Sunstreaker's vengeance ✔️ (book 1)

3. Double trouble

Sunlight peeked through the curtains and landed on my face, waking me up the next morning around eight. It took me a moment before I realized where I was. My uncle had taken me in since my parents hated me and didn't want me anymore. I blinked a few times and rolled on my back, waking up Enderman that had been curled up against my belly. He looked pretty annoyed and finally jumped off the bed, stretching himself. I heard motion down, so I slid out of bed and did my daily routine, pulling back on the same new clothes as yesterday and added some mascara and eyeliner around my eyes before I headed down with Enderman on my heels.

I had to admit, I never had such good sleep as I had last night. Mostly because at home all I had was hunger and worries plus my bed caused me horrible pain in my back. I even preferred to sleep on the floor instead of my own bed. I halted, hiding behind the wall as I heard Ironhide talking quietly against my uncle about something. "he's driving me crazy!" Ironhide growled, making me wonder where he was talking about. My uncle sighed "Don't be hard on him, Ironhide, he's just young and wants some fun, I wouldn't like it either to be so young and fight in a war," William said simply.

"I am gone for only a couple of days and Sideswipe left the base without anyone knowing it!" he spat, and I heard him pacing around. I now realized he was talking about his student. So Sideswipe was his name. "Stupid mech," he muttered grimly. My uncle uttered a chuckle "Is it funny? Now I have two stubborn teens!" he growled. I smirked a bit, somewhere it was very amusing. "I am gonna kill that mech if I find him," Ironhide added with a grunt. "why did he leave the base?"

"He had sources he needed to do, but that mech is completely out of control, he does what he wants, he's not listening, he's pranking everyone at the base, ignoring my orders and the worst of all... he's energetic and can't really be alone," Ironhide muttered. "That's because he's grown up with his brother..." My uncle simply said. "Look... I don't care, I just want him to stop this behavior and start acting like a real mech instead of bothering me all day with shit I don't care about!" Ironhide snarled. "Do you know how annoying it to tell him what to do all day, and listen to his stories about human-computer games he plays?" Ironhide huffed.

"He has a good spark, Ironhide... at least he's not trying to kill humans. He's just young and rebellious, that's all," Lennox stated. I walked int the kitchen, making both looks at me. "Another teen huh? Can't I meet him?" I asked. Ironhide huffed and shook his head firmly "Absolutely not!" he snapped, crossing his arms. "come on! Why not!" I said, following him towards the living room. "Cause I say so! That mech means trouble!" He growled. "Can't you at least tell me something about him?" I asked. "there's nothing to tell, that mech is a bother to everyone," he snapped. I grabbed his arm, making Ironhide growl in annoyance. "Please..."

He stared at me before he pulled his arm back, marching out of the house. "Why isn't he telling anything?" I asked, walking over to my uncle. "Skylar... It's complicated, Sideswipe is... a little bit too rebellious lately, sneaking out of the base all the time without telling anyone about it, Ironhide is just pretty annoyed that he keeps doing and that Sideswipe isn't doing what he's supposed to do," my uncle said. I sighed "So that's the mech Annabel was talking about," I said, mostly to myself. "Yup... he's very good at entertaining people and Annabel likes him, don't get me wrong, I like Sideswipe... he has a good spark and is funny, bust listening?! no... he's only serious on the battlefield,"

"When is he coming here?"

I sprinted after my uncle, he wasn't in the mood to talk about it, but I wanted to know. "Not anytime soon," was his firm reply. "Because of me?" I pushed, following him towards the backyard. My uncle sighed and heavily and halted, making me almost bump into him. He quickly turned around and gave a stern look. "Skylar! he's not coming anytime soon! Now... you have things to do, I need to go the base," he said. I scowled under my breath and marched over to the shed, annoyed as hell. There was nothing to do around here and Sideswipe was probably bored as well. Why couldn't I just meet him?!