Help comes in different forms

Chapter 12~ Glitch

*Cody's POV*

I honestly feel dumb right now. I knew about this situation but just overlooked it. I want to help Talia. I want to help her find a solution but I don't know how. Boulder and Blades know about her problem too but they can't say anything since they overheard our conversation a few days ago. Well they didn't exactly overhear anything since we were talking about it right in front of them, but she doesn't know that they are sentient beings. There's no way I can tell her either way.

See only I know that Boulder and Blades know, but they also know that they have to act like they don't know about what Talia thinks only me and her know at the moment when Blades and Boulder actually do know. Ow- my head hurts just thinking about this situation.

"Talia, if there is any way we can help you, just tell us. We're here for you. You know that, right?" Boulder said, placing his hand on top of hers.

My stomach feels queasy now with all this lovey-dovey stuff happening between them two.

*Talia's POV*

"Thanks," I said feeling my face get a little hot. Why am I blushing? Gah-

... Honestly, I wanted to tell them that I don't need their help. I don't want their help. That I could figure it out on my own! I just hate people seeing me at my weakest. That's why I closed myself off as much as I could from the others. But, I couldn't bring myself to say that, not to them.

"So..." Cody awkwardly said, rubbing the back of his head.

I then realized that Bradley still had his hand on top of mine. I pulled back my hand as fast as I could. I looked at him and opened my mouth, about to say something but I got interrupted by the emergency alarm.

"Looks like we have an emergency to attend to," Brad said, getting up from the bed.

A wave of relief came over me. We all made our way out of the room.

Cody and I headed to the command center while Brad headed down to the garage.

"Dad, what's the problem?" Cody asked once he sat down.

"There's been a car crash on --- lane. Can you tell us what we're dealing with?"

Cody got on the cameras, switching them until he found the right ones. "Found it! The crash includes three cars. The car that's on top of the other two is on fire but from what I can see, no one is in it. --- road is blocked by traffic, you should take --- road instead, since it doesn't have as many people on it. Though it will take a little longer."

As I was assessing the situation from the screen, I saw a figure in one of the cars. Then it became apparent, it was three guys. I couldn't tell if they were badly injured from the angle the cameras were in, but I still had to notify them. "Chief! There's three people stuck in the bottom car. If the fire reaches that car's engine, it would explode with them still in it!"

"And since there's multiple cars, they're injuries would be even worse." Cody muttered, though loud enough to where Chief and I heard it.

*3rd POV*

Chief decided that they should take the short route since they have to manage their timing. Once they got to the scene, he assigned his team's tasks, though he did find himself having trouble calling their partners by their human names. The bots had to stay in their holoforms, just to make sure they don't arouse any suspicion.

Chase and the chief were going to set traffic back to normal and keep the crowd away from the emergency. The firefighters would put out the fire. Then, Graham and Boulder would hook up Dani's chopper to move the cars on top of the one that contained the citizens. Once it was out of the way, Kade and Heatwave would be able to reach the guys and get them out of there. Dani would then check on their injuries and patch them up or if it was bad bad, then she'll take to to the hospital with Blades. Or so their plan went.