Autobots 101 Chapter 2
Authors Note: As I have inspiration so I shall write.
The ambulance parked in front of the school as the team "rolled out". Ironhide began to get out of the car when the door shut on him.
"What's your problem Ratchet?" asked Ironhide making no attempt to mask his annoyance.
" I need to check you for errors, there was an apparent malfunction in your drone and it is unwise to allow you to continue to school in which several scenarios will be presented in which several possible things could go wrong"
Bumble Bee smiled and teased Ironhide "Ratchet may be a little long winded but he does know best"
Ironhide frowned and foced the door open. Since Ratchet wasn't expecting such an action he had not previously locked his doors.
"No time to talk Ratchet, if people see me talking to a car they will believe something strange is going on" said Ironhide smugly.
Both Optimus and Jazz's faces gave looks of scorn upon the mutineer. Optimus was about to order Ironhide to return to base when a very annoyed Ratchet sped off. "You shouldn't treat Ratchet like that Ironhide. You know he doesn't like it when you ignore all his safety rules" chided Jazz.
Ironhide sighed and folded his arms. " I've taken on a decepticon onslaught, I think I can handle a few "POSSIBLE" bugs in my system for a day. Besides, the first day of school is the most important isn't it Sam?"
All eyes turned to Sam. "perhaps you haven't noticed but it is a little uncommon to stare in human customs". They all immediately diverted their eyes.
"Is this true" asked Optimus trying hard not to look at Sam. Sam laughed at their efforts and replied "I guess so…"
"See!"
After a long winded mission briefing/ morale booster from Optimus the group went to get their class schedules. Being robots from outer space it was easy to coincide most of their classes but being different majors did separate some of them from the group at certain times of the day. Receiving their schedules was easy enough and Sam only gave it a passing glance. Someone else, however, was very interested in it and upon glancing over Sam's shoulder instantly memorized it.
"Hello class, I am Ms. Weaver and I will be teaching your Advanced Algebra and Trigonometry class for this semester. I would like to welcome you all to this class. I warn you now in advance that this class will not be easy and for starters I would like you to copy the problem on the board into your notebooks. Raise your hand when you know the answer."
These were the worst words to say in a room full of Autobots. Every hand near Sam went up as soon as she finished her sentence"
"no guys, you're supposed to take some time to finish the problem" warned Sam but it was too late.
"I do not issue group passes to the restroom if that is what you boys are thinking" stated the teacher blandly before muttering something under her breath.
"That's not it Ms. Weaver" stated Optimus "I know the answer"
Ms. Weaver had seen a lot of students and from her experience in teaching no student had ever gotten the problem right first semester. She wouldn't even teach how to solve a similar question until the end of second semester. To be simple this was only a problem meant to intimidate and motivate the student to work and there was no possible way for a student to get it right. Still… just to crush this new class clown she would humor the student and then pounce. "what is the answer then?"
"The answer is 0-.2-3-4-5-4-2-2" stated Optimus almost like a machine. Sam was worried, although he was definite that there would be no way to label Optimus and the Autobots as robots they would be labeled as weirdos.
Some of the students laughed at Optimus' response and Ms. Weaver knew she was failing. The student probably just got the answer from someone last year, after all it was the same problem.
"Alright then mr?"
"My name is Harrison Vernon"
"Alright Mr. Vernon, perhaps you could solve this?"
She quickly replaced the problem with a problem on the final. Reading Sam's lip movements Optimus delayed his response but not as much as Sam would have liked. After copying down the problem he waited 3 seconds before responding.
"The answer is 124.57" said Optimus in a more human voice. At least he had that going for him now, thought Sam.
From the back of the class a figure was very easily amused. "I don't have to guess which one you are Prime…" said the figure to itself.
Ms. Weaver was amazed. This child was a prodigy. She would speak to him after class. "Thank you Mr. Vernon"
For the rest of the class Sam explained the do's and don'ts to the present Autobots and was simply hoping that Jazz, who had been placed in English at the time was not making too much of a fool of himself.
Finally the bell ended and class let out. The group left to regroup with Jazz who met them in the exit of the Math hall.
"how did English go?" asked Sam.
"Meh it was boring" responded Jazz
"How many questions did you answer?" asked Sam
"Pshh like I'm going to pull the weight for those losers" laughed Jazz.
Sam laughed and it felt good to. To be honest when he first heard Optimus' intentions to join the same college he was a little worried for both himself and the Autobots. He thought that maybe he was too dependant on them… maybe he needed to learn some of life's lessons for himself instead of always having a transformer there to rely on. His concerns also spread to his friends, although they might enjoy the experience could their secret come out? What if they learned about all the ugly things kids could do in college? He decided to put his concerns to the side for now and to simply enjoy the company. He was with friends and that was all he needed… right?
Suddenly the group was greeted by another student.
"Hiya Guys!" came an overly cheery voice. All of the Autobots turned to see a girl approaching them. None of them had a clue who she was.
"Hi, my name is Katie. I saw you guys in my math class and I was hoping to introduce myself to you" said the new girl.
"You're really smart" giggled Katie "were you raised in Japan?"
The Autobots found no humor in this but apparently Sam did as he was laughing. They quickly joined in to sound normal and Sam wished they hadn't. It sounded so fake… he wanted to shoot himself. His friends were embarrassing him in front of a girl.
"Hi I'm Sam"
"Nice to meet you"
"My name is Alex Forrest" said Ironhide.
"My name is Harrison Vernon" said Optimus
"My name is J.D." Said Jazz
"and my name is Brad Pitt" said Bumble Bee as smooth as he could.
Katie laughed a little
"You can call me Brad Church though" finished Bumble Bee
"Cool, what classes did you guys get"
The group exchanged Schedules
"Hey cool! We have matching schedules" exclaimed Katie
"Hey we do!" replied Sam.
"Well I'll see you guys later" said Katie as she rushed off leaving as quickly as she came.
Sam watched almost in a trance as she waved goodbye. Hers would be a name he would never forget…