Erica's steps stopped as she looked at the white front door. She knew Mira would be mad at her. Even though she's the who created Mira and the others. Erica sighed and slowly opened the door. Unfortunately the that door had a bad creek to it. A purple toy helicopter was already waiting for her on the other side. Then Erica started to wonder why she was narrating this.
"Erica!" The toy yelled. I sheepishly looked up at her. Mira had the advantage of flying higher above me. I should've have built her as a little car.
"Yes?" I muttered,
"It's already 9:30 and your dinner is getting cold. Get inside," I walked inside and threw my backpack at my room door. I got Dragonfly out and she transformed zooming towards our kitchen.
"Hana! Suna!," she called. Mira was in her robot form and was tapping her foot on the counter in the kitchen. A semi cold plate with mashed potato and roast beef laid untouched on the counter. My butt sat on a spinning bar stool, and Hana passed the fork to me.
Mira, Hana, and Suna stared me down as I eat the cold food. The triplets we're built a week before Christmas as a gift for Robert, who wanted maids. So, I made helicopters, from Goodwill, maids for him. He was quite surprised when he opened his wrapped boxes. Suna was made first. Her specialty is doing the laundry, but she doesn't fold our clothes. Mira was next. She knows when to mop and dust around the house. She also organizes Robert's work schedule. Finally, I made Hana, our chef. Though with her bubbly personality, she still makes our house feel like a five star restaurant.
I slowly took another bite of mashed potato. They were still staring at me.
"W-what?"
"Where were you guys?" Asked all three of them. I got out my spy glasses and got out a cord from the end of the glasses frame. I connected the end to Dragon. Dragon then turned around to a blank wall and projected our adventure at the dock. They watched until the end.
"We felt something," started Dragonfly. All six optics widen, if they could widen.
"We did too," said Suna. They all nodded together and, "hmm," together. I ate my food a bit faster hoping I could go back to search more.
"I think it was a distress signal, and I was wondering if I could-" I was cut off by Mira.
"No!, It's dark already, you already went this afternoon, and we don't know what sended that distress signal!" She was right. Mira was always right, but not this time.
"Well, I can bring Firefly for the darkness, I know my way around the neighborhood; also did a background check on our neighbors. And a thing that could be a distress is in distress. Meaning they could be hurt or something." Mira didn't look like she's giving in, time to butter her up. "Please Mira! Please?" I looked at Dragonfly to join in.
"Please? Pleeeasee? Pleeeaassseee?" We said together.
"Stop!" Mira sighed and looked at her sisters for some help. They shrugged at her and she sighed again. "Okay, fine," I jumped a little with happiness, "but, I'll also need to see live feed too." I nodded and turned on my glasses. She made two clicking sounds and little glasses also appeared on her face. Dragonfly clicked once and we were able to see what Dragon could see. I quickly washed my plate and put it in the dishwasher.
"Love you Mira!" I waved at her as I stumbled into my room. "Fire?" A little light popped up behind stacked books. "Let's go!" Firefly quickly flew to her side. Firefly was made not too long from Dragonfly. Fire is, well you guessed it, a flashlight. Never really talks but only to Dragonfly and Firefly transformed back to their alt form. I turned on the flashlight.
"Be careful! We'll come right after you if something happens," I gave Mira two thumbs up and I left through the front door. Hooking Fire onto my bike I also lightly touched the slightly brown grass with my left hand. Things seems to happened only the left side of my torso. I still doesn't know why.
A little sized sphere materialized from the ground and I grabbed it. I smiled at the ball and hopped on the bike. Where I got that sphere you ask? Well, I duged at little hole and placed four little devices that would turn on and cover that hole. The cover would camouflage around its surrounding and everything that was put in the hole would disappear. Important alien like gadgets hidden. Simple as that and the only one who could access it was me.
"And we're off to the docks!" I wonder what else I could find. My thoughts pondered back to the car rim. My roast beef breath quickened with each pedal. I made the same left turn, and slowed down when something felt wrong.
"Dragonfly go live," little robotic sound were made and Dragon started to re-scouted the area.
"I'm live, want me go chec-," the sound of choppers were near and rusling of heavy pants were coming closer. "What in the world?" I whispered. The choppers were closing in on the ship we checked on earlier.
"Dragon get back I don't like the sight of this,"
"Understand." Dragon whispered back. The little dragonfly zoomed past a group of men with guns. Dragonfly landed on my shoulder,
"I think we should leave," stated Dragon
"But I want to see wha-," one of the boat vessel exploded. Pieces of the boat flew everywhere. All of us hit the nearby ditch and watch in fear. Another shot was fire and something fell out of the boat. It transformed and try to drive away. When it transformed back one of its leg was shot off. It was surrounded. And everybody stopped shooting.
We were on the other side of the dock and we couldn't hear what that transformer was trying to say. The face of that transformer looked familiar. A sharp pain passed through my head. Decepticon, shooting, something that saved me. I try to look more closely at the face of the robot. Little glints of light from the fire past its face. I remembered. That thing that shooted back at the decepticon, in the Chicago attack, was him.
"Erica? Erica!" Mira shirks went through my ears. I quickly responded through the microphone.
"Ye-yeah? I'm here I'm fine."
"No you're not! I see what's happening over there. The three of us are coming as quickly as possi-," another explosion cut her voice out. I watched in horror as my savior, from Chicago, get blown to pieces. Pieces far enough to where I could reach some of his remains. I continue to watch them as they break apart from the robot. An unfamiliar robot walked up to the dying green robot. His hand digged into the robot's chest and pulled out what looked like his spark.
"No," I whimpered. I held out the sphere and slightly compressed it. The sphere hovered out of my hand and swiftly followed the dimming spark. The spark was still on that thing's hand until he finally threw it into the water. The sphere turned on its camera as it was above the dimming light. "Touch it," I whispered. The ball lightly touched the spark and it was able to capture what was left inside. The sphere cam turned off in my glasses. Gun men started moving out and lab coat people came piling in. They started hauling the lifeless bodies.
"Erica?" Mira and the other two air transformed onto the ground. They ran towards us and all of them hugged me. "I think we should go now, it's past midnight." Mira broke apart from our hug. I nodded at her; the sphere hovered over on my shoulder. It was bobbing up and down. I touched it with my left hand and the energy like feeling traveled up through my arm. My eye stinged a little and passed memory went by in my head. Just like the one in Chicago. Memories of injured robot he fixed and his arrival to earth, and his name being called.
"Ratchet," I whispered all of them looked at me confused. "His name was Ratchet," I pointed at the dead body across the dock.
"Well, good to know then," Mira looked at a scattered part not to far from us.
"What did he do?" asked Suna. I look into his memories,
"He was a medic. The best one there is he claims," I laughed at the many mistakes he did in his younger years. Sighing with sad eyes an idea popped into my head. The sphere went off as I thought about my idea and started sucking up metallic remains.
"What are you doing?" asked Mira. The sphere I created is a storage sphere. Controlled by my own brain wavelength it collects things I need. And though it is small it is bigger on the inside.
"I'm going to fix him,"
"What?" Mira said in shock. Dragon looked at Firefly then at the others.
"I can fix him I have his blueprint in here," I tapped my head. "Look, I know this sounds crazy,"
"Because it is," interrupted Dragon. I gave her my are-you-for-real-girl look and continued.
"I just know I can. His spark is in me and if we can get some of his parts he could be half Transformium and half scrap metal." Lab coats were coming closer to our area. Some were laughing at each other as they picked up a part at started messing with it. It was disgusting if you think about it. Like picking up guts of a human and swinging it around like it's nothing.
"We have to leave," stated Suna,
"Before we get caught," finished Hana. I signaled the sphere to start moving towards us. And all of us started to move out. Transforming back to their other alt form, Mira, Suna, and Hana started a little ahead of us. Firefly hook himself on my bike and I held Dragonfly in hand.
"Let's go back guys," the bike creaked as I pedaled. A van passed us, it looked like a news van. A couple of people in pajamas were also out looking at the docks. Their faces looked concerned and frightened. Men in black were coming out of the docks and started talking to the concerned people. One of them saw me, between their unnecessary tinted sunglass, as I pedal away. I hope I didn't looked suspicious...
The house light were off when we got back home. Robert stayed longer than I thought. Walking into my room I planted the sphere onto my desk and slumped into bed. My gun powder smelling clothes were still on and everyone decided to cuddle in with me. This is what we don't normally do. Mira to my left Suna on my right and Hana laying on my stomach. Dragonfly and Firefly were under my arm cuddling me.
It was strange with all of them together on one bed, but it was nice. My eyelids fluttered shut on me. Something kicked my face and a light started flashing. I instantly threw back my blanket.
"Good Morning!" Suna and Firefly waved their hands as I rubbed my sore cheek.
"I would've like a better wake up call you guys," laughing as they fly away I checked for the time on the alarm clock. "6:45, enough time to take a shower before school starts." The smell of waffle lifted in the air as I step out of the bathroom. Just enough to make me wake up a little more. Everybody, including Robert, were at the counter. Hana flipped over the waffle pan and opened it. She severed Robert first then started plating mine.
"Hey!," Robert noticing me first, "Come on! Eat some breakfast." I nodded with water starting to form in my mouth. Hana smiled at me and severed me.
"Thanks Hana,"
"You're welcome Erica." Mira started to help Hana clean up the little mess she made. Robert took a sip of his coffee and yawned.
"What time did you get back?" I asked him. He chewed as he answered,
"Around two in the morning. How was the first day of school?"
"Good. A band played for us during lunch pretty badass." I waved my fork in the air remembering the tune of the first song. Dragonfly landed on my shoulder and told me the time.
"It looks like you have to go Erica," Robert said. "Want me to take you there?" I put on my camo converse shoe,
"Nah, how would I get back? You have work. Remember?"
"Oh yeah, well just thought I offer."
"Thanks, but no thanks cuz." My backpack swinged in the air as I put it on. I didn't want to talk to Robert about last night. Knowing something about last night with all the explosions and such, and me being there. Robert maybe a layback guardian, but if I go to far hell will be waiting for me.
"Erica?" I was just about to walk out the door.
"Yes?" I said turning around facing his grim look.
"I know what happened. Last night Erica, Hana accidentally slip her mouth this morning." I sighed my hand dropped the cold doorknob., "Let me drive you there," he said one more time. My head slumped down to a nod. I hope hell isn't near just yet.
A/N
Thanks for reading chapter 3! I won't be able to update quite as frequently since school has started. I will try my best to update as soon as possible. Please leave a review, criticism, and etc.
-Cedar Fisher