Chapter 6
Faking Death
Adrianna slept all night without waking up. She would moan here and there, but was very much fine. Luna was right next to her the whole time just sleeping like a regular cat. Optimus had moved in the room over to his desk where he sat in a chair and slept. He would check on the human female regularly making sure she was okay. When she finally woke up she saw Luna right next to her and smiled and groaned, "Good morning Luna."
Luna looked up at her and meowed and stretched. Adrianna chuckled as she did so and rubbed her tummy. Optimus opened his optics and saw that Adrianna was awake, but didn't approach her yet. He didn't want to scare her incase she had forgotten what had happened.
Adrianna suddenly looked up and looked around and looked to the corner where Optimus was at. She saw his blue fiber eyes glowing in the dark. Optimus slowly got up and slowly started to approach her. Her vital signs didn't indicate that she was afraid at all so he kept walking towards her. Luna crawled into Adrianna's lap and looked up at the giant robot approaching the two.
"Hello." she spoke."
Optimus sat down carefully on the bed and asked, "How are you feeling?"
"Much better than yesterday, but I've had better days." she replied.
Optimus nodded his head in an understanding way and said, "Well I'll go tell Ratchet you're up."
Adrianna just sat there and watched as Optimus got up from the bed and walked out of the room. Adrianna fell back down into the pillow she was on and looked up at the ceiling that was far up high above her. Luna climbed on top of her and started meowing at her face.
"What is it Luna?"
Luna meowed again and then she remembered Luna hadn't been fed since last night. She quickly got up from the pillow, but got dizzy and only succeeded in falling back into the pillow. The door suddenly opened and Optimus with Ratchet came in the room. She looked up at the giant robots and closed her eyes. She wished she hadn't gotten up. She didn't feel good anymore.
"Are you feeling okay Adrianna?" asked Ratchet.
"I did until I remembered I need to feed Luna and jumped up…now I have a migraine." she replied putting her hand on her forehead.
"I see. Well I can get Sam and Mikaela to go out and get your cat some food. What does she like?"
"Fancy Feast. She won't eat anything else." groaned Adrianna.
"Okay….I'll go tell them…Optimus keep an optic on her."
Optimus nodded his head and looked down at the little human resting on his pillow and then down at Luna who started to bite her.
"Hey don't do that." he exclaimed.
Adrianna looked up at Optimus and then at her cat and said, "She's fine. She does this when she's hungry or wants attention…in this case she's hungry."
"Isn't it painful?" he questioned.
"I'm accustom to pain, so it just feels like nibbles to me while other people would start slapping her for it. I don't. She just needs some loving…Okay Luna stop."
Luna looked up at her and then got off. There were no marks on her arm and she shooed Luna off. Luna meowed again.
"They're getting you food."
Optimus chuckled and she looked up at him and asked, "What's so funny?"
"Well it seems like you know what she's saying. Never met someone like that."
"Well…she's basically the only one I've got…my mother died in a car accident when I was just a little girl and my dad was a police officer and he tried to spend time with me as much as possible, but it was difficult. So I decided to I wanted to follow in my father's footprints and become a police officer."
"I'm sorry…so where is your dad now?" he asked.
"Well…one day there was a man in a building and he had hostages…my dad tried to go in and saved them…he got in fine, but when he got to the room he made a noise and the man shot my dad…my dad with a little bit of strength left he shot the man and he fell out of the window…my grandparents are already dead….both of my parents were only children….so…I'm basically alone except Luna keeps me company." she sighed.
Optimus looked down at his hands. He felt so sorry for the young female. She didn't deserve to go through all that. No one deserves to go through all that.
"I'm sorry." he whispered.
Adrianna quickly disregarded the apology quickly and said, "Its okay. So that's basically why I'm as tough as I am today…"
Optimus extended a hand and said, "Would you like to meet everyone around the base?"
"Could Luna Come too?" she asked.
"Sure." he replied.
The two quickly climbed into his hand and he carefully took them out of the room and started giving them the grand tour through the base. Optimus knew Ratchet was going to be mad when he got back, but oh well. He couldn't really do anything to him….but there was always that torture when he got hurt and Ratchet was going to take as long as he liked. Right when they turned the corner Ratchet came down the hall and into the room and said, "Okay Adrianna Mikaela and Sam are going…to….OPTIMUS!"
Optimus heard Ratchet's yell from the room and started to run. Adrianna grabbed a hold of Luna so that she couldn't be blown away. Adrianna started laughing as the wind was blowing in her face from the speed Optimus was running at. Optimus couldn't help but chuckle. Optimus finally slowed down the pace to a walk and walked into a room where all the Autobots were.
"Autobots."
All the Autobots stopped what they were doing and gave their full attention on Optimus. He walked further in the room and extended his hand and said, "This is Adrianna…she'll be staying with us for a little bit."
Bumblebee walked over and smiled at her and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you. Optimus has spoke of you how you are a police officer.
"He has?" she questioned and looked up at him and Optimus just gave a small smile.
Another came over…this one was a little shorter. He had an accent when he spoke to her.
"Hey lil' bitch."
"What did you just call me?" she asked looking at the short one.
"Um….I was just saying hi."
"Don't call me a bitch please."
"Um….okay….hey lil'…..lady."
Adrianna started laughing when he tried to think of something else to say.
"I was just playing with you. I'm Adrianna."
The silver bot started laughing and said, "The name is Jazz."
"That's a cool name…Jazz."
Jazz smiled and turned and looked at a bigger Autobot…this one was black and didn't look as friendly.
"Hey Ironhide buddy, someone wants to meet you." exclaimed Jazz.
"Okay…" he grumbled.
Ironhide started walking over to them and Adrianna was slowly shrinking in Optimus's hand. Luna jumped up on Optimus's finger and meowed at Ironhide. Ironhide saw the black cat and pulled out his cannons. Adrianna saw this and quickly grabbed her cat.
"No Ironhide."
"But sir…its one of those organic things those humans have and they lubricate all over you."
Adrianna looked up at Ironhide and started laughing. Ironhide looked down at Adrianna and asked, "What's so funny?"
"Its just I think you're thinking about the male cats or dogs…Luna is a female so you won't have to worry about her marking her territory." she laughed.
Optimus saw Ironhide's face go into a shock and then he yelled, "THAT LITTLE RODENT WAS MARKING HIS TERRITORY ON ME!?"
"Ironhide cool down." spoke Optimus.
Ironhide looked at Optimus and then down at the human in his hand and said, "You better keep that little rodent away from me. I don't care if it's a female."
Before Adrianna could stop Luna, Luna had jumped up on Optimus's finger and started rubbing against Ironhide. Adrianna and Optimus thought that Ironhide might blow a gasket. Instead he just stood there and watched the cat. Luna looked up at him and meowed. He looked at her funny and then looked at Adrianna and asked, "Wasn't she supposed to bark?"
"No. Luna is a cat not a dog. She only meows."
"Oh…well maybe it won't be so bad after all." he chuckled.
Ironhide lifted his head and extended a finger to the little feline. Suddenly there was a yell in the background and then the sound of stomping feet coming down the hall. Adrianna looked up at Optimus and he closed his eyes. He was in for it. The medical officer was mad and there was no way to cooling him down. Optimus turned around and faced a very mad Ratchet.
"Hello Ratchet." he spoke calmly.
"Don't say hello Ratchet me Optimus Prime. You took my patient away from your quarters so that you could talk with your war buddies?!" he yelled.
"No he wanted to introduce me. He didn't know you were going to be back so fast." spoke up Adrianna.
Ratchet looked down at Adrianna and then back up to Optimus and said, "She has to stay here."
"Why is that?" asked Optimus.
"Because her house is on the news and people believe she is dead…if she goes out the Decepticons will go after her and try to kill her again. It's better off this way." he sighed.
Adrianna looked up at Ratchet and then Optimus and asked, "So…what am I going to do here?" I mean…just sit here or something? I don't want to do nothing. I at least got to get some exercise."
"Once you get better you can do whatever you like."
"So that means you guys will give me a gun so that I can do some target practice?" she asked.
Ironhide then yelled in the background, "I LIKE THIS GIRL!"
Optimus turned around to face Ironhide just as he came running up to him. "Optimus please let me design a perfect weapon for her. Please."
Optimus looked down at Adrianna and then back at Ironhide and said, "We'll see."
"So everyone thinks I'm dead because of my house…have they checked it?" she asked.
"They said there was no body found, but some people had witnessed a giant creature attacking your house so people are looking for any giant metal creature that may have you." replied Ratchet.
"So if they find me with you they'll blame you." she whispered.
"That's why we need you to stay out of sight…you will change your identity when you want to go out…its just not safe with the Decepticons knowing you really aren't dead and your out there somewhere…they don't know that you know us….we want to keep it that way."
Adrianna laid down in Optimus's hand and looked up at her new giant robot friends. Ratchet reached a hand out for her and said, "I'm going to need to give her some more medicine just in case the poisoning is still there."
Optimus nodded in agreement and watched as Ratchet took Adrianna away from her. Ironhide and Jazz walked over and said, "She's a pretty tough human Optimus…you know….no more femmes…you could go looking at another species."
Optimus looked at Jazz and said, "No….I couldn't do that. We barely even know each other…besides she's probably taken already."
"But she's supposed to be dead remember? He won't know that she's alive." pointed out Ironhide.
"Yes, but she may still love him and I could never force someone to love me…she is beautiful in a human way…but I could never…." he looked at his comrades and shook his head.
He walked out of the room and walked to his room. Once he got there he laid down on his pillow and looked at the spot where Adrianna had slept last night. He smiled a little smile and closed his eyes. A few minutes later he heard the door open and he opened his optics to see who it was…when he saw he didn't see anyone he started to get out of bed, but was stopped by a small voice from the floor.
"You put your feet down here and I'll make sure you're haunted for the rest of your long natural life."
Optimus looked down and saw Adrianna with Luna in her arms. Suddenly the door opened again and Mikaela along with Sam came in with bags.
"Sorry it took so long…we kinda lost track of time." spoke Sam.
He took out a can of Fancy Feast and opened it up and set it on the ground. Luna quickly jumped out of Adrianna's hand and started eating the food they had brought her. Mikaela then came over and said, "We thought you'd be hungry too so we stopped by Burger King and got you something to eat."
"Why thank you. That was very sweet." She took the bag and started eating the food that was provided in it. Optimus watched as the humans talked on the floor and laughed and everything.
"So Adrianna…do you have a boyfriend?" asked Mikaela.
Optimus piped up when he heard the question and waited for her answer.
"No I'm single…my boyfriend and I broke up a while back ago…he would always come in my house when he knew I was sleeping. Then once we broke up he gets a new girlfriend…so basically he was a jerk."
Optimus's spark lifted when he heard that. He now knew he could at least have a chance with her…not now, but later on…He smiled and laid back down listening to the humans laugh and carry on. He lost track of time, but once they were gone and only Adrianna and her cat was left he looked down and asked, "Need a lift?"
"Yes please." she replied.
He extended a hand to her and then brought her up. He set her down on his chest and slowly fell asleep. Adrianna did the exact same thing and. Optimus put some covers over her to keep her warm and the rest of the night was quiet…peaceful and quiet.
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