Dark Paradise [Transformers] {1}

Chapter 5

Bumblebee drove with me on the passenger seat and Optimus and the other Autobots following behind. We parked at backyard and I climbed out. "Five minutes," I told them before running to the house.

I saw Dad behind the front door, "Thanks for staying on my path, sweetheart," He said sarcastically as I ran over and I shut the screen door shut, "Oh, yeah. No, no, Dad. Hey!" I said before looking back over at my shoulder at the grass and then turned back to him, "Oh, the path. I'm sorry. I forgot about the path. I'm gonna sweep the whole thing right now. How about that?"

"You know, I buy half your car . . ." He started. "Yeah," I said. ". . . Then I just decided to do all your chores," He finished. "The chores," I said.

"Yeah. Life is great, huh?" Dad said sarcastically. "Life . . ." I trailed off before hearing noises from behind me so I slightly turned around to see that Optimus transformed and he slowly stood up. I realized just how tall and obvious he was. "Life is fantastic, is how good it is," I said as I quickly turned back to my Dad. "It's so . . . Oh, the trash cans. Sorry, Dad. I'm gonna do the trash cans now."

"No, no, I don't want you to strain yourself," Dad said, trying to open the door but I slammed the door shut again. "No, no, I won't strain myself, Dad," I said and he tried to open the door again. "I'll do it," He said and I closed the door, and hold it shut this time, "It would hurt my feelings if you do it," I said. "You sure?" He asked, "I don't mind, I don't . . ."

"No, no, no, I'm gonna do it," I cut him off. "I'm gonna do the trash cans and I'm gonna scrape the grill and I'm gonna --" I looked back to see Optimus started to step over the fence, "-- I'm gonna sweep up the whole house right now."

"Tonight, right now?" Dad asked. "Right now," I said before turning slightly again to see Bumblebee appeared from under the patio and he waved at me before putting a finger to his lips and made a shushing sound. I quickly looked back at Dad, "I love you. God, I love you just so much right now."

"You know, Mom wanted me to ground you. You're three minutes late," Dad said. "Right? Oh, well, just another thing you did for me, Dad," I said, "Because you're such a swell guy."

"One more thing, huh?" Dad mumbled before he started to walk away. "All right, I love you! Sleep good, handsome man!" I called before I grabbed the glass screen door and shut it to stop my parents from hearing anything.

I turned back around to see that the Autobots were all standing up and walking around the backyard, "What are you doing? What are you doing?" I asked Optimus as he wandered over. "No, watch the path! Watch the path! Watch the . . . Please, please, please."

Optimus walked backwards and looked down, before he accidentally stepped into the fountain, reducing it to a pile of rubble, "No, no, no! Oh, no!" I said, grabbing my head.

"Sorry. My bad," Optimus said. "Oh, I . . . You couldn't . . . You couldn't wait for five . . . You couldn't wait for five minutes?" I asked, stepping away from them. "Oh, no, this is bad."

Suddenly I saw Mojo outside and he started to bark at Ironhide. "Mojo, Mojo!" I said before Mojo lifted his foot and peed on Ironhide's foot, "Off the robot! God!"

I ran over as Ironhide shook his foot, making Mojo flip backwards. "Oh, wet," He said. "No, no, no, no, no! Easy! Easy!" I said as I picked up Mojo, "Hold on! Hold! This is Mojo. This is Mojo. He's a pet of mine. He's a pet." Ironhide pushed his canons onto his arms and hold them at Mojo, "Okay? That's all. If you could just put the guns away . . ."

"You have a rodent infestation, shall I terminate?" Ironhide asked. "No, no, no, no. He's not a rodent, he's a Chihuahua," I explained. "This is my . . . This is my Chihuahua. We love Chihuahuas."