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Prologue

He is dead; he thought with a rage that he hadn't felt in eons. Even from Chicago, this was different.

He sat by her bedside still holding her hand long after she finally fell asleep. Her breathing was steady, and he could hear the faint beeps of the human medical machines attached to her. Checking on them, everything was normal. She still twitched a little from the pain she was feeling, even though she had been given a painkiller to help her sleep.

He regretfully let go of her hand, and rubbed his holoform eyes. He knew he needed to recharge badly, but he didn't want to leave her. She had done a number on Laserbeak, and he knew that he would be out for revenge when he was fixed.

He sensed his second in command Ratchet at the door in his own holoform. He reluctantly got up, and walked over to him, and gave instructions. Ratchet nodded, and left to let the other autobots know what was going on. Ratchet had also lectured him about a recharge. He chuckled softly. Ratchet said he would send Bumble Bee to guard her, but he gave a no. He would stay. Ratchet frowned profusely, but didn't question his leader.

He turned and took his place by her bedside again. There was so much he wanted to say…

How could he now? Why a human? He swore, SWORE, he would never get involved personally with a human, because of things like this could happen, besides he was a robot. Hello!

But, she took all his pain away. His worries, his doubts, everything that bothered him, she took away. Her smile was undoubtedly the most beautiful thing he ever encountered.

So much to say… but first, revenge. Oh yes, revenge was his.

Chapter 1

6 months earlier

29-year-old Gabriella Jane Ryan was ready for the weekend. 5 o'clock could not come fast enough. She had so much to do this weekend. The old Victorian house she just bought was in dire need of remodeling, and she knew it was going to take a while, but she loved it. She had gotten it at auction, as is, but that is exactly what she wanted. She loved working with her hands, and this would be a huge accomplishment that she knew she would be proud of.

She decided to get her bedroom done first this weekend. She would strip all the old wallpaper, clean it, refinish it, and finally paint it. She had just moved in there 2 weeks prior after living in her apartment in the city of Chicago for 6 months. She had taken a job in Chicago to help rebuild after the attack of the aliens 8 months prior, and jumped at the opportunity.

She was so glad to get out of the city, even though it was not the same after the apocalyptic attack happened it still bustled with life. She liked the country area where no one bothered her, and she could live quietly.

Gabby, as everyone called her, was originally from a small town in New Jersey, outside of Philadelphia. Her father, William, had been a Sergeant Major in the US Marines for almost 35 years. He finally retired after a heart attack about 2 years ago, and much convincing by her mom, June. The stress was getting too much, and he knew it. Gabby chuckled, he was so used to being away for extended periods of time, that her mom was getting on his nerves now. He would roll his eyes at everything she bitched about. However, even though he was away a lot, he was still a wonderful dad and her mom was always there. She was lucky in that sense. Her brother, Michael, was currently living in New York, with his wife Lisa, and their daughter Brittany. Gabby smiled. Her favorite 2 year old in the whole world.

Gabby was always a tomboy at heart. Her dad had taught her everything from defending herself, to how to fix anything from a leaky faucet to changing a tire. She had played a lot of sports in High School, but never really fit in, because when other girls were drawing pictures of their boyfriends in hearts, she was drawing pictures on how to make better engines, and how to make things work mechanically. Her mom was very girly, and feminine so she could never relate to Gabby. That is probably why she was closer to her dad. He always said since he wasn't around a lot his daughter needed to know these things for the real world.

She went to Rutgers University, and became a mechanical engineer. However, she found out really fast that it was still a "man's world" where the good old boys would never accept her. She did finally get a job at a local place, but never really made friends, because she was a woman. They either hit on her, or ignored her. Her reviews had been decent, and she made sure she would prove herself.

Then the economy tanked. Who was laid off first? That's right Gabby! Bastards! She thought, shaking her head.

She ended up taking odd jobs where she could. Waitressing, Home Depot, whatever, to make ends meet. It was hard, but she did learn to appreciate it after a while.

So, when Chicago happened with the robot aliens, she jumped at the chance to take the jobs that were offered. The military hired private contractors, and she then was hired by one of those contractors. She felt kind of bad profiting off the suffering that happened, but this was the US, and we re-build. She found she liked the area; hence she bought her cute little Victorian home. Besides, she knew there was work for at least 5-10 years.

She looked in the rearview mirror and took out the clip in her ash blonde hair. Her brown eyes looking a little tired. It had been a long, busy week. She started up her Ford Escape and took off. She had at least a 45 minute drive home, she relaxed and put on the radio. The weekend was here! Woo Hoo!

Gabby finally turned on the quiet road that would lead her home. It was a small 2-lane road that was lined with trees, and houses. Quiet. Just how she wanted it. She still had about 20 minutes till she pulled in. The sun was starting to set in the west, as it was still early spring. She loved this time of year.

Gabby glanced again in her rearview mirror. She thought she saw emergency lights coming behind her fast. She looked at the road again, and looked behind her. Yep! Those were emergency lights. Boy, he was going fast, because she knew they were pretty far a moment ago. The cars behind her pulled over, and one was not fast enough, and to Gabby's shock it sideswiped a car!

"Whoa!" She yelled out loud. She sped up and pulled her car into a field just as the cop was passing her. He barely missed taking off her mirror. What an asshole! She thought. This guy was going to be in deep shit with his department. Good, I hope he gets fired.

She saw people behind her running to the sideswiped car. Then she saw lights again, and people running out of the way. She was about to open her door when a huge semi Peterbilt 379 with blue paint and red fire décor sped past as well.

What the hell is going on? She thought in a little shock. What she didn't realize is the cop car had stopped about a mile down, and turned around. She turned back again, and realized the semi had stopped screeching its tires. People around her were screaming and talking fast on their cell phones. One guy knocked on her window and said something to the effect of "run!"

However, Gabby just sat there and watched it all unfold with wide eyes. The semi and the mustang cop took off at the same time. She held her ears as metal crashed into metal. It was a sickening sound. She could hear screams off in the distance as people ran from the commotion. Both cars had rammed each other, but something else happened. As both cars were in mid-air they started to transform!

"Oh God," Gabby whispered. It was the aliens! Gabby could only watch as both aliens came back to the ground on their feet. The noise was unbelievable. One was silver metallic with weird black markings. She inwardly cringed at the glowing red eyes. They looked pure evil. The other one she could not see his face yet, as his back was to her. She could point out wheels on the side of his leg, and the red and blue covered his body. She could see a helmet like thing on his head, but that was it.

Her mouth dropped as they started fighting each other. Even though the cop car-er-red-eyed robot was smaller than the blue robot, he was still tough, and could hold his own. He kept trying to crawl around the bigger robot to get him to fall. The bigger robot was trying to keep his balance, but the cop robot was too fast for him.

He seemed to be wrapping something around the bigger robots legs. Like wire or something. Gabby could only stare as the bigger robot kept trying to grab him, but was too slow.

Then her eyes widened. The bigger blue robot fell. Right in front of her! His face was merely inches from the hood of her car. The thing that struck her first was his eyes or optics. They were the bluest she had ever seen, and they looked straight at her!

The blue robot seemed to frown when he spotted her still in the car. It seemed like eons as they stared at one another. Gabby knew she really couldn't move now. Oh God, I'm screwed.

"Get out of here!" He yelled bringing Gabby to finally drop eye contact, and come out of the trance she seemed to be in. The voice was deep, and she could tell he was used to giving orders. He must be, yes! He was the leader she had seen on TV. He was whom they called Optimus Prime.

Gabby did not listen to the command as she continued to watch him struggle with the smaller robot. His hands flailed, as the smaller robot kept moving around him. The cop car robot seemed to be enjoying the leaders predicament.

Suddenly, a gold and reddish ax appeared on the leaders arm. He started to cut through the wire, but the little robot had other plans. He shot at his ax, and was able to disable it from the leaders arm. The leader went after him the best he could, still tangled in the wire, but the cop car robot jumped off the leader, and laughed.

What the hell are you doing, stupid? Gabby didn't know, but she started the Ford Escape, and roared the engine. You're going to get yourself killed! Not listening to herself, she put the car in gear, and took off. She only had to drive about 300 ft to the cop car. She knew the leader knew what she was doing. She spotted his faceplates saying no for a split second. Before she could change her mind, the Escape slammed into the cop car robot's foot. Her airbag went off, and air flew out of her lungs at the impact. Shocked she could only sit there.

The cop car robot looked down at the impact of the car hitting him. It worked. The leader was able to grab him and rip his arm off, but because the leader was still caught in the wires, it was all he could do. He deployed his gun, but to no avail, the cop car robot took in Gabby's car and scanned it.

"You will pay for this femme," he growled low. Hearing something, he transformed, minus an arm, as best as he could, and sped off.

Gabby sat for a moment trying to catch her breath. She could hear the autobot leader moan a little as he tried to sit up. Checking herself Gabby figured she was not hurt. Her car on the other hand, well, that was a different story. How would she explain this one to the insurance company? Ha! You just took the stupidest risk of your life, and you're worried about the insurance.

Gabby still could not figure out what possessed her to help the robot. She was pretty sure he could have handled the situation, and had back up on the way. But, something in her gut told her to help him. Gabby got out of the car, and moaned a little. She was definitely going to bruise. Great, there goes my weekend on working on the house.

She could hear movement behind the car. She watched as the leader was cutting the wire around his legs. He looked down when he sensed her there. His reaction was again a huge frown at her. What!? She thought.

"Are you injured?" He asked gruffly. Gabby could hear sirens in the distance.

Gabby didn't answer at first. She couldn't get over how big he was. At least 22 ft tall. He turned to stare at her again, and she couldn't help herself, she just got lost in the sea of blue. She had seen him on TV numerous times, but up close, well this was totally different. Also, his voice was the deepest she had ever heard. She didn't know why, but butterflies were roaming around her stomach. Stop it!

He blinked at her. She knew he was sizing her up, just as she was at him. "I asked you a question. Please answer. Are you injured?" He asked starting to get up.

That brought Gabby back to reality. "No. Are you?"

He winced as he stood up. Yep, he was injured. Gabby had an idea. She was a Mechanical Engineer after all. "I can take a look, and see what is wrong."

She stared up at him, and he seemed surprised by her offer. "How could you fix me?"

Gabby couldn't help it, she got a little excited. "I'm a mechanical engineer, and I could try to help you."

He stood there and thought for a moment. "I am more than mechanical."

Gabby sighed. "I understand that, but….."

Before she could say more, she was suddenly surrounded. Military vehicles pulled up, and men started jumping out. Then she saw a Hummer H2 rescue vehicle, a silver Ferrari, a red Lamborghini, a black and yellow Camaro, 2 Chevy Colbats, and a Chevy Volt. Her mouth dropped at the cars. She knew a lot about them, and the more expensive ones were just beautiful. Actually, all of them looked brand new. Then they all transformed. Gabby could not contain her shock. She never thought she would see the day she would ever meet the aliens. Somehow she was not afraid though. Even though her thoughts went back to the leader, and his fight with the evil robot.

Then everything happened at once. Soldiers ran up to her, and pointed their guns at first, but she saw the leader tell them to lower their arms. She then had one soldier approach her, as she could hear the others talking to the robots. He was about mid-thirties with brown spiky hair, very muscular, and a little taller than her.

The chaos around her was unbelievable, but she tried to focus on the soldier before her. "Are you alright Miss?" He asked.

Gabby nodded. "Yes, sir." Coming from a military family, she knew he had high rank.

The soldier nodded and smiled. " I am Lieutenant Colonel William Lennox, commander of NEST. What is your name?" Bingo!

Gabby smiled back. "Gabriella Ryan." Gabby suddenly felt very tired; the adrenaline must finally be wearing off. Also, she was starting to ache.

Lennox scrunched his brows at her. "Are you sure you are ok? I think that you should be checked by my medical officer."

Gabby nodded again but asked, "What is NEST?"

Lennox grinned at her, and looked up at the other robots that were talking with soldiers and amongst themselves. The leader was gazing at her. "Oh," Gabby said smiling at him.

"I want my medical officer to check on you, then we will need some statements from you," he said.

Gabby nodded again. Then shock hit her again as Lennox yelled to the yellow robot that was the Hummer. "Ratchet, can you please scan her? I want to know her injuries if any, and any medical attention."

The yellow robot came over and bent down to get to her height. He was not as tall as the leader, but close. He also had the deepest blue eyes or optics she had ever seen.

He touched the side of his head, and said, "This will not hurt a bit, miss."

Suddenly, Gabby was bathed in a green light. It happened so fast, that she didn't know what to do. She stood there mouth gaping. She could have sworn the yellow robot laughed as he was scanning her. Gabby grabbed her arms suddenly embarrassed and feeling quite naked.

"Other than slight whiplash, and a few bruises here and there, the female will be just fine," it or he said to Lennox. He turned to Gabby, and said, "Make sure you keep your neck comfortable, and maybe some over the counter muscle relaxers, and pain killers."

Gabby looked up at him and said, "Thank you." It was more of whisper than anything. The robot er Ratchet walked over to his leader, and began tending him.

Lennox turned back to Gabby, and said, "We will need some statements from you, among other things."

Gabby almost rolled her eyes, but didn't speak that she knew a lot about "classified" from her father. "Of course."

Lennox nodded and called over another soldier. "So, tell us everything you saw, and what exactly you did."

For what seemed like hours, Gabby re-told her side of the story. There was still chaos from the accidents from the evil cop robot, but things seemed to be settling down.

Lennox scrunched his eyebrows. "You mean to tell me that you took your car and bombarded Barricade?"

Barricade? That's his name? Before Gabby could answer the leader robot came over and kneeled down. Frowning again. "Yes, she did, and that was a very foolish thing to do."

You're welcome! Jerk. These robots are very rude. Well, nah, the yellow one was kind of nice. This guy is miserable.

Lennox looked at her and smiled widely. "Ms. Ryan this is Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and my partner of sorts."

Gabby turned to the leader. Those eyes….My God! Stop it! "I'm sorry that I got in your way, I was just trying to help."

He looked over Gabby again, and she felt herself get self-conscious.

Optimus just shook his head, stood up, and walked away. Lennox ran his hands through his hair and smiled awkwardly at Gabby. "Sorry about that Ms. Ryan. He hates humans being in danger if they are not trained properly, plus he has been through a lot this past year," he hesitated and said, " I can't say much more than that."

Gabby smiled back. "I understand, my father was a Sergeant Major for 35 years, I know about classified."

Lennox looked surprised. "Really?" Then he smiled. "What is his name? I may know him."

"Sergeant Major William Theodore Ryan. He retired 2 years ago after he had a heart attack. He was stationed out of Fort Dix at the time, I am not aware he had knowledge of the aliens-er-robots." Gabby frowned at the last statement.

That made Lennox chuckle. "That's ok, most people have no idea how to address them. His name sounds familiar." Lennox shrugged and started writing things down on a clipboard.

Gabby was really starting to feel the pain of her accident. Looking around it seemed the autobots and military were almost ready to pack it up and leave the rest to the civilian authorities. She could also feel a stare at her from a distance. She tried to fight looking to see who it was, though she knew. Butterflies suddenly took off in her stomach. What is this? I don't know what to think of how I am reacting to a robot for heaven's sake.

As Lennox was finishing up his notes, the big leader robot, Optimus Prime walked over to them again.

"Since Barricade has seen her, I would suggest sending her home with Bumble Bee," he said.

Gabby looked up at him confused, and a little frightened. Could she be in danger?

Lennox put a hand on her shoulder causing Gabby to jump a little, for she had been lost in those blue optics again! "Nothing to worry about Ms. Ryan, it is just pre-caution."

"What do you mean sending ummm Bumble Bee home with me? Is he one of the robots?"

"Autobots," Prime corrected sternly.

Gabby scoffed finally getting somewhat angry, " I'm sorry! Ok? I said I didn't mean to screw things up; I was just trying to help! You could be a little more grateful."

The prime ignored her again, and called to Bumble Bee, she guessed. A yellow and black robot came out of the crowd. He was not as tall as some of the others, and Gabby recalled that he was the Camaro.

Lennox spoke up again, "Ms. Ryan, this is Bumble Bee, he will take you home, and stay with you at least for the night, until we decide our next options. However, you know as a military daughter your car will be fully paid for, and if any medical bills occur those will be taken care of as well."

Gabby frowned, but Bumble Bee smiled at her, which made her smile back. "Is this really necessary Colonel? All I really need is a ride home. I don't want to take up their time." She shrugged about her car and medical bills; she knew it would be fully taken care of.

Bumble Bee spoke finally. "No problemo!" Gabby laughed as she realized he talked through the radio.

Bee transformed into the Camaro and opened the door. Lennox handed her his business card, and said goodbye and that they would be in touch. After a few more words with her, Gabby was grunting to get into the car. Ice Packs! Ugh!

Gabby realized she was sitting in the passenger seat. Who was driving? Suddenly, the seat belt wrapped around and clicked into place. Gabby about had a heart attack, and started panicking. She had never seen that before!

"It's ok, miss, I will not hurt you," Bee said calmly. He was probably used to that reaction.

Gabby relaxed a little. The inside of the car was perfect. No wear or tear anywhere, not even a spec of dust. After a few moments Gabby realized they weren't moving yet.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

She thought she heard the car sigh a little. "I need your address, miss."

"Oh!" Gabby laughed. Duh! She gave Bee her address, and she could hear the faint sound of processors. "Hey, do you think we could make a couple of stops first? I need some painkillers as your medic suggested, and I am starving! Everything is on the way." Gabby didn't know where to focus to talk to him, so decided to just talk into the air.

Bee chirped. "You got it, baby!"

As they drove away, she swore she could feel optics on her from behind.