just a few setting details before you start into it. the story takes place somewhere on the US/canada line. also, jenna has an Australian accent,

Jenna sighed heavily as she drove down the highway. Traffic was usually pretty thick at this time of day but she was having a pretty easy drive today. All she wanted to do was get home and forget that whole day. She's had history class today, and the main topic was the Cybertronians and their presence on earth. The transformers had always fascinated her; she had caught a glimpse of one when she was younger. She knew well enough that they were an alien race of giant sentient machines that could morph into other forms like cars and planes in order to hide in plain sight; the one she had seen as a child had been disguised as a fire truck before he suddenly transformed into robot mode and fled.

It's been decades since the transformers war had finally left earth, and somehow, public opinion of them had gotten even worse. Hatred toward the transformers and how their war had affected the earth had grown, and those that remained on earth were ostracized. Many in her class had such a dismissive attitude towards them. She made things worse when she couldn't hide her much more positive views, which her classmates didn't seem to take kindly to. She knew they would see her in a different light now.

"what the hell?!"

She saw in her rear view mirror a red corvette weaving madly and violently through the lanes, forcing other cars to swerve and skid to avoid it.

"jeees, that's someone with some serious road rage"

As it came up and moved to go around her, she moved to block its path. If she could have just a little fun today, it would be to ruin this jerks joy ride. It was hardly how she usually acted, but everyone has off days. She kept moving to keep the speedster from going around her. They seemed to be getting pretty impatient. Jenna then noticed something else in her rear view, a trio of black armored vehicles coming up fast. It was then that she realized, the red corvette wasn't having fun, it was running away. Suddenly she was jerked about as the corvette bashed the side of her car. She lost control and skidded right towards the guard rail. Everything seemed to slow down as her car crashed right through it and sailed down the steep hill on the other side. The highway disappeared as she sailed into the tree line. She screamed as she picked up speed when she was suddenly jerked by the apparent stop of the vehicle, yet she had not hit anything.

"are you okay?!" a metallic female voice came

She then realized that the car was still struggling to move and uneven, like something was holding it back. She fought to undo her seatbelt and fell out her door. It took her a moment to calm down from the ordeal and she looked up and saw her rescuer. Standing tall behind her car was a large robot, a transformer of all things. She then realized that this robot was the corvette from the highway. Since they were a few meters past the tree line, it was likely safe form it to have transformed. It stood about two stories tall, the typical height for cybertronians if she remembered correctly. From the voice and physic, it was clearly a female. The bright blue eyes and badge on her chest showed that she was an autobot. She was primarily red and dark blue, with white and black on her limbs. She had blue wing-like protrusions from behind her shoulders and a mouth plate in place of a mouth.

"are you all right? I am so sorry, I did not mean to cause this!"

"ye…yes, just a little shaken"

"thank the matrix"

"i..i'm sorry, I just, you're a cybertronian, I've always wanted to meet one"

"well, now you have. My name is Road Rage"

"fitting, considering how you drive"

"im sorry, I just…im getting a little out of control in vehicle mode…

At the top of the hill, they heard a the screeching of tires, shouting and other commotion.

"probably the cops or some witness who saw me go off the road. She looked up and saw road rage was staring up the hill with a concerned look; her blue eyes narrowed.

"I don't think those are normal authorities"

Jenna started to sweat. Something that would unnerve a transformer was worth worrying about. She stepped forward a bit and tried to look through the trees towards the top of the hill. She saw where she had broken through the guard rail that there were 3 vehicles stopped there; the black armored vehicles. She saw men swarm out of the vehicles, clad in military looking gear and armed, heavily. She started to worry even more.

"that…that seems like a lot of concern for a little accident" she said nervously

"they aren't rescue teams, their hunters"

"hunters, what are the hunting?"

"me"

"what, why, what did you do?!"

"exist. These humans hate our kind and have been hunting us"

"oh god, I mean I don't agree with people who don't like you guys, but to actually try to kill you"

"quickly, we have to go, now!"

"we, all you did was run me off the road"

"if they know you talked to me, even saw me, it could put you in serious danger"

"what if I just lied"

"they would find out, they always do" she said with an edge in her voice

"what does that mean?"

"ill tell you later, we need to go"

"wait my car…"

"there's no time to egt it out of here, just hop in me!"

"well, a…alright, and by the way please don't say it like that. But they will know who I am from my car, grab my plates while I get my bag"

"gottcha"

"it's down there, open fire!" a voice cried out from above

Suddenly the sound of gun fire filled the air and splintered the trees. Road rage scooped jenna up and ran down the hill. Jenna was in a panic as the gunfire continued, she could hear the bullets hitting road rages back.

"are you ok, doesn't it hurt"

"no, it's just light arms fire, they haven't gotten out the big guns yet"

They reached a dirt road at the bottom of the hill. Road rage set her down then transformed into vehicle mode. Jenna watched in amazement, studying every detail as the autobots body shifted and reshaped into the smaller mobile form. She had never seen an up close or in depth look at a cybertronians transformation. It would be a moment she would remember forever. Suddenly there was the roar of a vehicle coming down the hill.

"alright get in or get lost fleshy" road rage roared harshly

It was off putting but she climbed into the driver's seat and before she could even buckle her belt, road rage was speeding down the path. The armored truck followed behind with determination, but could not keep up. A string of insults, swears and all manner of nasty talk flew from wherever transformers talked when in vehicle mode as road rage made it to the main road and once again sped and weaved through traffic like a speed demon.

"wow, you really earn your name don't you"

"shut up, if you can handle the road then don't get on it hahaha"

They drove for over an hour, it was well after sunset and they had gone into the less populated parts of the state. To keep from saying anything wrong, or raising her rescuers ire again, she simple sat in silence when they came to side road off the main road. As she read the broken sign at the entrance, she realized it was a drive in Movie Theater, or had been at one point. The path led for near a quarter of a mile through the woods, which seemed even creepier at this time of night. They came to the main area of the drive in. It was quiet and in ill repair. After few moments, from all dark corners of the area, many different types of vehicles came to life and transformed. They all walked forward to loom over them.

"road rage, where have you been!?"

The voice was clearly male and from a bot of older age. After a moment, road rage opened her driver's door and revved her engine menacingly, signaling jenna to get out. She did, slowly and nervously, not wanting to provoke the other bots. She stood up and smiled nervously. The other bots were clearly not pleased as they all gasped. Road rage revved her engine again defiantly, yet backed up a few inches, nervous under their disapproving gaze as he stood grimacing.

"lass, you got a lotta explaining to do"

thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed. should have next chapter up this week. you will have to wait until then to see whose in the rogue transformer group