Chapter 19

We continued driving, passing barren desert and villages. We didn't stop driving till we reached an old building that was being renovated outside of a village. We chose there to spend the night. Skids was trying to blend in and telling us to do the same. As he was backing up he and Bee collided, causing Skids to fall. "You don't blend in very well Skids. You're 10 feet tall and bright lime green," I said walking along side Bee.

As soon as we entered Sam told the Auto bots, "Guard us, don't make a scene all right." I slipped in side followed by Wheelie.

"Yeah some of us got work to do! Dumb Auto bots!" Wheelie said. Sam and Mikaela headed for the roof to spend some alone time, Leo and Simmons went somewhere to sleep and I wandered off to a corner to sit and try to sleep. Sleep wasn't coming though. By now the stars had come out so I decided to go talk to Bee. Maybe now would be a good time to start those sign language lessons. I came outside to look for Bee. I saw Skids and Mudflap, but they were deep in recharge.

"Bee," I called. I hoped I didn't wake him. His alt mode came from around the corner. "I thought now would be a good time to start those sign language lessons," I said. He opened his driver's side door. I climbed in as his holoform appeared beside me in the passenger seat. "Let's start with the alphabet," I said. I then ran through the abc's with him. He learned very quickly. I moved onto simple things like, 'hello', 'goodbye', 'thank you', 'please', 'excuse me', 'my name is…', and other basic conversation stuff.

A few hours later I was barely awake. "Climb in the back. Get some sleep," Bee said using his radio. I nodded and climbed into his back seat and tried to comfortable. I needed sleep, but I knew what I would see if I closed my eyes.

"Thanks Bee," I mumbled losing my battle with my exhaustion. I don't know how long I had been asleep, but I suddenly was aware of someone yelling for me. I started awake. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes.

"Allison!" I climbed out of the back seat and opened Bee's door stumbling out. "Allison!"

"I'm coming! Coming!" I yelled back at Sam and stumbled inside the building seeing Wheelie at my feet. "Where is everybody?" I asked.

"Upstairs," Wheelie said.

"Let's go," I said offering him my hand and he climbed onto my arm. Once he was secure I ran for the stairs. I found Sam, Mikaela, Simmons, and Leo on the roof. "What the hell Sam? I was actually having a night of peaceful sleep, with no nightmare."

"Sorry, do you remember page 47, astronomy class?"

"Yeah, I read the whole book the day before classes. What about it?" I asked still annoyed.

"You see those three stars? That's Orion's belt, but it's also called the Three Kings."

"Of course, because of the pyramids. We need to follow the stars!" I said getting where he was going.

"East, to Jordon, the mountains of Petra," Simmons said. I ran back down the stairs and ran straight for Bee. As soon as we were all ready we drove into the rising sun, looking for a doorway big enough for a Prime to easily stand in. We drove at least a hundred miles, looking for a clue. After several hours of driving I saw something.

"Bee up ahead, around the corner. I think I see something," I said pointing. As we came around the corner I saw a doorway big enough for Optimus to stand in more than comfortably. As soon as Bee stopped I scrambled out. "It's here," I said running up to the door. I heard Skids say something, then something crash into the ground. I turned to see one of the twins laying on the ground. "We don't have time for your games Skids, Mudflap," I snarled.

"Awww, come on Allison. You're usually more fun than this. Let us have some fun," Skids said.

"Yeah, you are usually more fun Allison," Mudflap said.

"Fun! Fun? Optimus is dead and there is a chance that we can bring him back and you are concerned about having fun?" I snarled trying and failing to fight the yell that was rising in my throat.

"Allison relax, they're just kids," Sam said.

"If they are not old enough to understand then they are sure as hell old enough to learn. Their leader is dead, this is a very serious mission and I am not going to fail. They need to understand the seriousness of this," I said. The twins nodded, accepting what I was saying to them. I turned to go in to the room to try to find the tomb of the Primes.

When I walked into the room my heart fell. There was nothing. The room was clearly big enough for the tomb to be there but I couldn't see it. "It's got be here somewhere guys," Sam said.

"Yeah, why? Because we're trusting Grandpa Blackbird who doesn't even know what planet he's on?" Leo said.

"Well in his defense this is the biggest doorway I have ever seen in my life," Simmons said looking around him. This place was beautiful, but where was the tomb. It was somewhere around here, I could feel it. I had the same feeling that I had when Sam had gone to the used car dealership. I was being pulled but I couldn't figure out where I was being pulled.

"Oh okay, let me do a quick check," Leo said, then proceeding to spin around, "nope." I closed my eyes and focused on the tugging feeling in my chest. I could hear Simmons and Leo start to argue, I then was barely aware of the twins starting to get into it. I walked towards a wall, keeping my eyes closed so that I could focus on the tugging sensation in my chest. Suddenly I was pushed aside by a hand that was at least as big as I am.

Another cliffie, don't hurt me! I'll try not to keep you waiting. :)