Butterfly
By Zaru
Summary: They work so hard to keep Earth safe and yet ask nothing in return. But when unknowing strangers are brought to the NEST base after receiving injuries because of them, a few of the transformers find something they never thought possible. A bond.
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers. They belong to Hasbro. Kia Hawkins belongs to weapon13whitefang. Piper Somoon belongs to BlackHealer222. Beth King belongs to Mrs. Optimus Prime. Erin Timmons belongs to Strawberrytop007. Zaru Kiys belongs to me as well as Dagger. Other characters not included in the TF universe are mine as well.
A/n: The official chapter one! Suhweet! J
Chapter 1
Zaru's arms were still linked around Kia's neck, tightening in fright as the car came to life. Her employees Piper and Erin shrieked, running behind both of the older women believing themselves to be safe from harm. Kia's own grip on Zaru's arms tightened, nails digging into her flesh. But the club owner was too scared to notice any pain, none registering in her blanked mind.
Piper's light brown eyes were filled with terror as the vehicle before their very eyes began to change form. How the hell does a car change? New paint job? Yeah. New engine? Yeah. But parts moving every which way? Hell freakin' no! There was a conspiracy going on. That was for damn sure. And the teenager didn't want any part of it.
The transformer groaned as his gears grinded, coming to a stand in his bipedal mode. He had been recharging peacefully in a quiet area where he would be less noticed. Unfortunately, he didn't take into account that there were actual humans nearby who would bother him. Air escaped the vents on the sides of his head as he turned his black face toward the humans who were staring up at him utter shock. The way he stared down at them, his gaze intensified leaving the females in a thrall.
"Those eyes…" Kia and Zaru whispered at the same time.
Kia raised an eyebrow. "Those are eyes, right?" Her voice lowered to a whisper.
The green-haired woman nodded. "I believe so." She whispered back.
The black mech stretched out without another glance toward the humans. "Why did you bother me? I was recharging in peace."
Kia shook off the surprise of his gaze. "Who or what the hell are you? And what are you doing in our parking lot?"
The transformer smiled mentally. "I am known as designation Dagger."
"Dagger, huh?"
"Yes. That is my designation."
Piper gulped a little upon seeing this giant being hteir midst. "Um, maybe we should go back inside and call the police or something."
Kia scoffed. "Shut up, Piper. If you wanna go back into the damn club, be my fucking guest. But no giant size pile of scrap metal's going to scare me enough."
Dagger smirked a little. "You are not afraid of my presence, flsheling?"
"Hell fucking no." Kia, still with Zaru attached, took a step forward. "What are you anyways? A government reject released into the wild?" She asked scoping the big machine up and down.
Dagger's head tilted to the side. "I do not know of this government you speak of, but I am not part of it. I am an-" He was cut off quickly as the teenage girls behind the older women screamed at oncoming fire. Son of primus! Decepticons! "RUN!" He shouted, his legs opening on both sides, pulling out what appeared to be, according to Kia, hand guns.
The sounds of bullets firing was enough to make them duck and cover. Bullets from the weapons clanged against the giant robot's body, but made no dent or injury. At least not until a human-sized cannon blast blew him back through the club.
Zaru's blue eyes widened. "My club!" She whined. Her eyes narrowed vehemently with anger. "You bastards, whoever the hell you are, owe me a new club wall! Sons of bitches!" The human let go of Kia and ran toward the wrecked wall, the debris smoke causing her to cough. "NO!" Her hands fisted at her side in anger.
Lennox and his team were positioned around the club, backing up the transformers as they made their way down the small hill to the damage Ironhide caused with his cannon. But they watched on as Optimus grabbed a hold of Ironhide's shoulder.
"Are you crazy, Ironhide? You took a shot while the humans were right there!"
The weapons specialist growled, scoffing at his leader's scolding. Humans knew better than to get in the way of anything that didn't involve them. "Che. Serves'em right for getting in our way."
Optimus Prime just vented out heavy air, rubbing his metal forehead with his fingers. "How many times must I tell you that we do not harm the humans?"
His cannon reset itself, ready to fire again. "Too many to count, Prime. And I don't care right now. We need to get that Decepticon before it escapes."
"Not to worry. Mirage is on it."
Mirage's invisibility mode gave him the opportunity to get closer to the building without the humans sensing him. He wasn't called Mirage for anything. Not being able to be seen by the enemy was one of their best maneuvers. And at that moment, it was needed. Especially when the humans were so close near their target who was already standing up, not one bit phased by the blast Ironhide made.
Kia was in surprise at everything happening. There was military coming in from all sides and more giant robots just like their new friend. And they were loaded to the hilt with weaponry and probably something worse. The woman knew how military was since she used to be part of it. If this was some kind of big top secret government project, all four of them were in danger of ending up dead. Leaving no witnesses was part of the military's strategic plans when working on a project this deep. If it was a government issued classified that is.
Moving into action, she grabbed the wrists of Erin and Piper and threw them toward the club's back door.
"Kia, what the hell are you doing?" Piper shouted, grabbing onto the door frame while being pushed inside. "Stop shoving me!"
The ex-army female gripped the waitress' shoulder. "You and Erin need to stay the fuck inside! Do you hear me, brat?" She was ready to push the door shut. "Watch over Miss Whiney! And stay out of sight!"
Erin clutched Piper's arm, pulling her in with her. "Piper, come on! It's too dangerous out there! I don't want anybody to get hurt!"
The Asian teen couldn't help but look at her meekly troubled coworker. Kia was giving her the responsibility of taking care of Erin even though they were both the same age. But would she be able to shoulder such a burden? One of her fears was to let someone down. Especially when she was asked to do something very important. And with Erin being a human, she was definitely an important task.
Pursing her lips together, she turned back to Kia and nodded. "Yeah. I got it." With Erin still attached to her, they ran for it inside the club, heading to wherever was safest until the tiny battle was over.
Zaru watched as the black mech now known as Dagger stood up, one of his guns lost from his hand. "Omigod, are you all right?"
"Yeah. I think so." His optics readjusted from the dirt that got into his optics and noticed the Autobot symbol on one of the other mech's chests. Autobots.
"Zaru, we got company!" Kia reached behind her back, lifting up the black tank top revealing a black pistol, now in her hand.
Her blue eyes widened when she saw her friend's weapon. "When the hell did you get that, Kia? Where have you been hiding it?"
"Not now, Zaru."
"Do you even have a license for that?"
She smirked. "Of course I do. And so do you. Remember?" Reaching behind her again, another pistol appeared. "This one's yours if I recall." She held the front of the weapon, holding the butt out for her friend to grab it.
"I told you to keep it since I didn't need it." Kia had suggested to Zaru with much force and begging to get herself licensed to use a weapon in case of an emergency. But the owner protested as much as she could against it. There was no need for a weapon when you worked in a nice town with rarely any problems.
"But you're gonna need it now." Her gaze was still on the unknown strangers surrounding them all.
Sighing, Zaru grabbed the pistol. "But if I kill anybody, it's on your head, shithead." Undoing the safety lock, she pointed the gun toward the army men. "You assholes must be the ones who ruined my club." The gun cocked. "You owe me a new wall. And an apology for hurting our friend here."
Lennox was in Kia's line of fire. And judging by the smirk on her face, she wouldn't hesitate to shoot at him. There was a killer aura surrounding this woman as though she knew how to kill. Yet there was also something vaguely familiar about her smirk. Her appearance was familiar as well. Like he knew her from somewhere. But where? Not wanting to cause any trouble, he let go of his own weapon, setting his hands up in defense.
"Whoa, there. I think everybody just needs to calm down now." He licked his lips and strapped his gun over his shoulder. "We're just on a mission. That's all. We'll get what we came for and then leave. You won't ever see us again."
Kia, not taking one eye away from Lennox, reached over to tap her friend on the shoulder. "Zaru, this is the Army."
The fired up woman nodded. "I figured as much, Kia. Anybody you know?"
"Hmm. Not too sure." She gripped the pistol tighter. "Maybe you wouldn't mind answering a few questions before I even think about letting you have your way."
Sergeant Epps averted his gaze to Major Lennox who was agreeing without conferencing for a way out of the mess currently keeping them occupied.
Mirage was very, very close now. Almost close enough to grab onto Dagger and offline him for good. But that was not until the black bipedal mech snapped his head to scan an invisible presence near him.
"Damn you to the pit!" He shouted, unable to move in time before the now visible Mirage grabbed him at close range.
"Optimus, I have him!" The blue Autobot shouted. "Ready the energon cuffs!"
"Good work, Mirage!" Optimus lunged a foot toward the two, but not before Dagger made a sudden move, provoking Mirage to fire his weapon. Unfortunately, he missed a shot and aimed it elsewhere upwards, hitting the edge of the club roof.
"No!" Dagger shoved Mirage away from him and turned seeing debris falling from above.
"Ahh!" Came a feminine scream from the damaged opening of the club. "Zaru! Kia!" Erin hugged Piper's arm tightly, not wanting to look.
The mech called a Decepticon by the Autobots fell to his knees, scrambling over to the fallen humans. Apparently, the shot Mirage made was directly above the two human females. And now they were lying on the ground, unmoving.
"No." Dagger's hand slowly lifted to cover the humans.
"Get away from those humans, you disgraceful Decepticon!" Ironhide made a show of his cannons. "Or I'll blast ya offline!"
Dagger's optics shut tightly before turning to his attackers, before opening them again. Ironhide's own optics widened before lowering his cannon. "Prime…"
Optimus stepped away from Mirage who was staring down at the two humans injured because of him. He sighed heavily. How were we wrong?
There shining brightly, were Dagger's bright blue optics.
TBC…
A/n: Holey crud! Another chapter! Wow! I hope you guys like this one as well. Remember to review if you want! XD
Thanks,
Zaru