Discussions and a Vehicle Mode
It was about a day and half since the return of silas, for one last time, to my knowledge anyway. I had been helping raf and his family pack, since there location was revealed to the decepticons, a little close to home as well, raf had many siblings, he wasn't kidding, his mom was nice but with a large family she was a very firm woman, i don't blame her.
The move was handy too, the heavy boxes was keeping my human body in shape, though i felt for raf, no one likes to move all of a sudden after being in a place for so long and getting used to your neighbours and surroundings.
I don't know where he will be moved to but i'm worried it'll be in a different state, this is for his families safety as well as his but i wish it didn't have to be like this, but i wonder, if they have found raf, jack and miko are equally as close, what if the government decides that it would be best if they were re-located too? But i also wonder if they know that the 'civilians' who agent fowler claimed to General Bryce are working with the Autobots are revealed to be children? I was barely the exception.
Allot of similar questions were occupying my mind as i sat on the med table where my 'starlight' form lay.
Ratchet was just tinkering with her so that i may scan a vehicle mode, I've always wanted to pick out a new car for myself but not in this concept, hmm i wonder which would suit me best? Something cool, but not in your face, but slick.
"There, all done." Ratchet said.
"I know you scan through your optics but how would i go about that in the first place?" i asked.
"It works in a similar sense to when humans think about memories; it is of mere command of thought, for example 'vehicle scan'." He said.
"I think i get it." I said scratching my head.
"I'll finish up here; go see if Optimus has finished decoding those co-ordinates." He said as he shooed me away.
"Sure." I said.
Naturally dad was at the computer tapping away, i could hear my footsteps echo as i entered the room, apart from Dad and Ratchet everyone else was out, but saying that i could still feel the tension. Dad's helm slightly twitched aware of my presence as i made my way up the stairs, i kept my vision on the screen as long length paragraphs of alien encryption passed like a blur, i couldn't keep up to say the least.
His intensive look on the screen made me slightly hesitant to ask but i was curious myself, "Hey big guy, doc ock wants a report." I said.
But despite his concentration he was able to answer, "I am near the half way point of decoding the next set of co-ordinates, but right now our main focus is our energon supply, something that we are once again low on." He said.
Everyone is scouting for energon huh? Pairs normally, "So who's smokescreen with?" i asked.
"Bumblebee." He confirmed as quickly as a blink.
"Okay well there both fast." I said thinking of the only thing they have in common as well as their age, my eyes then averted to the couch! Okay i may have just had a small heart attack as Jack was unexpectedly sitting on the couch, i didn't notice him! And he was so quiet! We need a doorman or something just to announce everyone who comes and goes. "H-Hey jack." I said warily.
"Hey." He said sluggishly.
I leapt over the couch as i sat next to him, he had a stern look on his face, "why so serious?" i said to him mimicking the joker.
"Just bored, I've been here for fifteen minutes, the hospitality is terrible" He jested.
I then stood up on the couch, "my apologizes your majesty, cybertronians don't quite meet your standards? Well i need a hand in picking out a vehicle mode since 'starlight' can scan vehicles now."
"Sure I'll help, but i have a feeling this is going to take longer the smokescreens, you seem the picky type." He said.
"I am not. I just need something that looks just right, fits the list from what i expect" i said.
"Translation: picky" jack confirmed.
"Alternate translation: shut up jack." I retaliated with.
Now in 'Starlight' mode, me and jack took cover on the same Cliffside that we used when helping smokescreen with a vehicle mode and traffic was no better maybe worse, "at least smokescreen got at least a couple of cars go by." I said leaning my face into my hand, i was on my front just like last time except i just realized the Cliffside was much less roomy.
Jack was in the same position as me as he scratched his head, "Hey Ellen, can i ask you a personal question?" he said.
"You've always asked me a personal question." I teased.
"Is that a yes?" he teased back.
"Yeah sure." I shrugged looking down the motorway.
"Have you...ever had, ya know...a relationship?" he asked.
I whipped my head to him, a random question, i was actually expecting him to ask if my cat is still alive, "Well...no." i started scratching my helm as jack did, "and it's not that i haven't been asked or anything it's just i don't...feel any attraction...to anyone, be it male or female" I said.
"Really? Nothing?" he said tilting his head.
I shook my head.
"That's...kind of sad." He said.
I frowned at him slightly, "why? I don't think so, this is how i am...that doesn't make you look at me any different does it?" i said dropping my tone slightly.
"No, no, i guess i find it sad because i don't feel that way, how i feel towards sierra, but this is how you feel, and if your happy with that, that's fine...sorry if i offended you." He said.
"its fine i had a similar talk with someone about how many kids people should have, she said you should have at least two as she believes it's better to have siblings as you may feel lonely as an only child, but then again you don't know any different because you've always been an only child and are content with that life." I said.
"The thought of having a brother or sister has never crossed my mind." Jack said thinking, "but i guess jerks like Vince have put that waayyyy at the back of my head." He jested.
"Yeah neither have i especially when my cousins visit me." I shuddered, "hey jack is there a word for it?" i said.
"Word for what?" he said.
"You know, my lacking of attraction?" i said.
"Erm...asexual?" jack said.
"Isn't that for plants?" i said.
"It's for people too, we were studying it in science remember?" he said.
"E-r i think i may have been daydreaming in that lesson." I said awkwardly.
"Have you ever tried to...ya know, make sure?" he then asked, slightly blushing.
I then gave him a slight suspicious look, "what do you mean by 'make sure'?" i said raising an accusing eyebrow at him.
"You know like, kiss a boy...or girl." He laughed awkwardly.
"Well yeah, ya know just to be sure, i mean it could not be by first sight it could be triggered by something else, a 'physical' gesture like a kiss, and i have done so, but there is nothing there." I said shaking my head.
"How about cybertronians? Feel anything for them?" he teased.
"Jack! Don't be gross!" i scolded.
"You haven't answered my question." He teased again attempting to push me.
"No, call me weird but i'm not really into interstellar relationships" i said.
"I was only teasing." He said.
"I know, this is like your way of vengeance for every joke I've made towards you." i said.
"So must be annoying when they hit on ya." He started back up again.
"How do you know they even do that?" i scoffed.
"Well...why wouldn't they?" he said slightly smiling.
A grin formed on my mouth as i then turned to him, "Why would you?" i then asked putting him on the spot.
"Well you know, you've got a nice personality." He started as i stopped him by raising a hand to his face and shaking a finger in his face.
"Oh i know that one." I stated.
"What?" he said in a slight laugh.
"Yeah a nice personality means i'm protected by Greenpeace." I concluded.
"Okay fine you've got a nice natural look to you too, but would it kill you to fix yourself up a bit" He said.
I then pointed to the horizon, "you see that sun?" i asked.
"Yeah?" he said knowing where this was going but still sounding amused.
"You're going to see it rise twice if you don't shut up." I threatened.
He laughed lightly, "What about me?" he then asked.
"What do you mean?" i asked blinking.
"Say if you had some kind of attraction towards men, what do you think girls would want in a man?" he asked.
"well it all depends some woman like some things and other woman like something else, like those who like what a man looks like, mainly in upper torso if you know what i mean?" i said though i spoke seriously.
Jack then started flexing, "jack your fine." I said pinching the bridge of my nose.
"Anyway there are woman who like their men to be a little forceful and some who like the soft caring type, i can't really say because you know i don't really know myself." I shrugged. "But it's what many have told me."
"What type would i be?" he asked.
"You?" i said as i started thinking about him as a whole, "well you're the responsible type...most of the time, and i think because of that you'd do everything to make 'that person' happy, and you listen, allot of my friends seem to like that in a dude, you're not forceful like Vince but you are more...when it comes to being provoked you're not violent but you are assertive." I said as jack looked pretty pleased with himself, "but you are a dope sometimes and you try to impress if it means going on a date with sierra." I said poking him.
"Hey no man handling." He said.
"That wasn't man handling that was poking i always shove you about anyway, so this time i poked you." I said.
"Sure it was." He said as we then lent on our hands making puffing sounds of air escaping us, traffic was dead well a garbage truck passed on by at that moment.
Jack slightly turned his head to me with a 'not trying to mock' smile, "what are you trying to say? I'm fat?" i jested threateningly.
"Well you said you wanted to help out." He jested back lightly.
"As the garbage femme?! I'd rather give ratchet a car wax..." i said instantly regretting that last comment as we both shuddered. "Quickly look for a distraction!" i cried.
Jack whipped his head down the motorway, "er, motorcycle?" he said.
I gave him a stern look, "yeah for each foot maybe." I said rolling my optics.
"4x4?" he said he would slightly cringe each time in fear of my response.
"Too bulky." I huffed.
"Mercedes?" he said.
"Looks too...decepticon-ish." I said emphasis on the 'ish'
"Monster truck?" he said, okay now he's doing it on purpose.
"Oh sure I'll just drive up to school in it yeah?" i said.
"A hummer?" he said.
I lay my head into the ground in defeat and moaned slightly, "jasper why have you forsaken meeee!" i cried.
"Hold on, what about that one?" jack said pointing sounding serious this time.
"If it's a tank this time i swear to..." i then stopped as i saw the passing car coming down the road, "hey now that is nice and it looks like it does a fair speed."
"Yeah and its going to go if you don't scan it fast!" jack cried continuing to point as though my shooting target.
"Uh...uh...scan, scan." I said to myself as i figured out this 'power of thought' thing. I looked at it as i tried to summon every ounce of whatever the hell it was i was attempting to do, i saw something in my mind it was a choice of actions amongst them was scanning vehicles as i focused on that and on cue a shot of light came from my optics as it proceeded to scan the vehicle.
As quick as it was freaky, i had scanned the vehicle "O-Okay i'm glad i only do that once...well for me anyway." I said holding my helm.
"Come on let's try your new transformation out." Jack said standing up.
"A quick test drive perhaps?" I said to him as he nodded, i looked at my hands as i did to my whole body, "Now i have to figure out how to transform." I said looking to jack for answers.
"You've seen them do it a million times." Jack shrugged.
"Yeah but i don't exactly write a step by step guide for future reference." I argued.
"It can't be that hard." He smugly said.
Well it was...for me and i kind of freaked out too, as my girlish screams would tell you, mainly because my vision was from the dash board, but i could see the road ahead of me and i could turn my vision at a 360 degree angle. i could see the inside out my vehicle form, jack, what was at the back of me, the front of the hood and beside that my voice was emanating from it too and echoed inside, but i think the most freakiest thing about this was that i...had a passenger, jack was sitting inside me...that alone makes me cringe...as well as thoughts of vulgar jokes, and i could feel him on my seats...i could feel my seats that's weird, I'm not even going to theorize a logical explanation, my head will explode.
When we started off trying to drive it was all through thought as well, as i looked at the wheel, clutch and what not, it was rusty to start with and i practiced off road, but I'm nearly there...kind of...i nearly run over something...well a species...it was a pretty big squirrel I'll say that...okay, okay! It was an elderly woman! But I'll do better!
Anyway because of that 'event that will not be spoke of again' we had both returned back to base as i came driving in with my new look, i didn't even attempt to open my door for jack as Ratchet, Arcee and Bulkhead were watching me, (though dad looked over his shoulder slightly then back to the screen) and jack got that message and got himself out, and with every ounce of strength i focused on a perfect transformation...i managed it but my body sounded rusty in doing so.
"It's like watching a sparkling." Arcee jested.
"Your one to talk, considering you could be mistaken for a sparkling." I retaliated back.
When i scanned the vehicle and transformed, parts of my Armour had shifted and changed in certain places like the doors were tucked under my arms, my chest plates made up the hood and headlights but still had that 'bust' look to them, the wheels were on the bottom back of my legs, i like the way they spin when you walk heh, every other bit of Armour was formed parts of the vehicle as well as some seats within me...great for storage i suppose.
"Anyway, what do you think?" i said twirling.
"Not too flashy, you have my approval." Arcee said.
"What's the speed?" bulkhead asked.
"About 185 miles per hour, don't think I'll be topping that with my driving skills." I said.
"Faster than me and that's the only thing that matters" bulkhead jested.
"Ratchet?" i then said in his direction, he had much more of a distance between us but he heard me.
"Yes, yes very nice." He mumbled.
"Thanks." I said side stepping up to dad, "what do you think?" i asked tapping him on the arm.
He did that thing where he stares at you for the longest of time, that judging look urgh. "You look lovely in any form." He finally said patting me on the head.
"You had to look me over to come to that conclusion?" I moaned kicking him in the leg.
Jack was in Ratchets quarters with me as i was human yet again, it wasn't as weird anymore each time i went through the process.
"Hey jack?" i said.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"Do you think i should 'make sure' with you?" i asked.
"y-you mean like a kiss?" he said a slight form of a blush creeped onto his cheeks, though with me being a Vulcan and all i wasn't that bothered, i'm merely curious.
"yeah." I simply said.
"w-what if, i ended up liking you?" he asked.
"You'll get over me." I jested grinning.
He lightly shrugged as he awkwardly approached me and we kind of were undecided of which way to go.
"H-How about you, you go that...
"And I'll go this..." we both said other the top of each other.
We leaned close into each others lips as we closed our eyes, then his lips connected with mine, however it was as i expected there was nothing there, i care deeply for jack but not this way, he knew this as well as we both retracted.
I looked on at him sadly as i felt i had hurt him as the kiss was empty of affection, "It's okay, I'm not hurt you wanted to make sure and that's fine." He said.
I instead pulled him into a hug, "you're a great friend jack." I told him as i felt his arms around my shoulders.
"I know." he jested patting my back and i then kicked him in the knee in response.
A/N yep that's right she is...but maybe smokescreen can still attempt to hit on her lol
This is Ellen's Vehicle mode its a Noble M15, i was going by look alone :) just type into Google images and there ya go.
if you wanna check out Ellen's body look check out my deviantart page, my name is belle-izumi its in my scrapbook :)
combine her body and the picture for this fic and you can hopefully get a clearer image of her look ;)
anyway i apologize to all those pairing Ellen up with possible boyfriends,
but doesn't mean I'll stop the awkward romance maybe knockout will hit on her next? maybe starscream? ;D
thank you and don't forget to review...hehe it rhymes...sorta