Savannah stood at the edge of the beach on base. She had been feeling a nagging to go to the water for almost an hour now, and it had finally gotten to where she couldn't ignore it anymore. With a sigh she slipped off her shoes and walked barefoot across the warm sand. Something was pulling her towards the sound of the waves gently hitting the beach, and it didn't take long for her to realize that the sound was slightly off. As if the water was hitting something.

"Hello?" She called as she paused, suddenly questioning if she should have told Kay or Optimus about the call to come to the ocean.

When no one answered her she continued forward slowly, moving towards the strange sound. Her toes bumped against something metal and she paused. It was warm, but not warm as if it had been heated by the sun. The colder ocean water washed over her toes and she realized that the metal she touched should not have been warm. Alarm flashed through her as she knelt and placed her hand on the object. Only for it to shy away from her and a pained hiss escaped it. She jerked her hand away and listened closely, finally picking up a faint spark beat. Her fingers had come away wet, but tingling. Confusion flashed through her mind as Optimus reached out to her.

Are you alright?

Savannah shook her head as she reached out and touched the jagged metal, only for her entire hand to tingle in response. After a second, she realized that it was energon and she immediately sent Optimus alarm and urgency across their bond. Only seconds later she heard the sound of multiple footsteps approaching her quickly. She recognized Jazz's as the ones in front and she turned towards the sound.

"Savannah?!" His voice reached her first, Optimus had been on the opposite side of the base from her.

"Over here! There's someone hurt bad, I don't know who it is, but there's a spark!" She called; her fingers still pressed against the injury she had found that was oozing energon.

"Fraggit, that's Ravage and Lilith!" Jazz's voice was shocked as he scanned the area.

Savannah turned back to the one she was touching and ran her other hand along his spine until her fingers found human flesh. She could just barely feel a heartbeat.

"Call Ratchet!" She yelled back. "I don't know what happened, but they need treatment!"

"Ratchet is on his way." Jazz was kneeling beside her now. "I'll have to tell the others about them being undercover…"

'Megatron…" Lilith's voice whispered through Savannahs mind and she felt the human woman stir. 'He found out… don't know how… Soundwave… the others… in danger.'

"You need to save your strength." Savannah soothed. "Don't push yourself."

'We… escaped.' Lilith sounded so tired. 'Please… save them.'

"We will, you know the Autobot's don't leave anyone behind." Savannah heard Ratchet's footsteps approach. "Rest, you and Ravage are going to be okay."

'Thank… you…' And Savannah felt Lilith fall into unconsciousness.

"I'm not even going to ask." Ratchet snapped. "Jazz, activate your holoform and pick the human woman up, put her in your hand, and follow me quickly. I'll take Ravage."

"Lilith, her name is Lilith." Savannah stood and moved to the water to quickly rinse the energon off her skin. "She helped save me, when I was captured…"

"Then we need to thank her."

"And Ravage, he helped too." Savannah felt Optimus arrive, his concern and confusion only doubling. "They had nowhere else to go."

"We will see to their care." Optimus' voice was commanding as Jazz filled him in with a quick data burst. "And then I will need to see Jazz and Prowl in my office immediately."

Savannah, you are covered in energon and blood… Optimus' voice was tight, and she knew that he was fighting his own protective instincts.

"I need to go get cleaned up…" Savannah sent him waves of reassurance that she was not injured in any way. "Can someone please ask Ratchet to let me know when Lilith wakes up? She could only tell me that Megatron found out somehow and that Soundwave and the others are in danger. Only her and Ravage were able to escape…"

"After she wakes, we will need to make sure that neither she nor Ravage are a danger." Optimus was firm. "Once that is done then, and only then, will we allow her anywhere near you."

Savannah shot him a look that all but said that she may actually completely ignore what he said and go see Lilith anyway but shook her head and headed towards their room to shower. His protective streak was fully engaged at the moment, so arguing wasn't going to change that. Savannah rolled her eyes again, knowing that Optimus was probably keeping track of her while she made her way to their room. She was purposefully taking the long way there, making sure to stay out of sight so that she didn't scare the hell out of any of the others on the base. She ducked into her room and quickly climbed the stairs to the human sized area. As she stripped off her clothes, she tossed them in a pile on the floor before stepping under the warm stream of water. She was almost certain that the nagging to go to the beach had been Lilith calling for help. But she didn't know how she had been able to pick it up. With a sigh she realized that her clothes were going to need to be disposed of properly. Between the blood and energon on them they were a biohazard. Her skin hadn't stopped tingling where she had touched the energon and her brow knit together when she realized that she had probably absorbed it. Ratchet would be furious with her; she should have called for help the moment she realized what was going on. Instead of feeling everything and letting the energon touch her bare skin for longer than she needed to. As she scrubbed the remaining fluid off of her she allowed her emotions to return. They had been pushed away in the emergency situation of finding to badly injured beings on the beach. Savannah felt a panic attack begin as the staticky feel of energon refused to go away, red optics flashed in her mind and she fell to her knees with her head in between her hands. She could feel the water fall on her skin, but she was far away. Hearing the cackling of the psychotic Decepticon 'doctor', Megatron's voice ordering him to do whatever he could to get the information from her.

Savannah

His voice was so far away, where was she? A sob fought its way out of her lungs, and she curled tighter into herself.

"Savannah!" Optimus' hands were pulling her out of the shower and into his arms. "Breathe, My crystal. I am right here. You are no longer in danger, you are safe."

She felt herself fight against his grip, but he held her tightly. Whispering soothing words and pushing calming waves through the bond to her. After a few seconds she stopped fighting and instead clung to his chest, sobbing hysterically and shaking violently. It took almost a half an hour for her to finally calm down and relax into his arms. Her breathing finally evened out and she leaned against his chest in exhaustion.

"I'm sorry…" She whispered to him. "I…"

"There is nothing to apologize about, my Crystal." Optimus smoothed her hair away from her face. "You responded to the emergency at hand in an admirable fashion. You showed impossible strength where most would have done nothing."

"I mean for the panic attack…" She muttered. "I hit you, several times. I'm sorry…"

"It was nothing, Savannah." Optimus pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "You were in what I believe is called a flashback. And you fought what you saw as a threat. I was more concerned that you were going to hurt yourself."

Savannah shook her head. She couldn't describe what had happened with words, the thought made her uneasy.

"We need to tell Ratchet that I absorbed more energon." She finally sighed deeply. "That's what triggered it…"

"I have already informed him." Optimus sighed. "He has requested that we both come to the med bay as soon as he is finished stabilizing Lilith and Ravage. Jazz and Prowl are currently determining the best course of action for rescuing Soundwave and the rest of his cassettes from Megatron."

"So… Jazz explained?" Savannah started to stand slowly, glad for Optimus' help.

"He did, I was not aware that Soundwave was his sparkmate's brother." The Autobot CO sighed deeply.

"I don't think anyone else knew. The only reason why I knew that they were undercover is because Lilith told me as she helped me." Savannah turned off the shower before grabbing a towel to finish drying off. "But they asked me to not tell anyone… it was sensitive information…"

"I understand that, my Crystal." Optimus came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her middle. "I did not question anything that you have said or done. I was only deeply concerned for you, not being able to do more than feel your emotions… and feeling your fear and alarm at the situation you were in was… taxing."

"I know, I'm sorry." Savannah leaned against him. "I don't even know what made me go to the beach at all, but I'm glad I did."

"As am I." Optimus chuckled lowly. "Forgive me for being curt once I arrived."

"Always love." She smiled and turned to give him a quick kiss before making her way to the closet in order to grab some clothes. "We should probably be ready for Ratchet to chew me out though…"

Optimus laughed now, before taking her hand and pulling her back against his chest.

"He will let us know when he is finished." The CO pressed their foreheads together. "Until then, I wish to make certain that you are safe and uninjured."

Savannah smiled as a thrill ran through her, the tone of his voice let her know exactly what he was thinking. And she was more than happy to oblige.

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Whew! Lilith is back! Hell yeah, I've been meaning to include her character more. And I'm even toying with the idea of writing a story about her. Not right now, obviously. I have 3 going right now and that's plenty for me!

Anywho, please leave a review! I love hearing from my readers ya'll!

Hopefully going to be putting out another chapter for Guardians of Danger soon too! If you haven't read it or Cat and Mouse, please feel free to do so!

Until all are one,

Chistarpax