Relationships and The Zoo

Okay so I'm going to talk about the Zoo first. hehe.
When I Zoo I know you think I mean just how nutty it is living in a house with a mess of Transformers. Nope im being litteral here.
Our newest additoins are quite litterally a menagerie.
Adding to the already motly crew i have here, there is the following.
A Gorilla,
A cheetha(My lil spotted shadow)
A giant rat
A Utah Raptor
A Rihno
A Perigine Falcon
A white tiger
TWO giant spiders
A t-rex
A proterodactaly
A Giant Scorpion
A cross between a scorpion and a cobra
A Giant ant
A cross between a wolf and an egael
A Sociopathic crab
and
A Psycotic manta ray

needless to say life just a lil bit wierder.
Then again my life has never been normal. and it is by choice.
As a girl from a good southern christian family I was expected to
get married to a nice southern boy, and have a nice southern family.
So how'd i end up wit a pack of tranformers in my house while i was dateing thier CO?
Honestly it just kind of happened.
I saw him as a kid and I remember thinking "Oh lord hes wonderful!"
I remember seeing him, having him come to me and then loosing him.
Then waking up one night and there he was again.
It dosent matter in the end what kind of people we are, if im a southern girl who should have married and had a southern family, or that hes from the stars and has lived a life longer than i can possibly imagine. All that matters is that we love each other. PERIOD.
See you folks from cloud city next, I dunno about any one else but we need a break !
Take care
Rose.

Quiet Time

So now then,
For the momment chaos is over, though sometimes I do wonder if it will ever be over all together. Sometimes I wonder that if by accepting this postion in my life I have been eternally consigned to it.
Oh well, I wouldn't chcange a thing.
Currently I'm in the back of Orion's trailer relaxing and reading, my lil yellow spotted buddy haveing taken up permanate residence in my lap it seems. To tell the truth I have earned the Ire of Ratchet. According to him I was NOT supposed to go out with the landing party.
Really? Then why did you unlock the door?
I dont have any regrets and I would do it all over again.
Orion wasnt the only one with debts to pay. I owed them as well, for my life and for the courage to face my own feelings by shareing my story with others. If nothing else they are my friends and that alone is reason to help them.
I look out and see the guys goofing off with other resistance members, relaxing, playing, enjoying peace. They have earned it.
Across the way Orion is Talking to Anakin, I can't hear what they are saying but I can guess. LUke is in the process of playing peacemaker with Roddy and Liea and life goes on.
Good.
Order over chaos,
life over death,
Light conquers darnkess.
Please let it last.
Rose.

To Kenya

I finally make it up to the ark from the chaos on the ice ball below and find more up there.
The moment I am there I see a tall thin blond man in a red trench talking to Anakin, which is where both roddy and Orion Immdeiately head.
I on the other hand am left standing in the hall out side off the room across from teh one that Ratchet says is reserved for me.
I feel my lil cat buddy, no back in beast mode, rub against my leggs and nudge me toward the door.
I dont know what I was expecting to find when i looked in there. But what I did see was just Kenya, there on the bed, looking like she was sleeping.
Someone had left a chair there next to her and so I headed in and sat down. It took me a few seconds to think of something to say but when I finally did manage something It was this.

"Listen, I don't know if you can hear me in there, and I don't really know what to say. So I'm just going to tell you what they told me when it was my turn to be in here.
So here goes.
First off, I know that right now it must feel like that if you come back, your only comming back to a world full of hate and pain. That the dark seems so much more peaceful, but death is never the answer. You can only get over the way you feel by living.
Then there's the fact that I'm sure your wondering is it worth it to come back and keep on going. You have people here that love you and care about you, isnt that always worth it?"
I take a deep breath and try to put more of this in to words for her.
" I guess however maybe deep down your wondering if you really do love HIM. And you have probably had a head full of voices telling you that there's no way for it to work. What you have to do, the only way your going to beat the dark, is if you look at your feelings and decide what it is you really want. If it turns out that you really do , then you have to believe that your love for him isnt bad, wrong, or immoral."
"Love is the greatest gift that sentient beings were ever given. It dosent care about social standing, cultuer or anything else. And you have no control over who you fall in love with. God, or what everyou want to call it, made some one speical for everyone, and he dosent make mistakes.
When you sort out all of this in your heart, when you know what it is you feel, what ever doubts you have will leave, and there will be no one that can stop you from taking back what's yours. Taking back EVERYTHING that's yours. "
"I know how lame that must sound now, i guess i thought it was lame then too. But its the Truth pure and simple."
I want to say more but right then I feel someone touch my shoulder and look up to see Orion behind me.
"Come on out Rose, Its time."
I sigh and take one more look at my friend, feeling like I havent acomplished squat.
I get up and follow him back out in to the hall way and watch as the door shuts.
Your in my prayers now Kneya. Please dont give up.

Two Minutes...

Okay this is what i get for being out of the loop for a few days.
THIS is also why rat wouldnt let me out of the med center either. Apparently we're in ORBIT.. Thats right folks.
Still its better than not being here, promsies or no this time im not being left on the side lines.
Still I'm not sure I like the idea of the Ice Cube below me. But it dpends on whos down there and what action we are going to take before i make any final judgements.
I have my gear on, specifically a type of gloves to keep my poor hands from smarting any worse than they already are.
All that taken into account Im as ready as im gonna get.
Oh and one more thing before i get going.. STOP KEEPING THINGS FROM ME! For the last time.
Now then.. lets go cause some trouble.
Rose.

Two Days...

Okay First off...AlphaTrion... I dont care if you are the oldest transformer alive, I dont care if Orion looks up to you, I dont care if you are in communication with a pair of dead guys and they goaded you into it. (And I know it WAS you cus no one else around here listens to Meatloaf.) IF YOU EVER HACK MY SONG BLOG AGAIN I'M BOOTING YOUR METAL BUTT BACK TO CYBERTRON! GOT IT!!
Ahem.. now that thats out of my system, I have to say that despite all the colorful characters around here, depsite the fact that both Roddy and the fuzz ball have been keeping me company in here, I am about to go nuts. Ratchet if you dont let me out today I am going to scream!
Its been two days or more and I know nothing.. we dont know if they are alive or dead. If they have kenya back or palpatine won. We dont know squat.
I could have asked the qunit that attacked me, unfortunately, despite the fact I had second degree burns and was being choked, I managed to acutally hit the stuipid thing. So he's not in any condition to talk.
Suffice to say that I am just a bit worried, and thats putting it mildly.
There are a great manythings that could happen out there in the dark and all I have been able to do is sit here.
I have been talking to my folks a lil , they some how noticed that the Synth wasnt me. accordign to my dad, "shes just to polite. She hasn't told your aunt off in days"
Nice.
I'm still in shock over that too.. mom and dad NOT flipping. I did ask and recived a look from my dad that told me why did you even have to ask? His answer was simple though.
"Honey, you have met Whistler and his adopted son, do you really think your friends, and Orion are any stranger than that?"
Guess not.
Apparently dad has known all along just how "Real" fictional things can be. He just never came out and told me. ::Shrugs:: Glad he finally came clean.
Still despite all the under standing from the home front, Despite the fact that everyone around here is being as nice to me as they can. Liea and Roddy still dont get along but they are trying for everyone's sake. I am still horribly worried.
What am I gonna see when they get back?
is there gonna be a happy ending or is this just one more tragedy that's waiting in the wings?
::Sihgs::
God, Primus, Allah , The Force, whatever you want to be called, the power that runs the universe, Please bring them ALL home safe.
Cus praying is all i have left to do at this point.
Rose.

Un wanted birthday surprise

I suppose I was feeling depressed. Like I told that lil yellow ball of fuzz, I didnt really want to celebrate my birth day.
That ofcourse didnt mean that I wanted it to be the lead up to a night mare either.
I guess they knew that this was going to be thier last chance, the Quintessons last chance to fulfill thier contract with Palpatine and curry his favor. Simply put I was too well protected and for that matter I guess to important to more people.
All that aside, it didnt keep me from feeling depressed over the very thing I had told Cheetor.
And that meant that I ofcourse did something stupid and wandered off from the main compound. Granted I was armed, the truth was It wouldnt have, and didnt turn out, to make that much of a differance against a Quint.
Still I guess I had it comming for wandering off in the first place.

I had wound up out some where and was leaning on a fence just looking off and hoping that when it was finally over that I would feel better about it. That I would be worrying about something I couldnt change and would have a chance to focus on the things I could.
Meaning simply that my mind was a million miles away and i didnt hear the sound until it was right up on me.
Now those of you out there who have never seen a Quintesson have no idea what one looks like. What it looks like is a hot air balloon, on a repulsor beam, with five faces, each worse than the last, and tenticles. Over all, something that might have run away from HG Gigers drawing board in one of his more saddistic moments.

that was exactly what I found facing me When I spun around and leveled my gun at it. I dont know what it did, I dont know how, but suddenly the gun got red hot(LITTERALLY) in my hands and it was either drop it or get burns. I did that and tried my best to run unfortunately I wasnt fast enough this time. Next thing I Knew I was dangeling by one of those tenticles and wishing to god that I had gotten the burns.
"We will fulfill the contract human," It glared at me and switched to its death persona, "No matter what."
I knew what it planned to do, just crush me right then and there, I however had no plans in complying with that so I did the only thing I could do at that point. I bit it.

Where in it promptly squalled and dropped me. Which gave me time enough to get to my gun though I litterally heard it start sizzleing the moment I touched it.
Unfortunatly i couldnt get around in time to fire before it got hold of me again, this time by the neck.
I knew what was gonna happen so i didnt even take the time to aim. I just shot.
It convulsed around me for a second and I must have blacked out.
THe next thing i knew I woke up with a VERY pissed off ratchet glareing at me and cheetor licking my face. The fuzz ball had followed me and when he saw what was happening sounded the alarm.
So I wound up being acossted in the med center for my B-day. I twasnt fun .
However , i have to admit what just happened was something that I never saw comming in a million years.
thankfully IRON fist Ratchet had allowed me to have my comp so I was sitting there surfing finding out Just what a certain mack truck had been up to while I was stuck in here. Needless to say I was sluking when someone knocked on the door and came in.
"You decent?" Chirped CHeetor.
"Yes"I shot back. "I sore, not nude."
"Good," He stuck his head back out, "KAY SHE'S DECENT!!!"
Ten seconds later in walked both Orion AND Anakin.
"Your worse at getting in to trouble than Kenya and Padme put together," He commented looking at my bandaged hands and throat.
"you come here to insult me?"
"No, I came here to watch him give you your present."
He turned to Orion and the Mech stepped up and grinned.
"Your not going right?"
I rolled my eyes, "I'm not going."
"good," He nodded, "Now for you birth day presents."
He proceeded to present me with two ring boxes. One black velvet and the other red.
"The red one is from me, the black one is from your folks." He ginned more, "Yah they sent it."
I just blinked and cracked them open. The one from my folks contained the most equisited ring that i hvae ever seen. I dont know all the stones but it looks like Peridot, fire opal and dimonds. I just gapped for a few seconds and cracked open the other one.
this one was a simple band that seemed to have been machined out of some kind of strange metal that took me a moment to recognize. When I did i turned to him and gapped more "Its.. its made out..." I stammered.
He just grined.
"Get better, we are going to need your help when we get back."
He snapped off his mask for a second and kissed me, then stood up Nodded to anakin and walked out.
The Sith bowed to me and followed.
I'm still in shock over everthing. Truth is, i dont think anything will ever be able to compare with this particular birthday.

Secret...

I rolled over this morning from a night of attempting to sleep curled up in a blanket in Orion's trailer, opened my eyes and saw spots.
I jumped back and grabbed my glasses, to finally let out a long breath when I realized that it was just Cheetor.
"Morning kitty," I told him.
I yawned and detangeled my self only to get a good look at him. Since Megatron had shown up yesterday with all of the beast warriors in tow, this lil feela had decided that he was going to take up with me. Now he was sitting there with a big red bow around his neck and a flower in his mouth.
"Umm.. not that i dont think its adorable Cheetor, "I told him as i got up to brush my hair, "But whats with the flower and get up."
"Well," He mumbled and then sat the flower down, "I wanted to give you this for your Birth..."
I suddenly jumped over and clamped my hands on his snoot.
"SHHHH!!" I Glowered, "You will not say the B-word."
"Wha?" Heblinked up at me innocently, "I thought humans liked it?"
"I Guess some do," I finished with my french braid, which now looked compeletly rediculous due to that white streak. "But I'm just not in the mood."
"oh," He suddenly looked down like i had told him his best friend thought he was a dork.
"Im sorry kiddo," I said back," I just don't feel like its appropriate this year."
"Cus of the war?" He looked at me.
"Well thats part of it," I sat down next to him, "The other part is just that well my grandma passed away this year. That means She wont ever be there to wish me a good one again."
I sighed, haveing been struggeling with this my self.
"But my grand pa, whom isnt particularly nice is still alive and i will have to act, or some one will, like there are no problems at all and that its all hunky dory and I have no reason to be sad. So no i just don't want to."
"thats awful," He looked at me and put his head in my lap. "Well i want to wish you a happy one."
"Howd you find out any how?" I asked.
He looked up at me and grinned. "I looked at yer drivers license"
"You LIL SNOOP!!" I gave him a shove off my lap and got up to finish getting ready.
"You wont tell any one else will..." I looked around to find the lil monster gone already.
"Awww crud."
Great now the whole bloddy army is gonna know.
::SIHGS::

A woman's Touch...

Well by now every one involved can see that both Orion and my self have made it out to the farm and are here and waiting. To be honest I was afraid that Orion would be mad at me for sneaking along in his trailer, when he really doesn't want me in the middle of it if at all possible.
Unfortunately its a lil late for that. So he just looked at me when Roddy reached into his trailer and pulled the tarp off. I just looked at him sheepishly and he only shook his head.
"Actually," He finally said later as I sat in his cab and we headed west, "I'm glad you came. I have a feeling something may arise that will need a woman's touch."
I just looked at him after he issued that cryptic statement and TRIED to get some sleep.
Morning came and I found my self sliding down out of Orion's cab and finding all of the people invovled there waiting for us. To say That Anakin looked awful, would be the understatement of all time! He looked like the world was comming to an end. Trust me on this, hang around guys who wear masks as much as me and you get to be a master of reading body language.
"Rose, Prime," He nodded to us both Trying really hard to have some of the prescense that he's known for. "thank you."
Orion shook his head, "I couldnt have done less my friend."
I stood there and listned to them talk for a few moments as I looked around at the rest of us who were arriving and that was when i noticed something awful. NO Rodimus and NO Luke. Both of them had been there when we had pulled up, now they were no where to be seen.
I made sure that the guys were in conversation and took off looking for the two of them. It took a few seconds, passing by a heard of chickens, and some animal pens, forcing my self to NOT stop and pet them for the moment. Which was making me almost as irritated as the fact that I couldn't find either of them. Luke has bright blond hair, Roddy is BRIGHT red and orange with lil flames. Needless to say they shouldn't be a hard pair to spot.
I was on the verge of yelling for them when a flash of moment at the other end of the barn caught my eyes and i headed down in that direction. I could hear the two fo them talking as I got closer so I slowed down so I could eves drop a bit. YES it IS rude but this is a matter of life and death and I had a sad feeling I knew what they were disucssing. Sure enough I was right.

"Listen," Roddy told luke quietly, " You and your father saved Rose. So I OWE you this."
"Do you think both of us should go?"Luke asked just as quietly.
"I think I'm not going to let you pull this off by your self. I also think that since I've been in your shoes, yah I should go with you."
"Do you think its the right thing to do?" Luke asked again.
"I dont know," Roddy let out a LONG deep sigh, "When the time came, when I had to choose between someone I loved and my people, I had to choose my people. But you arent in my postion, you have more autonomy than me. I think there has to be another way, but if this is truly what you want, then I wont stop you."

"No," I said steppoing around the barn, "You wont Roddy, but I will."

"ROSE!" Roddy jumped and muttered something under his breath that he had to have learned here on earth.
Luke on the other hand bit his lower lip and made an effort of looking any where but me.
"Let me guess what you two were up too," I Growled, "you were going to go hand your self over to him werent you?" I whirled on Roddy, "And you, you were going to help him werent you?"
"Ummm... Well."
"Do you two have any idea how STUPID that is!" I exploded, "Do you realy think that if he gets what he wants he will give her back! IF any thing would provoke him to keep her longer it would be that! Luke you are the ONLY person besides your father that can stop him. You can't sacrifice you self for this, Kenya wouldnt wnat you too! Your father wouldnt want you too! Giveing in wont stop it."
Roddy opened his mouth to say something and I turned to him, "and you. YOur putting the whole universe in danger you lil monster. If he gets hold of you then there is a chance the he could Corrupt the whole matrix. Millions of people would die.YOU are the only person that can STOP Chaos if he comes. you cant do this. I Wont let you."
The two of them looked at me like none of this had occured to them, they were just going to take the only solution that two terribly young and frightened young men could see.
I softened and looked back at them both, "I know you want to help This isnt the way guys."
"I just..." Luke opened his mouth to try and get something out but choked up, doing his "Jedi" best to keep his emotions under control.
I walked over to him and made him look at me, "Listen, you dont have to hide that from me. You may from yer sister, you may from your father, you may have to hide it from your master. But not from me."
A few seconds later the blond was crying and both roddy and I were doing my best to not join him.
"I promise we will find a way to save her Luke," roddy told him. "NO matter what it takes."
I looked away from the guys for a second and saw that both Orion and Anakin where standing not to far away watching us. Orion turned and looked at his friend and the black clad man nodded. both of them then turning and leaving me to do what only I could.
I dont know what's going to happen now. The fact that this kid was going to go off and sacrifice him self almost breaks my heart. I will do what ever it takes to stop this no matter what.
Right now though what matters most is keeping heads level and not running off half cocked.
There has to be a way to break his hold on her and get him back where he belongs. There are no problems that don't have SOME kind of solution.
We just have to find out what it is, and we have to do it soon.
How ever it dosent matter. As long as it takes, we will do what we must.

Kenya, if you are in there some where, If you can still read this. KEEP ON FIGHTING HIM! Don't give in no matter how much it might hurt. There IS always some kind of hope.
I fell into the darkest pits of my mind, and those that we cared for were here to yank me back out. NO one gave up on me. So No one is going to give up on you.
You are in my prayers, Rose & CO.

NO SHAME!!!

Palpatine!!
I KNOW that you will read this so listen up freak!
HOW COULD YOU?!
How coould you do this? Why can you just accept defeat and stay Dead!
The universe dosent want you, understand?
you are a monster that feeds on everything it touches, destroys innocence and corrupts good men.
No matter what it takes freak you are going to get out of her and you are going down. IF i have to do it with my bare hands.
The only thing worse than this you could do was wake Unicron up.
Set loose a monster that feeds on whole planets, I bet you would. wouldnt you?
Get ready creep, you have crossed the line this time. NO ONE else is gonna get hurt.
PERIOD..
Even if Orion hates me afterward for sneaking along.. it will be worth it .. to see you gone.
Rose.

Worse and worse

This is Rodimus posting for my Father and for Rose.
My father because he is now driveing like a mad man across country to answer the call of his friend in need, (which by the way as soon as this is done i'm comming too)Rose because she's snuck into dad's trailer and is following him wheather he likes it or not.
I knew that this was going to come, the fact of the matter is the creep neither told the Quints or Devcon what he was up to. So this came as a comeplete shock.
The problem is, that about ten minuts after my father and rose left. Some one showed up to spring them, our two guests.
I dont know how they got them out of the holding area, all I know is that what we found was a very large hole, and what looked like electrical burns around the place. The only real thing that left any clue as to who might have done this was a scrap of black velvet that had caught on part of the rubble and been left there.
So some one wearing black velvet set them loose.
So now we have more problems, the bounty hunter is loose. So rose is in danger. The Quintesson is loose so he can go tell his buddies what's going on. Kenya has vanished and is in some kind of trouble.
So like the title says.. its worse and worse.
All, i can do now is follow them and hope to PRIMUS that I can help some how.
Rodimus....

Devcon, Chumly, who the heck else is gonna bother me!!!??

Okay,
I realized that when the Quintessons told me I had a price on my head, that there was going to be trouble. Orion realized it to and procedded to insist that I go armed where ever possible. I have also been given two large scary body guards to go with me again when ever possible. Makes me glad that only one or two guys at the store can see them. The DM would probally have flipped today if he had looked up and saw a robot that looked and acted li ke a pissed off T-rex snarling at him. Though I was tempted to snarl some my self. So I would have considered my self fairly well protected.
I NEVER really thought that it would come to the point where a pack of morons would decend on me as I was taking the trash out at work.
Its pretty simple and kind of fun acutaly, well it was to day, a chance to get away from the district manager. Anyhow, i was minding my own buisness and chucking wine boxes into the dumpster when I noticed him. He was just kinda leaning against the wall and looking at me. The him of course was a transformer that I wasn't familar with. I would later, learn that his name was Devcon, but right then i had no idea who he was.
"So.. your Prime's lil human huh?" He looked me up and down, "Not much to look at are you?"
Sue me i was in my work clothes.
"Bite me twerp," I told him and headed back to go inside.
"No I dont think so." He replied.
"Dont think what you insulting..." I had thought that he was replying to my "bite me " Crack.
The truth was he was refering to my going back in side. I found this out the hard way when he, In full TF size mind you, Took two steps and slammed the door shut.
"Get your butt out here Git," He called, "She's stuck."
I noticed that he had his hand on the door so i couldnt get back in and there was a truck heading in my direction.
"Look," I told him, "Who ever you are, I need you to get lost cus I dont have time to play with you while I'm at work!"
"Who's playing You Highness," He looked down at me deadly serious, "This is business. Your worth a lot of money to the right people babe."
That was when it hit me that this person was probally a bounty hunter and had been offered a rather large price by the quints to bring me in dead or alive. I suppose i could have screamed but it wouldnt really have done me much good due to the fact that the Dinobots were on the other side of the building.
That was when the person in the truck decided to pop his head out and grin at me. Lord Chumly.
This was none other than the stupid brit( No offense to other brits out there, i like most of you) who's only way of showing his appriciation for a life form is to go and blow it off the map and stick its head or hide on the wall. On at least one, probally more than that, occasions he had felt complled to put Orion through the ringer. Lucky me, now i was on his hit list.
"A fine specimen," He looked at me like i was a new car in a lot, "She'll make a lovely addtion to my Zoo. Bait for my trophy too."
I gapped at him and just shook my head, "You are one sick person you know that?"
Ever heard the old expression "rock and a hard place" this was it. So what do you do when you have a nutso hunter breathing down one side of your neck, and a 20 foot tall bounty hunter breathing down the other? You improvise.
I was suddenly very greatful to Mr. Whistler for including the tazers in my lil order because I had thought to include one of those in my arsenal for work. Desert Egeals arent allowed in the store, Tazers? What they dont know wont hurt me.
In this case though, It just might have been the only thing to save me.
I did what i had to do, and lets just say that if Devcon was human, the chances of him sireing childeren would have dropped dramatically considering where I shot him with the tazer.
As for "Chumply" I knew how big the ally way behind the store was, and i knew how long it would take to turn a truck that size in it. I also know that im a fast runner when i have to be. So I did what I had to, humped down from the loading dock and took off around the other side of the building as fast as I could.
My boss was a lil worried when i got back up there. She said she heard a commotion and went to look, but I was already gone. Condisering she's one of the ones that can see them. I'm guessing she knew something was up because she took my getting locked out back story at face value.

The rest of the day was peaceful enough.. Grimmy and co went out and found Dev. He didnt put up much of a fight and so now we have another guest.. When he found out what we were subjecting the Quint too.. I could litterally see him pale. Which for a TF is RARE.
Still though we may have someone now to tell us more. The fact remains that if these two yo yo's came gunning for me. Others might.
Like i said.. the rock and the hard place.
Any one else out there whos made enemys of any of the agressors in this war Please watch yer selves. They want blood this time and i dont think they will stop until they get it.
Rose.