The Secret World of Cybertron

I loved Hayao Miyazaki's movie The Secret World of Arrietty.

Introduction: Cybertron is a futuristic world the race is human but none of them are aware there is a second race of humans six inches tall and they call themselves borrowers. Four teenage borrowers live in a large building home of the Autobots. When one of them is seen a chain of events is unleashed will their very existence be at risk.

Protected by her dark clothing a girl four inches tall was getting some cotton for her lover, he had been injured by the cat that roomed the house. "I told Dale to watch out bad enough when we were ten our parents may have been found out" she muttered. Her name was Hannah; she had short black hair, dark blue eyes and was wearing black clothing.

She lived under the floor with three others; Sam, Carly and Dale. Carly had medium blonde hair, light blue eyes, and was four inches tall. Sam was five inches tall, brown eyes and hair, Dale was similar but six inches tall, black hair and green eyes.

They were only ten years old when they met each other and instantly became a family since their parents disappeared. "Dad told me not to be seen and the night is the only protection we have" Hannah muttered as she took what she needed. The four little ones knew the humans could not be trusted and to them their tiny kind would be seen as pests.

Carly was in the kitchen and she took two sugar cubes, while Sam was in the wash area taking small pieces of soap. When they met they had to learn how to borrow on their own since their parents were gone.

Dale was lying down recovering from his brush with the cat although he was still laughing when the cat ran into the wall trying to get him.

Flashback

Dale had just borrowed some tape to help scale the counters however him, his lover Hannah and surrogate family the counters were walls. He was in time to see the cat running towards him without a second thought he ran.

When he found the hole in the wall he ran in but a claw nicked his ankle missing a vein or artery. "That was close he said to himself and the cat ran headfirst into the wall.

"Blaster Steeljaw ran into the wall again" called a child's voice. "What was he chasing, seems that cat has been seeing something" said another voice, Dale didn't dare peak out too risky. Dale peered out to see a young blonde human on the outside of course he was careful not to be seen. Sam was in time to help him home; Hannah was not amused so made him stay home until the injury healed.

End of flashback

The little ones borrowed the food the needed and of course were aware of their surroundings at all times. She was in the bed room of the largest human man she had ever seen; he wore a red shirt, long blue pants had brown hair with a mustache.

'Damn he's even bigger up close' she thought as she got onto the night table and listened to his breathing. Of course he had just fallen asleep after watching The Incredible Shrinking Man. 'That movie already makes me feel so much smaller' she thought taking a tissue.

She heard movement and hid behind the box. She was in time to hide herself as the man stood up and went into something the humans called the bathroom. 'Oh damnit I need to get out of here before he sees me' Hannah thought. She found the outlet and got inside.

Carly was in the loud kids room because their loud noises would annoy her and her family but they didn't have a choice but to put up with it; she had borrowed some cloth so she made it into the outlet. Spike followed her in "least that cat is in its cage and it may know we are here" he said.

When the three of them were home Hannah looked shaken. "What's up" Carly asked. "I was in the room of that really big man" she replied. Of course all four of them had seen him, he may look gentle on the outside but they did not want to be seen.

Dale entered "well better than the cat". "Good point but we have to be careful" Hannah said. Sure she and Carly liked the garden but they had to be mindful the human women could step on them if they were found out. "Remember what our parents said before all eight of them disappeared 'do not let them see us'" Hannah said. All four of them had to be mindful al well they didn't want the big people living in that house to know they were here and as far as they knew Iacon was safer than Kaon. The big people of Kaon had red eyes and sinister grins.

Since escaping Kaon they made their way to Iacon and lived there since and with their smaller size it was easy to hide.