Quickly Spike put his fingers on the artery in her neck. "I can feel her heartbeat, she must have just passed out."
"Or Sky Lynx's wild take off knocked her out," Bumblebee stated.
"Well, we had to get out of there fast, didn't we?" Sky Lynx defended himself.
"Stop your bickering," Prime shut them up. He carefully put Alyx in a seat. "Spike, could you buckle her up please." His hands were to large for those small thingies.
I seem to wake up from a long sleep… but I feel my head hurt… it feels like someone is banging a hammer inside my head. In the distance I hear voices speaking softly with every now and then a raised voice that quickly softens.
Slowly I open my eyes to see what's going on around me. I find myself in strange surroundings… Oh yeah, now I remember. Finally I have escaped from my prison… those robots helped me get out of my cage.
Prime was the first to notice she was awake and approached her. "How are you feeling, Alyx? Better now?" He friendly asked her.
His appearance still impresses me. Unlike the other two, he has this respective manner over him. He radiates with authority. But not in a tyrannical way at all… he's relaxed, friendly, I can tell the others have a high regard for him.
I give him a faint smile. "My head is pounding… but for the rest I'm fine, thank you."
The others walked up to her and Prime.
"Hey, that was really awesome what you did back there!" Bumblebee said enthusiastic.
"Thanks," she smiled kinda shy. "So we got away?"
They nodded. "We got away!"
She looked up at Prime. "So… who are you guys?"
"We are Autobots. We originate from the planet Cybertron, but when our home planet has been invaded by our enemies, we left it and found ourselves on a planet called Earth. That's where we live now," Prime told her.
The others gave her a friendly smile and nodded in agreement to what their leader said.
"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots," he introduced himself.
Alyx smiled. "Yeah, I figured something like that, you do radiate quit some authority."
"Well, thank you," he nodded his head to show his appreciation. "This…" he put his hand on Ironhide's shoulder, "is Ironhide. He's our oldest, toughest warrior, a military strategist and my personal bodyguard. And this mini-bot is Bumblebee, our very effective messenger and most qualified spy. And Spike belongs to the human-race from Earth. He's one of the first humans we encountered there and he's been a good help to us ever since."
"And this ship… it's alive too, isn't it?"
"I sure am!" said cheerfully. "I am Sky Lynx, the best flying Autobot to always save the day! … Well, except for today that is. Today it was you who saved the day," he had to admit.
Alyx turned to Prime. "Do you have anything to eat on board? I'm kinda starving."
"Could you take care of that, Spike?"
"Sure Prime," he took off to another chamber.
"Do you know where your home-world is?" Prime asked her. "Can we drop you off somewhere? With family of friends perhaps?"
She slowly shrugged her shoulders.
"I can't really remember a lot before my life on that planet. I think I was hiding my true identity in this cat-form for some reason. I have only vague memories of an attack in our house… or maybe somewhere else, but it was where we were supposed to be safe."
"We? You and your parents?" Ironhide wanted to know.
She nodded. "After a while in that cat-form I was more and more starting to behave like a cat. At first to keep up the act, later it became a way of life. I was treated like a cat by my capturers and I'd almost forgotten who I really am. And then you guys came along."
"So you don't even know if you even have a home-world?" Bumblebee asked.
Alyx looked away with a sad frown on her face. "Can't I stay with you?" She looked at Prime with begging eyes.
"We do live a dangerous life," Prime told her. "We have powerful enemies who'd do anything to get their hands on someone with your qualities. And the Earth's humans can be very suspicious of what they don't know or understand."
"I can take an inconspicuous form… they'll never now what I really am. I'm an expert at doing that, done it for years now."
"But would you want to live like that? That's just like living in another prison."
"It's different when I can go where I want. If nobody knows who I am, they won't try to catch me, right?"
"Can the others know about her? What she is?" Ironhide wanted to know, being in charge of security.
Prime rubbed his chin. "Maybe it would be better if they are not told. At least not at first."
"So can I come?" hopefully she gazed at Prime's face.
Short silence. Alyx bit her lip softly.
"Very well," he finally said. "I'll take you under my personal care."
She jumped up with joy. "Yeah! Thank you!"
Spike came back with some sandwiches for her, just in time to witness the happy outburst.
"What's going on?" he handed her the plate.
"I can come and stay with you guys!" Alyx cheered.
"Well, that's great. You have one fantastic home to look forward to."
"But how will you keep her hidden if you're gonna look after her?" Ironhide asked. "She'll be around you a lot. Autobots and people are gonna ask questions about that."
"Hidden?" Spike asked them. "Did I miss something?"
"You know the Decepticons will probably do anything to get their hands on her if they find out what she's capable of. And humans – no offence – are usually very suspicious of what they don't understand. It will be better to keep her real identity hidden for a while," Prime explained to him.
"In this humanoid form she looks different from humans, look at the spots above her eyes and on her limbs," Ironhide indicated.
"Hmmm… how about … in the from of … man's best friend?" Spike suggested.
They looked at each other and smiled in agreement.
