Me: Hello every one, here's another chapter! Sorry that it took a while, but I got a new computer so yay.
I've been waiting for this one for a while and now it's finally here.
Also, before I forget, this chapter is the start of a new Saga. It's the Second Saga: New Home and Survivors. And thank OctaviaOrPama from Wattpad for helping me when I asked for advice when I got stuck.
Enjoy reading!
Vision or Dream - *Talking*
Cybertronian speaking - "Talking"
Comm Link Bot/Con/Human/Over Video/Bond - "talking"
On A Military Plane
Abelia sat on the plane, Will was seated next to her, and Sarah was next to him. Sarah held Annabelle, who had protective earmuffs over her little ears to protect her from the noise.
The Autobots were in vehicle form, inside two different planes. Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Jazz were with Abelia and the Lennox's. Optimus and Ironhide were in a different plane due to their size. Will and Sarah had gotten ready quickly, and Sarah got Annabelle ready as well. On the way here, the Lennox's rode with Ironhide, mostly because Annabelle's car seat worked better with him. Sarah and Annabelle were coming cause Will didn't want to leave them alone in case the Decepticons showed up, and she had clearance.
What Abelia didn't know, was that Sarah was coming along so she and Will could talk to Keller about getting the proper forms to adopt Abelia. Annabelle, well, she's a baby and can't take care of herself just yet so she's coming along as well by default. They were also coming because they didn't know how long they were going to be there this time.
A hand on her shoulder, shaking her. Abelia turned to look at her.
"We're about to land," Will stated.
Abelia nodded.
It took a couple more minutes, but they landed. Abelia was the first out of the plane and she looked around. Diego Garcia, the base the Autobots and N.E.S.T., what the human soldier's team was called, were given. It was a great place, big and away from other people, perfect for the Autobots.
The sound of engines made Abelia turn and grin, seeing the OG 5, exit the planes.
OG 5, the Orginal Group 5, is what Abelia has taken to calling the Autobots she met first. She plans on giving names to each group she meets. What she's going to call them, she doesn't know, but she wants to so she has something to call them besides first group, second group, etc.
The Autobots transformed and Abelia walked alongside Will as they entered an open hanger. Epps ran up to them.
"Our families are in the closed hanger. Figured they can see the Autobots when they're a little more awake," Epps said, he then smiled and waved at Sarah, "Hey, Sarah."
"Hello, Epps," Sarah grinned.
Epps nodded at her and turned to the Autobots, "Your friends should be landing close by within the hour. How are they arriving?"
"Same way we did," Ironhide stated.
"We also have some vehicles, motorcycles, and they could use the planes and jets around here to get an Alt Mode," Epps explained.
"Thank you," Ratchet said, surprised.
"And if they don't want anything we have, we'll get the one they want," a new voice joined them.
At the voice, they turned to see another soldier walk up to them. Will lit up when he saw him, and Abelia did as well.
"Figs," Will exclaimed, walking forward and carefully hugging his friend, "How are you here, man?"
Figs laughed as Will backed up, "The Doctors said I was good enough to leave the hospital, but said to stay off the battlefield for two to three months to heal and to take an easy. I may not be able to help on the field, but I can help off it with other things."
Will chuckled, "That sounds good to me, but if you pull what you did back in the desert again, I will personally make sure you regret it."
Figs laughed, holding his hands up, "If it happens again, I will not regret it, Captain."
Will smirked, "It's Major now."
Will turned and gestured to Abelia, "This is Abelia, the young girl I told you all about. And these guys," Will gestured to the Autobots, "Are the Autobots. Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Ironhide, Jazz, and Bumblebee."
Figs shook Abelia's hand, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you. Same to you guys."
The Autobots nodded to Figs. The man had earned their trust once they learned he distracted Sporponk to save his leader and nearly got killed. As for Donnelly, they never got a chance to meet him, but he was still one of their own.
"Same to you," Optimus said, "We do we leave?"
"Whenever is good for you," Keller said, walking up with Glen and Maggie behind him, "We'll cover you all from here. Also, Abelia, I have something to tell you."
"What is it," Abelia asked.
"The President understands that you are the Autobot Liaison, but they do have someone they're sending over, someone on their end. They'll be here within a couple of days."
Abelia nodded, "Okay, Keller. Thanks for letting me know. Who is it?"
"A man named Galloway," Keller said, "There also might be other people they'll want as Liaisons alongside you, but you have the final say in that matter if they join or not."
Abelia nodded, "Okay."
"Keller, right," Sarah asked, walking up to the man, bouncing Annabelle in her arms, "I have something to ask you, something that my husband and I have talked about. Do you have a moment?"
"Sure, Mrs. Lennox," Keller said, walking away with Sarah following him.
"Talk about what," Abelia asked, looking at Will in confusion.
"Tell you later," Will said, even though he didn't have the intention to at the moment. The Autobots grinned behind Abelia's back.
"Hey Abelia," Epps said, getting Abelia's attention and handing her a chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting with a red candy on top of it, "My lovely wife of forever made this and wanted me to give this to you."
Abelia beamed, "Cupcake! I'll let her know my thanks for this treat," Abelia took the cupcake and took a bite. When she swallowed, she looked at Epps with a grin, "How long have you been married?"
"High School," Epps laughed, rubbing his head, "I got her, well...hm...due to some reckless actions on both our parts, she was with child and we married just before graduating. We got help from our families and I joined the army to pay for my family. Now, my eldest daughter just graduated college for law, my twin boys are in their last year of High School, and my youngest is in 5th grade."
"Wow," was all Abelia said.
"Geez man," Glen said off to the side and he grunted in pain when Maggie elbowed him.
Epps laughed, "Yeah, and if you ever need a Lawer, my daughter is a good one. Also, before I forget, I will gladly help teach you how to fight. I'm better than Will."
"Slightly better," Will added, like on autopilot.
Abelia chuckled, "I just might take you on the fight offer later. And I'll check up on your daughter. If she's as good as you say, then having a legal representative is good."
Epps looked excited for his daughter and Will looked at Abelia with pride. She was thinking ahead.
Abelia finished her cupcake, rolled the wrapper into a ball, and tossed it into a trash can. Will and Epps smirked. She was grown up, but she was clearly also a child at heart.
Abelia crossed her arms, "But right now, we have some Autobots to welcome. I do have something to ask all of you."
"What," Jazz asked.
"I know the new bots are going to know that I'm the Vessel of the Allspark, but can we keep the fact I'm a Seer hidden for now? I want that to be earned," Abelia asked.
"We can do that," Bumblebee said, "Right?"
"We can," Optimus nodded.
"Thanks," Abelia smiled.
"When do we head out," Epps asked, "So I can tell the men. Not you Figs, you stay here and help Glen ad Maggie with anything they need."
Figs laughed in understanding as Will looked up at Optimus. The two leaders shared a look before they nodded. Will turned to Epps, the look of a soldier ready to command in his eyes.
"We leave in 15. Let's get to it!"
Abelia smiled as Will walked away with Epps, Figs heading off with Maggie and Glen. Abelia turned to the Autobots and grinned, "I think it wouldn't look good if the Autobot Liaison didn't show up to greet the newcomers."
The Autobots laughed.
"Well, we can't let that happen, now can we," Optimus stated, kneeling and holding out his hand so Abelia can climb on. Once she was on his shoulder, Optimus stood up.
"It wouldn't look good on our resident Autobot Liaison if she stayed behind," Ratchet smiled, playing along.
"Guess we got ta brin' her along," Jazz snarked playfully.
"We'll make sure nothing happens to her," Ironhide huffed, smiling.
"She does have to do her job to welcome the newcomers," Bumblebee laughed.
Abelia laughed, leaning her head against Optimus and sending him a wave of care through their bond, "Yeah, guess I do."
Meeting Point
The Autobots and the N.E.S.T. team along with Abelia stood in the spot that was chosen as the meeting point, in a small clearing surrounded by trees. Abelia was sitting on top of a military jeep as she waited with the others. Abelia couldn't wait to meet them and hoped that everything went right.
There was a distinct sound of something crashing into the earth, making everyone perk up.
"They're here," Ironhide said, shifting his form to be ready just in case anything went wrong. He was positioned to protect anyone if need be.
Another distinct sound reached them. Abelia started counting the impacts, "Two."
Three more impacts. Five Autobots.
Two impacts sounded, really close together about three minutes later. Seven Autobots.
There were two more impacts about 10 seconds apart. Nine Autobots.
When no more impacts came, the waiting party realized that was it and just waited for the nine Autobots to reach them.
"Do you know who they are," Will asked, looking up at Optimus.
Optimus shook his head, "I only know of the one who reached out to me. He is one of my trusted allies and friends. He used to be an Enforcer, but he chose to go against the rules when it was clear a line was being made. He decided to go against the High Council and joined us. Many followed him because they trust his judgment. He is a strategist and thinker."
"What is his name," Abelia asked.
"Prowl. I would also inform you that Prowl has a glitch in his processor, his brain in human terms. Anything that may seem illogical will make him, in human terms, faint. Not everything will, but if he thinks about it long enough, he will faint. If that happens, contact Rachet," Optimus explained.
"Understood," Burke said as the humans nodded.
"And the others," Will asked, "Will you know them when you see them?"
"If we know 'em, we will," Jazz stated.
"Why can't Abelia just see whose coming," Epps asked, looking back at the young woman.
Abelia pouted and crossed her arms as Will and the Autobots laughed.
"She already tried, but nothing happened," Bumblebee laughed.
"She can only see something if it involves protecting herself and others. At that moment, there was nothing to see," Ratchet states.
The sound of footsteps had killed any comeback Abelia had. Everyone looked at where the sounds were coming from and waited for whoever it was to emerge.
A small form, just a bit taller than a human appeared out of the trees. Their form reminded Abelia of when she saw Optimus for the first time. They stopped at the sight of the Autobots and saluted at Optimus.
"Optimus, it's great to see you again," the Cybertronian, the tone of the voice had a feminine edge to it.
"Likewise, Arcee," Optimus nodded his greeting, "I suggest accessing the web to learn this planet's languages since the natives can't understand us. When the others get here, we will give you a data pack."
Arcee nodded and did when she was told as Abelia translated the conversation to the N.E.S.T. team. She was also translating the conversation to learn the language herself.
Optimus turned to the N.E.S.T. team and Abelia. Will had wordlessly stepped back to let Optimus take control when the Autobot Leader started speaking to his friend.
"This is Arcee. She was a teacher before the war. When Decepticons tried taking prisoner some younglings, Arcee defended them and brought them to us for safety. She is one of my best fighters and teaches the young ones. She taught Bumblebee," Optimus introduced.
A teacher? Abelia thought, a grin taking over her face. A teacher was great because that meant that Arcee could teach her things about Cybertronian, and the language.
"I speak for all humans here and say that it's a pleasure to meet you, Arcee," Abelia called out to the femme, "You're the first femme I've met!"
Arcee laughed, "And you're the first femme, or female, of your race I've met. It's a pleasure to meet you all. I landed first and I saw somebot you will be happy to see Ratchet. She's on her way, she landed just after me."
"Who," Ratchet asked.
The sound of footsteps made them all turn to the trees, seeing another Cybertronian enter their line of sight. They were about Ratchet's size, but their build was more feminine.
"Teacher," came from the bot as they looked at Ratchet.
Ratchet smiled in joy, "Minerva, your alive! I'm glad that one of my students is here."
"When I heard you were here, I knew I had to come," Minerva said, "There are still things I need to learn."
"I'm glad I won't be the only Medic," Ratchet turned to the humans as Optimus started speaking with Minerva, giving her the same advice as he did Arcee.
"Minerva is one of my students. I taught her a lot about the medical field and being a medic. She's not a fighter, she's a pacifist, but she is a skilled medic. She normally stays behind at base since she's not trained for battle," Ratchet explained.
"Having two of you around is better than one," Jake Ecker said, the human medic on Will's team.
"Three actually," Minerva corrected in English, "Through he's more of a battlefield medic whose thinking sometimes makes Ratchet want to dismantle him."
Jake looked excited at that info of a battle medic as Ratchet paused before whipping around to look at Minerva.
"He's with you! Granted, he is my student but his impulsive thinking can make any bot want to hit him," Ratchet stated.
Minerva laughed, "Trust me Ratchet, you'll be glad to have him once you learn who else is with us. Jolt helps keep the three of them in line by threatening to shock them. He's done it too. That should be him," Minerva said as the sound of footsteps appeared again.
Another Cybertronian came running out of the woods sliding to a stop, but there were still footsteps coming from behind him. It was like he ran ahead of the ones following him. He was a little bit shorter than Ratchet.
"Hey, Teacher Ratchet," the mech replied, waving at Ratchet.
"Jolt," Ratchet nodded his head and then narrowed his eyes, "What's that look in your optics?"
"Could never hide anything from you," Jolt shook his head and gestured behind him, "Sorry about these two by the way, but despite being terrors, they are great fighters."
Abelia had translated everything that was being said to her human friends, but the sight of OG 5 all sighing made Abelia blink. Abelia paused, feeling a mixture of dread, forewarning, and happiness coming from Optimus.
Abelia was confused at how anyone, or bot, could create such feelings. Optimus was clearly happy to know these two, whoever they were, were alive, but seemingly dreaded something about them. Ratchet and Ironhide as well since they both brought a hand up to their faces.
"Please tell me it's not who I think," Ratchet muttered in English, much to Jolt's confusion since he didn't know what Ratchet was saying.
The universe itself decided to give Ratchet his answer when two Cybertronians came out of the forest. At once, Abelia knew these two were the cause of such actions and feelings her friends were feeling. They were around Bumblebee's size.
"Hey, Sunny! Look who it is! It's our old friends," one of the mechs chirped out happily and excitedly, almost to the point of tensing.
"Don't call me Sunny," came the automatic response from 'Sunny' who then grinned at the Medic, "Hey, Ratchet, miss us?"
"Can't say I have," Ratchet replied stiffly.
"Aww, don't be like that, I know you missed us," the chirpy one stated before turning to Ironhide, "Right, Ironhide?"
"Sure I missed you. I missed my running targets," Ironhide said, making a show of his cannons.
Abelia giggled. Despite what they were saying, Abelia saw a glimpse of affection in Ratchet's optics and a small amount of care in Ironhide's before it disappeared. Bumblebee looked excited at seeing the two mechs, as did Jazz. Optimus still had that dreaded forwarning feeling, but the relief was clear as say when he saw the two walk into sight.
Still, the dreaded forwarning feeling...what was that all about?
"They better not mess with my wrenches again," Ratchet muttered as Optimus told the three mechs to follow the femmes in learning the planet's languages, "Or welded my door shut, or hide my work pads."
Prankers, these two were prankers. That explained the feelings of dread.
Abelia turned to Jazz and Bumblebee, "Making sure I guessed right, but from what I'm hearing, these two are pranksters?"
"Yep," Jazz said, popping the 'p'.
Bumblebee leaned in and whispered, "Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are twins. They were one spark that spilt into two. Twins have strong bonds and they're rarely seen without the other. Despite their pranking and messing around and being the opposite of the other, they are masters at the blade and a terror on the battlefield."
Abelia nodded, glancing at the Twins before glancing at Bumblebee, seeing him appear rather happy, "Seeing them make you happy?"
"Well, in human years, they're only four years older than me," Bumblebee stated, "So they're around my age. I love my friends, but it's nice being around others my age."
Abelia laughed, "I can understand that."
Hearing Abelia's laughter, Jolt, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker all turned to her.
"What is that," Sideswipe exclaimed, pointing at Abelia before noticing the N.E.S.T. soldiers, "I mean, what are they?"
"She and they are humans, natives of this planet," Optimus told him sternly, narrowing his optics to show there was no room for argument, "I'll answer more once all of you get here."
Sideswipe nodded, looking at the humans curiously. Jolt was staring at them in fascination while Sunstreaker just looked at them, looking them over and the weapons the N.E.S.T. soldiers were holding with a bored and unimpressed look. However, Abelia noticed this and glared at Sunstreaker, daring him to say anything. He dared.
"They look squishy," Sunstreaker stated.
Abelia and the N.E.S.T. soldiers bristled.
"Squishy," Will repeated, glaring at Sunstreaker, "I'll have you know that we shot and killed two Decepticons."
Sunstreaker huffed, not believing Will.
Abelia stood up and crossed her arms, "I don't like your attitude, Sunny," Abelia stressed the little nickname, already knowing he didn't like it and did it to mess with him. It worked because Sunstreaker glared at her heatedly, not seeing how the N.E.S.T. soldiers and five Autobots tensed at his actions, but knew Abelia could take care of herself, but would step in if needed. Arcee, Minerva, Jolt and Sideswipe were all looking at Abelia like she was crazy. Maybe she was because of the size difference but if she could backtalk Megatron or the Cybertronian Gods and Goddess, then Sunstreaker was nothing.
"Don't call me Sunny," he shouted, taking a step towards her. Abelia matched him by jumping off the jeep and taking a step towards him.
"I'll call you whatever I like and you don't have to like it," Abelia shouted back, making Sunstreaker jerk back in shock at being told off by something much smaller than him, "I'm the Autobot Liaison, so I'm going to do my job and say what needs to be said. You are your own being so you don't have to like it if I say something. But never underestimate something just because it's smaller or weaker than you. That was the Decepticon's mistake. Was Megatron's mistake."
"Megatron's mistake," Sunstreaker said, confused.
"I killed him," Abelia stated, hating the remembrance but saying it anyway.
The newcomers looked at Abelia shocked before looking at Optimus for answers. "No way, she didn't..." Sideswipe trailed off as Optimus nodded, followed by Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz, and Bumblebee.
"She killed him in front of us. Starscream and Barricade got away so now she's a marked target. The war isn't over yet," Optimus said, not revealing the whole truth just yet, "And the human soldiers may be small, but they did kill two Decepticons and severely injured another. We've seen them do it."
Abelia crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at Sunstreaker, who was now looking at the humans with interest and an impressed look. Seems that with the squishy's word being backed by higher-ranked Autobots, it made their story believable.
"Guess I was wrong," Sunstreaker said, looking at Will, "Who were the Decepticons you killed?"
"Demolisher and Blackout," Will stated.
Sunstreaker grinned, "Great to know. Demolisher hurt my brother a long time ago and I wanted him to pay. Knowing he's dead is good enough for me. Blackout as well, since I lost some friends due to him. But how did you kill a highly trained gladiator," Sunstreaker finished, looking down at Abelia.
Abelia bit her lip, not wanting to reveal the whole truth just yet, and settled for a part of the truth, "He said the wrong words."
She wasn't lying, Megatron did say the wrong words. He provoked her anger.
Sunstreaker clearly wanted to know what Megatron said that got him killed when there was the sound of something walking through the woods toward them, making Abelia relieved so she didn't have to answer.
It appeared that whoever it was, they were arguing with someone in Cybertronian. Abeila could understand what they were saying once the two mechs, judging by their voices, were close enough.
"Would it pain you to stop rushing into things? I know you're a Wrecker, but you almost walked right into an acid pool."
"I was merely checking ahead. Would it pain you to be thankful since your weapons are only defensive?"
"I am thankful. I just don't want it to be at your expense."
"Aww. You do care."
"I never said I didn't. Still, would you slow down before you end up in a trap the next time you run ahead?"
"No promises."
"Ugghh, if Jolt weren't here keeping you and the Twins in check then I would've-"
Cybertronians stopped talking when they exited the forest and saw their friends waiting for them. Both of the Mechs were around Ironhide's height.
"Optimus, sir," one mech bowed, tilting his head down in respect before standing back up straight.
"Crosscut," Optimus smiled, nodding his head at Crosscut, "Nice to see you. We require a Diplomat to help keep the peace between the natives of this planet and us. Plus, there is someone you can teach."
A Diplomat! Abelia grinned. That would help her greatly! If Crosscut taught her what to say or do, then that would help her in her job and guarantee that she could help the Autobots more. And it looks like Optimus taught of that too since she saw him give her a look.
"Ironhide! Well, I'll be! It's great to see you," the other mech exclaimed moving towards Ironhide. Ironhide met him and they grabbed hands, shaking.
"Whirl! You crazy glitch! It's great to see you," Ironhide grinned, unaware of the glare Abelia was now tossing him.
"Are you in need of a flyer, or maybe a Wrecker," Whirl grinned, "Cause if you don't, I can always leave."
"No, we'll be glad to have you," Ironhide stated, "Download this world's languages so the natives won't look at us in confusion trying to find out what we're saying."
"I know someone who can understand us clearly and they're also not happy at the moment," Ratchet said, trying to hold in his laughter as he watched Abelia glare at Ironhide.
Ironhide turned to Ratchet in confusion before following his gaze to look at Abelia, who crossed her arms and glared at him. If Ironhide was a human, then the feeling of sweat going down his back would fit his mood right now. Even then, Ironhide felt nervous as Abelia glared at him. Only now did he remember that Abelia disliked cursing.
"Uh, sorry," Ironhide shrugged, grinning sheepishly.
Abelia sighed, shaking her head as she slowly grinned, finding Ironhide's reaction worthy enough to accept his apology, "Yeah, fine."
The new arrivals watched the scene in shock, wondering out such a small being could intimidate Ironhide.
"You can understand us," Whirl asked, figuring out that Ratchet was talking about Abelia.
Abelia nodded, "Yeah, I can. That will be explained when the last two get here. Crosscut?"
Crosscut snapped out of his research of Earth and humans at the call of his name, "Yes?"
"I'm Abelia, I'm the Autobot Liaison."
Crosscut's optics lite up, "Oh, your the one Optimus wants me to teach. What's your level of knowledge?"
Abelia blinked in confusion, "Uh, what?"
"How much do yo' know 'bout diplomacy," Jazz happily translated.
"Oh, thanks Jazz," Abelia waved at the silver bot before turning her attention to Crosscut again, "Very little, I believe."
Crosscut looked shocked, "Your teachers didn't teach you?"
Abelia rubbed the back of her neck, "I'm the only one here who knew the Autobots the longest and I volunteered for the role. These bots said they'll only accept me as the Autobot Liaison. Also teens my age aren't learning this quite yet, they're learning other things."
"I see," Crosscut said, frowning in thought, "In that case, I'll teach you what I can."
"Thank you," Abelia smiled.
Crosscut looked Abelia up and down with a thoughtful look on his face, "It amazes me that your kind can enter acid and come out fine."
"What? Acid? We can't survive acid," Will cut in, not wanting the new arrivals to think that, "Your Energon can burn us and it's like acid."
"Then how can you willingly walk into it and come out alright? You even drink it," Crosscut asked, confused.
Abelia hummed, tapping her chin in thought before grinning when a thought came to her.
"Hey, Crosscut. Was the 'acid' clear and see-through? Like the one you and Whirl passed, and yes, I heard that," Abelia asked.
"Yes, why."
Abelia laughed, "That's water. Humans need it to survive. Water helps keep us clean and hydrates us. Water is harmless, most of the time if you're not trying to drown yourself, but it won't hurt you."
"Oh," Crossout said, embarrassed.
Whirl looked at him and grinned, "Almost fell in an acid pool, huh?"
"Mute it, Whirl," Crosscut grumbled.
Abelia laughed along with the N.E.S.T. soldiers. The sound of footsteps made their laughter cut short as everyone turned to wait for the last couple of Autobots to appear. Sure enough, the last two Autobots came into sight. Abelia could feel the smile coming from Optimus, guessing he was happy to see his friend.
They were just under Ratchet's height. Abelia was beginning to think the average height of a Cybertronian was around Ironhide's and Ratchet's, and maybe Bumblebee's. One of them turned to Optimus and bowed his head in respect.
"Optimus, it's an honor to be here," the mech said.
"It's an honor to see you, Prowl," Optimus replied, a smile on his face, "How was the journey here?"
"It wasn't always pleasant, but it wasn't terrible either," Prowl admitted.
"I believe that. Welcome to Earth," Optimus gestured around to everything around them, "Home to the humans and the other living beings. Since the humans can't understand Cybertronian, learning their language is a better way to communicate so they are not confused."
"I understand. I will learn their language immediately," Prowl stated.
So that mech was Prowl, Abelia thought as she looked at him. She saw that Prowl was looking everyone over and that he looked over the N.E.S.T. soldiers carefully, but when he came to her, he stopped and shock seemed to dance in his eyes. She raised her eyebrow as Prowl continued to stare at her.
"Jazz, nice to see you," the other Mech said in English, showing that he already learned the language.
"Breakaway," Jazz grinned, "My old teammate. How r' yo' holdin' up?"
"I'm good, even with rule-sticking Prowl, two pranking Twins, and a crazy flyer. How are you," Breakway stated like he talking about old news.
"Oh, still in one piece," Jazz grinned, glancing at Abelia. Abelia chuckled. Only crazy would make that joke.
"That's great," Breakaway laughed before he noticed at Prowl was still staring at Abelia. Breakway looked at Abelia, back at Prowl, back to her, before returning his gaze to Prowl.
"Hey, Prowl, why are you staring at that human...uh...female for?"
At Breakway's statement, everyone realized that Prowl indeed was staring at Abelia. Abelia herself just shrugged in confusion, not knowing why the Autobot Enforcer was staring at her. Prowl didn't look away from Abelia but he did answer Breakway's question.
"Do you not see it?"
"See what? She's clearly human."
"She's clearly a human with an Engeron signature which shouldn't be possible as humans wouldn't be able to withstand Engeron," Prowl stated, his confusion was clear on his face as he tried making sense of what he was seeing.
Oh that, she forgot about that. As the new bots looked at Abelia more closely, Abelia laughed, "I honestly forgot about that."
"How do you forget that," Epps asked as the new bots stared looking at Abelia in shock as they started picking up on her Engeron signature.
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe it is because I wasn't aware I had one all my life and only learned I did recently," Abelia quipped, smirking at Epps.
"Oh," Epps mumbled, a small blush covering his face, "I understand."
"New Arrivals, this," Optimus paused as he gestured to Abelia, "Is Abelia Witwicky. She is the only human we've seen who has an Energon signature."
"But how," Minerva asked, looking at Ratchet, trusting that he would have an answer.
"We don't know how, but Abelia is part Cybertronian," Ratchet stated much to the shock of the new arrivals, "Due to a report 18 years ago, we reasoned that she arrived on this planet by a protoform pod that crashed. Her human parents touched her, providing human DNA and turning her into a human baby."
"Amazing," Jolt voiced, looking at Abelia in shock.
Abelia chuckled, "Yeah, imagine my shock when I discovered I was half-alien."
"What's an alien," Sideswipe asked.
Abelia and the N.E.S.T. soldiers laughed deeply upon hearing that. Bumblebee, to Abelia's further amusement, was also laughing. Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet, and Jazz were also laughing, but not as deeply. The poor new arrivals looked confused.
"An alien is what humans call beings from another planet. In other words, us," Bumblebee spoke up and then he grinned, seemingly to wait for something.
"Oh," Sideswipe said, embarrassed before what Bumblebee said came to him, "HEY, WAIT A MINUTE! YOU TALKED! WITH YOUR VOICE!"
Bumblebee laughed as he lifted a hand to his throat, "Yep, I got my voice back."
"How?! When," Acree asked, excitement in her voice.
Bumblebee glanced at Abelia, "Allspark."
Abelia looked thankful at Bumblebee for not revealing the truth just yet.
"Back to Abelia," Ratchet stated, "She is in danger of running out of Engeron. While regular Engeron can hold her over, the Engeron she needs is Pure Engeron. So if you have any, it will be great."
"We have a lot of Engeron, but unfortunately, we have a small Pure Engeron crystal left," Minerva stated, reaching into her subspace and pulling out a crystalized pink rock that was easily the size of a human head and handed the Pure Engeron rock to Ratchet.
Ratchet sighed in relief, "This is good. This will hold Abelia over for the next couple of months, maybe longer if we mix regular Engeron in."
"That's a relief," Will stated, also relived, "That means more time to find a permanent solution."
Crosscut looked at Will, "And you are?"
"I'm Major William Lennox, leader of N.E.S.T. and this is Epps, my second-in-command," Will said, gesturing to the man beside him, "Me and my team fought alongside Optimus and the others when the Decepticons attacked. We helped kill two Decepticons, Devastator and Blackout. Blackout was ours since he attacked our base and killed many of our people."
The New Arrivals looked at the N.E.S.T. soldiers amazed.
"I'm also the Guardian of Abelia for the timing being," Will added, smirking at the young girl. Abelia smiled back at him.
"I'm sorry for your losses," Acree stated, sadly "It's never easy losing one of your own."
Will smiled at Acree, "Thank you, Acree. That means a lot."
Prowl turned to Optimus then, "Optimus, in your message, you stated that the Allspark has chosen a Vessel, but you didn't state who it was, only that it was a femme."
"Yes, I did that purposely," Optimus admitted, "Word of mouth was best decided to be used to protect her."
"Who is it," Prowl asked, "So I can prepare security for them."
Abelia coughed as Will glanced at her. Security. Right. Prowl was a cop or rather an Enforcer.
"And while you're at it, maybe you can tell us how Abelia killed Megatron," Sunstreaker cut in, pointing at Abelia, "All she said was that Megatron said the wrong thing and she killed him. Megatron! A highly trained gladiator!"
"What," Prowl exclaimed, his optics wide as he tried processing this information. He looked like he was about to faint.
The OG 5 looked at Abelia, who sighed. Abelia pulled up her arm sleeves, revealing the Cybertronian symbols on her arms. She lifted her arms up for the new bots to see. They all took one look at the symbols on her arms and gasped in unison, looking shocked and some other emotion that Abelia couldn't place at the moment.
"I'm the Chosen Vessel of the Allspark," Abelia reveals, smiling a bit worriedly, wondering how they would take it.
Whatever happened next, Prowl glitching and falling to the ground wasn't something Abelia thought would happen. But it did make her laugh as she watched Ratchet, Minerva, and Jolt wake Prowl up and make sure he was okay.
That was something she will never forget.
Later
The trip back to the base was eventful. The N.E.S.T. team had driven over some trucks that had flatbeds attached. This allowed some of the new bots to be given a ride back to base, like Acree, Jolt, Minerva, Crosscut, and Prowl (after all three medics told him to after his glitch-out). However, others like the Twins, Breakaway, and Whirl prefer to run alongside Optimus's group and the vehicles the N.E.S.T. team had driven in. Abelia took to riding with Optimus and was watching the new bots when they stopped outside the hangar where the new bots would choose their alt modes. Figs were waiting outside holding a clipboard and waved when they approached.
Abelia got out and waited for Optimus to transform before climbing up him carefully until she got to his shoulder. Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see the new bots, mostly Prowl, Acree, and Crosscut watching her carefully with wonder and thought and a hint of something she sure was worshiping. She frowned, an uneasy feeling settling in before she ignored it, choosing to think about their stares later.
"Autobots, our human allies have gathered as many choices for you as an Alt Mode. Choose one that fits you. If nothing does, then choose one for now and we'll get the form you want later," Optimus spoke.
The new bots looked at the different vehicles in wonder. Will stepped up then and gestured to the vehicles.
"To help with your choice, it was decided that vehicles be separated by class. Speed, Medic, Strength, etc. The word on the floor in front of the vehicles best describes them. If you don't want a vehicle, then there are some air-based jets and helicopters you can choose from," Will explained, gesturing to the vehicles, jets, and copters as he talked to point them out.
The new bots stood there looking at their choices when the Twins sped over the cars under the speed category.
"This one's mine," Sunstreaker declared, finding one that he liked.
"Dibs on this one," Sideswipe grinned as he eyed his prize.
Epps ran over and looked the two vehicles over and looked over Figs who was waiting, "Sunstreaker chose the yellow Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and Sideswipe chose the silver Corvette Stingray Concept."
Figs wrote that down as the Twins took that as permission to scan the cars. Within seconds, the Twins were in their alt modes, the next, they were transforming. Abelia noted that they had wheels instead of feet.
"Hey look, wheels," Sideswipe pointed out, lifting up his foot.
Sunstreaker huffed and jerked at his knees, which changed his wheel feet to some actual feet to walk with. Sunstreaker crossed his arms, "I'm fine with walking unless I'm battling, then I use the wheels."
Sideswipe grinned, doing the same knee jerk to switch his wheels to his feet.
"If you two have already chosen, then please stand to the side so you are not in everyone's way," Ratchet stated.
The Twins moved out of the way, probably doing it because they want to know what everyone else would pick.
Acree went next, walking over to a pink motorcycle with white highlights. She looked it over once more before looking at Epps. "I choose this one."
Abelia chuckled and whispered to herself, "Kinda feels like they're picking Pokemon."
Optimus glanced at her, confused until he looked up at what she talked about. He grinned, sending her an amused feeling through the bond. Abelia giggled as Epps ran over to Acree's choice.
"She chose the Ducati 848 Sport Bike."
Acree scanned and transformed (think Prime mixed with G1 and the Bayerse). She balanced on a single wheel before doing a hand-stand, changing the wheel into to feet which she then stood on. Acree grinned, "I like it."
Acree walked over to the twins. And it went just like that for the rest of them.
Minerva and Jolt went next. Minerva walked to the medical vehicles while Jolt walked over to the casual category of cars. Minerva scanned a red and white Emergency Rescue Ambulance Car, which Abelia thought was fitting. Jolt had chosen a blue Chevrolet Volt and had a wicked set of whips that crackled with electricity.
Jolt had sent the Twins and Whirl a smirk and they flinched. Jolt did say that he used his whips to calm the three of them when they got out of control, on his lowest settling of course, not that they knew that.
Crossout had chosen a red and silver Honda City R Hatchback and Prowl had chosen a Nissan 350Z police car.
Breakaway and Whirl didn't choose a ground-based alt mode because they were air-based. Breakaway had chosen a camo-colored Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Jet and Whirl had chosen a blue VH-64 MR Ovelon Gazzett Helicopter.
Once everyone had chosen their forms and Figs had them written down.
"Everyone, know that you've chosen your Alt Modes, we can introduce you to the others," Will said as he started to walk out of the hanger, "We will answer questions you have about our kind the best we can and we will be assigning one N.E.S.T. soldier to one of you to help you adjust to your time on this planet."
"What about Optimus and his team," Jolt asked, "Whose their assigned human?"
"Abelia is with Optimus and Bumblebee. Will is with Ironhide, I am with Jazz, and Jake Ecker is with Ratchet," Epps explained before looking at Abelia, "Abelia, whenever you want me to start teaching you how to fight, let me know."
"Thanks, Epps," Abelia grinned.
"Should she be learning how to fight," Prowl cut in, "We can protect her. I did say I could assign a guard for her."
Abelia tensed. Not again. She would choose to stay on the sidelines, not be made to by someone. It's called having a choice.
"You will do no such thing," Abelia spoke, stopping her walk to glare at Prowl, "I'm the only one who can choose my Prote...er my Guardian and right now, Optimus is. If you doubt him, then no one else will be able to protect me. And I like having a choice, not everything is made for me. Besides, I got cornered by some Decepticons before with no Autobot there to protect me. I need to learn how to fight, so if Epps wants to teach me, I will gladly learn. I'm not letting the Blessing I got from Unicron go in vain."
Prowl coughed in embarrassment and nodded as the new bots who didn't yet understand watched on in shock, "Yes, of course, Sister Prime. Forgive my assumptions."
"I suggest you speak to Optimus before you make any assumptions," Abelia stated, narrowing her eyes, "After the rest of you get caught up on the rest of what you need to know."
Prowl nodded and Abelia turned to Will, nodding at him to let him know that he could continue on his way. As Abelia followed next to Will, she calmed down, the smoothing feeling from Optimus helping her.
However, that did nothing to smooth the feeling that she knew not everything was going to be easy the next couple of days.
Sometimes, she hated being right.
Me: I will admit something to you all. When I write, I plan a baseline of the chapter of what I want in it. Everything else just flows in to fill the gaps and spaces. Like Abelia's and Sunstreaker's mini showdown, it came out of nowhere and found its way into the story.
Anyway, I hope you like the chapter.
There's definitely more to come.