Visitation Day

Alexa came out of the house the next day, finding Breeze quietly purring. Breeze quickly cut off however when she saw some other people walking around outside.

Alexa sat in front of Breeze, eating some sort of something out of a little cardboard box. She must have been starving, judging by the way she practically inhaled it. She watched the people going by for a moment before going back to staring at Breeze.

Breeze smiled and relaxed on her tires. She knew Alexa was probably still trying to figure out what happened. She activated her holoform, and then walked over to sit by Alexa after the people passed.

Alexa almost choked on her food. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that," she muttered, stabbing at the long worm-like thing in the box.

"Sorry," Breeze sighed, "Just thought I'd warn you that the other three you met yesterday will take turns coming to get a report from me."

"That's ok," Alexa sighed, and stared off into the distance. Shadows met light as night fell, and she was struck by the beauty of the city for a few seconds. Light glimmered off this, contrasting that, creating a dazzling effect that most people passed by without even a glance. Then she realized she wasn't alone and turned her attention back to her... guest. She looked back at Breeze's holoform, then at her car-self. "Where do you see from?" she asked.

"I see from both my holoform and my alt-form, also known as the car," Breeze smiled, "My holoform is to make humans more comfortable, plus, I can hold human tools and such with it. Your hand wouldn't go through me like I was a ghost."

Alexa glanced between the two. "So which one do I talk to...?" she asked, vaguely embarrassed. This was a perfectly acceptable question though, seeing as how she was an organic creature with two eyes. Organics with eyes seemed to seek out the eyes of other organics to talk to them more comfortably. Even with inanimate objects, they picked out the most face-like part and talked to that.

"You can talk to my holoform. Besides, if it looked like you were talking to the car instead of the person, there may be some stares," Breeze smiled. "I don't mind. Whichever you want."

Alexa watched the fake girl for a moment. It was strange that something so life-like was just... random matter. She bit her lip and gently touched the girls arm. It felt like a touch screen on a phone or something. Alexa pulled her hand back quickly, surprised and looked at Breeze. "Can you turn her off? I like talking face-to-face... or face-to-hood. Whatever."

"Alright, that's fine," Breeze had the girl go into the car, and then flicked off the holoform. "I haven't upgraded in a while, so my holoform isn't the best." She needed to get it done sometime so if someone bumped her holoform, it would feel more realistic and not so cold.

"It's amazing, at least by human standards," Alexa gave Breeze a faint smile. "We can't do stuff like that." She stood up and stretched. "Could you feel me touch you as a holoform...?"

Breeze grinned, "Yes I could. Its like..." thinks a moment, "Like if you had a second body? Something like that. It's old by Cybertronian standards." Breeze sighed. It was as if Alexa had touched her door or something. It was strange, but not bad.

"Oh," was all Alexa had to say to that. She wasn't a very touchy-huggy sort of person but she learned better through sight and touch. So she wasn't surprised when she suddenly had the urge to ask, against her better judgment, if it would be alright to touch Breeze. Howveryawkward,she thought. Though, she supposed it would be like if she had funny hair and went to a different country. People would be curious and might want to touch it. Breezehasfunnyhair. She grinned for half a second at the thought of a blue giant robot with a giant afro.

Breeze grinned and relaxed. Alexa wasn't nearly as demanding as Sam, from what she gathered from reports. She was rather nice. Better than the mechs. Mechs kind of scared her. They were bigger, stronger, and faster. She could hold her own in keeping away from the Decepticons, but she wasn't strong enough to fight in hand-to-hand combat. She wished she knew more of the femmes. Maybe they could teach her some new moves.

Alexa placed one hand lightly on Breeze's hood, then studied her hard, trying to judge whether Breeze minded or not. The metal was... different. Warmer and almost softer. It was strange. Alexa slowly took her hand back. "Alright. I guess you really are real..." she muttered.

Breeze purred a split second, the smiled. "Yeah I'm real." Her hood was rather sensitive, as were her doors. Nicer alt-modes tended to have more sensitive panels in those places.

Alexa wiped her hand on her jeans, and gave Breeze an odd look. "What's that noise you keep making?"

"It's called purring," Breeze said with a slightly embarrassed tone, "My hood is a bit sensitive to touch."

Alexa stared at Breeze. "You're kidding," she said flatly, and rubbed her hand off on her jeans some more. "That's... never mind," she shook her head and flopped down on the concrete again.

"Awkward, weird, strange..." Breeze supplied, embarrassed, "Sorry. That's what it is." Ididn'tmeantoweirdherout...

Alexa looked down, embarrassed. "I'm sorry," she muttered. Now she felt bad for making Breeze feel awkward.

"No, it's ok. You didn't know," Breeze told her, "Don't feel bad."

Alexa nodded, sighed, and looked down at the concrete. She had a million questions, but where to start? Should she start? What if that was rude in their culture? She watched Breeze some more as she debated. Ibetshehasquestionstoo... Alexa thought. "Your internet is down right...?" she asked. "Do you... do you need anything explained...?"

"Well...I may ask when I have questions. At the moment, I don't have any at the moment. Do you have any?" Breeze replied, thinking. Idon'tknowwheretostart.

"No," Alexa said quickly. Thus was the beginning of a long, awkward silence that lasted nearly thirty minutes.

Just then, a red Lamborghini drove up with a grin. Breeze's optics widened and she immediately retreated into her shy shell.

"Hey Breeze!" Sides chirped at her, "What's up?"

"Nothing much..." Breeze replied softly.

Alexa's head snapped up and she stared at the Lamborghini. Anotherone! She stood up and walked over to study the newcomer.

"Hello Alexa," Sides grinned, "Just checking on my comrade here."
Mechsarescary...especiallythatone...Breeze thought to herself.

Mechsarefascinating...Alexa thought. "Hi," she said, grinning. Suddenly, she thought of an experiment to test. She stuck out a hand and laid on Sideswipes roof, just as she had done to Breeze. Aretheyallsensitive? Alexa liked this new goal in life. Sure it was an on-the-spot sort of goal, but whatever, she wanted to learn all she could about Cybertronians.

Sides purred a low rumbling purr. Breeze became thoughtful. Mechshavearathercomfortingpurr.Interesting. She calmed slightly as he purred.
"That's nice," he mumbled.

The effect on Breeze wasn't lost on Alexa. Deciding on a new experiment, she took her hand away. Andnowwhat?

Sides kept purring a bit longer and then stopped, studying Alexa curiously. Breeze stiffened slightly once it stopped, but relaxed again when Sides didn't talk to her.
"You're cool," Sides grinned at Alexa. He liked purring. He had also noticed the effect on Breeze. Goodtoknow.

"I'mcool? Ha! You're the alien. I think you kinda one-up me there," Alexa grinned. "I like how you guys purr. It's pretty cute."

"Well thank you," Sides grinned, "You're the alien to us, too. We like the sound too for that matter. It relaxes us." He talked so easily to Alexa. Breeze wished she were an extrovert for the millionth time.

Alexa had nothing to wish for. She was delighted that she had found someone so easy to talk to. Generally, she had severe problems talking to people but this one... she like him. "I guess it's a pretty relaxing noise..." she grinned, and put her hand out on him again, this time to experiment some more and to help Breeze relax again.

Sides purred again, this time a little louder. Breeze started to relax even more. Maybe this new mech wasn't so bad. She could try to talk more to him at least.

Alexa ran her hand down Side's hood, grinning. She vaguely thought of him as a giant kitty. Sides settled on his tires, relaxed and purring loudly. Breeze giggled softly, making Sides grin. He had made her laugh! Take that, Bumblebee and Star.

Alexa sort of giggled too, before lightly tickling his hood. She really did like this odd alien. He was fun!

Sides shivered and moved back, "Hey, that's not fair." He was grinning though and he didn't mind. Breeze snickered softly.

Alexa backed away, grinning. "So... are you that sensitive as robots too?"

"No, just as our alt-forms," Sides grinned, "Especially the nicer sports models. Ironhide probably would just stare and ask what you were doing. He's the weapons specialist back at base."

"Where is your brother, Sunstreaker?" Breeze finally ventured a question softly.

"He's working on some painting," Sides shrugged, "Bee and him are also going to stop by as we take turns getting your report."

Breeze nodded, "Alright."

Sunstreaker chose that moment to make his appearance. "I hate this planet," he whined. "It's all full of filth. I'm not even going to guess at what I hit on the way here." Alexa walked calmly over to the sunshine yellow Lamborghini. "Hi," she grinned. "Go away," replied Sunstreaker.

"Don't bother with him," Sides snorted with a grin. Breeze was glad Sides was between her and his brother. He complained too much to her liking.

Alexa studied the bright yellow sports car for a moment. Grouchy was definitely a describing adjective in this case. "Don't you dare touch me human. I'm dirty enough as is, I don't need you adding to it," Sunstreaker growled. Alexa nodded submissively and walked away to sit by Breeze. Messing with Sunshine over there seemed like messing around with a mountain lion. He was much bigger, stronger, and tougher then Alexa could ever hope to be.

A tiny growl came from Breeze, but she shrunk away from Sunstreaker as she did so, "Don't be rude." SuchbravefearIhave, she thought dryly. She didn't want Alexa to be afraid of the Autobots, Sunstreaker included. Even if it did mean she had to talk to the scary mech. Sides was surprised. Shy little Breeze was growling? Something must have hit a nerve.

Alexa ducked away from Breeze as well. She knew a threatening noise when she heard one, and if some sort of...carfight? Broke out she didn't want to be near it, especially since Sunny was growling back now.

Breeze snorted at Sunny, and then ignored him. She didn't have to deal with him, and neither did Alexa. Breeze didn't understand why he came, unless he was looking for his brother.

Alexa stayed tucked away safely in her little safety zone beside a wall, close to a door. She sort of wished she could growl and sound threatening but she doubted that even shouting would seem threatening coming from her, especially to gigantic robo-men from the great beyond. "I should go," she muttered, and ducked inside. WaytolookabusedLexy...her inner thoughts taunted her. I'mnotabused...just...unsure.Idon'tknowthese...things.Howtheyact... she sighed and leaned against a wall by a window, tilted her head back and closed her eyes for a few seconds. Afterwards, she went back to slouching casually and thoughtfully.

Sides gave both Breeze and Sunny weird looks. Breeze sat there quietly, sighing as she did so. She had to deal with Sunny, whether she liked it or not. She hoped her older sister, Summer would come to earth. She knew she was out there somewhere. Their unbroken sister bond was proof of that.

Sunny snorted and suddenly reversed out of the parking lot. "Alright Sideswipe. We checked in on your little friend, terrorized a native, and both need a good wash. Let's go."

Alexa peeked out the window at Sunstreaker, wondering what Sides would say. This studying was cut short by Sunstreaker growling at her viciously, and she returned to hiding.

"The terrorizing the native wasn't necessary. Why do I need a wash? I just had one!" Sides retorted, grin. Breeze coughed slightly, snickering inwardly. Justwashed...lastmonth?

Sunny shifted on his tires, irritated. "Fine. Stay here and look grungy in front of your little crush. I'm out of here," he growled and drove off. Alexa peeked out of the doorway, wondering whether or not to come out again. For all she knew, Sunstreaker was just the more obvious one about his anger issues...

Sides sighed, "I better go too, see ya Breeze." He grinned and followed after his irritated twin. As far as Breeze went, he didn't have a crush. She was a sweet little one, but...almost too sweet for his prankster side. He still would have fun annoying Sunshine about girls. Maybe Breeze had a sister.

Breeze relaxed and sighed. Finally, the twin terrors would be gone for at least a week until she had to give another report.

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Athena says: I have acquired a sandwich. And this story will be updated whenever possible, but we have an entire pile of books taunting us mercilessly right now. Updates may be slow and unscheduled, but they're coming. And I am not a fat lard.

Me: Enjoy this chapter! We worked HARD on it. XD

And to Athena: Says the one who demanded a sandwich, and now has one. =P