Raf trudged into his house, the warm orange tones of late afternoon lit up the area, so he didn't bother with turning on the lights. Raf didn't feel like going to base that day, partially because nobody was really at base.
Jazz was...somewhere, Bee was out scouting, Arcee and Cliffjumper were patrolling, and Optimus was meeting with Fowler. So, it wasn't really worth going to base...
Or...well... that's what Raf tried to tell himself...
Raf passed by his cats, Nights and Shnucky, who were chowing down on their afternoon snack. Nights reared her head up, letting out a soft "mrp?" at Raf, slinking over and rubbing against his leg. Shnucky? Not so much, the kitten chose this as the perfect opportunity to steal Night's food.
"Hi Nights... how ya doing?" Raf sighed at Nights, her tail curled slightly at the tip as Raf scratched behind her ears. Nights in response let out a dry, elderly, "meow".
Raf took a cautious step away from Nights and tip-toed his way over to his room. Once inside, he took out his binder with the intention to get some homework done.
As Raf took out his Pre-Calculus homework, he couldn't stop thinking about... well... Max...
Raf never actually told his family what happened to Max, how could he? How was he supposed to explain that Max was currently being held captive on and alien spaceship full of robots who wanted to purge human from the very-
Raf paused for a moment, mainly for the sake of his pencil, which had begun to tear a hole through the paper.
Sigh...
As far as anyone was aware, Max had gone missing, possibly gotten kidnapped. That's the narrative he went with anyway, not that he particularly enjoyed that; it was frustrating really, being known as the "kid whose cousin went missing" at school. Everyone around him was just so somber and sad and they all said things like "I can't imagine the amount of pain you're going through right now" and "it must be very hard to go through something like this."
Yeah, it is...
How could anyone understand his situation, sure Miko and Jack were there so he wasn't completely alone but... Max was his cousin. They didn't have to go home every day and lie to their entire family about where Max was. Then there's the whole thing about Max being held captive by soundwave of all people, what if he was lying? What if Max was already de-
Crunch
Raf looked down at his pencil, which by this point had snapped from the sheer amount of pressure on it. Raf took in a sigh and stopped...
He leaned back in his chair as he took in a few deep breaths.
"It's not your fault" this past month Raf has heard those words more times than his own name.
And each time he responds all the same...
"I know", just another lie being spilled.
The abrupt sound of metal clattering on the floor thundered through the house, Raf hustled over to see the source of the noise, assuming it was one of his cats.
It wasn't.
"Hey kiddo, how's it going? Didn't mean to scare ya" a tall, thin man was sitting on the floor, pots and pans littered about, one of them had landed on his head, making him look even more cartoony.
"Oh, it's ok, I just thought it was the cats." Raf knew who this man was.
It was Uncle Henry, Max's dad.
"Say kid, do you know where I can find those huge flashlights you guys had used for camping?" Henry got up, quickly placing the pots and pans back to their respective places. He was probably the tallest person in Raf's house, second was his mother, with dark, brownish ginger hair topped with a pair of circular glasses.
You could tell which genes were passed down.
"Um..." Raf looked around a quick second. "In the cabinet, over there, second to last." Raf pointed towards the respective cabinet, his uncle, ever the enthusiast rubbed his hands together like a cartoon character.
"Thanks buckaroo" he said, as he filled his hands up with as many flashlights as he could hold.
"Um... Uncle Henry? I have a question..." Raf asked, his voice timid.
"Say away"
"Erm... where's mom? I thought that you were supposed to come back with her tonight. It's already seven..." Raf looked down at his watch, 7:03 pm.
"Oh Lena? She's helping out with the search parties, their extending the search because they found a lead, a big one!" Raf felt his stomach lurch, but tried to act interested, hiding down the guilt that was coursing through him.
"A lead? What was it?" Raf heard a metal dish clatter on the floor, when he snapped his head over. He saw Nights lick her paw as she flipped over the metal water bowl, sending water all over the place.
"Nights!" Raf scolded.
"I got it!" Henry said, taking up a mop and wiping up the devious cat's mess. "Anyways, as I was say'in, they found a lead. One of the missing persons walking canes, heard them bringing out a sniffer dog." Raf felt terrible for the man, the smallest twinkle of hope was noticeable in his eyes.
And yet, Raf kept his mouth shut.
"Foods in the fridge, see ya later tonight!" and just like that Henry was out the door.
Leaving Raf alone with his thoughts...
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It was hard for Raf to sleep that night, and this time it wasn't because of Mario kart on his Gameboy.
It was because of Max.
I should be sleeping, Raf tried to tell himself.
I should be doing something, he responded...
Raf turned over in his bed, his eyes stared up out the window, where he could just faintly see the stars.
He wondered if Max was among them.
If only he could just have some sort of confirmation that Max was ok...
Raf turned over again, his eyes laid down at his desk...
A sudden idea popped into his head...
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Raf sat down on the steps, school had just concluded for the day and he was sitting alongside Miko, waiting for Bee. Raf was really hoping to get to Jazz before he went on one of his "late night trips" again.
"Don't ya ever wonder what Jazz does when he goes out?" Miko said down on the steps.
"Not really..." Raf said, his hand on his head, looking inside his bag.
Last night he decided to make a letter for Max, and he was hoping that Jazz would send it to soundwave, who would in turn give it to max.
"Do you think Jazz gambles?" Miko said, her face beaming with mischief.
"Jazz? No, he's more likely to probably beat you over the head if he finds out you gamble than actually gamble" Raf replied.
"Do you think he turns into Batman?" Miko suggested.
"Jazz? No... plus why would he be Batman?"
"Think about it, he's already got the grappling hook, plus he stays out all night, he's the perfect Batman!" Miko smirked.
"No, because Batman's... Batman's gruff. Jazz isn't the type of guy to be Batman, he's more.. Friendly..." Raf saw a car pull up. "Hey look Bee's here!" Raf and Miko got up and walked over to Bee, who beeped a "hello".
"Hey bee! Is Jazz still at base? I need to give him something" Raf asked.
Bee responded to Raf, in beeps of course...
"I can get us there before he leaves."
What transpired next was possibly the most high-speed ride that Raf will ever have endured. He was sure that they must have broken some 50 something laws.
The entire time Raf and Miko were screaming, Miko of pure thrill, for Raf.... he was just screaming from the speed.
Eventually, after Bumblebee's.... Shortcut they got to the base; Bee kept true to his word as Jazz was just about to leave.
"Hey! Jazz! Hold up..." Raf said, Jazz turned around.
"Hey, what's up kid?" Jazz said as he kneeled over to Raf.
"Could you give it to Soundwave next time you see him? It's for Max." Raf handed him the letter, Jazz looked at it, then back over to Raf.
"Yeah, sure I can do that kiddo" Jazz said, safely tucking the letter away in his subspace.
AUTHORS NOTE:
hey readers! wow two chapters in a quick timeframe? yeah i know too, this chapter was kinda short (in comparison to other chapters to come later) so i though to get this one out. its kinda fun writing Raf and mikos interactions (mainly because its always fun writing unhinged characters in a sense)
anyhow thank you for reading!!
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