Okay, chapter 31, everyone! =D Okay, for this one, Cameron and them are gonna meet the A-bots-and some other peoples are gonna make in unexpected visit to Earth...;) Enjoy!
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Soulmates; Chapter 31: Unexpected Visits
"What's this?" Optimus asked as Sari handed him a small piece of paper. "Apparently," Sari said, "its an invation to Charlotte's parents' funeral." Optimus optics widened as he opened it, and read it out loud. "Courtsey...of Proter. C. Powell? !" He stared at the sheet of paper. "Yeah," Jazz said. "The dawg is hostin' Charlotte's folks funeral, we dunno why." Optimus nodded slowly, then a spark twisting thought came to mnd:
Someone had to tell Charlotte.
How were they going to tell a four-year-old girl that a stranger was oragnizing her parents' founeral? It seemed like an impossible task, without any tears, anyway. "We have to tell her," Prowl said, as if reading Optimus' mind. "She deserves to know."
"Desewves to know what?"
Everyone looked over to see Charotte standing there, teddy-bear in hand, Luke at her feet. She was smiling up at everyone as they gave each other uneasy glances. "Uh," Bumblebee said, rubbing the back of his neck, breaking the silence. "You see, Charlotte..." He trailed off. Charlotte's smile turned into a confused frown. "What?" she asked, stepping forward. Luke looked confused also. Arcee pursed her lips together, not sure how to tell her..
"Charlotte," Wave said, slowly. She walked over to the young child, kmelt down and scooped her up. "I hate to tell you this...Iceiss how I hate it...but I gotta tell you that...someone is hosting your parents' funeral...someone you don't know, but we know him." She took a breath, waiting for the girls reaction. Charlotte sat there in her hands, her face unreadable, her eyes held no emotion. She stared blankly at Wave, then at Luke, then at the others. She swallowed, she never thought of the funeral before. Her voice came out in a quiet croak that was almost terrifying to hear, since it was very unlike her, "My pawents'...funewal." Her gaze flew to the floor, and so did her heart. She bit her lip, thinking, Someone I don't know is hosting my parents'...funeral. She never thought she could be thinking this in her whole life.
"...Yes, Charlotte." Optimus said, barely above a whisper. Charlotte sighed and slid off Wave's hand, landing on the ground. She walked to her room, Luke at her heels. As soon as she was in her room, Charlotte threw herself onto her bed, crying controlably. "Mommy...Daddy..." She whimpered. "I-I never even got to say goodye..." She cried deeper into the pillow, Luke making whimpering sounds.
"Its never too late, Charlotte."
Charlotte looked up to see Optimus standing in the doorway, a concerned look on his face plate. Charlotte sniffed and wiped away some tears with her sleeve. "H-Hi, O-Optimus," she whispered. Optimus walked over, sitting beside her. "Hey," he said, wipeing away a stray tear, "its alright." Charlotte shook her head. "No," she said, her voice getting higher. "No its not! Mommy and Daddy awe gone! I saw them! I saw them!" She cried. Optimus scooped her up in his hands, bringing her to his chest plate. "Charlotte," he whispered, 'its alright. I know its hard, but its not the end of the world. Mommy and Daddy would want you to be happy, wouldn't they?" Charlotte looked up at Optimus, he gave her a small, gentle smile. "They would.." She whispered. Optimus stroked her hair as she buried her face into his chest plate. "I-I'm gonna go," she said. Optimus blinked. "What?"
"I'm gonna go," she said, "to the funewal." Optimus smiled. "And we'll go with you," he said to her. "I promise."
Charlotte smiled.
"Hey," he said, after a short silence. "Maybe a trip to the park would cheer you up." Charlotte nodded. "Yeah!"
It was Optimus' turn to smile.
"C'mon, Neil!" Cameron called from down the hall. "Time to go to the park!" As if on cue, Neil raced down the hall, his Spider-Man shoes blinking as he ran. Cameron smiled at her little brother. "Come on," she said. "Gwen's waiting." She steered Neil to the front enterance, Gwen waiting. She smiled at Neil's excitment warmly, as their Aunt Madiline came into view. "Now, remember, children," she said sternly. "You are due back in three hours! 4:00 on the dot!"
"Yes, Aunt Madiline." They said in unsion. Madiline nodded and walked off to who knows where. Cameron sighed as she guided her siblings outside, once outside, the walked towards the park.
Little did they know, that it was going to change their lives.
Forever.
Meanwhile, in the park, Prowl was pushing Charlotte on the swing. Charlotte laughed as her feet kicked high in the air. "Highew, Pwowl! Highew!" she cheered from the swings. Prowl grinned and pused her a little higher, making her laugh more. The rest of the team watched, seeing how easily it was for the fear-year-old to get over the past event. "Good idea, boss-bot," Bumblebee said. Optimus grinned. Some of the other kids watched in amazment when they saw an Autobot push the little girl on the swings, not saying a word. Prowl and Charlotte ignored the other children, continuing. Charlotte had forgotten all about the funeral, only focusing on the task at hand: having fun.
"YAAAAAAAAAAY!" Charlotte cheered from the swing, making Prowl chuckle. "Feel good, Charlotte?" he called to her. "YEAH!" she called back down happily. Prowl grinned at the girls happiness, seeing she forgotten about her parents...passing. He shook his helm out of his thoughts, grinning again when he heard the laughter of the child. It felt strange for the quiet Ninja-bot to be doing this...but it didn't matter now.
"HIGHEW!" Charlotte laughed down. "Higher?" Prowl ridged an optic. "Any higher and you would reach Cybertron!" Charlotte laughed, "THAT'S WHAT I'M AIMING FOW!" Prowl chuckled and pushed her a little higher, making Charlotte laugh harder. "WEEEEEEE!" Charlotte cheered.
StarGazer watched all the young organic children run freely and play with their friends, she seemed to have forgotten this life: the free life. She felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned her helm around to see her youngest sister, Wave, now a young femme. Wave was smiling at her. "Hey, 'Gazer," she said. "Like Earth so far?" StarGazer smiled at her old nickname; Wave always used to call her that when she was a young sparkling, still learning to talk at that. "Like it," StarGazer said, "I love it. Its kind of like Irontron, in a way." Wave chuckled softly at that statement. "Yeah," Wave said. "That's the impression I got when I first got here." StarGazer grinned. "Say," Wave said quietly. "How's...Luna doing?" StarGazer smiled a bit. "Fine, actually," she said. "Same ol' softy that you know and love, sis." Wave nodded. "Good."
Charlotte suddenly heard some chimes and some ringing, a huge grin crossed her face. "Pwoly! Can I have some ice cweam?" Prowl ridged an optic, looking in the direction of the chimes. He saw a white truck with a giant ice cream cone on top, some kids running up to, sequeling in delight. He thought it must be what the young girl was thinking of, he smiled and stopped the swing. "Sure," he said. Charlotte grinned brightly, stepping off the swing towards the truck. Cailey sighed and walked with Charlotte to the truck, searching for money in her pocket. Jazz was giving Prowl this look.
"What?" Prowl asked. Jazz grinned. "Nothin'...Pwoly." He chuckled as he watched his friend growl at him in a deathly manner, only making Wave giggle. "Pwoly, are you okay?" Wave taugnted. Prowl glared at her. "...Shut up," he mumbled. "Yeah, guys," Bumblebee said with a smirk. "Leave Pwoly alone!"
CLANG!
"OW!"
Bumblebee rubbed his helm, the pain from the golden shrukien stinging. Prowl smirked as the golden shrukien came back to his hands. "Anyone else want to call me Pwoly?" he asked. Everyone shook their helms. "Good." He smiled.
"Yay!" Charlotte cheered, holding her ice cream cone. Cailey smiled down at Charlotte, whom was skipping back to the Autobots, more kids staring in awe. Cailey began to wonder something: Did Charlotte have any friends? She didn't seem to interact with the other kids her age that were around her. Plus, she didn't seem to know any of them. Instead, Charlotte went back to the Autobots. She licked her butterscotch ice cream, smiling up at her robotic friends. "Thank fow taking me to the pawk, guys!" she said, happily. Everyone seemed to notice, now, that Charlotte's R's were prounuced as W's-which was pretty funny when she said Ratchet's name. "Iwonhide," the little girl said, eyes sparklying, "twansfowm fow me again!" Ironhide groaned, his joints achning. "I already did that, Charlotte," he moaned. He rubbed his arms, remembering all those times the young girl wanted him to transform... "Pwease?" Charlotte begged, giving him the classic 'puppy-dog look'. Ironhide sighed. "Alright.." he moaned, standing up. "But just one time!"
"No! Lots of times!" she cheered, Ironhide sighed and transformed, making the little girl sequel in delight. "Again!" she cheered. Ironhide groaned and did it again, and again and again and again...Fern snickered at Ironhide, she found this quite amusing. Ironhide grumbled something-he was in his alt form now-that nobody could catch, but asumed it was a curse. Charlotte laughed and clapped her hands together as Hide kept transforming, he groaned again. "Mowe! Mowe!" Charlotte cheered happily. Ironhide groaned again and transformed again, moaning, "More?"
"Yes!"
"But, Charlotte..."
"Hide, stop acting like a sparkling and transform for Charlotte." Rodimus said, smirking.
Ironhide rolled his optics and transformed, again. "Thanks, Wodimus!" Charlotte beamed. Brawn snickered at the newly found nick-name for his leader. "Hey, thanks, Wodimus!' Ironhide said, in alt mode. Rodimus kicked Ironhide's tires, making the red bot yelp, "OW!" And transformed. Charlotte laughed. Cailey sat beside Candy, whom was watching Charlotte 'play' with Hide.
"Hey, Candy?" Cailey said. Candy glanced over to Cailey. Candy had been tested, by Ratchet and Red Alert, since the 'inccident', but the results came back normal. She hasn't felt strange lately, which was good, but Blurr was still worried about his beloved Candy. "Yeah?" she said. Cailey pursed her lips together, glancing, for only a moment, at the children watching Charlotte and Ironhide, amazed at how the four-year-old had control over the Autobots transforming. It seemed unreal to the other kids. Cailey turned back to Candy and said, "Do you think Charlotte has any friends before...you know...the accident." Candy glanced back at Charlotte and, without taking her eyes off her, said, "Come to think of it, she hasn't said a word of any friends." She turned back to Cailey. "You?" Cailey sighed, shaking her head. "No, not a word." The two girls looked back to the toddler, whom was now on StarGazer's helm. "Wee!" The little toddler cheered. StarGazer giggled and set Charlotte back on the ground.
"Charlotte," Candy said, leaning over to Charlotte, "don't you wanna play with your friends?" She gestured to all the other four-year-olds, who were staring in awe at Charlotte and the Autobots. Charlotte followed Candy's gesture, only to shake her head.
"I don'ts have any fwiends."
This caught Fern's attention. "What?" Fern asked, blinking. It was shocking to learn that a bubbly little toddler like Charlotte wouldn't have any friends. It seemed almost impossible. "I don'ts have any fwiends." Charlotte repeated. She tilted her head to the side. "Why do you wants to know, Candypop?" Candypop was Charlotte's new found nick-name for Candy, which amused Blurr greatly. "I was just...wondering," Candy mused. She looked back to the kids, sighing. Cailey sighed as well, then her eyes drifted over to a group of girls that were Charlotte's age that were by the swing-set, wearing bright pinks and...was that make-up? No way in hell! Cailey thought, shaking her head. Her gaze drifted to some boys that were Charlotte's age...playing in the mud. Nuh uh. She thought. Finally, her gaze went to a group of boys and girls that were Charlotte's age, playing kick-ball. A grin formed on Cailey's face. Perfect. She thought.
"Hey, Charlotte," Cailey said, getting the young girls attention. "Yeah?" she said. Cailey pointed to the kids playing kick-ball. "Wanna go play with those guys?" Charlotte followed her pointed finger and grinned. "Yeah!" Cailey smiled. "Well," she said, "go ahead, Charlotte!" She gave one last glance at the Autobots-who we gesturing her to go-and left, skipping towards the kick-ball players.
Meanwhile, Neil was playing kick-ball with some of his friends and other kids he met, Cameron watching, Gwen off doing...something. He didn't know what, but he assumed it had something to do with her guitar, since she brought it with her. Neil was the pitcher in the game, he let the ball roll on the ground towards the kicker in high speed. Just before the kicker could kick the ball, Neil's amber eyes caught sight of a four-year-old Chinesse girl walk up to the kick-ball game, a grin plasted on her face. Neil stared in awe and wonder at the girl. He kept on staring at her, a feeling that he needed to know her filled his young mind. Then-
"NEIL! CATCH IT!"
"NEIL! WATCH OUT!"
"Huh?" Neil turned around to see the bright red kick-ball fall down to him-hitting him smack-dab in his face. "OW!" He fell to the ground, the ball rolling off his face. Everyone gasped and ran to Neil, Charlotte ran to him as well. Neil groaned in pain, getting a nose-bleed. Cameron had rushed over to Neil in asstanist-but Charlotte had gotten there first. "Hey," she said Neil looking up at Charlotte, "awe you okay?" Neil stared at the girl. "...Yeah, I guess," he mumbled. Charlotte smiled warmly at the boy that she was crouched beside. "I'm Chawlotte," she said. Neil blinked. "You mean Charlotte, right?" he asked. Charlotte nodded. "Yup." And a friendship was born.
"Neil!"
The toddlers looked up to see Cameron rush over to Neil, a napkin in her hands, obviously for the nose-bleed. She immeditaly began to wipe away the blood from Neil's nose. "I'm okay, Cammy," Neil chuckled. Cameron sighed and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you, Neil?" she sighed. Neil grinned and sat up. Charlotte looked around the kick-ball field; the game was obviously over. Cameron, finally, noticed Charlotte, smiling warmly. "Hi, I'm Cameron, Neil's older sister," Cameron said. Charlotte smiled back. "Hi," she said, "I'm Chawlotte." Cameron couldn't help but give a small giggle at the way the little girl said her name. "So," Camerson said, "where's your mommy and daddy?" Charlotte beamed and pointed to the direction of the Autobots.
"Follow me!" she cheered. Cameron and Neil looked at each other for a moment, then followed Charlotte. And then their lives changed-for better or worse.
Gwen was strumming her guitar, trying to get the right sound out of it. A grin forming on her face when it did finally. She began to sing the song that she wanted to sing, and the song that explained who she was: 'F***in' Perfect' by Pink. Her guitar case was open, just in case someone was generious and give her some money so Madiline would stop ranting about how they should get their own money And so, she began to sing:
"Made a wrong turn, once or twice, dug my way out, blood and fire, bad decisions, that's alright, welcome to my, silly life. Mistreated, in this place, misunderstood, Miss knowing its all good, it didn't slow me down," some people began to stop and watch her play, some people even pasted by and put money inside her guitar case, "misstaken, always second guessin', underestimated, look I'm still around," more people began to stop and toss money into her guitar case, smiles on their faces, "pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel, like your less then, f***in' perfect, pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel, like your nothin', you're f***in' perfect, to me."
Meanwhile, Wasp, in his human hologram, walked down the street that was just past the park, wanting to go for a quick walk. Then he heard some music, and began to follow it. His hologram had blonde hair; some faded, green highlights in it, sea blue eyes, wearing a green jacket, over a yellow shirt, that had black strips on it, jeans and gray sneakers. Around the corner, Wasp saw a girl playing a guitar, singing a song. He couldn't help but grin at the girl. Primus, he thought, she's...beautiful. He listened as she continued to sing her song:
"You're so mean, when ya talk, about yourself, you were wrong, change the voices, in your head, make them like you, instead. So complected, look how we are makin' filled with so much hatred, such a tired game. Its enough, I don't know how I could think of. Chase down all my demons, I've seen you do the same. Ohhh ohhhhhhhh! Pretty, pretty please! Don't you, ever, ever feel! Like your less then, f***in' perfect! Pretty, pretty please! If you ever, ever feel! Like your nothin', you're f***in' perfect! To me!" She suddenly got right into the song, making more people listen and toss money into the case. "The whole worlds scared, so I swallow the fear, the only thing I should be drinkin' is an ice cold beer, so cool in line, and we try, try, try, but we try to hard its a waste of my time. Done lookin' for the critics, 'cause their everywhere, they don't like my jeans, they don't get my hair, change ourselves and we do it all the time. Why do we do that? Why do we do that? Why do I do that? YEAH! Oh, pretty, pretty, pretty! Pretty, pretty please! Don't you ever, ever feel! Like you're less then, F***IN' PERFECT! Pretty, pretty please! If you ever, ever feel! Like your NOTHIN', YOU'RE F****IN' PERFECT! TO ME! You're perfect! You're perfect! Pretty, pretty please! If you ever, ever feel! Like your nothin'! YOU'RE F***IN' PERFECT! To me."
Gwen panted as the song ended, the strings of the guitar echoed through the air. Claps and cheers and the sounds of money beinging tossed into her guitar case was heard. Gwen opened her eyes, seeing all the people cheering for her. Gwen smiled, bowing. Her dream was becoming a popstar, just like Pink. Wasp, from afar, chuckled and clapped as well. He reached into his pocket and found a five dollar bill inside. He walked over, as causually as he could, and dropped the five dollar bill inside. Gwen glanced up at Wasp, and her heart skipped a beat. Oh, my God! She sequeled in her mind. He's so hot! She smiled at him.
"Hi," she said. Wasp smiled back at her. "Hey," he replied. He stuffed his hands into his jacket pockets, still smiling at the young guitarist. She's kinda like Candy, he thought. ...Kinda. Gwen shifted her guitar in her hands. "I-I'm Gwen," she said. "I'm Wa-" He stopped. He was about to give away his real name! In his human form! Gwen raised her eyebrows. "Wallace?" she offered. Wasp-or Wallace-nodded. "Y-Yeah, Wallace." He grinned sheepishly, adding a sheepish chuckle. Gwen smiled, pushing some of her hair behind her ear. She opened her mouth to say something, but something began to beep in her pocket. She cursed under her breath, reaching into her pocket to pull out her cell-phone, which was a dark shade of pink that Wasp have never seen before. It had 'OUTCAST' in big, black and red letters, 'MISUNDERSTOOND' in black letters and 'NOT A GIRLY GIRL! !' in big, red letters. "Hello?" Gwen said into the phone. "Hi, Cameron...what? No way! Your kidding! A little girls parents are robots? !"
Wasp froze.
Uh oh, he thought. How did this 'Cameron' find out? He swallowed hard as Gwen put away her phone, giving Wasp a big grin. "That was my sister, Cameron," Gwen explained. "She said that some little girl named Charity-"
"Charlotte."
"Oh, well, anyway, her adpotive parents are robots, and-wait. How did you know her name was Charlotte?"
Wasp smirked. "I'm one of them robots."
Gwen raised her eyebrows.
"Follow me," he intructed. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into an alleyway, once she had her guitar case, of course. Then, once they were in the alley, he said, "Now, you have to promise me you won't freak out, okay?" Gwen nodded. "Okay." Wasp smiled and transformed in front of her, making her gasp in shock. "Oh, my God," she whispered. Wasp knelted down to her level, grinning. "I'm Wasp," he said. Gwen smiled, flipping the hair out of eyes. "Hey...Wasp," she giggled. "So," Wasp said, "now that your sister knows about us, wanna head back?"
"Sure," Gwen said. They walked together back to the park, both feeling that this was supposed to happen; that this was meant to happen. They came back to the site in the park and saw that Neil and Charlotte were playing.
Charlotte had finally made a friend.
"Sentinel? What are you doing here?" Optimus asked the big chinned Prime, since the Jet-twins, Ultra Magnus, Sentinel, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were in their living room. The Autobots and Cameron and Gwen and Neil had returned to the base, after meeting and such. Optimus was surprised to find the Elite Guard in the base; why hadn't they told him they were coming?
"We're here because," Sentinel said, a smug grin plastered on his face plate. Then he said something that was absolutely terrifying:
"To get Team Rodimus and Blurr back to Cybertron."
DUN DUN DUN! CLIFFHANGER! 8O! OMG! OMG! SIDESWIPE AND SUNSTREAKER! XDDD!
Wave: My boyfriend is gonna be sent back to Cybertron and all you can care about is the Lambo-Twins? !
Me: Sorry, fangirl moment 83
Wave: *mutters Ironoide curses*
Me: I said I was sorry!
Anyways, I hope you guys like how Charlotte talks! XD
By the way, Cameron is paired up with someone...but your gonna have to wait to know! XD
Oh, and the reason why I picked 'F***in' Perfect' by Pink is cuz it basically describes Gwen; I'll tell ya why in a later chapter ;)
'Till next time! Review!
XD