Chapter 11: Hope

Bumblebee was talking with the small human, as the others were preparing camp. "I know we've been talking for hours but I don't even know your names. At least some of you guys..." Bumblebee runs around the others, pointing out who is who. Iris listens quietly, as she chuckles quietly. After Bumblebee sits next to Iris, she ask him if he could stay still for a while. She pulls out her sketchbook and starts drawing Bumblebee. "Bumblebee, why are you posing?" Arcee notices Bumblebee posing as Iris was sketching him. "He's my model and I need him to stay still so I can draw him." The others watch as the small human was sketching him, using coloring pencils and a blending pencil on her sketchbook. "And done." Bumblebee walks next to her, wanting to see the sketch of him. The others peered over his shoulder, admiring the sketch. "|I look great!|" The others started asking Iris if she can draw them. "Alright, but first, I need something to eat...." Everyone exchange glances with each other, confused. "|What exactly do you eat?|" Iris pulls out a tuna sandwich from her bag, as she eats it. "What the hell is that!?" Rachet kneels next to Iris, looking closely at the 'food' in her hands. "I have at least some food that'll last me till tomorrow and that's it." The others exchange glances with each other. "Do you need to eat everyday?" Iris nods, as she finishes her sandwich. "Pretty much, some humans can go for a month without food. We need to eat everyday to fuel our bodies or else we die." Mirage starts to wonder how they'll be able to get her food. He glances at Bumblebee, as he glances back. They must be thinking the same thing. Arcee and CliffJumper were in charge of night patrol. Iris pulls out her sleeping bag, as she clears a spot on the ground. She gets into her sleeping bag, moving around until she was comfortable. Bumblebee and Mirage stay awake, as the others fall into recharge. "|You're worried about them are you?|" Mirage nods, as he continues glancing at the small sleeping human. "I'm especially worried over what Megatron plans to do to them...." Bumblebee pats Mirage's back, trying to add some sort of comfort between them. They both slowly fall into recharge, leaving Arcee and CliffJumper the only ones awake.

A few hours later, small whimpers can be heard from the small human. She tossed and turn in her sleeping bag until she jolts awake. Tears are running down her cheeks, as she starts to breathe heavily. She looks around, hoping one of the Autobots were awake. She gets up, tapping each Autobot to see if they were awake. She goes back to her sleeping bag, sitting on top of it as she hides her face. After a few minutes of silence, she heard someone jolt awake. She looks towards UltraMagnus, who was breathing heavily with his optics wide open. She walk towards him, as he was still terrified from his dream. He notices Iris walking towards him, as she sits down next to him. "You had a nightmare too huh?" UltraMagnus nods, as he continues looking around. "I guess we're the only ones awake huh?" Iris nods, as she looks up at him. "It must be hard...." UltraMagnus looks at her, confused. "What do you mean?" Iris looks at the others, who are still recharging peacefully. "Having to take so much responsibility and trying to keep everyone together...." UltraMagnus looks around before sighing heavily. "I think it's nothing compared to yours tho. Having to lose your family...." Iris flinches, as she remembers her dream. She feel tears threatening to come out of her eyes. UltraMagnus notices quickly, regretting what he said. He gives Iris a hug, trying to comfort her. Iris returns the hug, even if it lasted for a few minutes. "Feeling better?" Iris nods, as she slowly falls asleep next to UltraMagnus. "....I hope you're doing well Illusion." He falls into recharge, holding the small human close to him.

Iris was the first to wake up. She looks around, seeing the others are still recharging. She walks over to Bumblebee, as she taps his face repeatedly. "Hey Bee, wake up!" Bumblebee opens one of his optics slowly, looking back at the small human. "|Awake already...?|" He sits up, stretching his arms out before looking back at Iris. "Meh, I'm used to getting up early. Do you want to wake the others so we can find your friends?" Bumblebee nods, as he starts shaking Mirage to wake up. "It's too early Bee, go back to sleep..." "|Come on Mirage, the sooner we get up, the quicker we can get to finding Illusion and Optimus.|" Mirage gets up, stretching while Bumblebee wakes the others up. "How are we even gonna find them if..." Arcee yawns, before she can continue speaking. "Why not track her down?" Everyone glances back at Iris, as she was holding her sketchbook. "We can't just track them down like that. We need to have like some clue on where they might be..." Iris pauses, before taking her phone out, looking for something. "They shouldn't have gone far right? They're probably using some abandon building to hide out or-" She shows her phone towards the others, revealing a picture. "An underground mine. This mine was once used to get coal and now it's abandoned. It has a huge layout underground so it's possible...." Mirage perks up, understanding what she meant. "They're probably there right now. Do you have the coordinates of that place?" Iris shows the location where the mine is. "So we have a chance right? They just gotta be there...." UltraMagnus looks at the others before looking back at Iris's phone. "Maybe. We just have to be sure tho...." Everyone starts walking towards where the mine was. As they make it to the edge of the forest, they see Decepticons standing outside the entrance before entering.















"|Looks like we found their base...|"

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