Hello all! Welcome to my Transformers and the Forest of Hands and Teeth crossover. This story literally came to me in a dream. I'm back at school so please be patient with me because updates will be slow! The Transformers stuff will mostly be G1 designs, but I guess you could consider it Bayverse, too. Disclaimer-I don't own Transformers or the Forest of Hands and Teeth!

Chapter 1

Alice sighed and closed her book. That was one of the best books she'd ever read! Okay, so everyone died, but it was still a good book! Besides, reading stories like that was always interesting. Glancing at the clock on the wall, she saw what time it was and became panicked. Rushing to the door, she grabbed her keys and ran to her car, got in, and started the engine. Moments later she was pulling out of her driveway and driving down the road.

As she drove further into town, she was forced to slow down and turn on her fog lights. "Why is it so foggy today?" she muttered to herself, straining to see the road. It had been foggy the past couple of days in the small town of Warshing, Mississippi, and no one could figure out why. It didn't really matter, though, as long as no one got hurt while driving, or walking, or doing anything really.

Finally, she pulled up in front of an old building. It was so old, it didn't use traditional building materials. In fact, no one even considered it an actual building. It was more like a child's playground, with many floors and seemed to be built like a castle fort. How it had survived so long built next to a river that would (eventually) empty into the famous Mississippi River was a mystery to all.

Alice got out of her car and walked quickly towards the entrance, her flip-flops splashing in the puddles and soaking her feet. She didn't mind. Alice loved the rain, and she loved to splash in puddles. She was a little kid at heart, really. Rain or shine, Alice was always wearing flip-flops, jeans, a t-shirt, and her favorite hoodie.

As it started to rain, Alice walked under the awning and then into the building itself. The girl in charge on the bottom floor, Stacy, glanced up and waved to Alice. Alice waved back and headed for the stairwell, taking the stairs two at a time so she would reach the sixth floor faster.

The overall building was old and seemed to be falling apart on the outside, when in fact it was quite stable. The wooden stairs were well supported and the metal gates that guarded each floor weren't even rusted. There were no windows anywhere in the building, and there was no electricity. The building was built so that there would be no barriers between the people and nature.

Alice reached the sixth floor and pushed open the old iron gate. She hadn't even worked up a sweat running up the stairs. Some of the people in the sixth floor group glanced up when Alice entered, but then went back to their conversations. However, one girl beamed when she saw Alice and walked over to her. "There you are, Alice! What took you so long?" Alice smiled at her friend.

"Hi, Maya. Sorry I'm so late; I was finishing this really good book," Alice explained as her and Maya took a seat at a table. Maya smiled and nodded knowingly. "Was it a good book?" Alice nodded eagerly.

"Yes! It was a scary murder mystery story and everyone died in the end." Maya laughed at the explanation and shook her head as though she felt she shouldn't have even asked. Just as Maya was about to reply, a strong wind kicked up, stirring the leaves and flinging everyone's hair in their faces. Maya and Alice exchanged worried looks.

"Maya, does anything seem...off today? Or is it just me?" Alice asked hesitantly. Maya shook her head. "It's not just you. There's something about today that's not right. It's like there's something in the air. I feel like something horrible is about to happen," Maya whispered fearfully. A scream split the air, and the two jumped, and scowled when a boy appeared beside their table, holding up his phone and the two knew he had used a scream app.

"Ben! That wasn't funny!" Maya scolded. Ben ignored them and howled with laughter as he sat down next to Alice. "'There's something in the air, something horrible is about to happen' You guys are a riot!" he mocked. "Laugh while you can Ben. We'll be the ones laughing when we are right and you're dead," Alice snapped, crossing her arms and glaring at the dark-haired boy.

"Whatever. Even for strange people, you guys are even stranger! There's absolutely nothing wrong with today! What is your problem? It's just a little rain and fog. I mean, come on Alice, you love the rain!" Ben continued, waving his arms around.

Alice shook her head and glanced over the balcony, staring out over the horizon, "It's not the weather, Ben. Any other day, I'd be perfectly okay with the weather. But it's the middle of July and it feels like Autumn. Face it, something is off today. You feel it too, you just won't admit it."

Ben fell silent and sighed, his normally ever-present smile gone. Alice knew what that thoughtful look on his face meant. The taller boy was worried about something. Finally, he spoke, "I'll admit, today hasn't been exactly...normal. I saw my friend Richard before I left my house, and when I said hi to him, he just stared at me. There was this utterly blank look in his eyes, like he didn't recognize me. Then he just turned around and limped away. I think he hurt himself. He's not very bright, so it's possible."

Maya shook her head as well. She looked ready to say something, but stopped when her phone beeped. Glancing at it, she frowned. "That's weird. I'm getting an alert that says to lock-down our floor. But no one else had to lock-down their floor. Must be a glitch in the alert system. I'll go downstairs and ask Stacy." With that said, Maya stood up and went to the stairwell. As her footsteps faded away, Alice also stood up and went over to the railing, peering down to the floors below them.

It was only possible to see the floors beneath them a little bit because as each floor went higher, the platforms got smaller. As she looked down, Alice grew confused. A girl she recognized to be Riley was stumbling over to a girl named Lizzie. As Lizzie half-turned towards Riley, the latter lunged forward and bit Lizzie. Lizzie screamed, and flailed, trying to dis-lodge Riley, but her screams tapered off, and the girl that was Lizzie seemed to fade. A moan reached Alice's ears, and with a flash of horror, she realized what had happened.

Stumbling back, away from the railing, Alice screamed, "Zombie Infection!" A few others turned to look at her in confusion, and then they heard the moans, too. Just as the people on the floors below them started screaming. Panic broke loose on the sixth floor, people screaming and trying to get to the stairs, to run down and escape to their cars. Ben had other ideas as he grabbed Alice's arm and dragged her up the stairs, to the seventh floor, where people were wandering about, looking confused. Alice and Ben flung the iron gate on the seventh floor shut, locked it, and backed away.

Being on the seventh floor now had them on an open roof-top. They were completely exposed to the rain, which was why very few people were currently on the seventh floor. The screams grew less and less as they all stood there. But there was never the sound of a car starting up as though people had gotten away. Then the moans filled the air. Shuffling footsteps came near, and then people were pressing against the iron gate, clawing at it.

Except they weren't people anymore. Their eyes were hollow, blank. Their skin was pale, and several of them had bite marks all over their skin. They were all people they recognized, and it took a considerable amount of effort for the few people trapped on the seventh floor to push that memory aside. Blood splattered the floor as the blood-covered zombies all shuffled closer, moaning as they reached through the bars in the gate, trying to grab on to someone. Suddenly, a frantic zombie, who was moving much faster than the others, flung itself at the gate violently.

The metal swayed. The zombie repeated that same movement, and the iron buckled, starting to give way. Ben grabbed Alice's arm again and dragged her as far from the gate as they could get. The other few people started screaming, and glancing around frantically, looking for somewhere to run and hide.

Except there was no where to go. With a final screech, the metal on the gate gave out and the zombies flooded into the one safe haven. The zombies struck out. The humans didn't stand a chance. Screams were replaced with moans. Ben and Alice climbed on top of their final safety net. The railing. They glanced around. Two choices were presented to them.

They could either stay standing there and be bitten, or they could jump into the river, hope the zombies wouldn't follow, hope they would survive the fall, and hope they wouldn't drown. Alice glanced at Ben. He glanced back at her, panic written on his face. The zombies shuffled closer, and the fastest one was running at them. The two friends made up their minds.

They jumped.

They had the feeling of falling through the air, their stomachs flip-flopping as they were pulled closer and closer to the ground, the air whistling in their ears. They each had a moment of sheer horror and panic, and had a few seconds to draw air into their lungs.

Then they plunged into the water. The raging river pulled at them, trying to drown them. Alice and Ben were tossed around like rag-dolls even as they fought the pull of the river. Alice kicked to the surface and had time to pull in another gasp of air before she was plunged under again. She couldn't see Ben; she hoped he was okay.

For now, all she could do was hold her breath.

That is chapter one. I promise the Autobots will be in the next chapter, but I don't know if the Decepticons will be. Yet. Okay, so review please!