A/N i felt the need to upload another chapter since 'Sick mind' and 'Out of his head' was a two parter...or maybe i just had the urge to do so :)
Out of his head
The next day everything was back to normal, Bee seemed in perfect health as well as Dad. So that day Bee and Bulkhead were playing basketball a favorite Earth custom amongst Autobots. "By way of Cybertron" as Miko put it as she blew the whistle to signal the game had started. Me, Raf and Jack sat in the giant vent, it was surprisingly comfy and was the best seat in the house, well for the view anyway not the height. Bee had the ball, and attempted to throw it over Bulkhead, but Bulkhead jumped high and caught it. "Ha ha!" he said as he threw the ball into the hoop.
"Yeah! Go Bulk!" Miko cheered.
The ball rolled back to Bulkhead and he picked it up "Come on, best two of out three." He said as he passed the ball to Bee, so Bee quickly jogged in the direction of the hoop shifting from left to right to confuse Bulkhead, which worked as Bee got around him.
"Bee! You're in the clear." Raf encouraged with laughter in his voice, Bee ran straight for the hoop but slowed down to a stop. "Dunk it Bee!" Raf said, but Bee continued to stay still, he didn't move at all.
"Bumblebee, quit hogging the ball." Bulkhead said which snapped Bee out of his weird trance, he then threw the ball with quite a bit of force in Bulkheads direction, luckily Bulkhead dodged and the ball went straight to the ceiling.
Then Miko blew the whistle and made an 'erh' mimic sound of a foul. "Flagrant foul!" she said.
"Dodge ball way of Cybertron." Jack said lightly.
"What would tennis way of Cybertron be?" i asked him.
"Bee! Hoops over there" Bulkhead said pointing to the hoop.
"Sorry Bulk, i-i don't know what came over me." Bee said.
"Bee? You okay?" Raf asked concerned, Bee beeped a few times showing up his fingers, "y-yeah three out of five." Raf said.
I then stretched my arms out, if i get this done i can have the rest of the day to chill, "Y-eah i think I'm gonna finish off cleaning up the storage room, then i gotta clean the whole base with a buffer." i sighed that whole 'racing thing' sure left its mark.
"Have fun." Jack said grinning, he is so fortunate that his Mom didn't find out about that.
"Ha ha, yeah thanks might as well get it done so i have the weekend free. Make sure you say bye before you guys go." I said to them.
"Will do." Raf said.
"Uh let's see...I've sorted the stuff in sections by priority, hmm just these two things left." I said to myself with a clipboard in my hand. The only things that were left were a box of coffee packs and a mop. "Hmm, I'll just put these things in the kitchen." I said putting the clipboard down. And making my through the giant archway, i was stopped seconds later as i bumped into Bee's foot. "oh s-sorry Bee, we kind of met in the middle huh?" i said lightly.
But he just stood there, staring at me and...frowning...i think it was frowning, bee's never been known to frown that much, "Uh...Bee?" i said.
His hand twitched a bit, and slowly went into a fist, and then relaxed again. It looked like his hand was fighting with itself. The hall was empty and it was just me and Bee, i decided to take the opportunity to walk back to main room while he was standing still, but immediately stomped his foot down in my path.
"Bee! It's getting late stop messing about!" i said on edge i was really starting to feel uncomfortable around him, and just like that he walked off and i was left alone with the sound of Bee's feet echoing through the hallway. I decided to inform Ratchet. "Jeez that was too much of a 'jerk' for Bumblebee. Ratchet? Ratchet!" i called.
"Ellen! Would you please stop making all that noise, this is the only time i can have some time to myself." He said in his normal grumpy voice, noise? what is calling your name noise now?
"Something's wrong with Bee." I told him bluntly poking him the leg.
"Yes, yes i know you've told me that one a hundred times." Ratchet said thinking it was another joke.
"No, i mean something mentally wrong." I said in a whisper, cupping my hand over my mouth.
"He's probably still recovering from his experience in Megatrons mind." He simply said no concern in his voice what so ever.
I then just retreated to my room. "Pigs will fly when he takes me seriously." I thought though i was more cautious this time around when going down the hallway.
The next day at school, was typical. For some reason Vince had started taken an interest in me since the racing, i sure know how to attract the wrong kind of people. "Hey. Why you hanging around a loser like Darby?" he said to me in the way of my locker.
"I like Jack, he's a good friend, and i won't have you telling me what he isn't, now move please you're in the way of my locker." I told him firmly.
He moved but with a sleazy look on his face. "Whatever, and instead of hanging with a boy why not go out with man?"
"I go by ones actions, not looks and so far i can say if you're a man, then i am thoroughly disappointed." I said as i grabbed my stuff and turned around. I couldn't be bothered to talk to people like him; hopefully he might change in the near future...so many arrogant people in the world, urgh.
Then i felt him grab my arm, he span me around as he forced my body against his, his face near my face, and his lips closing in on my lips. i...was ...pissed, his eyes were closed as he tried to make a move on me, so i grabbed hold of his lips and pushed him against my locker, he then wiped his mouth and then came at me again more aggressively.
I don't believe in violence, but i sure as hell believe in self-defense, as he came at me i punched him in the nose, real...damn...hard.
"Arghhhhhhhh!" he practically screamed. He was up against my locker again holding his nose as blood dripped violently down his face, he then crouched on the floor now with both hands on his nose, "T-The Fuck is wrong with you?!" he said slightly muffled through his hands.
Obviously this went without notice, as there were still quite a bit of students still roaming the hall. And news spread fast as loads of people came out of their classrooms. Apparently hitting a popular jerk can be headlines around here, and the only thing the teachers see is the boy with a bloody nose must be the victim, and me the attacker. I just hope they believe my side of the story.
Naturally i was in the Principal's office; Vince ended up with a broken nose and was sent to hospital, it was way after school had finished and i was getting questioned. "And you felt it right to punch him in the nose?" The Principal said.
"No offense Sir, but what part of 'come onto me' and 'against my will' don't you understand?" i argued.
He then sighed. "Ellen you're an exceptional student and Vince isn't exactly on the honor roll list, and he will be suspended for a week. But, if someone won't leave you alone when asked, i suggest you inform a member of staff instead of putting him in hospital."
"I will and again I'm sorry, can I, go now?" i said getting out of my seat.
"Not yet. I'm afraid I'm going to have to inform your Father of this incident." He said reaching for the phone.
"You can't!" he looked at me startled. "I-i mean there's no way of contacting him when he's working." I explained.
"Well, when is he not working?" he asked.
"i can't really give you a precise time, he's normally called on at random." I said.
He then sighed again and rubbed his face. "Okay...heres what I'm gonna do, I'm going to write a letter of what happened here today, signed and everything." He started as he started writing on a piece of paper. "I'm trusting you to give this to him, and to be sure you have I'll be leaving a note at the bottom to ask him to call me." He said.
He then handed me the piece of paper. "Will do sir." I said nodding to him as i went for the door. As i closed the door behind me Jack was next to me leaning on the wall.
"Hey, you okay?" he said.
"Jack? You can't be here what about your job? I said.
"i called in sick, when i heard rumors of Ellen, Vince and fight. I had to see if you were alright." He said in a worried tone.
"Jack really? Are you sure you it was me you worried about?" i said questioning.
"Okay I'm joking, i didn't have work today, i wanted to hear the details." He said rather excited.
"You can defiantly tell you live in Jasper." I said laughing. "Which reminds me, i haven't seen Raf all day."
"Yeah, Bumblebee didn't pick him up this morning, and school was about to start, so he was Ground bridged to base. At lunch he texted me saying ratchet had to pretend he was his guardian and ring the school calling in sick for him." Jack said amusingly.
"Just thinking about it, makes me die a little inside...of laughter." I said. "But on a serious note, Bumblebee didn't pick him up?"
Jack shook his head.
i placed a finger under my chin, "Something is seriously wrong with Bee."
"Maybe his minds just tired, Come on then, you'll have a story to tell when we get to base." Jack then said.
"Maybe, always maybe...how about let's check him over just in case it isn't a maybe." I moaned.
Jack simply shook his head and waited by the curb, "so, before telling the story at base mind giving me the details?" he said.
"Jack, I'm surprised at you." i said mock serious, "taking satisfaction in ones misery." i continued.
"Oh yeah right, like you didn't feel any kind of satisfaction yourself?" he accused raising an eyebrow.
i playing with my fingers, "Well, to err is human." i grinned.
When we got back to base everyone was gone, except Ratchet and Raf of course. Miko wasn't here either; Ratchet had bridged her home and suggested the same to Jack, why though i had no idea.
"Erm, okay...well bye Jack." I said to him.
"Er...yeah see ya." He said and he stopped right before the Groundbridge, "oh, and be sure to tell Ratc-" i shoved him through the Groundbridge before he dropped me right in it.
"So because no one is here, you call the shots?" i said to Ratchet.
"Of course, and without their guardians here, i am not being signed as the entertainer, so they might as well go home." He said grinning evilly.
"Anyone would love to have a guardian like you Ratch." I said not in a sarcastic tone either because i really wanted to live through the night. "Where is everyone anyway?"
"Optimus and the others have gone to stop an ice cap from melting." He said blankly.
"Oh okay." I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
"And Bumblebee is in power down, turns out you were right about his mentality." Ratchet admitted.
"Do you finally recognize me as an equal?" i said eyes twinkling.
"No" he merely said before walking off again.
"I'm gonna grab some food, then I'm gonna get started on cleaning this place, because a clean home is a happy home!" i exclaimed to myself, before heading for the kitchen, the kitchen was like a staff room kitchen, full of cups, a single kettle, lots of biscuits, some milk in the refrigerator and no actual real food. "I'll just have some biscuits for now, but I'll have to do some serious food shopping." I said swiping some biscuits. Then headed for storage.
I grabbed the floor buffer and started all the way at the end of the hallway. "hmm." I thought, i then jumped onto the floor buffer and turned it on; needless to say it was less labor this way. "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air i never thought i could be so fre-ee-ee..." then the buffer stopped working and it started smoking and packed in all together. "Uh-oh...my bad...Ratchet buffers broke, caused by an unknown source!" I called out to him.
I then dragged the thing to the main room, "Yo Ratch...Ratch." i called again. "Hello?" i said as i entered the main room. "Where is everyone!" i said as my voice echoed around the room. "Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Arcee, Dad, Ratchet, Raf, Anybody!" i then paused for a moment. "Fowler?"
I then checked the computer screen, "these were the last co-ordinates inputted." The area flashed around the Arctic. "Seriously? The Arctic?...nobody tells me nothing." I grumped. Then i smelt smoke. "Huh?" i said turning around to see the buffer on fire. "Ah! Medic! This is why i shouldn't be left alone, i suck at life!" i griped as i put the fire out but made myself all black, but my cloths weren't burnt thank God! i then wiped my face, "Great, maybe i can go all 'stealth' mode like this?" i said.
"Ratchet we need a bridge." I then heard Dads voice over the comm link.
"Hold on, hold on!" i said frantically as i ran up the stairs "hello?" i said in the most fake calm voice ever.
"Ellen we all need a groundbridge. The co-ordinates second from last should still be on screen, use them." Ratchet then said.
"Erm, okay one minute please." I said in an innocent voice, i then slightly coughed to how unusually high i had made my voice rise, what a strain. I had found the co-ordinates and quickly re-activated them, sure enough, Dad, Arcee, Bulkhead, Ratchet, Raf and Bumblebee came through the Groundbridge, good lord what did i miss?
Ratchet quickly saw the big black area in the middle of the room "what did you do this time!" he demanded.
"Hey, at least you didn't need it." I said with a big grin on my face.
I had gotten myself cleaned up and put my pyjamas on, Jack and Miko were back and Dad had lightly scolded Ratchet for kicking them out, it was funny to say the least, i stood there as the room was filled with voices talking over one another..."you know what. I don't wanna know."
"You mean you don't wanna know that Megatron is back?" Arcee said.
I quickly spun around. "Oh God..." i then paused. "b-but, how...?"
Ratchet sighed as he held a hand to his helm, "someone else can explain it to you." he said wearily.
"What Ratch means is that its been a pretty worn out day." Bulkhead said shrugging his shoulders.
i slumped my shoulders as i placed my hands on my hips, then patted my pocket, "Oh." i said reaching into it "Right." i said grimly as i warily made my way over to Dad, i poked him in the leg as he looked down, "I hate to be a contributing factor to more bad news but, i have a letter for you." I said pulling it out of my pocket opening it and then handing it in his direction.
"Oh?" he said plucking it between his fingers.
"I'm going to perform another examination on Bumblebee...just to make sure." Ratchet informed Dad.
"We'll all go" Miko said pulling on my arm, lately she tries to get me involved in group matters.
"Well i, okay." I said not even trying to fight against her as i followed them with Dad walking slowly beside me, i noticed him reading the letter and his facial expression would change every now and then, even if I'm 100% in the right he'll still say something, uh life lessons.
we all came to a halt as we were in Ratchet laboratory, as Bee stepped in, "Of course from what we have witnessed Megatron is now completely out of Bumblebee's mind but i want to see if there is any damage he left behind." Ratchet said which just confused me even more, Bumblebee got himself checked over, checking his reaction times, limbs, optics the whole works and from the look on Ratchets face, he was fine.
"Everything's back to normal." Ratchet said relieved.
Then Dad got my attention, "...did this boy harm you in anyway?" he asked me.
"Wow, you mean you're asking if i was alright? Well no, no he didn't well not physically but I'm still pretty angry about it." I said.
"You two should confront each other and approach this with diplomacy." He advised.
"Meaning?" i asked suspiciously.
"You should work out your differences." He said.
"Are you serious!?" i said.
"Even if your attempts do not work at least you tried and you are a better person for it. But you were both in the wrong, he should not have tried to court you forcibly and you should not have put him in hospital." He said.
"first, don't say 'court me' it just sounds so wrong coming from you, second was i supposed to sit there and take it?" i argued.
"No, I am not saying you were supposed to take it, I am just trying to point out that there are better ways, what if you had used your right hand in your out of control state? You could have easily killed him and you know how to restrain someone, so why decide on the easy way out? The right way is not necessarily the easy way." He said
"Yes i know, i was just, so angry at the time, you don't think straight. I'm an emotional wreck." I said discouraging.
"No, you cannot fully suppress your emotions...no one can, even with my level of discipline i still have my limits." He said.
i rubbed my face, "Fine I'll approach him, that is...if he doesn't run away first heh." I said grinning.
"Ellen." he warned.
"that was a joke." i nervously laughed, "i do that." i said flatly.
"...did he really try to...perform such a 'gesture' onto you?" Dad asked and his optics slightly winced.
"Yes! I don't really wanna confirm that every time I'm asked." I said in a humiliated tone.
"He is very fortunate i was not there." He said with a light growl.
"What happened to diplomacy!" i yelled.
"Like i have stated before, everyone has their limit." He then smiled slightly though I'm not sure if that was a good thing.
"y-you're scary." I said hesitantly.
A/N next chapter 'Shadowzone' and Ellen has something to get off her chest to Miko