Endlessly, She Said
Transformers FanFic
SideswipexOC
Chapter Three
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Bumblebee raced through the Autobot hanger, heading towards the Rec room where Sam was finishing up his homework. Transforming quickly, he kneeled in front of his charge. The boy; now a senior in high school, looked up at his guardian with a grin.
"Hey 'Bee! What's up?" Sam asked, noticing how nervous the yellow 'bot seemed.
"I have a favor to ask of you, Sam." He said as he lowered his hand for the brunette to step into.
"You know that I'll do anything for you." The boy replied. "So what is it?"
"Well, there's a homeless femme, Alaina, that Optimus said could come stay here. I don't exactly know how to…approach her. I was hoping that you would come with me and convince her to come back here."
"Alright." Sam shrugged. "But why are you so set on going to get this girl?"
"I'm not quite sure." Bumblebee sighed. "But something in my spark tells me too."
"Alrighty then, let's go!" I need a good drive anyways."
With that, Bumblebee quickly transformed and opened his driver side door. Sam hopped in and the duo quickly left the base, 'Bee explaining the situation in more detail on the way.
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Ten minutes later, they had arrived in the part of town Bumblebee had seen her in mostly. They slowly drove through the streets, looking for any sign of Alaina. Five more minutes had passed and 'Bee finally spotted her sitting on the bench outside of that one guys' restaurant. He couldn't remember the name. Stopping, he watched as she looked up and her jaw dropped at seeing the same car she had been ogling earlier.
"Umm…Hey." Sam said after exiting. "My name is Sam."
"Uh…Umm…Alaina." She clumsily introduced herself. She was still in shock over the fact that she was seeing this car again. "Is that beauty yours?"
"Nah, he's my friends. Actually, he's also partially the reason why I'm here." Seeing her confused look, he continued. "My friend saw you earlier admiring his car. He also overheard you say that you would like clean clothes, so he got some for you." He gestured towards the outfit she had received earlier on.
"He…did all of this for me?" She whispered. He nodded.
"Yeah. It's just the kind of person he is. Anyway, he talked to his boss and wanted me to ask you if you would like to come back to the base with me."
"What?" She shouted.
"Umm, do you want to come back to base? You'll have a room, with clean clothes. There's a fully stocked kitchen, too." he persuaded.
"I…gimme a minute." She sighed. "It's not every day I get offered a place to sleep."
"And you can stay for however long you'd like." Sam mentioned. Alaina's eyes widened to their max capacity.
"Jesus Christ." She whispered. 'What do I do?' She thought nervously. 'What if he just wants to trick me, and kill me?'
'Well,' Her subconscious argued, 'what else do you have to lose? Nothing, so just shut up and go with him.'
"I guess I'm going with you." She said with a small smile. Sam answered her with a bright smile.
"Awesome! So let's go." He said. "I was hoping you would accept. 'Bee is miserable when he thinks he can't help someone." He told her.
"'Bee?" She questioned.
"He's my best friend, and the person whose car I'm borrowing." The younger boy told her.
"Oh~" She nodded in understanding. "Alrighty then." After getting into the Camaro and buckling her seat belt, Alaina allowed herself to get lost in admiring the interior.
Twenty minutes later, they were pulling into the hanger. 'Good god almighty.' Alaina thought to herself. 'This place is fucking huge!' As they exited the car, the two were approached by two people. One was 'Bee, a large grin on his face and dressed in a yellow t-shirt and black jeans. The other person was Optimus Prime's holo-form.
He stood taller than be at 6'4" and had dark black, almost blue hair that was cut short, but was somewhat shaggy. He also had bright, ocean blue eyes set in his nicely tanned face. He wore a black leather jacket over a blue t-shirt and dark jeans with work boots.
"Alaina, this is Ryan Prime, and 'Bee." Sam introduced. Optimus stepped forward to shake her hand.
"It's nice to meet you. As Sam has said, my name is Ryan Prime." She quickly shook his hand.
"Same here; my name is Alaina Huntley." She said softly. "Thank you very much for allowing me to stay here."
"It's not a problem." He smiled. "'Bee knows what he should be doing." She turned to the young holo-form.
"Thank you." She said sincerely. 'Bee shrugged.
"It's nothing." He said with a slight blush.
"Hey, can I ask a question?" Alaina blurted out.
"Of course." Optimus told her.
"Why the hell is this place so huge?"
"We are a military base." Prime laughed slightly. "We therefore need quite a bit of space in order to correctly function." He told her.
"Oh." She muttered. "Makes sense, I guess."
"Do you want me to show you to your room?" Bumblebee asked, the large grin never having left his face.
"Umm, sure."
The ecstatic Autobot happily grabbed her hand and began leading (aka dragging) her through the maze like halls of the base. He showed her where the Rec room and kitchen were on their way. Finally, he stopped in front of a nondescript door that looked just like all others they had passed. 'Bee opened the door and ushered her inside.
The room was small, with a twin-sized bed, wood dresser under a window, and a closet.
"Here it is!" He exclaimed. "And there is an attached bathroom, right over there." He pointed to another door, in the right corner of the room.
"Alright." Alaina nodded, feeling a little overwhelmed with the sudden, massive change in her life.
'I'll go get you some clothes, so I'll be right back!" Bumblebee said before rushing out of the room. Alaina sighed as she plopped down on the bed.
"Jesus, this is all so fucking weird…" She mumbled. "Who'd have thought that this would have ever happened to a poor homeless chick like me?"
"You're not homeless anymore." Bumblebee told her as he reentered her new dwelling. "And you're not poor, either. Oh, here are your new clothes." He handed her a small bundle, which she took carefully.
"Thank you." She whispered. "I don't think you could possibly understand what this means to me." She sniffed back tears. The 'bot, now knowing what exactly was happening with her, COMed Ratchet.
'Uh, Ratchet?'
'Yes, what is it Bumblebee?'
'I think the new human is broken.' He said as he sent Alaina's stats to the medic bot. He was answered with a sigh.
'Bumblebee, those are called tears. A human expels them from their body when experiencing an extreme emotion.'
'Oh.' 'Bee paused. 'So she's okay.'
'Yes.'
'Okay. Sorry for bothering you.'
"It's alright Alaina. It's what I like to do." He told her.
"Still," She sniffed, "thank you."
After the young man left, she hurried into the bathroom, stripping down and jumping into a hot shower as quickly as she could. She washed her hair three times before conditioning and she shaved with the provided razor and washed her face before getting out. After getting dressed, she fell onto the bed and fell asleep at once.
Waking up the next day, Alaina didn't recognize where she was. Confused, it took her a minute to reorient herself and remember the events that happened the day before. After remembering, she couldn't stop the large grin from spreading across her face. She had a place to stay, if only for a little bit.
Climbing out of bed and stretching, she went into the bathroom to shower again and dress for the day.
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Optimus Prime looked at his fellow Autobots with serious optics. "Alright, we need to keep our holo-forms activated at all times, and our alt modes parked inconspicuously." He told them. "She is a civilian, and does not need to become a part of our war."
"This will be a good opportunity for us to get accustomed to using our holo-forms." Ratchet answered, activated his own form. He was a man in his mid-30s with graying brown hair and serious blue eyes. He stood at 6'3" and wore khaki pants, a light yellow t-shirt, and black shoes topped with a white lab coat.
Ironhide also activated his, a 6'2" man in his late 30s with a deep tan that enhanced his dark blue eyes. He had scars littering his hands and arms, which were left bare by his plain black wife-beater. He wore worn black jeans and black combat boots were on his feet. His black hair was cut short in a typical military style.
"I'm still confused as to why the hell this femme needs to stay here." Ironhide grumbled.
"Because, she does!" Bumblebee pouted. "So try not to scare her off, please!" He begged. The weapons specialist huffed but relented.
"Fine, I'll just ignore her then."
"Good." Optimus said. "Now, the others should be arriving back from patrol soon, and I have already informed them of our new guest.
"Great. Now, I wonder how many repairs I'm going to have to do on those vile twins…"
A/N: Mmkay, here's the Third chapter! I just got back from shopping for 3 freaking hours, so I almost forgot to post it, but it's up! Please review and tell me what you guys think.
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Review, tell me what you think: Should I bring Jazz into the story, or no? PLEASE LET ME KNOW! Thank you guys so much for reading! I LOVE YOU ALL!
-ZH