Chapter 2

Autumn moved forward ignoring Mario's whining and picked up the Blaster before returning to the bed, looking him over again. She was silent for a while before she put the toy down on the bed, feeling her forehead for a fever. She felt none and slowly padded out of the room. She wondered into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of pain killers for her head ache and filled a cup with juice, before padding back into her room.

"HELP!" a voice shocked Autumn out of her reverie and she looked around in shook.

"Help! Please someone! ANYONE!" she turned towards the bed to see Mario licking and nipping a very much alive Blaster. She quickly put her glass down and ran over to the bed, pulling the autobot out of the massive dog's jaws," Mario give!"

She dusted him off and placed him down on the counter silently. The Autobot looked around him almost afraid before staring at Autumn with bright blue optics.

"Are you alright?" Autumn couldn't believe it that this was the toy that she'd bought not even a day ago. He looked so real...

"I should be fine," Blaster answered and tilted his head, "What's your name?"

"Autumn, like the season," she slowly rubbed Mario's ears as she breathed out," How are you alive, you're supposed to be a toy."

"Not sure, I remember you buying me at the store and then when you touched me this bolt ran through me and a couple of minutes later" he pointed at himself" bingo."

"I didn't believe it," Autumn got off her bed and walked to the shelf filled with Autobots," your alive because I held you. I just can't believe it." Before Blaster could stop her, Autumn picked up Sideswipe and looked him over," How does that work."

"Donno, but I think that'd be Wheel jack's department," Blaster watched her put Sideswipe back in his place and slowly made his way over to her, careful of the dog who was trying to sniff him.

"Don't worry about him," I scooped up Blaster bringing him closer to the grey hound," Mario won't hurt you. You more than likely just spooked him." Autumn pet the dog's ears and watched as Baster copied his action, somehow knowing that her life was about to get a whole lot crazier. After a while the bot looked up at her.

"So I was wrong about the dog," Blaster sighed, "looks like I don't have anywhere to go."

"well," Autumn put him down on the bed, "why don't you stay here?"

"You sure?"

"I wouldn't have asked if I thought it was a bad idea, Blaster," Autumn laughed and sat down at her desk pulling out her laptop again. She started up her messenger and turned her head when she felt blaster climbing up her leg and helped him onto the table," so how far back can you remember?"

"I remember talking to my friends, going to recharge and then nothing until you touched me," the bot turned towards the laptop screen," what's this?"

"my e-male account," she shrugged deleting all the spam messages before logging off and logging on into Facebook," Or at least one of them, I use this one the most though."

"oh," he tough for a moment, "So do you like music?"

"yep, although I don't exactly have a favorite style," she smiled seeing the grin on his face," most of the time I listen to a song, usually a random one that no one knows the name to, and if I like it then I listen to it often."

"Cool."

"yep," She smiled," unfortunately everyone else doesn't think so."

"Oh sorry," blaster rubbed his chin in thought.

"Don't be," Autumn smiled a cheeky grin across her face," It's their loss. "

Both jumped when the phone rang and Autumn was quick to answer it, "Hello?"

"Autumn?"

"Angie is that you?"

"yep, listen I can't talk long, my parents want the phone back, but I need to ask you something."

"fire away," Autumn ignored Blaster's questioning glances, "What's the matter?"

"Remember my folks said that they were going to renew their vows?"

"Of course but what's wrong, did they cancel?"

"No, nothing like that," there was a sigh on the other end, "my parents decided that they wanted to go on a honeymoon again and I need somewhere to stay until the end of the holidays."

"Of course I'll let you stay here, you are family aren't you?"

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You're the best!"
Autumn rolled her eyes and laughed, "Don't mention it. See you soon."

"see you soon, bye." The call was cut off and autumn hugged the phone to her chest.

"Friend of yours?" Blaster dropped from the table onto her lap.

"Sister," she helped him sit up, "well half-sister actually. We have the same fathers, but different mothers."

"two sparkmates?" Blaster's optics widened.

"Yeah I guess that's the right term. he was married to Angie's mum first for about a year before he left them. Then he found my mum and they got married in a couple of months and had me and then my brother, before my mum was killed in a car crash."

"I'm soory to hear that," blaster hung his head slightly and Autum hugged him to her chest softly.

"it's alright," she smiled softly," So do you want to listen to music?"

"Sure," Blaster smiled deciding that he liked this human already. And during their conversation, neither of the two saw the light glow which surrounded Sideswipe…

To be continued…