Andrew Knight scrambled off of his bike, shivering as he looked through the snow. He began to roll the bike towards the house, down the dirt road. He knew his mother wouldn't be home yet. She wouldn't be home for a few days even. She'd been using old day transportation, heading towards the nearest town to go shopping. The simple horse and wagon kind of transportation. They didn't have any cars, they were just too poor. With a jolt, he realized that there were tire tracks on the ground.
He hopped back on his bike and quickly followed the tracks over to the garage. There's a car in my mom's garage. He just couldn't believe it. He got off of the bike and pulled up on the handle on the outside of the garage door. It opened with a normal loud creak as it flew upward. I must be dreaming. He slapped himself. Wake up, Andy!
Andy stared in shock at what was before him. It was a beat up old tractor semi. A very old tractor semi at that. The paint had rusted away, leaving an ugly orange color. But still, it was amazing. A truck in his garage. Who'd put it there?
He rolled his bike inside and leaned it up against a couple of other rusty ones. He easily pulled the garage door closed behind him and turned back to the truck. He walked around the rusty thing, amazed that it was still in one piece. He stopped back at the front as he gazed at it.
"Wow." Andy murmured.
He walked over to the driver's door and pulled it open with ease. He peered inside. The seats were torn and scarred black. He climbed in, sitting down. Gazing at the steering wheel, he noticed a faded symbol in the middle of it. A symbol that reminded him of the alien war.
Though the officials wanted all alien activity reported, Andrew doubted that this was one of them. Sighing, he leaned back in the seat. I'm going to fix this thing up.
*X*
Optimus was snapped out of recharge as his door slammed. Confused, he began to transform. He heard a human yell in surprise. Once he fully transformed into mech mode, he towered over a teenage boy, blue optics narrowed in suspicion.
"Oh my god." The kid burst out as he stared up at him. "Alien robot in my garage."
"Who are you?" Prime spat.
"I-I'm Andy. Andrew Knight." The boy replied, backing into the garage door. "P-please, don't hurt me. I mean no harm."
"I can see that." Optimus sighed, looking down at his arm where a wrench was on a bolt, that happened to be only halfway into the metal. A small stream of energon leaked out from it. "I am Optimus Prime. I am here because I was attacked by your military just a week ago. My Autobots are in danger."
"Autobots? Those are the good guys right? The ones who fought for us?" Andy persisted.
"Yes." He replied. "We fought for the humans and for Earth, but now, we are being hunted. There are very few of us left, not enough to stop the Decepticons. There are some good bots that we could use now." He finished with a sad sigh, tearing the bolt from him arm and dropping it to the ground with a clatter. "Ironhide, Ratchet, Sideswipe even." He listed a few bots. "Jazz or Prowl."
"What happened to them?" The boy asked.
"Killed by Decepticons." Optimus spat. "But not Ratchet. Ratchet was killed by Lockdown and some of the humans. He died by not giving my location away. He died for me."
"What happened to you?"
"The Decepticons are working with the government military now. Some of them attacked me in New York a week ago and the whole cargo dock burned down."
"So, let me get this straight." Andy grumbled. Then he spoke up. "The military is working with the aliens that have been trying to invade our planet for years?"
"Exactly." The Autobot leader replied, anger in his voice. "After all of those years of fighting alongside us, they've turned to the enemy's side."
"It's not right." The boy half yelled, anger filling his own voice as he moved towards Optimus. "If anything, they should still be working on getting rid of those guys!"
Optimus just gave a small nod, opening a compartment in his chest. The Matrix of Leadership floated out and he grabbed it, studying it as he answered. "I know. If I had the other Autobots we would be able to work on that. There's not much left of us though. Drift, Hound, Bumblebee, Hot Rod, and I. Unless you count the Dinobots. Grimlock, Slug, Scorn, Strafe, and then the young ones. Everything else is a fragging Decepticon."
"Is there anything I can do to help the right team?" Andrew asked, determination set in his expression.
Hope flew through Optimus and he looked down at the human. "Actually, there may be something." He pushed the Matrix back into its compartment, closing it up. "Open the door."
The boy gave a nod as he pulled it open, letting the cold back in. "Now what?"
"You might want to watch out." Prime warned as he carefully transformed into the truck.
*X*
Andy watched the alien drive out of the garage, opening the driver's door in an invitation to get in. He quickly took a notepad out of his pocket and wrote on it.
Mom, I may not be here when you return. I'm going on a trip and I promise that I'll be back in a few weeks.
Love, Andy.
He placed it on a table with his pen and then exited the garage, pulling the big door closed. He jogged over to Optimus and climbed in the torn up driver seat.
"Let's go!" He called, turning on the heater, which was surprisingly working.
The tractor truck began driving down the snowy dirt path at a speed of eighty-five miles per hour.
*Same POV*
It was a day and a half later. They were in Minnesota, where it was almost as snowy as it had been in Canada, back at home.
"Optimus, where are we going?" Andy asked curiously.
"To the old NEST base."
"Why?"
"To meet an old friend." Was the simple reply.
*Same POV*
It had been two more days. They had entered Illinois and were in Chicago, which was in great condition after the repairs that had been made all those years ago. Optimus drove them up to a big abandoned building, which had the word "NEST" on the front of it. The door opened for Andy to get out, which he did. Then the Prime transformed into his mech form.
"So, we're here?" The boy asked.
"Yes." Prime said, looking at a pile of rusted metal on the ground. He carefully dug through it, eventually pulling his arm out of it with a cube shaped object, which wasn't rusty, but shining with life.
"What is that?" Andrew asked, hoping it wasn't bad.
"It is the spark of Ironhide." The Autobot responded, looking at him.
"Is that what we came here for?"
"Yes. We have to make one more stop though."
"Now where are we going?" Andy sighed.
"You'll find out soon enough." Optimus grumbled, tossing the spark to him.
Andy caught it as the Prime transformed back into a truck. He got inside, making sure to be careful with the spark of the dead Autobot. They began driving almost immediately.
*X*
Optimus felt a small pang of pride that Ironhide's spark was still intact. All they needed was a body for it so he could bring him back to life. But first, they were going to look for the spark of Ratchet, which would most likely be in Hong Kong, where the remains of Lockdown and his ship were.
*Same POV*
It'd been a whole week and Optimus drove off of the ferry, with Andy inside. They were at Hong Kong. They drove over to the place where he'd killed Lockdown. There was dead metal from the ship and Lockdown everywhere.
He transformed into mech mode as soon as Andy got out. They walked through the ruins of the place, looking for a sign of the former medical officer's spark. He stopped at Lockdown's body. He opened up the dead aliens chest, finding a spare compartment with a spark inside. The spark was glowing with life, just like Ironhide's.
Optimus felt triumph in his circuits as he carefully took the spark from his dead foe's body. He crouched down and handed it to Andy. Then he transformed into a truck, letting the boy back in.
"We have one last stop to make." Optimus explained. "We're going to the KSI building."
"Wait, isn't that the place that made transformers?" Andrew questioned.
"It is." The Prime responded. "And we need two bodies. Maybe there will be a few that were left behind."
"Alright." The human replied in a laid-back manner.
They drove deeper into the city, reaching KSI within an hour.
"Think anyone's here?"
"I don't care if they are or not." Optimus responded, driving through the front wall of the building. Then the Autobot transformed into mech mode. "Give me the sparks."
Andy handed them over without a word. Optimus walked through the room, easily breaking through the wall into the next. This room was lined with transformer bodies.
"Easy." Andy murmured.
"Don't get cocky." Optimus warned.
He found bodies similar to the ones that the two Autobots had at at the time of their deaths. He shoved Ironhide's spark into the one that was similar to his body. Then he took the Matrix from his chest compartment.
He slammed it into the body and the blue optics of Ironhide lit up, full of life.
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