Note: New story, new ocs with some old ones! Hope ya like it! Gabe is pronounced Ga-bee just fyi! My keyboard is being stupid and doesn't want to let me type in letters and stuff without literally BASHING in the keys. So there will be many typos. Forgive me!

I don't own Transformers. I only own my ocs Maria, Gabe, and Angel. My cousins own themselves.

In California at an airport, two females stood in line at the airport security, shoes in hand. They were nervously looking to the front doors as if expecting anyone to burst through at any second. Once through security they seemed more relaxed. The security guards gave them suspicious looks as they kept looking over their shoulders which made them hurry along on to the airplane after being checked.

Once seated and the plane took off, they both sighed a much needed sigh of relief.

The older girl was leaning her forehead against the window. She had creamy chocolate skin and honey brown eyes. Her long hair was up in a loose hat. Always the motherly figure, this woman didn't hesitate to help her friends

Her name was Maria.

The younger one had long white blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Unlike her best friend, her chest wasn't very big at all and she refused to wear hats. Cute things like that wasn't her style. Her porcelain skin seemed to glow at times of sadness and right now she couldn't help but shed tears.

Her name was Gabe.

They were on their way to North Carolina. It was on the complete opposite side of the USA, far away from California. To make a long and dramatic story short, they got into trouble with a gang but not by choice. After a certain event they had no choice but to leave, telling no one of their destination.

Once hey arrived in North Carolina, they began searching for a new home. Eventually, they found one that seemed to be in the middle of no where but it was good enough for them. There was only one other house in view and it was at least a five minute walk across part of the HUGE space. This place was roomy and they could tell the previous owner had a farm.

"This place..." The blonde started.

Maria finished her sentence for her, "-is good enough! No one can really find it. There's a fire department not even ten minutes away and our neighbor is a firefighter."

"What? How do you know he's a firefighter?"

"Well," She pointed, "There's a fire rescue vehicle in the front yard as plane as day."

Gabe nodded, "Maybe he's cute?"

"How do you know it's a he, hm?"

The blonde shrugged and walked into the two story house. It wasn't stylish but it wasn't bad either. Like their neighbors house, it had a balcony on the second floor that was absolutely perfect for sun bathing! Even though Gabe never really tanned, Maria was all for it!

The house didn't cost very much and it was more than enough for the two girls. It already had furniture in it and a fridge. All they needed was to go to a grocery store and get some food.

"Which we will do tomorrow." Maria announced, "It's late."

"Late?" Said Gabe, "Thats never stopped us before! Lets go for a walk!"

The older one stopped unpacking her backpack and turned to look at the younger, "I think we learned our lesson in California not to get involved with roaming the night. We're in North Carolina, now. Woods, land, animals."

"I forgot about the animal part..."

"Besides, we need the rest anyway."

They didn't have much in their bags, only three outfits and another pair of shoes. They'd make out a list of the things they needed tomorrow.

After a few quiet hours a knock on the door caught their attention. Both of them sat there on the sofa in fear before they remembered they were now in a new place. They were safe for a while, at least. They wouldn't have been found this quick.

Maria looked out the window and saw the fire rescue truck outside, "I think it's our neighbor."

She opened the door to see a woman with long black hair pulled back into a braided ponytail, her pale skin had what looked like ashes smeared over it here and there. The man beside her was the same only with more ashes. He had shaggy brown hair and a slight gotee that looked like he hadn't shaved in a day or so.

"Hey! We're from next door." The girl said, "We wanted to meet our new neighbors."

"Oh, uh...well, I'm Maria and this is Gabe behind me." She shook their hands, "Sorry, we aren't very good with people."

"That's quite alright." The man stepped forward, "This is Angelina."

"Friends and family call me Angel."

"And I'm Ratchet."

Maria gave a funny look upon hearing the name 'Ratchet' which she guessed was a nickname.

"It's nice to meet you! Um, you want to come in?"

Ratchet and Angel looked at each other before looking back to their neighbor.

"What is it?"

"We kind of smell like smoke from the fire call we just came from." Angel giggled while scratching the back of her head, "Tomorrow, though, we were going to head out to town. Would you two like to tag along?"

She had noticed they had no car and also thought it'd be a way of getting to know them.

"Um, that'd be cool. We don't have any vehicles though."

"We can probably help you with that as well. We'll talk tomorrow, ok?"

"Ok, thank you!"

"They seem nice," Gabe stated from the couch, "We gonna go with them?"

"How rude you are! They invited and seemed to notice that we can't exactly 'drive' any where so, of course!"

It was always nice to have friendly neighbors, even better when they were firefighters which also meant they'd keep an eye out for them.

"Everything will be ok now, Gabe." Maria took her best friend in her arms, "We can get started with new reputations here."