Chapter Two

Entering her apartment Tawnee squealed in glee. Rushing over to sit on the couch she took her new laptop out of the box and set it on the coffee table before plugging it into the charger. Knowing that she needed to let it charge for a while before she got on it she walked to the bathroom wondering what she wanted for dinner.

"I can't believe I got it," she murmured to herself, watching her refection as she put her hair in a high ponytail.

THUMP.

Tawnee froze. What was that? Always having be one to be easily spooked Tawnee couldn't help the goose bumps that rose on her skin. Had someone broken in? While being easily frightened Tawnee was also a fighter, grabbing the plunger next to her toilet she held it like a bat. Peeking her head out of the bathroom she looked around. Nothing. She knew no one had walked past the bathroom which meant they were either in the living room or the kitchen. Stepping out of the bathroom she walked toward her living room. Glancing into her kitchen she saw nothing. Okay, that left the living room and the only place to hide was on the other side of the couch. Slowly walking closer to it she realized there was no one there. What the hell? Wait! Her laptop was gone. Someone was definitely in her apartment and they had taken her laptop. She felt her body go numb as adrenaline pumped through her.

"Whatch'ya gunna do with that?"

She spun around faster than the blink of an eye. Looking down she only glimpsed that there was something there before screaming and swinging the plunger. She felt the plunger make impact with her and watched as her target hit the wall. Quickly she advanced to hit it again.

"Whoa! Whoa! Watch it!" It yelled in a scratchy voice. Looking at what she hit she couldn't believe her eyes.

"Wh-What? B-Brains?" She stuttered in shock as she lowered the plunger.

"You know me?"

"Wha- You're not real… "

"I'm here aren't I?"

"Were you my laptop?" Tawnee's surprise was quickly turning into anger and she quickly brought the plunger back up to swing.

"Are you gunna hit me if I say yes?"

"This can't be happening. It's a dream. Yeah, a dream," Tawnee tried to convince herself.

"This ain't no dream, darlin'."

She ignored him. "I've just been watching the movies way too much, I just need to lay off for a bit."

"Toots, you're not dreamin'."

"You're not real! You're a fictional character from a movie!"

"If I'm not real why is there a dent in your wall?"

She glanced at the wall. "Bu-but that doesn't make any sense… "

"I can pinch you if you want," Brains began walking toward her.

She got ready to swing, "Stay away!"

"Okay, okay just put down the weapon," Brains started.

"Promise to not attack me?"

"Promise," he said raising his hands in defeat. She watched him for a long moment before lowering the plunger and setting it on the ground. She sank to the floor never letting her eyes waver from the small 'bot.

"So let's say you are real, what were you doing impersonating a laptop in the Apple store? Why aren't you with Sam?" She asked. She couldn't believe she was referring to Sam as if he were a real person.

"With Sam? What do you know about my mission?"

"You're mission? You're supposed to be living with Sam and Wheelie."

"You know where Wheelie is?" Brains asked quickly.

"Well, yeah… Wait, you don't? What's your mission?"

"It's classified."

"Tell me or I'll do more than throw you into the wall with a plunger."

"Okay, okay… Sam was supposed to purchase me as his laptop so that I could find the shard of the All Spark he still has." Brains explained.

"You were quick to talk… Wait, he still has it?" Tawnee's brain went reeling. If he still had the shard that meant it was before or during the second movie. No! She mentally smacked herself, it wasn't real. This was all just her imagination, maybe she was going insane. So many years of being obsessed and she had finally tricked her brain into believing it.

"This isn't happening," she moaned.

"I just need his shard. If I don't get it they'll offline me."

"You're working for the Decepticons?"

"I don't exactly have a choice."

"You always have a choice," she spat back.

Standing up Tawnee walked over to the couch and sat down. Resting her head in her hands she went through the scenarios. This was appearing to be a lot like the many fanfics she had read over the years. If this was real and she wasn't going crazy the fact that Brains was still a Decepticon and trying to get the shard that Sam still had meant that they were somewhere in the second movie, if they were in fact following the plot of the movie . What if she was crazy though? Thinking about it she came to the conclusion that she was getting involved either way. If she was crazy then at least she was seeing her favorite characters and could be happy in her delusion. If she wasn't crazy? Then she'd been asking for Transformers to be real ever since she was little and she had no room to complain. She'd always wanted to be a part of this and she knew she'd be able to help.

Lifting her head she saw Brains had come to stand by her feet. "Okay, I'll make you a deal. I know where Sam and Wheelie are. If I take you to them let's just say you owe me."

"I don't know… How do I know you won't turn me into the Autobots?" Brains stated, crossing his mechanical arms.

"I guess you'll just have to trust me or you can find them on your own and when your Decepticon buddies find out that you didn't complete your mission you'll be offlined. It's no difference to me," Tawnee shrugged as she stood from the couch and began walking to her room uncaring.

"Alright, fine. How do you know so much anyways? You know my designation, Wheelie, you know about the Decepticons. You humans aren't supposed to know anything."

"I just do, I'll explain later. I'll go pack some things and then we'll leave."

Walking into her room she quickly changed into a pair of tight fitting jeans and a black tank top. Pulling her necklaces out from under her shirt along with her hair she noticed Brains eyeing her.

"What?"

"Is that an All Spark shard?" Brains asked quickly, pointing to her necklace.

"No, it's fake," she replied as if it was a dumb question.

Brains gave her a dissatisfied look. "Why do you have all this stuff? You have the symbols for Autobots and Decepticons everywhere."

"I have an obsession, okay? Let's just leave it at that. I said I'll explain later and I will but right now it's really not important," She responded as she reached under her bed and grabbed her bright blue backpack that had a giant Autobot symbol on it. Grabbing her cell phone charger, some jeans, a few tank tops and some socks and underwear she threw them in it before heading to the bathroom and throwing in her brush, deodorant and her toothbrush. Zipping her backpack up she walked towards the front door and grabbed her truck keys and cell phone from the kitchen counter. She stopped. Was she really doing this? She looked around her apartment, this was her home… Was she really going to leave all this to get involved in something that wasn't even supposed to be real? She looked to Brains who was standing near her feet. He looked real, too real. If this was happening… What if she died? Of course Sam and Mikaela always lived and the only ones to die were the Decepticons, Jazz and Sentenial Prime along with some humans.

She siged in contempt, she was doing this. If Brains was real so were the others and she couldn't live knowing that they were alive and needed all the help they could get especially from someone like her who knew what was going to happen, that is, if the movies were true. Plus she was too big of a fan to not at least try and see if it was all real.

"Lets go," She said to Brains who was now staring at her with his blue optics. "Wait, turn into a laptop so people don't notice you."

He gave her a skeptical look before Transforming. Something wasn't right about this girl she knew too much and he couldn't help but wonder where had she gotten all this stuff with their symbols on it? Once he had fully transformed Tawnee picked him up.

"Alright, once we get into my truck you can transform back," she explained as she left her apartment and rushed down the stairs. Going through the parking lot she quickly spotted her blue 1991 Dodge Dakota and made her way to it. Hurriedly putting in Brains she followed suit and they were on the California streets headed for Sam's college.

"So, what's your name anyway?"

"Tawnee, my name is Tawnee."

This chapter is a tad bit longer and I promise the farther I get with the story the longer chapters will become.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Transformers or any of it's characters. I only own my OC Tawnee.