They were coming. What were they supposed to do? There wasn't time to go back to Seattle. I got back on my chat.

Me: Connie, I am in big trouble.

Connie: What's wrong, Wade?

Me: It's about the war. The Decepticons are back and they're coming.

Connie: Coming to where?

Me: Connie, they're coming to…to Chicago.

Connie: …

Me: I have to go. I'm scared, I really am.

Connie: Stay safe, Wade. You'll be okay.

Me: I really hope so.

I turned off my phone. "Hey, Dad!" I called, urgency and fear in my voice.

"What?" Dad came over to me.

I heaved a deep breath. "Dad, the war is coming here. To Chicago."

Dad's jaw dropped. "How…what?"

"Let's get to the nearest store. We need some guns, we aren't safe anymore."

Dad was speechless. He could only nod.

We ran out to the car at full speed. We drove to the nearest gun store. We bought ammo and the most powerful guns we could find. We went back to the hotel and up to our room. We loaded the guns and readied for the battle that was to come.

We were no longer safe.

Suddenly, a large smashing noise made us race to the window.

They were here. The Decepticons were here. And there was nothing we could do.

Alien ships shot down buildings and some of the Decepticons themselves were on the ground, destroying cars, killing people.

My pulse raced. "Dad, we have to go now. It's our only chance."

He nodded. "Okay, son."

We ran out of the building, firing on the nearest enemy. Explosions and yelling proved that the Autobots and military have arrived. I managed to fire the head off of the Con' in front of us with a rocket launcher.

We shot at a second, and this one fought back. We dodged attacks left and right. Out of nowhere, I heard a bullet hit right where my father was standing. "Dad!" I cried out.

The Decepticon turned and started firing on more targets. I kneeled down beside Dad, tears already streaming down my face. "Dad…"

"Sto...stop them. Wade, I love you, son." His last words ended in a whisper and his father's eyes closed. He was dead.

Dad was dead. The Decepticons were going to pay for this. I felt rage overpowering the sadness. I wanted revenge. They killed my dad. They weren't going to kill me too. I took Dad's ammo and anything else I'd need to fight back. I shot the last rocket into a Decepticon's chest. Then I fired with a machine gun. I saw it fall to one knee.

It looked at something in the sky coming into the city. A plane. It shot one of the wings. The ship went down smoking, but there was no explosion. People were still alive in there. I shot a few bullets through the Con's head and it fell completely to the ground, not moving. Dead. I threw the rocket launcher onto the ground. I had no more ammo for it; therefore, I didn't need it anymore. I ran towards the area where the plane had crashed a few streets away.

A green Autobot was fighting a Decepticon on the next street. It wasn't an Autobot he knew of. He saw it using swords like Optimus Prime's. It stabbed through the Con's head. Then the bot made its way towards the street that I was just on.

I raced down the street, using mailboxes and trash cans for cover. I killed another Decepticon on the way to the plane. I got to it in ten minutes. Passengers were pouring out of it. Then I saw someone I'd never expect to come right into the war. Connie. What is she doing here?

I helped people out of the plane. "Come on, you guys have to hurry. They're killing people."

Soon everyone was out except Connie. She was about to get out when she saw me right there. She knew I was upset, but didn't know why. "Wade?"

"Hey, you better get out of that thing." I told her.

She did. Then the questions came. "What's wrong? Where's your dad?"

"He's dead." I lowered my gaze, blinking back tears that came. "A Decepticon killed him. A stupid Decepticon killed him. I killed it back. They killed my dad."

She came over to me. I felt her hug me, trying to calm me down. "We need to get moving."

I looked at her. "You're right. Let's go."

We walked along the edge of streets, taking cover whenever we saw one of the Decepticons. Then there was a loud voice from up on a dome-roofed building. "Launch the Pillars!"

It was Sentinel Prime the traitor. Suddenly I moved my gaze from him to look around as I saw alien technology flying into the air, forming some kind of portal in the sky. "What the-"

I was cut off by a loud crumbling noise to my right. Part of the building next to us was falling over. There was a Decepticon on its roof. "Let's go, Connie!"

I grabbed her by the arm and pulled here along after me. I handed Connie my pistol, just in case she needed a weapon of her own. There was an explosion to my left. We heard screams, but kept running. We had to. They were probably dead now anyway.

We were running side by side now, the fastest we could go. I was panting and sweating as we did, but I didn't care. I quickly reloaded the machine gun. I pulled ahead. Suddenly, there was an explosion right next to my left. I went flying and hit my head on something hard.

I got to my hands and knees looking around. I felt blood trickling down the left side of my face and my left leg. I looked at the leg. Sure enough, the lower pant leg was torn and it was bleeding pretty badly. I grabbed my gun and forced myself to my feet. It was painful getting up.

"Wade!" I heard Connie scream.

I looked up. There was a Decepticon right over my head. "Oh my god." I muttered. "This won't go well." I saw Connie hiding behind a dumpster in a nearby alley. I moved out into the middle of the road, firing on the alien. I felt my injured leg give out below me. I fell onto my knees, still firing away. The Con walked up to me, the bullets doing almost nothing to it. It stared down at me.

"Well, well. What do I have here?" He Decepticon said to itself. "A human insect, eh?"

I gulped. "Uh oh."

I was scared, injured, and trapped. I had a feeling that I wasn't going to make it out of this.