Roaming

[aeron]

Raymond had been out and about, looking up some stuff on his phone that he had heard about rumored earlier in the day. Unfortunately his mom had sent him out of the house on the account that he spent too much time cooped up in there what with his conspiracy theories requiring internet connection to work. Of course he carried his laptop with him in his lucky bag when he realized his phone was roaming, one of his friends was supposed to send him a text he could receive and use to lead him to a link to see a new article talking about government cover-ups.

Getting frustrated Raymond headed to a spot in his general area he suspected had a good signal, The Lookout. It didn't take long for him to get to the hangout and was happy to see it indeed provide him with better coverage. The carrier he had sure didn;t have a lot of coverage it seemed, but he couldn't complain, at least he had a cell phone. Sitting back while he waited for this text message, he placed headphones in his ears as he set up his laptop, using it to play music and a game of solitaire, if he couldn't have his usual luxuries in his room he would have them out in a comfortable spot.

[Mudflap]

Mudflap was still getting used to Tranquility. So many things were new to him it was hard to stay on track. He was still on the outskirts of Tranquility and was looking for good views of the city so he could be familiar with its general essence. This particular area was quiet and hinted a promising view up ahead.

"Hey this looks awesome!" he declared to no one in particular. He didn't immediately sense Raymond's presence until he came into a clean open view behind him, while he was in the middle of rushing up to the edge of the lookout in his bot form.

The teenager was just a typical human too, and Mudflap had never seen him before in his life. Therefore, he'd probably only heard of the bots on Earth or that they were a rumor to him, he would still probably surprise him (though, this bit was barely known to Mudflap, if at all, just because he doesn't keep stuff like this in the fronts of his mind often).

"Aw crap!" he skidded to a stop just ahead of Raymond and ducked behind one a big tree to the right, though his form was poorly hidden. What was the use anyway? It was just instinct. He randomly bashed his head against the tree for a second. "I screwed dat one up!"

[aeron]

Raymond had been lost in the game he was playing, his music playing relatively loud, he didn't like it blasting in his ears. For all the protection he had on his laptop, he couldn't help think the government could tap into it and brainwash him. These giant alien robots were undoubtedly a government conspiracy, in Ray's mind, to keep people in check and fearful. He refused to think they were legit aliens.

Besides he had yet to see any proof they were real save for grainy and short videos on sites and such. He was a strong believer they were real until the government confirmed their existence thus he turned skeptic. That was well until now, when a noise caught his attention and he looked up. It wasn't just a noise coming from behind him. Removing the headphones Ray turned his head and his eyes widened.

Ray ran for his life, ducking behind a tree as the robot rushed up the hill, muttered something as it stood before him, and seemingly took cover. Ray had picked up his laptop and that was it as he hid, like hell he would let his Mac fall in their hands. Ray didn't dare poke his head out, "What do you want?! Who do you work for?! You'll never take me alive!" Of course that last part made his voice shake a little, he prayed to god that thing didn't attack him.

[Mudflap]

Mudflap froze for a second in his poor hiding spot, and stood up a little straighter, peeking out from between two trees and bushes surrounding it. He didn't sound any less confident then the human. "I-I don't want to hurt anyone! I'm of a race called the Autobots! The Autobots don't want to hurt humans. It's the evil Decepticons that do!" he chirped, hoping the guy would believe him. Mudflap was usually a noob at lying (unless he was desperate and in this case he wasn't really that desperate), so he just spat out what he knew.

[aeron]

Raymond stood behind the tree, shaking, nervous and scared. The voice that came to him from behind the other tree, it sounded bigger than him, then again it was a robot that was on the other side of the trees. Now listening to the thing's explanation made Ray kind of curious, was it possible they really were another organic life form entirely? No, it must be lying!

"I'm sure the secret government agency that made you programmed you to say that! If you were alien, then you could prove it!" He said, his voice shaky as ever as he poked his head out to see if he could spot the alien robot, though he made sure to keep himself safely covered, no use in getting blown apart. Still his curiosity made him look, eyes wide, at what could possibly prove his skepticism all this time, wrong.

[Mudflap]

Mudflap stepped out from behind the cluster of trees and bushes, looking around cautiously, beginning to remember the area now. He'd been here before, with Sam and Bumblebee!

"Well dude the only way I know how to prove it is to transform...and hope that I'm not the only one ya meet. I don't work for no stupid government. I only work for Optimus Prime!" he declared, and with that said, he transformed into a red-orange chevvy suv.

[aeron]

Ray's eyes widened at the sight of the transformation and he bent down to place his laptop safely behind the tree as he walked into full view of the thing. Now he knew the government has some top secret thing going on, like experimenting biochemical weapons on prisoners and other such things, but robots that transformed into everyday vehicles? Now he felt as if that might be a bit out of their league, or maybe not but this Robot had incredible artificial intelligence and a personality of its own. Ray walked a bit closer.

"Wow... So what's an Autobot? You look just like the ones at the dealership." He said wide eyed as a hand touched the side mirror then the windows and door, "How do you do that? Transform like that I mean? And if you don't work for the government then who do you work for?" Raymond was still nervous, but maybe he could learn something big by talking to the thing, it seemed to mean it when he said it wouldn't kill Ray, but he wasn't sure just yet.

[Mudflap]

"I told ya, I work for a dude named Optimus Prime. He's the leader of our race, and he's been here on Earth for a while now. Some of us recently arrived, but I've been here for a couple seasons." Mudflap replied, opting to not move from his position so it would keep Raymond calm. "The Autobots transform into vehicles like me! Some are way bigger though, like Optimus. He turns into this big ass semi. They call me Mudflap. I have a brother named Skids, but he's not as cool as me."

[aeron]

"Optimus Prime? I have never heard of him, but I guess I'll take your word for it. So your race huh? What exactly are you? You seem more robotic than transient to me. No fleshy membrane, no scales, and not even a vertebrae to show. You are an odd 'race' or what have you." Raymond's heart was beating hard in his chest, it was bound to burst out from his ribcage, but he reached into his pocket and withdrew his phone, wanting to take a picture of the car. Once satisfied with the picture, he cleared his throat and spoke again.

"Can you transform again? I would rather talk to you in your robot form than in your car form I would suppose we'll call it." He stepped back a little, he was trusting this giant robot with its word, hoping it wouldn't blast him to pieces. He was now switching his phone to camcorder mode to record the thing transform into its robot mode, he couldn't believe he was here talking to it without it trying to kill him.

[Mudflap]

"We have backbones...I dunno what chur gettin at due." he said."Don't tell me you're going to film me transforming and put it on the internet! I don't want to be seen! I think...um...yeah! Wat a second I thought most of you humans knew about us now? Guess this world really is a big place, maybe word hasn't spread all da way." the suv said. His head lights randomly flickered in slight tension.

Who would care if his presence was on air anyway? It's not like he was the Fallen for crying out loud. "Oh whatever, it's not like I have a bounty on my head." Mudflap sniggered and transformed as he did so, standing significantly taller than Raymond. "Dude, we are far from transient. We are our own race. The Autobots is what we call our race. The evil version of us are called the Decepticons."

[aeron]

Ray assumed they did, just not in the sense that he was thinking. He figured they had actual bones, not an organic metal or something of the like. Then as he started to talk about him filming it Ray realized how right he was, most people knew of these robots if they were around a radio or television at the least. Ray had always been a skeptic, thinking they weren't aliens, but more like government machines made to control the people with fear, "Well actually everybody who is up to modern times 'knows', but I never believed the government. I tend to think they're up to no good, but something about you tells me you're not lying. Probably the fact that you haven't blown me to bits."

Raymond watched in fascination as he transformed again, it was an impressive site to see, this alien was unlike anything he could have imagined. Listening to the explanation about what they were Ray's brow furrowed, "There are bad ones too? Explain, you got me real curious. Let's sit down?" Ray was maybe becoming too comfortable, but he wanted to hear what this thing had to say, it was after all slowly convincing him it was a whole entire alien race and not manufactured within the States.

[Mudflap]

Mudflap nodded and sat down with a thud. He sat hunched over on his legs, doors fidgeting for a second at his back. "They're called Decepticons. Deceptive dirt bags if you ask me. Some of em are real slick, others are cowardly, but they're almost in the same. Most would have attacked you with out a second thought if they had nothing better to do." Mudflap said. "The downside is there are a couple leaders, and more are arriving on this planet."

[aeron]

Ray looked at the alien as it sat down, Raymond's body jumped a little off the ground when he did so. As the thing spoke to him about the Decepticons Ray's stomach tightened up, it was scary to think a giant robot like this one would shoot at him just for the hell of it and for a bit of a thrill. As he mentioned the downside about leaders coming from the bad side Ray shivered, "So you mean to tell me these things are coming in packs now? What about you Autobots? Aren't there a lot of you too? Or what?" Then something struck him, maybe this Autobot had a name, "My name is Raymond Chun, you got a name dude?"

[Mudflap]

"Name's Mudflap. Nice ta meet cha!" he chirped happily. He glanced at the edge of the look out and beyond, distracted by a plane flying in the distance. "Yeah there are more of us now. We will keep arriving too, but unlike the 'Con's we have a place to stay and we work with certain humans! But I can't just go telling any human about it yet until I know they can be trusted."

[aeron]

[bloclquote]"I'll go ahead and say its nice to meet you too, only because you haven't shot at me or anything. Guess you're not part of a conspiracy with the government, but I know there's something going on." Ray's mind drifted to thoughts of possible conspiracies, if he befriended this robot he could possibly learn more information and therefore learn more about government involved activities. When Mudflap went back to talking about how there were more Autobots coming everyday, Ray felt more at ease and relaxed, he was glad to see that Autobots could work with humans and not shoot or kill them like these supposed Decepticons, "Well I can understand why the Government has classified information, I always thought they were up to no good personally, always controlling everything. I never liked it one bit." Ray shrugged, looking at the robot, "So why did you choose that car you can transform into? Its a nice car in my opinion."[/blockquote]