Chapter Two
It had been three days since Sara had gone to get the 'device' that Optimus had mentioned. Although the fire truck had done as she requested and made sure that the bullet trains were not present, she was quite surprised to see that there were no other Autobots there either. It was just Optimus Prime, TAI, Joe and herself. She sighed as she looked down at the 'device' they had given her; it was a bracelet with the Autobot insignia upon it.
"Will you cheer up already? This is the first time in weeks we've been able to meet up, and all you do is sigh, look depressed and fiddle with that bracelet." A female voice said.
"I'm sorry, Kari. But I did tell you I wouldn't be much company." Sara replied as she continued to look at the bracelet.
"You really had it bad for that guy, didn't you."
"Huh? What?" Sara said confused as she looked over at her friend.
"You can't hide it from me, Girl. You had it bad for whoever gave you that bracelet. What happened, Joe get in the way again?" Kari asked.
Sara gave a tiny smile, "No, I did." She replied looking up into the sky.
"Huh?" Kari said completely confused.
"How's Sara doing, TAI?" Rapid Run asked, walking into the command centre.
"No signs of trouble yet, Rapid Run." TAI replied.
"That's good to hear."
"How's Midnight Express?" the hologram asked.
The light grey train sighed. "Same as usual." He shook his head sadly. "The worrying thing is I think he's getting worse, and there's nothing we can do about it."
"Why don't you just have them talk to each other?" a voice said.
Both train and hologram looked over and saw Sideburn.
"I wish it was that easy, she won't talk to any of us. Even Optimus had a hard time talking to her." Rapid Run explained.
The blue mech shrugged, "Then lock the two of them in a room somewhere."
"Didn't you hear what I just said, Sideburn?" Rapid Run said rhetorically. "She won't talk to any of us."
"She has a problem with you guys. That's the only reason she's staying away, get someone like Prowl or Optimus to lure her and she'd come. Laters." Sideburn explained transforming and driving off.
"As strange as this may sound, I actually agree with Sideburn." TAI said. "When Optimus asked her to come to base she only asked that you and the others not be here."
"But if something goes wrong, she'll end up hating everyone." Rapid Run countered.
Before anything else could be said a beeping noise was heard.
"Sara's in trouble." TAI stated seriously.
Sky-Byte stalked towards the cornered female. "You're overdue your with appointment with Megatron."
"Bug off, Predacon! I'm not going anywhere with you!" she retaliated, she only hoped she sounded braver than she felt.
"Did I actually say you had a choice in the matter?" Sky-Byte stated, reaching down for her.
"You heard the lady, Sky-Byte. We suggest you leave her alone." A voice said.
The shark flinched and stopped halfway towards grabbing the female. "Whoever you are, you're not going to stop me from grabbing the girl!" he turned to punch them only to be shocked at who was actually behind him. "Rail Racer?" he almost squeaked.
The train combiner looked down at the Predacon, optics narrowing in annoyance.
Sara stared at the Cybertronian also in shock, her mouth hanging open. He's huge! She thought this is my 'guard'? Damn. But if he's a train how come I've never seen him before? She wondered.
"Are you okay, Sara?" Rail Racer asked bringing the female out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" was the first thing that came out of Sara's mouth. She was still in slight awe at how big the mech was. "Oh, uh, yeah, fine." She finally said as her brain caught up.
The combiner chuckled, "We're glad." He turned to go when he heard, "Rail Racer?"
"Yes?" he asked turning back to her.
"Why have I not seen you before? I mean with Midnight Express and the others."
Rail Racer smiled. "We've been around, and will be long as you need us." He turned and walked off.
Sara watched him for a few minutes before saying quietly, "Rail Racer." A small smile started to appear on her face as she thought about him guarding her.