Chapter 7

A pair of young eyes stared at the gigantic structure in awe, Hoover Dam. It was one of the greatest structures ever made in the early twentieth century yet it stood in perfect condition. The dam happened to be the location the coordinates from the Autobot leader had brought them to. The teens looked around from inside the yellow Camaro, looking for the eighteen wheeler but it was nowhere to be seen. All the two teens could do was wait. A handful of people looked at them with curious looks as they sat in the parked car. There was clear tension between the two. Sam even took it upon himself to look at a suited up man and give him a little wave to have him stop starring. Was this really the coordinates of the Cube or just a meeting point? There were whispers that the government had a station here. But was it an important and classified enough to hold an alien object? The auburn haired girl took in a deep breath.

'Alright, Sam,' Leila looked at him. 'Do you understand the plan?'

'I still think we should tell Optimus about what you're planning,' he nervously looked around.

'I agree,' Ironhide's voice came through the radio. 'Sam should go with you.'

'But then my plan won't work. You two should just have faith in me,' she turned to Sam. 'When I'm inside, and safe, I will call you.'

'You know, you have no choice but to call,' Ironhide said firmly.

The teen restrained herself from rolling her eyes but instead shook her head slightly before getting out of the car. She fixed her oversized clothes and casually walked down the sidewalk like no one else's business. Lucky for her, Sam had an extra pair of clothes in the trunk. They must have belonged to a his girlfriend or a girl he was seeing, may his mother's. Though she would be very concerned if he casually carried his mother's clothes in his car. She quickly pushed that thought out of her mind as she saw her destination coming closer.

Her pulse began to quicken as she walked closer to a group of men dressed in uniform. One of them she recognized immediately and she slowed down to make sure he saw her. She wasn't sure if it was the fact that it was her or her ridiculous clothes, but a smile crossed his face as their eyes met.

'So you decided to give yourself up,' Simmons seemed to be very proud of himself. 'That or you really wondered far from home.'

'No, the guilt was too much for me to handle,' she was obviously being sarcastic. 'I've come to make a deal with you.'

'I don't think you are under any circumstances to make deals,' he crossed his arms. 'Unless it's to get better wardrobe.'

'What if I told you a group of death-bringing aliens robots was coming here?' she ignored his comment and stayed strong. 'Are you ready to make a deal now?'

'How would you know?' the tone in his voice changed.

'Remember I'm an alien lover. I kind of need to know these kind of things.'

Agent Simmons looked at her though his sunglasses for a few moments. Within the short time that they had been together, the agent had put it together that the teen before him was very hard to read. Her steady eyes did not leave his even when he looked around to see if anyone was watching them. He put out one hand and placed it on her shoulder. All the men lined up started to head inside and they followed behind. The teen subtly looked over her shoulder toward the yellow car and gave a quick signal behind her back.

Sam sat very uncomfortably inside his car. He had just seen the signal from Leila who was now heading inside Hoover Dam with the very man they were running from not twenty-four hours ago. With seeing her go, he had no choice but to wait and listen for that ringtone. Then tension was unbearable. So many situations could happen inside that dam that he will never know about or wouldn't know about until it was too late. He imagined her cover being blown and then torture for hours at a time. He lowered himself in his seat and closed his eyes.

'Bumblebee, get ready,' he breathed.

'Why?' sang a female's voice.

'I'm not waiting for her call. We have to get inside now.'

'That's very unwise, kid,' Ironhide interrupted their conversation. 'You should never rush into things like this. You must stick to the plan even if you don't like it.'

'I can't just wait here,' he punched the starring wheel.

'This is no time for emotions. You should have faith in Leila. She seems to know what she's doing.'

His brown eyes fell upon his cell phone. He was hoping to hear her custom ringtone that he had set for her. He wanted to see her name glow on the screen waiting for his response. The car fell silent for a few moments before the radio turned on. Bumblebee scanned the many channels to find the right music for the moment to relief any of the stress he can.

Leila was inside a part of the dam that she never knew existed or could even imagined excited. She may have been to the dam before for a school trip but her first thought was of her mother talking about its architecture. She knew the place quite well even if she had been here once before if she could even remember that. Her eyes wondered around the area she was in. She was waiting for the opportunity to make an escape. The group was heading down a narrow hallways that had different signs above their heads and doors immediately next to those signs. Her eye's were fixed upon each sign as she walked under them, trying to find the perfect one. A few meters in front of her was the sign she was looking for. She took a deep breath and jumped for the doorknob.

'Hey! Where are you going?'

'Get her!'

she slammed the door right in their faces and locked it. She immediately started to run down the hallways that connected to a larger room. There were two different ways she could take but she didn't know which one would lead her to the right place. For once there were no signs to tell her what exactly was down the hall. She took the chance and headed to her right. It was a fifty-fifty decision. The appearance of the area around her started to change and she opened a door to walk into a technical room. It wasn't a large room but the equipment filled most of it. She swallowed hard as she slowly walked up to one of the computers. She thought her eyes were deceiving her but nothing in the world could change what was on the screen.

'Megatron,' she whispered to herself.

She stepped away from the computer and thought for a moment. This didn't make any sense at all. How did Megatron get inside the dam? Was the government keeping a close watch on him? Leila closed her eyes and thought. The glasses told the Autobots that the Cube was inside the dam yet Megatron was here too. Her eyes snapped open. She turned around and ran through the door behind her.

The teen ran past the door she had escaped through and took a sharp right. She slowed down to catch her breath as she walked towards the metal door that said Exit on it. She reached out and opened the door. She reached out and opened the door. A tailwind almost knocked her off her feet. She slowly stepped outside and placed her shoes in the door so it wouldn't close and lock her out. She reached into her bra, pulled out her cell phone and looked at it. She closed her eyes and remembered.

The two adolescents were sitting in the sports car and heading towards their newly given destination. They only had a few minutes. The two didn't talk much during the ride but it wasn't an awkward silence. They were more concerned on where they were heading more than anything else. They finally entered into the city and Leila turned towards the brunette.

'We have to make a plan,' she sounded serious. 'I don't think we can just walk in and ask for the Cube.'

'What should we do? Do you have any plans?'

'Actually I do,' she had a cunning smile on her face. 'But you must promise that you will not go against my ideas.'

'I'll try not to.'

'I'm going into the location by myself. There I'm going to play along with giving them the information they want to hear. At first chance I get, I will escape and try to find the Cube. Once I've found it, I will call you and find a way to let you guys inside. Once they see Bumblebee and Ironhide inside the dam, they will have not think twice about not giving us what we want.'

Sam starred at her in surprise. He couldn't believe it. She had the best plan going so far if not the only plan going so far. It was much better than just waiting outside the dam for the other Autobots to appear. And if then, what would they do? Ask politely to talk inside to clear everything up? That wouldn't happen in the slightest. This plan actually had potential. They would have the Cube before the Decepticons could ever reach them.

'Why don't I go with you inside?' he looked at her.

'There would be a high risk of getting separated and then having one of us being a hostage.'

'Hostage?'

'Sam, don't worry,' she placed a hand on his forearm. 'I can take care of myself.'

The yellow car drove into the closest parking spot to the entrance of the dam. The couple took a few moments to put their numbers inside their cell phones. She quickly placed it inside her bra just in case security checked her once she was inside the structure. She looked at Sam for a long time before pulling on the door handle. There was no turning back at this point.

Leila opened her eyes and sighed. She flipped open her cell phone and started to look for Sam's number. She stopped dialling the number when her eyes locked onto a grey fighter jet quickly heading towards her. Before it even reach the dam, it transformed and landed hard on the side. Leila lost balance and nearly fell off the edge. The large mechanoid climb onto the side and stopped when he was face to face with her.

Leila couldn't believe who she was facing, again. Wasn't he worried about being detected or seen by the people or even the government for that matter? Well, what would they do about it at this point? They weren't powerful enough to fight him. She thought her last plan had gotten rid of this Decepticon for good. Now she had to be on her guard. They were close to the cube and it was going to be hard to keep that information away from this mechanoid. She took in a good deep breath and looked right at it.

'You,' she swallowed.

'Thought I had forgotten about you?' he said. 'I've been patient enough. Where is the Allspark?'

'I have been trying my hardest. The government is making it really hard for me.'

'Would you like me to destroy this government? Would that make things easier?'

'No!' she protested.

'My patience is slowly slipping, fleshing,' he began to break the concrete around her and she could feel herself slowly slipping off the edge.

'WAIT!' she pleaded. 'Megatron is here.'

Starcream's expression quickly changed. He looked around in disbelief. Was this a trap? Delaying him enough for the enemy to spring an attack upon him at the last second. If Megatron were truly here the most of the area would already be destroyed unless there was another reason behind her statement. He leaned in closer until his face was only a few inches away from the human. Her breathing and pulse had quickened and she was having a hard time keeping his gaze.

'Where is Megatron?' he said in a stern voice.

'Inside the dam, under frozen containment.'

'You have proven you're worth,' he raised his metal claw.

'Wait!' she put up her hands. 'You can't go inside. It's a trap. The Autobots have the area surrounded. Not to mention the government has the area under surveillance. If you even breathe they will take you down. Give me a chance to distract them.'

'Autobots! This does make things different,' he thought for a moment. 'I will give you fifteen minutes to get them out of there. After that, I will start my attack.'

The Decepticon lifted off the concrete and transformed. He flew away behind the dam so the nearby Autobots couldn't detect him. It was a surprise that anything nearby had detected him at all. Their systems must be down or myself they didn't think twice about his signal. Once again, he had to wait for a human to give him orders but this would be the last time. As soon as he had the Allspark, no human or anything for that matter would be spared. They would all die trembling before his feet.

Leila tried to calm her breathing as she made her way back to the door. She put on her shoe and started to run down the hall again. Her cell phone was against her ear and all she could hear was the connecting signal. She kept trying over and over again to get any kind of signal but it wasn't working. She hadn't thought of this happening when she was coming up with the plan. There had to be a way to get a signal inside this stupid structure.

She turned down another hall to come to the more recognizable part of the dam. She stood on top for a few moments as she tried to text message Sam. Her eyes were locked onto the screen in hope she could send out some sign that she was still alive. The stupid dam kept intercepting her signal and cutting it off. It wasn't an authorized number so it was their right to stop it. She was getting quite frustrated and put away her cell phone.

'There you are.'

Her head snapped around to meet the dark eyes of Agent Simmons. Her whole body froze when he reached out and grabbed her arms. He pulled both her arms behind her back and pushed her down the hall. He was not being gentle but his handle on her was not firm enough to hold her back and Leila was tempted to fight back. But she decided to go along with it this time. Once and a while, she had to follow someone else's plan to make hers come through.

'Thought you could get away that easily?' he tightened his grip around her forearms.

'For a second, yes I did,' she smirked at him.

'You are coming with me.'

He pulled her away from the wall and decided to guide her down yet another unknown section of the dam. They turned down another hallway and Leila was beginning to get annoyed with all these twist and turns. He finally shoved her into a conference room where a group of men were standing around, the hum a whispering was in the air.

'Finally found her,' Simmons let her go to join the other men. 'She was wondering around the outer corridors.'

Her hazel eyes were locked onto the other men. One of them she did recognize from television as the Defence Secretary. The other men were clearly in the military department according to their attire. The last man she had no idea who he was but his ice blue eyes never left her. She felt a little awkward that all these men were looking at her and none of them were actual good looking. She never really had all this attention before. Agent Simmons was talking quietly to the Secretary. When the conversation was over, everyone turned towards her.

'Take a seat, Miss Walker,' said the man with blue eyes.

'This is no time to take a break,' she could feel her body start to panic. 'I need you to take me to the Allspakr… the Cube…'

'How do you know about the Cube?' the man gaze became more intense.

;I know more than any of you put together,' she was losing patience. 'I need you to open the bay doors or hangar doors, anything! We have to get that Cube out of here.'

'Why the urgency? You're hiding something aren't you?' Simmons looked at her.

Leila nervously looked away. There was a huge debate happening in her head at that very moment. Well it had been happening ever since she first escaped from Starscream. What side was she playing for? She hardly know any of these men but if she didn't tell them her situation the whole place would be blown to ashes along with the planet. Simmons slowly walked up to her and placed a strong hand on her shoulder. He was expecting her to refuse the question and start uprooting everything like the last time he asked her questions.

'Alright,' she pushed off his hand. 'The alien robots that have been appearing on Earth are called Transformers. The good guys are the Autobots and the bad ones are Decepticons.'

'Why are they here?' one of the military men seemed genuinely interested in her tale.

'You should know. The item they want is inside this dam.'

'NBE-1.' Said the man with blue eyes.

'Some are after their lost leader, Megatron, though both sides want the Cube for their own reasons. This Cube contains unknown powers that could easily destroy this planet. This is why I must get the Autobots inside the dam. They will know what to do.'

The hopeful teen looked up at the agent. It seemed he was the one in command and she was nervously waiting for his answer. The young woman was quickly regretting telling them all that information. It was not for them to know but it was the only thing she could bargain with. He slowly put up his hand and left the room with the other men following him. Leila's mouth dropped in disbelief. Had he just denied her request? Anger fumed inside her and she followed him out of the room. He was not going to get away with this.

'Simmons,' she ran to his side. 'Did you not listen to me? We have to get the Cube out of here.'

'That's enough. I'm sure your alien friends put you up to this. There's no way in hell I'm allowing them inside this dam.'

Leila had enough of his attitude. She forcefully pushed him into the wall and pulled out his own gun. She had seen enough movies to know where the typical agent would hoist their gun. Their eyes were locked as she pointed the gun right at his heart. The military men immediately aimed their weapons at the teen but she simply raised her hand to signal them to stop. She didn't think it was possible but she pushed him even harder into the wall to make sure he was listening. The real anger was showing itself now.

'I've risked my life more than once to be here,' she said through clenched teeth. 'You will allow them in or so help me God I will have more please in killing you than those Decepticons… and my way will be a lot cleaner.'

'Fine, fine…' he said nervously. 'We'll let them in.'

'I'm glad we came to an agreement.'

She slowly walked away from the wall but her intense gaze did not leave him. Simmons rushed ahead of her as he showed her the way. She pulled her cell phone out of put it up in the air hoping to get a signal at last. It didn't take them long to get into one of the largest hangar bays in the dam. The military men were close behind her but did not interfere. Instead they whispered amongst themselves and kept a close eye on her. Leila froze when she entered the hangar. She couldn't believe what she was starring at, the one and only Decepticon Leader.