Transformers: Sparky

Chapter 5

He span on his heel walking off, only stopping to gesture over his shoulder for me to follow. I sighed; I guess this was better than trying to get back to Optimus on my own.

I jogged after him, managing to get to Megatron's side without incident, I fell into step with him as he continued onwards. When we got to the end of the alleyway that lead back to the road I'd come from he stopped me.

"They're probably looking for you. You need to change your hologram"

"Wha?" I said blankly, I had no clue what he meant. Change my hologram? I have a hologram?

"Your human disguise? The hologram that's covering your real body."

"I don't think I have one... and anyway I don't glitch out when I touch stuff" I mumbled confused. Megatron put his finger to his chin, cocking his head slightly, clearly he was confused too.

"The reason my does that is because it's old and it's been filled with bullets once or twice. You have to have a hologram, otherwise how are you hiding your appearance?"

I shrugged, it wasn't something I'd really questioned. It's not like Optimus had made a big deal out of this whole thing, although he hadn't actually said much to begin with.

"I donno? I thought I was a human. I've always looked like this... I did everything a person did. That is until I met Optimus. Since then I haven't eaten or drank anything..."

He looked dumbfounded, I could almost see the gears turning in his brain.

"You've been functioning as a human? How?"

"Do I look like I know? I literally just asked you what a Sparkling was?" I argued back, I didn't like all these questions. They were things I didn't know and I was honestly too freaked out to want to know.

"I told you Sparklings aren't- Nevermind lets go, just keep your head down and stay close to me." He snapped, before quickly getting back his composure, a look of guilt in his eyes. "Sorry kid- I'm out of practice... I don't exactly talk to many people."

I smirked, which received a raised eyebrow from the bot. "Same... You're like the fifth person I've spoken to, like ever."

He grinned, snorting through his nose. Put didn't say anything else, instead leading the way onto the street. It didn't take long for us to get back to the road where the police had stopped us, cars were going back and forth like normal, there was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Where's Optimus!" I asked, surprising myself with the amount of panic in my voice, I looked up at Megatron for an answer.

"Don't worry kid, he wouldn't leave you..." I couldn't help but notice the emphasis on the word 'you', if I had been in a better state of mind at the time, I would have wondered what kind of relationship Optimus and Megatron had.

"He was parked in the middle of a busy road, with no driver. They probably towed him off to the confiscation lot until someone comes forward to claim him."

"They took him!" I whispered from behind him, anxiety was coursing through my body like a wildfire. "Why didn't he drive away?"

"Prime's don't run... and anyway what was he gonna do? Transform? He's supposed to be a truck, so he's playing the part of one. More shit would hit the fan if he acted on his own."

"I guess that makes sense..." I admitted, I didn't like it, but he was right. Optimus really couldn't do anything, he couldn't even transform even if he wanted to.

"Anyway Prime did stop the one with the gun from chasing you, saw him run his foot over when he went to take another shot at you." He said off-handedly, he sounded weirdly impressed by that statement.