9 year old Lordes Aubree was always known for killing people with her kindness. Not literally, but their hearts would melt just looking at her. Optimus Prime, at first, thought differently. He thought that all the humans were the same. That they fea...
It's been a week since our encounter with Cemetery Wind and I honestly think that those soldiers are dead. Apparently, my ankle was dislocated, but now it's healing. I still get a tingling burn, but nothing serious.
My birthday is right around the corner and I don't even think I'm going to celebrate. It's just been really rough since my parents are gone.
Of course, the 4 Dinobot siblings (which I learned are Grimlock, Slug, Scorn, and Strafe) kept roughhousing which caused me to yell at them once. But they were good kids. As I looked at the outstretched and vast desert land, I jolted forward in my seat and felt a weird vibe as I did. I didn't know what happened until the seats began to go from rusty, torn, brown fabric to shiny, leather, black fabric. I looked out the window and saw that Optimus had changed his truck form.
"Wow! That was awesome!" I exclaimed as I bounced in my seat. The Dinobots roared in agreement before I heard gunshots. I looked out the window once more and saw a Transformer on the cannons shooting at the air.
"Man, if he keeps up with that, he's going to run out before we even make it out of Texas." I joked as Optimus chuckled softly. "Hey, I see Bumblebee!"
From afar, I saw three people hop out of the black and yellow 1967 Chevy Camaro SS. As soon as it transformed, my theory was correct, it was Bumblebee. It looked so much taller in person. When Optimus came to a stop, I grabbed my backpack and carefully hopped out, along with the Dinobots. (well Strafe, he flew out)
"Mr. Leader of the Free Galaxy's back. I knew you'd make it. I never doubted." The green transformer said when he approached. Then out of nowhere, this blue Samurai bot came rolling in and punched him in the arm.
"We got your warning. We've been waiting." He said as I slowly back up when Optimus began to transform.
"Woah! He's huge!" One of the people said as I went over to them. "I know, right?"
"Who are you?" The man asked.
"Lordes Aubree. I'm the one that fixed him." I said as I pointed to Optimus who was now in full bot mode. He looked SUPER different. Damn was he fly! He looked like the robotic version of Captain America! And that is a great comparison.
"That's impossible. You're like 5 years old!" Another guy said as I rolled my eyes and looked back at them. "You're close. I'm about to turn 9 next week."
"Wait, how are you 8 years old and did..that?" The girl asked before we all flinched when the blue bot and the big bot began to brawl. "Well, I had experience with engineering not too long ago and well, ta-da! Ah!"
I was interrupted with a gun in my face.
"Who are the stowaways?!" The green bot asked as I shielded myself with my arms but was interrupted again by Strafe blasting fire at the gun, causing it to blow in the bot's hand.
"Ah! Damn, Dinobot!"
"Hey, language around the babies!" I shouted back at him.
Bumblebee buzzed in what I think was a laugh before Optimus approached the group.
"Stop, Hound! Both of you! The young girl and these three humans risked their lives for mine and Bumblebee's. We owe them." Optimus said sternly and kindly as I smiled up at him. Optimus smiled softly back before he knelt down to the man and the other two.
"I thank you, Cade Yeager." The man, Cade, nodded before the girl approached him.
"Wait, you two know each other?" The girl asked as Cade turned to her. "Bumblebee had informed Optimus before we got here."
"So, what do we do now?" I asked Optimus as he took his attention to me.
"For now, we rest here. We're on the move in the morning." Optimus acknowledged as I nodded and we all had set up camp.
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While everyone was roughhousing around and speaking amongst themselves, I was off to the side, staring at the picture in my hands. Tears had fallen from my eyes as I saw the smiling faces of my parents as I blew the candles. I knew that death of a loved one takes a toll on them, but I didn't think it was this bad.
My thoughts vanished when I felt shuffling on my neck and looked to see that Strafe had made himself comfortable around my neck. Grimlock had been curled up on my lap, snoozing softly while Slug was snuggled against my right side and Scorn on my left. I sighed as I wiped my face.
"Are you okay?" I heard as I looked up to see Cade in front of me. "I'm fine, it's just...I miss my parents."
"What happened to them?" Cade asked as he took a spot next to me, careful not to wake the Dinobots.
"Cemetery Wind. They killed them when they tried to get information on Optimus. I escaped before they could find me." I said as I stuffed the photo back in my boot. "What about you? Are they your children? Friends?"
"The girl is my daughter, Tessa. And the little a-hole is Tessa's 'boyfriend', Shane. He got caught up in this when Cemetery Wind came after us and Bumblebee. I lost a friend of mine when we were being chased by this..Decepticon, I guess. I don't know." Cade said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"I'm sorry, Cade."
"It's fine. I'm just relieved it wasn't Tessa. I don't know what I would have done if anything happened to her." I nodded before I stared at the fire. For some reason, I thought I saw my parents' faces in it.
