Change of Law and Heart

Chapter 21: Forgiveness

My eyes found Will's light brown ones through the window next to me. A solemn look on his face didn't settle well with me, knowing he was pitying me for my predicament. Hide opened the door and allowed Will to slowly approach me.

His warm hand carefully enclosed around mine. "Aubrey, would you like to tell me what happened?" The kind and soft expression on his face wanted me to explain for my mood, but the ornery part of my personality told me 'no'. I barely shook my head and hugged myself tighter, pulling my hand away from his.

"That okay, if you want to tell me, you will." Will turned his attention to the center console since Hide deactivated his holoform. "Could you take her to the Rec. room? Make sure there's a soldier there with her." I didn't want to be alone with someone I didn't know. That's the last place I wanted to be.

"No," I mumbled softly and shook my head more noticeably. "I need work." With my mind in the state it's in, I needed something to keep me busy.

Will nodded his head, a little bit surprised. "I can find something for you to do. Thanks, Hide." My friend takes my hand again and gently leads me out of Hide's alt. mode. "Prowl probably needs help with some datapads. He'll need someone with a rational mind and common sense. You up for that."

I dipped my head and allowed him to pull me away from the bulky truck behind me. Before entering the large hangar of working soldiers, I gave Hide a goodbye wave after he closed the passenger door.

The size of the main hangar still made me awe at the sight of it. It can comfortably fit all the Autobots in here with extra room for them to stretch. At the front was a catwalk bridge with soldiers walking and working about it.

We strolled up to the black and white S.I.C of the Autobots. "Hey, Prowl, do have any work for Brey here to help you with?" Prowl turned to face us with a large tablet in his hand. His gaze settled on me, he seemed to be judging me, seeing if I fit enough for the job.

This caused me to take my hand away from Will's and stand up straight with my shoulders back and head high. After of being an officer of the law for about eight years, your training will kick in automatically.

A proving smile appeared on his lips, an extremely tiny one, before it disappeared. "I do, if you're up for it." Was he challenging me? It was not a good idea to challenge me because I will do everything in my power to defeat my opponent.

"I am, Sir," I responded, voice confident in my skills.

"Follow me." I continued to hold my head high and shoulders back while following him. Prowl lead me over to a table with a single computer on it. There wasn't anybody over gladly so I could work in peace with whatever he'll have be doing.

"Since you work with the human officers of the law, I need you to go over the citations I have issued to both human and Bot. A lot of the soldiers here like to break the rules set in place for them." Prowl sounded irritated of human nature. I chuckled quietly to myself and shook my head.

"You should have learned that humans like to push the limits of what they can and cannot do. It's like in their gene to do that, even us officers like to break laws. Everyone once has broken a law, including yourself." He looked so offended by me say that he has broken a law.

"I have not, for your knowledge." I raised an eyebrow at him but brushed off the lie he totally told. Prowl set up the computer on the table for me to get to work on and keep me busy. "For the citations, check if they have done what they have been punished for."

That sounded easy enough for a newbie to do. "I understand, thank you." He dipped his head before leaving me to do the assessment he gave me. I got to work on making sure if the soldier has done his time and typed on Word for the ones that haven't.