Hey everyone. Sorry for the long wait with this story, I've been focusing a lot on my other one, plus this chapter is a bit emotional which made it harder to write. But, I did it, finally! Lol!
As you can see in the description, I'm going to pair up Stormracer with Knock Out. Though because of certain... situations, heh hem, it will be a slow build. But it's going to be awesome lol.
Hey, who saw the new Bumblebee trailer? I'm so excited! XD Bumblebee looks so adorable and Starscream looks so cool!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Transformers Prime: The Medic's Assistant
Chapter 2: Darkness Rising (Part 1)
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers Prime
(Autobot Base - 11:30 am)
Stormracer was ecstatic when Ratchet gave her permission to go on recon, so much that she kept glancing at the time every five minutes. Soon as it was time, she finished up her work and rushed over to the groundbridge where Cliffjumper, Arcee, Bumblebee, and a big round green bot were waiting.
"I'm here!" she said frantically as she stopped in front of them. "Im here! Sorry! I would have been here sooner but Ratchet wanted me to go over a few things first. Thought I'd never get done." She released a quick 'phew' before looking back at the others with a smile. "So, where are we heading?"
"Optimus is having us split up to cover more ground," Arcee said.
"Though if you don't want to go, its not too late to back down," Cliffjumper teased.
"Are you kidding?!" Stormracer said with a big smile, "Where will I be going? Europe? South America? I hope somewhere near a rainforest. Did you know the humans discovered a quarter of their natural medicines in rainforests? I could collect samples!"
"Ep-ep-ep! Don't get too excited," Ratchet told her as he approached the group, "you will be scouting near Jasper, closer to base. And you're scouting for energon, not samples for your side projects."
Remembering the real mission, the femme let out an awkward chuckle. "Hehe, oh yeah."
Finally, a tall red and blue bot walked up to the group, gaining everyone's attention.
"Autobots," he said in a baritone voice, "it is crucial that we locate Energon. But even without any recent Decepticon activity, we still must use extreme caution." He turned his attention to the medic. "Ratchet, login the first set of coordinates."
Ratchet nodded and walked over to the ground bridge controls, setting it up for transport.
The tall bot then looked over at the green autobot, "Bulkhead, you will be the first to depart."
"Sure thing, Optimus," Bulkhead said as he got in front of the ground bridge. Once the bridge was activated, Bulkhead transformed and drove through.
One by one, the Autobots went through the ground bridge to different locations. It was finally Cliffjumper's turn as Ratchet put in his coordinates. Once the ground bridge was set, Cliffjumper looked at Stormracer.
"Try not to have too much fun," he told her jokingly before transforming. She watched as he drove off, disappearing into the greenish blue portal.
"Alright Stormracer," Ratchet said, "your turn."
Smiling to herself, she transformed into a sports car as she waited.
"Now remember, any sign of trouble, you contact me or Optimus immediately," the doctor told her.
"Yes Ratchet," the car said.
"And unless it's an emergency, no speeding. Last thing we need is you being chased by human law enforcement."
"Yes Ratchet."
"And please try to not get distracted."
"Yes Ratchet."
"Any questions?"
"Yes Ra... uh, I mean no Ratchet," she said, correcting herself.
Letting out a vent, he put in her coordinates. "Coordinates are set. You may..."
She didn't even wait for him to finish as she immediately took off towards the bridge. "Thanks again!" she yelled excitedly as she disappeared through the portal.
Once she was gone, Ratchet had a look of concern on his face.
"She will be alright, Ratchet," Optimus assured him.
The medic looked at the Prime for a second before bringing his attention back to the ground bridge controls. "Your turn," he told him as he typed in the coordinates, acting as if nothing was bothering him.
Once she was on the road, Stormracer released a vent of relief, feeling the sun shining on her armor as the wind blew through her.
"I missed this," she said to herself. Accelerating just a little bit, she continued down the road with her scanners up and running.
The hours went by fast as she continued driving, enjoying every second of it.
While she drove, she was lost in thought. She wanted to find some way to make it up to Cliffjumper for getting her to go off base.
I know we already made a deal on this, but I feel like I can do more, she thought to herself. I could fill in for him for detailing duty or something.
It's not until a voice came over her commlink that she snapped out of her thoughts.
"Stormracer, Rendezvous back to base and prepare to ground bridge everyone back," Optimus ordered, his voice sounding very urgent,"Cliffjumper is in need of backup."
Stormracer swerved to the side and stopped.
Cliffjumper?! she thought worryingly, what happened?!
"Stormracer, do you copy?"
As fast as she could, she turned around and darted down the road. "Loud and clear. Heading back to base now," she responded.
While driving, she came across some human drivers as she tried to get around them.
"Sorry!" she muttered as a couple cars honked at her.
She soon made it back to base as she drove off road and towards the mountain, opening the door and speeding inside. She didn't stop until she got to the controls and transformed.
"Bots, this is Stormracer," she said over the commlink. "I'm at the base now. I'm going to send a ground bridge to each of your coordinates."
Immediately she got everyone back to base before opening up a portal to Cliffjumper's location. Everyone ran through as she goes to follow, only for Ratchet to stop her.
"Stay here so you can bridge us back."
"But-"
"Stay!" he said before running through, leaving her all alone.
She waited for a while, worried for her friend's safety as she started pacing back and forth.
Everything is going to be okay, she thought to herself, Cliffjumper has been in trouble many times before. He'll be okay.
"Stormracer," Optimus' voice said on the monitor, sounding quiet, "open the ground bridge."
Her energon ran cold from the way he said it as she activated the ground bridge. Soon as they walked in, she saw the grim expressions on their faces. She did a quick count.
One was missing.
"Wh-Where's Cliffjumper?" she asked hesitantly.
Ratchet walked towards her, a sad look on his face. "The Decepticons," he told her quietly, "we... were too late."
Stormracer noticed Arcee walking by, holding onto something. Once she got a better look, she covered her mouth with her servo as she identified the object, coolant tears starting to well up in her optics.
It was one of Cliffjumper's horns.
(Jasper High School -3:00 pm)
"Alright class!" the teacher said over the school bell, "remember, your assignments are due on Friday! No pressure!"
Picking up her textbook, a red-haired girl was busy texting on her phone as she tried to make her way out the door with the other students.
"Ms. Walker?" the teacher said from his desk, "may I see you for a moment?"
The girl looked up and hesitantly walked over. "Yes, Mr. Barton?"
"I just finished grading the marks on yesterday's chemistry test," the teacher said, pulling out a sheet of paper with a lot of Xs on it. "Yours hit below 50%... again."
The girl bit her bottom lip, looking at the paper. "Shoot," she said, giving a weak smile, "well, I tried. Better luck next time I guess." She started walking away, only for the teacher to stop her.
"Ms. Walker," the teacher said, "this is serious. You need to raise your grade in order to pass this class. Perhaps you should consider spending time with a tutor."
She just waved it off as she slowly inched her way towards the door. "No need. It was just a busy week for me, that's all. I'll do better on the next test. Anyway, gotta get to practice now. Bye!"
Immediately the 16-year-old rushed out the door and hurried down the hall, holding her book close to her. Soon as she slowed down, her expression dropped as she let out a sad sigh. She knew she would be in trouble if she didn't get her grades up soon.
"Sierra!"
Turning around, she smiled to see her friend running up to her. "Hey Em."
"Are we doing the pyramid today?" the blonde girl asked as she walked beside her.
"Yeah," Sierra said, stopping at her locker to grab her gym bag. "We should also work on our routine for the game next week." It wasn't until she glanced to the side and noticed something up on the bulletin board. There she saw a big poster that said Science Competition Tryouts on it.
"Huh," she said, shutting her locker door as she looked at the poster, "That's new."
Emily looked at it and just shrugged. "So what?" she asked, "it's just a boring competition where they use equations and say stuff no one understands."
Sierra glanced at her friend and laughed, "yeah. That does sound lame."
"Come on," Emily said, "let's get to practice."
The red head nodded as both girls turned away from the board and walked towards the gymnasium.
(Autobot base - 5:33 pm)
All the autobots stood at the top of the mountain in a circle, sadness filling the atmosphere.
"We must not allow our anger over the loss of Cliffjumper to impair our judgement," Optimus said, "As of today, only we six Autobots remain on this earth. We owe it to ourselves to the memory of Cybertron, to any Autobots in any galaxies seeking safe harbour, to humankind. And we owe it to the memory of our fallen comrade to survive."
Stormracer sadly watched as Arcee placed Cliffjumper's horn in the centre of the group. Once the smaller femme did this, she started walking away, replacing her sad expression with a stone-cold face.
"Arcee," the Prime said.
"If Cliff's gone, then standing around here sulking won't bring him back," the two-wheeler said as she kept walking, "so unless anyone minds, I think I'll get back to protecting humankind." With that said, she transformed and drove off.
Ratchet approached the autobot leader as they watched Arcee disappear. "Optimus, helping humans will only result in more tragedy," the doctor pointed out.
"Your opinion is noted," Optimus said. All the bots quietly returned inside the base, getting back to work. Stormracer however still had a depressed look on her face as she helped Ratchet in the med area. For a while she tried her best to focus, only to accidentally knock over a couple beakers.
Smash!
She flinched a little, the sound startling her as she snapped out of it.
"Stormracer, I needed those!" Ratchet scolded.
"Sorry," she said sadly, kneeling down to pick up the broken pieces.
Ratchet, seeing the sad look on her face, let out a vent as he helped her.
"I know it's hard to lose a comrade," Ratchet told her, picking up the last few pieces, "but we have to move on. The Decepticons are on the move again and we must be ready for anything." He turned around to dispose the broken glass.
Stormracer stood up, not moving as she stared at the broken pieces in her servos.
"I should have stayed."
Ratchet stopped and turned to look at her, her optics filling up with tears again.
"I shouldn't have complained about being stuck in base," she said out of guilt, "he asked Optimus to let me go on recon. I should have stayed behind and got backup for him when he needed it. If I had he wouldn't be..."
"Stormracer," Ratchet said, setting down the glass and walking towards her, "Don't. It's not your fault. We didn't know this would happen, and neither did you."
Stormracer looked sadly at the doctor before setting the glass down on the counter, wiping a tear away once her servos were free.
Ratchet knew she and Cliffjumper were close friends and that she needed more time.
"Take the rest of the day off," Ratchet told her, collecting the broken pieces she set down. "I will finish the rest."
She let out a vent and nodded, really wanting some time to think. "I need to step out for a while." She walked towards the exit and transformed, driving off down the tunnel.
Ratchet glanced over at the exit, his expression softening a little as he let out a vent.
Once Stormracer was on the road. She drove a little ways away just outside of Jasper before pulling over behind a hill, blocking the view of the town from her. Once she knew she couldn't be seen, she transformed into bot mode and sat down. The coolant tears began falling down her face as she pulled her knees close to her and wept. She remained like this for a while.
Once she calmed down, she wiped away the remaining tears. But the guilt remained.
She remembered when Cliffjumper and Arcee first came to Earth, she immediately befriended the two of them. Sometimes she and Arcee would gang up on the red autobot whenever he got way ahead of himself. But he became like a big brother to her, always encouraging her with jokes of his own or would try to pester her once in a while. Sometimes he would even scare her by popping up out of nowhere whenever she was busy. But despite that, he was someone she could talk to whenever she felt down. He was the kind of bot that was always there.
And just like that, he was gone.
Deciding she needed more time to herself, she transformed and drove around the hill, heading straight for Jasper.
(Jasper- 6:25 pm)
Way after practice, Sierra and Emily walked down the road, the red head listening to her friend talk about a boy in her math class.
"Okay, so you know Derek Foster, right? The guy I'm going to the dance with tomorrow night? Well, during class, we were passing notes and he asked me if I wanted to go eat somewhere before the dance but said as long as it was cheap. Well..."
Sierra's phone went off in her pocket while her friend kept talking. She pulled it out to see a text from her mom.
Your teacher called. We need to talk.
Letting out a sigh, she put her phone away as her friend continued.
"...And then he gets all upset about it. Can you believe that?"
Sierra, missing most of the conversation, tried to come up with an answer. "Uh..."
Emily then checked her watch. "Ugh! I have to go babysit my annoying kid brothers now. I'll text you later," Turning around she walked off in the other direction. "See ya!"
Sierra waved goodbye to her friend, letting out a sigh. Wearily, she looked at the text message again. Not in a hurry to get back home, she kept walking down the sidewalk as a teal coloured car drove past her.
Stormracer kept driving, glancing around at her surroundings in hopes of distracting herself. Though nothing really helped. She didn't feel like listening to the radio either.
She let out a vent as she drove towards a drive thru restaurant. "Might as well just head back," she said to herself.
"Psst! Storm!" a familiar voice said from the parking lot.
Stormracer stopped and looked to the side, seeing Arcee's motorcycle form sitting in the parking lot. Confused, Stormracer pulled up beside her. "Arcee?" she asked the two-wheeler. "Why are you-?"
"Cons," Arcee said quietly, "three of them. They drove by not too long ago. We have to-"
She is interrupted by a young teenage boy walking out of the building towards them. The femmes remained silent as he answered his ringing phone.
"Hey mom," the black-haired teen said, "I just got off... no, I'm not going to the dance. Experience suggests I should never cut a rug. Unless I'm installing carpet... Be careful? Seriously? This is Jasper."
He stopped soon as he saw the blue motorcycle sitting in the parking lot, a look of awe on his face.
"I love you," he said out loud. Remembering he was still on the phone, he quickly changed his tone, "I love you too, mom! Gotta go!"
Soon as he hung up, he walked over to Arcee. "Hello, Beautiful," he said to the bike. "Where have you been all my life?" He even brushed his hands along her seat, "nice."
Next thing the two femmes knew, he got himself onto the motorcycle like it was his. "It may take a few K.O. pay cheques, but I am going to own a ride like you someday."
Awkward, Stormracer thought to herself as she could feel the levels of irritation coming off of Arcee.
"Are you talking to your motorcycle?"
The boy looked over to see a red-haired girl about his age looking at him strangely.
"My motorcycle?!" the boy blurted out, looking embarrassed, "No, I mean, yes, yes! It's mine, but I- I'm not talking to it. To you! I- I am." Putting his hand behind his head, he embarrassedly glanced away for a second before looking back at her like nothing happened. "How's things, Sierra? Take you for a spin sometime?"
Stormracer heard something behind them as she looked through her side view mirror, seeing two dark purple cars approaching.
Oh no.
"You know my name?" the girl asked as she gave him a look.
"We're in home room together," the boy clarified, "I'm Jack. Jack Darby?"
Just then a set of bright lights shined on them, making the teens shield their eyes as they turned their attention to the two dark vehicles with their high beams on. The cars charged, making the girl stumble back in fear.
Without any warning, Arcee quickly turned around with the boy still on top of her and charged.
"Whoa!" the frightened teen exclaimed, holding on tightly to the handles as the motorcycle drove straight at the two cons and right by them. Turning around, the cars gave chase.
The girl goes to run off the other way, only for another dark purple car to drive up and block her path. The human fearfully backed herself into the teal car, staring fearfully at the threatening vehicle as it's engine roared.
"St-stay back!" Sierra said. Panicking, she reached for the door handle and opened Stormracer's door, allowing herself in as she closed it shut behind her.
The car then charged.
Having no choice, Stormracer wrapped a seat belt around the human.
This startled the girl. "Wha-?!"
The autobot immediately reversed out of the way before she could get hit by the con. Spinning around, she sped off down the road with the con chasing after her.
Sierra screamed and held on for dear life as the car drove on its own.
"I'm so sorry about this!" Stormracer apologized.
"Who said that?!" Sierra asked, very terrified.
"Hold on!"
Stormracer sped off through the intersection with the vehicon still right behind her.
Sierra was on the verge of a panic attack as she held her head. "This isn't happening, this isn't happening!"
"This is so not good," the car said in a worried voice, "no humans were supposed to be involved."
"Involved in what?!" The girl exclaimed, "and what do you mean 'no humans?!"
"Hang on!" Stormracer immediately made a sharp turn, making Sierra shriek. The vehicon made the turn as well and continued in his pursuit. He was starting to gain more speed on the femme.
"Scrap, scrap, scrap!" Stormracer said, making another turn as she drove around other vehicles.
"Let me out!" Sierra exclaimed as she tried undoing her seatbelt.
"That would be a bad idea," Stormracer said as she kept driving.
The purple car then started shooting at them. Stormracer tried her best not to get hit as she swerved from side to side.
"He's shooting at us!" Sierra shrieked, "Why is he shooting at us?!"
"I have to get us off this road, away from civilians," Stormracer said.
She continued driving and dodging until she got to the outskirts of town.
"Now what?" Sierra asked.
"I need to call for back... Ah!" Stormracer yelped as a blast hit too close to her wheel, making her swerve to the side and down a slope. Seeing the drop off coming fast, she undid the human's seatbelt.
"What are you-?" Sierra began to ask before being ejected out of her seat as the car transformed. The teenager screamed as she was airborne, only for a giant pair of metal hands to gently catch her.
Stormracer, now in robot mode, landed on her pedes. Immediate she checked to make sure the human was okay.
When Sierra looked up, her eyes went big as she stared at the huge robot in shock.
"Are you okay?" the femme asked.
Still in shock, the human slowly nodded her head. Both heard the sound of an engine approaching, making them look up in alarm to see the car drive down the slope and land right in front of them, transforming into bot mode in the process. Stormracer took a step back as the vehicon aimed his blaster at her.
"Please tell me you have one of those too," Sierra said fearfully.
Stormracer didn't answer as she jumped out of the way before the blast could hit her. She didn't dare look away as the con tried taking a few swings at her as well. Thankfully, she was fast as she quickly dodged him, keeping the scared human far away from him as possible. She managed to give him a side kick, making him stumble back. Annoyed, he fired a blast at her.
She moved out of the way in time, only to trip and fall backwards.
She and Sierra shrieked as the femme landed with a thud, still holding onto the human. Soon as they opened their eyes/optics, they looked up in fear to see the con looking down at them, ready to finish the two off.
Thinking fast, Stormracer activated something on her forearm. Quickly she fired, revealing it to be a cable with a grappling claw on the end. It zipped past the con and dug itself into the far wall behind him. Before the con could figure out what was going on, the femme rapidly reeled herself and Sierra forward, knocking the vehicon over in the process. Sierra shrieked as they skidded across the ground towards the wall. Once they were close enough, Stormracer stopped, ripped the claw out, and ran off behind a corner. There they hid, the autobot having to kneel down to hide herself better. She knew the con wouldn't stop until she was offlined, and she was no warrior like the others. She looked behind and noticed a human sized drainpipe at the end. Turning around, she set Sierra down inside it.
"You need to get out of here," Stormracer told her.
Both the femme and the girl flinched when they heard the sound of footsteps heading their way. Looking at Stormracer one last time, Sierra took off down the drainpipe, daring not to look back.
Stormracer immediately stood up and turned around, just before the vehicon spotted her.
"Where's the human?" he asked in a menacing voice.
Not wanting to show she was afraid; she stood her ground. "This fight is between Autobots and Decepticons."
The con just scoffed at her. "Fine by me."
He aimed his blaster at her. But before he could fire, someone tapped him on the shoulder, making him turn around.
Pow!
Bulkhead immediately hit him with his wrecking ball, sending the con flying into the air before hitting the ground hard.
"Storm, you okay?" the green bot asked the femme.
The medical assistant nodded, "Yeah. Thanks Bulkhead."
The vehicon dizzily sat up and looked at the bigger bot, seeing three of him. Now outnumbered, he transformed and drove off, though not in a straight line.
Once the con was gone, Bulkhead turned to Stormracer. "Head back to base," he told her, "I'm gonna go help Arcee and Bumblebee."
Nodding, the femme climbed over the wall and back up the slope, knowing the others would be alright as long as they were together. However, she knew Ratchet would be upset about what she had to tell him and Optimus.
(Autobot base- 20 minutes later)
"You revealed yourself to a human?!" Ratchet exclaimed.
"I didn't have a choice," Stormracer said. She had just finished explaining to Optimus and Ratchet what had happened just as Arcee, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead returned to base.
"Are you bots okay?" the teal femme asked.
"We're alive," Arcee said with a frown. "But the cons got away. They would have been scrap metal if I hadn't been distracted by the human."
"Human?" Optimus asked.
"You too?!" Ratchet exclaimed.
"Wait, what?" Arcee asked looking at the medic with a confused look.
Stormracer rubbed the back of her helm. "You remember the girl that showed up before the cons attacked?"
Arcee frowned again. "Scrap."
"And there was also that younger boy too," Bumblebee added.
"Three humans?! What part of 'robots in disguise' do any of you not understand?!" Ratchet asked in frustration.
Optimus knew this was bad. "If the Decepticons are targeting us, anyone perceived as our ally will be at grave risk," he said.
All the bots looked at one another, knowing the Prime had a point.
"So... what do we do?" Bulkhead asked.
"We must bring the humans here and provide them with an explanation. And our protection," Optimus clarified. "Bumblebee, Arcee, Stormracer, since you three were the ones the children encountered, I feel it is best that you should be the ones to speak with them."
Arcee huffed a little while Bumblebee and Stormracer nodded in agreement.
(The next day)
(Jasper High School- 3:05 pm)
Once school was over, Sierra immediately walked outside and down the stairs of the building. She had been quiet all day and was avoiding talking to people. She wanted to talk to someone about what had happened the other night, but was afraid they would think she was crazy. She even pretended she was tired so she could avoid talking to her mom once she got home. She didn't know what to do.
"Maybe it's best to try and forget the whole thing," Sierra thought to herself.
It's not until she heard the sound of a car honking that she looked to the side and jumped. Sitting in front of the school was the same teal car from the other day.
"Hi," the car greeted, "Remember me?"
Not wanting to get sucked into anymore, the girl hurried off the other way.
"Hey, wait!" Stormracer said as she started driving after her.
Sierra stopped and turned around, not wanting to be followed, "Please, just leave me alone. I promise I won't tell anyone about you."
"It's not that," the car told her, "That con saw you with me."
"What?" Sierra asked confusingly.
"That car that tried to scrap us the other day," Stormracer explained, "That means the decepticons now think you're an ally."
"Decepticons?" Sierra asked, now even more confused.
"You have to come with me for your own safety."
"What?!" Sierra exclaimed, "But... I don't even know what's going on!"
"Optimus will explain everything back at base," Stormracer assured the human.
"Who?" Sierra asked.
"Oh, he's our leader. Very big, but really nice. You'll like him a lot."
"There's more of you?"
"You have no idea. And actually, you're not the only human who discovered us yesterday. You are one of the few who have seen us. The others are picking up the other two. You won't be the only one."
Sierra took a step back, not knowing what to do.
"I know you're scared," Storm said to her, "It's normal for others to be scared of things they don't understand. I heard that's very common for humans. Kind of the reason why we don't let your kind see us. I guess I would be uncomfortable as well. Though once I get over the shock, I would probably ask a million questions and-"
"I'm sorry, but where are you going with this?" Sierra asked as she looked at her confusingly.
Realizing she was just babbling, the car apologized, "Sorry. What I'm trying to say is, I need you to trust me. I promise everything will be explained back at base. I mean, after what happened yesterday, aren't you a little bit curious?"
Sierra was hesitant at first. Thinking for a moment, she finally opened the door and got in. Once the door was shut, Stormracer turned around and drove off.
"I'm Stormracer by the way," she said.
"... Sierra," the human replied.
It was a quiet ride back to base as Stormracer caught up with the others outside of town. She noticed Arcee had not only the boy with her, but also a Japanese teenage girl with dark pink tip dyed hair and a punk looking outfit.
"Uh..." Stormracer went to ask, only to be stopped by the two-wheeler.
"Don't ask," Arcee said as they kept driving.
Next thing the humans knew, the bots went off road.
"What are you-?" Sierra was about to ask until she saw the mountain side reveal a huge doorway. "Whoa!" she said in disbelief as they drove in.
"If you think that's cool," Stormracer said, "wait until you see the inside."
The door sealed shut behind them as they drive through the tunnel. Sierra rolled down Stormracer's window and stuck her head out to get a better look. Once they made it into the main hangar, Sierra's eyes grew bigger.
"It's not much," the teal femme said, "but it's home."
Sierra stared in shock at the giant room, seeing two more giant robots looking at them. Once the vehicles stopped, the humans hopped off/out, allowing the three cybertronians to transform into their bot modes.
"I thought there were only three?" Ratchet asked.
"Haven't you heard?" Arcee asked dryly with her servo on her hip, "humans multiply."
The humans continued staring in awe. It wasn't until Sierra walked towards the other three that Jack noticed her.
"Sierra?!" he exclaimed in surprise. "Y-You're here too?"
"Yeah. Lucky me," she said, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "Nick, right?"
"Uh, its Jack actually," he corrected her.
"Right. Sorry," she said. She looked over at Arcee then back at the older boy. "So... your motorcycle is one too, huh?"
Jack awkwardly scratched the back of his head. "Uh, actually..."
The smaller boy that Bumblebee brought introduced himself to the bots. "I'm Raf," he said.
The punk styled girl excitedly ran up to Bulkhead. "I'm Miko! Who are you?"
"...Bulkhead?" the big green bot said hesitantly.
"Are you a car?! I bet you're a truck! A monster truck! Do you like heavy metal?! How much do you weigh?! Ever used a wrecking ball for a punching bag?!"
This only made him feel awkward. Even the other humans looked at the girl weird.
"So, if you guys are robots, who made you?" Raf asked, looking at the other Autobots.
"Oh please," Ratchet scoffed.
Optimus then made himself known, gaining the childrens' attention as they turned to face him.
"We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron," he explained to them, "also known as Autobots."
Jack took a step forward. "Why are you here?" he asked.
"To protect your planet from the Decepticons."
"The jokers who tried to bump us off last night?" Arcee clarified for them.
"Okay, why are they here?" Sierra asked.
Optimus knelt down, making it easier for them to look up at him, "A fair question. In part, they are here because our planet is uninhabitable, ravaged by centuries of civil war."
"Why were you fighting a war?" Raf asked.
"For most, over control of our world supply of energon. The fuel and lifeblood of all Autobots and Decepticons alike. The combat was fierce and endured for centuries. In the beginning, I fought alongside one who I considered a brother. But in war, ideals can be corrupted. And it was thus that Megatron lost his way."
"Is there going to be a quiz?" Miko asked with a yawn, fiddling with her hair as the others gave her a look.
Jack turned his attention back to Prime. "So, what does Megatron, or any of this have to do with us?" he asked.
Megatron has not been seen or heard from in sometime," Optimus said, "but if his return is imminent, as I fear, it could be catastrophic."
Yep, I brought Sierra into it. She might seem a bit different compared to the show, but I thought it be cool to stick in one of the popular kids to add to the human group. Gonna be a bit tricky for her to keep the secret. I also gave her a last name since she doesn't seem to have one.
For those who were hoping to see Stormracer fight, I did think about it but thought it wouldn't really make sense since she does spend a lot of time helping Ratchet, plus she was too busy protecting Sierra. But even though she is not a warrior, she will have her moments to shine.
Hope you all liked this chapter. Hopefully I will update chapter 3 soon. Until next time! God bless!