Through Ash and Dust (ROTB)

Chapter 26

By the late afternoon, the storm was in full swing over the city. Saphira couldn't help but watch in glee as storms were a favorite weather event to her. She loved watching the lightning, listening to the thunder and hearing the rain fall on the roof. Though as she had lived in apartment, hearing the rain itself was very hard at times, so she settled to listening to the thunder whenever that was a storm. But she wasn't able to enjoy the storm, as Transit held her away from the window. It was a little annoying, but Saphira wasn't going to argue with the decepticon. She was strapped down, and unable to move. The only exception was when she needed to use the bathroom, that was it.

Though as it was late afternoon, there would be a few hours before Transit would be driven to the parking lot where the buses were parked. The buses were simply changed over for another bus to run during the day or night. Regardless, while Saphira knew where the buses were parked now, Optimus did not. Or at least, he might know now. She didn't know what he had done when he moved behind Transit. It didn't seem like that Optimus was following him, or Transit would have said and done something. She hoped that Optimus was following from a distance at least.

Saphira was starting to drift off at this point too. She had nothing else to do, and she unlikely to have Transit force her to shower in a public bathroom as well, but he might still wake her back up. He didn't try to stop her from falling asleep, and she was simply fighting her heavy eyelids at this point anyway. She wasn't necessarily asleep yet, but she was well on her way. But she decided that she didn't want to be bored, so she gave in.

But as soon as she fell asleep, she was startled awake, as she felt a loud shudder around her. She blinked and looked around before spotting the time. It was after ten. She flinched as she heard a clap of thunder, and she guessed that was probably what had woken her up. She yawned a little and rubbed her eyes, knowing she's slept about five hours. She did consider going back to sleep, but she was curious about what was happening now.

This is about the time that the drive brings the bus to the parking lot. His shift should be ending soon, so I guess it will just be me and the decepticon again...hopefully not for long though.

Saphira stretched her limbs and she jumped when she heard Transit chuckling by her ear. She frowned as she knew he was making fun of her. He thought it was stupid how humans stretch after waking up. She did try to explain why, but he didn't care to hear about it. So she didn't bother trying again. And she simply decided to ignore him as she knew what he was laughing at her about.

But now that she was awake, Saphira felt the need to use the bathroom again. She sighed and rolled her eyes in irritation. "Um...I need to use the bathroom...again..." It felt awkward to inform the decepticon of what she needed, but she had no choice. It took a moment as she heard sounds as Transit was shifting the bathroom at the moment before she saw the door open and he released the clamps around her. "Thanks..."

"I don't think I will ever understand you thanking me for this. I just don't want you to make a mess," Transit said to her bluntly as she walked over to the bathroom to use the toilet. "If only you waited a little bit longer, you could have used a public toilet. Oh well, guess this storm is a bit wild and loud."

Saphira did not respond. She didn't think there was any reason to. She felt awkward when she had to use the toilet. Especially knowing the bus she was inside of was a decepticon. It made her feel weird about it. But she just tried to remind herself that this was a bus, and it would be okay. She sat on the toilet to use it while thinking of what might happen tonight. It seemed that Transit did want her to have a shower tonight, making her already not look forward to it.

Still, she couldn't help but hope that Optimus would come. She knew he saw her, and she held out a lot of hope that he would come tonight. That was when she thought of asking a question. "So...um...I am not sure if you hate being here, but...did you have a ship that brought you here?"