Okay I was debating wheather to update this story or This is My Life. I chose this story since I don't know if the Transformers in the movie have a base or not. So if anyone can clue me in I'll be able to update that one sooner. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. Patricia meets the autobos.

Chapter 2

Old Friends

So Rad drove through a little town where they used to live when they were young. Alexis smiled when she saw their old school and grabbed Rad's free hand. He smiled at her and said, "So many good memories."

"Yes, I wonder what happened to Fred and Billy?" she asked.

"I heard they moved out of the state with some girls they met. Those to never split up do they?"

"No they don't." she laughed.

Patricia was sitting in the back seat waiting to meet her parent's old friends. She sighed and looked out the window. She still had a cast on her head and was bald from the operation, but her hair would grow back after a while. All she hoped was that the doctors got all the cancer out and didn't leave any. If they did she'd surely die if not caught soon enough.

Rad started driving up the mountain and Patricia looked forward trying to see what was going on.

"Do your friends work at the space place?" she asked.

"No honey. Just sit back you have nothing to worry about." soothed Alexis.

Patricia sighed yet again. They could have gone home and just rest a little bit, but Patricia was curious who their friends were. When they made it to the top of the mountain there was Carlos waving and behind them were many cars.

Patricia slowly exited the car and looked at all the cars and asked, "Carlos are all those cars yours?"

Carlos looked at her and then at Alexis and Rad, "I guess you didn't tell her?"

"No." they both said.

"Patty, these are not my cars these are our friends." he said.

Patricia looked at him and gave him a long hard look and said, "Yeah right."

After that was said all of them heard metal grinding and shifting. Patricia looked at the once was cars and saw they were giant metal robots.

"Holy…" was all Patricia could say.

She started backing up as the largest of them all started to walk forward. She back up to her parents who held tightly to her so she couldn't go anywhere. The largest one bent down to their level and said, "Nice to see you Alexis, Rad and Carlos, and who is this little edition?"

"This is our daughter Patricia." said Alexis, "Patricia this is Optimus Prime leader of the autobots. He's here to protect us. Optimus this is Patricia."

"Nice to meet you Patricia." he said.

Patricia saw him give her his smallest finger, pinky, wanting to shake her hand. She slowly grabbed his finger and to her surprise he was so gentle with shaking her hand. Optimus chuckled and stood up to full height. The others came forth Alexis introducing them to Patricia.

Patricia was slowly warming up to her parents giant friends. Her parents and Carlos kept talking to them and she slowly walked away from the boring conversation. she heard giant footsteps and looked up and saw Optimus Prime sitting on a boulder next to her.

"Why did you come over here?" he asked softly.

"My parents talk too much and it gets boring just listening to them talk." she replied.

Optimus started examining her and asked, "What's the matter? You seem very down. I'm sure you're happier than this."

"Yeah, I am, but I'm just scared." she whispered.

Optimus reached a hand out and wrapped it gently around Patricia and brought her up to his face. She quickly looked away letting tears fall.

"I'm afraid that the doctors didn't get all the cancer out of my brain." she cried.

Optimus was shocked. He hadn't had any idea that she had brain cancer. Of course that explained the cast around her head, but he thought that she was in an accident. Optimus was speechless after Patricia had told him her deepest fear.

"I'm sorry Patricia." he whispered.

Patricia looked up at him and smiled, "Don't. I'm okay. Even if they did you need to keep looking forward. Don't think about it less."

Optimus still looking at her with sad optics nodded his head. He liked her way of thinking. Just then her parents walked over.

"Patricia it's time to go." Rad said.

"Dad could we stay just a little longer, please?" she begged.

"We need to get home. You have some makeup work to do from school." said Alexis.

"Mom…could I not do that right away? My brain is still getting used to that surgery." Patricia replied.

Both parents were quiet. Optimus looked down at them and said, "Alexis, Rad…would you show us where you live now?" he asked knowing they had moved out of the little town.

Alexis and Rad looked at him then started whispering.

"Yes." said Rad.

"Okay then I want to ride with Optimus." said Patricia.

Both parents started to hesitate until Optimus said, "Its okay if she rides with me."

"Okay Patricia, but don't get on his nerves." they said.

"She'll be fine." replied Optimus who set Patricia down and transformed and opened his door.

Patricia climbed in the cab and the door closed.

"Buckle up Patricia." he said.

Patricia buckled herself up in the driver's seat and looked out the window. She had never been in a semi truck before and she saw how far they were from the ground. It was like being in a short bus that only could have two students. Optimus told all his men that they were going to go the town where Alexis and Rad lived.

Everyone transformed and follow Optimus follow Alexis, Rad, and Carlos. Patricia looked up at the sky. They had stayed there all day. Night had fallen and Patricia was still awake.

"Optimus, where are you guys from?" she asked.

"We're from planet Cybertron. Years ago when your parents were young they activated the minicons which lead to our encounter here." he said.

"Wow. I'd love to visit Cybertron." she whispered.

"I'll see what I can do. Hopefully your parents will let you since they've been in outer space before."

"They've been in outer space!" exclaimed Patricia.

Optimus chuckled at her response and said, "Yes. They haven't told you a lot of things haven't they?"

"No." she sighed.

"Well Patricia I think you need to get some sleep." he whispered.

"I don't want to sleep though." she protested.

Optimus chuckled and said, "Patricia, get some rest. Your brain needs it."

"Fine." she whispered and laid down on the seat still buckled up.

Optimus gently unbuckled Patricia so she could sleep easier. Patricia slowly fell into a deep sleep in Optimus soft seats. She had a smile on her face. Optimus sighed feeling the warmth of a human inside him. He hadn't had this experience since their friends were young. He listened to her slowly deep breathing and smiled. The town Alexis and Rad lived in was a long way from their old town.

They drove a long time and Hot Shot came on the comlink, "Hey Optimus how far is their place?"

"I don't know Hot Shot." he whispered.

"Sir, why are you whispering? he replied loudly waking Patricia up.

Optimus sighed and said now speaking regularly, "Because I had a sleeping passenger."

"I'm sorry sir." he whispered and didn't reply.

"Where are we?" Patricia asked stretching.

"Getting closer to your place, I don't know how far away we are though." he replied.

Patricia nodded and laid back down to sleep. Optimus put on the radio and found a station that was very beautiful. Soft music filled his cab and Patricia fell asleep faster than before.

Thirty minutes had passed and they finally reached Alexis's and Rad's place. Optimus parked on the side of the road and so did the rest of his men.

"You guys don't have to park back there. After meeting you guys do you expect us to have a normal house?" asked Rad.

He pressed a button and the driveway went slanted and showed what looked like a lower garage. Optimus drove down there followed by Red Alert and the last one was Jet Fire who asked, "How do you expect me to fit in down there?"

"It's bigger than it looks Jet Fire." replied Alexis.

Jet Fire landed on his wheels and slowly rolled down beneath the house. Rad pressed the button again and the driveway went back to normal. They walked in the house and down to the basement. When they made it to the bottom they saw Optimus still in his truck form.

"Here Optimus I'll take her to her bed." said Rad opening the door and gently grabbing his daughter holding her to his chest.

Optimus transformed and looked at his little friends and said, "You guys need to get some sleep."

"We know. We would stay and chat and show you around, but it's late and we'll show you tomorrow." said Alexis.

"You still need to show me around your house." said Carlos.

Everyone started to laugh and Patricia stirred in Rad's arms.

I promised a longer chapter and I kept it. I hope you enjoyed it. If you enjoyed it a lot just press that little purple button that's calling for you.