Visitors From Heaven Ch. 4

"Are you awake?" Rebecca asked the next morning as she came out the back door and walked towards where Hot Rod was parked. She stopped to watch as the car pulled apart as gears and metal started to shift and rearrange until he had fully transformed. She just looked up at him for a second still completely amazed by the transformation then said. "I think I found some information about Kup."

"Really, are you sure?" Hot Rod asked kneeling in front of her.

"Not completely, you never told me where you were supposed to have landed, but on the same night you got here people saw a meteor crash into the desert in Sothern Nevada. By the time news crews got there, there was nothing there but a huge crater. The description sounded similar to the crater where you landed and since there was nothing there, if it was Kup that would mean either he walked out of there or someone got him out of there." Rebecca explained.

"That definitely sounds right." Hot Rod said then his eyes dimmed slightly for a minute then he said. "And the location is near the coordinates we received."

"Why did your eyes dim?" Rebecca asked.

"I was searching the internet to find the name of the location of the coordinates." Hot Rod explained then asked. "How did you find the information about where Kup landed?"

"I checked a few news sites online until I found one that mentioned a meteor." Rebecca told him.

"I can't believe I didn't think to try that. I'm glad you thought of it, thank you." Hot Rod said.

"Your welcome, if you need anything I'll be in the house, I have some work I have to get done today." Rebecca told him.

"Alright." Hot Rod replied.

Rebecca was working in one of the spare bedrooms that she had set up as a sewing room on the second floor when she realized she was being watched, she walked over and opened the window.

"I hope I'm not bothering you, I just didn't have anything else to do and was curious about what you're doing." Hot Rod said.

"You're not bothering me at all; I'm just doing some sewing. I make historical clothing for reenactors and occasionally for the costume shop in town. Right now I have to get five dresses finished in the next three days." Rebecca explained.

Hot Rod spent the rest of the day watching Rebecca work and talking to her. Aside from going to look around the forest for a little while, the next day and the first half of the third day were spent with them talking through the window while Rebecca worked.

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Rebecca was about to load the dresses into her truck when Hot Rod asked. "Are you taking those into town now?"

"Yes, I should be back in a few hours." Rebecca told him.

"I could drive you, I'd like to get out of here for a while." Hot Rod said then added. "And that way you won't have to pay for gas to run that truck."

Rebecca hesitated a second then said. "Alright, I just hope no one questions how I got a new car."

"You can just tell them someone loaned it to you or that it dropped out of the sky." Hot Rod said as he transformed.

"I think I'll stick with the first explanation." Rebecca said as she put the dresses in then hesitated a moment as the drivers door opened for her.  

"It's alright, get in." Hot Rod told her.

"This is just too weird." Rebecca said as she got in.

"I'm sure you'll get use to it eventually. Are you in a hurry to get to town?" Hot Rod asked.

"No." Rebecca replied

"Good, now buckle up." Hot Rod told her.

As soon as she had her seatbelt on Hot Rod took off down the driveway. "Aren't you going a little fast? There are a lot of curves on these mountain roads." Rebecca said.

"I have a full map of all of the roads on this mountain, I know what I'm doing." Hot Rod told her as he raced down the road gaining speed.

Rebecca gasped and gripped the edges of her seat as they tore around a sharp curve that had a wall of rock on one side and a drop of over a hundred feet on the other side.

"Relax and loosen your grip a little, that hurts." Hot Rod said.

Rebecca quickly let go of the seat, "You can feel that?" she asked.

"Of course, it may not look like it, but it's still all part of me-"

"Hot Rod this road is closed!" Rebecca interrupted as Hot Rod passed a sign that said the bridge was out a mile down the road he had turned onto.

"According to the maps I found the bridge was only twenty feet long to start with, it shouldn't be a problem." Hot Rod said as he sped up.

As they came through a narrow pass Rebecca was sure they were going to hit the large sign that blocked the road, but at the last second Rebecca's seatbelt tightened and Hot Rod suddenly swerved up onto the wall of rock along the side of the road, missing the sign and coming back down on the other side of it, then sped up even more.

"Are you crazy?" Rebecca demanded as she saw where the bridge was out and realized it went over the same ravine that had always made her nervous when she crossed it on the other road that she normally took. The part of it that she had seen had to be at least forty or fifty feet deep and she had heard that where this road crossed it was even deeper.

"Trust me." Hot Rod replied as he shot across where the bridge had been.

Rebecca gasped and glanced out the window as they passed over the ravine and found herself torn between being terrified and amazed by the feeling of flying as they passed over it. When they landed safely on the other side she said. "Stop right now."

Hot Rod stopped, Rebecca got out and leaned against the rock wall at the side of the road, catching her breath. She finally looked up at Hot Rod, "Do you have any idea how terrifying that was?" She asked angrily.

"We're fine and I told you I knew what I was doing." Hot Rod replied sounding a little worried.

"Well you just about gave me a heart attack." Rebecca told him.

"I really didn't mean to scare you that badly, I'm sorry, I won't do it again, I'll stay on the other road from now on." Hot Rod said.

"You'd better not, now that I know I'll survive it I expect you to come this way anytime I let you drive me somewhere." Rebecca said smiling as she walked back over to him. "That was absolutely amazing."

"So you trust me now?" Hot Rod asked, Rebecca was sure if she had been able to see his face he would have been grinning.

"Yes." Rebecca replied as she got in.

"Enough to let me go off road to get you to town?" Hot Rod asked.

"How would you know if you can get through?" Rebecca asked.

"I've scanned the entire side of the mountain; I know exactly where any trees, rocks or anything else that might get in the way is. I can get us down without any problems." Hot Rod told her sounding hopeful.

Rebecca hesitated a second then said. "Fine, but if we end up hurt I'm never letting you go off road again."

"Deal." Hot Rod said taking off down the road until the rock at the side of the road was only about five feet high, then he swerved up onto it and shot off the top flipping in the air and landing on the ground at the top. "You still okay with this?" he asked when he noticed Rebecca griping the seat again, although not as tightly.

"Yeah, I'm fine.  Just warn if you're going to flip like that again." Rebecca replied quickly letting go of the seat.

"Okay." Hot Rod said then took off down the mountain swerving around trees and rocks or occasionally balancing on two wheels to get through tight spaces.

About fifteen minutes later they were almost to the bottom of the mountain and Hot Rod got back on the road, but didn't slow down.

"Hot Rod you should slow down." Rebecca said.

"I will, in just a minute, hold on." he said as they came around a curve and into a long fairly rounded tunnel that went through the bottom of a large hill. Hot Rod swerved up onto the wall and all the way to the top and down the other side of the tunnel barely missing one of the lights that hung from the ceiling. By the time he came out the other end of the tunnel he was going the speed limit.

"Do you really have to leave when the others come to get you? I'm going to miss that, I don't think I've ever had that much fun." Rebecca said grinning.

"Unfortunately yes, with some of the Decepticons still around we'll still have to be ready for possible attacks, but I'm sure I could come and visit once in a while. Now, where are we going in town?" Hot Rod asked.

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After dropping the dresses off they stopped at the grocery store for Rebecca to get a few things.

"You're going to have to stay on the road on the way home, I don't think you want the eggs to break." Rebecca said quietly as she put the last bag in.

"I'm not a normal car, we don't have to worry about it."  Hot Rod said as netting formed over the groceries and secured them. "They won't move at all now, even when we go back through that tunnel again."

"Well, if you're sure, then lets get going." Rebecca said grinning as she opened the door to get in then stopped and groaned when she heard someone calling her name.

"Rebecca what are you doing with that car?" her mother asked as she walked up to her.

"This will be fun trying to explain." Rebecca said sarcastically under her breath then smiled at her mom. "A friend said I could use it for the day." she said hoping her mom would believe her.

"You don't have any friends, and you've never been very good at lying to me. Where did it really come from, please tell me you didn't buy it, that paint job is ridiculous." Catherine said.

Rebecca was standing with her hands on the top of the door and could feel Hot Rod tense up at her mothers comment. "Well I like it." she told her. "Now I really should get home before the frozen food thaws."

"So does that mean you did buy this thing? Why on earth would you need a ridiculous looking race car? I'm sure you're truck is much safer on the mountain roads."

"Honestly, it's absolutely amazing how well this does on the mountain." Rebecca said.

"You still haven't given me a straight answer about where it came from."

Before Rebecca could come up with a reply the door pulled shut about an inch, when she didn't move it pulled shut a little farther. "Just a minute, I need to check something." Rebecca said then got in and shut the door. "What?" she asked leaning her head against the steering wheel partially out of frustration and partially so her mom wouldn't be able to tell she was talking.

"Can your mother be trusted?" Hot Rod asked quietly.

"I think so, yes, but are you sure you should be letting other people know about you?" Rebecca asked.

"She seems quite determined; I don't think we have a choice. Tell her to get in and we'll explain when we get back to your house." Hot Rod told her.

"Alright, just stay on the road and don't do anything extreme while she's with us." Rebecca said.

"Not even the tunnel?" Hot Rod asked sounding disappointed.

"Especially the tunnel, she'd freak out. We'll just have to make sure we come back down the mountain again before you have to leave." Rebecca told him.

"At least a few times." Hot Rod said then opened the door for her.

"What were you doing, making out with the steering wheel?" Catherine asked sarcastically when the door opened.

"Mother!" Rebecca exclaimed blushing then turning an even deeper red when she felt the car shake slightly like he was laughing.

"What? You don't have to yell at me, I was just kidding. Don't you think you're over reacting a little, blushing and yelling? You'd think I accused you of kissing a real man or something."

"Just get in the car if you want to know anything." Rebecca told her then pulled the door shut again then lightly hit the dash, "Quit laughing, it's not funny."

"Yes it is, can you just imagine the look on her face if I had been able to transform when she said that?" Hot Rod asked.

"Okay, that would have been funny." Rebecca agreed laughing.

"What's so funny?" Catherine asked as she opened the door and got in.

"You'll understand when we get back to the house." Rebecca told her.

The drive back was peaceful until Hot Rod turned on to the side road where the bridge was out.

"Rebecca what are you doing? Didn't you see that sign?" her Catherine.

"Um, no." Rebecca said.

"It said the bridge is out. You've got to turn around."

Rebecca tightened her hands on the wheel and tried the break, but nothing happened.
"Hot Rod." She hissed under her breath.

The volume on the radio suddenly turned up on the passengers side and down on the drivers side. "This is for her comment about my paint job." Hot Rod said before the radio went back to normal.

"What's wrong with the radio and why haven't you turned around?" Catherine asked worriedly.

"Because this car has an attitude and he isn't to happy with you about the comment you made about his paint job." Rebecca told her.

"Rebecca, stop the car!" Catherine said sounding like she was starting to panic as they came within view of the road block.

"Just trust me, we're going to be fine, he knows what he's doing and I can't stop him." Rebecca said letting go of the wheel.

"What are you doing, don't let go of-" she suddenly screamed and tried to grab the wheel as they sped up and headed right for the road block.

Rebecca grabbed her hands, keeping her from touching the wheel as they swerved up onto the rock at the side of the road then back onto the road on the other side of the roadblock and sped up. "It's going to be alright." Rebecca tried to reassure her.

"How did you do that?" she asked then screamed again when she looked ahead of them and saw where the bridge had been and a second later they shot off into the air.

"It really is an amazing feeling isn't it?" Rebecca asked trying to ignore where her mothers hand was cutting off the circulation to her hand.

They landed on the other side and Catherine looked at her like she was crazy and asked. "Are you insane? You could have gotten us killed, what's wrong with you? And slow down you could still get us killed at this speed."

Instead of slowing down Hot Rod sped up as he raced around the curves of the road.

"I think that's a no to slowing down, don't worry at this speed we'll be home in a couple of minutes." Rebecca said while trying to pry her mother's fingers from around her wrist.

"Why won't you slow down and how are you controlling the car?" Catherine asked.

Rebecca smiled as they pulled into the drive way and said. "I'm not doing anything."

The doors opened, Rebecca got out and pulled the groceries out, "Help me put these away, I don't want to get distracted and end up with ruined food." She said.

"How did the door open like that? I hadn't even touched it yet." Catherine asked as she followed her inside.

"You'll see." Rebecca said as she put the stuff in the fridge then led her mom back out side, She grabbed a chair off of the porch and set it in the yard next to the driveway.

"What's that for" Catherine asked.

"It's for you, I don't want to have to try to catch you if you pass out." Rebecca told her. "Now you remember the other day you were telling me not to waste my time looking for things that seem really farfetched?" she asked.

"Yes." Catherine said trying to figure out what she was talking about.

"Well, I didn't have to look, he came to me." Rebecca said.

A second later Hot Rod transformed, Rebecca grinned, "I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing that, it's just amazing." she said then turned to her mother who was staring at Hot Rod with her mouth hanging open and her face as white as a sheet. "Mom this is Hot Rod, Hot Rod this is my mom Catherine."

"H- how- where- w- what-" Catherine stuttered.

"You handled seeing me for the first time much better than she is." Hot Rod said to Rebecca.

"Well I did have some idea of what to expect." Rebecca told him.

"True." he said to her then knelt to look at Catherine, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you and I promise I won't try to scare you again as long as you don't insult my paint job again." Hot Rod told her then stepped back to give her some room.

"Are you alright?" Rebecca asked her mom.

"Th- that- that's what you were talking about when you called me a few days ago?" Catherine finally asked never taking her eyes off of Hot Rod.

"Yep, he's pretty amazing isn't he?" Rebecca asked.

"How- where did he come from and what is he?" Catherine asked.

"He dropped out of the sky." Rebecca told her.

Catherine raised an eyebrow. "He just dropped out of the sky?" she asked doubtfully.

"Literally." Rebecca replied.

Rebecca and Hot Rod spent the next couple of hours telling Catherine what had happened and answering her questions. When Catherine finally decided it was time to go home Rebecca handed her the keys to her truck.

"What are these for?" Catherine asked.

"You about had a heart attack getting up here, trust me I don't think you could possibly handle having Hot Rod take you back down the mountain. I'll get the truck back from you the next time I'm in town." Rebecca told her.

"Okay." Catherine said then whispered. "Are you sure you're safe up here alone with him?"

Before Rebecca could reply Hot Rod smiled and said. "As long as she doesn't try making out with my steering wheel she'll be fine."    

Catherine gasped a horrified look crossing her face as she brought a hand up over her mouth, "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry about that, if I had had any idea he was alive I never would have said that." she said to Rebecca.

Rebecca just started laughing at her, "You were right, even if you couldn't transform when she first said it, her reaction was still funny." she said to Hot Rod.

"How did he even just hear me a minute ago? I was whispering." Catherine asked deciding to ignore their laughter.

"I just have very good receptors." Hot Rod told her, "Seriously though, she's perfectly safe with me, even when we're going down the mountain." Hot Rod reassured her as he and Rebecca grinned at each other.
  
Catherine looked back and forth between them and said, "Now I'm really scared."

"Don't worry; I never do anything really dangerous, even if it might look dangerous to someone who is use to normal human vehicles." Hot Rod told her.

"Go on mom, I'll be fine, he's been here for four days and I've been just fine. If he was going to hurt me I think he would have done it by now. I trust him, so don't worry." Rebecca reassured her mom as she walked over to the truck with her.