My New Life as an Autobot ~~ Book 1

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Tessa's POV

   I cried for a long time over Terry's body before I finally fell asleep beside his sill form. The hurt I felt in my heart was killing me and when I woke the next morning, I quietly prayed that it had all been a dream. . . Unfortunately, it had happened and Terry was still unresponsive.

Prowl came up ad knelt down beside me with a slow vent, "Come on, Tessa. We need to move on before your government hears of this fight and comes to snoop."

"No!" My shriek caused him to jump away from me, "I won't leave him here! He wouldn't leave any of us behind. . . So I won't leave him."

   Prowl opened his mouth to say more, but he finally just vented and left me there beside Terry.

I gazed up into Optimus's dulled optics and I pleaded with him, "Please. . . Just a few more days of rest and then we will leave. . ."

The Prime vented slowly and nodded, to my genuine surprise, "Prowl! We will remain here for a few more days. I need the recharge anyway." He looked over at me with a small smile to show he supported my decision on not leaving Terry's side.

I smiled back and snuggled up against Terry once more. His torn shirt made it possible for me to catch glimpses of his toned stomach and sun kissed tan that seemed to cover his entire body. My lips found his in a tender kiss, but his remained still and cold. Fresh tears fell onto his face like rain as I cried for him to come back to me.

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Terry's POV

My audio receptors, or ears I guessed since I was currently human, slowly began to pick up the soft cries of someone who was calling my name. I tried to open my eyes, but they remained tightly closed. Come on! I have to get up. Body, Get Up! The silent command I gave my form worked a little because my eyes fluttered slightly! The cries grew louder the more I yelled at my body to wake up and I finally opened my eyes to the blinding light of day.

As my eyes adjusted to the daylight, Tessa's angelic face came into focus and my spark hummed with joy as I saw that she was unharmed. Her hands stroked my face gently and she cried out, "Optimus! He's awake!! Terry's awake again!!"

   The ground trembled beneath me as Optimus came over and knelt down beside Tessa so he could look down at me. His side of the bond sent warm emotions of love and relief, "I am glad you are awake, Terrance. . . We all are."

   I could only nod slowly because my voice failed me when I tried to speak, but I sent the love right back to my father's side of the bond so he knew I felt it.

    My spark fluttered wildly as Tessa gently drew my head into her lap and began to run her fingers through my matted hair, easing out the tangles without hurting me at all. She then leaned over me and kissed me with a tenderness I didn't think existed in the human world. Her lips slowly left mine as she whispered, "I thought I lost you. . ."

   I chuckled at that and shook my head slowly, "It takes more than one swat to kill me, Tessa. . . I'm like a cockroach in that way, so I'm pretty much invincible."

   We both laughed at my jibe and Tessa slowly moved so Prowl, Hound, Bee, and the other Autobots could see me and fill me in on what I missed. I found that I had been out cold for an entire week and that they hadn't moved to a new location since I first fell.

   Prowl seemed anxious about moving on to another location and told me sternly, "You must rest and recover quickly so we can get a move on, Terrance."

My entire form ached terribly, but I managed to sit up and then up onto my feet with Tessa's help. The world spun around for a little bit as I began to walk, but Tessa managed to keep me upright miraculously! She's tough when things get difficult.

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   After a few more days of "therapy" for me, we moved out again towards the Eastern seaboard. I rode in Optimus's alt mode because I still lacked the strength to drive long distances, but I didn't mind in the slightest due to the fact that I got to snuggle for hours with Tessa.

   She was currently resting peacefully in my arms and had her face nuzzled into my chest. My hands stroked her hair absentmindedly as the miles flew by and I soon drifted off to sleep. . .

    Optimus's alt mode suddenly halted and it sent Tessa and I flying into his console. Both of us groaned and I clutched my still healing bruised ribs as I squeaked out, "What in the Pits is going on?! Why did you literally stop on a dime, Prime??" I noticed the rhyme but said nothing about it to my dad because I knew it wouldn't get me anywhere. When he gave me no answer to any of my questions I growled as many curses as I could (thanks to Ironhide for teaching me all of them) to maybe get his attention.

   It did, but not in the way I wanted because he opened his doors and threw Tessa and I out before he transformed into his Cybertronian form. Again, both of us landed hard on the ground and I now was seeing stars because of my ribs. He scolded me publicly about my language and (using a few curses himself, the hypocrite) told me he would wash my mouth out with antifreeze if I kept it up.

    The rest of the Autobots had to slam on their brakes so they didn't slam into Optimus and Prowl blared his horn angrily at this newest development.

    Bee and Hound nearly collided with Jazz, by they veered off the road and I could hear them both complaining.

    The two Japanese Autobots, who had joined back up with us after a short excursion back to Japan, blared their horns as they almost collided with Bee and Hound!

    My father had nearly taken out the entirety of our team without even blinking an optic!!

   Tessa piped up then shrieking like a banshee over all the honking horns, "Can you please not do that again?!? I really don't wish to get run over by anyone who can't stop so suddenly or just isn't paying attention to the road!!" Her entire chest was heaving once she finished with her little spat and she crossed her arms with a look on her face that could have killed a bot.

    I raised an eyebrow at her and thought, 'I'm so glad that you're here. If you weren't. . .' My body shuddered at the thought of the antifreeze going down my throat and I grit my teeth as my ribs flared up again. The pain faded slightly as Tessa knelt beside me and gently helped me to my feet.

   My dad was stunned into silence at Tessa's outburst, but he said nothing else as he transformed and allowed us to limp back inside. I sent heated rage over the bond and flinched as he slapped me in return. Little did we know that the day was only just beginning and there would be a lot more surprising matters coming out of the shadows later that night.

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Third Person POV

Three stars shot across the sky overhead and they seemed to draw closer to Earth at a rapid pace. . . They weren't comets like the humans down below thought, but were actually Cybertronian pods that could hold a single Autobot.

One landed gently in a lush valley. . .
  The second landed on some rocks with several muffled curses. . .
The last slammed into a sandy embankment with a muffled 'What the frag?!'

As dawn broke over the sky, the three pods slowly opened up and three very familiar holoforms stepped out of them. All three were quite rattled by their landing, but they soon set off in search of their friends as the day began.

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Author's Note:
Here's another chapter, folks! I'm thankful to chibihearts_knockout for the continuing comments and I'm thankful that I helped her with her writing block.
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