A/N- Here it is, Chapter Three. Co-written, with great thanks to my wonderful beta, for helping me through this chapter, by P.A.W.07. I got writer's block. Really, really, really bad writer's block.
Sign Language Beginning or Ending of a Chapter (me) Transformers' Language
Chapter Three- The Autobots
Emma woke up slowly, stretching like a cat, and noticed that Bumblebee was stopped in a dark alley. 'Oh, joy,' she thought, and she sat up, startling Sam.
After Sam had calmed down, giving his little sister a reassuring grin, did the doors of the Camaro open. 'Bee's shocks shook a little as Emma followed Sam out; Mikaela following in suite. The three humans stood outside 'Bee for a few still moments when Emma saw a semi truck, which had flames painted on it, make an entrance. Now, that wasn't horribly unusual … until it started to transform. Watching with wide eyes, she noticed that this robot was tall, quite tall indeed.
Due to her slight shock, Emma didn't notice the others that drove up, or anything else for that matter. She was too busy trying to read the largest robot's mouth. Sadly, she couldn't catch anything. That was probably why she didn't see two hands come down around her tiny frame, but she did feel herself being raised into the air.
Emma let out a short scream, frightened by the sudden loss of the ground, but the scream was short lived when she noticed she was in someone's giant hands. The human slowly turned around to face, as it was now unknown to her, Ratchet. It seemed that she was sitting in one of Ratchet's hands. Emma waved a little in a slightly embarrassed way, now seeing the other robots.
Only after waving off her embarrassment, did the silent one looked around, confused. Where exactly was Sam? Emma turned around in the giant robot's hand to look down. 'Wow!' she thought as the ground loomed below. It took her a moment or two to realize that 'dot' down below was actually Sam, shouting at her.
The ever silent sister waved at Sam as if nothing was wrong, and turned back around. "My name is Emma Witwicky. What is your name?" she inquired, her hands fluttering like butterflies.
The giant robot looked confused for a moment, his metallic face scrunching up, and then held up the hand she wasn't sitting in. His hands, having the physical structure like a humans, signed out, "Ratchet."
"What are you guys?" Emma asked, hands once again fluttering like butterflies, and she was now leaning against his fingers.
Watching Ratchet with curious eyes, the mech once again seemed to be thinking, and signed out, "Autobots."
The girl was silent for a moment as she contemplated this and then she rolled her eyes silently, stood up, and was about to ask about being let down, when she saw Ratchet tap his head where ears would be; if Cybertronians had ears that is.
The girl understood at once and she slowly signed out, "I can't hear. I am deaf, and it doesn't matter what anyone does, I won't ever hear. I never have, and I never will."
Ratchet's optics brightened and he seemed interested. For a moment it looked like he was about to question her when she felt the wonderful sensation of being picked up again, though this time she found herself in a larger, black robot's hand. She only had to look up at him to know that this guy was strong. He seemed to be saying something to Ratchet, and she gently poked at his hand with her foot in order to get his attention. The robot looked down at her, and she signed with her hands, in a slow pace, so he could catch what she was saying, "Please, tell me your name."
It took the robot a moment but he nodded, and silently mouthed, "Ironhide, kid."
Emma laughed a little after she deciphered what he said. She then pointed to the ground. The robot holding her nodded, and lowered his hand to the ground. There was only a slight moment of hesitation before she got off his hand. Then, much like a cat after it had been petted, Emma started to smooth out her shirt, brushing off imaginary dust. There was suddenly a soft touch to her shoulder, and the silent one looked up to see Sam.
"You're okay, right?" Sam asked, his mouth moving slowly. Emma nodded.
Only once Sam was sure she was okay, did he go back to talking to the Leader, and Emma let out a soft sigh. After she let out a sound, though Emma had no clue what it was, the world changed around them.
The world became a volcanic, metallic, destroyed thing, and Emma's mouth widened slightly in shock. She turned around startled by the changes. The minute she did, a part of Emma quickly regretted turning around when she saw a tall, frightening, robot of grey metal. In terror, she started to back up quickly, running into one of the Autobots' legs, shaking. For the first time while she was awake, Emma heard Allie's voice in the back of her mind.
'Easy Emma. It's just an illusion. Easy,' Allie called softly through the silent child's mind.
Only, Allie's voice didn't come from the mind, but more from the heart. Like something deep inside her was reaching out, trying to grasp Allie, and hold on tight; like a small child to their mother when they are frightened.
Despite how it felt, Emma was sure she was whimpering in fear, trying to get away from a horrible feeling that surrounded the illusion. The Autobots were shocked by her response, and the pure fear that was coming off of her from just seeing the illusion of Megatron.
"Hey, Emma...ow!" Sam said, touching her arm, trying to calm her down until she suddenly slapped him, her eyes wide with fear.
As soon as the silent child pulled away from her brother, she started shaking her head, shuddering. It was like she was trying to suppress a bad feeling.
"What's wrong with her Sam?" Optimus asked, though Emma couldn't hear him.
"I don't know. She's only been this scared when she's la-...late at night. Usually she screams, but whoever that was, he really frightened her," Sam stated, not looking away from his trembling sibling.
Slowly, Emma shook off some of the fear and signed, hands shaking from fear, "He will kill us all. He will kill us all. He cares nothing for life."
Sam looked confused at the strange reaction, but didn't get to dwell on it when Emma started to curl up on the ground, a whimpering huddle. Bumblebee quickly transformed back into his car mode, drove up, and allowed Sam to pick Emma up.
Sam quickly carried her to Bumblebee, and the protective brother sort-of dumped her into the backseat. Yet, during all this commotion, none of the Autobots saw that Ironhide looked a little worried; it came through his battle toughened mask.
Emma didn't notice anyone's worry though, she just curled up tighter, shaking. Slowly, blackness of the dream world over came, her. Only, Allie wasn't waiting for her like normal. She was waiting with a sad look.
"I'm sorry. My connection to you is passing over information, though only bits and pieces. Without the full picture, you're going to go insane, and I can't have that happen to my youngest daughter. Now, we'll start with before the war," Allie stated, and Emma made a face, knowing that this was going to be a sad tale.
"All right Allie," the child muttered.
Allie gave her a sad smile and wrapped her in a hug, blue light surrounded the two. "Next time you are asleep, I'll give you more, so be prepared," Allie whispered as she released Emma.
Emma quickly looked away from the other and looked up. Surrounding the two was a silver planet, which had many different giant robots walking around, going about their daily tasks. "This is Cybertron, before war destroyed it," pointed out Allie and then she shifted her gaze, "There's Megatron, the one that frightened you, and Optimus Prime, his brother."
Allie whirled around, and saw them, her jaw dropping slightly. This Megatron didn't look so harsh, and cut up, just like this Optimus didn't look as weary. In fact, they were surrounded by little robots. To Optimus's right was another bot, and on Megatron's left was a bot that made Emma hide behind Allie, a little frightened even though he seemed to be baring wings like a metallic angel.
"Optimus's right hand bot is named Jazz. The other next to Megatron is Starscream. He looked frightening back then, but he was really a scientist. A good one, till the war started." There was a moment of silence until Allie sullenly admitted, "Over me I'm afraid."
"A scientist? What happened?" Emma asked, her voice softer then Allie's.
"War happened Emma. War destroyed him, and shaped him into a spineless, power hungry, Decepticon," Allie responded softly.
"They aren't all bad, are they?" the silent child asked, and Allie shrugged.
"I don't know Emma. I've long since given up on the war ending peacefully. They really are a young race; older then your's, but still young. Eventually, they will learn war can never be the answer to what they seek," the mother answered.
Images of Cybertron, in peacetime, and years passed, closer to the time of war. With this all, Emma saw small changes in Megatron. Tiny, but she saw that Optimus noticed them too.
The child watched silently until the world of awareness called at Emma. "You better go. The glasses need to be found." Allie whispered.
Emma nodded, and allowed herself to awaken.
End Chapter
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