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Chapter 27

I awoke late the next morning around 10 am, not having slept real well last night. I had nightmares all night and the Primes also had come to me. They told me not to trust Sentinel Prime. They warned me that he had made a deal with Megatron. I was thinking all of this over while I was taking a shower in the med bay. The hot water was relaxing and helping to clear my head. "Hey Squishy, your stuff just arrived!" I heard come from inside the med bay.

"I'll be there shortly and can you send Optimus in? I need to talk to him," I hollered back to Sunny.

"Sure thing femme."

"Thank you," I called after him as I heard him peel out of the med bay, probably hoping to avoid Ratchet. I finished rinsing the soap off of my body and stepped out of the shower.

"Allison, you asked to speak with me," I heard Optimus' voice through the door.

"Yeah, give me about eight minutes and I'll be out," I called back wrapping my hair up in a towel and proceeded to wrap a towel around my body. I brushed my teeth and then dried myself off as quickly as I could, rubbing my skin raw in a few places. I was dry in a matter of minutes and then proceeded with the deodorant and under things. We were both silent for a few moments, both of us thinking.

"What is it that you wish to speak to me about?" Optimus asked as I pulled on my jeans.

"The Primes gave me another message last night, I think you need to hear it," I said concern thick in my voice. I pulled on my graphic tee and then bent over to my socks and sneakers on.

"What is it Allison?"

"A Prime, one that was once an Auto bot, before he made a deal," I said coming out of the bathroom fully clothed. My hair hung free from any towel or tie, brushing my hip. "With Megatron," I said looking up at Optimus sadly.

"Who?" he asked in a disbelieving voice.

"Sentinel," I replied. The Primes had told me Sentinel had been Optimus' teacher, that this would be hard for him to hear. Taking this into consideration I thought it best to be blunt. I also had no experience breaking news like this and never had anyone do so to me in any way but a blunt manner.

"Impossible," Optimus said disbelief clear in his voice.

"I'm sorry Optimus, I just thought you should know, just don't shoot the messenger," I said holding my hands up in a gesture of surrender. I moved to leave the room so I could go set mine up, which just happened to be placed between Optimus' and Ironhide's room.

I heard Optimus turn to face me, "Are you sure?" he asked.

I turned to look at him, I nodded, "yes, I'm sorry Optimus." I then left the room, I wanted to get my things put away, then I would have to go get a few things. I walked down the halls to the other side of the base where my room was located. Just as I entered my phone rang, it was Sam. I sighed and answered it, "hello Sam, what are you up too?"

"Hey Allison, I'm fine just looking for a job, any chance you can help me? I should be working with the Auto bots," he said taking a breath. "I mean we both got a medal for helping out in Egypt almost four years ago."

"No I can't help you, you didn't want to be their ambassador, I took on that job. I can call a friend in law enforcement, but you would have to go through the Academy. And I do not have this job because I won a medal, I don't care about earning medals, I care about helping my friends."

"I didn't mean to imply that, I'm just frustrated, job hunting is hard."

"Welcome to the real world," I said.

"Hey do you think you could take Wheelie and Brains? I can't deal with them here," Sam asked.

"I can ask but I won't be asking Optimus today, I just kind of dropped a bomb shell on him, I would also have to clear it with Lennox. Plus the base may not be the best place for them. They are political refugees, if anyone found out they were here on the base anyone caught hiding them would be held accountable," I said.

"Fine, I'll keep them for now."

"Sam I got to go, my stuff just came from home and I need to put my room together. Talk to you later," I said.

"See you later," Sam said hanging up. I too hung up and moved into my room where Sunny was pulling my furniture into the room and Sides was packing boxes in. I grabbed my bed and headed to a raised platform against the far wall that had the mural of all the Auto bots on it. I managed to lift the front end of my bed up onto the platform, pulling it up as far as I could before moving to the footboard and lifted that onto the platform. I wanted to make the bed before I pushed it against the wall, make it a little bit easier for myself.

"Hey Sides have you seen a box labeled bedding?" I asked looking through the boxes.

"I have it right here Allison," Sides said coming into the room in his holoform. He passed me the box as Sunny came in carrying a box as well, since he had moved all the furniture in.

"Thank you," I said as I took it from him. I then made my bed in my white flannel sheets, quilt with a star pattern, and purple comforter. It took me about five minutes to get my bed made the way I wanted.

"Hey Squishy, hurry it up, it's getting hard to walk in here," Sunny said.

"Sorry Sunny, I am a little OCD," I said pushing my bed up against the wall. I then grabbed by bed side table and pulled up onto the platform next to my bed. I moved my desk/vanity to the foot of my bed off of the platform and my dresser across from my bed on the wall with the mural of the wolves. All my furniture was made out of pine and still its original color. The wall at the end of my room had a huge window in it, it would be perfect to climb out of and meet an Auto bot, should I need to run. It also had a view of the city several miles away.

I then finished unpacking boxes for the rest of the afternoon. I had one more box left when I heard a knock on the door, "Allison?" Optimus asked stepping into my room in his real form. My room was big enough for the Auto bots to come in their real form, as long as no more than two were in there at the same time.

"Hey big guy, what'cha need?" I asked turning to look at him.

"Do you think if we find Sentinel that we should trust him?"

I leaned back against my bed and looked at my feet for a moment before making eye contact. "I personally wouldn't trust him, but I didn't know him, I'm going off of what the Primes told me. You knew him; do you think he would be capable of making a deal with Megatron if he thought that was what was best?"

"I don't know Allison I'm asking for your opinion."

"Well in that case, if you find him, leave him where you found him. I know that sounds cruel, but I just have a bad feeling about him coming here to earth, and if he has made a deal with Megatron I may not be able to protect you from the humans." I was now playing with my nails. Optimus had never asked me for my opinion on a matter like this. At that moment my stomach growled.

"Have you eaten today Allison?" Optimus asked. I shook my head. "Let's go the cafeteria, and thank you, for being honest with me, even though it was something I didn't want to hear."

"You're always honest with me Optimus, why wouldn't I do you the same courtesy?" I asked. Optimus put his hand down to the floor and I climbed on. Something to eat would be nice, as long as I knew what the hell I was eating. The cooks weren't that good. I was secretly planning on sneaking into the kitchen that night to make a decent breakfast for the soldiers. A breakfast of French toast, scrambled eggs, pancakes, waffles, toast, juice, coffee, and fruit.