As we drove down the highway, I was terrified; I didn't know where he was taken me, or is he going to kill me and leave me somewhere where no one will ever find me. A couple of times I thought to take the wheel from him, but I gave up because I knew it would just worsen the situation. We continued to drive at normal speed until he turned into a dirt road and slowed down. After about another half and hour of driving, he pulled his car into one of the automatic boom barriers, and two soldiers dressed completely in black and armed with rifles approached us. Ian rolled down his window.
"Hey Ironhide, long time no see," one of the soldiers said. "What brings you here?" he asked.
Ironhide? Is that his nickname? I wondered.
"I'm here to see Prime," Ian simply said.
The soldier nodded.
"And the girl?" the soldier asked, looking at me.
"She is the reason why I want to see Prime."
The soldier looked first at me and then at Ian with a confused look on his face.
"Just let me pass," Ian said.
The soldier once more nodded and moved aside.
"Let them pass!" the soldier yelled, pointing with his hand to another soldier to raise the boom barrier. The boom barrier rise and we drive forward. After an additional twenty minutes of driving, we finally stopped in front of a huge hangar; he got out of the car and approached the passenger door; he opened it and pulled me out.
"Start walking, " he said, holding me by the arm and dragging me towards the main hangar.
As we entered I saw three robots; one was green, the second was yellow with black stripes and the third was blue with red flames. The last robot was tallest of them all and he was talking with one of the soldiers who stood on the metal platform. The green robot turned and looked down at us and then patted the shoulder of the blue and red robot whispering something to him. At that point I felt an adrenaline kick in; it was a fight or flee situation and I began to struggle trying to free myself, but his grip on my arm was too strong, he did not even move.
I even dug my nails into his wrist as hard as I could in an effort to free myself. Nothing. He turned his head and looked at me smiling at my attempts.
"Keep trying femme," he said, turning his head back.
The blue and red robot turned to us and looked down.
"Release her Ironhide," the blue and red robot ordered.
That voice, it sounded so familiar to me. Orion?
"Gladly," Ian said, letting go of my arm.
I immediately started to rub my arm when he released me. I turned my head to look at Ian but he wasn't there; instead I saw the black robot standing a few feet from me and you guess it was the same robot that I saw before I passed out. How did he get here? I wondered. I made a couple of steps back.
"Do not worry, Miss. Jones we're not going to hurt you", the blue and red robot said, kneeling in front of me.
"Orion?" I whispered in confusion without taking my eyes off him.
The robot gave me a slight smile.
"It's actually Optimus," he said. And then he rose up and looked at the black robot.
"Why did you bring Miss. Jones here Ironhide?" Optimus calmly asked.
I raised my head to look at the robot and I immediately noticed that he had a large scar over his right eye. My God it's Ian; he is a robot, that's why Bobby could not find any information about him.
"Because she attacked me twice in a row today. And you told me that we don't harm humans, " he said. "So, instead of me offlining her I brought her here."
The silence reigned few moments after he said that.
Optimus turned to me and said:
"Is that true Miss. Jones?"
I nervously scratched my head before I answered.
"Yes."
"Why did you attack him?"
"Long story."
"I have time."
"Alright, here it goes" I said, and began to explain.
They listened to me carefully, and after about twenty minutes I finally finished explaining.
"So, you attacked him because you were thinking that he'll hurt you?" Optimus asked.
"Yes."
"I see."
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"What are you?"
Optimus seemed a little bit surprised with that question.
"I think the better question is who are you?" the green robot said as he approached me, "We are Autonomous Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron or Autobots for short."
Ron?
"You are aliens," I said ,in shock.
"Yes."
"You already know our medical officer Ratchet," Optimus said.
"He is the doctor who put the cast when I twisted my ankle" I said.
Optimus nodded. "This is Bumblebee, but you know him as Brian" he said, pointing at the yellow robot who waved at me and smiled. "He is Samuel Witwicky's guardian."
"Who's Samuel Witwicky?" I asked.
"A young human, who we first met when we came to your planet," Ratchet said.
"And Ironhide was Lennox's family guardian," Optimus said.
"But, he is not anymore," I said.
Optimus shook his head.
"Why?"
"Because, he has to learn to get along with the civilians."
"Why are you here on Earth?"
"Our planet was destroyed as a result of a long war between us and the Decepticons."
"Decepticons?"
"The Decepticons are evil Cybertronians who lust for power and total domination of the universe", Ratchet explained.
"And now I am afraid that you are in danger," Optimus said.
"You are joking, right?"
"I'm afraid not; you see because you now know about us there is danger that the Decepticons will find out about you and if that happens they will try to use you to get to us."
The last sentence hit me like a ton of bricks.
"BUT WHY?" I screamed. "I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR WAR!"
"Because, they know that I will not allow anymore humans to die."
"So, what do I do now?" I asked, desperately.
"I think the best thing we can do now is that Ironhide remain your guardian until this is over,"
My jaw dropped when Optimus said that; I looked at Ironhide and he looked at me with a shocked expression on his face.