They had entered the great hall again, where the tall robots had gathered. Terrwyn's eyes had grown big. There were... so many of them. Yet they all seemed somewhat damaged to her.
The tallest one of all was blue and red colored... But wait, did he have tires? Yes, he did... More of them had. From what she could see... Would they also transform? Into cars as well? Just like that police car? Probably... Yet she wouldn't admit she knew! Not to them, at least!
"Miss Gould, meet the Autobots." Major Lennox stated as soon as they were right in front of the group of robots.
All of them were looking down at her. Some with odd faces, others angry, and some seemed excited. The guards around Terrwyn, however, kept a good look at them. Didn't want anything to go wrong now...
The biggest one of them all knelt down, and put his head close to the blondine, who took a few steps back out of fear and intimidation.
"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. It is an honor meeting you, Terrwyn Gould." He blinked once, which made the girl wonder why. They didn't have to keep their eyes wet or anything, right?...
"Eh, hi, Optimus whatever it was..." Even if her sentence was rude, it wasn't given in such a way.
A short awkward silence, but the robot knew what to say. "I hope you are doing well?"
"As fine as I can be, after being stuck in the same white room for days, and in these ugly white clothes. You know how terrible that is?!" The female crossed her arms, and gave him a small glare.
Men could be heard chuckling as they somewhat lowered their guard. Such a reckless girl, they thought... Had no idea what she was dealing with.
"I apologize for making you uncomfortable." Another blink. There was no real emotion seen on his face. Then again, the girl wasn't even sure if that was possible!
Gould let out a soft puff, making her hair fly up a bit before falling back down against her face. "Are you in charge of prisoners as well?" It sounded like it.
"No. But I have a say in it." The answer sounded, as he backed off a little with his head. To him, she was an odd human girl. Brave, but... foolish. She had much to learn. He wondered why Megatron could have chosen her to reveal himself to...
Terrwyn's lips left out a chuckle, her arms still crossed as she got a bit more confident. He didn't seem as violent as the Decepticons were... "You better make sure prisoners get better clothing. This isn't a science fiction movi-..." It actually began to look like one, so she kept her mouth shut.
Now it was the Autobots' turn to laugh at her. A silver one nudged a black and yellow one. What was that all about? Terrwyn raised her eyebrows at the others. "If you have something to tell me, you better do it right now."
Her confidence was building. These weren't violent, which meant she could speak up now! Well, for as long as they wouldn't try and hurt her... Maybe their patience wouldn't be forever...
"I was just tellin' him that you aren't the smartest girl around!" The silver one let out another laugh, as his hand was resting on the other's shoulder now.
Their leader stood up now, and faced them. "Sideswipe, we should show the human respect. She is still a youngling, after all."
"What, a youngling?! I'm not a youngling!" Another angry look crossed her face.
"How could we ever respect that?!" A very bulky one spat out.
Now it was Major Lennox' turn to speak up. "At least give her a chance, 'Hide." For the sake of their plan. She had to be made comfortable, not uncomfortable...
Terrwyn let out a deep sigh before turning to face the man. "Can I please call my dad now?..." Before she'd break down in some sort of way. Tears were already starting to form in her eyes. Again. How did she end up in this mess again?
"Yeah, that'd be a good idea." The tall blonde man answered as he began to lead the way for her. "Follow me."
Now that was better... The girl followed after him without question. Little did she know that Optimus Prime was carefully watching her as she left, being deep in thought about what this female was hiding from them.
"That Shorty seriously had an attitude, didn't she!" Mudflap stated as he nudged his twin brother's shoulder.
"Yeah! She kinda got me worried, bro!" He punched back. "Thought Iron Hide was gonna scap 'er for sure!"
"Ya should've seen his face when she went all rude on our boss!" A laugh followed after that.
Skids laughed along, "I was too busy wathin' her face!"
A grumble interrupted them, as the big black one turned to face them, anger obviously in his eyes. "Would you two be quiet?!"
"Someone's havin' a bad day!" Skids stated as he shrugged, and began to walk away from the weapons area. "Come, bro! We should go see if we can tal' to 'er yet!"
Mudflap hung his head a little as more distance came between them and Iron Hide. "Ah, they won' let her talk to us yet..."
"Hmpf." Iron Hide scowled as he went back to cleaning his weapons. "Fools."
"What is the matter, old friend?" Optimus stood before him, seeming to be worried and curious at the same time.
The weapon specialist glanced up from his work. "That girl means no good, Optimus. If she's had contact with the Decepticons, then who knows what she is capable of."
"I share your worry." The Prime spoke as his optics looked down at the ground for a moment, then back at his loyal friend. "But it would be best for her to see the our point of view. Perhaps it will change her mind of who to fear, and who to follow."
"I hope you're right, Optimus." Iron Hide stared at the twins for a moment. "After Egypt, nothing is certain anymore."
The leader turned his head to look into the same direction as Iron Hide did. "We all need time to recover. Time of which I am afraid, we do not have."
Once again, Terrwyn had been put in a room. This one without a mirror kind of window or anything, but once again with only just a table and a few chairs. Guards were inside, and she was patiently waiting for a phone.
Finally, William came back, and with a cellphone in his hand. He held it towards the blondine. "Here ya go."
"That took you long enough." Her hands quickly grasped the device, and it was almost like she practiced dialing the number. It was quickly done, and at her ear in no time.
Beep...
Beep...
Beep... "Come on dad, pick up the phone..." She demanded in an irritated voice.
Beep...
The men looked at each other. Didn't seem like it was going to succeed...
Beep...
"Dylan Gould from Hotchkiss Gould Investments. How may I help you?" The formal voice of her father spoke.
Terrwyn's eyes lit up. "DAD!"
"Sweetheart? Where are you?" Now his tone was worried. Very worried.
Tears formed in her eyes, though this time they were of joy and well... regret. "Dad, I missed you so much! I-I'm in this... military base. They won't let me go, b-but..."
Probably knowing this conversation would be recorded and all, he asked: "What are you charged with?"
Now, that was a question she could not answer. "I... I don't really know... Thought they had already called you... I ehm... They say it's... trespassing or something like that..." Yeah, Terrwyn was playing along. But that was mostly because she couldn't risk getting her father in danger. A threat from the Decepticons, did she dare speak about them...
"I'll get you a lawyer, alright?" Being the overprotective dad as always.
Lennox frowned a little at this. She would not be getting a trial for anything. As secret department, they had the right to keep her here for as long as they saw fit, seeing she entered the place without permission.
"Alright, dad..." That was why Terrwyn loved him so much. Always getting in action for her, even if she was the one who got herself in trouble.
"Miss Gould?" William carefully asked. "May I speak to your father for a moment?"
"Eh... sure." The girl moved the phone so she could see the screen, and turned on the speaker. "Dad, Major Lennox wishes to say something."
"Go ahead." The voice coming from the device said.
The major took a few steps forward, so he was closer to the microphone. "I'm afraid a lawyer would do no good. She will stay here for as long as we see fit. Of course, you will be free to visit your daughter. More information on this will follow soon."
Silence then followed. Until he finally spoke up. "Alright. I will await your call or visit, whatever it will be, before stepping towards the government, Major Lennox." Now Dylan was not happy at all.
"We understand your frustration, mister Gould." As a father, Lennox would understand.
Terrwyn leaned back in the chair and rolled her eyes at that. "Frustration? Do you have children yourself, William? Because that would be far more than frustration!" Or so she would hope. Nothing seemed to be sure now.
The major chose to ignore the comment, though. "You should finish your conversation."
"Agreed." The cellphone sounded, to which the blonde girl took it and turned off the speaker, then pressed it against her ear again. "Will you come visit me soon?"
"I will, sweetheart. Don't you worry, okay?" Father's way of telling her to stay calm and wait for him to rescue her from the bad guys.
Terrwyn sighed deeply, and gulped away some spit that was filling inside her mouth. "That better be a promise..."
"It is. I need to go now, but we will see each other again soon."
"Alright, dad... See ya."
The phone was hung up, but Terrwyn kept holding it against her ear, staring forward at the wall. Why again did this happen? How did it start? Perhaps it hadn't been a good idea to yell at those Decepticons. Now she was stuck here... But perhaps... it had always been their plan?
And now she was seperated from her father. The one man she could always rely on, even if they could seriously hate each other. It was bad enough he was gone so often. She told herself she did not care, and would not need him, but now the truth was showing. And the truth was... Terrwyn did need her dad. Perhaps more than anything. Losing her mother had been worse enough. Where were those robots then, hm? Perhaps they could've saved her from that illness...
She did not realize that tears were streaming down her face now. Two hands were put on her shoulders, which made her snap out of her thoughts and look up. It was Lennox.
Softly and gently, he took the phone from her. A few seconds later, his hans moved underneath her armpits to bring her to her feet.
Dead silence was all Terrwyn could give. Her mind was lost in a sea of thoughts. She quietly submitted to him, and walked back towards what had been her room for already days now.
[] Trying to give the story more of an emotional side now. Not the easiest thing to do! But Terrwyn is slowly growing up thanks to everything. Don't worry, she won't lose her attitude!
Okay, so... Autobots are harder for me than Decepticons are, so wish me luck... 3 Tips on their personalities are always welcomed!
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