Third Person Perspective

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It was finally Saturday. (Y/n) had the day off and Percy couldn't be happier. He finally got to spend more time with his sister after all. A whole day! Though, (Y/n) always sleeps till noon, but Percy doesn't mind. That means he can sneak some of the sweet stuff without his older sister noticing.

When (Y/n) finally woke up, she found Percy on the couch, happily watching the tv. She had fallen asleep in his room while putting him to bed. The show was some cartoon, but (Y/n) didn't pay much mind to it. Instead, she ruffled his (different/h/c) hair and kissed him on the cheek.

"Good morning— Afternoon, Percy!" (Y/n) quickly corrected. Percy giggles and quickly got off the couch and went straight to (Y/n)'s side. He hugs her and she in response picks him up with an overly dramatic grunt that made him giggle even more. "Wow! You're so heavy!"

"No I'm not! You carry me all the time!" He giggles poking her nose then hugging her neck. (Y/n) chuckled softly. "I wove you, (Y/n)..."

"I love you too, Percy..." She replied, a warm smile on her lips. They then went into the kitchen. "Are you hungry?"

"Yes!" Percy began to bounce up in down in her arms and (Y/n) laughed before setting him down. She knelt down to his height and he put his hands on her shoulders. She gently moved his hands from her shoulders and held his hands in hers.

"What do you want?" She asked with a gentle smile. Percy then thought about it. He loudly went 'HMMMMMMMMMMM' before walking over to the pantry and looking.

"Macorwoni! With hotdowgs!" He cheered out his answer, prompting another smile from (Y/n).

"Of course!" She said. "Nothing else could be a better lunch for today!" Percy giggles to that statement. He gave his sister a nose nuzzle before sitting at the bar of their island and watching the tv from there. Percy didn't want to be far from his sister after all.

(Y/n) got to making their lunch. Her heart was beating at a happy pace and she had a smile stuck on her face. No matter how hard things were, Percy always managed to brighten her day. His smile was the most wonderful thing (Y/n) could see everyday. Knowing that she worked to make that smile appear, made her happy.

Lunch was a quick and easy make, soon they were both at the bar just eating and enjoying each other's company. Percy was just talking and talking about the cartoon he was watching. He thought it was soooo funny and that he was sad it was now over. It apparently only played from 10 am - 1 pm.

After lunch, (Y/n) played some games with Percy. It was mostly just playing with his toys and her goofing around and giving surprise tickle attacks. Either way, Percy loved the attention and loved seeing his sister smile. It was natural on these days. Every other day it was usually forced.

Around 4, (Y/n) got a message from Miko. It was yet another invitation. She hesitated to even open the text, but Percy grabbed her phone and opened it for her.

"Hewo (Y/n)! Me, Jack, and Waf wanted to do some... off woading? and wanted to know if you wanted to come. It'll juwst be a fuw hours and it's... perf... wect...ly safe." Percy read aloud. (Y/n) smiled slightly, noticing how much better Percy's gotten at reading. "You should go!"

(Y/n) then frowned and hesitated. She didn't want to leave Percy and was quite surprised he'd throw it out there. Percy noticed her hesitance and handed her back her phone.

"Sissy... I wove you. You work a lot but you also don't have a lot off off time to have fun... I can go to Jacwob's house and you can spend time with your fwiends." Percy said. After another minute of hesitation, (Y/n) gave in.

"Sure! I'm free! Just when and where should I meet you or would you be picking me up?" She sent before going and messaging Jacob's dad, who was more than happy to allow Percy over.

Percy packed some things and (Y/n) got a response from Miko.

"Really! Wicked! We can pick you up in thirty minutes!"

"Sounds great."

"(Address)"

A sigh escaped her lips and she smiled. She was happy to finally not reject her friends, plus, it'll be her first time off roading and she heard it was fun.

(Y/n) took the 10 minute walk with her brother to Jacob's house then back. The last 10 minutes, she just waited outside her apartment complex. Soon Miko's green vehicle came rolling up beside her, blasting heavy metal music. The door popped open and inside was Miko, Jack, Raf, and a bigger guy with a green shirt, jeans and a green bandanna around his head.

"(Y/n)! Nice to see ya!" Miko called out from the window, making her smile fondly.

"Hey guys!" She responded before getting in. "Thanks for inviting me. And uh... who's this?" (Y/n) asked, motioning to the man driving.

"Oh! Uh! This is Brandon! He's a friend of my dad's!" Miko quickly exclaimed. (Y/n) nodded in response.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Brandon." She said politely, putting her hand out. The man dressed in green, shook her hand.

"Nice to finally meet you (Y/n)! I hear a lot about you from the kids!" He said with a chuckle. She blushed awkwardly.

"Oh... heh. Didn't think they'd talk about me to anyone." She admitted brushing her hair back.

"Of course we'd tell everyone we know about you! You're a good person." Raf said, Jack nodded in agreement.

"Well! What are we waiting for?! Let's get going!" Miko butted in, sounding excited.

"Okay! Okay! We're going!" The big guy laughed and started driving out of the populated area.

"So how'd you do on the science project (Y/n)?" Jack asked, sounding a little awkward about it. (Y/n) couldn't help but grin, trying not to laugh, remembering her friends projects.

"Oh you know. It was a passing B-. What about you guys? Your projects were really interesting~." She teased, Bulkhe— Brandon gave a loud laugh at that, earning a glare from all three kids.

"I barely managed a D!" Miko whined, gently punching Brandon on the arm.

"I got an A+ and a call home." Raf said with an awkward laugh.

"I got an A and a call home." Jack said, sounding like he died a little inside, considering his mother was pissed.

"That sucks. My brother had to do a science project too and uh. Well it popped so he got in some big trouble."

"Isn't your brother like six though?" Miko asked, sounding a little confused why a First grader would be doing a science project.

"Yeah, it wasn't anything crazy. It was just like paint, soda and mentos in a balloon. Except, there wasn't supposed to be paint and it was supposed to be done outside." To that Miko laughed.

"Did everyone get covered in paint?!" Miko asked while laughing. (Y/n) cracked a smile and nodded, then everyone in the car was laughing. "Wow! I would've loved to see that!"

"That's why I left early that one day. Everyone was crying or upset. My brother especially, because he said the kid next to him put paint in his balloon and switched balloons. He didn't notice because he's colorblind. The kids balloon was red but his balloon was green. He can't see warm tones well, so he thought it was still his balloon."

"Wow. Did the other kid get in trouble?" Brandon asked, with a frown on his face.

"Eventually, yes. The other kids tattled and Percy got an apology. But beside that, it was still really funny, but hard to wash out." (Y/n) answered, before lightening the story once more.

"Well that's good!" Raf chimed.

"Well, that's (Y/n) always a bittersweet story." Jack chuckled, earning a small tch from (Y/n).

"You know I could've told your soda story, but instead I told my brother's!" (Y/n) playfully retorted.

"Oooo! I wanna hear that!" Miko giggles, turning back in the seat to look at the three in the back.

"Miko, sit back down, we're almost there." Brandon said sounding a little cautious. Miko huffed and sat back down. Jack sighed in relief.

(Y/n) eagerly watched out the window, never having done this before. Everything quickly got really bumpy and fast. Everyone sat back and would laugh or squeak. The radio suddenly got really loud with some Space Monkey.

The sudden change was a little surprising, but it felt nice and exciting. (Y/n) took in the moment with her friends. They were all laughing and having fun. A piece of her felt a little sad, she couldn't do things like this all the time or even with her brother. But unfortunately that was her life.

So for now. She'll just enjoy it. (Y/n) knew she shouldn't waste this time feeling miserable. Everyone looked so happy after all. She didn't want to be the downer.

Though, the laughing from her friends suddenly came to a haunt and she stopped as well. The radio went silent and they were suddenly speeding back toward the road and panic seemed to fill the car.

"What's going on?!" (Y/n) asked, confused and scared. A feeling of impending doom filling her. A deadly thought of Percy becoming the only one left in their family, moving into an orphanage and being fostered in an abusive home.

No one answered her question, but kind of just looked at her. Panic filled her body and she tensed. But suddenly everyone jolted in their seats and the car wasn't moving anymore. Like something had grabbed it.

"Everyone out!" Brandon shouted. So everyone unbuckled. Raf unbuckled (Y/n) and grabbed her wrist and dragged her out with him, making her stumble out of the vehicle. Jack grabbed her other arm and they all ran to the nearest rock and hid.

When (Y/n) finally looked back, there were three robots. Two purple and shooting at one that was... green.

"Y-your car is a robot...?" (Y/n) asked, looking to Miko.

"Uh... yeah?" Miko answered, wincing a little, expecting (Y/n) to freak out. She was then surprised when (Y/n) only turned back to the fight. Bright blue blasts going to the purple one and red heading towards the green one.

"W-wait... weren't there two purple ones...?" (Y/n) asked, before turning around and freezing. All the kids turned and tensed up. There was the second purple one, reaching down for them.

"Run!" Jack shouted, the four quickly bolting away from the con, who easily followed with a walk.

"Who are they?!" (Y/n) asked, whilst running.

"Bad bots!" Miko quickly responded. Grabbing Raf's arm, because he had been lagging behind.

"Obviously!" (Y/n) called back, not very happy with that answer. She was terrified. This was going to be the end and she'd never see Percy again. The very thought of him crying made her tear up.

Suddenly, a loud whooshing sound could be heard and a few more blasts went off. The purple bot behind them dropped and the one fighting the green bot was quick to fly off. (Y/n) felt relief travel through her and she slumped a little in a pant. She was surprised she had enough energy to pull that off.

She straightened her back once more when the giant robots approached the four of them.

"You revealed yourself to another human?!" A blue female robot scoffed. It eerily resembled Jack's motorcycle.

"I didn't mean to! The cons came out of nowhere!" The green bot replied back, sounding upset. (Y/n)'s eyes flicked between her friends, still confused and waiting for an explanation. Though, she was also still trying to collect herself from what just happened.

Suddenly, the ground seemed to shake as a red and blue bot crouched down to speak to the humans. (Y/n)'s three friends seemed happy to see this robot.

"Are you four alright?" (Y/n) was caught off guard by the deep, masculine voice that came from the bot. The three nodded and Jack thanked the bot. (Y/n) was still trying to take everything in. "And who is this?" The bot asked, suddenly turning his head to the (h/c) haired girl.

"This is (Y/n)! She's a friend from school!" Miko introduced. (Y/n) flinched and looked from Miko to the bot.

"U-uh... hi...?" (Y/n) said awkwardly.

"I'm sorry for what you've had to witness, (Y/n). But know that now you've seen us and in turn a decepticon has seen you with us, you must stay with us so we can keep you safe from harm." The bot explained to the girl.

"I can't do that." (Y/n) quickly stated, surprising the bot and her friends. "I have a six year old brother, I can't leave him alone."

"Hm..." The bot hummed, acknowledging the problem, thinking about the issue. Though, he didn't exactly want to do this, he knew if they left her alone, she would surely be harmed. "Very well. He may come too."

"Th-thank you..." She commented, receiving a nod from the blue and red bot.

"We should get going before the cons return with reinforcements." The blue one said, glancing to (Y/n), recognizing her, but staying quiet about it.

"Agreed." The bots transformed. They were all vehicles. Jack got on the- his- that motorcycle robot, Raf got in a black and yellow one and (Y/n) and Miko got back in the green one. Brandon was gone, but Miko quickly explained why.

They drove toward a giant swirling green and white portal and with a flash, were in some giant orange rock walled and metal floored base. Of course, there was one more robot. A white and red one who looked over and shut the portal once everyone was through.

Jack got off the motorcycle, Raf got out of the black and yellow muscle car, and Miko and (Y/n) got out of the green car. The robot seemed to frown when he saw (Y/n). He then looked to the red and blue semi truck, who just transformed into a robot again.

"Optimus! You brought another human!" The bot sounded very grumpy and not very happy.

"And another will be coming." The red and blue bot, now known as Optimus, replied, disregarding the red and white ones tone.

"A fifth human will be coming? Is that really necessary?" The bot continued to complain.

"Yes." Optimus stated, not playing into the grumpy bots complaints. He scoffed and sighed and just turned back to his work.

"You'll have to ignore doc-bot. He's always grumpy." Miko said, pointing her thumb back to the red and white bot. (Y/n) nodded slightly. "C' mon, I'll introduce you to everyone." She said before taking (Y/n) with her, Jack and Raf up the platform.

Up on the platform, (Y/n) didn't feel as small anymore and felt safer being up there. Jack and Raf went to the couch while Miko and (Y/n) stood at the railing.

"That's Bulkhead, but I already told you that—" She commented, motioning to the green robot. "That's Arcee—" She motioned to the blue robot who was also Jack's motorcycle. "That's Bumblebee—" The muscle car that picked Raf up everyday. "Grumpy over there is Ratchet—" The red and white bot scoffed at that. "And that's Optimus, he's the leader of the group." The red and blue one noticed introductions being made by Miko and walked over.

"Perhaps you have questions?" The leader asked the girl. She shifted, a little uncomfortably.

"Yeah... I guess. What exactly is going on?" She asked, sounding confused and slightly scared.

"The ones you encountered are called Decepticons, they were few of the many. They are here to collect Energon supply from your planet and possibly conquer it. We are here to stop them. We are autobots. Our purpose is to protect every life form and your planet from the Decepticons." Optimus explained, in a cold unchanging voice. (Y/n) nodded, not 100% she understood, but still trying.

"Alright... what about the whole, coming here thing...? I have a certain schedule I need to follow in the evening..."

"We will abide to your schedule as well as we can."  He said with a small nod. Which, (Y/n) returned. Optimus, then took a step back and went back to the data pad which he was previously about to work on. Miko dragged (Y/n) over to the couch, where Jack and Raf were racing.

"Is this what you guys usually do while you're here?" (Y/n) asked.

"Yeah. We can play next round!" Miko said with a bright smile.

"Oh, uh well I've never played before... but thanks for offering." (Y/n) rubbed her arm awkwardly, then took out her phone. She flipped through the contacts in her phone, soon stopping at the one that read 'Jacob's Dad'.

"Hi Mr. Wright! I just wanted to see how the boys are doing and make sure Percy is ok." (Y/n) sent. Staring at her phone, scrolling up through pictures he's sent her of the boys playing or getting dirty. The pictures made her smile, which caught curious eyes.

"Which one's Percy?" Miko asked, looking over her shoulder. (Y/n) entered an image and showed Miko the screen.

"The one with (d/h/c) hair and (d/e/c) eyes." (Y/n) answered. Miko nodded.

"Cute kid." She commented, to which (Y/n) nodded.

"He's a sweetheart..." (Y/n) said fondly. Continuing to scroll through old texts and pictures, before she got sent back to the bottom with a new message and picture.

"Hiya (n/n)! Percy and Jacob are doing well! They're just playing with lightsabers and getting a little dirty. You've got a great Jedi on your hands ;)" (Y/n) smiled at the message and opened the new image to see the boys completely covered in mud, both wearing cloaks and a Jedi and Sith outfit. She bit her tongue and rolled her eyes.

"Yeah they're totally just a 'little dirty'. By the way, I got a little busy, so I don't know when I'll be coming to pick him up; I hope you don't mind." (Y/n) sent back, frowning a little and biting the inside of her lip. She was quick to get a response this time though.

"I don't mind. He's a good kid. Once we're done out here we're gonna go in, clean up, and rent a movie. If you're late late do you want me to feed him?" The man asked.

"If you don't mind, and I'll pay you back for the trouble."

"There isn't any trouble. You work hard for your money, keep it for when you're really going to need it." (Y/n) smiled once more.

"Thank you Mr. Wright."

"How many times have I told you kid? Call me Joe."

"I'll keep that in mind."

"Wow, you're really friendly with that guy." Miko commented.

"I guess. I met him when I moved here. His mother lives next door and I sometimes get groceries for her. Plus, he has a kid and Percy and him go to the same school. But besides that he's nice and so's his wife." (Y/n) explained in a slight mumble.

"Sooooo... wanna play next round?" She asked, shaking one of the two remotes in her hands.

"Sure."

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"Bye (Y/n)! I'll see you tomorrow!" Miko called back before her and Bulkhead drove out of the base, leaving her with Ratchet and Optimus. She waited patiently, waiting for an update on Percy.

"(Y/n)." Optimus soon called. The girl perked and got to her feet and went over to the railing. "We're leaving."

"Alright." (Y/n) went down and Optimus transformed, the door popped open. (Y/n) got in and they were soon out of base, just driving. A short while passes before Optimus begins to talk.

"Are you alright?" He asked, the mirror adjusting to look toward her.

"Hm? Uh... yeah. I'm still just trying to process everything." (Y/n) replied softly, feeling tired.

"I'm sorry if this is a lot of pressure on you." Optimus apologized, knowing this situation could be frightening and overly complicated to her as it was with Jack.

"Pressure on me? This seems more like a pressure on all of you. I mean, you're in a war and we got mixed in—" (Y/n) paused and bit her lip with a frown. That sounded a little rude coming out of her mouth. "S-Sorry... I'm just really tired and nothing is computing with me."

"I understand. You said you have a schedule and I assume you mean work as well as school. Jack does as well." Optimus explained, though keeping a mental note of what she originally said.

"Yes I have a schedule. After school I'm available till 8 then I work till 2, 3 or 4, sometimes 5 or 6 depending on if I'm needed. Today is my only day off for the week. The only part of my schedule that has to be complied with is getting me and my brother home at 7 so I can get ready and get him to bed." She explained, more or less rambling as she leaned against the truck's door. Optimus didn't mind, she was now his charge after all.

"Don't you go to school at 7?" Optimus asked, since that was about the time the other bots went to take their charges.

"Yes. I have to take Percy to school then go to mine."

"Percy is your brother's name?"

"Yeah..."

"You only get about 4 hours of sleep everyday? According to Raf that is unhealthy."

"Well... I sleep when I can. But Percy needs help with his school work and I have to actually graduate this year. So I try to get everything done in school, help Percy after, hangout with him for a bit, send him to daycare or to a friend's house, so I can get some rest and prepare for when I have to leave."

"I'm sure Jack, Raf, or Miko could help Percy with his school work."

"I know... but Percy has some learning disabilities and is also colorblind. There are certain ways you have to say things for him to understand and he's still struggling to read. Jack and Miko seem a little hot headed and Raf is the type to go on a rant and overly explain and complicate things. Percy's only 6, he wouldn't even understand half the words Raf uses."

"Understood. Is this your home?" Optimus asked, parking in the apartment complexes lot.

"Yeah. Thanks for the ride." (Y/n) said before getting out and starting to walk in a completely different direction.

Optimus was confused and pulled up beside her. (Y/n) looked over to him after texting Jacob's dad that she was coming to get Percy.

"It's a little strange you're following me. I'm just going to get my brother from his friend's house. I'd prefer to explain tomorrow why we're traveling in a truck rather than my car."

"Understood." He replied before soon pulling away, taking one more glance at (Y/n) in his rear view mirror before completely driving away.