Miko

I couldn't believe what I was seeing! Well, I totally could, the girl was right there up on the deck, but I mean, this was crazy! And awesome! Another human knew about the Autobots! Not only that she was a girl, like me! This was so exciting! 

I raced up the stairs and along the deck, my hand sliding along the rails. I skidded to a stop in front of the girl, my eyes sparkling in excitement. She jumped, looking at me in surprise.

"Hi!!" I cried. "I'm Miko! Did you see us race in? Bulkhead and I totally won, right?"

Jack and Raf appeared behind me, a little out of breath. The girl blinked, taken back.

"Slow down, Miko," Jack said, looking over to her. "Sorry about Miko. She's a bit.. eccentric," he said, rubbing the back of his head.

I stuck my tongue at him. "Well, excuse me for getting excited." I pouted and crossed my arms.

Raf put his hands on the bed and leaned closer. "I'm Raf, and that's Jack."

She perked up at this. "Jack?"

Did she know him?

"You're mom.. talked about you," she told us quietly.

"My mom?" Jack exclaimed, confused. Then he looked at the hospital bed like he was seeing it for the first time. (Honestly, I hadn't noticed it until now, either.)

Raf got to it first. "Are you hurt? What happened?"

"Ooh, did you see some action? Anything cool?" I cried, hoping for a detailed story. An idea popped into my head and my leaned in and pulled out my phone. "Look! Look! I have a picture of the 'Con that attacked us on our first adventure!"

The girl looked over my shoulder at my screen and made a strange face at the Decepticon. Apparently, she didn't like the look of it. 

"I know, super ugly, right?" I joked. "It was super cool, though."

Jack crossed his arms. "We almost got killed."

"We almost always do!" Raf laughed. "Miko, don't you think you're overwhelming her a little?"

I jumped back. "Oops. Sorry, am I being too loud?" I asked worriedly. I honestly hadn't meant to.

"Yes," Ratchet grumbled.

I glared at him. "I wasn't talking to you!" He only rolled his optics at me.

The girl was looking at us with an unreadable expression on her face. She blinked a few times, as if thinking of what to do next, before bursting out into quiet laughs. This time it was our turn to blink in surprise.

"What? Did I say something funny?" I asked in a hurt tone, but I was smiling.

She rubbed her eyes, still giggling slightly. 

"Not really.." she said. She straightened. "My name is.. Taylor."

I grinned brightly, satisfied. "Well, good. I thought we would never get your name out of you."

This time, everyone laughed.

Taylor

The Japanese girl with pink bangs was fun. I liked her a lot. After I told her my name, she immediately went off into the stories of what they had done with the Autobots so far, showing me pictures and moving her whole body as she explained. Jack and Raf would interrupt sometimes and give a dialed down version of what she had just said, or protested about something insulting she had said about them. Most of the time, though, they just listened with smiles on their faces. My head was spinning towards the end, but I didn't mind. The tales were like the books I used to read, and filled me with growing anticipation.

"And then Bulkhead forced Starscream to take the rock onto his shoulders, and then we got the heck out of there!" Miko finished at last, taking a deep breath. "I had to shower three times to get all that dust off."

Bulkhead perked up from behind us. "I was cleaning my pistons out for a while, too." He took large steps toward us. "That adventure wasn't as fun as you made it seem, Miko."

She only grinned challengingly. "I'm making sure she knows the full details." She turned to me with excitement in her eyes. "By the way, how did you find out about the Autobots? Was Bulkhead there?"

Jack and Raf tried to look uninterested, but I could tell they were curious, too. I fumbled with the white sheets slightly. 

"I'm.. not really sure what happened," I told them. "I was walking down the empty road exit, and then there was a loud noise, and I fell." I paused, thinking. "Optimus.. was thrown or something towards me, and then I saw his eyes, and he stood up, and Bulkhead came up and saw me, and then Optimus said something, and then.." I trailed off, trying to remember what had happened next.

"And then... what?" Jack asked, forgetting that he wasn't interested.

Bulkhead sighed. "There was a Decepticon blasting at Optimus. He missed, of course, but the shot hit the ground next to Taylor and flung her away."

I turned to Bulkhead with fearful eyes. "Blasting..?"

Optimus, overhearing our conversation, looked over at us. "I apologize that you ended up getting hurt, Taylor. That was never our intention."

"I.. know that now." I nodded and gave him what I hoped was a smile.

I still wasn't really myself.

"It might have well been the Decepticon's though," Arcee jumped in.

Bumblebee buzzed something again. Raf rolled his eyes. "They probably were to dumb to see her."

I glanced at Raf, curious. "Can you.. understand him, Raf?"

He grinned and nodded. "Yep. I don't know why, but I guess it's a good thing I can since he's my guardian."

"Guardian?" Something else I didn't know.

"Yeah!" Miko started. "Optimus was all like 'We cannot allow you to be harmed' or whatever, and so he assigned some of the bots to be our guardians!"

"It's my job to keep an eye on Miko," Bulkhead said, pointing to her. "It's a lot harder than you would think."

She only laughed.

Jack pointed to Arcee. "Arcee sticks with me."

Acree gave him a small smile as she came to us. Bumblebee followed her and held out his hand to Raf, who jumped on it happily.

"Who's going to be your guardian?" Miko asked, before dropping her tone. "...Ratchet?"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Doubtful. He wouldn't want to drive anyone home or anyplace."

"I can still hear you," Ratchet sighed. "But, yes, Jack is correct."

I was still hung up on what Jack had said. Home. The thought dawned on me once again that I didn't have a home anymore, or someone to return to. I curled up a bit again, hugging my knees and feeling my tears rise.

The Autobots caught my signals and came to my rescue. "Why don't we let her rest until your mom gets here, Jack," Arcee said cautiously. "Why don't you play some video games or something?"  The other Autobots nodded in agreement.

The children gave each other confused looks, but obeyed and walked over to the other side of the deck, where a couch, desk, and old TV were all set up.

I shot them a grateful look before turning away. I caught Ratchet's gaze on me for a split second, but he quickly turned away. Optimus came over to me and lowered down to my level.

"Taylor, are you sure there is no place you can stay?" he asked in a low voice.

I shook my head and averted my gaze.

"Alright. I will have to discuss this with the other Autobots," He paused and gave me a worries look. As worried as he could give me, anyway. I could tell that their leader was very collected. "Try to get some more rest, Taylor. It is in our best wishes for you to make a full recovery."

I nodded again and he turned and walked away.

I sighed shakily and lay my head on the pillow.

'What's going to happen to me?' I thought.

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Well, what do you know? I actually managed to write a longer chapter without dividing it into two parts! (The Miko perspective doesn't count.)

Speaking of which, how do you think I did impersonating Miko? I think I grasped her character well! She was fun to write. I like her personality. Now I need to work on the other children and Autobots... oh well I can do it.

I seem to be writing these chapters a lot faster than I thought I would. (By the way, I try to go a little over 1,000 words every time, not counting my own personal notes at the end.) Looks like I'll be updating this story quite frequently! Yay! I have already gotten some good feedback from this story. 

Thank you all so much!

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Oh, wait!

Do you guys think I should start writing another book already? I have a story idea in mind (and, yes, I made it up myself.) and can't wait to write it, but I wasn't sure if it would get in the way of this book. What do you guys think?

Okay, now I'm done.

*waves again*