Two weeks had passed and October rolled around. The three kids were getting used to being full members of the Autobot faction.
They attended most of the weekly meetings and they were enjoying getting to know the senior students better.
They still hadn't participated in any fights or physical confrontations of any kind with the Cons (much to Miko's disappointment).
Optimus had also gotten better in those two weeks as well. He no longer needed crutches or a heavy cast, but he still had a long, white bandage around his leg. However, he could now walk on his own two feet again.
The Decepticon activity had fallen to a lull as the days went by as well. Megatron had practically dragged his SIC to the main office the day after his grand plan busted.
Under his leader's crushing glare Stan Skyfe admitted himself to the council. He, Knockout and Breakdown were suspended for a week and were to stay after school helping to clean up for a month. Dreadwing and Skyquake were merely given harsh warnings as well as Megatron.
With that the Cons had fallen back for the time being.
Jack, or rather Steadfast had walked into his homeroom on the chilly Fall morning. He sat down next to Elita who was staring at her phone.
"Hi Elita. What are you looking at?" Jack greeted.
"Oh, hey J-I mean Steadfast. Jeez, I still can't used to calling you by your faction name. Anyway, I was just waiting for Oppie to text me. He's going to the council today to see if they'll let him back into the Prime Program. He said he'd let me know the final verdict immediately after he learns it." Elita answered.
"Okay."
"Hey, good news though. That friend I told you about is coming into the school today. I'll probably introduce her around lunch." Elita spoke.
"Sounds cool." Jack replied as the bell rang and Mr. Ception entered the room.
Jack met up with his friends up at the Back Hill. They were all eating by the time he got there and Miko was holding what looked like a pamphlet in front of her face.
"Hey everyone." Jack greeted them.
"Hey Jack." Smokescreen replied. "Er, Steadfast."
"Where's Arcee?"
"A cheerleading meeting. She along with Chromia and Elita should be coming sometime soon."
Jack nodded.
"What are you looking at over there Miko?" Jack wondered. "Or...Impulse."
"Hm? Oh, information about the Galaxy Games. Some of the events and stuff. It's just like Bulkhead said. I mean, jeez, this thing is like the freakin' Olympics. Hell, it's not even limited to to Galaxy City. There are like a thousand other school that come to the city to participate. It's crazy." Miko explained.
"Wow. Are you gonna try out for any of the events?" Jack asked.
"I dunno. Maybe. Probably." Miko answered.
"Hmm. Lemme take a look at some of those." Jack requested as he sat next to the girl.
"Are any of you guys going to take part in any of the events?" Raf asked.
"Oh yeah totally." Wheeljack replied. "We take part every year."
"Hoo-yeah! We be doin' the football baby!" Bulkhead exclaimed happily. "And wrestling, and hockey, and some basketball..."
"Yup. Bee and I are gonna try out for soccer this year. Ain't we Bee?" Smokescreen spoke up.
Bumblebee nodded with a few beeps and whirs.
"That's cool. What about you Ultra Magnus? Ratchet? Are you guys joining in on the games?" Raf wondered.
Ultra Magnus put his hand under his chin.
"Hm. I was thinking that I might join in on the Model UN. Or the debate team."
"Sounds perfect for you, Stiff. You'll talk so much the other teams will probably just give up." Wheeljack retorted and Ultra Magnus glared at him but didn't speak.
"Ratchet?" Raf piped up.
"What? Oh, there's a Science Fair during the games. I'll enter in that." Ratchet answered simply, his eyes not leaving the pages of his book.
"Really? Well that sounds interesting. Maybe I'll look into that." Raf replied thoughtfully.
The freshmen then sat down to eat lunch with their seniors. Later, four female figures came walking up the hill towards them.
Arcee got to the table first. The freshmen noted that the older girl looked a little odd wearing a sweatshirt and blue skirt.
"Hey guys." Arcee greeted casually.
"Hey Arcee. Um, who's that walking with Elita and Chromia?" Miko wondered.
Arcee turned around to see the other three girls engrossed in their conversation.
"Apparently it's an old friend of theirs who just moved back into town."
The girls walked over to the group.
"Hey everyone. I...we, want you all to meet our old friend: Dominique Prax." Elita proclaimed happily.
Everyone looked at the new girl. She had dark hair, cut short and windswept to one side. She wore a magenta sweater with purple capris and running shoes that matched her dark, but uninterested eyes. She had dark lines under them too that weren't from makeup.
She halfheartedly raised a hand in a lazy attempt at a wave.
"Hey." She spoke. Her voice was smooth but a little deep and raspy. She looked and sounded tired.
Elita looked like she was going to say something but her phone vibrated in her pocket and she rushed to pick it up, her hands fumbling and almost dropping the device in the process.
"Hello?...Oppie? What's going on what happened?...really? That's great! I'm so relieved!...yeah she's here. Okay. You go guy. Okay...okay...Oppie...Optimus...Optimus! Good bye now get to class!" Elita spoke on the phone quickly before hanging up.
"That was Optimus. He's back in the Prime Program!" Elita proclaimed proudly. The surrounding Autobots cheered ecstatically.
"Aw that's great." Chromia said.
"Now let's eat to celebrate." Bulkhead exclaimed.
"Mm, you guys go on ahead. I'm gonna go see if I can catch some Zs by my locker. Or maybe the janitor closet." Dominique spoke.
"No no Dommi. You have to eat. You look it anyway." Elita said worriedly.
"Nah I'm fine. I'll just go sleep. This place seems too bright for me anyways. See you around maybe." And the new girl walked off without another word.
"Well she seems...nice." Miko commented.
"Eh, she gets better with time. Anyway, I'm hungry. Let eat."
Now, the last bit was lazy on my part but I'll make up for it. Dominique will be a recurring character but she isn't a main in case anyone doesn't like her and was worried. Her Cybertronian equvilant is in another story of mine.
Let me know what you think! Comment and review!