Helpless

"TIME TO WAKE UP MY PETITE BOTS!"

The bots on-lined their optics suddenly, feeling their sparks beat against their chests. Megara was beaming in delight at their frightened expressions. It has only been three days since she met her sister's children and adopted her own children. Megatron grumbled and pulled the covers over his helm. Optimus yawned and rubbed his optics. Arcee stood up from side of the bed and glared at her aunt. Bee, Starscream, Knockout, and Smokescreen were still snoozing. Breakdown was knocked out on the floor. Dreadwing was stretching along with Ratchet. Bulkhead was still under the pillow.

Something tugged her skirt bottom. She looked down to see her little trio of triplets hopping up and down, beeping excitedly. Meg had to give them each their own names so that she could call them. The middle one was named Steve. The one on the left was Gary. The one on the right was Kevin. She patted Steve on the helm, getting a happy beep from him. Shockwave was standing beside her with Soundwave, who was wearing his backpack. Soundwave was always the first one up for school.

"Auntie Meg, why are you waking us up so early?" Starscream asked, finally waking up. "Shouldn't you still be tired from your trip?"

"Oh my little star, I wanted to wake you all up to drive you to school!" Meg trilled on, picking up the triplets. "So get ready and be downstairs in a few!" Skipping out the room, the bots watched her with awe.

"How is she so perky in the morning?" Bulkhead wondered aloud.

"Must be that French air still inside her!" Knockout replied, going out the room. "Better hurry up before I get all the hot water!"

"NO!" The bots and cons got up and ran towards the door. Knockout was one to use all the hot water and stay too long in the bathroom.

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Megara stood over the hot stove, flipping the eggs for herself and Penny. Her sister was sitting at the table, looking over the bills with Soundwave and Shockwave who were doing exceptionally well for kids. Shockwave's red eye was peering down at the highest bill.

"Pardon me Aunt Penny, but this bill is very high. Do you have enough money to pay for this?" Shockwave asked the orange haired girl. Penny shook her head and sighed. Soundwave made a frowny face on his screen face.

"Sis, I can always get a job! I can help pay for your house mortgage!" Meg said, smiling. The oven dinged as she opened it up. Gary went over to pull out the pan, but was stopped by her. "No Gary! You need oven mitts! The oil muffins are for everyone, not including us!"

Gary nodded and hopped in a chair near Kevin, who was pouring the milk. Steve handed him more glasses.

"Those three are so helpful! I can't believe you're a mommy." Penny said off-handed. "You seem to have a career you want and potentially a good future ahead of you. Are you sure you can adopt all these kids?"

Shockwave gave her a narrowed optic. "You lack of faith for carrier Meg is illogical. She will do a sufficient job with providing all our care needs."

"That means so much to me sweetie! Remind me to give you extra hard science projects later!" Meg cooed, putting the muffins down on small platters. "And the decision is final! I can do this Penny!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted the conversation. Penny walked to the door, seeing a small letter flutter inside. Picking it up, she noticed a flash of green going out the gate before vanishing from sight. Looking down at the letter, she saw it was addressed to Megatron!

"Uh Megatron, you have a letter!" Penny shouted upstairs, awaiting the arrival of her tough son. Megatron bounded down the stairs, his armor polished and still slightly damp. He took the letter out from her hand and ripped it open. Two notes fell down on the ground, surprising him.

The first letter was crudely written with tons of splotches. The other letter was written on a pink stationary and smelled faintly of lavender. He picked up the crudely drawn one and read it.

Hey Megadork,

Meet me at the playground during recess! I want a rematch to prove that I can beat you up! Don't bring anyone with you or else!

-Marion

He grimaced at this and crumpled the letter. That brainless oaf was still trying to beat him up? He would have to show him who's boss by giving him a real pummeling. But he had to be wary with how he did it. He promised the principal that he wouldn't hurt anyone that brutally after the lunchroom incident. He picked up the other letter, surprised that such a girly looking piece of paper was with the other.

Dear Megatron,

I have been watching you for awhile now, sighing every time you walk by my desk. I have so many pictures of you in my scrapbook and even a piece of your hoodie! Your ruby red eyes are so enchanting and your silver skin is so shiny! I wish to talk to you on the playground during recess! And if you don't, I'll tell everyone your big secret!

Enternally yours,

~Beth

At that letter, Megatron felt violated and disgusted. He dropped the letter in shock at who this "Beth" girl was. Was he supposed to know her or something? Did she know he was an alien robot? Millions of questions ran through his helm, not even noticing his paper being snatched up by Megara.

"Who's Beth?" She leaned forward and grinned. "Is she your amore? A little romance in your life?"

Megatron snatched the letter back and growled. "Auntie! I don't know her at all! And I'm pretty sure she just threatened me! I need to go find her and tell her I'm not interested!"

A tentacle slithered between them as Soundwave read both letters. "Subjects: Siblings. Marion: Older brother. Beth: Younger sister. Both: Have it out for Megatron."

"That's highly illogical for both siblings to have something for Megatron. Unless this Marrion boy is..." Shockwave started before Megara covered his mouth.

"So the brother wants to beat you up and the sister has some sort of attraction towards you. And they both want to see you at the same time." Penny shook her head. "Sheesh! Relationship weren't this hard when I was a kid."

"Speaking of that, what ever happened to you and Mason? You two had a fling before I left."

This surprised the bots to hear that Penny had a lover at one point. Penny herself started blushing hard at this, thinking of her former flame.

"Um...well...KIDS TIME FOR SCHOOL!" Penny yelled, ignoring her younger sister all together. Megara raised an eyebrow at her strange behavior. Then she looked down at Megatron's conflicted face.

"If it makes you feel any better, I could help you with your little predicament."

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Boy does he have me helpless.

I sit right behind him in class and make doodles of him in my notebook. I watch him eat at the lunch table with all the other weirdos. I've taken so many pictures of him when he walks home or down the hallways. He drops a pencil, I swoop down and retrieve it. A rubber band he threw? Took it! I have a whole scrapbook dedicated to my beloved. One day him and I will be together! But first I must declare my undeniably love for him.

Oh did I go off on a tangent again? My name is Beth and I have a crush on the bad boy in my class, Megatron!

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"Girl, you have it so bad it's scary."

Standing outside in the cold air was one thing. Standing outside in the cold air sitting beside the craziest chick in the school was another. Tanya grimaced at the cover of Beth's Megatron: A Life Story scrapbook. Pictures of the titular mech adorned the front cover, along with stickers, glitter, and various kiss marks. The green haired girl sighed happily, twirling a lock of her hair.

"I know he'll just love it! He has a winning personality and the most handsomest face!" She said, placing the book in her backpack. "I want him to love me like I do him! AND I WON'T LET ANYONE GET IN MY WAY!"

Tanya nodded and bit her lip. "That's cool, but what about your brother? He hates his guts."

"Details Tanya, if I can convince my brother to like him, he most certainly will!" Beth giggled, blowing a gum bubble. "I can manipulate this all in my favor! Megatron will have the best wife."

Louis and Dianna plopped next to them. Dianna fastened the scarf around her neck a bit tighter while Louis tightened the hat.

"Hey guys! What's Beth babbling about now?" Dianna asked Tanya. "Does she have a new boyfriend she wants?"

"Yeah, it's from Optimus' family."

Dianna squeaked and blushed bright red. "Surely it can't be Dreadwing! I mean, not that I like him or something."

"As long as its not Starscream, I'm cool with that." Louis said, leaning over the stairs. "I'm still trying to get him to fess up."

"You like Starscream? Why him, he's annoying."

"Why do you like Dreadwing? He's always writing and sticking close to his family."

Dianna twiddled her thumbs. "Well he's so sweet and kind. I like playing swords with him. He has a great sense of loyalty."

Beth rolled her eyes. "I don't like them, I like Megatron!"

Both of them looked at her with amazed eyes. "MEGATRON?!"

"Why are you guys talking about that guy?" Onyx, Sera, and Midnight came over. The goth girl was fixing her hair. The blind girl waved at them. Onyx leaned against the walls. "He's kinda rude."

"Breakdown is nice, I love that he's so accepting of us. I can't see him, but I know he's there."

Midnight patted her shoulder. "You love him so much! I'm glad you guys got together!"

"Do you have a crush on someone Onyx?" Tanya teased, looking at the older girl in question.

Before she could reply, Julie and Vicki pushed them out the way so that they could stand in front of the crowd.

"Move it losers! We're reserving this spot for the popular kids!" Vicki said, glaring at the girls.

Julie nodded and batted her eyes. "Mostly Knockout! He has more class than all of you combined."

"You guys shouldn't separate those two, Knockout and Breakdown." Sera said. "They need to be together, less they break apart."

"That's for me to know and for you to stay out of!" Julie said, thining about the cherry red mech. "He and I are the perfect power couple."

"Not for long..." Vicki said under her breath. She too had a crush on the red mech.

"It doesn't matter! Megatron is the hottest out of all of them!" Beth yelled.

"No, Dreadwing is the best!"

"I think Starscream is better."

"Knockout surpasses them all."

"Optimus is the coolest!"

"Breakdown is the sweeter than all of them!"

Lotus watched them all argue from afar. She had a thing for Soundwave, but didn't want to voice her opinion.

Those poor mechs....

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Next time:

Penny: We are all gathered here for a great dinner!

Megara: Guess who's coming after all these years!

Izzy: Mom doesn't want me to come over anymore.

Optimus: What more secrets does the box contain?

?: Penny, Megara, I'm back...

Thanksgiving!