Chapter Five: The Whosa-Whatsa-huh?

Why was this happening? Amber grabbed what she thought that she might need-change of clothes,money,snacks,drinks,and more importantly some first aid stuff, for she had no idea what she might encounter after she left her home. As she moved to the sundeck to grab her Ipod, she noticed a note by the computer scribbled in her brother's handwritting.

"Phone calls for Amber-Devon,Devon,Devon,Holly,Maryanne,Devon,Devon,Devon,Holly,Devon,Devon,Devon."

She stared at the paper but her braid didn't register the oddity of how many times Devon had called-especially since he was sappoused to be at work all day. She quickly finished packing, one shoulder bag crammed with stuff,it really wasn't all that much as she wanted to travel light but it looked like it was fuller then it really was, she didn't know what she would need and figured in the end she may not need any of it. With a sigh,she closed her eyes and reminded herself why she was doing this-stepping out of her house,Amber made a silent farewell to her home,certain this would be the last time she saw it. Reopening her eyes she locked the door behind her and turned to stare coldly at the two vehicles still parked infront of her house. They were either the most patient creatures in the universe or they really wanted something from her and knew being impatient wouldn't get them anywhere,either way,Amber was not impressed with either of them. Again she walked to about the center of her lawn and let her gaze drift between the Camaro and the Semi-her face creased with dislike of being in this situation.

'Right. I have no idea who you are or what you want from me, and I really don't give a damn. All I know is that you show up and suddenly my friend and I are thrown into some crazy hellish wannabe fanboy story about giant robots. Neither of you feel like talking to me...so don't expect me to be all sunshine,lolipops and rainbows to any of you'

She paused,growling and feeling her legs want to give out under her from all this stress and still being exhausted from the previous night,she would not be surprised if she ended up in a comma after all this.

'But lets get one thing straight...'

She crossed her arms over her chest,and not really expecting to recieve an answer from either of the vehicles or whatever they really were.

'I'm no going with you because 'YOU' want me to. I'm going with you to save my friend and find my car. Understand?'

She growled again, slowly she moved across the remainder of the lawn quickly deciding to travel in the yellow Camaro,because on the off chance that if someone she knew saw her in a Semi,it would bring up too many ackward questions.She really would have perferred to not travel in either, but had to push her own instincts back, these things knew what was going on and she would have to go with them to find out exactly what it was...even if they too tried to kill her like the Hummer the night prior. She was taking a large step in trusting these things, and it made her very uncomfortable. Amber got into the driver seat of the Camaro but touched nothing,and she didn't need to for as soon as she was safely inside it took off up the street-with the Semi in quick persuit. She leaned back and tried to make herself as comfortable as possible, she had no idea where they were going but figured that it was going to be a long evening.

'When I get my hands on that Holly...'

She though bitterly as she let her eyes slip closed and began to drift off into a very light sleep,or at least she would try to get some rest...

Pulling up the street Holly lived on was a silver Pontiac Solstice,pretty normal to look at for anyone who really wasn't paying any attention or had a reason to look,but this car was different from most-being that it was currently driving without a driver and doing a good job at that. It only managed to drive a few houses up the street when it came into view of Holly's and saw that there was her Hummer parked in its normal spot in the driveway. The Solstice slowed,like it was pulling to the side of the road,and again nothing out of the ordinary for if someone to randomly turn to watch the car. Jazz cursed his luck as he slowly came to a stop infront of a house down the road a little from Holly's,he knew the Hummer belonged to the girl and he also knew that that Hummer was no ordinary Vehicle...Which ment that unless he felt the impulse to get into a conflict with it,that his mission to watch and return with the girl was a failure. He had gotten there too late,and now that he thought about it,perhaps he shouldn't have taken that slight detour,he honestly hadn't expected something like the Hummer to be so quick,it should still be recovering from the fight earlier that morning. As he idled at the side of the road,he debated about continuing on past the Hummer up the street,but he was sure that it would notice his odd behavior for sure,suddenly a loud siren and flashing lights caught his attention and his gaze fell upon an even more disheartening sight-a few houses further up the street was an all too familiar black and white police car. Not too surprised to see that the Hummer wasn't alone,Jazz backed up into the driveway of the house he was infront of and tried his best to act like a normal car,hopefully neither of the Decepticons had noticed him-luckily he was blocked from their view by a large slab of cement,a human could easily exit the car without being spotted from the street. He didn't like this,if they decided to attack he would be in a tight spot,this area of town was heavily populated by humans and most seemed to be home at thsi time, also he knew that he had no chance against the Hummer let alone the Hummer and Barricade...

'I wonder how many more there are hiding out of sight...'

he thought to himself frusteratedly,he wouldn't be surprised if there were more Decepticons lurking nearby,after all part of what they wanted was here and now knew about them...Though how much the girl knew was yet to be seen. Well, maybe the girl had some sense, it didn't seem like they had gotten her yet, but why were they just sitting there? It wasn't like them to just sit around and wait...If only the stupid Hummer wasn't there...sure it had a name but he didn't care to say it,especially after it had nearly obliterated Scout,one of the fastest Autobots around,only hours earlier.

'I hate this...'

he muttered and began what would turn out to be a grueling couple of hours of nothing happening at all.

Jazz was stirred from his thoughts as Barricade sped past him,quickly followed by the Hummer-did they have the girl? He didn't think so, he hadn't heard any screaming nor had he seen either transform? Perhaps the girl wasn't there after all? No,that didn't make any sense either. Becoming uneasy,he wanted nothing more then to get out of this area of town and back to some place more familiar,it was too easy to be ambushed here,with all the streets and trees for cover. But he was not going to take off right after the two,if they weren't bothered with him before his chasing after them would deffinatly stir up trouble. Groaning he heaved,he knew he was going to get it from Optimus when he got back to the base...How was he going to explain losing the girl to the Decepticons because he didn't go to the house right away...

'Dammit-How long does it take to get here from the bloody mainland?'

A firey red haired woman complained loudly,slamming her fist into the large metallic object that she had been leaning against for over two hours now.

'Perhaps she's taken the ferry across'

Came a dark male's voice,but the woman appeared to be alone and had no sort of phone or other electronic communication device on her. Pushing foreward,she growled impatiently before kicking a small rock,she hated waiting and hated it even more when it had been in the hot evening sun.

'Why? She's got a bloody fuckin' jet-she can be here in ten minutes if not less!'

'Alex, you-'

'Oh shut it Overkill-I'm in no mood'

She kicked another rock,this one was alot larger then the first and as soon as her foot connected with the stone a sickening crunch caused the both to fall silent. The red head fell back on her rump,craddling her foot and letting every curse word she knew in English and other escape her lips,not caring how loud she was being,not like anyone would hear her anyways. The thing she had been leaning against moved back,revealing itself to be a large World War Two tank,and had clearly seen more then one battle due to the large dents and dings in its shell. It eminated a strange sound as it rose and began to transform-moments later the tank was no more and standing in its place was a giant robot. It had a gun mounted on one arm and a round shield on the other,which was lined with large curved blades. Its head was circular and could turn completely around freely, though it was set below the shoulders,giving it a more dome looking appearance. Near the bottom of his legs were slits were smaller guns,hidden in the folded metal. On its back was its Track (the segments the tank moves one),enabling it to still fight if forced on its back. Alex,or Ali for short took no note of this transformation nor seemed startled by the sudden appearance of a giant robot behind her.

'Ah-here they come,now'

Overkill,the tank,declared-raising his shielded arm to signal to the approaching jet.

'Its about Fucking time'

Ali commented,she could careless about the jet but kept her focuse on her foot,she was fairly certain that when she had kicked that large rock she had broken or shattered a couple of her toes.

The black jet flew over the pair once,it was hard to make out on the darkening skyline but the pair both knew that this jet was a B2-Stealth Bomber. On its second fly by it paused and began to decent-as it did,it too transformed like the tank had. Landing lightly the jet now was a female robot,her tranformation was rather simplistic and allowed her passanger to remain safely inside the cockpit the whole time. Currently she was the only known one of their kind that was able to transform this way. Kneeling down on one knee,the female bowed to her supperior,Overkill-also allowing her passanger to climb down out of the cockpit to the ground.

'All Hail Megatron'

She greeted Overkill,who replied with a nod and swurved his head around to face the mountain behind them.

'He is still recooperating,but will be ready to leave this pit island shortly'

Overkill informed those with him,turning his head back to face foreward again.

'I haven't heard from Starscream yet but according to Soundwave,our commrades are now in possession of the girl'

'Excellent. And what of the Autobots?'

The female chuckled darkly,revealing her contempt towards the Autobots before answering the question.

'They have no idea of what they're doing...There was no fight to protect or even save the girl'

'Then perhaps they still don't know'

'Perhaps...they just want her because they know we want her...fools'

There was a pause as the ground under them shook-the robots seemed uneffected by it but the human who accompanied the female was knocked off of her feet and landed roughly on her side.

'Seems like lil' miss aerial star can't stand on her own two feet'

Ali snickered, pushing herself to stand and biting her tongue to keep herself from yelping in pain.

'At least I'm not stuck on some crummy island with nothing to do but collect bug bites'

'Oh,now the mighty Liane has made a scary come back...oooohhhh'

'You should just...'

'ENOUGH!! BOTH OF YOU!'

Overkill slammed his fist down between the two girls and managed to shut them up,though Ali stil growled and glared angerly at being interrupted. He then turned his attention back to the female jet-sighing,some days he wondered why they even kept the humans around.

'Then its settled. To proceed as planned'

'Agreed. We'll be waiting for your arrival over on the mainland'

'And we'll finally be able to end this...'

Overkill did have to admit to himself,he was tired of fighting the Autobots,and he was ready to just blow up anyone who got in his way...Autobots,Humans,and Decepticons alike.

'Alex, you and I have to stay here a while longer. Crusher and Liane will contact us if anything should arise'

'Whatever...'

Ali began to limp away,tired of the company and of the conversation.

'Lets get off this dump,Crusher'

Liane turned and waited with a tap of her foot for the female to transform back into the Stealth Bomber. Crusher glanced to the mountain that hid the current resting place of Megatron,she then transformed into her jet form and huvered off the ground long enough for the human girl to climb back into the cockpit. With a burstof speed,she took off towards the mainland,they had a long trip ahead of them and a hard task to perform...and Liane's fowl mood was not going to make either of them any easier to do.

Overkill didn't return to his tank form,he found no need to-the island was desolate and remote,far from any wandering eyes.

'Alex,are you really prepared to see your friends die?'

The question caused Ali to stop,slowly she turned to glance at overkill,her eyes a dark unreadible expression.

'Those who matter won't die...'

She looked as if she wanted to continue,but instead spun around on her good foot and brought the broken one up to kick Overkill.Not that it would even bother him-Blinding pain surged through her and forced her back to the ground. Through gritted teeth she cursed even louder then before and blamed the robot for this...