AN: The war is going to escalate dramatically and old and new characters are going to pop up! Stay with me, all ye Transformers fans! Ruby…..I worship you.

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3

Ratchet peered down at the cowering human. He sensed high levels of hormones. The human male looked as if he might faint.

"I see that you have sustained injuries and much blood loss from your cranial region and femoral region of the axial skeleton," stated Ratchet.

"Uh…" said Justin. Ratchet sighed.

"You're hurt. Badly."

"Ratchet. Have you seen Mikaela?" asked Sam. Ratchet shook his head.

"Oh. Tell me if you see her."

"Right," Ratchet said. Ratchet lifted a huge section of wall and a group of teenage girls scrambled to safety. Sam and Justin continued on.

Abbilayne coughed violently as she dragged Selena out of the burning wreckage that was their car. Not far, Abbilayne saw, a teenage girl lay, probably unconscious. The roaring fires were drawing closer. She had black hair, jeans, and a white, lacy shirt.

"Mikaela!" shouted a boy in a brown sweatshirt. Abbilayne noticed that Justin accompanied him. They hurried over.

"You know this chick?" asked Selena. Sam looked at her.

"She's my girlfriend!"

"Oh. Then we'd better hurry!"

The four ran to Mikaela and began rescue. Sam and Justin grabbed the cement block that was pinning her. They strained to hold up while Selena and Abbilayne dragged her to safety. Sam noticed the flames were drawing closer to an outdoor propane tank.

"Oh, crap!" exclaimed Sam. "Run!"

Justin saw it, too. They both dropped the block and ran, gesturing wildly for the girls to get to safety. The tank exploded. The blast threw Sam and Justin forward, along with debris, glass, road fragments, and a tree. Sam got to his feet, coughing.

"That went well!" he joked. He dusted himself off, and knelt next to Mikaela, checking her pulse. It was okay. He sighed in relief. She would live. A shadow eclipsed them. Abbilayne and Selena gasped in fear. Sam turned to look and went cold. Starscream.