HAPPY VALENTINE'Z DAY MY MINIONZ! A special chapter for you today! :D
Man, I just wish to get to the end of this story! But I ain't halfway done! I SOOOO want to get to the very interesting parts (not that this isn't interesting, but hey, I need some action).
Now… what happened in the story?
Eventually, Nicole got up, her head also heavy and dizzy. Bee was worried a lot about her and never left her side. He walked her to the couch where she sat and couldn't even sit straight. She leaned on the back of the couch and then just… slipped and fell onto Ron.
He turned his head at her, looking awkwardly at Bee and then at me, then changing his look back to her. Then he just sighed and stood still. Bee appeared by her side with a glass of water and Paracetamol.
She gulped it with water and then gave him back the glass. Everything was quiet. Nobody spoke a word.
I was finishing on the pancakes, as Amanda already rolled two pancakes on her plate. I decided to finish with them, and turned off the cooker. I made myself another pancake and ate it in silence.
"Did someone die? Why's it so quiet in here?" Amanda vocalized, sick and tired of the silence. We all looked at her.
"I don't know. All of Ron's friends are coming along with my Uncle." I shrugged. "Can't wait to see him, though." I added with a smile.
"Your uncle's coming? Cool. And how many of them are coming?" she asked. I looked to Ron.
"More than twenty-five." He flatly said. Twenty-five is a rather large number. The door was suddenly knocked on.
"I'll get it." I said as I got to the door and opened it. Optimus greeted me with a smile and a nod. "Hey guys. Come in." I gestured openly with my hand as they entered. Optimus, Ratchet, Jazz, Sunny and Sides, Roadbuster and Topspin entered first. Behind them, came an unknown blonde man, a blue eyed short haired brunette, Skids and Mudflap and the Arcee sisters. The sisters were carrying an RC truck and a laptop.
Behind them came the real humans, Sam, my Uncle and Epps. I squealed as I jumped into my Uncle's arms and hugged him tightly. "Uncle Will! Long time, no see!"
"Hey, squirt." He said as I let go, ruffling my hair.
"You haven't called me that since I was ten."
"And that had been ten years ago." He smiled. I turned to Epps and hugged him to.
"Heya Epps. What's up? Why's everyone here?" I asked as all of them got in, and I let go of Epps and closed the door.
It looked like a fricken party was in here, but mature adults only. I couldn't call Nicole and Amanda mature, since getting drunk is everything but mature.
"You should take a seat Mel. This is Mikaela, Jolt and Simmons." Uncle said as we all shook hands. I took a seat next to Nicole, who was next to Ron. Next to me sat Sam.
"Okay, someone spit it out already. What happened?" I asked.
"The N.E.S.T. team is falling apart." Uncle sighed heavily.
"What?" all of the humans said, except him and Epps. "What do you mean it's falling apart?" Sam said.
"Well, our good friend Galloway decided we have a year and a half to figure out where to transport the 'Bots, since Diego Garcia is going to be a wasteland." Uncle answered. "Though he'd be more than happy to leave the Autobots there."
"Why would it be a wasteland?" Sam asked.
"We had a Decepticon attack." Ratchet said.
"When?" we all said at the same time.
"A couple of months ago." Sideswipe said.
"Starscream attacked." Susntreaker joined in.
"And then he fled." Sides continued.
"Because I ripped his arm off." Sunny finished.
"That's my bro." Sides nudged him as they both smirked.
"Roadbuster got a good deal out of him, too. Revenge for what he's done to him before." Jazz said.
"He deserved it. Dat fragger outta know better dan to mess wit me again." Roadbuster said in his Irish accent. The 'R' was really accented.
"And then he got lectured for taking revenge." Jazz glanced to Prime. I guess Optimus was the one who lectured him.
"Wait a second, what does Starscream attacking have anything to do with N.E.S.T. falling apart? Can't you just choose another location to make your headquarters there?" I asked.
"If it were that easy, we wouldn't be standing here." Sunstreaker huffed.
"We're still going to keep N.E.S.T. alive, it just won't be the same." Uncle Will said.
"Why?" we all asked again. Just cut to the point already!
"Epps's leaving." He answered. We all stared at Epps.
"What?! Epps, you can't leave!" I stood up.
"I'm sorry, girl, but I gotta go. I bought myself a house and I'm already retired from the air force." Epps sadly said.
"Where are you moving to?" Sam said, standing up as well.
"Chicago." He answered.
"Why there?" I asked.
"I got a dream job. I'd be takin' care of the Xanthium." Epps said.
"What's a Xanthium?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.
"Do you know how the second wave of Autobots arrived?" Sam talked to me. I shook my head. "Well, that's your answer."
"You mean, Sideswipe, the small twins and the sisters came by the Xanthium?" he nodded. "I didn't know that."
"Yeah, and I'd be havin' ol' 'Buster here and 'Spin to take care o' me. We're expecting a new arrival in a week."
"Who?" all humans asked.
"Dunno. These two boneheads won't tell me." He said, gesturing towards Topspin and Roadbuster.
"I thought Topspin couldn't talk?" I said, my brows joining together in confusion.
"Oh, he can talk alright." Epps said, glaring at him. "Damn traitor." It was something in between the two of them. I didn't want to get involved.
"When are you going?"
"Today. In a couple of hours at least."
"Today? Aw, man. Going by C-17?" he nodded.
"And I have to go NOW, unless I want to be late, which I don't. We had to tell y'all. I can't stand all o' these alien robots shootin' up my ass. I'll have Fig with me there." He glared at Sunny and Sides, who played innocent. "I'd be with the 'Bots, two o' them as my guardians and I'd have a dream job. Look, I gotta go. You be good, Mel?" he ruffled my hair, but then Ron, quite literally, growled.
"I'll be good. I'm not ten. Can I come visit?"
"When you finish college, yeah." He said. "I'll see you, 'Bots 'round, right?"
And with that he exited with Roadbuster and Topspin. I watched him wave at us through the window of the parking lot as he entered Topspin and both him and 'Buster drove out.
It was silence again. "What are Autobots? And what's a Starfreak?" Amanda suddenly asked. Shit, we forgot she was in the room. "And what are De-ceper-cons?"
"Nothing." I flatly said. "You're still drunk."
"I think I'm pretty much sober now. What are those strange names?" she pressed on.
"What strange names?" Sam backed me up.
"Yeah, we didn't hear anything." Mikaela backed him up. It was hard not to giggle, but I managed, since it was a secret we ALL had to keep.
"Am I going crazy?" She commented to herself.
"I don't know, are you? You've been rambling in your sleep. I think you should go to sleep again." I said, taking her elbow and guiding her to the bedroom. "Sleep and dream of robots." I said.
"Man, I haven't talked about robots in ages. Did you know-" she lay down on the bed
"Bye Amanda!" I quickly said as I exited the bedroom and shut the door behind me. "That was close. What was she doing in here, anyway?"
"She was eating pancakes. Say, can I have one? Haven't eaten anything all day." Sam said, rolling himself his breakfast. "Mmm, these are great."
"I know, thanks. Please, eat more if you want. I got a whole lot of them." I said. "How're Sarah and lil' Belle doing?" I asked as I took another pancake. They were too delicious not to eat. Eventually, all humans started to eat the pancakes.
"My ladies? They're good. I had the Arcee sisters guard them when I was on base." I froze. "Mel?"
"Who's guarding them now?" I asked.
"Chill, I wouldn't let my girls unprotected. We had a new arrival."
"Again? When? And how come you didn't tell me?" I turned to Ron.
"You didn't ask." He simply put it.
I rolled my eyes. "What's its name?"
"He's called Mirage. Simply because he can go invisible and he's a spy."
"So how do you know he's not spying on us right now?" I asked, looking around.
"Because he'd better fear for his life if he is doing that." Ron answered, moving his elbows. I guess he was trying to impersonate having his cannons on him.
"Don't worry, 'Hide. My girls are safe with him." Uncle assured. "Mel, your pancakes even beat Sarah's."
"They do?" I asked.
"Uh-huh. Definitely. You put cinnamon in them. She doesn't." he said.
"Well, glad you like them. Can you tell me something about Mirage?" I said, leaning on the armrest of the couch.
"He's a flashy red Ferrari, goes invisible, talks in Italian-"
"Whoa, he talks in Italian? He's not even from this planet!" I excitedly said.
"That's Mirage, lil' lady. Always goin' to impress the ladies." Jazz smirked. "Does a pretty good job at it, too."
I suddenly remembered I had class. "What time is it?"
Uncle looked at his wrist watch. "Around ten. Expecting someone?"
"Shit shit shit…"
"No swearing." Uncle and Ron said at the same time. They looked at each other and then at me.
"I have class. Look, I'm sorry Uncle Will, but I gotta run." I said, going into my room, changing fast and exiting it with my black handbag. "I'll be back. When are you leaving?"
"Well, I still have to continue working on that summer house project for Sarah. You still in?"
"Of course. And what about the base? Are you still teaching the new recruits?" I shifted, because I didn't want to leave my Uncle, but I had to go NOW.
"Yeah. Look, go to class. I'll come back when I can. Be good." He said, sitting on the couch. I gave him a tight hug.
"I'll be good, but you be good, too." I said as I kissed his cheek. "I'll miss you Uncle Will."
"I'll miss you too, Mel. Now, go, you need to study." He said as I let him go.
I exited the dorm and ran straight up to Ironhide. "Give me a ride, 'kay?" I asked him as I buckled up and the engine turned on its own and the truck began to drive out.
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"Come pick me up when it ends, 'kay? I should be done in about two hours." I said as I exited the truck. It beeped and flashed its signal lights as if I was locking it, but the secret message was, that he acknowledged and would wait for me.
As I moved towards the stairs quickly, searching for the classroom, I bypassed many people. I got I the classroom and took my seat before the teacher came in. Opening my notes and putting my recorder in front of me, I waited patiently for the professor to come in. I looked around.
As my eyes scanned the room, they froze at the sight of Dean.
No.
You gotta be kidding me.
He's going to the same class as I am? Shit!
I ducked my face in my notes, so that he wouldn't see me. I peeked over the notes. He was too busy buttering up some chick. I rolled my eyes at him and decided to actually read the notes. The professor came in, immediately starting to continue the lessons and questions and answers from last class.
I kept my grades up pretty well, not top of the class, but I was on the better half. I kept a close eye on Dean, getting angry at him, just by looking at him. He was somewhere in front of me and then a couple of seats to the left. He turned back a lot, so I ended up just hiding behind my notes.
I haven't wrote a single thing this whole class, instead, my recorder got everything on tape. Maybe it even got Dean's conversation on it. Nah, he was too far away for anything to be recorded.
I had another class after this. And a thirty minute break. I packed up my stuff and bolted out of the class.
After I exited the classroom, I speed walked straight towards Ironhide. I wasn't going to hide, but I didn't want to face him.
As I got to the massive Topkick, it flickered it's signal lights and beeped as I got in the truck. The image of Ron appeared next to me, kind of scaring me.
"Doesn't your class end in an hour and a half?" he inquired.
"It does." I slightly panted. "Why is your holoform here? Isn't Amanda going to suspect something?"
"No. She's asleep along with Nicole. Bumblebee is taking care of them." He nodded. "Usually you 'hang out' with someone, and then return to me." I stood quiet. I was at a loss of words. What was I going to tell him? "What's wrong?" he said, moving from the driver's seat to the back with me. He sat next to me.
"Well… it's Dean. He had the same class I did." I confessed. But… I still didn't know what else to say. Ron didn't ask anything, so it was like an awkward moment of silence. Maybe he was doing some math in that mechanical brain of his.
Anyway, I didn't answer for a long time. It was nice in the truck, with Ron in front of me. Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and caressed it reassuringly. It wasn't really that sudden, but I was so lost in thought that I didn't even see it coming.
"Everything is going to be alright. If he comes close to you, just kick his aft and be done with it." He smiled as I looked up. But, my eyes just stared at those lips. I don't know what's with me today. I blame Dean on everything.
Gently, Ron's finger came just under my chin, tilting my head up. A pair of warm lips crashed onto mine.
I couldn't not smile at his thoughtfulness. It was just like he knew what I wanted and gave it to me. I started to pull away, but he pulled me back. I giggled as I tried to keep up with him. I lost my balance and fell back, he falling on top of me.
Luckily, he had more sense than to smother me. Or so I thought. We broke the sensual kiss as I laughed, looping my arms around his neck. "You're going to smother me with your kisses." I said as he kissed me again.
"I thought you liked them." He moved the kisses to my chin. I giggled again. "See?" he moved to my neck.
And of course, he just had to find that one place that always gives me chills and that always tickles me. "Heh heh, tickles." I said as he didn't move from the spot, but to annoy me, he continued tickling my skin. I laughed out loud as I tried to scurry away from him. "Come on, Ron, I love you too, but that doesn't mean-"
I froze. And so did Ron.
Not only had I said the 'L' word, but I said is subconsciously.
"Do you mean that?" he asked. 'Love you' were such big words. It was like giving up half of yourself. Though I most definitely couldn't live without him. "Because… I love you, too." He said.
But I couldn't help that fluttering feeling in my heart and those butterflies dancing in my belly. I jumped at him, hugging him around the neck. "And I you, Ironhide." I said, pressing my head upon his.
He pulled me to him with a tight hug. I was the happiest person to walk Earth. Really.
Suddenly, the truck's engine turned on and Ironhide rolled out. "Where are you taking me?" I asked. Ron moved to the front and so did I.
"I saw this place when I came crashing down a long time ago. I would like to share it with you. Your Uncle has been informed of our leave. We need to celebrate." He answered.
"Okay." I acknowledged. I hadn't a clue where he was taking me. All I knew, is that I was grinning the whole time while holding his hand.
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"We there, yet?" I asked as I looked around. Ironhide went off road through some kind of forest. Not a dense one, it somewhat looked like the one Nicole and I got lost in Diego Garcia.
"Almost." He smiled as he squeezed my hand. It was starting to dusk.
The truck stopped and the doors opened. I got out of the truck, not bothering to close the door after me.
"Why are we at a lake?" I questioned. Where did he find this place?
"This is the place I saw." Ron said as the truck behind me transformed. I looked at the black robot with glowing eyes, as I turned around. He looked around as if he was expecting an attack, but then he calmed down and gracefully walked to a tree.
He ripped the tree from its roots, and then from all of its branches and leaves. I awed at his power. Man, he could uproot a tree. A huge-ass tree!
He motioned his hand for me to move away. I did as he put the tree trunk about ten feet from the lake shore.
"Wow. I haven't seen your real form in a while." I smiled. He crouched as he brought his hand towards me and nudged me with a finger towards the trunk.
"We were in a habituated area. And you know Optimus's orders. We must never expose ourselves." Ron said as he emerged beside me. Ironhide sat on the ground and leaned on a tree in the distance, so I haven't really seen him.
"I know." I smiled as he suddenly took my petite hand in his big one and led me to the tree trunk. It wasn't big, so I could sit on it just like I would sit on a normal chair. We sat down, hand in hand. I looked in front of me and the lake was still. It was beautiful. Especially with the sun setting right now. The forest around the lake, the sunset, the still lake, two lovers…
"Do you like it?" he asked. I took his hand and dragged him to the lake.
"I love it. Say…" I took off my shoes and socks. "Let's play." I said, pulling up the sleeves of my jeans.
"Play? I don't play." He said, not getting the point.
I tugged his hand and leapt for the lake. "Come!" I pulled him into the lake.
"What are you doing?" he questioned, not getting why he was getting in the water.
"For a super intelligent advanced race, you can be so stupid." I laughed. His brows shot up. "Just come with me. We'll take a swim."
"You don't have the appropriate clothing."
"Which is what makes it more fun. Come." I said, tugging his hand again and going knee deep into the lake. He stood beside me. I just stood there and then leaned on him. On his arm. Then I splashed him.
And he splashed me back. It was summer all over again.
Eventually, we came out of the water and we were anything but dry. My hair was dripping water from the ends, and so was his clothing. He looked so real in this human form.
We were on the shore, but as I leaned forward to look into the water, he did as well. Our reflections were joined.
"Look." I said, and he noticed the reflection, too. "We are one." I grinned.
He nuzzled his head against mine. "We will always be one." We moved out of the lake and onto the shore.
I sat on the shore of lake. And then I lay my back down, my knees bent. The sunset was gone, and it was so beautiful while it lasted.
So it was dark now. Cold and dark. And I was wet.
"Here, have this." He said, taking off his jacket and giving it to me.
"What about you?" I said. Another jacked fizzled into existence on him. "Okay." I took the jacked and put it around me. I lay back down on the ground again. He followed suit. As I looked up, it was one of the starriest nights I've ever seen in my entire life. They were so beautiful to look at.
"Do you see that?" he said, motioning his hand to one very bright star.
"Yeah. It's so bright." I said, taking his other hand and snuggling it into my chest.
"That's what's left of Cybertron." He said.
"It is? Wow. Cybertron was one hell of a planet."
"It was. But I found a new home." He smiled and I returned it. "I found you." His nose touched mine.
"Home is where the heart is, right?" I quoted.
"Right." He gave me a long kiss.
I sighed happily as I leaned on my shoulder and then lay on him. His hand one hand was on my chest, and the other around my back. "You know…"
"Hm?"
"I love you." I grinned like a maniac. What a great feeling it is to love.
"And I you." He kissed the spot between my eyes. I melted. Really, my whole body just became a rag doll on his.
I suddenly remembered something. "Wait!" I exclaimed. "We need our song!"
"Our song…?"
"Yeah! You pick it out!" I grinned like a maniac.
"Alright." He said as the robot from the back that was silent all this time came towards us. I could hear some clicking as the metal shifted on the robot.
Then, the radio turned on. "And I will always love youuuuu!"
"Whitney Houston?"
"I think that's the artist's name. Do you like the song?"
"I love it. And I love you." I said to Ron. "Just look what you found. This place is… it's outstanding."
"I was hoping you'd have that impression." I just smiled and gazed at the stars. I never would have imagined an alien weapons specialist to do something romantic. Well, he just brought me here, but it was more than enough. I really love, Ironhide.
Whew! I'm so sorry that W.H. has died. She was a great singer! A legend! Can't wait for the next chapter!