"Blizzards can go step on a Lego, for all I care," I grumbled as I snuggled deeper into my blanket.
"What?" Bumblebee asked. "What does that mean?" He was flying planes with Sari at the moment, and almost all of his attention was on the plane.
"It means I don't like blizzards," I explained. Then something in the base started going off.
"Security sensors are picking up increased Decepticon signals," I heard Prowl tell Optimus. "Activity levels are higher than anything we've seen on Earth."
"Could be they're getting ready for an invasion," Optimus said.
"Incoming!" Ratchet yelled, using his magnetic pulse to destroy one of the planes that was flying rampant through the base.
"Hey!" Bumblebee exclaimed. "You made me lose!"
"Yeah, what was that for?" Sari asked.
"We're a little on edge, Sari," Optimus told her. "The Decepticons are mobilizing for a full-scale assault."
"And we're suppose to defend the entire planet how?" Bumblebee asked. "I hate to be a downer here, but five of us against all of them? The odds aren't exactly in our favor!"
"Uh, hello, am I invisible?" Sari asked. "I make six."
"Hey, maybe the Dinobots can help!" Bulkhead exclaimed. Then the whole room went silent, except for my giggling. I couldn't help it!
"The Dinobots were destroyed, weren't they?" Optimus turned to Prowl.
"You told me you were gonna tell him," Bulkhead said to Prowl. "He told me has was gonna tell you!" he said to Prime.
"Tell me what!" he was pissed.
"Go on, it's Prime, he'll understand," Bulkhead told Prowl.
"Well," Prowl started, then told him the whole story. Yep, Prime was pissed.
"You stole the Dinobots and took them to an island?" he screamed.
"Technically, I 'rescued' the Dinobots," Prowl clarified. "I sensed a spark in them. We're programmed to protect life, not destroy it."
"The fate of the Earth and Cybertron hang in the balance and all I have to command are a bunch of undisciplined, insubordinate malfunctions!" Optimus screamed.
"You might want to go a little easier on the young bots," Ratchet told Optimus.
"Well, maybe it's not a bad thing, what Prowl did," Bulkhead said. "We could use it to our advantage! I mean, they kind of owe us."
"Bulkhead, Lilly and I could go to their island and ask for help against the Decepticons," Prowl added.
"Fine, but I'm coming with you!" Prime told him sternly. "To make sure the job's done right this time. Mistakes are something we can't afford. Too much hangs in the balance which is why we need better security measures on every level, starting with the key."
"What?" Sari exclaimed, looking up from her plane.
"It's not safe in Sari's care anymore," Optimus continued. "And Sari's not safe either. We need to guard it from here on out, after all, it's not a toy."
"It's not fair," Sari said. "It's mine! The AllSpark chose me! And I've done a pretty good job protecting it so far!" She turned the key out of her plane, and it crashed into Ratchet's head. "Oops."
"I think that proves my point!" Optimus told everyone. "Sari, the situation is getting too dangerous. Besides, this isn't about you, it's about our future," he held out his hand for her key.
"No, I'm in charge of the key, it's my job, not yours," Sari held her key tight. Oh, gosh. Dah-rah-mah! Get it? Drama?
I feel like that was a lame joke. . .
"Ratchet," Optimus said, motioning him to take Sari's key from her using force.
"Prime-" he started.
"That's an order!"
"Huh," he said as he took Sari's key from her.
"No!" her eyes teared up. "Why don't you trust me? I trusted you!" she ran away, crying.
"Sari!" Bumblebee yelled after her. "What's your damage, Prime? Sari's been here for us since the day we got here. She's a part of the team!"
"Considering your own history of mistakes, Bumblebee, I wouldn't exactly call you a great character witness," Optimus snapped at him.
"Is that right?" Bumblebee glared at him. "Well, let me tell YOU something, Boss Bot! Considering the fact that we're stuck on this planet, outnumbered, with no idea of how we're going to beat an army of Decepticons that could attack at any second, I wouldn't exactly call YOU a great leader!" he yelled in his face. "I'm gonna find Sari," he stomped off. I just sat on the floor, wide-eyed at all of them.
"Bumblebee, get back here!" Prime ordered.
"My God, Optimus!" I exclaimed. "What's your deal? You are acting like a real afthole, you know that? You should never yell at a girl in anger! Especially a child! Do you get what you just did? Sari just ran away, and Bumblebee had to go after her! I know for a FACT that he won't find her! Just because you are in a bad mood does NOT give you the right to yell at people!" He just stared at me while I yelled all of this from the floor. Yeah, not so smart to yell at a robot that is twenty times stronger than you...
"Bumblebee, return to the base immediately," Optimus COMMed 'Bee. "We have more important matters to deal with!"
"More important than our FRIEND?" I heard Bumblebee reply.
"Bumblebee, get back here now. That's not a request, that's an order!"
"Let the kid go," Ratchet told Optimus.
"Since when is insubordination acceptable, Ratchet?" Optimus questioned him. "We have a job to do here, and we're suppose to work as a team!"
"Don't be so hard on them, Prime," Ratchet told him. "We've all been fighting a good fight."
"I know, we've all been pushed to our limits," Prime agreed.
"NO FREAKING DUH!" I exclaimed, throwing my arms in the air.
"But we can't just stand around making excuses," he continued, ignoring my last comment. "Not if we're going to survive! Ratchet, take the key and head for the ship. We need to protect the AllSpark just in case the Decepticons decide to make a move. You three," he pointed at me, Prowl and Bulkhead. "Show me this 'Dinobot Island'."
"A simple 'please' would suffice," I grumbled as I got on Prowl. I was silent the whole way to the island, and when we finally got on the island, I was silent on Prowl's shoulder as they walked all around looking for the Dinobots.
"We've searched almost every inch of the island," Prime complained," and still no sign of the Dinobots."
"Maybe they left," Bulkhead said.
I felt the ground shake, and held onto Prowl's shoulder plates to keep my balance. Behind us were all three of the Dinobots.
"Do. Not. Fear," Optimus spoke robotically. "We. Come. In. Peace."
"Intruders!" Grimlock shouted as all of them transformed into their robot-modes. "Dinobots destroy!"
"Something else you forgot to tell me?" Optimus growled at Prowl.
"Let me handle this," he said, handing me to Optimus. "They know me."
"I think you've done enough damage," he spat. "We've come to talk!" he said to Grimlock, handing me back to Prowl. "We will not hurt you!"
"I'm not a hot potato here, no need to hand me around!" I said to them as I settled on Prowl's shoulder.
"Dinobots hurt YOU!" Grimlock exclaimed, pulling out his flaming sword.
"Hold your fire!" Prowl yelled. "Grimlock, stop! There is no need to fear us! We helped you defeat Meltdown, remember?" I shivered at the sound of that nasty man's name. He was by far my least favorite person in this dimension!
"Meltdown?" Optimus asked Bulkhead.
"Don't ask," he said back.
"Cycle, tiny human and car robots good," Grimlock said. "Truck robot bad!"
"Truck robot good," Prowl corrected.
"Not so much today," I muttered so softly that I doubt Prowl heard me. But, he did.
"Our friend," Prowl added.
"Hmmm, friend?" Grimlock wondered, looking at the other Dinobots.
"Evil forces are about to invade this planet and destroy everything in their path," Optimus explained quickly. "If we want to survive, we must join forces and fight them together.
"Dinobots not need robots to fight!" Grimlock said. "Dinobots destroy robots!" him and all the other Dinobots transformed back into their dino-mode.
"In case you haven't noticed, Dinobots are robots!" I laughed.
"What?" I heard Optimus exclaim. "How?" Yep, he just heard about the key being stolen.
"See?" I looked at Prowl. "You take something from a girl and put it in an old mech's hands, the old mech loses it."
"It's not important now," I heard Optimus tell Ratchet. "Just get to the ship and protect the AllSpark! We'll meet you there!" he turned to us. "Let's roll out."
"But... What about the Dinobots?" Prowl asked.
"Looks like we're on our own," Prime told him as we all started walking away from the Dinobots.
"So, Boss Bot, what do we do now?" Bulkhead asked.
"I'm not so sure anymore," he said. "Every decision I've made today turned out to be the wrong one. Maybe Bumblebee was right, maybe I'm not cut out to lead this team."
We were all quiet the whole way back to base. Till Bumblebee COMMed Optimus.
"Bumblebee, it's Prime, what's your status?"
"Decepticon attack at Sumdac Tower," I heard him say. "It begins with a 'star' and ends with a 'scream'."
"Well, this day just keeps getting better and better," I heard Prime grumble.
"No dip, Sherlock," I rolled my eyes as Prowl drove on the ice as we headed towards Bumblebee's location. "We all know Bumblebee won't wait for backup. I know for a FACT he won't!"
And I was 100% correct. He DIDN'T wait for us, and was being attacked by Starscream by the time we got to the tower.
"Is that Starscream?" Prowl said as soon as we got to the tower. "With Bumblebee?"
"I guess he didn't listen to you," Bulkhead told Prime.
"Yes, it's becoming quite a habit," Prime spat. The whole tower glowed a bright red, and I had to shield my eyes. When I heard the explosion, I looked up to see Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. Oh, joy!
"Is that who I think it is?" Bumblebee asked no one in particular.
"How is that possible?" Prowl wondered.
"Two words; Sari's key," I groaned as Megatron flew down to us. Bulkhead tried to hit him with his wrecking ball, but Megatron chopped it off. In fact, every move they made, Megatron threw them in different directions. Prime had to take two kids and tell them to run away from there, but I stayed hidden from everyone. I could see them, but they couldn't see me.
"Lilly!" Prowl shouted. "Where are you?"
"Ugh," I groaned. "I'm here!" I shouted as he tried to hit Megsy. Megatron held him down with his foot, his sword out and ready to strike.
"Aw, hail naw!" I shouted as I got out of the bushes. Wait, did I really just do that? Yah, I'm gonna get myself killed AND mess up the timeline. Very smart, Lilly! I was lucky Optimus hit his sword with his own axe!
"Looks like you're gonna have to wait a little longer!" Optimus yelled as he ran towards him. They fought just like in the episode, only it was more real from my perspective.
"Do your worst, Megaton," Optimus growled. "I'll never give up the location of the AllSpark!"
"I don't need you for that, Autobot," Megatron growled right back. "The child's key will lead me straight to it!" he grinned evilly.
"NO!" Optimus screamed as Megatron slammed him to the ground. Bulkhead and Prowl were already on the ground, too weak to move too much.
"To me, my loyal Decepticons!" Megatron called to the tower. Lugnut, Blitzwing and Starscream flew down to him. I ran back to my hiding place, where I could see everything. Megatron shocked Starscream, supposedly offlining him, but I know he didn't really. I felt someone grab me and run away. I looked up to see Prowl holding me.
"Uh, hi?" I whispered.
"Hello," he said. I looked beside him to see Optimus and Bulkhead. They raced into the tower, where I saw Professor Sumdac.
"Oh, this is all my fault!" he exclaimed.
"You had nothing to do with this, Professor," Optimus assured him.
"But I did!" he said. "I rebuilt Megatron."
I buried my face in my hands. I took my hands away, and saw blood on them. "How am I bleeding, I wasn't even in the fight!"
"You have a cut on your forehead," Prowl told me.
"Yeah, I got that," I said. "But how did I get cut if I wasn't in the fight?"
"I'm sorry, that might've been me," Prowl ducked his head low. "When I grabbed you."
"It's okay, Prowl, I've had worse," I patted his knee.
"We need to keep Megatron from getting his hands on the AllSpark," Prime announced.
"How? I'm so banged up I can't even transform into a trash heap," Bulkhead said sadly.
"And without Sari's key, we don't stand a chance against one Decepticon, let alone three," Prowl stated. After that, I passed out. Just like Prime said, 'this day just keeps getting better and better!'
~A Few Hours Later~
"What did I miss?" I got up quickly after I opened my eyes. "What happened?"
"What happened was Prowl was about to have a spark-attack!" Bumblebee laughed.
"Hey, I passed out!" I snapped. "No laughing!"
"Prowl was really worried about you, kid," Ratchet told me. "He's in his room now."
"Okay," I said as I skipped to his room. I entered slowly, not making a sound.
"Lilly?" I heard his voice say.
"The one and only!" I grinned at him. He was upside-down in the tree, like always.
"I'm glad you're okay," he jumped over to me and picked me up.
"I just passed out, I didn't die and come back," I laughed. "I don't even know why I passed out, but I did. So, is he missing?"
"Professor Sumdac?" Prowl asked. I nodded. "Yes, he's missing. Sari is at the tower right now, and Bumblebee was suppose to go with her to help her take calls."
"Yeah, but 'Bee's here," I rolled my eyes. "He probably gone now, though. Aren't you guys suppose to be cleaning up the city?"
"Yes, we were just waiting for you to wake up," Prowl smiled as he transformed. I got on, and we headed out to clean up Detroit. The rest of the Autobots, aside from Bumblebee, were already cleaning up.
"And I'm suppose to help you clean up how?" I asked. "I mean, yeah, I can lift up to seventy-five pounds, but that's my limit!"
"You can help by getting the smaller pieces of debris," Optimus told me as a woman from the other side honked her horn. "I'll be right there, ma'am!" He lifted the block to let the woman through, but she backed her car away 'cuz the was scared of him.
"Huh, she was scared of me," Optimus said.
"Well, we did destroy half their city," Ratchet told him.
"Actually, that was the Decepticons," Prowl and I said together.
"I liked it better when we were heroes," Bulkhead sighed, plopping down on the ground.
"We're still heroes, Bulkhead," Optimus told him. "We just have to remind them. Now, let's all get back to work."
"Hey, where's Bumblebee?" Ratchet asked.
"Uh, at the tower with Sari," I answered. "Doing the whole 'secretary' gig." I looked up and saw a ball of fire, and knew exactly what it was. "Hey, guys?"
"I see it, too!" Bulkhead exclaimed.
"Well, no friggin duh!" I facepalmed. "We all see it!" Then Bumblebee and Sari ran over to us.
"Did you guys see that?" Bumblebee asked.
"It's kinda hard to miss!" Ratchet yelled.
"Whatever it is, we better look into it," Optimus declared. "Transform and roll out!"
I got on Prowl, and we drove to where it crashed. I knew it was the Autobot Elite Guard, but they didn't realize it till they came out. I stayed behind with Sari when the force-field.
"Hey, guys, what's the big idea?" Sari pounded on the force-field.
"Hold on, Sari," I put my hand on her right shoulder. She ran over to Fanzone.
"They're trapped!" she exclaimed. "Held against their will! We have to get them out!"
"Nuh uh, I ain't about to provoke an intergalactic incident," he shook his head. The door to the ship opened, and Optimus came out.
"It's alright, they're on our side," he told everyone as he transformed. I saw Ultra Magnus and Sentinal Prime behind him, and they headed towards the half of the city that was trashed.
"Wait, what about the others?" Sari asked as she ran back to where the force-field was put up again. She took out her key and made a hole big enough for both of us to slip through, and we headed onto the ship.
We ran down a few hallways, then we were cornered by my second favoritest bot, Jazz.
"Stay right where you are," he warned. "And don't spray any of your slime on me!"
"Jazz, you big dork, we don't have slime," I stuck my tongue out at him. "Sari, make a scary face at him!" I whispered into her ear.
"Booga booga!" she made a scarily funny face. I almost fell over laughing, and I couldn't stop. Well, I did stop finally when the rest of the Autobots came running towards us.
"Guys!" Sari exclaimed, running towards them. I was rolling on the floor by then, still laughing.
"Oh, emm, gee, I can't stop!" I laughed. "Say something sad!"
"Uh," Bulkhead tapped on his head. "A cat died."
"Nooo, not that sad!"" I wined. "Oh, well, all better," I started laughig again. "Oh, scrap!" I just couldn't stop! Jazz was just staring at me, a look of shock on his face.
"Don't worry, they're both pretty harmless," Ratchet chuckled.
"Not Lilly so much," Prowl grinned. "She can pack quite a punch!"
"Not true," I wiped my eyes. "Okay, all better now."
"Crazy," Jazz reached down and touched my long blonde hair with his finger. "These organics all have their own look, their own style."
"You guys do, too!" I pointed out. "I mean, just look at Bumblebee and Bulkhead! One is taller, one is shorter," I giggled. "Oh, crap, not again!"
"Think calm, Lilly," Prowl told me. "Calm."
"Calm," I repeated, standing up and closing my eyes. "Okay, all better again. Anyway, Sari needs help at her father's assembly plant."
"No can do," Jazz said. "Ultra Magnus told me to stick with ya."
"Yeah, but he didn't say 'where'!" Bumblebee pointed out.
"Smartass," I mumbled as we drove to the plant. "And Jazz, by the way, that 'light show' was just traffic lights."
"Whoa, how did she know what I was thinkin'?" he asked Bumblebee.
"She knows the future," he looked down on me.
"Kinda," I put my hands in a 'so-so' motion. "To a certain point, then it's just... Blank."
"Cah-razy," Jazz exclaimed. Yes, he is totally my second fav Autobot. By FAR!
"But I'm never telling you guys what!" I told them. "We already established my motto-"
"Don't mess up the timeline, we know!"
"Good!" I smiled. Then I hid behind Prowl the whole time he fought the police-bots that were out of control. Fun stuff, I know. After the 'fight', Optimus showed Sentinal the AllSpark shard as proof he didn't destroy it, and I laughed.
"I soooo want to smack his face plating," I grumbled.
"Why is that?" Jazz asked.
"Duh, he's an afthole!" I exclaimed. "I believe everyone knows that."
"Yeah, they just don't have the guts to say it," Jazz nodded. "Not like you."
"If I know people well enough, you get to hear all of my remarks about stuff," I grinned. "The good, and the bad."
"The bad remarks are funny!" Bumblebee bursted out laughing.
"Actually, the worst remarks I've ever made haven't left my lips," I smiled sweetly. "I have more!"