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Summary: Abandoned by the Decepticons until she can prove herself again, Alice decides to go against Megatron to find a way for peace. To do so, she accidently enlists the help of Leo Spitz. Can they put the past aside and find a way to attempt to end the Cybertronian War?
Rating: T
Before It's Too Late
Epilogue: Accepted
"We've been here from sunrise to sunset." Leo complained. "We've been sat behind this pile of rubble for over TWELVE hours, and there is still no sign of Optimus. I say we give up and go home because I'm tired, I'm hot, I'm bored and I'm starving!"
"Well if you hadn't decided to work with her, you wouldn't be stuck here. You would be back home in the United States, and she would be in NEST custody, hopefully permanently put out of action." Mikaela said. "SO. It's your own fault that you're stuck here."
"Mikaela, why are you so grumpy?" Leo asked. He turned to Sam. "Is it her 'girl problems' or something? If it is, I'm going to stop talking to her right now, just in case she tries to kill me."
"Why do guys ALWAYS assume that it's 'girl problems' whenever a girl is grumpy?" Mikaela sighed angrily.
"Because it usually is." Leo shrugged and dodged Mikaela's fist, sheltering behind Alice.
"I'm grumpy because I don't want to be here." Mikaela said. "I got dragged here by Sam to come and rescue you from Alice. When we arrive, it turns out you don't need rescuing, and that you and her have discovered some sort of weird romantic attachment. It's weird Leo. She's a robot, and you're a human. It's just... not normal!"
"What's your point?" Alice asked.
"I was talking to Leo. Not YOU." Mikaela snapped.
"Girls, stop fighting, please!" Epps groaned. "I'm tired and irritable too, and I'm the one who's armed so shut up."
Everyone went silent after that. Mikaela scooted away from Leo and Alice, to Epps's other side, where Sam was sat, and rested her head on his shoulder. Epps leant back against the pile of rubble and closed his eyes. He wanted to go home and see his family... and he was going to beat Lennox up for sending him on this crazy mission. Leo and Alice sat in silence, neither of them knowing what to say to the other after Mikaela's statement about their relationship being weird. Alice tapped him on the shoulder, and gestured with her head. They both got to their feet and walked away, going somewhere more private. They stopped behind a crumbling wall.
"What are you thinking about?" Alice asked, looking up at Leo.
"I'm thinking about what Mikaela said." Leo replied grimly.
"About our relationship being weird?" Alice asked. "Who cares what she thinks."
"Alice... you... you are a robot though." Leo sighed. "And I am a human. It's... it's just strange now that I think about it.
"Leo, do you want to know why that assassin came after you and Epps?" Alice asked. Leo nodded. "Well, the security protocols activate one of the assassins if a human tries to activate the energy source to keep the chamber a secret. The system recognised me as a human, Leo. Even though I touched it with my mechanical hand. As far as it's concerned, I am a human."
"B-but you're not human!" Leo exclaimed. "How the hell didn't it recognise you as a transformer! You touched it with your mechanical hand!"
"I know, Leo." Alice rolled her eyes. "You're repeating what I just told you."
"Well yeah... I'm trying to make it make sense in my head, but I'm also failing at the same time." Leo said. He took a deep breath. "So, some security system that was built thousands of years ago says you're human, and sends an assassin to kill us all to stop us uncovering the secret. That's enough proof that you're human for me."
"Really?" Alice asked.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Leo asked. "Come on, if a security system designed by your own race says that you're a human, it's good enough for me. It's not like you can transform anyway. Well... except for your arm."
"Yeah, stupid arm." Alice mumbled.
"I'm sure someone will be able to fix it." Leo shrugged. "Talk to Optimus. He might be able to persuade Ratchet to fix it for you."
"If Optimus gets out."
"Alice, he'll be fine." Leo reassured her. "He'll probably get out, say hi to Sam and Mikaela, check that Epps is okay and everyone got out, say something to you and then have a go at me for running off with a Decepticon without telling NEST anything that was going on."
And Leo was right.
Optimus Prime hauled himself out from under the pile of debris, and looked down at the humans gathered around it. Epps had lit a fire, to keep the night time chill away. He stood up when Optimus sat down on the ground, making it shake.
"Sam, Mikaela – it is nice to see the both of you." Optimus said. "Where is Bumblebee?"
"He's on his way." Sam said. "We couldn't get him on a flight, so he had to drive here. I have no idea where he is though. He could be anywhere between New York and this side of the South American border."
"Epps, are you okay?" Optimus asked.
"I'm fine. That assassin didn't even touch me." Epps grinned. "I am so going to kill Lennox for sending me on this crazy adventure."
"Alice, when we get back to Diego Garcia, I want to discuss your involvement in this." Optimus said, addressing the Decepticon Pretender. "I also want to know every bit of intel you have that might help us defeat Megatron."
"Oh, it will be my pleasure to help you defeat Megatron." Alice said. "He hasn't exactly been the nicest warlord in the universe."
Leo cracked up laughing. "Could the way you said that be any more patronising?"
"Leo." Optimus said.
"Oh fu –"
"I am disappointed with you." Optimus said sternly. "Though I have not known you long, I never would've expected you to run off with a Decepticon without informing NEST of the Decepticon presence. She could've killed you or your friends. You purposefully put yourself in danger for no reason."
"There was a reason." Leo said quietly. "She told me she could end this war. That's why I went with her, because I believed she could."
"You want your old life back, don't you?" Sam interjected.
Leo nodded. "I know I was the one who wanted it all to be real... but you have no idea how much I wish that I didn't get mixed up in this." He turned to Alice, and threaded his fingers with his. "Alice is the only good thing that has come out of this for me, and I don't want to lose her. I'm not letting you take her back to Diego Garcia with you."
"Why not?" Optimus asked.
"Because they're not going to believe she wants to help us." Leo said. "When have you ever heard of a Decepticon switching sides?"
"Jetfire." Mikaela snapped. "Remember him?"
"Besides him." Leo glared back at Mikaela.
"I can't think of any examples, Leo." Optimus confessed. He turned to Epps. "What do you think?"
"Well... I'm not entirely sure." Epps shrugged. "But, we could get Alice enrolled in Princeton with Sam and Leo, then Bumblebee will be able to keep an eye on her... and she could pass intel to him to pass onto us. That way she doesn't have to go to Diego Garcia, and we won't have to name our source."
"That sounds like a good idea." Sam said. He looked at Mikaela. "What do you think?"
"I –" Mikaela sighed. "I guess it might work... we can try it out. I'm going to be at home working in the garage most of the time, so I won't have to see Alice too often."
"Thank you." Alice said. "For agreeing to this. I know we're not exactly on the best of terms, but... thank you."
"Don't thank me yet." Mikaela said. "We don't even know if this is going to work."
End.
Aaaaaaand I'll leave it up to your imagination what happens, though I honestly think that Alice and Leo get a happy ending :)
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