CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Seven Days Til' Dawn

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Meg: I just got my computer back today – yayz.

Bumblebee: We missed ya!

Meg: Aww, Missed you too.

Barricade: What about me?

Meg: Uh…no.

Barricade: T_T

Meg: Aww…now I made a Decepticon cry… *Feels bad*

***

The thing about having a guardian is that they're always supposed to be with you. The same seems to go for you former guardian too. If Bia wasn't with me, then Bee was. And, if Bee was busy, then Bia was with me. Either way, I always had one of them with me.

Bit annoying, really.

Which was why I decided to evade them, just for a few short hours, and get out by myself for a bit.

It was easy, really. I called Bee, and told him I was with Bia. Then, I went outside and told Bia that I was meeting Bee at the park, and she bought it.

Then, I walked off on my own, for a few personal hours of R&R.

Of course, it didn't really go according to plan now, did it?

*

Bumblebee's P.O.V:

"Bumblebee," Optimus came up to me. "Where is Emma?"

"She said she was hanging out with Bianca." I replied, looking out at the setting sun.

"Bianca said that Emma was with you." Optimus replied.

My spark seemed to stop beating. I turned to look at Optimus with a stunned expression on my face.

Optimus stared back at me for a fraction of a second, before we both jumped up.

"Autobots," Optimus shouted. "Emma is missing! Transform and roll out, and find her!!"

Wow. I had never heard Optimus speak like that before, but I guessed that he was really worried about out Princess.

Hey, I was really worried too.

*

Andy's P.O.V:

(A/N – for those of you who don't know, Andy/Andrea and Backdraft are one and the same).

I don't know what made me go there. I hadn't heard Optimus' order, so I didn't actually know that Emma was there until I saw her.

She was being restrained by a tall, male human, and she was struggling to get free.

That was when she spotted me, at the same time that the man did.

I got rid of my holoform projection and sped straight at the two.

The men let out a yell and let go of Emma, pushing her away as he did so.

"Get on!" I told Emma, who was shaking, and it was a miracle she could actually move. She swung her right leg over me and, as soon as she was on, I sped off towards the main road.

Her heart rate was racing and, as we pulled on to the freeway (I really had no idea where we were going) she suddenly yelled: "WHY THE SLAG CAN I DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST DECEPTICONS, BUT NOT AGAINST NORMAL HUMAN SLAGGERS!!??"

I waited until she'd calmed down, and then said: "It really bothers you a lot?"

"How would you feel if the tables were turned?" She shot back at me.

Fair point.

I also knew what the problem was. The All-Spark core contained within her didn't always react to certain circumstances. This was strange, it was weird – the All-Spark had never merged with a human before, it was in two pieces. One in Bianca and the other part, the more powerful part, in a human. No wonder we didn't know much about it yet.

The next words I spoke were: "Would you like me to teach you?"

She seemed to freeze.

"How to fight, that is?"

She nodded, I could sense that much, and then she smiled. "Yeah, I'd like that. When do we start?"

"Right now."

*

I was thrilled to finally being able to learn how to fight, even if it was only against other humans.

Andy seemed to be...somewhat hesitant about teaching me how to fight, but it wasn't until the fourth day that I found out why.

I was aiming a punch at nothing in particular, when something very strange happened.

My hand glowed with blue light.

I immediately froze, and then turned back to Andy, who was just watching me.

The light faded.

"What was that?" I asked her, more calmly then what I felt.

Andy took her time answering. "Well…you see…I believe it is because of the time you have spent around Bianca…the All-Spark may have transferred some of its powers to you…"

"Oh," I said. Then: "Oh." I suddenly realised why Bianca was no longer my guardian.

I looked back at my hand, and the blue light returned.

We were in the city, in an old, run-down part filled with old brick buildings and such. I faced a brick wall, and then I punched it, the blue light intensifying in my hand.

You can imagine my surprise when the wall cracked.

"Holy Primus!" I shouted, as the blue light faded, and I stared at the cracked wall. "Andy, what the…how did…is this..!?"

I had just punched a solid brick wall, and cracked it.

*

Needless to say, I was eager to learn more. If the All-Spark really had transferred some of its powers to me, then I could be an asset rather then a burden.

Then I really would be worthy of being called Princess by the Autobots.

I made Andy promise not to tell the others, and she'd agreed. So, the training continued.

She taught me how to gather the energy in my hand, to let it intensify, and then to strike. By the end of the fifth day, I could shatter brick walls entirely. My speed was increasing by the end of the sixth day and, on the seventh day…

I found out that I could fly.

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Meg: I want to fly too…

Bianca: You can't. Humans can't fly.

Meg: *Points at Emma* She can!

Bumblebee: Says who she's a human? She's a…

Emma: If you say freak, I'll make sure you never have kids!

Bumblebee: O.O

Sunstreaker: I wish I could fly though…

Ratchet: Wish granted! *Throws Sunstreaker out the window*

Sunstreaker: I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to flyyyyy…

CLANG!!!!

*Sunstreaker hits lamppost*

Sunstreaker: I'll do what it takes, 'til I touch the sky…

Bianca: Okay, you can stop singing the power ballad now…put your hands down…idiot…