Disclaimer - Transformers are entirely the property of Hasbro/Dreamworks/Takara and likely many others with highly trained attack lawyers. I own nothing except the ludicrously flimsy plot that follows.
CURIOSITY
Thick, dark hair shone in the moonlight as she lifted her eye from the telescope. Odd… there wasn't meant to be any activity tonight. The strange meteor intrigued her, especially as it looked like it might crash fairly close.
Making a mental note of its direction she grabbed a pencil and rooted around her desk, looking for a map. Finding one she made a quick calculation, plotting the meteors path and likely landing site. "Okay, if this is right it'll touch down… just outta town" Grabbing her car keys she scribbled a short note for her parents and left the house with a smile "Road trip!"
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Pulling-up at the edge of the woods Kat grabbed her rucksack from the back seat, digging out the flashlight and checking the batteries on her taser. Never hurts to be prepared she thought locking the beat-up truck. Checking her compass against the map the teenage girl turned and walked towards the treeline.
The map was soon abandoned as she followed the line of smashed trees, dodging around the occasional smouldering branch. Something had definitely come this way - finally she reached what looked to be the landing spot of whatever had come down.
Nervously tucking the strands of hair that had escaped her ponytail behind her ears she took in the sight below her.
"Oh
My
GOD"
That wasn't a meteor, sure as hell doesn't look like the usual space junk either. For one thing space junk didn't move and it definitely didn't make sounds. Whatever it was it looked like it had… wings? And was that… a hand?
A robot, oh my gawd I found one of those giant alien robots there are all those rumours about on the net "this is SO COOL!" The burst of excitement soon gave way to common sense, how to approach it?
Something like this was too important to screw-up, if she got it right a few months from now she could be having adventures with aliens. No more being stuck in class friendless just because they thought she was smarter then them, she wasn't really, she simply did the homework – if they just did the stupid homework…
A deep, metallic groan came from the crater interrupting her thoughts – idiot! I've been standing here daydreaming and the poor thing's probably hurt. Scrambling down to the giant creature she reached her hand up tentatively, feeling a slight tingle of electricity as her palm touched the metal skin.
"Hello? Can you hear me? Are you hurGGGHH"
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Optics finally coming online he rolled over, and felt something soft collapse underneath him with a strange, decidedly wet sounding, CRUNCH.
Noting with some annoyance as he staggered to his feet, how much mess organics make, Starscream suppressed an involuntary shudder of disgust as he paused to wipe some entrails off his aft before transforming and taking off.
This planet was just too damn squishy.
Yes I'm evil and no this isn't aimed at anyones fics - the idea just popped into my head and wouldn't go away until I wrote something down. Bonus points for anyone who spots the other giant robot movie reference. Comments always wecome.
(ducks behind fire-proof sofa)