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The Children

Chapter 6: Help Is On the Way

Penny groaned as the weight of the metal shelf pressed on top of her. Pain was running up and down her spine as she tried to move into a more comfortable position. She had covered the twins from being crushed and now they were lying under her, their worried optics staring.

There was an opening between the metal shelves and the floor where they could probably just fit. "I'm okay, you two get out," she tried to reassure the two worried mechs. "Go," she croaked, taking a gasp of air. Sunstreaker obeyed, diving for the opening and squeezing through but Sideswipe stayed where he was, ignoring his brother beckoning to him.

" Penny, I don't want to leave you under here," he said, frowning when he saw her wince in pain.

She gave him a weak smile.

"You can't help me from in here now can you?" she asked, trying to hold in the pain that was threatening to show.

Sideswipe looked around at the massive amount of toys which now surrounded them. She had a point. He was useless from in there. He sadly crawled over to his brother who reached in and helped him out. Penny let out a sigh of relief as she watched him get through the opening. At least they were safe.

She attempted to move underneath the rubble but the weight was too much and just succeeded in shifting more weight on top of her.

" Penny!" Blaster called out to her.

"Blaster help me try ta get this all off!" Ironhide's voice was muffled. She could barley hear them.

Suddenly, as if an angel had heard her call, the doorbell rang.

"Ironhide!" she yelled for the little red bot. If someone was big enough to ring the doorbell they were big enough to help her out.

" Penny? Are you okay?" Blaster called out, "The twins are handling Grimlock but we need you to get out," he said. She could feel the panic in his voice and had he said Grimlock? Oh god she thought this was one of the bots she didn't want to come to life.

"Blaster answer the door!" she yelled, falling into a coughing fit.

"Ironhide is going," he answered.

" Please be okay Penny…" Blaster mumbled, holding his hands together. He could see his friend's body poking out from under the shelves but not by much.

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Ironhide raced down the stairs and over to the door. It took him a few tries to get up to the level of the door handle but eventually he was able to grab hold of it and get it opened.

He looked up at the girl who was on the other side. She had sandy brown hair and blue eyes. When she saw him, she stared for a moment then mumbled under her breath.

"Cool toy…"

She stepped over Ironhide and into the house. Ironhide tried to stop her but it was no use. He was too tiny.

" Penny? Penny!" the girl called out into the house.

Ironhide had enough of being ignored. When she got close to the table, he climbed up it and stood, looking her directly in the eyes.

"Now you look here young lady! Penny is stuck in her room under some metal stairs and if you don't help her she ain't gonna last much longer."

The girls eyes grew wide and she dashed up the stairs.

" Penny what the hell were you doing? And what's with the toys...kinda weird if you ask me," she muttered the last part. When she entered the room, she looked around at all the tiny robots attempting to help their oversized friend out from underneath the rubble.

"Mika?" Penny yelled out. "Is that you?"

"Well of course it's me," Mika said as Grimlock ran past, almost tripping her.

"Don't just stand their help me out of here!"

"Well jeez captain pissy pants, gimmie a minute. And calm down," Mika responded way too casually. Penny had been friends with Mika since they were little and no matter what she had tried to do nothing would ever spook her. Mika walked over and lifted the shelf off of her friend.

As Penny felt the weight leave her back, pain from the shelves impact began to set in. She let out a painful moan.

"You're okay right? Because I so don't want to take you to the hospital," Mika said in a joking manner. Penny looked up at her pain written across her face.

"Mika, my chest it hurts..." she groaned, keeling over a bit.

By now, Blaster had run to her side, worriedly looking at her. Ironhide burst into the room, breathing heavily.

"The…least you could've....done is brought me with ya," he panted but when he saw Penny he ran over to her. Mika pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed in a number.

"Hey mom," she said into the phone when someone on the other end picked up, "I'm going to take Penny to the hospital. She's fine. A shelf just fell on her so there's nothing to worry about. Bye." She hung up the phone before her mom could respond.

"Okay, Penny time to go." Mika bent down to help her friend to her feet. Penny moaned as she was lifted. Clutching her side, she walked down the stairs, using her friend as a crutch. A parade of toys followed them.

"Ya do realize your little toys aren't coming right?" Mika asked, seeing them following.

Penny glanced back at them.

"Why not?" she asked, taking a few gasps of air.

"Because I'm not going to be seen walking around with a whole bunch of toys. I'm not four years old!" Mika argued as they neared the front door.

Blaster butted in before Penny could respond.

"Hey! We're just as much Penny's friend as you are! We deserve the right to know if she's okay!" Blaster exclaimed, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring up at Mika.

"First of all, you're a toy so shut it. Second, you're not coming! You're just gonna cause problems so suck it up princess!" Mika said, glaring back down.

Penny looked between human and toy. She felt as though the fight no longer included her and frankly, she was in too much pain to care.

"Mika just let them come...." she moaned, wincing in pain. "They can stay in the car or something." By now, Penny really didn't care where they were going just as long as the pain went away as soon as humanly possible. Mika slouched a bit, realizing that she had lost the battle.

"Okay. Fine. But if they touch anything, I'm going to rip them apart piece by piece!" she threatened, once again glaring at the little tape deck that was now looking up at her rather smugly.

They left the house and hobbled to Mika's car with most of Penny's weight on her friend. The minute Mika opened the back door of the car, the tiny robots hopped in and sat down on the floor, letting Penny have the seat. As soon as Grimlock got in he started to complain.

"Me Grimlock king! Me no sit on floor!" He said, scrambling up on top of Penny's lap. She groaned as the small dino's foot hit her in the ribs.

"You'll sit where I tell you to!" Mika ordered, picking him up and plopping him back on the floor. Grimlock wasn't happy about it and climbed right back up onto the chair. This time, he snuggled under Penny's arm instead of sitting on top of her.

Mika glared at the miniature dinosaur and yanked him away, throwing him back on the floor. Grimlock growled and snapped at Mika's hand, missing it by only a few inches.

Mika slammed the car door shut right in Grimlocks face. He growled again when he saw her enter the driver's side of the car and, as stubborn as he was, got back up and once again snuggled under Penny's arm. Penny didn't seem to mind that she had company. All she wanted was for the pain to go away.

Mika slid into the driver's seat and something yellow out of the corner of her eye. She growled. It was one of those flipping toys! She glared at him.

"You are defiantly not sitting there," she said reaching forward to grab the small yellow bot and chuck him into the back. Sunstreaker gave her a sideways glance and easily slipped away.

"Don't you dare throw me back there with those maniacs," he growled when he saw the girls wanting to get ride of him. Mika nodded and opened the glove compartment and swiftly shoved him in.

"Hey watch it!" he yelled as the area he was in suddenly went dark. Just wait, he thought angrily. He was so going to get her back for this.

Mika heard Penny making some painful noises in the back so she quickly started the car and drove off.

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Mika drove into the emergency part of the hospital and quickly parked in the closest spot.

"Penny, I'm going to get you a wheelchair. Hold on just a sec." She got out of the car and ran over to the emergency area. The guard was a bit alarmed by the girl's promptness but allowed her to grab a wheelchair and go back to the car. Mika helped Penny out and into the chair, leaving a very upset Grimlock on the seat.

Before Mika could leave, Ironhide got up on the seat and glared at her.

"Ya better take care of her or you'll be in a lot of trouble missy," he said, staring her straight in the face, his arms crossed over his chest. Mika closed the door, locked her car then wheeled Penny away.

"You sure she'll be okay?" Blaster asked, watching them out the window. Penny seemed to be in a lot of pain and he didn't like it.

"She's a big girl. She'll be fine," Ironhide responded, putting his hand on the other mechs shoulder. Blaster nodded and slumped in the chair, waiting for Penny to return. There was an awkward silence then banging could be heard from the glove compartment.

"Let me the frag out of here!" Sunstreaker yelled from within. Everyone broke out into laughter and Sideswipe ran over and opened it allowing his brother freedom.

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Penny yawned as she was allowed to be free of the hospital. She was really tired and could tell Mika was as well. It turned out she had broken one of her ribs so she now had this cast thing around her. It was hard to move in but she could live with it until the rib healed.

Mika had offered to wheel her around in the wheelchair again but Penny wanted to walk. She had broken her rib, not her leg.

When they got close enough to the car, Mika ran over and unlocked it. Penny was going to sit in the back again but when she looked in the back, she saw that the miniature robots were sleeping so she slipped into the passenger seat instead.

"Thanks Mika," Penny mumbled. Her friend had done a lot for her and she had no idea how to thank her.

"Don't worry about it," Mika said, starting the car and pulling out of the parking lot.

Penny heard Blaster mumble something about him being too worried to recharge. She turned back, cringing at the pain that that movement caused, and lifted Blaster onto her lap, cradling him in her arms. In her embrace, Blaster's systems comfortably slipped into recharge.

Penny glanced at the time as they pulled into Tim Horton's drive thru it was 1am. Mika had insisted on stopping for coffee before the drive back to their houses.

"Mika are you sure they're open?" Penny asked, looking around. The parking lot was nearly empty as was the drive thru.

"I know someone who works here. Its open twenty-four hours," Mika answered as she casually rolled down the window and ordered a medium coffee, double double.

"You going to order anything?" Mika asked, turning to her friend.

"No, I'm good. I don't usually drink coffee," Penny said, continuing to cradle the small red tape deck in her arms. Mika nodded and drove up to the next window. She paid and pulled back onto the road for the drive home.

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Penny climbed out of the car and collected her robots from the back seat. She could barely carry them all but she was able to manage.

"Thanks for everything Mika!" she called out, waving to her friend from her front porch. She watched Mika drive away then turned and tried to unlock the door. After failing a few times, she put the robots down and finally got it open. She picked them back up and dragged herself up the stairs, plopping everyone but Grimlock on her bed.

Out of the corner of her eye Penny spotted something glowing on the ground where the shelf had crashed on top of her.

She was going to have to clean that up tomorrow…

She sighed and bent down to pick up the glowing figure. It was Ratchet. 'Go figure,' she thought as the figure glowed brighter and brighter in her grasp. Finally, the blinding flash of light came and the robot grew to the same size as the others. She almost dropped him from surprise.

"Hey Ratch," she said cheerfully.

^_^ Just to tell you all Mika exists she my friend at school XD

Oh and THANK YOU SO MUCH TIGERCHICKTIGRESS!! She my awesome beta reader thank you *hugs*