TFP: Alone

Chapter 7: Reported

Legacy's P.O.V.

The next day at school was quiet. Everyone was in a solemn mood. I took my seat behind the twins. It was the first day I hadn't been teased by them the moment I walked through the door.

The Instructor's voice was low as he explained our lesson. He was pretty much talking to himself.

I knew that the riot was an impacting moment for Iacon, but I never imagined it would have this kind of effect.

"Alright everyone, listen up!" The Instructor bellows. All optics were in him now.

"I know that a lot of you lost Bots and I know that some of you are scared of what effect this will have. But I want you all to know that this will get better." The rest of it I tune out.

I believe that. But it's gonna get worse before it gets better. I was scared for my family. Nobody likes the officials and they were targets for fugitive Decepticons. My Dad was an Enforcer and nobody likes them either.

It was passing period and I headed toward the ladder. I made it a habit to skip Training and meet the twins up here so we can watch the sunrise together. I never got sick of watching it.

I reached the top of the ladder well and I poke my head out, not seeing Rack and Ruin. That was weird because I had seen them earlier today.

I decided to go and look for them since I knew it wasn't going to be the same without them.

I left and when I walked out of the door, I heard voices in he hall that sounded like Rack and Ruin. I follow the sound and I find Rack and Ruin with an Enforcer, along with several other Bots, including the other twins.

They were all being scanned and processed. Why?

I made optic contact with the twins. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Everything seemed to stop and I hold eye contact with them for the first time.

Sunstreaker's P.O.V.

What the Pit was she doing here? She was standing there, completely frozen. Sideswipe noticed her too and we both sent her glares.

Was she the reason the Enforcers are up our afts? Someone must have called them in for suspicious activity around the Learning Center. Sure there was just a riot, but they have never once gone around and processed the lower class.

There had to be a reason...

We watch as the strange femme suck away from the scene and my bother and I sent each other brooding feelings.

::She's the one that called us in?:: I feel Sideswipe say questioningly. I nod in response.

It's the only thing that made sense. We have been seeking her out specifically to pick on her and those freak twins. I would want revenge too. But then I see the other twins among the masses of those being processed. They were asking questions. What? Who? Why? The Enforcers won't give up the info anyway.

We were soon released and we watch as the freak twins went to the staff wing. Why were they going down there? There was only maintenance supplies, staff lounges, and operating systems room. Sideswipe and I give each other looks as we sneak behind him once the crowd cleared. We see them go into the operating systems room and we give each other confused looks and we go to follow them.

Sideswipe closes he door quietly behind him and we see light coming in from the ladder well. I go up through the ladder cage first and I feel my spark thrum in anticipation.

"Why were you all being processed back there?"  The femme asks. 'Like you don't know...' I think to myself.

"We think that someone reported suspicious activity. That's the only reason that Enforcers would do that in such large numbers." One of the twins responds. I knew their names were Rack and Ruin, I just never bothered to learn which one was which.

::They're thinking the same thing...:: Sideswipe hums.

::Thanks for saying that, Captain Obvious.:: I roll my optics.

::You're welcome.:: He says playfully pinching the bond.

"But why? No one at the Learning Center was part of the riot." She says more to herself. I look down at my brother and I sigh. We kinda were, being on the side of those who started the riot and helping Kup.

"Who knows...." One of the twins says softly, looking down.

At the end of the day, Sideswipe and I were anxious to get to the sixth level to see how Kup was doing. We made optic contact with the femme again and she resumed her cowardly stance, holding her head down with her shoulders slumped.

Her strange hands were wrapped tightly around the strap of her bag. I found it odd that she had a pack, because most Bots our age have some sort of storage unit because of their alt, but then she said that she didn't have a T-cog. I believed it. How could she transform? She obviously wasn't made out of the same thing as the rest of us.

It was hard to see, but when she talked you could see these tiny things stuck to the roof of her mouth. Her digits weren't like mine or my twins, but they were connected and had creases where she made a fist.

::Why do you keep thinking about the femme?:: I hear Sides in my head. I look over at him to see him staring back with his signature, slag-eating smirk. I reel my hand back and I punch him in the abdomen, which hardly phased him.

He swung his foot to the side in an attempt to kick me, but I easily dodge. It felt good to spar with someone was was almost as good at me. Sides was a challenge.

I loved the thrill of a fight. it helped me let go of the day's stresses. Now that we've been processed, Enforcers are going to be on high alert. We'll probably get enforcers hanging out in the lower levels on 'watch'. The thought angered me even more and drove me to fight harder.

::Slag yeah I am!:: I hear is voice ring in my head, answering to my thoughts about him as a challenge. I land a punch on his audio horn and I growl as the pain flares through the bond, causing phantom pains on my fin.

::Serves you right afthole!:: Sides sends his mild amusement through the bond.

Our fight soon came to an end and we turn to each other panting and we both chuckle.

I look up for no reason and I see the femme staring at the both of us.

A/N: So I'm gonna do a double update today since this chapter was shorter and less interesting.