A/N: Ok this was originally going to be a one-shot, but I'm making it into a multi chaptered story. It's somewhat based off a dream I had recently so bear with me. XD
Kristina drove from work after a long day, very tired and ready to hop into the shower for a relaxing time. Once she reached her apartment she got out of her car and noticed a bouquet of flowers on her porch.
"What the hell?" she questioned, picking them up and looking at the small paper saying 'Your handsome admirer.'
The latina looked around in case the 'admirer' was still around, quickly going inside with the flowers and placing them on her kitchen table. Going to the bathroom, she slipped off her clothes and glasses then stepped in the bathtub, closing the curtain and turning on the relaxing spray of the shower head.
"That was random, but whatever, day over, weekend here." She mumbled to herself. Lathering shampoo into her short dark brown hair, she soothed her headache but stopped as she heard her cellphone go off. "Hm?"
Quickly rinsing her hair, she reached out and toweled off the water on her hand then pressed the touch screens phone icon albeit the caller id stating 'unknown'.
"Hello?" Kristina asked curiously, having to yell slightly over the hiss of the shower.
"Is this Kristina?" the voice asked.
"…yes? Who is this?"
"Oh, just a little admirer. Did you like your flowers?"
She froze. Nothing like this had ever happened to her and the fact that this stranger knew where she lived and had her number immediately set off alarms in her head. Though he had a rather soothing voice, it could just be a cover for his obvious insanity of getting her private information.
"Um, I-I think you should lose this number." She mumbled. "Bye!" she said, quickly pressing the phone icon again to hang up.
This is getting weird. Kristina thought to herself, feeling somewhat frightful. She was always somewhat paranoid of the male gender, being afraid of assaults and such after having lived in an area rampant with it. The 22 year old always kept to herself, went to work then straight back home. She had no friends or family in the small town of Jasper having moved there recently for a simple life. It's not like she wanted to be completely isolated, but her fear always gripped her and kept people at least an arms' length away.
She shivered a bit as her phone went off with 'unknown' again.
Knockout pouted slightly as she didn't answer, hanging up and opting to leave her be for now.
"You'd think she'd be appreciative of my gift." He huffed slightly, stroking his chin in thought. "I thought human females liked this romance stuff."
He had become enamored with the young woman a month ago and just now started making contact. As much as he was disgusted by humans, this one stuck out to him for some odd reason. He liked the way her body curved and how short she was. Though she was considered chubby by human standards, he thought the size looked endearing on her. He always liked mechs and femmes with a bit more weight on them.
The medic opened up a new window on his computer screen, looking up more information on Earths internet about wooing human women. He didn't realize the 'facts' he was reading were rather large clichés from romance books or absolute trash advice from sites like Cosmopolitan. He didn't even realize contacting her without introduction would spook her. Not like showing himself to be a giant robot wouldn't spook her, but he thought sending gifts and such would warm her up a bit like the advice articles stated. The medic had read that secret admirers were considered 'dark, mysterious and exciting' on some pages.
Knockout sighed some. "Perhaps I need to be a bit more forward, more assertive." He mumbled, skimming through an article. He clicked out of the site and looked over a few more pages before turning in.
The medic thought hard on what his next move should be as he laid down in his berth. He had studied her patterns, she left her house, went to work then immediately went back home, always using her car to go places instead of just walking despite the size of the town. Though on weekends she would usually go to the drive-in theater, but even then she was surrounded by people so he couldn't reveal himself. It was as if she never wanted to leave herself in a vulnerable position, which left very few windows of opportunity for him to get her alone and meet her without anyone seeing.
Knockout growled slightly in frustration, he had originally thought this little crush was a total glitch in his system, but the more he tried to ignore it, the more he found he really wanted to keep trying to see or meet her. He had finally caved in and decided to explore these thoughts about her, which left him in his current situation of slight desperation in thought. He closed his optics, his systems linked to a camera he had fixed to watch her apartment so he'd know if she left or did anything out of the ordinary. It never occurred to him this was somewhat considered stalking by human standards. He opted to go offline for a recharge, hoping his dreams would cease with their insistent need to remind him of her.
Kristina awoke with a slight gasp, having had a small nightmare about her 'secret admirer' breaking into her house. It left her shaking and scared, quickly going to the bathroom and splashing cold water on her face.
"It's ok, it was just a dream. He sounded harmless enough on the phone…maybe he won't push it." She tried to reason with herself, her gripping fear always having caused her to be afraid of venturing out much anywhere besides the store or the drive-in theater.
The young latina went to look out the window, sighing as it was early but a nice and cool morning as the sun hadn't fully risen yet, seeing people walking their dogs or going for jobs.
Maybe this can be the day I finally buck up and take a walk in this town…I have lived here for over a few months already. Kristina thought, going and getting dressed in casual shorts and a pure purple shirt with flower designs on it. She tied her shoes on then took a deep breath as she opened the door and locked it behind her, pocketing her keys as she started walking. She held her purse to her a bit tightly as she brought it in case she passed by a food joint and got hungry.
Kristina smiled as a few folks gave her a wave as she passed them by, as if giving her silent appraisal for finally venturing out without knowing it. This isn't so bad. She thought with a small smile. She was finally going out without much fear and it felt good.
Knockout quickly awoke when his system sensed her door open, looking to a small remote screen in his room and seeing her walk out. This was something completely knew for her to do, taking a stroll without using her car to view the town. This could finally be Knockouts chance to get her if she were to get in just the right area. The medic quickly got up and went to leave, ignoring any current work he had to do. He wasn't going to let this opportunity slip through his fingers.
Kristina continued to stroll after having grabbed a breakfast burrito and soda, reaching a park that was occupied by young men and women doing their morning jogs before they had to go to their weekend jobs. She didn't feel too intimidated as she walked then sat on a bench, smiling as a big stray dog came trotting towards her from the smell of her food. She was always fond of animals, they didn't scare her as much as people did. Plucking some egg from her burrito, she handed it to the canine as he scarfed it into his mouth hungrily.
"I wish I could take you home with me, pup, but no dogs allowed where I live." She said as she patted his soft yet somewhat dirty head. She grinned as he yipped happily.
Knockout soon drove in near the sidewalk at the park, his sights set when he finally found her. He parked near her, waiting for her next move but trying to stay inconspicuous.
Why are there so many humans about this early?! Don't humans laze about on weekends? He thought to himself huffily, keeping his patience as he was waiting.
A few minutes rolled by and Kristina started feeling as if she were being watched, she glanced behind her and noticed a sleek red car with darkened windows, quickly turning back around and sitting straight up.
It couldn't be….no, you're just being paranoid. Kristina scolded herself. This is supposed to be a good day for you, you're finally out of the apartment and taking a walk like a normal person!
The young lady soon got up after finishing her breakfast and sipped her soda as she started walking along the side walk, not noticing most of the joggers had jaunted off back to their homes, leaving her and two other people who happened to be an old couple sitting with their backs to the main area of the park where she was walking.
This is my chance. Knockout thought, smoothly driving up next to her.
Kristina was quickly freaked out by the action, thoughts racing as she suddenly dropped her drink and bolted back the other way in the direction of where she came from. Knockout cursed under his breath, having to do a u-turn on the road and driving after her. The latina quickly heard him coming and her heart raced as she sprinted as quickly as she could, reaching a narrow alley way and going into it. Luckily it wasn't cut off as she made it to the other side of the building and continued running.
Knockout growled, quickly reversing and going around the building after her, seeing her running down the inner cities sidewalk now. He knew he would cause a scene if he kept perusing her around here, but he knew exactly where she was headed to and drove straight for the destination.
Kristina hid into another alley way, gasping as she saw a red blur speed by and sighed in relief as she believed she had lost him. "Alright, your good day is over, time to go home." She whimpered, going back to her apartment as quickly as possible and feeling as if she were just defeated by this unknown menace.
The young latina reached her apartment, going through the small parking lot then screaming as Knockout suddenly pulled out in front of her, his door opening and seat belts lashing out. They quickly wrapped around her body and forcefully pulled her in, door shutting as he peeled out of the lot and drove away. Kristina quickly looked up and saw no one was driving, her eyes wide in confusion and shock
"What the hell is going on?!" she shrieked, trying to escape her binds. This had to be a dream, because there was no way a self-driving car had just kidnapped her.
"Just calm down! I just want to talk with you!" Knockout somewhat shouted, frustrated that he had scared her this much through his actions but knowing there was no other way he could have met her without taking her.
There was that smooth voice she had heard on the phone. "You talk?! Cars can't talk! This has to be a dream!" Kristina yelped as his speed soon caught the attention of some police officers, groaning as he heard the sirens blare.
"Scrap." The medic grumbled as he shifted his gears and sped faster than the officers could keep up with, causing another scream from his hostage. "Please calm down, I'm not going to hurt you!"
"Then why are you kidnapping me?! People only kidnap people to hurt them!" she nearly cried, struggling in the seat belt as the speed caused her an unexpected adrenaline rush.
"Well I'm not a human so I'm not a 'person' who would kidnap to harm you! Look, I've been watching you for over a month now and I just now took the chance to meet you face to face. Now just calm down while I get these idiots off my tailpipe!" he yelled as he bolted off through streets, giving the cops the run around before finally losing them.
A realization finally hit Kristina. "…YOU'RE my secret admirer?! A talking car!? A talking car who can call peoples private phones?!"
"I'm not just a car! Look, I-ugh, hold on and I'll show you when we get to a secluded area! But for now stop shouting and calm down." Knockout said, driving out of town and to an abandoned construction site.
Kristina had calmed down a bit by the time they reached the area, sighing in relief when he finally released her from the seat belts and opened his door. She somewhat scrambled out and took a deep breath of the fresh air then froze as she saw him transform into a giant robot. Her jaw dropped, unable to believe that this was happening.
"Ok, this really is a dream. There is no way a giant robot is my secret admirer." She mumbled to herself.
Knockout coughed a bit to clear his vocals and put a hand on his hip. "I'm Knockout, a cybertronian doctor and yes, I am indeed your 'secret admirer' as you humans call it." He gave her his charismatic smile, hoping it would calm her more.
Kristina stood there, staring up at him then turning around and rubbing her temples as she obtained another headache from the entire fiasco. "I…don't know what to say." She actually started to laugh a bit.
Knockout raised a brow ridge. "What's so funny?"
"I thought my admirer was going to be some sleezy creepy stalker guy, but it turns out to be a robot doctor! One apparently from outer space! This is a lot to take in, you know, especially after what just happened. This is movie type stuff, not reality!" she spoke, almost all of it to herself as if trying to believe what she was explaining. The evidence was right before her though, she had a giant robot who had a crush on her.
"Stalker? I wouldn't say I stalked you, simply kept surveillance and learned about you." He pouted some.
"Kept surveillance for over a month?" she pointed out, looking back to him.
"…ok, so I got a bit obsessed." He huffed, folding his arms and looking away with some embarrassment. "It's not my fault, I still think it's a glitch in my system but it wouldn't go away so I just had to meet you to sort it all out."
"By kidnapping me…ok, I can understand that you couldn't just waltz up to me without causing a panic amongst the people, so I'll give you a pass on the somewhat creepy stalking. And I can understand why you had to get me alone in order to show your true form, so another slight pass on the kidnapping me, but did you really have to chase me down like that? I almost had a heart attack." She spoke.
"You didn't have to run." He pointed out.
She stared at him a bit. "I don't know if you know much about humans, but when females are followed by cars, that usually follows a kidnapping and assault with possible murder. So yeah, I ran like hell because I thought you were some guy who wanted to rape and kill me."
Knockout frowned some at that. "I may be a Decepticon but even I think rape is a lowly thing. I'd never do something like that."
"I thought you said you were a cyber-thing." Kristina said. "but I'm glad robots at least have standards above things like that."
"Cybertronian, but my faction is Decepticon. Though enough about me, I wanted to get to know you." Knockout stated, kneeling to get closer to her level, smirking a bit as he noticed her blush.
"W-Why me though? I'm nothing special." She said rather shyly, looking down. "Don't robots go for other robots?"
"We usually do, but something about you caught my eye. I don't know what it was, could be a glitch, but you intrigued me." He explained.
Kristina kept her face averted from him, not knowing how to feel. She felt flattered of course that a being like this found her interesting, and it's not like she went for human guys anyway with her fear and all. Her eyes slowly glanced at his chassis and body, sight flowing along the curves of his frame and finding his colors pleasing to her artistically driven mind. Knockout noticed this and smirked to himself.
"Like what you see?" he asked somewhat cockily, grinning as another blush crossed her face.
"…yeah." She piped up a bit, shyness taking over as she looked away again, trying to hide her face. Robots in fantasy had always intrigued her with their various shapes and sizes, it always sparked her creativity in art which happened to get her excited.
"There's no need to be shy around me. You'll have to open up if I'm to get to know you." The medic said, reaching out and gently stroking her back with a digit.
She bit her lip at the surprisingly gentle contact, looking up at him and giving a sheepy smile. "I guess we could chat over a drink. How about we go to a little drive-in restaurant and talk?"
"Sounds fine to me." He smiled, transforming back to his vehicle mode and opening the passenger door for her. "After you."
Kristina giggled a bit for the first time front of him, getting in and buckling herself as he drove off smoothly back into town. He was glad to finally have her willingly and calm.