For the past few days, the ship that brought Ultra Magnus, Jazz, and Sentinel Prime has been sitting where it landed for days. Julie still felt very off about Ultra Magnus, but luckily the dude hadn't used the hammer for a while as the others said he had. She was grateful for not feeling weak because of him as of recently.
Today, Optimus and Sentinel Prime were both expected to speak with the people of Detroit, in front of the Mayor, Captain Fanzone, and another high ranking member of the community. Even though she was upset with him, she still decided to keep a close eye on him on Sentinel Prime and if Ultra Magnus left the ship, she watched him as well.
Sitting on his shoulder, in front of the people, she felt grateful that Sentinel Prime and Ultra Magnus hadn't questioned her warrior mode, nor about her helping in the fight at the assembly line.
"Organics of Earth, Mr. Mayor, Captain Fanzone, I Sentinel Prime speak to you at the behest of our great commander, Ultra Magnus, who could not be hear because he had more important matters to attend to than to worry about this small, underdeveloped planet, which is not to say that we have Cybertron mind helping out a few simple organics, especially in light of the fact that so far our scanners have yet to detect any cyber contaminants on your...skin." Sentinel explained as he spoke into the microphone. Julie felt herself cringing at what he said as he had to lean over to Optimus for a small assistance, but at the same time she mere just sat there and tried to focus on other thngs than what Sentinel Prime was speaking about.
"Prime....Prime!" one of the camera bots cried out, getting both of their attention.
"Yes?" They both asked as they looked down.
"Optimus Prime, is it true that all Cybertronians have no regard for human life and view Earth as little more than a battleground for the neverending Robot War?" The bot asked as it looked up at them.
"Why you little..." Sentinel started to cry out, before Optimus interrupted and intervened.
"First let me say what a great honor it is for us to be such welcome guests here on your planet. We are truly sorry for all you've been through with the recent Decepticon attack. We understand with the threat of Megatron still looming out there, fears can run a little..." Optimus explained, as Sentinel was getting impatient with him.
"Enough! You bots will direct your questions directly to me..." Sentinel cried. "Don't ever presume you can speak for me, Optimus. The last thing we need is some over glorified repair bot shooting his audio processor on things he doesn't understand. A scrub like you should just smile and wave and stay out of the way." He muttered as he leaned toward her and Optimus, "Let's get this over with. What am I supposed to do now?"
"Well, according to human custom, you shake hands with the mayor." Optimus replied, while smiling in the process.
"Touch an organic?" Sentinel asked, as he looked at the human, before looking back at Optimus.
"Unless you wanna pass off, such a great, diplomatic responsibility to such a lowly repair bot." Optimus replied, as Sentinel slowly reached down and shook a digit with the Mayor's servo for what was a few very brief seconds, before he quickly turned away and started to spray some disinfectant onto his servo, making Julie merely roll her eyes. "Same old Sentinel."
"And you were friends with this guy at some point, I'm willing to wager." Julie spoke on his shoulder as he saw the look of disgust on Sentinel's face. They sat there watching the crowd, before Captain Fanzone's voice echoed off his car. "Attention, all units, we have a decepticon sighting in old Detroit."
"A Decepticon sighting. These organics wouldn't know a Decepticon from a garbage bot. Tell your organic Captain, we are gonna investigate." Sentinel cried as he turned to a giant trash can bot.
"Uh, Sentinel, That's a trash bot." Optimus told him. Making Julie roll her eyes and face palm.
"Well, obviously it's a trash bot. I didn't arrive on this planet yesterday."
"Actually..."
"Nevermind, let's go." Sentinel cried as he transformed and drove off. Making Julie take off after him, making sure he didn't destroy anything, but sadly no matter how much she tried it was like he was intentionally destroying the vehicles and signs on the road. Optimus was driving behind her in the process with his sirens on in the process.
Sentinel passed right by a red light, making Optimus mad as they saw cars crash to avoid hitting the bot.
"Sentinel, red means stop." Optimus cried.
"For Organics maybe." Sentinel cried as they continued their way through the town, to where there was a much older and more torn apart part of the town. As Sentinel transformed, she couldn't help smirking when she saw the stop sign that was stuck in Sentinel's plating.
"They really need to stop putting these things on every corner." Sentinel cried as he picked it out and flicked it away.
"Uh, Sentinel, that's the whole point." Julie cried. "They purposely set those signs on every corner to make sure you rammed into them and damaged your fancy bumper." She cried, struggling to keep the laugh contained as she hovered next to Optimus.
"You little organic, you're messing with the wrong bot." Sentinel cried as he pointed at her.
"And you are messing with the wrong organic. " Julie replied, as she crossed her arms over her chest. "And the only Cybertronian life I sense over here are you two. I don't feel anyone else nearby."
"And you would know that, how? You are pretty annoying for a fleshy." Sentinel cried, before Captain Fanzone pulled up beside them with a few other cop cars. "You humans will probably be in the way, better let a real autobot handle this. And don't worry, Organic Fanzone, I have a maintenance bot along to clean up anything that might get messy."
"Captain, I will keep an eye out. Don't worry." Julie told him while flying over and hovering next to the car. "I just hope for your sake and mine that this bot leaves sooner rather than later." Julie whispered, as he looked at the human.
"You and me both." Captain Fanzone agreed. "This is why I hate machines, especially arrogant, full of themselves machines."
"I understand your disrespect for machines, I mean, I can't touch any machines period, but these guys are living beings, just like you, Captain. Go ahead and go back to town, if anything happens, these guys will have me to deal with." Julie told him before turning to leave.
"Julie, be careful, alright?" Captain asked her, before backing away and driving off. Shocking her that he cared about her safety. A human, actually caring, and this time it wasn't a child, it was a full grown adult.
"Understood, Captain." Julie replied, before flying after Optimus. Landing on his shoulder, Sentinel turned to the both of them. "Let's split up and get this nonsense over as quickly as possible."
"Sentinel, we should scramble our comm link frequency in case the Decepticons are listening in." Optimus replied, just as Sentinel turned to them and pointed his digit at Optimus's chassis. "What you should do is stick within the scope of your programming. If I need a trashcan update or a floor mopped, I'll call on my buddy Optimus Prime, or should I say maintenance Prime?" Sentinel laughed before turning away.
"If we ever need someone with a stuck up attitude, I will gladly cry out for Deceptive Prime, or should I say Boastful Prime?" Julie yelled back, before quickly shifting invisible to not let Sentinel see her.
"Hey, where did that organic go?" Sentinel cried as he turned around and faced Optimus. "I will show her what it means to be a Prime. Means following orders."
"If only you could find me." Julie cried from behind him, causing the bot to spin around and find her in warrior mode.
"Where did you come from? And where did that little fleshbag disappear to?" Sentinel cried, only for her to simply slap him across the help and then grab hold of his helm. "I am pretty sure you are not that good of an example as a Prime. A Prime is supposed to be a leader, someone who people look up to, not be looked down upon for their mistakes. Which I am quite sure that you yourself have made several mistakes yourself, have you not Sentinel?" Ethera asked, as she looked at Sentinel in the optics. "Now why not go look for your Decepticon while I help Optimus Prime, with clean up duty." She spoke, before walking away from him and toward Optimus. "Let's go, Optimus before he gets any ideas." She cried, as Sentinel's back was turned to them both, before quickly shifting back and sitting on Optimus's shoulder.
"Maintenance Prime? I'll just call him Pompous Gasbag Prime, yeah that's what I should have said to him." Optimus muttered under his breath as he turned away and walked through the town with them both looking for any sign of the con.
"Optimus, you are more than just a Prime. You're a leader, a true leader. A leader isn't someone with mere skills and titles, it's someone that has overcome his mistakes and showed respect to the people around him." She told him as she sat on his shoulder.
"You're right, but it is a lot easier to say than to believe." Optimus replied as he looked ahead of them. "I bet it felt pretty good slapping him though."
"Oh, you have no idea. I am sure you yourself would probably enjoy a good punch or two to his helm." Julie replied as she smiled at Optimus.