THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
A/n: this is mainly from Sam's perspective not point of view but perspective there is a difference.
Chapter 20: Meet the Deceptibots
The next day had Sam and Miles at the farm again. Mikaela could not make it because her father wanted to spend some time with her. After getting parole he wanted to spend as much time with his daughter as possible. When Mikaela told him about Sam and what Sam had done for her he was well pleased that she got someone that was willing to care for her.
In the meantime both of them stood at the farm eating breakfast with Marie.
They both found it strange to be sharing a house with a bunch of alien robot babies. Well they are older then both of them but they found that the kids are not bad.
Sam had to run a description of each of the children to himself saying that he had seen weirder.
Right next to him was one that strongly reminded Sam of that Disney movie about the run away robot that met a girl and became friends. What was that movie's name again…oh yeah! Short Circuit
That sparkling he found out could change into a laptop computer. The squarish head and overly large round red optics stared at him with amusement as he and another sparkling was practicing what Sam could identify as Martial Arts. The first of the sparklings with those owlish eyes had antennas come out of his head behind his eyes as his birdlike feet stared at him. The other which he could tell was an Autobot sparkling looked at him also and bowed. This one resembled Frenzy to some degree but the spikes on his head resembled a blue hedgehog with his blue color.
The only difference though was that this youngling being not only blue, but an Autobot made Sam and Miles laugh as he began to strum an air guitar. The other obviously a Decepticon was laughing with him as he too began to play an airborne instrument. Music started to play somewhere and both boys had to guess it was from the two of them as they pretended to play both the drums and the guitar.
The two of them stopped when Bumblebee transformed and laughed. They gave both sheepish looks and thought they have been caught until Bumblebee began to play a tune on his radio. Both sparklings looked at each other before they jammed to his tune. Laughing the Autobot did not feel anymore happier.
It was then that the door opened and the familiar Nokia phone that Sam remembered from back at Hoover dam. He was surprised to see the phone smile at him before dragging out a small duster and began to sweep the porch. Skeeter soon followed and Sam as he sat on the grass to observe them discovered the many differences between the two.
Skeeter lacked the horns that Scrappy has over his head and the holster that once held the gun that Scrappy had when he was born. The other difference was that Skeeter was not as bulky as Scrappy and looked a lot calmer. He also was the older of the two cell phones that much Sam could tell. Even though Scrappy was almost completely silver Skeeter is a lot darker with darker patches of rubber on him to show what kind of phone he is. Being military grade he was built tougher then most phones.
Scrappy was busy with his duster chasing some of the chickens with Skeeter trying to get him to stop and finish his job before they both get into trouble. Laughing Sam then turned to Miles and saw that the boy was staring at a car not too far from where they were standing. Bumblebee at the moment was talking to the car and the car transformed. He looked slightly like Bumblebee except that he resembled Jazz more. His blue frame marked with various stickers from his rear bumper and shining blue optics full of mischief yet shy at the same time.
This bot strongly reminded Sam of a cross between Bumblebee, Jazz and Barricade. The reason for this is that the youngling was bulky a bit like Barricade yet held the smooth features of Jazz (more noticeably in the feet) along with the chest and head features that says Bumblebee but he has mouth components unlike Bumblebee.
The strange sparkling began to talk about various things in Cybertronian. Sam knew a few words but could not speak them. A commotion was heard and Sam turned to see Frenzy holding a bigger broom and chasing Scrappy with Skeeter perched on his shoulder. Laughter could be heard and Sam turned to see Barricade leaning against the door to the old hanger laughing at the trio.
It was the first time that Sam really got to see Barricade in a new light. No longer did the Decepticon hold the anger and hatred that he normally sees, but instead he holds the happiness of a carefree guy. The other two turned to see 'Cade laughing before they saw what he was laughing at and began to laugh also.
Miles saw this and began to laugh at the antics of the smaller bots for the laughter was quite contagious. A shout was heard and Sam spotted Kekoa as he exited the house dressed in some Chinese clothes with a sword strapped to his back.
"Whoa dude what is with the Kung-Fu outfit?" asked Miles
"I have to practice every morning or else I will hear it from grandmother when I get back to Hawaii," Kekoa replied as he walked out.
"Whoa you mean you know Martial Arts?" Miles shot back happy to meet such a friend.
"Yeah, known it since I was little," replied Kekoa as he started with a few practice Kata and then pulled out his sword and began to do various forms with it.
Now both boys were stunned that Kekoa was doing some amazing tricks with it. As he practiced Sam was amazed that Kekoa did several leaps with it as well.
He could not keep his eyes off of him till he was done. When he was done the boy walked back into the house and returned after a fresh shower and some normal clothes.
"Damn Koa why didn't you tell us you are some sort of Jet Li or something," Miles said surprised as Kekoa emerged in a tank top and ankle high jeans.
"Well I don't like bragging Miles and you know it," he said and Sam could not help but notice that the boy was fit with an athletic build that most girls would swoon over.
As they walked towards the hanger Sam watched as Bumblebee was now in a deep discussion with Barricade and Frenzy and it seems to Sam that a sort of peace was made between the two. As he entered the hanger he noticed that there was nothing out of the ordinary there. Kekoa then walked over to the wall and hit a switch and the bottom moved out of the way revealing an elevator in the ground. Stepping onto the platform Kekoa hit a button and the ground sank beneath him and he and Miles were surprised by it.
As the descended deeper into the base Sam finally noticed that it was mainly an old bomb shelter. It was after they exited that he noticed the vast difference between the Autobot base the Arc and this base here. This base was built to be more homely with a videogame system off to the side and a massive television to house Cybertronian sized couches and various other things. But he also remembered that most of the Cybertronians here are just children.
As he walked further in he noted the sleeping areas and heard the sound of grinding metal and a welder going. Walking further he spotted Alex busy at work with another of the children he had not met yet. He found the Autobot Symbol on its wings as he worked on the still unconscious bot that they had brought back.
"Alright Rodan can you place that part right there," she said and Sam and Miles found that they both had been working on that Cybertronian.
"Hey cuz how's it going?" Kekoa asked as he led the other two in.
"Fine now I finally got him stabilized and the energon leaks to stop," Alex replied back.
Sam and Miles were taken back by Alex as she was covered head to toe in oil, energon, and grease. She strongly reminded Sam of Mikaela but a lot messier. He remembered Mikaela taking lessons with Ratchet on how to fix Cybertronians and Alex it seems is a natural. She climbed down from the large table and walked over to them. Now Sam could see the dark circles around her eyes as she approached them.
"Alex did you get any sleep?" Miles asked
"Nope, I had to work on stabilizing this guy all night with Rodan to help since his sister is out of commission due to that booster." She replied
"What booster?" asked Sam without thinking.
"Radon damaged on of her boosters when trying to catch me," said a new voice and Sam had to look up into the blue optics of what appears to be a jet.
"Hi my name is Rodan and the other jet that was mentioned is my sister Radon," he said smiling.
Sam could not help but smile back at this bot. He was strongly reminded of Bumblebee in a way but the difference being the obvious is the fact that this bot was grey except for when he moved in the light. When he moved a certain way Sam could see tints of red on him and when he got closer to shake Rodan's finger with his hand the pattern resembled bird feathers.
As he stared up at the Autobot sparkling loud music began to play and he turned to find the same two smaller bots that were playing earlier enter. It was the taller of the two who was playing the music. The song was Ziggy Marley's "Give a little Love," as they danced around the room. The song was blasting loud when Alex glared at them and the two stopped.
"You both know not to play loud music in the medbay!" she said with hands on her hips.
"Sorry Alex!" They both said and ran out and the loud music resumed.
Shaking her head Alex headed into the nearby bathroom and then when she got out she was cleaned of all the energon, grease and oil and she looked a lot more refreshed but very tired.
"Want me to take over cuz?" he asked
"No, let him rest for now I have to do some extensive surgery on him and when Radon wakes she can help me for now both Rodan and I have to rest," she said and walked out heading towards the rest areas.
"Um do you all know how to fix Cybertronians?" asked Sam
"Um most of us only know the basics but Alex has shown a special interest in the field so she learned more about it. As well as nursing and other medial fields for humans," replied Kekoa
"Wow isn't she young for that stuff?" asked Miles
"Ever heard of Doggie Houser?" Kekoa asked back
"Nope," was the reply from both boys
"Well I think I mispronounced the name but it was a TV. Show about a boy who was a genius. He graduated to become the youngest doctor in history and one of the best. Well in Hawaii there are some special summer school programs for children interested in the medical field since doctors are hard to come by there," Kekoa replied.
"What do you mean?" asked Miles
"What I am trying to say…" Kekoa began as they exited the medbay towards the living area.
"What?" the boys said
"What I am trying to say is that because of problems with the main insurance company many doctors are leaving Hawaii and that is causing a problem with the state on keeping doctors. Governor Lingle is trying to fix that problem and find a better solution in keeping the doctors we already have. Already there is a shortage of doctors." (That is a real issue here in Hawaii)
Both boys turned to stare at each other before looking back at Kekoa. Shouts could be heard from the living area and Kekoa shook his head as he entered and found Goliath and Rodan busy on the playstation. Sam had never met the white bot but he could tell that the white one changed into something huge and yet similar to Rodan. Compared to the other the white one was huge yet he played with the invisible controllers like nothing.
"Hey guys what are you screaming at?" Kekoa asked as he approached them without worry.
Both Sam and Miles saw the Autobot symbol on their bodies.
"That slagger there cheated!" yelled Rodan
"Did not!" replied Goliath
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!" yelled Rodan
"Alala Ukulele peanut butter jelly you are the biggest pit spawn ever…"
"SHUT UP!" a voice yelled and both turned to see Barricade at the door with Bumblebee.
"Sorry Uncle 'Cade," they both said
"What are you two grumbling about now?" he said
"Goliath cheated on our game," said Rodan
"Did not!"
"ENOUGH!" Barricade shouted and both cringed
"You two are supposed to be outside feeding the animals and instead in find you both in here playing video games now out with you!" he said and they both ran out the door. Sighing Barricade and a now laughing Bumblebee both walked in a plopped down on the couch.
"I take that back 'Cade raising all these sparklings is punishment enough," he said and the older mech turned and looked at the camero.
"Ha, ha very funny," he shot back
"Who was that big white one Koa?" Sam said as they climbed up onto the table.
"Oh that was Goliath he is the oldest one of the sparklings," he said
"Well Skeeter said there are ten sparklings and so far I've only counted eight," said Miles
"Artemis stayed home," was the reply
"Artemis?" said Miles
"Yep she did not come because she can't fly," said a new voice and all three turned to find Scrappy on the floor looking up in admiration at Sam.
"Um hi," he said
"I remember you from Hoover Dam," Scrappy replied
"I know you've told me that," Sam replied
"Yep, I'm Scrappy they called me that because I looked like a pile of scrap when they found me!" he said proudly,
"And the only Allspark born out of all of us," said Skeeter when he skittered up to them.
"Koa we are done with our chores,"
"Alright guys try not to fight on the game machines," Koa said and both of them instead went over to the chest set in the corner and started to set up the pieces.
Surprised by their choice in games the trio of boys walked back towards the medbay as the two older mechs began to talk again while watching T.V.
As they entered the bay the soft sounds of someone sleeping gotten both boys at an alarm. It was then that they noticed Zenith the Ford Focus fast asleep on one of the berths. Smiling Kekoa walked up to the shy Autobot and tapped him on the shoulder.
Even though Kekoa is smaller then the mech Zenith's optics lit up as he turned towards him.
"What are you doing sleeping in here Zenith?" Kekoa asked
"Alex asked if I could watch over the patient and I fell asleep," Zenith said rubbing his optics like a child would.
Sam was still stunned by all these Cybertronian children running around and knew he needed some time out for a bit. He slipped away and walked out towards the outside leaving Kekoa and Miles talking about random stuff as Kekoa headed towards the rooms.
As he passed one other room he noticed the same two bots he met earlier working on something and when he entered it was then that they took notice of him.
"What are you two doing?" he asked
"Downloading Anime," said the one that looked like Johnny 5.
"Cool," said Sam as he noticed that there was a cable that went from one to the other.
"Um I'm Sam, Sam Witwicky," he said introducing himself
"Names Sonic," said the Frenzy look alike
"Names Stitch," said the other
Sam noticed that both had the Decepticon on one of them.
"So what does a Decepticon and Autobot do when they are board?" Sam joked
"They cause trouble," said Sonic as he blasted Ziggy Marley over his speakers.
"Oh really?" replied Sam
"Yep!" they said and played a DVD to Sam's surprise it was the DVD of all of Trent's pranks that was pulled on him.
Then it hit him like a ton of bricks.
"YOU ARE THE ONES WHO PRANKED TRENT!" he said and they both laughed and high five each other.
It made sense now all the angles the cameras were at and all the pranks at where they struck and when. It made sense considering that even with the family asleep no one could sneak into Trent's house for that place is built like a fortress. But it could be broken into if you were already in there unsuspecting and not even the guard dogs that resided in the yard had a chance…if you are a highly advanced robot in disguise. Laughing to himself Sam then said to the bots with a smile.
"Thanks I owe you one," he said
The answer he received was not one he thought he would get.
"Nah we owed you for being so cool and for being Alex's friend. Besides no one hurts our friends and family that way so we had to strike back." Said Stitch and he laughed.
"By the way what are those symbols on your sides," Sam asked as he noticed them for quite some time.
It was the yin yang with the Autobot and Decepticon symbols on them. He noticed right away when Barricade and Frenzy had one. The thing that did not make sense to Sam was the phoenix outside the symbol with a dragon providing the ring of the Yin Yang symbol and strange Chinese writing on the inside.
"This is a symbol of what we are and how we are as one," said Stitch.
"Really?" Sam asked
"Yep it is out insignia we call ourselves the Deceptibots since Autocon is taken," said Sonic.
"Really? Oh yeah that's right the name of the annual car show," Sam smiled at the comment.
The two smiled at him and it was then that Miles poked his head in.
"There you are man! I've been looking all over for you," he said and the two smaller bots looked at him.
"Um Miles I want you to meet Sonic and Stitch two of the pranksters that got Trent good," he said and they gave him thumbs up.
"Really?" Miles replied and they nodded,
"He hurt our family and friends so we hurt him," Sonic replied.
Sam and Miles laughed as they joined the bots out and got a tour of the farm and Sam was amazed at the stuff they had on base as well as the farm. It was a real working farm and he was amazed to see the sparklings working at simple jobs and sometimes in excitement and much humor Bee worked with them. Barricade helped some what if he was not working for the police. Marie said that the job helps a lot with paying the bills.
It was a few hours later that Alex stepped out from the porch looking well rested and ready to work.
"How's it going Alex?" asked Kekoa as he rushed up to his cousin.
"Feeling much better," she said as she walked out.
"Still going to fix that guy?" he asked
"Yeah he needs to be worked on badly, but at least I got him stable and stopped the various leaks to his systems. But I need all the kids help if I am going to get this guy fixed. Mostly the smaller ones since there are some parts that I can't reach. Goliath said that he would go home to get the parts that I need and bring Artemis with him. I'll need her help as well," she said and Kekoa nodded.
"What about Titan?" asked Kekoa
"We'll need his help as well," said Alex
"In other words all the kids are needed?" Kekoa said as the other two watched.
"Yep," said a new voice.
They all turned to find a rather athletic looking six year old looking at them. She had reddish brown eyes and dark skin. Her Asian looks made her look very innocent but Kekoa and Alex knew better.
"Radon I thought you were taking a nap?" asked Alex
"Radon?" Sam and Miles said at the same time
"Yeah she is the twin sister of Rodan and a Decepticon," replied Kekoa.
"Radon why aren't you in medbay?" Alex asked
"I was board and even though my body is there resting I wanted to wonder around a bit. Besides I am a little behind and wanted to stretch." She said
"Well take care to make sure you don't hurt yourself anymore Radon bad enough your boosters got mangled trying to catch Rodan so be careful." Alex said as she walked away towards the medbay.
"By the way Radon since you are up want to help me fix the mech?" Alex asked
"Sure," said Radon as she disappeared in midair scaring both Miles and Sam at first.
"Well I will head towards the medbay see you guys around," she said as she walked away towards the medbay leaving Sam, Miles and Kekoa by themselves.
The three boys turned towards the opposite direction and Sam glanced at his watch.
"Damn we have been here for nearly four hours and it is lunch already?" he said and Kekoa smiled before leading them out of the base towards the house.
It was there they met Marie who was busy making lunch for all the human guests. The sparklings already got their daily energon and thus they are busy with other things.
When they entered the house lunch was already set. Marie has made an old Hawaiian favorite chicken katsu (even though technically it is a Japanese dish in Hawaii it is a favorite among locals,).
"Is Alex eating with us?" asked Kekoa as he bit down into his chicken katsu.
"No she ate earlier and took her lunch to the medbay with her," Marie replied
"Is that guy that bad off?" asked Miles
"Yeah it took Alex and the kids all night to get him to stop leaking. Now that he has stopped Alex is going to start repairing the massive damage to his chassis and around his spark casing." Marie said
"Damn I never knew she was a medic?" said Sam
"Well she was the only one in our family beside Lori who could tolerate the sight of blood and energon," replied Marie
"Really?" said Miles
"Yep," said Kekoa as he bit into his sandwich.
The rest of the day was pretty much uneventful as the three boys explored the rest of the farm while Bumblebee watched Zenith practice his balance by standing on a fence post without breaking it. That part has Sam wondering when Bee came to get them and take them home later that evening. As the camero drove off leaving Kekoa staring after them Barricade stood next to him.
"I thought you don't like Autobots?" he asked the Saleen Mustang.
"Zenith is an Autobot well technically he is neither but Bumblebee we thought he was the last of the younglings but we are now wrong. I had a long chat with him and made him promise not to tell Prime about the sparklings yet. I fear it is too dangerous if anyone outside found out," Barricade replied
"I sure hope you're right," Kekoa said
TBC