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Chapter 6: What do we do now?
Three hours later, Lizzy woke up to soft voices. Lennox, Epps, her parents, and Jenna were talking. Lizzy sat up, half wishing all of this had been a dream. Maybe, she would have to get used to the fact that it really was real now, and that she would never "wake up." She stood up and walked over to the others, thankful she could still put off dealing with the Autobots. Attention, and praise was the last thing she wanted. She walked over and stood next to Jenna.
"Hey Lizzy." Her mother said, looking up. "You hungry?"
"Not really." She replied. "I'm still trying to wrap my head around all of this."
"I think we all are." Andrew commented.
"You should eat something." Jenna told her. "We've all eaten."
"Alright." Lizzy sighed.
Lennox and Epps nodded, and headed out the door. A few minutes later another soldier came into the room with a tray of food. He handed it to Lizzy and walked out. She was very relieved he didn't stay and ask her questions, although she could sense most of the soldiers wanted to. Pulling out her phone, she looked at the time. It was nearly seven. She hadn't eaten all day, and her stomach growled. She was hungry after all. Lizzy looked down at the tray and smiled. On it was steak, a baked potato, and breaded cauliflower. She sat down and ate it hungrily. Just as she finished Zanna, who had left a little while after Lizzy fell asleep, walked in.
"The Autobots want to see you." She said.
Lizzy took in a breath and nodded. She stood up and followed Zanna out, Jenna coming along to translate. Captain Lennox walked over to them and took up the lead. They walked through several hallways, all with extremely high ceilings. To accommodate the Autobots, Lizzy thought. Lennox lead them to a room and opened the door. Optimus, Ratchet, and Ironhide stood waiting for them, along with several soldiers going about their work. Lizzy paused, but Zanna gave her a quick smile and a light push. Sighing, Lizzy stepped forward and up to the Autobots. Optimus turned towards her first, making her breath catch and the butterflies in her stomach explode.
"Greetings," Optimus said, once she arrived. "My name is Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. You are Elizabeth Carter?"
"Lizzy." She replied, doing her best not to let her hands shake. "I don't really like to be called Elizabeth."
"We wish to speak with you." Optimus told her. "There are questions we want answered."
Lizzy gave a nervous, crooked grin. Just then, the hangar door opened. A yellow camaro with black stripes drove in. Lizzy bounced on her toes excitedly. Bumblebee was in her top three favorites. She had always felt as though she could relate to him. Both she and Bumblebee were unable to speak, and so had to find other means to communicate. Lizzy wanted to squeal, but had to resign herself to bouncing. Zanna and Jenna looked at her like she was crazy.
"What are you doing?" Zanna asked.
"Bouncing." Lizzy answered.
"Yes, I can see that." Zanna said. "Why?"
"I'm excited."
"Why? You seemed to be intimidated by the other Autobots. Why is this one different?"
"Because Bumblebee is the sweetest Autobot ever!"
Lizzy slapped both hands over her mouth in horror. Lennox, Zanna, Jenna, and every Autobot stared at her. Ironhide growled, shifted his arm into a cannon, and aimed it at Lizzy. Lennox, Zanna, and Jenna quickly walked to a safer distance. Lizzy backed away a few paces, but fell on her backside as she tripped on a wrench.
"This is the second time you have slipped up, femme!" Ironhide snarled. "You have explaining to do."
Lizzy stared at him, frightened. Optimus stepped forward and put his hand on Ironhide's shoulder.
"Ironhide." He said. "Put your guns away."
The mech looked at his leader, and quietly spoke in their own language.
"Optimus, this is the second time she's said information she shouldn't know." He said.
"We will find out her information eventually. But you know we do not harm the humans." Optimus replied. "Especially this one, we owe her much."
Ironhide gave one last growl, then shifted his arm back into and arm. He stepped back several paces and watched, along with Ratchet and Bumblebee. Optimus walked over to Lizzy, and crouched down. Her breath caught in her throat, and she had to turn away. Optimus frowned, and stepped back. He sent out his holoform. Lizzy looked up, and actually took in what he looked like this time. When she had seen his holoform the first time, she hadn't payed attention because of what had happened only moments before. Optimus had shaggy, but not unkempt, black hair. A neatly trimmed, black beard and mustache. His eyes were blue, like Ironhide's had been, but a brighter and kinder blue. He held out his hand to help Lizzy up, which she took.
"Is this better?" He asked.
"It might be worse, actually." Lizzy thought silently, but nodded "yes".
"Are you ready to answer some questions?" Optimus questioned.
"Not really, but I suppose I ought to get it over with now." She answered.
"When Captain Lennox, Sergeant Epps, and Ironhide were interviewing you and your family," Optimus began. "You informed your friend, Jenna, that they were operatives from a secret Government organization called, N.E.S.T. However, you were never given this information to begin with."
Lizzy ducked her head.
"And then, just a moment ago." He continued. "You announced the designation of one of my operatives, yet you and he have never been introduced. How have you come to know this information?"
"You're going to think I'm crazy; that the car accident addled my brain, or something. As a matter of fact, I'm not quite sure I believe it myself."
She paused and took a breath to steady her hands.
"I'm not from here." She managed. "I'm from a place where everything here, the Autobots and Decepticons and N.E.S.T are all just movies."
"Wait, wait, wait." Lennox interrupted. "Are you saying, that you from some sort of… alternate dimension?"
"I…suppose I am."
"What do these... movies, portray?" Optimus asked her.
"The first movie is from 2007. It shows how all of you came to earth, how you found Sam, the battle in Mission City, where you hid Megatron's body. Everything. The second movie is from 2009, which hasn't happened yet. And a lot of very bad things happen."
Lizzy paused and shuddered. Everyone was real, and that meant that everything that happened in the movies was going to come to pass. And people, and Autobots, were going to die. She sat down on the ground and curled up. It was finally starting to hit home. Everything was real. And she was the only one who could stop it all.
"Elizabeth, what is wrong?" Optimus asked.
"I… I can't…" Lizzy struggled to say what she needed to. "You all need to understand. You guys only fictional characters where I come from. But even then, it was so hard for me to watch the things that happened."
"You mean from the movies?" Lennox questioned.
"Yes." Lizzy answered. "And now that you guys are real, it is going to make it that much harder for me. The first thing you need to know, is that there are more Autobots coming."
"There are others coming?" Ratchet asked her, taking a step forward.
"Yes." Lizzy nodded, hoping she could be of some help. "Mudflap, Skidz, Sideswipe, Arcee, Flareup, and Chromia."
Lizzy noticed Ironhide perk up at the mention of Chromia coming to earth. She gave a quick grin. It seemed as though the fan fictions were right, Ironhide had feelings for the femme. Optimus turned at spoke quietly with his officers. Jenna and Zanna walked over to Lizzy and crouched down. Zanna looked at her with slight confusion, and Jenna looked at her like she was nuts. Of course, Jenna nearly always gave her that look, so it was nothing new.
"How the h*ll do you know those names?" Jenna asked.
"I already explained this." Lizzy stated.
"Yeah, the whole 'I'm-from-another-dimension' thing." Jenna snorted.
"How else would I know this stuff?" Lizzy questioned. "It's not like I'm some sort of secret agent, working for the Government."
"That sounds a bit more plausible than you're from another dimension." Zanna piped in.
"Your vote of confidence is overwhelming." Lizzy deadpanned. "So not only am I a secret Government agent; I'm a crazy, secret Government agent."
"Yeah, basically." Jenna replied, grinning.
Lizzy sighed, and shoved her friend's shoulder playfully. They waited for several minutes, then finally the Autobots finished speaking. Optimus walked over and sent his holoform out again. Lizzy swallowed, and the tips of her ears turned red. These Autobots were going to be the death of her. Jenna looked at her, then to Optimus, and began laughing. Lizzy hit her on the arm, and stood up. She walked over to him, making herself calm down.
"Do you know when our allies are arriving?" Optimus asked.
"No." Lizzy answered. "But Autobots aren't the only ones coming. Sideways, Soundwave, and a few lesser 'Cons are on their way."
Lizzy paused, wondering if they would believe what she would next tell them. Optimus took that as she was finished.
"Thank you Lizzy, we-"
"Those aren't the only ones coming." Lizzy said quickly. "You need to find the fragments of the allspark, and keep them safe."
"We have the only fragment of the allspark that was left under tight security, here on Diego Garcia." Optimus told her.
"First, it isn't safe." She stated. "And second, that's not the only fragment left. Because he shoved the allspark into Megatron's chest, a piece of it fell into Sam's cloths, which are at his house right now."
Bumblebee clicked and whistled, and looked at Optimus worried.
"And, speaking of big, bad, and ugly." Lizzy continued. "Soundwave is going to send two of his mini-cons, Ravage and Reedman, to steal the shard in Diego Garcia. And the Decepticons are going to use that shard to resurrect Megatron. And once he's back, The Fallen is going to come to earth, Egypt specifically, to power up a Sun Harvester."
"Megatron's body is hidden in The Laurentian Abyss, which is 17000 meters deep. It is the deepest point on earth." Optimus said. "As for the Sun Harvester, the only way to power up a Sun Harvester is with the Matrix of LeadershipAnd the Primes hid it away, where only they knew."
"The Laurentian Abyss is only 6000 meters deep." Lizzy informed him. "The actual deepest point is the Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Which is 10,911 meters deep."
Everyone stared at Lizzy.
"Ladies and Gentlebots, may I introduce to you Lizzy Carter, the human encyclopedia." Jenna deadpanned.
Lizzy grinned sheepishly, the tips of her ears turning pink.
"Any way, that's beside the point." Lizzy pressed. "In the second movie, the Decepticons found out where Megatron was and where the Allspark fragment was. They stole the fragment and resurrected Megatron. And The Matrix of Leadership was able to be found by Sam, Bee, Skidz, Mudflap, and Wheelie after they got a clue. And they were forced to find it because…"
Lizzy stopped in mid-sentence. She didn't know if she could say it. No, she knew she couldn't say it. It was hard enough back home, but now when everything was real? Lizzy knew it had to be the ten thousandth time that thought ran through her head. But it was hard coming to grips with it all. She glanced at Jenna, wondering how she was keeping so cool about it all. It was probably because she had never seen the movies, and found it easier to deal with than a fan girl like Lizzy.
She turned back to Optimus, and back to the conversation at hand. Lizzy dropped to her knees and buried her face in her hands. A single tear found its way down her cheek, even though she tried to hide them. Optimus knelt down beside her, and lifted her hands from her face. Lizzy sniffed and rubbed her eyes. She turned her face away from Optimus, but he cupped her chin and had Lizzy face him. However, she was determined not to look at him. Lowering her eyes, she stared at the floor as though it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"Elizabeth." Optimus said softly.
"She's not here right now, please leave a message at the beep." She mumbled. "… beep?"
Optimus chuckled and lifted her face a little more. Slowly, she lifted her eyes as well. And the tears came once more.
"Why are you upset?" He asked. "What happens?"
"Optimus," Lizzy said. "When Sam find his shard of the allspark he picks it up and gains a whole lot of knowledge. The Decepticons find out about that knowledge and they kidnap Sam and Mikaela to get the information. You, and a few others, go to rescue him. In the process you fight Megatron, Starscream, and two other Decepticons. You killed off the two random ones, and hurt Screamer. But Megatron… he stabs you from behind. And then he fires his cannon into your chest… and he… he kills you, while you're protecting Sam."
Jenna finished translating for her friend on a whisper. Lizzy curled up and cried. Optimus pulled her into his chest and stroked her back. Ironhide looked angry, Ratchet looked sad, and Bumblebee looked worried. Jenna and Zanna glanced at each other, with shocked and scared expressions. Lizzy could hear the hum of Optimus' spark, even in his holoform. It was comforting, but brought the stark reminder that if she didn't do something, it would stop. But Sam would find the Matrix and save him. But Sam would die in the process. Lizzy knew they both came back in the end.
Could she really stop everything from happening? It was through Sam's death that he and Mikaela finally said they loved each other. Was it really her place to stop the hand fate dealt? If it wasn't, then what was she doing there? And would she ever get back to the time and place she knew? She was sent there for a reason, and she would find out what it was. But a new thought struck her. What if she was there on accident? What was she to do?
A/N: I'm sooooo sorry this took so long to get out. I was in a slump with this chapter, and wasn't sure what to write, and didn't want to write a crap chapter. You awesome readers deserve something much better than that. But then I saw "Dark of the Moon" and it gave me my muse back. I only have one thing to say about it. So. Much. Awesome!
The part about "The Human Encyclopedia", that is entirely true about me. Ask me about basically anything, and I'll tell you so much detailed crap you never even knew before, that your head will probably spin. A bunch of my friends call me that, and will ask me stuff just to see what all I know. But they regret it when I'm still talking about it ten minutes later... my ears also turn red when I'm embarassed. lol
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