(Third Person POV)
It was just a normal evening in Jasper, Nevada, a small town surrounded by the beautiful desert landscape. Nearby a local fast food place was the only auto mechanic workshop available for miles, where a young woman with long light caramel brown hair tied in a braid was walking out. "Clockin' out Uncle Jim!" The woman called out as she went to her bike and started to ride home.
(Taylor's POV)
I was just riding home when I spotted a familiar boy playing with a remote control car. "Raf? Is that you?" I called out as I rode over and parked my bike. "Taylor? Wow, its been a while." The boy replied with a shy smile as he fiddled with his glasses. I smile and sit beside him. "So, how is school going?" I asked. "Its going alright, I figured I'd hang here for a little while before going home." He answered, then his phone rang. It was his mother of course. "Hi Mama. I'm racing, right up the street. Taylor, my old babysitter is with me. I'll be home soon, 5 more minutes?" He said before hanging up. I giggled with smile. "Like old times huh?" "Yeah, I missed you Taylor."
We were starting to catch up when we heard the roar of a motorcycle. I looked up and a boy with raven black hair came riding down on a dark blue motorcycle with some shimmering pink streaks. If I was amazed before, I was freaked out the next moment, cause after the raven hair boy got off, we looked up to see two twin dark purple cars transform...That's right, TRANSFORM, into giant robots. The motorcycle also transformed into a female robot that had glowing blue eyes with a lilac hue around them. For a robot, she was really pretty.
"This ends here Cons!" The female robot declared in what I would call a vengeful warrior voice. I watched as she ran to the twin purple robots and started to kick their metal hides.
"What are they...?" Raf asked, staring in awe at the sight before us. "Talking cars that turn into robots...or the other way around.." The raven hair boy said nervously. He was called Jack and I only recognized him just now since I am friends with his mother Nurse June Darby. I could tell this thing was freaking him out, and I don't blame him. A lot of people would be scared in this kind of situation.
We watched as the female robot was knocked to the ground, but thankfully another robot came to her rescue. This one was a yellow and black robot with glowing baby blue eyes. He had got in front of the female robot and punched one of the twins square in the face. I shuddered at the thought of being on the receiving end of one of those punches. I couldn't help but smile a little at the butt whooping this guy, er, robot, gave to the two enemy robots.
The yellow and black robot took a few steps back when we all heard a loud CRUNCH. And it was only then that I saw the robot had accidentally stepped on Raf's toy car. A series of whirs and chirps came from the robot, and I understood that he was apologizing.
It seemed Raf understood too, as he replied to the robot. "Um, it's no problem." But then we saw one of the purple robots take the opportunity to land a punch on the yellow and black robot. Before the yellow robot could get up, the purple one stepped on the back of his head while the other held what looked like some sort of gun.
I then heard something that made my stomach turn. "LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Raf shouted at the purple robots, who turned and looked at all three of us. "Bad move." Jack whispered, and I then saw one of the purple robots walk towards us. Thinking quickly, I pushed the boys in front of me, motioning them to run. "Quick! Over there!" I told them as I ran behind them. We all ran to a large pipe tunnel and climbed in, with the purple robot right behind us. Just as soon as the robot was about to grab me, the hand was pulled back and as we stopped running, we saw the face of the yellow and black robot. He 'spoke' in another series of whirs and chirps, and I understood him.
"Thank you, for helping us." I said kindly, and the robot nodded and went back to the fight. It was then that Jack turned me and Raf away. "Don't look back." He said as we kept going. "What did we just see?" Raf asked. "I don't know, and I'm not sure if I want to find out."
(Third Person POV)
The next day at the high school, a girl with fiery red hair tied in a loose ponytail named Roxie was sitting with her only friend in school, a transfer student named Miko. The two were known to be a bit troublesome, but they were also loyal and would look out for each other as if they were sisters.
(Roxie's POV)
"Another boring day come and gone." I groaned as I fiddled with my multi colored beaded bracelets. Yeah, I was the kind of girl to wear whatever the hell I wanted, even if it meant standing out. I was wearing a dark purple t-shirt with what some would consider a cute monster devil face on the front, long lighter purple fishnet gloves, a matching black and purple ruffled skirt with black leggings, and black boots.
"Yeah no kidding." My friend Miko agreed as she started doodling on her sketchpad. We both saw this really nice blue motorcycle, and for a moment, we were distracted when Miko's host parents tried to call.
"Ignore." We both said at the same time, and when we looked up, the bike was gone. "Awww..." Miko groaned, then I spotted the bike. "Its over there, come on." I grabbed her wrist and started to follow.
Honestly, I did NOT expect to see what I saw. The bike was moving on its own, and it had a female voice. It was following and talking to Jack, a guy I know from school. I decided to shush Miko and listen in.
"Kid, there's a lot you don't understand." The bike spoke as 'she' followed Jack. "N-N-No no, I get it, I get it. First rule of robot fight club is you don't talk about robot fight club. What you need to understand is that I don't want a bunch of crazy talking vehicles following me around and trying to get me killed!" Jack retorted, and I rolled my eyes. This is why you get picked on, you'd rather run than fight...I thought to myself.
I was brought out of my thoughts when I saw the motorcycle transform into a female robot.
The female robot knelt down and spoke again, her voice making Jack turn around to look at her. "Look, Jack is it? Your personal safety is exactly why Optimus Prime has requested your presence." She said, lowering herself to be eye level with Jack.
"Optimus who-?"
"You may be in danger, because you are one of the few, one of the ONLY who have ever seen us." She replied, then looked up as my friend Miko decided to blow our cover. I mentally groaned to myself as the female robot said one word.
"Scrap."
(Time Skip, Taylor's POV)
After a small delay that involved two girls about fifteen years old, I sat in the drivers side of the yellow and black robot, who had introduced himself as Bumblebee. One of the girls, Roxie I think was her name, sat in the front passenger seat and Raf sat in the seat behind Roxie. We were driving miles out of the town, to what looked to be a dead end.
I was a little concerned when we blew a stop sign, but sighed in relief when the rocks ahead opened up, revealing a hidden bunker of some sorts. Needless to say, I was amazed at what I saw next, scratch that, I think all of us were amazed. As we rode in, we saw two other robots with similar glowing blue eyes, one of them a scarlet red and white, which led me to assume he was the 'doctor' of the group, and a dark green bulky looking robot. He reminded me a lot of my uncle Jim with the buffy look and round chin.
Roxie, Raf and I stepped out while Jack and Miko got off of the motorcycle, who was called Arcee, letting the two transform. "I thought there were three." The scarlet and white robot said. "Haven't ya heard? Humans multiply." Arcee retorted with a hand on her hip.
"Im Raf." Raf introduced himself to Roxie and Miko. While Roxie was polite enough to nod at him, Miko was more interested in the dark green robot. "I'm Miko, who are you!?" She asked in an excited tone. The robot stared down at her before answering in a rather awkward tone. "Bulkhead." She then asked a bunch of random questions that made Roxie roll her eyes and whisper "And people wonder why she's my only friend in school..."
"So...If you guys are robots, who built you...?" Raf asked sheepishly, and the scarlet and white robot scoffed. "Pfft...Puh-leeze..." He grumbled, and the way he grumbled sort of reminded me of uncle Jim on a bad day or when a customer acts so privilaged that they don't bother to thank him.
It was then that we heard rumbling footsteps and turned to see a much taller dark red and royal blue robot standing before us. His presence alone gives off the presence of a leader.
"We are Autonomis Robotic Organisms from the planet Cybertron, also known as Autobots." He spoke in a deep baritone voice. I instantly felt calmer with the sound of his voice, and I bravely stepped forward a few steps to ask the million dollar questions.
"Why are you here...?" I asked.
"To protect your planet, from the Decepticons." The robot, who was revealed to be the Optimus Prime that Arcee spoke of, answered me. Arcee glanced down at us and gave a clue on what the Decepticons were. "The jokers who tried to bump us off last night?" She said to us, and I nodded.
"Alright...But why are they here?" I asked, and I watched as Optimus knelt down as far as he could to be somewhat eye level with us. "A fair question Taylor, in part, they are here because our planet is uninhabitable..Ravaged by centuries of civil war." He answered, and I felt my heart sink a little. I understood somewhat what its like to have a family fighting a war across seas, and how devastating it could be.
It seemed Roxie understood too, as she shifted her green eyes away and to the floor. I put a hand on Raf's shoulder as he asked,
"Why were you fighting a war?"
"Foremost...Over our worlds supply of Energon, the fuel and lifeblood of Autobots and Decepticons alike." Optimus said, and I saw his eyes go distant as he explained what happened on their planet.
"The combat was fierce, and endured for centuries..In the beginning, I fought along side one whom I considered a brother. But in war...Ideals can be corrupted, and it was thus, that Megatron lost his way..."
I gave Miko a small glare when she made this snarky comment, but was thankful for Roxie giving her a smack upside the head. I sighed then looked back at Optimus. "So..What does Megatron, or any of this, have to do with us?" I asked hesitantly, as I was afraid of what I was about to hear.
"Megatron has not been seen or heard from in some time..But, if his return is imminent, as I fear...It could be catastrophic."
