A/n: Long chapter! Sorry, if it lacks 'meat' right now. I just decided to fall into the deep abyss of writer's block! Hope you guys can manage through!


Chapter 4: Failed

I got out of the shower quickly and dried my dripping wet hair. Slipping into a pair of dark washed jeans, I slipped a long-sleeved camisole top that buttoned above my chest area. Leaving them unbuttoned, I quickly brushed my hair and blow dried it and left it down to air dry. It was about 4 a.m. in the morning and usually the Autobots aren't really awake until 7 today (well most of them) I'm not sure about Optimus or Lennox so I have to keep an eye out. I grabbed my shoulder bag and stuffed all I needed inside, spare clothes, my phone, gum, wallet and a water bottle. It was a big shoulder purse okay. Tying up my sneakers, I inched the door open.

No one up yet. Perfect.

It was completely empty in the hall, some soldiers may just be wandering around but none of them probably know my face so it's all good. Don't jinx it now Sel, ugh stop talking to yourself! Focus! Tip-toeing out, I made it my main goal to keep these clumsy feet of mine quiet. But god knows whenever you try to be stealthy, you're suddeny Godzilla taking a damn stroll. Also, me being me, my toe decided to stub against a corner of a wall as well.

"Ah fuck!" I whispered, holding my foot in my hands. Damn it all! God, why am I such a flop sometimes?! I don't know, maybe because you're Sel! Okay, okay, no harm done, just keep on going. Continuing my rather painful sneak, I managed to make it to an empty hangar. Well shit, now I don't know where to go. I should've thought of this better. Note to self: never be a strategist. "Where to go, where to go..."

After waltzing my ass around for half an hour I saw a hangar with a couple of cars in it. Just what I needed.

'Please don't be an Autobot'

I poked one of the cars cautiously and touched it again except with a full hand. Stroking the top, usually a bot would shake just like Bee does but not this one. Biting my lip, I glanced around and saw a garage door specifically for normal vehicles. But of course, upon reaching it, I needed a keycard. Luckily, Ratchet taught me how to disable some locks for safety of course, but also keycard ones. I grabbed a toolbox nearby and got to work. Taking the main panel off, I grabbed some wires and began to hotwire them, sparks flying around and I yelped when one of them hit my skin. After 10 minutes, the keycard screen became green and the garage door began lifting.

"Hey! Who are you!"

Whipping around, I saw a man running up to me with a gun. I growled, not really up for trouble right now and I held my hand up in surrender before getting on my knees slowly.

"Get down or else I'll shoot your god damn head off!" He warned me, pressing the barrel onto my temple.

They can't know, they'll stop me and I'll never find my mom. My heartbeat rang into my ear as sweat beaded my hairline. You've got two options, stay here and wait until something bad happens to Elena or fight back and find Sam so he can help. Well, me being me, let's just say I like a little more fun and adventure.

"Sorry!" I grabbed the gun the minute it shot off and twisted it down so I can give the guy a swift punch to the face, a sickening crack from his nose emitting. Without giving him a chance to react, I grabbed his head and kneed him in the temple enough for him to knock out. What? Living with Autobots you'd expect them to teach you a little something. Of course along with my CIA mother before as well. The almighty Sel everyone. Exhaling loudly, I stared at the man laying on the ground unconscious for a minute and began to drag him over to the side. Hopping into the car, I also hotwired it and allowed the engine to roar. Turning back to the hangar, I knew Bee and Lennox would be going nuts once they realize I'm missing but I can't take any chances.

I pressed on the gas pedal before speeding out of the hangar and out a pair of gates, two guards yelling at me but I ignored them.

Time to find Sam.


My breath hitched when I saw the University and admired it's décor in the meantime. It was classic and almost an antique feel was reflecting off of it, like those medieval castles you'd fall upon in the 17th century. The massiveness of the buildings dizzied me slightly but sight seeing isn't what I was here for. I parked the car and wandered on the sidewalks, multiple college students strolling around me with their noses in books or on the phone. My kind of people. I can just smell the intelligence! The trees around me were beginning to orange for the upcoming fall season but the grass still wet and lush, the sight was quite enhancing.

"Oh I'm sorry!" I was too busy aweing at my surroundings I had knocked into a girl holding a box.

"It's okay I- Sel?"

It took me a second to realize who the girl I had bumped into was. "Mikaela? Oh my god!"

We pulled eachother into a tight hug and she pulled back with a suspicious expression to me. "Wait...did Sam call you about the shard too?"

Raising an eyebrow curiously, I folded my arms, "No...he didn't? Why what's wrong?"

Did I miss something here!

Her eyes avoided mine and I knew whenever she did that she tended to have a nasty little secret up her sleeve. Scratching the back of her head, she sighed, "Sam has been seeing visions er, signs and whatever just like your great-grandfather ever since he found that piece of the AllSpark back at your house. I also found this tiny bitch Decepticon in the shop trying to get it."

"Hey I can hear you!" A nasally voice remarked from the box.

"Uh...do I need to hear details?" I asked, raising a brow at the box.

She rolled her eyes, "Probably not."

"Hey!" The voice added again.

"Let's just get to Sam before he does something dangerous!" I shook my head in disbelief, grabbing her arm.

We asked a lady about which dorm Sam was in before making our way up the stairs. So. Many. College. Kids. Suffocating slightly from the amount of hustle around me, I saw a guy pulling at his curly hair and muttering Spanish words pass by me but that wasn't what caught my eye.

"Hey!" I called after him, and he turned to me, eyes widening. Oh great.

"Well hello there little lady, how may I help you?" He put an arm around me and Mikaela stared at him disgustingly. "Perhaps a lovely stroll by the quad, or a tour of the campus?"

Sheepishly smiling at him, I opened the box in his hand, "Uh...I just wanted a pizza slice?"

Groaning, he gave me a smug look before allowing me to take a slice. I said thank you through my stuffed mouth before heading back to Mikaela. Where were we? Ah yes, operation find Sam for some answers on the call!

"Oh, Sel, you never amaze me," Mikaela chuckled as we reached his door and knocked on it, "Sam?"

Opening up the door, my pizza slice dropped faster than my heart to the ground. What the actual fuck? There, the once faithful ass punk cousin I had once known was now basically shoving his entire tongue down a blonde skank on top of him. Um, honey your tan ain't even pretty! Fuck outta here! My attention reverted to Mikaela however and I could basically feel the pain radiating from her body. Placing a hand on her arm, Sam and the girl halted their actions and stared at us in surprise.

"Mikaela..." Sam spluttered out. "...Sel?"

The dirty bitch spoke up, "Is that your girlfriend?"

Mikaela obviously wasn't having it and began to walk away, "Ex."

"Mikaela wait!" I called after her, running towards her only to hear a loud crash come from Sam's room. The pizza guy also came near us, hearing the ruckus as well. All three of us stared at eachother before sprinting back to his room. Okay, I've seen some pretty creepy crap but I've never seen this. The once human girl that Sam was making out with had now morphed into some life-size Decepticon that was yanking Sam around by the neck with her tongue around the room like a rag doll. Upon dropping him, he screamed like the little girl he was. Nothing new here folks.

"W-w-w-woah!" The pizza guy exclaimed from behind us.

"Let's go, Sel!" Sam grabbed my hand. Wait...when did he get up? In the corner of my eye, I saw Mikaela launch the box at the robot, miserably missing it and going through the window.

I was yanked away by Sam and screamed when the walls around me exploded. Ugh not again! I am seriously not in the mood for this! It's 9 a.m. in the freaking morning! Can anyone just give me a damn hashbrown please!? It was just two years ago! Luckily, we were able to escape out of the dormitories and find our way into the library. We hid in between some shelves, and I panted, laying my head on the books.

"I can't believe I had sex with her in my dreams!" The pizza guy informed us, disgusted.

Okay ew.

"Who are you again?" I asked with beady eyes.

"Leo, pleasure to meet you again hot stuff," He winked at me in which I flipped him the bird in return. "And you are?"

"None of your business," I snarled, throwing a book to his face. He yelped when it impacted him and I turned only to see Mikaela and Sam bickering about the girl and the silent treatment? "Guys...guys come on-"

"Sel not now!"

"Did she probe you with her alien tongue..." Leo rambled on about that grotesque alien scene from "Alien" about having eggs implanted into him that eventually made Sam heave up vomit on his side.

"Ugh, gross," I groaned but was suddenly cut off when the walls around be shot into a million pieces. "Run!"

"No, really Sel we're just going to stay here and die!" Sam sarcastically replied back to me. Such sass cannot be tolerated.

I pushed him over the ledge in which he fell on top of a light. Glaring at me, I smirked evilly and shrugged, hopping down onto a couple of shelves and onto the ground. I heard an energon gun start up and immediately took that as a good sign to take cover under some tables. I shrieked when the shelves behind us blew up and the books came tumbling down all over my back and head. Grunting, a heavy book took a good blow on my head and my ears rung, my eyes slightly blurring as I observed what was going on around me. Mikaela, Leo, and Sam were crawling on either side of me military style, the floor was an ocean of pages and debris while feet scurried around us, students desperate to escape. I heard someone yell bomb and just laughed in my head. If only! No jinx please, I have had enough explosions today.

"Come on, Sel! Get up!" Sam grabbed me by the elbow and I struggled to pull myself up to my feet. "Sel! Focus, come on!"

My vision cleared and I was able to get full control of my body once more. Trailing quickly behind Sam, we escaped through a hole in the wall and headed towards a silver car in the parking lot. Jumping into the backseat with Leo, Mikaela began to hotwire the car.

"You know how to hotwire a car? That's so hot," Leo whispered as if he was having a mini orgasm right now.

"Can you not sir!" I smacked him on the back of the head. In the distance I saw a shade of blue, "Uh...guys..."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Sam cried out but it was too late. The robot had already perched itself on top of the hood as Mikaela began driving off and shot its tongue through the window. "Ugh! Gah the tongue!"

We tried so hard to avoid getting grabbed but I felt the sliminess of the human part of it and cringed slightly. No, no, no! No tongue please!

"Kiss this, bitch."

I smirked as Mikaela rammed the ugly thing against a lamppost effectively ending its existence. Did I mention my best friend was a badass? Well know ya'll know.

"Drive, drive," Sam pleaded.

Poor guy must be traumatized but I'm guessing Leo was as well considering he began to throw some questions at us. Who does this guy think he is? "Okay so what else do I need to know?!"

"That thing back there, that was tiny little- oh my god!" Sam shouted when we saw a helicopter flying very low to the ground in front of us.

"Ohhh not good!" I squeaked as Mikaela swerved to the left and I got knocked into Leo. Gratefully, that split second saved me as a sharp claw came piercing through where my head once was and latched itself onto the car roof. Hearing a honk, I turned to the left and didn't get a chance to react when a car went headfirst into the bumper of ours, causing Sam's door to swing open while we were lifted up into the air.

"SAAAAM!" Mikaela screeched, attempting to reach an arm out but I was too afraid my extra weight would cause the car to tip over to help.

"Grab on!" Leo pulled him back inside and I lost all color in my body when I notice the car was basically perpendicular to the ground. Holding my breath, I knew this wasn't going to end pretty. "Oh my god, we're going to die!"

I screamed along with everyone else in the car as the latch suddenly let go, my innards rising up to my chest and my hand clutching onto whatever I could grab. Crashing through a car roof, I yelped as we hit the ground and my body lurching forward into the air bag and felt my neck crack slightly before getting tipped over until we were upside down. I shrilled with everyone else as a blade cut through the car in half, its sparks flying against my face and me desperate to hope it doesn't decapitate us right now. Breaking in two halves, I shakily got up from the car and saw a pair of familiar red eyes come near us.

Starscream.

"Oh jesus, oh jesus!" Leo panted as we stumbled out of the broken vehicle.

My legs were wanting to give in under me and I would've been on the ground by now if Sam hadn't been holding onto me. I felt my entire body tremor when I caught eye of Megatron presenting himself. Mikaela grabbed my arm and I felt the Decepticon growl deeply. "Come here boy...and the girl."

Gulping, I swallowed down my fear and slowly walked over to him with Sam by my side and his hands raised. I thought this asshole was dead! Why are you still prancing around on Earth?!

"Okay...we did everything you asked us to-"

"SHUT UP!" Megatron roared, grasping Sam and flinging him onto a nearby pile of rubble.

"Sam!" I heard Mikaela scream from the side.

I was too shocked to even peep a whisper but that didn't stop Megatron from reverting his attention to me as well. Well, fucking great. You know, I always wonder how I get into myself into these unlucky situations? I leave the base for good intentions and now I'm about to be Decepticon stew. Life is never good to you! Rule number one! I'm better off being the maniacal evil little girl I am than doing the greater good against evil! Oh jeez, I sound like some DC superhero. Ugh, trailing off again Sel, trailing off again!

"Come closer, child...you have something we want as well," He purred, gesturing a finger for me to come closer. I heard Mikaela come up beside me to grasp my arm.

Gulping, I mustered up my courage and slipped out of Mikaela's grip on my arm as she muttered reluctant words to me. I ignored them and eased closer to the robot, the smell of ocean and rust filling my nose. I wanted to just run away and yell for an Autobot to save me but...lord knows there ain't nothing around right now!

"What do you want from us?" I attempted to keep a hard voice.

He chuckled darkly and gestured over to Sam, "It seems your kin has a lot on his mind..."

Staring over to where Sam was, I had a confused expression on my face. There was a small robot pulling and tugging on his facial features as he tried to reason with Megatron.

"As for you...you hold the energon we need for my...plan," Megatron added toward me, a devilish grin plastering onto his face.

I trembled, knowing exactly what their intentions were for me. I felt my palms heat up, the blue tinge appearing slightly and I put my hands behind my back subtly. The last thing I needed was Megatron gaining full proof that I had a freak power and using me in his advantage. I gulped the bile rising up my throat but my attention went to Sam when this wriggly worm Decepticon entered into his mouth.

"Ugh, is that necessary?" I grimaced at the sight of Sam twitching and gurgling as it wormed its way around his nasal cavity. I almost gasped as I saw bizarre symbols and writing project into the air along with some memories of Mikaela and our family.

Megatron cackled at my remark, "My child, all of this is and now...we finally have an asset to aid us in our mission."

Do not call me a child you robot asshole. Regaining rational thoughts, I was slightly uneasy at the thought of the Decepticons forming a plan. Scratch that. I'm incredibly uneasy at the thought of that! Metaphorically shivering, I looked up at him, "What mission?"

"Ah...always a curious one but unfortunately girl, it is something you don't need to know about. Especially with your Autobot friends," He scowled at me and I gulped. You're an idiot Sel, of course Megatron wouldn't spill any secrets to me. My freaking car was one of his worst enemies! Slapping my self mentally, I nodded and casted my eyes to a movement infront of me.

"May I check ze girl az well?" A small Decepticon hopped up beside me on the railing.

I breathing stopped. If he as so comes any closer to me no doubt he'll see the blue on my hand. Come on, Sel think, think. My eyes wandered around the room to look for any signs of escape but none came avail.

"Yes you may...come child," Megatron granted permission.

As if it was even yours to grant!

Oh great, see now I'm put on the spot and can't think correctly. I've never been good at this! Just ask my history teacher when we'd do Socratic seminars, I end up somehow talking about the pythagorem thereom! In a history class! How and why? I have no clue. I made my way closer slowly and I did that on purpose just to let the heavens know: 'hey I need a miracle right now please'. The sound of a chainsaw buzzing was heard from the distance and Sam's screams became more erratic, but as if someone heard my wish, the roof of the warehouse collapsed. Can these bots ever give me a warning or something? I wanted to cry out in glee, knowing in my cold heart it was the Autobots but was distracted at the heavy battle going on between Optimus and Megatron. I saw Sam struggling to compose himself so I ran over to him, helping him up just as I saw Optimus shoot Starscream in the face. Woot woot! Let's go- whoa! God, I always speak too soon! I screamed when one of the bots hit the wall beside me and Sam but giving us an exit to easily slip out of.

"Optimus!" Sam called out, the blue and red truck driving up to us.

We hopped in before he began driving into the woods, my breathing picking up pace when I saw Megatron not too far behind us through the side mirror. Hurry, Optimus, come on! It was in vain however because Megatron had gotten close enough to launch his robot form at us, Optimus transforming last minute and gently allowing us to fall onto the grass.

"RUN YOU TWO!" He yelled, a large clang from him hitting Megatron square in the face rang loudly into my ear.

Me and Sam sprinted toward a nearby fallen tree and hid behind its trunk as more Decepticons revealed themselves. I gasped when I saw all of them gang up against Optimus and was about to cry out in defeat until he had gotten the upper hand, slaughtering one of them from the face and Starscream escaping. Psh, always the coward as usual.

"Sam? Selena?" Optimus turned his back for one minute but that was a fatal mistake.

"Watch out!" I shrieked as I saw Megatron lurking behind him.

It was already too late.

Impulsively, I got out from my hiding place and attempted to block the sword Megatron had pulled out from stabbing Optimus in the back with a shield. I used all the warmth and energy pulsating through my veins and felt my palms heated up, emitting a light and sheer blue shield. It was one of the most powerful yet draining shields I've ever even attempted to make and I knew it took a toll on my body. My entire self felt like it was in flames and it was burning every limb and organ connected to me but I knew I had to try, regardless of the outcome or not. My heartbeat picked up its pace twice as usual and my bones felt as if all of them were about to collapse, my breathing becoming quite labored. It seemed like it was all in slow motion as Megatron brought the blade down right through my shield. I cried out in pain when I felt it deflect back into my palms. It felt like damn daggers impaling me in my hands and up to wrists and arms and as it pierced through, the blue dome shattered and tore in all places. My body fell back from the impact of the blade and I gasped when Megatron pierced through Optimus' back and right into his spark. The overwhelming feeling of defeat ran through my blood as I saw Optimus fall to his side.

"Run...Sam...Sel...run..." Were his last descending words.

I saw Sam trying hold back tears and I clenched my jaw when I saw his optics dim dark. All hope and happiness was suddenly drained from me as well as my energy. He can't be dead. Please tell me he's not. The cosmos or whatever the hell their god is wouldn't let this happen! They gave those fucking Decepticons the upperhand when I always thought we were doing good. With the Autobots. With the world. Now, here and behold their leader has fallen...but another will surely rise. I felt scared...alone...guilty. The same feeling when mom left me that day with the police and I ran away. I failed her and I failed Optimus, the Autobots, and the world. Megatron will surely try something now that Prime was gone and I have no knowledge if we would be ready for it or not. It's all up to fate but I knew we couldn't just sit here and cry. We needed to do something and we needed to do it quick.

"Sel, Bee's here, we need to go," Sam explained and I nodded.

All of the events weighed on my tired body and I tried to stand up but instead, fell right down onto my back. I heard Sam scream for Bee's name but my vision slowly subsided and then:

Black.