A/N i decided to make this a separate chapter since there was a lot going on it one chapter and plus it was just getting too big, plus the first half is mainly humor, so sorry for that but i will upload the next tomorrow, smiley face? :)

First Impressions of Awkwardness

I was still in my robotic form which i will refer to as 'starlight' mode, but i couldn't help but stay in it, just the little things that impress me, i keep checking myself out and poking my optics, and pestering Ratchet even more...

I knocked on his back as he was making some adjustments to the computer, *knock, knock, knock.* "Ratchet." I said and repeated the process, *knock, knock, knock.* "Ratchet." *knock, knock, knock.* "Ratchet."

And naturally he groaned and huffed, "it has only been three quarters of a day and already i regret doing this! I have created a monster!" he moaned.

I grinned as i did an impression of Frankenstein walking in a zombified position, "friend!" i said hugging ratchet from behind.

He huffed some more as he cringed, "W-why are you still in this form?" he then stuttered, "We're supposed to be starting off small." He lightly scolded.

"I'm sorry Ratchet it's just that i'm still fascinated with this whole thing, i mean even when walking around its awesome." I said kicking my feet up.

"Well now you need to go back to being human." He said lightly.

"Why?" i asked.

"Because you have school in an hour." He said smugly.

I slapped a hand over my face, "arh man! I totally forgot." I groaned.

"I hope these aren't small signs of you becoming too accustomed to this form?" dad said entering the room something that makes my eyes/optics roll every time.

"n-no, just a misplaced error due to...'time flies when you're having fun'...er ratchet little help." I said in a small cowering voice and jogging past him.

Ratchet sighed in amusement as he followed me, "well the advantage is your human body has got enough rest." He said.

"Any chance you can make me a remote so i can do this myself instead of asking for help?" i asked.

"I'll get to work on when i have the time." He sighed making a note of it.

So it was half way through history, last lesson of the day and a lesson i enjoy mainly because the teacher makes the lesson fun and he's so passionate about it.

And today we were learning about Greek mythology mainly the titans, "the only thing i remember about titans is talos from Jason and the Argonauts." Jack said quietly to me.

"I love that film mostly because it's cheesy and the skeletons scream like woman for some reason." I said giving an impersonation making jack snicker.

"Cronus, Prometheus, oceanus..." the teacher started showing images of the said titans, but he also looked at us as a small sign that he knows we're talking.

Jack leaned over to my way, "oceanus? Seriously?" he scoffed.

"Allot of 'us's'" i added.

"Ellen your obviously informing Jack with the information of Prometheus?" the teacher said, a bit miffed with our lack of attention.

"Yes i am." I said confidently.

"Would you mind telling us who he was as a titan?" he asked.

I gave him a serious expression as i stood up, and placed my hands behind my back, "Prometheus was the Titan god of forethought and the creator and benefactor of man. He defied Zeus on several occasions, including stealing fire from heaven for the benefit of mankind..." I started off sounding very formal as the teacher slightly closed his eyes and nodded to my explanation very pleased but then i thought I'd jazz it up a bit, "See Prometheus was all like 'hey Zeus! Quit hogging all the fire and give some to men already, and Zeus was all like hey man, if you give men fire i am so gonna chain you to mount Caucasus and get an eagle to eat your ever-regenerating liver'." I acted as though i was on stage performing 'hamlet'.

The teacher gave a slight amusing frown to my sudden change of tone, "An interesting concept Ellen..." He said in a sigh, perhaps I've become too predictable for him?

"Well i thought I'd give it a more modern interpretation." I said as jack facepalmed next to me.

"Very good, but let's use that mouth for good, shall we?" he said as he spun himself around and continued with his explanation.

"Thank god this is history and not maths." I quickly added to jack.

I looked over about two rows diagonal as i caught eye contact with Vince, that guy seriously doesn't learn from past experience, the racing, the punch to the face, instead of backing off and leaving us alone, it's kind of made him more determined to be a jerk as he smugly grinned at both of us and then gave sierra a friendly 'hello', making jack frown slightly but he shook it off and looked to the front, Vince then winked at me as i ignored him as well and looked the front as i did a picture of a titan crushing a mortal man between his hand was shown, though gory, for that split second i imagined myself dangling Vince in the air as he apologized for being a jerk...but it was for a split second...but a funny one heh.

After we had been set an assignment on titans me and jack made our way down the hallways as miko had been ringing our phones constantly since the bell rang, "hey Darby!" came an unwelcome voice from behind.

"Urgh." Jack groaned for as soon as you give Vince or any other jerk for that matter eye contact you know there gonna say something to you.

"Just ignore him and continue walking." I said to him.

"Hey!" he called again as his voice drew closer, and then he threw himself in our view forcing us to stop. "I'm talking to you Darby, what are you deaf?" he mocked.

"Vince move." I said simply.

"Hey Darby what's wrong you have to have your girlfriend speak for ya?" he said again.

I rolled my eyes "wow...weak." i thought.

"Vince just move." Jack said in a sigh.

"Or you'll what?" he said puffing his chest out.

"Step aside and let it slide, because he's the better man." I said as a rhyme or rap either one.

"You know i'm getting tired of hearing your voice." He said turning his attention to me as he took a step towards me.

Jack then placed a hand on Vince's chest, "hey back off Vince." He said a bit more forceful.

Vince scoffed as his hand directed to my shirt collar, before jack put himself between Vince and me, "i said, back off." He said as he put his face in Vince's, staring each other down.

"Pfft, whatever...losers." he said before leaving the catching up with a couple of girls.

Jack stared at him for a long while before speaking, "You could've thrown him down the hall." He scolded turning to me.

I grinned at him "This is like your right of passage jack." I jested.

"I can't be bothered to put effort into arguing with Vince." He sighed scratching his head.

"Still i appreciate the thought of defending me jack." I said.

"I can take the verbal abuse even the threats but i draw the line on threatening my friends." He said.

"And here comes the diabetes." I jested as we both walked out the building. "But seriously he pays more attention to you then he does his friends...if he has any."

And as we got to the bottom of the stairs me and jack both jumped back a little as i got my fists out in surprise, "You guys have been in there forever!" Miko announced bursting out of nowhere.

"It's been like three minutes miko." Jack said holding his hand where his heart would be.

"Well hurry up, i have a set routine for bulkhead." She said getting out a long list of exercises and pressing it in my face.

I pinched the skin on my forehead, "You still riding with me miko?" i asked.

"Duh! I'm not waiting five minutes for Arcee." She said, well at least she's serious about this.

"Scheduled today aren't ya..." I stopped as i beheld my bike, my prize possession... its shiny body had been defecated by a word scraping in a tacky manner, the word spelt out as 'Ugly bitch' all across the base.

A series of giggling coming from passing students as well as Vince who drove up besides it winked at me like he did so before and drove off, the warm feeling of a blush arose on my face for the main reason of my dignity being attacked.

Jack growled in frustration, "I know where he lives...scrape something that fits him best on his car." He said coming to my side.

I put it to the back of my and head and forced a smile, "funny, i don't recall ever being a dog, and i don't really class any breed of dog as bein 'ugly'." I said shrugging my shoulders as to playing it cool, however heres what i my inner thoughts were...

"Good lordddddd! How you frustrate me Vinceeeeee!" i yelled in my head.

Meanwhile back in reality, "come on miko, I'd like to have a battle of wits with Vince right now, but anyone can clearly see he is ...unarmed." i said hopping on my bike and hiding the 'words' with my leg as did miko with her boots. "See ya at base jack." I nodded driving off.

Miko placed a hand on my shoulder, "you know El, they say if you're really bad in a previous life you come back and have the worst life ever." Miko said.

"With his grades i don't think we need to wait long." I said.

"Let's play a guessing game, 'what's Vince's career going to be?'" miko said, "I'll start, sewage."

"So when we combine all of that, Vince is going to be working in a sewage environment, handing out fast food leaflets to tapeworms with the skills of a bluebottle?" i laughed to miko as we walked into the main hall.

"Best job description ever!" miko announced as she then set her eyes on a sitting bulkhead."Bulk, get yourself warmed up i have a whole regime planned out." She said running over to him with that same list.

"Miko, i'm still..." he started wearily.

"Do you want to get back out on the field or not?" she asked, hands on hips.

He instantly got up, "bring erm on!" he said, then felt the consequence of standing up too fast in his condition.

"First sit ups." She announced.

Bulkhead nodded slowly as he begun to lay on his back with much effort as he placed his hands behind his head and begun, "hmmm, no good your legs won't stay on the floor, ratchet hold his legs." Miko ordered.

"I'm busy as it is miko, and who are you to order me?!" He said.

Hey opportunity... "I can help." I said raising a hand.

"Absolutely not!" ratchet yelled at me. "It was not built for the purpose of leisure activities."

"It's not leisure activities its rehabilitation, you know to get bulkhead back in the field...assistance that's what its for." i argued.

He looked at bulkhead, an injured patient always made him feel bad, "Fine." He grumbled turning his back to me.

"What are you two talking about?" miko moaned not part of the conversation.

"I'll just show you miko; after all i need someone to activate the process for me." I said.

"Activate?" she said tilting her head.

"Just follow me." I said.

"What is that?!" miko exclaimed but she sounded both excited and wary.

"My robot." I said simply.

"You're what now? Are you... who you say you are?" she asked suspiciously.

"Yes, i'm human i just got this yesterday." I said speaking as though it were a birthday present or something.

"What do you just... get in it?" she said.

"Mind transfer." I confirmed.

"Dude that's awesome! How do i sign up?" she said.

"Three years of study and training and a second nemesis prime?" i said raising my arms in a shrug gesture.

"I'd be back in Japan before then." She slightly moaned but then shrugged her shoulders, "oh well my mind is merged with bulkheads anyway and by that i mean audio."

"Okay well..." i said motioning to the control panel.

"Do i just press this button?" she asked already on the said control panel, how she does that is still a mystery to many.

"Er y-yeah." I said shaking my head. "I'll say when." I added as i walked up the stairs leading to the med table, i hooked myself with the wires which took seconds and then just lay there, closed eyes. "Okay ready." I said.

Miko's reaction was what i expected; questions spoke without the need of breathing.

"Whoa, dude i mean can you transform? What kind of firepower do you have? Have you ever gone con crushing since?" she asked with a big smile on her face.

"Miko i'm not a new autobot ya know." i said slightly offended.

"Oh sorry, i didn't mean for it to sound that way." She said apologetic then instantly changing her tone "hey can you pick me up?" she asked excited clasping her hands together.

"E-Er, miko i'm not sure i should be doing that yet." I said, man i'm not quite sure of my strength yet and i know i could defiantly harm miko if i don't apply the right kind of pressure.

"Oh come on you could just put me on your shoulder." She begged giving me a puppy dog expression.

"E-Er w-well...a-alright." I said as i knelt down, i looked at my hand as i tried to figure out how to perform a delicate task, what do we feel like in their hands? Like when you hold a hamster maybe? You can feel them but their very light? But that lightness doesn't make holding us very secure. "Erm better for you to just sit my palm." I finally answered with.

"If bulkhead can hold me, then you can...but okay" She said as she sat in my palm i lifted her up gently as i cupped a free hand around her, "she's a hamster, she's a hamster."...er yeah if i think it as that i know i can be gentle, I let her climb upon my shoulder as she gripped onto my armour plating but looking very comfortable and casual, though i would personally want her to cling on for dear life!

"See was that so bad?" she asked.

"I guess not i just thought of you as a hamster." I admitted.

"Hey! I'm not hairy." She said. "Now march." She ordered pointing in front of her.

"You know i could throw you to the moon." I jested.

"Already abusing power huh?" she said nudging me in the cheek.

"Don't twist my words" i stated, as i begun to steadily walk out of the room and down the hall seeing how miko could fall off if i jogged.

"Wow, maybe i should've walked myself." Miko jested.

"hey there is no way i'm speeding up and then you end up falling and then die when you hit the ground, or, or you fall, i try to catch you and then you splat in-between my fingers..." i started panicking thinking about everything that could go wrong.

"Or if the sky falls." Miko finished, "just walk normally; I've got a good grip of you." She reassured patting my armour.

"You better." I added getting the last word in.

I was hoping ratchet would give bulkhead an update as well as the others but he was clearly 'busy' on other things beside my possible termination at the hands of the unknowing autobots because bulkhead fell on his back at the sight of me.

he then barrel rolled and stood up on edge, "whoa! Whoa!" he yelled with his guns out…

"Bulkhead do…." Ratchet started as he turned around finally aware of the situation.

"Stand back ratch i got this." He said standing in front of him in a protective manner.

"Bulkhead th..." miko then started.

"Don't worry miko i won't let her hurt you." He spoke reassuringly as he then shot bitter optics at me, "put the human down!" he demanded angrily.

"Bulkhead it's me…" i started.

Bulkheads face dropped (and would go pale if it could) "O-Oh p-primus she's already killed Ellen! And her spirits trying to communicate with us through this monster!" He yelled with hesitant blasters, and i swear he sounded on the brink of energon tears.

"My human body is in the room down the hall." I tried to explain.

He then quietly (though i could still hear) said to ratchet "poor kid she doesn't realised she's passed on" bulkhead looked pained, he winced his eyes and cringed slightly to that hard (false) truth that i'm 'dead' "Don't be scared Ellen your at peace now, go toward the light!" He said raising his arms, though i don't think he realised he still had his blasters out.

Both me and miko face palmed. "Bulkhead this is Ellen." Miko announced.

Bulkhead clenched his fists as he winced again and shook his head. "Miko is in denial." He said.

"No you glitchhead!" Ratchet said pushing him to the side, "Ellen's mind has been put into this body."

Bulkhead looked to ratchet, then to us, then to ratchet again, then threw his head back as he clutched his head, "where am i right nowwwwwwww?!" he yelled to the ceiling.

All of us just ignored him as i proceeded closer in his direction, "where pigs fly." I said to him.

"W-wha...y-you...i-i..." he said as though he were about to hyperventilate, of course impossible.

"Take it easy bulk, maybe you should sit down." I said.

He then looked around as though he were blind and abruptly went, "no! You guys can't just wave the subject off just because i lack understandment!" He barked.

"Okay, this is my robot form, its temporal, i only go on the field when asked and do i look alright?" i said giving an explanation in a nutshell...and of course getting some feedback.

"O-okay." He said as he started to pace and figure out the situation it looked like, "so..." he stopped again as he paced again, "so this is like a...suit right?" he said.

"yes." I said.

"Okay...i'm much more comfortable thinking it as that." he said as he finally calmed down, well...one down.

"Hey if i had a few more inches added to me, my face would be parallel with yours" I said approaching him.

Bulkhead looked at me as though he had discovered a new species, he poked me in the forehead, pretty hard too as i frowned at him. "You know i still feel pain." I said.

"S-sorry...this is still something to get used to..." He uttered, "Hey can you...high five me?" he said, though the most random request ever.

"Hell Yeah!" i exclaimed as i took a whack at it making bulkhead stumble back slightly.

"Whoa there, with that kind of strength you must be a four wheeler." He said, so he wanted to high five me to see how strong i was? Only bulkhead...

"That reminds me when will i be able to scan vehicles ratch?" i asked.

"Not today let's just put it like that." He said simply.

Instead of questioning him further, mainly because he's a stubborn old mech i got back to the task in hand, "Okay let's get you doing sit ups" i said to bulkhead as i took a hold of miko and placed her on the floor...i...just picked up miko...it was just by reaction.

"Are...you okay?" i asked.

"Of course, see you didn't even know you were doing it and you still didn't hurt me." She said giving me the thumbs up.

"I-i guess i didn't...anyway! Let's do this!" i exclaimed at bulkhead.

"S-sure thing let's do this." He said not as equally loud as me but still he sounded eager...kind of, "still you're holding down my legs, my processor is blown from saying that." he said lifting his head up from the ground.

"Come on marshmallow bot, i don't want ten out of you i want twenty." I sternly said as i held his feet down, i think the tight hold i had on his feet made him slightly bewildered.

"e-er...one...two...three...f-four...five...s-s-six...seven...eight...nine...ten...e-eleven...t-twelve...t-t-thirteen...f-fourteen...f-fifthteen...s-s-sixteen...e-eighteen...urgh!" he then collapsed back. "i-i'm sorry Ellen, i couldn't make it." He said.

"Hey you got past ten and that's an accomplishment in itself." I encouraged.

"The set number was twenty." He said sounding annoyed with himself.

"It was only something to aim for, for encouragement and it worked." I said.

With that explanation bulkhead felt pretty pleased with himself, "so i am improving?" he asked.

I nodded.

He then grew solemn, "but it's not enough." He said as he struggled to get himself off the floor, i offered him a hand but he shook his head, "i can do it." He said a tinge of anger lingered in his voice.

I let him be as he finally got up but he was growing angry with how hard a task it was.

The distinct sound of a motorbike then came roaring into base, though i wondered what took them so long, jack slightly bounced off Arcee as she performed the fastest transformation ever.

"Who is that?!" Arcee exclaimed, getting her weapons out, a normal greeting for any new autobot...wheeljack...smokescreen or in this case me, but still giving the same explanation every time is really boring now.

"Does everyone have to be hostile about me?" i whined slumping my arms to my side.

"...Ellen?" she breathed out, slightly retracting her weapons but still making them noticed.

Because i was bored of the same explanation i decided to be sick in the head, "Arcee..." i spoke very sadly, "i'm afraid...i was in a terrible accident, my body couldn't be saved but my mind was and was put in this body." I told her with remorse and hid my face from hers just to make it look real.

"Primus!" she yelled, retracting her weapons completely and looked as though she were to blame for all this.

"Sike." I said sneakily.

Her face was confused for a mere second before comprehending that i had just fooled her, She then walked straight up to me...as i...looked down at her...hehe that's so cool to say. Anyway Arcee was instantly raging no matter the height difference, "normally i would flick you in the back of the head but seeing how i can't even reach you now I'll need to plot something else." She spoke sternly but annoyed, then again i'm worried about returning to my human body now because of what she just said.

"So what do you think?" i asked.

Though i noticed jack didn't say anything he just stood there with his mouth hung open, "jack?" i said again.

"Is this...permanent?" he asked, in an equally concerned tone as dad had uttered.

"No, just a suit" I said, something i hope everyone will be more comfortable with when i say it as that.

He then approached me slowly as i looked down at him and he looked me up and down, "you're er...big." he uttered doing his signature motion of scratching his head again.

"You know if you told me that in my human body i would throw you across the room without an ounce of regret." I jested.

"Well this is...strange. Can you blame me?" he said.

"Are you one of those guys who don't do taller girls?" i jested again.

"Well you know i would probably develop a complex." He jested back. "So what are you doing in this form now if you're only 'back up'?"

"Helping bulkhead with rehabilitation, it's classed as back up." I said.

"I'm taking a sit out anyway." bulkhead said rather grumpily as he sat down.

Then smokescreen came in view as it looked like he had just been in the training room as he punched the air, then again that's like his signature walk now.

But then he spotted me and instant dread fell over my face as his optics flashed brightly, "Heyyyyy who's this?" he said in smooth voice, swaying over my way.

"Oh please no, this is awkward as it is." I thought as i pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Hey i'm smokescreen, i'm an elite guard i'm pretty slick in my moves if you know what i mean?" he hinted and winked, i swear to any deity of any race i'm going to snap the neck of the next guy to wink at me.

"You're probably about a few thousand years older than me so you better stop now before you're classed as a paedophile." I stated calmly, holding it together.

"Hey you sound like..." He then stepped back wary. "N-nevermind." He stuttered.

"I think i may have developed some self esteem issues right now." I said feeling in a universe of pure awkwardness.

Now, where's bumblebee?

A/N anyone notice my big bang theory reference? ;)

now heres a question who was your favorite reaction? lol :P

and i will have a reaction from bumblebee too as well as wheeljack...one day ;D