This chapter is pretty much just filler. Instead of being two weeks into the future, this is just what happens in the next two weeks. Still not totally sure how to continue... oh well. I'll more time to think once summer vacation FINALLY comes at the end of May.
Until then, I'm going to try to update Battle of the Psyche. I've already started typing chapter one, so just stay tuned.
Chapter 5: Olivia
So much happened over the next couple weeks. I moved into the Autobots' base, which was way bigger than the base they had in Transformers: Prime. I swear, the place stretched out for miles. But, considering how many Autobots there were down here, it made sense.
As it turned out, I wasn't the first human to live with the Autobots. There were quite a few of us. As I met them, I figured out that every human who had been in the various transformers shows was real and either living with the Autobots, or just visited frequently.
The first humans I met was Sari Sumdac and Miko Nakadai, who had been hanging out with Bulkhead. Sari and I became fast friends, while Miko kind of irritated me. She was amusing on the show, but in real life, she was the kind of girl I would try to steer clear of. She was basically the opposite of me, personality wise. But, being the nice girl I am, I just sucked it up and tried to tolerate her.
The next humans I met were Rafael Esquivel, Sam Witwicky, and Spike Witwicky, who I was introduced to by Bumblebee while he was giving me a full on tour of the base. As it turns out, Sam Witwicky is Spike's son. Which made sense to me, since Spike had been a teenager on the original 80's cartoon, and Sam was a teenager in the Bay movies, not counting the third one.
Raf had met Bee almost the same way it had happened on the CGI show. It was the same for Miko and Jack Darby, who I met a few hours later along with Arcee and her sisters.
I'd also met the kids from the Unicron trilogy, except Energon. Not that I minded; Kicker was just plain irritating to me.
I still haven't seen Elita One, which is a relief, since I'd had a serious crush on Optimus for about three years now. I hadn;t dated any other boys, not because of Optimus, but because I just hadn't met a guy who liked me and had what I was looking for in a lover. I don't date just to date. I want to be with someone I have a real connection with, the way my parents do.
Speaking of which, when I had gone to tell them that I was leaving, they took it better than I had anticipated. I made up a convincing enough story. This was the summer before I was supposed to start college, and I'd told them that Macala and I had found a really nice, cheap apartment, and we were going to move in now before someone else did. I'd been worried they'd try to visit, but I was supposed to be attending college in California, and they said they couldn't leave the daycare/preschool for that long on such short notice. Needless to say, this was a serious relief.
They helped me pack up my things and then drove me out to Macala's dad's house. I told my parents that he was going to give Macala his truck - who was actually Ironhide - so we could road-trip it down to California.
Yes, Macala was going to be living on the base with me as well. When she and Meg had finally woken up, they both completely freaked out, shrieking in fear at the alien robots. I'd managed to calm them down, explaining that the Transformers were real, and I was, apparenlty, the All-Spark's incarnate. They calmed down enough to ask questions. Fortuantely, Ratchet and Optimus were both there, so any questions I couldn't answer, they could.
In the end, Meg wanted nothing to do with any of them, and we all respected her wish to be returned home, provided that she be sworn to secrecy about what she had seen at the base.
Macala, however, thought this was the coolest thing ever, just as I did. She couldn't say yes fast enough when Optimus asked if she wanted to stay on base with me. I wasn't all that surprised. Macala's family is... complicated. She'd been excited for college mainly because it meant being across the country from them. But this was so much better than college. She might not be as big a fan of Transformers as I am, but she's still a huge fan, none-the-less.
When Ironhide finally arrived at base, he drove us straight to our new room. When we saw the inside, I swear, my jaw hit the ground, and I just bet Macala's jaw did, too.
It was like walking into a mansion, and seeing the grand hall. It was that big. Big enough that several Autobots could fit in here. For example; Optimus, Megatron, Bulkhead, and Ironhide. It was big enough to house the largest Autobots and still have plenty of room for Macala and myself.
There were three floors, meaning two stair cases. They were swirled staircases, so they didn't take up too much space. The lower floor had a living room, kitchen, a freaking pool, hot tub, and bathroom. The living room came with a 3 meter long sofa, a SmartTV - bigger than the one my family had, but much smaller than the movie screen in the Autobot's livingroom - a Wii and an X-Box 360, Blu-Ray Player, and a stereo system. The kitchen had a really nice stove, microwave, a refrigerator about the size of The Rock, a sink, a dishwasher, and, of course, cupboards all over. There were even cooking and eating utensils already in the kitchen drawers.
I asked Ironhide, who had come in with us, how they knew that we would need this stuff. He told me that Cybertronians have lived among the human race for centuries, but in truth, they had consulted the government. Made sense, humans would know what humans require - and enjoy - better than Cybertronians. Ironhide also told us that Optimus wasn't the only one to speak to me via FanFiction, and that was how they knew about some of my likes a dislikes. 'That explains the pool.' I thought when he said that. I love swimming, always have.
Upstairs, there were two bedrooms, each with a little bathroom. One featuring colors I loved, the other featuring colors Macala loved, so it wasn't hard to decide who got which room.
There were mini-flatscreens in both rooms, both on top of really nice dressers.
Each room came with small walk in closets, - which I thought was a little much, but I didn't say anything - a cushy bed, and a night stand. On the night stand, there was a high-tech looking radio, probably something from Bose. Being a lover of music, I decided to turn it on.
"Hey!" the radio exclaimed. I silently screamed, and fell backward onto my bed. the radio transformed into a tiny Cybertronian I immediately recognized.
"Wheelie?" I asked, still a little freaked from the "radio talking" thing.
"I was sleeping, waiting fer the new human fe-" he paused in his rant and just looked at me.
"Whoa... you're pretty." he said, taking me in.
"Uh... thanks?" I replied, staring at the cute little Autobot.
"No problem. You're the femme the All-Spark chose?" he asked me.
"I guess." I answered.
"Well, I'm Wheelie, sorry for spooking you's." he apologized.
"It's alright, I'm Olivia. Aren't you supposed to transform into a toy car?" I asked, remembering the movie.
"Oh, I transform into that, too." he said, demonstrating.
"Huh, so you're a triple-changer?" I asked.
He transformed back into bipedal mode. "Nah, all Cybertronians can transform into more than one thing. We just have favorites, is all." he elaborated. That was when we heard a shriek coming from Macala's room.
I ran into her room, Wheelie following close behind. When we saw what was going on, I relaxed. She was also on her bed, staring wide-eyed at Brains.
"Yo Brains, don't scare the human femme!" Wheelie shouted at Brains.
"Sorry, Wheels. I was taking a nap when this chick starts tap-tap-tappin on my keys." he replied.
Macala scowled. "I thought you were a normal laptop." she said, annoyed.
"Well I ain't." he retorted. 'oh boy...' I thought.
"Hey Brains, come me the femme the All-Spark picked." Wheelie called.
Brains turned his helm toward me. "Oooh..." he said. He hopped off Macala's bed, and walked over to me. "Nice to meet ya, femme. Name's Brains." he greeted.
I smiled down at him. "Nice to meet you Brains. I'm Olivia." I greeted back.
After all that was sorted out, Wheelie and Brains volunteered to help us unpack. They were sweet little 'bots, if not a little rough around the edges. I'd always wanted to meet these two, so this was just getting better and better.
The only thing that would make this new life of mine perfect, was Optimus becoming my sparkmate. Or boyfriend, at least.
And so ends Chapter 5. Hope you enjoyed. It'll probably be awhile before chapter 6 goes up, but like I said, I'm going to try to get the next chapter to Battle of the Psyche up soon. Stay tuned.