Ok, here's the next installment!
Michelle stared at the ceiling for an hour after hopping into bed. Somehow, she could not fall asleep. Her friends were already fast asleep, breathing in a soft rhythm, dreaming peacefully. Michelle was exhausted, but her conscious would not shut off, no matter how much she tried, it kept on running. She sighed.
"I really should fall asleep right now, but all the excitement today just does not want to leave my head!" She whispered. "This is one of the best days, and I can't seem to fall asleep cause of it!" She breathed. "Maybe if I just lay quietly, I'll fall asleep eventually." She looked at her friends and smiled. "Glad to see those guys had a good time today. Though I wonder how they can sleep while I'm still wide awake." Michelle wondered.
She suddenly sat up in surprise. She felt the room heating up more than usual. She felt sweat slightly producing on her forehead. She wiped them off. "Is it hotter than usual in here, or am I just getting sick?" She wondered. Michelle got up, and went to the window. "Must be the main boiler's going up the scale. I'd better let in some fresh air to cool this room down." Michelle opened the window, and froze. She smelled and saw smoke in front of her rising in the air. She looked down the building to see a huge fire burning the lower part of the building. She heard screams from the neighbors that lived downstairs.
Michelle screamed. "Oh god! A fire! Since when did a fire start in here! This can't be the boiler!" Michelle ran to Naomi and shook her violently. "Naomi! NAOMI! WAKE UP!"
Naomi jumped, snapped out of her dream. She shook her head and glared at Michelle. "Michelle, what the hell is wrong with you! I was enjoying a really good dream and you're bursting my ear drums!"
Michelle grabbed her arm. "No time for explaining! We gotta wake the others and get out of here!"
"Why! Are the Nazis reviving from the dead or something!" Naomi said sarcastically. Clearly she had no idea of the danger.
"Worse! The building is on fire!" Michelle shouted.
"On fire!" Naomi shouted. Suddenly, fire exploded near the window Michelle was at. Naomi and Michelle screamed as the fire began to spread out in Michelle's room.
"Holy fire balls! You were not kidding!" Naomi screamed.
"Help me wake the others!" Michelle ran to Katrina and Selena while Naomi went to Kairi and Sari.
"Wake up, girls! Rise and shine!" Michelle shouted.
"We're gonna be barbecued if you keep snoozing!" Naomi screamed at the top of her lungs.
The rest of the girls immediately woke up, and screamed as soon as they saw the fire. "A fire! Why is this happening! Katrina screamed in horror.
"I recognize this type of fire..." Selena shouted. "It's a type B fire! It's cause by liquor or any other kind of flammable liquid that is lit with a small fire!"
"How did a flammable liquid cause this! Did someone who was drunk spill alcohol all over the place and was messing with a lighter or something!" Michelle shouted.
"Great! Where's a fire extinguisher when you need one!" Naomi shouted.
"Optimus! He has a fire extinguisher attached to him! If I can call him, we can get him to put this fore out!" Sari began to explain.
"It'll take more than him! We need to call 911!" Kairi shouted.
The fire spread even more. "Forget that! We gotta put this fire out ASAP!" Naomi screamed.
"There's a fire extinguisher downstairs for emergencies! If we can get to it, we can start to get rid of this fire! Sari can call Optimus in the kitchen phone for help!" Michelle barked.
"On it!" Sari ran to the kitchen, but the fire spread immediately to the kitchen, blocking her way. A piece of rubble came crashing from the ceiling from the fire's damage, falling underneath Sari. Sari looked up and screamed.
"Sari!" The girls shouted. Katrina placed a hand out as it started to glow. Her hand let out a bunch of charged balls of energy that immediately took the form of bubbles as they blasted the rubble out of Sari's way. Sari, along with the rest of the girls, were shocked.
Katrina looked at her hands. "How did I do that?"
"That looked just like the color of the All Spark!" Sari shouted.
Selena snapped her fingers. "Katrina is discovering her powers! It looks like she can create bubble-like energy for damage!"
Michelle shouted to Katrina. "Take Sari into the kitchen and call Optimus! The phone is on the wall in the kitchen! We'll try to find a safe way out of here!"
Katrina nodded as she took Sari into the kitchen. The fire continued to do damage to the apartment. A piece of the floor above them caved in front of them as a person who lived above came falling down, her back being buried in a huge piece of rubble. The girl screamed in pain.
"Help me!" The girl shouted, eyes closed and face full of soot. The girls gathered near her.
"How are we gonna help her?" Kairi asked in a panic.
"I will!" Naomi shouted as she tried to lift the huge piece of rubble, which was about 100 pounds at the least.
"Naomi, it's too-" Michelle was cut off, when Naomi's hands glowed with the same color blue as Katrina's before. Naomi was able to lift the piece of rubble in a second, then she threw it off to the side. She helped the girl up, who passed out from the heaviness and heat of the rubble. She had second degree burns on her face, arms, and legs.
"Naomi! That was impossible! That huge rubble was too much for any human to lift with ease!" Michelle shouted.
Selena suddenly understood something. "Guys, I think we're all starting to discover our abilities now! The time has come!"
Naomi gave the shaken girl to Selena. "Then let's get these other people who live her out of the area with our new found powers!" Naomi shouted.
Selena nodded as she ran with the injured girl in her arms. "I'll get this girl somewhere safer! You guys get out of here!"
After Selena was gone, Katrina and Sari busted in the area. Sari shouted to the rest. "We called Optimus! He'll be here ASAP!"
"Good! Now let's get out of this room! It's burning by the minute!" Michelle and the others raced in the kitchen, but their path was blocked by a piece of rubble falling towards the door out the kitchen.
"Oh no!" Katrina shouted.
Michelle and Naomi's hands started to glow. The two looked at their hands, then at each other, and nodded. Both of them placed their hands out at the falling rubble. Michelle's hands formed a ball of energy, and Naomi's hands produced several energy balls that immediately formed into thunderbolt shapes. The tomboys unleashed both of these energy attacks, which blew the rubble into a million pieces. Kairi, Katrina, and Sari looked on with amazement.
"Wow, now I can produce lightning! Awesome!" Naomi cried.
Michelle was impressed at her attack. "That was pretty useful. Now to get out of here!"
The girls ran out the door and down the stairs, which were getting weaker by the minute. Michelle found the fire extinguisher being held in a locked container. "There it is!"
Naomi noticed the heavy lock on it. "Damn! It's locked!"
Kairi placed a hand out for the fire extinguisher as it glowed the same bright blue. She made an energy attack that shaped into a fire ball shape, and it crashed into the container, breaking it, leaving the fire extinguisher free to use.
Naomi grinned. "Awesome new attack, girl!"
Kairi smiled. "We're really discovering a lot tonight, huh?"
Katrina grabbed the fire extinguisher as she started to spray it all over the fire. It started to go out, but it would take a lot more than one fire extinguisher to put the fire out. "The fire is burning out of control!" She shouted.
"Katrina, get the stairs! Then put of the fire from above first!" Kairi shouted to Katrina.
Katrina immediately turned her attention to the stairs and started to spray it down. The fire made a hissing sound, as the fire cooled down from the stairs. But the stairs were too weak to walk on.
"Man, now we can't get back up to put the fire out! Wish we could just fly up there!" Naomi shouted.
Katrina's back started to glow as she looked the best she could at the glowing. Her back sprouted blue glowing wings that looked like they were used by angels. Katrina stood there shocked, along with the rest of the girls, as her wings flapped a little.
"...whoa, so that is another one of your abilities? That's awesome!" Sari shouted.
"Great! Katrina, you can get upstairs now!" Michelle shouted.
Katrina panicked. "But-but even with these wings, I can't just fly like that! I never used wings before!"
Selena came barging in and met up with the other girls. Her face was black with soot. "Guys, I got everyone from the apartment outside! We have to get out!" She looked at Katrina and gasped at her wings. "You too!"
"Whaddya mean, 'you too!'" Naomi shouted.
Selena sighed as her back sprouted the same wings Katrina had. Everyone looked at her shocked. "Selena-!" Michelle started to shout.
"I just discovered my powers while I was saving the people who lived in the apartment!" She pointed her finger, and it created a glowing blue light at the tip. Selena pointed at the doorway, which was about to fall apart, and her finger released a beam of light which blasted the doorway up more for the others to escape. Everyone looked amazed at it.
"We'll explain the power discovery later! Get out of here! I saw the fire department and some ambulances already arriving before I came back in!"
"But I gotta get to the upper level and put out the fire!" Katrina shouted.
Selena looked at her, then nodded. "I'm coming with you. I learned a trick about flying, so I'll help you fly." She turned to the other girls. "The rest of you, get out!" Selena helped Katrina fly up the stairs to put the fire out in the upper floors.
The girls looked at each other and nodded. They ran out of the door, back into the fresh, cool air of the night. They were covered in soot, bruises, minor burns and scratches. The girls coughed as they looked around. The residents of the building were out, coughing or hugging their loved ones. The people who were burned were getting medical attention at the ambulances. Michelle saw three fire trucks getting the hoses ready. None of them appeared to be Optimus to her disappointment. Michelle looked at her apartment, and grew a shocked look. Her home was being burned to the ground in front of her eyes. She shook while she stood.
Kairi heard another fire truck coming. She looked to see the truck coming closer. When it was a few feet away, it turned into Optimus, who was running to the building. "Optimus!" Kairi shouted. The other girls looked at him. The fire men already started to hose the building down.
"You guys OK? Where's Katrina and Selena!"Optimus shouted.
"They're inside fighting the fire with a fire extinguisher! You have to help put out the fire!" Sari screamed to Optimus.
"On it!" Optimus ran to the building and started to spray the fiery building down with his fire extinguisher feature. As he put the fire out with the other fire men, the girls saw a beam of blue light going through the side of the building. Selena and Katrina flew out, however, Katrina was unbalanced in flying, since she was uncomfortable still with her new ability. As the two safely landed, Naomi, Kairi, and Sari ran over to them. Michelle just stood where she was, shocked at what was happening to her home.
"You two OK!" Kairi asked out of concern. Katrina and Selena were bruised, had minor burns, and were covered in soot.
"We'll be OK. We got some of the fire put out. When we heard Optimus's fire extinguisher, we came right out." Selena explained.
"Well, now that we're all safe, nothing else matter, right?" Sari asked.
Naomi looked at Michelle, who stared at the burning building. Naomi frowned. "Michelle does not seem to think that way guys..."
The girls watched Michelle in sadness. She must've felt upset and shocked that her only home was destroyed before her eyes. Michelle fell to her knees as she continued to watch the flames go down, which did a heavy amount of damage to the place she once called "home".
It was 2:00 am and the fire was put out. The residents were talking to some police men that arrived on the scene. The families would be sent to different apartments, since the building was too damaged to be repaired again. Michelle, on the other hand, was not gonna be lucky. She did not have enough money saved to buy another apartment, let alone get a good place for five people. Optimus watched in sadness as the girls entered the burn downed building to see if any of their stuff survived. The building's upper levels were destroyed. Some of the stuff from the above levels fell to the bottom floor. The place was covered in rubble and soot from the fire. The building was also fragile that it could collapse any time.
Naomi dug at one pile of rubble. "Damn, that fire was something else. It destroyed this place beyond repairs!"
Selena and Katrina used their new found wings to check the upper floors, which now had holes in them. "I heard that now due to its damage, the police said the building will have to be torn down." Selena explained.
"A shame. This was a nice apartment too." Katrina said. She poked at Michelle's apartment floor, which was destroyed. She wondered if there was any surviving stuff.
Kairi found Michelle's dresser, which fell from the upper level and was tilted. She opened the drawers. She gasped. "Guys, this dresser protected our clothing!" She grabbed the drawers and found the girl's outfits inside. Naomi went to see.
"Alright! Now we have clothes!" Naomi shouted in joy.
"And I found a couple of back packs in our closet!" The closet was partly untouched by the fire!" Katrina threw down a couple of huge backpacks. Kairi started to stuff one back pack with at least three outfits for each girl.
Michelle sadly looked through the rubble. She was able to find a few items, such as her sword, which was in one piece, and a collection of DVDs, but nothing really special. She did not pay attention to the other's activities. Her heart ached that she could no longer live in her home again. Michelle felt something in the rubble and picked it up. She found a picture of her, her brother, and her parents. Michelle wiped some soot off it, and frowned. She missed her family a lot. Oh how she wished her brother was here with her now. She shook as the girls grabbed the filled up backpacks.
"We found our clothes, bathroom stuff, some video games, and other stuff that survived! We got lucky! We may have lost a lot of stuff, but we found some essentials!" Sari exclaimed.
"And I found my Sais!" Naomi held on to her Sais, which survived the fire, and she hugged them. "Oh I love my sais! Glad to see I still have them!" She placed them on her pant belt.
Kairi placed her Bo staff on her back. "And I'll glad my Bo staff was a survivor."
Selena held her laptop and spy glasses. "Still have my babies!"
Katrina found her necklace she always wore and placed it around her neck. She smiled as she turned to Michelle.
"Looks like Michelle found a few things too!" Katrina went over to her side, and grabbed the few things Michelle found. She looked at the picture Michelle was holding and frowned. The others gathered around and saw the picture.
"Michelle, is that...your family?" Naomi asked. Michelle said nothing.
"Wait...that blond boy...is that your brother?" Selena asked.
"You never said a word about you having a brother!" Sari shouted.
Michelle closed her eyes in sadness as she stood up. She held onto the picture as she walked out of the building in silence. The other girls frowned at her mood.
"Wow, she's taking this event pretty hard, huh?" Kairi mentioned.
"Can you blame her? It was her apartment that got trashed. If it was my house, I would be like that too." Naomi said.
Selena frowned. "I know how she felt. I lost my home to some pompous old man." Selena shook at the memory of Powell taking her cafe and home away.
Sari looked around. She frowned. "We should get outta here. I think we found everything that survived, and since this place will be torn down soon, it's pointless to stay any longer." Everyone sadly nodded in agreement.
The rest of the girls exited the burned building, with Michelle standing there, head down, holding her picture close to her chest. Optimus was out there in his robot mode, optics saddened at the girls who were damaged and homeless. Selena looked up at him. "Well, this day just started, and it went downhill big time." she sighed.
"But...can't you get another place...?" Optimus asked.
They all shook their heads. "There are not any good places that'll take five people in one area. And not only that, we can't afford a new place. Our only option is the streets now." Kairi sadly said.
Optimus shook his head. "You girls are not going to live out on the streets cause of a fire destroying your home."
Katrina looked at him, slightly teary. "But where else can we-?"
"You can live with us like Sari is." Optimus simply said.
The girls looked at him shocked, except for Michelle, who did not say a word. "But Optimus, we could not interfere with your home-" Kairi began to say.
"You would not be interfering 'cause I'm offering you. I'm sure the others would not mind too. And besides, you girls need a check up from Ratchet. You were damaged from the fire, and who knows what injuries you got." Optimus explained.
The girls looked at each other, seeing that they were still black with soot and had cuts and bruises. Naomi smiled shyly. "Heh, guess we do. Well, I guess we could live with you guys. Thanks."
Selena smiled. "Yes, thank you. This is too kind of you."
Optimus smiled. "No problem." He transformed into his fire truck mode. "hop on!"
Everyone hopped onto Optimus's back end where a trailer would go. The girls, happy to be living with someone now, still wore sad expressions. Michelle had the worst of it. As Optimus drove to the base, Michelle leaned on the back of Optimus, the wind blowing in her face. She kept looking at the picture, which she never took her eyes off of yet. The rest of the girls looked at her sadly, the wind from Optimus driving blowing with it. They watched Michelle as she kept on looking at the picture throughout the ride.
"Ow! Ow! Careful! Big bruise you're dealing with!" Naomi cringed in pain as Ratchet carefully finished dabbing her cute with disinfecting alcohol. Ratchet then wrapped it up with a bandage. The girls were washed up, changed into their fresh clean outfits and now that Naomi had her last burn bandaged, the girls were completely patched up. The Autobots were gathered in the Med Bay.
"Well I'm sorry if it's not comfortable to put this stuff on, but it'll help your burns." Ratchet told Naomi, who groaned. She fell into a half sit, half lying position, exhausted from the fire. Michelle still looked at her picture, Katrina, Selena, Sari, and Kairi looked at each other with solemn faces.
"So what went on last night?" Prowl asked. The girls sadly looked down.
"Well, Michelle and Naomi were screaming at us to wake up. When we did, the whole place was on fire, and it spread very quickly. While we were trying to escape, Sari and Katrina contacted Optimus for help, while I went to save the people who lived in the apartment, and Naomi, Kairi, and Michelle got an emergency fire extinguisher, and me and Katrina started to put the fire out. But we were only able to put out a little before Optimus arrived. Once the fire was out, the apartment was so badly damaged, that it has to be torn down. End of story." Selena explained.
"Crazy. That's a lot to go through in just a few mega cycles!" Jazz said.
"Tell me about it." Katrina groaned.
"It's strange though...the fire burned outta control, but it did not sound like the people down below caused it. It must've been caused by someone from the outside." Kairi pointed out.
Sari rubbed her arm. "Well, at least we got out alive."
Michelle continued to stay silent as she stared at the photo. Naomi grunted as she growled. "The worst thing that could happen to us... is getting our sorry butts kicked by a lame fire... damnit!" Naomi, without thinking, brought her fist up really high in the air, and slammed it as hard as she could into the huge medical berth she was on. She made a dent that was pretty big in size and her hand became stuck. A collective gasp came from the group.
Selena groaned. "Great, more explaining..."
Naomi immediately sat up, and looked at her now stuck hand. "Aw crap, not another injury!" Naomi tried to pull her hand out, but her hand was wedged in good. "oh sh..." Naomi stood up on the edge of the medical berth and tugged even harder to get her hand out. "Come on! Let go of my hand, you stupid table!" Naomi tugged as hard as she could, which caused her hand to pull right out, and for Naomi to lose her balance. She waved her hands, trying to regain her balance, but she lost it as she fell off the berth. She screamed.
"Ohcrapohcrapohcrap!" She shouted quickly.
Jazz bend down and caught Naomi before she could hit the ground. She shook her head as Jazz placed her back on the berth, which now had a hole in it. "Thanks, Jazz." Naomi sighed.
"No problem...but how did you do that anyway?" Jazz asked.
"I never knew humans could do that much damage!" Bumblebee exclaimed.
"They can't. During our fire fight, we discovered our powers from the All Spark." Selena said.
"WHAT!" The bots all shouted.
"It's true!" Katrina said, "Naomi just used super strength right now. It must be one of her All Spark powers."
"That's not all I can do." Naomi said. She placed a hand out and a ball of All Spark energy formed into several thunder shaped energy. The bots looked in awe. "I can also create these thunder- shaped things to do damage. It's really awesome!" She grinned as she discharged her energy attack.
"And I thought I was the only muscles around here!" Bulkhead shouted in surprise.
Naomi shrugged. "Well now I am too. Course, I don't know what my strength limit is at."
Ratchet looked at the rest of the girls. "So what are your abilities?"
Katrina and Selena looked at each other. They both nodded as they closed their eyes. Their backs sprouted blue glowing angel-like wings that flapped out. The bots were surprised.
"Katrina and I can somehow grow wings that we can use for flying." Selena simply said.
"Fascinating." Prowl said.
Katrina produced bubble-shaped energy, while Selena produced a white ball of blue light at her fingertip. "I can produce these bubbles like attacks charged by the All Spark, and Selena can create a beam of light powered by the All Spark." Katrina explained. Both girls deactivated their wings and their energy attacks.
"That's all?" Bumblebee asked.
Katrina shrugged. "I guess. She placed a hand out, which glowed a bit. She and everyone else looked at it in shock as it created a force field around her. Everyone gasped as Katrina's eyes grew big.
"Wait, I couldn't do that at the fire!" She panicked.
Selena nodded. "Just as suspected. It seems a few of us did not use all of our available abilities at the fire. Not a surprise really, we were in a hurry to survive."
Katrina deactivated her force field. Sari smiled excitedly. "That's so cool!" Katrina smiled shyly.
Prowl looked at Kairi. "What about you?"
Kairi blushed. "Well, I-" Suddenly, Kairi stared to slightly glow. Everyone watched as Kairi faded with the glowing until she was not able to be seen. Everyone looked around, confused where Kairi went.
"Where did she go?" Naomi asked.
"Kairi! Where are you!" Prowl called out.
"I'm still standing here." Kairi's voice spoke out.
Everyone looked at where the voice came from. It was the exact same spot Kairi was in two seconds ago. They were all confused until Selena activated her spy glasses. She switched them to where she could detect body heat, and she saw Kairi's figure standing in the same spot.
"You're right; You are right there." Selena said.
"Wait, so why can't we see her?" Optimus asked.
"A simple question with a simple answer. Kairi is invisible. Her All Spark fragment must cause her to use invisibility. How did you do that, Kairi?" Selena asked.
Kairi shrugged. "I dunno. I just did." Kairi suddenly became visible again, which caused everyone to jump. Kairi shook her head. "I gotta find out how I did that."
Prowl chuckled. Kairi opened her palm, and created a fireball made from All Spark energy. "I can also do this." She deactivated her energy attack.
Everyone turned to Michelle, who was still staring at the picture she got ever since she left her apartment. They all frowned at how sad she looked.
Naomi whispered in Selena's ear. "She has not stopped looking at that thing ever since she found it."
"Not to mention she has not said a word since then either." Selena whispered back.
Bumblebee frowned as he came closer to Michelle. "So...do you want to tell us what you can do?"
Michelle was silent at first. She sighed, then with one hand, still looking at the picture, created a spark ball. Everyone stared at her in awe. She deactivated her spark ball as she continued to look at the picture.
"...wow, that is quite the ability." Optimus said sadly.
"Is that all?" Bumblebee asked.
Michelle sighed. Her hand started to glow. Michelle looked at it, a little surprised. Her hand had a mind of its own as it reached for her sword. Everyone continued to watch, as her hand pulled her sword from its case, and in a second, the sword was glowing with a blue flame. Everyone jumped, except for Michelle, who stared at it without speaking. She was a bit surprised at it. The sword's flame died down in a minute, as her hand placed the sword back into its case. Michelle stared into space for a minute, and then she sighed. She sat up, carefully jumped from the medical berth, and slowly left the med bay. Everyone just watched her leave, feeling sorry for her.
"Wow, I have never seen her down before." Bumblebee said.
"She usually is so cheerful and outgoing, but now she hasn't even said a word." Jazz pointed out.
"Not only that, but she has not stopped looking at the picture since we left the apartment!" Sari said.
Prowl folded his arms. "Something seems to be bugging her. And it has to be whatever that picture was."
Naomi looked at the rest of the girls, who nodded. They got off the medical berth, and started to leave.
"Hey, where are you going?" Optimus asked.
They turned to him. "To go talk to Michelle. There's some...stuff we need to talk about." Selena said. She and the rest of the girls exited the room, Prowl frowned in sadness as he started to leave.
"Prowl, are you gonna join them as well?" Optimus asked.
"Not in person. I'm gonna see what's been going on with them. I've been wondering why they never mentioned their families, and I believe that's what they're going to talk about."
"You know, come to think of it, they never said a word about their creators." Jazz said.
"I'm gonna figure it out now. I'll fill you in when I'm done." Prowl exited the Med Bay.
Michelle sat on the roof and she kept looking at her picture, which showed her parents and brother. She rubbed the part where her brother was shown on the picture. She shook a bit as she fought the tears wanting to come out.
"Michelle?" A voice called out.
She turned to see her friends coming to her. Naomi, Kairi, Katrina, Selena, and Sari sat next to another and Michelle to form a group circle. Kairi, Katrina, Sari, and Selena were sitting on their knees, and Naomi and Michelle sat in a pretzel form. Michelle sighed as her friends tried to cheer her up.
"Michelle, what's bugging you? We know this is more than the fire." Kairi asked.
"We're your buddies, girl! Tell us what's been on your mind!" Naomi grinned goofy.
"It might help if you do." Selena mentioned.
Michelle was silent for a minute. "...It happened again." She finally spoke.
"Huh?" Katrina asked.
"This is the second time a fire destroyed something precious to me…" Michelle said.
"What was the first?" Sari asked.
"The first time was on a boat...on my 18th birthday." The girls listened to Michelle as she continued her story. "I had a mom and dad...and a younger brother. His name was Christopher, but we all called him Chris for short. I really loved Chris. He was the brother no one else could get. We had so much in common; it was like we were twins. We had a happy life...until the day I turned 18." She closed her eyes, inhaled and continued. "We took a motor boat out to the lake. We had a few of my parent's friends come with us. But the boat's engine malfunctioned, and it exploded into a fire. Chris and I got out safely, but Chris went after my parents. Before I could get him out, the motor exploded more. I tried to hold on to my brother's hand, but the force of the explosion was too much, and we became separated. I was passed out at this time. Next day, I was lying on the beach, with my parents, brother, and parent's friends gone. They must've died in the explosion." Michelle shed a few tears. "That happened three years ago, and my heart still ache every time I remember that day."
"You're not the only one. My parents are gone too." Selena said solemnly.
"How?" Michelle asked.
"My parents used to own a cafe. I lived there with a lot of books, machines, and tools. It was where I got smart, and how I found my love for machines. When my parents were working, I would either invent things, or help my old friends out."
"You had friends too?" Naomi asked.
"Mike, Stacey, Chelsea, and Chad. They were my team. My parents went out for a drive a few years ago in winter. The roads were very icy, but they still wanted to drive. I went with them too. It was meant for the three of us to spend time together." Selena frowned. "But a reckless driver was going too fast, and the icy roads caused him to crash into my parent's front end hard. Both cars flipped over during the crash. I was knocked out after. When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed, with bruises and cuts. I only got minor injuries..." Selena cried a bit. "But my parents forgot to put their seat belts on during the crash...my mom broke her neck...and my dad...he...he was thrown through the windshield!" Selena sobbed just thinking about it. "They both were killed instantly! And that's how I tried to run my cafe on my own, but was kicked out along with my other friends!"
Kairi hugged her. "I'm sorry. It's so hard to lose your loved one. I should know."
"Did you lose your parents too?" Sari asked.
"My mother." Kairi sighed as she explained. "My mother was the only one who loved me. I had a dad who was both racist and an alcoholic. He abused me in any horrible way a person can. My mom stood up for me. We even grew a strong bond, despite my dad yelling at her for caring about some 'Negro' like me. Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer a few years ago. And my dad just abused me even more than before after her death."
"How did you get away from that jack wagon!" Naomi shouted.
"I ran away. I found Dinobot Island, where after arriving on a boat and sleeping on the sand; the Dinobots found me and were kind enough to give me a home. They were a bit skeptic at me first, but when I showed them how much I cared about nature, they started to like me and accepted me into their home. That's how we became a family."
"Well, at least you found someone, or something that was willing to love you." Katrina smiled. Kairi smiled back.
"Well, I had a dad once too. We were very tight; he was a lawyer, but he would spend a lot of time with me. I remember all those times we had." Naomi smiled at the thought.
"Sounds like you two were like buddies." Michelle smiled.
"Yeah, until earlier the same day I met Michelle and Katrina, he died from a stroke. He was in so much pain..." She held her crystal in front of her. "This crystal was the last thing her ever gave to me." Naomi shed a tear, but quickly wiped it away.
"Oh Naomi. I'm so sorry. That must've hurt." Katrina sadly said.
"Eh, it happens. Though it was not for the best." Naomi frowned.
Katrina sighed. "And...I lost my mother too." Everyone looked at her. Katrina sighed. "I only had a mother. She was a fashion designer, and was a really good one to boot. Like Naomi and her dad, we were pretty close. We had a lot of interests that were the same. I thought the happiness would go on forever." Katrina frowned. "But my mom left for Las Vegas to host a fashion show. She told me to stay behind with a family friend, and I did. She took a huge plane that carried a lot of people. But the plane's engine was going outta whack for some reason. It crashed. I saw it on the news. I prayed with all my heart that my mom was still alive, but I soon learned from the news that there were no survivors!" Katrina sobbed. "And it did not happen long ago either! A few day before I met Michelle!"
Selena perked up. "Wait, I saw that on the news! People claimed it was a mild accident with a decent amount of deaths. I felt bad for the people who had moms and dads on that plane. Oh Katrina, I'm so sorry your mother was one of them!" She hugged Katrina, who was still crying.
Michelle frowned. "That would explain why you were crying when we first met..."
Sari frowned. "You guys know about my dad..." she shed a tear as well.
Selena frowned. "It's so strange...we all lost the ones we care about, and we were brought here together as friends. It's as if fate wanted us to be together."
Katrina stopped crying. "But…but why..?"
Kairi nodded. "Maybe cause we know what each of us went through, and that's what made us friends. And this is how we met the Autobots."
Naomi looked at her. "So you're saying that our bad events lead to our friendship?"
Kairi nodded. "And since we understand what we have been through and we now discovered our powers, I think fate wants us to survive more difficult challenges coming our way. So we should not let the past get to us. We should enjoy being alive and what we have: a home, good friends, and the ability to see the sun rise and set."
Michelle smiled. "I guess you're right. Thanks, Kairi."
Naomi yawned. "I know it's almost morning, but I am exhausted."
Katrina yawned as well. "Me too."
"We did not get enough sleep due to the fire." Selena pointed out.
"Well, I don't wanna get up. I'm too tired to even move..." Sari said sleepy.
"We don't have to. We can sleep out here under the stars. The weather is nice, so it would not be so uncomfortable." Kairi smiled.
"Good idea." Naomi laid on her back. "Well, goodnight, girls!"
The rest of the girls got into different lying positions. "Night!" The rest said together as they peacefully fell asleep for real. With no troubles.
Prowl jumped silently onto the roof. He had heard the entire conversation the girls had. He walked over to them, and could not help but still at how peacefully they slept. They really needed to get some sleep; the fire was too much for them tonight.
"So that's what happened to their families." Prowl whispered. "It's sad to know that they went through such tough times. Anyway, they should not be sleeping out on the cement roof." Prowl turned his com link on. "Jazz, can you and Bulkhead come up here on the roof? The girls passed out. And tell Bumblebee to set up some blankets and pillows on the couch for them."
"On it, Prowl!" Jazz spoke though his com link. Prowl waited for a few minutes for Bulkhead and Jazz. Bulkhead was the first to climb up to the top. Jazz followed right behind them. Both bots looked at the girl's peaceful sleeping. They both smiled
"They finally look so peaceful, even after dealing with a fire." Bulkhead said.
"These little ladies sure need a better place to sleep than up here." Jazz pointed out.
Prowl picked up Sari and Kairi. He turned to the other two boys. "Grab the girls. Bumblebee should have the beds almost ready by now."
Bulkhead gently grabbed Katrina and Selena, while Jazz scooped Naomi and Michelle up. They both turned to Prowl. "So did you find out anything about them, Prowl?" Bulkhead asked.
"I'll tell you later. Right now, let's get these girls in the base. It's now their new home." Prowl smiled as he left with Jazz and Bulkhead, each holding two of the six girls. They talked on the way to the living room as the girls started to get some peaceful rest in a now safe new home.
So after surviving a fire, my girls live with the bots now. And they discovered their powers. :)
and yeah, we get some sadness in this chapter. And this is only a sneek peak of it!
I'll get the next installment done soon peeps, so hang tight!