As planned I met Kamrin the next day at the bench. We swapped different stories and he told me how some friends had gone into war.
"I hope they come home safely." I said with a worried tone.
"Me too," he said gravely. I patted his shoulder trying to comfort him in any way. He looked at me a little surprised but smiled.
"Everything's going to be fine." We talked until it got dark and I had to go home.
We continued meeting each other and I think I'm starting to like him! One day, though, he showed up late and looked depressed.
"Kamrin, are you okay? What's wrong?" I ran up and asked.
"I can't meet you here anymore." He said sorrowfully. It feels like a knife had been stabbed through my heart and twisted it.
"Why?" tears started well up in my eyes.
"Commander Starscream said-"
"Who's Starscream?"
"Scrap…" he mumbled.
"Kamrin what is going on?" he grabbed my arm and made me lean closer until his mouth was near my ear.
"My name isn't Kamrin. It's Knockout." He hissed. I backed up.
"What?" he looked around and sighed.
"Come with me," he said.
"I'm not going anywhere until you explain what's going on." I demanded.
"I can't tell you anything unless we're alone!" he growled. That shocked me; he never growled at me. My face must've shown it because he sighed and said, "I'm sorry, but you have to trust me if you want to know everything."
"Fine, but you must tell me only the truth. I'm tired of lies." I said and I followed him to his car. We drove out to the road where the street racing is held at night; right now it's like a ghost town. We got out and he looked nervous.
"Don't freak, and don't scream; just trust me, okay?" he said cautiously.
"I promise." I said. He disappeared suddenly. "Kamrin?" the car transformed into a huge robot standing straight up.
"My name's Knockout." I stared in disbelief. What is this some sort of joke?
"What are you?" I asked with a small voice.
"I am an advanced alien life form known as a decepticon. I come from a planet called Cybertron, but we had to leave because the war destroyed it. We are in war against the autobots." He said reluctantly.
"What's an autobot?"
"They look like us, except with blue eyes, but their views of the universe are much different than ours."
"Which side is safer for humans?" he didn't answer. "Well?"
"The autobots protect humans from us." He admitted. I started to get angry.
"So not only have you lied to me, but you're a decepticon out to destroy my race?" I questioned.
"This is why I never told you, you'd get angry and-"
"If you would've told me in the first place I wouldn't be so angry!"
"Shayla-"
"Leave me alone." I growled and started to walk back to town.
**At the Autobot Base nearby**
"Optimus we have a decepticon signal nearby." Ratchet said while looking at the computer monitor.
"What are they doing?" Optimus asked.
"It's just…standing there."
"Arcee come with me to see who this is." Optimus said while turning to her.
"All right a little action!" she said while punching the palm of her hand.
**With Shayla and Knockout**
"Shayla please listen, I'm not allowed to tell anybody about this! Starscream's most likely going to punish me by ruining my finish job if he finds out." Knockout said.
"Wow Knockout," I said shaking my head.
"What?"
"It seems like all you care about are yourself and your looks. Better get back to Starscream then." Just then a motorcycle and a semi-truck drove up. I turned to Knockout.
"Scrap…" he muttered.
"Friends of yours?"
"They're autobots!" Knockout exclaimed then transformed and drove off; that coward. They transformed and stared at me.
"Human, are you all right?" the semi-truck asked.
"I'm fine." I said.
"What should we do with her, Optimus?" the motorcycle asked.
"We can only take her to base and explain-"
"I know about the war and the decepticons and the autobots. Knockout told me you protect humans."
"That's shocking, he actually told the truth." The motorcycle said.
"That's really the only thing he didn't lie about." I muttered.
"I'll tell Ratchet to activate the ground bridge." Optimus said then walked a little ways away.
"My name's Arcee, who are you?" the motorcycle asked.
"I'm Shayla." I said. Optimus came back as a blue/green portal thing appeared out of nowhere.
"Let's go." Optimus said. They started to walk towards it but I hesitated. "Coming?"
"I knew Knockout when I went with him; I still don't know who or really what you are." I said.
"Would it help if I told you a few humans about your age are there and trust us as well?" Arcee said.
"What? Who?" I asked; they looked at each other.
"Come with us and everything will make sense." Optimus said. I sighed and followed them.
Mhm the awesomest decepticon ever is here! Ladies and gentlemen: Knockout! lol sorry he's my fave!