Author's note

This story is based off of a role play that my friend on Transformers: Forged to fight, Dark Hunter28, and I are working on. It's unfinished, but I wanted to publish this. I wrote this prologue to get the story started, and our characters will make a formal appearance in the first chapter.

This is edited from chatroom style, but retains as much of the original feel as possible.

Posted with Dark Hunter28's permission.

Prologue

The Decepticons have lost, the Earth is safe, but Chicago is a disaster area…

One young survivor watches from the mass of refugees gathered on the outskirts of the city. His motorcycle is parked some distance away, out of sight. He has family elsewhere who he can stay with, so he retrieves his motorcycle and drives away.