N/A -I suck at battle scenes-

"Comm. link"

"Bumblebee's radio"

"Both"

~Ironhide~

"What are we going to do if the Cube is in the humans possession?" I ask as we drive to 'Hoover Dam.'

There was no immediate response, but eventually Prime answers, "We'll talk and not rise any weapons to show we don't mean any harm."

"Ha. Like that would work," Ratchet huffs out, "Optimus with all do respect, we already faced the human government when we retrieved our companions. And we were not kind in any way."

It was quiet when I hit a pothole, and Mira's head rolled from turned away from the seat to facing the seat. Not once moving or making a sound to wake up.

"We will have to try, Ratchet." Optimus says before asking me, "Ironhide, how's Mira?"

Looking through my rear view mirror again, I see her recharging as peaceful as she can be. So I answered with, "Recharging still, and never makes a move to wake up."

"I fear she might have gone into, what the humans call, a coma. It's like a stasis lock, if in it too long they could offline." Ratchet says as his holoform appears in my alt.

Once again the silence greets us, but Jazz breaks it by asking, "Isn't that 'Bee?"

I break the line to see what Jazz was talking about, only to see a yellow Camaro quickly driving towards us with heavy armored vehicles with humans in them following tightly behind. Ratchet speaks up through the comm. link, "They have the Cube!"

Once they passed us, Optimus turns around sharply with wheels skidding and starts a chain reaction of everyone else following behind him. Different radio stations goes through the comm. link in a familiar way, "Captain… Destination… Mission City"

"How's the Cube?" Optimus asks Bumblebee urgently.

"Safe as can be… no need to… worry."

"Did the humans do anything to you?" Ratchet asks with worry.

"Just… Freezing… me out."

"See me after this is done 'Bee, I want to do a system check to be sure."

"Sure thang… Doc."

"The humans are helping us?" I grunt out in question.

"Yes sir."

It was quiet before 'Bee "speaks" again, "Behind Y'all… It's troublesome."

"I'll handle Bonecrusher, continue to the city and secure the Cube." Optimus says in response and slows down before transforming.

Bonecrusher skates right through a bus and comes out with fire all over his frame Optimus, skidding to a stop still, blocks the 'Cons way by attempting to overpower him but he gets overwhelmed and both go over the bridge.

Driving behind the human military, we enter the city and stop by an old pawn shop to retrieve something.

"Here, I got shortwave radios." one human says as he passes a darker mech the rectangular thing.

"Wait. What am I supposed to do with these?" The darker mech asks looking between the 'radios' and the mech who gave them to him.

"Well, use them," the man responded giving the other mech a glance as if to say 'What else would you use them for?' so he adds, "It's all we got."

"This is like Radio Shack dinosaur or something, man. I'm only gonna to get 20 or 30 miles out of these things."

"Ironhide." Ratchet says through the link.

"What?"

"Keep Mira in your spark chamber, she'll be safer there than out here."

"You know how weird that's gonna feel?"

"It's better than her getting stepped on." a jet flies just over the city buildings, and I try to look at it but it goes behind a building before I could.

"Fine." I answer no liking it one bit.

"Air Force has arrived! Pop the smoke!" the same brown haired mech yells out.

"Raptor, Raptor, do you copy?" the darker mech speaks into the 'radio', "We have you visual. Green smoke is the mark. Provide air cover and vector Black Hawks for extraction."

The same jet comes back around and I see Cybertronian words on it, instantly I transform and yell out, "It's Starscream!"

"Please tell me you copy."

"Back up!" I roar out, "Take cover. Bumblebee!" at that 'Bee transformed and both of us pick up the closest vehicle and put it diagonally to intercept the missle Screamer shot at us.

The missile hit the vehicle and made both 'Bee and I fly back a few feet.

"Ironhide! Bee!" Ratchets voice box rings through the link.

"Here." Bee answers with a sad radio word.

"I'm fine Ratch."

"The human is she hurt?"

I never answered right away as I check to see if she got anymore injuries, "She's fine Ratch, still in recharge too."

"Girl?" 'Bee questions.

"I accidentally hit her on the road, but she was walking in the middle of it." I explain quickly as I shoot at some 'Cons.

Distantly I hear Sam's voice, "Please get up. Bumblebee? Get up!... Ratchet!"

"What's wrong 'Bee?" Ratchet asks.

"Legs… are… no more."

"Stay where you are, and try no to move too much. You'll leak out of you do."

"Well he's gonna have ta shoot some 'Cons or we'll be done for." I say as I get closer to 'Bee.

A bigger jet flies by and as I scan him he transforms, making it easier to identify him. "It's Magatron! Retreat! Move! Fall back!" Jazz yells out as he tries to get away.

"Don't engage him 'Hide!" Ratchet calls out to me.

"Why the pit not?!" I growl at him as I shoot a 'Con over and over.

"The human in your spark chamber maybe?!" he responds rhetorically.

A bunch of yells and orders are being called out, and in the corner of my optic I see Jazz on top of a building in the servos of Magatron.

"Jazz!" I blowed out.

"Tell Prowl I love him for me, 'Hide" Jazz says calmly just before he gets ripped in half.

"Your a soldier now! Alright? I need you to take this Cube. Get it to military hands while we hold them off, or a lot of people are going to die." the leader of the humans yells to Sam while keeping an optic out.

Sam and the human femme argue for a little before I spoke up, "Sam, we'll protect you."

We were off after that.

~Mira~ -Thoughts-

Why am I warm? Is my first question when I slowly start gaining conscious.

Aren't I supposed to be in the not-so-insulated attic, waiting to be taken again without my consent? That question got me thinking even more, But I ran away… then got hit by a truck… got treated by a medic… ended up going with four strangers to someplace… the pain in my leg flared up and I was out, again.

I slowly open my eyes, only to close them as a blue light blinds me. I try to tell the closest person next to me to turn it off, just for it to come out as a groan. Whatever I'm laying on starts moving making me wake up faster.

"Ratchet, she's up." Was all I heard before being blinded by the light.