Complex Robotics

Introspective

The knocking was more persistent.

I sighed, climbing out of bed to walk to the door. Once I had swung it open, my eyes widened and my jaw had dropped. Because standing on the other side of the door was the last person I'd ever expect to see on the face of this plant.

Sunstreaker.

He was in his holoform, which was strikingly similar to Sideswipe, no surprise. Tall, Strong jaw, lean and muscular, thin eyebrows. But instead of Sideswipe's pale blue eyes, his was an ultramarine kind of blue, with curly hair that was such a vibrant blonde it looked yellow. 

He was just as gorgeous as Sideswipe, but the hateful glare in his eyes kept me from fully being fascinated with his holoform's appearance, and my muscles stiffened as I quickly went over all I've learned from Ironhide today. Unfortunately, all that information would be rather useless, since he was a towering, glaring holoform and not a towering, glaring robot.

I felt my heart pound loudly in my chest as a sense of growing dread churned in my stomach. Panic rose inside me, and I glanced around his tall figure for an exit, which only made his glare deepened. I felt the color drain from my face, as the tensed silence went on for another moment.

And then he spoke, in a deep, smooth voice;

"Sideswipe is my brother, and I don't want you around him."

I blinked in astonishment. Mainly because I was worried he was going to kill me. I didn't think he was actually capable of having conversations with people...especially me. "W-what?"

His eyes narrowed, "Did you not hear me the first time? I said stay away from my brother!" He then rolled his eyes with a grunt, "What the pit does he even see in you? You can't even speak your own slaggin' language correctly."

His words wrapped around my chest, like an icy vice, "I...I'm sorry, I just don't understa-"

His facial features grew dark, and he leaned in to the point that our noses almost touched, "Let me make this explicitly clear to you, fleshy. You stay away from my brother; he's delusional, he's not really your friend. He just pities you because you're a pathetic little thing that got in his way," He spat, "So stay the frag away. And, if you fail to comply this simple task, I will make your already miserable life hell. Understood?"

All I could do was nod shakily, a shiver of fear wracking up and down my spine. Sunstreaker took another long glare at me, muttering something under his breath, before he dissipated into little shimmering sparks. And all I could do was stand there; aghast.

Never in my life had I'd been so scared, not even when I was kidnapped by the Decepticons. There was no doubt in my mind that Sunstreaker wouldn't fulfill his dark promise, if anything, this situation was only getting worse, and how the hell did he find my room? I stood there for a few more minutes, trying to convince myself that if I take a step outside my room I wouldn't be crushed by a golden robot, and once I did, I ran.

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I ran until my calves burned and I couldn't find it in myself to run anymore. My fear-induced speed led me to the Main Hangar, and relief poured into me when I saw a familiar face; Lennox. I slowed my run, trying to calm down myself. Lennox seemed to be talking to someone important, so I waited until the man in the distinguished suit had left before I walked up to him.

When he saw me, he smiled, "Hey Charlie," He paused, eyes glancing over me before they widened, "Woah, are you okay?"

"Yeah," I nodded breathlessly, "I'm fine."