Anya sat in silence in Optimus' passenger seat as they drove back to Sam Witwicky's house. Her thoughts were organizing themselves in her mind, sorting out the worries from the matter at hand. Her cold dark blue eyes stared out the window while Optimus drove down the road. She knew that the All Spark was an important matter, but they could not let a human be punished for unknowingly aiding them. Megatronus had agreed to hold off the search for the cube until further notice. None of the decepticons were going to interfere with the autobot mission unless backup is needed. When they turned onto Sam's street Optimus screeched to a halt. It was around midnight, but the scene was alive with activity. Sam, Judy, an older man, and a teenage girl were being dragged out of their house by men in black. Anya let out a low growl, her eyes flashing red for a second.

"Anya, we must retain our cover unless absolutely necessary. You and Jack must try and free them while in human form." Optimus' voice rumbled through the stereo. Anya nodded curtly and hopped out of his alt as Jack drove up behind on Arcee and slipped off of her. His eyes were also dangerous looking when he took off the helmet. The twins watched as the other autobots drove into the alleyway, excluding Tailgate and Ratchet who had remained back at base. Jack nodded to his twin and they both snuck up to where the humans were getting shoved into the cars, but they certainly were putting up a fight.

"Good evening, sirs." Jack said coolly. All heads snapped to them as they glared at the men. Sam and Judy were shocked to see the boy with a new girl. The man, Jack and Anya guessed that he was Sam's dad, and the girl were confused but shocked at the same time.

"Jack? What are you doing? Get out of here before they get you too!" Sam growled. Jack and Anya rolled their eyes as they walked closer to the group. Guns were pointed at them as the family was pushed into two separate vans. Sam and the girl were in one while Judy and her husband were in the other.

"I don't think they'll be able to get us. What do you think, Anya?" Jack grumbled. Anya smirked and put her hands on her hips, even as the men approached. He glare didn't falter and neither did her confidence in what she was doing. She knew these men didn't stand a chance.

"I'd say you're right, Jack. But what I want to know is what they're doing with a random family in the middle of the night. And not just any family either, the one with the glasses." Anya said coldly. A man stepped forward with a smirk.

"Who are you, and what business do you have with Witwickety?" the man asked. Any walked up and poked him hard in the chest with a finger. It was a little awkward since she was so much shorter than he, but she did succeed in intimidating him ever so slightly.

"No, you listen to me and answer my questions! I've dealt with a lot of scrapheaps like you and I'm really sick and tired of being treated like that so if you'd kindly cooperate and leave the Witwickys alone and we'll settle this civilly. Got it?" Anya hissed. Sam and the girl heard them and were watching in shock. The man grabbed her wrist and kneed her in the gut. She doubled-over in pain before she was shoved to the ground. Jack sprang into action and kicked the guy in the sensitive area.

"Nobody messes with my sister while I'm around." Jack said with a deadly tone. "Now who are you and who do you work for?"

"Wouldn't…you…like…to…know!" the man hissed in pain. Anya, who had stood up, glanced over her shoulder and saw Optimus' alt form. She turned her head back to the man with a serious look. "You don't have the right to ask me questions!"

"Wrong answer," Jack growled. Before the man could answer Anya kicked him in the knees. She felt satisfied when there was a gross snap and crack coming from his bones. Jack punched the man in the stomach and he fell to the ground writhing in pain. Anya knelt down and lifted his chin and forced him to look into her eyes.

"Tell us, now." She snarled. Back on Cybertron she would deal with the decepticon prisoners that were too stubborn to speak. She had also dealt with criminals on her own planet. "Who are you?"

"Fine! I'm Agent Seymour Simmons of Sector 7! Why aren't my men attacking you?" Simmons demanded. He looked around her and saw a man walking up with dark brown eyes and black hair. Agent Fowler didn't look very happy about the situation.

"They know who I am, and they know not to mess with me. I'm Special Agent Fowler. I work with Jack, Anya, and their team." Fowler snapped. Simmon's eyes widened and he tried to look at his men but Jack was holding him down. Anya returned in front of his face with a smirk.

"Now tell me, what's your connection with the terrorist group MECH?" Anya asked bitterly. Simmons snarled and before anything else could happen he pulled out a gun and shot her in the stomach. Anya gasped and stumbled back, gripping her wound. There was a roar of an engine and everyone turned to see the autobots zooming down the road towards them. Anya pulled her hand away from the wound and saw red blood covering it.

"How are you not dead?" Simmons asked in disbelief. Anya screamed in pain as she was electrocuted. Silas stood behind her with a sadistic grin. Anya began to flicker, nearly shifting into her dragon form.

"She's not human, she one of the aliens! Go on, transformer, show us your true form." Silas growled. The hostages had left the cars by now and were watching in shock. Jack couldn't get to Anya because a MECH soldier was holding back all the humans. The autobots found that they too were also unable to transform because of the citizens. Jack watched in horror as Anya was forced to shift into her dragon form.

"Anastasiana!" Jack yelled as she tried to stand. His eyes were glowing a blood red now in anger. He turned to Sam and his family with blazing eyes. "You guys have to help fight back!"

"What's going on?" the girl demanded. Jack growled and turned his attention to the autobots still uneasily waiting in their alt forms.

"Guys I'm sorry, but our cover's been blown." Jack told them. He then turned into his dragon form and used his tail to send MECH agents flying into the street where they landed painfully. The autobots transformed as well and each of them looked pissed. "Silas, you messed with the wrong shape-shifter!"

"Oh did I?" the terrorist sneered. Jastinian used his claw to trap the man on his back on the ground. He tensed when he felt a servo on his shoulder and he looked up to see Arcee staring at him with pleading eyes. This was not the right course of action and he knew it. Jastinian didn't release him, but allowed Agent Fowler to search Silas and remove all weapons before handcuffing him. The other soldiers were also taken into custody as Ratchet showed up. He transformed and began to work on Anastasiana, who was quickly dying.

"Tailgate, open the ground bridge at my current coordinates!" Optimus ordered. He looked over at the humans who were still shocked. Sam was ranting something about giant robots. Jastinian was helping Ratchet get Anastasiana into the ground bridge while the others trailed behind. Optimus knelt down in front of the humans with a sigh. "My name is Optimus Prime. You must come with me right away to discuss important matters. Everything will be explained if you do."

"Why should we trust you?" the girl snapped. Optimus' optics narrowed. He really didn't wish to deal with stubborn humans today. But he had to according to rules he himself made. Sometimes it really sucked to be the leader.

"If it helps at all, we have a few human friends that will help you understand. No, they are not shape-shifters like Jack and Anya. Please come." Optimus said. He held out both of his palms for them to climb on. They hesitated but soon climbed aboard. When Optimus entered the base everyone seemed sullen, even Miko. Jaston, who was sitting in the corner in Cybertronian form, looked the worst. Optimus put the humans down next to the others so they'd learn about what was going on and he walked up to Tailgate. "Why is everyone upset?"

"Optimus we…" Tailgate started hesitantly and sighed. "Anastasia turned Cybertronian before her spark stopped beating…forever."


*gasp* What?! Anastasia's dead?!

Or is she? *snickers*

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