I have a poll on my profile page asking a question I really want to have answered. I'm trying to get as many answers as I can, and very few people visit my profile. I've gotten literally one answer in a week, and that's sad. Please answer, and be honest about it.

Chapter 1: My Arrival

Cody steps into the bunker. "Dad just told us there was a new rescue bot coming. Do you know who it is?"

Boulder shrugs. Chase and Heatwave are busy with their own things.

"Dani told me a new human was coming to join the team as well. I hope he's nice."

I step off the elevator. "Um, 'he's' a she." I walk over to the group. "Sheyenne Merritt, Paramedic. It's nice to meet you all."

Cody turns to me. "Dad's still talking with the—um…"

"I know about the bots, Cody. I did my clinicals with Prime's medic."

"Cool. So, this is Heatwave, Chase, Blades, and Boulder."

I wave as Chief Charlie Burns walks in.

Charlie walk over with a robot following him. "Sheyenne, this is Medix."

"Nice to meet you, Medix." I turn to the other members of the Burns' family. "Maybe he'll be less of a grouch than Ratchet was."

"Ratchet?" Cody asks.

"Prime's medic." I shrug. "Good at medicine and science, but not much else." I pull up and image on my phone and turn it to the humans.

Medix transforms and opens his doors.

"Why don't you take a look through the ambulance, get things arranged the way you want. I'll head inside and start supper."

"Dani, would you mind helping me?" I ask.

Dani walks over. "Sure."

"Dani?" I ask after a few minutes of full rig check.

"What is it?" Dani asks.

"I've never really worked on my own, even with Ratchet, I had a human partner." I say nervously.

"We all had to get used to working with Autobots as our partners. Kade still hasn't gotten used to leaving the controls to Heatwave. Medix wouldn't be here if Optimus Prime didn't think he was worthy as your partner." She smiles. "And neither would you."

"It's kind of nice not being the only girl anymore, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it really is." Dani says.

Our coms go off at that moment.

"Apartment fire downtown. They need all units."

The four bots transform. Dani pulls her flight suit on, Kade slips into his jacket and grabs his hat, I glance at my white shirt and navy uniform pants, shove the last box into the back, grab my jacket, and hop into the driver's seat.

"Rescue bots, roll to the rescue." Heatwave says through the link.

"I am so glad you're not a medevac." I whisper to the bot as we pull out, "Maybe I can keep that fear hidden from Dani."

"I hope so, for your sake and Blades'." Medix says.

"Blades? Why?"

"He's scared of heights." Medix says.

"Oh… Sounds like someone needs a friend who understands. Just stay behind Heatwave until I get the lay of the town."

We pull up at the fire. Heatwave and Kade start spraying the water at the flames while Boulder pulls the people out and hands them to Medix, who sets them next to me. I take the tanks I had tossed into Medix and hook the oxygen up as I check them over.

Dani and Blades watch me as I move onto a patient with a minor burn, bandaging it quickly and gently while keeping it damp. "She's good. But I did notice she's not very close to the fire."

I turn to them. "Everyone's scared of something, Dani. I could never do what Kade does. Graham, maybe. Chief, maybe. Cody, definitely."

"Me?" Dani asks.

I turn back to the patient and sigh. "Never." I lie, "I've never been in a helicopter, and I'm so afraid of heights I can't even go into the glass box on the Sears tower, and that's stationary. I'll keep my feet firmly planted on the Earth, thank you." I sigh softly as I begin to gather my equipment. No patients for the hospital—at least not any ambulatory patients. A couple parents took their children, and the burn victim went with a bystander.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and look up. "Chief Burns."

"Call me Charlie. I heard what you said. It's not easy to admit your fears."

"Blades had the same problem when he and Dani started working together." Cody says.

"You'll have to ride with someone else if we don't need an ambulance." Charlie says.

"Most of our calls don't require an ambulance." Graham continues.

"I know. Boulder doesn't have but one seat, I doubt Kade would want me to go with him, I've had enough grouchy and mean from Ratchet, I've had enough stern and by-the-book with the cop-bot back at Optimus' base, and that leaves…" I try to choke back the rising fear. "Blades."

We return to the firehouse. I grab a plate and head down to the bunker to spend time with the bots.

Blades walks over and puts a hand on my shoulder. "I know how you feel. Dani used to push me to go higher, and faster. She was so hard on the controls—"

"Yeah… not a comfort. I can handle planes. I can handle it so long as I don't look down and my feet are firmly planted—the ground isn't moving. Helicopters move."

"Planes move." Blades says.

I glare up at him. "Shut up." I sigh. "They do, yes, but you can't feel it unless you hit turbulence. How did you think I got here from Nevada?"

Heatwave walks over to us. "What was team Prime like?"

"Well, there's Optimus Prime, who I was honored to be able to meet. Bumblebee—possibly my favorite Autobot. Arcee, she's a bit vengeful for my tastes, but a lot of fun to ride. Ratchet—doctor grouchy, and that's ALL I can say, but definitely a good teacher…and guardian. Bulkhead—he's a little clumsy, but he used to work in construction, and he was a lot of fun—and so was the human girl he protects—Miko. Bee's got Raf, who can understand him, and Arcee has Jack, who's actually a lot like Optimus Prime. Arcee even went as far as to consider him her partner."

Blades walks over to me, holding two pictures. "Dani gave me these." Blades hands them to me.

"Bee came here!? Scrap! I missed it!"

"You like Bee?" Cody asks out of nowhere right behind me.

I jump and whirl around. "Don't do that! I'm jumpy enough being in a new place filled with robots!"

Boulder turns to me in confusion. "Robots?"

Heatwave glares down at me.

"No offence, guys. I was referring to the city, not to you all. Blades, I love this one." I hold up the one where he's hugging Bee. "The look on his face is priceless!"

"He did kind of stun Bumblebee." Cody says.

"I can imagine, suddenly getting glomped by a helicopter." I laugh. "I'd better turn in. Eat when you can, sleep when you can."

I walk inside and into the room Chief Burns had given me. I look around. "Just needs a few personal touches. But I still may prefer sleeping in the bunker with the bots."

Third POV

Medix walks back to the room Blades had walked into a moment before and taps on the door. "Blades?"

"Just a moment!" The door opens. "Hey. Did you…need something?" Medix turns to the door before turning back to Blades. "Oh! Right. Come in!" He shuts the door before settling on his berth. "Come on, sit down. Just because you were a later addition doesn't mean you don't get the same treatment."

Medix sits on the berth with a sigh. "How have you been… Since the ship crashed?"

"I've been all right. You?"

"I was with Heatwave—you know that."

"I meant with the broken bonds…"

Medix nods. "I've been all right. It hurts sometimes, but… I've survived so far."

"It's been a struggle, but I'm still here, so… I'm okay…"

"Sheyenne…doesn't she remind you of them?"

"Um… Sort of…but I've haven't gotten to know her yet."

"She reminds me of Aid, with her compassion, and… Her energy reminds me of Spot… She's both flighty and hyper-aware… It's like we've got them back, with one human girl…"

"I know, but I don't want to put that weight on her, Medi. She…she doesn't need that. We don't even know her history yet…"

We have another call—non-ambulatory—the next day.

"Come on!" Dani grabs my arm and drags me to Blades on the roof.

"What part of 'firmly planted feet' did we forget?" I ask fearfully.

"Dani just wants to get to the scene, Shey."

"I know." I say as Blades takes off, "But being on the roof was bad enough!"

Dani puts a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down. We don't need Blades to start panicking again."

"Again?" I ask.

"Remember I told you Dani used to be hard on the controls? She wanted to go higher and faster, and I—"

I smile slightly. "You panicked. So you're a sensitive guy. What's so bad about that? So is Bee, and he's my favorite!"

"Don't you start fangirling." Dani says as we land.

"We don't need another Blades." Heatwave scowls. "Crazy fanbot."

"So what if I squeal every time I see a Camaro!? It's just Bumblebee! I'm worse with Optimus Prime!"

"Optimus Prime? What about him?"

"This." I pull a blue piece of plastic out of my pocket. "Piece of the OP toy." I turn to face the others. "Honestly, though. If I had to choose a side, I'd be an Autobot, hands down."

"Have you forgotten we have an emergency?" Kade asks.

I blush as I turn to the fireman. "Actually, yes." I run over to Kade and Heatwave, happy to have my feet firmly planted on the ground once again—even if we're on a mountain.

The bots and rescue team get to work while I stand by, watching for any and all dangers.

Suddenly I spot a large boulder coming right for Kade. "Kade, look out!"

Kade turns before diving out of the way.

I point up to the ever-nearing boulder while turning to yell at Boulder. "Boulder, get that boulder before it hits Kade!"

He smashes the rock and returns to work as Graham checks things out.

Charlie turns us as Dani and I run to Kade. "We'll get a team up here to repair the wall. We're holding an endurance race in two weeks."

I nod. "So we'll need this road to be useable. No offence to Blades, but I am not getting into that 'copter again."

Graham lays a hand on my shoulder. "I'd let you ride in Boulder with me, but…"

"One seat. I know. But thank you."