Chapter 5

The Point of No Return

Last night after those events they've been through, one thing led to another as they spent the dawn in bliss.

"Crosshairs, love? Where are you?" she called the next morning. She heard some shuffling downstairs and then the sound of the coffee maker. She saw him holding the jar containing the coffee powder which is now half empty. Of course due to his big servo arms he cannot done the things that human does correctly. At least he's trying.

"Hi love. Ah made you some coffee." Crosshairs proudly said.

"Oh thank you." Chloe smiled.

"I'm getting late for my meeting with the autobots. Will ya be okay here?"

Chloe frowned. "Can't I come with you?" She don't want to be away from him even though their mission is dangerous for her to handle. The entire world is in danger anyway, so if they will gonna die, they might as well die together.

"Ah don't know."

"Please love. It's not safe for me here either."

"Alrighty. Packed somethings okay? We won't be back for some time. "

"Is the paratrooper already here?" Hound asked as they reached Joyce's mansion gate.

"There is no sign of the green mech." The bugatti samurai said. "He might still be in the bliss."

Hound gave him the look. The constant bickering of the twins is enough for him to tolerate he do not want to think anything more stressful. He is towing one of them on his truck form, he believed it was Mudflap. And the other is with Bumble bee. The twins did nothing but to insult each other. Hound wonders if these young bots will ever be useful when it comes to fight. A moment later the paratrooper came in with his corvette stingray look. Inside the car sitting is the woman Hound doesn't want to see.

"You guys are just right in time!" Joyce beamed as he sees them. "I have something for all of you."

Hound is reluctant to the surprise he had. "It's one of our prototype again isn't it?"

"Of course not. Hound won't you relax?"

Then his secretary Su Yueming appeared carrying one of the still alien gun that Cade used to battle before.

"I modified it targeting the weak spot of those decepticons that I stupidly made."

Hound smirked. This bald guy admitted that he really is stupid.

"Let's go inside shall we?" Joyce asked.

"Wait." Cade said. "We have friends here that needs help." He pointed at the twins.

"I see. Let's go to the laboratory and see what my boys can do for them." Joyce is about to walk towards the plantation when he noticed their other company that the fat ballerina don't want to refer to.

"And who are you Miss?" He questioned Chloe.

"I am Chloe Zanders."

"She's with us." Cade quickly replied. To stop Joyce for further questioning.

"What business does she have with us?" Joyce eyed her suspiciously. "Let me see some I.D."

Chloe handed him her company I.D.

"You run the Zanders corporation. Hmm, what is it that your company do?" He handed back her card.

Chloe just made a face.

A while later, the autobots studied the new weapons which Joyce has show them. The twins is getting better too. However they fight worse than before. Bumble bee is trying to stop them by means of throwing them together.

"Hey kid, they are not your toys." Drift called out to Bumble bee. "Don't toss them that much, they just recovered. You don't want to destroy them and besides they are better-looking than you."

With that remark, Bumble bee turned to the samurai. "What did you call me?"

"Kid who doesn't look better than the twins."

Crosshairs sighed. "Here they are again. Does twins don't remind you of anyone?"

Hound smirked over his friend's comment. "Yeah Drift and Bumble are so much alike. Ah just don't know which one of the pair is worst."

The two robots chuckled.

It feels good to laugh for a while with his buddy. After all, Crosshairs is still him. Although, he's not the kind of "What's in it for me?" anymore but maybe he changed in good way. He might have more compassion than before.

Hound looks at the humans Cade practiced his new modified weapon over the field. He spotted Chloe talking to Joyce about letting her trying with the gun too.

"Are you insane?" Joyce asked.

"Yes I think I am." Chloe answered awfully. "Now will you please let me try it. So that I may learn to defend myself in case they are fighting with the dozens of your decepticons? I don't need to be saved every time."

Joyce is speechless with this stubborn girl but reluctant and so does Hound. He might changed his perception about her. However, it's too early to tell, it's just a day since he met her.

That night in the middle of their sleep Drift was awaken by Cade and Joyce's worry voices. They turned on the lights in the ware house where they sleep. The samurai is a light sleeper, one light move and he could easily be awaken. What is it this time? Is there an enemy attack again. Cade approached him because he's the only one who wakes up.

"Hey sorry to bother." Cade apologized. "Have you seen Chloe. She's not in her room."

"Chloe? As in Crosshair's girlfriend?" Drift asked. He turned his gaze toward his friend and someone is sleeping inside the corvette. The girl in pink shorts and white shirt is sleeping at the back seat. "There she is. Chloe is with him of course."

Cade walked over to the green mech. "Hey."

The paratrooper yawned. "What?" not opening his eyes.

Cade realized that Chloe is sleeping comfortably in her lover's hands. "Nothing, just go back to sleep."

With that Cade and Joyce leaved turning off the lights.

"How can that girl sleeps so tight in a car?" Joyce asked still clueless about the human-robot relationship.

"I've got no idea, so stop wondering." Cade told him.

Drift wonders what does it feel to have a girlfriend too. Crosshairs is a good-looking robot. He, himself doesn't look bad either. How does it feel having someone to care about and someone with a heart really cares. But what is his type anyway?

I'll leave your imagination to you. I cannot put every detail of their night here.