AN: Okay, chapter four! Finally some autobots! I'm trying to wait a while for the big reveal. I don't want to rush the story, especially when the romance comes in like wayyy later, so most of it will probably be very slow. Sorry if you don't like that! Anyway. REVIEW MY STORY PLEASE! :) Thank you, my little charges!
CHAPTER 4: Arrival
Today was the big day. After kissing their parents goodbye and double-checking their luggage, Katie and Alex boarded the plane to the unknown location. Considering how neither of them had ever flown before, it was an... interesting experience. Katie spent most of the time praying and rocking back-and-forth in her seat, where Alex just sat there with her earbuds in. It's strange that she was the one that always had those damn things in her ears considering Katie was the one that was more into music. Oh well.
When they finally landed at the N.E.S.T. base, Alex's iPod touch was almost dead at about 20% battery. She still, however, refused to turn off the music. It calmed her nerves and right now she needed calming. They had gotten off the airplane earlier and were on a helicopter to the base. Apparently they had landed, because Katie began shaking Alex's arm violently, scaring her half-to-death. For the first time in a long time, Alex didn't even pay any attention to her best friend. Instead, she climbed out of the chopper and tried to hide her excitement.
She could tell Katie was just as estatic as she was. The base looked huge from the outside, so there was no telling how it looked on the inside. There were several soldiers lined up about fifty yards from where they were. Dang this looks so professional. As the soldiers began to walk toward them, another song came on.
You wanna play, you wanna stay, you wanna have it all.
You started messin' with my head until I hit a wall.
I guess I should've known.
I guess I should've known.
The upbeat music fit her changing mood perfectly. It reminded her of a scene in a movie where the person would step out of the vehicle and look around as a teenybopper tune played in the background. But she didn't mind. Ever since she was little she wanted her life to be like a movie. She had finally got it. Maybe this trip wouldn't be so bad after all.
That you would walk, you would walk out the door, hey!
Said you were done and met someone and rubbed it in my face.
Cut to the part, she broke your heart, and then she ran away.
I guess you should've known.
I guess you should've known.
It also reminded her of her ex-boyfriend. She had met him at the beginning of the school year and he asked her out almost instantly. He was the athletic type, so she had no idea why he even wanted her anyway. After a while, he ended up acting like a jerk and always starting fights. When he left her she was devistated. But then he got a new girlfriend, so Alex told the girl how he was. The girl broke up with him because of it, and Alex felt rather smug about the whole situation.
That I would talk, I would talk.
He had texted her about a week ago, asking if he could have another chance. Ha! Like that would happen! She cursed him out and deleted his phone number.
But even if the stars and moon collide, I never want you back into my life.
You can take your words and all your eyes.
Oh, Oh, Oh!
She couldn't help feeling like, that by doing this, she was running away from her problems. But, in all honesty, they weren't really problems. And even if they were, that wasn't why she came here. She came here to have an adventurous summer with her best friend. And no bad memories were going to ruin that.
I really don't care.
"Nice to meet you, ladies. I'm Colonel William Lennox. I'm the guy in control of most of this base, so if you need anything, don't hesitate to come to me." a tall built-up soldier with short brown hair stated.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Katie."
"I'm Alex."
"Okay, you guys are gonna be here just helping out a little. Nothing major, just errands and assisstance." Lennox explained, "We have some really awesome guys here and I really think you're gonna love 'em."
"I'm sure all the soldiers are great." Katie smiled. Lennox smirked before turning to lead them into the base. They walked around a few seconds listening to lennox talk before they heard something that interested them. "-and this area serves as the main hanger." he said. As they walked through the gigantic area, Katie and Alex's jaws dropped.
All through the hanger were the most amazing cars they had ever seen. Without waiting for Lennox to say another word, the girls sprinted off to get a closer look. In the far corner there was a golden Lamborghini Diablo and a silver topless Corvette Stingray. Beside them were three motorcycles, one blue, one purple, and one hot pink. There were several racecars in the back and a bright green Chevy Beat sitting next to a red Chevy Trax. The plane of vehicles seemed endless. Katie looked to the opposite where there sat a silver 2009 Chevy Volt, a red Ferrari 458 Italia, a Lancia Stratos, and several more vehicles. There was a line of large metal shelving on the right wall with a laptop and a toy car sitting on it along with some tools and other stuff. There was a large jet near the back of the hanger and in the very center there was a giant Peterbuilt semi with red and blue flames. Surrounding it was a large black GMC Topkick, an H2 Hummer that looked like it was equipped for search and rescue, a silver Pontiac Soltice GXP, and a yellow 2009 Chevy Comaro with black racing stripes.
Katie ran over to the Comaro. "Ohhhh my gooosh! I've always wanted one of these!" she said, giving the car an overdramatic hug. "This is my favorite type of car! Can I drive it?" she asked, turning her attention to Lennox. "Uh well..." he began to answer her, but was cut off by Alex. "These cars belong to the military, Kate, why would they let us drive them?" she said.
"Actually, you might get the oppertunity to drive them later." Lennox finally spoke. Katie stuck her tongue out at Alex who rolled her eyes. Katie ran over to the semi next. "Woah, you're a big boy." she said then turned to Alex, who was laughing at the statement. "Not like that!" she said snidely. She stood up on the side of the semi near the door looking in at its interior. "Nice leather. I didn't know truckers had it this good." she said.
Meanwhile, Alex walked around looking at the vehicles in awe. Why would the military need this many fancy cars? she thought. She walked up to the Topkick and smiled sadly. It reminded her of her father's black Dodge truck for some reason. She hadn't seen her dad in forever, so she didn't even know if he still had it, though. She opened the door and got in. It was nice in there, unlike her dad's truck that had trash in the floor and dents and scratches on the dashboard. Gah, it looks like they never drive these. She looked around to see what everyone else was doing and found Katie pretending to drive the Corvette Stingray on the other side of the room. She laughed and then exited the truck. Next, she went to the semi Katie had been so astonished by. "Wow, you really are a big boy." she giggled remembering the previous sexual referrence.
At the front of the hanger, Colonel Lennox shook hands with a dark-skinned man. "Good to see ya, man. These the new girls?" the man asked. "Yeah, caught the dark-haired one drooling over Optimus." he whispered. They both laughed. They had previously agreed to not tell the girls about the autobots until they were atleast a little more settled in. Plus, it would be hilarious to see the look on their faces when they found out the truth after embarassing themselves around the "vehicles".
Alex walked back over. "Um hi." she said, at the sight of the african american. "Alex, this is Sergeant Epps. Sergeant Epps, this is one of our newest arrivals, Alexis Monroe." Lennox said. "Nice to meet you." Sergeant Epps extended a hand for Alex to shake. "You too." she smiled after accepting it. "That's my friend Katie. Katie, this is Sergeant Epps." she said as her friend walked up. "Nice to meet you."
The men had showed Katie and Alex to their room. They had to share one, due to the fact of being short on space, but the girls were totally fine with it. It was a large and simple room, with two full-sized beds, two night stands, a table and chairs in the far corner, two closets, and a window overlooking the hanger. As they unpacked their clothes, they put them into the closets, and put their various knick-knacks like laptops, Alex's drawing supplies, and Katie's clarinet in the proper places. "Soooo... What'd'ya think?" Katie asked. Alex was quiet for a few minutes before saying "I wonder if they'll let us drive one of the cars?"
"Pleeeeaaaase, Colonel Lennox!" Katie begged the soldier. She had been doing this for the past five minutes, but all he had done was look at Epps who stood beside him and try to hide a snicker. "What's so funny, anyway? I don't get it!" Alex was beginning to get upset. Why were they laughing? There was nothing funny at all. "Fine." Lennox said, still hiding a laugh. Epps looked at him, surprised. "You can drive ONE of them. But stay close to the base, and don't be too long." The girls were estatic. Of course they wouldn't take too long, as fast as most of these cars probably go.
"So which one you gon' drive?" Epps asked, as the four of them walked down some metal stairs into the hanger. Katie looked at Alex and then back at Epps. "I dunno." Katie said. "I say we go for the Topkick!" Alex added. Lennox's eyes widened. Of course they'd pick that. "But I like the semi!" Katie retorted. "The comaro's cool too!"
Alex looked around. "The gold and silver ones over there are probably the fastest." she said, poiting to the Lamborghini and the Stingray. "But I've always wanted to ride in a Hummer." she mentioned, pointing to Ratchet. "Can we take the jet over there?" Katie asked. Lennox gave her a look.
"Can you fly a jet?"
"No."
"Then no.
Alex was still contimplating which vehicle to choose. "Now, some of the vehicles still aren't fully functional." Epps stated. "They need a few more minor repairs."
This confused Alex as to what had happened for them to need repairs, and considering there wasn't a scratch on any of them. Katie returned to the conversation. "Does the Comaro need any repairs?" she asked. "No." Lennox said. Katie looked at Alex, who in-turn grinned at her. "We wanna drive that one."
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