Alright, the next chapter is finally up! :)
The sun shone brightly in through the base windows. Birds were cheerfully chirping outside. Michelle felt her conscious coming back to her as she squinted from the sun's warm rays on her face. She turned her head, which was laying on something soft. Michelle was confused; she remembered passing out on a hard brick roof under the moon. Opening her eyes, she found herself on the couch in the base's living room. She had a blanket covering her and a pillow under her head. Something crossed her mind, where were her friends? Sitting up, she saw that her friends were also covered by blankets and resting on pillows, sleeping peacefully.
Michelle rubbed her head. "Man, how did we end up here? I remember us passing out on the roof... but..?"
"We brought you back in." A voice responded from the other side of the couch. Michelle turned her head to see Prowl and Jazz leaning on a wall. She tilted her head at them.
"We couldn't let you sleep on the roof. You ladies would wake up all sore from the hard floor!" Jazz said cracking a smile at her.
"Well, I guess we have you to thank for." Michelle smiled.
"Bumblebee and Bulkhead helped as well." Prowl stated.
"I'll be sure to thank them. How long have we been out anyway?" Michelle asked stretching.
"30 Mega cycles. Or 30 hours in your terms." Prowl explained.
Michelle jumped. "We've been knocked out all day yesterday and last night!"
"Correct. No surprise, really. You were all tired from the fire a couple solar cycles ago." Jazz said.
Michelle found a clock sitting on the TV. It read 10:00 AM. She threw the blanket off of her. "I'm late for the Audition!"
The other girls woke up immediately from Michelle's voice. They grumbled at her. "Sheesh, girl! What's with all the yelling!" Naomi growled shaking her hair of out her face.
"Why are you so panicky…?" Sari said still sleepy.
"I'm late for the play Audition today! I gotta go now!" Michelle jumped off the couch, and dashed out of the room. The girls immediately jumped up as well and followed their friend.
"Hey! Wait for us!" Sari shouted.
"We're coming with you!" Katrina shouted back.
Kairi stopped at the feet of the ninja bots. "Tell Optimus we went out for a bit. We'll see you as soon as possible." Then, she took off with the others.
Prowl and Jazz chuckled. "They seem well rested if they can rush out like that. It's good to know that they've recovered from the fire." Jazz said.
Prowl sighed. "I just hope nothing else bad happens to them." He hoped for the best of them today.
Michelle and the gang panted in the theater from all the running they did to get there. The director stood before them, wearing a serious look on his face and his arms crossed. After the girls caught their breath, Michelle talked to the director.
"Sorry I'm late. I had a rough two nights and I overslept." She explained hoping that he would not be so mad at her.
"I see. And why are you bandaged up. You got in a car accident or something?" He asked rudely.
Michelle turned to her friends, who laughed nervously. She blushed in embarrassment and turned to the director. "We got into a big street fight. Was a pretty intense one too." She lied.
The director gave a blank stare. "A fight you say?" He responded not really believing her story.
"Yeah. Just a fight with some punks. Nothing more. We took care of them good too." Michelle spoke out. The other girls nodded in agreement.
The director gave a stern look. "So this is another one of your lies?" He said coldly.
The girls were shocked at his words. Michelle's stood in surprise at how rude he was being today towards her. Within a moment, she grew cross. "W-what lies! I never lie about anything to you!" Michelle shouted.
The director shouted at her. "You really think I'm that stupid! I know you! You kept a secret you had, and lied to me these past three years!" He bellowed.
Naomi went up next to Michelle's side. She pointed a finger at the director. "Quit it with this attitude! She never lies to anyone!" She shouted.
The director snarled back. "Don't get all snappy at me. I know your secret too! I know ALL of your damn secrets!" He pointed at all the girls, who were all shocked.
"What are you talking about!" Selena snapped back, no way a short, hot tempered man was going to win this argument.
"Don't play dumb with me! You girls know perfectly well what I'm talking about!" He barked back.
"No we don't actually!" Selena snapped again.
The director's face grew red as a tomato. "I've had just about enough of your lies!" He turned to Michelle. "Michelle, you are fired! You will never work for any of my plays again, and if I ever see you or your friends on this building's property again, there will be consequences!"
Michelle was shocked at the news. She backed up a few inches from the shock. Naomi shouted at him in anger. "You bastard! Why fire Michelle when she did nothing wrong! At all! You won't even say why!"
The director finally lost it. He was being pushed to far. These girls were going to get out of his theater. "Get the hell out of my theater! Out! Out! bOUT/b!" The directors shoved the girls to the door.
"Hey! Stop it!" Katrina shouted.
"We're going, alright!" Selena barked. "Just stop pushing us like we're animals!"
Kairi opened up the door as the girls quickly scrambled out. The director stood in the door, and gave the girls one final glare. "You're more than animals. You're all a bunch of freaks." The doors were slammed shut on the girls.
They looked at each other. They were hurt and surprised at what the director had said. Why did he call them freaks? After their long moment of quiet, Kairi spoke up. "What did he mean by 'we know what he was talking about'? I couldn't even understand what secret he knew of us…"
"And what secret is he talking about? I didn't even know we HAD a secret!" Naomi asked. She felt the blood rushing through her head not understanding if she was mad, upset or both.
Michelle sighed. "I dunno, but whatever it is, it cost me my job." She sighed looking down.
Sari hugged Michelle. "I'm so sorry about what has happened to you." The brown head looked down to her and gave her a sad smile.
"Yeah, that was not fair of him to do that. You did nothing wrong." Selena pointed out.
"I hope so." Michelle said sadly.
Suddenly, Kairi, Selena, and Naomi squeaked as they were being hit by rocks. Naomi yelped as she was hit on the side of her head. Michelle, Katrina, and Sari looked to see two boys sitting on bikes. They were laughing as they high fived each other.
"What's up, losers? Feeling a bit rocky today?" He and his friend laughed. He leaned over the handle bars on the bike with a smug smile.
"You're so cruel! It isn't polite to throw rocks at others!" Katrina shouted.
"Aww, I'm so sorry." The other boy said sarcastically. "I just thought since you felt so bad about being kicked out from that building, the rocks would help you harden up!" They broke out in laughter.
"It's so fun to mess with a bunch of nobodies like them!" The other boy cackled.
Naomi lost it. In her hands, she created her All Spark Thunder Orbs. She was ready to kick their butts for their rude behavior. The boys saw the weird orbs and became scared, never seeing someone able to do that.
"You punk ass brats! I'll show you who's the nobody around here!" She unleashed her attack. The boys dashed out of the way in time, but Naomi's attack fried their bikes. As they fell over their handle bars, landed, got a moment to turn around and see what was coming, the two boys were petrified.
"She's...She's an alien!" The first boy shouted.
"Let's get out of here! We can't get fried by this freak!" The two boys ran screaming for their lives. Naomi growled even more as she began to chase them.
"Come back here you creeps! I'm not finished with you!" She screamed with anger.
Michelle ran after Naomi. As she caught up, she lunged at her blue hair friend and held her back. "Naomi, calm down! They're gone, so please relax!"
Naomi stood breathing hard; the air around her was static. Slowly, she calmed down. Turning to Michelle, she knew she had done wrong by attacking and chasing after the boys.
"Way to go, Naomi. THAT put a REALLY good impression on us." Selena said sarcastically, folding her arms.
"I'm sorry. I just got carried away." Naomi felt guilt in her heart.
"Weird... first the director, now those two boys. What do these people know that we don't?" Kairi wondered.
"We need to go deeper into the city and find out what is going on." Selena pointed out.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The girls traveled into the city. Katrina kept trying to ask people questions as politely as she could. But whenever she approached someone, they glared or walked away from her without saying a word. She would look at them with wide, innocent eyes and sink back into the group like nothing happened. The girls were confused: why was everyone giving them the cold shoulder all of a sudden?
"So much for having some nice conversations." Naomi grumbled.
"I don't understand. Why is everyone so cruel to us?" Katrina asked, very heavy hearted. She kept whipping the tears from her eyes.
"Beats me. Don't remember committing a murder or anything." Michelle sighed.
"Maybe our secret is worse than we thought." Kairi pondered. The girls looked at her: maybe she was right.
"Oh! It's you!" A little voice spoke out from beside them. They all stopped to see where the voice came from. A small girl about the age of five peeked from behind an apartment's staircase. She had blond hair, blue eyes, and wore a simple white dress. She smiled cheerfully. "You're the girls from TV! The famous big girls everyone's talking about!"
Michelle walked to the girl and sat on one knee. "How did we end up on TV?"
"A man on TV was talking about you! He showed pictures of you and everything! I'm sure you girls will be big actresses now!" The girl giggled twirling around probably thinking about being a big star.
"Who is this man? Please tell us. We need to know." Michelle asked.
The girl's mother came out and grabbed her daughter by the wrist. She glared at Michelle as if she had hit the girl. "What are you doing talking to her, dear! I told you not to have contact with these girls!" She scolded the little girl up to the door, then she turned to Michelle. "Listen to me; I don't know what you want. But we don't want any contact with you! You stay away from my family! You hear me? STAY AWAY!" She ran back into her apartment with her daughter.
Michelle was shocked. After a long moment of not moving, she turned to her friends who were all affected by the woman's words. "Why...why does everyone hate us?" Michelle asked her friends. None of them spoke up.
Selena turned her head to a TV store across the street. She looked through the window and her eyes grew big. "Guys, check this out!" She exclaimed. The girls rushed to the TVs that were playing. They gasped when they saw the news playing on the TV, and the man who was displayed there.
"Porter C. Powell!" They all shouted together.
"What the hell!" Naomi grumbled.
"Listen! They're talking about him right now!" Selena commented.
The news man spoke. "We come back to Porter C. Powell, who has shared information on the five girls he chatted about earlier this day. He explained that these girls are not human, due to the fact that they have no legal records of their humanity." The girls stood glued to the TV, not wanting to move.
"Did…did he just say what I thought he said?" Kairi stammered.
"No. It's not true. He said we can't prove we're legally human!" Selena said in horror.
The TV screen showed pictures of the girl's records, which were blank. The girls stared at the screen in horror.
"Powell is not lying. You guys can't prove your humanity or existence...just like me." Sari whispered.
"How is that possible?" Katrina asked teary eyed.
"The girls are now not well trusted, or well liked by the residents of Detroit as they claim that they're aliens like the Autobots, who were once loved by the city, but are now low in good reputation due to almost destroying the city and endangering the residents in a fight with the Decepticons. Due to the girls not being human, Powell has warned the city to be careful around them, for they can't be trusted, as they could be here on Earth to do us harm like the Decepticons. More on the subject after the next two top stories." The news talked about a different story.
The girls were crushed. They now understood why everyone hated them now; what their big secret was that people kept telling them about; what Powell meant by that the girls would regret talking back at him; they could not legally prove they were human.
"So that's why people kept scolding us..." Michelle muttered rubbing her face.
"How could Powell stoop so low as to broadcast our secret on National TV?" Kairi asked, barley whispering. "How can he get away with that!"
"To humiliate us. It's payback from our little encounter three days ago." Selena folded her arms.
"Well, it's working…" Naomi moaned, her back slightly slouching.
Michelle screamed as a loud squashing sound was made. Everyone turned to see Michelle's side soaked in a purplish goop. It was a smashed pomegranate lying near Michelle's feet. The girls turned to where the fruit came from, only to have more pomegranates flying towards them. The girls screamed as more of the hard fruit came flying in, hitting them hard. They saw that two teenage girls and three teenage boys were behind throwing the fruits. They laughed as they continued to throw the pomegranates, which they seemed to have a huge supply of.
"Take these, you brats! Freaks of nature!" One of the boys shouted.
"How can you call yourselves humans when the truth is you're not human at all!" One of the girls laughed as she threw several more pomegranates.
"Why don't you do us a favor and step in a cement mixer!" The teens kept laughing and throwing the hard fruits at the girls, who are now completely soaked in the fruit's juice.
"Le..leave us alone!" Katrina shouted as she was hit again. "That hurts! STOP!" Kairi turned around and covered Katrina.
"We…did nothing wrong!" Selena and Sari shouted together. She was coving Sari also.
The juice of the pomegranate covered their bodies so much that it almost covered the colors of the girl's outfits.
"Get… away from us!" Kairi shouted looking up at them. This made the teens laugh more.
"What? To week to handle a few pieces of fruit?" They teased.
Naomi growled very deadly. She immediately grabbed one of her Sais, and charged at the teens. They continued to throw the fruit, but Naomi slashed through them with her Sais, and tackled one of the boys again the building wall. She started to punch him with all her might. His face started to trickle blood in the mouth, and red spots that would become bruises later on formed in his cheeks. The other teens backed in horror. They tried to help their friend by throwing more fruit at Naomi, but she was not affected by their attempts.
"Get the hell outta here, you damn kids, and leave us alone before I make you have to get plastic surgery!" Naomi hissed loudly through gritted teeth.
The teens dropped their pomegranates and made a dash for it.
"Let's get out! She's a psycho!" One of the girls shouted.
"Wait for me! Don't leave me here with this freak!" The boy got out of Naomi's grasp and ran up to his buddies as they disappeared from sight.
Naomi stood back and looked at the ground. She saw herself covered in sticky juice. Turning to her friends, she saw they were all upset, tired and all sticky.
Michelle sighed as juice dripped off her body. "Let's go home. Obviously, we're not welcome in this city anymore."
"I agree. Let's go before anything else happens." Selena agreed.
The girls had their heads slightly hung down as they walked slowly back to the base.
The Autobots gathered in the living room. Optimus and Ratchet stood near the couch. Bulkhead and Bumblebee sat on the couch, and Prowl and Jazz leaned against the wall. Sentinel folded his arms close to the doorway entrance. All of them except Sentinel had worried faces.
The girls started to walk in. Bumblebee and Bulkhead were the first to notice. "Girls!" Bumblebee exclaimed. He and Bulkhead stood up, but gasped when they saw the juice on the girls. The two were speechless.
Optimus walked to the girls. "Girls, we just saw Powell on the news and he said and proved you were not legally human like Sari and the humans are now-" He stopped when he saw the girls soaked in juice. Ratchet, Prowl and Jazz had shocked expressions.
"By Primus...what happened to you?" Ratchet gasped.
"What are you covered in?" Jazz asked.
Prowl walked over to the girls and took a small amount of juice off Kairi. He examined it. "I believe it's some kind of organic material of some sort."
"It's called pomegranate. A type of fruit that's very juicy on the inside." Selena explained sadly.
"But how did you get covered in it?" Bulkhead asked.
"To make a long story short," Michelle sighed, "I was fired from my job, we were scolded by grown-ups and kids alike, rocks thrown at us, watched TV and got a huge slap in the face from it, and crushed by at least 50 pomegranate fruits. End of story." Michelle walked outta the room.
The rest of them looked up at their robot friends and sighed. They followed Michelle out of the room, possibly to get rid of the juice that spilled all over them. Small, uneasy breathing could be heard from Katrina as she tried not the cry. The bots felt guilty about what happened to their friends.
"That's not fair for the humans to treat them that way. Who cares if they're not legally human!" Bumblebee stated.
"I must say that that was over the top with cruelty. Rocks, scolding, and fruit? Too much in one night!" Bulkhead pointed out.
"So the girls already know what happened. That slagger Powell is the reason they suffered today." Ratchet grumbled. "It seems vile and evil if you ask me."
"We can't undo what has been done. All we can do now is support them." Optimus explained, though his spark did ache for the girls.
The girls used Sari's bathroom to wash the juice off of their bodies. They washed their clothes, then hung them over a heater to dry, them they changed into pajamas. Michelle wore a baggy blue t-shirt and baggy black shorts. Naomi wore a baggy green tank top and baggy black shorts. Kairi wore a red tank top with black pants. Katrina wore a pink night dress. Selena wore a yellow long-sleeved shirt and pants, and Sari wore a cream t-shirt and shorts. They gathered in a circle.
"Well that did not turn out so well, huh?" Sari asked.
Everyone stayed silent. "Tell me about it. I'm gonna find someplace to sleep." Naomi began to walk away."
"But we don't have a room." Katrina sighed.
"Who cares? I'm pooped. A cement floor is better than no sleep." Naomi walked out of the room. No one fought back with her.
The girls looked at each other, and silently nodded. Naomi had a good point. They said their good nights as they went to find a sleeping area. Selena decided to sleep with Sari. Sari climbed into her bed, while Selena grabbed a pillow, and lied on the floor next to Sari. The two drifted into a sleep.
Naomi found a place in the hallway to lie down. She did not care if it was a floor. She was too exhausted to think about a luxurious bed to sleep in. She immediately collapsed on the floor, and fell fast asleep. A few hours Jazz walked past to see her sleeping on the floor.
Katrina wanted to sleep with another person. She felt so scared after what happened that she needed someone to snuggle up with the make her feel safe. She continued to walk until she saw Bulkhead entering his room. She smiled; he would be the perfect person to snuggle with. She peeked into his room while hiding near the door frame. Bulkhead was putting away art supplies. Katrina was surprised. Bulkhead was an artist? Katrina felt a slight joy run in her. She was a fan of art too.
Wow...a robot who likes to paint! We DO have something in common! This is great! Katrina got really excited.
Bulkhead turned to his door and saw Katrina peeking in. Katrina blushed a bit as Bulkhead waved. "Hey, Katrina!" Bulkhead still felt bad for her pain, but he tried to stay happy for her. "What are you up too?"
Katrina came into the room, and looked around. Bulkhead had a lot of unfinished art, but he had a few finished pieces that were amazing to Katrina. "So you like to paint too, huh?"
"Well, they're not that great…" Bulkhead sighed.
"Bulkhead, that's not true! You have some good art pieces here!" She replied giving his a warm smile.
"But no one really likes it. I like doing art, but people say it's garbage. Not even my own teammates like it!" Bulkhead sat down on his recharge berth.
"...I like your art, Bulkhead." Katrina complimented.
Bulkhead's optics grew big. "Really? You're not kidding?"
"I never lie about these things. I like to paint and draw myself." She smiled.
"You do?" Bulkhead grew pretty excited.
"Yes! Maybe we can paint together sometime?" She asked.
Bulkhead nodded in excitement. "Sure thing!" He was glad there was someone who liked to paint, and better yet, liked his art.
Katrina blushed. She asked her real question. "Bulkhead…can I ask you something?"
"What is it?"
"Well, you don't have to if you don't want, but could I... sleep with you tonight?" She blushed even more. "I just went through a lot today, and I just want some company, so I-" Katrina was interrupted by Bulkhead scooping her up in his hands. He smiled at her warmly. "Sure, Katrina! You can hang with me anytime!"
This caused Katrina to blush even more. She gave him a warm smile. "Thank you."
Bulkhead climbed on his bed. He lied down on his back. He placed Katrina on his chest, and placed his hand on her body, which covered her like a blanket. Katrina placed her head on his chest. She was surprised his armor was warm, despite it being metal. She could hear Bulkhead snoring already. Katrina softly giggled as she fell in a deep sleep.
Kairi stepped out of Sari's room. She took a glance at Selena and Sari's peaceful sleeping. She smiled as she walked down the hallway. She saw Naomi and Michelle on the floor. Kairi guessed that Michelle found Naomi and decided to sleep with her. But she continued walking. She wobbled a bit from being tired, and placed a hand on a door to get her balance. The door opened on her and she stumbled into the room behind it. She caught her balance, and looked into the room. It had a cool breeze to it. What really caught her attention was the huge tree that was in the middle. It went through the roof. Kairi stared at it in awe; she never saw such a huge and healthy tree. She placed her hand on its trunk.
"My goodness... I never seen such a beautiful tree. This can't be found on Dinobot Island." Kairi smiled at it. She started to remember her home and the Dinobots.
"It feels so smooth too." She pondered a bit. Then nodded. "This is perfect for sleeping against." She lay against the tree's bulky trunk. She felt her eyelids dropping on her. As she let them drop, she drifted quickly off to sleep.
There was a rustling in the tree's branches. Kairi was already fast asleep to even hear it. In the tree, Prowl silently leaped down from it. He turned his attention to Kairi sleeping against the tree. She breathed peacefully. "Fascinating." Prowl whispered. He never saw a human having a heart for nature. He understood now why the Dinobots would warm up to her. Prowl remembered Kairi's story about her creators. About how her mother loved her, but her dad abused her. Why would anyone hate a caring person like Kairi? Prowl knelled near Kairi's side. He pushed her raven black hair away from her face. He thought about her abilities and personality. She was strangely familiar to him, as If he had met her before. He shook his head. It was impossible.
Jazz came walking in the room. He waved to Prowl. "Hey Prowl, what's up-" He stopped when he saw Kairi sleeping. He whispered. "She found your room, huh?"
Prowl nodded. He looked at Kairi, then at Jazz. "So what's on your mind?"
Jazz smiled. "Well, since the girls are really in a blue mood as the humans call it, Bumblebee and I were talking about a surprise for the girls to cheer them up. And we would like to have your help."
Prowl was curious. "So what's the surprise about?"
"Come in the living room. We'll discuss it there."
Prowl followed Jazz out of the room, leaving Kairi to sleep peacefully. Prowl kept thinking about why he felt he met Kairi before. She was human, so there was no way it could be possible...right? Pretty soon, the question left Prowl's mind as he heard the idea that Bumblebee and Jazz had.
And that's the end of that chapter
so basically, we moved on to the main point in the plot; the girls find out something they were unaware of, and the city (most of it at least) hate the girls now I think we all saw it coming though Why else would I call this story OUTCASTED? I think the word "Outcast" in the title would pretty much say what one of the main points of the plot are
but I did give a few heartwarming scenes (this is not the point where the girls are in love with their respective bots, we're not at THAT stage yet, it's just some "cheering up a friend" scenes XD) I also did as a BIG foreshadow in the final paragraph of the chapter For those of you who read the whole original version will know what the foreshadow leads too, if not, then keep reading the story to find out
I only own my characters The canon characters of TFA belong to Hasbro