Endlessly, She Said
Transformers FanFic
SideswipexOC
Chapter Eight
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The next day Alaina woke up at around ten A.M. Nothing had happened the day before, besides her eating her fill at dinner of all the fattening, bad-for-you foods s could find. After all, she was getting put on a diet the next day, so she wanted at least one more bite of pizza. Getting dressed in the same type of clothing she wore yesterday, and after brushing her long hair and her teeth, the formerly homeless girl set of to find Ratchet; she needed to see what foods she was supposed to be eating. Deciding that the best place to find the medic would be the med bay, she set off.
Sure enough, Ratchet was hovering over someone on a berth when she walked in. Moving closer and seeing that he was working on Sideswipe, Alaina moved into a corner of the room, trying to be inconspicuous. Of course, she didn't know about the Autobots' heat sensors or their sense of smell, so needless to say her effort was in vain. 'Sides was the first to say anything.
"Hey Alaina!" he gave her a small wave. "How are you doing?"
"I'm alright." She said hesitantly. Ratchet turned around to face her.
"Stand still, Alaina. I need to scan you again." The medic told her. After his scan, he printed off a piece of paper – where the hell from, she still doesn't know – and handed it to her. "This is a list of foods that you should consume, and please do not eat anything other than what is on this list." Here he gave her a stern look, making her nod vigorously. "Also, here is a list of vitamins you should take every day. They should be located in a cabinet in the kitchen."
"Umm, okay." The confused girl said, taking the list and looking it over. "So, everything I need will be in the kitchen, right?" She questioned, just to be sure. Ratchet nodded. "Alright."
"Okay, so why is the doc bot telling you what to consume?" Sideswipe asked. Alaina looked up at him.
"Because apparently I'm malnourished." She explained. "So he's putting me on a diet to eat healthy and gain some weight."
"Well, then I'll make sure she eats well, Hatchet!" The silver twin exclaimed.
"I don't need a babysitter, y'know." The topic of the conversation said, folding her arms across her chest.
"We know that." Sideswipe said with a grin. "But I still don't want anything to happen to you, so I'm going to be watching over you." She relented and sighed, knowing that he would still watch her like a hawk no matter what she said, or wanted.
"Well," Ratchet interjected, putting himself into their conversation. "I for one think that having Sideswipe look after you is a splendid idea. At least that way it will keep you both out of trouble."
Alaina grumbled to herself as she watched Ratchet give 'Sides all of the information on her file he had of her. Knowing herself, she could tell that pairing her with the silver mech was not going to keep the duo out of trouble. Not in the slightest; if anything, the two of them would get into even more trouble than the usual!
As Sideswipe memorized all information Ratchet had on his new charge, he couldn't help but feel extremely happy. Elated or ecstatic might be a better word for the emotion he was currently feeling. He, of course, had no idea why he would be feeling this way. It was only watching over a fleshy. But his spark liked that, so he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, why question happiness?
After all was said and done, the pair left the infirmary and made their way towards the kitchens. "So, what's on the list for breakfast?" Alaina asked, looking up at the hulking mech. Sideswipe reached down and picked her up in his hand without breaking stride; the girl squeaked and clung tightly onto his fingers. "Don't do that!" She screamed between clenched teeth, her heart beating a mile per minute. Sideswipe laughed and nodded.
"Whatever you say." He told her with a mischievous look to his optics. "But for breakfast, how does a bowl of high fiber cereal with a side of bacon sound?"
"Sounds good to me." She shrugged, not letting go of his stabilizing hand. After she had been set down and went into the kitchen, she noticed Sunstreaker start talking to his twin, looking pretty upset. Shrugging it off, she started to get her breakfast together.
"What the slag do you mean?" An angry voice right outside the door almost made her drop her bowl. Curious, she set said bowl down and creeped up into the door way, making sure not to alert the arguing people to her presence.
"I mean that I'm going to be watching over her from now on!" A bot she recognized to be Sideswipe yelled at the yellow Sunstreaker.
"Why? Why are you so adamant about protecting the damned fleshy?" She's just going to die anyway!" Sunny glared furiously at his twin.
"No she won't! I won't let her! Why can't you just understand that, Sunny?" Sides pleaded with his brother.
"Because there's no point to it! Why are you so fucking attached to her in the first place? As Alaina figured out that they were arguing about her, she briefly wondered where the 'bots had learned such language.
"Sunny, I have a bond with her! That's why." Realizing what he had said, and knowing now that he had realized the existence of the bond between them, Alaina gasped and both sets of optics immediately shot in her direction.
"Umm, err." She stuttered before bolting out of the door. She could hear Sideswipe stuttering behind her and Sunny trying to get through to him.
As she raced through the halls of the base, the distraught girl paid no attention to where she was going; therefore it took her by great surprise when she was swept up into giant metal hands for the second time that day. Focusing her eyes on the mech that grabbed her, she recognized Bumblebee. "Oh," She hiccupped, "Hey Bumblebee."
"What's wrong, Alaina?" His somewhat electronic voice asked. Ratchet had done extensive work on 'Bee's vocal processor and he could now talk for short periods of time.
"It's nothing, Bumblebee." She sniffed. "I just o-overheard a conversation between Sunstreaker and Sideswipe."
"What did they say?" The young bot asked, wondering what they could have done that would have upset her so much.
"Just that Sunny is mad at 'Sides for wanting to protect me and stuff, and then Sideswipe figured out that he has a bond with me, and then I ran away and now I'm upset because they're fighting and it's all 'cause of m-me!" She sobbed. 'Bee trilled in concern.
"Don't worry about them, Alaina. They're twins, it's what they do." He ran a comforting finger down her back. "Sunstreaker is just upset because he thinks that, since Sideswipe has a bond with you, he will be spending all of his time with you, and eventually forget about Sunstreaker."
"What? That would never happen!"
"Yes, but Sunstreaker doesn't know that." Bumblebee reminded her. She sighed and curled up in his large hand.
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"Sunny." Sideswipe said quietly. The yellow mech looked over at him. "Alaina. She's sad." His brother gave him a hopeless look as he said that. As much as he didn't want to admit it, Sunstreaker could feel the sadness seep into him like a disease.
"I know, 'Sides. I can feel her too." He muttered.
"What are we going to do now, Sunny?"
As the two brothers stood side by side, one came to a realization. He would fix what he had done. No matter what it cost him.
A/N: Well here it is! I'm TERRIBLY sorry for how long this took! Hope you enjoy.
-ZH