Are we so different?

chapter 11

Chapter 11

Soon Sam and I were back in his dorm room and I was helping him put the rest of it together. “Oh hola bonita chica,” I heard someone say.

I turned to see who it was; I had seen this kid before, when I saw Optimus die after the battle at Mission City. Unfortunately I saw that almost every night and as a conscience ended up sleeping in Optimus’s cab. I couldn’t do that now, he was an ocean away. “Hola, como esta y como te llamas?”  I said.

“Wow, a hot chick that can speak Spanish. I’m fine, more than fine and my name’s Leo,” he said.

I extended my hand, “Allison.” I went back to helping Sam get all of his stuff set up.

“Allison, you a techie?” he asked. I waved my hand side to side with my palm facing down. I wasn’t bad but I wasn’t the greatest either. “Come see my empire,” he said leaving the room.

“Maybe some other time Leo, I need to go make a phone call,” I said leaving the room. I was being called over the Commlink. As soon as I had locked the door behind me I answered the Auto bot that was growing impatient. “Hello, go for Allison,” I said speaking into my necklace.

“Allison, Bee is going to pick you and Sam up tonight and take you to a meeting place. We need to talk, we need your help.”

“You can count on me Optimus,” I said and suddenly there knocking on my door, more like hammering. “I’ll see you soon,” I said hiding my pendant and opening the door. It was Sam. “Sam, I was in a very important conversation,” I said annoyed.

“Sorry, I just wanted to invite you to a party, Leo is insisting that I go,” Sam said.

“You have a date with Mikaela and if you don’t show she will kill you and Bee is going to take us to Optimus. We all need to talk,” I said starting to close the door.

“The party?” Sam asked before I could get the door closed.

“No, I’m not going,” I replied shutting the door. I read through my text books, I had discovered that I read at inhumanly fast pace now and had no desire to do that in class when my teacher told me to turn to a specific page. I then went into the bathroom to get my teeth brushed and wash my face. I then headed back to my room to deal with my hair. By now it was 9pm and I heard Bee over the Commlink.

“Time to go Allison.”

“Be down in a moment,” I said grabbing my jacket and room key. I locked up and headed for Bee’s parking space. As soon as I was in we went to go get Sam and Bee parked right in the bushes. “Bee!” I said shocked. “You didn’t have to do that; I could have gone in to get him.”
            “Hey freshman is that your car?” another student who was hosting the party asked. Sam had suddenly appeared beside me.

“No this is a friend’s of mine, he went to get you a tighter shirt,” Sam said.

I poked my head out the window, “Sorry young man, this is my car. I need to get the brakes fixed; they’ve been acting up a bit. I’m getting them fixed tomorrow,” I said innocently, trying to get his attention off of Sam.

“Just be more careful next time,” the host said walking away.

“What’s wrong?” Sam asked.

“Huston, we have a problem,” Bee said and I laughed at his choice of words. Sam got in as some blonde, the Decepticon came up to Bee.

“I love Camaros,” she said trying to get a response from Sam.

“Alice, I can’t do this now,” Sam said.

“Drive!” I yelled, even though I was in the driver’s seat. Bee peeled out of there faster than what was legal. “That was her Bee, the pretender,” I said. He gave a whir of confirmation and to let me know he understood. We drove through the night and I climbed into Bee’s back seat to get some sleep. Shortly after sunrise Bee pulled into a gas station. I climbed out to answer the call of nature and get some coffee and something to eat. Sam came in for the same reasons, though not having any money of his own yet I bought his coffee and doughnut.

I climbed back into Bee eating my breakfast and slowly sipping on my coffee as I slowly woke up. “Thanks for the rest stop Bee,” I said sticking my napkin in my pocket.

“You’re welcome,” he said using a piece of a news clip. I looked around and realized we were close to New York. Bee drove on a bit further and came to a stop in a cemetery. Sam and I got out and climbed over a wall that was built into the hill.

“One day, you won’t give me one day in college,” Sam said looking up at Optimus.

“Sam!” I said shocked.

“I’m sorry Sam and to you to Allison, but the last piece of the Allspark was stolen,” Optimus said.

“Like Decepticon stolen?’ Sam asked.

“Does it matter who?” I asked Sam. “Whoever has it can do a great deal of harm with it,” I said.

“We placed it under human protection at your government’s request. But I’m here for your help Sam and Allison. Because your leaders believe that we have brought vengeance to your planet, perhaps they are right. That is why they must be reminded by another human of the trust we share.”

“This isn’t my war,” Sam argued.

“Not yet, but I fear it soon will be. Your world must not share the same fate as Cybertron. Whole generations lost,” Optimus said shaking his head.

“I know,” Sam said softly. “And I want to help you, I do, but I’m not some kind of alien ambassador. You know, I’m a normal kind with normal problems. I’m where I’m supposed to be. I’m sorry, I really am,” Sam said turning to walk away.

“Sam fate rarely calls on us at a moment of our choosing,” Optimus said.

“You’re Optimus Prime, you don’t need me,” Sam said now half way back to Bee.

“We do, more than you know,” Optimus said.

“Optimus, you still have me, what do you need?” I asked.

“You’ll drop everything for us?” he asked.

“I would give up my life for you and the other Auto bots. What do you need?” I asked.

“Help dealing with the government,” Optimus said.

“Then I will become some kind of ambassador, I will fight alongside you.”

“Thank you Allison, but for now go back to school. I will call when I need you.” I nodded then thought of something.

“You know my vision that I told you about?” I asked. He nodded. “If that day comes, promise that you’ll let me deal with Starscream.” He started to object, “Promise me,” I said strongly.

“I promise,” Optimus said.

“Thank you,” I said coming up to him and hugging him the best I could, considering I was hugging his leg. I was not afraid of Starscream; he was small in comparison to Megatron, and far more cowardly. A few good blasts from my gun and he would run with his tail between his legs. I then headed back for Bee, before I reached him I turned and faced Optimus, “See you soon and take care, love you and send my love to the others,” I said getting back in the driver’s seat.