To Learn or Not to Learn Ch3

It's all fun and games until somebody gets shot in the leg!

-Armageddon

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The first thing at five in the morning the next day was that there was a loud explosion, followed by various voices saying random things.

"What was that?!"

"Are we gonna die?!"

"What's going on here?!"

"Is the military attacking us?!"

Meanwhile their guardians were trying to calm down their charges by saying that explosions inside the ship, and everything else that they might see during their stay as charges, were considered normal first thing in the morning. Prowl got up out of recharge after the explosion to the ship wide com. system that was installed after the incident with the Cybertronian equivalent of TNT and said,

"Everyone, this is completely normal. This is just a wake-up call of sorts that usually happens at least once a day, perhaps more than once. Forgive Wheeljack for his inventions."

At the end of the announcement, there was a faint "Sorry!" near the med bay, and Prowl let go the little button to the intercom. He turned around to see his mate and Molly looking at him. He sighed, moved toward the berth, and lay down next to them. Molly looked between Prowl and Jazz with sleep infused eyes and asked,

"What was that about?"

Jazz chuckled and poked her side. "That was Wheeljack, our resident engineer and inventor, Molly. Don't touch his inventions, and ya would be good to go."

Molly squeaked when Jazz poked her side. "How do people always know my name? And please don't do that!"

Jazz frowned. "We hacked the government. And what, this?" He poked her side again.

This time a giggle came out with the squeak. "Yes, that!"

Jazz smirked when he realized why Prowl and his charge didn't want to be poked there. It was one of her ticklish spots!

"So do you mind if we do this?" Prowl asked sweetly, feeling the excitement through his bond. He took Molly's flip-flops off and threw them over the side of the berth. Then he pinched her left foot gently between his thumb and forefinger. Molly shrieked with laughter at that sensation, and even more when Jazz blew a little raspberry on her stomach.

"No!! Not there, not there!!! No fair!! Cheaters!!!" Molly yelled while immobilized with laughter. "Come on!! I can't breathe!!! Please stop!!!"

This continued for another few minutes until Jazz said,

"We'll stop, if only you say why you kept running away from homes."

"Never!!!"

"Then the torture shall continue," Prowl said.

"Ok, ok!! I'll talk!!" Molly squealed. The two males let her up and she began.

"It's because none of the homes, besides the home with the homosexuals, never ever, ever, ever, ever felt right."

"Why not the homosexual home?" Prowl asked.

"Because they were really fun, and they understood kids really well," Molly stated as matter factly as a six year old could.

"So why did ya leave?" Jazz wondered.

"Because it was a temporary home. The government found some of loophole thingy that made the home a pit-stop for us foster kids." Molly said.

Prowl immediately knew what she was saying. "So you ran away because the families that had you were not the family that you were looking for, correct?"

Molly nodded her head. "Uh huh. But I don't want run from you."

Jazz looked at her curiously. "Why don't ya want to run from us?"

"Cause you're like the pit-stop home, but I want to stay forever."

"Oh. Last thing, why weren't ya scared of us when ya woke up?" Jazz asked.

"Cause the first thing that you wanted to know was if I was okay. Only someone would ask that if they really cared."

Jazz smirked. "Good, cause it's time for another tickle torture!"

Everyone thought that the end of the world was coming because Prowl was laughing and the quarters were sound-proof.

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(Before the Wheeljack announcement)

Miles woke up so fast that his mother would have been shocked. Unfortunately his wakening was whip-lashed by the fact that he was still pinned under a giant hand attached to a mech called Beachcomber.

"Beachcomber! Come on! Let me up! What's going on?!" Miles cried out.

"Chill, man. It's just Wheeljack. We got a joor left for recharge, dude. Let's take it," Beachcomber said.

Miles sighed. "Okay."

Within minutes, they were fast asleep.

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(After the Wheeljack announcement)

The first thing Sam did was ask were the bathrooms were. The radical yellow and black bot pointed him in the direction of where they were, and said to hurry. Sam hurried, and began to chew out the bot.

"Who the hell are you?!" Sam asked.

"I am Bumblebee, Autobot scout. Who are you two? All Optimus showed me were your pictures and said to learn from you."

Sam and Mikaela were shell-shocked. Them, teach a giant alien robot about Earth? No way!!

"Are you serious? You took us from our home, our family, and you want us to teach you?!"

Bumblebee shifted, and said, "We didn't exactly kidnap you, and as far as your parents know, you all are on a trip with a bunch of officers and that you would be back by the beginning of the school year."

Mikaela looked like someone told her that her dad was getting out of jail early. "Are you saying that we don't have to deal with annoying jocks for the whole summer, and that we get to hang out with alien robots?"

Bumblebee nodded and said, "I have a mission that concerns the both of you. I am to protect the both of you from Mrs. Witwicky if she ever finds out that we lied to her."

"Thank you!!!" Sam said with relief.

"We don't have to go yet, but we need to head to the rec. deck in around a joor to meet Optimus and his mate," Bumblebee continued.

"Okay, so we best get intros in. I'm Samuel Witwicky, but call me Sam." Sam started.

"I'm Mikaela Banes, but Mikaela or Mickey is fine," Mikaela said. Bumblebee somehow smiled a gentle smile despite barely having a mouth.

"So, why are you on Earth anyways?" Sam asked. Bumblebee looked downcast, and began to tell his story. In the end Sam and Mikaela learned that the Allspark, the cube that gave them life, was destroyed and gave them directions to Earth. He also said that they sent an Autobot that defected from the Decepticons about several hundred thousand years ago. They hadn't heard from him since, after he gave directions to them via comm. link.

"You sure that he made it to Earth?" Mikaela asked.

"How else did we find you, using a map?" Bumblebee teased gently. Then he grew serious. "The Autobot that came here was named Jetfire. Don't confuse him with Skyfire, Skyfire is white and is staying as a Valkyrie class jet while Jetfire is an Earth jet of some sort. We also know that he's somewhere near us. But that's pretty much it."

"So you're saying that one of your teammates is lost on Earth and you have no clue on where he is at the moment. Is that right?" Sam ventured.

"That's pretty much it." Bumblebee nodded. He checked his chronometer to see that it was time to go to the rec. room. He lowered his hand and said,

"It's time to go to the rec. room. It would be wise to be in my hand, so that you wouldn't be accidently be stepped on."

"That would defiantly be bad!" Mikaela agreed with a small giggle. The two humans hopped onto Bumblebee's hand and were displaced onto his shoulder. Bumblebee then left his quarters to go to the meeting.

After several turns and an elevator later, Sam and Mikaela were seriously lost in the ship. But they meet up with other bots along the way. And what a bunch they were!

First, they met up with Tracks with his charge, Raoul, who was a mechanic too. They were arguing about the engine rates of different models and how good they looked. Mikaela saw no interest in him, seeing that she had Sam as a boyfriend. Then they saw a group of bots that look like flyers, but one seemed to have trouble staying focused in the conversation. He kept bumping into doors, walls, and just about anything. Finally, Bumblebee chuckled after seeing their bemused faces and told the kids, "It's okay, that's just Fireflight. He's always like that, don't worry. Those are his brothers, Silverbolt, Slingshot, Air Raid, and Skydive."

They continued on, meeting slightly taller than human Communications Officer Blaster, his symbiotes Steeljaw, Ramhorn, Eject and Rewind, Security Chief Red Alert, and mates Inferno and Firestar.

But when they entered the rec. room, they arrived to mass chaos. Three 'bots that looked like fliers were surrounded by the other bots, and the three 'bots were putting up with the laughing, crying, and slapping in a friendly manner by the bots. Random voices rose up from the crowd.

"What took you?!"

"What happened?!"

"When did ya arrive?!"

"And why are Soundwave and his creations with you?!?!"

Many more questions came up while Ironhide, Chromia, and the Lennox family entered with Blaster, his symbiotes, and Technical Sergeant Robert Epps with his guardian Hound and his mate Mirage. Will brightened at seeing his best bud from the military. Then Trailbreaker came in with his charge…

"FIG!!!" Will and Epps yelled in excitement.

"Mis amigos!!" Fig called out.

Eventually everyone, including Miles and Beachcomber along with Prowl, Jazz, and Molly, was in the rec. room. That is, everyone except one.

"Where's Wheeljack?" Ratchet asked over the crowd. Silence. Then, BOOM!!!

"Wheeljack to Ratchet," came over the ship-wide com. system.

"Ratchet here. What exploded this time?" Ratchet responded.

"The new cannon that would disable the 'Cons thrusters and weapons' systems. My leg was torn off in the process of the explosion."

Ratchet sighed, unbelievably. "I'll be right there."

He left the room. Will, Epps, and Fig looked at each other and Miles said, "I remember a movie that has a very appropriate quote for this."

Sam and Mikaela groaned. "Don't do it, Miles!"

Miles did it. "The guy said, 'It's all fun and games until somebody gets shoot in the leg!'"

All the humans groaned while the Autobots looked confused.

Finally, the leader, Optimus Prime was the name that the humans got, came out after Wheeljack's leg was reattached and Ratchet wasn't fuming. His mate, Elita One, stood at his side and Optimus' magnificent head nodded.

"Welcome. May I introduce to our human charges our best spies?" his voice rumbled while his hand swept to the three fliers that everyone crowded around.

"These are our best spies, Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp."

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A/N: Did anyone except that?! There's a reason that the Cons are there!!! Til then!!