Transformers Book of One-Shots Book 2 ✔

TF3 | Mirage X Athena X Sideswipe Pt 1: The Cars

Pt. 1 of @susangiacomin's request

Athena didn't think the loud crashing she heard would be two Autobots being sent to her dimension or that she'd meet them and befriend them. 

Athena hears crashing in the middle of the night and during a storm. She assumes it's only trees going down, even if she hasn't lost power yet, and Athena thinks nothing of it and goes to bed.

:: You couldn't stay away, could you!? :: Mirage scolds.
:: You needed help! ::
:: Oh yeah, thanks for the fragging help!! Optimus, do you copy? :: All Mirage gets is static. :: Great, how the frag are we out of range?! ::
:: Underground hideout? ::
:: This sound has to be rain, but it wasn't raining at the location of the confrontation. ::
The two wonder where the hell they are and where the cons are?

The next morning, Athena looks out in the yard to see the damage. Not expecting two large cargo crates to be in her yard by the pool.
Who the hell would deliver cargo crates during a storm? She questions. And in my yard?
Athena didn't think she'd find cars in the crates. No notes or anything indication of why the crates were in her yard or why a car was in each one.
:: Scrap, she's going to report us. :: Mirage fears.
Athena looks at the two cars, noticing minor damage, but enough to wonder why the two cars aren't at a mechanic's.
As Athena walks around the silver corvette, she thinks how similar Sideswipe's car is. The same with the red Ferrari 458 Italica looking like Mirage.
There must be modifications for the movie cars I miss while watching the third movie. No way these are Mirage and Sideswipe, and Athena thinks. Either way, I have a little project.

The two mechs couldn't believe that one human femme pushed them out of the crates and into the garage.
"Ok, I think that's enough for today," the femme says out loud as she wipes sweat from her forehead and goes into the house.
:: I suggest we activate our holoforms.:: Mirage comments. :: We do need to talk to the femme, but we should be able to keep it a secret where we're from. ::
Mirage comes up with the cover story, and the two active their holoforms.
"Glad Lennox had proper papers written for us."
The mech mechs pull out the registration paper.
"It's weird seeing this paper," Sideswipe comments.
"This was just in case, though I'm surprised you haven't been pulled over yet — or should I be saying by a human police officer?"

Athena questions who's at the door at ten in the morning. Not expecting two males to be at the door.
"Excuse me, but there's been a little confusion. You have our vehicles," Mirage explains.
He and Sideswipe show Athena their registration papers.
"Lazy delivery drivers," Athena complains, "though, oddly, the vehicles are in crates. My name is Athena, and I know how to repair cars. Would you like me to repair them?"
"Sure," Sideswipe replies without talking to Mirage.
The two are invited in for coffee and welcome to stay for the day though Athena isn't sure how long repairs could take.

"She just invited strangers into her house for the day," Mirage comments, surprised, "and you didn't talk to me first."
"What else are we going to do? We're stuck here until the Autobots realize what happened."
"Ok, let's say it'll be a while; how will we explain to her when it's time to suddenly leave town?"
"We'll figure it out."
This wasn't a good answer to Mirage, but there was no point in arguing. He wanted to figure out a better cover story and a way to ask the femme if they could stay with her.

Sideswipe wants to tell Athena the truth, but he knows the risks. Even if it's only breaking Athena's heart when the two mechs can go home.

Athena couldn't believe the damage done to the two cars. From the outside, she thought she just needed to do some buffing. Under the hood reveals a lot of work had to be done. Many humans would junk the cars even if they knew how to fix them.
"Looks like I'll be having guests for a while," she says out loud.
Aware she could drive the two men to their homes or home if they lived together. For some reason, she wanted the two to stay here.
You're being ridiculous, Athena. What are the chances that you just met Mirage and Sideswipe? She tells herself, but that doesn't make her change her mind, and she just has to keep herself from thinking dirty.

Athena decided to be done working at four in the afternoon. After a shower — which Mirage and Sideswipe found odd that she'd do with strangers in her house — she tells the two that she's not finished with their cars and they are welcome to stay with her.
Neither mech felt a hint of distrust or fear from Athena.

The two couldn't believe it when she started talking about the Autobots. Showing how in her dimension, the transformers are a product.

"Now this makes sense," Sideswipe points out as he lays on the floor of Athena's guest bedroom, "this will make explaining the truth easier, but goodbye harder."
"We have to tell her. It's better than abruptly leaving, and I suspect she'll consider us friends even if we're here a week. We'll tell her tomorrow."

Athena wasn't sure if she thought she woke up, got out of bed, and went down to the kitchen to make breakfast or was actually still asleep as she hears her guests explain how they are Autobots from another dimension while eating until she hears Mirage say they will eventually go home. Argue knows she wouldn't dream about the Autobots saying they'll need to go home.
"Are you ok?" Mirage asks.
"Lucky me that this is happening," Athena smiles.