Chapter 3

How?

Alex ran as fast as her feet would take her. She had made it three blocks when she stop. She looked back at the way she had come. She could hear the sounds of distruction and the flashes of explosions and crossfire. Something in her chest tightened. She felt ashamed at the fact that she ran. She had never backed out of a fight and here she was, running from a fight that her dear friend had started to save her.

Her cell went off. Alex pulled out the phone and saw that it was Melissa calling. She didn't know if she should answer the call. Before she decided she answered. "Yes Melissa?" she asked. She had hoped that the fear in her voice wasn't evident.

"Where are you Alex? There's some kind of explosion on the northern outskirts of the city." Melissa said. she was frantic. Alex could hear in the backround the sound of Melissa's old pick up.

"I know that Melissa. I'm out here…" Alex stopped as she curled up as a building half a block away crumbled to the ground. "Fuck!" she said as she then saw another Cybertronian. She knew that it was another Decepticon. "Fucking hell!" she said.

"ALEX!" Melissa snapped.

Alex looked at her phone. "Don't come this way Melissa. It's safer if you don't." she said.

"What are you talk.." Melissa was cut off as Alex was knocked off her feet and her phone was crushed. The new Decepticon was white and seemed to smile evilly at her. It grabbed her and gently squeezed her. She screamed as she bones protested to the punishment they were receiving.

"Your race is poorly constructed." The Decepticon said with a chuckle. It loosened it's grip, only to squeeze again. Alex of course screamed again. This continued several times before Alex slumped again it's fingers. "Are you no longer functioning? You brake so easily."

Alex weakly raised her head. She glared at the Cybertronian that took pleasure in using her as a stressball. "Go fuck yourself you assmuncher." she said as she spit in the large robot's face. She then smiled.

The ground shook as the fight between Hot Rod and the other Decepticon still went on. What little Alex could see scared her even more. Almost the whole area was destroyed or in flames. She realized that if things continued the way they were going, more people besides her were going to get hurt.

The Decepticon glared at her and started squeezing again. "Bye bye little human." It said.

As it put more pressure than before a beatup blue pickup slammed into it's legs dropping Alex to the ground. It was Melissa's pickup. "Get in Alex!" She shouted as backed up from he fallen Decepticon. Alex scrambled to her feet and jumped into the bed in the back of the pick up as Melissa spun around. Melissa soon sped down the only undestroyed street in the area. "What the hell is that thing?" The older woman asked.

Alex climbed into the passanger side of the pickup. She winced as she moved. She knew that a few of her ribs were broken. She slightly slumped in the bucketseat. She knew that it wouldn't last. "I told you not to come." she said as she looked at her caretaker. She was more worried about the woman's safety than her own.

Melissa didn't look at Alex. Her eyes were focused on the road before her and her rear view mirror. "I don't care. Now what the hell was that thing?" she demanded once more.

Alex sighed. She hadn't been ready to explain everything to Melissa. "That was a Decepticon from the planet Cybertron Melissa." She explained. She looked over her shoulder and watched as the Decepticon transformered into a white GMC Grand AM and start after them. "Fuck. It can transform like Hot Rod can too. Shit!" she swore as she then looked back at Melissa.

"Hot Rod?!" Melissa said.

"He's an Autobot. He's a good guy from Cybertron." Alex said, not really thinking about what she was talking about as she then searched through Melissa's glove box to find something she could use. But there was nothing she could use. "DAMNIT!!!!" She shouted and slammed her hands into the dashboard. As she looked up and saw a yellow Chevy Camaro, a red and blue Peterbilt 379 truck, and two other big vehicles. The Peterbilt truck and one of the larger vehicles: a search and rescue Hummer transformed into large robots as well and grabbed onto the Decepticon.

"What's going on? Is Earth being invaded?" Melissa shouted.

Alex looked at her guardian. She then realized that the Cybertronian's that saved them were Autobots like Hot Rod. They were his friends. She had to tell them that he needed help. "STOP THE CAR!" she shouted as she opened the door.

Melissa slammed on the brakes. She looked at Alex, who jumped out of the pickup. "Alex!" she shouted.

Alex looked back at her. She smiled. "Get out of here Melissa." she said.

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Sam watched as a girl slip out of an old blue pick up. She was telling the driver to leave the area. The driver: an older lady looked torn. It was obvious that she didn't want to leave. The girl slammed the pickup door. "You have to go. I have to stay." The girl said.

"What's going on?" Sam whispered as he climbed out of Bumblebee and ran over to the girl. Bumblebee close behind him. He could hear Lennox and Epps both get out of Ironhide (No pun intended here). He had to find out. He moved to the girl's side as the pickup left and Ironhide joined Optimus in fighting the Decepticon. He then watched as the girl slumped down.

"That fucker!" she hissed as she clutched her stomach.

Ratchet was next to her in a second. "Are you alright young lady?" he asked. He looked her over and looked rather worried. "You have several broken bones and you also have a concussion. You should rest." He said.

The girl looked up at him with judging eyes. She then grabbed Ratchet's hand he was trying to help her. "You have to help Hot Rod!" she pleaded. She then slumped once again, but this time it was do to the fact that she was now unconscious.

Ratchet looked over at Bumblebee. Sam did too. He could his friend worry about something. "Who's Hot Rod, Bee?" he asked.

Bumblebee looked at the girl in Ratchet's hand. She looked worried even as she was. She was worried about the Autobot known as Hot Rod. "He's my friend Sam. Just like you, he's a good friend of mine." he said.

The ground shook again causing Sam to fall to the ground he looked over to the fight between Ironhide and the Decepticon. Optimus wasn't there. He wondered where the wise Cybertronian.

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Hot Rod shook his head as he pushed himself off the rubble that was once a building. He had several gashes were circuits were sparking. He was worried about Alex. He looked over in the direction she had ran off to and saw three buildings collapsing. "ALEX!!" he shouted. He then looked at the Decepticon: Runabout. His arm changed into a blaster and started firing off several plasma shots. Three slammed into Runabout's chest.

Runabout returned the hits with several of his own, knocking Hot Rod on his back. He walked up and slammed his foot into the Autobot's chest. "Hm, who would of thought you'd go down so easily? You Autobot's are truly pathetic." He said as he pointed his cannon at Hot Rod's face.

Hot Rod blinked. 'So this is how I'm going to die. I never thought I'd be outdone by Runabout.' he thought. Alex's smiling face and Bumblebee invaded his final thoughts 'I'm sorry.'

The sound of the blaster filled the air.