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.
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A/n: Well, I thank you very much for sticking through this new story. I hope enjoy this new chapter.
Chapter 2
Dagger continued glaring at the Autobots with his intense blue optics. These were his fellow comrades who had the nerve to shoot at him while innocent beings were in the damage path. The black mech picked up the two fallen humans in his large hands gently, their arms and legs dangling between his fingers limply.
"Do you see what problems you have caused, you slagging aft hole!" He thrust his right hand to Mirage's face who looked down at the green-haired female whose face was smoky from the debris dust. She looked as though she wasn't breathing properly, but a quick scan from him proved she was fine. Although her heart beat had slowed some, making the Autobot worried about the problem he caused. "You hurt innocent bystanders!"
Mirage dropped his own weapon to the ground, his hands fisting tightly at his sides. "It was your own fault for repositioning my arm when I fired! If you had come quietly or stated you were an Autobot to begin with, this wouldn't have happened!"
Optimus stepped forward before the argument could go any further. "Please do not argue. We are all comrades." He then turned to Dagger, an apologetic gaze featured in his optics. "I am sorry that we attacked you, Dagger. Unfortunately, you were showing up as a Decepticon on radar. That is why we fired at you. We thought you were going to harm them." The leader gestured to the unconscious humans in the mech's hands. "We did not mean for the innocent humans to get involved in this war."
Before Dagger could say a reply, the rusty back door of the ruined club opened revealing an outraged Piper and a very shy and terrified Erin who followed her friend from behind. All of the men and transformers before them scared her too much. She was surprised she had come outside after what they just witnessed.
"Hey, you!" Piper pointed to Mirage.
The spy bot raised a metal brow. "Yes, human femme?"
Tempered, she shouted, "You hurt our friends! Whatever the hell you are!"
Will Lennox stepped forward hoping to calm the situation. "It was an accident." He stated, readjusting the weapon hanging from his shoulder.
The Asian-American turned her face to Will. "What are you going to do about this?"
Will, however, had no idea what to do. Two civilians were injured as a result of carelessness and one looked ready to kill anything that moved at the moment. Turning to Epps, he asked, "What do we do?"
The black man shook his head. "They've already seen and heard too much. We may need to take them with us."
Will blinked. "No. We can't do that."
"I think, if we take them back to the hangar with us, we can convince them to keep their mouths shut about this. Besides, I'm sure authorities have been called with all the racket that's been made so far."
Ratchet overheard them speaking and agreed. "I think that would be a right thing to do, Major Lennox. And, since it was an Autobot's fault for the injury of humans, it is my duty to help pay them back by taking care of them until they are fully functional once more."
Dagger set Kia and Zaru back down on the ground as gently as possible. With as hard as the debris fell on them, there could be other injuries besides head damage. Soon, his spark ached with guilt as he realized how much more damage he might have caused by picking them up.
"Slag it all." He muttered and stood back up, making a staring contest with Mirage.
The blue mech couldn't look his newly found comrade in the optics any longer and averted his gaze to the weapon near him on the ground. His own optics darkened in guilt. How would he be able to make it up to the humans? Would they forgive his actions? He certainly hoped so.
"Let us gather all the human femmes and take them with us." Optimus decided before transforming back into his peterbilt alt mode and driving away.
The rest of the transformers followed in suit. But there was only one question that remained on all their processors: Who would take the humans? Of course Piper wasn't going to leave Zaru and Kia in the hands of the military. Who knew what they would do to unconscious women unable to fight back. And Erin absolutely wouldn't leave Piper's side. She was too scared to be by herself without anybody familiar near.
Ratchet heard the argument going on between the humans and activated his holoform to act as a mediator. A shaggy brown-haired male with electric blue eyes and thin square glasses on his face pixilated to life in between the army men and teenage girls.
Will didn't know what to think about the new face just appearing out of thin air in front of them. "Who are you?"
He raised his eyebrows. "Major Lennox, surely you have not forgotten me already."
"Ratchet?" Will was surprised. He had never seen any of the Autobots pull out a human form like that. Stepping forward, he reached out a finger and poked the medic's arm curiously. Fortunately, it was a solid form and he continued poking around.
"Are you quite finished, Major?" He asked, left eye twitching in annoyance.
"Oh." Letting out a small chuckle he backed away. "Yeah sure."
Ratchet turned, stepping near Piper and Erin who backed away questioningly.
"W-Who are you?" Erin asked, meekly.
Bowing courteously, he replied, "My name is Ratchet. I am the Chief Medical Officer of the Autobots. A pleasure to meet you, lady femmes."
Piper shook her head. "If you're a doctor, are you going to examine our boss or rush both of them to the hospital? Cause I surely want as less contact with ANY of you as possible."
"Don't worry, young one. I'll take proper care of your friends. I promise. But we cannot take them to a local hospital. Instead, we will transport each of you with us so that I may examine them properly."
Erin shook her head quickly. "No! We're not going anywhere with… whatever they are! I just wanna go home!"
"'Fraid not, Strawberry." Another male voice piped in and they all turned to see Sergeant Epps, weapon in his hands. "You've seen too much. You have to come with us. No choice in that."
"B-But - "
"No buts. It's an order from N.E.S.T."
Piper looked back at Erin knowing there was no way to get out of staying there. "Looks like we're going on a road trip, Erin." Facing back to Epps, she glared. "What about our parents? They're going to have a flippin' cow if we don't show up."
"Parents?" Will scratched the back of his head. "You mean, you're minors?" At the nod of Piper's head, he snorted. "Epps, we can't take them. Their parents will ask too many questions about their whereabouts and we'll have our own situation with Galloway again."
The black man let his weapon drop to his side. "Then what do you suggest, Will? Let them run free and blab about giant robot aliens to everybody they know?"
"We won't tell a soul." Erin spoke up. "I promise. I just want to go home." She pleaded, clinging onto the back of Piper's shirt.
"Fine." Epps gave in pretty quickly. "We will be keeping close eyes on you girls. If you know what's good for ya, keep your mouths shut about this."
They watched him walk away and Ratchet spoke with the girls once more. "Don't worry. You have my honor as an Autobot that I will personally guarantee the safety and return of your human friends."
Smiling a little, Erin thanked Ratchet before hiding herself once again behind Piper.
TBC…
A/n: A very short chapter. Sorry. XD
Thanks,
Zaru