𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑-𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 | 𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡

xvi. goodbye st. clair's

𝐂 𝐇 𝐀 𝐏 𝐓 𝐄 𝐑 𝐒 𝐈 𝐗 𝐓 𝐄 𝐄 𝐍

𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗒:
𝗆𝖾 𝖿𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾- 𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾 🙃

𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐭. 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫'𝐬

𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄, a certain kind of silence continued to linger. It wasn't awkward or uncomfortable. It was like they didn't know what to say after everything. There was a lot to unpack.

It had remained that way even after Eclipse and Bumblebee wandered back down from the rooftop. Everyone was in a weird place where they were trying to process what all just had happened.

Even on the way home, when they silently walked past people going about their lives in the early morning. Newsies were already screaming new headlines, not that they pulled themselves out of their thoughts long enough to hear them. Just with their eyes, and they hoped was only in their heads, people looked somewhat on edge.

It made it a little easier to process everything now that the two Autobots were back in their holoforms.

"So where did Clause go?" Eclipse asked as she leaned against the counter beside Bee.

When the pair had returned to the first level, they entered upon the sight of the missing Clause who had previously run off. Only now had had two black eyes. Ellie and Maria had made quick work of him the moment he came down.

"I got rid of him." Maria replied nonchalantly. They could practically see the devil horns on the top of her head. They all just assumed it was better not to ask further on that.

"What do we do now?" Ellie inquired.

That was a great question. What to do now...

Bumblebee had an idea, but he didn't suggest it, merely glancing at Eclipse.

The scientist snatched the opportunity as it was given, "Well, I'm still curious about what you two are exactly."

All eyes turned to the duo who glanced at each other.

"I saw you both crash land and the government covered your space pods up and took them. I've been watching you before he came." She gave him a weird look, causing him to correct himself, "Not in a stalker way. I was just studying you and how you live but—"

"Cybertronian."

He froze when she spoke, "What?"

"That's our species, if you must know. We come from a planet called Cybertron."

The twins gaped at the newfound information, "You were aliens the whole time?" Yes, that fact had been answered, but hearing it was so much more different. That's why doctors are thought first that you must say to the family their loved one has died, the words, or their brain just won't be able to process it. Bumblebee didn't have the ability to use his words, so now they were being forced to process now.

Eclipse fumbled with her words for a moment, but when none came, she decided to just nod her head with a short, "Yeah."

"Estelle, when were you going to tell us?" Maria asked with furrowed brows.

"Eclipse." The femme corrected.

"What?"

"That's my uhm... real name. And Anthony over here," She smirked over at the blond beside her, "This is Bumblebee."