Terrwyn p.o.v.
"Terrwyn, wake up." I vageuly hear a voice calling out my name.
"Terrwyn!"
A shake goes through my body as I lazily open my eyes. "Wha...?"
"Wake. Up."
Recognizing the voice, I peacefully glance up at my dad... Until I realize what happened.
With a shock, I sit up, giving my father a confused look. "I'm back home?..." Examining the surroundings, I realize I am. "I'm home!" And without second thoughts, I jump up at my father to hug him.
As he stays awkwardly quiet, I pull back to face him. "Don't tell me that was really a dream."
"It wasn't." He says calmly. Why does he never sound worried? Scared? Happy that I came back alive?
I sink back onto my bed, face saddened. I really thought he would react differently to me returning home safely. Did he want me to be dead?
He places himself on the edge of my bed, sitting down beside me. Even thought he hasn't any habits like playing with his fingers, looking around a lot, and all that kind of stuff, I know he is a bit nervous. Not like he would ever admit.
"Laserbeak told me about your punishment." My dad begins carefully. I had not expected him to talk about anything else.
I cross my arms. "I wasn't the one running away this time! I got taken away. How can you allow your clients to do that? Why do you work for them?"
"Because, I-" I cut him off.
"You knew they are going to rule the world?" I was angry if he did. But it just seemed... logical! It would mean he's listening to them out of fear.
After a long silence, he answers me. "...Yes, I know."
...So he DID know. Then why would he help them? Even if it was fear! I try to get up and run away out of anger, try to get away from all of this, yet the moment I open the door I see... the chicken! "Ugh!"
"Going somewhere?" His voice is malicious, but musical.
I throw the door closed again, not wanting to deal with the thing. I just wish I could run away from this! Run away and never look back! I wish I would have never been curious, and just gone to bed that night, like always!
From behind, my dad let his hands rest on my small shoulders. Right now, I really don't know what to do anymore. I would break down and cry, but that was something for little girls.
"We'll discuss this later. But until we do, I will not allow you to leave the house. Understood?" My father still doesn't seem affected by my behaviour. Doesn't he care his little girl is hurt?
Even though I want to protest, I automatically agree to it: "Fine."
"Good." He said, seeming somewhat stunned that I immediately listened to what he said.
The moment he let go of me, I silently walked to my bed, having to think this all over. Let it all sink in.
Normal p.o.v.
It had been a few hours since Dilan had left the girl's room. He wasn't sure how she was doing, and if it wasn't for the fact she might be sleeping right now, he would have checked already.
Walking through the room, he was thinking. About everything. He wasn't sure how to get Terrwyn out of this. All he knew was that she wasn't ready to deal with this yet. But if he didn't teach her about respect, The Decepticons would. The hard way.
~*Meanwhile*~
"Just a little further..." Terrwyn tried to prevent herself from looking down. Her bedroom window had been pretty high above the ground. "This is such a waste of my beautiful silk blankets."
With a splat her feet hit the ground. "Ugh! Now my designer boots are filthy!" Something she immediately forgot again, as she realized what she was actually doing. Escaping against her fathers will. Something she did way too often.
Terrwyn examined her surroundings, knowing exactly where security was located, and how to get out of here without being seen. She did it more often, right? What could go wrong? ...Well, the chicken could be watching. Somewhere.
"Stupid chicken. Ruining my whole life. And all my clothes!" She said angrily, perhaps a bit too loud. Luckily, no one seemed to have heard her.
"And then there's the jet! Who knows what that one is thinking!"
"Gould. I come to bring sad news..." Laserbeak faked to be compassionate as he made himself comfortable on the kitchen counter.
The man, who was just searching for something to eat in the fridge, glanced up at the Decepticon, expecting the worst. "What is it?" He tried to make his voice as strong as possible.
The bird hopped forward onto the table that was made of ebony, putting scratches in it with his claws. "Your dear Terrwyn has gone missing." His tone was still faked sympathy, and yet, he was glad he could punish the girl again for her insolence. She deserved to suffer.
Dylan Gould nodded, already expecting something like this. Yes, he was angry at her. Furious, even. But right now, he first wanted her to return home safely. The girl was turning into a problem, and Decepticons did not appreciate problems.
"She has one day to return before I'll bring her back." A threat could be heard in the assassin's voice.
"I understand." Dylan gave another nod in agreement.
Somewhere in space, far away from Earth, a ship flies to one of the planets in the milky way. As soon as the silver metal thing reaches the surface, it transformers into no one less than Megatron.
"Starscream, I'm home..." His fingers click as the last parts of his body transformer back into place.
Starscream makes his way through the ruins of their ship, the Nemesis, that crashlanded there years ago. As soon as he sees Megatron, he kneels before his master and replies: "Lord Megatron, I was so relieved to hear of your ressurection."
The leader grabs his second in command's chin, forcing him to look up, while making a scratch on the metal with his sharp claw. "You left me to die on that pathetic insect planet!"
Trying to safe his own aft, the seeker makes up an excuse. "Only to help spawn our new army! The Fallen decries it! After all in your absence, someone had to take command!"
Within a matter of seconds, Megatron had Starscream slammed against a pod with a hatchling in it, which crawls out onto the seekers back. "How dissapointing." The leader said displeased, while the other exclaimed: "Hatchlings, hatchlings. Careful, fragile!"
"Even in death there is no command but mine!" The leader let his second in command fall, before walking further into the ship, sitting on one knee as he looks at the remains of the Nemesis. He couldn't go any further here. It was like a cliff.
"My master, I have failed you on Earth. The Allspark is destroyed and without it, our race will perish."
Another robot, who was attached to a machine, glances at Megatron. "Oh, you still have so much to learn, my disciple. The Cube was merely a vessel. Its power, its knowledge can never be destroyed. It can only... transform."
"How is that possible...?" Megatron slowly makes his way to his master.
"It has been absorbed, by the human child. The key to saving our race now lies within his mind." The Fallen clenches his fist as he thinks about needing a human to save their race. A fragile, little human.
Megatron growls softly. "Well, then, let me strip the very flesh from his body."
"And you will, my apprentice, in time. For millenia I have dreamt of my return to that wretched planet, where I too was once betrayed by the Primes I called my brothers. Only a Prime can defeat me and now only one remains."
Megatron immediately realizes who he is talking about. "Optimus, he protects the boy."
"Then the boy will lead us to him and revenge will be ours." The old Cybertronian rests now the plan is decided.
"Yes..." Megatron agrees, as Starscream comes their way. They both look at the Seeker, who adds: "The boy will not escape us! We have him in our sights. Without more Energon, the hatchlings will keep dying!"
~*Back on Earth*~
Terrwyn sat in a cap, looking out the window at all the buildings that passed them. It surely was a big city. And right now, she was on her way to one of her friends who lived on the other side of it. Luckily, the girl had enough money for transportation, thanks to her dad.
She snorted, thinking about him. Her father had hidden so many things from her, and she wasn't sure if she could still trust him. It really wasn't nothing, having evil robots that want to take over the planet as clients. Why did he do this? Did he hate humans?
She laughed softly, making sure the driver didn't hear her. This was all just too weird. Evil robots, world domination. Sounds like one of those science fiction movies! Which she didn't watch, of course...
The car stopped right then. "We're here, miss." The driver stated, making Terrwyn get out and hand over the money to him. "Forget about the change." She told him, before walking to the huge building her friend had an apartment in.
A little while later, after she made her way up, she was in front of her friend's door. Knocking three times, she didn't get an answer. Odd. Her friend was always home around this time. She knocked again, but no response.
"Alice? You there?"
When she still got no reply, Terrwyn sighed and grabbed her cellphone. Where could she be?
The girl quickly selected her friend's number, then waited for Alice to answer the call. Which she did, luckily!
"Hey, Al, with me. Where are you?"
"Why? I told you I was going to college."
Terrwyn paused. "...What? No you didn't!"
"Well, I am. Sorry, but I gotta hang now. Boy to seduce at twelve 'o clock."
Then she just heard a peeping noise, indicating her friend had indeed hang up.
"Great. Thanks for being a good friend, Alice!" Terrwyn shoke her head as she put her cellphone away. She then leaned against the wall next to the door, her hand going through her hair. "What to do now, Terr? Sure you have more friends but they would all be busy these days!" She sighed again. "And the chicken is probably looking for me by now."
[] So sorry for not posting so long! D: I just have a lot of problems in real life so I either didn't have time or was too depressed to write!
Anyway, about the chapter: Eh... I tried to show you where we are right now in the timeline, exactly. Might clear things a bit up. And yes, Alice is the Pretender from Transformers 2.
I'm not exactly sure where to go with the story right now, so if you have any ideas, feel free to tell me. I know where I want to go, but not sure how to get there, yet. I'm also thinking about letting Terr meet the Autobots, but it just seems a bit too early.
I do need your opinion on this: is the story going too fast, too slow, or just right?
So yeah, please review! Tell me what you think, what I can improve, etc.
And thanks to all who did so far, who favorited the story, etc. Love you guys. X3 []