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The plane flight consisted of Leon clutching the seats and sitting rigidly for several hours while Ellie snored peacefully beside her.
The brunette was tempted to kiss the ground as she hurled herself off the metal contraption, but it was pouring rain.
Ellie grumbled to herself, opening an umbrella to try and prevent her copious amounts of hair from frizzing.
Leon's green eyes locked with the identical ones of her uncle and she scowled, turning to the dark man beside him. Epps held out his arms and she hugged him before she climbed into the military vehicle idling behind the two.
"Uncle Epps!" Ellie grinned, lowering the umbrella and sighing as the weather attacked, leaving her hair in a large poofy mess. "Nice to see you again."
The black soldier laughed, striding around the jeep to the other side.
"What no hug for me?" Will asked his niece as he got into the driver's seat. She glared, and turned away, watching the rain beat against the window.
"She'll give you the silent treatment until you bribe her." Ellie muttered as she pat his shoulder.
"Traitor." Leon growled.
The two men let out a laugh as they roared down the road.
Once Will had handed Leon a burger, fries, and extra large milkshake, she became more civil.
"So I have good news and bad news." The commander sighed as they pulled into a nice hotel.
"Shit." Ellie cursed, pulling her hood up as she stepped out.
"The good news is we'll be here for a few days."
"And the bad news?" Leon lifted an eyebrow.
"We'll tell you in a few days."
She ducked out of the vehicle, hefting the large bag by her feet over her shoulder and darting through the rain to the entrance, where the woman at the desk gave the a room key. The two men headed for the bar while Leon and Ellie went upstairs to sleep off jet lag.
"Epps, will you tell my bastard uncle that I'm going to castrate him? With a screwdriver."
"Sure!" Epps turned, brown eyes seeking out the commander across the runway. "WILL!"
He turned at the yell.
"LEON'S GONNA CASTRATE YOU WILL A SCREWDRIVER!"
Ellie snorted with laughter, patting her friend's shoulder as Will stared.
"I wish someone would just knock me out or something." She grumbled, staring down at the handcuffs attaching her to the chair she was seated on.
The mechanic had tried to bolt away from the large cargo plane carrying them towards Diego Garcia. Which was on the other side of the world.
Meaning Leon was going to be stuck in a plane...for a very long time.
She glanced up at Epps. "You wouldn't happen to have any rum on you? Or knocking-out meds?"
Ellie muttered something under her breath and then gave Leon a good punch to the head.
"What did you just do!?" Epps stared.
"I knocked her out. She'll hate me for a few days and then get over it." The young woman strode calmly onto the cargo plane and began strapping herself in.
Leon woke up with a pounding headache, stiff neck, and the odd sensation that they were landing.
"Mornin', Sleeping Beauty." Ellie chirped next to her, one of her headphones in.
"I'm on a plane, aren't I?" The brunette whimpered, clutching her head with her hand-cuffed hands.
Ellie nodded, jolting as the plane landed and began unstrapping herself and then her friend. Will sidled over and lifted the key for her handcuffs.
"You okay?" He asked his niece as he unlocked her.
She unstrapped herself, rolling her shoulders before punching him in the nose.
Epps roared with laughter.
"Never make me do that again." Leon barked, stomping off the plane. Will grumbled under his breath, straightening his broken nose and wiping blood off his face.
"She's got a good arm." Fig snickered, bolting past his commander.
Once everything had settled down, Epps led Ellie off down the hall towards the medical bay, and Will took Leon's tool box. He gestured for her to enter the hanger he had led them to first, and grinned when she stopped dead only two steps into the room.
"I get to work with these?" She asked, staring at the hanger filled with mostly sports cars, a custom painted Peterbilt, a Topkick, and two motorcycles.
"Yup." Will grinned, placing the tool box down. Leon's face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning as she darted forward, eyes glued on the bright red Ferrari before her.
"Ferrari!" She hugged it before spotting a silver Corvette and hugging that one too.
"Topkick!" She planted a kiss on the black truck, drawing a snicker from Will as he clapped his hand over his mouth.
Leon's eyes went wide, and she stopped dead. Will followed her gaze and wanted to beat his head against a wall. Of course it was the golden Lamborghini parked in the corner.
"So pretty!" Leon cooed, trailing her fingers along the shining metal as she strode around it, before popping the hood open. "Hot damn!"
Will coughed.
"Lots to see. Let's move along!" He grabbed her arm and ran from the hanger. Leon seemed a little dazed as he pushed her into the second hanger.
A red Chevrolet Trax, a green and black Beat, a lime green Hummer, and a very scratched yellow Camaro sat inside.
"My tool box." Leon snatched it away before running to the red Trax.
"I'll leave you to it then."
The brunette didn't notice him leave, half in the Trax's interior and fiddling with the radio.
She immediately cranked the music she had plugged in, threw her hair up in a ponytail and started fixing dents. There was a rather long scratch along one side, but luckily Leon had a small can filled with red paint in her tool box so she could fix it.
"GO GET IT! NOW! THIS IS NO WAY TO LEAVE AN INJURED PATIENT!" Ellie screamed, shoving her uncle out the door before running to attend to the still bleeding men before her.
"She and Ratchet would get along fine." Epps grumbled as he hailed another man to work for Ellie, before heading in Will's direction.
"How's Ellie?" The sandy haired man asked his friend, pausing by the corner of the hall.
"She's fine. Don't know about the guy I sent in there to help. She and Ratchet would be good friends. Speaking of Ratchet -and the Autobots in general- how's it going with Leon?"
"I took her to the hanger with Optimus first." Will chuckled. "She looked like a kid in the candy store."
"Did she? What happened?" Epps asked, following his friend towards the mess hall.
"Well, let's see." Will lifted his hand and began to count things off on his fingers. "She hugged Mirage and Sideswipe, kissed Ironhide's hood, and practically groped Sunstreaker before checking out his engine."
Epps laughed.
"Then I took her to Skidz, Mudflap, Bumblebee and Ratchet. I left her fixing Mudflap." He picked up a burger.
"Don't you think she'd be hungry by now? We've been here at least two hours, and after not eating all day..." He pointed to the counter with the burgers. Will grabbed one, and stuffed his in his mouth before leading Epps back to the two hangers.
Loud music blared from inside, and when the two men walked in they couldn't see their new mechanic anywhere.
Eventually they noticed a pair of legs underneath Bumblebee.
"Leon."
"SON OF A WHORE!" She smacked her head as she tried getting out from under the Camaro. The tanned female had a smear of grease across her right cheek. She chucked a rock over to the side.
"You hungry?" Epps lifted the tray in his hands. Leon stared at it before pouncing and attacked the meal with a moan.
"You have no idea how much I love you right now." She told him through a mouthful.
"How's repairs?" Will asked, tucking his hands in his pockets.
"The red one only had a few scratches and a rock the motor. The green one had a bunch of dents. The Hummer, as far as I can tell, is fine. The Camaro has a shit load of rocks in the gears. What the hell did you do to them!?"
"Egypt." Epps shrugged.
Leon sighed, standing. "Where am I staying?"
Epps motioned for her to follow him, and she did. The sound of shouting steadily grew louder.
"-this! Lord almighty! What the hell were you thinking!?"
Leon snorted stepping into the infirmary and slapping a hand over her best friend's mouth.
"Ellie, shut up. You're making everyone deaf. And you need a good nap." She dragged Ellie out the door, and Epps opened a large metal door for them after they'd walked down the hall awhile.
"This is kind of the only room we have available." He rubbed the back of his head, leaning against the horizontally sliding hanger door.
The room, although large, was simple. Two queen beds were pressed against the left wall and they were divided by a large cork board. Two desks were placed against the right wall, and in the far corner of the room was a set of stairs leading downwards.
Leon immediately sped down the stairs, examining the large closet and bathroom before climbing the stairs again.
"Well?" Will asked, eyebrow lifted. The girls shared looks, grabbed their uncles and shoved them out before slamming the door.
"Leon?" Ellie lifted her head from her pillows. The brunette glanced over her shoulder, hand on the door handle. "Where are you going?"
"Forgot my iPod." She gave a sheepish grin, scratching her head. Both girls, once they had put away everything they'd brought, had fallen into bed. "I'll be back in a bit."
Ellie nodded, head falling back down and soft snores following. Leon snickered, shutting the door quietly and retracing her steps to the hanger she'd been in earlier.
Leon opened the door and stepped in.
Her green eyes widened as they took in the red, green and yellow robots. They towered over her five seven height.
"Uh...hi?" The yellow one tilted his head. Leon screamed.