Chapter 1
This is by request by an email I received, but I hope everyone enjoys.
I do not own anything from Transformers.
Jessica adjusted her dress, and took a breath as she left her last class of the semester. This was her first year in the university, and she was excited to have that first done and under her belt. The classes had gone well, and her grades reflected that. Her parents would be proud of her, and she could have fun for the summer.
She had a long drive from U.C.L.A. back to Phoenix where her parents lived, but she was ready for it.
She said goodbye to a couple of friends, and walked to her car, the old beater her dad had bought her a year ago. She was hoping for an upgrade soon, because she swore she put more money into fixing the car and could have afforded to buy a new one by now.
She opened the back door, and put her bag in, and then checked to make sure she had everything packed.
She looked at the time, and thought she could probably make it home before midnight.
She sent a quick text to her mom, and got into the driver's seat.
She took off down the campus, and was relieved to finally be going home. She was excited to see her high school friends who had not moved out of Phoenix, and the rest of her family. She missed her mom, dad, and her baby brother Nick.
As she was pulling onto the exit for the highway something that was odd in this part of town especially near the college campus. The traffic was stopped, and she thought she caught other people lean out of their cars to take videos of something moving along the highway.
A bunch of military trucks raced by almost hitting other cars that were already traveling the highway. She peered through her windshield, and then caught a glimpse of a huge Peterbilt Semi, a Camaro, and other modern very expensive cars.
Jessica's mouth formed an "O" when she realized whom they were. She had never seen the aliens before except on TV.
They sped by her making her car shake.
Jessica was a little disappointed that she was going the opposite way, she would have loved to see the robots transform in front of her. Especially the Peterbilt, because her dad was a truck driver and she always had a fascination with them since she was a little girl.
Sighing, Jessica sat there for a minute trying to decide if she should follow them or not. It would be exciting in her otherwise boring life to see what they were doing. However, the government had warned them to never interfere in the business of the military and the aliens so she took the turn she was supposed to, and was on her way home. At least, she would have a story to tell her friends and her parents.
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Jessica drove for about two hours, and cursed that traffic was bad, but did not hear of any accidents. She figured it might have been from the Autobots and military appearance earlier. She was relieved when she finally left Los Angeles and was well on her way home. She wouldn't get home now till after midnight, but she wasn't tired and not worried about it.
She turned on the news to see if there were any attacks from the Decepticons, as they were called, but so far there was nothing they were saying on the radio.
Looking at her gas tank Jessica knew she would have to stop soon, and realized she was thirsty too.
Even though she grew up in the desert seeing it at night with practically no lights on the highway was always creepy to her. There were still a lot of cars on the road, but she hated driving at this time, but decided to do it because she wanted to get home.
Seeing the sign for the gas station she took the exit, and pulled into the bay for gas.
There were a few cars here and there, but otherwise the place was deserted.
Grabbing her bag, she pulled out some money, and walked into the convenience store.
A young guy about her age, eighteen to be exact, was behind the counter. He grinned at her, and she smiled pleasantly back ignoring him for the moment. She would just get the gas, grab a soda and go.
"Nice piercings," the guy commented smiling at her from behind the counter.
"Thanks!" She said just wanting to pay for her stuff and go.
"When did you get them?" He asked. Jessica almost rolled her eyes. He was being slow ringing her up on purpose.
"Almost a year ago," she said tightly.
The store clerk went to say something else when both Jessica and the clerk noticed the lights flickered and the ground had shaken a little.
They both stared at each other for a moment and the clerk finally asked, "Earthquake?"
"Maybe…"
They continued to stand still and quiet, straining to listen for any other sounds that would tell them it was indeed an earthquake.
"Maybe just a small one," Jessica commented after a moment handing him the money.
"Hang on a sec, the system's rebooting," the clerk commented frowning at the register.
Jessica could not shake the feeling of dread that just hit her, but tried to ignore it. She said Okay to the clerk, and began to walk away from the counter. She noticed the lights had flickered ever so slightly again. She tilted her head to the side and strained her ears. A rumbling noise began to shake the store and everything around them.
Her light blue eyes were looking everywhere in the store.
"It is an earthquake!" The clerk said as the rumbling and the shaking become louder and louder.
She turned to see the clerk run to through the door in the back, and she just stood there for a moment in shock as things began to fall around her off the shelves.
Knowing she was not safe in there, she ran outside, and looked around breathing heavily as the rumbling continued.
Then something made her gasp as she turned and looked to her right.
Something big, no huge, was coming down the road really fast and straight at her!
She tried to see where she could run to, but she knew she would not make it.
She could only stand there as the shock set in and the thing got closer and closer to her.
The thing left debris, dust and pieces of road in its wake, and Jessica gasped again as the sign of the convenience store came down in a twist of metal, plastic, and sparks. She knew she had to move and she knew she had to run, but for some reason she was frozen in place as it came right for her.
The thing stopped as it slammed right into the canopy above the gas tanks, and the canopy started to fall over them.
She watched helplessly as her car was thrown from the bay of the gas station, but still could not move.
The smell of gas began to pierce her nostrils in a weird sweet smell.
She knew she only had moments as sparks began to fly over the gas tanks, and again she tried to run, but was still frozen in place from fear from what she just witnessed.
She covered her face and whimpered as the fire began, and knew it was too late for her. She would never be able to outrun the explosion in time.
The monster looked over at her with blood red eyes, and his metallic faceplates smiled at her.
She cried out again, and then something else happened.
She looked up to see another creature with big blue eyes, and a red and blue body suddenly came out of the darkness.
He narrowed his eyes as he realized what was going on. He looked directly at Jessica and directly at the monster in front of her.
The monster began to run away, but not before laughing.
Then Jessica screamed as a deep voice said, "Look out!"
Jessica lost her breath as she was suddenly scooped up into a huge metal hand, then placed close to the chest of the robot.
She could hear the creak of metal, a grinding of gears, and a noise she would never forget as the robot turned into a vehicle. Before she could even take another breath, she was suddenly pushed into a seat, and strapped in tightly all while the big robot had been moving.
They were flying down the road away from the gas station, and then the semi lurched as a huge explosion could be heard behind them.
She closed her eyes for a moment, covered her ears, as tears began to stream down her cheeks. She continued to hyperventilate when she realized what had just happened to her.
"Calm down, your safe," a deep voice suddenly said through the speakers.
Calm down? Did he realize what he just did to me? Jessica frowned into the air. Jessica tried to calm down as the semi continued to drive at a break neck speed down the dark road. She put a hand to her chest to try to will her pounding heartbeat to slow down a little. Her other hand was gripping the handle on the door for dear life.
"Who…..who….who are you?" She asked still trying to comprehend what just happened to her.
"I am Optimus Prime the leader of the Autobots," he said through the speakers.
Everything suddenly came into focus, and Jessica could have sworn her mouth hit the floor of the semi.
"Optimus Prime?" She squealed a little, and then cursed her voice.
She thought she heard a light laugh, but ignored it.
"Yes," he said, but did not say much else.
Jessica realized she was finally coming out of her shock, and everything that just happened was replaying in her memory. Then something else occurred to her; She was now inside the cab of the leader of the Autobots, and he just saved her life!
"I guess….I should say thank you…then…..for saving my life back there," she finally croaked out after a moment.
"You're welcome," he said quietly.
Jessica looked around for a moment and took in everything about the semi as her nerves and her heartbeat finally started to calm down.
She had no idea where he was taking her, but at the moment she did not care. A feeling like no other suddenly hit her square in the chest. She was inside an Autobot! And the leader for the Autobots of all things! Wait….how did this happen? They were going the other way when she saw them in Los Angeles. How in the heck did they get all the way out here so fast? Where were the other Autobots? What was Optimus Prime chasing?
She never thought she would meet up with them ever again after seeing them on the highway earlier tonight. She just could not believe this was actually happening to her.
She gripped the car door handle even more tightly. She wondered if she should be afraid or happy.
