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CH. 6 : Vacation's Over
The next few days passed along quickly, to her surprise. After everything was settled, and everything was out in the open, Aiden and her had finally started to warm up to each other. They had- reluctantly by Parker- become friends, though you couldn't tell by her dessert dry humor and quick snips. It seems that Aiden took it all in by stride though, quickly giving his own input and jabs, not at all affected by her anymore.
Hmph, even though he should. She thought half- heartedly. I can't believe he asked me 'when I was going to wedge out the stick up my ass'. She really didn't even know why she let him get away with it.
She had also managed -in the short time she was there- to get along with Jamie, quickly developing a soft spot for the sweet humble little girl. She empathized that the girl was missing her mother, for Parker it was her father who was always away. Parkers father was still alive though, which she was grateful for, she couldn't imagine how different it would have been if he had died in battle. Aiden didn't exactly tell her what happened to his wife but she could tell that it wasn't a simple divorce.
The good news about not doing much for three and a half days was that she was healing along magnificently, she didn't even need stiches anymore. Once again, she was grateful for all her cybernetics, giving her double, almost triple the healing speed more than the average human.
Jamie and Parker were sitting in the flower field that was a little ways from the house, Jamie was teaching Parker how to make a flower crown, which kept them busy for a while. It was a beautiful day out and the sun was shining, so they had decided to take refuge under the shadiness of a tree.
"Do you have any sisters?" Jamie blurted out all of a sudden.
Parker looked down at her in surprise before thinking about what she was going to say. She didn't think that lying was necessary in this case, but she still felt a little hesitant because she didn't tell hardly anyone about him. She has many enemies, and if they're smart, they'll use anything that will aid them in getting what they want, even if it IS a ruthless tactic.
"I….have a brother."
"You do?! What's his name? How old is he? Is he my age?!" She screeched excitedly, looking up at her with bright shining green eyes.
Parker shifted uncomfortably, not used to kids or the subject.
"Well…his name is Liam and he's a few years older than me."
"How old are you?" She leaned toward her and whispered secretively.
Parker grinned and leaned toward her to whisper back in her ear, watching as her eyes drastically widened.
"Hahahhaha, your that old!?" She laughed rolling in the flowers around them, getting them in her hair and clothes.
"Hmph, I'm not THAT old." She said teased, making a serious face and crossing her arms across her chest in a dramatic motion.
"Hahah, ok, ok, your not that old. YET." She said as fell into another fit of giggles.
Parker smirked and let out a light chuckle before stopping and looking around to make sure no one heard, not quite sure the sound had even come from her.
"Come on, let's head back." She said getting up and dusting the flowers from rear.
"Sure!" Jamie said , quickly catching up to her fast strides and taking ahold of her hand as they walked back to the house.
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"Hey Jamie, can you go get the raincoats on the counter please? We're going to Wal-Mart for a bit and there are signs of rain coming." Aiden called out as he took off his dirty work gloves used for chopping wood.
"Yes, Daddy," Jamie replied as she walked toward the house.
Aiden walked over to Parker and did a double-take. Slowly a grin spread on his face as he looked at her neck.
"My, what a pretty flower necklace you have on Parker," he seemed to coo.
She glared at him while he just smirked. Jamie must have heard what he said because as she was going up the porch steps she stopped, whirled around and ran over to him.
"Oh! I've got one for you too, Daddy! I made it myself!" She said as she pulled him down to her level and put the flowers around his neck before puffing her chest out with pride. Then she quickly left and ran into the house.
"Hn, what were you saying, stud?" She countered, while this time she grinned and he glared.
"Huh, yeah yeah, laugh it up Ice Princess." He quipped.
Her eyes narrowed while she hissed, "Don't call me that."
"Oh? And have I struck a nerve? Maybe it's an old nickname, it is isn't it? And whatcha gonna do about it?" He bravely- or stupidly – taunted.
"Well, first I'm going to chop off your –"
" Ok, Daddy, I'm ready to go!" Jamie exclaimed while sprinting out of the house wearing her rain coat and carrying two others.
Aiden and Jamie chatted as they walked to the truck, but Parker hung back, casting a hesitant glance at the house. She had told Demetri to lay low for now, and at this day and time she couldn't just waltz around with her armor on. She might start wearing it again when she is at the house, if anything from those forests that she came out of had tracked her here, her immediate mission would be to protect the friendly people that have helped her here. For some reason, she had a bad feeling that something was going to happen soon; she could feel it in her gut.
"Parker, you ok? It's time to go!" Aiden yelled from his driver window.
She cast one more look at the house before taking off to the car.
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Ugh, she hadn't been in a regular car in so long that she had forgotten what it felt like to ride in one. Most everything hovered in her time, as her time was so much more technologically advanced that it was hard to comprehend the time that she was in now. They're were already a few times that common house appliances had stumped her and Aiden or Jamie had to come to the rescue and explain how it worked.
After what felt like hours to Parker, they had finally made it to Wal-Mart. She felt just a bit disoriented as she tried to get out of the truck.
She stayed close to them as they ventured through the aisles. It had been an hour already,she was ready to leave.
Not that I would complain though, not after everything that they have done for me. She internally sighed as she looked at them in front of her animatedly talking. They're good people, the kind of people I fight for. The people that she is indebted to, I hate being indebted to anything, but I've never broken my word and I don't plan to stop now.
Almost as if they had heard her thoughts, they were at the counter checking-out in just a few more minutes. She yawned as she helped reload the purchased goods back into the kart.
As Aiden and Jamie pushed the kart and walked ahead she walked a little-ways behind, looking at everything and anything that could pose as a possible threat. She bet that she looked like a bodyguard. Check that, that was exactly what she was doing right now, and she didn't care if people looked, she was out of her suit and out of her element. She was definitely on edge, and she had a bad feeling. Of course her senses were always on alert and were heightened but this was different, her stomach was in knots, her mouth was dry and her heart was beating a little faster.
She frowned, her instinct was usually always right, she'll just be extra careful and keep her eyes peele-
"Hey, is everything alright? You seem stiff." Aiden questioned quietly walking a bit slower to come beside her.
"Fine," she reassured him, "let's just get back home."
He glanced at her suspiciously before continuing his way out the exit door, trying to catch up to his over-enthusiastic daughter.
As soon as Parker walked outside she immediately stopped.
"Ok, something is up, what aren't you telling me?"
"Aiden, I've got a bad feeling, go ahead and take Jamie to the car, I'll be right there."
"Parker." He murmured softly, pleading .
"Go." She commanded, before walking in the direction where the feeling intensified.
Her search had let her casually but cautiously walking through the rows and rows of cars, she couldn't exactly pin-point were the source was coming from. Then, something caught her eye, a Saleen Mustang police car. She had seen plenty of police cars before but this one just gave her a strange vibe, something was calling her to come check it out.
She inspected the car, looking around and squinting at it. Whoever owned it seemed to have a funny sense of humor as they had put on the side of the car 'To punish and Enslave' instead of 'To Serve and Protect'.
Parker walked back to the hood of the car and ever so softly laid her fingertips upon the black metal. A wave of energy erupted from the hood and into her fingertips, startling her enough to pull her hand back and clutch it to her chest. When nothing happened she looked around to see if anyone saw. Satisfied that no one had witnessed what had just occurred, she slowly lowered her hand onto the hood again. The same thing happened but she didn't back down this time, instead she lowered her whole palm onto the hood, she swear it's as if the whole car shivered.
Parker pulled back her hand, staring at her palm and the car to see if there was any damage, seeing none she cast one last look at the vehicle before going back to the truck where Jamie and Aiden awaited her.
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He no longer see's black and white like the colors on his earth mode, no, he only see's gray instead.
The only thing he knew was that he didn't belong with the Decepticons, so he left. Well, one does not really leave the decepticons, he escaped with his partner frenzy and his life. He was still debating whether he should just go solo instead of going to a different side to fight with in the war or if he should consider going to the Autobots. The old him would have laughed at the very thought, but now, now he wasn't so sure.
He had intercepted a lot of decepticon chatter on the communications radio, something big was going to go down around here that would change the tides in the war. By the time he had arrived here it was over but the place was still crawling around with decepticons, they had never left, instead they hovered over this town like the plague. They were searching for something, of that much he was sure. He heard the Autobots had intercepted and had caused said target to get away.
He was going to stay low and out of Decepticon and Autobot sights until some Human had drawn interest to him. She observed him with such calculating eyes it was almost as if she were trying to look through him. She looked different than the average humans, she was taller than the usual femme's of this planet but that's not what caught his attention, her eyes were a deep blue but held a cold sheen to them. Her eyes reminded him the color of the Autobot's opitcs but with a Decepticon look to them, hmm odd. His optics widened when he felt her fingertips graze his form.
Sudden, and energy buzzed throughout his entire being before it was suddenly gone as quickly as it had came, leaving him a little dazed. His curiosity rose even higher as he scanned her, she looked just as shaken by their encounter as he was. His curiosity tripled when he saw that she was going to do it again.
And again it happen, but she didn't stop like she once had, instead she pushed even further until her whole human hand laid upon him. The unknown energy hummed throughout his entire being causing his spark to slowly warm up, when the feeling intensified he gave a soft shutter. When she pulled back again the warmth went with it, it took everything he had not to transform right then and there.
When she left, Frenzy spoke up from the back seat, "What the scrap was that?! Is she the target that the Decepticons and Autobots were having a fit over?"
"We shall find out," he said as he noticed the femme get in a truck and leave the premises. His curiosity would soon be put to rest.
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Parker had calmed down considerably on the way back to the house but her gut still felt twisted up in knots. So as soon as they loaded the groceries into the house she went up stairs, ignoring the questioning look from Aiden as she went. She knew that he would interrogate her later, when Jamie would be in bed asleep, but for now she would feel immensely better if she was in her suit. Man, did it feel good to be back in the familiar protection of her suit.
Demetri's hologram appeared as she started putting on her chest piece.
"What's wrong? Are we leaving?" He inquired.
" No, I've got a bad feeling about something."
"Something? Like what? Like one of those things that attacked us in the forest, or something else?" He rambled.
She honestly didn't know what, so she said nothing.
"That's a great way to end a conversation Parker." He sneered, already irritated with her.
She ignored him, grabbed the helmet and walked down-stairs. When she walking into the kitchen, the two stopped what they were involved with, and before Parker could comprehend it, two slender arms wrapped themselves around her legs.
"Oh, your not leaving are you? Please, stay a little longer, please." Jamie cried, tightening her vice-like grip.
"Jamie," Aiden and Parker called out. Both looked up at each other before the soft sound of sobs caused Parker to pull the child's arms from around her. She squatted down and pulled Jamie's hands away when she started rubbing her eyes.
"I'm staying for a while yet, kid." Was the only thing she said before Jamie launched herself into Parkers arms, once again shocking her. Parker huffed, kids. Still, she slowly wrapped her arms around her until only sniffles were heard.
*Knock, Knock, Knock, Knock* Was heard at the front door.
Aiden took off down the hall to answer the door, while Parker and Jamie pulled away.
It took a second to register Aiden's yelp and something rumbling the floor before Parker had put on her helmet and was out the already open door, assault rifle at ready.
"Looking for him, fleshling?" Rumbled a very familiar looking black and white 'police' robot, which was holding a very scarred Aiden.
Both alien and humans attentions were drew to the female scream as Jaime stood in the doorway, eyes shining brightly with fear, "DADDY!"
"You and your buddies want me, so leave them out of it!" Parker barked, looking the metal being in his red eyes.
He appraised her for a minute for he said, "I'll make this simple fleshling, you come with me or they die."
Parker glanced at Aiden, he seemed like he wanted to say 'Don't you dare think about going with him', but the fact that Jaime stood in the door-way and the robot and Parker had their weapons drawn at one another like a Mexican stand-off, made him rethink saying anything.
"And if I just kill you?"
"I have this place surrounded with bombs, try it."
Parkers eyes hardened into dark blue stones before she snapped, "Fine."
Surprisingly he set Aiden down instead of dropping him, before turning into the Police car that she had seen at the food store. Jamie flew past her and into her father's awaiting arms. She didn't say good-bye, those were one of the hardest things to do, so she simply walked to the open passenger door and got in.
Just as she began to close the door she heard Jamie for probably the last time.
"Sissy, Please don't go! Sissy! SISSY!" Jamie wailed as she struggled against her father's unrelenting grip.
She couldn't look back, if she did….
She closed the door softly, dulling the pain-filled cries of Jamie. She stared straight ahead as they moved forward, leaving the people and the memories of the past few days, behind.
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Ok, so … wow, that was deep. Man, I'm like all depressed now. Haha, that's what I get for giving you guys another cliffy huh?
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