Captain Lennox stared at Alana for a moment and then turned his head back up to Optimus as if seeking an explanation.
Optimus let out a low sigh and tilted his head "I suppose you want to know why we have a small human girl in our base?"
"Damn right" Lennox said.
Alana gasped "He said damn!" she said sounding somewhat awed, when Lennox gave her a questioning look Alana smiled at him "I bet your daddy tells you not to swear too"
Lennox grinned "he did" he said, he looked back up at Optimus "Explanation if you please"
Optimus nodded "Six years ago Ironhide found a baby whilst on patrol. This baby was Alana"
Lennox glanced over at Ironhide "You found the kid?"
"In a bucket" Ironhide told him "I took her back to the base and we took care of her"
Lennox looked shocked "in a bucket?" he repeated.
"Yes" Ironhide said nodding.
"Who puts a baby in a bucket?!" Lennox sounded enraged.
"We don't know" Ratchet shrugged.
"So you decided to keep her…" Lennox frowned.
"You humans obviously didn't seem to want her so we decided she could stay with us" Optimus said.
"I'm sure some other people would have wanted her" Lennox said thoughtfully.
"Well we kept her and that is that" Ironhide said; he sounded defensive "And I don't want to deal with another social worker"
Lennox's head snapped up and he grinned "Social worker" he said sounding amused, "Bet that worker had a surprise"
"The fact is she deemed us responsible enough to take care of her" Ratchet said, he too sounded defensive.
Lennox waved his hand airily "I have no doubt of that… Just as long as she is happy here…" he looked up at Alana. Alana stared back at him not sure what was expected of her.
"Alana…" Optimus said gently.
"Yeah?" Alana tilted her head to look into his blue optics.
"Are you happy here with us?" he asked already knowing the answer.
"Yeah!" Alana nodded enthusiastically.
Lennox shrugged "then its fine" he said. He turned back to Optimus "Optimus I gotta get back to my guys so I'll give the report and be on my way."
"Alright" said Optimus, he knelt down and waited for Lennox to start.
"There were over ten buildings completely destroyed, twenty or so with some damage. We have under ten casualties- these Canadians are fast runners, I bet'cha some are in the mountains already. Your appearances are being covered as a military experiment gone wrong so you will be able to stay here until you feel it necessary to go."
Optimus shook his head sadly "if we had gotten there sooner there would have been less destruction…" Lennox held up his hand and the Autobots watched amazed as their leader fell silent at the command of a human.
"Optimus, there would have been even more dead and more destroyed had you not found out about this and told the government. We thank you" he said dutifully. Optimus inclined his head but said nothing.
"What about school?" Alana asked suddenly, she was leaning of the med-lab table.
Lennox frowned for a moment, thinking, and then he said "It'll probably be closed for about a week"
"Yes!" Alana threw her fist into the air, but when the Autobots gave her a sharp look she lowered her hand and gave them a sheepish smile "I-I mean oohh…."
"Better" said Ratchet, he plucked her off the table and put her on his shoulder where she leaned against his cheek and closed her eyes contentedly. Lennox watched them for a moment and then turned back to Optimus and gave him a salute.
"I have to get going now. We have to clean up some of the debris" he said.
Optimus shook his head "We should help" he said.
"No" Lennox told him firmly "I don't need you blowing the cover we already set up." He pointed at everyone in the room including Alana and Sam "Stay hidden" he told them, and then he turned on his heel and walked out.
Optimus let off a low sigh and stood up, "Optimus…" Alana said his name softly but loud enough for him to hear, he turned his head and his blue optics looked at her sadly. "Whats'amatter?" she asked.
Optimus shook his head "nothing" he said, and then like Lennox he turned on his heel and left leaving the rest of the Autobots in silence.
The silence was interrupted by Fireflight rushing up to Ratchet; an angle grinder in his hand, "What does this do?" he asked- not at all affected by his leader's mood like the others were.
Sam rolled his eyes and muttered "Idiot" and Bumblebee snickered.
Alana looked at them for a moment and then suddenly she gasped "Ratchet!" she half shouted "I left my coat at school!" she told him. "And my boots… and my backpack… and my gloves… but not my hat" she declared proudly patting the ball cap which was on her head.
Ratchet sighed "We'll get them tomorrow" he told her. "But now I think everyone need rest"
Sam glanced at Ratchet from the corner of his eyes, he was smiling "Can rest be defined as sitting on the couch watching a movie?" he asked.
Ratchet frowned "We better be watching Star Trek" he said as he made his was out of the med-lab towards the lounge.
In the two weeks that passed, most of the damaged buildings had been fixed by the help of the army and the locals. Destroyed buildings could not be reconstructed until the ground had thawed out a bit, so the locals bunked with others until other arrangements could be made. One of the damaged buildings had been the school, and like Captain Lennox had said school was closed. The school's entrance had taken the most damage and so an alternate entrance had been made so that school could continue as planned. Alana's hope for no more school ended at two weeks four days.
She had gotten up as was her usually way, after much pestering from Ratchet and lots of grumbling on both sides. She got dressed in a nice warm thick sweater which as per usual was too big on her. She wore her jeans and pulled on her neon orange boots; they had gotten all of Alana's things from school the day after the attack. She brushed her hair and forced Ratchet to braid her some pig tails. Then she shoved on her hat and made her way towards the kitchen. There she made herself, Fireflight and Sam some waffles. They ate in a contented silence all three of them enjoyed their waffles and didn't want words to taint their breakfast. When Alana was finished she was walking back to her room when she noticed that Optimus' door was open. She peeked inside and saw Optimus sitting at his desk staring at the LEGO figure she made of him. Silently she walked into the room; she watched as Optimus placed down her creation and sighed.
"If you don't like it I'll take it back" she said.
Optimus didn't seem startled that she was in the room, his head slowly turned to look at her and he gave her a small smile, "Shouldn't you be getting ready for school?" he said not sounding annoyed at all.
Alana shrugged "I just have to brush my teeth" she told him, "If you don't like it I can take it back" she repeated glancing at her creation, she had a tinge of red in her cheeks and Optimus knew it to be embarrassment.
"Its very well done, I think I'll keep it if you don't mind." he told her as he leaned down and gently picked her up. He set her on the desk next to the LEGO creation and leaned his head on his hand.
"Why are you sad?" Alana asked.
Optimus looked at her a moment and then decided to tell her the truth "I don't think the Autobots did enough to help the humans" he said.
Alana tilted her head and frowned "didn't you save them from the Decepticon?"
"Yes…" Optimus said.
"That's help!" Alana told him.
"But not enough" Optimus said "I promised to protect the human's and I did a very poor job of it"
"Huh?" Alana tilted her head the other way. "Getting rid of a Decepticon is a big thing" she said after a long moment. "Lots more people could've died if you didn't help"
"True…" Optimus allowed. "But…"
"But what?" Alana clasped her hands behind her back and directed her full attention onto Optimus.
"But I feel like we should do more" Optimus said not sure why he was consoling with a little girl.
"Like what?" Alana asked.
"Helping with repairs and building" Optimus told her.
"But Captain Lennox told you no"
"He did"
"Because people can protect themselves too"
It was Optimus' turn to say "huh?"
"You protect people from the Decepticon and they protect themselves after the fight" Alana told him "even" she told him "Fair" she said after a moment.
Optimus stared at his girl "I don't understand" he said.
"People want to prove that they can protect themselves too. Sometimes they don't want help. David never wants me to help him with his math- he wants to do it on his own" Alana said "he wants to show he can do it himself"
Optimus was about to say something when Ironhide poked his head into the room "Alana!" he said sounding rushed "You gotta go brush your teeth!" he bolted into the room and sprinted back out with Alana in his hands "Your gonna be late!" he half shouted as he ran down the hallway to Alana's room.
Optimus walked to his door way and watched as Ironhide came out holding Alana a minute later, she had her backpack on.
"What will you teacher think if you are late!" he scolded her.
Alana crossed her arms "Not my fault!" she whined- and then they were gone, out into the open towards school. Optimus let out a small sigh and leaned against the door frame- he thought back to Alana's words. Humans weren't helpless he reminded himself- they had got on well on their own with out the protection of the Autobots and they would continue to do so with the Autobots on earth. It was a matter of pride and Optimus respected that. He let out a low chuckle.
Ratchet who happened to be walking by heard the Autobot leader's chuckle and curiously he walked over.
"What's so funny?" he asked.
Optimus looked at him "not funny," he said "our little girl is growing up"
Ratchet looked at him "what did she do now?" he asked amused at the look on Optimus' face. Optimus looked bewildered.
"She said something very smart which also cheered me up considerably and it helped me understand the human race even more" he told Ratchet.
"Woah…" Ratchet did a double take "what did she say?"
"Something about math" Optimus said with a big grin on his face.
Ratchet didn't bother to ask him to clarify, instead he slugged him on the shoulder "See! I told you it was a good idea to teach her math" he said. Optimus shoved Ratchet in return and the two bots smiled. "Good to have you back sir" Ratchet said. Optimus had been down the full two weeks and four days and nothing had seemed to lighten his mood. But then along came Alana who said a few words and all was right again. Ratchet smiled as he head back towards the med bay- that girl was sure a joy to have around, not one Autobot regretted keeping her; they all loved her to bits.
At school Alana wasn't feeling too loved; the students and teachers avoided her green eyes and no one, not even David would talk to her. She was the psycho girl who had jumped out of the window running head on into the battling death machines. Their classroom had been repaired nicely- the window had yet to be replaced so a wooden board hung in front of it to keep the cold air out. Alana sat in her desk uncomfortably as Harry and Bret stared at her in awe, while David kept shifting his desk farther and farther away, while Miss S talked about their new topic in science- she looked at all of the students except for Alana. Mabel seemed to enjoy Alana's suffering the most, she would glance at Alana and then sneer.
After two periods and a recess of uncomfortable feelings and some bullying Alana finally had enough, and so during her English class she thrust up her hand and Miss S knew she had no choice but to call upon Alana.
"Yes Alana?" she asked.
"I'm not feeling well can I call home?" Alana said, she coughed to show she meant it.
"Yes, yes" Miss S waved her to the door "Go to the office and call home" she said. Alana thanked her and walked to the door and went down the hall and walked towards the makeshift office; the old one was still in repairs. When she reached the desk and made a sound to let the secretary know she was there.
The secretary gave her a smile "Hello dear" She obviously didn't know who Alana was.
"Can I call home? I don't feel so good" Alana said.
"Sure dear" she pushed the phone in Alana's direction and Alana pulled out her agenda which she had brought along. She then dialed the number for emergency's.
Ratchet picked up on the first ring "Alana? What's wrong"
"I don't feel so good" Alana told him "I wanna go home" Ratchet knew immediately that she was not sick, there was nothing in her voice that indicated such a thing. Upon further inspection of her voice he found it was a stressed tone which he knew could not be ignored.
"What's wrong Alana?" he asked again.
"Sick" Alana said "Tummy hurts" She waited for Ratchet to answer.
He sighed, "I'll be there in ten minutes, go get your stuff and I'll pick you up in the office" he said.
"Ok…" Alana tried to remember to put on her sick voice. She hung up the phone and looked up at the teacher, "I'm being picked up" she told her.
"Ok dear, go get your stuff and come back here" Alana did as she was told and walked back into the classroom. A silence fell over the class as they watched her gather up her things and shove them in her backpack. They watched her pull on her coat and boots and watched her leave. By the time Alana was out of the classroom her face was burning red with embarrassment.
She waited for seven minutes exactly in the small makeshift office, then Ratchet's holoform came to free her. He gave the secretary a smile and signed her out. Then he slung her backpack over one of his shoulders and picked her up. She nestled her head into the crook of his neck and wrapped her arms around him. Ratchet held her close and said nothing. When he reached his car mode he climbed into the driver's seat with Alana still in his arms. Once her backpack was in the back he settled Alana on his lap and began to stroke her braids which he had put up for her.
After a minute he decided to speak "Your not sick Alana" he said.
"I know" Alana murmured, her eyes were closed and she rested comfortably against his chest.
"Why did you say you were sick then?" Ratchet asked. "If you have a test coming up that you didn't study for your going right back in there" he told her.
Alana shook her head, her eyes still closed "No test" she said. "Just mean people"
"Mean people?" Ratchet frowned "Who was mean to you?"
"Miss S, Mabel, David- everyone!" she cried. Her eyes watered up and a single tear slipped down her cheek to soak into Ratchet's synthetic shirt.
"Why?" Ratchet asked confused.
"Dunno"
Ratchet sighed and pressed his lips on the top of her head, "You can come home today, but just for toady. Tomorrow you have to go back to school" he said.
Alana was going to take what she could get so she nodded "Ok" she said. She sniffed and wiped her nose which was runny. Ratchet gave her a small nudge and she climbed into the passenger seat where the seatbelt wound around her. Then Ratchet's holoform disappeared and his engines started.
Once at the base Ratchet was greeted by Optimus, "Ratchet where have you been I've been looking for you-" he stopped short of what he was saying when he saw Alana in Ratchet's hand. "Alana, why aren't you at school?"
Ratchet answered for her "She needed a break" he said.
"But she had one for two weeks and four days" Optimus said as he followed Ratchet to the med-lab. There Ratchet set Alana down on the table and leaned against it as well. Optimus stood in front of the table and crossed his arms. "What's the matter?" he asked.
"Alana, I want you to tell me about everything that everyone did that was mean to you" Ratchet told her softly.
Alana nodded "Ok…" she said "Mabel made fun of me during recess, she called me crazy and she said that her mom told her that she wasn't allowed to talk to me. She also threw snowballs at me, and in class she keeps smiling at me. David doesn't talk to me anymore." Alana tugged on one of her braids she frowned "At recess he kept running away from me. Harry and Bret just kept staring at me. Miss S ignored me a lot. Lucy kept saying I was dis- … dis" Alana frowned "dis… Dis-something, it sounded mean even though I didn't understand" She stopped and looked up at Optimus and Ratchet. Optimus looked confused and Ratchet looked at her sadly.
"Why is everyone treating you so?" he asked.
Alana shrugged "Dunno" she said.
Ratchet stood up and looked at Optimus "I'm giving today to get used to the fact that she will have to deal with that and then tomorrow she goes back to school" he said.
Optimus shook his head "That's not right" he said "Alana has done nothing wrong" he looked over at Alana "Have you?" he asked. When Alana shook her head Optimus frowned, he seemed to be thinking. Both Alana and Ratchet stayed quiet, and then after a moment Optimus looked up from his thoughts. "Alana do you want to go back to school, or do you want to try a different school?" Optimus asked.
"Different school? … What school?" Alana tilted her head questioningly.
"There is a private school just outside of town" Optimus told her.
"What's a private school?" Alana asked.
Ratchet was the one who answered "It's a place much like the school you go to except that you have to wear a uniform and the lessons are harder"
"Ooohhh… What's a uniform?" Alana questioned.
"It's a set of clothes picked out for you to wear" Optimus said, "All of the students have to wear the same thing"
"You mean I have to share my shoes?" Alana wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"No you get your own clothes, it's just that your clothes will look the same as the other students" Optimus said with a smile.
"Ooohhh… what do I have to wear?" Alana was just full of questions.
"A skirt, shirt, socks, jacket and shoes" Ratchet said. Alana's eyes widened in horror at the word skirt. In less than a minute she decided that the school she was at now was better than having to wear a skirt.
"I'll stay!" Alana nodded enthusiastically "I'll stay!" she shouted again.
Optimus nodded solemnly and knelt down "Then you won't call home sick tomorrow"
"No…" Alana shook her head.
"Good" Optimus stood up and was about to walk out of the room when Alana's voice stopped him.
"Can I watch some T.V?" she asked.
Optimus laughed his low and booming laugh, "Sure Alana" he said glancing over his shoulder. His optic blinked on and off and Alana winked back at him. "Watch good shows" he told her over his shoulder as he walked out of the room.
The next morning Alana got up; she made and defended her waffle from Fireflight so that she could eat it herself. After she brushed her teeth she gather up her things and walked on over to Ironhide who was waiting. He gave her a reassuring smile, Ratchet had caught him up with the events from the day before and he knew that Alana was beginning to regret her decision to go back to school. He gave her head a gentle pat and then transformed and she got in.
Once at school Alana sat in her desk and waited impatiently for school to start. Like normal she was early, the Autobots believed in punctuality and had pounded that into her. And so she sat in her desk gripping the straps of her backpack as David walked into the classroom. His face looked strained when he saw her and he sat next to her stiffly.
Alana stared at him for a moment, and then suddenly she found herself speaking "Why are you angry at me David?" she asked.
David looked at her his cheeks paling "I-I'm not" he said.
"You look angry" Alana said.
David shook his head "not angry" he repeated.
"Oh… ok…" Alana meant to end the conversation there but David began to talk.
"My mommy says that you are crazy but I don't believe her" he said "She says I shouldn't talk to you anymore"
"Oh" Alana said again "I'm sorry" she didn't know why she was apologizing.
"No! Don't be sorry! I should be sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad Alana" David said, the colour was coming back to his cheeks and he looked a lot better. "I'm sorry Alana." He gave her a smile, there was silence for a moment and then David spoke again, "Why did you jump out of the window?" he asked.
Alana's cheeks reddened "I-I-I saw someone get hurt and I wanted to help" she said- it wasn't a lie but it wasn't the whole truth either.
"Oohh" David said a big smile on his face "Your really brave Alana"
Alana cheeks reddened even more "No" she shook her head.
"Yes you are!" he protested. When Alana didn't say anything more he held out his hand offering Alana to take it, "Friends?" he asked.
Alana looked at his hand and then smiled 'Yeah, Friends" she took his hand and they shook.
The day passed quickly for Alana, David was back and she felt a lot better. She had even talked to Harry and Bret and they didn't seem to think that she was crazy anymore. The rest of the class on the other hand still treated her the same way as they had the day before. It was during their last recess when the treatment got a lot worse.
Alana was helping Bret put the head of their snowman on when suddenly a snowball hit her on the back of the head knocking her forward. Her face hit cold snow and she let out a shriek of surprise. She was helped to her feet by Bret, Harry and David, and then after the snow was brushed off of her they turned to see who the snowball thrower was. Alana wasn't surprised to see Mabel at the front of a small group of girls. She looked pleased with herself.
"What did you do that for!?" David yelled.
Mabel ignored David and sneered at Alana "My mommy says your insane" she told her, she gestured behind her "We don't like insane people" she said.
"That's not very nice" said Bret as he adjusted his toque on his head. Mabel shrugged and tossed another snowball at Alana, this one she dodged but ducking. But Mabel's snowball wasn't the first, half a dozen snowballs came hurtling in their direction and Alana and the boys were unable to avoid them all. Then after the snowballs were thrown it seemed that the girls wanted an all out war. They let out little battle cries as they tackled the boys and Alana to the snow. Alana's hair was pulled and her coat torn, she felt a jaw hit her face and let out a little cry of pain. Unable to do anything else Alana began to defend herself. She let loose a few punches and let some of the girls let up.
Alana managed to sit up and saw the boys in similar predicaments such as the one she had been in. Harry and Bret seemed to be handling the girls well, being more brawn then brains they simply threw the small girls out of their path. David on the other hand seemed to not be putting up a fight at all, he was struggling on the ground but being held easily down by two girls who were sitting on him. Alana felt she had no choice but to save him, she began to run and then jumped, she hit the two girls in the head and knocked them off David. She was then attacked by their small fists and so she hit them back. She was soon joined by David who tackled one girl to the ground while doing a wonderful impression of Tarzan.
It seemed as if the fight would go on forever when suddenly Alana felt herself being torn from the girl. She looked up and saw a teacher she did not know, he had a powerful grip on her jacket and she was dangling a few inches off the ground, the girl she had been fighting was being held the same way. Alana looked around and saw a bunch of other teachers pulling apart the fighting groups. Then once all were separated they were marched to the office where the many phone calls began. The kids had been separated into two groups; the group of girls and then Alana and the boys.
Bret had a bleeding nose and was holding a bunch of tissues to his nostril. Harry had an ice pack on his sore knee, while David's glasses had been broken there was a cut above his left eye but other than that he seemed fine. Alana had an icepack to her swollen cheek and one to her black eye. The girls across the room seemed equally damaged but more sullen.
Alana glanced back at the boys, "Thanks" she murmured.
"We're friends" Bret told her "Friends help each other" Harry nodded and gave off a small grunt.
David shrugged and lifted up his broken glasses "I've never been in a fight before" he said thoughtfully. He looked up and smiled "It was fun" Before any of them had a chance to reply to David's statement the principle walked in. Alana immediately recognized him as the man who had pulled her and the girl from the fight.
"Your families have been called and are on their way. Since there are so many of you we will be heading to a classroom where we will have this matter sorted out. If you will please follow me…" he walked out of the classroom and the students followed him to a classroom which Alana had never been in before. The kids were separated again and were sat in desks on opposite sides of the room.
One of the girls on the opposite end of the room had their parents come in first. Then followed by David's parents, they gave him a stern look and glanced distastefully at Alana. Then came the Autobots, first Ironhide entered the room followed by Ratchet, then Optimus, Bumblebee, Sam and even Fireflight's holoform was there.
Alana gaped at them "You all came!" she sounded amazed.
"Well why not Alana" Optimus said as they reached her. Ratchet knelt down in front of her and pulled the two ice packs from her face.
"Alana, we just took off you last bandages, now you go and do this" he shook his head good naturedly as he inspected her bruises.
Ironhide leaned on the desk "What happened Alana?" he asked.
Alana was about to answer when the principle stepped in "Once all of the parents arrive the story will be told, we will listen to both sides and then pass judgment" he said.
Ironhide raised a brow at the word judgment but then shrugged "Ok" he said. Sam looked around the classroom, the parents and students were looking at the group of Autobots each with a look of surprise or confusion- some even looked suspicious. Sam smiled inwardly, mess with one Autobot you mess with them all he thought, this school wasn't going to know what hit them.
Ratchet stood up after he placed the icepacks back on Alana's face, he glanced over to Optimus and saw that he was glaring across the room. Ratchet followed his gaze and saw Mabel and her mother conversing, Mabel's mother was doing most of the talking- it seemed like she was giving instructions. Ratchet frowned, well that's not good, he thought. Casually he leaned back down and whispered in Alana's ear.
"Alana tell nothing but the truth ok?" he whispered.
Alana nodded "Kay" she said.
She was about to ask a question when Fireflight plopped himself into the desk across from her and looked around in amazement, "So this is school!" he said. "It feels so…" Fireflight frowned as he searched for the word he thought was appropriate "…Smart" he finally said.
"Duh" said Sam from behind him. "It's a school; it's supposed to make you smarter"
Fireflight frowned "Ooohh" he said "I thought schools were jus there to brainwash people" he said. "Shows you what I know" he said cheerfully. Bumblebee sighed and placed his head in his hand. Sam shook his head with a brow arched.
Finally after a few more minutes of waiting all of the parents were present and the students could begin to tell their sides of the story.
Mabel volunteered to go first, she pointed at Alana and said "Alana is insane- she attacked me and my friends for no reason"
Ironhide look enraged and bared his teeth, "She is not insane" he hissed.
Ratchet nodded "I would know if she was" he added.
Optimus kept his anger in check but it was obvious he was angry when he said "Alana is in no way crazy, she is a perfectly normal kid"
The principle held up his hand "You have made your point but Alana deserves a turn to defend herself" Alana stood up and pulled the icepack off her face and let it rest on the desk; she looked at the teacher and didn't spare a glance towards Mabel.
"Mabel with her friends attacked me and my friends while we were building a snowman"
The principle frowned "Can you describe the attack?" he asked.
"First they threw a snowball at me and it hit me on the head. They called me names and Bret, Harry and David stood up for me but they ignored them and threw more snowballs at us. We tried to doge them and when they were done throwing they ran at us and attacked us" Alana said.
The principle turned to the boys "Is this true?" he asked. They nodded and he turned his head back to the girls side "Your defense?" he asked.
The girls were silent but Mabel's mother wasn't "You can't possibly believe that girl!" she shouted "She has a troubled mind" she protested.
"That is not true" snarled Ironhide.
"Is too! She has attacked my baby before this incident!" Mabel's mother pointed to Alana and looked at the teacher.
"Your daughter provoked her" Ratchet growled getting into the fight as well.
"My daughter would never do such a thing" Mabel's mother screeched.
"Sounds like someone had Egyptian river disease!" Sam sang.
Fireflight frowned "What's Egyptian river disease?" he asked.
"Denial" Sam smirked.
Fireflight frowned "I don't get it" he said after a moment.
Sam sighed "whatever" he said.
Mabel's mother was sputtering "M-m-my Daughter is a w-w-well brought u-up young girl!" she said.
"You told her to lie" Ironhide said "I saw you talking to her before we started this"
Mabel's mother put her hands to her temples obviously overwhelmed "I swear you are exactly like my ex-husband!" she pointed at Ironhide "I was very tempted to poison his drink! You men are so frustrating!" she growled.
Ironhide gave Mabel's mother a smile "Lady, If your husband was anything like me he would drink the poison" She gave off a frustrated squeak but remained silent.
The principle nodded "I have come to a decision" he said "All of the students here will be coming back to school on Monday, no punishments will be given out. I leave it to you parents if you want to take action" he said as he nodded and then walked out of the room.
Alana looked up at Optimus "Are you mad at me?" she asked.
Optimus shook his head "No Alana" he bent down and picked her up and placed her on his shoulder, "I'm not mad at all"
"You look mad" Alana told him, she rested her chin on the top of his head.
"Mabel's mother is a frustrating human" he said.
"She is" Ironhide agreed, he reached up and ruffled Alana's hair and put her ball cap on.
Alana looked down at Bret, David and Harry "Thank you for helping me today" she said.
"We already said no problem" Harry reminded her.
The Autobots were about to walked out of the room when David's mother stopped them. She extended her hand and gave them a small smile.
"My name is Sue" she said "I'm David's mother, we have met before"
Ironhide nodded and took her hand "I remember" he said.
"I would like to apologize for what I said about your daughter. I told my son he wasn't to talk to her but now I see that as a mistake- I hope you will forgive me" she said looking at all of the Autobots.
Alana nodded "sure" she said.
Optimus smiled and nodded "You are forgiven" he said.
"Excellent" Sue nodded. She then turned and gestured for David to follow her, he took her hand and waved goodbye to Alana and then they walked off.
"Can we go home now?" asked Alana.
"Yup" Said Ironhide. They were walking out of the school when Ironhide spoke again "Alana you've gotten out of school two days in a row now" he said.
Alana nodded "yup" she said.
"Your really lucky, you know that" he said.
"Yup" Said Alana again.