alexis looked at each other.
"Carlos that's not it" I said and sighed.
I smiled and made my way to the rec room. The Autobots had installed is for us humans a while back, carrying two bags with some fruit and snacks and a couple of waters and soda. I had just recently come back from the store (I rode my bike there). After the whole Blurr being rude scene, I had decided to get something to eat, only to find the refrigerator completely empty. It was like a barren waste land. No doubt it had been Fred's doing... I wonder where they all had gone off too. They were probably hanging out (or making mischief and trouble). Either that or they were swooning over the newest mech to arrive, AKA Blurr. I'm surprised he hadn't been rude, vocally I mean, to them yet. He must have a lot of self control to be able to put up with the Trio of Trouble, meaning Carlos, Billy, and Fred.
I rounded the corner that lead to the rec room but stopped when few voices caught my attention. I saw Grindor, Sureshock, and Highwire lined up on the side of Carlos, Billy and Fred. Alexis and Rad were standing in front of them talking. Hot Shot was standing behind them, listening to them telling their story.
Shouldn't he still be training? Was I really gone that long?
…Nah, I couldn't have.
Scavenger probably just got sleepy and let him go early.
I sighed, maybe I thought it to soon. By the down caste and disappointed look they held on their faces, I'm that they either noticed the food shortage, or Blurr was being a complete jerk again.
"Come on Carlos don't take it personally." Alexis said
"Yeah guy lighten up" Rad added. They seemed to be trying to cheer the trio up.
"yeah easy for you to say. You didn't see him balling us out." Carlos said bummed out.
"It couldn't have been that bad." Alexis said. I walked up to them, catching their attention.
"Hey guys. What's going on?" I asked
"Blurr totally snapped at us." Billy muttered.
"Yeah, he said we were immature and other things." Fred complained. I rolled my eyes and then grimaced.
"Okay that's it" I said and set my groceries on the floor gently. They all looked at me. "Put these in the fridge in the rec room will ya?" I said as I started to walk towards the door that lead to the main hall way.
Just as I got to the door, I stopped and looked back over my shoulder. They were all looking at me dumbfounded. I glared at them, well mainly Billy and Fred.
"And don't eat it all before it even gets to the fridge. When I come back, there better be food in the fridge!" I warned them, directed at Fred mostly. He smiled sheepishly. I rolled my eyes and walked off.
"God where does this guy disappear to!" I yelled in frustration as I leaned against one of the walls of the bases numerous hallways. I'd been looking for Blurr for an hour straight! God, this guy was like a ninja! I must have rounded the whole base at least 6 times already. Sliding down the wall, I sighed and stared at the ceiling. This was just not worth it any more...
. After catching my breath I stood up and started off back to the rec room in defeat. Maybe Hot Shot was there...
All the sudden I heard loud clunks of footsteps walking from behind me. They weren't that loud (for a transformer at least) and they seemed light and quick, as if the person was ready to take off running at any second. I turned around abruptly to see Blurr walking my way.
"Hey Blurr!" I yelled up at him as he neared me. He stopped a few feet from me and looked down with an emotionless face, er optics really.
"I-" I started but was cut off by the Minicon alarm. Blurr took one last look and in a blink he was already off running full speed toward the launch room. A look of pure shock ran across my face. God that bot is FAST. Huffing, I started to make my way to the launch room, running off after him.
By the time I had gotten to the launch room, the guys had already left and were already battling Decepticons (the base was HUGE okay?).
The bots were all gathered in a group. Optimus was talking to them when suddenly the Decepticons approached them from behind. One of the Minicons drove off past Hot Shot. Hot Shot transformed, following the Minicon. Blurr transformed only seconds after and followed Hot Shot. I watched as they started to gain on the Minicon. Sideways and Cyclonus appeared behind them, following the two bots.
All the sudden Hot Shot and Blur started to bump into each other.
"What are they doing?" I asked confused. What where they doing? They're on the same team!
"They're supposed to be after the Minicons, not each other!" Red yelled.
"Must be some type of bot testosterone thing." Billy commented. I looked back at him weirdly. Did Mech's even have testosterone?
"There defiantly trying to out do each other." Carlos said looking up at the monitor.
"This is stupid! Their supposed to be working as a team." Alexis stated. She shifted her weight on one foot and crossed her arms. A scowl crossed her face as she continued watching. I glanced at the others for a second to see them having having similar stances. All of them were negative. I looked back at the screen. Except for Billy who was smirking a little.
"Yeah but this is kind of cool too." he said smugly, amusement in his voice. I hit him in the back of the head; of course not to hard, but enough for him to get the point. I gave him a look. He looked at me warily as he 'owed,' and started to rub the back of his head as he smiled sheepishly. I sighed ( I seemed to be doing that a lot ever since I met the Autobots) and looked back at the screen.
The two mechs were still ramming each other (god did that sound wrong). Cyclonus started to shoot at them. I tensed up a little, forgetting my annoyance temporarily, worried. I relaxed quickly though, reminding myself that they had been doing this for years, longer than I was even in existence (heck even before my great great great grandmother was even born!). They always got by and survived. I shouldn't be worried. Still though, I couldn't shake the feeling.
Smokescreen suddenly shot at Sideways, making him swerve off the road. Cyclonus immediately reacted, turning his attention towards Smokescreen. As he neared Cyclonus returned fire, knocking smokescreen off his feet. I looked back at the monitor that had a visual of Hot Shot and Blurr. They had started to go at it again, hitting each other in the side. They swerved to a stop as they both neared a cliff. The Minicon used it's brake to swerve behind them. The Minicon drove right after them at full speed and drove off the cliff. He transformed in mid air and grabbed a hold of the cliff. He started climbing up. Acting immediately, Hot Shot powerlinked with Jolt and flew off the cliff as well. Blurr copied their actions, powerlinking with Incinerator. He activated his rockets and jumped over the cliff as Hot Shot landed safely on the other side. He flew threw the air and landed right in front of the Minicon, blocking little robots path. He started to do doughnuts at a high speed with his rockets. The force of it lift Hot Shot and the poor Minicon in the air, throwing them towards the bleachers of the race track. They landed, and took cover behind the wall that separated the track from the bleachers.
[a/n: Okay I know you might be a little lost at race track but I swear this is in the episode. I'm just summarizing it because I suck at fight scenes and stuff. Also, I don't even know WHERE the bleachers came from, but it looks like a race track or something. I was a little lost too. I think this is a mistake or something the writers and animators made in this episode.]
Blurr transformed, running towards the place where they had landed. Hot Shot appeared as he sat up, feeling the force stop. He seemed to start yelling at Blurr. I watched as they argued back and forth. Suddenly in the corner of the screen I saw the Minicon starting to run off up the bleachers. The two bickering bots seemed to not notice. Acting on impulse, I quickly pressed (more like slammed) the red button, that allowed us to communicate with the bots through the com link.
"HOT SHOT! BLURR! THE Minicon!" I yelled into the intercom in a rush. The Minicon was quick, and was already at the top of the bleachers by this time. The ran up to the side, both standing at each others side, looking up at the Minicon. Hot Shot stepped forward onto the bleachers slowly in an attempt to not alarm the Minicon. The bleachers gave way under his foot though and it went straight through the metal. He started to struggle, desperately trying to free himself. Seeing this Blurr took out his gun and pointed it at the Minicon.
My eyes widened.
"What is he doing?" I asked disbelievingly as he shot at the Minicon, ignoring Hot Shot who I assumed was yelling at him to stop. My eyes widened in horror as the little bot fell through the bleachers, not being able to withstand the lasers. Acting quickly, Hot Shot punched the bleachers, which in turn gave way, leaving a huge hole as it fell underneath his weight. Now both him and the Minicon were out of sight. Alexis started to type rapidly on the computer keyboards.
"Quick Laser beak! Get a visual on them!" She yelled frantically, as she manipulated Laserbeak's controls. He flew around the bleachers just in time to see Hot Shot make a long jump to catch the Minicon. He twisted in mid-flight, catching the Minicon in his arms, and then hit the hard ground, sliding on his back. It looked painful, and by the look on his face, it was. The Minicon struggled and shrugged it's way from his grasp. It crawled out, seemingly unharmed. Blurr suddenly appeared on screen, towering over Hot Shot and the little bot. For a second there I felt a small pang of worry, fearing that he would do something else to harm the little robot. But he seemed to just stand there, as if he were confused or something. Suddenly out of no where, Cyclonus swooped down and swiped the Minicon up from Hot Shot. I gasped a bit, and then frowned. The two bot just stared up at him as he flew off.
I watched as Alexis and the 'gang' were scolding Hot Shot. They had decided after the little 'incident' to talk some 'sense' into Hot Shot. I myself didn't really agree with this. I mean Blurr was apart of this too, it wasn't all Hot Shot's fault.
"I'm sorry, I guess we lost our heads today" Hot Shot said softly as he looked at the ground.
"I'm not saying you should the same way you do about Blurr as you do with Red Alert or Optimus, but at least you've gotta work with him." Rad scolded, a serious look was planted on his face.
"How are you supposed to get anywhere if you don't even trust one of your partners?" Alexis huffed, a frown placed on her face and her hands resting on her hips. Rad was at her side, (as always) with a very similar pose, except he had his arms crossed. The others were just crowded behind them. I myself was right behind them, standing next to Carlos. I ripped my gaze off of Alexis and, for the first time since the guys got back, I looked up at Hot Shot. His face held remorse and regret. Obviously he was blaming himself for the loss of the Minicon, and for his actions towards Blurr. I felt a ping of sadness and sympathy inside of me. I hated it when he was like this, when he was sad or angry, because for some reason, I felt the same way too. I'm not sure how to describe it. Its like his emotions would drift to me and affect me too. It was confusing.
"yeah..." he said quietly, breaking me out of my thoughts, "you're right." He didn't say anything else, he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts. Alexis and Rad walked off, not saying another word. Carlos, Billy, and Fred looked at each other, as if having some kind of telepathic conversation. After a moment of silence, they nodded at each other and ran off towards the break room; leaving me and Hot Shot standing there. He turned and walked off silently towards the rooming section of the base, not even noticing that I was still there. He seemed to be distracted. He was in his own little world. Deciding not to follow, I headed towards the lab (Red Alert had set up a small work area for me, where I could study and build things) to work on one of my projects for school. I figured he needed some time.
I sighed as I set down my screw driver after tightening the last screw on my newest project. I was trying to build a simple laser pointer (yes a laser pointer). Of course it would have been a piece of cake if were just a plain old one, but I wanted to make it with a stronger laser. One that you could actually see the line. I had thought about making an actual small pocket laser, (the kind that hurts) but I wasn't sure if Red Alert would help me with that, seeing as it's a weapon. So, even if it would be extremely helpful, (you know for like self defense and stuff... especially against Decepticons!) I decided against it. Sighing, I stood up from my stool, I couldn't work right now. It had only been about 30 minutes since the guys had gotten back and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get my mind off of Hot Shot. I couldn't stop thinking about him. How he had looked when he walked away. What's worse, is the more I thought about it, the more depressed and sad I became. It was so confusing. I'd never cared so strongly about how someone else had felt before. I couldn't figure out why. It was new to me, and I wasn't sure how to react to it.
Perhaps it was time to go talk to him. Making up my mind, I stood up from my stool and put my tools away. After caring for and putting my project safely against the wall in the middle of my work bench, I left the room, heading for Hot Shot's quarters.
The doors slid open automatically as I arrived in his room. He was sitting on the edge of his bed, his head towards the ground, and his hands clasp together. He didn't seem to notice my presence. He was in the same kinds of daze as before, in deep thought.
Quietly walking forward, I placed a hand on his leg to get his attention.
"Hey..." I started softly, trying my best to sound comforting. He seemed to snap out of his daze and looked down at me questioningly.
"It's not all you're fault. Blurr had a big part in it too, he was just as much in the wrong as you were. Stop blaming yourself." I said softly and added, "I hate to see you like this." His face softened and he withdrew his gaze from me back to the floor. Her didn't say anything. He didn't need too. He glanced at me, as if he wanted to say something, but decided against it and looked back at the ground. I hugged his leg a little, and leaned on him slightly.
" Hot Shot... you know you can tell me anything, right? I'm always willing to listen to what you have to say." I said softly and added, "I'm here for you."
He turned his gaze back to me for a second. It was hard to tell, but there was a hint of surprise on his face. After a moment, he looked back at the ground.
" It's just... I know better. I should have kept my head on straight. I should have kept my emotions in check. I let my pride get the best of me, and in result, we lost the Minicon." he said remorsefully.
"It wasn't you're fault Hot Shot. Even if you did mess up a little, there was no way of knowing that Cyclonus was going to take the Minicon. There was no way you could have seen that coming... Besides, everyone makes mistakes every once in a while. No one is perfect." I told him.
He nodded in reply, but I could tell he wasn't so convinced as I hoped he would have been. I sighed quietly and started to climb up him. He jumped a little and watched me until I reached his shoulder. I walked over to his head and sat down his front of him.
"Hot Shot, I hate to see you like this. It hurts me to see you so sad or down. Even if you still blame yourself, would you please try to cheer up a little... for me?" I asked. His optics seemed to dim a little and he smiled a little bit.
"Yeah..." he said and was silent for a moment, "Thanks you Brooke."
His mood seemed to rise a little and the air seemed to lighten a little. I grinned at him.
"No problem." I replied, and didn't say anything further. A silence seemed to form between us. It wasn't really awkward, but more like a comforting one. We stared at each other for what seemed like hours, until I could feel him leaning forward towards me. It wasn't until then that I noticed how close I actually was to him. I was inches from his face. My face turned red, blushing, as I felt his lips brush lightly against mine. I tensed a little at first, not really sure what to do. Soon I retaliated, closing my eyes and leaning into the kiss.
It was a little awkward (or weird rather) at first, because of the size difference. It wasn't to bad though. He wasn't all that much bigger than I was (surprisingly). I guess it wasn't until now that I had realized that even though there obviously was a size difference, his lips (and head I suppose) weren't that much bigger than mine. I mean I did come up a little past his knee caps. I was a tiny bit taller than Rad (Unfortunately I had inherited my height from my fathers side of the family, who were notorious for being tall. I often felt like one of those Amazon women). After a moment or two though, I became more adjusted to it.
His lips were surprisingly soft. Instead of being cold, like metal was, they were lukewarm. They weren't hot, yet they weren't cold. He had this metallic sweet cinnamon flavor that was unlike anything I had ever tasted before. It was so good, almost addicting. I liked it. A lot. After what seemed like forever, we pulled apart. We just stared at each other, mostly in shock, and joy.
After a few seconds, Hot Shot started rubbing the back of his helm, and smiled sheepishly, embarrassed. I'm sure that if he could, he would be blushing. He adverted his eyes from mine, avoiding my gaze.
"I...I'm sorry Brooke, I didn't... I don't know what came over me. I'm sorry I didn't mean too.. I'm sorry... I understand if you don't feel the same way..." he stammered, embarrassed and not really sure what to say. I smiled at him.
"It's okay..." I whispered with a grin, my blush growing, "... I liked it."
His face seemed to light up a little, his mood drastically increased. He grinned at me, and kissed me again. This time in was a little harder, and a little bit more passionate. But I could tell he was holding back, like he was hesitating, or being careful. The kiss lasted longer than the other one, and we only stopped when I needed air. I blushed and grinned, not being able to contain it. He chuckled a little at my expression.
"I've been wanting to do that for a while now." he whispered, surprising me. My blush deepened, it was a little embarrassing. My reaction only made him laugh a little more. I sat down and leaned my back against his cheek. Another comforting silence like before drifted between us, both of us feeling at ease and relaxed.
After a while, a thought came to me. I hesitated for a while though, because I knew it would probably make him a little sad (maybe mad or annoyed) like before.
"Hot Shot... I think... you should go make up with Blurr. Just like apologize or something... At least call a truce." I said, and felt him tense a little. He relaxed though after a moment and sighed.
"Yeah... you're right, I guess I should." he agreed, (which was a shocker. For once his pride didn't get in the way) his smile disappearing. I smiled and gave him one more peck on the lips. He grinned once again, happy. I hesitated, but climbed down his chest and dropped onto his bed. He got up and turned a little, hesitating. I motioned for him to go. He sighed, but obeyed anyway and walked off.
The Sun started to set in the distance as I walked out onto the cliffs. Ahead of me I could see Blurr and Hot Shot talking together. I smiled slightly to myself and started to walk towards them as they bumped fists. They seemed to be doing a lot better.
"Hey guys, you seem to be getting along." I said grinning as I approached them. Hot Shot turned to me at the sound of my voice. I could see Blurr looking past his shoulder. Hot Shot smiled sheepishly at me.
"Yeah, and I get the feeling its going to be that way for a while." he said cheerfully, glancing at Blurr for a second before returning his gaze to me. I walked up to Hot Shot and touched his leg, silently asking him to pick me up. He leaned down and swooped me up in his hand and placed me on his shoulder. Carefully, while trying to not knock me off, he sat down against the rock and watched the sun. Blurr still stood there in silence.
"Brooke, I wanted to apologize to you and the humans," he started " I haven't really been the nicest guy I could be since I got here, and It was rude of me to act the way I did towards you guys. I'm sorry." he said straight forwardly. I nodded and gave him a small smile.
"It's no problem Blurr. Don't worry about it." I said reassuring him that he was forgiven. He nodded, and If I could see his face, I'm sure there would have been a small smile planted on it.
Smiling I leaned back against Hot Shot and watched the Sun set in the distance.
CRAPPY ENDING! I KNOW! THIS CHAPTER WAS A FAIL! ALSO NEXT CHAPTER I'M WRITING IT IN 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE I THINK I SUCK AT 1ST PERSON...
I also took the Mary sue test and it seems that she isn't a Mary Sue... which I don't believe... I think I'm having a little trouble developing her character, but I think in future chapter that I'm going to get better. I tried not to use 'I' a lot because I felt that I was starting to revert back to that old Quizilla habit... I also recently had been cut off from word so I'm using this program called Open Office and it's spell check is a little different then word so there might be a couple of things I missed in there... God I cant believe this took me like 3 days. (of course I separated working on it in between the time). I tried with the intimate scene... Oh yeah and if you look at the episode Carnival, there is one scene with Hot Shot and Rad and Carlos all together, and Rad comes a little past Hot Shots knee cap. I'm so happy it's not to bad because making that kiss scene would have been a little hard if he were any bigger... But yeah, just check out that episode if you want a size reference. :]
Oh my lord I'm so sorry for this humongous blog... THING..
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