For Katrina, the entire day was just insane. First, they wake up looking exactly like their character's holoforms, next they encounter Decepticons and three of them get kidnapped, and now their mute friend somehow possessed the ability to more or less speak. The white-haired girl knew it was always possible that Titaniumwrench was selectively mute, but given her speech patterns as well as shocked expression, she found it doubtful.
"Wait- What?! When did this happen?" asked Katrina, who looked even more surprised when the Blade Twins stared back at her and Starjinx in an almost calm manner. "Did you guys already know about this?"
Starblade frowned a bit and scratched her head. "Not exactly. We just heard her scream and well, yeah. Night and I kind of guessed something was up."
"So you're the one that was yelling through the halls!" Starjinx realized before mentally facepalming at her own slow thinking. "It must've happened this morning then, cause that's when we all woke up looking like our characters."
"Maybe, but that means we didn't just wake up looking different, but that the changes also applied to other things as well," Katrina pointed out.
"Well Night and I had a theory that we can transform, but we don't really know yet," Starblade said quietly with a frown.
"So what I'm hearing is there's a high possibility that we can transform into cybertronians?" said Starjinx with a hand on her hip, though Starblade didn't hesitate to shush her friend.
"Shh! Keep it down!" hissed the female twin. "They might hear us, and I'm pretty sure we're in enough trouble as it is, especially you and your 'con self, Jinx."
A bit taken back by her friend's remark, Starjinx frowned and took what Starblade had said into consideration, though she still didn't know what all the fuss was about. After all, the two Autobots were standing off to the side whilst discussing a few things, most of which was no doubt about what they would do with their little group.
"Chill out, man. I doubt they're even paying attention to us. They're probably trying to reach the base or something."
Little did Starjinx know that the two Autobots were definitely listening in on their conversation, both becoming even more confused as the group continued to talk. All that was clear to them was that the group, including those that were taken, was apparently compromised of cybertronians. It wasn't clear why they hadn't fought back against the Decepticons, or why they were still in their holoforms, but then again, everything about this group was just puzzling, and Arcee didn't like it.
"Are you sure we can just bring them to base?" questioned Arcee, shooting a glance at the five before looking back down at her scanner, which showed six blue Autobot life signals in the area, including Optimus' and hers. And while that was bizarre enough, there were still five members of that group, and one of them, presumably the one with red eyes, was the one not emanating a signal. Also, the Decepticons had made a stop in the area and appeared to have been just as interested in the signals as they had been, so Arcee was definitely suspicious of the five.
"What if they're a Decepticon plant, or something even worse?" the two-wheeler inquired, looking to Optimus for an answer. The Prime, however, was still examining the group, though he did so indirectly as to not unnerve them.
After a minute or so of humming as he thought of an answer, the Prime finally replied, "I don't believe they are apart of the Decepticon ranks. As we know, Starscream and Knockout had come to retrieve these humans, and they had hidden from them in response. If the Decepticons are after them, then it is our job to keep these humans safe, and uncover why they are important to Megatron."
At his response, the blue femme couldn't help but form a frown, noting that everything he said was correct but yet she still wasn't so sure about this. "I don't think they're humans. That one human had a cybertronian name and most of them are giving off Autobot life signals."
"And we will ask them once we get back to base," Optimus told her, clearly bent on trying to at least provide some help to the group. It was clear that they were distressed given the way they'd been acting so far, plus he wanted to make sure they were protected from the Decepticons. After all, if Megatron was after them, they had to be of importance.
With that, the Prime made his way over to the remaining Transfans, his large footsteps immediately alerting everyone to his presence. This caused the humans to cut off their conversation, neither knowing exactly what to say to the Autobots, especially with Arcee looking down at them with such distrust in her optics.
"Uh... Do you need anything?" asked Katrina, seeming a little nervous around the Autobots. She and her group knew very well that they were the good guys, but the girl had no idea how they would react to the five once they knew the whole story. It was already obvious enough that they weren't your average humans, so it was always possible that they were under suspicion by the bots, and Arcee's glare only proved the group's theory right.
"I need you five to accompany us back to base. You are obviously being targeted by the Decepticons and will be safe with us," Optimus replied, his voice firm, yet sincere at the same time.
"Uh- We'll get back to you on that!" Katrina said hastily and she gestured for everyone to form a tightly knit circle as they put their heads together to try and figure out exactly what to do. "Alright. What do we do here? I mean, I guess the answer's obvious, but we need to make sure everyone's on board and that we at least have some sort of plan."
"I don't think that's gonna help much with our problem. The Autobots will take us no matter what we say. They technically did that with the first humans; they won't hesitate to do the same with us," Starjinx pointed out in a hushed whisper.
"I-I agree with Jinx. A-And if we do refuse, we might not have another chance to get back home..." Nightblade quietly commented.
"Night's right about that much. But what are we gonna do with we get there? The bots will be expecting an explanation no doubt, so we'll have to figure out what to say," Starblade chimed in, clearly concerned.
"Maybe we should just tell them the truth?" Katrina suggested with a small frown. "I mean, we did just kinda stumble through a groundbridge and end up here. They can't condemn us for that."
"I guess..." Nightblade replied, though he didn't sound so sure. "But they're ask about our names and why they're cybertronian."
"We just simply tell them that they're a TV show in our world and we made characters and named ourselves after them. Duh," said the one Decepticon of the group, earning a few stares from her colleagues.
"Uh, Jinx? Doesn't that sound a bit weird?" Starblade asked her, causing Starjinx to frown at her friend.
"Star, we're Quotevians. Since when did we care about what other people or bots think of us?" Starjinx pointed out while crossing her arms. "Bots are like people. I mean they're cooler, but still."
"She's got a point." Katrina then crossed her arms and shrugged, already seeing that the truth was their best option for now. "All in favor of telling the truth, put your hand in the circle." With that order, the girl put her hand into the middle of their friendship circle, hands one by one falling behind until there were five total.
"Looks like it's settled then," Starblade confirmed before they all withdrew their hands and looked back up at Optimus and a still distrusting Arcee.
"We've decided to accept your offer and will go to your base with you!" Katrina said in a regal tone of voice. Well, she attempted it at least, and while she'd nailed it for the most part, she'd definitely faltered in the beginning, thus earning a few snickers from the group.
Optimus was slightly taken back by the young girl's attitude, though after being in a base with Miko for the past six months or so, he was used to far worse behavior. "Very well," said the Autobot before placing a digit on his com link. "Ratchet, prepare the groundbridge."
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Escaping Reality
FanficWhen the first ever Quotev Convention is held in the United States, people from all over the place come to attend and group up. However, things aren't always what they seem, as some Transformers fans are about to discover...
