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“Damn it.”
emile whispered to himself as he put the tools aside.
He was having trouble with what he was dealing with, a small conscious alien robot from another dimension. injured and residing in his house. problem is that he doesn’t know how to fix him. How is he supposed to fix something alien he doesn’t understand?
Not to mention that he could get in bigger problems with the government or police for staying silent about a secret like that. How can someone stay quiet about that?.
Leslie is aware of the situation they are in, but her mind was viewing it differently. to her, starscream is a fictional mad scientist character that came to real life.
“Can’t you tell him about your body problems so he can fix you?” the organic youngling spoke suddenly.
“doctors always say that you should explain your body problem so it can be solved.” Leslie mentioned
“How smart of you.. unlike some others.” starscream sneered quietly to himself.
“I can choose not to fix you, do you know?” emile responded to the insult.
starscream didn’t want to get into an argument that would lead to him getting thrown in trash like a piece of aluminium paper. so he had to play pretend in order to get fixed, and then get out of here. He needs a plan. Not sure how to make it work, or where he’d go next? Can he go back?
“uhm.. uh, oh! I am sorry, mister?-“
starscream apologised as he put his servos behind his back.
“emile, and Do not call me “mister”
emile’s eyes looked down at him, and he thought starscream’s apology was weird.
“You are forgiven. Just tell me what the problem is?”
“my legs are fine, they need a little bit of repairs. My chassis is the bigger issue.” Starscream finally got his mouth to speak normally instead of arguing and throwing insults.
“Okay little guy, can you explain how can I fix all of em?” Emile asked him while his hand was playing with the spanner. starscream felt frightened by the gigantic tools that were in front of him but he know better then to show his anxiety about it.
“Don’t call me “little guy”.. and I need energon in order to fix my whole body.”
“ener- what?” Lislie said questioning the weird object.
“energon, we harvest it from natural energy sources. It’s our fuel.”
“Cant we use other types of fuel for this energon thing?” emile
“Yes, form earth.” Starscream grinned at the old man.
“You mean Oil?” emile asked for a more specific answer.
“Exactly..”
“I don’t think we can harvest that, if it’s not on our land then I am not going to jail for you.”
“What about cars fuel? diesle.. gasoline?” Lislie suggested.
“Cars fuel?!” Starscream responded loudly in a disgusted voice.
“Yeah.” She turned around and looked at the packages of diesel in the corner.
“I would rather offline myself then have that in me!”
“Diesle can also be used in jets.” emile mentioned.
“Uh- um! Listen here fleshbag! You can’t forcefully put something inside me-“
“What force? nobody’s forcing you, this is your choice.”
Starscream stayed silent for a few seconds, mumbling to himself and trying not to show his cowardly nature to them, especially the older one.
“Okay! Just fix me!”
emile got up from his chair and walked to the corner and picked a diesle fuel can that had an iron pipe connected to it. Then he went back to the table.
“I need extra information on how can I use fuel to fix you.”
“Now feed me” starscream said in a voice that sounded embarrassed.
“You eat it?” emile looked weirdly at him.
“Ugh! Why all of you humans are so dumb, Just put it in my mouth!”
“I want to feed him..” Leslie said suddenly.
starscream was taken back by what she said, he replied after a few seconds.
“I am not a pet!” He shouted.
“But there’s nothing worng with-“
“Shut it!”
everything went quite after that, emile bought the thin pipe close to Starscream’s intake. A few drops went in, then small gulps were heard.
emile thought he was eating like a child would. The same way Leslie would drink water or juice.
emile lifted the pipe and closed it.
“How did it taste?”
“acceptable.”
Leslie laughed quietly as starscream helm turned toward the sound.
“What’s so funny?”
“you're drinking it like a baby would drink from a bottle!”
Starscream didn’t know what that meant and he didn’t care because he wasn’t interested in the culture of a species he deemed inferior, even at this size.
“What’s your name?” Leslie asked.
“starscream..” he replied so he wouldn’t have to worry about being chased down by a gigantic young human over a name.
“I am Leslie..”
they walked out of the garage. While starscream was walking on ground. He refused to be held.
“Why can’t I hold him?” She mumbled to her grandfather.
“he doesn’t like it, and it will make him angry”
emile thought for a second about removing the guns that were on his arms when they were inside the small garage.
would that be cruel?
starscream was so far behind, and yet he seemed okay, or maybe he was “acting” so they wouldn’t think he’s getting frustrated because of how slow he is due to his small frame.
When they reached the house door, emile went inside while Leslie was waiting at the door for the small bot to go in so she would close it.
“Walk faster starscream!” she said in a slightly-loud voice.
starscream didn’t say anything, after less then ten seconds he entered the house.
“papa, would he stay with us?”
Leslie sometimes called emile papa, he didn’t mind.
“depends on him.” emile answered honestly.
“I would leave as soon as I get repaired.” Starscream responded without hesitation.
“To where?”
The human child seemed upset.
This was the problem, he didn’t know how to go back.
he ignored the question and walked to a small drawer in the living room. and then he truned around.
“Open it!” He demanded.
she walked towards the drawer and opened it. Leslie didn’t feel offended by his attitude, possibly because she doesn’t take him seriously.
“Now tell me what you see.”
“it’s empty” she replied.
“good! That’s where I would be staying until my-”
“stay where?” emile appeared after coming out of the bathroom.
the old human felt like a threat, unlike the younger, more kinder and naive one. starscream hates to admit that he feels this way because of his size. Otherwise if he was gaint again then none of them would “feel” threatening to him.
“Stay here, in there, so I can recharge.” the seeker responded.
“Alone in the living room?”
“Yes, you think I can’t recharge alone?!”
“Why do you keep acting and talking like a child? What even is recharging?”
“I am not-“
“What grandpa is trying to say is-” Leslie interrupted.
“He thinks it’s unsafe for you in this situation to sleep alone!”
Starscream stayed quiet, as he glared silent daggers at emile, who was careless enough to not get scared.