Only two characters in this story belong to me; Eloise and Nightsky. The rest are not mine, they belong to Hasbro.

Chapter 3

To save a life.

On Cybertron

Amongst the ruins of Iacon tucked under some wreckage, hidden in the safety the darkness offered, sat the female Autobot army; Elita one, Moonracer, Firestar, Arcee and Chromia were amongst. Their base had been compromised and destroyed leaving them with no other choice except to flee and regroup somewhere else. It was a tough journey and many lives were lost as they run the gauntlet to get to a place of safety. They had been fighting desperately to save the ruins of Iacon and Cybertron since Optimus Prime and the others had left in the hope that one day the Autobots would return and restore their magnificent home. Sadly though, they were losing the fight. Elita one sat in the shadows watching helplessly as an injured femme leaked energon from a serious wound she'd received in a particularly savage battle. Elita knew what had to be done and she knew how dangerous this mission would be, but if the poor femme didn't get medical attention soon the she'd die.

The shooting had stopped and they could hear the footsteps of Decepticons running past their hiding place, trying to locate them and take their injured back to the Decepticon base, thankfully the metal wreckage was too thick and the femme's signals couldn't be picked up.

"I'm going to contact Optimus Prime. It's the only way," Elita told Chromia sadly

"You can't, you'll give our position away," Chromia replied with disbelief,

"No choice we need to get her to Earth and the others, it's her only hope," Elita replied gravely, "She'll die if we don't get her there, and she will be vulnerable here" Elita one looked at Firestar,

"Can you get her to the space bridge?" Firestar looked at Elita one then at the femme who was laying on a flat piece of wreckage that was perfectly shaped for a berth

"Yes I'll take her," Firestar replied,

"Good! We'll cover you I shall send the message to Prime that we're sending her through the space bridge and then we'll move. All of you be on your guard, it may be quiet now but they could be waiting to draw us out."

"Maybe we should all go to Earth," Chromia suggested, "We can't survive this much longer, I'm getting tired of fighting and it would be nice to be with Ironhide for a while,"

"Negative Chromia, we need to stay here and save what's left of Cybertron" Chromia was flabbergastedby Elita's answer, how could they carry on and fight when everything they knew no longer existed,

"What for Elita? There is nothing left, Cybertron is gone, our base is gone. What is left to fight for? We could help the others fight the Decepticons on Earth," Chromia argued.

Elita one stopped for a minute and thought about what Chromia had said, she did miss Optimus Prime and she too was getting tired of fighting. Cybertron as they knew it, their beautiful planet and home was gone, ruined by the ravages of war. There really was nothing else they could do. The magenta femme resignedly got up, aware that the words Chromia spoke were true, but she wasn't ready to give up...Not yet! Elita crawled towards Firestar and placed her hand on her friend's shoulder,

"Be careful my friend" Elita one said sadly, she then turned to the femme, "Hang on friend, just hang on" The female Autobot opened her optics and placed a weak hand on her leader's arm.

"I'll try" she whispered weakly although everybody knew what the outcome could be.

Elita one placed her finger on the side of her helmet and sent a message to Optimus Prime, hoping that he would receive it,

"Message sent, let's go" Elita quietly growled.

It would be a tough journey for the search and rescue femme but to leave the female Autobot to die was not an option Elita or her friends would even consider. Firestar transformed so that the femme could be placed into her tray back and then she took off across the wreckage speeding through the winding roads at break neck speed, avoiding the holes and wreckage which could so easily tear at her armour. She was closely followed by Elita, Chromia and Arcee. The femme's communications systems had been damaged so once she was through the space bridge she wouldn't be able to contact Prime or the others, and then there was the damage done to her body and the leaking energon making her weaker by the minute. Her spark casing was slightly cracked, she had torn energon lines and fuel lines and shrapnel stuck in her joints and injuries. She was in a bad way.

Scavenger was quite boastful about the damage he'd caused to the femme. He knew she could be quite a significant member of the Autobot team and her death could do damage to the Autobot's morale, but what he didn't know was the resilience of the femme army which could only be attributed to the leadership of Elita and her 2IC Chromia and a friend on Earth the Autobots were trying to rescue.

After a journey which was unhindered they got to the space bridge. The female Autobot army hid in areas around the space bridge poised to shoot at anything which moved with a Decepticon signal or ruby optics. Firestar moved quietly to the space bridge, it was unguarded and there wasn't a Decepticon in sight. Her spark shuddered at the slightest little sound she made. Firestar was in the open, her senses and systems on full alert as she slowly and carefully edged toward the space bridge carrying the female Autobot,

"Where is everybody? I don't like this; it's almost like they're letting her through,"

"I know Firestar. It's almost like they're expecting us," Elita replied as she scanned the area,

"I can't help but think we're sending her to her death. Supposing the Decepticons know she's coming and are waiting for her on Earth," Chromia whispered,

"Let's hope the Autobots have received our message and get there before the Decepticons do." Elita replied,

The space bridge opened and the femme was lifted off the ground into the sky, in the direction of Earth.


On Earth

The Autobots surrounded their leader as they stood in the med bay and looked at the scene before them. Eloise was tied into a chair with Hook behind her, holding some sort of tool to torture her with. Megatron was outraged by their presence and was going to punish whoever let them in. The Autobots entrance into the Decepticon base was made possible by Cosmos who forced the tunnel to rise above sea level and open so the Autobots could get in. He had also used a signal jamming sequence so the Decepticons couldn't pick up the Autobot's signals.

Soundwave couldn't work out what was going on, the tunnel started to rise and the doors were opening, there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. The cobalt blue communications officer was sure Megatron hadn't mentioned anything about anybody arriving. He pushed buttons and turned knobs but there was nothing he could do to stop the tunnel from rising, he hit the consul in sheer frustration leaving a dent in the metal. Soundave heard the lift come down; he turned around not expecting the Autobots and Optimus Prime to turn up. The mech was taken by surprise, and the Autobots knew it. They shot at Soundwave sending the mech flying before they carried on through the Decepticon base, shooting at any Decepticons who got in their way.

Eloise looked at the huge red and blue giant now standing in the entrance to the med bay surrounded by 8 other mechs, his cannon aimed at the huge grey behemoth and the green and purple mech. She didn't know how they'd managed to get into the base considering it was under water, and out at sea, and none of them looked wet or sea worthy. The fact is she didn't care how they did it so long as they got her out, if that's what they intended to do. Eloise looked at all of them, but her eyes fell on a black and white mech with his battle mask covering his face, making him more intimidating than he really was. The frightened redhead had no idea he was Nightsky; he was stood next to an all black mech with huge cannons aimed at the Decepticon leader and looked eqaully as intimidating,

"Optimus Prime!" Megatron snarled darkly,

"Let the girl go Megatron. She has nothing to do with you." Optimus Prime ordered,

"Oh but Prime she does, she has the answer for our short supply on energon" Megatron sneered,

"She doesn't hold any solution for you Megatron. I shall say it again, Let. Her. Go" Optimus Prime said a little more impatiently,

Optimus Prime knew that Megatron wouldn't give Eloise up easily; he was like this on Cybertron, why should he be any different on planet Earth?

"No Prime I shall not let her go" Megatron growled

"If you don't let her go then we shall force you to give her up." Optimus Prime warned, "Autobots!"

The Autobots moved closer to Prime and armed their weapons,

"Oh Prime" Megatron laughed, "You don't think that a few armed Autobots are going to stop me, do you? As soon as my seekers turn up with her father…"

"Sunstreaker, Sideswipe!" Prime bellowed.

The two frontline warriors moved to the front with Skywarp held firmly between them, they threw Skywarp on the ground in front of Megatron. He looked down at the injured seeker with contempt, his optics narrowed into slits,

"Where's that hopeless glitch Starscream?" he growled at the injured seeker,

Skywarp didn't say anything he lay on the floor in front of Megatron oozing energon and snarling at him. The Decepticon leader turned to Hook,

"Take him to the med bay while I deal with our unwelcome visitors, and then come back and we will deal with this human." he snarled.

Eloise looked at Optimus Prime then back at Megatron, she started to fight against the bonds that were tying her to the chair, tears pooling in the corner of her eyes. She watched Hook pick up Skywarp and fling him over his shoulder, the seeker growled in pain.

Optimus Prime looked at Eloise; she was sweaty and dirty, and looked exhausted and petrified. The tiny human didn't know what to think about these new beings who'd just arrived, she knew they were different just by the colour of their eyes and the symbol they wore, but she couldn't decide if they were friend or foe and felt it more prudent to err on the side of caution.

"Now Prime are you going to leave or do I have to kill you all," Megatron armed his weapon and aimed it at the Autobot leader. Optimus Prime stood where he was unwavering to Megatron's demands. Megatron snarled as he moved dangerously close to Optimus Prime, but found himself outnumbered as the Autobots trained their weapons on the grey mech.

"No don't leave me here, they'll kill me. Please don't leave me here," Eloise silently begged to herself too scared to speak,

The Autobots prepared to open fire on Megatron as soon as Optimus Prime gives the command. Bluestreak moved slowly away from the group and aimed his cannon at Megatron ready to fire at him. Jazz looked at the sniper,

"Easy there buddy, We don't want Eloise harmed or frightened anymore than she is, wait for Prime's command," Bluestreak slowly moved back to the group, but still had his weapon trained on Megatron,

"We will not leave without the girl. Release her Megatron!" Prime ordered, his deep baritone voice resonating around the med bay. Eloise slunk deeper into the chair, scared of this huge mech who seemed to be on her side.

Mirage had activated his cloaking device before he got to the med bay and stood there waiting for the opportunity to get close to her. Normally Megatron didn't like humans and would order them to be terminated unless they were of some value to him and this frightened human seemed to be of some value to him. Mirage had sympathy for Eloise, it wasn't her intention to get caught up in their war. She was an innocent human being going about her life before she got caught up in all of this. Megatron moved away fom Eloise, giving Mirage a clear path to the frightened girl, he silently moved to the side of her and knelt down to her level. Eloise felt the movement and slowly looked around to see who was there. She heaved a sigh of relief when she didn't see anybody and looked back towards the other Autobots. As Eloise turned to him he could see the fear in her green eyes and picked up her heart rate on his scanners, it was working overtime as she sat there awaiting her fate. Eloise heard a voice whisper in her ear,

"If you want to live, be quiet. Do not scream or say a word."

Eloise looked around to see where the voice was coming from, tears started to course down her face,

"Please don't hurt me..plea…" she started to beg quietly

"Sshh, sshhh! I am not going to hurt you." The voice whispered firmly, "I need to get you out of here. Just do as I say and you'll be fine." Mirage reassured her.

She felt a swift smooth movement on her wrist, then her bonds were cut and she was gently scooped her out of the chair. The redhead was relieved to be leaving the med bay but she wished she could see who her savior was. Mirage took off as fast as he could and carried his precious cargo out of the Decepticon medbay. Ironhide and Nightsky watched silently as Mirage quietly left with Eloise. The blue and white mech ran down the corridor still with his cloaking device on. Eloise could see carnage everywhere from the destruction caused by the Autobots. She saw Decepticons but none of them were aware of her passing through and carried on helping the injured or preparing to fight the Autobots on their way out. The corridors were very smoky and hot, the smoke was burning her eyes and the smell was acrid, making breathing painful,

"Eloise is free!" Mirage radioed to Prime and continued running towards the entrance of the Decepticon base.

Eloise heard a few shots as they entered the control room but she wasn't worried about that, she was more concerned about how Mirage's cloaking device was affecting her. The hum from the cloaking device was beginning to affect her equilibrium. Everything was starting to spin rapidly, she felt nauseous and her head was aching. She couldn't hear anything anymore except for the hum of his cloaking device and it was hurting her ears. Eloise placed her hands over her ears trying to block out the sound but it was hard to do, she was just too close to the mech. They got to the control room where there were, one she recognised as Soundwave was laying prone on the floor leaking energon; the other was green, he was fiddling with knobs. The door to the tunnel opened, Mirage walked in and waited for it to take him up.

Eloise decided to say something to Mirage,

"Whatever you're doing could you stop it because I don't think it is very good for me." he didn't listen to her; she finally gave up and flopped down into a heap in his hand, not really caring what would happen to her next but hoping she wouldn't barf.

Optimus Prime and the other Autobots followed Mirage down the corridor and up the lift to the top of the tunnel where Jetfire and Springer were waiting for them. Mirage sat inside Springer, still holding onto Eloise and closed his cloaking device, she was still trembling and still felt green from her experience with Mirage's cloaking device; she was relieved he was now visible again and so was she.

Jazz came and sat opposite Mirage. She looked at him and looked away dismissing any attempts he made to befriend her. She snuggled deeper into the hand of the blue and white one who was holding her,

"Mirage what have you done to her?" Jazz asked with a smile.

Even though it was quite late and the light was fading Jazz knew what the color green looked like,

"Yeah Mirage she looks kinda... green." Bluestreak agreed,

"That's because I feel green," Eloise said sarcastically behind Mirage's fingers, "Humans aren't designed to be invisible!"

There was a roar of laughter at her words, Eloise could do nothing but blush a bright shade of red,

"This is so embarassing." she moaned from behind her hands which were covering her face.


Springer and Jetfire took off quickly and made their way across the sea. Even though she had been rescued by the Autobots she still didn't know who they were or if they could hurt her as well. She was grateful to the one called Mirage who rescued her and was happy to snuggle deeper into his hand where she felt safe. The blue and white mech felt the movement; he looked down at her and smiled before putting another hand over her. Eloise enjoyed the warmth and the security this action offered her and she slowly drifted into a light sleep, but it wasn't peaceful, she trembled, fearful of what would happen next. Mirage shushed her again and gently rubbed her back.

Jetfire picked up Decepticon symbols,

"We've got company" he radioed to Springer,

"Yeah I've picked them up too. I'll send a message to the others to let them know we are coming with unwanted company."

Springer landed near the other Autobots who circled around the two aircraft as they landed and transformed. Prime sent a message to Powerglide instructing him to take Carly and Spike back; it was too dangerous for them to be there, it would be better if they met Eloise at the base. He told Mirage to take Eloise straight back to the base. The blue and white mech immediately transformed into a Ford GT and drove off,

"Decepticons!" a voice yelled.

The Autobots immediately sprang into action and went into full battle mode. Megatron and the cone heads landed, closely followed by the constructicons. The Autobots circled the Decepticons with their weapons aimed at them,

"Prime" the grey leader growled circling the red and blue Autobot, "Give her back, she belongs to me"

"No she doesn't" Prime yelled back circling the grey mech at the same time, "She is a sentient being who has the right to live her life in freedom"

Hook silently scanned all the Autobots for the human being; he found her signal sitting in Mirage who was driving away,

"Megatron, Mirage has the girl and he's driving off with her"

"Stunticons after Mirage" Megatron yelled.

The stunticons took off after the spy who immediately opened his cloaking device but he was too late; a shot caught him in the aft causing damage to the mech. Mirage had to think quickly, he could either hold onto Eloise in the hope that an Autobot would be there shortly or he could let her go, giving her the chance to get away. He picked up the signals of the stunticons on his scanners who were rapidly closing in. Mirage decided to let her go,

"Eloise run" he yelled as he opened the passenger side door, "Run to the tree line I will radio Prime to let him know where you're going, somebody will rescue you."

"But!" Eloise started to argue,

"Eloise go now!" he yelled impatiently.

Eloise got out of Mirage and run as fast as she could toward the tree line, but it seemed like every step she took pushed the tree line further away. She looked around and could see Mirage sitting on the ground with pink fluid pouring out from under him. Now what was she going to do? She was on her own, what if he hadn't managed to get the message to Optimus Prime? What if he had and they decided to not help her? Eloise looked around, there was nothing but grass and the blue sky which was beginning to darken in the evening light, she was in an open field for all to see which also meant Decepticons and alone. Eloise turned back around and carried on running, she didn't want to go back the Decepticon base again. If she did...well that was a thought she wasn't going to think of that and she carried on running. Her legs hurt and she panted as she made a desperate break for freedom.

Prime received the message from Mirage and sent Nightsky to meet her. Mirage tried to transform but he fell to the ground, energon leaking everywhere. Ratchet and Jazz caught up to the injured mech and pulled him away from the Decepticon's line of fire, while the other Autobots started to fire at the Decepticons.

Wildrider headed off in the direction of Eloise, he transformed as he ran after the vulnerable female. She saw him and screamed as she tried to ran faster,

"Eloise over here" Nightsky yelled, "Bluestreak come with me!"

The two mechs ran out of the tree line towards the frightened redhead. Wildrider was close to Eloise, he jumped and landed on the ground. He cupped his hands around Eloise but the tiny human slipped through his huge fingers. He slammed his hands on the ground and growled in frustration as he watched her ran towards the two Autobots, knowing he would never hear the last of it from Megatron.

Eloise didn't stop running, she was running so fast and not taking any notice of the ground, she didn't see the small hole in the grass until she stepped into it and fell; as she did she felt something pop in her ankle, the pain was excruciating and she screamed. Jazz and Ratchet heard the scream, they both looked up,

"Go and help her, I'll be okay here" the medic ordered,

Jazz took off towards Eloise, Nightsky and Bluestreak ran towards her from the other direction. Wildrider saw his opportunity and got up to beat the Autobots to the injured female. Nightsky and Bluestreak stopped running and opened fire on the Decepticon. Jazz got to the injured woman who was crumpled on the ground shivering and sobbing. The black and white mech got down to her level slowly so as not to alarm her. Eloise looked at Jazz, he had a kind face with a blue visor which glowed in the darkness of the night. He held out his hands and went to pick her up,

"You're okay l'il lady, it's alright" he tried to soothe; but she swung around and screamed again.

"Get away you want to hurt me, leave me…" he quickly grabbed her by the arms with his left hand and held her head in his right hand,

" Don't scream at me, look at me" he yelled. "I am an Autobot. I can't hurt you, we don't harm humans we help them," he started to lower his voice and spoke to her softly as she calmed down. "I'm not going to hurt you, I can get you to the others and to safety."

"Prove it!" she yelled,

"Look here. What do you see?"

Eloise looked at Jazz's chassis, she saw a symbol but it was different to the Decepticons, it was red and flat on top of the head. She looked up at Bluestreak and tried to see his symbol too. He looked down at her, she saw his bright blue optics; trying to reassure her and offering friendship,

"I can see you're hurt" Blue said. "Our medic Ratchet is on his way he may be able to help you."

Jazz gently put his hand around her waist. Her body started to tense and she started to whimper. "Frag!" thought Jazz, "What is it going to take for this little human to trust us!"

"Shh" he soothed "I won't hurt you. I just want to pick you up and carry you out of here back to the others and safety. NightSky is with them,"

When Eloise heard his name she relaxed and allowed the mech to pick her up in his warm hands. He put his other hand over her so she was sheltered from the cold air. The warmth radiated right through her body she tried to relax and stop shivering.

Suddenly there was a thud and the sound of clunking metal behind the saboteur, and the sound of a weapon clicking into place. He stopped dead in his tracks waiting for the shot but it never came. Instead Jazz heard the sound of Bluestreak's rifle going and the rattle of the Decepticon falling to the ground. Jazz turned around,

"Thanks buddy" he said greatfully,

"Not a problem Jazz. I think he's only stunned though, let's get out of here."

Jazz gently handed Eloise to Bluestreak so he could transform, once Jazz's transformation process was complete he opened his passenger door inviting Eloise in. Eloise's eyes opened wide in disbelief, he was a porsche, she was going to ride in a porsche. "Wow!" she thought, "how many other cool cars do these guys have" Blue gently placed Eloise in the seat, she whimpered a little, the seatbelt moved slowly around the frightened girl and Jazz took off across the field closely followed by Bluestreak. It wasn't long before they had caught up with the others.

Ratchet and Nightsky greeted them,

"I'd like to check Eloise, Jazz."

Jazz opened his door obediently, Ratchet bent down and looked at Eloise. She turned around to look at who she assumed to be a medic, he had red crosses on his shoulders but the rest of him was white except for his red hands and grey chevrons. He went to take Eloise out of the car but she flinched and grabbed the seats,

"Now, Now, now ,I'm not going to hurt you!" the medic said slightly impatiently,

"Easy there Ratch, she's hurt!" Jazz said

Ratchet pulled a blanket from his subspace and gently wrapped her in it so as not to hurt her. He could have insisted she travel with him but that would really do her no good except cause her more stress. Besides she is his patient now, but allowing Jazz to take her would be far kinder; she'd already met him. Nightsky stepped forward, he'd retracted his face mask and had a look of concern on his white face. He knelt down on one knee and looked at Eloise,

"Hi there honey" he said gently as he pushed some hair away from her face, "It's me Nightsky; trust Jazz is looking after you, he is a good mech. I will see you back at the base." Eloise turned to Nightsky with a look of confusion on her face, "What's wrong girl? Have I said something wrong?" a slight smile crossed her face, before she answered the mech,

"Yes, I mean no…I remember meeting Nightsky, he's human"

"I'll explain that to you later honey" he replied with a smile in his voice.

Nightsky shut the door so Jazz could drive back to the base. Nightsky transformed and followed closely behind the black and white Porsche carrying his friend.

The drive back was comfortable and silent, Jazz had put some music on for Eloise to listen to hoping that it would make her feel more comfortable and had the heater blowing. She'd been out in the cold night air for far too long. Ever so slowly Eloise started to drift off to sleep, waking up every now and then to make sure she was still sitting in a car she now knew as Jazz. When she saw the now familiar interior, felt the warm air through the blower and heard the soft music she was comforted and would drift off again.


The next time she woke up she found herself lying on a mattress on a massive berth with another blanket over the top of her. She didn't care how massive the berth was, she was warm and as far as she was concerned, safe! Eloise looked around the med bay, it was neat and clean. There were berths laying next to each other, various massive tools and other pieces of equipment that would make Eloise's father jealous {he is a car mechanic in his spare time} there were benches along the walls and there was an office with a huge desk and chair as well as a large screen on the wall, "What is this place?" she thought to herself.

Eloise could hear voices talking and laughing behind her and to the side of her and when she turned her head to look she saw two humans sitting next to her. They both appeared to be of teenage years, one was a girl with blond hair pulled back into a pony tail, and the other was a boy with short curly brown hair,

"Hello" said the girl, "How are you? My name is Carly and this is Spike"

Eloise looked at the young man sat next to her, he smiled at her,

"Where am I?" she asked sleepily,

"You're in Autobot headquarters. Jazz brought you here."

Another figure turned up and looked down at her. She looked up at Ratchet he also had the same piercing blue eyes as Night sky. He spoke quietly to her in an effort not to alarm her,

"Hello Eloise. My name is Ratchet and I am the CMO for the Autobots. You are in my med bay so I can look at your ankle. You are also dehydrated and malnourished too but don't worry you'll soon bounce back. Just make sure you get plenty of rest and good food. Here is something for you to drink; it will help to replace some of the fluids and nutrients you have lost," The medic gave Eloise a cup and sat her up so she could drink the contents of it. It was viscous and foul smelling,

"What is it?" she asked suspiciously and smelt it, "Yeuch I'm not drinking that"

"Yes you are!" Ratchet said, "The easy way or the hard way." he lowered himself so he was looking into her eyes and Eloise had no choice but to look at Ratchet,

"Eloise it's best to do what Ratchet tells you to do." Carly warned as she moved to sit next to her, "He looks after us very well but doesn't like his patients disobeying him."

Eloise looked at the two humans then at Ratchet who had by now moved to the side of the berth . He stood there with his arms crossed and raised an optic ridge. Eloise knew she really had no choice so gingerly she raised the cup to her lips and took a sip. Ratchet blew air out of his vents and rolled his optics,

"The quicker you drink it the easier it will be, medicine doesn't always have to be pleasant tasting." By now Ratchet was getting irritable with the human female but resisted the urge to tilt her head back and pour it down her throat.

Eloise said nothing as she took another sip of the foul tasting solution. Ratchet moved away, he could feel his energon boiling with frustration. Eloise pulled a face at the mech,

"Don't pull faces at me young lady. Whatever you do, others have done before you."

Spike and Carly snickered at Eloise's face which was a picture of amazement; the medic knew what she'd just done. Ratchet turned around and continued attending to Mirage smirking to himself. This was going to be an interesting few days.

Optimus Prime walked into the med bay,

"Hello Ratchet, how is our human patient,"

"She's over there, she'll be fine once she's on the mend. I need her to rest for now."

"That's good. Go easy with her old friend; we don't want her to be frightened of us."

"As always Prime" Ratchet replied.

"Can I see her?" Ratchet looked up at his leader, he appreciated Prime asking to see his patients, the medic nodded then turned around,

"Just a little while and don't go alarming her. She's calm at the moment I don't want her getting stressed as the humans put it." Ratchet replied.

Optimus moved over to Eloise's bed. The redhead heard heavy footsteps come towards her and turned around. Eloise whimpered when she saw Optimus Prime sitting in front of her and turned around to look at Spike and Carly,

"He's okay Eloise, he's a friend." Carly reassured her,

"Don't be afraid Eloise. My name is Optimus Prime and I am the leader of the Autobots." she slowly nodded,

"Thank you for helping me" she said,

"Not a problem" Prime replied with a smile, "We are pleased to have you out of Decepticon hands. You will be safe here. how are you feeling?"

"OKay, I guess" she replied nervously,

"Okay I will talk to you tomorrow when you have had a rest. You will also get to meet Nightsky tomorrow as well, he will be your guardian."

"No not tomorrow, it's really important I need to tell you now and why do I need a guardian?" Eloise asked,

"All that will be explained tomorrow." Prime continued as he got up to leave,

"No don't leave you need to know, please listen to me" Eloise begged desperately,

"What can be so important?" Carly asked,

Ratchet could sense Eloise was getting distressed and got a syringe with a sedative in it. Eloise saw it and tried to get up and run away but as she put pressure on her ankle she yelped and fell back down. The medic approached her quickly, grabbed her and held her firmly on the berth. Eloise struggled against Ratchet's hold but he was too strong,

"Nooooo leave me alone you big… Oww! I need to tell you something you don't know about," Eloise yelled at the medic,

"It can wait until later," Ratchet replied as he turned to place the syringe in the bin, "Calm down, and get some rest"

"No it can't, there is a femme coming through the space bridge…."

"What femme" Prime asked as he turned around and came back to Eloise, who was already beginning to feel the effects of the sedative,

"I don't know but she's injured I heard the message when a one eyed monster was talking to Starscream. They were talking about a message meant for Optimus Prime but Shockwave stole it. The message came from Elita one and they want to use the femme to get at the Autobots. I'm sorry…" Eloise's voice started to fade away, she tried to fight the sedative,

"Sshh!" Optimus Prime said, "Calm down little one, we can sort it out. The fact is you got the message to us and there is still time for us to do something about it,"

Ratchet took the empty cup and walked away, he came back with bandages which he kept in his med bay for the humans and treated her leg. She lay down while he bandaged her ankle, grimacing every now and then,

"Sorry Eloise. I don't mean to hurt you but we need to get this bandaged" he said as he gently wrapped her ankle, "There," he said, "It is done, I'm going to give you something for the pain so you can rest more easily," he gave her another needle and placed the blanket back over her so she was warm. Ratchet turned to Carly and Spike, "It is time for you two to go so she can rest" Optimus Prime picked up Carly and Spike and left the med bay so she could sleep. He had a heavy burden on his shoulders as he thought of the femme coming through the space bridge and wondered if it was Elita.


I wonder who the injured femme is. All will be revealed soon.

Thanks for reading chapter 3.

Hope you enjoy it.

Until next time.

Byee!!